"Hello?" Stacy answered groggily as she answered the phone.
"Good morning sleepyhead." A voice said and this took Stacy's full attention.
"Drew?" Stacy forced herself to be awake and combed her hair with her hand.
"Yeah, it's me. Sorry, did I wake you up?" Andrew asked in his most charming tone.
"No, I was just waking up. So what made you call this early?" Stacy asked as she went to the window and pulled the curtain aside to see the beautiful sun.
"Oh, I just want to be the first one to greet you a good morning." He answered casually. Stacy couldn't help but feel tickled with his gesture.
"Well, you are absolutely the first." Stacy told him and Andrew let out a small laugh.
"I really miss this…" Andrew sighed and Stacy's heart tightened.
"Miss what?" she asked him.
"This… calling you first thing in the morning and listening to your voice. Hear you laugh when I crack stupid jokes to wake you up." Andrew said as he tried to remember all the times when they were still together.
"Drew…" Stacy said with a trace of warning in her voice.
"I'm sorry. I just couldn't help it. I hope I didn't make you feel bad." Andrew said as he looked at his watch and his eyes darted to the door, which opened just like he expected.
"Hi!" Trish greeted him and Andrew brought his finger to his lips to hush her and pointed that he was on the phone.
"Is someone there with you?" Stacy asked when she heard the voice, she thought it sounded an awful lot like Trish.
"No… I mean yes, it's just room service." Andrew lied and smiled at Trish as she crawled next to him in bed.
"Oh…" Stacy just said.
"So Stace, will you come down to breakfast with me? No monkey business I just want to make it up to you." Andrew said and Stacy laughed.
"Sorry Drew but I kinda have my breakfasts booked for Randy." She said sincerely.
"Aww! Too bad. How about you and I just grab something to eat about ten in the morning?" Andrew insisted and Trish winked at him.
"I'll think about it." Stacy answered, a voice was telling her to turn down Andrew's offer but a part of her brain was urging her to say yes to Andrew's offer.
"Pretty please Stace." Andrew pleaded and Stacy sighed.
"Oh, okay." She finally gave in.
"Alright! So I'll see you in the lobby, ten this morning okay?" Andrew asked for her confirmation.
"Yeah." Stacy answered, she was feeling a bit guilty for a reason.
"Bye." Andrew said.
"Bye." Stacy replied but Andrew didn't hang up.
"Stace?" he asked.
"Yeah?"
"Bye."
"Bye."
"You hang up first." Andrew told her and Stacy remembered this was a game they used to play when they were still together everytime they talk on the phone. Stacy sighed and put down the phone. She has only loved three times, first was John, then Andrew and now Randy. Andrew was her boyfriend and thought she'd never love him because at first she just used him to forget about her feelings for John but she eventually fall for him. Then after the break-up, she realized she still loved John. She and John flirted big time all the time but it never went further than that. She only realized he was in love with her after his death and talked to her through Randy's body. Now she's with Randy and loves him very much but Andrew coming back seems to cloud her mind.
Stacy let out a deep breath and stepped inside the shower.
"Omigosh!" Stacy exclaimed when she returned to her bed after taking the shower. She was really surprised to see Randy there.
"Whoa! Calm down." Randy told her and kissed her.
"I'm sorry it's just that my bed was empty when I left it." Stacy said to him.
"Well, I'm here." Randy let out a small laugh.
"Why didn't you tell me that you were coming?" Stacy asked him as she sat on the bed and secured the towel around her.
"Well, I was going to call you but your line was busy so I just came here." Randy told her and kissed her again.
"And besides, aren't you used with me coming here every morning" Randy asked her between kisses.
"I was just…" Stacy stopped talking as Randy covered her mouth.
"I have to get dressed." Stacy said as she gently pushed Randy away. Randy looked at her quizzically and just let it go.
"Alright. I'll just wait outside." Randy said but Stacy stopped him.
"No, wait Randy. I'm sorry. I'm just… I'm sorry." Stacy didn't know what to say as she held unto Randy's hand.
