Randy awoke face down in the parking lot and he felt like he had been run over by a truck. He got up and noticed that the masked man was gone. He knew who it was, the mask didn't hide anything. He felt his head and found blood. He groaned and picked himself up. He staggered a bit and walked back into the hospital but headed to the bathroom. He walked in and saw that he had a huge gash on his head that was bleeding pretty good, he lifted his shirt and could see where the crow bar hit him, his ribs were sore, and his shoulder was sore. "Shit." He muttered wiping his forehead with a paper towel. He left the bathroom and headed down to the emergency room.

3 hours later, Randy walked into Juliana's room. "Holy shit dude, what the hell happened to you?" John exclaimed. "Vince is going to shit a brick!"

Juliana's eyes opened wide, she couldn't believe how out of hand this had gotten. "Randy, I'm so sorry. This is all my fault." She said as she started to cry. "You should go without me. I'm not getting you any more involved than you already are."

Randy went over to Juliana and held her. "Babe, I'm not going anywhere without you by my side. John, Vince will have to deal with it. It's not like it can't be worked in. Jules, have they said when you can discharge yet?"

Juliana nodded, "Yeah, I'm good to go whenever. The doctor has already signed the papers, but the nurse has to make sure that I'm walked out with a wheelchair and a security guard. How did all of this happen?" She asked as she gently reached to his face.

"Out in the parking lot. He jumped me from behind. We got into a scuffle, I gave him some good shots, but he had a crow bar. So I got stitches, went and got our stuff and came back here." Randy replied. "Buzz your nurse, let's get out of here."

Juliana nodded. John cleared his throat. "Jules isn't telling you everything."

Juliana shot him a look with narrowed eyes. "John, everything's fine."

John shook his head, "You're not getting off that easy. The doctor doesn't want her falling asleep alone for the next 24 hours. He was hesitant to discharge her because her brain still has some swelling, but he understood the circumstances. If she has any double vision, ringing in her ears, or intractable migranes, we are to bring her into the nearest facility to have her brain checked out."

Juliana rolled her eyes, "I'll be fine. It's not like I've never had a concussion before."

John looked at Randy, "Did you get a concussion?"

Randy shook his head while looking at his watch, "Nope, I'm fine. Let's get ready to go." Randy wouldn't look at John or Juliana with his answer.

John and Juliana looked at each other questioningly, but got up and started to get ready to go. The nurse entered the room and smiled, "So you guys are ready to get on the road?"

Everyone smiled, "Yes ma'am." Juliana replied as she climbed into the wheelchair. Randy pushed her as John went to get the car.

When they got to the doors, Randy helped Juliana up and helped her out to the car. She sat in the backseat and John and Randy sat up in front. "Since it's so early, can I join your road trip?" John inquired. "Or was it supposed to be romantic?"

Juliana and Randy laughed. "You can join us. The more the merrier." Juliana replied. "But just remember that I listen to everything, so the cd's I have in here have everything from rap to country to rock to pop on them. Randy's used to that already."

"No problem." John replied.

"We're going to go to Juliana's place, grab her some clothes that she'll feel comfortable in, and then we'll hit the road.' Randy said to John.

"Ok, just tell me how to get there." John said from behind the wheel.

When they got to Juliana's place, she looked at the boys. "It won't take me very long, I'll be right back."

Randy shook his head, "If you don't mind, I'd like to come with just to make sure he's not lurking in your hallways."

Juliana shrugged, "That's fine."

Randy and Juliana got out of the car. Randy looked at John, "Are you coming?"

John shook his head, "No, I'll wait out here."

As Randy and Juliana walked into her place, Steve began to pull the mask down over his head. "I'll teach you guys a lesson. I'll take care of the tag-along and then they'll learn who they've messed with." He picked up his crow bar and began to quietly creep towards the car.

Just as he was within arms reach of the car door he was lit up with lights and sirens, "Stop right there and put the weapon down." Came over the pa system.

