Chapter 26-

The sounds outside were normally the same at the early hours of a New York Saturday morning. People would be coming home from nights out; having a good time after a hard week doing whatever it is a person does. Some people were happy and cheery; some were arguing and having small drunken fights. Either way people were always very glad it was the weekend.

One girl in particular was happy that it was the weekend and not for the same reasons as most other people. All that she wanted to do was stay indoors away from the world, away from inquisitive eyes, away from the question that would back her into a corner, away from being asked "Torrie how did you get that bruise?"

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The new morning started with the sun rising over the top of the city skyline. New York was known as the city that never slept and that was definitely the case.

For the owner of Angels bar he would not be sleeping much this weekend no matter where he was in the world. The friendly Irish bar tender had many things on his mind, the health of his new friend, the women that was constantly on his mind but more than anything else the imminent arrival of his controlling Father.

In just over 24 hours Sheamus would have to do something that he had never done before, stand up to his Dad. The thought of it terrified him, the consequences of his actions could be devastating but he is his own man now and he has to do it.

The redheaded Irishman sat in his empty bar looking around. He looked at the stools on the top of the table. He listened to the sound of the ticking clock knowing that in a couple of hours his customers would be arriving and it would be the pleasant company and distraction that he needed.

He was a little startled as he heard a knock on the bar door. He looked at the clock and said "Six forty five? Someone has a bit of a problem."

He walked to the front door and opened it with the intention of telling this person to go home but who he saw standing there was not who was he was expecting.

"Trish? What are you doing here?"

The glamorous blonde answered "I knew there was no way you would be able to sleep so I wanted to come and keep you company."

Sheamus felt a sense of warmth from what she said and invited her in. He went behind the bar and made her a cappuccino before sitting down with her on the only table that the stools had been taken down from.

She took a sip of her coffee before saying "Bit of a stupid of question but are you nervous about tomorrow?"

Sheamus smiled and answered "I am shaking like I am stood naked in the Antarctic."

Trish laughed and answered "Strange image but think I understand."

He laughed with her saying "Wasn't the best example but yes I am very nervous."

The friendly Irishman felt a tingling sensation go through his body as she placed her hand on his softly saying "Everything will be fine I promise."

She quickly moved her hand as she heard a key turning in the front door. The two of them turned around to see the unique blonde Ashley storming into the bar.

Sheamus stood up and said "Ashley you don't start until eight."

She snapped "I wanted to make an early start on the cleaning."

The redheaded bartender glanced at Trish to say can we have a minute.

Trish took her phone from her pocket and said "That's Alberto my brothers have come in drunk again and are using his chess set as a coaster. Bye Ashley and see you later Sheamus."

The two of them locked eyes saying as much as they could with no words at all. Sheamus stopped and waited for the door to shut. He sighed wishing that she could stay longer but if there was one thing that Sheamus did it was look after his friends.

He pulled the chair next to his and said "Ashley sit down."

She answered quickly "I said I want to do the cleaning."

Sheamus lowered his voice to an almost comforting tone and said "The cleaning will still be there at eight o clock and for now I want to talk to my Ashley."

The punk rocking blonde smiled as she heard him call her my Ashley. She always liked when Sheamus called her that because it made him like the big brother that she never had.

She sat down and said "You always know how to get me don't you?"

He replied in a friendly but sarcastic fashion as he said "It's a gift. Now tell me what's going on."

Her hands started to twirl with her blonde hair not wanting to open up but knowing that Sheamus was the one person she felt she could talk to. There were a few moments hesitation but she finally started to talk.

"I have started to notice a pattern in my life and it is not a very good one. I have great friends a wonderful job I think I look good and take care of myself but whenever it comes to guys I can't seem to get it right."

Miss Massaro stopped as she saw Sheamus about to say something "That's not anything to do with you sweetheart. You always give what you can for a relationship and it is the guy who doesn't appreciate and look after you like they should. I think you put too much pressure on yourself to be in a relationship."

Ashley listened and agreed to a certain extent but replied "That's the thing it isn't just guys I have been with. There was this one guy who I was so close to as a friend but when it came to trying to be his girlfriend it never happened. The same is happening with Cody, he is this shy man who I thought I could bring out of his shell then this random homeless girl steals him away before I get the chance. It isn't fair."

Sheamus looked back at her and replied in a reassuring tone "A man could walk through the door at any time and he could be the man of your dreams."

They both looked back as they heard the door open. Both Sheamus and Ashley started laughing and giggling as the beardy Daniel Bryan stood there annoyed that leaves and tiny bits of wood had blown all over him.

The Irish bartender laughed as he said "Ok maybe not that door in particular."

