Chapter Six
Kaisel barely slept that night. Every time she heard a noise from the bathroom, or from outside of the hotel room, she jumped up and looked around. She even kept one of the lamps on by her bed, which is something she never did, because she wasn't afraid of the dark. She was up the next morning, running on less than two hours of sleep. Her eyes were dark and had bags, which was usually the result when she doesn't get enough sleep, or any sleep at all. She got up, and slowly walked to the bathroom to wash her face. While she was washing her face, their was a knock on her room door and she jumped, causing the facial scrubber she had in her hand to fall on the floor. She wiped her face with a towel as she walked to the door, and opened it up.
"Hey Kaisel!" said excitedly, and walked inside of the room.
"Hey Candice..."
"Are you okay?" She asked, then looked at Kaisel's face. "Oh my God Kaisel, you look horrible. Are you sick?"
"No, I'm fine. I didn't get enough sleep."
"Why not?"
"Uh...I had a lot of work to do."
"Oh, okay. You wanna come grab a bite to eat with me? Everybody else is passed out, from last night."
"Sure." Even though Kaisel felt like she could pass out from exhausted and insomnia at any minute, she couldn't say no.
"Great! Can I wait here while you get dressed?"
"Sure, I'll be right back."
Kaisel grabbed a pair of yoga shorts and a tank top, and walked back into the bathroom. After changing into them, she walked back out and put her hair into a high ponytail. She took her phone off of the charger, and grabbed the room key, and walked out of the room with Candice. They decided to walk to the restaurant that was about 3 blocks from the hotel. The entire time they were eating, Kaisel was listening to Candice talk. It wasn't that she didn't feel like talking, it was just that she was very tired, and still kind of terrified. Darrell's out, he could be anywhere...he could be at my house. He could even be in my hotel room, she thought to herself as fear began building up inside of her again. When they got back to the hotel, she thanked Candice for the breakfast, and walked back to her room. She cautiously opened her door and looked around, and seen that nobody was there. After turning on her TV, she clicked on Nickelodeon, which was showing Spongebob Squarepants. She flopped back on her bed, and was surprisingly knocked out in a matter of minutes.
"Kaisel...Kaisel! Don't tell me you've been sleeping all damn day."
Kaisel opened her eyes and saw Candice looking down at her. She jumped quick, and Candice grabbed her.
"Whoa! You okay?" She said.
"Huh?" Kaisel said.
"Kaisel, you've been sleep all day?"
"I have? What time is it?"
"Almost 5 pm."
"Shit, are you serious?" Kaisel laid back down on her bed, and Candice pulled her back up.
"No no, get up. We got a double date in like 3 hours. You gotta get ready."
"Oh yeah...how the hell did you get in my room?"
"You're door was unlocked, so I just walked in. I thought you was up."
"My..door was unlocked?"
"Yeah. Didn't you unlock it?"
"No, I thought I locked it after we came back from breakfast. I probably didn't though, I was too damn tired."
"You didn't get any sleep last night?"
"No."
"I wonder why." Candice said, and winked.
"Not even, Candice. I haven't seen him since we were at the arena."
"Oh, well get up and start getting ready so that you can see him again."
Kaisel got out of her bed and walked over to the dresser, because her phone began to ring.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Kaisel."
"Hello stranger. I was just talking about you."
"Oh really?"
"Yes."
"Is this double date thing still happening tonight?"
"Yeah, be ready at 8."
"Okay, look decent for me."
Kaisel giggled and said, "Okay, you look decent for me too."
"I'll try."
Punk and Kaisel laughed again, and said their goodbyes before Kaisel hung up. She looked over at Candice, who looking back at her, smiling.
"I'm glad your fully up now. Now, start getting ready. I'll be back before it's time to go."
"Okay."
Candice left out of the room, and Kaisel sat back on her bed after closing the door behind her. She looked at the TV, which was still on, but was on mute. She decided to not let the whole Darrell thing bother her...at least not tonight. Even though she was convincing herself that she was only doing this double date thing for Candice, she couldn't but be some type of excited about it. I'm not letting my ex boyfriend fill my head up tonight, she thought. Even though I don't where he is exactly, I doubt he even knows where I'm at. She looked at her wardrobe selection and debated whether she should go casual, or step it up. She didn't know exactly what Candice was wearing, but she knew Candice well enough to know that she would try to look her sexiest without looking too trampy. Kaisel wasn't into looking overly sexy, so she decided to go for the sophisticated look. She pulled out her thin black blazer and a pink camisole to put on under it. I have a lot of dark skinny jeans, she thought to herself and laughed as she pulled out another pair of black skinny jeans, and a pair of nude colored heels.
After taking a shower and putting her clothes on, she looked at herself in the vanity mirror and was partly satisfied with her outfit. She looked at the side of her neck, only to see one of the many knife wounds she had all over her body. She grabbed her concealer and covered it up as best as possible. Kaisel didn't have time to straighten her like she really wanted to, so she brush it out and put it in one mermaid style-like braid. She looked at the clock and saw that it was a little after 7:30.
"Damn, time went by quick." She said out loud, as there was another knock on her door.
She went to answer it when her phone began vibrating again. She walked back over to the dresser where her phone was and looked at it. It was a text from a blocked number, but she wasn't able to see it unless she unlocked the phone. While she was putting the passcode in, there were more knocks on the door and she put the phone back down. Thinking it was Candice, Kaisel said, "Alright alright Can I'm coming." She opened the door, only to see Cody instead, and immediately rolled her eyes.
"Kaisel, oh my goodness, is this your room?" He said, pretending to be surprised.
"Can I help you Cody?"
"Well I was looking for someone else, but you'll do." He grabbed her face, and she slapped his face.
