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Chapter 6 – To Take A Step Forward
Consumed in his own thoughts, the memory of the night at the club was all he could think about. It was the last thing before he went to sleep and the first thing when he woke up. Randy sighed as his mind was filled with the regret of kissing his ex girlfriend and the guilt that he had just went behind his friend's back.
"So you're finally up then?"
Randy turned his head to look at John who was already dressed up and ready to go out. Randy sat up on his bed.
"Yeah, I just woke up a minute ago," said Randy. "What time is it?"
"It's now ten," said John. "That's weird 'cause usually I would be the one who wakes up last. My reputation is now ruined thanks to you."
Randy made a playful roll of his eyes. "You're welcome?" Then he realized that John was holding a basketball under his arm and already figured where he was intending on going. "So you're heading down to the court?"
"Yep. I was just about to head out to meet Jeff and Dave there."
"Oh."
The minute Batista's name was mentioned, Randy's guilt started to grip onto him at the pit of his stomach at the thought of seeing him eye to eye, especially after what he had done. His friendship with Batista could get destroyed if Batista found out that he kissed Mickie.
"Houston, I think we've just lost connection with Mr. RKO."
"What?" Randy asked as he snapped out of his thoughts and looked back at John. "Oh I'm sorry. I was a bit sidetracked for a second."
"Yeah I notice," said John and raised a brow at him. "Is something wrong?"
"No," Randy lied.
"Are you sure?" John asked with a look of concern. "It seems like something's really bothering you."
"No I'm okay," Randy insisted. "I'm just wondering what I've got planned on my agenda."
"Is hooking up with women part of it?" John asked with a smirk.
"I wish," said Randy sarcastically. "At this point in time, I'm not into that right now."
"Well tough luck to the man eaters out there. Or should I say the 'Randy-eaters?"
Randy made a roll of his eyes and made a laugh. "Anyway I'm going to take a shower, eat and then I'll meet you guys at the court."
"Now that's what I want to hear!" John grinned. "See ya in a bit."
"Sure," said Randy.
Soon he heard the door closed as John left alone in the room and Randy let out a sigh once more.
"I hate to live in a lie."
But that was his only alternative.
And it would also mean that she had to go along with it as well….
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Mickie flipped through the pages of a magazine that she picked up from the rack of a book store. She wasn't reading between the lines for her mind was filled with thoughts about the night at the club. She tried to convince herself that it meant nothing to her but the images of Randy just kept flashing back into her mind. She hated him for putting her in this state, especially when she had a boyfriend. Why did it all have to happen? Why now?
"Are you ready to go Mickie?"
A voice from behind startled her as it snapped Mickie out of her thoughts. She turned to her best friend with a smile.
"Oh yes I am," said Mickie as she placed the magazine back into the rack.
"Okay let's go then," said Torrie and the three divas head out of the book shop. They weren't doing any shopping that morning as they had decided to browse around for a while.
"Looks like someone's in a good mood," Torrie said with a smirk.
"What do you mean?" Mickie asked.
"Well Candi here couldn't stop smiling to herself!"
"I wasn't smiling," said Candice but that shade of pink of her cheeks told them the opposite.
"Oh yes you were," said Torrie. "I notice that you were out of it since breakfast! I wonder what…or should I say who would made you like this. Perhaps it was a certain legend killer?"
"Randy?" Candice scoffed. "Come on I don't like him that way!"
"Uh huh sure," said Torrie. "Whatever you say."
"You think I'm lying do you Tor?"
"I didn't say that," said Torrie. "You're the one who said you don't like him so we'll leave it at that."
"Well…" Candice began to trail off and then she stopped walking which prompted the other two to stop as well.
"Wait a minute," Mickie began as she turned to her. "Do you like Randy?"
Candice said nothing and then her cheeks turned red but still she didn't make an answer. At that point, Mickie began to wonder if she really indeed liked him.
"I think it's obvious," said Torrie with a smile as she wrapped her arm around Candice's shoulder. "You say it best when you say nothing at all."
Candice laughed nervously as she looked at Mickie, who on the other hand, had a blank expression on her face.
"So…wait, you really do like him?"
