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Scott Hall's POV
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As I sit here in the hotel room by myself, I find my mind running back to the conversation that Kev and I had a couple of weeks ago; that night when it was just the two of us, and we started talking about Jolene.
Kev's going to be making a move on her soon, and honestly, I just don't know what to do. What can I do? He all but admitted that he's fuckin' in-love with her.
I have to do something, though, don't I? Even if Joli doesn't necessarily feel the same way about me that I feel about her, I've got to at least let her know I love her, too.
Goddamn, this is rough. I've never been so fuckin' nervous about a woman in my entire life, but Joli's different. I've never quite met anyone who makes me feel the way that she does. Joli just brings out the better parts of me and she makes me so happy. She's everything I've ever wanted or needed.
Ideally, I'll be able to talk to her before Kev gets the chance. I know he wouldn't pressure her into anything, but I'd like to be the one to throw that shit out there first. My mind is spinning just thinking of this.
Maybe I could just call her up and admit my feelings to her? No, fuck, I can't do that. She'd be so confused if I just called her out of the blue and told her that I'm in love with her. That'd be so lame.
Okay, surely I can come up with a better plan? I could just ask her out to dinner or out to a movie or something, and somewhere along the way I could ask her if she'd like to make it a date. It's not necessarily the most smooth way that I could do it, but I'm sure it could work.
Or, maybe I should just drop it on her when she gets back to work? I could pull her off to the side after Nitro and just tell her then. No, shit, I can't do that; Kev will have probably made his move by then. I'm stumped.
I might talk to Kid about this when he gets back. I mean, if I want to go to anyone about it, he's my best choice. Shawn and Paul don't really know Joli all that well, and like hell I'm going to Dallas. He'd end telling her for me, and I don't want that.
I run a hand through my hair as I stand up off the bed and walk over to the large mirror on the wall. I look myself over a couple of times as I try to come up with some sort of game plan. I should probably just tell Joli how I feel, but for the first time in my goddamn life, I'm nervous about ruining a relationship.
She's hurt and so am I. Neither of us have the best track record when it comes to being with someone, but I really believe Joli and I could make it work. It just all depends on what she wants.
I shove my hands into my pockets right as I hear a shuffle at the door. A couple of moments later, the door opens, revealing a grinning Kid. He's carrying enough beer to last the two of us until Kev gets here tomorrow.
"I hope I wasn't gone too long. You didn't get bored without me, did you?" Kid jokes as he closes the door behind him.
"Nah, it's fine, man. Hand me one of those." I send him a grin as I walk back over to my bed and sit down. I open the damn bottle up the moment he hands it to me. "Thanks."
"No problem." Kid replies cheerfully as he grabs a drink for himself. He takes a seat in the office chair and kicks back in it before opening his beer.
"You're in an awfully good mood tonight. I'm assuming that chick you met at the signing was a damn good lay, huh?" I send him a wink before taking a long drink.
"Oh, she was great." Kid sighs happily. "Definitely the best I've been with in quite a long time."
"That's good! I'm glad you had fun." I chuckle. We fall into this silence for a moment, where we're just enjoying our drinks.
Should I go ahead and talk to Kid about Joli? Yeah, I might as well, right?
"Kid?" He looks over at me when I say his name. "I need your help with something, but it's a little out there. It's not the kind of shit we usually talk about."
"Yeah, man, of course. You know I'll always do anything that I can to help you out. You're one of my best friends." Kid grins, still looking as happy as ever. "What is it?"
"Well, I don't guess there's any reason to beat around the damn bush." I let out a small, nervous laugh. "I love Joli and I don't know how to tell her. Kev loves her, too, and I think he's going to try and talk to her about it sometime soon."
"Oh God, Scott," Kid groans as he slaps a hand on his head, "I don't know what to do about this. I knew this day would come, but I didn't think I'd be the one you came to."
"I really don't know what to do, man. How do I tell her?" I need some sort of help with this!
"The best thing I can say is to be upfront about it. I mean, the worst thing she can say is that she's not interested, right? I always thought it was strange, the way you three got along sometimes. If you and Kev both love her, I'd say it's pretty damn likely that she likes the both of you, too." Oh come on, that's exactly what I was afraid of!
