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When You're Around

Chapter 25

After dropping Randy and John off at Randy's place with a promise to meet up later at a club, Rachel and Chloe headed to go see Jessica and inform her that they were all going out to celebrate Rachel getting the writing job. The girls walked in the apartment with a loud whoop. "Jessica!" Chloe yelled loudly. "Get your butt into gear, we are going out!"

Rachel laughed as they walked further into the apartment. "And Chloe never wants to go out so we need to take advantage." Both of the girls stopped when they saw Jess sitting on the couch looking up at her friends with a smile, though it didn't reach her eyes. There was obviously something not quite right.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Chloe asked, lowering her voice as she stepped forward to sit down next to her friend.

Jess let out a breath. "I broke up with Josh." She said, causing Chloe and Rachel to look at each other in understanding.

"Oh sweetie, I'm sorry." Rachel said, putting a reassuring hand on her back.

"What happened?" Chloe asked curiously.

"He cheated. In my bed. When I wasn't home." She answered as she glanced up to look at her friends.

Chloe put a hand to her heart. "Oh no,"

Jess chuckled a little. "Oh yes," She bit her lip and looked from one friend to the next. "But can we not talk about it right now?" Rachel and Chloe nodded immediately, knowing that they needed to give their friend some time before she talked about what happened. "Thanks. So, we're going out?" She asked with a genuine smile as she remembered what her friends had said when they first walked in the door.

Chloe beamed. "Yes! And we're meeting Randy and his friend John."

"What's the occasion? Like Rach said, you never want to go out." Jess wondered.

Chloe sent a look over to Rachel telling her to explain. Jess looked at Rach before she spoke. "I got the job!" She said excitedly.

Jess raised her eyebrows in happiness. "No way! That's great!" She said before wrapping her arms around her friend.

"Thanks! I'm very excited to start and write up some action." She said, rubbing her hands together.

Jess smiled at her before turning to Chloe and giving her a hug. "I've missed you!" She rocked her friend back and forth, and she just laughed.

"I've miss you too! It's so good to be home." Chloe admitted.

"You have to tell us about your internship. What's it like?" Jess asked.

"I'll tell you guys about it later. Right now, we need to get ready to go out and meet Randy." She said, standing up.

Both the girls nodded and also stood up. "Ok, I'm going to need to borrow something from one of you though. I can't go out like this." Rach said, pointing to her cargo shorts and tank top.

"No problem, I have a dress you would look great in." Jess said, leading Rachel to her room. Chloe smiled as she watched her friends disappear. She hoped the night would help Jess forget about what a loser Josh was. She couldn't deny that though she was happy her friend had broken up with Josh, she was a little surprised. Jess almost seemed to be under a spell when she was around him. Though, Chloe reasoned with herself as she opened her closet doors, he did cheat on her and no matter how smitten with a guy Jess was, cheating, she would never allow.

An hour later, the girls left the apartment all dolled up, ready to hit the club. Rachel was wearing Jessica's navy blue jersey tank dress and black four inch booties that made her legs go on for days. Jess had on a pair of black skinny jeans tucked into black leather high heeled boots and a black scoop neckline tank top. Chloe was in a mini dress of contrasting panels of blue and white wrapping the dress with black pumps on her feet.

Immediately after entering the club, Chloe spotted Randy and John waiting for them at the bar. She greeted John with a hug before pulling Randy into her arms and placing a kiss on his lips. They smiled at each other after they pulled away.

"Nice to see you again John," Rachel said amicably.

Chloe turned and smiled. "Jess, you know Randy, and this is his friend John." She said, putting a hand on his bicep. "John, this is my other best friend, Jessica."

"Hey Randy," Jess said, stepping forward to give the man a brief hug before turning her attention to John. She couldn't help but be incredibly attracted to the man. He was drop dead gorgeous and oh so yummy as he stood there in a pair of jeans and a button up black shirt with the top three buttons undone as the shirt stretched tightly over his muscles. "Nice to meet you," She said, offering him her hand as she silently prayed that her voice came out as confident and not like a nervous teenager.

John smiled and clasped his hand in hers. "You too,"

Chloe raised an intrigued eyebrow as she saw their exchange. She had never thought of hooking up John and Jess but as she saw them standing there, smiling at each other with their hands still clasped together, though neither seemed to notice, she couldn't help but wonder how a relationship between the two would work out.

"All right guys, come on, I think I spot an empty table, let's go get it." Randy said as he lead the group away from the bar, his hand holding Chloe's. Rachel, John and Jess made a move to follow their friends but as they stepped forward a little bit, they saw that the couple was no where to be seen, instead replaced by a bunch of strangers passing by.

"Whoops, I lost them." Rachel said, turning to face John and Jess. "Well, I'm going to head out onto the dance floor. I'll come find you guys later." She said before shaking her hips a little as she walked out onto the dance floor.

Jess turned to face John and shrugged her shoulders. "Want to get a drink?"

John grinned and nodded his head toward the bar. "Come on, my treat." He said as he set his hand on the small of her back, leading her to a pair of stools.

Jess was about a puddle at the feel of his hand on her. This gorgeous specimen had his hands on her. "You won't hear me complaining about that." She joked as she sat down.

John chuckled as he sat down next to her. "So what'll it be? A cosmo? A martini?" He mocked as he named off the girly drinks he was usually buying for women at bars.