They both continued to laugh at Daniel as he stormed towards the kitchen muttering "No" over and over again.

Ashley got up of her chair and hugged Sheamus as tightly as she could. She softly spoke as he arms just about touched his back "Thank you for being my shoulder to lean on again."

He patted her on the back saying "I'm always here for my Ashley you know that."

She let go and smiled again "Right time to do some work."

Sheamus joked "About bloody time."

Ashley lightly slapped across the shoulder before she walked away to do her cleaning. Sheamus sat back down and looked back towards the door. He loved his life now and no matter whom it was that was arriving at 2pm the next afternoon he had to stay strong. It was his life and not his Fathers.

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The charismatic enigma Jeff Hardy saw a small amount of light out of the corner of his eyes. It disappeared just as quickly as it arrived but was enough to wake him up. He looked to his left and saw that his loving girlfriend Maria Kanellis was not at his side. He stood up and put on his black dressing gown before walking out of the bedroom and towards the kitchen.

He had a loved up smile on his face as he saw Maria stood in the kitchen over the cooker singing as she wore her lilac colored silk dressing gown.

He walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. He kissed her cheek and said "Morning."

She turned around and kissed him back "I was going to make you breakfast in bed."

He leant his chin on her shoulder as she turned back around to cook "That would have been lovely but as soon as I saw you weren't next to me had to find you."

She smiled sweetly as she turned some sausages "I love you so much Jeffery."

They heard a slamming door behind them and turned around. They watched as Candice stormed into the front room and threw her phone onto the sofa.

Jeff took over the cooking duties from Maria so she could see what was wrong with her best friend.

She sat down next to the sexy black haired Candice and said "What's wrong Candice? Oh and your robe is completely open can see most of your breasts."

Candice snapped "Oh it doesn't matter what's wrong. And I don't care about my robe. Jeff is too in love with you anyway. I could be walking around naked and he will still look towards you with those puppy dog eyes."

Jeff chuckled as he continued with the breakfast that Maria had started.

Maria asked again "Come on Candy what's wrong?"

Candice answered "It's Adam he is such a pig. Look at this video he sent me."

She picked up her phone and gave it to Maria. Jeff turned down the heat on the cooker so he could come and watch as well.

The beautiful redhead pressed play on the video. The both watched a camera phone recording of Adam talking to a girl in the bar. The video then went to them dancing together and making out as they danced before it ended with Christian turning the camera to face him smiling close to it with his thumb up.

An angry Candice took her phone off her friend snapping "See what I mean?"

Jeff went back to the cooking as Maria said "Yes I do but what do you care, I thought that you were just winding him up."

The gorgeous Candice answered "I was but I have had so much fun trading playful blows with him back and forth. I can't remember the last time I have had that much fun."

Maria went to talk but Candice interrupted "Well apart from that night of sex with John nothing will ever top that."

Her redheaded friend rolled her eyes and said "Yes you have told me every last detail about that night. Maybe it's because you have met a guy who is on your level in every way when it comes to Adam."

The sexy model stood up and said "Don't make it sound like I want anything more than to put him in his place because that's all it is. Well two can play at that game."

Maria stood up and walked back over to Jeff, rested her head on his shoulder and said "I think cupid has been sending a lot of his arrows this way recently.

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Trish opened the door of her luxury apartment. She looked down and saw Christian stretched out on the sofa. She started walking towards her room but was stopped in her tracks by a young women shouting "What do you mean it was just to get another girl jealous?"

The glamorous blonde watched as Adam followed behind "This girl and I have this little game that we are playing that's all don't take it to heart darling."

The girl ignored him and slammed the door behind her. He looked towards his sister with an apologetic look on his face "What's up sis?"

Trish quietly said "Did you have sex in my bed in the short time I was out?"

Adam stayed silent but Christian turned over muttering "Yeah he did."

Her young haired brother smiled trying to look innocent but got slapped across the face. Trish said "I suggest the two of you go in there wash every part of my bed and linen tidy up any mess you have made so that it never looked like you were in there and get out of my sight for the day otherwise you will find yourself homeless."

The two of them quickly tidied up the front room while she was stood there and ran towards the room. Trish waited for the door to shut before sitting down at the table and looking out to the morning sky.

Her attention glanced to the left as she saw Maryse waking up and walking towards her. The stunningly sexy French Canadian said "A man came by looking for you yesterday. He didn't leave a name but he was very handsome. Not like that ugly ginger thing you have been associating with."

Trish snapped "Don't talk about Sheamus like that."

Her other flat mates Alberto and Eve Torres came into the room with smiles on their faces. Eve spoke with a patronizing voice "Maybe you didn't handle everything as well as we thought you did. This infatuation with that bartender must be the slump a girl gets after going through what you did."