John jumped and looked out the window and realized what was about to happen to him.

Steve stomped the ground and dropped the crow bar. As he shouted obscenities at the cops, they placed him under arrest.

Juliana and Randy watched from the window, "Oh my god, I can't believe how psycho he is." She said to Randy. "How did the cops know he would come here?"

"Well, I called the cops that took your statement and let them know about us coming here before going out of town, so they sent a few squads just in case he came to try anything." Randy explained. "I didn't say anything because I didn't want anyone acting different."

John came walking in from outside, "Ok, the psycho is gone."

Juliana went back to packing her bags and soon the three of them were on the road.

For awhile the conversation kept going with getting to know each other, and then the cd's started. John put on an old Dr. Dre cd and Juliana laughed. "Wow, you like everything from old school to new school don't you?"

John smiled and looked back, "Don't mess with Dr. Dre."

Juliana yawned. "Ok, I know that the rule of road tripping is that no one sleeps, but I am so tired and my head hurts so bad. Would you guys mind if I napped a little?"

Randy laughed, "That's fine sweetie. Did you bring a pillow?"

Juliana shook her head, "No, I didn't plan on sleeping."

Randy looked at John, "Why don't you pull over, I'll hop in back and she can lean on me."

John laughed and pulled over. Randy hopped out and hopped in the back with Juliana. "I can be your pillow."

Juliana smiled and laughed a little. "Well, thank you. But you didn't have to do that." She cursed herself for not being strong, but the thought of snuggling him was just way too inviting at this point.

The minute her head hit his chest, she was out.

Randy and John laughed and joked about the entire trip and everything that had happened. John looked at Randy, "You know, I have to tell you, Juliana's pretty cool. She's really laid-back and down-to-Earth and just very easy to get along with."

Randy smiled, "You'd never know she had such a nasty past would you?"

John shook his head, "No, you really wouldn't. She's adjusted very well."

Randy nodded and rubbed Juliana's back. "Yeah, you can thank her grandma for that. She did a great job of making sure that Jules got all of the help she needed. And Nikki is a great friend to her."

Awhile later, Juliana began to stir. She stretched, "How long did I sleep for?"

Randy laughed, "Well, the drive is four and a half hours, and we're about 20 minutes away, so you slept for a couple hours."

Juliana blushed and sat up, "You guys, I'm sorry! You should have woken me up! I didn't even help drive or help to make sure you guys were awake or anything."

John shook his head, "Don't worry about it. We just talked about you, that's all." He said with a smile.

Juliana reached up and slugged him in the arm, "Hey now." She turned back to Randy, "When we get into town, can we find a drive thru? I'm hungry."

"Ask and you shall receive." Randy said with a smile. As they pulled into town, they went through a drive thru and picked up food. Then they headed to the hotel.

As they walked into the lobby of the hotel, they could hear the music playing from the hotel bar. John looked at Randy and Juliana "After we eat, we should go grab a drink."

Randy nodded, "Sounds good to me. What do you think? Wanna join us?"

Juliana nodded, "Sure, I'm game."

They were waiting for the elevator when all of a sudden Randy had someone wrapping their arms around him from behind, "Hey baby. When did you get in?" And the woman gave Randy a kiss on the back of the neck.

Randy turned around and seen it was Maria. "Hey Maria, we just got in." He said motioning to John and Juliana.

"Wow, John got a girlfriend. Way to go John!" Maria said giving John a hug.

John smiled and shook his head. Juliana just stood there taking it all in. She had read the stories that Nikki sent her about Randy being a playboy amongst the divas and possibly having many groupies as well.

Randy started to blush a little and looked at Maria, "She's not John's girlfriend, she's with me."

Maria looked shocked, "Oh!"

The elevator arrived and they all started walking in. Maria waved, "See ya later!"

Randy and John waved and Juliana smiled. The minute the door shut, she bust out laughing. "Congrats on the girlfriend John."