She raised a challenging eyebrow and squared her shoulder before answer. "I'll have a beer thank you very much."

He matched her raised brow with one of his own, clearly surprised. He turned to the bartender and held up two fingers. "Two beers." The bartender nodded and reached under the bar, producing two ice cold bottles of beer. He popped the caps off, one after another before setting them in front of the two. John handed him a couple bills and nodded a thanks to the man before he went on his way to tend to other people. "So," He said after taking a swig of his beer and he turned to face Jess. "How'd you meet Chloe?"

She shrugged as she swallowed her sip of beer. "She moved back here after college and needed a place to live. I met Rachel through school and she told Chloe I was looking for a roommate. She stopped by to meet me and see the place and she was hooked." She said with a playful smile. "What about you? how'd you meet Randy?"

He too shrugged. "We went to the same training facility."

"Training?" She asked with a furrowed brow.

"Wrestling."

She nodded her head. "Oh that's right. So you wrestle too huh?" She asked as she put her beer bottle to her lips.

He leaned closer and lifted his eyebrow. Jess had to resist the urge to swoon at how incredibly sexy that look was for him. "Impressed?"

She smiled at his confidence. "Honey, when you look at the men I have been forced to spend time with lately, the fact that you have a job is enough to impress me."

He chuckled. "I don't know about that. I don't know if I was a..." He paused trying to think of an unimpressive profession. "professional pooper scooper, you would be too impressed."

She couldn't help but laugh at the random job he pulled out of his ass. "Not too glamorous, no, but does it have a steady paycheck? Yes. Does it ensure money for groceries and rent? Yes. That's enough to impress me right now."

John grunted before taking another swig of beer. "Sounds like someone messed you up."

She laughed. "Thank you,"

He grimaced a little. "I didn't mean it like that. I mean, it's great for someone to have a job...but, you can't possibly be impressed with anyone who has a job." He paused for a second and studied her. "Sounds like someone is using you."

"Was." She corrected. That instantly made her think of Josh. And made her realize that she had definitely been flirting with John. And she was enjoying it. She was enjoying his company. But she just broke up with Josh. It was way too soon to develop feelings for another man. Wasn't it?

"Ahh," John said in understanding.

She nodded. "Yeah, but I don't want to talk about it." She turned her attention to the dance floor and smiled as she saw all the happy people moving to the fast beat.

John noticed where her attention had strayed and stood up. "Let's dance."

She looked up at him in surprise. "You don't look like the type." She commented though she put her hand in the hand he had offered.

He chuckled. "I'm full of surprises. Come on," He said before pulling her out onto the dance floor.


"I think we lost them." Chloe said as she and Randy sat down at the table. She looked at where she'd just come from and she didn't see any of their friends in sight.

"They'll find us," Randy assured her as he pulled her closer to him.

She looked at him and smiled seductively. "You just want me to yourself."

He grinned back. "Guilty," He said before placing a sweet kiss on her lips.

"So, you were right." She said after a moment.

"Right about what?" He asked her confused.

"Jess finding out that Josh is a dick." She reminded him.

He laughed. "That's not what I said."

She shrugged. "Close enough. She found out that he was cheating on her and she dumped him."

He grimaced. "Ouch. That's awful, is she okay?"

How sweet was he? Asking about how her friend was doing, she could help but smile at him. "I think she's okay. She didn't really say much about it and she seems a little sad but not torn up about it, which is good." She turned her head to look out on the dance floor and instantly spotted Rachel with her hands thrown up over her head as she danced with two guys. Chloe let her eyes wander around the rest of the dance floor and a smile spread wide across her face as she saw John and Jess dancing. She put her hand on Randy's knee and gave it a firm squeeze to get his attention.

"What's up?" He asked as he leaned closer to her.

She turned to him with a grin before pointing to their friends dancing together. "Aren't they the cutest? I think this has definite possibilities."

Randy frowned as he watched the pair dance. "I don't know."

She immediately turned to face him. "What? You don't think they're cute together?"

He shrugged. "No, they're cute together, I don't know if that's a good thing though."

She frowned at him. "Why? Is it Jess? Do you not like her? Cause you barely know her." She pointed out in her friends defense.

He smiled and wrapped his hands around his girlfriend's. "No Chlo, that's not it at all. The little I know about her I like."

She tilted her head in confusion. "Then what's the problem?"

"Well aside from the fact that they just met each other," He said, shooting her a pointed look. "You just told me that she just broke up with Josh."

She pursed her lips. He was right. "Yes but..."

He smiled as he wrapped her arm around her waist. "I do think they're cute together but she's just getting out of a relationship and John's not exactly a monogamous kind of guy."

"He's a slut?" She asked surprised.

Randy laughed and shook his head. "Not the word I'd use."

"Well what word would you use?" she challenged.

He thought about it for a second before answering. "Indecisive." He said, causing Chloe to roll her eyes. "Listen," He said when it looked like she was going to say something. "All I'm saying is let things happen naturally. If they like each other then let them hash it out. Can you do that for me?"

She pretended to think about it before nodding. "As long as you can do something for me."

"Anything." He said without a thought as he stared longingly into her eyes.

"Dance with me." She said with a smile.

He gave a soft chuckle before nodded. "With you I'd do anything."

A/N: I was so excited to see all your reviews of the last chapter, thank you! This chapter is a little longer than normal, so I hope you enjoy.