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Chapter 21

"On The Edge"

Randy and Trish seem to drop their previous conversation as they acted as though they never had the discussion the first place. However, the thought secretly bothered Trish and it was a good thing she was quite an actress or else she wouldn't be able to hide what was really on her mind. The two hung out in the luncheon room of the arena where they had dinner with a few of the other Smackdown members. They joined Dave Batista at a table where it was just the three of them.

"Anyway, I should head back to the hotel."

"Now?" Randy and Dave were surprise at Trish's sudden urgency to head on back. "It's only 7 and we still have yet to hit some bar and get drinks." The self-proclaimed animal responds.

"Hey, that's enough drinks for you." Randy points out, recalling Dave's drunken state just the night before.

The blonde bombshell slightly chuckles. "As tempting as that sound I'll pass. Besides, I have a lot of work to do with Jillian, Sharmell, and…" she pauses in mid-sentence and rolls her eyes before saying her name, "Melina." Trish responds with a groan.

"You have beef with Melina or something?" Randy asks with a raised eyebrow.

"No," she scoffs, "I j-just," Trish stops to think of the right words, "I just don't like her."

Dave chuckles. "Why?"

"I don't know. It's this vibe I'm getting from her."

"Well she's pretty hot." Randy commented as Dave nodded his head in agreement. This made Trish want to throw up. The thought of Randy even considering Melina as hot was making her head spin.

"Okay well I'll leave you two alone so you could drool over Melina while talking about her." Trish forced a smile as she leaves the luncheon.

Dave furrowed his eyebrows in bewilderment as Randy turns back around to face him. "What was that all about?" He asked as the self-proclaimed legend killer shrugs his shoulders. Dave stares at his male companion curiously. "So while walking by I can't help but notice a heated conversation that went on between you and Trish."

"It was nothing."

"Oh, it definitely looked like it was something." Randy looks down and sighs, avoiding his gaze. "Is there something you want to talk about, buddy? Like…what she meant by 'I'm talking about us'? What us?" Dave questioned. "Did you and Trish have a history together or something?"

Randy moistened his lips, followed by another deep sigh. "No one knows except for Amy and Adam, at least from what I know."

The news took Dave by surprise as his eyes grew larger. "When did this happen?"

"It was awhile back after Trish and Chris ended their relationship. I just happened to be there to console her and be there for her…and it just…happened."

Dave's mouth fell open as he let out a chuckle. "Wow, and you two kept this secret all along? Why?" He whispers to keep it in the down low.

He shrugs. "We didn't want to make a big deal about it and plus, Trish been through a lot and to tell the world that we're dating wouldn't be a good idea, especially in her position."

"Does John know about this?"

"No."

"Do you still have feelings for Trish?"

There was a small pause. Randy rubs his eyes and thinks deeply at the question—whether he should truthfully answer the question or not. But his silence was too obvious and Dave already knew the answer. "Randy?"

He looks back at him, hesitating a bit. "Yeah…" A reluctant groan escaped from his lips, "I guess I do."

"Oh no…" Dave nods his head in dismay. "Oh no, this is really bad."

Randy wrinkles his forehead. "Why? I can't help the way I feel…"

"I know, but what about John? You know he really likes Trish."

"Yeah, I know that." Randy lets out a deep sigh. "And you know, that's cool he's got nothing to worry about. He likes Trish and apparently she likes him too. It's perfect."

"But what about you, man?"

"What about me, Dave? I'm just her past."

"You can't just ignore how you feel…"

"I can try. I've been doing it since she dumped me."

"And that's very unhealthy, buddy." Dave tells him. "You have to let her know how you feel."

"She knows how I feel and apparently she doesn't want anything to do with me. Trish only sees me as a best friend…a brother figure nothing more."

"Well did you tell her everything?"

Upon her arrival at the hotel, Trish continues to ponder heavily on Randy. She can't seem to get over what he said and plus, she noticed how upset and hurt he looked throughout the conversation. 'He never stopped wanting me?' The Canadian native wrinkles her forehead at the thought. 'Did he really say that?'

"Trish?" The blonde didn't seem to notice that she was mumbling things to herself and walking quite slowly. "Hey, Trish." She felt a tap on her shoulder as she turned around to find an unexpected person to even be talking to her.

"Matt…hey…" Trish breathed heavily while blinking her eyes a few times at the older Hardy. "How are you?"

"I'm doing well." He stares at her oddly as he tilts his head to the side. "Are you okay?"

She nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine."

"Welcome to the team by the way." He greeted with a warm smile. "I didn't find out till today."

"Yeah well thanks…"

Awkward silence fell upon them as Trish avoided his gaze.

