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Randy, Ted and Cody listened while Mickie told her story of when she was alone and ran into Dave, then about what he had said. "You know he was just trying to find out what I knew, its like he was seeing if I had anything on him." Mickie said looking at Randy who looked down at his feet briefly. "Its very weird I will give you that, no one should know what we are up to, Stephanie promised us we would be the only ones involved." He said getting up and not knowing what to do with himself. "You have not heard the strangest part yet." Mickie said feeling a shiver run down her spine, this didn't go unnoticed by Randy. "Are you cold?" He asked concerned for her. "No just the thought of what he said makes me feel weird." She replied looking at Randy and then having to look away. "What did he say?" Cody asked and he lent forward on the sofa. "He said looking for why this happened maybe leading us in the wrong direction." Ted and Cody both looked confused at this, they didn't know what to make of it. "He knows something." Randy said with a certainty that made Mickie even surer Dave was not telling them the full story. "hat's what I thought, I am not sure he is the killer, he could have killed me back there, there was no one around and he was genuinely upset about Jeff's death, but I don't know maybe he knows who did it and is protecting them for some reason." Mickie was theorising now and Randy caught on pretty quickly to her line of thought. "Yeah that could be it or he has done something he needs to get off his chest." Randy said with a frown as he plopped himself down next to Ted. "I think we need more evidence, maybe we should sit on this for a while, nothing has happened in over a week, maybe tonight at the party we can do some digging?" Ted suggested and nodded his head to himself. "Yeah lets leave it alone for now, I need a drink I don't know about you guys." Cody said standing up and collecting his things. "Sure what time shall we tell people to meet up?" Randy asked looking at Mickie. "Eleven sound good to you?" Mickie replied looking at the nodding heads. "I will text Jillian." Mickie said getting out her phone. It only took the blonde Diva seconds to reply. "She says see you there." Mickie said smiling, she was sure that Jillian had her phone permanently in her hand. Gathering their things together they all headed off to the car park and back to the hotel. Tonight they were going to have a night off from finding the killer, they were just going to have a good time and Randy was happy, he needed a break from all of it, he needed to just be himself again even if it was just for one night.
"Mickie have you died in there?" Randy shouted thought the bathroom door. He had been ready for ages and was still waiting for Mickie to come out of the bathroom. Smoothing down his grey shirt he looked for his shoes. !I am nearly done I just can't get my zipper done up." She called out to him. "Shouldn't have had that doughnut for lunch a." Randy said a smile in his voice. "Ha de ha ha, no it's at the back and I can't reach it properly." She said back slightly annoyed. "Come out here and I can get it for you." Randy said waiting for the door to open. "Ok sure." She said opening the door and turning around so Randy could get the zipper. Randy looked down at the bare expanse of her back. He placed his hand on her lower back and pulled the zipper up into place. "There, why didn't you ask me to help you in the first place?" He said trying to shake the image of her bare back out of his mind that was until she turned around and he found that memory gone in place of the vision before him now. Her dress was black, tight in the body and flared out slightly in the skirt. It was low cut and had spaghetti straps over her shoulders. "Don't know I suppose I am just used to doing it myself, but in the match tonight I think I gave my shoulder a wrench." She said rotating the shoulder to emphasise her injury. "Ok so are we ready now?" He said looking at his watch and bending over to pull on his shoes which had been forgotten about when she came out of the bathroom. "Randy could you be wearing ay tighter pants?" Mickie giggled as the material strained over his buttocks. "Could you be wearing a tighter dress?" He shot back and she just stuck her tongue out at him. "Text the boys let them know to get themselves down stairs." Mickie said checking her bag to make sure she had everything. "bet Cody is still checking on his hair." Randy said getting out his phone. "oh I am so going to text that." He said with an evil grin as he sent the text.