Candice could only make a slight shrug to make an answer. "I guess I do. It's weird though. I mean he returned back to Raw last night and now I guess I'm starting to have something for him."
Mickie had no idea what she should say next. Her best friend liked her ex boyfriend.
Oh just great. More drama in my life….just what I needed.
She didn't tell the girls about her encounter with Randy. She was going to tell them in private but now that she was starting to have second thoughts. Mickie would have told them about the kiss but then and again she didn't want to hurt Candice's feelings.
"Earth to Mickie! Are you in this hotel or on another planet?"
Mickie came out of the thoughts as Torrie's voice rang in her ears. She turned to her two friends and started to laugh.
"Oh I'm sorry," said Mickie. "I was just thinking about something."
"Yeah?" Candice asked. "What is it?"
Since she didn't want to reveal her secret to them, she had made her mind and that was to keep in the dark.
"Oh just wondering what Dave is still in the court."
"You just gave us a good idea," said Torrie. "Let's say we'll be the spectators. Sounds good?"
"Alright," said Candice with a giggle. "I wonder if he's gonna be there."
"I'm sure of it," said Torrie with a wink.
As the girls began to walk out of the shopping area, Mickie was getting images of Randy in her mind and she couldn't erase them even if she tried. She was determined to not let him get into her life again and to mess things up for her again.
Even if it meant that she had no choice but to see a lot of him from now on.
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"You guys are gonna be squashed!" said Jeff as he dribbled the basketball.
"Not if we do something," said Randy with a smirk.
The four men had made a bet and the first team to scored twenty points would get five dollars each. They were in the court for the past ten minutes and the game began to heat up as time went by. So far the score was a tie with seventeen points.
Randy tried to steal the ball from the rainbow haired warrior but Jeff managed to pass it to Batista.
"Forget it Orton!" said Batista with a smirk of his own. "You and John will be the ones losing the bet!"
"There's no way I'm losing five bucks," said John. "I'm intending on saving it for a new Superman comic thank you very much!"
Batista laughed. "Well we'll see if you'll end up getting it before it sold out!"
Batista ran while dribbling the ball but then he was blocked by Randy. He made an attempt to dodge him but he wasn't successful.
"Come on Dave I thought you said you're gonna win this one," said Randy with a smirk. He had his arms out as he was preparing himself to make his move as he was focused on his opponent of the game.
"Oh we are don't you worry," said Batista. "It won't be long before you two are going to left this court empty handed!"
"Are you going to shot now or just continue running your mouth off?"
Batista smirked and said nothing as he ran in the next direction with the ball before passing it to that was intended for Jeff but he missed it so John was the one who was in control.
"Oh looks like there's a change of plans," said John as he ran with the ball. Then Batista got into his way.
"Come on John!" Randy yelled as he clapped his hand while getting into his position and waited for the ball to be passed to him. At the corner of the eye, he had assumed that there were other guests of the hotel coming into the court but that didn't distract him from the already heated competition.
"Hey Torrie!" John called as he saw someone at the farther end of the court.
Randy turned around and to see the three women and he had his eyes on the short one with the light brown hair. Then the memories came back to him and that memory of that kiss haunted him as if it was his nightmare that was threatening him to regret what he did….
"Randy! The game is over here!"
He turned to follow John's voice and the next thing he knew was a ball coming towards him like a speeding bullet. He caught the ball regardless of being distracted for a brief second. He wasn't near to the hoop at all but it was too late for he had already released it into the air. His eyes widen yet he was pleased when he got the perfect three pointer.
"Yeah!" John whooped as he jumped up high into the air and flung his arm as to make a victory pose. "We won!"
"No way!" said Jeff. "He got a three?!"
"Unbelievable!" said Batista with a scoff as he had his hands placed on his hips. "I didn't think the ball could reach that far!"
"Well didn't I tell mention earlier that I was going for a three?" Randy made a famous smirk of his. "I hate to say that I told you so."
"So where's our money?" John asked as he held his hand out. "Come on empty out your pockets!"
Batista and Jeff exchanged looks at another and groaned as they shoved into their pockets to pull out a five dollar bills.
"Thank you very much," said John as he straightened the five dollar bill he got from Jeff. "I could use a Gatorade right about now!"
