Chapter 9: Phone calls & Driving
Laura glanced at her watch and sighed. She kept thinking about Randy, what he had done to her and how she wanted to tell someone, but at the same time she just needed to forget it.
Jillian looked at the door as she saw Paul about to walk in. She nudged Laura and laughed.
Laura looked up and saw him coming in. She stood up, took a deep breath and started to walk away. Jillian got up and ran after her. "Laura, what are you doing. He's here to pick you up." Jillian said trying to talk some sense into her.
"I ..I cant Jill.." Laura said as Paul came in and greeted his best friend Brian and glancing over at Laura and Jillian.
"Why not??" Jillian asked confused.
Laura looks over at Paul and gulps. "Just look at him." Jillian turns to look over at him. "He's so perfect. I don't know what it is, something about him, I've never felt this way about any other man, and it scares me. I know I cant have him, and that makes me even more upset. I cant deal with this right now, I have enough to deal with with Randy." Laura said sighing.
"Randy? Is he still bothering you?" Jillian asked concerned.
Lauras eyes welled up with tears as Jillian pulled her into a hug.
"He was in my room last night, and tried to force me into things, but he left. He kept questioning me about Paul, and It scared me so much." Laura said wiping away her tears.
"It'll be ok sweetie. You need to avoid Randy as much as possible. I don't know if he'd do anything else with you after his Dad had that talk with him." Jillian said, then continued. "You need to go with Paul, have fun, enjoy yourself, don't worry about anything. I know the man makes you weak in the knees, and who says you don't have a chance with him? Go for it. I want you to be happy." Jillian said going to sit back down.
Laura slowly headed towards Paul and he embraced her into a hug. "Hey lovely Laura." Paul whispered, as Laura giggled and whispered back "Hello Pauly."
They let go of one another. "Ready to go?" Paul asked.
Laura bit her bottom lip and nodded, grabbing her bags as Paul held the door open for her.
Before going out the door, she looked back at Jillian who winked at her, and Brian smirked at Paul. Laura shook her head and headed out the door.
Paul led Laura to the car and opened the door for her as she got in, and he closed it.
"Stay calm, stay calm, breathe." Laura repeated, watching Paul through the window as he walked over to the driver seat.
Paul opened the door and sat beside her, as she giggled to herself.
He looked over at her and smiled, she tried not to look at him directly in the eyes, that made her more weak than anything! Paul started the engine and they were on there way.
There was about 20 minutes of awkward silence, where Laura just stared outside the window nervously.
"You know, I've had bad luck with women." Paul said out of nowhere, trying to start up a conversation. Laura looked at him as he glanced over at her.
"I'm sorry to hear that. You might want to know that I have bad luck with men as well, if that makes you feel any better." Laura said sighing and remembering her latest exs, Randy Orton and Ken Anderson (Mr. Kennedy).
Paul frowned. "That makes me feel worse."
"Well tell me about your past relationships." Laura said glancing at Paul, and then at the road ahead of them.
"Well, I'll be honest. I've really only had two girlfriend within the past 6 years." He admitted.
Lauras jaw dropped thinking to herself 'what the hell, this perfect man, two girlfriends in 6 years? Must have been long relationships.' She thought to herself.
"There was this girl Kristen, and then Ashley. Kristen, well I was 23 when we started dating, and she was 21. It lasted about a year, and then she called it quits, when I decided to become a wrestler. I thought I was in love. But she just dropped me right there, didn't want me to become a wrestler or follow my dreams, apparently." Paul said, his voice getting softer
Laura didn't say a word, she looked over at Paul and could tell by the expression on his face, he truly loved Kristen. She couldn't understand why someone would do that. She decided to keep her mouth shut and let Paul continue.
"Well, and Ashley, basically…we were together a year and a half ago, broke up within a couple months, because she didn't tell me she had a baby at home. Then, we got back together, she cheated on me with Ken Anderson. Eventually we got back together, and well you know, now she cheated with me on Randy."
Lauras eyes widened as she choked drinking a sip from her water bottle. Paul looked over at her. "You alright?" he asked.
