Chapter 26 - It All Leads Back To One Thing
Lita wrapped the white bath towel around her body, holding herself tightly as she stood on the cold bathroom tiles, water still dripping from her long red locks. The red head quickly dressed herself in a pair of jeans and a fitted T-shirt as she attempted to use the towel to dry her red locks as she made her way into the warm living room. The sun streaming in from the glass doors opposite the kitchen. The red head took a quiet moment as she glanced outside to a bright blue sky with patches of white clouds scattered. Lita took a deep breath as her thoughts started to wander back to earlier on that week. Refusing to shed more tears over the incident, she used all her strength to hold the tears back that were already forming in her eyes. The vision of the man she loved and her best-friend attached at the lips was a vision imprinted on her memory. Yet no matter how hard she tried. She could not erase that vision. It overtook her thoughts and it overtook her emotions. Causing her to break down into tears every time she thought about it. Every time she remembered how she could feel her heart breaking the moment she walked into the EMTs room.
Along with that vision, came the harshly reality of Randy Orton's words which had followed the incident after he had caught her in the hallway, trying to reason with her and explain himself. Deep in her heart, Lita knew that Randy loved her. She knew that, but that kiss still happened and Lita couldn't ignore that now or at the time. As much as she hated to admit it, Randy was right. She was scared. She was scared of how fast him and her had been moving and yet still, they weren't together. He wasn't hers and she wasn't his. Considering that, Lita was petrified of the situation they'd found themselves in. Lita had been in a relationship with Matt Hardy when she and the Legend Killer had slept together a second time. A second time without protection, no doubt, which had landed Lita pregnant with Randy's child once more. The same child that she carried right now. That still wasn't enough to bring them together. Amoungst all the complications and especially the people standing in the way, the status of Randy and Lita was still undecided.
The red head sighed as she moved away from the glass window as dragged her feet to one of the large couches in her living room. Relaxing into the leather exterior, the red head picked up a magazine from the coffee table, just opposite her, and intended on spending the day relaxing. Trying her best to avoid all thought of last Monday Night RAW and especially of Randy Orton.
Ding Dong! Ding Dong!
Lita looked up from her magazine. Who in the hell could that be? She thought as she got up from her seat on the couch in her living room and headed for the door. After adjusting her top and pulling up her low ride jeans, the red head unlocked the door and opened it to greet the person on the other side.
"Dave?" Lita exclaimed in surprise as she opened the door to see the 300lb 'animal' standing before her in jeans and a white sweatshirt.
"Hey!" Dave said with a smile "Can I come in?"
Lita shook off her surprise and ushered Dave Batista inside. The pair walked into the living room before someone spoke again.
"Nice house," Dave commented as he looked around the big house.
"Thanks," Lita smiled as she took a seat on the couch she had previously occupied.
Dave took the hint and seated himself in the couch opposite the red head diva.
"You want something to drink or something?" Lita asked as she started to get up from her seat.
Dave simply shook his head.
"Nah, I'm right, thanks," he said as he maintained his eye contact with Lita "I actually came to talk to you about something."
Lita tensed up and bit her bottom lip as a surge of anger filled her. She knew exactly what Dave was here to talk about. How could she not have known that the minute he came through the door. If it had clicked earlier she wouldn't have let him in. It just made her angry and upset thinking about last week, and she just wanted to push that memory to the back of her mind. She didn't want Dave Batista here, helping her relive last Monday Night RAW.
"I don't wanna talk about it, Dave," Lita said coldly as she stared intently on the floor infront of her.
"Well, I do!" Dave said forcefully back.
Lita knew that Dave had a fairly bad temper. She'd seen that in the ring and out of the ring. She didn't want to make him angry, but she knew that if he pushed the topic any further that she was going to get angry!
"There's nothing to talk about!" Lita sharply said as she looked into Dave's brown eyes.
"I think there's a hell of a lot of things to talk about, Lita!" He fired back just as sharply.
"Like what, huh!" Lita retorted as she raised her voice.
"Let's start with Randy Orton, shall we!" Dave immediately responded, the sarcasm reeking in his voice.
Lita took a deep breath before her eyes fell on the floor beneath her again.
"I don't wanna talk about him," she said as she closed her eyes.
Her voice was almost weak. Almost a whisper. She could feel the tears building up inside her. The lump in her throat rising as the scene in the EMT's room replayed over and over and over in her head.
