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Chapter 16 – Misinterpreting the Signs
"Umm…" Randy continued. "I've had a lot of stuff to do all day so I've been here and there. Where have you been? I haven't seen you all day." Randy replied as casually as he could trying to mask how nervous he was about letting the truth slip out.
"No, no, no Randy. Don't even try that. I've been in my office all day working. You're the one that has been missing and not answering his phone all day." Alex continued with anger poking Randy in the chest for good measure. "And you did see me today in the hall but you left so quickly, barely even saying hi. I'm not surprised that you forgot."
"Alex" Randy grabbed her chin gently and held it up so she would look at him. Her beautiful green eyes captivated him every time he saw them and if he wasn't careful, he would accidentally reveal to her the real nature of his day. "Don't be angry at me. I'm sorry that I haven't been around all day but I promise that I'm all yours tonight."
"You promise?" Alex questioned.
"I promise. Right now though, I'm supposed to go work out my match for later." Randy moved a stray strand of her wavy brown hair and placed it gently behind her ear as he quickly kissed her on the cheek. "I love you." He whispered softly as he started to leave.
Randy's final comment though jogged Alex's memory. "Hey wait!" She called as she rushed to catch up to him. "What about that phone call?" Alex said as she crossed her arms.
Randy grimaced as he slowly turned around and then smiled coyly at Alex. "Oh that, it was nothing." Randy shifted his weight uncomfortably trying to figure out what to say to Alex to explain himself. He couldn't tell the truth but he didn't want to lie to her either. "I was just…well you see…" But before Randy could finish John casually walked into the room.
"Hey man, Benoit was looking for you so the two of you could work out your match for later tonight." John said upon seeing Randy.
Randy casually shrugged his shoulders. "Alright, I guess I better go." With one last gentle look Alex's way, Randy quickly left.
Alex though, wasn't giving up that easily as she followed Randy into the hall. "We aren't done with this conversation."
Randy turned quickly. Seeing the anger and hurt in Alex's eyes, Randy wished he could just grab her and tell her the truth. Randy knew he couldn't do that though or everything would be ruined. So instead, he just smiled his little grin. "I promise, I'll talk to you later."
Alex just crossed her arms as she watched Randy walk away again. Then she walked back into the room where Dez and John were. "He has made a lot of promises today that he best be able to stick to."
Desiree smiled with optimism hoping to cheer up Alex. "Well, maybe its nothing at all like you think it is. You are probably just misinterpreting everything going on."
"Right…" Alex said with sarcasm dripping from her voice. Then she brightened slightly with much more optimism. "Let's hope so." With that thought in mind Alex said her goodbyes to John and Desiree and headed down the hall to the writer's office to get some work done.
Desiree frowned. "This is bad, John, very bad. I think they've spent so much of their energy working on getting our relationship back together that they've let their own relationship suffer."
John nodded his head as he moved forward. He wrapped his arms around his girlfriend from behind, laying his hands gently on her slightly protruding abdomen. "What should we do?" He asked, laying his head gently on her shoulder.
Desiree thought for a minute. "Why don't we help them the same way they helped us?"
"Rae, do you really think we should be getting involved in their relationship?" John questioned.
Desiree laughed. "Do you realize that their meddling saved our relationship? Maybe our meddling can save theirs."
John thought about. "Yeah, you're right." He said with a nod of his head. "So do you want me to talk to Randy?"
Desiree nodded as she released herself from John's grip and turned to face him, wrapping her arms around his neck. "That would be a good idea. Try to figure out what is going on with him. He really has been acting strange all day."
John looked down at Desiree with a smile. "Alright, I'll try and talk to him about it. I won't be able to until after the show though. I'll talk to him before he leaves the arena."
"I hope this works." Desiree said with a sigh. "Alex is really bummed about the entire situation. She really loves Randy but she is just so confused right now."
"Yeah, I know baby. We'll try and fix this though, the way they helped fix us."
Desiree laughed. "Speaking of baby…this little thing just keeps growing." Desiree said with a smile.
John laughed as he placed his hand on Desiree's abdomen and smiled down at her. "You're so beautiful."
"Yeah, you won't be saying that when I swell out to the size of a whale in a few months."
John grinned. "Of course I will. You'll always be my beautiful Rae."
Desiree just laughed as she pushed John away so he could go and get ready for the show. Inside though she was still worrying about her friend and the relationship that seemed to be crumbling before their very eyes.
Later that night, Alex finally shut her computer with a click and packed it away in the carrying case. She casually pushed a stray piece of hair that had fallen in her face gently behind her ear. She would have to remember to not wear her hair in the same way again since she had been repeating that simple motion all night and it was beginning to get on her nerves. The loose hair simply wouldn't stay in place. She picked up the loose paper lying around and packed that in her bag as well.
