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When You're Around

Chapter 2

Chloe woke up the next morning, exhausted as usual. She dragged herself out of bed and into the shower. After drying her hair and curling it a little bit, she put on some light makeup and walked over to her closet. She pulled out her outfit for the day, which consisted of black slacks and a white top underneath a cobalt blue fitted, three quartered length sleeve jacket. She got dressed, slipped on black, 3-inch high open toed strappy pumps, grabbed her purse and made her way out to her car. She stopped at a Starbucks on her way to school and grabbed a coffee and a muffin. She walked into her class and started setting up for her lecture. She had some time before the bell rang so she went into the office and grabbed her mail before making her way back to her class. As she got closer, she saw some of her students waiting in a line near her class. She noticed some parents were there too, for career day. If they didn't mind waiting for her to teach a little bit, neither did she. The bell rang as she reached her door and she smiled as she held open the door for everyone to enter.

"I set up a table in the back for parents," She said pointing to the back. "If you don't mind waiting there while I lecture a little bit." She turned her attention back to the students entering the class and she greeted each one. "Hi Lindsey," She said to the last person in line.

"Hi Miss Ryan," She said, letting go of her dad's hand as she walked into class to take her seat.

"I'm early," Randy said with a smile, making Chloe give him her full attention.

She smiled back and followed him into the classroom. "Yes you are, glad to see it." She walked to the front of the class as Randy went to the back, politely greeting the other parents as he took a seat. "Good morning everyone," Chloe said, grabbing her clipboard, which held her role sheets.

"Good morning Miss Ryan," The students said back in unison. The parents in the back smiled proudly at their kids. She quickly took role, marking students who weren't there.

"Ok, why don't you guys take out some paper. We'll take notes right after I put this into the computer." She went over to her desk and marked which students were absent so the office would know and she went back to the front of the class to teach her lesson.

The bell for the first recess rang and the kids all but ran outside. Chloe grabbed her keys and made her way to the back. "I have to work yard duty today. You can stay in here or go outside, whatever you want." She said amiably to the parents. All of the parents stayed, except Randy; he followed Chloe outside.

"So this is a day in the life of Miss Ryan?" He asked with his hands in his front jean pockets as he walked next to her.

She shrugged. "More or less. It's nice though." Randy nodded. "So what do you do?"

He chuckled and scratched the back of his neck. "I'm a professional wrestler."

She smiled, amused, and raised an eyebrow. "Oh? And how's that?"

"Really good, I'm one of the top guys. The only downside is being on the road so often; it gets tough, you know? I miss Lindsey. I'm injured right now though, so it's nice being home and spending time with her."

"Yeah, I'll bet," She said as she watched the kids play on the playground. "So what does your wife do?"

It was Randy's turn to raise an eyebrow. "You mean Sam? Nah, we're not married anymore."

"Oh." Chloe said. "Sorry,"

"No worries, it's not a big deal. We don't really get along that well anyway." Chloe nodded, not really feeling like she knew him well enough to be nosey. His cell phone started to ring from its place in his pocket; he took it out and checked the screen. "It's my friend, I gotta take this." He said to Chloe and walked away after she nodded in understanding.

"Hey, how's it going man?" Randy greeted his best friend, John Cena, on the phone.

"It's going good. I just wanted to see how you were doing. How's your neck? It still hurting?" John asked, concerned for his friend.

"It's alright. Still hurts sometimes but otherwise, it's perfectly fine. I've got an appointment with my doctor tomorrow, so we'll see if it's anything serious." Randy replied as allowed his eyes to travel over his daughters teacher.

"Good to hear, I'll pass the word along. So how's Lindsey? Does she miss me?" He asked with a laugh.

Randy rolled his eyes. "Yeah, she misses you and she's good. It's career day actually; I'm at her school."

"Randy, you know you can't talk on the phone while you're in class; that's kinda rude." John said.

He rolled his eyes again. "It's recess John; please you're not that important to me that I'd answer your call in class."

"Yeah, yeah, just making sure. So are the other parents there? Any hot and single women?" John asked playfully.

Randy laughed at his friend. "Nah, all the parents are pretty much taken and middle-aged. Her teacher though…that's another story entirely." He trailed off in thought.

"What? Randy, her teacher? What's wrong with you?"

"John, if you saw her, you'd understand what I'm saying." His breath caught in his throat when Chloe turned around, laughing at the kids on the playground. He couldn't help but smile back and wave. It looked like she blushed a little bit and turned away timidly, which only made him smile wider. "Now I just have to figure out if she's single."

John shook his head. "Whatever, you're an adult but if you're serious about this, make sure you don't do anything stupid, this is Lindsey's teacher."