"And why not?" Dave said in a harsh voice.
He was either oblivious to Lita's shaking body or he had noticed her state and had chosen to ignore it and get back to business. Either way, Lita didn't appreciate the tone of his voice. Who was he coming in here and yelling at her for something that didn't even involve him. Well at least something that didn't involve him directly.
"Well, I don't know!" Lita said sarcastically back as she raised her voice again "Maybe it's because I saw him last week sucking face with fucking Stacy Keibler!"
Dave paused for a moment and Lita saw his anger drop for a second. His face looked expressionless. His brown eyes were staring her down. Looking at her intently, hardly blinking. Lita shifted uncomfortably in her seat before he spoke again.
"Look, I know it must have looked bad when you walked in to the EMT's room last week, but..." Dave started calmly.
"No shit!" Lita exclaimed "I go
to make sure he's OK, and I find him making out with that stupid
slut who used to be my best friend!"
"You only saw part of
what happened last week, you didn't see the whole thing..." Dave
started again.
"And what if I had seen the whole thing!" Lita snapped back "It probably would have been worse than what I already saw!"
"Look, Li," Dave said, trying his best to remain calm "Randy didn't want any part of that kiss. Stacy just took..."
"Oh, what bullshit!" Lita practically shouted at the Animal "Like, hell he didn't want that kiss. Randy'll just take what he can get, the stupid..."
"NOW YOU JUST FUCKING STOP THERE!" Dave shouted at her.
Lita was a little taken back by Dave's sudden outburst, but that didn't make her any less angry.
"That stupid bastard actually made me believe that he cared for me! He made me think..." Lita started shouting again, ignoring Dave's last comment.
"Are you listening to yourself!"
Dave exclaimed back at her "Do you realise what you're
saying!"
Lita stopped for a moment and didn't speak, which
Dave took as a cue to continue speaking.
"Do you honestly believe that Randy doesn't care for you!" Dave continued as his voice lowered in volume.
"Well, after last week, I'm doubting if..." Lita started.
"No!" Dave stated firmly "It's my turn to talk now!"
Lita pouted and folded her arms as she waited for Dave to continue. She huffed as she leant back into the couch.
"Are you fucking blind, woman!" Dave started once Lita was completely silent "You have a guy here who is head over heels in love with you and you can't even see it! How could you even question that Randy doesn't care for you! That boy loves you more than life itself, and sometimes I question why. All you ever do is yell at him and assume all the wrong things about him! All you do is call him namesand accuse him of being playboy and all that shit! And despite it all, he loves you! Do you honestly think a playboy would put all his time and effort on pursuing one girl! Let alone a girl who hates his guts! A girl who leads him on. Tells him she loves him one moment and then pretends he doesn't exist the next! How fair is that on, Randy?"
Lita was completely stunned at what Dave had just said. What stunned her even more was the fact that it was all the truth. Was this really her? Was this the person she wanted to be?
"But, you know, it's your life! You do what you want! But you can't keep doing this to Randy! It's not fair on him! He's putting himself out there! He's opening up to you and you keep shutting him out! You know he loves you! But you know, what pisses me off the most! You can't seem to face the fact that you love that boy just as much as he loves you!" Dave continued.
This was all becoming too much for Lita. Dave was right. Everything he was saying was right. She felt a single tear roll down her cheek as she stared intently at her lap.
"And how exactly does he prove he loves me!" Lita yelled at Dave as the tears started flowing down her cheeks "Making out with my former best friend!"
"Randy didn't want any part of that kiss and you know it, Lita!" Dave stated.
The volume in his voice dropping slightly when he noticed the crying state of the red head
"Stacy came onto him. She kissed him right as you walked through the door and he pushed her away straight afterwards! He doesn't want Stacy! He wants you! He loves you, Li! Why can't you accept that!" Dave finished.
"Because it's not true!" Lita exclaimed back "He doesn't love me! No! He doesn't!"
"Then why is he carrying this around for you!" Dave exclaimed as he pulled out a small velvet box from his jeans pocket, and opened it.
Lita froze. She stared at the ring sitting inside the small box. Her eyes caught the diamond centrepiece first. The sparkly jewel was sitting on the gold band of the ring, shining brightly at the red head. It was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. The most beautiful ring she'd ever seen, and probably the most expensive ring she'd ever laid eyes on too. And it was for her. It had probably cost the Legend Killer an arm and a leg, but he bought it. He bought it for her.
