Randy just got back to the hotel after a very terrific lunch date. Stacy had surprised Randy a lunch in his favorite restaurant. Randy had finally convinced Stacy that he's going to drive on their way home.
"Um, Stace, you go ahead inside." Randy said as he pulled over.
"Why? Where are you going?" Stacy asked him while he straightened her dress.
"I just need to go and take care of something." Randy replied and kissed her forehead.
"Well, I can go with you. Then we can go inside together." Stacy suggested and linked her hands with Randy's. He slowly pulled Stacy close to him.
"I will be quick. Just go inside, I'll be alright." Randy assured her.
"Okay, just hurry up. I hate being alone." Stacy pouted and Randy just laughed a bit with her reaction.
"Now, now… I didn't know you were such a spoiled---" Randy said but stopped when Stacy glared at him. "Such a spoiled sweet lady." He said instead and Stacy smiled at him and left Randy. Randy just shook his head in amusement as he watched Stacy walk away.
Stacy walked inside the lobby and decided she's going to wait for Randy in the lobby. She sat in one of the couches not knowing that a pair of eyes was looking at her.
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Meanwhile, John was still hopelessly looking for Ashley.
"Ashley! Where are you babe?" John kept calling her name repeatedly. He doesn't care if he was shouting at the top oh his lungs. They wouldn't hear him anyway. He thought.
"Ashley!" he called out again when he saw somebody poking her head through the door. Literally through. Half of her body was visible and the other half was behind the door, he guessed.
"Can you please turn it down a little?" she asked sternly.
"You're an angel?" he asked her at the same time. She just looked at him blankly before answering.
"Are you John?" she suddenly asked him and his heart raced.
"Yeah. Why do you know me?" he asked him in return.
"I heard a lot about you." She said a matter of factly as she floated next to him. Then John realized she looked like a younger version of Ashley. He wanted to ask her, where she heard of him but he was looking at her absent-mindedly.
"My sister could keep going on and on when talking about you." She said as she circled around him.
"What?" he asked her.
"So were you calling my sister's name?" Crystal looked at him like a vulture.
"You're Ashley's sister?" John's eyes grew wide open. He shouldn't be surprise, after all, he did see the great resemblance.
"Duh?" she said.
"So…" John started and shook his brain to find something to say.
"So what?" she asked him rather meanly.
"So, where's Ashley?" John asked, feeling pain when he said her name.
"Why do you want to see her again? You drove her away and told her you don't love her." Crystal said testily. She wanted to know if this guy really love her sister.
"Well, everyone could see why I told her that! I don't want her to loose what she has." John answered defensively. Don't these people read romance books or watch drama? He thought insanely.
"Well, she lost you." She answered simply and John could sense she was telling the truth and it ripped his heart into pieces.
"I would do anything to make it up to her." John whispered sadly and Crystal looked sorry at him.
"You love her?" Crystal asked him though she knows what his answer will be but she wanted to hear it from him.
"I love Ashley. More than anything." He said. "If only I were given another chance, I would never hurt her and I would definitely fight for her." John added and hung his head low.
"You are so selfless." Crystal beamed at him. "That's good."
"I have to go look for her." John said when he thought Crystal would never tell him where her sister is.
"John… Don't worry everything will work out fine. I promise." Crystal ran to him as he was going away.
"Huh?" John looked at her curiously. "How could everything be alright when the heavens doesn't want us to be together." John said.
"Trust me. You'll be together. But you didn't hear it from me." Crystal said and winked at him before going back to the room. "Just read between the lines John. And oh yeah, don't rush into things okay?" Crystal added and this made John think.
"But it is impossible." John thought but who knows, right?
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Stacy quickly looked around when she felt she was being watched. Then she saw him.
"Hi." He greeted her coyly.
"Oh, hey. What are you doing here?" Stacy asked him politely.
"Well, I am staying in this hotel if you forgot." He said and chuckled to ease the uneasiness he was feeling.
"Oh! I forgot. Sorry." Stacy said and tried to smile at him.
"So where's Randy?" he asked and craned his necked looking for Randy when he saw Stacy was alone.
"He said, he has to take care of something." Stacy said and nervously tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.
"Stace, I know this must be very awkward for you. Talking to me. I mean I know we didn't part ways in good terms. It was my---" Andrew started to tell her but Stacy cut him off.
"Andrew, please let's not talk about this right now. I… I don't want to think about it anymore." Stacy said to him in a more pleading voice.
"Please Stace… I just want to make it up to you. I hurt you and then you saw me again and you even helped me even though…" Andrew started to say but Stacy cut him off again.
"Just like what I said, we would help anybody who was in your condition. It's no big deal Drew." Stacy said calmly.
"Stace, can we be friends again?" Andrew suddenly asked her.
"Huh? You what?" Stacy asked him again.
"Can we be friends again?" Andrew asked her again and took her hands.
"Friends? No monkey business?" Stacy asked him.
"No monkey business." Andrew answered her. Stacy smiled at him.
