A/N: Hey everyone. Sorry this update has taken so long. I must confess, I've been kind of avoiding it because I'm sad to end this story, but I have promised myself that Tahni will reappear in the future because I'm far too attached to her to say goodbye permanently.
Thank you SO much to; Christina89, Tenshi no Koneko, Sonib89, xxxRKOEnigmaxxx, Souless666, JenniferRayne, MesshaBlack and Leelan Jacobs for reviewing the last chapter. Also to anyone who's reviewed at any point during this story.
On another note, I am very embarrassed to admit, I only Just realised I have been spelling Glenn's name wrong throughout the ENTIRE thing. I was using the British spelling for it, so I apologise hugely for that.
So, for the last time on this story;
On with the show!
"Get your fat ass here, right now!" Tahni squealed and ran. She skidded around a corner and headed down the corridor. Randy was stood by the gorilla position and looked at her inquisitively. "Sorry, baby. Necessary sacrifice." She kissed him quickly, then shoved him in the direction she had just come from, before grabbing hold of the high scaffold behind the titantron and swinging herself easily up. Randy frowned in confusion, then his eyes widened as Glenn came around the corner with the speed and force of a freight train. He had the kind of momentum that could only be stopped by a sudden impact. An impact which left Randy splayed out on the floor, feeling like his intestines had just been punched through his spine.
Glenn had hit the ground beside him and looked at him first with confusion and then apologetically, "Sorry, Orton." He clambered to his feet and looked around, before stopping and letting his eyes travel slowly up. Tahni was close to the very top of the rigging, looking down at him with an impish smirk. "Get down here now!"
"That would be entirely counter-productive, Glenny."
"Counter-productive to what?"
"To me staying alive." Glenn narrowed his eyes at her, then grabbed hold of the scaffold and started climbing. Tahni's eyes widened. She hadn't banked on someone Glenn's size being able to climb…at least, not THAT quickly. She swore and clambered further along and down. Glenn saw what she was doing and headed towards her. "Baby! Catch me!"
Randy had just stumbled to his feet and frowned, looking up, "Wh-? AH!" He hit the floor again, this time with Tahni in his arms. He did his best to make sure neither of them were seriously injured, but this resulted in her landing with most of her weight squarely on his chest, pushing the breath sharply out of his lungs. "I'm sorry." Tahni fussed over him for a moment, peppering kisses all over his face, before a thud nearby indicated that Glenn had gotten back to the ground. "Sorry, sorry, sorry." She spluttered quickly, before jumping to her feet and darting away. Randy managed to drag himself up in time to see Glenn speeding off after her. He had no idea what she'd done this time, but given the bruises he was going to be nursing, he had a feeling he didn't want to know.
Glenn had Tahni cornered in the catering area and advanced on her slowly. She reached for the nearest thing to defend herself with, which just happened to be a fresh apple pie. Of course. She rolled her eyes at the pie, before looking back at Glenn. Well, gotta make the best of what you've got. "Don't come any closer or the pie gets it!" Glenn just looked at her and she adjusted her threat a little, "I mean…Don't come any closer or you get the pie…in your face…Dammit, Glenn! That was gonna be a good threat!" Glenn just shook his head and then grabbed one of the large salad bowls. Tahni scoffed at him, "What are you gonna do? Health food me to death?"
Glenn smirked at her darkly, "Do you know one of the key ingredients of a good salad, T?" Tahni narrowed her eyes suspiciously and then screamed as Glen threw a bunch of the salad at her, but it was dripping with something which smelled sweet and sour at the same time and was a horrible yellow/green colour. Glenn grinned, "Dressing!"