"Where did you..." Lita stammered
as she tried to find her words through the shock "Where did you...
Did you... Get that?"
"Randy's jacket pocket," Dave
answered as he handed it over to her.
The red head taking the small black box into her hands.
"How long...?" Lita stammered again as she fingered the ring in the box.
"He showed it to me about 2 months ago," Dave replied as he watched the red head gazing at the ring.
"What?" Lita asked in amazement as her eyes shot up to meet Dave's.
"Yep, 2 months," Dave repliedas he caught Lita's gaze "It cost him an arm and a leg too."
Lita shifted her gaze back to the ring. Taking once more look at it, she closed the small black box shut and slowly handed it back to Dave. She slightly shook her head before speaking.
"That ring could be for anyone, Dave," Lita commented, refusing to look the big man in the eye as he took the small black box.
"Oh yes I'm sure Randy was intending on asking the Queen Of England, I mean just because he loves you, and you're the only woman he ever talks and thinks about, doesn't mean that he would ever want to marry you," Dave said sarcastically as he cocked at eyebrow at the red head.
The red head simply shrugged.
"It's for you, Li," Dave said, being serious for a second "He told me so."
Lita took a deep breath and sighed. She still didn't utter a word. She wasn't sure if her speechlessness was because it was all too overwhelming for her - the whole concept of Randy wanting her to be his wife - or the fact that she had been completely, totally, and utterly wrong. She'd jumped to conclusions and now she was regretting that.
"You have to promise me you won't tell Randy I showed you this ring," Dave said as the box disappeared back into his jacket "He doesn't know that I took this."
Lita simply nodded.
"Does that prove to you how much this boy cares for you?" Dave spoke again "He's been carrying this ring around for you for 2 months now, which probably means that he's been thinking about asking you for longer than that."
The Animal stopped as he looked intently at the red head. Her eyes were down and she remained completely silent.
"Lita?" Dave asked warily as he reached a hand out to brush the red head's arm lightly.
"How could I have been so stupid?" Lita quietly said.
"What?" Dave asked after not hearing what the red head had said.
Lita's hazel eyes shifted to Dave as she spoke again.
"How could I have been so stupid?" Lita repeated as she looked at Dave with tears in her eyes "How could I not have seen? I love him, Dave, and he loves me. Why has it taken me a ring to finally see that?"
Dave listened to and watched the red head as she took a deep breath and pushed a few strands of her red hair behind one ear. Then suddenly the red head moved forwards and smoothly manoeuvred herself to embrace the man before her. Dave hugged the red head back as she rested her head into his shoulder. His hand coming to rest on the back of her head.
"Thank you," the red head whispered.
"You're welcome," Dave Batista replied.
The young man raised his hand to knock on the door once more, but backed out once again. He ran his hand through his hair as he took a deep breath. He never thought that this would be so hard. It's not that complicated Randy. Just lift your fist and hit the door infront of you. Just imagine the wooden door is Matt Hardy's head. That sorry son of a bitch's head. The one that came down to the ring last week, unscripted, and beat the holy hell out of you for no good reason. Yeah, that Matt Hardy. Growing angrier every time he thought about last Monday night RAW and the cause of the black eye he was now sporting, Randy finally firmly and sharply struck the wooden door frame infront of him.
The knocking sound echoed from the other side of the door and now all the Legend Killer could do was wait. Randy's eyes soon drifted to his surroundings. He'd never been in this part of Carolina before and he'd certainly never been to this particular house. He was honestly shocked at how big the house before him was. It was impressive to say the least. Probably even more impressive than his own house back in Louisville. The Legend Killer took the time to run his eyes over the lush green grass surrounding the house and the carefully arranged colour of exotic looking flowers neatly growing like a mote surrounding the base of the house. Randy soon admired the stone work on the outside of the house. It reminded him of the house that he had originally wanted to buy in Louisville. Had it not been for the 75 year old man that refused to move out of it, the Legend Killer's admiration for stone houses would have led him to have bought that house. That, however, wasn't the case and instead Randy ended up with the house he was currently residing in. A house covered in bricks. The Legend Killer sighed as he turned his attention back to the closed wooden door before him. Soon enough, the door opened and the person that Randy was here to see soon stood before him. A puzzled look etched across his fair features.
