When Randy arrived at the hotel he went to the reception to find out her room number.
"Can I help you?"
"What room number for April Mendez?" he asked
"April Mendez" the receptionist repeated typing on his monitor "Yes, Room 515"
He nodded to the receptionist and took the elevator to the floor 5 and found room 515. He took a deep breath to calm himself before knocking on her door.
AJ was inside crying her eyes out and when she heard the knock on the door she violently started rubbing her eyes. When she heard another knock she shot up from the bed and opened the door to reveal a Randy with a worried look on his face.
"AJ" he said hugging her relieved
"Shall we talk inside?" she asked pulling away
"I'd like that" he said with a weak smile
He walked in and closed the door behind him and sitting next to her on the bed.
"Why are you crying?" he asked her having a feeling he knew the answer
"A thing on the plane" she lied sniffling
"AJ" he said holding his hand up sensing the lie immediately
"No, I swear. a guy-"
"I read what happend" and the second he said that AJ started crying again and he took her into his arms.
"It'll never happen again" he said calmly
"You can't protect me" she said sadly looking up at him with teary eyes
"Sure I can" he said trying to sound reassuring
"Vince is signing him"
At that moment he was shocked but at the same time not really. He knew Trent must've talked to his best friend 'Golden boy' Cena and he talked to Vince about it.
"Damn" he muttered
"I can't work with him there" she said sadly
"I know I'll fix this, I promise" he said hugging tightly
The rest of the night was just both lying in eachothers arms and talking about what was going on with their lives. AJ had said everything on her mind. But Randy refused to tell her about Samantha.
After a couple hours sleep both got on a flight to raw. After a long flight they went to the hotel dropped some stuff off and went sightseeing around the city for the rest of the day. Early in the morning Randy got up and went to the gym while AJ was still sleeping. When he walked in he saw Cena stretching next to the weights. Randy walked over leaned on a wall and stared at Cena to get his attention.
"Randall" Cena greeted
"John, I need to talk about something that has been bothering me" Randy said seriously
"Shoot" Cena said
"You and Trent, are buddies right?" Randy asked
"Yeah, we're buddies"
"Seems like he has been signed " He said
"Yeah"
"I assume you talked to Vince" He assumed
"I pulled a few strings" Cena admitted
"Listen, can you get him to leave AJ alone?"
"Whoa, why?" Cena asked surprised
"Haven't seen the news?"
"I have, but Trent told me it was BS"
"Well he lied, it really happend"
"So he tried to kidnap AJ?" Cena asked unconvinced and Randy nodded
"She says so" Randy started "And I know she would never lie about something like that"
"C'mon I know Trent was absolutely devastated when he was dumped and there was a change in his behavior" John admitted "But he didn't go crazy and try to kidnap her"
"You're in denial"
"Even if this was true-" John was cut off
"It is"
"What do you want me to do?, I can't exactly just tell my friend to 'leave AJ alone' " Cena said annoyed
"Ask Vince to change his tour"
"I can't and I won't"
"Are you kidding me?"
"Listen I-"
but Randy cut him off again "No, you listen. I can't believe you would betray me like this. You've asked favors and I've done them all and I was NEVER critical, because I felt I was being a good friend. I give up, not only this but on you" Randy said angrily before walking out.
When he got back AJ was awake and they ate breakfast and left to the arena.
"Hey, I'm gonna go talk to Vince" Randy said leaving AJ
He walked into Vince's office and saw him looking over some papers.
"Ever heard of knocking?" Vince asked not looking up from the papers and Randy was about answer but Vince started
"It's alright, I was actually expecting you"
Randy raised an eyebrow in confusion and sat down across from Vince.
"John told me about your little 'outburst'"
"Of course he did" Randy said nodding and containing his anger at the same time
"And I just wanted to inform you that Trent is going to make his debut tonight and will be involved in you and AJ's storyline after you win the title"
Randy looked pissed "Let me guess, golden boy asked you to pull some strings"
"Nope, all my idea" Vince said trying to sound convincing
Then Randy stormed out of his office slamming the door on his way out
Randy walked into his locker room to see AJ lacing her chuck taylors. He sat down next to her on the sofa and stared at her.
"Do you need something?" she asked happily
"Yeah" he smiled weakly
Then Randy told AJ about Trent's debut and that he would be involved in a storyline with them. AJ seemed a bit less joyful after hearing the news but she was still a little bit happy.
"Not even that could ruin my mood" she smiled
"What is it?" he asked curiously
"Mark told me that we're both getting the titles at Wrestlemania" she informed him "Isn't that exciting!" she squealed
" Wrestlemania?, that's like less than a month away" he said surprised "I need time to build a feud with goldenboy and you need time to build a feud with Natalya"
"He told me they were going to take the easy route" she shrugged
"Easy route?" he repeated confused
"We're gonna go on-screen and somehow press Hunter to get us both title matches" she said simply getting up "I need to go to hair and make up, Bye" she said closing the door
Randy leaned back thinking that AJ wasn't understanding the seriousness about the situation.
AJ walked through the corridor on the way to the hair and makeup room. But bumped into a taller and familiar figure.
"April" he smiled "I was hoping to bump into you"
"Trent get away from me" she said slowly not making eye contact and finally processing what Randy had said
"Just wondering, why did I wake up in lock up the on Friday?"
"You're kidding me, right?"
"No, I actually don't remember what the hell happend"
AJ was a little confused that he was completely oblivious to what he tried to do but she did also think that it was a possibility that he could be lying.
"I gotta go" she said rushing past Trent
After getting makeup and hair done she returned to their locker room to change into her in-ring gear. When she walked in she got her gear and started to change.
"You've got it all wrong" At first she got scared but she quickly felt relieved to hear it was Randy's voice. She heard him chuckle and felt his arms wrap around her waist from behind.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you" he said sweetly gently kissing the top of her head
She smiled and turned around in his grasp and gave him a quick peck on the lips and he let go.
"What have I gotten wrong?" she asked him
"You don't need your in-ring gear, because you have no match tonight" he informed her gently taking her in-ring gear out of her hands and put it back in her bag
He saw that she looked confused so he added "Mark told me about 10 minutes ago"
She nodded "Well if I have no match then, what are we gonna do?"
"Press Hunter for the match" he answered simply
"Okay"
AJ changed into a tank top with regular jeans and of course some chuck taylors. Randy wore his wrestling speedo, knee pads and one of his t-shirts. By the time they had fone through everythimg with Hunter it was time to go on-screen.
The segment went as planned and many fans were already getting hyped after the segment.
They quickly showered and got dressed and left the arena first of all the superstars and divas.
AJ sat in the hotel room when Randy had left to get them some dinner. Before she had asked him if she could see some pictures of his house and he gave her his phone so she could take a look at them. When she turned the screen on she immediately saw there was an SMS from Samantha that said "Hey babe, the weekend was real fun. We should do it again". The first time reading it AJ felt infuriated. She thought they had something special together but Randy must've thought of their exciting night as a one night stand.