"He lied to me, plain and simple. He lied to me."
"I still don't see how he lied to you."
"Lita, ugh, I don't want to talk about it anymore."
Trish got up from the table she had been having a cup of coffee with Lita at, and started walking back the hotel. Nobody believed her when she told them that Randy had been planning this all along. Not Lita, not Christian, or Chris, or Stephanie. They all thought that he liked her and she liked him, and that just wasn't true.
She walked through the doors of the hotel as they slid open to her and into the lobby. Hoping she wouldn't see anyone she knew she walked to the bank of elevators and hit the up button rapidly, wanting the elevator to come as quickly as possible. If nobody wanted to believe her than she just wouldn't talk to anyone at all. She'd stay holed up in her hotel all day until her flight tomorrow morning. She had everything she needed in her room, and maybe she needed some alone time.
As she reached her room, she saw a figure leaning against the wall next to it. She took a deep breath and brought out her dirtiest look. Molly smirked at her as she crossed her arms. Trish stood there, glaring at her. It was like a showdown in a western, the two of them staring each other down.
"So you heard about me joining up with Evolution I assume?"
"Even if you are with Evolution, that doesn't make you any better than me," Trish said disdainfully.
"I only have the best in the business behind me," Molly said, raising an eyebrow, "And it seems to me that you have...nobody behind you. So how do you expect to get anywhere if you don't even have a leg to stand on."
"I don't need to be a chicken and let boys take care of my dirty work."
"If you think that's what I'm doing..."
"I know what you're doing Molly, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out--"
"I'm surprised that it got through your ditzy brain then," Molly retorted.
"Oh, that one really hurt Molly, didya come up with that yourself, or have you been working on that all day?"
"You're just so jealous and I find it so funny," Molly said with a sarcastic laugh, "I don't blame you really. When you're so in love with Randy and then you see him and me, it's bound to make you go off your rocker." "Look, I don't care if you're sleeping with Randy on the side, because I hate him."
Molly snorted, "Give it up Blondie we can all see through you. But you're not getting Randy. Not in a million years."
"Ok, maybe you're hard of hearing or something, but I just said that I did NOT want Randy, I'm never going to want Randy, so take him! Just take him and leave me alone! The whole lot of you!"
Molly simply laughed again, "Oh you can bet I'll have Randy. And I'll have him and the rest of Evolution destroy you and your pristine little image."
Little did Molly know, but Christian and Chris Jericho had just turned the corner, having wanted to head down to the gym for a light work-out. They saw Molly and Trish having what appeared to be a heated argument, which wasn't unusual where Molly was concerned. She was a far cry from the innocent girl she used to be. They had caught the tail end of the conversation and walked up quietly behind Molly.
"I'm not alone Molly," Trish said smugly as she saw her two friends behind Molly.
"Yes, you are, nobody will come to your rescue. Oh wait, I'm sure if the reward is sleeping with you, then the boys will come running. It's sad to see someone so loose with themselves."
Chris and Christian leaned in a little closer and said simultaneously, "BOO!"
Molly screamed and turned around to see the two Canadians smiling mischievously at her. She looked like a deer caught in headlights for a moment before retaining her composure. Jericho gave a little wave with his fingers and Christian gave her a smile. She scowled and turned back to Trish.
"You were saying about having nobody..." Trish said with a laugh.
"Whatever, I'm gone."
Molly left quickly and Chris and Christian laughed at her. Spouting off at the mouth as usual. Molly had certainly come to think too highly of herself. Maybe the whole power thing about the belt had corrupted her, as it had corrupted people in the past. Trish looked gratefully to the men before her.
"I thought she would never leave," Trish said.
"Lucky for you, we came along."
"Yes, lucky for me."
"I thought you were having coffee with Li," Christian said, looking around, "Did you ditch her!" "No," Trish said with a roll of her eyes, "We had a disagreement and I decided it would be best if we didn't discuss it any further and I left."