"Um," Jeff Hardy started, not quite sure what to think of the image of Randy Orton standing on his front step "Lita's not actually here anymore. She's at home."
"I didn't come to see Lita," Randy simply replied "I was actually wondering if you had a minute?"
Jeff eyed the 3rd generation superstar, looking twice over the Legend Killer's shoulders to make sure nothing funny was going on, before inviting Randy into his house. Randy accepted politely and brushed past the colourful haired man to enter the house.
"That's a nice garden you got out there," Randy commented as Jeff closed the front door behind him "You didn't really seem to me to be the gardening type."
Jeff let a small laugh escape his lips as he imagined the thought of himself bent over a flower bed tending to flowers.
"Oh no," Jeff replied as he led Randy into the living room "That out there is Miss Lita's handy work."
Randy suddenly grew curious at Jeff's words and questioned the matter further as he followed closely behind the Hardy brother.
"I never knew Li gardened," Randy commented as he looked intently at Jeff for some answers.
"She does a bit here and there," Jeff replied casually as he took a seat on one of the blue couches in the middle of his very spacious living room "She isn't really an outdoorsy kind of person but she likes to keep herself busy. She thought those flower beds were just too bare apparently."
Randy smiled the thought of the red headed diva popped into his head. The Legend Killer took Jeff's lead and seated himself on another couch in the living room. Admiring the spacious room he was in for a few seconds, Randy soon found himself getting lost in his own thoughts. Those mainly of the red head he was completely infatuated with.
"So," Jeff said breaking the
silence "What do you want to ask me about Li?"
Randy's head
shot up in surprise as his eyes met those of Jeff Hardy's.
"What makes you think I want to ask you something about Lita?" Randy inquired, looking suspiciously at the colourful haired man.
"Randy," Jeff stated matter-of-factly "You may not be here to see that little red head, but I damn well know that your visit here has something to do with her."
Randy sighed and nodded.
"So, what do you want to know?"
Jeff inquired as he rested his elbows on his knees and looked closely
at the Legend Killer "You already know where she is now, so what
else do you want to know?"
"How she is?" Randy immediately
retaliated.
Jeff looked carefully at Randy Orton and the heavy look of concern he bore in his bright blue eyes. It was genuine. How Lita was was obviously a topic of great concern and importance to the Legend Killer at this point in time.
"She told me everything about Monday," Jeff replied "But she's home now. She's taking some time off to think and relax. Some time alone, cause I think that's really what she needs now."
"I thought as much," Randy commented.
Jeff nodded.
"So, is Monday what you want to talk about?" Jeff questioned.
"That's part of it," Randy replied.
A silence engulfed the room as the Legend Killer's eyes remained on his feet. He was quiet as a mouse, hardly even making a sound with his own breathing. Jeff could tell me was absorbed in deep thought, yet the Hardy brother was still curious as to what the Legend Killer really wanted to know from him, so he questioned the quiet Randy once again trying to get the conversation going again.
"From what Lita told me," Jeff started, catching the Legend Killer's attention as his blue eyes finally looked up from the brown carpet beneath his feet "It sounds like she told you off Monday night and you did the same back."
"And it was all because of that stupid misunderstanding," Randy cursed as he clenched his fist just thinking about it.
"Ah yes," Jeff stated in realisation "That sticky situation involving you and a certain red head's ex-best friend."
Randy tensed up for a moment, while reliving the moment in his head, but somehow slowly forced himself to ease up and talk about the incident reasonably.
"Lita knows that I didn't want any of that kiss," Randy stated "She knows it in her heart, but I just couldn't make her see that on Monday. She never let me explain myself. She jumped to all the wrong conclusions about me. I could barely get a word in edgewise, amoungst all the yelled she was doing at me."
"Can you blame her really?" Jeff questioned, causing the Legend Killer to look at him in almost confusion "Here me out, OK? Imagine you were her and she were you for a second. You just watched her get the holy hell beat of her by your ex-girlfriend, let's just say for arguments sake your ex-girlfriend is Stacy for instance. You completely go off your rocker at Stacy for doing that to Lita and Stacy says it's all because she's jealous of what you and Lita have and that she wants you two to be an item again. You say that you don't love her anymore and that you love Lita. Stacy's on her hands and knees begging for you to take her back but you just walk away."
"Where did that come from?" Randy suddenly inquired.
"Huh?" Jeff asked confused.
