Kane/J.J.

"Where did you hear the word joint? Who were you talking to?" J.J. asked confused. "Taker wouldn't have brought that up."

"No Kayla and I were talking about fire and she said something about lighting a roach. I didn't understand so she was explaining marijuana to me but Taker interrupted us before I could find out what the roach had to do with it." Kane said quickly.

J.J. rolled her eyes and sighed.

'Well if you really want to know a joint is a paper filled with marijuana which is a plant. When you smoke a joint till it's nearly done it's called a roach. It has nothing to do with a bug."

"Oh not you too J.J." Taker said walking up behind them at that precise moment.

"Hey he asked." J.J. laughed.

"That was Kayla's excuse last night too." Taker said.

"Hey he's an adult. Just because he hasn't been exposed to it doesn't mean he should be ignorant of the subject." J.J. said no longer laughing.

"I guess you're right." Taker said. "But two conversations in one day that's a bit much."

"He's got to learn from someone. I'm surprised he didn't find out all about it when he was teaming with Rob Van Dam." J.J. said.

"Rob did drugs?" Kane said surprised.

"OH yeah." Taker said.

"Didn't you notice he was all over the place? Laughing when no one else was and being weird." J.J. asked.

"I thought that was just Rob." Kane said.

"No it was Rob on pot." Taker said.

"I guess that's another reason not to do it then." Kane said smiling.

"You'd better not." J.J. said laughing. "I wouldn't know what to do with you if you were stoned."

"Stoned." Kane asked not getting the reference.

"High on pot." J.J. said still laughing.

Sammy joined them and they sat down to have breakfast before heading back up to their rooms to get their things.

Kayla

Kayla spent the morning watching the Remixology videos that the band had uploaded in her absence.

Thank god we have a server at home. She thought as the videos downloaded to her tablet.

Wade had gone back to his roots with a punk cover of a black flag song.

Clothing is not optional, dude. She thought affectionately as Wade danced and played the guitar without a shirt.

Cassie had covered another Sam Cooke track. Definitely in her wheelhouse. Kayla mused.

Vanessa had taken Kayla's advice and covered Let it Go from Frozen. As her high, clear voice soared through the notes, Kayla marveled at how far she'd come. She's definitely on her way to discovering who she is as an artist. Kayla thought with pride.

Kyle Allen Martinez, their newest member and youngest of the group, had focused on a song he'd written. City Lights was a powerful ballad with a surprising but effective heavy rock bridge. He'd also done backup vocals on everyone else's tracks.

Once she was finished watching, Kayla moved on to social media. She uploaded some photos that she'd taken of cool things she'd been seeing on the road to Instagram. Then she scanned through her Twitter timeline quickly, mostly replying with quick one - liners. Then she went to the dreaded Facebook and accepted a couple of friend requests.

After everything was done, she sat back with a sigh. Then she grabbed her jacket and headed downstairs for a much needed smoke.

She got outside and pulled out her smokes, and then she searched for a lighter.

She finally found it and tried to light up but it wouldn't produce a flame no matter how many times she tried. Swearing in frustration, she around. Where were the smokers at when you needed them?

Then she spotted a guy lounging against a corner wall with a roach in his hand.

"Hey, got a light?" she asked as she walked over.

"For you? sure," he replied with a lazy smile.

She reached for it but the guy just laughed and lit the end of her cigarette casually. She puffed then smiled at him.

"Thanks, dude," she said.

"No prob," the guy said.

"I'm RVD, by the way," he added.

"And that stands for?" she asked.

"Rob. . .Van. . .Dam. . ." he replied, gesturing along with his name.

Kayla laughed. Then she remembered seeing him on last night's show. He had been a flippy, flexible mother fucker, she remembered.

"Hey, can I see your rings?" Rob asked, looking down at Kayla's left hand.

She shrugged and lifted it to his eye level. He took her hand in both of his; his hands were slightly callused and warm.

