Chapter 10 - Does anyone have a paper shredder?
Well the show roman had been talking about seemed to get rescheduled much to Keeley's disappointment. 3 weeks later it was the weekend of Keeley's Birthday, they had all settled on just having a cookout and nothing too big. A Few friends had showed up including Meghan who was currently on the ground with Keeley playing with Riku. Keeley laughed as the girl ran and Riku chased her. She picked up her wine cooler and took drink as she looked down at her phone. It was quiet, too quiet. She glared at it a but and only looked away when she heard Dav laughing at her " if you stare at it any harder it will burst into flames" she teased. Keeley perked a brow at her and then looked back down at the phone.
Evelyn had offered to man the grill, and everyone was chatting happily, Meghan and her rainbow locks had come over to sit on Keeley's lap as she held Riku. Keeley's phone went off, reaching over she picked it up " Go for Gimore" she said as she tucked the phone in her shoulder and went back to braiding Meghan's hair like Khaleesi from Game of Thrones. A Female voice came through the phone " Oh I hope I have the right number is this Kaylee.. No that's not right, Kelly, No...KEELEY! Is this Keeley?" the voice asked. Keeley's hands stopped working as a weird look passed over her face " Yes, this is Keeley, can I ask who this is?" she asked curiously but not unfriendly.
A breath came from the woman, and a male voice could be heard in the backround " Oh, good! My name is Holly I'm Seth's mother. I am pretty sure I am outside your house, I was asked to deliver something to you." she said sweetly. Keeley placed her hand on Meghan's back silently asking her to get up, once the girl did Keeley got up phone to her ear and walked around the outside of her house. She saw a woman and a man in a car the woman had a phone to her ear. Barefoot in her Jeans and Classic Bon Jovi Shirt, Keeley walked across the street and tapped on the window, giving the woman and man a bright shining smile. Backing up a bit she giggled as they both got out of the car.
Holly clapped her hands " Oh good we found you! Hello, I'm Holly, it is so nice to meet you I have heard so much about you." she gushed as she walked over and gave Keeley the warmest hug known to man. Keeley laughed and returned the hug as she backed up
" it is so nice to meet you as well! Hello, I'm Keeley" she said giving a sheepish smile
" I am glad you found the place ok, thought i'm not sure how you got my address, I am going to take a guess and say that was that charming son of yours." she winked. Holly and the guy laughed, he walked over and held out his hand " I'm Colby's older brother Brandon, and Roman was not kidding when he said Rainbow Bright" he chuckled. Keeley smiled and reached out and shook his hand " yeah, it's hard to miss me in a crowd" she joked. Holly opened the car door and took out a huge thing of flowers with balloons on them, " These are for you, Happy Birthday by the way!" she said smiling brightly. Keeley laughed awkwardly as she reached out and took the flowers from the woman " Oh thank you! Geeze he didn't have to do this!" she said blushing brightly. She looked over at the two and smiled " would you like to join us? We are having a cookout in the backyard, nothing too big." she offered sweetly. Holly looked over at Brandon who nodded " sure, I would like to get to know the girl who caught my little brothers eye." he said. Holly looked like she was goint to jump up and down as she nodded. Keeley smiled and lead them to the backyard " Everyone this is Holly and Brandon, Colby's mother and brother. This is Davina, My grandmother Evelyn, Diana and her husband Hank and Their Daughter Meghan." she said introducing everyone as she pointed. Everyone waved and said hello, then Davina spotted the flowers in Keeley's arms " Ooooh what is this, Evelyn look. The boy got her flowers!" she called over to Evelyn.
