Chapter 12: A mistake?
'What am I supposed to do.' Laura thought to herself looking at Brian and not sure whether to smile or what. She loved Brian, he was good looking, sweet, and similar to Paul. But she didn't love him like that. She knew Paul was the only one who made her feel that special way.
"So Laura, ready for our date tonight?" Brian asked grinning.
"Uh, yeah Bri, I'm looking forward to it." She said smiling still not knowing what she was going to do.
"Good, well I'll stop by after the show and pick you up." Brian smiled looking down shyly, then walked out of the lockeroom.
Laura sat down and took a deep breath. "Jill, what am I going to do?"
Jillian had no idea what to say, she sat down beside her. "Don't worry about it, it'll be okay…" she said still unsure.
"Cant be sure of that. I don't want to hurt Brian, I don't want Paul to think I love Brian, but I don't want Paul to know I love him either." Laura sighed and put her hands over her face feeling stressed.
"Why don't you want Paul to know?" Jillian asked right away.
"Because, I've been through enough heartache, he seems like he wants to stay single, and I doubt he feels the same. We did spend the day together, we held hands and we're so alike, but still.." She said losing confidence, but then gaining it back, and losing it again.
Just then a guy knocked on the door. "Laura, we're waiting in the creative room for a meeting." He said looking directly at her.
Laura looked up "Oh, yeah, sorry. I'll be there in a minute" she said while the guy walked away. "Great." She mumbled to herself. "I'll see you later Jill."
She grabbed her purse and headed out the door and into the hallway.
Just as she walked into the room, her phone rang, her Paul ringtone went out as she cursed under her breath. "Fuck, why didn't I change that." She looked down at her phone to see that it was Daryl. She looked at everyone sitting down and let the phone ring until it went to 'Missed Call'. She took a seat and they began to discuss storylines. Laura of course favored Paul , and ended up getting him an IC title shot at the next Pay Per View.
When the meeting finished, she got up and walked outside, sitting on a crate in the hallway, and dialed Daryls number.
"Hey hun, there you are." Daryl said, then continued. "Just checking up on you. How are things?"
Laura sighed. "To be honest, not that great. Not sure what I'm going to do about the date with Bri, and Paul thinks I like Brian now, im so confused."
"Aw, it'll work out how its supposed to in the end. It always does." Daryl said trying to comfort Laura.
"I guess. I hope so. Who knows." Laura sighed again. "So, hows things over there?"
"Good. Montel and I are getting really close. I didn't think it'd work at first, but it seems to be going good." She said in a happy tone.
"Well, I'm gonna go tell Paul what hes doing tonight, I'll call you later on..love ya." She hung up and shook nervously, she did that everytime she knew she was going to see Paul.
Laura grabbed her purse again and put her cell in her holder, clipped on her jeans. She knocked on the mens lockeroom, as Paul yelled that it was okay to come in. She opened the door slowly. Her eyes widened when she looked around to see Paul and Brian both in there. "Just fuckin' great." She grumbled.
Brian walked up to Laura with his blue eyes sparkling. "Cant wait for tonight. I 'll see you later Laura." Brian smiled and kissed her on the cheek while walking out with his bag.
Laura bit her lip, as Paul watched.
"That what you came in here for?" Paul asked, trying not to sound annoyed.
"Uh..no. I wanted to talk to you." She said looking up into his eyes then looking away.
"Oh. Well what is it." He continued changing, pulling off his shirt as Laura watched with her mouth wide open, looking him up and down. Paul smirked to himself catching her looking. "Gonna answer?" He chuckled to himself.
"Well, just letting you know you have a segment with Jeff, which will lead up to a match at the pay per view next week." She said as Pauls reaction changed into ecstatic.
"How? They NEVER give me anything." He said excitedly.
Laura shrugged "Well.. I guess I sorta pushed it." She said smiling a little.
Paul gave Laura a huge hug. "Thank you so much, Laura….." He kissed her softly, which came as to a surprise to both of them. He pulled away quickly. "Sorry..got caught up in the moment.."
Laura stood there with chills going up and down her body still in shock. She wanted to kiss him again but she didn't know whether that was a mistake or what. "Oh. No problem." She laughed nervously and backed away, falling into something…or someone. She turned around. "Oh..Brian…" She looked up at Paul then back at Brian. 'Im guessing he saw that.' She said to herself looking at the both of them.