Fine Line Between Love and Hate
Chapter Sixteen
Sometime in the middle of the night Randy's phone rang. Before reaching over to the nightstand to find his phone he mentally cursed himself for leaving it on.
Before he could say a thing he heard Ali's nearly hysterical voice. He'd never heard her so scared. "Shh, Ali what's wrong?" Randy asked now fully awake.
Ali took a few minutes to regain her composure enough to string together a coherent thought. "I had a nightmare," she told him slightly more calmly, "I know this sounds absolutely crazy but you were hurting me."
"Ali, you don't have to worry about me hurting you," Randy told her calmly. It was taking all he had in him to say calm and not start asking rapid fire questions.
"You're right," Ali said still sounding shaky. "It was only a stupid dream."
"It's okay," Randy said. "Everything will be fine."
"It was really freaky," Ali said.
Randy talked to her for a while longer before she thought she was calm enough to try to go back to sleep. In typical Ali fashion she apologized for call him in the middle of the night before she hung up.
Randy tried to go back to sleep, but now the anger he'd held in check for the last hour was starting to kick in. From the bits and pieces he'd been able to get from her she'd been hurt. Now he wanted to find whoever hurt her and kill them. He only wished there was a gym open at three am. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The morning when Ali had to get out of bed she felt like calling in, but quickly decided against it considering it was only her second day. She quickly went through her morning routine, hoping that she would still be able to be on time.
Work came and when. She loved that she was working with little children, but his morning was one of those mornings that it was hard to be thankful for anything. At least with her previous jobs she could zone out and not get into to much.
After she finished at work, she decided that she'd better go see the Ortons. She was usually over there every couple of days and she hadn't even talked to Ella, Bob, or Leigh since the disaster Friday evening, and it was now Tuesday.
"You look tired," Leigh observed when she saw her friend. Ali had to smile that that remark because it made hr think of how tired Randy must look now.
"I kind of had a nightmare last night," Ali told her best friend knowing it would be stupid to hide it from her.
"Why didn't you call?" Leigh asked concerned. She hated for Ali to have to go through those alone.
"I don't know I just picked up the phone and the number I dialed was Randy," Ali told her. "He spent almost an hour calming me down."
Leigh couldn't help but to smile. She knew that her brother and Ali needed each other and the fact that Ali blindly called his number and he talked to her proved it.
"Ali," Lizzie said flinging herself at the woman, "I missed you."
"I'm sorry sweetheart," Ali said. "Did you have fun with your daddy?"
Lizzie started to rattle on about her father and all her presents from her grandma and grandpa. Ali couldn't help but to love the child. Lizzie made her remember why she wanted to have children of her own.
Ali stayed for dinner, seeing as she had issues saying no to anyone with the last name of Orton. She also knew that she wouldn't be able to make it Friday and felt a little bit guilty about it.
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Somebody got a late night, or was it early morning phone call," Dave teased as they were traveling to the arena for the next house show.
"I would hope it was from the woman you're going out with Friday night," Paul said smirking.
"Can we please move on to any topic aside from Randy's love life or lack there of?" Randy asked.
"You have to have a love life you're going on a date this week with the same woman you did last week. That has to be like a first for you," Dave pointed out.
"I know you guys just want to live vicariously through me," Randy said with a smirk. He figured whatever he said was only going to fuel the situations the had in their head so why not just help them along a little bit.
"That would be why he looks so tired," Paul joked. "He was up all night thinking about things that I'd rather not go into."
"Ali called," Randy said. He knew everyone already knew that so could at least admit that much.
"At two in the morning," Dave added.
"It wasn't her fault," Randy said. Dave just have him a questioning look. "I don't know everything that's why I'm not telling you anything. Besides I don't want to break Ali's trust."
Ric just looked at the younger and could see how much he'd changed in the last few weeks. If this was what Bob was talking about then he was right. The two did belong together.
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When she got home Ali hoped that there was a message from Randy. She didn't think it was to promising when she got home and there was only one message on her answering machine. She pushed the play button and expected some relative that didn't really care but only called because she was family. Instead, Randy's voice filled the room.
She called him back but got his voice mail, so she left him a message. She decided that she needed to get a cell phone as soon as she could that way it's be easier for them to get in touch if need be. I know it's been kind of short compared to recent chapters but this was good stopping point. Pleas review.
