It was now Wednesday, the 28th October. The past two days had been crazy busy for Ted, Cody, Randy, Amy and Kelly.
Monday they'd flown out from Tennessee to South Carolina for a show and all done separate signings in the day. Tuesday, they flew out to Greensboro, North Carolina and did a show there. Today they had been doing more signings until 4pm and now they and Eve were hiring cars to make their way down to Wilmington, where they were all going to spend their five days off. They'd worked out that rental cars worked out easier than flights, and there was a place in Wilmington they could drop off the rentals when they arrived.
'I say Randy goes alone, we all go together' Cody laughed as they argued about seating arrangements.
'I say I at least get Eve' Randy smirked, Eve was pretty easy for him to wind up.
'No way, Nahuh, not a chance. I'd rather walk' Eve said as she grabbed hold of Amy's hand.
'Its girls in one car, boys in the other. Don't like it. Walk' Amy grinned.
'Got room for a little one in the back with Randy if you want Eve?' Cody teased.
'I'm good with the girls thanks' she said widening her eyes.
'Let's go, let's go. Who's driving?' Amy asked with a huge smile on her face, she couldn't wait to get home.
'I'll drive' Kelly offered quickly. 'Me too' Randy said quickly.
'Okay brilliant' Amy said as she kissed Cody and Randy on the cheek, before kissing Ted on the lips and saying goodbye to them,
'Be safe!'
'What if we lose you?' Randy asked quickly, he didn't want to rely on just following them.
'I'd of thought you'd of had plenty of experience in following girls by now, I thought you'd of perfected not letting them get away' Eve said jokingly, everyone laughed, apart from Randy.
They all packed up their cases into the cars before setting off on the three and a half hour the girls car, Eve slept most of the journey and Amy sat upfront with Kelly, it was nice for them to just be having girls time. They hadn't had a lot recently.
In the boy's car, it was like a pre-school field trip. They were squabbling over ridiculous things, punching each other and throwing childish insults around.
When they were half an hour away from Wilmington, Amy decided to send them all her address just in case they got separated, she sent it to them all in case two of them were asleep.
They were going to drop off the cars at the rental place tomorrow afternoon so they could get straight back to Amy's tonight.
'We're about five minutes away' Amy said as she leant over in to the back of the car and gave Eve a gentle shake. 'Wake up sleeping beauty, we're here'
They pulled up outside the huge gates and Amy took a remote control out of her purse to open them,
'You live in a gated community, wow' Kelly said.
'Yep, just wind that window down a sec please' she asked her, so she could lean over her to speak to the man in the security hut.
'Miss Amy, lovely to see you. How are you?' the man grinned.
'I'm brilliant thanks Ev, how are you?' she smiled back, she'd gotten to know the staff quite well.
'I'm very well thank you'
'Good to hear, now my friends are a few minutes behind us. So can you just open the gates for them when they arrive, three guys, same car as this apart from black' she smiled.
He nodded and they drove on through until they reached her house.
As Randy drove towards the gates they opened for him, he drove on through still slightly confused, he didn't expect her to live in a gated community.
'This is going to be amazing' Cody grinned as they pulled up outside Amy's house to see the girls all standing next to their car waiting for them.
'Wow, whoever thought you could be modest huh!?' Randy said as he got out of the car, 'Nice place!'
'Shut up' Amy said to him, she knew that her house was nice, but it wasn't extravagant. Well, not really.
'Come on then, let's sort out bedrooms' she grinned, 'you two just leave your cases here' she said to Cody and Randy as they entered the house 'and you three bring them with you' she said to Ted, Kelly and Eve.
'This is a real nice place you got here' Cody beamed as he seen the size of the TV mounted on the wall over the fireplace.
'Thanks' she smiled, next she showed them the three downstairs bedrooms. Hers first.
'You live on a freaking lake!?' Randy said seeing the view from her bedroom window.
'They actually call it a pond' she grinned.
They all had a nose around the room, and at the view from the window as well as the admittedly huge en-suite.
'That's a mighty big shower you got there' Randy whispered into her ear giving her a wink.
'Just throw your stuff on the bed, I'll help you unpack soon' she smiled to Ted as she tried to ignore Randy and his stupid inappropriate comments.
'Next bedroom' she said walking out of her room and making sure she shut the door behind her.
