A/N What in the world is going on between these two? Thank you guys again :)
Randy couldn't shake the feeling the entire day and he distanced himself from her socially and emotionally, only keeping physical closeness.
"I'm going to get pizza." Kaylee said as she jumped off her hotel bed and made her way to the door expecting Randy to jump up and stop her.
"Alright...have fun...stay out of trouble." He mumbled not taking his eyes off the TV screen and she stopped dead for a moment and looked at him. She suspected something was off about him ever since that incident in the gym but this only confirmed it.
"Want anything?" She asked him and he looked at her, his eyes seeming glazed over as though he wasn't actually seeing her but right through her.
"No I'm fine." He said and Kaylee walked out with a shrug of her shoulders. Randy was too busy trying to figure out what the hell he saw in Kaylee that could have reminded him of Brie. Then it hit him, harder than the memory in the gym, it hit him. It was the same look Brie had in her eyes the day Randy fell for her and boy did he fall hard. They had been close friends and would often practice together and there was one particular day they were sparring and he'd managed to knock her feet out from under her but before she could hit the floor he caught her in his arms and she held that same look of fear. The kind of fear that strikes a mans protective instincts but also his heart strings and he leaned down and he kissed her. But she kissed him back and they stayed like that for a while, Randy remembered all too well, and things were going great between them until Daniel Bryan happened to show up. Brie tossed him aside like he was nothing and that left Randy heartbroken and really pissed off. The memory struck a nerve and tears pricked in his eyes that he tried to fight back. He'd loved Brie so much and she hurt him.
"Pull yourself together Orton, you're not falling for this one." He told himself as he wiped under his eyes and forced back the tears.
Kaylee pulled her sweater tighter against her as the cold night breeze seemed to go right into her skin and make her shiver as she walked along the brightly lit, yet seemingly desolate street, in search of a pizza shop open at this time of night. She hated to admit it to herself but she really wished Randy would have put up a stink and come with her because she was afraid.
"Hey what are you doing out here alone so late?" Phil asked as him and A.J Lee passed her by on their way back to the hotel.
"Looking for food, preferably pizza. Do you know anywhere close?" She asked hoping to get this done as soon as she could so she could retreat back into the warm safety of her bed.
"Right up there on the corner, want us to come with you?" Phil asked to be polite because even if she said no he was still going with her.
"Please." She said grateful that someone she sort of knew was still up and about. Phil gave her a smile as him and A.J began to walk with her.
"So we haven't been properly introduced yet. I'm Phil Brooks, better known as CM Punk and this is AJ." Phil said making the introductions.
"Kaylee Levesque, Stephanie and Paul's niece." She said and recognition seemed to dawn on A.J's face.
"Oh you're the girl Brie was talking about with this whole storyline thing that's going on between Daniel and Randy. Sounds good but just watch out with Randy because there is actual hostility between him and Daniel." A.J said but Kaylee didn't care because Randy wasn't any of her concern. Phil opened the door to the pizza place and allowed the ladies to enter first as Kaylee placed her order and pulled out her wallet.
"So what's the deal between you and Randy anyway, you guys like dating?" Phil asked curiously making Kaylee bust out laughing.
"Oh man, me and Randy? Not a chance in hell! My uncle made Randy watch me in exchange for a title shot and honestly randy isn't even doing a good job, I mean, I'm out here alone when I'm not suppose to be 'cause I'm 'so bad'." Kaylee said paying for her pizza and grabbing the box as she made her way out the door with the other 2.
"Wow that's actually really lame of him to do. I mean Randy is my buddy and all but you just need to watch out for his temper. Brie and Randy had a thing going and she completely fucked him over big time and he's had a lot of anger towards women ever since." Phil said in a warning.
"Guys I'm not into Randy, I just meet him like 3 days ago. Don't go marrying me off just yet." Kaylee said making Phil chuckle.
"I'm not implying anything I'm just trying to explain to you the complicated mind set that Randy has and what lead him to that point so don't hold anything he says against him, that's just him being defensive." Phil said as they reached the hotel.
"Well thank you guys, it's been a slice and you two enjoy the rest of your evening." Kaylee said giving them a suggestive wink.
"We aren't together." Phil said pointing between the two of them as Kaylee spun to look at them while walking backwards.
"My bad." She said smiling before turning back around. She didn't have the patience to wait for the elevator so she decided to take the stairs up to the second level where her room with Randy was. "Honey I'm home." She called when she opened the door with the pizza but was surprised to find that Randy wasn't actually there. "Pfft I wasn't going to share anyway." She mumbled under her breath as she kicked off her shoes and sat on her bed.
"Another round." Randy said as he finished off the last shot to his first round, hoping to drown his feelings in the bottom of a shot glass.
"Hey man, what are you doing here, don't you have a kid to watch?" Joe asked as he sat down next to the viper at the bar.
"For all I know she ran off and won't be my problem anymore." He said with distaste as he thought about Kaylee. Bitch. She was the reason he was sat there, a little bit because of that day but mostly ever since she'd been forced into his life. He understood where Paul was coming from with not wanting to deal with her because she was mentally exhausting and could piss off anyone if she was in the room for longer than 2 minutes.
