Kat and Randy went back inside. The rest of the guys were sitting around on the mat, taking a break.

Randy looked around. "Where's Janice?" he asked.

"She went outside looking for you two," Cody answered. "I gotta say, she's in a really pissy mood. What did you say to her?"

Randy snickered. "When is she not in a pissy mood?"

The other guys laughed. "You should talk to Vince about her. If she's really driving you that crazy…" Ted started.

Randy held up a hand. "I tried. He said that the only way I could get rid of her was if I found a replacement that can put up with me and still do their job right. That won't be too easy to find. I have kind of a bad rep with managers."

"That's because you aren't exactly the easiest to deal with," John said cracking a smile. "You've kinda got some anger issues."

Randy looked at him and grinned. "That's why I make you my personal punching bag. It keeps me from killing Janice."

John laughed. "Okay smart ass. But don't look now, here she comes."

Randy groaned. "Here we go again."

"Relax, she won't start if we're all here," Shawn said.

Janice crossed the gym and came over to them. She looked very ticked off. "There you are," she snapped. "I've been looking everywhere for you."

"She said she'd have me right back," Randy said. "Why didn't you just wait?"

"You should be training, not wandering around to help her with who knows what," she said glancing at Kat out of the corner of her eye.

"I was training. Until you decided to waltz in and start throwing a fit," Randy returned, his voice taking on an edge.

"Don't start with me Randy," she said. "Don't turn this around on me."

"I'm not trying to; I'm just saying what happened."

Kat and the rest of the guys were looking around at each other. The situation was getting tense again, and all of them were feeling like they shouldn't be there. Edge broke the silence.

"Hey does anybody wanna come with me to go buy lunch?" he asked.

Kat turned to him. "I'll come," she said hurriedly. She didn't want to be in there.

"I think I'm going to take a walk outside," Cody said. "The back looked nice. I'm going to go unwind my muscles a little."

"I'll come with you," Ted said.

"I'm coming too," Shawn said. "It's getting stuffy in here," he added shooting a glance at Janice.

"Why don't we all go outside for a while. We've been working out for a decent amount of time," John said. "We can relax while the two of them go get lunch."

Taker looked from Randy to Janice. "Sounds good John. Let's go." He kept his voice level, but the tone clearly meant that everyone was going outside, including Randy. He stood up and the group began walking outside. He thought to himself for a moment. "Oh, and Randy, I wanted to show you something with my phone. Maybe you can figure it out for me," he added.

Taker could see that Randy was getting tense. Janice had really been pushing him lately and he didn't want Randy to have a meltdown. He figured that he could probably fix whatever was wrong with the phone himself, but he wanted Randy away from her. He also knew that Janice wouldn't start anything if Randy was with him.

Randy seemed surprised at Taker's request, but didn't voice it. He was glad for any excuse to move away from Janice. Once they reached the back of the school, Kat and Edge started taking lunch orders, while the rest of the guys relaxed.

"So, you want that with French fries or a salad Ted?" Edge asked.

"Do I look like I eat salad man?" Ted said raising his eyebrows.

"Good point," Edge said with a laugh. "Alright that's everybody except Randy. What do you want?"

"Eh just get me a burger and fries," he answered.

"Do you really think you should be eating that junk?" Janice asked, turning to Randy.

"Considering the lack of options close by, yeah I do," Randy returned.

"You should be eating healthier," she stated.

Randy had just about enough, and was about to give her a scathing reply when he caught Kat's eyes. She was standing behind Janice, and when he looked at her, she made a butterfly motion with her hands. She grinned at him, and Randy couldn't help but smile inwardly. Rainbows and butterflies, he thought to himself with a laugh.

He looked back at Janice and answered her calmly. "You're probably right Janice, but the diner really doesn't have much in the way of health food. Besides I wouldn't trust a diner's salad. You never know how long the vegetables have been there." He shrugged.