"Yeah, alright I will bud," The bell rang and all the kids made their way back to class. "I gotta go, recess is over, but I'll talk to you later."

"Alright, take care." John said before they both hung up. Randy made his way back to the classroom and took the seat he had held before. Within minutes all the students were back in class and Chloe trailed in after all the kids had left the playground. She closed the door behind her and smiled at everyone.

"Okay, class, why don't you put all your things away so you can give our speakers your full attention." The students put their things away, leaving their desks empty. "Alright, our first speaker is," She said looking at her list. She had made a list of all the parents that were participating in the order they had confirmed. "Mrs. Smith, Kyle's mom." She said and everyone clapped as Mrs. Smith made her way to the front and Chloe sat at her desk.

"And our last speaker is," Chloe said, looking at her list. "Mr. Orton, Lindsey's dad." The class applauded, a little louder this time. It seemed they were very familiar with his job and wanted to hear about it.

Randy smiled as he approached the front. "Well, I'm a professional wrestler. Now unlike some of the jobs that we've talked about today, mine doesn't involve sitting at a desk, making powerpoints or working the mandatory 9-5." Chloe tightened her hands around the pen she was holding a little; he basically just described her job perfectly. "My job is a little more hands on- physically. It requires that you are physically able to perform night after night. You also have to be in the right mindset; I can't go out into the ring upset about something, cause it will definitely show, and that may be a problem if I am supposed to be celebrating something or let my emotions get the best of me." Chloe looked in the back at the remaining parents and saw they were obviously not too excited about this presentation. She imagines they spend a lot of time telling their kids that professional wrestling is not something they should be watching. "Now, I'll admit, professional wrestling is for a more…mature audience." He saw some confused faces at the word mature and smiled, forgetting where he was for a minute. "Sorry, it has some things in it that your parents may not want you to see or hear about until your older." He saw some kids nod their heads in understanding. "But, the show is all about entertainment- that's what TV is for though right? Entertainment." Chloe had to admit he had a way with words. "To be a professional wrestler, you have go into it knowing you're probably going to get pushed on your butt but you just have to get back up. You have to be determined and love what you're doing, otherwise, you're going to end up hating your job. I have some friends who just couldn't take the traveling and being away from their family and it's tough, but it's a sacrifice you and your family have to be willing to make." Randy took a breath and smiled. "Any questions?" Arms shot up like crazy and he laughed, calling on one girl in the front.

"Did you go to college?" She asked, obviously a studious type.

Randy shook his head sadly. "No, and if there was one thing I could change in my life, that would probably be it. These days, you can't do anything without an education. If wrestling was to not work out for me one day, I would have a hard time finding a job that didn't involve me saying, 'Can I take your order?'" That earned him some laughs, even from the parents in the back. Randy called on another student, a boy, ironically wearing a Randy Orton shirt.

"How did it feel to win the world heavyweight championship for the first time?"

Randy smiled. "It felt amazing. Probably one of the best accomplishments of my career." The questions continued for quite some time, it seemed like everyone had a question. Finally the questions ended and Chloe stood up next to Randy at the front of the class. "Let's give it up for Mr. Orton and all our other speakers who took the time out of their day to talk to us." The room erupted in applause and Chloe glanced at the clock behind her. "We have some time left before the bell, so why don't you just take it easy." Chloe turned to Randy and smiled. "You're a good public speaker."

He shrugged and smiled. "It's practically in my job description."

"Well, I really appreciate you coming in. My lectures get a bit boring for the kids, so I like to get guest speakers to come in and talk to them. It breaks up the monotony and get's them interested." She explained.

"Ah, well, personally I don't think I could ever get tired of hearing you talk." He said, accidentally slipping into Randy Orton the flirt, instead of Randy Orton the professional. He couldn't help it; he was a flirt when he was around pretty girls. He's surprised he lasted this long with the strictly business routine.

She blushed a little bit. "Well, thanks. I'm going to talk to some of the other parents." She said and slowly walked backwards a few paces before turning around and making her way to the back. She spent the rest of the class, talking to the parents and thanking them for coming in. She finished making her rounds and was talking to some of the students when the bell rang. She waved bye to everyone as they left and sighed when the room was empty. There were so many people in here today it just seemed like too much, next time she'd know to split it up into a couple days, not just one. She turned around when she heard the door open and relaxed when it was Randy.

"Sorry," He said, letting the door close behind him. "I forgot my phone." He said making his way to the table in the back.

"Oh, no problem." She said and couldn't help but watch closely as he bent down to retrieve his phone.

"Got it." He said, breaking her out of her daze.

"Bye," She said with a wave.

"Bye." He said with a wink before leaving the room.

A/N: Thanks for all your reviews! I had no idea so many people would be interested in this story. Hopefully you enjoyed this chapter as well, please review.