"What you just said," Randy cleared up "Did you just make that all up?"
Jeff sighed with the realisation that Randy didn't have a clue of what went on backstage while he was getting helped to the EMTs room and then tended to.
"Well?" Randy questioned again, breaking Jeff from his train of thought.
Jeff took a deep breath.
"After Matt got backstage on Monday, while you were being helped to the EMTs room. Lita went to find him and according to her, she completely went off at him for what he did to you in the ring. He explained the reasons behind his actions, saying that he wanted her back. Saying that he loved her and that he wanted them to be an item again. Now, Lita could have easily chosen to go down that path again and she could have easily chosen to be with my brother again. I mean, after all she isn't currently obliged to anyone else and even though you and her obviously have something going on between you two, you really don't have any official claim on Li, and you both know that."
Randy nodded as Jeff continued.
"But she didn't chose that path Randy. She chose you. She chose you over Matt and she didn't hesitate to tell him that straight to his face. She looked him straight in the eye and told him she didn't love him. She told him that you are the one she loves and he can't change that. Even when Matt was down on his knees begging her to reconsider, she turned heel and instead went to find you."
"And she found me in the EMTs room, right?" Randy finished.
"Exactly," Jeff replied.
"So, she really told Matt that she loved me?" Randy inquired, almost in disbelief.
"Not that your ego needs to get any larger and not that you probably didn't know already, but," Jeff half laughed "yes, Lita told him she loved you and that he couldn't change that."
Randy nodded before sitting in silence once again. Taking in everything he'd heard from the younger Hardy brother. She told him she loves me. She chose me over him. She doesn't love him anymore. She loves me, and I...
"Anyway, getting back to my switching places scenario," Jeff interrupted the Legend Killer's thoughts, drawing Randy's blue eyes back onto him "So you walk away from Stacy and head for the EMTs room in hope of caring for a battered and bruised Lita. However, upon arrival there you open the door to find Lita sitting on the EMTs bench connected at the lips to your ex-best friend, Hunter. She suddenly breaks the kiss and notices you in the room. What's your reaction?"
Randy started to get very into Jeff's rendition of Monday night RAW's happenings, to the point where the Legend Killer's fists were clenched so tightly he could feel his fingernails pressing hard into the skin of his palms. Just the thought of seeing Lita and Hunter engaged in a kiss made the Legend Killer's blood boil. Seeing that Randy was not going to answer, Jeff spoke again.
"Now I can see that you're just about to throw the TV set across the room or punch my lights out, so," Jeff stated, trying to calm Randy down with a little humour "You can understand how Lita must have been feeling when she saw the man she loves kissing her best friend. Whether or not you wanted that kiss, it still happened and Lita still saw it. That memory is going to play over and over again in her mind, just like the thought of Li and Hunter kissing is playing over in your mind. When your heart feels like it's breaking and your pissed off and angry there's no reasoning with you. Especially with Lita. All reason for Li went out the window like a flash when she saw you and Stacy, and I hope you understand why."
The Legend Killer nodded as he sat in silence once more.
"You need to understand that Lita felt betrayed by you when she walked into the EMTs room on Monday," Jeff continued "She finally knew and she could admit to not only herself that she loved you for sure. I guess she was finally starting to realise that she could trust you and open her heart up to you and then that kiss turned everything around. She was lost. She didn't know what to do. Her emotions took over the moment her reason disappeared. She didn't mean the things she said and I know that, and I understand why. But it's not worth it at all if you don't understand or at least try to understand too."
Randy sighed as he ran his fingers through his short brown hair. A million thoughts were running through his head and taking in all Jeff had said was sending his brain in overdrive. Letting a small groan escape his lips, the Hardy brother spoke again before Randy had the chance to speak.
"Look you don't have to give me an answer now," Jeff stated "Hell, you don't even have to give me an answer at all. Think about it. Think about who Li is to you and what she means to you. What you feel for her. In the end, it's all up to you."
Randy sighed and nodded.
"There's something else I want you to know, and that you probably should know anyway. I don't know how close you and Lita are, and I don't know how much you know about the real her, but listen up because there's a few things that I wanna let you know about my Bella. Things that you'll probably never hear from her, but things that you need to know to understand her. Understand why she does the things she does. Why her heart does the things it does," Jeff spoke again.
Randy simply nodded as he watched and listened to Jeff, giving the younger Hardy his full attention.
