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When You're Around

Chapter 39

Rachel opened her eyes the next morning slowly, allowing her eyes to adjust to the bright light seeping through her windows. She let out a yawn but opened her eyes wide when she felt a firm arm wrapped around her waist. She looked down at the hand in alarm and all the events from last night came rushing back to her. She closed her eyes tight and cursed herself for letting herself get carried away by Adam's good looks and charm.

She pulled herself out of his grip, in effect, waking him up and yanked the sheet with her as she stood up to wrap around her naked body. She realized she had made a mistake when she saw Adam's naked body laid out on her bed with nothing covering him.

"Mmm, good morning," Adam said with a smile as he stretched his body out.

Rachel turned around so she didn't have to look at his nude form and held the sheet tight around her. "Last night was a mistake," She instantly said. "You should probably leave."

Adam scratched his chest but made no move to leave or cover himself up. "So that's how it's going to be huh?" He asked, his disapproval obvious in his tone.

"Of course that is how it's going to be." She said enraged as she turned to face him, making sure to keep gaze above the waist, or more accurately above the shoulders. "What we did last night should never have happened. I was drunk."

Adam grinned. "That's not what you said last night. In fact you said 'I'm not drunk' quite a few times."

She glared at him. "Which only proves my point further. I was drunk."

He stood up in front of her. "You wanted last night just as much as I did, princess. Why don't you just admit it?"

"First off, stop calling me princess!" She said walking around him to put more space between them. "And second, I most certainly did not want last night to happen. Especially with you! But I was not in the right state of mind and I was obviously horny, you just so happened to be the only guy around. Any other guy could have taken me home and I would have slept with him too!" She exclaimed, wanting to make sure he understood she had absolutely no feelings for him.

He chuckled a little bit and pulled on his boxer briefs. "I don't think you would have. If it was any other guy, you would have thanked him for the ride and gone to sleep. But who am I to blame you for attacking me?" He asked, in true Edge cockiness. "It's a completely natural reaction to an attractive man like myself."

Rachel rolled her eyes and let out a snort. "Oh whatever. I'm going to take a shower. Get dressed and leave." She said as she threw his shirt at his chest.

He smiled when he saw he was getting to her. "How about we make that a shower for two?"

She slammed the bathroom door shut and yelled through the door. "Get out of my house you jackass!" Adam laughed as he pulled on his shirt and his jeans before pulling out his phone and calling a cab to come pick him up.

A few hours later, after Rachel and Chloe's flight landed and they were relaxing in their hotel room, Chloe was reading a book and Rachel was typing away on her laptop. Rachel stood up when she heard a soft knock on the door. When she pulled open the door, she wasn't too surprised to see Randy on the other side. She glanced back to see if Chloe was still buried in her book, and she was. Rach held up a finger to Randy, telling him to give her one minute, then she went back into the room, folded up her laptop and tucked it in her arms. "Hey Chlo, I'm going to go get some coffee and finish this storyline."

Her friend barely looked up from her book. "Alright, see you later."

Rachel walked out the door, giving Randy a pat on the back telling him good luck then she left the couple alone. Randy walked into the room, letting the door close softly behind him. He smiled when he saw Chloe's nose buried in the book and that she hadn't even noticed he was in the room. "Is it any good?" He asked and pointed to the book when her head shot up and looked him.

"How, uh, how did you get in here?" She asked, obviously a little nervous.

"Rachel," He answered.

She nodded and looked down at her book. She took her time making a crease at the corner of the page she was on before closing the book all together. "I suppose you want to talk." He nodded. "Can we do this later? I promise we can do this tomorrow but-"

Randy cut her off. "I really hope we can do this now. I've already waited long enough, I should have cleared things up the day this all happened." He said gently yet firm in the fact that he didn't want to wait anymore.

She pursed her lips and nodded, obviously unable to put it off any longer. "Ok," She said and pat the spot next to her on the couch for him to come sit.

