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Dave, Brock, and Melissa went down to the cafeteria to eat while Trish slept. The three of them were sitting at a booth. Melissa felt like she was in the middle because Dave and Brock weren't talking to each other. She felt bad because she knew that Dave and Brock were best friends and now the whole "incident" was driving them apart.
Brock decided to be the bigger man and he made conversation with Dave. Dave knew that Brock was right and that he had hurt Trish deeply, but he felt that if he could just get in there to talk to her and to pour his heart out to her, then maybe she would give him one last chance.
Melissa's cell phone rang, she looked and it was Randy. She got a big schoolgirl grin and answered it. The boys couldn't help but eavesdrop in. She noticed that they were listening and she got up and walked away.
They started to make fun of her and they shared a few laughs. Finally Melissa came back with a big smile on her face. "Guess what?"
The boys shrugged.
"I'm going to homecoming!" She squealed.
The boys congratulated her and she gave them hugs. "And, Randy's coming here today and I have to tell him about my secret." She said with a concerned expression.
"Do you want me to hypothetically talk to him?" Brock asked. "We go back to OVW, we're pretty good friends, and Dave was in Evolution with him."
"I don't know, I mean, I don't want him to think that I'm a slut, but I don't want him to think that I've been lying to him either." Melissa replied.
"Look, I'll just chit-chat with him a bit." Brock said patting her on her back.
"Let's go back by Trish's room." Melissa said standing up.
A while later, Brock had walked off to go call Randy and Melissa was down at the gift shop, so Dave decided that it was his time to go in and see Trish.
He walked into her room and found her sleeping. He quietly shut the door and sat down by the bed. He watched her sleep and couldn't believe how long it had been since the last time they had seen each other. He missed her, he knew that he loved her and he knew that he had definitely screwed up. He didn't blame her for not wanting anything to do with him. She didn't seem to fully understand the type of man that he was, and he needed to make sure that she understood just what he was capable of.
Trish began to stir a little, she turned her head and found Dave watching her. His silhouette contrasted against the light coming in from the closed blinds. She could see his eyes following her, watching her. She startled a little which caused her to wince in pain. "What are you doing in here?" Trish asked holding her stomach.
"I wanted to talk to you. How are you feeling?" Dave replied reaching out to hold her hand.
Trish moved her hand, "I'm a little sore, and I'm a little empty. What do you want to talk about Dave." She replied with a sadness about her.
"Trish, I'm so sorry for everything that has happened. I know that I was stupid, I know that I was wrong. Trish, I want you to know that I love you and."
Trish cut him off, "Dave, I heard you the first time you said it after you told me about it. And you know something, I love you to. Whether you believe me or not, I do love you. But I'm also hurt. I'm hurt, I'm shattered. I don't know if you fully understand just what you did to me." Trish sat up even though it hurt, she used the pain to help fuel her rage, she had been bottling everything up for so long, and she was finally going to let it out. "Dave, I've always been the strong one. When I broke away from Peter, I vowed that I would not get myself into a situation where I was going to end up hurt. I've learned that emotional pain is far worse than physical pain. I trusted you, I loved you, I devoted everything I had to us, and look what happened. I know that it was something on a whim, but who's to say that it won't happen again? Dave, you have two children now counting this one that happened "on a whim" I just don't think that I can risk it again."
"Trish please, don't give up on us. We can work through this, we can survive and overcome." Dave said reaching out for her.
She wasn't able to move fast enough and he caught her hand. He held it and Trish started crying. She loved him yet she didn't know if she wanted to get tied up in that situation. Especially since he was having a child with her sister. "Dave please," She cried.
He leaned over and kissed her. Trish pushed him back, "Dave I can't do this, at least not now. I don't know if I'd do well in a relationship at this point." She took her hand back from him, "Actually, I know that I wouldn't do well in a relationship with everything going on, I just need time for me at this point. Now please leave."
Dave was stunned, he couldn't believe that she was outright telling him that there was no chance for them to get back together right now. "But Trish, you need me right now, you need someone to love you and to take care of you and."
Trish cut him off, "Dave please leave." And she rolled over so she didn't have to face him and silently cried to herself.
Dave slowly walked out of her room. Melissa seen him walk out and instantly got up and walked into Trish's room. When Trish heard the door open and shut again, she figured it was Dave, she snapped, "Dave please when I said to leave I meant it."
Melissa stopped, "Um, Trish, it's me Missy."
Trish rolled over and seen it was her, "Sorry, I thought you were Dave."
"So I gathered. What's going on? Are you ok? Did you need something?" Melissa asked.
"No, I woke up to him staring at me. I just can't help it, I can't get back together with him right now, if ever. I'm just too empty." Trish said trying not to cry.