"About Randy?" Chris asked, though one could tell that he already knew the answer.
"You're not going to let up about this are you?"
"Of course not...Trish, we DO want to see you happy. If it happens to be with the prep, then so be it. If he makes you happy--"
"He drives me nuts! First he's all trying to be friendly, now he's trying to bring me down. Why in God's name would I let myself fall for someone like that, for someTHING like that!"
"You can't really control who you fall in love with," Chris said.
"But if you could, would you have chosen to fall in love with Stephanie?"
"Yeah," Chris said without hesitation, "What does that have to do with anything?"
"I do NOT choose to fall for Randy, I don't, so there, nothing going on between us and nothing ever will."
"Ok, fine, if you want to live in that little world of denial, I hope it's fun," Chris said.
"He's right you know," Christian added, "Trish, we are your friends, and we want what's best for you."
"If that were true, there's NO way you would try to set me up with Randy, no chance."
"He doesn't seem as bad as the other guys in Evolution," Christian said, "At least not to me."
"Me neither."
"Great, has he brainwashed you guys too?"
"I guess so."
"I'm leaving this conversation now before you two start building a shrine to him."
"Why don't you go see Stephanie, she's bored right now anyways, I'm sure she'd love the company," Chris said.
"Oh no, no, no, don't try to fool me on that one Chris Jericho. I dated you remember, I know when you're lying. You set a whole little plan up with Stephanie and she's got something up her sleeve to try and convince me that Randy is some sort of god who I should be throwing myself at." "I don't think Stephanie would suggest you throw anything," Christian laughed.
"Well, sometimes she wants to throw me out the window, but I think that's a whole different thing entirely," Chris put his two cents in.
"I can relate to that one," Trish interrupted, "If it's all the same to you guys, I'm just going to go into my room and not think about Randy, and not want to be with Randy."
"Ok, good luck with that," Christian called out as he and Chris walked away.
Trish sighed happily, finally getting a moment's peace. She flopped down on the bed and stared up at the stucco ceiling in mock fascination. Why would any of her friends want her with Randy anyways? Was she really that desperate? She didn't think that she was that lonely; although sometimes she was lonely, especially when she saw all her friends happy and coupled off. But she would rather be with anyone other than Randy.
She didn't care if he was cute, and had a certain sexiness about him. That was nothing anyways. Looks were nothing in the long run. Looks faded over time, so they weren't of great import anyways. She turned on her side and hugged a pillow to her chest. Her friends were starting to put crazy ideas inside her head. A knock sounded on her door and she got up reluctantly, knowing that was probably Stephanie on the other side of the door, concocting some kind of plan to convince her that Randy was the guy for her.
She opened the door, "Steph, I'm really not in the mood to--"
"Steph?" came a very masculine voice. A voice that Trish did not want to hear, and suddenly made her long for Stephanie instead.
"Yes, my friend, Stephanie, I believe your master used to be married to her."
"Why would Stephanie be around?"
Trish only then realized that Chris and Stephanie were still keeping a secret about their relationship, "To see me, now that you know, why don't you just go away Randy?"
"I brought this for you," he said, handing her a daisy.
"Wow, could you get any more cheesy? Did you pick this out of your mommy's garden?"
"Trish, I'm trying to make amends here. Look, I didn't know before we started talking that Molly was going to be a part of Evolution, I swear to God, it was a surprise to me, and I wanted to apologize for making you think that I had some sort of plan in store for you."
"Fine, you said your piece, NOW will you leave?" she asked, because she was feeling herself at the breaking point. Randy did seem sincere, but how could she truly trust his motives when he was a part of Evolution. Evolution was a pack of brats and asses who only looked out for themselves and trampled on anyone else who got in their way.
"Trish, would you please just hear me out? I'm not asking for much here."
"Actually, you're asking me to ignore the fact that you are aligned with one of my worst enemies."
