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Fine Line Between Love and Hate
Chapter Seven
Randy woke up the next morning dreading talking to his father. He already felt bad for the things he said the previous night, and Bob was only going to make him fell worse. 'I probably deserve it,' Randy told himself.
"Randy Keith Orton," Bob started when his son stepped foot in his office. "what on earth were you thinking?"
Randy knew he was in for it. He was never called by his full name unless he was in really deep trouble. He almost laughed at himself for thinking like a teenager who go caught coming in way past curfew when he was old enough to fend for himself. "I don't know," Randy answered. He didn't remember thinking a lot.
"That's obvious. What possessed you to treat someone that you were so close to and a guest like that? There is no excuse."
"I don't know," Randy again said. He would have liked for his dad to yell. When he was so upset that he was really calm was when he was really scary.
"Then what do you know?"
"That I apologized for running into her," Randy said.
"But why do you two hate each other so much that you could say such hurtful things without remorse?"
"That is our business not yours," Randy said defensively. Somehow everything from their past was going to be blamed on him, so he didn't want to get into it.
"Anyhow, I want you to go over and apologize for the cruel, hurtful things you said," Bob demanded. "And don't ever let me see you treat any guest that way."
Randy got up. If he had to apologized then he figured he might as well do it right. He showered, got dressed, called a takeout place, then went to get flowers and chocolate before going to pick up the food.
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Ali woke up kind of early, she wanted to get some things typed up for work so she'd be caught up the next day. Maybe then her boss would at least not be upset with her.
She was so engrossed in her what she was doing she almost missed the knock on the door. She wasn't sure how late it was but she noticed her stomach rumble.
She opened the door, still in her pajamas, and found Randy out side with his arms full of stuff. She felt so embarrassed. "What do you want?"
"Can I come in?" Randy asked. He hoped that answer would be yes.
"Do I have a choice?" Ali asked letting him in. "You can put that in the kitchen. I'm going to go get dressed.
Randy didn't mind seeing her in the tank top and pajama bottoms, but he was just here to bring breakfast and apologize. He didn't think that mentioning she looked fine in her pajamas would help him out much.
"I just wanted to apologize for my behavior last night," Randy said when he saw her. "I brought some food and these are for you."
'Damn it,' Ali thought. She didn't want him to be charming, it would be to easy to let him walk all over her again, 'But I did have say just as cruel things, if not more so than him,' she reminded herself. "I said some things that I probably shouldn't have, too," Ali admitted before again cursing herself for giving in.
She had to admit the flowers were beautiful. He remembered her favorites were daisies. 'Stop it,' she told herself. 'He's probably doing this because he had to.'
"Mind if I stay?" Randy asked. "I got enough food for both of us."
She couldn't resist him when he was being like this. "Yeah sure," she said smiling.
They actually ate in relative silence. They weren't sure exactly what to say to each other. Eventually Randy had to ask, "Why didn't you trust me when I told you what happened with Kate?"
"I saw you kissing her, what was I supposed to think?" Ali asked. "You would have been the same way if the roles were reversed."
"So you made the decision that I was lying to you because of something that you didn't see all of? If you would have seen all of it. She came up to me, kissed me, I was shocked then pushed her away and when to look for you. I wanted you to hear it from me not anyone else," Randy told her. He didn't know why he was starting this now, maybe it was because he wanted his friend back. "And had the roles been reversed I would have believed you and killed him."
"You can say that now. We're a lot more mature than we were ten years ago," Ali said, "well usually."
"True," Randy said. "You know that you not believing me hurt me more than anything else that you ever did to me even last night when you doubted that I ever wanted to be your friend."
He was amazed that they could sit down and actually talk to each other, not only civilly but pleasantly. If he would have known just apologizing would have this kind of results he would have tried it long ago. Well not to long ago, but way before now.
"I guess I got the desired effect without even knowing it," Ali said. "At first I wanted you to hurt as much as I did. I don't know why I kept going with our stupid feud."
"Me either. It was pretty stupid, it made high school miserable," Randy admitted. He couldn't believe they were talking like old friends.
Ali was mentally scolding herself to no end for admitting these things, but there was something that was telling her that maybe this would help them put the past behind them. She was taken aback by him admitting high school was miserable for him. "You Mr. Jock who had every girl hanging on your every move had a miserable high school experience," Ali said smirking, much like he frequently did.
"I should never have taught you how to smirk," Randy commented. "I didn't want all those girls hanging all over me. It was a pain to live up to the reputation that came with it. Besides the one girl I cared about hated me."
'That was stupid,' Randy told himself right after that came out. No she would retreat and there wouldn't be anything the could do about it.
"You better go, I have a lot of things to get finished," Ali said starting to clear off the table.
"Okay, would you like to go out to dinner sometime and we can catch up?" Randy asked. He was thinking about asking for Saturday but he had to work.
"Maybe I'll call you," Ali said. Part of her was thrilled that she was getting her best friend back, but there was the other part of her that warned her against getting sucked back into the vortex that was him. "Thank you for the food, and everything."
"You're welcome," Randy said leaving.
"Leigh," Randy called when he got home. He wanted to get Ali's number just incase she decided to not call him back. He'd just ask again and again, eventually she'd say yes if for no other reason than to make him stop asking.
"Yeah," Leigh said coming downstairs. She heard what Dad had made him do and she was surprised to see him still in one piece.
"I need Ali's number, I asked her to go to dinner with me to catch up and she said she'd get back to me," Randy told her.
"And you don't want her to blow you off," Leigh said handing him a piece of paper. "I take it the apology went well."
"Yeah we talked for a while and I took her breakfast and flowers," Randy said. "And we're both still alive and sane. Miracles do happen."
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There you go you've read now please review. Reviews are like food especially when things get busy.
