Chapter 3: Old Friends, New Drama
CH. 2 RECAP: Fixated in the ocean waves. Stepping back away from John. But he was moving forward. I kept stepping back. He kept getting closer. And closer. And closer. AND closer. He was so close, I could feel him breathing on me.
"¿John, qué estás haciendo?"
"Dejáme amarte está noche, Randy." At this point, I was eventually backed against the wall. With me against the wall and under submission for the moment, John took hold of my wrists, put them together and pinned them above my head. He then flashed a grin across his face.
"Te quiero mucho, Randal." John said, making his voice sound even sexier.
"Te amo mucho tambien, John."
The day was finally here: high school. John was excited. I was not. "John! I can't go to high school."
"Why?" John questioned.
"Because..."
John could see the sadness in my eyes. "Is it because you're..."
"Yeah... and plus, you were on the football team at your other school. You're going to be on the football team this year."
"That doesn't mean I won't be with you. Isn't there anyone from your old school going to be there?"
I was thinking about what to say. "Well... there's these two girls..."
When we arrived, I was smiling from ear to ear. "I can't wait for you to meet Nikki. She was the queen bee of our group."
"What group?" John asked. He was very interested.
I walked John over to the lunch tables outside. "It all started when Nikki was new to my old school."
"She was the most beautiful girl ever. From her brown-blonde hair to her amazing skin, she screamed the IT GIRL. She strutted into the room and sat next to me. This is how it went down...
"Hey." Nikki smiled.
I looked up from his phone and saw a girl next to him. "Hey."
"I'm Nicole Garcia-Colace, but my nickname is Nikki."
"I'm Randal Keith Orton, but I'm known as Randy."
I talked to her about being the new kid, how tough it could be for the first few weeks. That no matter what, I'm always going to have her back. "Oh look over there. By the window. That's my bestfriend April Mendez, but she goes by AJ." I pointed out AJ, who was writing something.
"So... are you just friends with AJ? Because I've only been here 10 minutes, and the boys are giving you a death stare."
I was caught off guard for a second when Nikki said that. "Well, not every boy hates me. There's only two boys that like me. They're actually my only friends that are boys. The two boys over there, by the lockers, that's Jonathan and Joshua Fatu. They're twin brothers and they are Samoan."
"Wait wait wait. You are telling me that they are a part of THE Samoan dynasty?"
"The legendary wrestling family?"
"The best wrestling family there is!?"
"Yep. You got it right."
I had no idea she knew about wrestling. No idea. But what I didn't tell her... was that I was dating one of them. Jonathan to be exact. He stole my heart faster than ever. I couldn't tell her yet. It would be a while before I could tell her that I was gay. But, judging by my outfit at the time... I think she knew already."
"Wow. That's how you guys met. Speaking of... Escalade at 6:00."
I turned around to see a brand new Escalade. Stepping out of it, was none other than Nikki, now named Nicole Bella. Nikki's hair was curled, she wore a black crop top leather jacket, a black Gucci crop top shirt, black skirt with silver chains, and black and white Nike Jordan's with a heel inside. She closed the door and saw me. She ran over to me and smiled.
"OMG Randy! It's so good to see you!" Nikki smiled as she hugged me tightly.
"It's good to see you as well. Remember our handshake?" I asked.
"Sis, you know I do."
Nikki and I hugged and kissed each other at the same on the cheek and then did it again to the other. "Oh Nikki. I want to meet my new stepbrother. John, come here!"
John walked over to us and smiled. "Hello Nikki. My name is Jonathan Cena. Just call me John."
"Heyy John. I'm Nicole. Just call me Nikki."
I whispered in John's ear. "She knows I'm gay, she was the first one I told. I have to tell her about us. She knows how to keep secrets." John smiled and agreed. "I'll see you inside."
Then I turned to Nikki. "Nikki, you know you're my girl, right?"
"Of course I do."
