Chapter 25: Break Up to Make Up.
Author Note/Disclaimer: Hey guys. So I hope you like this chapter, and that it makes abit of sense. I've decided that this story will probably end after Backlash.. BUT! There will be a sequal... If you guys want it! Let's just say things wont be ending peachy, and i'll be using my trademark cliff hangers.. haha. The whole step-dad deal has been mentioned early on in the story, so if you don't remember jus go back and re-read those flashbacks. It'll really help you understand.
So while I was writing this chapter, I found out Cena's back with his ex, Liz. This is who I actually based the Liz character on (obviously) and Cena marks will know that he was actually engaged to her for like.. 6 years. Theyre back together now (despite what he says) so congratulations to them both. OH! And Randy's back soon.. yaaay! ha.
Latisha C: Men are incapable of telling the truth.. LOL. Pauls been put in a difficult position, really! I don't know what i'd do in a situation like that. Thanks for reviewing! xx
Diva101: Read on and see if they do patch things up...! muaha. xx
super G: Paul was going to tell her about Stacy and Randy, but decided against it when he found out she had told Randy about her past. xx
viper-sa: Yep, that's just what men are like! Here's another chappy for ya hunni xx
Calea: Randy dressed as a knight.. you put an image in my head there! haha. DX is coming back at Vengeance! wohoo. I wonder who the members will be? Can you imagine Cena in DX? LOLLL! Quality. Hope you like this chap! xx
kimberlin: yup, it's actually talked about in previous chappys! her step-dads an ass.. LOL. I hate my own character! xx
wwefan01: thankies! xx
socalledsara: I'm glad you like this story and continue to read it! thanks for reviewing it! xx
Sparkle Black: Hmm.. Good theories! I enjoyed reading the PM you sent me, it had alot of good ideas in. BUT! I'm not going to give anything away, so you'll have to keep reading.. Muaha. Thank you for putting the time into that message you sent me - It was awesome. Your a smart cookie, to.. That's all i'm saying! LOL. xx
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Thursday February 12th, 2004 : Smackdown LIVE! In Tacoma, Washington.
Didn't anybody ever tell you surprises are not always a good thing?
"This is a piece of shit," Beth mumbled, holding her cell phone up in the air as she searched for a signal. "$400 dollars for this? I was robbed. T-Mobile took advantage of me, a pregnant woman!"
Brooke held back a laugh, watching as she shook the phone. "Can't you exchange it?"
"I already have.. Three times!" She complained, waving her hands around. "I hate this thing. It always does this when I'm trying to make a freakin' call or something!" She took a few steps forward and finally managed to get a few bars. "YES!"
"Who are you trying to call, anyway?" Brooke questioned, resting a lazy hand on her hip.
"Randy, Hi." Beth started, Brooke's expression changing as her question was answered for her. "Just leaving you another message. I have another check-up on Saturday, I was wondering if you wanted to come with me? It would really give us a chance to talk. You kinda' left me hanging last week..."
"Kinda?" Brooke scoffed.
Beth frowned, turning away from her. "Well.. Call me when you get this. I love you..."
"I cannot believe you just told him you loved him," Brooke frowned, crossing her arms as Beth hung up the phone and turned back to look at. "After he walked out on you and everything.."
"It was alot to take in," She mumbled, staring down at her cell phone.
"He's not the one who had to deal with it, Beth." Brooke argued. "He should be cradling you in his arms and comforting you right now, not acting like a bitch and ignoring you. How can you let him treat you like this?"
"Because I do love him!" She huffed, her eyes welling up. "I can't turn and walk away, Brooke.. It's more complicated then that! I'm carrying his child for god's sake! I love him more than I have ever loved anyone, and six months from now I'm going to be giving birth to his baby. Do you know how scary that is?"
"We're too young for this kind of drama, huh?" She said with a loud sigh, bringing Beth into her arms for a hug. "Randy doesn't even realise what he's got with you, chick. I'm so sorry he's putting you through this.."
"I just want things to go back a couple of months," She sniffled, stepping back. "I'd give anything to go back and be normal.."
Brooke smiled. "You? Normal? Never!" She joked, making Beth giggle. "Now C'mon. We're here to surprise John, are we not?"
"Yeah," She replied, pausing to look down at her side, fiddling with something.
"What's that?" Brooke asked, pointing to the small device connected to her jeans.
"Oh, this?" She asked, unclipping it and holding it up for her to see. "It's a pager. Shane gave it to me incase Marissa goes into labour. Their in town, so all he has to do is send me a message and I'll head straight to the hospital."
"Are you nervous?" Brooke questioned, lacing her arm through hers as they carried on down the hall.
"No," Beth lied. She was actually terrified at the prospect of witnessing Marissa give birth.
"I would be," Brooke admitted. "So where abouts is Johns locker room?"
Meanwhile...
John's hand snaked underneath Liz's shirt and caressed her stomach as he continued kissing her, making full use of the private locker room he had for tonight. He nipped her neck hard, making her gasp as he licked the spot as if to console her. Lifting her shirt, he was interrupted by a frequent knock on the door.