Fine Line Between Love and Hate
Chapter Seven
Randy woke up the next morning dreading talking to his father. He already felt bad for the things he said the previous night, and Bob was only going to make him fell worse. 'I probably deserve it,' Randy told himself.
"Randy Keith Orton," Bob started when his son stepped foot in his office. "what on earth were you thinking?"
Randy knew he was in for it. He was never called by his full name unless he was in really deep trouble. He almost laughed at himself for thinking like a teenager who go caught coming in way past curfew when he was old enough to fend for himself. "I don't know," Randy answered. He didn't remember thinking a lot.
"That's obvious. What possessed you to treat someone that you were so close to and a guest like that? There is no excuse."
"I don't know," Randy again said. He would have liked for his dad to yell. When he was so upset that he was really calm was when he was really scary.
"Then what do you know?"
"That I apologized for running into her," Randy said.
"But why do you two hate each other so much that you could say such hurtful things without remorse?"
"That is our business not yours," Randy said defensively. Somehow everything from their past was going to be blamed on him, so he didn't want to get into it.
"Anyhow, I want you to go over and apologize for the cruel, hurtful things you said," Bob demanded. "And don't ever let me see you treat any guest that way."
Randy got up. If he had to apologized then he figured he might as well do it right. He showered, got dressed, called a takeout place, then went to get flowers and chocolate before going to pick up the food.
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Ali woke up kind of early, she wanted to get some things typed up for work so she'd be caught up the next day. Maybe then her boss would at least not be upset with her.
She was so engrossed in her what she was doing she almost missed the knock on the door. She wasn't sure how late it was but she noticed her stomach rumble.
She opened the door, still in her pajamas, and found Randy out side with his arms full of stuff. She felt so embarrassed. "What do you want?"
"Can I come in?" Randy asked. He hoped that answer would be yes.
"Do I have a choice?" Ali asked letting him in. "You can put that in the kitchen. I'm going to go get dressed.
Randy didn't mind seeing her in the tank top and pajama bottoms, but he was just here to bring breakfast and apologize. He didn't think that mentioning she looked fine in her pajamas would help him out much.
"I just wanted to apologize for my behavior last night," Randy said when he saw her. "I brought some food and these are for you."
'Damn it,' Ali thought. She didn't want him to be charming, it would be to easy to let him walk all over her again, 'But I did have say just as cruel things, if not more so than him,' she reminded herself. "I said some things that I probably shouldn't have, too," Ali admitted before again cursing herself for giving in.
She had to admit the flowers were beautiful. He remembered her favorites were daisies. 'Stop it,' she told herself. 'He's probably doing this because he had to.'
"Mind if I stay?" Randy asked. "I got enough food for both of us."
She couldn't resist him when he was being like this. "Yeah sure," she said smiling.
They actually ate in relative silence. They weren't sure exactly what to say to each other. Eventually Randy had to ask, "Why didn't you trust me when I told you what happened with Kate?"
"I saw you kissing her, what was I supposed to think?" Ali asked. "You would have been the same way if the roles were reversed."
"So you made the decision that I was lying to you because of something that you didn't see all of? If you would have seen all of it. She came up to me, kissed me, I was shocked then pushed her away and when to look for you. I wanted you to hear it from me not anyone else," Randy told her. He didn't know why he was starting this now, maybe it was because he wanted his friend back. "And had the roles been reversed I would have believed you and killed him."
"You can say that now. We're a lot more mature than we were ten years ago," Ali said, "well usually."
"True," Randy said. "You know that you not believing me hurt me more than anything else that you ever did to me even last night when you doubted that I ever wanted to be your friend."
He was amazed that they could sit down and actually talk to each other, not only civilly but pleasantly. If he would have known just apologizing would have this kind of results he would have tried it long ago. Well not to long ago, but way before now.
"I guess I got the desired effect without even knowing it," Ali said. "At first I wanted you to hurt as much as I did. I don't know why I kept going with our stupid feud."
"Me either. It was pretty stupid, it made high school miserable," Randy admitted. He couldn't believe they were talking like old friends.
Ali was mentally scolding herself to no end for admitting these things, but there was something that was telling her that maybe this would help them put the past behind them. She was taken aback by him admitting high school was miserable for him. "You Mr. Jock who had every girl hanging on your every move had a miserable high school experience," Ali said smirking, much like he frequently did.
"I should never have taught you how to smirk," Randy commented. "I didn't want all those girls hanging all over me. It was a pain to live up to the reputation that came with it. Besides the one girl I cared about hated me."
'That was stupid,' Randy told himself right after that came out. No she would retreat and there wouldn't be anything the could do about it.
"You better go, I have a lot of things to get finished," Ali said starting to clear off the table.
"Okay, would you like to go out to dinner sometime and we can catch up?" Randy asked. He was thinking about asking for Saturday but he had to work.
"Maybe I'll call you," Ali said. Part of her was thrilled that she was getting her best friend back, but there was the other part of her that warned her against getting sucked back into the vortex that was him. "Thank you for the food, and everything."
"You're welcome," Randy said leaving.
"Leigh," Randy called when he got home. He wanted to get Ali's number just incase she decided to not call him back. He'd just ask again and again, eventually she'd say yes if for no other reason than to make him stop asking.
"Yeah," Leigh said coming downstairs. She heard what Dad had made him do and she was surprised to see him still in one piece.
"I need Ali's number, I asked her to go to dinner with me to catch up and she said she'd get back to me," Randy told her.
"And you don't want her to blow you off," Leigh said handing him a piece of paper. "I take it the apology went well."
"Yeah we talked for a while and I took her breakfast and flowers," Randy said. "And we're both still alive and sane. Miracles do happen."
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There you go you've read now please review. Reviews are like food especially when things get busy.