The last two day that they were in Hawaii flew by and before they knew it, they were boarding a plane to LAX, and then their connecting flight back to Nashville. After a long day of travel, they finally made it back to Megan's house just after 7.
"Mom? Dad? We're back." Megan hollered when they walked in the door.
"We are out in the sunroom!" Lori hollered back.
Megan and Randy walked back to her room to drop off their luggage before going out and talking to their parents.
"Are you ready for this?"
"About as ready as I ever will be I guess." Randy replied as Megan grabbed his hand and led him out to where her parents were waiting. Lori instantly stood up to hug her daughter when they walked in, and then turned to hug Randy as well.
"So mom, dad; I have some good news. But I think that you already know what one part of it is. Randy proposed!" she said excitedly as she showed her mom the ring.
"Oh my! That is stunning! I'm so happy for you Megan." Lori said as she hugged her daughter.
"What do you mean by only one part of it?" Kenny asked.
"Have you guys seen the entertainment news about us when we were in Hawaii?" "We only caught a snippet of it where they were speculating that you two were engaged. But we turned it off because we didn't want to see them talking about you." her mom replied.
"Well, they were speculating about our engagement, which is true, and they were also saying that I'm pregnant."
"Are you pregnant Megan?" Kenny asked.
Megan looked at Randy and smiled, as though to tell him to tell her parents.
"We are expecting our first child together, sir." Randy said nervously.
Megan's father just stared at Randy, which made him uncomfortable. He then stood up and walked over to Randy and Megan. He extended his hand, and Randy nervously grabbed his hand.
"Welcome to the family Randy." Kenny then said.
Randy let out a sigh of relief.
"Thank you sir. Randy replied.
"Please, call me Kenny." He offered.
Randy went and sat down on the couch while Megan still talked to her mom.
"I still can't get over that ring! That's why you called and asked about it. You grabbed up a smart man Megan!" Lori exclaimed.
"I sure did."
"So tell me. How did he ask you?"
"Well, as soon as we got to the room at our hotel, I got sick. Randy was asking if I was okay, and I had to tell him that I was pregnant. He had this look on his face and didn't say anything for a while. When he finally processed what I had just told him, he grabbed me into a bear hug, then went and looked through his suitcase. He said that he was going to ask me when we got to the beach, but had to try and top my news. So he got down on one knee right there in the room and asked." Megan said.
"Oh wow! That's romantic! Except for the part where you got sick. Who was the first person that you told?" Lori laughed.
"I sent a picture to Natalya and she called and asked, so I had to tell her about the proposal and the baby. She called and was absolutely ecstatic about it. Then she wanted to talk to Randy. What is it that she said?" Megan asked.
"She started off by telling me that I better take good care of you and the baby, and that if I ever hurt you, she said that she would break my nose like she did with Edge. She also wanted me to tell you congratulations and that she better be invited to the wedding." Randy said.
"Whoa! Hold on a second. Who is Natalya and Edge?" Kenny asked as he finally looked up from the paper he had his nose stuck in.
"Oops sorry. Natalya and Edge are both wrestling buddies of Randy's. Before they left for Europe, Natalya and I got really close. She is the best. She even bought me new clothes before our trip to Hawaii."
"Uh…Natalya is a wrestling friend, Edge isn't. He did some serious damage before we went abroad." Randy said.
"Yeah, that was a lot of fun. Anyways, you will be meeting Natalya soon because I asked her to be my maid of honor and she accepted. You will just love her!" Megan told her parents.
"I bet we will. So what do we do now?"
"My parents invited us to their place this weekend so they can meet you and meet Megan." Randy said.
"Oh my! St. Louis huh?" Kenny asked.
"Yes sir, er…I mean Kenny." Randy laughed.
"Well, we are going to bed. It was a long flight. Night." Megan said as she walked over and gave her parents hugs and kisses. Before they walked out, Lori pulled Randy into a hug and kissed him on the cheek, which made him blush. They then headed straight to Megan's room.
"Did you see that look on his face? I thought that he was either going to attack me or you."
"Actually, I thought the same thing, but he wouldn't have done anything. He knows how much I care about you and he can tell how much you care about me and he respects that about you. He may not show it, but he likes you. Especially compared to the other douchebags I've been with. Out of the two, he despised Jon the most. So as long as you don't follow in his footsteps, you will be fine in my dad's eyes." Megan comforted Randy by pulling him close.
"Okay, that makes me feel a little bit better I guess. Just promise me something. If I start acting like what's his face, tell me so your dad doesn't kill me."
She laughed and nodded as Randy leaned down to kiss her. When they pulled apart, they changed into more comfortable clothes and went to lie on the bed.
"So do you have any name suggestions for the baby?"
"I've never really thought about a girl's name, but I have thought about a boy's name. I thought it would be cool to name him after me and just call him Junior. What about you?" Randy said
"Well I've been thinking and looking online for baby names. For a boy I like Bentley, Aaron, and Ryan. For a girl, I like the names Karlin, Carly and Alexandria. What do you think?"