"Oh, snap!" Tahni scooped out a chunk of the pie and lobbed it at his head. It missed and hit his chest instead. What ensued could only be described as chaos. The other superstars and divas quickly ran for cover as Glenn and Tahni grabbed every food source they could reach and pelted one another with it. At some point, Glenn stepped in a puddle of the goo which had amassed on the floor and went crashing to the ground, taking Tahni with him. They both sat on the floor, breathless and giggling, covered in food. Glen held out his hand. "Give it up." Tahni eyed him and then reached into her pocket and pulled out a small digital camera and slapped it into his palm. Glenn quickly went through and erased the pictures she'd taken of him coming out of the shower dressed in a pink bathrobe, with a shower cap on.
"Why do you even use a shower cap?" Tahni suddenly reached over and rubbed his head vigorously, "You've got no haaaair!" Glenn swiped at her hand and she giggled, drawing it back sharply. They then both became aware that they had an audience and looked round slowly to find Mark watching them. This in itself would have been fine, but in his hands were two large bowls of trifle, all cream and jam and soggy fruit. Glenn and Tahni looked at one another, before attempting to bolt to their feet. This was quite a task considering the floor was covered in mushed up food. They didn't stand a chance and suddenly both of them had bowls of trifle upended over their heads. Tahni squealed as the cold custard dripped down her neck and Glen just sat in subdued silence.
Mark then moved away and reappeared with two mops, which he held out to them. Without a word, they both stood up and took the mops. Mark kept a close eye on them as they cleaned up the mess they'd made, occasionally muttering and blaming each other for it. When they were done, which took well over an hour. Mark folded his arms over his chest and glared at them both, "Now, what have we learned?"
"Never let you near trifle?" Tahni suggested in a helpful tone. Mark's eyes narrowed and she jumped behind Glenn for protection. "No, Cauldwell. We have learned that when all is said and done, no matter who the fight is between; I always win." On that, he turned and left the catering area. Glenn and Tahni stared after him, then looked at each other and burst out laughing.
"Tahni, you're up." Tahni looked in shock at the techie. It was the first time any of them had remember to call her by her first name. She grinned and bounced over, hugging him fiercely. The poor man didn't seem to know what to do and just patted her back awkwardly. She detached herself and jogged down to the gorilla position. She burst out through the curtain like a whirlwind, spinning in place and throwing her hands up. She ran down to the ring and slid under the bottom rope, before vaulting to her feet. Her match against Michelle McCool was high energy. Michelle seemed to have picked up on Tahni's enthusiasm and the commentators were hard pressed to keep up with everything that was going on. At one point Tahni took a running jump and landed on the second turnbuckle, then clambered up to the top, facing out towards the crowd. Michelle had been laid out on the mat, but she suddenly hopped up and ran towards Tahni. It resulted in one hell of a super-plex that Tahni knew she'd be feeling for a week.
Michelle won the match, but Tahni didn't mind. By the time it finished, the crowd were buzzed, not quite sure which way they were going, but extremely happy to be there. Hearing that many voices, screaming their approval was all the victory she would ever need.
Backstage, the two women embraced briefly. Tahni grinned, "Awesome match, 'Chelle." Michelle grinned at her, then Mark appeared and put an arm around her. Tahni's eyes widened as if she were afraid for the other woman, but instead of being scared, Michelle just tilted her face up and Mark kissed her chastely before walking away. Tahni spluttered in disbelief, much to Michelle's amusement. "He-…y-…bu-…What?"
Michelle giggled and shook her head, "Tahni we got married a month ago. How did you not know that?"
"I try to avoid him."
"Why? He's a sweetheart."
"He dumped trifle on my head!"
Michelle giggled harder and nodded, "Yeah, I know. He told me." Tahni was gob smacked. She hugged Michelle again and congratulated her, even though she was way behind on the times. She did make sure to remind her though, to be on the look-out for any baby eating or body hiding…just in case.
"Theodore! Come here!" Tahni pointed to the floor of the parking lot in front of her and Ted sighed heavily and wandered over. They just looked at each other for a long time, before Ted spoke in the highest, whiniest voice he could manage, "Whaaaaaat?" In reply Tahni stood on her toes and kissed his cheek, "Hi." She then turned and bounced away. Ted blinked rapidly and then rubbed his head in confusion.