Evelyn perked and eyebrow and looked at Davina and smiled before they looked at Keeley and started making kissing noises and 'Oooooohing' at her. Keeley all but buried her face in the flowers and grumbled " Oh for the love of christ let the ground open up and swallow me now." she said. Finally she picked up her head and looked at Dav " Hey Blanche, make yourself useful and get a couple chairs while I go put these in water?" she asked. She went inside quick and placed the flowers and placed them in ice cold water. She walked back outside and smiled at Holly who has set in the chair next to hers. Sitting back down she beckoned Meghan back over to her, the girl came running back over and plopped in Keeley's lap. Holly pointed at Riku " And would that be the fur baby Colby keeps saying you two are the parents of?" she asked jokingly. Keeley laughed as she Settled Meghan down on the ground in front of her while she worked on her hair. Nodding her head "Yes, that is Riku. He is getting to be quite the feisty little fellow." she laughed.
Holly looked over at the younger woman, she could see what Colby saw in her and she approved. " So tell me about you dear." she said as she sat back in her chair and watched the girl work. Keeley shrugged her shoulders " I was born and raised in Hawaii, I moved her to attend college at St. Ambrose. And I have been here ever since. I work at Curl up and Dye with Davina. I run my own business on the side. Nothing too special about me." she said as she loked over at her and smiled. Diana and Hank tilted their head as they listened, they were interested as well. Holly nodded " I was going to guess you were from a place that has a lot of sun. So how did you meet Colby?" she asked. Keeley laughed " Well Grandma won us tickets to the all access thing for summer slam, I was on my way to Dinner with the younger McMahons and I was looking at my phone and I ran smack into him. I apologized up and down and he was like speechless. But I can say you raised a gentleman, he could obviously see that My walking in heels is the Equivalent of a newborn Horse trying to gain it's legs." she joked,
Brandon laughed as he came over and handed his mother a bottle of water and himself a beer " He can be like that." he added. Keeley smiled at him, " well while I was at dinner Himself, Finn and Roman ended up joining us for drinks. And it just kinda went from there. Then when I found Riku He offered to stay with me and help out through the night because at that point Riku needed feedings every 2 hours. And we just kinda went from there, we are not putting titles on anything, just kind of letting things go where they are going to go." she told whoever was listening as she worked on Meghan's hair. Once she was Done she had Meghan stand up and show everyone her hair. Brandon looked inpressed " reminds me of that Thrones show Colby watches." he said. Keeley pointed at him as she took a drink and nodded " it's exactly from that!" she laughed.
After a while everyone was chatting and laughing as if they had been friends for a while, Keeley's phone rang and she looked down at the screen, she perked a brow and picked up the phone " What can I do for you Lucky Leprachaun?" she asked as she took a drink. Finn cleared his throat " Lass! Name me a flower that girls like! Quick" he said. Keeley perked a brow " Depends Friends or trying to score a date?" she asked him. She could hear Finn shuffle his feet " Friends for now but hopefully something more." he told her. Keeley sat up and set her plate down " well you came to the right place I am a fantastic wingman, You don't want roses yet, that is too strong yet, Roses are a very romantic flower, I would say go with an arrangement of Carnations, Baby's breath and Lillies, they are very neutral but they gives that feel of interest. Just make sure there is Red sprinkled in there. You good?" she asked him.
She could hear him writing and frunt " yeah I got it lass, By the way Seth was talking bout giving ya a call 'ere soon, so heads up. I will let ye kno how it goes. Tanks!" he said as he hung up. Keeley looked at the phone and pulled an impressed face" damn she must be hella cute if he is asking me for flower advice instead of what leggos to buy." she joked. Meghan came out of the house carrying a card, she walked over and offered it to Keeley. She looked at the card and smiled as she took it from the girl " Where did you find this sweetie?" she asked. Meghan looked at her then pointed at the Flowers on the counter, " they were in the flowers?" she asked. Meghan smiled and nodded. Keeley clicked her tongue and looked over at Holly who in return shrugged her shoulders " I was just told to put it in there sweetheart, I have no idea what is in it. He sent it to me to put in there." she said.
Keeley looked at the card and chewed the inside of the lip, The writing on the front was Colby's she took a breath and forgot there were others there until Dav called out " Oh fod god sake, Open the damn card before I start sweating!". Keeley grunted as she opened the Envelope, She saw a while lined paper and a card, she went with the paper first. Opening it she looked down and smiled as she read
Keeley,
I honestly am so bad at this so just bear with me.
