Me, You and My Medication

I think every single one of you enjoyed that - I know I did! I'm sure you're all super excited to learn about Clarissa and Cody's secret!
Had a little help from Christ – Dibiaselover – she's such a big help :D
Now let's get to that, enjoy!

Chapter Thirteen: Secrets Out

I watch as the eight ball hits the corner pocket; my eyes widen and a smile lights up my face, "I beat you, now spill!" Cody looks down, his left hand runs thru his dark brown hair. I observe how he bites down on his bottom lip in nervousness.

"Dude, I really think she should be the one to tell you, man."

I cross my arms over my chest. "We had a deal, Rhodes; you lost, so now you have to let me in on what's going on." I demand.

He looks at me, the way his eyes stare into mine just screams bad news to me, "Ted, listen, I'll tell you, but you have to promise that when she comes to you about it, you know nothing," Cody says, "She'd hate me if she found out I told you. Ris came to me in confidence about this because she knew it would aggravate you," I nod and wait patiently for him to finally say something, other than what I already knew. "Ted, she was signed to be on air talent."

I smirk and chuckle escapes me, "What is so bad about that?" I ask, not quite sure of why she's making a big deal out of not telling me.

"McMahon wants to put her in-between the story line with Randy and us, man," he confesses, "She didn't want to tell you because she knew you'd be upset with it."

The facial expression changes, "What the hell?" I exclaim, "Why would he want to do something like that?" I ask, "What would even make him consider it?"

Cody drags his hand through his hair again, "Randy actually said something, he said it would make a -" He did what? I turn and storm my way out of the billiard room. Does Orton think he could just let this happen? I'm not going to let him get away with any of this. There's no way McMahon could let Clarissa go thru with this. "Ted, where are you going?" Cody yells from behind me. This is completely ridiculous; I'm not going to let this happen.

x - X - x

I make my way over into the bar and spot Orton over at the counter flirting with the young waitress who was serving him. When I approach him, I grab his shoulder and turn him around.

"What the hell is your problem?" I demand.

"What the hell is my problem?" he asks, as he stands and comes face to face with me, "The real question is; what the hell is wrong with you?"

"Why would you get Clarissa involved in something that has nothing to do with her?" I press on the issue, "She has nothing to do with what is going on between you and I!"

Randy grins, his right hand strokes his chin before he looks straight into my eyes and replies, "I wasn't the one who said she should be involved in our dispute, McMahon was," he answers, "I don't like this just as much as you don't, but I'm telling you right now, the minute she places herself where she doesn't belong, she will pay for it."

I want so bad just to knock him down and embarrass him for the entire bar to see, but I choose not to, "Is that a threat?" I ask.

This sly expression shown on his face, he grunts before looking straight in the eyes, "No," he responds, "That's a promise."

x - X - x

I pace back and forth in my hotel room, thinking about this entire ordeal. It bothers me that she didn't tell me about any of this. She has to have known that sooner or later that I was going to find out about whether is came out from her mouth or from someone else.

"Di, seriously, you should let her come to you, man," Cody says as he plays on his laptop on his bed, "She's not only going to be mad at me; you do realize that she will be mad at the both of us, right?"

I stop in my tracks and look over to him, "I don't care if she gets mad at me!" I exclaim, "How come she went to you, man?" I question, "How come it was so easy for her to come to you and not to me?"It annoys me beyond belief to know that she trusts Cody more than she trusts me.

"Are you blind, dude?" Cody is now getting irritated by my remarks, "She wanted to spare your feelings until later, she cares about your input on things but she knew you weren't going to be happy about this,"

"Of course I'm not happy about this, Codes!" I exclaim my hands lay on my head, sliding thru my hair and gripping it roughly. "She's not trained for these things; she has no experience in anything but her back stage mic skills!"

"You're not getting me, Di!" Cody spat back, "McMahon saw what happened on the cameras the other day, and he called Ris in to talk to her about the whole thing,"

"He brought up pushing her between the storyline between Randy and you, she would become Legacy's valet; do all the things a manager would do," he explains.

"She would do training for the ring on her off time, while still doing her back stage interviewing here and there,"

I wait for him to finish still unsure of what her reasoning to put herself into dangerous stunts like these; she's more fragile than I am and most of the other divas. To take on more than one job is a lot to handle, as well; an interviewer, seamstress, makeup artist and an in-ring wrestler? She has to be psychotic.

"Don't you see it, Ted?" Cody asks.

Um, obviously not.

He notices how quiet and confused I must look, "She took the boss' offer because she wanted to be able to spend more time with us," he pauses, "With you especially." She wants to spend more time with me?

"So, wait until she comes to you and talks about it," Rhodes finishes, "I know she's been planning to tell you herself, she was just waiting for the right moment." He closes up his laptop, "I'm going down to the dining room to get some lunch. Want to join me?"

I look back over to him, "No, I think I'm just going to stay here." I reply. I need time to think, to breathe; clear my head. I want to talk to her about this, but without totally freaking out on her, I don't want to give her more of a reason to not come to me about things.

Breathe Teddy, breathe.

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