"I like all of them except Aaron and Carly. I have had bad experiences with people named Aaron and Carly just reminds me of that TV show for kids. It's a little weird."
"Oh come on! That's not a legitimate reason to not like a name. I love that name. I may have to fight you on that one."
"I think that we should find out the sex of the baby, decide on a few gender appropriate names and when the baby arrives, make a last minute decision. That way I don't get my ass whooped by you. That would be just a little embarrassing." Randy laughed.
"Okay deal! Now what about the wedding? I want you to have some input about what we are going to do." Megan said.
"I never really thought about how my wedding was going to be set up. When I did think about it, I always saw it on the beach somewhere. How do you feel about that?"
"That would be great. Were you thinking of Florida or maybe California?"
"How about going back to Hawaii? Maybe a different island this time though."
"You pick the location and I will do the rest. Will that make you feel better?"
"That's fine by me. Whatever you plan, it will be a wonderful experience." Randy said smiling at Megan.
"You're damn right it will!" Megan laughed.
They continued to talk about the wedding and the baby all throughout the night. Megan was the first to fall asleep. She drifted off into an exhaustion state of mind in Randy's arms. He looked at her and couldn't believe that he had been so lucky to have met her and that she had stayed with him after the hell he put her through those first couple of days. He then looked at her stomach and all of his fears about parenthood came to light. He stayed awake throughout the night thinking about how his life was about to change drastically and started to wonder if he was doing the right thing by jumping into another relationship so soon after ending it with Maria. He then thought that there is no way for him to back out now since he had gotten Megan pregnant. So many thoughts were running through his head at once. It wasn't until dawn that he finally fell asleep from exhaustion.
Megan was surprised to find Randy still sleeping when she woke up. He was probably still jet-lagged. She carefully got out of the bed and slipped out of the room so Randy could still sleep. She walked out to the kitchen and grabbed a cup of coffee and joined her parents in the sunroom.
"Good morning Megan. How are you feeling?" Her mom asked.
"Good morning. I'm fine; I think I may still have some jet lag, but not as bad as Randy does because he is usually up before I am." Megan said as she sat down on the couch.
"Probably so. Have you two decided on anything for the wedding?"
"Yeah, Randy said that he wants to have a beach wedding. The rest is to be decided for when I can get together with his mom and Natalya."
"A beach wedding huh? Where at? Florida or California?" Kenny asked as he flipped through his newspaper and took a sip of his coffee.
"Actually, in Hawaii. Just not Maui since that's where we just got back from." Megan replied with a big smile.
"Wow in Hawaii! That will be lovely." Lori said, touching her hand to her heart.
"You mean that is the only thing that Randy is going to be helping with is picking the location?" Kenny asked.
"Yeah pretty much. He said he only ever thought of the location that he wanted for the wedding and wants me to do whatever I want for this wedding."
Not wanting to hear her father bash Randy's ideas about the wedding already, Megan got up and walked back to her room to change her clothes.
"Now why did you have to do that?" Lori asked once their daughter was out of earshot.
"Do what? What did I do?" Kenny replied.
"Already bashing their wedding! Don't do this! For once, Megan is happy with the guy that she is with and she's not in the middle of drama. Just be more supportive please."
"I just don't see why she has to do everything without his help. It's not fair to her."
"But that is what they have decided works for them. Plus, she's not doing it all alone; she said that she will have help from his mother and her friend Natalya." Lori said as she walked out of the room.
Megan quietly changed her clothes, and scribbled a quick note for Randy.
"Hey Hun. I just wanted to let you know I'm going on a walk. I'll have my cellphone with me so text me when you wake up. I love you!" she wrote and then set it on her pillow so that he would be able to see it. She walked out and closed the door without a sound.
Not too long after she left, Randy woke up feeling like he had been hit by a bus. He looked over and saw the note Megan had left for him. After reading it, he grabbed his phone and shot her a text.
"I love you too!" was all he wrote before leaving the room to go take a shower.
When Megan returned from her walk, she saw that Jarod had finally persuaded Randy to play with his action figures. And boy were they getting into it by making sound effects and even singing the entrance theme songs. She couldn't help but to laugh. When she did, Randy turned around and stood up to welcome her back.
"Did you have a nice walk?" he asked as he hugged and kissed her.
"Yeah, it was really refreshing to just walk around town."
"Well now that you are back, I can tell you that you have a visitor."
"I do? Who is it?" Megan asked.
"They are waiting in your room. They literally just got here five minutes ago." Randy said as he walked with her back to her room.
When the door opened, Megan let out a surprised scream to see Natalya sitting on her bed.
"What are you doing here?"
"I figured I would come by and meet your parents and talk more about the wedding!" Natalya said as she got off the bed and went to hug Megan.
"Well we haven't really figured out anything yet. Just that it's going to be on a beach in Hawaii."
