"What the hell was that about Randy?" John said, watching Alexa leave the bar.
"I changed my mind," Randy said. "I'm not ready to give her up, especially not to you."
"Well you really have to choice," John said. "She and I are engaged now."
"Fine, you either pay me for that ring or I want it back," Randy said.
John handed the ring over to Randy. "I don't need your help," John said. "She loves me, not you. I should have known that you weren't serious about letting go. You're too selfish for that."
"She doesn't really love you. Her and I were married once before; we will be getting back together," he said. "And nothing I've done is selfish."
"Destroying her life because you want to be with her is being selfish; you don't care about her," John said. "You're marriage didn't work the first time and there won't be a second time, just leave her alone," John said as he walked away from Randy, leaving his sitting by himself at the bar.
Up in Alexa's room, Alexa thanked and paid Kayla before she left to go back to her room. Alexa was now sitting on her bed, thinking about how she got to this point in her life. She had two beautiful children by the two men she loved most in life but yet she couldn't seem to find happiness with either one of them. She didn't know whether John's proposal was sincere or if he was doing it just because Randy had made the offer. Did he really want to spend the rest of his life with her or was he just doing it to ensure that Randy didn't get the chance? Alexa's thoughts were interrupted by a knock at the door and she knew it was either one of the two men that were currently on her mind. Alexa's assumptions were correct as she saw John standing on the other side.
"Can I please just explain myself?" John asked desperately.
"You better have a damn good explanation," Alexa said as she walked away from the door, leaving it open to signal John to follow.
John sighed and followed Alexa in, shutting the door behind him. "I didn't propose to you just because Randy told me to. I really do love you and I really do want to spend the rest of my life with you," John said as he took a seat at the end of the bed after watching Alexa take her place at the head of the bed.
"Why did you take that ring? If you really wanted to marry me you could have went out there and bought me one yourself," she said.
"When Randy brought the ring to me he told me how much you loved that ring when you saw it in the store. I offered to pay him back for the ring but he told me the only possible way I could pay him back for the ring was to make you happy," he answered.
Alexa sighed, "I just feel like, if Randy didn't tell you to propose to me then the thought would have never crossed your mind."
"It has crossed my mind though, a lot. I just never knew where we stood, or what you wanted us to be. Randy came here with the ring and things were going good between you and I so I took a chance and went for it," John said.
Alexa look up at John, "So you really want us to get married?"
John stood up and moved closer to Alexa, taking her hands in his. "Yes, I want to marry you. I want to be with you forever, it's always been you Alexa," he said. "I gave Randy the ring back; if you still want to marry me then I will take you to get a new one."
Alexa smiled, "I still want to marry you."
Before John could say anything the two heard Kaleigh's voice, "Mommy, are you and daddy fighting?"
"No babygirl," Alexa smiled. "You can go back to sleep."
"Okay, see you in morning," she smiled before laying back down.
"Can we go to sleep now too?" John asked Alexa.
Alexa shook her head yes before the two of them got up and climbed in bed together. Alexa snuggled close to John as he wrapped his arms around her; nothing in this world could ever make him let her go.
Back at the bar, Randy was still drinking, contemplating on whether or not he should go up to Alexa's room and explain everything to her. When he finally made his decision he was too drunk to even walk. The bar was closing for the night; Randy looked around and saw Ted and Cody approaching him. They had seen how much alcohol he had consumed and help him to his room. The second Randy hit his mattress he was out.
The next morning, the sound of his cell phone ringing broke John from his sleep. "Hello?" he said, half asleep and not even bothering to look at the caller ID.
"John, it's Randy," he said from the other end.
John sat up in bed, suddenly wide awake, "Why are you calling me?"
Randy knew he did something wrong last night, he just didn't know what it was. "Look, I'm sorry about whatever happened last night. I don't remember anything," he said honestly.
"Really Randy?" John asked, not believing he didn't remember. "You almost fucked up my relationship with Alexa and the only excuse you can come up with is that you just don't remember?"
Randy sighed; now he knew he fucked up. "I really don't remember, I woke up this morning and Alexa's ring was in my pocket."
"That's not Alexa's ring anymore, you can keep it or return it if you want. She doesn't need it," with that being said, John hung up the phone before putting back down on the night stand and laying back down.
"Who was that?" Alexa asked as she moved closer to John and rested her head on his chest.
"Randy," John said as he wrapped his arm around Alexa. "He says he doesn't remember what happened last night," he continued.
"He probably doesn't," Alexa reasoned. "He drank too much last night."
"That doesn't make it right," John said.
Alexa was about to say something when Tyler started fussing. Alexa got out of bed and picked him up before making a bottle and joining John back on the bed, while feeding Tyler who could now hold his bottle all by himself. "Being drunk isn't an excuse but you still can't be too hard on him."
"Yeah, I know," John said as he got up. "It's just going to take a while to trust him again," he said before kissing Alexa. "I'm gonna head out to the gym," John grabbed some gym clothes from his bag and changed into them before saying goodbye to Alexa one more time and then leaving.
Alexa had been attempting to put at screaming Tyler down for a nap for the past hour but nothing she was doing seemed to work. Alexa was about to lock herself in the bathroom as she heard a knock at the door. She quickly opened the door; she had never been so happy to see the father of her son in her life.
"Do you need some help?" Randy asked as he held out his arms to take Tyler from her.
"Mommy, when is he going to stop?" Kaleigh asked, covering her ears. Just as Alexa was about to respond to her daughter Randy cradled Tyler and he quieted down. "Finally," Kaleigh said. "Uncle Randy needs to stay here forever," Kaleigh smiled before going over to play with her baby dolls.
"Oh my gosh, I had forgotten what quiet sounded like," Alexa smiled. "Did you need something?"
"Oh, no," Randy said. "I was next door in Ted's room and I could hear him screaming so I came to see if you needed help."
"Well thank you," Alexa smiled.
"Anytime," Randy said. "I'm really sorry about last night. I got a little depressed and I drank way too much," he said as he placed a sleeping Tyler in the playpen.
"It's fine," she said. "What were you depressed about?" she asked as the two took a seat on the couch.
"Giving you up," he answered as he looked down at the floor. "I just gave up competing with John and let him have you; it was a battle I was never going to win."
Alexa sighed, "I always knew I was going to end up with John. You buying that ring and giving it to him just gave him a kick in the right direction. But no matter what it has and always will be me and him."
"You and I were so in love," Randy said. "Are you saying that none of that was real?"
"No, it was all real," Alexa answered. "I loved being with you, you made me happy at times, the sex was amazing," Alexa paused and the two shared a small laugh. "You gave me my son and I love you for that and I always will. But I'm in love with John; he's the one for me."
"And you're the one for me," Randy said.
"No, I'm not," Alexa said, shaking her head. "The one for you won't be in love with another man, she'll only want you. You need to let me go and get back out there and start looking for the girl for you. I promise you'll find her eventually," Alexa finished, looking into Randy's light blue eyes.
Randy caught Alexa's gaze and held it for a few seconds before bringing himself back down to reality, he knew that if he didn't come to his senses he would end up tossing this woman on the bed and doing things to her that John would not approve of.
Randy stood up from his spot on the couch, "I'll always love you; but if you want me to move on I will."
Alexa stood up and embraced Randy in a hug, "I love you too and I'm certain that it won't take you long to find someone."