A new girl in town
Chapter 35
Kane/Cassie/Wade/Vanessa/Kayla
It rang twice. Looking up in confusion Kane smiled then hung up.
"She fell asleep." He laughed softly.
"Aw!" Cassie said.
"We can head out if you want," Kayla said.
Kane looked at the clock and realized it was four o'clock.
"Yeah, if you guys don't mind." He said. "We've been at this for hours."
"Kay, we'll catch you later then. Wait, add our numbers first," Kayla said.
"Ok," Kane said already looking forward to getting J.J. and himself to bed. It took a little while to add the four numbers but in the end he was proud of himself for doing it on his own.
Then getting up he walked them to the door and watched as they reached their room safely.
Closing the door, Kane removed his mask and laid it on the table. Then he went into the bedroom to turn down the covers. Then he took J.J.'s phone and laid it next to his on the table, finally picking her up to put her to bed. He climbed in gratefully behind her and pulled her close before falling asleep.
"Wow, that was something," Kayla said once they'd closed the door.
"You're a fuckin' star, V. The MVP of everything," Wade said.
Vanessa laughed.
"I just thought of it the way you would if you were teaching someone how to dance or play an instrument," she said with a shrug.
"Still, I think you got him further along and more comfortable than any of us would have managed," Wade said.
Everyone else nodded in agreement.
"Shit, it's 4 you guys," Cassie said.
"Definitely bed time," Kayla said tiredly.
They all went in to the bedroom and arranged themselves on the bed in their uusual positions. In no time, they were all asleep.
Taker/Sammy
Getting back to the room Taker saw Sammy asleep on the couch.
I know I put her to bed. He thought with a shrug. Bending down he started to pick her up but she started swinging.
"Hey babe." Take said quietly. "It's just me."
She struggled for a minute more then opened her eyes and saw him.
"I'm sorry." Sammy said realizing she must have hit him.
"It's fine. I should have known better than to touch you without waking you first after all you've been through." Taker said feeling horrible for having scared her.
"No, I'm just being an idiot." Sammy said trying to smile.
"You are NOT being an idiot. You were attacked that makes you more sensitive when your guard is down." Taker said sitting down beside her and brushing his hand through her hair.
"Are you ready to get back in bed." He asked.
"Yes." She said smiling. "As long as you'll be there."
"Of course where else would I be?" Taker said.
"What did Kayla and them want?" Sammy asked.
"They got Kane a phone." Taker said smiling.
"Kane with a phone will wonders never cease." Sammy said smiling at the image of Kane trying to learn to use a phone.
"Yeah you should have seen him. But we'll talk about it more in the morning I'm bushed." He said getting up.
He reached out his hand to help her up then together they headed to bed.
Kayla/Kane
Kayla woke up suddenly several hours later. She was firmly in the middle of the people pile lying between Wade and Vanessa.
She stretched and yawned, then carefully moved out of the bed so that she wouldn't disturb Cassie, Vanessa or Wade.
She moved in to the other room and took a seat on the couch, phone in hand.
I wonder how Kane's doing with the phone? She thought.
Maybe I should text? Or call?
She shrugged and called his number.
Kane was sitting in the living room area of their hotel just staring at the phone thinking when it began to ring. He waited a moment then realized it said Kayla on the front so he picked it up and slid the green thing to make it answer.
"Hello Kayla." He said into it.
"Yo, what up? It's been a minute," Kayla said when Kane had answered.
"No it's been longer than that." Kane said. "What up with you." He said mimicking her speech.
"Eh. Nothing. Literally nothing. Everyone's still sleeping and I'm beyond bored," Kayla said.
"I am too." Kane said. "J.J. is still asleep. I want to wake her up."
Kayla laughed.
"Nah, let her sleep. She probably needs it," Kayla said.
"Want to go for coffee with me or something?" she added somewhat hesitantly.
"Ok." Kane said. "I need to get dressed. I'll meet you outside your room in fifteen. Is that enough time?"
"That's plenty," Kayla said.