"I'm just going to get right into it," Randy said, moving his body to face her. "Sam came over to drop Lindsey off and I asked her to stay for a few minutes so I could find out the truth of her tipping off the school. After she confessed, I asked her why she would do it. One thing she said that she was basically insecure about your relationship with Linds. The second," He paused and tried to think of the best way of putting it. "was that she wanted me and her to give our relationship another go." He saw Chloe stiffen up and he reached out to touch her hand. He rubbed his thumb over the skin when he didn't feel her try to move away. "I told her that we didn't work together and that I was with you but she didn't listen and what you walked in on was her kissing me. It was a desperate kiss on her part and you have to believe that I never wanted it to happen."

Chloe turned her eyes to look at him. "Why didn't you push her away?"

He shrugged. "I was in shock at first and when I realized what she was doing I tried to push her away but she held on strong and I didn't want to physically hurt her." She nodded and he used his other hand to grab hers so he was now holding both of her hands. "Chlo, you have to believe me when I say that I love you and I would never kiss another woman. Sure I have a crazy ex," He said and smiled when he saw the corner of her mouth twitch upward. "and who can fault her for wanting me?" Chloe rolled her eyes. "But the point is, the only person I want to kiss is you."

Chloe turned her body more toward him and looked down at their joined hands. "Can you say it again?"

"Say what?"

She looked into his eyes. "You know,"

He wrinkled his brow in confusion before he had a good idea what she was asking for. He pulled one hand from hers and rested it on her cheek. "I love you so much,"

A smile spread across her face and she leaned into his hand. "I love you too,"

Randy's heart soared. "Really?" She nodded and he leaned forward capturing her lips in a kiss. She let out a sigh of satisfaction the moment their lips touched.

Once they pulled away, they rested their foreheads against each other. "I forgive you and I'm sorry if I overreacted. I should have known you wouldn't want anything to do with Sam."

"Just remember that from now on. And I'm sorry about that little stunt she pulled and all that she's putting you through right now." He said as he caressed the base of her neck expertly. "Oh, hey, how was your meeting yesterday?"

She let out a sigh. "I'm not sure. I mean I said my peace and they said they'll let me know their decision mid week."

"Aw baby," He said. "They'd be stupid to get rid of you."

"Thanks," She said with a smile as she ran her hands up and down his back before circling her hands around his waist and up his chest. "Mmm, I've missed you." She said pecking his lips.

He grinned. "Have you?"

"Mmhmm," She said before leaning forward to capture his lips in a passionate kiss.

Adam sat up a little straighter when he saw Rachel walk into the café and look around for an empty table. She took a seat at a table on the other side of the room and he watched her as she set her things down to claim her space before going to the counter to order something. She walked back to her table with an iced coffee and lifted the top of her laptop before she started typing away. Adam grinned and stood up so he could go over and talk to her but stopped short when Stephen sat down next to her. Rachel looked up and smiled when she saw him. She gave him a hug and the two fell into easy conversation. Adam's hands clenched at his sides. He couldn't believe it but he was feeling jealous. How come she couldn't smile at him like that? Like she was actually happy to see him. And how come she didn't talk to him like that? Would she ever feel that comfortable around him? He forced himself to look away and marched out of the café to get away from the scene before him.

"So you working on my storyline?" Stephen asked as he nodded to the computer.

Rachel smiled and lowered the top of her computer a little bit. "Nope, I am definitely not writing main event angles yet, they wanted to start me off on the smaller, mid-card stuff. But even if I was, you know I couldn't tell you what I'm writing." She said as she took a sip of her iced coffee.

He grinned at her. "Well, when you work your way up to write my stuff, we'll have to see if you could resist not telling me." She rolled her eyes playfully. "So I was wondering, what are you doing tomorrow night?"

"Nothing, why? What's up?"

"I was wondering if you would like to go out to dinner with me?" He asked confidently.

She lifted a brow in surprise. "Really?" He nodded and she smiled. "Sure, that would be fun."

His smile widened. "Great, it's a date." He leaned forward and kissed her cheek. "See you later," He said before walking off, leaving Rachel to get back to work, which was quite difficult as she was feeling quite giddy about her date tomorrow.

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