A/N Wow, 10 chapters - who thought I'd get this far? I sure as hell didn't :)
Help Me Out Here.
Chapter 10 : Edging Closer And Closer...
So having tea with Randy's ex-wife being at the table isn't a total disaster. Randy spends most of the evening sending Kiko strange looks. He looks concerned, but no longer as angry as he did. Kiko seems to notice the change in the air, it's much more gentle then before and when she looks Randy in the eye - he's not glaring, just looking a bit uncomfortable. Teagan starts talking about all the inappropriate information she's picked up from every person she's met in her short life. Kiko's laughing at it, Randy's sitting there, a folk of food almost in his mouth but stopped half way, not believing what Teagan was coming out with in front of her mother. And Wade's red-faced and face palming himself every now and then as he listens to what Teagan says.
But then Teagan, who lives to make life interesting says quite innocently; "Can Mom sleepover tonight?"
Randy chokes on his food after he regained the stomach to eat, Wade was patting Randy's back while he was choking and Kiko was shaking her head. "No, I don't think that's a good idea, Honey."
"Please!" Teagan give her mother the puppy dog eyes. "You can take me to school to!"
"Teagan," Kiko says firmly.
"Just for one night," Randy says as he try's to breath properly once more. "You can have my bed. I'll sleep on the sofa."
"Randy - "
"I insist," Randy looked her in the eye. "It's getting pretty late anyway."
Kiko's staring at her ex, but then she smiles brightly at him and nods. "Thank you."
Wade decides if it wasn't for his snooping ways, maybe right now someone would be shouting at someone else and Teagan wouldn't be grinning like she's won a horse. And you know something, Wade was rather glad that for once he was a nosy person.
Wade's in the bathroom down stairs when he hears voices in the living room just a few feet outside. He opens the door just a crack and sees Randy standing by the living room door with a pillow under his arm, dressed in a faded grey t-shirt and long black trousers. Kiko's standing in front of him, both of them involved in a conversation with each other. Not shouting, glaring, moaning or going to walk away. They were just...talking, and Teagan wasn't even there.
"I wish you would have said something, Kiko," Randy begins. "I would have helped you. I'm not as big as an arsehole that you may think I am."
"I know and I've never thought that you were, but it's why I left Teagan with you."
"She's my baby girl, I would never turn her away."
"I know, that's what I loved about you."
Randy looked away from her. Moments passed and then he turned back to Kiko, he sighs and rubs his head. "I have to ask, are you - "
"Going to take Teagan away from you? No," She says quietly. "I'm not in a place where I can take care of myself properly without my mom, let alone Teagan too."
Randy shakes his head. "That wasn't what I was going to ask..."
"What then?"
"Are you ok?" Randy asked, his tone quiet. "I mean, better or...I don't know what I mean..."
"I'm better then I was eight months ago that's for sure. It takes a handful of pills to keep me that way, but I can live with it." Kiko replies with a smile.
Randy stands there, Wade knows there's a glimmer of emotion causing a storm behind his eyes, but Randy won't say a word as to what's bothering him. 'You stupid clam.' Wade thought.
"So," Kiko says after a while. "Teagan's been telling me about Wade."
"Goodnight," Randy spoke faster then a speeding bullet. Swiftly turning to the sofa with amusement playing at the edge of his lips. Kiko laughs before saying goodnight back and then going up stairs. Wade simply narrows his eyes at Randy, watching as he makes a bed on the sofa - his hasty retreat worked. For now...
Later that night, Wade couldn't sleep. He was in his bed, blankets off, his pj's hanging tightly to his body. The dark blue t-shirt to tight for comfort and it soon comes off, the only thing that remains are his half cut black kegs. Rolling over on his bed, Wade groans, this was useless. He couldn't get to sleep no matter how he tried. Maybe it was the heat of the night, but Wade knew it wasn't something else. Sighing, Wade made his way down the stairs to find Randy sitting on the settee, watching the tv quietly.
The unused pillow is on the armchair and Randy had the corner of a blanket draped half over himself. It was too warm for anymore.
"Why aren't you asleep, Orton?" Wade asked with a frown on his face.
"I realised this settee doesn't actually fold out," he replied flatly. "Your turn?"
"Too hot I guess," Wade says, dropping down next to Randy. With his top off, Wade was finally feeling the cold of the air, but not a lot of it. "Just couldn't sleep."
"Hey, I'm sorry you had to blow off your plans with Sheamus tonight, but I appreciate it."
"Of course you do," Wade nudges his shoulder. "You hate the man." Randy turns to look at Wade, his eyes ridiculously blue from the light of the TV. "See, you're not even denying it."
He nods, not bothering to fight it. "What do you see in him anyway? I'm pretty sure he doesn't understand half of the things that come out of you big mouth."
Wade giggled and gave Randy a light slap on the arm. "Not many understand what my big mouth comes out with. But his cute, I like him - and I love his accent."
Randy just smiled, but his eyes stay fixed on the TV now. Wade's watching him, secretly wanting to tell him that cuteness aside, Sheamus zeroed in on him at his loneliest and it's nice being a part of something that's only happening between two people. For some reason though, the words never make it out.
"Kiko's nice. I always figured she'd be a total bitch or something." Wade said.
"You did?" Randy looks confused at Wade's comment.
"Well, yeah," Wade starts with a shrug. "Teagan's never talked about her, like, ever."
"I never thought she'd want to...Welcome to lame parenting 101."
"Hey," Wade places his hand on Randy's shoulder. "You're not a lame parent. Teagan's nuts about you. She loves you, Randy."
Randy's head drops so he's staring at his hands. Wade sees him swallow, pushing something down so he doesn't have to talk about it. "What?" Wade asked quietly.
"I was so relieved when Kiko said she wasn't well enough to take Teagan away. How terrible up is that?" He confessed after a short while.
"You don't want to become a part-time dad again. How is that terrible?"
Randy laughs shakily and looks up at Wade, eyes looking a little bright. "You have an answer for everything, don't you?"
Wade pretends to think about it. "Yes, yes I do." Wade then get's up and grabs Randy's pillow. "Now come on Mr. Orton - let's go."
"What? Where?"
"You obviously can't sleep here, you'll look like the hunchback of Notre Dame in the morning. So you're going to bunk with little old me tonight." Wade grins at Randy.
"I'm not sure if that's a good idea..." Randy said after staring at Wade for a minute or two.
"Randy," Wade says firmly. "I'm not taking your issues to bed. I'm just giving a friend a place to sleep. Now bloody move already, I'm tired."
"You don't give a damn that I'm you boss do you?" Randy asked with a raised eye brow.
"Like I said once before, I work for sweets and love - not for you." Wade says the last part flatly before throwing the pillow at Randy.
20 minutes later and Wade sighs into his own pillow and can't help but say; "You won't try and watch me sleep will you? I know it's tempting."
Randy laughs, kicking Wade gently in the bed and calling him and arse. Yet later that night, when Wade's fast asleep and his face had some how inched it's way onto randy's pillow - Randy can't help but give into the temptation and hold off sleep as long as possible just so he can watch Wade...In a non creepy or gay way of course...
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