Disclaimer: I own myself and the idea. Vinnie owns the rest.
Distribution: Mirrors, Flights.
Notes: I actually decided to work on the Normal fic… go figure.

Kat's POV

Ok, so maybe saying it's paradise is overdoing it… but still it's pretty good, you know? Yeah, we only get to spend about two days a week together, three or four when he has house shows not too far away but still, it's pretty damn good, you know? We see each other just enough for me to miss him and for him not to start getting on my nerves. I don't get questions about where I'm going, who I'm spending my time with… none of that stuff. And I get a boyfriend who makes plenty of money, which means I can still spend most of my money on me, which I enjoy… a lot.

Andrew's POV

Oh yeah, I've got it made man! Paradise? You bet! My girlfriend is the hottest thing around! And always horny for me! God, every time we're together, it's like we haven't see each other in months. She jumps my bones and damn it, I love her for it! She knows better than to constantly bug me about where I am, who I'm with, what I'm doing. She knows I have a life on the road and that's fine by her. I don't mean I cheat on her… I could but I don't. She'd never forgive me. And since she's got a good job and she's not into material things so much, I know I can keep my dough for the fun stuff. Yeah, I'm telling you, my life is paradise.

Kat's POV

I have two new messages on the answering machine when I get home. So I press PLAY while I take my shoes off and listen.

BEEP!

"Hey Kat, it's Julie. Listen, if we're going to go apartment shopping tomorrow, eleven might be a little late. Let's make it nine instead. Call me."

BEEP!

"Hey sexy! It's Andrew. How are you? Listen, I just got in town and I just want to make sure you can't join me in Albany? Come on baby, it'll be so much fun. And you know Adam and Jason would love to see you again! Call me."
Sighing, I pick up the phone and call Andrew back.
"Kat! You coming?"

Andrew's POV

I hear her sigh on the other end and God, I hate it when she does that. Makes me feel like an idiot kid who doesn't know shit.
"You know I can't come Andrew. We've been through this."
"Yeah but this is the last time we're going to be this close to you in the next couple of months. Don't you want to spend more time with me?"
"Of course I do but I also have to find an apartment in the next three months so that Julie can get out of her lease without having to pay a penalty."
"You can do that next week."
"I already rescheduled her twice to spend time with you. I can't do that to her again."
"But it's ok to leave me hanging high and dry."

Kat's POV

God, he makes me want to cry sometimes. He's so… I mean, it's not like I don't want to be with him but my parents are selling the house and moving into an apartment in July and there is no way I'm going to be living in a cramped apartment with my parents instead of moving into a roomy apartment with a good friend. I want that independence.
"What kind of girlfriend do you want to have Andrew? The kind who dumps her friends at the drop of a hat all the time?"
"I want a girlfriend who's with me when I need her to be."
"I was with you the last two weekends Andrew and I cancelled on Julie. I owe her this much."

Andrew's POV

"What about what you owe me?"
"Excuse me?"
"Thanks to me, you met all the WWF superstars you only dreamt of…"
"Stop it right there Andrew Martin! I didn't ask to meet any of these people! I wanted to be with you!"
"That didn't stop you from boring them with all of your questions!"
"They didn't seem bored when I was talking to them."
"…"
Truth is, they liked her but I'm making a point here.
"Well, I'm not sorry I did ask those questions. You're just ticked because I'm not coming to Albany this weekend. So get it straight… again. Me, you Albany, this weekend? That's not happening. You can be an adult about it or whine like a baby, it's not going to make it happen more."
"Fine!"
God, I hate how stubborn she is all the time. I just want a little time with my girlfriend. Whoever said that was a crime? Don't I at least deserve that much?

Kat's POV

Whoo hoo!!! Dating a younger man is such wicked fun! What a fucking crock! That just means they're bigger babies! Drop everything and go on the road with him? God! I like my freaking independence. Being on the road with him, though fun, is exhausting.
I always have to make sure he's nearby because I hate getting lost in those huge arenas and having to ask everyone for directions. Then there's the fact that I have to act like we're strangers when we're in public together to preserve storylines. It's the downfall, you know? Yeah, I get to date a wrestler but it's not always so glamorous because we can't really be together.

Andrew's POV

I might as well call her back. Getting mad by myself won't solve anything.
"Hello?"
"Kat, it's me."
"You know, I get bitched at by customers on a daily basis. They always want the impossible and I can't give it to them and in the two years I have been doing this job, it has never brought me to the point of tears, not when they insulted me, my intelligence, my heritage, my integrity, nothing… but you, in a few words, you are making me want to crawl under a desk and disappear."
"Kat…"
"You were hurtful and mean and I can't deal with you being like that with me. Good night."
Well, color me an idiot.

Kat's POV

Ok, so maybe I overreacted. Maybe he wasn't that hurtful… maybe they did hate all of my questions… maybe I should tell Julie I'll reschedule and go spend time with my boyfriend before he dumps me for one of the beautiful women he works with. I mean, so what if I move into another apartment with my parents. Naturally, that'll mean he won't be able to sleep over as much as here, in the basement, and definitely no sex while they're there… but it's not that bad, you know? I mean, I'll keep him in my life… and that'll be my little bit of paradise.

Andrew's POV

"What's with the long face man?" Jason asks me, coming up to me.
"Kat's not coming."
"I thought that was already settled. She's going apartment hunting right? Did you tell her to get a place with a guest room for me Adam?"
"Funny."
"What's wrong?"
"We had a bit of a fight."
"Shit. I'm sorry man."
"I think she dumped me."
"What did she say?"
"She told me she couldn't deal with me being hurtful and mean like that…"
"Fuck man, what did you do?"
I fucked up?

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