Chapter 65:
"You guys are going to love this place." Haley smiled over her shoulder to reassure Candice Michelle, Dwayne Johnson and Randy Orton. "Especially you Dwayne, they play mostly oldies, classic rock!"
Dwayne grinned back her, his expression one of pleasure. "My kind of bar."
"It will be a great change from all the hip hop, that's for sure." Randy agreed, slinging his arm around Haley's shoulders as they drew closer to the crowds. He kept her injured arm tucked against his torso to avoid her getting jostled by other people.
"Aw Randy, you don't enjoy the constant throbbing of the hip hop beats?" Haley teased, allowing him to direct her through the mass of people waiting outside.
"I'm more of a rock kind of guy, you know that." Randy chuckled, giving a nod to the bouncers who immediately allowed them entrance upon recognizing just whom they were.
"Renegade, nice!" Dwayne stated his approval as they were greeted by the sounds of Renegade by Styx. "You're right Haley, I'm already loving this place."
"Yeah, it's cool." Candice eyed her surroundings curiously. "I like the low key lighting."
"Says the woman who has strobe lights with her entrance." Dwayne joked, nudging Candice playfully.
"Dwayne, leave her alone. Her entrance rocks." Haley admonished lightly. "Anyone thirsty?"
"Don't need to ask me twice." Candice flashed Haley a grateful smile. "Cosmopolitans tonight?"
"Definitely." Haley agreed.
Dwayne and Randy exchanged a glance. "Beer." They said in unison, before assuring the girls they'd be back with their drinks.
Candice took Randy's spot of keeping Haley's injured limb between them. "Come on, let's find a table."
"Right." Haley easily matched strides with the candy-coated Diva as they weaved through the other bar hoppers into small table just off the dance floor. "I don't know how I'm going to dance tonight, being all gimpy here." She complained mildly.
"You don't have to dance." Candice assured her. "We could just chill out, drink and talk."
"And deny you and Dwayne the chance to get close? Not a chance." Haley laughed as Candice's eyes widened in surprise.
"What?" Candice sputtered.
"You…and…Dwayne." Haley said slowly. "I'm not blind, Candice. I could see the way you both were eying each other, and feel the sparkage from across my living room."
Candice flushed. "Shut up. I doubt Dwayne's interested in me. Besides, he's not even legally divorced yet."
"Technicality. It'll all be finalized in a month." Haley waved her excuse off. "And why wouldn't he be interested in you? Candy, I don't know if you've noticed or not, but you're gorgeous. And you have the bonus of being one of the best people I know to go along with those good looks. He'd have to be deaf, dumb, blind and gay not to be interested."
Candice snickered. "Thanks Honey, that means a lot to me. You're one of the best people I know too. I guess we'll see what happens with Dwayne and I. What I want to know, is what is going on between you and Randy?"
Haley blinked in confusion. "What do you mean? Nothing's going on but our friendship. Business as usual for us."
Candice shook her head. "I don't think so, that would fly maybe if you two weren't being so touchy feely with one another. That and the way he's looking at you, that's not in a friendly way. You've done the impossible Haley, you've gone and made the Legend Killer fall in love with you."
Haley sighed and ran an agitated hand through her hair. "I'm with Dave. I'm in love with him. What could have been with Randy, that ship sailed a long time ago, neither of us were on it."
Candice nodded in understanding. "All right, but just remember, Dave knows that there was/is something between you two, hence why he's paranoid. Now more than ever, he needs to know that you love him, and choose him."
Haley let Candice's words sink in. Could she blame Dave for being jealous? For worrying about her being alone with Randy? When as innocent as it's been, there was always the chance for something more.
"You're right. Dave needs to be reassured I'm not going to up and leave him for Randy, just cause he's here and Dave's not." Haley admitted, before digging into her purse for her cell phone. She flipped it open and began to type a text out.
Just wanted you to know that I'm thinking of you. I miss you. I love you. xxx Hales. She punched out on her phone before sending it to him.
"Hopefully he'll check his text messages." Haley said to Candice, just as Randy and Dwayne returned to the table, placing two cosmopolitans down in front of them.
