Chapter 6
Cody watched in amazement as Jenna actually took him up on his offer to sleep next to him. In his arms even. He couldn't even begin to describe the emotions his was feeling right now. It had been so long since she was even this close to him, never-mind even in his arms. He closed his eyes and sighed. He had missed this. This is how they used to sleep at night together; wrapped up in each others arms, listening to her even breathing. He reached down and ran his fingers threw her hair; it still felt like silk on his fingers. He found himself drifting off to sleep too, thinking about how this woman still made his heart melt.
She woke up with a start an hour later. Randy had finally pulled over for a rest stop. He had stopped at one of those random rest areas that looked more like a park with a few picnic tables and building that contained bathrooms and vending machines. Cody's arms were still wrapped around her tight; she tapped on his forearm to loosen up. She smiled at him as they untangled themselves from each others embrace, "Have a nice nap, Jenna?" Cody asked as he stretched. She nodded, not understanding why that nap wrapped up in his arms was the best nap she had probably ever had.
As the four of them stood around, stretching and enjoying the fresh air, she felt Randy's cold eyes staring at her. It made her uneasy. It was going to be a long two weeks if he kept acting like this towards her. She didn't even know him, he had no reason to act like this around her. It was starting to bother her enough to finally say something about it. "Randy, is there a reason you look like you're trying to shoot lasers at me with your eyes?"
He tilted his head to the left and continued to stare at her. "Yeah, there is. I'm still trying to figure out why you're here; and why you've suddenly decided to give my friend another chance. Something isn't adding up here. That, and I think that your attitude, walking around like you're better than everyone, sucks."
"You know nothing about me, Randy. I just met you two days ago; I have given you no reason for you to not like me. If anyone walks around like they're better than everyone else, it's obviously you!"
Cody saw that the heated exchange was about to get out of control between his wife and his friend and stepped in. "Randy, I explained this to you earlier today. We're going to try and work this out between us and see what happens."
"Do you want me to leave, Randy? Because I would be more than happy to get on a flight and head back to Minneapolis right now rather than ride in a car with you for another second," she said as her dark brown eyes flared with annoyance at the tall smirking man. Jenna had only known him for a few days, but she already knew that Randy was someone that she was not going to be able to tolerate.
"Jenna, you're not leaving. We have a deal," Cody interjected. "Randy, whatever imaginary problem you have with my wife, you are just going to have to get over it. She's traveling with us for two weeks. So you're just going to have to get over it; or we're not going to travel with you."
Randy continued his cold stare down at Jenna. She felt the frustration rising up in her quickly and decided to take a deep breathe and remove herself from the situation. Cody watched Jenna walk away. "What is your problem, Randy?" he said as he took off after his wife.
"Jenna, wait up!"
Randy and Ted watched the couple walk off. "Seriously, Randy. What is your problem with her?" Ted asked.
"I don't know exactly; but there is something about her that I just don't like."
"Well, whatever it is, you need to get over it."
"Yeah, I'll think about that, Ted," Randy said as he rolled his eyes at Ted.
Cody finally caught up with Jenna. She was leaning against a tree with her eyes closed. "Hey."