"Ok...yeah, I am doing that."
"Yeah, and that's a pretty big thing for me to ignore and I can't, so if you'll please leave me in peace, I think that would be the nicest thing you've ever done for me." Trish motioned to close the door, but Randy put his large hand on the door and pushed it back.
"Trish, please, I'm not asking for much here," Randy pleaded. His words of never letting her walk away again were still fresh in his mind, and he was determined to make that come true.
"Randy, for God's sake, what do you want from me!"
"Go out with me," he said, "Then I'll be happy."
"What, so you can have your little ambush on me, is that why?"
"Trish, I'm not trying to ambush you alright, I...look, I like you, and I have for a while, and this thing with Molly, I didn't plan it, and I didn't want it to happen, especially since it came at the worst possible time. That's the truth, and that's it."
"That's all well and nice Randy, but how am I supposed to believe anything you say? How can I possibly trust you?"
"Can I at least earn it?"
Trish sighed, "Randy, what do you want from me?"
"The pleasure of your company."
Trish knew that he wasn't going to give up without a fight, and he at least LOOKED sincere. She still had a hard time believing what he said because of the company he liked to keep. If he wasn't with Evolution, she would have no problem wanting to date him, but the fact was, he was in a group with a bunch of assholes, and that was that.
She looked at him, "Randy, I don't know."
Randy tried to suppress his smile. He was definitely wearing her down now. She usually would've shut the door on his face, but she was actually considering it. He considered this a minor victory. He just needed to be persistent.
"Please, I'm not asking for much."
"But don't you see you are. We're enemies."
"Well, maybe we can change that."
"I can't do it Randy, I'm sorry, I just can't."
"Trish..."
He pleading was met with the door in his face. Trish leaned against the door. Why did she feel so bad doing that? He had seemed like he was trying to be nice to her, maybe he did like her like he said. But the fact remained that he was part of the enemy, and as such, she couldn't go out with him. It wouldn't make sense.
But not much made sense right now.
"I still don't see how he lied to you."
"Lita, ugh, I don't want to talk about it anymore."
Trish got up from the table she had been having a cup of coffee with Lita at, and started walking back the hotel. Nobody believed her when she told them that Randy had been planning this all along. Not Lita, not Christian, or Chris, or Stephanie. They all thought that he liked her and she liked him, and that just wasn't true.
She walked through the doors of the hotel as they slid open to her and into the lobby. Hoping she wouldn't see anyone she knew she walked to the bank of elevators and hit the up button rapidly, wanting the elevator to come as quickly as possible. If nobody wanted to believe her than she just wouldn't talk to anyone at all. She'd stay holed up in her hotel all day until her flight tomorrow morning. She had everything she needed in her room, and maybe she needed some alone time.
As she reached her room, she saw a figure leaning against the wall next to it. She took a deep breath and brought out her dirtiest look. Molly smirked at her as she crossed her arms. Trish stood there, glaring at her. It was like a showdown in a western, the two of them staring each other down.
"So you heard about me joining up with Evolution I assume?"
"Even if you are with Evolution, that doesn't make you any better than me," Trish said disdainfully.
"I only have the best in the business behind me," Molly said, raising an eyebrow, "And it seems to me that you have...nobody behind you. So how do you expect to get anywhere if you don't even have a leg to stand on."
"I don't need to be a chicken and let boys take care of my dirty work."
"If you think that's what I'm doing..."
"I know what you're doing Molly, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out--"
"I'm surprised that it got through your ditzy brain then," Molly retorted.
"Oh, that one really hurt Molly, didya come up with that yourself, or have you been working on that all day?"
"You're just so jealous and I find it so funny," Molly said with a sarcastic laugh, "I don't blame you really. When you're so in love with Randy and then you see him and me, it's bound to make you go off your rocker." "Look, I don't care if you're sleeping with Randy on the side, because I hate him."