Melissa held her. "Trish, Randy will be here soon, he just called from the airport. I have to come clean about everything to him, and I'm so scared."
"Why is Randy coming out here?" Trish asked.
"Because he got the weekend off to take me to Homecoming, and since the show was close by, he was flying here and we'll leave from here." Melissa replied hugging her, "That is, if he wants to leave with me."
"Melissa, I want you to really think of the question that I'm going to ask you, because he'll probably ask you and I want you to be honest with me." Trish said holding her hand.
"Ok, what?"
"Do you honestly want to keep the baby or are you only wanting to because you're afraid of how Dave will react?" Trish asked her while still holding onto her hand.
"I don't know. Part of me does, but then the other part of me sees how Christie threw her dreams out the window to be a full-time mom. And I want to capture my dreams, but I don't want to seem selfish, and I hate to say this, but I really don't want to ship the baby off to Dave."
"What do you mean? Dave is a great dad." Trish said.
"Yeah, but he doesn't even ask about the baby or how I'm doing, it's like it doesn't exist, and I don't like that." Melissa replied.
"I understand where you're coming from about that, I just wanted to ask you because he might. Or, he might not and decide that he wants to act as the child's father if you're relationship grows into that." Trish advised.
"Trish, I'm really scared, I really like him, and I think that he really likes me, but we're taking it slow since I'm not 18 yet. And I know that that was already one strike against me, and now here we are and I'm not just 17 but a pregnant 17 year old that is carrying the child of his co- worker." Melissa said starting to cry.
Trish knew that this was really hard on her sister. She comforted her, "Melissa, I want you to be strong, I want you to go get cleaned up, send Brock in here, and bring Randy in here before you go to talk to him about everything."
Melissa sniffled, "Ok." She walked out and nudged Brock and nodded towards the door. She headed off to the bathroom.
Brock figured that Trish and Melissa got into a fight since Melissa came out crying. He walked in slowly, "Is everything ok?"
"I need to talk to you about something, and we need to do it quickly because I have a consultation with my doctor in about 5 minutes." Trish said to him.
"Ok, what's on your mind?" Brock asked.
"What if I adopted Melissa's baby?" Trish said to him.
Brock about fell over, "What?"
"I really don't think Melissa wants to keep it, but she doesn't want Dave to raise the baby because he hasn't even acknowledged it and I don't blame her for that, but then also when she goes to tell Randy that she's pregnant, she can say that she is for me because I can no longer have children. What do you think? Do you think I'm crazy? I need your opinion on this." Trish rattled off quickly.
"Whoa, slow down. Trish, how much thought have you given this? Have you talked to her about it? What about Dave? How's he going to react? Trish, have you given thought to your career and what you'll do with her while you're on the road?" Brock asked trying to bring her back to reality.
"Brock, I've given this a lot of thought, I talked to Vince and he said that the baby can come along as long as it doesn't prove as a distraction for when I'm needed, I haven't talked to Dave or Melissa about it yet. Brock, don't you see that this is the only chance I have to having a child that is close to being my own? Now I don't know if any guy is going to want to date a woman who can't bear him a child of his own, but has a child that was carried by her sister from some odd circumstances, but I'm willing to take that risk. This would be a great solution if it's what she wants."
"Look, I'm not telling you what to do, but I do want you to be careful with your heart. Just because she doesn't want the baby now doesn't mean that when it starts to kick or flutter that she isn't going to want to keep it. Or when she delivers it and they place the baby on her chest, how do we know she won't change her mind? Hon, I'm not trying to be negative, but I want you to be careful with your heart on this one. I don't know, but it just doesn't seem as easy as it sounds." Brock said rubbing her shoulder.
"I know, but at least it gives her the option that she doesn't have yet. And I know that we still have to talk to Dave about it."
There was a knock on the door and the doctor walked in. "Look, I'll talk to Melissa about it for you, then we'll talk to Dave and I'll have her come and tell you her decision." Brock said giving her a kiss on the forehead.
As Brock walked out, he saw Melissa and Randy walking down the hall. Brock tucked himself around the corner and when Randy walked past him, he pounced on him. The two wrestled around a bit, and finally they shook hands. "Melissa, can I talk to you a minute?"
Melissa looked at him puzzled, "Sure, Randy, Dave's right over there if you two want to catch up."
Randy nodded and headed down to see him. Melissa looked at Brock, "What's up?"
"Trish has a wild idea and I told her that I would bring it up to you." Brock said as he walked her down the hall.
