Disclaimer: Famous, I don't own. I do own Jenna and Riley.
A/N: Thanks for the reviews to the last chapter. I have taken some of the ideas and will try my hardest to work them into the story. I for one, am shocked that Evolution is back together, but I'm happy regardless. Here's chapter 10
Chapter 10
Returns and Breakdowns
Riley and I had been home from the hospital for a few days. We talked about what happened, and she swore she didn't blame me. Dave finally told her how he felt, so as soon as she's well enough to travel, she'll be coming on the road with us. I'm getting ready to go to the hospital with Randy, since he's finally getting his tonsils out. They were supposed to be taken out the day of the draft, but since I was still dealing with losing my brother, he postponed it till now.
The guys, especially Randy and Dave have been treating Riley and I like we're a couple of porcelain dolls that will break any minute.
"Randy, come on. We need to be at the hospital in 20 minutes." I yelled, down the hall.
"Yeah, coming." Randy's hoarse reply came, as someone knocked on the door. Randy opened it to reveal Dave, as well as the Ortons.
"Hey Dave. Riley is still sleeping, but she should wake up soon." I said, as Randy looked at his parents, concern written all over his face. "Let me grab my jacket, and I'll be ready." I said, walking to my room.
"Randy, man. Has she even stopped to take care of herself?" Dave asked.
"No. Everytime I've tried to help her, or talk to her, she's been more concerned with taking care of Riley or me. She keeps sayin she's fine." Randy explained, frustrated over everything. "I'm really afraid of how she's going to be when the trail starts." He finished, as I came back into the room.
"Let's go. We've got 10 minutes now." I said, as I headed out the door. Leaving the four other adults, worried and concerned.
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I never realized how hard it is to keep someone quiet, when they love to talk. Riley and Dave are going out on their first "official" date tonight. While I'm helping her to find something to wear, she casts a worried glance in my direction.
"Jenna. I know you keep telling the guys you're okay, but this is me here. In case you've forgotten, I was there after the first time. You're not okay, are you?" Riley asked, turning around to face me.
"Riles, I'm fine. I just decided I wasn't going to let that asshole ruin my life anymore." I explained, turning back to the clothes.
"Jenna. Why can't you just admit you're not okay? We all just want to help you. Plus that victims support group is helpful." Riley pushed.
"Damn it Riley! I told you I'm fine. I'm glad that group is helping you, but I don't want to sit around with a bunch of fucking strangers, that don't know shit about my problems." I yelled, as I stormed down to my room.
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I heard Dave and Riley leave for their date, so I figured it would be safe to go to the kitchen, and fix some dinner. I didn't mean to blow up at Riley like that, but having Randy, John, and Dave hovering over me, and wanting me to talk, I finally snapped. When I got to the living room, I noticed Paul and Ric talking with Randy.
"Hey dollface. How are you doing?" Ric asked, walking over to give me a hug.
"I'm doing good. Randy's driving me crazy, since he's not supposed to be talking, that's all he wants to do." I said, looking over and seeing this crazy ass grin on his face.
"Well that's Randy. A real pain in the ass." Paul joked, laughing as Randy flipped him off.
"Anyway, are you guys staying for dinner? I was getting ready to fix something." I said, walking into the kitchen.
"No thanks, darlin'. We have to get going. Stephanie just wanted us to stop by and see how you all were doing. She said to tell you she'll give you a call tomorrow sometime." Paul said, as he and Ric stood to leave.
"Okay. Well we'll see you guys Monday." I said, as they both gave me a hug. When I said this, Ric and Paul realized what John and Dave were talking about.
"Sweetheart. You don't have to worry about being there Monday night. All we're doing is a promo, nothing special." Ric said, hoping he wouldn't piss me off, after hearing what happened between Riley and I.
"Look guys, I'm fine. I'm going to tell you what I told Paul last weekend. If I sit here with nothing to do, I'll drive myself crazy." I told them honestly.
"Alright then. I guess we'll see you Monday then." Ric said, as he and Paul left.
~ ~ ~ ~
Monday morning Randy, Dave, Riley, and I arrived in Ft. Lauderdale for Raw. I apologized to Riley for blowing up at her like I did, she said she understood, but she and the guys were worried about me. After promising that if I needed to talk, I'd come find her, we headed to the arena. When we walked backstage, I could tell the Stephanie and Vince were shocked to see me, even though Paul told them I'd be there. I was heading down to catering when I ran into Paul and Ric.
"Hey sweetie. It's good to see you." Paul said, giving me a hug.