Molly snorted, "Give it up Blondie we can all see through you. But you're not getting Randy. Not in a million years."
"Ok, maybe you're hard of hearing or something, but I just said that I did NOT want Randy, I'm never going to want Randy, so take him! Just take him and leave me alone! The whole lot of you!"
Molly simply laughed again, "Oh you can bet I'll have Randy. And I'll have him and the rest of Evolution destroy you and your pristine little image."
Little did Molly know, but Christian and Chris Jericho had just turned the corner, having wanted to head down to the gym for a light work-out. They saw Molly and Trish having what appeared to be a heated argument, which wasn't unusual where Molly was concerned. She was a far cry from the innocent girl she used to be. They had caught the tail end of the conversation and walked up quietly behind Molly.
"I'm not alone Molly," Trish said smugly as she saw her two friends behind Molly.
"Yes, you are, nobody will come to your rescue. Oh wait, I'm sure if the reward is sleeping with you, then the boys will come running. It's sad to see someone so loose with themselves."
Chris and Christian leaned in a little closer and said simultaneously, "BOO!"
Molly screamed and turned around to see the two Canadians smiling mischievously at her. She looked like a deer caught in headlights for a moment before retaining her composure. Jericho gave a little wave with his fingers and Christian gave her a smile. She scowled and turned back to Trish.
"You were saying about having nobody..." Trish said with a laugh.
"Whatever, I'm gone."
Molly left quickly and Chris and Christian laughed at her. Spouting off at the mouth as usual. Molly had certainly come to think too highly of herself. Maybe the whole power thing about the belt had corrupted her, as it had corrupted people in the past. Trish looked gratefully to the men before her.
"I thought she would never leave," Trish said.
"Lucky for you, we came along."
"Yes, lucky for me."
"I thought you were having coffee with Li," Christian said, looking around, "Did you ditch her!" "No," Trish said with a roll of her eyes, "We had a disagreement and I decided it would be best if we didn't discuss it any further and I left."
"About Randy?" Chris asked, though one could tell that he already knew the answer.
"You're not going to let up about this are you?"
"Of course not...Trish, we DO want to see you happy. If it happens to be with the prep, then so be it. If he makes you happy--"
"He drives me nuts! First he's all trying to be friendly, now he's trying to bring me down. Why in God's name would I let myself fall for someone like that, for someTHING like that!"
"You can't really control who you fall in love with," Chris said.
"But if you could, would you have chosen to fall in love with Stephanie?"
"Yeah," Chris said without hesitation, "What does that have to do with anything?"
"I do NOT choose to fall for Randy, I don't, so there, nothing going on between us and nothing ever will."
"Ok, fine, if you want to live in that little world of denial, I hope it's fun," Chris said.
"He's right you know," Christian added, "Trish, we are your friends, and we want what's best for you."
"If that were true, there's NO way you would try to set me up with Randy, no chance."
"He doesn't seem as bad as the other guys in Evolution," Christian said, "At least not to me."
"Me neither."
"Great, has he brainwashed you guys too?"
"I guess so."
"I'm leaving this conversation now before you two start building a shrine to him."
"Why don't you go see Stephanie, she's bored right now anyways, I'm sure she'd love the company," Chris said.
"Oh no, no, no, don't try to fool me on that one Chris Jericho. I dated you remember, I know when you're lying. You set a whole little plan up with Stephanie and she's got something up her sleeve to try and convince me that Randy is some sort of god who I should be throwing myself at." "I don't think Stephanie would suggest you throw anything," Christian laughed.
"Well, sometimes she wants to throw me out the window, but I think that's a whole different thing entirely," Chris put his two cents in.
"I can relate to that one," Trish interrupted, "If it's all the same to you guys, I'm just going to go into my room and not think about Randy, and not want to be with Randy."
"Ok, good luck with that," Christian called out as he and Chris walked away.
