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Chapter 8 – Talking in Halls with Boys
Alex just stood there staring at the door to her hotel room, not really wanting to turn around. She knew that if she turned around she would have to see him and talk to him. Him being Randy Orton, of course. The one person she didn't want to talk to tonight, the one person she would have been happy just to avoid for a few days. Too bad she couldn't avoid him now. It seemed like minutes had passed before Alex finally turned around but really it was only several seconds. Alex turned around and wasn't surprised to see Randy leaning against the wall a few paces away watching her intently.
Alex just put on a smile and attempted to make small talk, as she tried to figure out what to do next. "Hey Randy. What are you doing here?"
Randy just grinned. "You didn't answer my question."
Alex wanted to slap the grin right off from Randy's face. He knew that he had her caught, at least he thought that he did. Now, he was just waiting for her to slip up. "And what question was that exactly?"
Randy laughed. He loved it when she pulled the attitude. It just made him want her that much more. He had to be careful though because he was technically still with Stacy. "The one where I asked you if you thought it was kind of a short night for you."
"Oh yeah, that one. Well, no I guess not really. Why is there somewhere else I should be instead of trying to get into my own hotel room?"
"Well I just assumed with the way that you were with John tonight that you would be spending the night with him or at least making the evening longer."
Alex let out a gasp. Yes, she actually gasped at the thought that Randy would think that about her. "Why would you even think that I am that type of girl?"
Randy smirked. He was having fun now. He figured that Alex wouldn't do something like that, but now he just wanted to see what would happen if he made her think that he believed that. "You aren't? Well I just assumed with the way that you were acting before…"
Before Randy could even finish his statement he felt a slap across his face. Randy held on to where Alex had slapped him and then turned to face her with a smirk. "Well at least I know how to push your buttons now."
Alex couldn't believe he was still smiling after she had slapped him. "You're just so…so…"
"Charming…" Randy said with a smile.
Alex frowned. "Far from it. You know its been an enjoyable conversation as usual with you but I must be going." With that Alex quickly let herself into her hotel room and slammed the door behind her.
Randy just stared at the door that had been slammed in his face. Why did he always do that whenever he was around her? He always put on the 'mr. macho' act. In the end though it always pushed her away. Randy had to decide whether he wanted to take a risk with Alex or stick with the easy choice of Stacy. It had to be quick too because sooner or later Alex was going to get tired of Randy's act and move on. Randy knew he couldn't let that happen. He just had to decide what to do next.
To Alex, slamming the door was just communicating with Randy how pissed off she was. Boy was she ever mad. He just had that way of pushing her buttons. She really wasn't mad at him though…okay, she was but he wasn't the entire reason. She was mad more at herself because no matter what he did to annoy her and push her buttons, it just made her love him that much more. To her Randy was that boy from high school who did all kinds of things to push your buttons but in the end it just made you notice them more.
Alex slipped off her shoes and just laid across her bed. She didn't know where this thing with Randy was going. She was still very much in love with him. She had loved him for so long without really being able to tell him. The ball was in Randy's court. Alex wouldn't be the 'other' girl. She wouldn't be with Randy if he was with Stacy. All that Randy had to do was dump Stacy and tell Alex how he felt about her. Alex wasn't really sure what Randy was waiting for.
Maybe she was reading his emotions wrong? Maybe he really did love Stacy and not her. Maybe the ball wasn't in Randy's court. Maybe it never really had been. It was at that moment that Alex realized she had to do something. She had always given Randy this power over her like everything was up to him but really Alex knew that she could take control of her own life. She had to talk to Randy again…but this time really talk…and on her own terms. The questions that arose now though were where, when, and how? As Alex fell asleep that night she was formulating a plan to finally do things her way. It was now only a matter of when.
Desiree woke up the next morning completely spent from the previous nights encounter. John always did that to her which was why she kept coming back for more. She woke up to find John's arm draped around her and as she rolled over she just looked at John. Desiree was having so many different emotions running through her head that she didn't even know how to feel anymore. John was amazing, in every sense of the word; as a lover, as a wrestler, and just as a guy in general. For all his rough exterior and the persona he portrayed he really was a such a sweet guy who Desiree really believed loved her.