"Y..yeah..It's just that. Both of the wrestler I've dated, Ashley has cheated on you with." Laura said feeling horrible.
Paul raised his eyebrow. "That's weird, and I'm sorry you got involved with such jerks." Paul said softly.
"YeahIt's alright. I just don't understand how someone could cheat on you." Laura said barely getting the words out.
Paul shrugged. "It happens.." Laura shook her head. 'He has absolutely no idea what I mean.' Laura said to herself. Paul looked at her with a questioning face.
Pauls cell phone rang, as Laura looked at Paul.
"Pick that up for me, will ya? Don't want to get a ticket." Paul said laughing as Laura grabbed his phone.
"Hello?" – Laura said looking out the window.
"UhHiWho is this?" – Ashley said giggling.
"Laura……." Laura looked at Paul, as she mouthed 'Ashley.' Paul rolled his eyes.
"Wheres Paul?" Ashley asked dumbfounded.
"Right beside me…" Laura replied.
"Well, tell him I'm sorry and I love him." Ashley said as Laura laughed to herself thinking 'yeah right.'
"I'll tell him. Whatever, bye." Laura hung up and sighed.
Paul looked over at her. "Well, what'd she say?"
Laura looked out the window and mumbled "She's sorry and she loves you." Paul started laughing. "Right. That's why she cheated on me so many times." Paul said shaking his head. "She's so pathetic."
Laura tried not to laugh, agreeing with Paul completely.
"I think I just need to stay single for a long time." Paul says "I'm not going through what I went through with those two girls, again."
Lauras heart dropped. 'There goes my chance' she said to herself sighing, Paul looked at her. "Did you say something?" he asked. Laura looked at him, his eyes staring directly at her, her stomach felt tingly all of a sudden. She took a deep breath, and said "…No..just talking to myself, sorry."
Paul pulled over at the gas station. "Need gas, be right back." He said getting out of the car.
Paul came back into the car a few minutes later, on the phone.
"Yes, Ashley, I know..stop calling me, your making things worse. "Paul hung up and sighed. "I never want to talk to her or Kristen again. I swear." Paul said getting out of the car again to go pay the man. His phone rang again. Laura picked up. "Ashley, will you leave him alone. You had your chance, leave the man alone, you don't deserve someone like him. So just stop it, move on, go with Randy, get them away from us. If you fucking hurt Paul again I will not hesitate to kick your ass." She said slamming the phone down as Paul came back in.
She sat there nervously wondering if he would notice that she just put his phone down.
Paul smiled "I'm back." He flashed a cheesy smile and got back to driving. Laura laughed.
Her phone rang with Pauls song as Laura blushed forgetting that was her ringtone. Paul looked over at her and laughed. "Nice ringtone." Laura blushed even more. "Love the song." She said shrugging picking up.
"Hello?" she asked not looking at the caller id"Hey hunits Daryl. What are you up to?" She asked"Uhmm..in the car with Paul, going to the next show." Laura said trying not to sound too excited"Oh my God! That's so cute, are you guys together now? I'm so glad, I cant be…"Laura cut her off "ShhYes it is, and no we are not, sadly." Laura said clearing her throat"Do you want to be though? Does he give you that feeling?" Daryl asked.
"More than anything, he's just…uh." Laura looked over at Paul who was clearly listening"The most amazing…guy ever." Laura said, not making eye contact with Paul"Aw well hopefully things will happen between you two." Daryl said giggling. "Montel stop.""No, that's not going to happen…he doesn't….ill tell you later. And Montel Hm. Someone getting some MVP ass?" Laura said laughing, looking at Paul who was laughing along with her"I sure am. I'm beginning to like it here on Smackdown!" Daryl said.
"Well good luck to you two." Laura said smiling"Yeah, good luck with you and Paul as well. I better get going, have some work to do. Talk to you soon hun, love you!""Ok thanks, love you too!" Laura said hanging up.
Paul looked over at her and wondered what that conversation was about. But he ignored it, as he pulled into a parking lot near the arena.