I have enjoyed our time together, so much that you would not even believe. I know it seems like it came out of no where and that it is all whirlwind, but to me it just feels natural. After you left, I found it so hard to sleep because I had gotten used to waking up with you laid on my chest, and once you went home it just felt cold.
Now we have started to sleep on the phone , I sleep better knowing you are there with me. So in the card you are going to find an Airline Ticket and Tickets to next weekends Pay Per View.
Yes you need to Bring Riku.
Your flight will leave Friday Afternoon, I will meet you at the airport and from there we will go to the motel.
Bring something nice to wear, because I want to take you on a proper date.
I can't wait to see you.
Colby
Keeley smiled as she looked at Everyone, " He got me a plane ticket and tickets to the No Mercy Pay Per View next weekend. And he said I have to bring Riku, and something nice to wear." she told them all as she pulled out the card and opened it. There laid all the tickets she needed and the tag for Riku's crate. She held up them for when to see, a blush had taken over her cheeks. Holly moved in front of her and took a picture and quickly sent it to Colby. Evelyn lifted a finger " Honey, do you even own a nice dress?" she asked. Keeley blinked and thought about it, "I... No. DAMN IT he would say a dress! Alright who wants to go shopping this week?" she asked looking at all the women.
Dav was booked for the week, Evelyn had work of her own and Diana had appointments for Meghan all week. Keeley looked over at Holly with a hopeful look, Holly smiled at her " I would love to go with you! We will make a night of it!" she smiled.
Keeley and Holly made the plans for that Thursday. Once everyone gave Keeley hugs and wished her a happy birthday, they were off. Keeley went around and started putting chairs back into the shed, and thankfully everyone had helped clean up the food so that was done. She let out a whistle and called Riku over to her. She watched as he started to run over to her, proud of the fact he was started to look like an actual puppy. Once he came running into the house she closed the door. Going to the living room she sat down and started sorting out her appointments for that week, trying to squeeze the ones she would have on those days into the days that she would not be there.
Her phone rang, reaching over she swiped the phone without even looking at it. Colby's voice came through the phone " well, it would seem you know how to make a good impression on mothers." he said. Keeley smiled and chuckled, " I have never figured that out about that myself. For some reason, mothers love me." she joked. Colby chuckled " So you are coming right?" he asked her. Keeley looked over at her phone and lifted an eyebrow " Of course I am going to be there, why would I not be?" she asked him. Colby let out a sigh, " I'm actually really excited to see you. And Riku too! How is my boy?" he asked.
Keeley smiled as she looked over at the puppy laying on the floor passed out, " well right now he is laying on the floor completely passed out. Between Meghan and your brother they wore him right out." she told him. She could hear Joe laugh in the back, reaching out she picked up her company phone and used it to snap a picture and send it to Joe. She could tell as soon as he got it because she heard " Oh my god he is getting Big! Look at him all passed out, he looks like a dust mop." he joked. They all sat there and talked for a while before finally they all fell asleep, Joe and Colby in the bed and Keeley passed out on the couch with a pen in hand.
THURSDAY came after then she knew, her bags were almost completely packed for the trip, but today was her shopping trip with Holly. Dressed in her jeans and a t shirt, she heard a car pull into the drive way. There was Holly, Keeley put on her Invader Zim hoodie and walked out on the porch and smiled at the woman in the car. Walking over she opened the passenger side and slid into the seat. Holly looked over and smiled at her " I am glad you decided to let me drive, I do have to stop over at Black and Brave and rally the troops for the day." she smiled. Keeley let out a small laugh " I have no problem with that, besides you said you knew all the good places, I mean, if you catch me in a dress shop that is not Hot Topic's website." she joked.