"Babe, let it go. I'm not mad at you or anything." Randy told her and smiled. "I'll just wait for you outside." Randy said and touched her chin. Stacy nodded and let go of his hand and he went outside. She quickly looked for something to wear and blow-dried her hair.
Randy leaned his back on the wall outside Stacy's room as he was waiting for her. He was tapping his feet and looked at his watched.
"What are you now, Stacy's bodyguard?" a voice suddenly took his attention. He turned to see it was Andrew.
"It's you." Randy said through gritted teeth.
"How you doing man?" Andrew asked and extended an arm which Randy simply ignored.
"Why aren't you inside?" Andrew asked him.
"Why is that any of your business?" Randy asked irritatedly.
"Nothing. I was just asking. I just thought that since you're her boyfriend so you should be inside with her. That's how it worked for us." Andrew said dismissively, not seeing Randy's angry look.
"Stay away from her." Randy growled.
"Why man? Afraid of a little competition?" Andrew taunted him.
"Why you--- Stay away from her. She doesn't want you." Randy told him.
"It doesn't sound like it when we talked on the phone this morning." Andrew said as he walked away from him. "See you around man." Randy was left shaking with anger as he watched Andrew Martins walk away. His hands were curled into balls and he felt like punching the wall.
"Randy, let's go?" Stacy asked as she walked next to him. Randy was looking at her.
"Are you alright?" Stacy asked him worriedly.
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be." Randy answered and Stacy missing the sarcasm in his voice.
"Let's get breakfast, I'm hungry." Stacy said and pulled him to the elevator. Stacy quickly kissed Randy when the elevator doors slid close. Randy wasn't responding much to her kisses.
"Covering for guilt feelings Stace?" Randy thought as Stacy pulled away from him.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Stacy asked and Randy nodded.
"Yeah, definitely." He answered.
"Is this about what happened earlier Randy? I'm really sorry." Stacy said and quickly wrapped her hands around his neck.
"No… it's not. I'm okay." Randy told her and Stacy kissed him again.
"I love you." Stacy said and Randy just smiled.
"I love you." Stacy repeated.
"I love you too." Randy replied and wrapped his arms around her hips. Then the elevator doors opened when they reached the lobby.
"Wow! You two are so sweet!" Candice said when she saw Randy and Stacy. They just smiled at her and they walked to the sliding door with Candice watching enviously at Stacy and sighed.
"How do you feel about Dunkin' right now?" Randy asked Stacy and her eyes lit up.
"Cool!" she exclaimed and Randy smiled and they made their way to the nearest Dunkin' Donuts.
"So you didn't tell me why your phone was busy very early in the morning." Randy started casually and Stacy shifted uneasily on her seat and took a sip from her hot cocoa,
"It was nobody." Stacy told him and Randy's sight darkened. "Why was Stacy lying?" he thought.
"Nobody? Are you sure it wasn't Andrew?"
"Randy…" Stacy said with a hint of warning in her voice.
"It was Andrew right?" Randy's tone raised.
"What's wrong with you?" Stacy asked defensively.
"Tell me Stace. It was him, right?"
"Alright it was him." Stacy answered him as her cheeks flushed red.
"Stay away from him Stace. He's trouble!" Randy told her and Stacy mouth hang open.
"I don't want you to hang with him, okay?" Randy warned her.
"Now, you're telling me who I am going to be friends with?" Stacy asked him incredulously.
"I'm just looking out for you." Randy said to her.
"You're being a possessive and arrogant jerk Randy!" Stacy exclaimed at him. She didn't know why she did that.
"Oh! You want to hang with him! Fine!" Randy yelled at her. He was getting angrier by the second and Stacy seems to be defending Andrew.
"Fine, and you know what Randy? I'm going out with him today. To hell with you. Goodbye." Stacy said and walked away.
"Stacy!" Randy called her but she didn't look back. Randy put his face in his hands and let out a growl as he thought of Andrew's sick face. He remembered what he said to him.
"Why man? Afraid of a little competition?" Andrew taunted him. Maybe he was afraid of competition but he does know Stacy is better off without Andrew.