Randy woke up the next morning before Jeff did. Being careful not to wake his boyfriend, he got up and quickly threw away the razor Jeff had tried to use last night. Jeff's issues were well known, but last night had been the worst Randy had ever seen him. He felt guilty because he felt responsible for Jeff's little break down. He should have known to just stay away from Adam. Nothing good ever came from going near Adam.
Randy had dated Adam briefly during their stint as Rated RKO. At first, everything had went fine. But Randy quickly learned that Adam was violent, possessive and an all around psycho. He had dumped Adam pretty quickly, but the Canadian was still intent on getting him back, when he wasn't terrorizing Hawkins and Ryder of course.
Jeff whimpered softly from the bed. "No. Please stop, no no no--"
Randy sighed. Jeff did this a lot. The nightmares were an ever constant force in their lives. Randy had tried to find out what they were about, but besides from denying they were about his abusive ex-boyfriend Christian, Jeff refused to reveal anything about them. All Randy knew was that they had to be terrible, because Jeff often cried either during or after them.
Randy went back to the bed and pulled Jeff into his arms. They had been dating for nine months and Randy couldn't deny that he had fallen completely in love with the Rainbow Haired Warrior. Before Jeff, Randy was a player, constantly moving in and out of relationships and cheating on anyone he did date for longer than a week. He hurt a lot of people in the process. Despite that, he hadn't thought of himself as a bad person. He just thought people were expecting too much out of him.
Now that had changed. Falling in love with Jeff had done that to him. He realized what a jackass he had been. He had sworn to himself those days were over and he even tried to make amends to the people he had hurt. Rey still acted a little funny around him, but the Luchador's new relationship with Evan Bourne was making things easier. Also Matt still didn't trust him, but Randy suspected it had more to do with the Christian fiasco than him personally. Edge's little brother had hurt Jeff pretty badly before leaving for TNA. It was natural for Matt to still be protective.
"Please stop," Jeff begged, trying to fight off some invisible attacker. "Don't hurt me please."
"Jeff wake up," Randy said. "It's just a dream babe. Come back to me."
Jeff made a few more whimpering sounds before managing to pull himself out of his nightmare. Randy held him quietly for a moment, letting him realize he was perfectly safe. "You okay?" he finally asked.
"Yeah," Jeff said shakily. He rested his head against Randy's shoulder. "It was just a bad dream."
"Want to talk about it?"
Jeff shook his head. "No." He looked at the clock. "Jesus, it's only ten o'clock?"
Randy nodded, not happy that Jeff didn't want to talk about it. He wanted Jeff to tell him what was giving him so many nightmares. But Randy wasn't going to push the subject at the moment. After Jeff's mini-breakdown the night before, Randy wanted today to be a good day. "We should go downstairs and eat breakfast," he suggested.
"I'm not hungry," Jeff said.
"You've got to eat something. You've haven't had a decent meal in forever."
"It's only been a day and a half."
"That's forever in my book." Randy began licking and sucking on Jeff's neck and collar bone, using that as a weapon to get his way.
"Fine!" Jeff said after a couple of minutes. "I'll go but you owe me."
"Name it."
"I'm on top tonight."
"Ooohh, how sexy. I love it when you take charge."
Jeff rolled his eyes. "Shut up Randy."
The two of them got dressed and went downstairs to the hotel restaurant. Phil, Kofi, Ted, Cody, John, Mickie, Miz and Lillian were already there. Mickie and Lillian were talking about going shopping while John nuzzled Mickie's neck and Miz played with Lillian's hair. Ted and Cody were trying to enjoy their breakfast, but were having a hard time with Phil and Kofi making out just across the table from them.
"I see those two are still celebrating about winning the tag team championships," Randy observed as he sat down next to Ted. Jeff tried to sit down in a chair but Randy pulled him on to his lap instead.
Ted rolled his eyes. "They haven't stopped celebrating since then. It's actually quite annoying."
Kofi broke away from the kiss, much to Phil's displeasure. "Hey, if it makes you feel any better, we're also celebrating about John and Mickie's big news."
Mickie grinned and held up her left hand, which was sporting a brand new diamond ring. "John and I are getting married!" she exclaimed.
"Holy shit!" Jeff said. "That's awesome." He grabbed Miz's hat and put it on his own head. "Hey Mike, when are you going to pop the question to Lillian?"
Lillian shook her head. "Jeff, we've been dating for two weeks. I don't think a marriage proposal comes with the two week anniversary."
"In can with some people," Jeff replied. He took the hat off and placed it on Randy's head.
Miz wrinkled his nose. "Ewww, now it has Randy Orton's cooties on it."
Cody rolled his eyes. "Randy Orton's cooties? What are you, five?"
Randy took the hat off and put it back on Miz's head. "Of course he's five Cody. The Real World forever stunted his growth. Didn't you know that?"
Everyone laughed as Miz tossed a piece of egg at Randy's head. But Randy's laughter died quickly when he saw Adam walk into the restaurant. Thinking quickly, Randy grabbed a rose the was sitting on the table and gently rubbed the petals against Jeff's face.
Jeff giggled. "What are you doing?"
"Giving you a rose."
"Like hell you are!" Phil objected. "That's my rose!"
"Oh," Randy said in response. "Maybe I'm not then."
Jeff gave the rose back to Phil. "It's okay baby," he assured Randy. "I'm sure you'll find some way to make it up to me."
Randy grinned and pulled Jeff into a kiss. Out of the corner of his eye he saw the absolutely incensed look on Adam's face. There was nothing the Rated R Superstar could do about it though. Mark and Glenn had just arrived, and they were as protective towards Jeff as Matt was.
"Would you two get a room?" Mark asked as he and Glenn sat down at the table next to theirs.
Jeff pouted his lips. "We can't do that yet. I have to eat breakfast so I can be on top tonight."
Mark groaned and covered his eyes with his hands. "You're killing me with that information kid. I don't need to hear about your sex life."
Jeff grinned. "Sorry Poppa Mark. You know I love to drive you crazy."
"Don't call me Poppa Mark."
Glenn raised his eyebrows. "I thought we agreed if he was going to call me Uncle Glenn, then he could call you Poppa Mark."
Jeff bit at Randy's ear playfully. "We better hurry up. I'm feeling a bit naughty."
Randy licked his lips. "Oh God. Waitress! We need service! There's sex that needs to be had after we eat!"
Mark groaned again. "Why did I bother to come down here? Honestly, you people always manage to embarrass me."