'Kelly, this one's yours'
Kelly walked in first, it was lovely. It was huge, the bed was massive, so was the TV on the wall and it had a full en-suite bathroom and a view of the rather large 'pond.' The rest followed her in and had another good look around before Amy led them off to the next room.
'And this one is yours Miss Torres' Amy grinned at Eve.
'It's lovely! Thank you so much for inviting me to stay with you' Eve said placing her case on the bed and turning round and hugging Amy,
'Anytime, and that's your bathroom' she said pointing to one of the doors, the closets and the bathroom had the same doors so Eve hadn't even noticed a bathroom.
'Wow, this really is great' Eve gushed.
'Okay back that way now and I'll show you two your rooms' she said to Cody and Randy, but trying to only look at Cody.
They all went upstairs and looked at the two other huge bedrooms, a study and a massive bathroom.
'Back down to kitchen and the back porch then' Amy smiled.
Everyone besides Randy walked in front of her, and it made her feel pretty uncomfortable, she was pretty sure he was purposely trying to make her feel awkward.
'You know if you get lonely or bored you can come creep in my bed' he whispered as they walked down the stairs.
'Thanks, but I'm sure Junior isn't gonna let me get bored or lonely' she whispered back, 'now quit playing games'
They all walked into the kitchen and Amy opened the fridge to reveal a huge amount of food.
'Don't tell me you've got a personal shopper?' Cody said shocked at how much food there was and knowing she hadn't been home for weeks.
'Not exactly, best friend. Well, best home friend' she smiled at Kelly, 'she likes to make sure I have everything I need for when I get back, she's busy tonight. I really wanted you guys to meet her, but she'll be over tomorrow' Amy smiled.
'Okay, yard and porch' she said as she opened the back door.
'HOT TUB!' Cody yelled with excitement.
'Damn big hot tub! Eve grinned.
'Sits up to twelve people' Amy told them with a smile, 'or if Orton and his thighs are in there then maybe one of us girls could just about manage to squash in' she laughed.
'That view is actually so amazing' Kelly smiled as she looked at the huge pond at the end of the yard, the rest of the yard had huge trees running down the sides for privacy, but it didn't block any of the sunlight
Randy folded his arms, and pouted because of the comment about his thighs. Amy just smiled at him.
'So do you guys wanna all unpack and then I can make us food then we can drink in the hot tub?' she asked.
They all agreed and went to their rooms, Amy went to her room with Ted.
'This place is nice, and I can't wait to have five whole relaxing days with you' he said as he pushed her against the door as soon as she shut it.
'Mmmm, it's gonna be good' she said biting her lip.
'Oh, I'm sure it will' he winked, cupping her face with his hands and kissing her passionately. Her hands slid up his shirt and her fingers stroked his abs, he pulled away quickly and gave her a cheeky smile.
'Plenty of time for that, but I need to unpack now or I never will, because I know you're only going to get, more distracting.' he said as he pulled tongues at her.
'You bet your sexy ass I am!' she grinned,
'Urgh, this is Randy's. You wanna take it up to him?' Ted asked as he pulled one of Randy's shirts out of his case.
'Sure, but why do you have his shirt? Something you feel like telling me?' she laughed.
'He forgot to pack it, and my case was still open so he just threw it in there'
'Oh, not just collecting little bits of Randy then' she winked, she kissed him before she left the room to go give Randy his shirt.
She considered asking Cody to give it to him, but didn't want to raise any questions. Randy just seemed very, persistent at the moment. She knocked on his bedroom door,
'Who is it?' he yelled.
'Me, can I come in?' she shouted back.
'Yeah you can' she opened the door to see Randy in nothing but a towel, still glistening where he'd obviously just had a shower, usually, things like that wouldn't bother her, but she found herself desperately trying not to stare.
'Get some clothes on' she said throwing him the shirt and turning around to leave.
'Wait'
She turned back around to look at him.
'I'm sorry to be a nuisance but I've really hurt my shoulder, could you just maybe, give it a rub? I mean, if you don't feel awkward obviously' he said.
Amy felt herself getting rather flustered but knew she couldn't say no or he'd presume it was because she had a crush on him or something.
'Sure, sit down' she said, in her head she was asking herself why she couldn't of just asked Cody to give him the shirt.
'Where about?' she asked as she placed his hand on her shoulders, she didn't like Randy, she didn't, but she liked those shoulders, and those tattoos.