"I don't need much time. V, on the other hand takes like an hour," she added with a laugh.
"See you in a few." Kane said before hanging up.
Kane was ready to go in five minutes. Then he paced for the other ten before heading to Kayla's room.
Kayla found herself smiling as she took a quick shower, and then slipped in to a pair of jeans and a hoody.
This should be fun. She thought.
I've never been great at making friends... but it's actually pretty easy with Kane. Maybe being friend zoned isn't so bad.
She had just put on her boots and slung her bag over her shoulder when there was a knock on the door.
Kane waited for Kayla to answer. He hadn't gone out with anyone for anything without J.J. in a long time. Would she be upset?
Kayla opened the door and closed it quietly behind her, then she looked up at Kane and smiled.
"Hey there," she said.
"Hey there." Kane said sounding almost exactly like Taker.
"Where do you feel like heading?" Kayla asked as she began heading to the stairwell out of long habit.
"Wow, you and Taker really do sound similar," Kayla said with a laugh.
Kane just laughed and followed her to the stairwell. "The restaurant will be good enough then J.J. can find me." He said.
"Did you forget that she can just call you now?" Kayla asked with a grin.
"Oh I forgot it in the room." Kane said sheepishly as they hit the bottom of the stairs.
Kayla smiled.
"No big. We can head back for it if you want," Kayla said
"No I'll remember it next time. She knows I won't go far." Kane said heading toward the restaurant.
Kay. Do you mind if I go out for a smoke before we get coffee? Nicotine cravings," Kayla said.
"You crave something that is bad for you?" Kane asked somewhat bewildered.
"Yep... pretty much," Kayla said with a shrug.
"I've been smoking since I was 15. Becoming dependent on the nicotine is an unfortunate side effect of smoking them," she added.
"Is craving chocolate the same thing?" Kane asked following her outside. "Can someone become dependent on it?"
"Nah, chocolate doesn't come with the same risks as cigarettes," Kayla said.
"They do stimulate the same part of the brain though. It's the pleasure center I think. When you're a smoker, your body goes in to this kind of loop. You smoke and feel good and rewarded. But as soon as you're done, your body starts craving again. It gets more and more intense until you have the urge to smoke... then it starts the cycle all over again," Kayla said.
"Why? Who eats that much chocolate? J.J.?" Kayla asked.
"No." Kane said guiltily. "Me."
"Why would you think it was J.J.?" Kane asked.
Kayla shrugged, and then she laughed.
"Um. Well. This is kind of personal but fuck it. Cassie, like a week before she gets her period, has crazy cravings for sweet things. Chocolate mainly but anything will do if she's desperate enough," Kayla said.
"What's a period?" Kane asked.
Oh my fucking... fuck... what the actual shit is happening right now? Kayla thought as she tried not to break in to hysterical laughter.
"Um. It's... well... Um... It's something that most women get every 28 days if they aren't pregnant. The... Um... Fuck me, something. women who can bare children have eggs stored in their reproductive systems. I'm sure there are diagrams or whatever online. Anyway, if the egg isn't used, the body gets rid of it by, um, bleeding it out basically. The blood comes out... um... down there," Kayla said gesturing at her crotch and looking incredibly embarrassed
"J.J. doesn't bleed." Kane said. "Well she did when she got hit by the trashcan during the hardcore match but I knew she was alright because she got back up and kept shooting. But she doesn't bleed from down there." Kane added pointing to Kayla's crotch.
"Does it hurt when you bleed down there." He asked pointing to her crotch again.
"Neither do I," Kayla said.
"They were able to give me, um, a female looking... you know... but not the reproductive system," Kayla said.
"But J.J.'s not like you." Kane said carefully editing his words in case someone should hear.
"No, I don't think so," Kayla said.
"Cassie usually gets abdominal cramps and sometimes back aches but I don't think the bleeding itself hurts," she added.
"Oh." Kane said. "Pain down there is not good. I've been kicked there enough to know."
Kayla shook her head.