"I didn't just come for that. I came to see the ring in person and just to talk. It feels like forever since I've seen you last."
"Well it has been over two months. I mean the last time you saw me, I didn't have a protruding belly!"
"Oh my god! I totally forgot! How far along are you?" Natalya asked as her eyes instantly went to Megan's growing stomach.
"Two months, give or take." she replied with a big smile on her face.
"Wow! I can't believe it! Have you thought about names?"
"We discussed it a little bit. If we have a boy, Randy wants to name it after him and he didn't have any names for if it was a girl. I however like the names Bentley, Aaron or Ryan for a boy and Carly, Karlin or Alexandria."
"Awe I like those names! Especially Karlin, Carly, Bentley and Aaron." Natalya said.
"Thank you! Randy doesn't like Carly or Aaron."
"What? Why not?"
"He said that the name Carly reminds him of that kids television show and that he's had bad experiences with people named Aaron." Megan said as she looked at Randy, who was still standing in the door way.
"Oh come on. Those are not legitimate reasons not to like a name."
"That's what I said!"
They both turned and looked at Randy, who had a serious look on his face. Megan and Natalya couldn't help but laugh, which made Randy grin.
"I'll just leave you two alone so that you can continue to talk about me." Randy smiled as he walked away.
"So what's new with you?" Natalya asked.
"Not much really. We are going to St. Louis this weekend."
"For what?"
"So our parents can meet and we can tell them about the wedding and baby. Also so that I can meet them for the first time."
"You haven't met them yet? Are you nervous?"
"Oh yeah! I'm afraid that they aren't going to like me because of how I met their son and everything that followed."
"I bet you are. I would be too."
"So have you had any more encounters with Edge?" Megan asked.
"After I punched him? Only once in Europe. He tried to explain why he did that to me, but I wouldn't listen. Not until he said your name did I pay attention."
"Why was he talking about me?"
"He told me that the reason he was trying to persuade Randy from dating you is because he kind of had a thing for you. He was trying to make you look like the bad guy for selling those pictures to the media so that Randy wouldn't want anything to do with you so that he would be the one to pick up the pieces when Randy crushed your feelings. Now that I think about it, he never really told me why he used me like he did." Natalya pondered.
"Wow! What did you say to that?"
"I told him to not even think about getting in the middle of your relationship because you both were in it for the long haul and to just leave you two alone. It would be best for him to forget about you and move on."
"Thank you Nattie! What would I do without you?"
"You would probably be working at another shitty restaurant and not be getting ready to get married and have a baby." Natalya said jokingly.
"You are probably right about that one." Megan laughed.
For the next hour, they continued to converse and catch up. They were interrupted by a knock on the door. Megan got up and went to open the door.
"Hey honey, are you going to want some dinner?" Lori asked.
"Yeah sure mom. Oh I want you to meet someone. Mom this is Natalya, my maid of honor. Natalya, this is my mother, Lori." Megan said as she let her mom into the room.
"Hi Lori. You have a beautiful home." Natalya said as she reached out to shake Lori's hand.
"Why thank you. Would you like to stay for dinner?" she asked as she shook Natalya's hand.
"I would love too. Thank you."
"No problem at all. I usually make too much food as it is anyway. It will be about another hour or so. I'll let you know when it's ready." Lori said as she walked out of the room.
"Thanks mom." Megan said as she closed the door and sat back down on the bed.
After dinner, Natalya said goodbye and left to go to her hotel promising to come back tomorrow to help Megan start on wedding plans. When she left, Megan went back to her room to talk with Randy.
"So did you have fun with Jarod?" she asked.
"He is one crazy little boy! But he was a lot of fun." Randy laughed.
"Yes he sure is. But it meant a lot to him that you played with him. He still can't believe that you are going to be his brother in law and I think that is the part that he is most excited about."
"Well good. He will be a lot of fun to be around. So what did you and Nattie talk about?"
"I told her that I'm meeting your parents for the first time this weekend and then I asked her if she had any more encounters with Edge. But she did say some things that he had told her that I can't shake from my head."
"What did Edge say to her?"
"He told her that the reason that he was trying to turn you against me was because he had a thing for me and wanted to be the one to pick up the pieces if you broke my heart. Natalya then told him that it would be best if he forgot about me and moved on because we were in it for the long haul."
Randy just looked at Megan, his face not showing any emotion.
"That bastard. Did he tell her why he used her like that?" he finally said.
"No, she said he didn't say anything about what happened between them, just how he felt about me."
"Well I'm glad Natalya set him straight about it."
"Me too. It's the little things that she does that makes me glad she's my maid of honor."
"Yeah, I've been thinking about that. What if we added a job to that?" Randy asked.
"I'm not following what you're talking about."
"Since she's done so much for the both of us, what if we asked her to be the baby's godmother?"
"That's a really good idea. I think she would love that!" Megan said as she kissed Randy.
They snuggled up under the comforter and fell asleep in each other's arms.