'Don't think about it, think about Junior' she was screaming at herself inside her head.
'Just…here' he said guiding her hand with his, she started gently rubbing her hands across his shoulders before using her thumbs to apply more pressure making circling movements. He started rolling his neck, which was distracting her but she managed to just try not think about it.
'Mmmm, you're amazing with your hands' he said as he sighed deeply. She smiled slightly but stayed quiet, after a few minutes she pulled away.
'If it's not feeling any better by now then it isn't going to' she said quickly wondering if was ever actually hurting to start with.
'It does, it feels much better' he said turning around to look at her.
'You're really, really good' he said making sure he looked into her eyes.
'You bet I am' she winked.
'What the hell are you playing at!?' she was saying to herself in her head.
'Anyway, gotta go. I'll see you in a bit' she smiled awkwardly before leaving the 'd came to the conclusion that he hadn't actually hurt his shoulders at all, he just wanted to trap her in some awkward situation, and she let herself be trapped in that situation. She couldn't believe she'd possibly just flirted with him.
'You okay missus? You took your time' Ted smiled as she walked back into the bedroom.
'Yeah I'm fine. Orton's had me rubbing his apparently hurt shoulder bu…..'
'Oh yeah I feel really bad about that' Ted interrupted looking guilty.
'Feel bad about what?' she asked, she knew she was going to feel like a bitch if he really had hurt himself and she rushed out of the room because she thought he was messing around.
'Well, I kinda like punched him in shoulder when we were on the way here, but he's got hyper mobile shoulders and cos they're always moving around and stuff I probably have hurt him'
'Oh' Amy said, she felt really guilty now.
'Well done you big bully, its lucky you're really awesome or I might not like you' she smiled walking over and kissing him.
'Hurry up and unpack so I can kiss you as much as I want! I'm gonna go see if your bully victim is alright' she grinned.
Randy stood up and walked over to the door as he heard a knock, when he opened it, there was Amy.
'Gonna let me in?' she said, pretty much pushing her way in anyway. 'Present' she said handing him some paracetamol and water, 'so Junior said he might of hit you, and that you might actually have sore shoulders'
'So your boyfriend admits to assaulting me huh' he laughed, 'and I already told you I had sore shoulders'
'One, he isn't my boyfriend. Two, I didn't believe you. But I do now, so if you sit down I'll try work my magic' she sat down on the edge of the bed and she sat behind him, so he was sitting between her legs.
'So how have I done today? I've not annoyed you too much have I?' he asked as she rubbed his shoulders.
'Hmm, I haven't wanted to kick your teeth in yet so you aren't doing too bad.' she laughed.
'Good, so your still gonna show me around and help me get something for your boyfriend?' Randy asked, he knew Ted wasn't her boyfriend, he just liked hearing it.
'He isn't my boyfriend! Yet, but sure. When do you wanna go? Cos I can let the others know we've got plans' she smiled.
'What day you going shopping with the girls for your Halloween stuff?'
'I forgot about that, what if on Friday morning I go out with the girls and you go out with the boys for Halloween costumes, then I can leave them, you leave the boys and I can meet you for lunch and more shopping?' she asked.
'Sounds fine to me, you sure you don't mind though? And that the others won't mind?' he asked.
'Of course I don't mind, and I'm sure they won't, and if they do. Well, it's tough' she smiled, she was actually worried about what the others were going to say. She wanted to make sure she spent time with all of them not just Randy.
After about ten minutes there was a knock on the door and she heard Ted, she knew it would look suspicious if she jumped off the bed than if he seen she was just giving him an innocent shoulder rub.
'Come in Junior' she shouted. Ted walked in, with Cody.
'Wow, so urm, you giving them out for free?' Cody winked.
'Just when my boy… when Junior gets handy with his fists' she laughed.
'It wasn't all my fault' Junior said pouting playfully.
'Don't worry mister, sometimes I feel like giving him a good punch too!' she grinned.
'So, do you guys know what you wanna be for Halloween?' she asked them still rubbing Randy's shoulders.
'I'm gonna be the sexiest guy on the planet, then I don't have to dress up' Randy joked.
'Yeah, or you could go as the biggest headed guy in the planet seeing as you wouldn't need to dress up for that either' Amy smirked.
'What you boys going as?' she asked looking over at Ted and Cody.
'Duno' they both said at the same time.