**Well, what will Melissa think of Trish's idea? Will Dave's bad temper that we've seen in the past flare up? And Psychobunny410, Lots of Randy in the next chapter, I promise!! Please continue to read and review!!**
Dave, Brock, and Melissa went down to the cafeteria to eat while Trish slept. The three of them were sitting at a booth. Melissa felt like she was in the middle because Dave and Brock weren't talking to each other. She felt bad because she knew that Dave and Brock were best friends and now the whole "incident" was driving them apart.
Brock decided to be the bigger man and he made conversation with Dave. Dave knew that Brock was right and that he had hurt Trish deeply, but he felt that if he could just get in there to talk to her and to pour his heart out to her, then maybe she would give him one last chance.
Melissa's cell phone rang, she looked and it was Randy. She got a big schoolgirl grin and answered it. The boys couldn't help but eavesdrop in. She noticed that they were listening and she got up and walked away.
They started to make fun of her and they shared a few laughs. Finally Melissa came back with a big smile on her face. "Guess what?"
The boys shrugged.
"I'm going to homecoming!" She squealed.
The boys congratulated her and she gave them hugs. "And, Randy's coming here today and I have to tell him about my secret." She said with a concerned expression.
"Do you want me to hypothetically talk to him?" Brock asked. "We go back to OVW, we're pretty good friends, and Dave was in Evolution with him."
"I don't know, I mean, I don't want him to think that I'm a slut, but I don't want him to think that I've been lying to him either." Melissa replied.
"Look, I'll just chit-chat with him a bit." Brock said patting her on her back.
"Let's go back by Trish's room." Melissa said standing up.
A while later, Brock had walked off to go call Randy and Melissa was down at the gift shop, so Dave decided that it was his time to go in and see Trish.
He walked into her room and found her sleeping. He quietly shut the door and sat down by the bed. He watched her sleep and couldn't believe how long it had been since the last time they had seen each other. He missed her, he knew that he loved her and he knew that he had definitely screwed up. He didn't blame her for not wanting anything to do with him. She didn't seem to fully understand the type of man that he was, and he needed to make sure that she understood just what he was capable of.
Trish began to stir a little, she turned her head and found Dave watching her. His silhouette contrasted against the light coming in from the closed blinds. She could see his eyes following her, watching her. She startled a little which caused her to wince in pain. "What are you doing in here?" Trish asked holding her stomach.
"I wanted to talk to you. How are you feeling?" Dave replied reaching out to hold her hand.
Trish moved her hand, "I'm a little sore, and I'm a little empty. What do you want to talk about Dave." She replied with a sadness about her.
"Trish, I'm so sorry for everything that has happened. I know that I was stupid, I know that I was wrong. Trish, I want you to know that I love you and."
Trish cut him off, "Dave, I heard you the first time you said it after you told me about it. And you know something, I love you to. Whether you believe me or not, I do love you. But I'm also hurt. I'm hurt, I'm shattered. I don't know if you fully understand just what you did to me." Trish sat up even though it hurt, she used the pain to help fuel her rage, she had been bottling everything up for so long, and she was finally going to let it out. "Dave, I've always been the strong one. When I broke away from Peter, I vowed that I would not get myself into a situation where I was going to end up hurt. I've learned that emotional pain is far worse than physical pain. I trusted you, I loved you, I devoted everything I had to us, and look what happened. I know that it was something on a whim, but who's to say that it won't happen again? Dave, you have two children now counting this one that happened "on a whim" I just don't think that I can risk it again."
"Trish please, don't give up on us. We can work through this, we can survive and overcome." Dave said reaching out for her.
She wasn't able to move fast enough and he caught her hand. He held it and Trish started crying. She loved him yet she didn't know if she wanted to get tied up in that situation. Especially since he was having a child with her sister. "Dave please," She cried.
He leaned over and kissed her. Trish pushed him back, "Dave I can't do this, at least not now. I don't know if I'd do well in a relationship at this point." She took her hand back from him, "Actually, I know that I wouldn't do well in a relationship with everything going on, I just need time for me at this point. Now please leave."
Dave was stunned, he couldn't believe that she was outright telling him that there was no chance for them to get back together right now. "But Trish, you need me right now, you need someone to love you and to take care of you and."
Trish cut him off, "Dave please leave." And she rolled over so she didn't have to face him and silently cried to herself.
Dave slowly walked out of her room. Melissa seen him walk out and instantly got up and walked into Trish's room. When Trish heard the door open and shut again, she figured it was Dave, she snapped, "Dave please when I said to leave I meant it."
Melissa stopped, "Um, Trish, it's me Missy."
Trish rolled over and seen it was her, "Sorry, I thought you were Dave."
"So I gathered. What's going on? Are you ok? Did you need something?" Melissa asked.
"No, I woke up to him staring at me. I just can't help it, I can't get back together with him right now, if ever. I'm just too empty." Trish said trying not to cry.
