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Right Where We Left Off

Chapter 19

Paige slowly walked out of the bathroom, pressing her hand to her forehead. She had spent that last couple of minutes dry heaving over the toilet and she was feeling very hot. Air, she thought to herself, I need some air. She let out a sigh of frustration as she walked down the hall. Her hand found it's way to the back of her neck and she massaged it for a second to try to work out the stress she could already feel building.

"Hey beautiful," She heard the distinct voice of Randy and she looked up. She forced a smile, hoping he wouldn't detect her uneasiness. His wide smile turned into a frown. "Hey, what's wrong?" He asked, stepping forward, placing a concerned hand on her hip.

"It's nothing," She tried to wave it off as nothing.

He used his hand under her chin to force her to look into his eyes. "I know that's not true."

She sighed and ran her hands over her face before running a hand through her hair. "I need to go get some air. Want to come with me?"

He nodded enthusiastically. "Yeah, come on," He said, putting his hand on the small of her back, leading her in the direction of the garage.

"Can you do me a favor?" She asked, stopping in her tracks, turning to face Randy.

"Anything," He said automatically, pushing a piece of beach wavy hair behind her ears.

"Can you go tell John he's up next?" She asked.

"Sure, why don't you just come with me real fast and then we can go outside?" He offered.

She shook her head. No way was she going back to see John make out with his…girlfriend? Just thinking the words John and girlfriend in the same sentence made her dizzy. "Please, just do that and I'll meet you in the garage?" She asked in almost a desperate tone.

He stared at her, now worried. He nodded dumbly and leaned down, placing a sweet kiss on her lips. "I'll be there soon." Paige managed to send him a grateful smile before turning around and walking out to the garage. Once she was outside and the cool air hit her, she let out a relieved breath. She leaned against the wall next to the door and closed her eyes for a couple seconds. When she opened them, she looked around at the dozens of trailers, just waiting to be filled with wrestling equipment and moved to the next city. She pushed herself away from the wall and walked a little deeper in so if someone came out here, they wouldn't bother her. She sat down, with her back leaning against the tire of one of the trucks and stared straight ahead at another truck.

She didn't really understand why finding out John had a girlfriend was so upsetting. Sure, she knew John was an attractive male and when she saw him at the reunion she had seriously expected him to show up with a date. But seeing him dateless, she must have jumped to conclusions that he was single. Plus, if he had a girlfriend, wouldn't he at least mention her once during the week she'd been on the road? Wouldn't the other wrestlers ask him about her? It all seemed a little strange to Paige. She also didn't know where this feeling of jealousy was coming from. Sure she loved him and probably always would, plus she had Randy, who she cared about a lot, even though they weren't really openly dating. She let out a groan as her thoughts became too much to handle. She heard the door that connected the arena to the garage open then slam closed. She turned her head in that direction, waiting to see who would appear.

"What are you doing out here all alone?" Adam asked as his eyes focused on Paige sitting behind a truck.

Paige shrugged. "Just getting some air."

He nodded and took a seat next to her. "That it? Are you okay? You don't look too good."

She laughed. "Adam, it's a wonder how I ever turned you down."

"Shh!" Adam shushed her quickly and looked around playfully to see if anyone else was out there. "Don't let that get around; it would ruin my reputation."

"As what? A whore?"

"Precisely." He said proudly and she couldn't help but laugh. Leave it to Adam to take her mind off things. "Well, whatever it is, you know you can come talk to me, if you need to." He said after she controlled her giggles.

She smiled thankfully at him. "Thank you." They sat in silence for a few minutes before they heard the door open and close again. They both turned to see who it was and Paige smiled when she saw Randy.

"Hey man, can I steal her?" Randy asked Adam as he got closer.

Adam nodded, standing up. "Sure thing, see you two later." He said, slapping Randy on the back as he went back into the arena. Randy took the spot Adam vacated and neither of them talked until they heard the door close behind Adam.

"Did you find John?" She asked, looking up at him.

He nodded. "Yeah, he's out there now."

She nodded awkwardly and they both went silent. "Why didn't he tell me?" She asked, surprising Randy.

"Tell you what?"

She rolled her eyes at him. "He had a girlfriend."

Randy sucked in a breath. Sure he had seen John with Carla when he told him he was up but he had no idea Paige knew now. "He told you."

She scoffed. "No, he didn't. I was waiting for him in guerrilla and he didn't come when his match was next so I went to go get him and I saw him on top of her, making out. And then I saw her face and I recognized her."

Randy turned to her, eyes wide. "You know her?"

She shrugged and leaned against Randy's shoulder. "Well I've seen her before. One day this week, I was on my way to hang out with Dave and she came to the door as I was leaving and she said she was looking for her boyfriends room. I told her she had the wrong room." She said, shaking her head as Randy cringed. John really got himself into a mess of lies. "I just don't get why he didn't tell me. I mean, we're friends now, don't friends tell their friends if they have a girlfriend?"

Randy let out a sigh and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "I don't know babe."

"And why didn't you tell me? Or Dave?" She asked suddenly.

"John said he wanted to do it himself. I don't know what he was waiting for. Trust me, I told him many times to just tell you but he wouldn't listen to me."

She nodded, accepting his answer. "Does she know about me?"

Randy closed his eyes and inhaled. "I don't think so," He said, tightening his arm around her, bring her closer to him.

Her shoulders drooped. "Is he embarrassed of me? I don't understand. I mean, I get maybe not wanting to tell her about working with his ex but we're just friends. It's not like that anymore." She paused, resting her hand on Randy's thigh. "I really thought we were going to be best friends again, but…it hurts that he didn't tell me. I know it's stupid but I can't help how I feel."

"It's not stupid." Randy assured her and put a kiss on the top of her head. He couldn't help but feel bad for the girl. He told John to tell her and Carla, people were going to get hurt but he didn't listen and now look at Paige. He was worried though. He knew they were just friends now, but he couldn't help but feel jealous over how upset Paige was of John having a girlfriend.

Paige let out a sigh and pulled away from Randy. "I think I'm going to head back to the hotel."

"My match is soon, if you want to wait for me, I'll go with you." Randy suggested, standing up, helping her up as well.

She smiled at him, pulling him close to her. "That's ok. I'm gonna go get my stuff from John's room and check into my own. I think he'll want his privacy." Randy nodded and walked toward the door that led into the arena. "Want to come over when you're done here?" She asked him.

He smiled down at her and nodded. "I would love to. Text me your new room number and I'll be there as soon as I can."

"Ok, see you soon." She said, pushing herself on her tiptoes to kiss him.

"Want to take my rental car? I can catch a ride back."

She shook her head. "It's ok, I'll just take a cab. Don't be long." She said as she walked out of the garage into the night. Randy watched her go and turned around when he heard someone laugh. He groaned when he saw it was Dave.

"I told you, you two can't get enough of each other." Dave said as Randy walked closer to him. "And you guys suck at this secret relationship business."

"Shut up." Randy said as he playfully pushed his best friend into the arena and followed him.