A happy Maria walked down the halls of the WWE.

She was with someone who wasn't taken. She was finally relieved about that. Never having luck with guys, she finally had something to be happy about.

Maria was always in a dating storyline and always ended falling for the guy. But whenever, she asked him out, he always rejected her because he was either with someone else or only saw her as the dreaded "friend".

Once she finally got over falling for the guys she worked with, Maria started liking guys who were like Randy, taken.

But she had broken the habit with Cody. She never thought it would be Cody but he showed her that he can be trusted and loved by her.

The kiss they shared on the weekend sprang up into her mind. He was a good kisser too.

But then another person made its way into her mind. Randy.

She hadn't seen him all night that night either. Where could he have gone? Was he with Candice?

She shook her head in disagreement with herself. Last time she saw Randy, he was talking to Mickie. Mickie James.

That was brought to her mind. Why were Randy and Mickie talking? To each other? Didn't Mickie hate him? Was Randy even fond of Mickie? This brought more questions to her mind. What was exactly going on between Mickie and Randy?

Shaking her head, Maria obviously knew that Randy and Mickie wasn't doing anything behind her back.

"I mean Candice's back." she corrected herself. Out of sudden curiosity, Maria wondered what Cody was doing after the show. She wanted to see if they could be together tonight.

Maria reached into her back pocket of her jeans and pulled out her phone.

She quickly dialed Cody's number, hoping for him to answer her.

"Hello?" Cody answered.

"Hey Cody baby." Maria replied in her excited, bubbly voice.

"Hey Boop, how are you?" Cody asked, chuckling at her excitement to talk to him.

"I'm good, just wanted to talk to you." Maria leaned against a nearby wall, while twirl a piece of her red locks around her index finger. "So what are you doing after the show?"

"Let me think, hmm." he heard Maria giggle softly and smiled to himself. "I'm not doing anything, what do you have in mind?"

"Well, I was wondering if you wanted to go out. Maybe to a movie, or dinner or something in that category."

"Okay, how about we take a walk around the park? How's that sound?"

Maria almost jumped in excitement. "That sounds great!" she was sounding too excited. Feeling a little embarrassed, she change her tone. "Oh I mean, uh yeah that sounds fun."

Cody laughed at the sound of her voice. "Okay, I have to go. I'll see later tonight?"

Maria smiled. "Definitely. Bye baby." Maria quickly end the call and ran towards Mickie's locker room. She was suddenly stopped when she bumped into a tall figure. She looked up and it was Randy.

"Randy!" she exclaimed. Maria hugged him but wasn't hugged back. She wondered why.

She smiled at him, he didn't smile back. She only received a cold glare with those icy blue eyes.

"Um where were you? At the party. I was looking all over the place for you." Maria told him.

"That's a surprised." Randy muttered under his breath.

Unfortunately, Maria heard him. "What are you talking about?"

"Nothing." Randy replied quietly.

"No what are you talking about? I'm always looking for you when I can't find you." Maria reassured.

"Didn't seem like it when you were sucking faces with Cody." he said, trying to shield his angry.

Maria felt a little embarrassed from Randy seeing her and Cody. "Oh, you saw that?"

"Kind of hard to miss when you hear a girl giggle like you did." he crossed his arms across his chest, being given a cold chill up his spine thinking about the scene.

"Oh. Well um why did you leave the party early? I had to give a Candice a ride home. You know how much I hate her." Maria complained, poking his chest.

Randy pushed her hand off of him. Maria looked shocked. "What's wrong?" she asked.

Randy shook his head. "Nothing."

"Stop telling me nothing when there's obviously something wrong. Now what is it?" Maria demanded.

"There's nothing wrong." Randy said through his teeth.

"Yes there is. Now tell me." Maria told him.

"Oh my god, Maria. Leave it alone! If I don't want to tell you then shut your mouth! Stop trying to pry it out of me when obviously you wouldn't understand!" Randy finally snapped.