The show was over and she figured Randy was probably just showering and changing after his match. She couldn't help letting a small smile appear on her lips as she thought about Randy in the shower getting cleaned up. She may have been mad at him but that didn't stop her from loving him all the same. She wasn't really in a big rush to find him though because according to him he was hers all night to discuss what had been up with him all day. Still though, she slung her bag on her shoulder and headed out of the writer's office as she pulled out her new cell phone.
She had completely forgotten about it all day with all the other excitement and was beginning to wonder if anyone had tried to call her. She was busy checking the messages as she wandered down the halls of the arena. With the cell phone being new, Alex was still trying to figure out all the bells, whistles, and quirks it had to offer. She eventually arrived at the locker room though and opened the door slowly, as she was otherwise occupied with her cell phone. She stopped in her tracks though when she overheard Randy.
Alex could hear him but she couldn't make out what he was saying. She silently crept towards his voice and carefully sneaked a peek around the corner. Randy's back was to her as he talked on his cell phone, so he didn't see her. Alex casually returned around the corner and began to listen in on Randy's conversation. She new it was wrong, she knew she shouldn't stay, but for some reason she couldn't remove herself from that spot. She was only hearing parts of the conversation though as what Randy was saying was difficult to understand.
"Samantha…
the arrival…California…
at the hotel…no, I'll…
at the club…is set…
she doesn't suspect…
anger should…maybe shock…
so happy…you made it…
see a broken promise…be happy
our love…"
Alex couldn't believe what she was hearing. Who is Samantha? Why is Randy talking about a hotel and a club to her? Was he meeting her in one of those places? California? Oh no! Is Randy cheating on me? Is that what I supposedly don't suspect? Does he think I'll be shocked and angry that he is cheating on me? Broken promises? Our love? He must be cheating. I can't believe this. She slowly tried to process everything she was hearing but in the end, she kept coming to the same conclusion. She didn't want to believe it but all the signs pointed to it. Randy was cheating on her with another woman and there was nothing that she could do about it.
Alex quickly moved away from the wall trying not to make a sound. She didn't want to talk to Randy. Not now…not ever. The tears started flowing down her face. She wanted to run away…as far away as she could run to get away from Randy but she couldn't. Her feet were fixed to their spot and they weren't moving.
When Randy turned around after hanging up the phone, he saw Alex standing there with tears running down her face. "Alex! Alex, are you okay?" Randy asked as he moved to wrap his arm around her.
As soon as Randy touched her though, Alex snapped out it and she literally snapped. "Don't touch me!" She yelled as she pushed Randy away with much more force than Randy anticipated.
Randy was immediately confused. What did he do? As the tears slowly slipped down Alex's cheek Randy tried to stare into Alex's eyes to see if he could figure out what was going on in her head. She wouldn't look him in the eyes though. Better stated she averted her eyes in every direction possible except in the direction of Randy's eyes. She just couldn't do it…look him in the eyes that is. "Alex, what is wrong?"
"Randy…I just can't believe you would do this to me." Alex said as she stumbled back away from him, finally able to move her feet.
Randy had no idea what Alex was talking about. What did he do? "Alex, I don't understand. What did I do wrong?"
Alex laughed. She was still crying but she actually started laughing at Randy. "What did you do wrong?" She said with laughter. "I don't know." She continued with sarcasm. "The fact that you were missing in action all day or the fact that you've been having mysterious phone calls all day with people you can't wait to see and people named Samantha."
Randy cringed. He figured Alex must have overheard his most recent conversation.
Alex saw Randy's evident cringe and she just laughed some more. "Yeah, that's right Randy. I heard your little conversation. You can't hide the truth anymore. I know what's going on and I don't want to hear about it. So, as far as I'm concerned we are through." She yelled as she ran out of the room finally letting her feet move away from the man who had broken her heart.
"Alex wait!" Randy called after her as he raced into the hallway following her. "You don't understand." He said softly after he realized she was gone. "This was all about you."
A/N – Oooh, what could that mean? Have you all figured out what is going on yet? Wow everyone, I am SO SORRY. This update took me a really long time to get done and I promise that I will try to be quicker in the future. I just got extremely busy, and I also wasn't exactly sure what to put in this chapter and what to not put in this chapter. Also I'm sorry to bring bad news but this story is nearing its conclusion. There will probably only be one or two more chapters. Before you get all worked up though, I'm sure I'll start another story that you all can read when I finish this one. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I really appreciate all the reviews that I received for the last chapter. Thank you to all who reviewed! Don't forget to review this chapter as well.
Kim