"You should know that Li isn't the type to wear her emotions on her sleeves," Jeff started "She isn't the type to parade her feelings and emotions because she doesn't want to seem soft. She's not the type and I'm sure you know that."
Randy simply nodded as he listened on to the younger Hardy.
"Li isn't like most girls you've probably ever known. She isn't like most girls who go on blind dates. Go on group dates. Nothing like that. She's more conservative about that area of her life and conservative about who she shares her emotions and feelings with. With Li, it's about fate. Fate is something she has always believed in. She believes that everything happens for a reason, and so if two people are meant to be together then there shouldn't be blind dates or friends setting you up with someone who they are sure would be perfect for you. Li believes that if two people are meant to be together then nothing will ever stop that and eventually those two will find each other without the usual intervention. I guess you could say she believes in soul mates or at least something like that. She's a hopeless romantic at heart. She believes in love."
"Anyway, it's because of all that that Li doesn't just give her heart away to anybody. I've known her my whole life and even then I've only ever seen her fall in love with two people in her whole life. I'm not talking that 'one-night-stand-and-sex' kind of love that most people believe in. I'm talking about complete and utter true love. Where you're able to see an unperfect person in a perfect light. When you find yourself doing things you thought you'd never do."
"Matt was her first love. I don't know if you knew that, but he was. They were together for 3 years and Li fell completely in love with him. It took her awhile. At least a year, I think she said, before she really knew that what she felt for Matt was love. She couldn't see herself with anyone else ever and she thought that they were going to be together forever. That wasn't the case when Matt turned on her, betraying her and breaking her heart into a million pieces."
"It's true when they say that you can't chose who you fall in love with. Lita didn't want to believe it, but it was true, and it happened to her when she fell in love for the second time. When she fell in love with you. By the time she started falling for you, Orton, she was still fragile from what Matt had done to her. She was still scared to give her heart away that easily when she knew that it could be broken when she least expected it, at the drop of a pin. It wasn't only that, but it was also her past involving you that was stopping her from admitting to herself that she did in fact love you. She was scared Randy, and I think you need to understand that. She was scared of getting her heart broken, she was scared of the pain that she knew she would go through if she got close to you, and she was scared because she knew that she was falling fast and hard for you and there was nothing she could do to help that. She wasn't even sure if she wanted to help that."
The two men sat in complete silence as Jeff Hardy wrapped up his little speech. Jeff felt confident in what he had just told Randy was the best thing right now. He couldn't do anything in terms of bringing Lita and Randy closer together or pushing them apart. It was up to them. All Jeff could do right here and now was try and make Randy understand why Lita is the way she is. Why Lita does the things she does.
"Now that you know that," Jeff stated "I just need to know one thing,"
"What?" Randy asked.
"Do you love her?" Jeff questioned "And I don't mean just love. I mean, do you really love her? Do you truly love my Bella?"
Randy nodded without hesitation.
"Yes," he replied "I love her Jeff."
Jeff nodded as he looked at the Legend Killer. His head in his hands, running through his short brown hair as he sighed deeply.
"I love her so much it hurts," Randy spoke again "It hurts that she's scared of loving me. It hurts that she's scared of me loving her back. I wish that I could do something, say something, to show her that she doesn't have to be afraid. I wanna show her how much I love her. Show her how much she means to me. Show her that I love her with every muscle in my body and with every drop of blood in my veins. I love her more than I ever thought I was capable. More than I ever thought I was capable of loving somebody. More love than I have ever known I had. More love than I ever knew I could give."
"I want her Jeff," Randy continued as he sighed again "I wanna be with her every second of the day and I'm willing to do whatever it takes to make that happen."
"It's easy to sit there and say you would sail the seven seas and go to the moon and back to be with her because they're only words and a bunch of cheap romantic lines," Jeff stated "But I really want to know, honestly and truthfully, from the bottom of your heart, how far you're willing to go. How much you're willing to do to show the girl that you love her. How far would you go right now, to show Lita that you love her and that you want to be with her?"
Randy took a deep breath and closed his eyes before reaching for his pants pocket.
"This far," Randy stated as he offered a small black box to the Hardy brother sitting opposite him.
