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When You're Around

Chapter 10

A couple hours later, Chloe was lying on the couch in her living room, the remote in her hand as she flipped through the TV channels. Jess and Rach were off to another club for the night. They'd begged Chloe to come with them claiming she needed to celebrate getting laid. They weren't taking no for an answer and it wasn't until she told them Randy was supposed to call her that they let her off the hook.

Truthfully, Chloe was hoping Randy wouldn't call. She didn't know what to say. Sure, before she left his house, he wanted to continue seeing her but she couldn't help but be insecure. Why would Randy Orton, of all people, be interested in her? She looked at the time and frowned. It was almost ten o'clock. If he was going to call, he probably already would have. She assumed he lost interest and forgot about her.

She let out a knowing sigh and closed her eyes to go to sleep- too tired to get up and go to her room. She fell asleep almost instantly but was awoken a few minutes later by a ringing phone. She tiredly looked around for the source of the noise and hit answer immediately to stop the loud ringing.

"Hello?" She greeted groggily.

"Hey, did I wake you?" The voice asked softly.

"Randy?" She asked, now more alert after hearing his voice.

Randy chuckled on the other end. "Yeah, it's me. You expecting someone else?"

"No, I just wasn't sure if you were going to call." She admitted.

"Yeah, sorry about calling so late. John and I lost track of time." Randy said apologetically.

"Oh, it's okay."

"So, what are you doing?" He asked, not wanting to just jump right into things.

She shrugged and glanced at the TV, seeing she'd stopped on a Spanish soap opera before she'd fallen asleep. "Just watching TV, you?" She asked as she picked up the remote and flipped the device off.

"Just sitting on the couch, talking to you." He said with a smile. She smiled but didn't say anything. Randy cleared his throat to break the silence. "So, we should go out some time."

She let out a sigh, knowing this would be coming. "Randy…I don't know…"

"Chloe, come on. I'm not asking you to marry me, I'm asking for one date." He said, hoping to get through to her. She still didn't say anything. "We obviously both have feelings for each other, whether you want to admit it or not, otherwise what happened today wouldn't have happened. I think we owe it to ourselves to at least go on one date." He tried to reason with her.

Chloe nodded, seeing where he was coming from. Plus, it's not everyday someone as good looking as Randy Orton asks you out, she should take advantage of it. But there was one thing holding her back. "But, that doesn't change the fact that you're Lindsey's dad." She explained and continued when she felt like Randy was going to say something. "And I know it's not against the rules or anything but it's just not something I'm comfortable with."

Randy let out a frustrated sigh. He liked that she had morals and stuck to her guns but he just wanted a chance. He was silent for a while as he tried to think of a solution. "Okay, well, what it we wait to go out until the summer? You won't be Lindsey's teacher anymore, and I'll just be another guy." He finally suggested.

Chloe tilted her head to the side in thought. She'd never thought about that. "Yeah…yeah, I guess that would work."

Randy smiled wide. "Perfect,"

"Great, so I'll talk to you later?" She asked.

"You will definitely be hearing from me." Randy flirted before they both said their goodbyes and hung up.

June

It was the last day of school and the kids were having a little party in class and some of their parents were hanging out too, helping Chloe clean the classroom and get everyone any extra work she had.

"Thank you, James." Chloe said as she accepted the gift one of her students gave her. "That's very nice of you."

"Your welcome," James said before he walked back to his desk to empty the contents in his desk into a brown paper bag.

She set the gift on her desk with the others that she had received that day.

"Daddy!" She heard one of the students yell. She turned around to see Randy walking in the door, Lindsey launching herself at him.

She turned back around instantly. She hadn't seen him since the end of the year party she'd thrown; though they had talked a couple of times on the phone and texted some. She wasn't prepared to actually see him.

She hadn't spoken to him in a while and she wondered if he remembered their deal. Part of her hoped he did- she wanted to get to know him better. But another part of her hoped he didn't and she would be let off the hook.

Randy laughed as his daughter ran off excitedly. He looked around, looking for a certain teacher. His eyes lit up when he saw Chloe. She had her back to him and was looking through cabinets, pulling out old art projects by the students. He took the time to look her over. He hadn't seen her in over a month and she looked even more beautiful than he remembered. She had her hair pulled back into a loose bun, her body encased in a feminine white, blue and purple floral dress and her feet pressed into black heels.

Chloe frantically searched through the large cabinets in front of her trying to keep herself looking busy so she didn't have to go over and talk to Randy. It wasn't long before she smelled a familiar cologne near her. "Hey," Randy simply said. He was far enough away from her so the other parents didn't get the wrong impression, but close enough so she could feel his breath on her neck.

She turned around and smiled, pretending to have just seen him. "Oh, hi, how are you?" She asked as she closed the cabinet doors.

"Good now that I see you," He said with a smirk. "How have you been?"

She shrugged. "I'm good, sad the school year's over though, I'm going to miss those kids." She said as her gaze trailed over to her students.

"Yeah, Linds is gonna miss you as a teacher, but I can't say I'm disappointed that it's summer." He said and moved to stand next to her instead of in front of her.

She looked up at him. "So you can spend more time with Lindsey?"

He looked down at her and shot her a goofy smile. His hand moved to gently rest on the small of her back. "Well, there is definitely that, but I was thinking more about our deal and spending more time with you."

Chloe blushed and looked down. She definitely remembered the deal they had, to go out once summer arrived, but she honestly hadn't expected him to remember. "Oh yeah,"

"You forgot?" He asked, slightly hurt.

She immediately looked up. "No, I haven't forgotten. Trust me, I remember. I just wasn't sure if you would."

Randy couldn't help but chuckle. "You thought I would forget? It was my idea; I had to talk you into it in the first place." She shrugged in embarrassment. Randy rubbed her back reassuringly. "So you're still up for it right?"

She looked at him and nodded. "Yeah,"

"Great, how about tomorrow? I could pick you up around seven and we can get dinner or something." He suggested. Though he looked cool and calm on the outside, he was a nervous wreck on the inside.

A slow smile spread across her face. "Yeah, that sounds good. Seven it is."

A/N: FINALLY!! haha Thank you for all your wonderful reviews, you guys are seriously the best.