"Look, I know this seem kinda weird. I mean the last time we've really spoken was when--"

"Yeah," she stops him from going any further, "I know and it's okay." Trish looks back at him and shrugs. "Shit happens."

He nods. "Yeah, but it doesn't mean we should avoid each other."

Trish and Matt used to be really good friends when she started dating Jeff. And then of course Trish and Amy were best friends ever since Amy and Matt were together and so it would always be the inseparable four. Then things change. Jeff leaves the WWE to pursue a music career, and the whole drama between Matt, Adam, and Amy. After that Trish and Matt just stopped talking completely.

"You're right. Now that we're on the same show we just can't avoid each other."

Matt chuckles. "Yeah, well…um…maybe we can hang out some time."

Trish nods in agreement. "Definitely."

"I'll catch you later then." He winks when suddenly his cell phone went off. The elder Hardy waves goodbye to his female companion and started walking towards the opposite direction while picking up the phone. "Hello?" Trish heard him answered as he gets further and further away from her. She turns back around to look for her room as Matt's voice became softer with each step he takes. "Oh hey, Jeff." The blonde Canadian stops and looks over her shoulder as Matt disappeared at the corner.

"Jeff?" Trish just shook her head and leaves.

It was around 10 o'clock in the evening when John and Amy finally arrived in the arena of Auckland, New Zealand. Once they were inside, the two begin scanning their eyes in all sorts of directions in hopes to find Trish.

As they searched at every corner of the hallway with Amy checking the Women's locker room, Trish was nowhere in sight.

"Maybe she's at the gym." Amy thought as soon as she met up with John. He groans when suddenly John spotted his friend Dave Batista walking down the hallway. His eyes widen as he immediately runs up to him. "Hey," the redhead furrowed her eyebrows, "where you going? John?"

Amy grunted in annoyance as she follows the champ from behind. "Dave!"

The self-proclaimed animal stopped on the middle of the hallway to look over his shoulder. "John?" Dave's jaw dropped at the sight of him. He looks past John and stares at Amy. "Hey, Ames." He darted his eyes between the two. "What are you guys doing here?"

John and Amy exchange looks and smiled. "Well," he turns back to the former RAW superstar with a deep breath, "I'm finally going to tell Trish how I feel."

"You're what?" Dave drew in a few nervous gulps.

"Yeah, have you seen her?" He asked. "Amy and I have been looking everywhere in the arena and I was hoping that you would know where I can find her."

Batista bit his lip while scratching the back of his neck uncomfortably. "Uh…yeah." He stammers nervously. "She went back to the hotel."

"Alright thanks, man." John turns to the redhead. "Let's go, Ames."

"Right behind yah," Amy caught up with John as she turns around and winks, "Later, Dave.

"Yeah," he waved, followed by a deep sigh, "later…"

As soon as John and Amy left the arena, Dave returned to his locker room when just moments later, Randy makes his way inside. "Hey, man." He greeted as Dave could feel his stomach churn. "Listen," he takes a folded chair from nearby and places it in front of him. "I thought about what you said and I think I'm going to tell Trish how I feel."

The animal shot him a look. 'Why me?' He thought. 'Why?'

"You're really going to tell her?" He gulps down nervously as Randy nods his head.

"Well yeah!"

"Maybe telling her isn't a good idea, Randy." The self-proclaimed legend killer stares at his friend weirdly due to his sudden change of mood. "I mean we both know that Trish likes John and I wouldn't want you to get hurt…again."

Randy rolls his eyes and groans. "That doesn't matter. You see all that matters right now is Trish knowing how I really feel about her. I can't hide this feeling forever. Like you said, it's unhealthy and I should really get it out of my system before I lose it."

Dave looks up. 'Why did he have to listen to me?' He thought. 'Why?" His head begins to get under his skin. 'Just tell him John Cena is here. Just tell him damn it!'

"Anyway, I'll meet you back at the hotel."

"Wait," Dave immediately got up from the bench, "are you gonna tell her like right now?"

Randy nods his head, "Uh huh. Why?"

"Nothing, I just think it's too soon."

He arches an eyebrow. "Are you feeling okay, Dave?" He questioned suspiciously. "Just an hour ago you were pushing me to tell Trish how I really feel and now it's like you're saying I shouldn't…"

"I don't know." He shrugged. "I didn't think you'd really listen to me that's all."

Randy rolls his eyes. "Well, I'm gonna tell her anyway. I'll see you later."

Dave takes a deep breath as he watches the young wrestler walk out the locker room. 'Oh boy…' he thought worriedly while burying his face in hand, 'this should be interesting…'

A/N: Dun. Dun. Dun. Who will get to Trish first? Stay tune for more...