They took off and before Keeley knew it there their first destination. Holly got out of the car and Keeley followed behind. Holly opened the door and started calling out for people to get up, Teenage boys started getting up, grunting and saying good morning to Holly. Keeley stood back by the door and looked around, there were a few boys in the living room which was looking a bit cramped, she bit the inside of her lip, she had the urge to go in and rearrange the living room to make it more spacious for them. Holly came up next to her " Guys this is Keeley, she is a friend of Colby's." Keeley smiled and raised her hand.
One of the boys smiled at her " Love your hair!" he told her. She smiled " Thanks! Takes a bit to maintain but I keep it going" she chuckled. He looked at her sheepishly, Holly went about doing what she needed to do while Keeley went over to the living room and looked at the TV, Some of the boys were in there watching The Hobbit : Battle of the Five Armies. She stood in the door way and watched, she loved these movies so freaking much it was sickening. The guys watched with baited breath when Bard came on the screen, Keeley smirked and pointed at the screen " Hey, Look it's knock off Will Turner!" she giggled. The guys looked at her, then back at the screen. One of them turned his head and laughed " Yeah now that you mention it he does look like Will Turner." he admitted. Keeley laughed and nodded her head as Holly came over and looked at her. Keeley was so at ease as she talked to them, finally she cleared her throat " Are you ready to head off Keeley?" she asked. Keeley turned and smiled as the boys turned and looked at Holly. One of them smiled at her " so what you are up to today Holly?" he asked her. She chuckled " Keeley and I are going dress shopping today." she giggled. Keeley turned her head and looked at them with a weak smile and a look like she was internally screaming in a way. One of the boys laughed, " You don't Strike me as the Dress type" he told her. Keeley clicked her tongue " well there is a reason I only own one." she told him as she smirked over at Holly.
Once they said their goodbyes they were off, The first one they pulled up to Keeley looked at the window and KNEW this one was going to be a no go, but she would give it a whirl. As soon as they stepped foot in the door all Keeley could smell was Chanel Number 5, she wrinkled her nose. They walked around the store and Holly picked out a couple and handed them to Keeley, and waved her over to the Dressing Room.
Keeley stripped down and put the one dress on, it was poofy, too poofy, and a deep purple color. She liked the off the shoulder, but that was about it, She reached her hand out and opened the door and stepped out so Holly could see. The older woman cleared her throat and bit the inside of her lip " Well that one is..." she trailed off. Keeley finished for her " I look like a gigantic bruise." she told her. Holly started laughing and nodded her head " More like Rope Burn!" she chuckled as she waved her hand for Keeley to go change.
After a while and a few more dresses ( much to Keeley's dismay) she asked Holly if they could try her store. A While later they walked from the Hot Topic Keeley had found with a long sleeve black and purple Tripp Dress. Keeley skipped happily to the car. Once they were in there Holly looked over at Keeley " it amazes me, we went to ever dress shop in town and you find something for 50 dollars in Hot Topic." she said amazed. Keeley blushed and laughed " I am a really simple person, I would rather shop at Hot Topic than some place fancy, Plus I feel more comfortable in it." she smiled.
After dinner and finally getting home, Keeley went about packing her bag for the next day's trip. Her phone rang and she sighed as she picked up without looking and put it on speaker phone " Better be good I'm balls deep in packing right now." she said as she went about holding up pants and looking at them in next to the t-shirts she had picked out. Colby chuckled through the phone " well it would seem that mothers love you." he said. In the back she could hear Xavier and Big E making OOOOOOH and Kissing noises. She perked up and eyebrow and looked down at the phone.
Picking up another pair of Jeans she looked them over and decided they were good to go with her Blue Sweater she had picked. " And what makes you say that?" she asked him. Colby shooed the other guys away " I just got off the phone with my mother and all she could do was rave that you are the most polite, funny and laid back person she had ever had the pleasure of spending the day with. She said she approves." he told her. Keeley laughed. Keeley snorted as Riku came bounding up and stairs and wiggling his little butt at Keeley's bed from hearing Colby's voice, she smiled and looked back at the phone as she folded up her clothes in her bag " You know if I had known it was the mother test I would have worn something other than Jeans." she told him. Roman laughed in the backround " No you would not have and we all damn well know it." he teased her.