"Same here," Randy laughed and took his half of the share from Batista. "I'm getting thirsty."
"Alright you guys won fair and square," said Jeff. "You can boast now."
John exchanged looks with Randy and then turned to look back at Jeff and Batista. "Aw we're not the kind of people to do that but since you insisted…we beat you! We beat you! Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Take that losers!"
Batista laughed. "Okay! We got the point! No need to shout it out to the world!"
"Well that's the whole point of boasting," said Randy before giving a high five to his best friend and began to whoop along with him and the four men burst into laughter.
"I see you guys had a really good game," said Mickie as the three divas made their way to the guys.
"Yep," said Batista as he welcomed her with an arm around her shoulder.
Randy looked at her but she didn't seem to be paying attention to him at all. It could be that she avoided eye contact or she was trying to act cool while Batista was around. Either way, her plan worked.
"Well I'm off to see Maria," said Jeff. "She's sick in bed this morning so I'm gonna look after her."
"Aw is she okay?" Torrie asked.
"Yeah just a stomach ache," said Jeff. "She insisted on me coming down here to play for a bit. But now I think I should go and see how she's doing."
"That's so sweet of you," Candice beamed.
"She sure is lucky to have you," said John with a playful on the shoulder.
"I think she knows already," said Jeff with a chuckle. "See you guys later."
Jeff made a wave to the court and turned to exit the court.
"So did you girls shop like crazy?" John asked.
Torrie laughed and made a playful roll of the eyes. "We wish. We only browse around."
John chuckled and wrapped his arms around his girlfriend's waist. "Okay."
"So what do you guys want to do now?" Batista asked.
"How about we go by the beach?" said Randy. He still had his eyes on her but she wasn't looking back as she had her head resting on Batista's chest and had appeared to be in another world other than the basketball court.
"That's a great idea," said Candice with a smile. "We could use some relaxation right now."
Then to Randy's surprise, Mickie finally looked up and smiled at his direction. "Yeah sounds good."
Then he saw a kiss placed on another man's cheek and that made his heart sank. Mickie looked back at Randy's direction with a blank expression on her face. He knew that he couldn't get her back and her last words at club reminded him of that as they began to echo in his mind.
Just leave me alone. Do me a favor and stay out of my life.
"Well let's go then," said Batista, snapping Randy out of his thoughts and then the group began to walk out of the court. Randy began to follow when a hand touched his arm and prompted him to face a dark haired woman.
"Oh Candice, hi," said Randy and made a small smile at her.
"Hi," said Candice. "Um I just want to tell you that you were really good."
"Thanks. I wasn't expecting a three pointer to be honest."
"But you've done well."
"Yeah," said Randy as she made a giggle. He couldn't help but to smile at the way she giggled. For a split second, he thought that they sounded cute.
"Well anyway I'm going to my room," said Candice. "So I'll see you in a bit."
"Yeah sure," said Randy. She smiled and then he watched her turn to walk away. Then something told him to call her back and his heart began to beat fast when he was looking at the brown eyes again.
"Yes Randy?"
No word had come out of his mouth. His mind went blank as she was getting closer to him.
"You wanted to tell me something?" Candice asked.
At that point Randy felt like an idiot for calling her for no reason at all. He had no idea why he had to call Candice back. Or did he?
The only thing that was on his mind was Mickie's voice repeating that same sentence over and over.
I have moved on and so should you….
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Mickie was taking a tan under the blazing sun while the group was having fun at the sea. A bit of relaxation was definitely what the short brunette needed. When she opened her eyes, the whole of the beach appeared bright blue through her shades. Then at the corner of her eye, she saw a slender figure coming out from the water and heading towards her direction. She turned to see the person and smiled when it was Candice coming to join her.
"Hey girl," said Mickie as she sat up from the beach chair. "How's the water?"
"Oh so lovely!" said Candice with a laugh. "You should really go and take a dip."
"Oh I will," said Mickie. She saw Batista and Randy splashing water at Torrie while the blonde Boise was left for screaming and laughing while John just ran back into the water and soon a water war began to ensue and the foursome by began to laugh raucously.
"Oh wow Torrie got her hands full!" said Mickie and laughed.
"And now she got a soldier on her side," Candice laughed. "Oh hey can I talk to you about something?"