"And you would never betray me?"
"Randy, if I betrayed you, I would break the number one rule of the girl code: Never stab your girl in the back. You remember what happened to the last girl?"
My face turned red. "Oh yeah... that was not good at all."
"No it wasn't. Anyways, why do you ask that?"
"I'm dating John."
Nikki's jaw dropped. Then she smiled. "You know what that means right?"
I instantly knew what she meant. "I have found my yellow!" ("Yellow" means that the person has finally found the one for them.)
"Exactly!" Nikki exclaimed.
"But... he's my stepbrother. I love him, but isn't it weird that we're dating? I mean, when we first met, it was because I found out we were going to be stepbrothers!"
"Yeah... but how do you think I met Nick? He was my next door neighbor. We fell in love from there."
"Hey, you remember AJ?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Because I'm right behind you, Nikki."
Turning around, Nikki and Randy came face-to-face with AJ Mendez. "Hey you guys!"
"AJ! OMG girl we missed you!" Nikki and I smiled and hugged AJ, welcoming her back into the fold. The three of us sat at the table outside the school.
"So girls, what's the plan for homecoming this year? I'm going with Josh. Nikki?" AJ asked.
"Well AJ, I'm going with Nick. You know I love him. What about you, Randy?"
I was staring into outer space, thinking of my date with John later today.
"Randal Keith ORTON." Nikki said, slapping my arm.
"Ouch! What is it?"
"Who are you going to homecoming with? Jon or Jonathan?"
"Jon Fatu or my stepbrother? Hmm..." "I want to take the man that makes me smile, my future stepbrother."
"Wait. That boy over there is your stepbrother?" AJ asked, pointing over to John, who was talking to Nick.
"Yeah. It's been a year since..."
"Since one of the Twins, I think Jon?" Nikki sighed.
"Yep." I laid my head down on the table. "Girls, I got to tell you something."
"Baby, what's wrong? You know we're here for you."
"I kissed John last night, and then..."
Nikki and AJ were speechless. "You mean, you and him..."
"No. Not yet, at least. I want to wait until the right time." I groaned.
The bell rang and it was time to go to class. Nikki, AJ, John and I walked to our first class, but I stayed back. "I'll be in there in a second."
I then turned around and I saw Jon standing there. "J-Jon?"
"Hey Randy. Umm, listen. I know we ended on bad terms, but... I'm sorry."
"Jon, you cheated on me with Roman fucking Reigns. If Roman and I weren't such good friends, I would've kicked the shit out of you. What did you expect?" I sighed.
"Randy, you know I didn't mean to. You knew I loved you. In fact..." Jon stepped closer to Randy. "I still love you."
"Jon, I don't know what to say."
"Don't. I already know."
Jon pulled me close to him and softly kissed me, trying to remind him of the good times they had.
I wanted to push him off, but... it felt so good. Being in Jon's arms, remembering the amazing times we had. "Hey. Wait until gym. We can sneak out."
"Good plan." Jon smiled as he walked away. Randy walked into the room before class started.
"RIGHT ON TIME." Nikki, AJ, and John said to Randy.
"I'm sorry. I was doing something." I lied. I knew I couldn't say anything. Well, no yet at least.
2 hours later, Nikki, AJ, John, and I were in gym class. "Look over there, Randy. It's the Twins." AJ said.
I looked at Joshua and Jon. Jon flashed his trademark smile, the one that made me love him. The coach blew his whistle announced that they would be doing a game of dodgeball today. The teams were picked at random, with John, Nikki, and I being on the same side.
"LET'S GO!" The coach shouted as he blew the whistle. The eliminations started very quickly. I eliminated Joshua, Nick and AJ in a five-minute span. Jon, Joshua's twin, eliminated John and Nikki leaving me on my own as the last standing person for my side. On the other side was Jon and Roman. Roman was out when I caught his ball. Jon and I were the only ones left for our respective teams. "I can't hit you. I just can't." Jon mouthed to me.