After a bit longer they settled down for bed as she had to be up for her flight.
SETH'S POV
The next morning, Colby woke up the the sound of Keeley chasing Riku through the house " Come On Riku, Come on. If you get in the carrier I'll I don't know what the hell does a puppy want? Um, wait! You want a treat? You want a Treat boy?! Here ya go get the treat!" she said in an excited tone. The next thing he heard over the phone was puppy paws hitting the floor at an alarming rate, then 2 loud thumps. Keeley busted up laughing " Oh my fucking god!" she cried out as she closed the carrier. Roman laughed from his bed " Oh my god she is not boring that is for damn sure." he said as she got out of bed. Colby chuckled as he heard the phone get picked up " You tell him I can hear him talking about me, by the way your son just ran so hard into the cage he tripped it over and trapped himself in the cage." she told Colby.
Colby laughed and shook his head " what time does your flight leave?" he asked her. Keeley could be heard picking up her stuff and moving it downstairs. " the flight leaves in 2 hours and it's about a 2 and a half hour flight. So I will be there about Noon Thirty, or 1 pm. You are going to be there to get me right?" she asked him. Colby ran a hand over his face " Actually Renee and Naomi are going to pick you up, We all have interviews and stuff for the day, phone interviews and shit for the match Sunday." He told her. Keeley let out a sigh over the phone " Alright, well at least I know who I am looking for. But I gotta go I will see you soon." she told him as she hung up.
After getting up and getting to the Gym, Colby headed for the shower. There was a knock at the bathroom door. Dean poked his head in " Hey man Renee is getting ready to leave for the airport, Naomi got called in for interviews, who else could we get to go?" he asked. Colby stood there in the shower jaw slacked as he thought about it " I um, whoever she wants to take, Keels get along with anyone." he said. Dean grunted and closed the door. Seth got out of the shower and dressed for the day. Walking out he looked at Ambrose on the bed, " so who did you get to go?" he asked. Dean shrugged his shoulders " I don't know Renee said she had someone in mind." he said.
NORMAL POV
Keeley got off the plane and went to collect her luggage and Riku as well. She walked towards the enterance and started looking for the platinum blonde hair, once she spotted her, she moved towards Renee, she noticed it was not Naomi that was with her, instead she was looking at a smiling Paul Heyman. Keeley stood there with her bags and tilted her head as she tapped her foot then looked at Renee then back at Paul " Naomi, sweetie that is not your hair or make up style we need to get you back on the right track." she teased lightly with a smile. Paul laughed and reached out to take her bag from her, Keeley smiled back at him and let him take the bag " It's good to see you again Miss Gilmore." He said to her. Keeley smiled brighter as Renee came over and gave her a huge hug which Keeley returned. She turned her head to Paul " It's good to be back. And it is great to see you again Paul, never know I just might razz you and your client again." she teased him.
Paul laughed but Renee caught Keeley's attention when she reached out and ran her fingers though Keeley's hair. " when did the Rainbow go bye bye?" she asked. In all honestly Keeley had forgotten that she had gone back to her original Color til after Halloween. Keeley laughed " Well, I need it for my Halloween costume so to get my costume all around I figured dye it back now and work on my costume like that." she shrugged. They started walking and Renee chuckled " I never would have guessed your natural hair color was that dark." she told her. Keeley laughed when they reached the car and they all got in, She took Riku from his cage and let him lick Renee's face all up
" I got my mothers everything, Black hair, Her darker complexion and Graceful again. I got my dads sharp Green Eyes. " she smiled as she looked between Paul and Renee
" some of the older people in the Village at home call me Ka nani maka maka as a nick name, they have for years." she told them.