"Some women who are born women don't have one. Sometimes sexual abuse can cause damage to that part of the body... things like that," she said.
"Someone hurt her." Kane said stiffening. "That is likely why." He said nodding.
Kayla rested a hand against Kane's arm.
"I'm sorry; I didn't mean to make this upsetting," she said meeting his gaze.
"Had he not already been dead when I found out he would be now." Kane said his eyes hard as steel.
Kayla nodded.
"I get it," she said.
"To say that Vanessa had a crap childhood would be an understatement. I don't know the whole story and probably never will, but there was definitely some major sexual trauma done to her," she added.
"Should I kill the person that hurt her." Kane asked his eyes still steely.
Kayla shook her head.
"He can't hurt her any more. If he's still around, he's miles away," Kayla said. "In jail where he belongs," she added.
"Does she still bleed?" Kane asked surprising himself.
"Yeah, she does," Kayla said.
"Then why doesn't J.J.?" Kane asked his eyes softened. "Is it because J.J. can't have children?"
"Yeah, it probably is," Kayla said.
"That's shit; you guys would be amazing parents and your kids would be gorgeous," she added.
"But there are other options of course," she said after a moment.
"When we were separated I dreamed of her having my children. They were beautiful. She was a good mother. Then when we found each other again she told me she couldn't have any." Kane said looking off into the distance. "We have discussed the other options." Kane added with a smile.
"I think I'm going to hug you now," Kayla said.
"It'll make me feel better," she added.
"I think me too." Kane said wrapping his arm around her.
Kayla wrapped her arms around him and squeezed.
"Can we go have coffee now? Or do you still crave nicotine." He asked with a smile.
"Yeah, I'm good. Lead the way," Kayla said.
Kane released his grip on her and they walked to the restaurant and ordered coffee.
Neither one of them saw Hunter standing in the parking lot staring at them.
"Sooo, what should we talk about?" Kayla asked with a smile.
"I'm basically the world's most antisocial person - I never do this kind of thing. But it's easy with you," she said.
"You are nowhere near as antisocial as I am." He said. "Remember I grew up without other people around."
Kayla shrugged.
"You do alright. I mean that," she said.
"Like I told J.J. after Wade called me Katelin Jenner, I've never really fit in anywhere. My parents dyed when I was 12. Me and Tye were moved in to a foster home and I... didn't cope very well. I was angry all the time... There were explosions sometimes.
"Then I hit high school and everyone thought I was that weird, angry kid. Then I realized I was Trans and I started transitioning... so people thought I was that weird, pissed off kid in drag.
"Anyway, I managed to get in to college and quickly got caught up in the party scene. There were a lot of girls and they didn't know anything about me. So then I became known as 'Kayla who will fuck anything.
"Then I joined the USMC. Don't ask don't tell was still going on then so yeah. People thought of me as that weird butch dyke. It didn't make a difference when I rose up the ranks either.
Then the accident happened and I felt like a total freak that no one could ever want," she said.
"Sorry for all that... you don't need to hear all of my shit. This was supposed to be fun, not Kayla's personal therapy session," she added.
"After all that I would say you do ok too." Kane said.
They began chatting about this and that mostly both of them keeping it light rather than them mentioning anything that might hurt the other.
After a while Kane started laughing, really hard for no apparent reason.
"I don't get it," Kayla said in confusion.
Hardly able to talk for laughing Kane managed to get out. "I have a really bad idea." Then burst into laughter again.
"Okay? Hit me with it," Kayla said.
Kane took a few deep breaths trying to calm himself.
After a moment he asked still giggling. "Can phones make secret calls?"
"Secret calls? You can dial a code that prevents your number from showing up on someone else's phone, but I don't know if that's what you mean," Kayla said.
"Yes can you show me the code and let me use your phone." Kane said bursting into uproarious laughter again.
"Yeah, sure," Kayla said as she removed her phone from her bag and handed it to Kane.
The code is *667 then the number you want to call," she said.
Kane took the phone and started laughing again.