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When You're Around
Chapter 28
After Rachel, Chloe, Randy and John landed in the next city, they headed to the hotel, where they had a few hours to rest before they needed to head off to the arena for tonight's house show. After checking in at the hotel, John left the trio so he could hit the gym for a while.
"I'm kinda tired, I could go for a nap." Chloe said as she snuggled close to Randy.
"Yeah?" Randy asked as he ran his hand over her hair soothingly. "I could go for a nap."
Chloe looked up at Rachel. "Will you be okay on your own?"
Rach nodded. "Yeah, I'll probably hit the gym for a while myself after I drop my things off in my room." The trio walked into the elevator, getting off on the same floor, though they went in separate directions to get to their respective rooms. After Rachel walked into her room, she set her suitcase in the closet. She took her laptop out of her bag and set it on the bed before pressing the power button and turning it on. While she waited for it to boot up, she walked over to her suitcase and changed into a pair of black spandex shorts and an ancient bright yellow shirt she received from running a marathon in college. She sat bag down on the bed, her laptop in front of her, so she could quickly check her e-mail before heading off to the gym.
She silently grazed through her e-mail, weeding out the spam and other unwanted mail. Her head popped up when she heard someone jiggling her hotel door knob from the hall. She didn't hear anything for the next couple seconds, so she shrugged it off as someone accidentally going to the wrong room. But a second later, the door knob jiggled again and the door opened. She hopped off the bed and stood defensively with her hand on her hips as she watched a very attractive man enter the room. She was almost distracted by his lanky but muscular frame encased in an old band shirt and a pair of designer jeans with beat up converse on his feet. She forced herself to stop checking her out. This man was breaking into her room! "Um, excuse me, who are you and what are you doing in my room?" She demanded, staying calm. She had no idea what this man was doing in her room and what she really wanted to do was scream in hopes of someone to come and rescue her.
He frowned at her. "This is my room."
She squinted her eyes at him. "No, this is my room." She said as she reached over to the bedside table where she'd throw the little packet the front desk had given her along with her key. She reluctantly walked closer to the man and showed him the paper. "See, room 322" She said as she pointed to where the front desk had written her room number.
He looked at it before pulling his own out of his pocket. "See, room 322" He echoed as he showed his to hers.
She glared down at it. No way was she sharing a room with this stranger. "Well, I was here first so you better go get that fixed."
He studied her for a second. "Lady, you got a bad attitude."
She let out a silent gasp before scowling at him. "I'm sorry," She said tightly. "But it's not everyday a man breaks into my hotel room."
He rolled his eyes. "Well it's not my fault, no need to get pissy with me."
"I'm not pissy!" She defended.
He let out a chuckle, which only pissed her off more. "Ok lady. I'm going to go down to the front desk to get a new room. Why don't you take a nap and sleep off that grumpy attitude."
She glared at him as he left. "What a jerk," She mumbled under her breath. She turned back to her computer before shutting it down. She slid on her running shoes before heading down to the gym.
Randy and Chloe walked into the lobby twenty minutes later. Neither of them had been able to sleep so they decided they would just take a walk around the hotel to kill time. Chloe frowned as she saw Adam in the lobby grumbling to himself as he ran a frustrated hand through his hair. She elbowed Randy to get his attention. "Hey, isn't that your friend?" She asked him, pointing to him.
Randy turned to look and nodded. "Yeah, wonder what's up with him." He said as they walked over to his friend. "Hey Adam, you alright?"
Adam looked up and groaned. "No, I'm not. The hotel has no rooms left."
Randy frowned. "You didn't book a room beforehand?"
This caused Adam's eyes to glaze over in anger. "No, I did, but when I went into the room they gave me, some bitch was already in there. She acted like it was my fault we both got assigned the same room."
Chloe sent him a sympathetic smile. "I'm sorry, that's terrible."
Adam nodded. "Yeah and now I'm trying to find a place to sleep. I've been calling some of the hotels in the area and they're all booked." He said dejectedly.
Chloe looked up at Randy before facing his friend again. "You can stay with Randy. He's got an extra bed and my friend's here anyway, I'll just go stay with her."
Adam looked at her. "You sure?"
She nodded. "No problem at all." She said with a smile as she looked up at Randy.
Randy was looking at her too. He was kinda mad because he wanted to sleep in the same bed with her but it was really sweet of her to offer that so his friend had a place to sleep. "Yeah sure man, it's no problem." He added.
Adam let out a breath and smiled. "Thanks man, I owe you one."
An hour later, Rachel was in the bathroom, wrapped in a towel after her shower. She was drying her hair when she heard someone knocking on the door. She turned off the hair dryer and walked over to the door, looking through the peep hole before opening it. "Hey Chlo, what's up?" She said, inviting her friend inside. "And why do you have your bags? Oh no," She said, thinking the worst. "You and Randy got into a fight?"
Chloe smiled at her friend and shook her head. "No, no, we're fine. But I was wondering if I could stay here with you."
Rach frowned but nodded. "Of course, though I am curious why." She said, walking back into the bathroom to resume drying her hair.
Chloe followed her in and sat on the edge of the bathtub. "I guess the hotel overbooked and one of Randy's friends was left without a room." She said loudly so her friend could hear her over the roar of the hair dyer. "I offered to let him use the other bed in Randy's room while I crash here."
Rachel turned off the hair dryer a second later before picking up her flat iron. "Man, that sucks."
"Yeah, so we need to be ready to leave in the next half hour so Randy can get to the arena ahead of time for the house show." Chloe said, standing up.
Rachel nodded. "No problem, I'll be done in no time." After another twenty minutes of fixing her hair and make up, Rachel put on the outfit she'd picked out before her shower. She had on a pair of dark wash skinny jeans, nude peep toe pumps and a khaki jacket that tied at the waist.
The girls walked down the hall to Randy's room so they could go to the arena together. "I think Randy's friend is coming with us too. You'll like him, he's very nice." Chloe said before they approached the room, knocking on the door.
Randy opened the door with a smile. "Hey you," He said as he leant down to kiss his girlfriend.
"Oh come on you two," Rachel said when the couple continued their kiss. "You saw each other less than an hour ago." Randy and Chloe broke apart and chuckled.
"Sorry," Chloe said before walking into the hotel room. "Hey Adam," She said when she saw the man sitting on the couch.
Rachel walked up behind Chloe and looked across the room. Her eyes darkened when she saw who was sitting there. "You!" She said bitterly.
Adam couldn't help but grin smugly at her reaction. "I see you still haven't taken that nap I suggested." He stood up placing his hands on his hips. He had to admit, he was quite surprised to see this was Chloe's best friend. On one hand, he didn't want to see this woman ever again. But on the other, he couldn't deny his attraction to her, he only wished she wouldn't be so uptight all the time.
Rachel rolled her eyes. "That's because I don't need one." She said before turning her attention to Chloe and Randy, who were standing next to each other looking very confused. "Can we leave now?"
Randy's eyes darted from Adam to Rachel. "You two…know each other?" He asked.
Rachel shot Adam a glare and he smiled sweetly at her, just to get on her nerves. "Ice princess over there is the one whose room I was accidentally assigned." Chloe's eyes widen at the realization. From the way Adam described it, Rachel had been a bitch. She only hoped they could just forget about it and not cause each other any trouble.
"Yeah, let's go." Chloe said to avoid anymore dialogue between Adam and Rachel.
A/N: This is definitely not my best chapter but it sets things up nicely and I hope you enjoy it and I will try to update again this week. Thanks for your reviews! Oh, and don't worry, drama will be coming soon!