CH 23

Hours later Randy felt uneasy leaving Katelyn alone in his locker room during his match, he had a hard time trusting Hunter completely that Wade wasn't going to get back into the arena. He came out into the hall looking around cautiously. He tried to take a step but something kept him glued to the spot.

"Randy, relax I'll be with her," Chris said coming around a corner "Is Katy still shaken up?"

"She is better now. She can't be alone till Wade isn't an issue," Randy motioned for Chris to follow him a little further down the hall where they could see the door but Katelyn wouldn't hear them.

"I agree. I was going to check with the hotel to see if they have a room next to Kelly and mine for her to move to," Chris said making Randy slightly tense.

"She is already next to me. Her room and mine share an adjoining door," Randy said not wanting Katelyn to change rooms.

"Hmmm that's surprising for two people that have nothing going on," Chris smirked.

"I do care about your sister. We have a connection that neither one of us can deny or fight. I suck at explaining," Randy sighed feeling very uncomfortable.

"You don't have to. I saw how drawn you are to one another," Chris smiled. "I can rest easy knowing you'll be watching over her tonight. Tomorrow morning we will figure out how to keep her safe when she goes back to Florida."

"Ok sounds good. I better get out there for my match," Randy started to walk away relieved he didn't have to say more about his relationship with Katelyn.

"She will be fine. Thank you again for taking care of her. Have a good match," Chris headed into Randy's locker room.

Randy returned to his locker room after his match patiently waiting till Chris said his goodbyes to Katelyn. The moment Chris left Randy sat down next to Katy.

"We need to talk about something," he said feeling her tense as he took her hand. "It's nothing bad relax silly. After the day we had, I was thinking we should postpone our date night till tomorrow when we are better rested."

"I'm fine with that. I'm exhausted. I wouldn't want to be a bad date and do something like fall asleep during dinner," she smiled.

"How about picking up dinner on the way back to the hotel? We can eat in bed if you're that worried about falling asleep," he grinned making her laugh.

"I'll stick to just breakfast and snacks in bed."

"Well if you fall asleep on couch no worries I'll carry you to bed," he said kissing her softly.

"I'm enjoying your sweet side," she whispered against his lips.

"Good, let's get out of here," he gently pulled her up grabbing his bag.

"I don't want expose your secret side especially at work," she said letting go of his hand as they stepped out into the hall remembering his issues with his coworkers. Randy deeply sighed recapturing her hand in his taking her by surprise.

"I'll take the risk," he squeezed her hand lightly as they made their way to the car. She couldn't stop smiling knowing he was going out of his comfort zone. They were almost to the car when they ran into Edge in the parking lot.

"Hi you two, are you ok Katelyn? I heard about Barrett," Edge asked giving Randy a what is going on look.

"I'm fine," she said glancing at Randy.

"That's good," Edge swallowed hard not able to stop his next question. "Is something going on between you two?"

"Randy is …," Katelyn was cut off by Randy gently putting a finger to her lips.

"Can we trust you to keep what I'm about to say to yourself? That means no telling Trish no telling anyone," Randy asked staring at his friend.

"Come on you know you can. I've never spilled anything you shared before," Edge answered not hiding the disappointment that Randy even had to ask.

"We spent some time together recently and decided to be more than friends," Randy said making Katelyn smile again.

"Please don't take this the wrong way but after what happened in the club I never expected you two would get together. Dude you were a jerk," Edge cringed hoping Randy wasn't going to snap for what he said.

"I know Katy has forgiven me for that."

"We both agreed to forget about that night. He has proven over and over he is nothing like the guy I met at the club," Katelyn chimed in making Randy smile.

"Cool, I wish you two the best. I won't hold you guys up I'm heading to meet up with Trish for dinner," he gave Katelyn a hug before patting Randy's shoulder. "You better treat her good and keep her safe from Barrett."

"I will," Randy met his friend's eyes and Edge saw he meant what he said. "Have a good dinner."

"If you need my help with Barrett don't hesitate to call. Good night guys," Edge got into his car.

"Let's get out of here," Randy kissed her forehead wanting to get her back to the hotel and spend the rest of night alone with her without any worries of Barrett ruining their night.