A/N Sorry about the delayed update on this story, but with school starting my normal schedule was thrown off! Hopefully this chapter makes up for it though. =)

Four more chapters to go!

I normally put a nice little quote here, but I couldn't think of anything! Or find anything good from Google to put up here, but can I ask you guys a favor? Can you please pray for Texas? There are so many houses being lost from wildfires, thankfully nothing has happened here yet. But still, prayers + thoughts of us are appreciated.

Chapter 26/ One Call Away

There is nothing like being able to have a home away from home, thankfully for me, I have about two homes away from home. And for the next couple of days I would be at one of them, Mickie James would be playing hostess to me and Alanna, while the SmackDown roster did a few house shows in her area. Alanna was especially excited, she loved helping her Aunt Mickie with the babies. And since we hadn't seen each other for a couple weeks, it would definitely be a good time.

At the moment the Southern Diva was in the kitchen, cooking and baking up a storm. The kids had just been put down for the afternoon naps, a few minutes after I walked through the door. I don't know how she managed it, but she took care of all three kids while I was away for my morning routine, of running and a house show. She must be super woman or something, I think that sometimes men underestimate how mentally stable their women must be.

By the time I had showered , dressed, and gone back downstairs, I found Mickie leaning on the counter drinking some lemonade and flipping through a magazine. The strong aroma of apple pie, and a stew on the stove filled my senses. Ah, it had been so long since I had a home cooked meal in front of me.

"Hey Micks, you got anymore of that lemonade?"

The petite brunette motioned towards her stainless steel refrigerator, "Top shelf on the left, how'd everything go today?"

After pouring a generous amount of the beverage in a glass, I turned towards her and replied, "It was alright. Had a bunch of kids swarm me for autographs after the show, as per usual. Other than the hand cramps and general pain from being punched and kicked , it went well. Alanna didn't cause any problems, did she?"

She shook her head feverishly, "Oh no, she was actually rather helpful this morning."

Happy with her response, I finished up my drink and leaned against the counter opposite of her. If there was one thing that could be said about Mickie James is that anyone – even a stranger – could tell when she had something on her mind. Her nose would be partially scrunched up, her eyes were always looking off in the distance. She would occasionally do it on screen as well, so I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.

It was actually a pretty funny thing to watch, that is until I start wanting to know what exactly she is thinking about. Then it just starts bothering me, to the point where – if I had any – I would be pulling my hair out.

"Hey Randy... do you mind if I ask you a rather personal question?"

"Um... sure, about what?"

The Virginian closed her magazine and gave her full attention to me, "When was the last time you and Maria, you know – had sex?"

In a surprise to me, I was a little taken aback by her straightforward question. She was never one to beat around the bush, but still, she never dug this deep into my personal life. Not to my face anyway.

"Er, last month sometime? I believe it was after SummerSlam.."

I remembered it now, I was surprised that I had any energy left after the grueling match I had with Jay. But if you had seen what she was wearing – or lack of in this case – you would have found some energy real quick. We knew that was the last time we would be seeing each other for a while, so we did was needed to be done. Alanna spent the night with Ted and his girlfriend Emily, Maria and I were thankful for that. Wait, why was all of this relevant to Mickie?

"Did you use protection?"

"Not the last time that last... I ran out of condoms."

"Freaks..."

Her constant questions about mine and Maria's late night adventures, was beginning to get on my nerves, was this seriously any of her business? Or are her and John having their own problems?

"Mickles," I almost grinned at the shudder she gave the nickname I so lovingly gave her when she first started dating John, "why is our sex life, any of your business?"

"Well, because... Maria had to do a physical for the company today. You know, the bi-yearly ones we have to do." she replied, " Anyway she did her's... and she didn't pass one part of it."

My eyes roamed my surroundings for a while, I knew of the physicals, in fact; I had just done mine earlier this month. Passed with flying colors for those of you interested. I hate them though, they literally poke me a million times trying to find a vein to draw blood from. I swear they've taken enough blood from me, to feed a small army of vampires.

Shrugging nonchalantly, I brought my attention back to her, "So what part did she fail? The treadmill one? That's a killer... I've told her to lay off the junk food when physical time comes around, but does she listen to my greatness? Of course not."

After taking a deep breath she locked her brown eyes on my blue ones, "The pregnancy test. Randy, she's four weeks pregnant."

Call me crazy, but I was under the impression that the father of a child, should be the first.. or at least the second to know about it.

I know there's the whole 'girl code' nonsense, but seriously? Mickie said that 'Ria had called her nearly seven hours ago, I haven't even received a text! I know better than to call her right now though, not that she won't answer, but my own temper may throw things way out of proportion and stress her out. Something that wouldn't be good for anyone involved. Also, Ms. James gave me the look of death when I pulled my phone of out my pocket, and then she proceeded to take it away from me.

I swear it's like she's my grandmother or something.

What's going to happen to Maria once word gets out about this? It's the WWE so it shouldn't take more than two weeks, for people to find out. Hell, we were all surprised that Mickie kept her pregnancy in our inner circle for two whole months.

Would she just take the necessary time off, or would she just retire altogether? She would surely be missed if she chose the second option, mostly by me, but I'm sure that the fans would miss her too. She's just a lovable person, if don't feel a slight ping of affection for her, then you're an idiot.

Will she be unhappy with me for possibly ruin her career? She's just starting to get that push she had been wanting for a while, she may even get put in the title hunt soon. Becoming a mother would obviously throw her dreams off track for a couple years, at the most. I mean, I could always take time off as well... but the work load for be would be much lighter than it would be for her.

I really wish that Mickie hadn't taken my phone away from me, I really need all these questions answered.

A/N – So, there it is! :) I hope I didn't disappoint with this one.

Next chapter – Maria and Randy meet to talk about the pregnancy. John and Mickie share some big news with the crew.

The fire is getting closer and closer to my hometown. -_-

x Cristi