Jeff Hardy froze as the Legend Killer placed the small black box in the Hardy brother's hands. Could it really be? Jeff though as he took a deep breath before prising open the small box. There sitting in the middle of the small box was the most beautiful ring the Hardy brother had ever seen. A sparkly diamond centrepiece was settled on a plain gold band, staring right back at Jeff. He couldn't begin to imagine how much that little jewel must have cost the Legend Killer. He just couldn't believe full stop that the ring he held in his hands in the small black box was meant for his best friend, Li.
"Are you serious?" Jeff finally broke the silence as he looked up at Randy.
"Dead serious, Jeff," Randy simply replied "I wanna ask her to marry me."
"My god," Jeff mumbled to himself as he took another look at the diamond ring in his hands "I had no idea."
"No one else does," Randy replied "Apart from Dave."
"Batista?" Jeff inquired.
Randy nodded in reply. Jeff simply glanced at the ring once more before he closed the box shut and handed it back to the Legend Killer. Randy accepted the box and placed it back in his pants pocket before he spoke again.
"I'm only 25 years old Jeff," Randy started to speak as his eyes drifted between the Hardy brother and the carpet beneath his feet "Do you know how scary it is knowing that you've already found the person you want to spend the rest of your life with? Do you know how scary it is to know that you've truly fallen in love with a girl you'd least expect? A girl who you aren't even in a relationship with. A girl who's carrying your child. Do you know how scary this all is for me?"
Jeff was surprised at what he was hearing. Genuinely surprised, but didn't say a word in reply. He simply kept quiet and continued to listen to the Legend Killer.
"Don't get me wrong, I love Lita with all my heart. She's the only one I wanna be with," Randy started up again "But when I realised that I wanted to put a ring on her finger, I realised how much she truly meant to me. And before you get any ideas, I'm not doing this to try and put a Band-Aid on our problems from Monday. I've had this ring for about 2 months now. I've been wanting to ask Li for a lot longer than a week. I'm doing this because this is how I feel. This is how I feel about Lita and I not only want to prove that to her, but I want to prove it to the world. I don't want to have to keep on relying on my words to tell her how I love her. I want to show her I love her and that I want to be with her forever. That's why I have this ring. That's why I wanna put that ring on her finger. I love her Jeff and I think it's time I showed her that."
Jeff Hardy sat in complete silence as he carefully watched the Legend Killer. He looked so sincere and honest as he sat there and poured out his heart and soul to a guy he practically didn't know, apart from their common relationship with the red headed diva. The younger Hardy watched as the young man before him ran his fingers through his short brown hair. Jeff cleared his throat before speaking up again.
"Well if you love her as much as you say you do, and I don't doubt that," Jeff finally spoke "That's good enough for me."
Randy Orton looked up at the colourful haired man and took a minute before he simply nodded with acknowledgement.
"Thank you," Randy simply replied as a smile found its way across his handsome features.
Jeff Hardy simply smiled back.
A tear rolled down the red head's cheek as she supported herself against the wall behind her. Sliding slowly to the floor she let out a deep breath when she heard Jeff Hardy's front door close. Bursting into tears, the red head tightly hugged her body, bringing her knees closer to her chest.
"You were right," Jeff spoke, causing the red head to look up at him standing from her spot of the floor "It was Randy."
"I know," Lita spoke through her tears.
Jeff knelt down on the floor as he took the red head into a tight embrace. The red head continued to sob into the colourful haired man's chest as she let all her emotions out. The two remained in silence as the Hardy brother gently stroked the back of the red head's head. Running his fingers through her fiery red mane.
"He loves you, Li," Jeff finally spoke as he tightened his embrace around the red head "He really loves you."
"I know," Lita replied through her tears "He's already shown me that."
Jeff nodded.
"Now it's my turn," Lita spoke.
A/N: Sorry it's taken me so long to update everyone! I've been on holidays overseas and I didn't have access to the net or my story so thanks firstly for being so patient. Hope you liked this chapter and that it lived up to your expectations. Apologies for it being so long, but I thought it'd work better if I put both Lita's and Randy's parts together in the same chapter. So, Randy wants to propose to Lita, bet you never saw that coming! Lol. Anyway, Please Read and Review because I love the reviews I've been getting (I honestly can't believe how many I get for each chapter and how many people actually take the time to go through and read my story) - I write for you guys! Thanks heaps! Until next chapter (Chapter 27 - Last Night On Earth - which will be posted as soon as I get a reasonably amount of reviews because I have pre-written that chapter already and the next one)... Hugs, Mrs Bridget Orton xoxoxo