Sometime in the middle of the night Randy's phone rang. Before reaching over to the nightstand to find his phone he mentally cursed himself for leaving it on.
Before he could say a thing he heard Ali's nearly hysterical voice. He'd never heard her so scared. "Shh, Ali what's wrong?" Randy asked now fully awake.
Ali took a few minutes to regain her composure enough to string together a coherent thought. "I had a nightmare," she told him slightly more calmly, "I know this sounds absolutely crazy but you were hurting me."
"Ali, you don't have to worry about me hurting you," Randy told her calmly. It was taking all he had in him to say calm and not start asking rapid fire questions.
"You're right," Ali said still sounding shaky. "It was only a stupid dream."
"It's okay," Randy said. "Everything will be fine."
"It was really freaky," Ali said.
Randy talked to her for a while longer before she thought she was calm enough to try to go back to sleep. In typical Ali fashion she apologized for call him in the middle of the night before she hung up.
Randy tried to go back to sleep, but now the anger he'd held in check for the last hour was starting to kick in. From the bits and pieces he'd been able to get from her she'd been hurt. Now he wanted to find whoever hurt her and kill them. He only wished there was a gym open at three am. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The morning when Ali had to get out of bed she felt like calling in, but quickly decided against it considering it was only her second day. She quickly went through her morning routine, hoping that she would still be able to be on time.
Work came and when. She loved that she was working with little children, but his morning was one of those mornings that it was hard to be thankful for anything. At least with her previous jobs she could zone out and not get into to much.
After she finished at work, she decided that she'd better go see the Ortons. She was usually over there every couple of days and she hadn't even talked to Ella, Bob, or Leigh since the disaster Friday evening, and it was now Tuesday.
"You look tired," Leigh observed when she saw her friend. Ali had to smile that that remark because it made hr think of how tired Randy must look now.
"I kind of had a nightmare last night," Ali told her best friend knowing it would be stupid to hide it from her.
"Why didn't you call?" Leigh asked concerned. She hated for Ali to have to go through those alone.
"I don't know I just picked up the phone and the number I dialed was Randy," Ali told her. "He spent almost an hour calming me down."
Leigh couldn't help but to smile. She knew that her brother and Ali needed each other and the fact that Ali blindly called his number and he talked to her proved it.
"Ali," Lizzie said flinging herself at the woman, "I missed you."
"I'm sorry sweetheart," Ali said. "Did you have fun with your daddy?"
Lizzie started to rattle on about her father and all her presents from her grandma and grandpa. Ali couldn't help but to love the child. Lizzie made her remember why she wanted to have children of her own.
Ali stayed for dinner, seeing as she had issues saying no to anyone with the last name of Orton. She also knew that she wouldn't be able to make it Friday and felt a little bit guilty about it.
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Somebody got a late night, or was it early morning phone call," Dave teased as they were traveling to the arena for the next house show.
"I would hope it was from the woman you're going out with Friday night," Paul said smirking.
"Can we please move on to any topic aside from Randy's love life or lack there of?" Randy asked.
"You have to have a love life you're going on a date this week with the same woman you did last week. That has to be like a first for you," Dave pointed out.
"I know you guys just want to live vicariously through me," Randy said with a smirk. He figured whatever he said was only going to fuel the situations the had in their head so why not just help them along a little bit.
"That would be why he looks so tired," Paul joked. "He was up all night thinking about things that I'd rather not go into."
"Ali called," Randy said. He knew everyone already knew that so could at least admit that much.
"At two in the morning," Dave added.
"It wasn't her fault," Randy said. Dave just have him a questioning look. "I don't know everything that's why I'm not telling you anything. Besides I don't want to break Ali's trust."
Ric just looked at the younger and could see how much he'd changed in the last few weeks. If this was what Bob was talking about then he was right. The two did belong together.
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When she got home Ali hoped that there was a message from Randy. She didn't think it was to promising when she got home and there was only one message on her answering machine. She pushed the play button and expected some relative that didn't really care but only called because she was family. Instead, Randy's voice filled the room.
She called him back but got his voice mail, so she left him a message. She decided that she needed to get a cell phone as soon as she could that way it's be easier for them to get in touch if need be. I know it's been kind of short compared to recent chapters but this was good stopping point. Pleas review.