Paul tilted his head " and what does that mean exactly?" he asked her. Keeley smiled
" Loosely it translates to ' Bright Eyed Beauty'" she told him with a smile as the driver took off and started making their way through the city. Renee got curious " You know we should all take a vacation and have you show us around Hawaii." she joked. Keeley chuckled and looked at her seriously " which Island?" she asked her. " I mean for my 16th birthday my parents took me to Pearl Harbor.. they didn't find me for 2 days because I took off like a shot. And just got lost in the history there." she chuckled. Paul looked at her next " Tell me how would you say Brocks Catch Phrase in Hawaiian?" he asked her.
Keeley rolled her eyes up to the ceiling of the car and thought about it long and hard
"Pokole." she told him. Paul looked at her and she gave him a cheeky smile before she said " it means Boring." and stuck her tongue out.
They all stopped for a bite to eat and even stopped on the Walk of Fame where Keeley took a picture with a few of the stars the biggest one being Johnny Depp, then they made their way to the Hotel. Renee handed Keeley and key and Paul so graciously carried the bags for them up to the room. Keeley let them in and smiled at them " well thank you both so much for picking me up and taking me to meet Johnny Depp or at least his star, prolly the closest I am ever going to get to him" she laughed. Paul walked up and gave her a hug " well you have been a breath of fresh air I can tell you that, if you ever need anything please let me know, I will make sure it gets done." He told her. Keeley returned his hug " Oh well thank you so much , Sir Heyman." she laughed at him. They all heard a growling from behind Keeley and turned around to see Riku rolling around the bed letting out a groan like growl everytime he moved.
Keeley shook her head and thanked them again for leading her to the room and told them she would see them soon. Keeley went around and unpacked her clothes, got out her laptop and connected it to the WIFI, instead of her usual she was feeling some Avengers. Picking up the phone she called and ordered some room service and checked the time 8 PM. Shrughing she went and hopped a quick shower and got her PJ's on and decided a Marvel Marathon was in order. Once that was all done she got her room service and settled on the bed with her hair down, her hair hid her face, when the door opened and Colby walked in she didn't even flinch, and poor Riku had worn himself out and was sleeping next to the bed.
Colby walked in and set his things down and looked over at the sound of a movie playing, but didn't recognize the person sitting on his bed. He opened his mouth and held up a finger, but then lowered them back down " Can I help you? I am gonna have to ask you to leave.. My girlfriend should be here anytime, and while she is not the biggest person in the world, she might actually throw you into a Volcano." he said in a sheepish voice. Keeley furrowed up her eyebrows and tried not to laugh as she listened to him, but she silently nodded her head. Carefully she turned and placed her feet on the floor before standing up with her back to him. She brought her hands in front of her and wrung them lightly as she turned around and looked at him smiling " I'm so sorry Mister Rollins please don't call the renta cops on me." she said in an innocent voice.
Colby stood there and looked her over, his chocolate brown eyes were wide as he looked her over " I.. I was expecting Rainbow, I.. wow, you look amazing. I love the hair babe." he told her as he walked up to her. Keeley tilted her head up and smiled at him as he placed a hand on her cheek and slid his hand back so his fingers slid into her hair, Keeley reached her hand out and carefully slid her hand around his waist as she took a step closer to him and very lightly pressed her body against his " It's my natural hair color. " she told him quietly. Colby blinked as he backed up just a tiny bit and looked over " I didn't think you could get any more beautiful, and you prove me wrong." he chuckled. Leaning forward he moved forward and captured her lips with his. Keeley smiled into the kiss and slid her hand up from his waist to his back where she pulled him closer to her and happily returned the kiss. After a couple minutes they pulled away and smiled at each other as they placed their foreheads together. Colby took a deep breath and looked straight into her eyes, " so what is on the agenda for tonight?" he asked her. Keeley smiled " well I already ordered Room Service and have The Avengers on, I was thinking lot of cuddling and kissing" she told him with a smile. Colby agreed with another kiss.
Finally after a couple movies and lots of kissing, feeling and playing with Riku they fell asleep in one anothers arms with Riku laying between their feet.