Trish sighed happily, finally getting a moment's peace. She flopped down on the bed and stared up at the stucco ceiling in mock fascination. Why would any of her friends want her with Randy anyways? Was she really that desperate? She didn't think that she was that lonely; although sometimes she was lonely, especially when she saw all her friends happy and coupled off. But she would rather be with anyone other than Randy.
She didn't care if he was cute, and had a certain sexiness about him. That was nothing anyways. Looks were nothing in the long run. Looks faded over time, so they weren't of great import anyways. She turned on her side and hugged a pillow to her chest. Her friends were starting to put crazy ideas inside her head. A knock sounded on her door and she got up reluctantly, knowing that was probably Stephanie on the other side of the door, concocting some kind of plan to convince her that Randy was the guy for her.
She opened the door, "Steph, I'm really not in the mood to--"
"Steph?" came a very masculine voice. A voice that Trish did not want to hear, and suddenly made her long for Stephanie instead.
"Yes, my friend, Stephanie, I believe your master used to be married to her."
"Why would Stephanie be around?"
Trish only then realized that Chris and Stephanie were still keeping a secret about their relationship, "To see me, now that you know, why don't you just go away Randy?"
"I brought this for you," he said, handing her a daisy.
"Wow, could you get any more cheesy? Did you pick this out of your mommy's garden?"
"Trish, I'm trying to make amends here. Look, I didn't know before we started talking that Molly was going to be a part of Evolution, I swear to God, it was a surprise to me, and I wanted to apologize for making you think that I had some sort of plan in store for you."
"Fine, you said your piece, NOW will you leave?" she asked, because she was feeling herself at the breaking point. Randy did seem sincere, but how could she truly trust his motives when he was a part of Evolution. Evolution was a pack of brats and asses who only looked out for themselves and trampled on anyone else who got in their way.
"Trish, would you please just hear me out? I'm not asking for much here."
"Actually, you're asking me to ignore the fact that you are aligned with one of my worst enemies."
"Ok...yeah, I am doing that."
"Yeah, and that's a pretty big thing for me to ignore and I can't, so if you'll please leave me in peace, I think that would be the nicest thing you've ever done for me." Trish motioned to close the door, but Randy put his large hand on the door and pushed it back.
"Trish, please, I'm not asking for much here," Randy pleaded. His words of never letting her walk away again were still fresh in his mind, and he was determined to make that come true.
"Randy, for God's sake, what do you want from me!"
"Go out with me," he said, "Then I'll be happy."
"What, so you can have your little ambush on me, is that why?"
"Trish, I'm not trying to ambush you alright, I...look, I like you, and I have for a while, and this thing with Molly, I didn't plan it, and I didn't want it to happen, especially since it came at the worst possible time. That's the truth, and that's it."
"That's all well and nice Randy, but how am I supposed to believe anything you say? How can I possibly trust you?"
"Can I at least earn it?"
Trish sighed, "Randy, what do you want from me?"
"The pleasure of your company."
Trish knew that he wasn't going to give up without a fight, and he at least LOOKED sincere. She still had a hard time believing what he said because of the company he liked to keep. If he wasn't with Evolution, she would have no problem wanting to date him, but the fact was, he was in a group with a bunch of assholes, and that was that.
She looked at him, "Randy, I don't know."
Randy tried to suppress his smile. He was definitely wearing her down now. She usually would've shut the door on his face, but she was actually considering it. He considered this a minor victory. He just needed to be persistent.
"Please, I'm not asking for much."
"But don't you see you are. We're enemies."
"Well, maybe we can change that."
"I can't do it Randy, I'm sorry, I just can't."
"Trish..."
He pleading was met with the door in his face. Trish leaned against the door. Why did she feel so bad doing that? He had seemed like he was trying to be nice to her, maybe he did like her like he said. But the fact remained that he was part of the enemy, and as such, she couldn't go out with him. It wouldn't make sense.
But not much made sense right now.