"Are you alright?" Ashley asked John as he floated towards her.
"Yeah, I'm good." John answered and tried to smile.
"It'll be okay." Ashley assured him and hugged him comfortingly and John hugged her back.
"I'm so proud of you." Ashley whispered to him.
"Thanks to you." John whispered back.
Then suddenly their attention shifted from each other to Randy and Stacy. Stacy was backing away from Randy.
"Stacy?" Randy called out her name. He was worried that she was scared of him.
"I'm sorry Randy." Stacy said and stood up and grabbed her groceries.
"Stacy wait." Randy said as he struggled to catch up with her.
"What?" Stacy asked like she didn't know why he was so worried.
"I'm sorry, it was wrong. Whatever that just happened, it was wrong." Randy said sadly.
"I'm not saying what happened was wrong. It's just that... Can we just take things slow?" Stacy asked.
"Huh? Oh, of course. I'm not going to force you to like me just because John used my body." Randy said trying to hide the bitterness.
"No, Randy. You're a sweet guy and all. And maybe somewhere within me, there's something special for you but we can't rush into things." Stacy said slowly and put a hand on his cheek.
"I understand." Randy answered and hung his head low.
"We should start fresh." Stacy said to him she was thinking that if she starts hanging out with Randy, it's not because John told her to but because she wants to.
"Very well, beautiful miss, I'm Randy Orton. May I have the honor of knowing your pretty name?" Randy said and extended an arm to her. Stacy couldn't help but laugh a bit.
"I'm Stacy, Stacy Keibler." Stacy said and shook his hand.
"Nice to meet you Miss Stacy. Can I offer you a hand? You look like you need some help with those bags." Randy said and pointed at the bags.
"If you insist then thank you kind sir." Stacy answered and decided to humor him too. "You aren't bad Randy." Stacy couldn't help but say it to him.
"You are just sweet Stacy." Randy answered and smiled.
"Well, they're getting along quite well John." Ashley said to John.
"Yeah, that's good. But I have this funny feeling that it's not a happy ending yet." John answered.
"You're being pessimistic you know." Ashley said.
"Well it doesn't hurt to sound negative once in a while." John defended himself.
"I know you're just worried. You always were a big worrier. I think you got that from your mom." Ashley told him.
"How'd you know she's a big worrier?" John asked Ashley.
"John I've been with you since you were a kid. We grew up together silly, you just didn't know. Well anyway, I should know those things." Ashley answered.
"Oh." John muttered.
"Tell me more about you Ash…" John said to her.
"Huh?"
"Don't you think it's a bit unfair that you know everything about me and yet you are such a mystery to me?" John continued.
"Okay, I'll let you ask me as many questions as you can and I'll answer them." Ashley said and flashed him her beautiful smile.
"There's that smile again…" John thought and couldn't help but look at her closely.
"Why do you have such beautiful smile?" John asked absent-mindedly as he was lost in Ashley's presence.
"John? Are you messing with me or what?" Ashley asked nervously as she tucked a few strands of hair behind her ear.
"I… I'm sorry… I didn't mean to ask that question. It's just that you have such… you know… beautiful smile." John answered slowly and Ashley remained silent.
"They do make a lovely pair." Ashley just said trying to break the barrier of silence between them.
"Huh? Yeah they do." John agreed, though he could still feel a pinch of jealousy at Randy for spending time with Stacy.
"Ash, what am I going to do next?" John suddenly asked.
"We wait for tomorrow. That's it. We've done what we have to do for today." Ashley answered.
"Cool. You wanna hang around and just spread your heart out and relax?" John asked her and offered a hand.
"That would be a good idea." Ashley said and took John's hand.
"So where do you want to go?" John asked her.
"Anywhere." Ashley replied and just let John lead the way.
"Hmm… It's up to me then? Okay, let's go to the movies!" John said as his eyes sparked happily.
"Movies?" Ashley asked.
"Yeah, nothing beats free movies right?" John said.
"Yeah, but no popcorn!" Ashley pouted.
"As if angels eat popcorn!" John exclaimed and chuckled a bit.
"Hey! It's tradition!" Ashley defended herself.
"But movie is free. Even the bus ride is free." John said as he pulled Ashley inside a waiting bus.
"You better hope this one won't end up full." Ashley said.
"Hey, lighten up." John told her. "You need to breath sometimes you know. I thought angels are always happy and relaxed."
"Alright…" Ashley said in a resigned voice and just decided to relax just like John said.
"So what do you want to watch?" John asked her.
"Hmmm… It depends on what's showing." Ashley answered.
"Oh! Before I forget, how about those questions you promised me?" John reminded her and he felt himself blushed a bit when he remembered what he first asked her.
"Yeah, go on, ask me anything." Ashley said and gave John the go signal that he can ask her anything he wants to know.
"Do angels fall in love?" was John's first question.
"I hope you don't mind walking…" Randy said to Stacy. He was walking her home.
"It's alright. I'm used to it. What about you? Are you sure you're okay with walking?" Stacy asked worriedly when he noticed Randy limping a bit.
"Don't worry, I'm okay. Doctor said I need to exercise my legs too." Randy answered and Stacy just laughed a little when he remembered it was the exact same thing John said earlier.
"I could get use to this." She said to herself and studied Randy's face.
"What? Do I have something in my face?" Randy asked consciously when he saw Stacy looking at him.
"Nothing. I'm sorry." Stacy stammered and looked down.
"Don't be. There's nothing to be sorry about." Randy said as the two of them entered the fancy hotel that the WWE was currently staying.
"Oh what a skank! She learned that John loved her and now that he's dead, she's hitting on his best friend." Candice Michelle 'whispered' to her friend Victoria when they saw Randy and Stacy walk in. Stacy turned her head suddenly to the two heel divas.
"Don't pay attention to them." Randy said and pulled her gently to the elevator.
"I just couldn't understand why they have to be so bitchy around me." Stacy said slowly and Randy just gave her a sympathetic look and shut his mouth.
"They're just jealous of you." Randy thought.
"We'll here we are. Thanks for helping me out Randy. I really appreciate it." Stacy said as the two of them stopped in front of Stacy's hotel room.
"It's nothing. And if you ever need some company just call me." Randy said and bade goodbye. He just hugged Stacy in a friendly way after battling with himself if he should kiss her goodbye.
"Thanks." Stacy said gratefully.
"Now what was that about?" Trish asked when Randy got inside the elevator. Stacy jumped in surprise when she heard her voice.
"Oh! It's you." Stacy said.
"Yeah, it's me. Now, what was that all about?" Trish repeated her question and Stacy smiled and decided to tell Trish the whole story.
sorry for the late update guys. something just came up and i really needed to attend to it. but i hope you like this chappy even though it's a bit short. well, please leave a review and till next chap! mwah!
yanzell