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Randy went and approached Kofi in the locker room. "Dude, sorry I flipped my shit back there."
Kofi smiled and shook hands with him, "It's cool man. Sorry I fucked up in the ring. Your shoulder ok?"
Randy nodded, "Yeah, it'll be fine."
"Goin' out tonight? I owe you a shot after that." Kofi replied.
Randy shook his head, "Nah…my girl made it to round two of Idol auditions, so I've gotta touchbase with her."
Kofi's eyes widened, "Damn! She must be pretty good."
Randy nodded, "Yeah, she really is. We'll see what round two holds for her. I'll catch ya later." And Randy headed out to the parking lot. He was in a foul mood right now. He sighed and dialed Juliana's phone number.
"Hello?" She answered sleepily.
"Aw shit, did I wake you up?"
"No…yeah…kinda. I have to be back there at 6:00a.m. tomorrow. You looked good on Raw. How's your shoulder feel after that shot?" She said sitting up in bed.
"It's tight, but it'll be ok. I'm not going out tonight, I'm just going to chill in the room with some ice on it." He replied.
"Are you ok? You sound pissy." Jules asked.
"No, I'm fuckin' pissed off right now." Randy said holding nothing back. "This stupid bitch diva is really getting on my nerves and Stephanie is involved and I'm just ornery."
"Stupid bitch diva? Help me out here…I'm a bit confused."
"Remember Jillian? Before you and I got back together, her and I fooled around a few times. Nothing serious, we weren't dating, we were just two adults passing time with each other. Now she's pissed because you and I are dating. So she's trying to drug me and set something up and someone told Stephanie about it because they were worried I would fail a drug test. So now I'm basically on lockdown until Steph gets to the bottom of this." Randy replied angrily.
Juliana didn't quite know what think. So she tried humor, "Randy, do you know what I think?"
"What's that?"
"I think you should quit screwing divas. Forget about them. They're fun to look at and flirt with, but stop taking them to your room. I think you'd be better off with somebody outside of the business, not trying to get into the wrestling business." She bit her bottom lip as she waited for his response.
Randy couldn't help but smile, "Oh, do you now? Gee, do you have any other advise or idea about the type of woman I should date?"
"Well…let's see. How about someone who has known you for awhile, like when you used to eat paste in kindergarten when the teacher wasn't looking, or someone who remembers you finding a garter snake on the playground and sneaking it into your second grade classroom and putting it on your teachers chair. Somebody who comes with a little bit of baggage that is manageable. A girl who has no problem being independent and pursuing what she wants. But at the same time, still hopes for the approval of her significant other…IF there's one in the picture." Juliana said with a smile.
Randy laughed, "First off, I only ate paste a couple times. Second, I think I might know the perfect girl.
"Did you just use the word perfect? Then I know you're not talking about me."
Randy pulled into the parking lot at the hotel. "Babe, what song are you singing tomorrow?"
"I don't know, I'm stuck. I did a ballad today, so I was thinking maybe I should do something upbeat tomorrow? Or do I stick with ballads?"
Randy shrugged to himself, "Hell I don't know. I've never even watched the show. But, I say prepare for both. What else do you have to do?"
"Well, if I get a golden ticket tomorrow then that means I'm going to Hollywood. So, before I sing, I have to sit down with the producers and tell them my background and my life story." She said nervously.
"You're going to be honest, right? Tell them the truth about your dad and Nana. This might sound shitty, but you're a feel good story. It'll make for good television. You've risen above the odds." Randy said as he walked into his room.
"That's what Nikki said. But, I have a question for you. What do I do if Seacrest asks me if I'm seeing anyone? Are you going to be in trouble if I talk about us?"
"Fuck no. Make it known, make it loud. Hell, tell him that we dated in high school too, that'll get him going."
Juliana laughed, "Randy you're crazy."
"I know, but you love me because of it."
She giggled. "I hate to do this, but I'm in a different time zone, and I have to be up in four hours. I need to sleep. But I'll text you and let you know how everything goes."
"Alright Jules. Good night." Randy said as he hung up. He went down to the ice machine and loaded up a bag of ice and sat down with a beer and the ice on his shoulder and flipped channels on the tv.
The next day
Randy spent his day pretty much hiding out as Stephanie had instructed him. Instead of riding the bus to the next show, he rented a car and drove with John.
Around eleven John's phone went off, he glanced at it. "DAMN dude! Jillian got released today. According to Kurt, they busted her putting drugs in a bottle of alcohol and when questioned she admitted she was trying to blackmail you. They agreed to not press criminal charges as long as she left quietly."
Randy smirked and shook his head, "I guess today is going to be a good day."
They arrived at the arena and the buzz of Jillian's release was quietly floating in the air. Not everyone knew the entire story, but a few did.
Finally around 3:00pm his phone rang. He saw it was Juliana's number, "Hey babe."
"Wow, calling me babe and you haven't even taken me to dinner yet. Kind of getting ahead of yourself, aren't ya? Seriously Randy, it's Ryan Seacrest how are you doing?"
Randy laughed, "I'm good Ryan, how are you?"
"Real good. Do you have a minute?" Ryan replied with his overly bubbly self.
"Yeah, I'm just preparing to annihilate Kurt Angle in our match tonight for Smackdown. What's up?"
"Well I happen to be standing outside the arena with your girlfriend Juliana. And she has something she wants to tell you."
"Hi Randy, there's something I need to tell you." She said coyly.
"Hey Jules, tell me anything."
"I'M GOING TO HOLLYWOOD!" She screamed.
Ryan Seacrest waited a minute as Randy congratulated her, "That's right folks, look out competition Randy Orton's girlfriend has officially made it to Hollywood. How will she stack up against the other hopefuls? We'll have to wait and see on this season of American Idol.
Randy could hear the crowd in the background going crazy. "Thanks for being a good sport Randy."
"Yeah no problem. Jules, call me later, I've gotta run."
Kurt looked at Randy, "So she made it?"
Randy nodded, "Yup, she's headed to Hollywood."
"I'll make sure Karen votes for her." Kurt said with a laugh.
"Thanks man." And they headed off to the meeting.
That night, Randy called Juliana and when she answered he promptly replied, "How's my Hollywound bound girl?"
"Oh my God…I can't believe it." She said happily. "And, I have the schedule, performance night is Wednesdays and the result show is on Thursdays. Will you be able to make it?"
Randy smiled, "Unless there's an appearance or an overseas tour that comes up, I'll be there."
"Thanks Randy! I really appreciate it. You're support means the world to me. And I know that we just got back together, and here we are, going to be apart for most of the next eighteen weeks."
"But, we have each other, and we know how we feel and that's all we need." Randy replied. "There's email and texting and phones, Skype, we'll be just fine."
They talked for a little while longer about the show and the process. Then they hung up because Randy was headed out to dinner with the guys.
**YAY for Juliana! The next 18 weeks are going to be pretty interesting for this couple. Please read and review!**