A/N: Ok so I am back with a new story, Finding Love Again. Please let me know what you think & if you like it or if I should trash it. Enjoy the first chapter!
Summer 2005
It was early June, and as Randy Orton began to wake up, he could feel the warm sun on his face through the windows. He immediately rolled over to wrap his arm around her, but was quickly disappointed when he realized the spot next to him was empty. As he glanced at the alarm clock, he groaned out loud. "7 AM! It's too early!"
It was then he heard giggles coming from the master bathroom, and he couldn't help but smile as his girlfriend Mackenzie Dodson came into view. "Aw, is it too early in the morning for my big tough boyfriend?" she asked sarcastically.
Randy smirked as she once again disappeared and rubbed his hands over his face. The day before, a Monday, he met with Vince McMahon and although he still didn't know how, he was able to take off work for a whole week. After Raw was finished taping, he caught the red eye to St. Louis and needless to say surprised Mackenzie.
"I'm surprised your not tired," he called. "We were up pretty much half the night," he said with a smile, recalling the night's activities.
"I am tired," Mackenzie said from the bathroom. "But I also went to bed early fully knowing I had to be at the hospital at 8."
"You have to work today?" Randy whined. "I was hoping to spend the day together!"
As Mackenzie walked back into the bedroom donned in her hospital scrubs, he knew she really did have to go. Even when her blonde hair was in a high pony tail and barely any makeup covered her face, to Randy, Mackenzie was still the most beautiful woman on the face of the earth. Even back in junior high he knew he wanted to be with this girl forever, and had every intention on making that dream a reality.
"I'm sorry baby," she said, sticking out her lower lip and carefully climbing on top of him. "I didn't know you would be home so early, but I only have to work until 4. Then we have the whole evening to ourselves and I already planned on talking with one of my co-workers about switching some days so I can be home more this week. How does that sound?"
"It sounds perfect," he whispered as he leaned up and gently kissed Mackenzie. "By the way, do you know what tomorrow is?"
Mackenzie smiled. "Yes I do. Tomorrow is our 2 year anniversary, but if you want to get technical, we've pretty much been inseperable since junior high."
"I know, I know, but it was two years ago that I got the nerve to 'officially' ask you to a night out with me and who knew you would actually agree."
"What the hell was I thinking?" Mackenzie teased as Randy pretended to pout. "Oh you know I'm kidding," she said as she climbed off the WWE superstar and began to collect her things. "These past two years have been great!"
Randy didn't say anything as he also got out of bed and wrapped his arms around his girlfriend's waist. "When you get home this evening, I have a big surprise for you," he muttered against her neck.
"Do I get a hint?"
He pretended to think for a second as he turned her around to face him. "Nope I don't think so," Randy said with a smile. He then cupped her face in his hands and leaned down and softly kissed her. "I love you baby. I love you so much!"
"I love you too," Mackenzie replied smiling.
After a few moments of quick kisses, Mackenzie reluctantly broke the embrace. "I still can't believe Vince let you have the week off!"
Randy shrugged. "I'm going to be moved to Smackdown soon so that may be a reason why. Or maybe it's because he wanted to rest one of his biggest superstars," he stated with a sarcastic smile on his face.
Mackenzie giggled as she playfully smacked Randy's arm. "Oh ok! Well Mr. Superstar I need to get going or I'm going to be late."
"Alright I will see you tonight," he sighed as he watched Mackenzie walk toward the door. "Hey Mack," he called and watched her stop in the doorway. "Love you babe."
Mackenzie smiled once more. "I love you too champ."
As he watched Mackenzie walk away, Randy couldn't help but smirk. To this day, he still found it awesome that they were both living their dream-she was a registered nurse on the pediatric floor at a nearby hospital and he was a WWE superstar.
Deciding that he couldn't go back to sleep, Randy decided to put his plan into action. After getting dressed, he cleaned the entire apartment from top to bottom and made sure everything was spotless. When he was finally finished, Randy called up his brother Nathan and they headed to their next destination.