"Come on, she doesn't seem that bad." Joe said as he took a swig of his beer.
"Yeah well you don't have to room with her, follow her around or drag her around with you while listening to her bitch the entire time. At this point I really wish she would just go away." Randy said and he wanted to slap himself in the face as soon as the words left his mouth.
"Randy she's still young and you're kind of a dick to her so most of the time you deserve it. Instead of lashing out at her try being nice and you may see a whole new person." Joe said offering his friend some advice. He liked Kaylee because she was an outspoken girl and she could be funny, not to mention she could be independent and wasn't afraid to let people know what she was afraid of or uncomfortable with. Joe was there and he witnessed all of that just in one time of hanging out with her. She could be the girl to change the business and, hopefully, Randy's life.
"Yeah well I tried being nice before and look where it got me." He said referencing his past mistake.
"Are you seriously still hung up on Brie? It's been 2 years dude, you need to move on and find yourself a girl and whether you want to hear this or not, you and Kaylee are so fucking similar it's almost like you guys are the gender opposites of one another." Joe said and Randy scoffed at his comment as he began to work his way through his second round, a buzz beginning to build.
"Yeah right. Had I not gone to ask for that championship at that exact moment I probably wouldn't even be in this mess and I wouldn't even know who the hell Kaylee was." Randy said and decided not to allow himself to get fall down piss drunk.
"You tell me that if you seen her walking around backstage with you not knowing who she was, you wouldn't have tried to get to know her?" Joe asked and once again Randy was taken back to the first night he'd seen her. She was walking past him and he blurted out about her being a pretty face hoping she would turn around so he could talk to her. Clearly fate had a sense of humor.
"You can try and make me see her differently all you want but as of this moment all I see her as being is the ticket to me being champion and that is it." Randy said paying his tab before getting up and wobbling out of the bar. He had no idea what time of the night it was but when he stumbled through the door to his hotel room Kaylee was sitting cross legged on the end of her bed while watching the TV, her mouth stuffed full of pizza.
"Where have you been? It's nearly 2." She said with her mouth so full Randy almost couldn't make out what she said.
"I went out, what's it to you." He asked as he walked over and sat on the edge of his bed facing hers.
"Because you're suppose to be watching me." She said before turning her attention back to the late night movie that was playing.
"Why aren't you in bed?" Randy scolded her as he reached over and grabbed a slice of pizza from the box beside her.
"What's it to you?" She shot back at him without looking at him. Randy couldn't help but chuckle at her and he could see where Joe was coming from. She was the same smart ass that he was.
"I went out to the bar to get some things off my mind." Randy said trying out Joe's suggested method of kindness instead of getting mad.
"I have acute insomnia so I don't sleep much." Kaylee said back and Randy realized that's why she must have gotten so mad at him for waking her up. She barely slept and he had to be a dick and ruin what sleep she could get.
"Anything that helps?" Randy asked and it took Kaylee off guard that he was actually showing concern for her.
"Chamomile tea usually does the trick." She said and watched as he stood and stumbled his way back out the hotel room door.
"Where are you going now?" She called after him but he just shut the door behind him and she had half a mind to follow him but she stayed put. He came back 15 minutes later carefully holding a mug that he handed to her and to her surprise it was Chamomile tea. "What's this for?" She asked looking up at him shocked.
"To make you sleep." Randy said as he fell face first onto his bed as the alcohol brought him down and calmed him to the point of sleep. Kaylee turned off the TV and moved the box as she began to sip at the tea before tearing down the sheet wall she'd placed between them and walking over to the side of his bed. "What are you doing?" Randy asked with his eyes closed as he felt her pulling at his blankets.
"Returning a good deed by trying to help you into bed." She said but they were stuck firmly under him.
"Here I can do it." He said opening his eyes and pushing himself up but Kaylee had already torn them down as soon as he'd moved and then she grabbed the bottom of his shirt and pulled it up and over his head before going and taking his shoes off him.
"You can manage with your pants right?" She asked and Randy only gave her a charming smile as he used his finger to call her closer.
"I can't get the button." He said and she watched as he struggled before she got her nimble fingers in there. "Now just pull them off from my ankles." He said and she did as he asked, her eyes momentarily glancing up as his boxers began to pull with them.
"Randy hold your boxers." Kaylee said as she stopped before she ended up with a completely naked man even though he didn't seem to really care. Finally managing to get him settled in bed Kaylee was ready to get herself into bed.
"Kaylee." She heard him call in a sleepy voice and she sighed.
"Yes Randy?" She asked and she heard his sheets rustle in the darkness as he moved.
"Can you come here please." He asked and she got out of bed reluctantly and turned her light on as she went over to the squinting mans bed.
"Yeah?" She asked looking down at him and to her surprise he grabbed her by the arm and pulled her down to kiss her forehead.
"Good night." He said before rolling onto his stomach and passing out, leaving her to stare at him stunned before going to bed confused.
