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Randy pulled out the chair for me at the table and I quickly sat down. I had to admit that being here with him wasn't half bad. He was being a complete gentleman, and he wasn't pushing her for anything. Maybe he was only interested in getting his name in the paper too, and getting more people aware of him as a talent. I didn't know all that much about wrestling, but that seemed like something all the guys would want. More exposure. As Randy took his seat I looked up into his eyes.
"So thank you for coming out with me Hayley, I know you probably had a ton of other things to do."
"Actually I didn't and well this is a good thing for the paper and for me, so why wouldn't I want to be here?"
"Have you finished up with Zach and his piece yet?"
"Actually no, things keep getting involved in what I'm doing and it never gets a chance to finish, but I did get to ask him a few questions."
"So what do you think of him?"
"He's an inspiration of course. I think the WWE is pushing that a little hard right now. He is only one man, and although I think that everything said about him is warranted, I don't think pushing him this hard is going to be good for him in the long run. It is actually great because he's one the best people to talk to and have it be natural."
"Hey! You haven't tried the Orton style yet!"
"Well then why don't we get started so you can paint that picture for me, shall we?"
"Sure ask me anything you want, only..."
"Only what?"
"I want to able to ask you things too; get to know you better, if that's alright?"
"Sure but why would you want too? I'm an open book though, so ask anything you want."
"Why are you single?" "Who said I was single Randy?"
"A vibe you give off."
"I tend to give those off a lot."
"I didn't hit a nerve did I?" He asked noticing the look on my face at his words about me having a vibe that I give off. I had already been over this earlier with Zach and was trying to do my best not to think about it again. I really had to make sure I stopped hanging out with wrestlers, or I wouldn't have anything that wasn't a vibe about me.
"No you didn't and in answer to your question, I have yet to meet someone who isn't trying to get into my pants. So how about I start asking you questions now?"
"Ask away, I'm as open as you are."
"How long have you known that you wanted to be a pro wrestler?"
"Ever since I was a kid. I remember being in the locker room a lot of wrestlers would be over to the house, guys my dad would work with like Piper, Greg Valentine and Hulk Hogan. I guess growing up around them inspired me, and I kind of liked the lifestyle. It sounded fun and interesting. My dad was always gone. I missed him and everything, but I knew he was out wrestling and I'd see him on TV. I knew my dad did not have a nine-to-five job. He would come home for two days and be gone for a couple of months. I figured he was having a blast."
"When did you earnestly start working to achieve this goal?"
"I guess about four years ago I started getting into the ring. I had wrestled in high school. My dad would come over and roll around on the mat and show me some things but it was more mat wrestling. It wasn't high spots off the ropes or anything like that. I learned chain wresting and technical stuff first and I'm brushing up on it now. I think we're going back toward that, with less punching and kicking and slowing things down because of injuries."
"Do you get injured a lot doing what you do? I'm asking this from a non fan standpoint of course."
"I've had two minor injuries that took me out of action for good amounts of time, but I'm injury free right now. I think hurting yourself is always something that can happen in this line of work, you can't avoid it sometimes. You just have to be more careful of what you do that's all."
"How much pressure is there being third-generation wrestler?"
"There's definitely pressure carrying my name. When I got to Louisville, I was 20 and most of the guys here were 28 or 30. I was by far the youngest. I came walking in not knowing much of anything. I never had hit the ropes except when I was a kid. They saw a kid who obviously got a deal for certain reasons. I ended up proving myself and proved to be a quick learner. It's really good if you know somebody, but that can only get you so far. It was up to me to take it the rest of the way."
"I can understand that, I actually got my job as editor because my brother stepped down in his senior year and told everyone I would make them proud, and there were a lot of people that doubted me."
"So they doubt you now? After doing it for so long?"
"Not as much anymore, because they know I will bend over backwards to get what I want, and to make the paper the best thing out there."
"You seem very driven."
"When it's something I want, then yes I'm very driven."
"How would you feel about skipping out on dinner and going for a drive? You can show me some places around here that you like to go to."
I had to think about this for a moment, was this really something I wanted to be doing with Randy tonight? Right now we were in the safety of the restaurant and I didn't think anything would happen sitting here. But to be alone in his car, where he called all the shots, well the idea I had to admit scared me a little.
"Sure Randy sounds like a good idea."
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"She went where?"
"Zach she went out with Randy. What I don't get is why you aren't out with her right now and he is. Didn't you tell me that you liked her or something?"
"Yeah I do like her, and I asked her to come out with me, and she isn't interested. At first I thought it was because she didn't want to date at all, but now that you tell me she's out with Orton, it makes me realize my gut was right. She just didn't want to get involved with someone with one leg."
"Oh Jesus Zach, I don't think it's that at all. You probably just took her off guard."
"Oh yeah, then why right now, is she out with Randy and not me?"
"Because you didn't stick around and make her want you. She's probably out with Orton for some normal reason we don't know."
"What would that possibly be?"
"I can answer that one for you both." Ariel said stepping into the room and pecking Brock gently on the cheek.
"What do you know about this Ariel?"
"She's taking Randy up on his offer to be in our newspaper that's all. Zach she does like you, I gathered that much from our talk earlier, but she just doesn't know how to approach it right now. I've given her advice and it's up to her to take it."
"She likes me you say?"
"Yes, you're telling you that you can't tell?"
"Why would she like a guy with one leg?"
"Okay I'm not even giving you an answer on that. If you think that way after everything you've dealt with then I can't help you out here. I just came to tell you guys that you need to go after them."
"Why should we go after them?"
"Because she just called me silly! She said that they nixed dinner and were going for a drive in Randy's rental car. That spells trouble to me for some reason and I don't know why. But I do think you should go after her."
"You actually think Orton would hurt her babe?"
"If he doesn't get what he wants, I think he will do more then hurt her."
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