"Happy anniversary" Kelly Orton said to herself discouragedly.
It had been one entire year since Kelly and Randy Orton were married. In the course of those twelve months, their marriage had endured more than its fair share of heartache. Kelly checked her watch. 11:30 the red numbers revealed. Randy was more than four hours late. He had told her that he would be working late but would be home in time for their anniversary dinner. Kelly sighed. She sat at the table alone; legs crossed sipping her third glass of champagne. Just then her pink jewel encrusted Blackberry started to ring. Kelly raced to answer it.
"Randy?" She said desperately.
"No, sorry it's Maryse."
"Oh." Kelly said disappointedly. "Hi."
"Have you heard from him?" Maryse asked.
Kelly shook her head.
"Nope. He said that he would be home in time but he's still not here." Kelly told her French friend.
"I just can't believe that he would do something like this. Randy knew that it was your anniversary. "
"I know, I know. I thought that he would want to make this work, but I guess not." Kelly sighed. I just don't know what to do, Maryse"
"Well if you need anything, I'm just a call away." Maryse told Kelly.
Kelly nodded.
"Thank you, Maryse. I needed that."
"But look, Kel. I've got to run. John is taking me out to dinner."
"Ok. Have fun."
"Bye, Kelly."
"Bye, Frenchy."
Kelly then hung up. She and Maryse had been friends for a couple years now. It was weird that Maryse was now dating John Morrison, Kelly's ex. While they were together, John was controlling and dominating but with Maryse he seemed to have been a changed man. Kelly stood up. She blew out the candles that surrounded the dinner table. The food had gone cold and Kelly threw it in the trash. She took the champagne flutes and poured its contents down the sink. Kelly felt humiliated. She couldn't believe this was happening to her, again. She thought Randy would be different, not the same. She loved her husband and wanted to make it work, but at this rate, she didn't know if she even wanted to stay married to Randy. Tears began to spill down her face, ruining her makeup. Kelly hated this. She hated crying. She thought that by marrying Randy, she wouldn't have to worry about that, but she was wrong. She was so wrong. Kelly took a napkin from the dinner table and dabbed at her eyes. Kelly had no idea what went wrong, was it something she did? The blonde went upstairs and unzipped her red dress and let it fall to the floor. She changed into an old pair of Randy's boxers and a t-shirt. She was planning on going to bed when she heard the front door open. There was her husband stumbling in. Kelly met him at the stairs.
"Hey baby. S-Sorry I'm late." Randy half heartedly apologized.
Kelly could smell the alcohol on his breath. He was drinking again. Randy told her over and over that he was done drinking and every time he lied.
"Have you been drinking again?" She demanded.
Randy shook his head.
"Nah, baby. Never." He lied.
If there was one thing Kelly hated. It was being lied to. Randy seemed to be doing that a lot lately and Kelly didn't understand why. He was not the same man she married one year ago. There was something different about Randy, something darker. Kelly looked down at the wedding ring that sat atop her finger. Was it worth it? Was this marriage worth fighting for? Kelly seemed to think so, why didn't Randy? Maybe she was better off with- Kelly stopped herself mid thought. She was very careful not to mention Cody's name. Kelly had no idea where that even came from. She hadn't thought about being with Cody since she and Randy got married. She had seen him at work, in passing but really hadn't talked to him in forever. Kelly thought it was better that way. She loved Cody a great deal but he had hurt her in a way that was most unimaginable. He cheated on her. That devastated she and she vowed to never let a man cheat on her again.
Kelly just looked at Randy. What a sight he became. Stuttering drunk and just an overall mess. Kelly felt the tears fall and didn't stop them. She wanted Randy to see what he had done to her.
"Babe, don't cry."
Randy tried to put his arms around her and Kelly pushed him off.
"You know what? Fine! I'm done with this marriage." Randy bellowed. He snatched off his wedding band and threw it down, turned on his heel and stormed out of the house. Kelly couldn't believe what had just happened. Was this really the end of her marriage? No, it couldn't. It just couldn't. Kelly ran after Randy to see if he was really going to leave.
"Randy! RANDY!" Kelly shrieked. But her yells were drowned out by falling rain and a broken heart.