"Isn't marriage a great thing to have? And doesn't it make you think of the greater things in life?" Randy Orton said as he was watching his best friend, Chris Jericho-Brooks dancing with his remarried husband, Phil Brooks.
Randy could see that Chris and Phil both looked so happy to be together again and Randy smiled at the couple dancing on the floor.
"It is very disgusting at how they are so happy to be together," Jason 'Jay' Reso joked beside him.
Randy laughed brightly and glanced over at Jay who was taking a sip of red wine. "That is so very true, Jay," he grinned, shoving his hands into the pockets of his trousers.
Jay pulled a face of annoyance at him and Randy laughed again. Jay wasn't that far from being married as well, he was getting married to Adam Barrett's younger sister and he wasn't very pleased about it.
"Is Adam still trying to force you to marry his sister?" Randy asked with a teasing smile.
Jay rolled his eyes. "Yeah, he is very determined for me to marry Nicole," Jay said, sighing and he shifted a little. "Adam really wants his sister to be around me and wants me to be a part of the family. Why would a brother arrange for his sister anyway? I just don't understand it at all."
"There are properly much more worse women or men for you to marry," Randy said, thinking of his past. "I am very sure of it, Jay."
Jay winced a little at him sadily. "Do you still have no word of John yet?" he asked, slowly taking another sip of his red wine.
Randy shook his head in frustration. "No, I have not," he said quietly. "Besides, I had only started to look for him. He will be sure to turn up anyway."
"Why the heck are you looking for him anyway, Randy?" Jay shook his head a little at his friend. "You really shouldn't go back down that road, Randy. Why don't you just forget about him? Just move on forward with your life. You would really be better off without that man."
Randy glanced over at him again very slowly. "I really do know that I am better off without him," he replied, folding his arms across his chest. "But I am not really looking for him to welcome him back into my life..."
Jay groaned in annoyance and rolled his eyes again. "Then why in the bloody hell would you hire an investigator to find John, for goodness sake?" he tutted at him. "You really have to let go of the past, Randy. You really have to get over John. Please move on with your life, Randy."
Randy was very quiet for a long time and he bit his lip nervously. He really did want to know where John was and he knew that he shouldn't care about him; but he really did still care about John. He knew that he should be just forgetting about John, but he just couldn't do that.
"To be honest, I want to get some answers from him," Randy muttered very slowly. "I just really want to know that nothing has happened to John at all."
Jay raised an eyebrow at him in amusement and took another sip of his wine. "After what we had done to you, I can imagine that he is feeling very stupid." he said honestly. "And I wouldn't want to show my damned face if I was him."
Randy shrugged his shoulders. "Maybe you are right, Jay..." he mumbled.
Why did he even care about John? Why was he even worried about him? And why the hell couldn't he get the older man out of his head?
For six months, they have been apart and all he could think about was John; even after what he had done to him...
Jay leaned beside Randy and rested his head on the younger man's shoulder gently. "Well, it is all really up to you anyway, Randy," he said, as he glanced around the room at the wedding reception. "Oh, great. Looks like Hunter Helmsley did actually come afterall. I didn't actually think taht he would have come. Guess I was wrong again like last time."
Hunter Helmsley was making his way through a crowd and a lot of people felt that he was very unapproachable because of his mean demeanor. And his only friends were Randy, Jay and Chris he didn't count on anyone else as his friends.
"I am sorry that I am very late, you guys," Hunter said politely as he approached the two younger men; he gazed over to the dance floor and he stopped when he was looking at Chris and Phil. "Well, how did the ceremony do, guys?"
"Oh, it was absolutely wonderful, Hunter!" Jay was being sarcastic. "It was all that they were hoping for again. Chris was just happy to be with Phil again."
Hunter chuckled very dryly. "That poor guy," he grinned mischievously. "Should I offer my condolences or my congratulations?"
Randy smiled softly. "Hey, guys, Phil is a very nice guy, remember?" he said. "Chris is very lucky guy to have someone like Phil."
Hunter glanced over to Jay with a teasing look in his eyes. "You're not that far from getting married yourself, right?" he chuckled softly at him.
Jay swore at him and gave him a middle finger. "Don't talk about it at Chris and Phil's wedding," he poured himself another glass of red wine. "I care about theirs more than mine."
Randy felt his phone vibrate in his pocket and he got it out of his pocket. He frowned at who he saw was calling. "Excuse me for a while, guys," he said. "I will have to take this call."
Hunter and Jay watched him wander out of the building and he answered the call.
"Austin," he said with a hoarse greeting.
"I think that I have found you John," his investigator, Steve Austin, said in his Texan accent.
Randy tensed up a little and his heart skipped a beat. "Where is he, Austin?" he asked quietly.
"He is in Houston and he is working in a diner here," Austin replied. "I can get you some photos and a full report for you by tomorrow afternoon."
"No, you don't have to, Austin," Randy shook his head quickly. "I can go there and I am already in Texas anyway. I can get to Houston in about a couple of hours."
"Should I tell my man to back off then?" Austin asked him.
Randy bit his lip tightly. "If it is John, I will know for sure. If it is not, I will tell you so that you can continue on with your investigation," Randy explained calmly. "I can go all by myself anyway."
A few hours later, Randy had pulled up at the coffee shop and wondered why John would work at a place like this.
He walked into the cafe and sat down at the fartherest table at the far side of the cafe. Randy glanced around and saw a waiter with his back to him, waiting at a table across the cafe. He knew that straightaway that it was John. It was most definitely him.
He saw John turn around and Randy turned extremely pale by the site of him.
What the fricking hell? Randy thought in shock.
There was no mistaking it. John was pregnant and he was very pregnant. He was even more pregnant than Phil by the looks of it.
Their eyes both met each other and John's eyes widened in shock at seeing Randy. John was suddenly looking at him with coldness and hatred. Randy watched in surprise as John turned away from him and quickly rushed through the kitchen doors, disappearing from his view.
Randy was sure as hell wasn't expecting to find John so heavily pregnant in a place like this.
Pregnant... Randy took a very slow, deep breath. Just how long had he been pregnant? He had to at least be about six or seven months pregnant. Possibly much more than that.
Dread and regret was going through his mind as he continued to be thinking about John.
If he was about seven months pregnant, then there was a possibility that it could be Randy's child...
Or that it could be his stepbrother's...
I hope you like this sequel! :) Who should be Randy's stepbrother in later chapters? :)
