Authors Note: This chapter seems a tad bit weaker in terms of the writing then the others, but sometimes you just need a filler chapter or some such to get to the really important parts. So with that being said, enjoy the chapter, reading and reviewing means a lot to me but I also want to thank those of you that have come back to this story, almost three years later, and are reviewing and telling my how happy you are that I revived this. I appreciate it more then you know. Enjoy!

"He called again."

Megan had entered her office minutes before, offering up the news that Randy had again called. Not letting go even after a month of hearing nothing. When she had run that night at the hotel, she knew that it was going to end up this way but with each passing day she felt herself breaking down. It was taking every bit of strength in her not to take at least one of his calls.

She missed him. She missed the way that he had made her feel. How dedicated he had been to making sure that the mistakes of the past were rectified. It didn't erase the fact that he had gone out that night and basically cheated on her with not one, but two women but the way he had spent weeks making her feel after they had reconnected was still pulling strong within her.

If I forgive him then it just gives him the idea that I'm accepting of that kind of behaviour, and I'm not. So as much as I still love him, I can't go back.

"What did you tell him this time?"

"That I couldn't lie to you and put him through. He seems really destroyed over this though Trish and it's pretty obvious he won't give up anytime soon."

If there was one thing she knew about Randy it was that he never gave up on something he wanted. When he had been on his quest years before for the World Championship, he had been the same way. Determination was his middle name. He hadn't given up then either and had ended up being the Champion on more then one occasion. In this case she knew it would be the same. He wouldn't give up until she gave in. Something that right now she wasn't entirely prepared to do.

"If you don't mind my asking, what did he do? You seemed so happy when you left here that night."

If she told Megan what had happened with Randy, it would be the first time she had spoken openly about it since it had happened. It played heavily in her mind of course, daily, something her mind couldn't let go of. Speaking out about it though, she wasn't entirely sure that would make it any easier to deal with but if left alone with her own thoughts, she was eventually going to go crazy.

"When we finally met up, he was drunk and had two ladies, and I use the term loosely hanging off each arm. I knew that he wouldn't be expecting me but I really wasn't expecting to see that either. Especially after the way we had left things on the phone only hours before."

"Didn't you say that he had reformed? That he wasn't drinking anymore?"

"Yes, because whenever we were together he never drank. Not one drop. I mean we would order wine over dinner and if he had one glass it was shocking. He never made it through that. He really wasn't the same Randy that I remembered from my time in the WWE. It was different but I was proud of him."

"None of this makes any sense."

That was where Trish and Megan differed. To Trish it made perfect sense. For months he had been putting on a show with her. Making her believe that he had really changed when in reality sitting there lurking under the surface he was the same Randy Orton of years before. He was still the playboy. The party guy and he was still doing it with his right hand man by his side. It was common knowledge the way Randy and John were when they rode the road together and now, as all of it came flooding back, it was true that nothing had really changed.

"Whether it makes sense or not, it happened and there is nothing that can be done about it now."

"I don't think you really believe that."

One of the things Trish had liked about Megan when they'd begun working together had been how perceptive she was and how easy that made things on a daily basis in working with her. Seeing it in action right now though, Trish wasn't sure how she felt about it. Maybe Megan was being to perceptive for her own good. In any case, she was right.

"I've spent the last month of my life just floating through my day to day life. I know that feeling well because ever since the divorce with Ron, I had been doing the same thing. At least until I went back into the WWE and reconnected with him again. The day to day routine of going through the motions was changed and I actually felt like I was living again. I thought that I would have that feeling forever, but as it turns out, it just wasn't meant to be."

Megan hated seeing her boss this way. They had grown close over their time working together and seeing her this way now, when she was normally so strong and determined, it was heartbreaking. Trish deserved to be happy. For the first time in years she had finally seen her boss happy again and it was all because of Randy Orton, the very man that had now caused her the pain she was going through.

She knew that she shouldn't get involved in their personal business but with as hard as Randy was trying to talk to Trish and with as lonely and heartbroken as Trish herself was now, sitting before her, maybe it was time that someone did step in and set them both in the right direction.

What he had done was wrong, there was doubt about that, but everyone deserved a second chance. Megan knew that Trish believed that if she talked to Randy it would just be allowing him to do this again to her in the future but she didn't believe that. Sometimes a mistake was just a mistake.

"What harm can come from just hearing him out? I mean if you don't like what he has to say, or even if you don't believe or trust it, at least you can end things properly. The reason you haven't been able to get past the pain is because you haven't dealt with it."

Trish knew she was right. That if she really did want to end all of this the right way then at some point she was going to have to talk to Randy, but right now, with the way she was feeling it couldn't be right now. She still wasn't ready. She needed more time.

"I just can't do that right now Megan. It would only cause more hurt."

As the conversation ended at a standstill, Megan left the office and went back to the front, back to work and the yoga students that were no doubt waiting for their class to start. As she did though, she went back to it more determined then ever to figure out a way to make this right and the first step in doing this was reaching out to the one other person that could turn this all around.

Picking up the phone she dialled the number and waited as patiently as she could for his voice to pick up on the other end. She knew she was overstepping boundaries with this but after witnessing her bosses behaviour for the past month, she had been left no choice. She had to do her part in making sure that this worked out.

"Yeah?"

"Randy?"

"Yeah, whose this?"

"Megan, we spoke earlier."

"Oh, hey! Is everything alright? Is Trish okay?"

The concern in his voice, especially after what Trish had said he had done was shocking. For someone who had willingly gone out and cheated on his girlfriend a month before, he seemed extremely concerned about her welfare. Something that Megan was not accustomed too. When one cheated they usually did it because they wanted to get as far away from the relationship as they could by taking the easy and cheap way out.

"Well no, everything isn't alright. Trish is physically fine but emotionally she's a wreck and that has to do with you. I can't stand seeing her like this."

"Why do you think I want to talk to her. I need to explain what happened. She doesn't know everything that happened that night. I need to be able to tell her. I can't lose her."

"You seriously want to fix this?"

He sighed into the phone giving Megan more then enough information then she'd asked for just from the sound of it.

"Yes. I want to fix it more then anything. I love her Megan and I wouldn't EVER willingly hurt her."

"How fast can you get a flight to Toronto?"

"I can be there tonight, but if she won't see me, what's the point?"

"The point is, I believe you when you say that you wouldn't willingly want to hurt her. You wouldn't be so freaking persistent in calling here everyday if you were. You're bordering on harassment with what you're going through to talk to her. I have a plan. If you're willing."

The line went silent for a few moments, only their collective breathing tying up the line. Randy played over what Megan had told him, what she believed in and he knew that if there was any chance of getting within a few feet of Trish, it was going to have to be through her closest friend. If Megan had a plan then he was all in. He had nothing left the lose.

"I'm willing. Call me in a few hours. I'll give you my hotel information then. And Megan, thank you for believing me."