From the Author: If you've been a faithful reader, thanks so much for your support! I also wanted to say I know this story is a little, okay, a lot on the sappy side, but things get a little more interesting here, I promise! Please keep reviewing! If I get a few reviews before 12 noon pacific I'll update by three!

John smiled as Hailey entered the room. Even though she wasn't there for him, the fact that she was there at all made the difference. He got up and left the bar (and Orton).

Lita had seen him stand up and regardless of how much she wanted to make Hailey leave and never have seen John, she decided it would be best to point him out and just let whatever happen. "Hey, Hailey, um…look, John headed this way and, I think you should talk so… I'm gonna go ahead and get lost. Okay?"

Hailey nodded blankly and watched John come up towards her. "Hey."

"Hey…"

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"What am I chopped liver?" The Legend Killer sat there talking to his cup of coffee.

"I don't know about chopped liver, but you are crazy." Lita sat on the stool next to Randy. "So how's you're morning going, Orton?"

Randy raised and eyebrow sarcastically, "Oh, people can see me…"

"Of course we can see you, with a head that big you're kind of hard to miss." Lita pushed Randy's head playfully. After a moment of silence, she looked over at him seriously. "About last night, sorry I was a bitch."

Randy shrugged and took a sip of his coffee. "No biggie."

"I guess it all worked out though, had I been out, I would have missed Hailey."

"She came over there last night? Oh, after the whole dinner thing with John?"

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"So," John thought for a second, "What's the deal with us?"

"There is no deal, I don't think. I mean, I'm kinda over it."

Over it? John thought, how can you be over it! I mean, I know we've been a part for a while; you were injured, I wan on the road, but I didn't think it was that bad! John wanted nothing more than to grab Hailey and kiss her like Blaine did Andie and the end of Pretty in Pink, but something told him not to. Instead he hung and nodded his head. "I guess I'm kinda over it too."

He's over it? I was just bluffing! He's supposed to grab me up and kiss me like Allsion and Noah in The Notebook! "Well, then I'll see you around?" How freakin' cheesy am I? If I see him around I'm gonna cry!

"Guess so."

Without Lita and Randy respectively, Hailey and John made their ways out of the Denny's and in separate directions.

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Eventually, Randy and Lita noticed that they were left in the Denny's alone. Even though their best friends needed them, they stayed and shared the quick meal. "Okay, Lita, I love you and all, but we're doing this Dutch." Randy handed the check to Lita, expecting her to dish out part.

She looked over it a while and then nodded, "I do half and then you do half, right?"

Randy smiled in response, "Aw…you do understand!"

"I understand perfectly!" Lita took the piece of paper and tore it right down the middle.

"Not… what I meant…"

Lita, with a sly look on her face, made her way towards the entrance. Quickly Randy took out his credit card and paid the bill before dashing though the lounge to catch her. "You're beyond evil. I just thought you should know." Randy laughed.

The whole walk back to the hotel, Lita tried playfully to explain why she wasn't evil, but Randy didn't hear a word. He was much too interested in the way her eyes gleamed or how the East coast sun bounced off her pin-straight red hair. This is not… I can't do this.

"Orton are you listen-" As Lita went to rouse Randy about not paying attention, he kissed her. No warning, no buffer, nothing. He put his hand on the small of her back and leaned into the kiss gently. Like all good thing, it came to an end. Not knowing what to do, and still unclear of what had just happened, Randy gave his signature cocky smirk and walked away with as little explanation as the kiss itself.

From Keira:

Okay, just to catch you up, a quick summary. John and Hailey are broken up, Lita is in love with Hailey (who is oblivious) and Randy has the hots for Lita, and she knows it now… Thanks for the support, by the way!