"Does Mack have any idea?" Nathan asked as he followed his older brother in the jewelery store.
"No I don't think so. I just want tonight to be perfect. I've already cleaned the apartment and-"
"You cleaned!" Nathan interrupted. "I didn't know that was humanly possible!"
"Haha, your so funny!" Randy replied as he stopped in front of a particular case. A certain one caught his eye.
"What kind are you getting for her?"
"Well, Mackenzie's favorite color is pink, so I thought about a pink diamond or somehow having pink in the ring...like that one!"
Nathan bent down for a closer look at the ring his brother was pointing to. It looked like the diamond was 1 carat or so and had smaller pink diamonds on each side. "Wow! That's beautiful!"
Just then, a sales associate walked up to them. "Can I help you gentlemen?" she asked.
Randy nodded. "I would like to see that one, the one with the pink diamonds."
"Beautiful choice," the sales associate exclaimed. "The bigger diamond is 1.25 carats and the smaller pink diamonds are .25 carats each. All three diamonds are also flawless."
"Do you think Mack will like it?" Randy asked his brother.
"Man no offense, but any girl would be crazy not to like that ring. It's really beautiful."
After inspecting it for a few moments, Randy nodded and told the sales associate he wanted that particular piece of jewelery. "So, how are you going to do it?" Nathan asked as they waited for the associate to box and wrap up the ring.
Randy shrugged. "I'm not really sure yet. I'll just know when the moment is right and then I will know what to say."
"Ok Mr. Orton, you are set," the associate exclaimed as she handed him a black bag. "Congratulations."
"Thank you," he replied as he and Nathan walked out of the store.
The brothers then decided to have an early lunch and before heading back to the apartment, Randy picked up a dozen pink roses. As the afternoon passed, Randy was busy starting on dinner and put the flowers in a vase in the middle of the kitchen table. As he took off his t-shirt and changed into a nicer button down shirt, he noticed it was already ten after four.
"Wow time has flown," Randy whispered to himself. He suddenly felt a little nervous.
Randy kept busy while looking after the spagetti, expecting to hear Mackenzie walk through the door any minute. 4:10 soon turned into 5:00 and soon it was 5:30pm. Randy was confused. If Mackenzie was running late or had to stay at work for whatever reason, she always called. He decided to play it safe and called the hospital.
"Nursing this is Michelle," the voice said after a few moments.
"Hey Michelle, it's Randy. Is Mackenzie still around?"
"Oh hi Randy. No, Mackenzie isn't here. In fact, she left a little early-around 3:30. She isn't at home?"
"No she isn't, and I immediately figured she was still at work for whatever reason," Randy said now beginning to feel a little worried.
"Well I'm sure everything is ok and I'm sure there is a good explanation. In fact, she herself may be getting ready for your surprise tonight."
"Yeah maybe. Listen, if you hear from her or see her, would you have her call me please?"
Even though Randy couldn't see it, Michelle nodded. "Not a problem, will do."
"Thanks," he replied as he flipped his phone closed. As he plopped down on the couch, he couldn't help but feel as if something was wrong. "Everything is fine, everything is fine," he whispered to himself.
Randy then flipped open his phone and dialed Mackenzie's number. It rang for a few moments and his heart sank when it went to voicemail. Hey it's Mackenzie. Leave me a message and I will call you back soon!
"Hey baby, it's me. I was just wondering where you were. The hospital even said you left a little early. Hope everything is ok. Love you," he said as he once again flipped his phone closed.
Just as Randy leaned his head back against the couch, he heard his phone ring. Startled by the noise, he immediately sat up and grabbed it from the coffee table and groaned when he saw it was Mackenzie's brother, Adam, calling.
"Hey Adam. What's up?" he asked, with no emotion in his voice.
"Randy...it's Mackenzie."
Randy immediately stood up from his seat. He could tell from the sound of Adam's voice that he had been upset or maybe even crying. He had a gut feeling he had been right all along-something was wrong.
"What is it? What's wrong?"