Chapter 7

ADRIENNE

I was at a photo shoot early this morning, and I was grumpy as hell. I had to wake up real early today and I only had about 6 to get ready for a photo shoot for Maxim magazine that I know will last at least two hours. I have an interview right after for the magazine and I have to do the same thing tomorrow all over again for Sports Illustrated Magazine. I stayed up until about three in the morning because I was so excited that I couldn't sleep. But I ended up paying the price for it this morning with being tired as hell and not wanting people to bother me. I was sitting in my chair getting my hair and makeup done when I heard someone calling my name.

"Ms. Orton?"

"Yes?" I asked looking up. It was a guy who seemed to be in his 30's. He had a camera hanging from his neck and he seemed like a nice guy.

"Hello. I'm Michael Anderson and I'm going to be the photographer for the photo shoot today."

"Hi. I'm Alexandria."

"I know. I've done my research when I found out that I would be doing the shoot today. Congratulations on your title win at Wrestlemania."

"Thanks."

"I just wanted to introduce myself to you first so you could know who I was. Also to tell you that the first couple of shots that we'll take will be with the car that we have here on the set."

"Okay."

"Okay. I'll see you out there."

I smiled as he walked away and went back to listening to music. I wanted to be left alone for a while before I started the pictures.

0.0

Three hours later, I was on my way to the interview and really running low on gas. My phone rang and I picked it up without bothering to look at who it was that was calling me.

"Hello?"

"Hey, it's Randy."

"Hi Randy. What you doing?"

"I just came out of an interview. I have about an hour off before I have to go to a signing. You?"

"I just came out of a photo shoot and I'm going to the interview for the magazine."

"You sound tired."

"I am tired. I didn't get much sleep last night."

"No one told you to stay up late."

"Doesn't matter the reason." I shot back.

"Attitude. Bring it down."

"I'm not in a good mood right now. Don't mess with me Randy."

"Or what?"

"You personally know that I could throw a mean punch. Now is there anything important that I need to know right now?"

"I'll talk to you when you're in a better mood."

"Thank you." I responded. I hung up and threw my phone back in my bag without caring about how it went in.

PAUL

I was on my way to a signing with Shawn and I could tell that he wanted to talk to me about something.

"Okay, spill it. What do you want to ask me?"

"What's going on between you and Alexandria?" he asked seriously.

"What do you mean?"

"You and her started out hating each other. Now all of a sudden, I don't hear you complaining about her and I just hear you talk about how you can get her to hang out with you and go out with you. Now yesterday, you left early evening and didn't come back until late last night. You woke up this morning and you haven't taken that smile off of your face. What's going on between you two?"

"Nothing."

"It's more than nothing. It's something." he replied.

I sighed knowing how much I hated lying to my best friend. "Promise me to not tell anyone."

"Okay. I won't. I promise."

"I took her out on a date last night. That's why I came back so late. I've been growing feelings for her and I asked her out to dinner for last night."

"You like Orton's little sister? Doe he know anything about this?"

"No. At least I don't think so. If she hasn't said anything to him about it."

"I doubt that she said anything to him about it because if he knew that you two were spending time together, he would've said something to you." he replied.

"True. I don't know what else to do though."

"I'm telling you, that time when you and her went to the movies, it was a date."

"No it wasn't."

"Yeah it was." he replied. "It as a date. You have feelings for her and yet you don't consider that a date when you are with a girl you like at the movies? Just the two of you? It was a date. Last night was just a second date."

"I kissed her last night." He hit my arm when I said that. "What was that for?"

"You kissed her?"

"What's the problem with that? I wanted to kiss her for a while now. I just actually did it last night when I walked her to her room."

"You wait until now to tell me?"

"What? Be happy that I actually told you and didn't lie to you about anything that's been happening between me and her."

"What else has been happening now that you say that?"

"I've been getting her to come to my office all the time just so I could see her and spend time with her."

"Don't you think that if the wrong person finds out, that it could get to Randy?" he asked.

"No. At the moment, I just care about seeing her. So I don't think about what could happen if the wrong person notices or sees or finds out. I just care about seeing her and how I feel when I see her and when I'm with her."

"Do you think that Stephanie would ever find out about this whole thing between you two?" he asked.

"I don't know. I mean, her and I are no longer together. So I don't really care about how she feels about me being with someone else, let along me having feelings for another woman."

"Just be careful okay. I don't want you to get hurt."

"I got you. I'll be careful."

LATER THAT NIGHT

I was going to my office when I felt hands go around my eyes. I turned around and saw Alexandria standing behind me. I smiled instantly when she smiled at me.

"Hey."

"Hi." she replied. I opened the door to my office and let her in. I closed the door behind her as she went and stood by my desk. She was in her regular clothes and had her bags.

"I missed you, today." I told her.

"I missed you, too."

"You okay?" I asked.

"I'm tired. And cranky."

"So does that mean that hanging out with me tonight is out of the question?" I asked quietly.

"We can hang out. But I wanna stay in tonight. I'm too tired to do anything."

"Alright. Your friends won't mind if you hang out with someone else today?"

"They're all going out to party. The last thing I wanna do is party on empty." she replied pouting. "So I'm going back to the hotel. Maybe I can go with you?" she asked.

I smiled. "Yeah. Let me just get my things together."

I finished up some things and got what I needed to take with me.

"I don't think that there's anyone around." I heard her say.

"Good. That means that I could do this in confidence."

I took her hand in mine and intertwined our fingers together. I saw her smile and felt my heart race. I took her to her room so she can put her things down and do whatever she wanted to do. I went to mine to take a quick shower. I ended up staying in the shower longer than I had planned and right when I got out, I heard someone at the door.

"Crap." I muttered underneath my breath. I looked through the peep hole and saw Alexandria. I quickly put on a pair of shorts and open the door.

"Did I come at a bad time?"

"No. I just came out of the shower. Come in."

She came in and she had on her pajamas and her hair in a neat bun. She looks adorable. I put on a shirt and sat next to her on the couch.

"I ordered some take out. Hope you don't mind."

"Okay. I'm a little hungry anyways."

I put my arm around her shoulder and as if by instinct, she snuggled closer to me and put her head on my chest. I placed a kiss on her head as we watched t.v. I heard a knock on the door and saw that the guy was here with the food.

"Thanks. Keep the change."

"Okay, so I got some pizza, soda, and I got some candy earlier today when I went to the store if you want to take some."

"Okay."

Alexandria looked really tired.

"You okay?" I asked concerned.

"Yeah. I'm just really tired."

"You could've stayed in your room tonight. I wouldn't have mind."

"No. It's okay. I'll be fine. As soon as I start falling asleep, I'll go back to my room."

"Can I ask you something?"

"What is it?"

"Would you like to be my girlfriend?" I asked nervously.

"Seriously?"

"Yeah. I mean only if you'd like to be."

She smiled showing her dimples. "I'd like be to your girlfriend." she replied after a couple of minutes.

"Cool. So we're a couple now."

"Yup. We're a couple now."

About two hours later, Alexandria was starting to fall asleep. So I insisted that I'd walk her to her room.

"I'm sorry if I was a bit boring tonight." she told me.

"No. Don't worry about it. I think I was a bit boring tonight too. But at least I got to spend time with you." I told her smiling.

"Me too."

I leaned in and gave her a kiss. I felt her hands on my waist as she kissed me back. She pulled away gently and smiled.

"Goodnight."

"Night."