"Thanks Paul. It's great to be back." I said, smiling up at him.
"Are Dave and Randy coming down here?" Ric asked.
"I think they're in the locker room. Why, are we having a meeting?" I asked, leaning against the wall.
"No, we just found out that we have another photo shoot tomorrow." Paul answered, a little unenthused.
"Oh come on Paulie. It's not that bad." I said, earning a glare from Paul, when I called him Paulie.
"You're lucky I like you little girl." Paul said, smiling as he said it.
"Well, as much fun as this is, and believe me it is, I want to go talk to Trish and Amy." I said, heading into the cafeteria.
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"Girlie, you're back. How are you? Should you even be here?" Trish and Amy fired, as soon as they saw me.
"Yes, I'm back. I'm okay. Yes, I should be here. I'll drive myself insane if I'm not." I said, sitting next to Amy.
"You have no idea how scared we were, when Lisa Marie told us you and Riley were kidnapped. How is Riley? Paul said she had a pretty bad concussion." Trish said, all in one breath.
"She's doing okay, she still has some headaches though. Her and Dave are around here somewhere." I said, grabbing a carrot from Amy's plate.
"So Dave finally admitted his feelings?" Amy asked.
"Yeah, it was so sweet too. Riley told me a little bit. She said that he was holding her hand in the hospital bed, and he told her that when he found out she and I were missing, he realized he didn't and couldn't live without her." I said, as Trish and Amy awed.
"Jennifer Nicole Taylor. What in the hell are you doing here?" A loud voice questioned, from behind me.
"Well, I work here. John Anthony Cena." I said, turning around, and looking up at my "big brother."
"You should be home resting." John said, alot quieter this time.
"I've rested long enough, besides, I've missed bugging you." I said, hoping he wouldn't start lecturing me.
"Listen Jenna. We have to go to the ring for practice. We'll finish talking later." Amy said, as she and Trish got up from the table.
"Alright. Good luck tonight." I said, as they left.
"Jenna, wanna take a walk with me?" John asked, looking down at me.
"I don't have much of a choice, do I?" I asked, knowing I'd be taking a walk.
"No, not really. Come on." John answered, pulling me out of my chair.
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John and I had been walking around for about 10 minutes, before he finally said something. "Jenna, why won't you talk about what happened?" John asked, as we stopped in the hallway.
"Why do you guys want to know what happened? You weren't there, so you wouldn't understand." I yelled, feeling my temper reach the boiling point. When John realized this, he was quick to move us into a locker room. It wasn't until we were in, I noticed the rest of Evolution, as well as Riley in there.
"That's great. You all decide to gang up on me?" I asked, my eyes falling on Randy.
"Jenna, you can't keep walking around pretending you're fine. You think we haven't noticed, but I know you haven't slept since this happened, unless I'm awake, or Dave is at the apartment visiting Riley." Randy said, trying very hard to be patient.
"So what, I sleep during the day. I've always been a night person." I answered smartly, turning to leave the room.
"Jenn. We're not letting you leave, until you talk about this." John said firmly. I turned away from him and faced Riley.
"You in on this too?" I asked, when she just nodded her head, I finished. "You all can just go to hell!" I shouted, as I turned back to John and tried to move him from the door.
"Damn it Jenna. Why do you have to be so stubborn? You need to let this out, you can't keep letting that son of a bitch have this hold on you." Randy yelled, his patience now gone.
"Fine, you all want me to talk about it. Where would you like me to start? How about when he was holding a gun to our backs? Or when he tied us up, and locked us in that basement? Maybe you want to hear about how he tried to rape Riley, and I got him off her, only for him to shove her so hard off the bed, she hits her head and gets a concussion? What about this one, would you like to talk about him raping me?" I yelled, as tears poured down my face. None of the guys knew what to say. I felt Randy come up behind me, hugging me to him.
"Jenna, this was not your fault. We could all sit here, and blame ourselves for what happened, but we aren't the ones who did this. Kevin is the only one who deserves any blame." Randy whispered, trying to calm me down.
"Randy, my best friend was almost killed. My brother was killed by him. How can you say this isn't my fault?" I asked, turning around and burying my head in his arms.
"Dollface. I know I never met your brother, but from the way you talked about him, he sounded like a young man who would do anything to protect his sister." Ric said, trying to hide his own tears.
"Are you going to testify against him?" Paul asked.
"Yeah, I guess. If I don't, he might get off." I said, hoping I wouldn't regret it.