Janice looked at him and thought for a moment. She nodded. "That's true too. I guess you probably would be better off with the burger. At least you know it's fresh." Just then, her cell phone began to ring. She picked it up and had a short conversation with someone.

She hung up the phone and turned back. "I have to head to the next town. Apparently management needs me to fax some papers, and the machine at the post office here is down. If I get back I'll see all of you later." With that, she headed to her car and drove off.

"That's a lucky break for you," Edge said. "Who knows, maybe she won't come back tonight."

"Are you kidding?" Cody asked. "With Randy's luck she'll be back before we know it. That was way too intense by the way. I thought you were about to smack her."

Randy smiled darkly. "I was thinking about punting her actually, Code."

Kat coughed loudly, and Randy looked at her. She made the same butterfly motion with her hands and Randy nodded his head.

"Yea I know, rainbows and butterflies," he said.

"Is that what that was?" Edge asked. "I was so confused when I saw her do that."

Kat laughed. "I told him before that he needed to think rainbows and butterflies whenever he got upset with her." She turned to Randy. "You looked like you needed a little reminding."

He shrugged. "I guess so."

"Alright," Edge said. "Let's go get the food."

Kat nodded and they got into Taker's truck. Edge pulled out of the parking lot and they started toward the diner.

They sat in silence for a while, when Kat finally broke it. "Can I ask you something?" she asked turning to him.

"Shoot," Edge answered.

"Is Janice usually like that with Randy? All tense and aggressive?"

"She's no peach, trust me. But no, she isn't usually this…crazy. Don't get me wrong, she pushes his buttons all the time, but lately it's been overkill."

"Really?"

Edge nodded. "It's been getting worse since we got here, and you want me to be honest? I don't think Janice likes you very much."

Kat laughed. "What gave you that idea?" she asked sarcastically.

"I'm serious. I mean, she usually doesn't take well to people outside the company, but with you…it's over the top. I don't think she likes that you and him get along."

"Too bad for her," Kat answered with a shrug. "I really don't see why it matters whether I get along with him or not. By the way, when are you going to tell me what it is that I owe you? I'm really not liking the suspense."

He grinned. "I'll let you know as soon as I think of something good. I've got a few ideas though."

"Such as?"

"Well that would ruin it wouldn't it?" he asked. "Don't you like surprises?"

"You're hopeless you know." She sighed in exasperation.

"Don't worry. It's not going to be anything dangerous, maybe just something outside the box."

"That's what I'm afraid of," she said.

Edge laughed in response. "You worry too much."

A few minutes later they pulled up outside the diner. They went in and placed their order. The waitress told them it would be about a half hours wait for them to cook the food.

"You wanna take a walk while we wait?" Edge asked.

Kat shrugged. "Sure."

They headed outside and started walking down the road toward the main part of the town. It was a very short walk, and they wandered onto the main street. The street was pretty empty considering it was the middle of the day.

"Oh shoot, do you mind coming with me to the bank? I forgot to freeze my credit cards," Kat said.

"No problem."

They walked to the bank, and weren't very surprised to find that it was empty. Kat walked over to the lone teller and explained her problem.

"So you want to freeze all your cards?" she asked, looking at Kat and Edge.

"Yea," Kat answered. "And request for replacements."

"No problem hun. I just need to see some I.D."

Kat handed over her license and the teller quickly put a freeze on her bank accounts.

"Has there been any activity on them?" Kat asked.

"One purchase yesterday for three hundred dollars. I'm guessing that wasn't you?" the teller asked.

"No. Can you fix it?"

"Absolutely darlin'." The teller typed something into her keyboard and then turned back. "All set."

"Can I make a withdrawal?" Kat asked.

"You can only take out a hundred. Is that alright?"

"That's better than nothing," Kat said smiling. "It's fine." A few minutes later Kat had the money, and was ready to leave.

The two left the bank and kept walking down the street. Edge said he wanted to run into the pharmacy. They stepped in and were greeted with an icy blast of air from the air conditioning.