"Hopefully who will check his text messages." Dwayne asked, taking a seat next to Candice, while Randy occupied the seat next to Haley.
"Dave." Haley replied. "I just sent him a quick message."
"Oh." Dwayne nodded in understanding, taking a swig of his beer. "This place is great, Hales, service was very prompt and the music is fantastic. That's freaking Elvis they're playing right now."
Haley laughed as indeed the music changed to 'Shook Up'. "I knew it was right up your alley."
Her phone vibrated along the table, so she eagerly reached for it and opened it to find a new text message from Dave.
I love you too. I miss you a lot. I'm sorry I didn't call. I promise to in the morning. Thinking of you always. Sweet dreams. ~Dave.
Haley beamed at the message before discreetly passing the phone to Candice, who grinned in satisfaction before passing it back.
Sweet dreams Dave. Talk to you in the morning. Goodnight. xxx Hales. She sent back before returning her phone to her purse.
"So," Haley grinned when Nickelback cut through Elvis like a knife with their hard rock hit 'Animals'. "Anyone want to dance?"
Candice smirked. "Hell yeah! Let's see how you do with one wing."
Haley chuckled. "Game on, let's rip up this dance floor."
Leaving Dwayne and Randy behind, Haley followed Candice out onto the crowded dance floor, immediately swinging her hips in time with the guitar riffs. "I love this song!"
"Me too!" Candice agreed, turning to face her and displaying her own set of dance moves. "This is a great bar, we get to dance to freaking Nickelback!"
"Why do you think I picked it?" Haley laughed, rocking out as best she could with a dislocated shoulder.
"Whoa whoa," The DJ's voice echoed across the crowded bar. "I've just been informed that we have some WWE Divas and Superstars in the house!"
The crowd around them cheered, while Haley shared an amused look with Candice. "Are you kidding me?"
"We're famous Honey, and we're here with the Rock and Randy Orton of all people. They were bound to notice at some point." Candice laughed as several people near them began to point.
"Yes yes, the sexy Divas Candice Michelle and Haley Mariano are on the dance floor!" The DJ announced with some excitement. "And they're about to be joined by none other than the Rock and Randy Orton!"
The crowd cheered as Randy and Dwayne made their way towards them, not wanting them to be harassed by pushy fans since they'd been recognized.
"Mind if I join you?" Dwayne asked Candice, coming up behind her.
"Sure." Candice shrugged, stepping back to align her body with his so they could dance in sync.
"Guess that leaves you and me." Randy said, easily falling in step with Haley, who was slightly apprehensive since it seemed she'd made progress with Dave.
"Guess so." She reluctantly agreed, giving in and dancing with him, hoping with all her heart that this wouldn't get back to Dave. Not that she was doing anything wrong, but they were already on shaky ground, and Haley did not want to fall.
A/N: Sorry this took so long. I've been running a summer camp, plus two Roleplaying websites that are just taking up a lot of my time. But I should be back on track with this story. Now that I've finally figured out exactly how I'm going to work this fic XD
BTW, any of fellow wrestling fans into Roleplaying? It's really fun! There's a link to a site called WWE Revolution in my profile, I'm one of the three founders, along with my best internet buds, Christal and Kylie. Sign up as any Superstar or Diva that's still available, and they don't have to be current, past Divas and Superstars are accepted. And if there's no one left you like, create your own. There's plenty of people to RP with and I'm be willing to start anyone interested off. It's WWE done your way. Create your own storylines and relationships. You can be up to six people XD.
I personally play Candice Michelle, Triple H, Dave Batista, Evan Bourne and Stephanie McMahon, along with my other OC Soraya O'Toole from Survivor. Get creative with it, it's a lot of fun. So come join.
I also run another RP site for anyone who enjoys Harry Potter. It's fairly new so there's plenty of characters to choose from. So come and join the fun please XD You won't regret.
Special thanks to all the readers who have stuck with me and Haley through the chaos. Hopefully we'll be back on a regular schedule soon enough. Enjoy the chapter!