The only thing holding Desiree back was her fear. Her fear of being hurt, her fear of falling in love, her fear of letting herself fall in love. The thing she didn't realize, or wouldn't let herself realize was that she already was in love. She loved John and wanted to be with him, really with him, but her brain was stopping her heart. Her brain was telling her what her past experience with men had taught her, that guys were scum who didn't deserve to be loved. Desiree had always gone for the boys who just ended up hurting her in the end which explained why she was so hesitant about getting herself involved emotionally with John.
Desiree's fears were what pushed her to carefully move John's arm and slide out of bed. She quietly and quickly threw on her clothes. Then she tiptoed over to the door and sneaked out. Once she shut the door she let out a sigh of relief and headed towards the elevator.
John stirred from his peaceful sleep that morning expecting to find a gorgeous naked woman lying in his bed. When he opened his eyes though, Rae was nowhere to be found. John cursed himself for giving in to her again. The last time she had visited he had tried to have the relationship conversation with her and she had just blown it off and John had let her. This time he had been determined to not let her get her way until they had the relationship conversation. He almost succeeded and then she had touched him and then every thought was out the window. Her touch always made John's brain stop working so other parts of his body could take over. It was just her way. John really hoped that maybe their conversation had meant something to her and she would be there in the morning. But he had been mistaken.
Still though he got out of bed hoping that maybe she had just left to get something and that she was really coming back. With that thought in mind, John threw on some clothes and went out into the hall, not really expecting to see Rae but hoping just the same.
To his surprise John saw Rae stepping into the elevator. He figured she must have just left. "Rae wait!"
Rae looked up to see John rushing down the hall towards her. She quickly tried to close the elevator so that she could get away from him. John was too quick though and stopped the elevator from closing as he stood in the open elevator doorway. Rae looked around the elevator. There were two other people already on the elevator. "John, don't do this, not now. We'll talk the next time that you are in town."
John grinned. "Yeah, we could do that but…I want to talk with you now." With that John grabbed Rae's hand and pulled her out of the elevator and into the hallway. Then he waved to the two people on the elevator as the doors finally began closing. "Enjoy your ride." Then John turned to Rae and grinned. "Thought you would sneak away again, huh?"
Rae yanked her arm out of John's grasp. "I wasn't sneaking."
John smirked as he leaned against the wall and crossed his arms across his chest. "Really, so what exactly would you call it."
Rae mimicked John as she crossed her arms as well. "I was leaving. The same as I always do."
"Yeah, well I thought we talked about this last night. You know, the talk where I said that I didn't want it to be like this anymore."
Rae walked back towards the elevator and pushed the down arrow. "I never agreed to that."
John walked over to Rae. "Rae, I told you that our talk was over. I meant what I said. I want us to be together."
"John we are together. Why can't you see it that way?"
"Yeah, we are together. Behind closed doors where no one can see us. I want to be able to walk down the street holding your hand and tell everyone that you are my girl."
Rae scoffed. "What like I'm your property or something? I don't want to be owned John."
"Rae it wouldn't be like that and you know it. You're just afraid. I don't know of what…but you're afraid."
Rae crossed her arms again and tried to sound convincing. "I'm not afraid."
"Then…why?" John pleaded.
Rae looked at John and her heart almost broke. She could see how much he really loved her and how much he wanted to be with her. She wanted to reach out and soothe him and say how much she loved him but something still held her back. There were so many reasons that Rae could have told John but none of them would have been the truth. Did she even know the truth for sure herself?
By now the elevator door had opened and Rae stepped on hoping that John wouldn't follow her. Then she turned and as the elevator door were closing she answered John. "I just don't know." Then she was gone.
John stared at the shut elevator door for the longest time trying to figure out whether he should go after Rae or not. He was just about to press the down arrow so he could try and follow her again. When the door opened. John looked up and was surprised at who stood all alone in the elevator before him.
A/N – Well I hope you all had a great holiday! I know that my Christmas was awesome but today I decided that I had to buckle down on myself and write an update. Now this chapter probably wasn't exactly what you all expected. I started with the Randy and Alex conversation that you all wanted but didn't really solve anything there. I just continued the problem…well, I promise (I think, hehehe) that the next chapter, Alex will finally do something and whether anything comes from that is left to be told. And oops, I left a cliffhanger again. Its not that I like making you all hate me, lol, I just like to build suspense and keep you all guessing. Okay, so that's all I got for now. REVIEW! Pretty please and I'll try to update soon!
hugs,
Kimberly
(P.S. – Who do you all think is in the elevator?)