"Who's that?" Liz whispered, pushing him off of her as she smoothed out her clothes. "Are you expecting someone?"
"No," He said through gritted teeth. I'm going to kill whoever is on the other side of that door...
"Answer it while I freshen up," She told him, walking into the bathroom.
John pulled back on his jersey and took the few steps towards the locker room entrance. Pulling it open, the last thing he was expecting to see was Beth. Shit!
"Surprise!" She exclaimed, throwing her arms around him for a hug.
Sure is.. "Beth," He stumbled, doing his best to smile while looking over his shoulder. "What are you doing here?"
"One of the Assistants is off sick, so I'm in charge of the schedules for Smackdown this week." She explained, ending their hug.
"Couldn't someone else do it?" He replied, not mincing his words.
Her face fell, hurt by his lack of enthusiasm. "You act like you're not happy to see me or something..."
"No, no, no." He was quick to insist. "I am, believe me I am. I just... I don't like you working this hard, its straining for you and the baby. You should be resting, you know?"
Her smile soon returned. "Well thank you for your concern, but I feel fine. Besides, I missed you!"
"Aww," He grinned. "Well why don't you go sort out those schedules, and we'll meet up later? Because I'm actually about to go for a meeting with Vince, It's nothing bad, just to talk about a few appearances I have coming up." Yeah, lying to get rid of your best friend. Smooth, Cena. Smooooth.
She frowned. "Well do you want me to go through your schedule; it'll save you the hassle..."
"No, it's okay." He insisted, gently pushing her outside. "I'll do it. I'll call you later?"
She blinked. "Uh, alright."
"Great!" He said, turning back towards the entrance.
"Oh, John!"
WHAT NOW? "Yeah?"
"Can I borrow one of your jerseys?" She asked hesitantly. "My bumps' starting to show and this tank top is making me feel really self conscious.."
A small bump was clearly visible through the white tank top Beth wore, and John could feel his blood boil as he was reminded that she was expecting a baby. She was nineteen and was going to be having Randy Orton's love child.
"Yeah," He finally answered. "Wait here."
He re entered his locker room and searched through his bag, eventually pulling out a large Patriots jersey. Walking back to the door, he handed it to her and offered her a smile. "There ya go, Princess."
"Thanks," She smiled, pulling it over her head. "So I'll see you later then?"
"Yeah." He nodded. "Laters."
John closed the door and leant back against it, letting out a loud sigh. At that precise moment Liz walked out of the bathroom and made her way over to him. "Who was that?"
He shrugged. "Just some stage-hand."
"Oh," She replied, wrapping her arms around him. "So where were we?"
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"Can't you just try another store?" Beth told her cell phone, turning the corner of another hallway. "I'm really craving peanut butter, and if I don't have it soon I'm going to explode.." She paused. "I'm not over reacting Brooke!"
So enthralled in her conversation, Beth didn't even notice where she was going. Before she knew what was happening, the pregnant teenager had run straight into someone, sending her backside first onto the floor. "OW!"
"Oh my, I'm so sorry," Liz apologised, not recognising the brunette as she helped her collect her things and climb to her feet.
"It's not your fault," Beth replied, brushing herself off. "I was talking to my friend about peanut butter, and was paying no attention to where I was going." She laughed at her clueless look. "Pregnancy cravings.."
"You're pregnant? Congratulations!" Liz smiled, clasping her hands together.
"Thanks," Beth smiled. "So do I know you? I haven't seen you around here before.."
"Oh, you wouldn't have. I'm just here visiting my boyfriend. We only just got back together, so we're trying to spend as much time together as possible." She explained.
"Aww," She cooed, slinging her purse back over her shoulder. "To be in love, huh?"
Liz sort of went dreamy eyed as she remembered the few hours she had just spent with John, alone in his locker room. "Yeah, he's a great guy. I mean sure, we've had our problems.. But as we got talking, it's like I fell in love with him all over again.."
Liz took a moment to look Beth over. "You know, he has a jersey just like that.."
"Oh really? It's not mine, it's a friends." She paused, feeling her pager vibrate. Looking down at it, her eyes widened. "Oh shit!"
Marissa was going into labour!
"Is everything okay?" Liz asked her.
"Uh-Oh-Er," Beth stumbled, staring down at the beeping device. "I've got to go..."
She turned around and started to run off down the corridor, only stopping when Liz called out to her.
"Hey!" She shouted. "I never got your name..."
"Bethany!" She called back. "Bethany Flair!"
Something inside Liz's head clicked. She'd heard that name before, and was suddenly reminded of why she hated it so much. She looked back up and noticed Beth was gone, she had already disappeared around the corner.
Meanwhile, Beth raced around the corner, desperate to find the exit of this maze like building. She was so worked up, that instead of moving out of the way she ran straight into a pair of strong arms. The arms caught her, and as she looked up she was captured by a pair of familiar ocean blue eyes. "R-Randy?..."
He smiled. "I heard you'd be here and thought I'd come see you.."