He quickly looked at her engagement ring and wedding ring, then focused closely on the top most ring.

"Hey, that's a a poly ring, isn't it?" he asked, releasing her hand.

Kayla looked at him in surprise.

"Yeah, it is. How did you know?" she asked.

"Dude, I have friends. Outside the biz, even," Rob laughed.

She smiled.

"So who are the lucky lovers, Miss Kayla?" Rob asked.

"Well, Cassie's my wife," she said.

"Then there's Vanessa and Wade," she added.

"Cool," Rob said.

"So are all of you guys together, or. . .?" he asked.

"Yeah," Kayla said.

"You must need one huge bed," Rob laughed.

Kayla joined in.

The rest of their time outside was spent with Rob telling her hilarious stories of life on the road. She didn't have much to contribute but she felt herself warming to him.

Then she noticed the time on his watch.

"Shit, I better go, dude," she said.

"Give me your digits before you go," Rob said, pulling out his phone.

Kayla recited her number and Rob entered it lazily. Then he grinned down at her.

"Hit me up if you wanna get fucked up," he said. Then he slapped her lightly on the shoulder and walked away whistling.

J.J./Kane/Kayla

"J.J." Kane said as they got to their room.

"Yeah hun." J.J. replied.

"I just heard the weather report on the T.V. it says we're heading into a storm." He said.

"OK." J.J. said bewildered.

"Well I know Kayla didn't get much sleep last night and she's only got her bike." Kane said.

"That's a dangerous situation." J.J. said. "Maybe we should ask her to ride with us."

"That's what I was wondering. But what can we do about her bike." Kane asked. "I don't think she'll leave it behind."

"We'll rent a flat trailer and bring it with us." J.J. said. "If she accepts that is."

"Ok maybe we can still catch her before she leaves. I doubt she's seen the forecast." Kane said.

"Well grab your stuff and we'll see if we can." J.J. said.

"I'll call her room." J.J. said once they were downstairs. "You go and check if her bike is still here."
"Ok." Kane said heading for the front doors.

Getting outside he saw that she was talking with RVD.

"I'll just wait till they are done." He decided. Kay, I'll do it. sorry for it being out of order.

She put her headphones in and set her phone to shuffle, then began walking back towards the hotel entrance.

"Burn mother fucker, mother fucker burn! We don't need no water let the mother fucker burn!" she rapped as she walked, completely absorbed in the loud music as it played.

Kayla laughed to herself as she walked towards the hotel doors. Then she walked right in to someone. Hard.

"Um, ow?" she said, taking a step backwards and looking up. Kane stood in front of her. She blushed but he just looked amused.

"UM…" Kane started unsure how to ask.

Kayla didn't say anything.

"Well, there's a storm coming in and well we wanted to know if you wanted a ride rather than ride your bike." Kane stammered.

Kayla didn't respond.

Kane cocked his head and looked down at her. That's when he spotted the earphones in her ears.

Kane rolled his eyes and reached out one hand and pulled one out.

"We don't need no water let the mother fucker burn! Wait, huh?" what did you say?" Kayla asked, looking up at Kane who held one of her earphones now.

"I was trying to ask you something." Kane said.

"Oh. Shit, sorry. Music = My life. What's up?" Kayla asked.

"I just saw on the news that we're heading into a storm. I know you don't have anything but your bike." Kane said. "Plus you got no sleep last night. I was wondering if you wanted to ride with J.J. and me."

"Oh shit. Yeah, that'd be great. I don't know what I'll do with the bike though," Kayla replied.

"J.J. and I already thought of that." Kane said proudly. "You can follow us to a rental place and we'll rent a trailer for your bike."

"No." Kane said. "But I'm sure we can get one and some paper at the desk."

"I don't carry a phone. I assume the cloud is someplace to store numbers?" Kane said.

"Kinda," Kayla said.

