Ch. 16

Katelyn was relieved to hear everything was fine at the shop and she didn't need to come in they had everything under control for the day. She just had to make a few calls to check status on a few shipments they were waiting on to finish a few orders. She waited till they arrived at Randy's hotel and he excused himself to get a shower. She went out on his balcony overlooking the beach to make her calls. She quickly got her statuses then dialed Chris's number.

"Hey are you ok? I'm going to slap that jerk next time I see him," Kelly answered making Katelyn softly sigh. She wasn't in the mood to get into a long talk about Wade.

"I'm ok. He isn't worth your slap," she said leaning on the balcony rail.

"Where are you? Sounds like waves in the background," Kelly asked.

"I wanted to get out of the house for a bit took a drive," she said hoping Kelly would drop the subject.

"You need a vacation not a drive," Chris spoke up as she heard rustling as he took the phone from Kelly. "Has Wade been bothering you?"

"Well long story short when he came to pick up his stuff he proposed. My answer was a slap followed by my own suggestion," she said hearing Chris start to curse. "He didn't like my idea of going to Vegas and getting married right away. Once again he proved his true colors that I have been to blind to see."

"Why didn't you call me? I'm catching the next flight there. You can't be dealing with that jackass by yourself. I don't want you going back to your house till I get there. I can't believe you're just telling me now," he ranted as she heard him opening drawers and closets.

"Chris, you don't need to come here. I have everything under control. I'm not a baby. I can handle Wade. Just stay there," she raised her voice catching Randy's attention as he came out of the shower.

"I'm packing and will be on my way shortly Katelyn. We are not arguing about this," Chris sternly said making her hit the balcony rail in frustration. Randy wrapped his arm around her waist pulling her back from the rail.

"What's wrong?" he whispered in her ear.

"Chris, I don't need you to come here please listen to me," Katelyn said so Randy would know what was going on.

"Why? You shouldn't be alone. What if he shows up again and you can't handle it? If Wade hurts you, I'll never be able to forgive myself. I'm coming that's it," Chris yelled making her shake her head no. She swallowed hard looking back at Randy.

"I'm sorry," she mouthed to him. "What if I'm not alone?" she softly asked making Randy deeply sigh as he realized why she had said sorry. He wasn't ready for Chris to know he was hanging out with his sister but he understood her reasoning behind telling him.

"You better explain that question now," Chris said as she heard nothing but silence on his side.

"A friend has been with me since Wade showed up at my shop. I wasn't alone when Wade came by last night if he would have tried to hurt me I'm sure my friend would have stopped him," she said making Randy tighten his hold on her.

"You know damn well I would have killed him," Randy whispered in her ear making butterflies flutter crazily inside her.

"Your friend? Who is this friend? Tell me your friend's name now and don't try to be creative just say it," Chris said knowing how Katelyn liked to be cryptic when she didn't want to directly tell him something. Randy heard what Chris asked.

"You opened Pandora's box. Katy, just tell him we will deal with the aftermath," Randy whispered wrapping his other arm around her and resting his head against hers so he could hear Chris's reaction.

"Katelyn, tell me!" Chris exclaimed.

"Randy is with me," she softly said hearing Chris draw in a sharp breathe. She swallowed hard waiting for the explosion.

"I knew there was something up between you two after what I saw at the hotel. Put him on the phone now!"

"Chris, I'm …," she started to protest when Randy took the phone from her hand.

"Hey Chris, how is your morning going?" Randy asked making Katelyn shake her head. She tried to step away from Randy but he kept his one arm tight around her.

"My morning is just full of surprises. Here is a surprise for you. I'm not going to yell. I don't understand what the hell is going on between you and my sister but I want to thank you for keeping an eye on her," Chris said surprising Randy. "Can you continue taking care of her?"

"Yes," Randy answered.

"Are you returning to work tomorrow?"

"Yes," Randy felt Katelyn start to squirm.

"Why do you keep answering yes?" she asked trying to turn to look at him.

"I know my sister can be very stubborn but I need you to get her to come to work with you. I don't trust Barrett right now and I don't want her alone. I'll handle calling her partner at the shop and telling her Katelyn needs time off till I know Wade is not going to be an ongoing problem for her. I won't come there if you think you can handle the rest. Do you think you can do that?" Chris calmly spoke.

"Of course I can," Randy smiled liking Chris's idea.