"Wow, it's actually cold in here," Kat said rubbing her bare arms.

"No kidding. I think I need to stay in here. It's a hell of a lot better than outside." He started walking up and down the aisles, with Kat walking behind.

"What are you looking for?" she asked.

"Aspirin. The bottle I had ran out last night. You never know when you might need it. Maybe I should ask that lady," he said gesturing to a much older woman wearing a nametag.

"You don't have to. I think I saw aspirin when I was with Mark in here. It's in the next aisle."

"I see it now," he said walking over. He picked up a bottle. "Perfect. Do you want anything in here?"

Kat shrugged. "I don't know. Let me walk around and see." Similar to him, she began walking up and down the aisles. Kat noticed that the older woman seemed to be watching them. She figured they probably didn't get many customers. As Kat moved along the aisles, Edge followed close behind her, and playfully kept poking her.

"What're you looking for?" he asked each time. "Do you need help finding it?" he asked poking her again.

"You're going to need some Band-Aids if you don't knock it off," she said.

"Touchy," he said laughing.

Kat walked into the makeup aisle and picked up a tube of lip gloss. "Look it's just your shade," she said with a grin.

"I thought we said we weren't going to mention my cross dressing ways," he said.

"But you looked so pretty," she said innocently.

He rolled his eyes. "So are you getting anything or not?" he asked.

"No that's okay. I'm good."

"Suit yourself. Lemme just pay for this then." He walked over to the cash register, and the same woman appeared.

"Is that all you need darlin'?" she asked Edge.

"That's it," he said.

"You sure darlin'?" Kat asked him playfully.

Edge looked at her and laughed. "I like your own accent better."

"Don't worry, I can drop the accent. And I can think of much better names for you," she added with a grin.

"And you said I was ridiculous," he said shaking his head with a laugh.

"Actually I said you were hopeless," she said correcting him.

"Oh brother."

The woman behind the register couldn't help but laugh. Edge turned from Kat and looked at her.

She stopped laughing and smiled. "I'm sorry hun, you two are just too adorable together. You remind me of me and my husband. You two are a cute couple."

Kat shook her head. "We're not a couple," she said shaking her head with a smile.

"No?" the woman asked. "That's surprising."

She handed Edge his bag and he and Kat walked out of the pharmacy. They started walking back toward the diner.

Edge walked up close to Kat and linked arms with her. "So I guess we're a couple now?" he asked teasingly.

She looked at him and smiled. "I don't think so Goldilocks."

He pretended to sniffle. "And I thought you cared!" he said pulling his arm away.

There were a few people walking along the street, and a couple turned and looked at Edge as he finished his dramatics.

Kat started laughing. "Oh stop it you idiot. People are going to think you're a rejected lover."

He laughed in return and linked his arm with hers again. "Well then I guess you're stuck with me."

"Oh geez."

They got back to the diner and picked up the food. They got back in the truck and started the drive back to the school.

"Do you think Janice is coming back tonight?" Kat asked.

"Hopefully not. Randy deserves a little peace. He can do without her driving him up the wall."

"It's too bad that they don't get along," Kat said.

"I think the two of them are more alike than they think. They both have short fuses and they're stubborn as hell."

Kat laughed. "That's probably why they clash so much."

He nodded. "Either way, I hope she doesn't come back tonight. I want to eat in peace."

They pulled into the parking lot and took the food around the back. The guys were spread out. Ted, Cody, John and Randy were playing catch with a football from the gym. Shawn was relaxing under a tree, and Mark was laid out on the dock with his eyes closed.

When the guys saw Edge and Kat they stopped their game and went over to where Shawn was sitting. The ground under the tree was level, and the branches shaded them from the sun. They sat down and Edge started handing them their lunch.

Kat looked over at the dock. "What about Mark?" she asked.

"I don't know. From here it looks like he's asleep. I wouldn't wake him up if I was you," Randy said glancing in Taker's direction.