"Jenna. I wish you'd stop blaming yourself for what happened to me. You didn't do it, in fact, you stopped him from raping me. You sacrificed your own life to help me. I don't blame you, and you shouldn't blame yourself." Riley said, getting up and giving me a hug.
"Thanks Ri." I said, wiping the rest of my tears away.
"Jenna." Randy said, causing me to turn around and look at him.
"Yeah." I replied.
"When we get back to the hotel, can we talk?" Randy asked.
"Sure, I guess." I answered, not knowing what could be left to talk about.
A/N2: Okay, I know this wasn't the best chapter, but I have some ideas for the next chapter and this all sort of ties into that. Please leave any feedback you may have. Like I said at the top, I'm going to try my hardest to work any character you may want to see into the story. Also if you want, you could maybe tell me what you'd like to see them do.
*jeffslildiva*
©2004
A/N: Thanks for the reviews to the last chapter. I have taken some of the ideas and will try my hardest to work them into the story. I for one, am shocked that Evolution is back together, but I'm happy regardless. Here's chapter 10
Chapter 10
Returns and Breakdowns
Riley and I had been home from the hospital for a few days. We talked about what happened, and she swore she didn't blame me. Dave finally told her how he felt, so as soon as she's well enough to travel, she'll be coming on the road with us. I'm getting ready to go to the hospital with Randy, since he's finally getting his tonsils out. They were supposed to be taken out the day of the draft, but since I was still dealing with losing my brother, he postponed it till now.
The guys, especially Randy and Dave have been treating Riley and I like we're a couple of porcelain dolls that will break any minute.
"Randy, come on. We need to be at the hospital in 20 minutes." I yelled, down the hall.
"Yeah, coming." Randy's hoarse reply came, as someone knocked on the door. Randy opened it to reveal Dave, as well as the Ortons.
"Hey Dave. Riley is still sleeping, but she should wake up soon." I said, as Randy looked at his parents, concern written all over his face. "Let me grab my jacket, and I'll be ready." I said, walking to my room.
"Randy, man. Has she even stopped to take care of herself?" Dave asked.
"No. Everytime I've tried to help her, or talk to her, she's been more concerned with taking care of Riley or me. She keeps sayin she's fine." Randy explained, frustrated over everything. "I'm really afraid of how she's going to be when the trail starts." He finished, as I came back into the room.
"Let's go. We've got 10 minutes now." I said, as I headed out the door. Leaving the four other adults, worried and concerned.
~ ~ ~ ~
I never realized how hard it is to keep someone quiet, when they love to talk. Riley and Dave are going out on their first "official" date tonight. While I'm helping her to find something to wear, she casts a worried glance in my direction.
"Jenna. I know you keep telling the guys you're okay, but this is me here. In case you've forgotten, I was there after the first time. You're not okay, are you?" Riley asked, turning around to face me.
"Riles, I'm fine. I just decided I wasn't going to let that asshole ruin my life anymore." I explained, turning back to the clothes.
"Jenna. Why can't you just admit you're not okay? We all just want to help you. Plus that victims support group is helpful." Riley pushed.
"Damn it Riley! I told you I'm fine. I'm glad that group is helping you, but I don't want to sit around with a bunch of fucking strangers, that don't know shit about my problems." I yelled, as I stormed down to my room.
~ ~ ~ ~
I heard Dave and Riley leave for their date, so I figured it would be safe to go to the kitchen, and fix some dinner. I didn't mean to blow up at Riley like that, but having Randy, John, and Dave hovering over me, and wanting me to talk, I finally snapped. When I got to the living room, I noticed Paul and Ric talking with Randy.
"Hey dollface. How are you doing?" Ric asked, walking over to give me a hug.
"I'm doing good. Randy's driving me crazy, since he's not supposed to be talking, that's all he wants to do." I said, looking over and seeing this crazy ass grin on his face.
"Well that's Randy. A real pain in the ass." Paul joked, laughing as Randy flipped him off.
"Anyway, are you guys staying for dinner? I was getting ready to fix something." I said, walking into the kitchen.
"No thanks, darlin'. We have to get going. Stephanie just wanted us to stop by and see how you all were doing. She said to tell you she'll give you a call tomorrow sometime." Paul said, as he and Ric stood to leave.
"Okay. Well we'll see you guys Monday." I said, as they both gave me a hug. When I said this, Ric and Paul realized what John and Dave were talking about.
"Sweetheart. You don't have to worry about being there Monday night. All we're doing is a promo, nothing special." Ric said, hoping he wouldn't piss me off, after hearing what happened between Riley and I.
