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Right Where We Left Off

Chapter 5

Paige woke up the next morning when her cell phone began ringing. She turned and patted down her side table until her fingers found her phone.

"Hello?" She greeted groggily, sitting up in bed.

"Paige? This is Dave." Her eyes widened.

"Dave?" She asked, just wanting to be sure.

"Dave Bautista, we met last night at the arena." He said, now suddenly feeling like he shouldn't have called.

"Oh that's right! Hey Dave, how can I help you?"

"Well I got your number from John, just in case you were wondering." He explained and she laughed when he read her mind. "And I was going to go get some breakfast and I thought, maybe since John's at a signing, you'd like to come with me and maybe I can show you around the city." He said and it was then that Paige looked around the hotel room, looking for John. Sure Dave said he was at a signing, but he would have at least told her he was leaving. She spotted a note stuck on the lamp and pulled it off, reading it. It basically said he was at a signing and would be back at around 2. It also said he gave both Randy and Dave her number, so they could invite her places so she would have something to do while he was gone.

"Oh that's really nice of you. I would love to go with you but I just woke up." She said, running a hand through her messy hair.

"That's ok, I'm in no rush. How about we meet in the lobby in say, an hour? Does that work for you?" Dave asked.

"That's perfect, see you then." She said and hung up. If she was going to be ready in an hour, she was going to have to hustle. She ran herself a quick shower and when she was done, she dried and curled her hair. She put on her makeup after she got dressed. She was wearing a mini denim skirt and a white Ed Hardy "Love Kills Slowly" t-shirt; she also picked out gray flats. She put one shoe on, carrying the other and put her purse over her shoulder. She was about to put her other shoe on when there was a knock on the door. She walked to the door while trying to put her shoe on at the same time. She opened the door and smiled. On the other side was an attractive young women wearing a business suit. She did, however, look a bit stiff and rigid.

"Hi, can I help you?" Paige asked politely and straightened her back, once she got her shoe on.

The other women looked a bit uncomfortable and confused. "Um, no, I think I have to the wrong room. Sorry."

Paige smiled warmly. "No problem. I was just on my way out anyway." She said, leaving the room, closing the door behind her. "What room are you looking for?"

"Um," The lady said, looking down at a piece of paper. "347" They both looked at the Paige's door number.

"Hmm, that's weird. That's my room." Paige said, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Well, I'm looking for my boyfriends room. I asked the front desk, they must have given me the wrong room number." She said as they both started walking toward the elevator.

"You might want to go back and ask." Paige suggested, though she knew the women would be doing just that. She smiled at Paige and nodded. They rode the elevator in silence. Paige wished her luck when they got off and she watched her go back to the front desk. Paige turned around and made her way to a seating area to wait for Dave. As she approached the seats, she noticed Dave was sitting there reading a magazine.

"Hey" She said softly and smiled when he looked up.

"Hey, how are you?" He asked, standing up.

"Hungry." She said and they both laughed. He led her to the hotel entrance and led her outside and down the street to some breakfast place. "So tell me a bit about yourself." She said, as she opened her menu.

"Well I grew up mainly in Washington D.C. I'm 39; I had a pretty rough upbringing but I'm ok now. I used to be a bouncer before I started wrestling and bodybuilding. I am divorced and have two beautiful daughters. What about you?"

"I have lived in Massachusetts my whole life, around Boston. I'm 30 and had a pretty boring childhood. I used to work at a tanning salon for most of my high school career," She admitted as they both laughed. "and that is pretty much the only job I've ever had, aside from being a personal assistant for a couple people." The shared more about themselves after the waitress came to take their orders.

"Ok, so how about favorite color?" She asked Dave. They were playing a little game to get to know each other where they name their favorites.

"Red and black." He answered with a smile. "What about favorite month?"

"April." She answered easily.

"Why's that?" He asked curiously.

"It's my birthday month." She said.

"I'll have to remember that."

"When's your birthday?"

"January." He answered. Paige was about the say something when her phone started ringing.

"Sorry." She said as she searched her purse for her phone. Once she located it she pressed answer.

"Hello." She greeted sweetly.

"Paige dear, it's me, Carol." Paige smiled when she heard that.

"Hi Carol, how are you?" She asked and smiled apologetically at Dave who waved it off.

"I'm great. I was wondering how you were doing? How are you adjusting?" She asked concerned.

"Well, so far so good. It's different but I'm enjoying it." She answered.

"That's great, and how's John?"

"John is great. I haven't seen him wrestle yet but I'm really looking forward to it. I'm interested to see if he's as good as you brag he is." She joked.

"Oh I'm sure you'll see I was right all along." Carol said with a laugh. "So what are you doing right now? Are you with John?" She asked, crossing her fingers.

"No, he's a signing. I'm with his friend Dave. He was nice enough to invite me to breakfast with him." She said, smiling sweetly at Dave.

"Oh," She said a little disappointed but she was happy Paige was making friends. "Well, in that case, I'll let you go. Say hello to David for me. I'll talk to you later. Stay safe dear."

"I will, take care." She said and hung up. "Sorry about that." Paige said to Dave as she put her phone back in her purse.

"No big deal." Dave said then asked, curious, "Was that Carol, John's mom?"

She smiled and nodded. "Yeah, she's really good to me and treats me like a daughter." She said then elaborated. "You see, a couple years ago, my mom died and I was having a tough time because I was all alone, I had no other family, and Carol helped me out and made it clear that I was never alone and I always had her and her family."

Dave smiled sadly. "I'm sorry to hear about your mom." Paige just shrugged. "That's really nice of her. I've only met her a couple of times but I can tell she has a heart of gold."

"She really does." Paige agreed as their food came a second later and they got down to eating. The mood changed completely from sad to happy and they joked the whole way through breakfast.

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