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Chapter 2
Roman felt his cheeks tingling and his heart was racing as he was trying to look at the menu. He managed to somehow gather the courage to speak to Paige and also helped her out at the same time. From the moment he realized that Paige was stuck out in the rain, he had the instinct to go out there to help her, even when he knew that he didn't have to.
What if he scared her? He was only trying to get help. The rain seemed to be a massive waterfall tonight, so he did a good thing to offer the umbrella to her, right?
Roman sighed as the uncertainty began to creep into his mind. Paige went to the bathroom since they reached inside. He wondered if he should ask her if she wanted to join him.
Come on, Roman! You gotta try to talk to her. What have you got to lose?
"Hiya!"
Roman's head jerked up in an instant when a voice invaded his thoughts.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you," Paige said with a sheepish smile.
"Oh no, it's cool." Roman made a nervous laugh. He directed his hand to the empty seat opposite him. "Would you like to join me?"
"I sure would."
Roman was relieved. So far so good.
"By the way, I want to say thank you for sharing the umbrella with me." Then Paige smiled. "You truly are Superman."
Roman laughed. "No problem."
Paige peered down at the menu and Roman took that as a cue to look at his as well, though he stole a glance or two as he looked at the menu.
"What are you gonna have?" Paige asked.
"Probably a sandwich," Roman replied. "like pulled pork."
"Oooh, is it good?"
Roman looked up loved the way her chocolate brown eyes lit up with curiosity. He had to shake himself off before he was submerged back to dreamland. "Oh yeah, really good. I've heard the sandwiches here are the best actually."
Paige hummed in thought as she looked at the menu again. "You know what? I'll try that too."
Roman's smile crept on his face. "Sounds good."
It was almost 2 am when Paige returned to the hotel. She enjoyed her night out and even though she intended to be out alone, it didn't turn out too bad after all. She actually got to speak to Roman in a proper conversation. She had always heard good things about him, so it was nice that she had the chance to see it for herself.
By the time she entered the room, a body collided into hers. Paige could have lost her balance if it weren't for the two arms making a tight around her waist.
"I'm sorry for being annoying to you! I'm sorry I'm sorry!" Sasha said.
"Sasha, you're squishing me," Paige managed to say.
Sasha retracted from her but a frown still remained. "I'm really sorry for what I said to you earlier. Can you forgive me?"
"Let me think," Paige began tapping her finger on the chin and she smirked. "Of course I forgive you."
"Yaaay!" Sasha laughed and hugged her again.
"Ah, I was wondering where you were."
Paige looked over to see Becky standing in the doorway of the bathroom with her robe on.
"I got a little sidetracked with time," Paige chuckled. "I met Roman at the diner, so-"
"Wait, who?" Sasha pulled away from the hug and stared at Paige.
"I was with Roman," Paige repeated.
"Who?"
"Roman Reigns."
Sasha's jaw dropped. "WHO?"
"Now you sound like an owl, Sasha." Paige rolled her eyes.
"Did we hear you right?" Becky piped up as she got to Sasha's side and wrapped an arm around her shoulder. "You were with Roman Reigns?"
"It isn't what it sounds like, guys." Paige felt like she had to explain herself. "He offered me an umbrella when I was stuck out in the rain."
"Aww that's so sweet!" Becky gushed.
"Kawaii!" Sasha squealed and her hands clasped together. "Then what happened?"
Paige bit the inside of her cheek. "Then...he asked me to join him."
"Did you join him? Did you?" Sasha asked.
Paige hesitated as if she was about to regret her answer. "Yes, but-"
"Oh my god!" Sasha began to bounce on her toes. "Oh my god! Finally she's found somebody!"
"What? NO!" Paige waved her arms out to emphasize her words. "It's not like that!"
"Oh come on, lass," Becky said. "This is Roman Reigns we're talking about! The entire Diva's locker room are lusting after him!"
"Consider yourself lucky," Sasha giggled.
Paige groaned and began to walk toward the bathroom. "I'm gonna take a shower."
"We'll wait for the details," Sasha said in a singsong tone before Paige slammed the door.
Roman was laying on his bed, smiling up at the ceiling. He couldn't stop smiling since he left the diner. He still couldn't believe that he was with Paige tonight. It was as though fate was on his side tonight.
His mind was swamped with thoughts of her. Her cascading wavy hair. Her gorgeous pair of chocolate brown eyes. He loved the way his name was pronounced in her heavy accent when they said their goodbyes before they departed ways. He would love nothing more than to hear his name again.
"What the hell are you smiling about?" A groggy voice invaded his ears.
Roman turned to look over at Dean. "I thought you were sleeping."
"Kinda." Dean rubbed his eye with his hand. "Spill it, bro. What's up?"
Roman chuckled and sat up on the bed. "I saw Paige at the diner tonight."
"Really?" Dean sat up. "How did that go?"
"Oh man, it was wonderful. It really was."
"Alright." Dean swung his legs over the edge of the bed and began leaning his body toward Roman and smirked. "Start from the beginning. How did you approach her?"
"Well, I was already inside at the booth when I saw Paige pulled in. Then I saw heavy rain and realized she was still waiting to come out, so I got my umbrella and I went out for her."
Dean's smirk grew wider. "Aw, look at you being all smooth as fuck."
"Shut up." Roman laughed. "Anyway, I asked her to join and she did. We both had pulled pork sandwiches. She loved it."
"Major points scored." Dean gave him two thumbs up. "Well done. Looks like you don't need my help."
"Not so fast," Roman said with a scolding finger. "I still do."
"With what? You got everything under control."
Roman sighed and looked down. Even though he felt that he did well himself, he was still having doubts with himself. He didn't want this to be a once in while thing. He really wanted to see Paige again.
"I just got lucky tonight because we happened to be at the same place," Roman said before he looked up at Dean. "I want to ask her out but…I'm nervous."