"Thanks, I'll pay you back for all her travel expenses and take all the blame."

"Don't worry about it," Randy said trying to keep Katelyn in his grasp.

"Thank you again. I'm trusting you to take good care of her. I want to have a talk with you in person after I get her settled in," Chris said waiting to hear Randy say no way to the talk.

"Fine, I'll buy you a beer," Randy said making Katelyn go still.

"Why are you buying him a beer? What is going on?" Katelyn asked hating not knowing what her brother had said.

"Hope you can handle her. I'll see you two soon. Give her the phone back," Chris shook his head not believing he was trusting Randy Orton with his little sister. Randy put the phone against Katelyn's ear.

"Why did you want to talk to Randy? What did you say?" Katelyn asked right away.

"We had a talk and came to an agreement. I'll be seeing you soon and we are going to have a long talk when I see you. I'll call you later tonight. Bye sis," Chris hung up making Katelyn huff in frustration.

"What is going on?" Katelyn asked as Randy loosened his hold. "Randy, what …," she paused when she turned seeing him with only a towel wrapped around his waist.

"You ok?" he asked with a big smile.

"I don't know," she brushed past him sitting down on the sofa feeling slightly dizzy as a wave of emotions from confusion about what was going on to the desire she felt at the sight of him almost naked crashed down on her.

"What do you want to know about my chat with Chris?" he asked shutting the balcony door walking towards her.

"Randy, please go get dressed first," she softly said blushing.

"Why? You don't like what you see?" he smirked making her blush more.

"Please Randy, don't ask me that now," she whispered looking up into his eyes. He winked at her leaving the room. She softly sighed wishing she could control the butterflies going crazy in her stomach along with the naughty thoughts going through her mind of how much she did like what she saw.

"Better now?" Randy asked as he returned a few minutes later dressed in shorts and a t-shirt.

"Yes, thank you," she blushed again. "What did Chris say?"

"I'm starving let's go to breakfast. I'll tell you then," Randy extended his hand to her.

"I'm not moving till you tell me," Katelyn defiantly said not moving as he gathered his things.

"I'm too hungry to give you options," he picked her up putting her over his shoulder.

"Randy!" she exclaimed struggling against him as he carried her out of the room and to the elevator.

"Oh did I forget to tell you I'm a meanie till I have my first cup of coffee and an even bigger meanie when I'm starving," he said as the elevator opened and he carried her inside gently putting her down. She just gave him if looks could kill glance moving away from him. "Katy, are you mad at me?" he crossed the distance between them staring into her eyes. She didn't say a word turning her back to him as the doors slowly shut. "Well guess I should continue my meanie streak by finding out if you're ticklish?" he whispered running his fingers along her sides taking her by surprise. "Hmm sides don't bother you," he slowly trailed his fingers along her stomach feeling her slightly squirm. "Think I found one weakness let's see if I'm right about another one," he swept her hair away lightly blowing on her neck making her step away from him. "Last chance Katy, talk to me or deal with the consequences," he whispered against her ear. She shook her head no. He smiled tickling her stomach with one hand making her bite her lip hard. She refused to let a laugh escape her lips. "Nice try Katy," Randy whispered running his fingers along her neck lightly blowing on it till she couldn't help it and started laughing. "Love hearing you laugh," he said as the elevator neared the lobby.

"Randy, if you want to hear me laugh more please tell me what Chris said," she pleaded with him again.

"I'll give you a hint for now," he said taking her hand as the elevator started to stop.

"Fine, what is the hint?"

"I hope you like beer and cheese because you'll be traveling to a place that is known for both of them very soon," he smirked as the elevator opened and he gently pulled her out.

"Traveling?" she asked then suddenly she thought of what Chris had said about the next shows being in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. "I'm not going with Chris to the shows so he can babysit me."

"I know you won't be going with Chris," Randy said keeping a tight hold of her hand as they made their way to one of the hotel restaurants.

"I'm glad you said that you can help me convince him I don't need a babysitter and I'm not going anywhere," she relaxed some hearing that Randy didn't agree with Chris.

"As bizarre as it may sound your brother and I have reached an agreement. I know you won't be traveling with him because you'll be traveling with me to Wisconsin tomorrow morning," Randy said as he stopped looking into her wide eyes. Katy didn't believe what she just heard as another wave of emotions overtook her. She felt like she couldn't catch a breathe for a moment making her very dizzy before everything went black.