"You alright, DiBiase?" Ted jumped violently and looked at Glenn, before shaking his head, "Don't do that!"
"Do what?"
"That!"
"What?"
"That…appearing out of nowhere thing!"
"Why not?"
"You're going to give me a heart attack one of these days!"
"Your point?" Glenn lifted his eyebrows innocently and Ted smacked his face with his palm. Glenn's smug expression didn't last long as he suddenly felt something hit the front of his white shirt. He looked down and his eyes widened in disbelief as he saw the huge, wet stain and the water now dripping off him. He heard Ted let out a bellow beside him and both men lifted their heads slowly to see Tahni stood a fair distance away with a carrier bag full of water balloons, grinning impishly at them.
"Hey, Cauldwell!" Ted called out and Tahni tilted her head curiously to indicate that she was listening. Glenn then pointed upwards, "Look up." Tahni frowned, then lifted her head suspiciously towards the ceiling of the parking lot before letting out a high pitched scream. She continued to scream as water poured down over her. Randy had warned them about her plan with the water balloons, so they had set up three giant ones, right over her head.
"Just keep your eyes closed."
"Randy, come on, this is stupid!"
"Just do as I say." Randy's voice was amused as he helped Tahni out of the car, making sure that she was keeping her eyes firmly closed. Tahni wrinkled her nose after hopping out of the air conditioned care. "Damn, it's hot here."
"Well, what did you expect? It's mid July in Phoenix." Tahni pointed her face in his direction and he knew she'd be glaring at him if her eyes were open. He chuckled and took her hand, leading her forwards. She walked with the ease of someone who had total faith in the person leading them. Randy really hoped there were no holes in the ground because if she tripped, she'd never forgive him.
"Are we there yet?"
"Almost. Shut up."
"Did you just tell me to shut up?"
"Yes, I did. Now do it."
"I hate you."
"Sure, you do. Now shut it."
"Randy, why can't you just tell me where we're going?"
"We're almost there. Just be patient." Tahni stopped and turned towards him again. Even without her eyes open, the look on her face pretty much told him how stupid that suggestion had been, "Yeah, point taken. Come on, just a little further." Tahni huffed grumpily, but allowed him to keep leading her. They soon stopped and Tahni could have sworn she heard muffled snickering coming from close by. "Randy Orton if you have got me out here in front of an audience, looking ridiculous, I will peel your skin from your body."
"Nice, Tahni." Randy shook his head and then moved to stand behind her. "Okay, open your eyes." Tahni immediately did so, but then had to blink rapidly as the sunlight was bouncing brightly off the building in front of her. As her eyes adjusted, she didn't care about the building. Stood directly in front of her were the four most important people in her life. She squealed and ran towards them, trying to throw her arms around them all at once.
First, her parents hugged her tightly, laughing at her enthusiasm, "Mom! Daddy!" Then her brother, "Jay Jay!" And finally, she stopped in front of the last person and a small smirk appeared on his face, before he opened his arms and she jumped into them. "Mikey! I've missed you so much!" She hadn't seen her family in quite a while. She'd been spending most weekends working instead of going home and Randy knew how much she'd been missing them.
When she'd calmed down a little, she turned to look at Randy, who was watching her with an amused expression. She ran towards him and jumped, hooking her arms around his neck and kissing in him a way no girl should ever do in front of her father.
"Bird, bird, bird is the word!" Tahni was dancing around the hotel room. Her family had gone home the previous evening and she was still buzzed from having been able to spend a few days with them. Randy would be a lot happier if she'd stop singing that song. He walked up behind her and clamped a hand down over her mouth, "Shut it, Imp." Tahni licked his hand obnoxiously and he drew it back sharply. "Ew!"
Tahni smirked at him, "Sorry, ass clown."