Trish stood up snapping "I don't want to hear this." And stormed towards her room.

She opened the door and shouted "Forget about tidying up I want to be alone." Adam and Christian quickly walked out of their sister's way. They knew not to mess with her when she was in this mood. They turned around again as she shouted "ADAM"

The two brothers looked as Trish said "Get this used condom off my bedside table now."

….

As the time approached 12PM a taxi pulled up outside the Layfield apartment buildings. The muscular figure of John Cena got out the taxi and paid the driver. He started to walk up the steps to his apartments before turning around and glancing towards Angels. He smiled and said "One won't hurt."

He crossed over the road and entered the bar.

Everyone in the bar shouted "JOHN"

He smiled as he saw Sheamus standing behind the bar.

Sheamus asked "Got room for a beer John?"

John laughed as he sarcastically replied "No I haven't but I am willing to add on."

Everyone laughed as some people came over to talk to him.

A few people who had heard about John's accident asked him how he was before he was able to actually talk to Sheamus.

His Irish friend said "I thought Cody was picking you up at 2?"

John answered "He was but they said I could go and I wasn't hanging around I feel fine anyway."

Sheamus handed John his drink before saying "Just make sure you take it easy buddy."

Cena smiled and said "Don't worry I will. So has Torrie been in today?"

The redheaded bartender answered "No she hasn't but may be along later on."

A look of disappointment came across John's face but he was able to hide it well as he spent the next hour in the bar talking to even more people that had taken to him.

John and Cody had been settling into their new life quite well with a few exceptions. But forgetting their old lives could be very dangerous.

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Torrie Wilson was both mentally and physically bruised. She was in a lot of pain as she slowly was applying her make-up. She didn't want to go out but they were running low on shopping.

She came out of the bathroom still feeling the pain of covering the bruises. She walked over to the coat hangers but was stopped in her tracks. "Where do you think you're going?"

Torrie timidly answered "We need some shopping."

Phil got to his feet and stood next to her. He took a hold of her wrist causing painful tears to run down her face ruining her make-up.

He snapped "I didn't say you could go anywhere now get back that room."

Torrie felt a little relief as the pain the evil Brooks was putting on her wrist disappeared. She slowly started to walk out of the room. He eyes glanced slightly as she saw her phone and a card on the table. She quickly picked them up before Phil could see and walked back into her bedroom shutting the door.

The troubled blonde waited for a few moments before she heard Phil sit back down and put the television on. She went as far over the other side of the room as she could before dialing a number on her phone.

A nervous Torrie looked back and forth at the door hoping and praying that Phil wouldn't walk in. She listened to the ringing on the other end before hearing a sound that made her close her eyes in sorrow.

"You have reached Detective Stacy Kiebler. Please leave your name and number after the tone and I will get back to you."

Torrie let the phone drop to the bed as the tears flowed even more.

She was running out of options.

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Most detectives worked Monday to Friday but if there was a major case to deal with then the words "Day off" did not apply.

A lot of the detectives had been there since 7am so they were ready for a very well earned lunch break, which just left two detectives in the office…. Stacy Kiebler and Randy Orton.

Randy waited until he heard the lift door close and start moving towards he headed towards Stacy with a smile across his face. He put his hands on her waist and said "I love lunch breaks so much more than I used to."

Much to his shock and surprise Stacy pushed him away and snapped "Just leave me alone Randy."

He quietly replied "Ok I wasn't expecting that."

The tall blonde snapped again "No what you shouldn't be expecting is to get your leg over anytime you want it."

An annoyed Orton answered "Hold on a minute its normally you all over me like dog on heat."

Randy fell backward as Stacy slapped him across the face. She stormed away from him and into the woman's bathroom and locked the door so that she could not be disturbed.

The attractive blonde threw her handbag into the toilet cubicle before going in herself and slamming the door.

A couple of minutes later she came out and stood facing the mirror. She started to mutter over and over again "Please I just can't"

She waited a couple of minutes before looking down at what was in her hand.

A look of horror came across her face as a blue line appeared on the test.

Stacy felt tears start to fall down her face as she uttered the words…

"I'm pregnant."

End of chapter 26

Thank you all again for the wonderful reviews they always make me happy and want to keep trying my hardest to keep you entertained and enjoying reading my stories

Wrestlemania was ok on Sunday. Not the best WrestleMania but not the worst either. I liked the World title, Lesner/Triple H, Undertaker/Punk and Shield matches but didn't like result of main event was very angry at result of Jericho match and Cody Rhodes getting cut from the show even if it was with a bunch of jobbers was just stupid.

Anyway Lol hope everyone is having a good week and hope you enjoyed the chapter.

Take it easy

Matt