'Okay, well. On Friday morning I'm gonna go shopping with the girls to sort out our costumes, so how about you three go shopping too. Then I'm gonna steal Randy after I've got my costume cos we need to buy something' she said emphasising the 'something' and grinning at Ted. He knew straight away that she meant a birthday present, he didn't really mind her and Randy being alone, hell he was even watching her rub his shoulders and it didn't bother him. He trusted her, he knew she wasn't interested and was pretty sure Randy wasn't that much of a crappy friend to try anything with her anyway.
'Five days isn't enough, Friday we have shopping, and we can just hang out in the night. Saturday we got the Halloween party, Sunday we have Joe's party, and Monday we've got the show in Greenville' she sighed. She didn't feel like she was going to get to spend time with everyone as much as she'd wanted to.
'Well Missus, I think because we have a whole free day tomorrow you, at some point need to spend time with Sophia and Kelly and Eve if you want, but definitely Sophia.' Ted said, he knew how much she'd missed Sophia and he wanted to make sure they had a chance to spend time together while she was home.
'I cannot believe we're going to Europe next week, we aren't even there yet and I can't wait to get back! So tomorrow morning Sophia's coming over, I might see if her, Kelly and Eve wanna go shopping for our things then instead. Maybe you guys could shop as well, then Friday me and Randy can go out early so I can get back sooner and spend time with you lot' she grinned.
'Yeah that's fine with me' Randy smiled, he didn't care when he spent time with her as long as he did at some point.
'Me too' Cody smiled at her, and Ted nodded in agreement.
'You feel any better?' Amy asked Randy. He nodded, she shuffled backwards and jumped off the bed walking over to Ted and hugging him tight.
'I'm gonna show you guys my basement, so you can see the ring we're using for Joe's party and then I'm gonna cook us food' she smiled.
Kelly and Eve just finished unpacking as they all came down the stairs and Amy lead them to the basement. It was huge, the size of the entire house, and there in the middle was a wrestling ring. A full sized wrestling ring, completely black, apart from the bright pink turnbuckle covers.
'It's gonna be taken down and I'm gonna put it in the garden' she grinned. She was very proud of her wrestling ring, her family bought it for her when she signed her contract with the WWE a few months back. After showing them all, and Cody and Ted having a mess around on it they all went back to the kitchen.
Amy made the boys go sit down and watch TV while her Eve and Kelly prepared food, after eating Cody and Kelly cleaned up before they all got changed into swim suits, grabbed drinks and got in the hot tub.
'So girls, you fancy shopping tomorrow? The Independence Mall is amazing and we need to get our Halloween costumes' Amy asked as she sipped on her 'cocktail' that Cody had made the girls. Vodka, White Rum, Sambuca, Gin, Grape juice and Red bull. It wasn't as bad as it sounded, but Cody was probably best not to give up wrestling to become a bartender.
'Sounds great, is Sophia coming?' Kelly grinned, she'd heard so much about Sophia she was really looking forward to meeting her.
'Yeah, I can't wait for you guys to meet her, and we've got her Halloween party on Saturday and she's coming to Joe's party on Sunday' Amy told them all.
'Did you sort out everything for Sunday?' Eve asked.
'Kinda, I've sorted the catering and I ordered an amazing birthday cake, I've ordered loads of decorations to arrive tomorrow, I've got a limo picking him and his friends up and bringing them here. I've got you guys here to surprise him, and I've got all his presents. Which, I'm still so happy about, I cannot believe everyone was so happy to sign things!'
They spent a few hours in the hot tub before deciding to go sleep because they'd had a long day, all the girls were pretty drunk from Cody's 'cocktails' he'd been making them the whole time they'd been in there. They all hugged each other goodnight before heading off to bed,
'Guess what?' Ted said to Amy as she slipped into an oversized shirt and a pair of shorts.
'Mmmm, I'm sharing a bed with the hottest person on this planet?' she winked.
'That's exactly what I was going to say' he winked back.
'These five days are not enough for me, and even though I absolutely love having everyone here. I kinda want you all to myself, so maybe when we get back from Europe you, and just you, should come stay with me again.' Amy smiled as she climbed into bed.
'Hmm, you all to myself. That sounds perfect' he said as he climbed into bed next to her. He held her in his arms till she fell asleep,
'I love you' he whispered, kissing her on the head, before falling asleep himself.