Melissa held her. "Trish, Randy will be here soon, he just called from the airport. I have to come clean about everything to him, and I'm so scared."
"Why is Randy coming out here?" Trish asked.
"Because he got the weekend off to take me to Homecoming, and since the show was close by, he was flying here and we'll leave from here." Melissa replied hugging her, "That is, if he wants to leave with me."
"Melissa, I want you to really think of the question that I'm going to ask you, because he'll probably ask you and I want you to be honest with me." Trish said holding her hand.
"Ok, what?"
"Do you honestly want to keep the baby or are you only wanting to because you're afraid of how Dave will react?" Trish asked her while still holding onto her hand.
"I don't know. Part of me does, but then the other part of me sees how Christie threw her dreams out the window to be a full-time mom. And I want to capture my dreams, but I don't want to seem selfish, and I hate to say this, but I really don't want to ship the baby off to Dave."
"What do you mean? Dave is a great dad." Trish said.
"Yeah, but he doesn't even ask about the baby or how I'm doing, it's like it doesn't exist, and I don't like that." Melissa replied.
"I understand where you're coming from about that, I just wanted to ask you because he might. Or, he might not and decide that he wants to act as the child's father if you're relationship grows into that." Trish advised.
"Trish, I'm really scared, I really like him, and I think that he really likes me, but we're taking it slow since I'm not 18 yet. And I know that that was already one strike against me, and now here we are and I'm not just 17 but a pregnant 17 year old that is carrying the child of his co- worker." Melissa said starting to cry.
Trish knew that this was really hard on her sister. She comforted her, "Melissa, I want you to be strong, I want you to go get cleaned up, send Brock in here, and bring Randy in here before you go to talk to him about everything."
Melissa sniffled, "Ok." She walked out and nudged Brock and nodded towards the door. She headed off to the bathroom.
Brock figured that Trish and Melissa got into a fight since Melissa came out crying. He walked in slowly, "Is everything ok?"
"I need to talk to you about something, and we need to do it quickly because I have a consultation with my doctor in about 5 minutes." Trish said to him.
"Ok, what's on your mind?" Brock asked.
"What if I adopted Melissa's baby?" Trish said to him.
Brock about fell over, "What?"
"I really don't think Melissa wants to keep it, but she doesn't want Dave to raise the baby because he hasn't even acknowledged it and I don't blame her for that, but then also when she goes to tell Randy that she's pregnant, she can say that she is for me because I can no longer have children. What do you think? Do you think I'm crazy? I need your opinion on this." Trish rattled off quickly.
"Whoa, slow down. Trish, how much thought have you given this? Have you talked to her about it? What about Dave? How's he going to react? Trish, have you given thought to your career and what you'll do with her while you're on the road?" Brock asked trying to bring her back to reality.
"Brock, I've given this a lot of thought, I talked to Vince and he said that the baby can come along as long as it doesn't prove as a distraction for when I'm needed, I haven't talked to Dave or Melissa about it yet. Brock, don't you see that this is the only chance I have to having a child that is close to being my own? Now I don't know if any guy is going to want to date a woman who can't bear him a child of his own, but has a child that was carried by her sister from some odd circumstances, but I'm willing to take that risk. This would be a great solution if it's what she wants."
"Look, I'm not telling you what to do, but I do want you to be careful with your heart. Just because she doesn't want the baby now doesn't mean that when it starts to kick or flutter that she isn't going to want to keep it. Or when she delivers it and they place the baby on her chest, how do we know she won't change her mind? Hon, I'm not trying to be negative, but I want you to be careful with your heart on this one. I don't know, but it just doesn't seem as easy as it sounds." Brock said rubbing her shoulder.
"I know, but at least it gives her the option that she doesn't have yet. And I know that we still have to talk to Dave about it."
There was a knock on the door and the doctor walked in. "Look, I'll talk to Melissa about it for you, then we'll talk to Dave and I'll have her come and tell you her decision." Brock said giving her a kiss on the forehead.
As Brock walked out, he saw Melissa and Randy walking down the hall. Brock tucked himself around the corner and when Randy walked past him, he pounced on him. The two wrestled around a bit, and finally they shook hands. "Melissa, can I talk to you a minute?"
Melissa looked at him puzzled, "Sure, Randy, Dave's right over there if you two want to catch up."
Randy nodded and headed down to see him. Melissa looked at Brock, "What's up?"
"Trish has a wild idea and I told her that I would bring it up to you." Brock said as he walked her down the hall.
**Well, what will Melissa think of Trish's idea? Will Dave's bad temper that we've seen in the past flare up? And Psychobunny410, Lots of Randy in the next chapter, I promise!! Please continue to read and review!!**