"So do I just spring it on her? What if she actually doesn't give a shit about me that way, though? What if she's only interested in Kev?" There are so many possibilities as to how Joli could feel and it's making my head spin.
"The only way that you're going to find any of that out is by asking her, man. You have to talk to her."
"Do I do it in person, or do I call her? I'm lost, Kid. I really am. I've never been this damn worried about screwing something up with a girl before. I love her." I lean my head back against the headboard and cast my gaze to the ceiling. Really, what should I do?
"Scott, man, you've got to just go for it. I mean, I want to help you, I really, truly do. It's just..." Kid trails off and I look over at him, giving him a joking look.
"What," I tease, "do you love Joli too?"
"Huh?" Kid blinks before shaking his head and furrowing his brows. "No! I mean, not in the way you guys love her. She's like my big sister or some shit like that." He then sighs and leans forward, propping his elbows up on his knees. "I just really don't know if I should really be getting in the middle of all of this. I love you, and Kev, and Joli way too much to tell you what to do."
I understand where he's coming from, and honestly, I probably should've just come up with something myself. I wish he'd be able to give me some sort of idea, but I'm not going to pressure him about it. I appreciate Kid just talking to me, honestly.
"No, man, I get it. Thanks anyway." I give Kid a grin before taking another long drink of my beer. I'm going to drink a lot tonight, I know that much.
"I'm sorry. I really am." Kid frowns. "Besides, I'm really not the best person to go to for relationship advice, anyway. I've never been able to keep a woman for more than a few months."
"We're a sorry ass group, aren't we? You, me, Kev, and Joli. We're all fuckin' horrible at love." I laugh and so does Kid. He nods and sends me a grin as he replies.
"We've all fucked up a time or two along the way, but that's fine, you know? We'll all figure life and love and all that out eventually."
"You're right." I agree, swinging my bottle. "Here's to hoping for the best?"
"Why do you sound so confused about it? If you're going to have a toast, you've got to be confident about it!" Kid chuckles as he raises his bottle into air. "Here's to hoping for the best! May love explain itself to us so that we're not so goddamn confused about it all the time!"
"And may I figure out what the fuck I'm supposed to do about Joli." I add, raising up my bottle.
"Yeah!"
Kid and I hold our bottles out towards one another as a way to clink to them from across the room before we both take long drinks. I chug the remainder of my beer before sitting the empty bottle down in the floor and standing up.
"Hey, hand me another one man. You got anything else that you need to do tonight?" I hold my hand out while Kid leans over to grab me another beer. He passes me a bottle and I open it immediately.
"Nah, I'm good. I'm probably going to go see that chick from the signing again in the morning, though. She said she's leaving town around ten, but she also said that I could meet her at her hotel around seven." Kid grins. I gently thump his head as I take a drink.
"I'm surprised you've not just invited her back here. Wouldn't be the first time you've gotten it on with me in the room." I comment before sitting back down on my bed. Kid shrugs and laughs even more.
"I love how you go from trying to get relationship advice from me one minute to telling me have sex in your presence. That's a big change, man."
"Oh shut up. I try to help you out and that what's you say to me?" I laugh as I pick a pillow up and chuck it at his head. Kid tries to duck, but when does, he nearly ends up falling out of the chair. I shake my head as I watch him readjust himself in his seat. "That's what you get!"
"You're so mean, Scott." Kid whines as he bends over and picks up the pillow. "You know that?"
"I actually don't think I'm mean at all." I barely have time to talk before Kid throws the pillow back at me. I duck out of the way just in time, and the pillow smacks the wall beside of me. "All right, if that's the game you want to play..."
I take a long chug of my beer before sitting it down on the nightstand beside of me. If I'm going to get into some damn pillow fight with Kid, shit, I'm going to be boozed up for it. Out of the corner of my eye, I see him sit his bottle down, too; as I grab the pillows on my bed, he grabs the ones on his.
I still don't know what I'm going to do about my feelings for Joli. I love her more than I've ever loved anyone in this world, aside from my little Codster. I guess I'll just talk to her the first chance I get; whatever happens, happens. Joli, babe, I hope you're willing to give me a chance, even though I know it's entirely possible you won't.
I really do love you, Jolene.
"You'll never take me down, fucker!" Kid exclaims as he starts flinging pillows at my head. I dodge all but one of them, and it hits me square in the forehead.
Oh, it's on.