As much as she wanted to stay like this, and to remain in his arms, Shane had paged her, and she knew that Marissa would be at the hospital waiting for her, counting on her to be there for support. She removed herself from Randy's arms and took a regretful step backwards.
"Rand- I'm sorry.. I've got to go. Marissa's gone into labour and I need to get there..."
As she moved away from him, Randy reached out and took her arm, pulling her back to him. "Let me drive you.."
She held his gaze for a few seconds. "Alright.."
Randy led her to his BMW and helped her inside; taking his own place in the driver's seat as Beth called Brooke to tell her what was going on, and then Shane to let him know that she was on her way to the hospital. After that, there was an uncomfortable silence between Beth and Randy, neither one of them saying a word.
"I'm sorry I haven't called you," Randy finally said, clearing his throat. "I've been-"
"Busy," Beth snapped, finishing his sentence. "I get it."
"I should have been in touch," He admitted. "But after what you told me... I didn't know how to react, you know?"
She looked down. "I didn't expect you to understand, Rand.. And I'm sorry you find out the way you did, but I can't go back and change things, so you need to learn to accept what happened to me.. I've had to!"
He clutched the wheel a little tighter. "I should have been there.."
"I was sixteen," She frowned. "There was nothing you or anyone else could have done."
"But what if-"
"But what if nothing!" She snapped. "You're not making this easier for me, you know? You're just bringing back alot of bad memories. Memories I'm trying to put behind me and forget."
"But John said it could affect the baby - Your last abortion, I mean.."
She closed her eyes, letting out a sigh of frustration. "John was just worrying. I asked the doctor and he told me that both me and the baby healthy, and that there's nothing to worry about."
"Are you sure?" He asked, pulling into the hospital car park.
"Yes, I'm sure!" She insisted, stepping out of the car. "I wouldn't lie to you about our child's health, Rand." She added, beginning to walk away from him.
"Beth, wait!" Randy called back, Beth turning back to him. "Tell Marissa I said good luck, okay?"
She stared at him for a few seconds, before nodding her head and making her way inside the hospital. And for the first time in months, Randy did something right and pulled into an empty space inside the hospital car park. He'd let her go through alot of things on her own, but this time things were going to be different.
Randy locked up his car and jogged towards the hospital entrance, dodging past a number of staff and hospital workers before he finally reached the reception area. Now out of breath, he let his hands press against the desk, making eye contact with the receptionist. "Marissa McMahon. What room is she in?" He managed to get out.
"I'm sorry sir," The receptionist replied, checking her computer. "Mr McMahon requested a private hospital suite. I'm afraid I am unable to give out that sort of information."
He turned and ran off down one of the corridors, his eyes lighting up when he saw Beth stood at the very end of the hall, pulling on her slacks as she prepared to enter the hospital room. "BETH!" He shouted, catching her, and alot of other people's attention.
"Just give me a second," She told the nurse, who nodded and disappeared inside. "Yeah?"
"I'm here," He said once he approached her.
She frowned, crossing her arms. "I can see that."
"NO! I mean I'm here," He repeated. "For you."
She tilted her head. "You're here for me?"
"Yeah," He replied softly. "I'm here for you..."
As she stared into his eyes, she realised he was being honest. He was there for her, and he did care for her well being. For the first time in days, she finally realised why he hadn't been in touch with her, and why what she had told him about her step-father had hurt him so much.
-- He was hurting. He was hurting because he truly did love her.
She swallowed hard, brushing back a strand of her hair. "I've got to go. Shane & Marissa are waiting for me..."
He nodded, stepping back as she pulled open the door and took a step inside.
"Beth?" He called out as she turned. "I'll be here - as long as it takes."
She looked at him for a few seconds, before finally nodding her head and disappearing inside. Randy let out a sigh and ran his hand over his face, flopping down into an empty seat.
4 Hours later...
It had to be dawning on 3am, and Randy was still at the hospital, dozing on a chair inside one of the waiting rooms. He was jolted awake when he heard a commotion coming from down the hallway. He rubbed his eyes and looked over in time to see Beth leave the hospital room and take off down the hallway. He got up and chased after her, only catching up with her once she was outside. He reached out and grabbed her arm, spinning her around to see Beth's tear stained face. "What happened? Is Marissa alright?"
"She's fine.. The baby's fine," Beth managed to get out, Randy breathing a sigh of relief. "I just... I can't do that."
"Can't do what?" He asked, confused.
"I can't go through what she just went through, Rand!" She admitted tearfully, scared out of her mind. "There is no way that my body is pushing out something that big.. NO WAY IN HELL!"
"What? What are you talking about? Of course you can."
"That's easy for you to say. You haven't just seen what I have. This babies going to have to stay where it is because I'm not going to be-"
She was cut off by Randy, who pressed her against the wall behind her and kissed her with all that he had. Caught off guard, it took Beth a few seconds before she actually responded to the kiss, wrapping her arms around his neck to pull him in closer. The kiss carried on for awhile, until they finally separated and Randy pulled her into his arms for a hug.
"I love you," He whispered.