"It basically stores everything online you can get to it if you need to. Numbers, texts, pictures. . . It's come in useful. I've lost a phone or two in my time." Kayla said. "I learned that phones don't float. That bitch sank like a stone."

"Ok." Kane said. "J.J. is waiting inside."

They walked back in the double doors and Kane strode across the floor and up behind J.J. Wrapping his arms around her from behind he hugged her tightly.

"You're squishing me." J.J. said laughing.

"I know." He whispered just loud enough for Kayla to hear.

They are too adorable. Kayla thought as she watched the display.

Makes me miss my people. She thought, feeling a stab of envy and homesickness.

"Did you find Kayla?" J.J. asked.

"Yeah and she likes our plan." Kane said slowly releasing her from the hug.

J.J. turned around and was surprised to see Kayla there.

Wow. She thought. He usually doesn't do PDA and he did it in front of Kayla.

Kayla turned her music back on, trying to drown out her feelings. Kanye West's Good Life came on and she smiled. Hip Hop cures all. She thought as the base pounded in her ears.

Why did she put her earphones back in? Kane wondered looking at her nodding her head to the music.

"Kayla." J.J. said loudly to be heard over her music.

"Yo," Kayla said, turning the volume down on her headphones but not removing them.

"Do you have your things already?" J.J. asked. "We need to get going."

"Yeah, gimme a sec to run upstairs," Kayla replied as she turned and jogged towards the stairwell.

Kane watched her jog off and then turned to J.J.

"Did we do something that upset her? Is that why she put her earphones back in." Kane asked.

"I think she misses her wife and her home." J.J. said. "We must have reminded her of home."

"Oh." Kane said. "I didn't mean to do that."

"I know you didn't hun. But I liked the hug." J.J. said smiling.

Kayla ran up the stairs 2 at a time, and then she sprinted to her room. She quickly picked up her large messenger bag and swung it over her right shoulder. Then she grabbed a suitcase in each hand.

Fuck, how do I close the door? She wondered.

She walked out of the room and kicked the door shut.

Bingo. She thought. Then she headed for the stairs and sprinted down them, her suitcases banging against her hips.

Kane watched her come out of the stairwell and walked over to her reaching for one of the suitcases.

"Thanks, but I got this," Kayla said.

Kane shrugged and fell into step beside her.

Then J.J. joined them and they headed outside.

"How do you carry all that on your bike." Kane asked.

"I strap them down behind me." Kayla said smiling.

"Well here's the SUV just drop your things inside with ours and follow us to the rental place." J.J. said.

"How do you know where it is?" Kayla asked surprised.

"I had the desk clerk find one for me. It's not far." J.J. said.

"Ok." Kayla replied getting onto her bike.

Kayla followed the SUV as it moved in to traffic. A short time later, they were pulling in to the parking lot of the rental place. Kayla got off her bike and waited for Kane and J.J. to get out of the SUV.

"OK." J.J. said. "Let's see what we can do about a trailer."

The three of them walked in and the clerk's eyes widened as he looked at Kane.

"What?" Kane said looking at the clerk.

"UM.. nothing." The clerk said shifting his gaze away from Kane.

"We need a trailer to tow a motorcycle." J.J. said shaking her head slightly.

"No problem." The clerk said looking in his computer. "We have one on site."

"Let's see it." Kayla said not willing to put her bike on anything till she'd seen it.

The clerk walked out gingerly stepping past Kane.

I have half a mind to say boo. Kane thought, that would make him jump out of his skin.

They all walked outside and true to what the clerk had said they had a trailer. Kayla looked it over for safety and then nodded her head.

"We'll take it." J.J. said.

Heading back inside the clerk did the paperwork while sneaking peeks at Kane.

What does he think I'm going to eat him or something? Kane thought making himself smile.

Before long the paperwork was done and the trailer hooked up.

It took both Kayla and Kane to push the bike up the ramp and onto the trailer but soon they were on their way.