Randy gave her a little hug, "I'm sorry about her."

Juliana shrugged, "No biggie. Not my worry."

Randy smiled but he was still concerned.

The elevator doors opened and there was Candice and Ashley, "Randy's here!" they shrieked. They both kissed him on the cheek. "Hey John!" And they went to kiss him, but Ashley stopped Candice, "John brought his girlfriend."

Candice smiled, "It's so nice to meet you, I'm Candice." She said holding her hand out.

Randy's head dropped. "She's not his girlfriend. She's with me."

Both girls looked shell-shocked. John tried hard not to laugh and Juliana just smiled. "Well, have fun you guys!" And they got in the elevator and quickly closed the doors.

John patted Randy on the back as they walked to the room in silence. Randy shook his head. "How is she ever going to say yes to being my girlfriend when I look like a playboy?" He thought to himself.

They got to their room and Juliana opened the door. They all piled in and sat down on the beds to eat.

Juliana sat down by Randy and John sat across from them. "Looks like the life of the party has arrived." John said with a smile.

Randy glared at him as he ate. John could tell that he was concerned so he was trying to lighten the mood a little.

Juliana looked around their room, "John, are you sure you don't mind if I crash you and Randy's party in here?"

John nodded, "Jules, you're welcome to tag along anytime."

They finished eating quickly and everyone changed into different clothes to go down to the hotel bar in. Juliana quickly hopped in the bathroom to touch up the make-up she was using to hide the bruises and to make sure her bangs were covering her stitches. Randy was just finishing getting dressed and he looked over at John, "Hey, since you're done, can you give Jules and I a couple minutes?"

John nodded, "No problem. I'll meet ya downstairs."

Randy nodded, "Thanks."

John headed out. A couple minutes later Juliana emerged. "Sorry, but I'm ready now."

Randy turned around, "Wow, you look great!"

She smiled and blushed a little, "Thanks. Where did John go?"

"Actually, I was hoping we could have a couple minutes. I wanted to talk to you about something." He said sitting down on the bed.

"Ok, what did you want to talk about? Is everything ok? I'm not going to get you in trouble am I?" Juliana asked concerned.

Randy shook his head, "No, nothing like that." He reached across and took her hand. "Jules, I know we've had a few talks, and I know that you overheard my conversation with God and I told you that I had told you that I would tell you soon about what I had in mind, and I'd like to talk to you about that."

Juliana took a deep breath, "Ok."

"I know that towards the end of our relationship I treated you like crap. I was an asshole and you deserve so much better. But I also know how good we've had it. Jules, I know that I let my pride get in the way of calling you, or contacting you, but you were never not on my mind. I can honestly tell you that I love you more now than I ever have. Jules, I know that you said that we were only going to be friends, but I would really like to show you just how much I've changed. Jules, I think I've found a way that we can compromise." Randy explained.

Juliana listened to him in disbelief. In all of the years that she had known Randy, she had never, ever seen this side of him.

"Jules, would you give me the honor of being my girlfriend again? We could just start off slow, and work our way towards forever. I want to promise you everything. There will never be another girl, and I will never take you for granted. I know that you have a career, and I am so proud of you for that." Randy said holding her hand.

Juliana closed her eyes and took another deep breath, "Are you sure this is what you really want? Or is this just a spur of the moment, haven't seen each other in a long time, saved my life, kind of relationship?"

Randy squeezed her hand, "I mean every word."

Even though her head was telling her no, her heart couldn't help but say yes. Juliana nodded, "Yes, I'll be your girlfriend and yes I'll give us a second chance."

Randy leaned over and hugged her. Then he leaned in and gave her the sweetest kiss. Juliana felt herself getting a little light-headed. She had almost forgotten just how amazing his kisses were.She prayed she was making the right decision.

"Let me introduce you to the gang." Randy said.

Juliana smiled and nodded, "Ok."

And they were off.

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