"Ugh, don't put your fucking hands on me! I have no idea who's ass they've been in."
"Oh, your real funny. A fucking comedian. Stop pretending you don't want me Kaisel."
"I'm not pretending. Can you please leave?"
"You look very sexy, where are you going?"
"I don't have to answer shit you ask me. Now, go."
Kaisel tried to close the door in his face, but he put his foot in front of it to stop it from closing.
"What if I don't want to?" He whispered.
"Hey, Cody!"
Cody turned around and Kaisel looked in the same direction, and seen him face to face with Punk.
"What the hell do you want Phil?" Cody said.
"Now I'm not a rocket scientist or anything, but I thought 'leave' meant 'go away'." Punk said.
"Oh yeah? And what I don't?"
Punk grabbed his arm and twisted it, causing Cody to scream in pain."Alright, alright! Let go!"
When he let go, Cody snatched his hand back and looked straight at Kaisel. "This isn't over bitch." He said.
"I think it is." Kaisel joked.
"Buh-bye Cody." Punk said, waving.
When Cody was gone, Kaisel looked at Punk and smiled. "Thanks! You always come at the right time."
"What was he doing here anyway? I didn't even know that you two knew each other."
"Well we do, unfortunately. You look nice." Kaisel said.
"You look...normal." Punk joked.
"Really?"
"I'm kidding, you look very sophisticated."
"That's what I was going for, thank you."
"No problem. You ready?"
"Yup, I'm just waiting for-"
"Kaisel!"
Kaisel looked down the hall and saw Candice and Randy standing there. "Candice." She finished her sentence.
"You guys ready?" Candice asked.
"Yeah, let me get my phone."
After getting her phone, she closed the door. They made their way to Randy's car, and then to the restaurant. Throughout the whole dinner, Candice seemed really into whatever Randy was talking to her about, so Kaisel decided to leave her alone. She spent that time joking (and flirting) around with Punk, and an hour had flown by before she knew it. The bill for their food had came in, and even though Kaisel and Candice argued that they could pay their own half of the bill, Punk and Randy still paid for everything. They had got back to the hotel, and it was only 10 o'clock. Kaisel started to walk back into the hotel behind Randy and Candice, but Punk pulled her back.
"Uh, I think we should let them go in alone." He said.
Kaisel looked at him, and then at Candice, who had her arms locked around Randy, walking inside. "Yeah, your right." She said.
"You wanna take a walk?"
"A walk?"
"Yeah..I mean it's kind of nice and breezy out, and the stars are out too."
"Ha, okay. Sure."
They turned around and began walking down the street again.
"Soo..." Punk started.
"Soo..." Kaisel repeated.
"Soo how have you been?"
"Uh... I've been better."
"Aww really? What's wrong?"
Kaisel wanted to tell him so badly about what was going on, but decided not too. And anyway, it was the first time that whole night that she actually wasn't terrified. Punk made her feel...calm, and protected, and he didn't even know it.
"Nothing. I guess I gotta get used to all of this traveling and stuff."
"Yeah, it took me awhile to get used to it too. I used to never really sleep either."
"Really?"
"Uh huh..well I kinda still don't sleep. At least not the 8-10 hours like the doctor recommends."
"Phil, you ever thought about getting that checked out? I don't think that's healthy."
"Umm...nope."
Both of the laughed and a silence fell between them. It wasn't an awkward silence though, it was very comfortable. Kaisel suddenly felt her knees buckle, and fell forward, with Punk catching her.
"Whoa! You okay?" He asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Ugh, my heel broke! How the hell does a wedge heel break?" Kaisel said.
She placed one hand on Punk's shoulder and used the other hand to take off her then held both of them in her right hand, and began walking again.
"Better." She said. "My feet was starting to hurt anyway."
"I never understood why you girls get so mad when a heel breaks...or why you even wear heels in the first place."
"It makes us feel taller."
"You don't need to be anymore taller, Kaisel. You were my height with those heels on."
"Yeah right, shut up." Kaisel joked.
A nice breeze went by them and Kaisel swore she felt a drop water on her head, but didn't say anything.
"It seemed like your cousin had a really good time tonight."
"Yeah, I'm happy for her, ya know? I like seeing my family smile."
"You guys are really close huh? Now that I think about it, she's mentioned you a lot, since she started working here years ago."
"Really?"
"Yup. I just never imagined you being so..."
"So what?"
"Beautiful."
Kaisel stopped walking and looked up at Punk, with a smile on her face. She felt herself heating up again, and was getting ready to say something, when she felt another drop of water on her. This time, she felt more and more drops, and realized that it was starting to rain.
"Aww, man! I have nothing on my feet." She yelled over the pouring rain.
"Get on my back, we gotta get back to the hotel." Punk yelled back.
Kaisel jumped on his back and Punk began jogging back towards the hotel. The rain continued to pour, as Kaisel wrapped her arms around his neck, and laid her head on his shoulder. Despite the fact that they were getting soaked, she felt very comfortable, and kind of wished that she could stay like that. He got them back to the hotel in about 5 minutes, and they made their way to the floor that their rooms were. Once they were in front of Kaisel's room door, she turned around and looked at him.
"Thanks, Punk. For everything. I had fun."
"I did too. I should thank you for actually making me come out of my room tonight."
"In that case, I'm glad I did. I would give you a hug, but I'm kinda wet right now." Kaisel joked.
He suddenly leaned in and gave her a kiss on the lips. "Goodnight, Kaisel."
She wiped the stunned look off of her face, and with a toothy smile said, "Goodnight."
As Lil' Wayne said, sorry for the wait! Lol but seriously, sorry guys. I had to take care of some things for school (I'm trying to go to a different college next year, so I had to do applications and other BS). But as always, read and revieww! Hope you enjoy loves! (: