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When You're Around

Chapter 21

"You sure you want to hang out here for the night?" Randy asked as he and Chloe walked down the hall of the arena towards his locker room. "It's probably going to be boring for you. I can call a cab to take you back to the hotel, if you want."

Chloe smiled at him and grabbed his hand to hold in hers. "No, I want to be here." She saw him about to say something and smiled. "I know, you already told me the deal with the house shows. I know I can't watch you wrestle but I will be working around here now. I might as well get familiar backstage and maybe if you have some time, you can introduce me to some of the superstars."

Randy nodded. "Of course I will." He said once they approached the locker room. He knocked a couple times and stuck his head in to see if everyone was decent. There were only a few guys in there and they were all fully clothed so he opened the door and stepped in the room, making sure to hold the door open for Chloe to follow.

"Randy, hey!" One of the men said loudly. The pair turned toward the voice and the guy smiled back. "And Chloe, nice to see you again." John Cena said, stepping forward to embrace the women in a hug.

"You too," She said amicably.

"So you took the internship?" John asked as he pulled away. He was the one who had informed Randy of the opening, thinking he would offer it up to the women. At first he had been unsure of their relationship, just based on the principal of the thing, but the more he thought about it and the more Randy talked about Chloe, he became more accepting. He figured getting her a job on the road would allow them to continue to get to know one another better without the added stress of being hundreds of miles away from each other. He knew from experience that it was tough to start a new relationship long distance and he wanted to give his friend the best opportunity to make this one work.

She smiled wide and nodded enthusiastically. "I had to!"

John laughed as he turned his attention to Randy. "How's it going?" He asked as they did the manly handshake hug.

Randy shrugged. "Can't complain." He said happily as he pulled Chloe closer to him. John noticed their happiness and walked back to his locker area to leave the couple alone. "So I'm going to get ready and then I'll take you around the back and I'll introduce you." Randy said, gesturing for her to sit down on the bench as he rummaged through his bag.

While Randy went into the shower area to change, a couple of the other men in the locker room came up and introduced themselves to her. They were all very nice, respectable guys: Cody Rhodes, Evan Bourne, Ted Dibiase and Adam, whom she had met earlier that day. They were all asking her about how she had got Randy to settle down and she only shrugged. She hadn't done anything special besides be herself. After a few more minutes of their questions about her and what she would be doing with the creative team, Randy came out wearing his wrestling trunks, an olive green Randy Orton t-shirt and his wrestling boots.

She couldn't help but smile at how good he looked. He smirked at her as he got closer to him and all the other guys around her immediately dispersed back to their own area to not interrupt the pair's time together. He bent down and pressed a kiss against her lips. "What do you think?" He asked, gesturing to what he was wearing. He distinctly remembered her telling him he was sexy in his ring gear.

She smirked back and ran her eyes over him. "Better in person,"

Randy's smirk widened before he put his clothes back in his bag and grabbed her hand, leading her out the room. "Alright, I say we hit up catering. That's where everyone usually hangs out."

Randy spent a good hour introducing Chloe to anyone that passed by. She pretty much liked everyone, they were all extremely nice to her. When it was almost time for him to go out and wrestle, he walked Chloe back to the locker room so she could wait for him to finish.

She looked around the room after he left and took in the silence. No one was in there but her so she reached into her purse and pulled out her phone to call Jessica.

Her friend picked up after only a couple rings. "Hello?" She answered cheerfully.

"Hey Jess," Chloe said, a smile immediately crossing her face at the sound of her friends voice. She hadn't even been gone a full day and she already missed home.

"Chloe? Girl, I miss you already!" Jess said with a laugh. "How are you?"

"I miss you too. I'm good. I'm sitting in Randy's locker room while he's wrestling." She explained.

"Have you started your job yet?" Jess asked.

"No, I don't start until Monday but he's introduced me to some people and they are all pretty nice. So how's everything at home?"

She blew a breath. "Well, as you know Josh is still out of a job and today he told me that he was being evicted from his apartment."

"What?" Chloe asked shocked. "When does he have to be out by?"

Jess rolled her eyes just thinking about the situation. "Apparently he's known about being evicted for three weeks. He only told me today, he has to be out by the end of the week and he has no place to go."

"What is he thinking?"

"I don't know. He's not thinking. But he guilt tripped me into letting him stay with me until he can find another place to live."

"Jess," Chloe said authoritatively. "You don't have to let him live there. He has to stand on his own two feet."

She sighed. "I know, but I can't let him live on the streets."

She shook her head. "You already do enough for him. You pay when you two go out, you buy his groceries, you drive everywhere. You're letting him use you."

"Chlo, I just need some time to figure things out. I'm not going to let him live here forever, just until he gets on his feet. I hear what you're saying but he's my boyfriend."

Chloe had to bite her tongue so she didn't just tell her friend to dump his ass. "Alright, it's your life, I just hope you know what you're doing."

"I do, so you don't mind that he's staying here?" Jess asked.

"No, as long as he stays away from my things." Chloe said.

"Thanks Chloe. Just trust me, I'll figure things out soon." She said with a smile.

Chloe looked up when Randy walked inside. "No problem. Hey, I gotta go, I'll call you tomorrow or Monday."

"Alright, talk to you later. Be safe!" Jess said, her mood once again cheerful.

"I will. You too, please just…watch out for yourself." Chloe said, concerned for her friend.

Jess laughed it off. "Oh, you worry too much. Bye!" She said before hanging up.

Chloe let out a sigh of concern when she ended the call. Randy noticed of course. "You okay?" He asked as he sat next to her to pull off his boots.

She looked up and smiled. "Yeah, just Jess's boyfriend, Josh, is kind of a mooch. He has no job and he just lost his apartment and apparently he guilt tripped Jess into letting him stay with her." She shrugged. "I just feel like he's using her."

Randy put a reassuring hand on her knee. "She'll realize soon, she's a smart girl."

She pressed a thankful kiss to his cheek. "I hope so. So how was your match?" She asked to change the subject.

He grinned and flexed his biceps. "I won," She laughed as Randy got up to go change so they could head back to the hotel.

A/N: Well, it's finals week for me and I don't know how I managed and update, but I did! Thanks for all your wonderful reviews, I look forward to hear what you think of this chapter as well, even though I know it's a bit of a short one, I hope you enjoy!