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Right Where We Left Off

Chapter 16

After Paige made it back to her room, she immediately hopped in the shower. She closed her eyes as she savored the feel of the hot water running down her body and washing her skin. After she was all clean, she hopped out, wrapping herself in a towel. She used her hand to wipe away the steam on the bathroom mirror and smiled at her reflection. She looked happy. Really happy. Coming on the road with John really had been a good idea. Not only had she reconnected with an old friend, she has met many people who she would now consider friends. She would have to remember to thank Carol once again for talking her into going to that reunion because if she hadn't Paige wouldn't be here, she'd be stuck at home looking through the want ads in the paper. After she finished combing through her hair, there was a knock on the door. She figured it was John, who had probably forgot his room key, and went to the door just wearing the small towel she was holding up against herself. She opened the door and was a little surprised to see Adam standing on the other end, obviously just as surprised to be greeted in such little clothing.

"Adam!" She said surprised. "Uh, sorry, I just got out of the shower." Adam nodded and shrugged as if to say no big deal. "Um, are you here to see John? He's not here right now but he should be back soon if you want to wait for him." She suggested kindly.

"That'd be great thanks." Adam said, walking into the room. "Sorry to catch you at a bad time." He said with an apologetic smile.

She waved him off and smiled. "No biggie," She walked over to her suitcase and grabbed a pair of sweats and a cami before going into the bathroom to change. She walked out of the bathroom with her head tilted to the side, her hands using her towel to wring out the water in her hair. "So, anything I can help you with before John gets here?" She asked, standing up straight.

"Well I just wanted to know if you and John wanted to go out to dinner tonight." Adam asked with his sexy grin. "You know, if you don't have any plans."

She bent over running the towel over her hair again before standing up straight, flipping her hair as she smiled when she hit Adam with some water. "Sounds fun. I can mention it to John if you have somewhere to go. He should have been back by now, I don't know what taking him so long."

Adam nodded. "Alright, thanks. I'll be by to pick you guys up around 7."

"See you then." She said as she watched Adam leave before going into the bathroom to dry her hair.

After she dried her hair and curled it, John finally came back. He kicked off his shoes and fell on his bed face first. Paige walked out, amused with her friend. "John? You ok?" He groaned but didn't respond. Paige's expression turned to concern. She took a seat next to John and put a concerned hand on his back, rubbing in circles. "Adam came by earlier; he invited us to go out to dinner with him. He's gonna come by around 7. You feel like going?" John just groaned again. Ok, so he doesn't want to talk about it, she thought to herself, but didn't say anything else, just sat in silence with him. A few minutes later, John bolted from the bed and rushed into the bathroom. She heard the toilet seat flip up with a bang then she heard the unmistakable sound of someone vomiting.

Paige stood up immediately and walked to the bathroom. Her heart broke when she saw John on his knees, hunched over the toilet, puking. She cautiously walked forward and sat on the edge of the bath tub. She reached a comforting hand out and rubbed his back. After ten minutes, it seemed like he was finally done throwing up and she slid her hand up to his neck and began to carefully massage it. "Can you make it to the bed?" She asked softly. John sighed before nodding and standing up slowly. Paige too stood up and wrapped her arm around his waist, leading him into the bedroom. She pulled back the covers and allowed John to crawl under them before she pulled them over his torso, tucking him in. She went into the bathroom, filling up a cup with water and grabbed a couple advil from her purse, setting them on the table beside John. She sat down on the edge of the bed and set her hand on John stomach. His hand reached out to cover hers. "You need anything else?" John shook his head no. "Let me call Adam real fast and cancel tonight."

"No," John said squeezing her hand. "Don't do that. You should go, make new friends."

"No, I have to stay with you. We don't even know what's wrong with you."

John shrugged. "It's nothing. I think it's food poisoning."

"I'd feel better if I stayed here with you." She said, squeezing his hand back.

"You're ridiculous. I'm just going to puke and sleep the whole time. Go. Have fun."

She pursed her lips, thinking it over. "Are you sure?"

"Yes, now go get dressed." She laughed lightly before pressing a kiss to John's cheek and going to the bathroom to finish getting ready.

After Paige called Adam and let him know that John was sick with food poisoning and wouldn't be able to make it to dinner, they agreed to meet down in the lobby at 7. She had light make up, her hair was curled and she was wearing skinny jeans, a water color blue tunic with a sash tie at the waist and bone colored peep toe flats. After checking to see if John needed anything several times and placing a wet rag across his forehead, she left her hotel room and went down to the lobby to meet Adam.

"So you ready to go home yet?" Adam asked with a friendly smile after they were seated at their table and had ordered their dinner.

Paige laughed and shrugged. "Honestly, there's nothing for me at home. The only reason I want to go home is to get some more of my clothes." Adam laughed and she shrugged. "I actually really love it on the road, a lot more than I thought I would."

"That's good to hear. Some people can't stand it and complain the whole time." Adam said with a groan.

"Really? I haven't heard anyone complain." She said surprised.

"Yeah well the worst of them all was in Connecticut for the week. You'll meet her soon and see what I'm talking about." Adam said, shaking his head in warning.

"Why does she travel with the company if she hates at the travel?" Paige asked confused.

"She's an assistant, she has to."

"Who does she assist? And if she complains as much as you say she does, why hasn't she been fired?"

"Because she's good at what she does. Oh and she's Randy's assistant." Adam answered when they got their food.

They ate their food and shared stories about themselves through the whole thing. Adam was a riot and Paige had never laughed so hard in her life.

"You know, I gotta be honest. John has told me about his high school sweetheart before, but you are not what I expected." Adam said, pushing his plate away from him when he finished.

She did the same with her plate and tilted her head to the side with a small smile. "What did you expect?"

"I don't know, I just envisioned someone …not as attractive as you are."

Paige couldn't help but laugh at the backwards compliment. "Well thank you Mr. Copeland." She said as she drank from her glass of wine.

"I mean it. Plus you are way more interesting than I thought you would be." Paige smiled at him a shrugged. "I wouldn't mind getting to know you better. You know, as friends."

"That'd be great, and I plan on sticking around here as long as possible so that should be feasible."

"Great, so how about dinner again tomorrow night?"

She bit on her lip and scrunched up her face. "Adam, do you really want to get to know me as a friend? Or are you hoping to get romantic?"

Adam, never being one to withhold the truth answered, "I wouldn't mind getting romantic."

She sighed. "You're a really nice guy Adam and I would absolutely love to have you as a friend but I'm just not looking for romance. I'm trying to do my job and maybe pick up some lifelong friends along the way. One day maybe I'll be looking for a relationship, but not right now." Adam nodded in understanding. "I just don't want you to only hang out with me in hopes of getting serious because I'm not ready for that."

Adam smiled and leaned forward. "Hey, Paige, it's cool. I can always use more friends." Paige sat up straight and smiled thankfully. "Besides, I'm more of a hook up kinda guy anyway. So if you get lonely at night, give me a call." He said with a playful wink and she couldn't help but laugh again like she had many times that night.