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Callie

Chapter 9

Callie lay in bed that night staring up at the ceiling, her hands resting on her stomach as she waited for Melina to fall asleep so she could go see John. She rolled her head over to look at the clock. 12:45. She'd been laying here for almost an hour. She couldn't imagine Melina was still awake, but she didn't know for sure. She waited another five minutes before getting out of bed. Just in case her friend was awake or woke up while she was gone, she wrote a note saying she couldn't sleep so she'd gone on a walk.

John opened the door to his room almost immediately after she knocked and pulled her inside. He let out a groan as he smashed his mouth to hers; obviously he was eagerly awaiting her arrival. "What took you so long?"

She let out a little chuckle and walked away to go sit on the bed. "Sorry, I'm rooming with Melina this week, I had to wait for her to fall asleep."

She watched his face for any spark of guilt or even a flash of affection at the mention of Melina but there was none. "Well, I'm with Ryder this week, and he's out at the club with some of the boys tonight so we've got plenty of time." He said as he advanced toward her, crawling on top of her once he reached the bed.

A couple hours later, John rolled off of Callie and tucked her in his arms, pulling her close.

"You sure know how to treat a girl," Callie said with a laugh when she controlled her breathing.

He looked at her and smiled. "You're not so bad yourself."

She looked down at her hand that was absentmindedly rubbing up and down his arm. "This is nice," She said in a low voice, hoping she wasn't scaring him off.

She resisted the urge to gasp in surprise when John leaned down to kiss her lips sweetly. "Yeah, it is," He said before tucking his chin on top of her head.

She felt his breath even out with his arms wrapped tightly around her. Her eyes darted around in shock. Was he…sleeping? With her there? Cuddled up next to him? Once her initial shock passed, she allowed herself to enjoy the feeling, relax into his arms and close her eyes.

An hour later, her eyes popped open. She wasn't sure why she'd awaken so suddenly until she looked at the clock and saw that it was almost 4:30 am. Obviously her body knew she had to get the heck out of there before Zack Ryder came back to his room, which would probably be very soon. She gently pulled herself out of John's arms. She heard him rustle around as she collected her clothes and pulled them on.

"Hey," John mumbled sleepily as he reached out to her. "Don't go,"

Her heart definitely gave a couple of extra thumps when she heard him say those words. Did he really just say that?

"Cal?" He asked when he heard no response from his bed partner.

"Hi," she said, sitting on the side of the bed and put her hand in the middle of his chest. "I gotta go, Zack will probably be back soon."

He actually looked disappointed but nodded his head in understanding. "Alright, let me walk you to your room." He said, swinging his legs off the bed.

"That's alright, I'll be fine." She said as she walked to the door, John followed close behind.

"You sure? I don't mind." He asked, tucking a piece of hair behind her ear.

She nodded. "I'll see you tomorrow."

He smiled. "Definitely." He said before leaning down and giving her a sweet but passionate kiss. "Text me when you get to your room so I know you're safe."

She smiled in amusement. "Ok," She agreed before leaving. Once back in her room, she sent off a quick text to John before falling asleep with a smile firmly planted on her face.

"Where'd you escape to last night?" Melina asked Callie the next morning while they were eating breakfast in the café downstairs.

"Huh?" Callie replied in surprise, she didn't think Mel had noticed she was gone last night at all.

Her friend grinned knowingly. "Don't play dumb, I heard you sneak in late last night, which I thought was weird because you were in bed right when we got back to the hotel last night." She smirked evilly. "You were with a guy, weren't you?"

"What?" She said with a laugh. "Why do you think I was with anyone?"

Mel cocked her head to the side. "Why else would you leave in the middle of the night?"

Good question, Cal thought to herself. "I couldn't sleep so I went for a walk." She lied to save her ass.

Mel seemed to believe her but didn't want to drop the subject entirely. "So any guys you got your eye on?"

I've had more than just my eye on him, she thought. "Mel, have you ever known me to be interesting in anyone here?"

Her friend's shoulder slumped. "No," She paused. "You sure you're not gay, cause it's totally cool if you are."

Cal laughed. "No, Mel, I'm not gay. But what about you? Anyone you interested in?" Melina blushed and looked down. "There is someone! Who?" Cal demanded.

Her friend looked around to make sure no one was looking before facing Callie again. "You can't tell anyone." She crossed her heart, promising not to tell. "Okay, it's nothing serious, just a little crush. Wade Barrett."

Callie lifted her eyebrows in surprise. "Wow, really?" Melina nodded and she thought it over. "Well, he is hot,"

"So hot and I've been talking to him a lot recently and he's a really cool guy."

"So you're…over John?" She couldn't resist asking.

Melina wrinkling her brow. "Morrison?" She nodded. "Oh god yes. I've been over him for a very long time. Why do you ask? Do I seem hung up?"

Cal laughed. "No, not at all, I was just curious."

She nodded and then her evil smile returned. "You know what, I'm gonna hook you up on a blind date."

Callie looked at her friend in alarm. "You are?"

She nodded. "I know the perfect person."

That is impossible, Callie thought, because John is the perfect person for me and no way would you hook me up with him. "I don't know Mel…"

"Come on Cal, you haven't been out with anyone since you started with the company."

"That's because-"

"You don't like mixing business with pleasure and distracting yourself form your work." She finished for her friend. "I know, you've told me a thousand times. Just give it a chance. It's only one date and if you don't like him, you don't have to go out with him again."

"Yeah, but I will still work with him…" Cal added. Mel shot her a look and she rolled her eyes. "It's not Mike you want to hook me up with is it?"

"No, as much as I love Mike and as much as I think you're making a mistake by not giving him a chance, no, I have another guy in mind."

"Alright, I'll think about it," Mel grinned and clapped. "Calm down, I didn't say yes, I said I will think about it."

"Ok but don't take too long, you don't want anyone to snatch him up."

Oh but I do, Cal thought cynically to herself but smiled at her friend anyway.

A/N: Thanks as always for reading and reviewing, glad you're enjoying the story! :)