Cody's phone went off and Ted noticed him frown. "What's up?" He asked slight concern in his voice. "Randy says they are headed down, and I am to stop checking my hair in the mirror it looks fine." Cody said with a scowl, but Ted burst in to laughter. "He knows you so well come on." Ted said grabbing Cody by the arm before the young man could argue. Mickie spied Jillian as soon as they walked in, she was at the bar talking with Rey. "Hey glad you guys could make it." Jillian said looking at her watch. "Sorry wardrobe malfunction." Randy replied with a smirk and Mickie slapped him in the chest. "Sorry but we are here now, who else is here?" Mickie said looking around and spotting John, Candice and Maria sitting in a booth. "Who hasn't I think we all needed this more than we thought." Jillian said and Mickie just nodded her head. "Thank God we all have a day off tomorrow." Jillian continued and then she spotted Michelle waving at her to come and join them on the dance floor. "Have a good evening, hopefully we can catch up later." She gave Mickie a hug and smiled at Randy then left . Randy saw Ted and Cody walking in and they came over to join them. "Hey guys managed to prise Cody away from the mirror then." Randy said grinning at his friends. "Ha Ha, shall we go sit with John he looks like he wants to talk with us?" Cody suggested changing the subject quickly. "Sure we have been keeping him somewhat out of the loop, we really should talk to him, who knows he may know something about Dave." Mickie said as they all went over to John's booth. "Mickie!" Maria screamed as she had not seen her fellow Diva for dome time and she grabbed her in such a tight hug Mickie was finding it hard to breath . "HI Ria." Mickie said pulling away from the excitable Diva but giving her a wide smile. "Hey guys." John said pointing at the seats opposite him. "Take a pew." They all sat down apart from Cody. "Hey I am off to the bar do you guys want anything?" He asked to replies of Beers please. Cody shook his head and went to the bar. As Cody left Mickie turned to John. "Long time no speak." She said to him, John smiled and raised his glass to her. "Too long honey, I know you guys have got things on right now though so don't feel to bad." He replied raising his beer to his lips. "Hey Ria I need to go to the bathroom, you coming?" Candice said getting up from her seat. "Sure I could go, you coming Mickie?" Maria said to the dark haired Diva. "I am ok thanks guys." Mickie said as the pair made their way to the bathroom and Cody came back. "Hey what did I miss." He said noticing the Diva's departure. "Tandem pit stop." Ted said nodding his head knowingly. "I see." Cody said and sat down handing out the beers. "I am glad actually I have been meaning to talk with you guys." John said leaning forward. The others around the table followed suit. "I know you guys are trying to figure out who has been behind these murders, Stephanie has told me to keep my ear to the ground as well, I have not gotten anything special, all I have managed to do is eliminate some people, I thought if we got together we could compare notes, you know see if we have some different names. I am assuming of course you have come to the same conclusion as me, that this is a wrestler, not some crew member or crazed fan." John said looking at each face in turn. "Yeah that's pretty much what we have been thinking." Randy said unsure how he should feel about this. "Ok well then agreed we will get together tomorrow, when we are not in such a public setting and have a good night." John said finishing off his beer. "Sounds like a good idea to me." Mickie said drinking her own beer and enjoying the smooth taste. Several drinks and an hour late Randy grabbed Mickie by the hand and pulled her on to her feet. "Come on you are going to dance with me." He said grinning at her. Ted and Cody were already on the floor getting down with Candice and Maria, even though their dancing technique left a lot to be desired they were having a good time. "ok but you'd better be careful those pants looks like they could split at any moment." She said grinning at him, and he just pulled her onto the dance floor and pulled her back against him. Mickie started bumping and grinding to the fast based filled music. They carried on dancing for what seemed like a life time. From rock to pop they literally danced the night away. Mickie and Randy decided that they had had enough, they were exhausted. Finding Ted and Cody they let them know they were headed off. "Night guys see you in the morning." Ted replied and Jillian hugged Mickie along with a few other Divas'. It wasn't early, a lot of the wrestlers had already left. Mickie spotted Dave he was still at the bar talking to Mark, and she caught his eye for a second. He winked at her and she didn't know how to react so she just waved good bye at him. "I am not sure about him." Mickie said to Randy as they rode up in the elevator. "Dave?" Randy said she knew she didn't need to mention his name Randy just knew. "Yeah one minute he is all nice and normal, the next he is giving me goose bumps and not in the good way." Stepping out of the elevator Randy opened the door to their hotel room. "Good that would be weird." Mickie slapped him on the chest again. "Hey watch the pecks I am going to end up with bruises here, how am I going to explain that?" He said pouting at her. "Tell them the truth that I beat you up. You know I could take you." Mickie said wiggling her eyebrows at him. "Oh is that a challenge Miss James." Randy said stepping closer to her and using his full height advantage. "sounded like one to me." She said back refusing to back away from him. Suddenly she was lifted up into the air. "Hey no fair." She shouted as she landed on the bed followed by Randy who started tickling her. "Oh stop." She cried out with laughter. "Say it." He said digging his fingers into her ribs. "Say what?" She gasped out. "Say Randy is the best and I quit." Mickie twisted and tried to get away. "Never." She said trying to fight him off but to no avail. "Stop please." Mickie said tears rolling down her face now as she tried to tickle him back. "Say it and I will." He said leaning over her. "Ok ok Randy is the best and I quit." She shouted and Randy stopped and looked down at her. He didn't think he had ever seen any thing more beautiful in his life. "Told you so." He said softly. "It wasn't a fair fight you're not ticklish." Mickie pouted at him. She looked into his eyes and could see this situation was about to turn serious, she was not sure how she felt about that. Did she like him, yes, did she want him, at the moment yes, but what would it do to their friendship. "Mickie I really want to kiss you." Randy said finally looking at her and she blushed. "Maybe you should then." She said as he moved his lips over hers. It was a sweet kiss, nothing demanding about it, it was soft and gentle and perfect and it made her heart jump. Randy pulled back and smiled at her. "We better stop now before I can't." He said taking hold of her hand. "Ok maybe when this is all over we could still spend time together?" She said sitting up next to him. "I would like that." He said kissing her lightly on the cheek and getting up to go over to his own bed. Mickie stood up and went to the bathroom. Quickly changing she got into bed and switched off the light. "Night Randy." She called to him. "Sweet dreams." He said back and Mickie closed her eyes.