I threw the ball at Jon and Jon tried to catch it, but the speed of it was too fast, and he was out. My train of thought was all over the place. I didn't know if I should've been happy or just run to the locker room. I decided to do what I felt was best. I screamed out, "I'M NUMBER ONE!" Then I ran off the court and into the locker room.
"John, I know you want to go in there and talk to him, but I got this." Nikki said as she walked out the gym. Nikki walked into the boys' locker room. And, of course, I had to run in there RIGHT when Dean Ambrose was showering. And, just as I thought...
"NIKKI! What the fuck!?" Dean screamed.
...Nikki followed me in. She's not even supposed to be in here!
"Shut the hell up, Dean. I'm not for you. I'm here to talk to my girl. Randy, what's wrong?"
I looked up at Nikki and was happy. "Nikki, we can't talk here." I said.
"Why?"
"Look behind you."
"DAMN IT NIKKI! GET OUT!" Dean exclaimed, trying to cover himself.
'Oh, right."
"Wait. What!?" Nikki shouted.
"He kissed me, AGAIN."
"Wait, again?! Is that why you weren't in class for so long?"
"Yep."
Jon came out and saw us. "What's wrong?"
"I think you should leave." Nikki was seething with rage at Jon.
"Nikki, go back in the gym. I got this." I smiled. "If I need you, I'll scream."
Nikki walked back in the gym. "Jon, I can't be near you. I just can't." I sighed.
"Is it because I kissed you?"
"YES."
"Well, what if I just..." Jon pulled me close to him. Bitch, not again. CODE RED. CALL NIKKI. I REPEAT, CODE FUCKING RED. CALL NIKKI. I had to figure out how to stop him. I was NOT going to let him kiss me for the third time. To my surprise, he just hugged me. That's it. That's... that's it!? Wow.
"I love you."
"I love you too Jon, but we cannot do this. I'm sorry. We can't." And as if I wasn't nervous enough. Out. Comes. JOHN.
"Hey Uce." John smiled.
"Hey." The Samoan twin smiled back and walked back to the gym.
"What's with you? What happened?"
"Jon... me béso antes y ahora mismo. También me dijo que me ama. Ese es mi ex novio, pero nunco llegamos hasta el final." I sighed. "I just don't know what to do, John."
"Shhh. It will all be fine, baby. Come here." John pulled me into his arms. "It's going to be alright."
After school, Nikki, John and AJ were discussing me. "Girls, do you think he's okay? He seemed pretty shaken up."
Nikki decided to explain what's been going on. "John, honey. Listen to the sound of my voice, okay? Randy was in a relationship with Jon Fatu. They were together ever since 5th Grade. Jon cheated on Randy with the football team captain, Roman Reigns, and was caught in the act. Randy got into a fight with Jon and left him shortly after. They eventually made up, but the tension was still there. Here we are, 4 years later, and while the tension has died down, your stepbrother is trying to deal with his anxiety. That's why he-" Nikki was cut off when her phone rang.
"Hello?"
"N-Nikki..."
"Randy?"
"I need your help."
Nikki was worried and her voice was getting intense. "What's going on?!"
"Meet me at the football field. It's about-"
Sounds of punches landing and screaming and cursing could be heard until the line disconnected.
"Nikki, what's wrong?" John asked.
"Randy needs us. I'll explain when we get to him."
On the football field, I was fighting off Reigns. Reigns was much stronger than me, but I wasn't giving up. At least until I was knocked unconscious, courtesy of Reigns. Nikki, AJ, and John rushed out to help me.
"Nikki, what is going on?!" John screamed.
"Your guess is as good as mine, John."
"We got to help him!" AJ shouted.
Without thinking twice, John took off, charging towards Reigns.
"JOHN NO!" Nikki and AJ screamed.
"YOU'RE MINE!" John screamed in slow-motion.