"Don't be silly," she said. "What's he going to do?" She shook her head and started walking toward Taker. She stepped onto the dock and walked over to Mark, who was laid out close to the end. She was about a foot away when he suddenly sat up. Kat jumped back.

"Whoa!"

Mark started to laugh. "Sorry, I didn't mean to make you jump."

"Geez who did you think it was?"

He smiled. "I don't know. I guess old habits die hard."

"No kidding," she said.

Half an hour went by and they were soon finished with lunch.

"I don't think I wanna work out again," Cody said. "I'm too full."

"Yea, me too," John said. "Besides it's too nice out to go back in there. Anybody want to play a game of football?"

Ted stretched. "Yea I guess I'm in."

Cody and Randy also decided to play. Edge said he would referee to keep either side from cheating. Ted and Randy made up one team, with John and Cody making up the other. Shawn said he wanted to relax, so he leaned back against the tree.

"You don't wanna play with them?" Shawn asked Kat.

"Are you crazy? I'd be dead if one of them tackled me," she answered laughing.

Shawn laughed. "That's true. So what're you going to do?"

She shrugged." I'm gonna go sit back on the dock and relax I guess. It's really nice out."

He nodded. "Better watch though. I think Taker beat you to it."

Kat looked, and saw that Shawn was right. Mark was already stretched out on the dock.

"Sneaky," she said. "I didn't even see him walk over there."

She got up from the tree and walked out onto the dock. When she got to him, she sat down cross legged. His eyes opened and he looked at her.

"Something I can do for you?"

"You beat me over here," she said.

A hint of a smile crossed his face. "And?"

"And I was wondering if you could move over."

He gestured to the dock. "I don't think it's wide enough for both of us to be side by side."

"Do you mind if I sit here then?"

He shook his head. "No." He closed his eyes again.

Kat looked down at the water. There were some reeds and she couldn't see to the bottom. She wondered how deep it was.

She leaned toward the surface. She swirled her hands around in the water. It was cool in comparison to the heat of the day.

She looked at the water, and then at Mark, and a mischievous smile came over her face. She dipped a hand into the water and then, moving to Mark, sprinkled it on him.

His eyes popped open and he sat up. Kat sat there and looked at him innocently.

"Something wrong?" she asked.

"Did you just put water on me?" he asked raising an eyebrow.

"You must be imagining things," she answered.

Mark moved closer and looked at her. Her face was blank but her eyes read mischief. "You're a bad liar," he said.

She grinned. "I was bored okay?"

He shook his head and smiled. "Why don't you find some way to entertain yourself?"

"Well considering you're the only person sitting here, I was entertaining myself. It just so happens I was entertaining myself by bothering you." She dipped her hand back in the water and flicked it at him again.

Taker wiped his face off. "I wouldn't have done that if I were you."

She smiled mischievously and did it again. "Was that a threat Mark?" she asked.

"No," he answered with a smile. "It was a warning. But seeing as you wanna take that road…" He turned and splashed water over the side of the dock, spraying her.

Kat laughed. "Is that how it's going to be?" She did the same thing he had done and threw water at him. She stood up and looked down at him. "You're not so big and scary when you're all wet," she said with a laugh.

Taker stood up, towering over her. "What were you saying short stuff?" he asked with a smile.

"You did not just call me short," she said pretending to take offense. She playfully shoved his shoulder.

"I wouldn't have done that either," he said.

"Why not?"

"Because if I do that to you, you're gonna go flying."

"You wouldn't."

"You think so? Try me."

Kat stepped up close to him and pushed him with as much force as she could manage. He didn't budge.

He shook his head. "I told you not to do that. My turn," he said with a wicked smile. He pushed her shoulder with a small amount of force. Kat tried to steady herself, but her foot slipped on the water that was on the dock. She lost her balance and fell off the edge of the dock into the water.

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Author's Note: Hope you guys like. Please review. Thoughts and ideas are welcome in reviews. I'll have the next chapter up soon! =)