The sound of the police sirens woke Mickie, she felt groggy, like she had only just drifted off. Looking out of the window she could see it was still dark. "What's going on?" Randy said sitting up in bed. "Not sure it sounds like police cars, and they are close." Mickie said turning on the light to look at the time. "It's only four in the morning, we have only been asleep for an hour." Mickie said rubbing her eyes. "No wonder I feel so refreshed." Randy said scowling. Just then his phone started ringing. "It's Ted." Randy said answering the call. "Yeah hi, what, when, oh god ok we will be right down, yeah I will, just stay where you are." Randy hung up and looked over at Mickie who was looking at him wide eyed. "What's happening?" She asked not know if she even wanted to know the answer. "Rey they found his body behind the hotel, he had been stabbed in the back." Randy said looking down at the floor then looking back up at Mickie. "I told Ted we would be right down." Mickie leapt out of bed suddenly not feeling so tired anymore and throwing on some jeans, not bothering to change her top. Randy did the same, but he also threw on a shirt. Running down the stairs the pair made their way to the lobby in record time. Candice and Maria were being comforted by Ted and Cody who were looking rather pale themselves. "Hey guys." Ted greeted. "Thanks for coming, we found him out there, we just went fir a walk and there he was against the wall." Ted said all in one breath. Randy put his arms around Ted and Maria. "It's ok I know what you mean." Randy said, as Mickie went to Cody who opened his arms so she could join him and Candice. "God this is horrible." Candice said placing her head on Mickie's shoulder. "I know sweetie, maybe we should all go and try to get some rest. Have the police finished with you guys?" Randy asked. "Yeah they said they would be coming back in the morning." Ted said stepping away from the embrace. "Are you girls going to be ok?" Randy asked as Maria and Candice clung on to each other. "Yeah we are rooming together." Maria answered whipping a tear from her cheek. "You can stay with us tonight if you want to." Cody offered and Candice took his hand. "That would be good." She said accepting on behalf of the both of them. "Take these girls up, I need to ask that cop some questions." Randy said quietly to the members of Legacy. "Ok see you in the morning." Cody said taking Maria's hand and leaving for the elevators. "You ok Mickie?" Randy asked looking at his petite companion. "Yeah more shock than anything I guess it will all hit me later." She said looking up at the Legend killer, not being able to believe that just over an hour ago they were having such a good time. "You up for coming with me?" He said and she just nodded taking his arm. Randy approached the cop and the man inclined his head at the pair. "What can I do for you sir?" He said looking at Mickie, and sending her a smile. "I was wondering if you could tell us what you have found out?" randy said putting his arm around Mickie. "I am afraid there is not much to tell you Mr Orton, we are just going over the crime scene now. We will be able to tell you more in the morning, we will be collecting statements then." The cop said making sure Randy knew the cop had recognised them. "Ok thank you." The cop smiled again at Mickie. "I am sorry for your loss, good night Mr Orton, Ms James." He said giving Mickie a final smile and walked off. Randy was slightly angry at the cops attitude, he was more interested in ogling Mickie than what they were going though. This had not gone unnoticed by Mickie either. "Don't worry about it Randy, I am sure we will learn something in the morning, though how I am going to sleep now is beyond me." She said pushing the button on the elevator for their floor. "I know what you mean its so unreal, I don't even feel anymore, it's like I have gotten used to hearing about one of our friends dying." Randy said feeling a mixture of guilt and relief. Opening their door Mickie sat down on her bed pulling off her jeans and sighed. "I feel so guilty." She said suddenly and Randy looked down at her. "Why?" He questioned sitting next to her and wrapping his arms around her. "if we had not had this party and just tried harder to find this killer then Rey would still be here." She said feeling like she should cry but there were no tears left. "I am feeling guilty too, but because I don't feel as sad, I should be sad, very sad Rey was a great guy, its like I have become numb." He said tilting her chin up to his face and looking at her. " I know what you mean when Beth died I cried until the tears ran out, when Kelly died I was sad for days, Jeff was such a shock for you I made sure I was there for you, now I feel as though I should be crying again, but I don't think I can." She said lying down with Randy and putting her head on his chest. "Stay here tonight." She said as she lent over to switch off the light. "Of course, we will figure this out Mickie, no one else will die. Tomorrow we can find out exactly what happened, then we will meet John and figure out which SOB is responsible for this." He said wrapping his arms around her and holding her close. "God I hope your right Randy, because the police have gotten no where and this guys seems to be one step ahead of us." Randy stroked Mickie's side in reassurance. "Then it will be our turn to out smart them won't it." He said with a sigh as he felt Mickie get more comfortable. "No more messing around with this now it's serious." Randy said not closing his eyes, but wanting Mickie to get some rest he had some serious thinking to do.
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