Disclaimer: Alright, you know the drill, I don't own any WWE superstars that appear in this story. They are the property of themselves and Vince McMahon. I only own my original characters and the storyline that I have created. Hope you all enjoy!

A/N – Hey everyone! I'm back with the sequel to The Contest. Please keep in mind that everything from The Contest continues into this story. John and Randy are both on Raw and it is now the middle of July in the story. Again, I doubt that I will follow along with exactly what the show did in July but just bear with me. I'm sure you will all understand. I hope everyone enjoys and please continue reviewing!


Chapter 1 – Normalcy is Overrated

It had been two months since Alex had returned from being on the road with Randy. She had returned to Fair Grove and immediately gone back to her job teaching. The year had still had a few more weeks left before summer vacation began. She finished off the year but was not as happy to be back as she would have thought. Her normal, everyday life just wasn't enough anymore.

While she was on the road she thought that she would never want to do anything except teach but after she came back it just wasn't the same. She figured that it was because she had gotten a glimpse of the traveling lifestyle. Even though it wasn't always glamorous and it wasn't always fun, she had enjoyed that week immensely. Her normal life could never compare to traveling around the country.

So, Alex took her future into her own hands. She did something that nobody would have expected her to do and she hadn't told anyone about it yet either. Alex quit her job. She just didn't have the passion for it anymore. Her heart wasn't in it because it was somewhere else, or you could say with someone else. Since school had been out for the summer, Alex had been doing her regular summer job of working at the restaurant, as a waitress. The whole time though Alex was trying to figure out what she would do now that she wasn't teaching.

She had always loved writing and as a child had imagined herself teaching and then writing books on the side. In college she had even minored in creative writing. Throughout her grown-up years though she had never really thought of it as a serious career move because she was always teaching. Now that she wasn't teaching though, she could actually pursue something in writing. She just had to figure out what that something would be.

Randy still couldn't believe that he had lost Alex. It had been two months since she had kissed him goodbye and gotten on that plane. He still was in shock that he finally kissed her only to lose her only seconds later. On several occasions he had thought of hoping on a plane and going to see her but he always chickened out before actually doing it. He figured there must be a reason why Alex had gotten on that plane. He figured that if their relationship was really meant to be then she would have stayed. It wasn't that Randy didn't care for her. He truly believed that in the short time he had known Alex, he had fallen in love with her.

It was true that Randy had accepted the fact that he would never see Alex again. She was back in Fair Grove and he was always on the road. He would never be able to forget Alex because that week with her was unforgettable but he knew that he had to move on. For the first month after she had left Randy had stayed in most of the time instead of going out to the clubs. After that though he slowly started going out more and more until now he was back to normal. Well as close to normal as he could get when the only person he could think about was Alex.

On this particular day, Alex got home from work and immediately hopped into a nice hot shower. She just stood in the shower letting the warm water run over her body and wash away all the grime of the day. It had been a particularly hectic Tuesday at the restaurant and Alex was excited to just sit down, relax, and watch some TV. When she was finished she stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around her body as she walked into her bedroom. She slipped into some sweats and a tank top and then headed downstairs to cook some dinner. She was just finishing with cleaning up the dishes after eating when her telephone rang. She picked it up and was surprised to see that it was Cameran.

"Hey Cami."

Cameran smiled. "Oh my gosh Alex, its so nice to talk to you again."

Alex laughed slightly. "Cami, it has only been 3 days since the last time you called."

"Yeah, I know but I still missed talking to you."

"Its alright, I missed talking to you too." Alex moved to sit on the arm of the couch. "So what's up?"

"Nothing. Actually, I was wondering if you were going to watch the WWE programming that is on tonight."

"What are you talking about? It's Tuesday. There isn't any WWE show that is on Tuesdays."

"Did you forget? There is one this week and it stars you and Randy."

Alex slapped her hand to her forehead. "That's on tonight?"

"I'm afraid so."

Alex stood up from the couch and started pacing with the phone. "I can't watch it."

"Alex, I think you should."

Alex continued with her pacing. "No, I can't, it will just remind me of Randy."

"Alex, you need to find closure with this Randy thing. Watching the show will be the only way for you to find closure."

"Yeah, or it will just open up bigger wounds than I already have."

"If seeing the show does that to you then you know for sure that you aren't really over this whole Randy thing and you'll have to do something about it."

Alex stopped pacing. Cameran had a point. "You're probably right. I'll talk to you later."

"Okay, bye sweetie."

"Bye Cami."

Cameran did have a point but Alex already knew that she wasn't over the whole Randy thing. If she watched the show that wouldn't change. She would still think about him everyday, she would still wonder what would have happened if she had stayed, and she would still wonder what Randy was doing. Alex paced a little bit more trying to figure out whether she was going to watch the show or not. She finally decided that she would so she settled into the chair and went to turn on the TV. Instead though she just held the remote and stared at the blank TV. She just couldn't bring herself to turn it on. Minutes ticked away and if Alex didn't turn the TV on soon then she would miss the show. Finally Alex forced herself to push the power button and go to the channel. She turned it on just in time to not miss the beginning.

As she watched the show she did begin to get sad because it reminded her of the amazing week that she had. Seeing her and Randy together was torture but most of all Alex was getting pissed off. She was relieved in a way but also pissed. The camera man had followed her and Randy around all week, but they were only showing the times when they were at the arena or when they were doing something to do with wrestling. She and Randy were put through the torture of dealing with those cameras when in actuality they didn't even need to be followed around the whole time.

At the end of the show there were clips of Alex walking away to get on the plane. There was some voice over of her saying how much fun the experience was and how much she learned about the WWE. Then the last clip cut back to Randy standing by himself with some voice over of him saying how much fun it was to share his lifestyle with someone who wouldn't normally experience it. Alex had really convinced herself that Randy didn't really care for her. There feelings were just something that happened because they were in such close proximity for a period of time. The last clip changed her mind though, drastically. As she watched Randy standing alone she swore she say tears forming in his eyes.

People have defining moments in there lives and that one was it for Alex. It was at that moment that Alex realized that she had been a fool. Love had been staring her in the face and she had just walked away from it. Well, now was the time to change all of that. Alex had to see Randy again. She had to find out if she could save what she had walked away from two months before. The problem was that her realization may be too little, too late.


A/N – I'm so glad that I got so much positive feedback for The Contest. I ended up with just over 200 reviews on that one story and I couldn't be happier. I hope you all liked chapter one of the sequel. It just kind of lets you know what is going on in Randy and Alex's lives since the conclusion of The Contest and it sets up what this story will be all about. I hope you all like it and please, please, please review! I love getting reviews so much! Now, as for updates, again school is crazy at this time of year with all the senior deadlines for colleges, scholarships, and such that I'll try to update at least once a week. Just review and I'll be as speedy as possible. Thank you!

Kim