Maria was shocked at his reaction. She didn't know it was that bad of a problem. "Randy I-" she never got to finish her sentence when Randy interrupted her.

"Just leave me alone, Maria." and with that, he walked past her. Leaving her staring into the space where he stood.

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Randy walked through the halls backstage, trying to figure out what he was going to do.

He had completely snapped at Maria for her trying to help him with his problem. He didn't mean to do it but then again she just wouldn't understand what he's going through at the moment.

And what he said to Mickie was an absolute, complete lie. He wasn't over Maria, not even close to it. Maria was the love of his life, Randy just couldn't let go of her.

He knew she was - is - probably involved with Cody but he couldn't help, even if he was with Candice. But he still had to choose one.

Yes, he loved Candice but he wasn't in love with her. And he loved Maria but she was now off-limits. He was couldn't do anything.

Maria or Candice?

Candice or Maria?

"This is so frustrating." Randy said to himself. Why couldn't he just love Maria like a sister? Why did she have to be so special to him? These are the questions that float in Randy's head that makes him want to put his fist through a wall. More like putting it through Cody though.

Walking into his lockeroom, Randy was hoping to be alone so he could think about what he was going to do about Maria. Instead, he was greeted by two glares. Mickie and John.

Scratching the back of his neck, he knew that they were there for. They wanted answers. Answers to the questions about what's going on between him and Maria.

"Okay I know why you guys are here." he said, heading towards the lockeroom couch.

All they did was stay quiet.

"Are you guys going to talk or not?" Randy asked clearly frustrated with the silence.

Mickie and John exchanged looks to each other. One of them had to talk first.

"You want to go first or should I?" John questioned.

Mickie shrugged. "I'll go first." she replied walking towards Randy and stood in front of him.

"Okay Orton, you want to explain why you're so pissed off? I mean, Maria seems like she's happy with Cody." Mickie started.

"That's the problem." Randy mumbled under his breath.

"What you don't want her to be happy?" Mickie asked.

"Of course I want her to be happy." Randy retorted.

"Then what's your deal?"

"She's not happy with me!"

The room suddenly got quiet. Randy sighed.

"I want her to be happy with me. I want to be the one to hold her and kiss her. I know I'm with Candice and I love her, I really do but I'm not in love with her. She's just not the right one for me. I'm in love with Maria but I can't tell her because she's with Rhodes." Randy looked away. "If I could have just told her before then this would have never began."

Mickie shook her head, sighing. She looked at John, signalling that it was his turn. He nodded, switching places with Mickie as he sat on the couch.

"Randy, you know you're like a brother to me and I hate seeing you like this but it might be time to let her go." John shook his head.

Randy looked at the former WWE champion in complete shock. "John you know I-"

"It's not going to help you or anyone else if you keep yourself like this. If she realizes that you're the right one for her then it'll happen. But right now, she's with someone else and if that takes weeks, maybe even months, for them to break up then so be it."

Mickie decided to join in and sat next to Randy. "Maria is my best friend, so I know her better than anyone else. She'll find out soon that you love her and care for her." She shrugged. "Maybe not now but soon enough."

Randy nodded. Maybe they were right, it might be time to move on and be with Candice. He stood up.

"Alright I'll try it. I just don't want to lose her. I'm in love with her still." Randy confessed looking down at the ground.

Mickie stood up and put her hand on his shoulder. She nodded. "I know, Randy. " she sighed. "I know."

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Outside of the locker stood Maria. She had heard the whole conversation they were having. She's was completely surprised that Randy was in love with her just like she was in love with him.

She leaned against door in utter shock. Then...

The door opened and Randy was standing in the way.

So what do you guys think?
The sixth chapter in the story.
I really like how this turned out, it's really good
So Maria found out that Randy is in love with her.
What do you think she's going to say to him now?
And I think that you guys will like it too.
Well at least I hope you will.
So again, for now on, I will not put up any previews for the ext chapters.
Now I want them to be a surprise.
Next chapter will be up soon enough, I hope. LOL
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Thank you, you guys are awesome!

xoxo; Briana