Ch 2
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2:05 AM. Great, I have another 6 hours to sleep and I'm still wide awake. It's funny how you never seem to be able to sleep when you have a ton of stuff going on the next day. Maybe a walk will calm me down. I slipped out from under the covers and slid on my slippers. I grabbed the keycard to my hotel room from the night stand and quietly walked to the door. I didn't want to wake Stacy up. That wouldn't be too fun. I slowly opened the and shut it behind me. I put the keycard in the pocket of my pajama pants as I headed towards the elevator. I might as well head to the lobby. Maybe there's a magazine or something that I can read. I pressed the "Lobby" button in the elevator and in a minute the doors opened once again.
"Can't sleep?" I asked the person who entered before I realized just who it was.
"How can you tell?" Randy asked me as he re-pressed the "Lobby" button and the door closed.
"Well for one, it's 2 o'clock in the morning and we have Raw tomorrow night." I said as I looked up at him.
"Don't remind me." He said with a sigh as the doors opened once again, revealing the hotel lobby.
"You up for a game of checkers?" I asked him as we both stepped out of the elevator and into the lobby. Checkers is better than any magazine, not that this hotel seemed to have any after looking around for a moment.
"It's better than just sitting there I guess." He said as he took a seat next to the checker board and started to set up his pieces.
"So are you ready to head over to Europe next week?" I asked. I was trying to make some small talk. It was better than just sitting there in that awkward silence that seemed to fall between us.
"As if I'm looking forward to another 12 hour plane ride." He said as he moved his piece.
"At least you get to ride first class. Being in evolution must be good for something." I said as I jumped one of his pieces.
"Evolution isn't as bad as you think it is." He said. I couldn't exactly tell if he was saying that as a way to shut me up about Evolution or if maybe he was going to open up to me about what was going on earlier.
"Is that what you were upset about earlier?" I asked him as I cleared another one of his pieces off the board.
"Like I'm going to start telling Trish Stratus all my problems." He muttered as he moved his piece.
"You don't have to put up this act around me, Randy." I said as I looked up at him. Maybe he's not the person that they all say he is. Maybe there is something more to him that people don't know about. It was worth a try to find out, right?
"What act?" He responded.
"The whole tough guy, evolution member, doesn't care about anyone else attitude that you always seem to exhibit." I said as he looked at me. And for a second I saw his eyes fill will understanding. But soon they froze back over to their usual icy glare.
"I should get going. If Hunter saw me down here with you he'd shit himself." He said as he got up from the table and walked over to the elevator. I thought maybe, just maybe he wasn't that guy that everyone says he is. Somewhere deep down there he isn't. I know he isn't. And I'm going to make it my mission to find the real Randy. But in the meantime, I should probably be getting back to my room. If Stacy woke up for some reason and saw me gone she would flip out. Besides, I should be getting on sleep. There is Raw tomorrow after all.
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"Trish, are you almost ready to go?" Stacy asked me.
"Just give me another minute or so." I said as I touching up my eye shadow. A group of us decided to go out to a local club after Raw was over. And hey, I had to look good, you never know when there's going to be a nice looking guy strutting along, or what fans are going to come over and ask for a picture. I put on a layer of lip gloss and I was ready to go. "Alright Stacy, let's book it." I said as I grabbed my purse and me and Stacy walked out of the hotel room that we were sharing. We walked down the hall and into the elevator, all the while chit-chatting about little things. The elevator doors opened to the lobby and we saw Chris Jericho, Jay, Shane McMahon, Rob Van Dam, and Torrie Wilson.
"Finally, we thought you guys were never going to show up." Jay said teasingly as me and Stacy joined up with everyone.
"Hey, we're diva's for a reason, Mr." I said as I stuck my tongue out at him.
"So is everyone ready to go?" Shane asked everyone.
"Yep, I think so." Stacy replied as she brushed a piece of lint off her skirt.
"Alright, it's only two blocks from here so I figured that we could just all walk there." Shane said as he started to head for the doors out of the hotel. After 10 minutes of walking, which included 10 minutes of Chris going on about how great his band, Fozzy, is. I think by that time we were all ready to hit the club and loosen up a bit.
"I'm going to go get a table, anyone want to come with me?" Rob asked as we entered the club.
"I will, I think I'm gunna need a drink before I hit that dance floor." I said as I observed out surroundings.