"Alright." She answered finally and confusion swept over her.
"Hey! Stacy?" Randy called out from behind them. Stacy quickly pulled her hands away from Andrew with a guilty look on her face. Randy eyed Andrew suspiciously and then turned his attention to Stacy.
"I thought you'd be in your room by now." Randy said and kissed her while completely ignoring Andrew's presence.
"I decided to wait for you here in the lobby so we could go together." Stacy answered and intertwined her hands with Randy's and smiled sweetly at him. Andrew coughed.
"Um, I am going now. See you around Stace. Randy?" Andrew just said when he realized Randy was completely ignoring him and he's being the third wheel. Randy nodded and Stacy just waved at him.
"You really are persistent." Randy told her and looked at Andrew again questioningly. Stacy got the idea that Randy was asking about Andrew.
"Well, as I was waiting for you, I bumped into Andrew here and we talked for a while."
"Oh, okay." Randy said spacily.
"So, you done?" Stacy asked him and Randy looked at her confusedly.
"With your business. The one you said to me on the parking area?" Stacy reminded him.
"Oh, yeah. Here it is." Randy answered as he handed her a bouquet of long-stemmed red roses.
"Wow! They are gorgeous!" Stacy exclaimed, as she smelled the flowers.
"Fits you." Randy answered and walked ahead. Stacy quickly followed him.
"Thanks." Stacy eagerly replied and leaned her head to Randy's shoulder while they walked together not knowing that Andrew was still looking at them. He was bothered at what he was seeing.
Flashback:
"Why do want this to happen so bad?" Andrew asked Trish.
"I… I just want to." Trish answered, she was confused how Andrew could see through her.
"You can tell me babe." Andrew told her softly as he ran a finger down her bare shoulder.
"I hate Stacy!" she suddenly exclaimed.
"But she's your best friend." Andrew said after he recovered from shock after hearing what Trish felt about Stacy.
"She's a bitch. She always ruins what I have. She's always been better than I have. It's always Stacy this… Stacy that… I'm sick of it! Now she's trying to steal my boyfriend from me!" Trish sudden outburst shocked Andrew even more that he just hugged her consolingly to hush her down.
"Come on Trish, calm down." He said and kissed the top of her head. He didn't know why he was doing this.
"Please Drew, take her away. I don't want to lose Jeff because of her. I love Jeff so much." Trish pleaded while she sobbed on Andrew's chest.
"I will. Don't worry." He whispered to her and he quickly washed the feeling of jealousy that was building inside of him. Why should I be jealous? I love Stacy remember? He thought as he looked at Trish's troubled face and he sighed and decided he really has to do this.
End of Flashback
Andrew shook his head before returning to his own room and he couldn't help but wish that she's waiting for him there.
"So did you talk to Jeff already?" Randy asked her while she was cuddled close to him.
"Oh! I forgot. Maybe I'll just call him." Stacy said and acted to pick up her phone.
"Don't you think it's better if you should just go see him?" Randy suggested.
"Yeah maybe, he did sound serious." Stacy said and looked at Randy.
"Its okay. I can come with you if you want." Randy told her and Stacy's face lit up.
"That's great! Come on." Stacy squealed and pulled Randy.
"Don't think that I'm freaking out or something but I'm having goosebumps again." Stacy said to Randy as they were on their way to see Jeff.
"Why? Are you sick?" Randy asked her worriedly.
"Its… it's because of Trish. She seems to give off bad vibes." Stacy blurted out.
"Babe, be realistic." Randy told her and she just shrugged and knocked on Jeff's door. After a few seconds Jeff opened the door.
"Stacy! Randy!" he said and stepped aside to let the pair in.
"Hi Jeff!" Stacy greeted him and gave him a friendly hug.
"What's up man?" Randy asked him and shook his hand.
"I'm glad you came Stace. I really want to ask for your help." Jeff said as he sat on the couch.
"What do you want to see me about?" Stacy asked him.
"Stace, you know how much I love Trish, right?" Jeff told her.
"Yeah, but you do got a nice way of showing it to her." Stacy teased him and Randy chuckled.
"That's why I need your help." Jeff said seriously.
"In…" Stacy ushered for him to tell her more.
"Stace, I love Trish and I… I really want to spend the rest of my life with her. I want to marry her." Jeff said and let out a sigh when he finished his words.
"Oh my! Really Jeff? That's terrific!" Stacy exclaimed and hugged Jeff again. "Don't worry, I know how to make your proposal romantic and she can never say no to you!" Stacy told him. "Not that she's ever going to turn you down. Of course." Stacy added hastily.
"Thanks Stace, I know I could count on you."
"Congratulations man." Randy just said. "By the way, where's Trish?" he asked.
"Oh, she said she's going to meet… meet you guys." Jeff said and suddenly he was scared. Stacy started having suspicions but he didn't tell Jeff.
"Maybe she was on her way to my room and we missed her." Stacy tried to reason.
"Maybe." Jeff just said but he wasn't all convinced.