"Yeah sure," said Mickie and removed the shades and patted a hand on a beach chair next to hers, gesturing her best friend to sit down. Candice took her seat and from the look on her face, Mickie could tell that it was a serious matter that they needed to discuss.
"It's about Randy," Candice spoke up at last.
"Oh what about him?" Mickie asked as to wonder if they were going to discuss her feelings towards him.
"Well last night I couldn't help but notice that Randy was looking for you or to try to talk to you it seems. And then all of a sudden I found it funny when the both of you ended up disappeared at the same time…"
"Whoa," Mickie began as she was taken aback by words that came out of Candice's mouth and her eyes grew with shock by this.
"Now hold on a minute. Are you saying that I went behind Dave's back?"
"I wasn't going to assume that I swear!"
"Then what are you trying to say, huh?" Mickie fumed. "Because it seems that you were!"
"I'm sorry!" said Candice. "I was just concerned that's all."
"What is there to be considered about? I'm with Dave now and what Randy and I had together, it's over!"
Candice nodded. "Okay."
Mickie sighed as she watched Candice turned to get a towel to dry herself.
"I'm sorry for the way I reacted," Mickie said apologetically. "I was just angry you know? I mean you know how much I love Dave and I would never do anything to intentionally hurt him in any way."
"I know you're not that kind of person to do that," said Candice. "And I'm sorry too. I just got this crazy thought in my mind that maybe you and Randy are…."
"No we're not," Mickie finished the sentence on her own part. "We are not getting back together and that's not going to happen anytime soon."
"So you guys still talk?" Candice asked.
Mickie wanted to get that dreadful memory off her mind. The last thing she wanted was to end up being broken again.
"Well sort of," Mickie lied. "Look, just say that we're putting it all behind us and we're not going to let the past ruin the present."
"Okay…" Candice trailed off and then looked back at Mickie. "So if I want to go out with him, is that okay?"
Mickie didn't expect her to ask that question. But then she laughed anyway.
"Who am I? Your mother?"
"I was just--"
"Candi listen," Mickie began and had both hands around her best friend's hand before she continued on. "You're my best friend and we promised each other that we won't let anything not even a man to ruin our friendship. So if you want to go out with him, then go for it."
"Really? You're okay with it?"
"Of course," said Mickie and faked a smile for her although she didn't like the idea of Candice asking him out one bit. "You have my support."
Candice made a smile at her. "Thank you. That's what I really want to hear."
"Hey don't worry about me alright? I'm cool with it."
Then her smile grew wider and Mickie hated to see her like that. It wasn't that she wanted to see her happy. It was the thought of seeing Randy with her best friend and made her sick inside.
Why would I care if he's dating her or not? Mickie thought. I'm happy with Dave so Randy has to find a way to move on anyway.
"Okay well there's something I want to tell you since we got there."
"Alright. Shoot."
"We're going out tonight!" Candice squealed and her eyes lit up with happiness. "Randy asked me out!"
That was the moment where Mickie was taken aback not only by the hug she had gotten but by the shocking reveal that Candice just made.
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"So you did it, huh? First she had gotten your eye back in the court and now you're taking her out tonight."
Batista smirked as he gave Randy a pat on the shoulder which made the brunette man chuckled as they came out from bathing in the sea.
"Yeah," said Randy with a small smile and it was a nervous one at that. It wasn't Candice that he was looking at earlier back in the court but that was what Batista thought so that had left Randy to be on the safe side. As he looked up, Randy caught sight of the two women sitting on the beach chairs. Batista turned to the direction where Randy was looking and he smiled. The two men were now looking at Mickie and Candice and sharing a hug.
"Well that's great man," said Batista with a smile. "A woman like Candice needs someone in her life. And so do you. Maybe the two of you could start something."
Randy simply shrugged and said, "Well we'll just have to see how it goes."
As he turned back to look at the women again, he wasn't sure about whether he could start a relationship with another woman, especially Candice since he had only liked her as a friend. He wasn't sure if what he had done was the right thing. But one thing was for sure was that he had taken Mickie's words to mind.
She wanted Randy to move on and from that moment on, that was what he was planning to do.
Or at least for now he was going to fulfill her wishes.