"Oh, we're doing that again, are we?"
"You started it."
"I did not!"
"Did so!"
"Did not!"
"Whatever, ass clown. Hey, can I paint a picture of a clown on your ass? No-one would see it! Go on, Randy! It'd be funny as hell!"
"No! You cannot paint a clown on my ass!"
"You're right…that was a stupid idea."
"I'm glad you think so."
"First I'd have to find your ass and that could take weeks!" Tahni grinned and Randy suddenly tackled her to the floor and pinned her down. Tahni lifted her eyebrows, "Now, remember what happened last time you did this, Randy-kins." She wriggled a little to prove her point. Randy closed his eyes and gritted his teeth together. When he opened his eyes, Tahni was smirking at him smugly. He nodded slowly, "Yeah, but I didn't do this last time." He suddenly moved back and then started tickling her mercilessly. One of his hands kept hold of her wrists so she couldn't fight him off, whilst the other expertly found all the extra sensitive ticklish spots on her body.
He didn't release her until she was completely out of breath, her face red and flustered and her hair falling in her eyes, weak from giggling so much. He finally relented and just held himself over her, resting his forehead against hers, "So, what were you saying about my ass?"
Tahni suddenly put her arms around him and grabbed his butt, "I love your ass." Randy nodded and then kissed her lightly. He went to clamber off her, but she grabbed his shirt and held him there. He looked at her inquisitively and she smiled at him, "And I love you." Randy's eyes widened, just a fraction and then a grin spread across his face. He kissed her again, then sat up, pulling her with him. Tahni squeaked in surprised as the sudden movement and finding herself sat in Randy's lap. He circled her waist with his arms and placed a light row of kisses from the corner of her mouth to her ear. "I love you too."
Tahni giggled as his breath tickled her ear and then pushed him back a little to look at him, "I know." Randy lifted his eyebrows, "You know."
"Of course I know."
"How do you know?"
"I just know."
"How?"
"You don't want me to tell you."
"Yes, I do."
"No, you don't."
"Do."
"Don't"
"Do."
"Don't."
"Tell me!"
"Never!"
"Tell me or else!"
"Or else what?"
"Or else I'll tell Mark you have a crush on him!" Tahni narrowed her eyes suspiciously, "You wouldn't." By way of demonstration Randy took out his cell and scrolled through his contacts til he found Mark's name, making sure Tahni could see what he was doing. Tahni suddenly grabbed the phone off him, "Alright, alright!"
"So, how do you know?"
"You talk in your sleep." Tahni shrugged and Randy just stared at her, then a slight flush started to creep into his face. Tahni giggled and looped her arms loosely around his neck, "It's quite sweet. I even videoed it. You kept saying 'Oh, Tahni…Oh, Tahni…I love yoooou.'" Randy glared at her. "Where's the tape?" Tahni grinned and Randy suddenly tipped her off his lap and started hunting the hotel room. Tahni squealed and took a running jump at him, landing on his back, but the extra weight didn't seem to bother him at all. He was too busy tearing the room apart. Tahni was giggling almost uncontrollably and eventually let go of her hold on Randy and fell onto the bed. She pulled him down beside her and shook her head, trying desperately to speak through her laughter, "T-…th-…there….there's…no…t-…tape." Randy growled at her, but she shut him up with a kiss. Abruptly he pulled away and looked at her, "Wait, what?"
There was no way of knowing what the future held for this strange girl, or where she was heading, but as long as it was as much fun as this, she really didn't mind.
A/N: So, that's it. All done. I hope this was a satisfactory closing chapter for all you guys. As I said before (at some point) if we make it to 150 reviews, I will give that person a one-shot, if not, then that's cool too. I don't know when I'll be starting a new fic, but keep your eyes open because it'll be sure to pop up sooner of later. Thanks everyone for reading this, I hope you've enjoyed meeting and getting to know Tahni as much as I have :D Until next time!
