CHAPTER 14: The phone call
Over the next several weeks, Dean and Paige continued living in a hotel until it was deemed safe enough for them to return to her home across town. It was now April 4th. She had missed it and from the moment she stepped back inside of it, she nearly collapsed to the ground in pure utter joy. "I missed this place so much" she cried as she expressed her happiness. "So, so much." "Here lemme help you off of the ground" Dean said as he assisted her.
"You stay here while I'll make a quick check around to make sure that no one else is straggling around here" said Dean. "But the lawyer and an officer just checked it out for themselves a half hour ago" said Paige. "Ima make sure" said Dean. "Besides a lot could happen within 30 minutes." "Alright if you insist" said Paige as she took a seat down on her couch. She began to rub her growing stomach as she was now going on 6 months pregnant. She thought of the child that was inside of her and wondered what they would look like and whose personality that they would end up having. A part of her became sad as she remembered that she wouldn't even have friends to share this experience with, she only had had Dean. After a few minutes, Dean returned. "Ok" he said. "It's all clear."
"Good" said Paige. "I could use a nice long hot relaxing bath." "Alright well I'm going to the grocery store since everything you've got around here has pretty much expired" said Dean. "Want anything special?" "Special like what?" asked Paige as she stood up and continued rubbing her stomach. "Something you like to eat as a treat or something" said Dean. "Is your stomach ok?"
"Yeah, yeah, they're just moving around in there a lot" said Paige. "Can I feel?" asked Dean. "Sure" Paige smiled as she placed his hand on her stomach. "Wow…that's so fucking amazing" Dean said. "Who'd knew that they could do this?" Paige chuckled. "Probably our doctor." "I can see that" said Dean. "Whatever you get, make sure that it's something healthy" said Paige. "But as a treat thing, I would like some chips and salsa and some fat free hummus." Dean nodded and as he left, the phone rang, causing Paige to huff in annoyance as she really wanted to just go ahead and take her bath.
"Hello?" she asked. "Who is this?" "It's Colby" said Seth. "Colby, why are you calling here? How did you even get my number?" asked Paige. "Don't worry about it. It doesn't matter" said Seth. "Is Jon there? I really need to speak to him." "No, he just stepped out" said Paige. "Ok do you happen to know if he has his cell on him" said Seth. "I don't have a lot of time before I have to go film Smackdown soon."
"He should" said Paige. "But may I ask why you're calling?" "I need to talk to him about something. It's rather important" said Seth. "What is it that you need to talk about?" asked Paige. "It's not something that I want to discuss with you over the phone" said Seth. "Well it's like I just said, he stepped out and I'm not sure when he'll be back" said Paige. "Alright well is his cell phone number still the same?" asked Seth. "I don't know" said Paige. "You don't know? What do you mean you don't know?" asked Seth. "You're living with him, aren't you? Surely you'd know what Jonathan's number is." "I can tell you what I do know" said Paige. "I can tell you that you're the one who is responsible for me losing my job, that's for sure."
"Oh…yes…right" Seth said. "Saraya-Jade I-" "Look Colby, I've gotta go ok?" said Paige. "Ok but you at least tell him that I called?" asked Seth. "Hmm…lemme think about it. Nooo!" Seth shouted before she hung up the phone and continued on with her day. "Hello!? Hello!? Saraya-Jade!? Damn it!" Seth hissed as he tossed his phone across his bed. "Great, now what am I going to do?" He walked over and sat down and began thinking of all of the possible ways he could solve his situation. The problem was, he just didn't think there was a way he could.
"What would Dr. Alden tell me if he were here?" he asked himself. He remained quiet for a while. "This has got to be karma for me cheating on Leighla all those years ago" he said. "It just has to be. I now know what she felt like. Now I know."
About 3 hours later, Dean had returned back from the supermarket. "Saraya! I'm back!" he called out as he carried several grocery bags into the kitchen. "Hi Jon" Paige said as she walked in. "Need some help?" "Nope" said Dean as he began unpacking. "So how was your bath? Was it soothing?" "Very soothing" said Paige. "I was just finishing drying my hair. It was a must. I always felt dirty at that hotel, even though it was a nice one. It just wasn't home."
"I know the feeling" said Dean. "Anyways I have a meeting with work on Tuesday, so I won't be here basically all next week. Think you can handle being on your own while I'm gone?" Paige began to play with her hands. "Is something the matter?" asked Dean. "No…not really" said Paige. "Do you know what the meeting is about?" "How should I know?" said Dean. "It could be about anything." "That's true" said Paige as she folded her arms. "I sure as hell miss work."
"Maybe one day you can go back" said Dean. "AJ and Nikki did." "Yeah well I'm no AJ or Nikki Bella" said Paige. "I feel that something is bothering you" said Dean. "Please tell me about it." "No…It's nothing. I'm fine" Paige lied. "Saraya…I know when you're upset so you might as well talk to me about while I'm here" said Dean as he closed the cabinets.
"Do you remember that first time that we got together?" Paige asked. "Of course I do" said Dean. "It was after RAW I believe. We were in…well I forgot but it was the one right after Payback and you came up to me asking me about my segment when I-"
"Commented on my outfit" said Paige. "Yeah that" said Dean. "And then I asked if you wanted to go out sometime and you agreed and then 2 weeks later-"
"We started dating" Paige smiled. "Yep we sure did" said Dean. "We hit it off pretty fast." "Whatever happened to us?" Paige asked. "We were so happy." "Shit became too complicated" said Dean. "Life became too complicated." "I don't want it to be complicated anymore. I don't want it to be this way" said Paige. "I know" said Dean. Tears flowed down her face, causing Dean's eyebrows to cock. "I'm sorry" Paige said quietly. The lights in the kitchen began to flicker as the two stood quietly.
"I guess we're getting a thunderstorm or something" said Dean. "Perhaps" said Paige. "I'm going to lay d-" she was cut off by Dean's sudden kiss. "Jon-Jonathan, what are you doing?" she asked. "I have no idea" said Dean as he continued kissing her. They wrapped their arms around each other and kissed for what seemed like forever until Paige pulled away. "I really must be going to sleep now" she said. "I need my rest." Paige made her way into her bedroom where she laid down across her bed as she looked out of the window to watch the rain fall. She had finally gotten what she had wished so long for, only she knew that it wasn't right. She knew that she could no longer have Dean, no matter how much she wanted him.
A/N: The poll has tied again. I will be closing it soon and from there I'll make a decision on who Dean will end up with :-)