"I will too, a beer sounds pretty good right now." Jay responded. Stacy and Chris were already out on the dance floor. Nobody quite knew what was going on with them. They definitely appeared to be more than just friends, but they never said if they were officially going out or anything either. I personally thought it was just a matter of time before they proclaimed their love for each other. But hey, that's just me.
"Care to join them?" Shane asked Torrie as he stuck out his arm for her.
"I'd love to." Torrie said with a smile as the two of them headed off to the dance floor. Shane and Torrie were also just friends. I'm not really sure what Torrie thinks about Shane, or anyone for that matter. Sure, the two of us could be considered friends, but we don't really talk that much. Torrie more often that not is hanging out with Stephanie McMahon. And I am more often than not hanging out with Stacy. That's just how it is. Why didn't Steph come tonight? That's a good question. Ms. McMahon lost her voice over the weekend. How she made it through Raw is beyond me, but she did it.
"Is this one alright?" Rob asked as we moved over to an empty table.
"It's fine with me." I said as I sat down and removed my coat.
"I'll go get the drinks, what do you guys want?" Jay asked as he removed his coat and set it on the chair next to me.
"I'll take a beer." Rob said as he leaned back in his chair, effortlessly.
"I think I'll go with a martini." I said as I smiled at Jay.
"Alright, I'll be back before you know it." Jay said as he headed off in the direction of the bar.
"You match with Hunter tonight was amazing." I said to Rob.
"Well, I try." Rob said with a smile. He always seems to be so cool in collected no matter what the situation is. Rob and I met a few years back. Ever since then we've been pretty good friends. I've always been able to go to him with my problems. That's just the kind of guy that he is. "Speak of the devil." He said as he looked over at the entrance of the club. I turned around and looked, only to see no one other than Evolution.
"Lovely." I said as Jay came back with our drinks.
"What's going on?" Jay asked as he sat down, across from Rob, next to me.
"Turn around and get a look yourself." Rob said as he took a swig of his beer.
"Shit. It seems like every time we plan on doing something they always manage to show up. None of them better try to do anything or I-" Jay said before I cut him off.
"Jay, just calm down. They haven't done anything yet. Just don't worry about them. Don't let them ruin your night." I said as I put a hand on his arm. He just grumbled something in response and took a sip of his beer. I started to drink my martini as Shane and Torrie came over to the table.
"Hey you two." Rob said as they sat down at the table.
"Done dancing already?" I asked with a smile.
"Actually, I was going to see if anyone was up for a game of darts." Torrie challenged.
"I'm up for it." Rob said as he finished off his beer and stood up.
"Yeah, me too." Jay responded.
"I think I'm stay over here and chill out for a while." Shane said.
"I'm with him." I said.
"Alright, let's go." Torrie said to Rob and Jay. Torrie is always the competitive one.
"So Shane, let me ask you something." I said as I finished my drink.
"Shoot." Shane said as he looked at me.
"What do you know about Randy Orton?" I asked him, hoping he could give me some information that I could use in my little quest.
"Not much." Shane said with a chuckle "Why?"
"Oh, no reason. I was just wondering." I said, nonchalant. At least I hope I sounded nonchalant.
"I'll be back in a minute. I'm gunna hit the bathroom." He said as he stood up and headed off into the crowd. Not a minute after he left someone else came over to the table.
"Why look who we have here. If it isn't little Miss Stratus." Hunter said tauntingly with a smile on his face.
"Hello Hunter." I said in an annoyed tone. Typically everyone from Evolution was disliked backstage. Most people didn't mind Flair, just because he is Flair. Evolution always hung around themselves. I've never really seen them around anyone else come to think of it, unless it was a special appearance or something. "What do you want?" I asked as I looked at him.
"That's a funny question." He said as he took his hand and ran one of his fingers along the side of my face. I quickly turned my head and shot him a venomous look.
"Leave her alone." Shane demanded as he came back over to the table.
"Ooh look, it's Shane O'Mac! I'm so scared! I'm shaking in my boots!" Hunter mocked.
"Don't start any trouble tonight." Shane threatened.
"Come on Hunter, just leave those two alone. Besides, Ric wants you." Randy said as he came up behind Hunter.
"Ric." Hunter grumbled. "I'll be seeing you two later." Hunter said as he turned and walked away. I sent Randy a quick smile. He looked at me for a second and then followed after Hunter.
"Thanks." I said to Shane as he came around the table and sat across from me once again.
"Don't worry about it." He said. "Boy will I be happy when Evolution get what's coming to them."
"Won't we all?" I asked with a smile.