"Look guys, I'm fine. I'm going to tell you what I told Paul last weekend. If I sit here with nothing to do, I'll drive myself crazy." I told them honestly.
"Alright then. I guess we'll see you Monday then." Ric said, as he and Paul left.
~ ~ ~ ~
Monday morning Randy, Dave, Riley, and I arrived in Ft. Lauderdale for Raw. I apologized to Riley for blowing up at her like I did, she said she understood, but she and the guys were worried about me. After promising that if I needed to talk, I'd come find her, we headed to the arena. When we walked backstage, I could tell the Stephanie and Vince were shocked to see me, even though Paul told them I'd be there. I was heading down to catering when I ran into Paul and Ric.
"Hey sweetie. It's good to see you." Paul said, giving me a hug.
"Thanks Paul. It's great to be back." I said, smiling up at him.
"Are Dave and Randy coming down here?" Ric asked.
"I think they're in the locker room. Why, are we having a meeting?" I asked, leaning against the wall.
"No, we just found out that we have another photo shoot tomorrow." Paul answered, a little unenthused.
"Oh come on Paulie. It's not that bad." I said, earning a glare from Paul, when I called him Paulie.
"You're lucky I like you little girl." Paul said, smiling as he said it.
"Well, as much fun as this is, and believe me it is, I want to go talk to Trish and Amy." I said, heading into the cafeteria.
~ ~ ~ ~
"Girlie, you're back. How are you? Should you even be here?" Trish and Amy fired, as soon as they saw me.
"Yes, I'm back. I'm okay. Yes, I should be here. I'll drive myself insane if I'm not." I said, sitting next to Amy.
"You have no idea how scared we were, when Lisa Marie told us you and Riley were kidnapped. How is Riley? Paul said she had a pretty bad concussion." Trish said, all in one breath.
"She's doing okay, she still has some headaches though. Her and Dave are around here somewhere." I said, grabbing a carrot from Amy's plate.
"So Dave finally admitted his feelings?" Amy asked.
"Yeah, it was so sweet too. Riley told me a little bit. She said that he was holding her hand in the hospital bed, and he told her that when he found out she and I were missing, he realized he didn't and couldn't live without her." I said, as Trish and Amy awed.
"Jennifer Nicole Taylor. What in the hell are you doing here?" A loud voice questioned, from behind me.
"Well, I work here. John Anthony Cena." I said, turning around, and looking up at my "big brother."
"You should be home resting." John said, alot quieter this time.
"I've rested long enough, besides, I've missed bugging you." I said, hoping he wouldn't start lecturing me.
"Listen Jenna. We have to go to the ring for practice. We'll finish talking later." Amy said, as she and Trish got up from the table.
"Alright. Good luck tonight." I said, as they left.
"Jenna, wanna take a walk with me?" John asked, looking down at me.
"I don't have much of a choice, do I?" I asked, knowing I'd be taking a walk.
"No, not really. Come on." John answered, pulling me out of my chair.
~ ~ ~ ~
John and I had been walking around for about 10 minutes, before he finally said something. "Jenna, why won't you talk about what happened?" John asked, as we stopped in the hallway.
"Why do you guys want to know what happened? You weren't there, so you wouldn't understand." I yelled, feeling my temper reach the boiling point. When John realized this, he was quick to move us into a locker room. It wasn't until we were in, I noticed the rest of Evolution, as well as Riley in there.
"That's great. You all decide to gang up on me?" I asked, my eyes falling on Randy.
"Jenna, you can't keep walking around pretending you're fine. You think we haven't noticed, but I know you haven't slept since this happened, unless I'm awake, or Dave is at the apartment visiting Riley." Randy said, trying very hard to be patient.
"So what, I sleep during the day. I've always been a night person." I answered smartly, turning to leave the room.
"Jenn. We're not letting you leave, until you talk about this." John said firmly. I turned away from him and faced Riley.
"You in on this too?" I asked, when she just nodded her head, I finished. "You all can just go to hell!" I shouted, as I turned back to John and tried to move him from the door.
"Damn it Jenna. Why do you have to be so stubborn? You need to let this out, you can't keep letting that son of a bitch have this hold on you." Randy yelled, his patience now gone.
"Fine, you all want me to talk about it. Where would you like me to start? How about when he was holding a gun to our backs? Or when he tied us up, and locked us in that basement? Maybe you want to hear about how he tried to rape Riley, and I got him off her, only for him to shove her so hard off the bed, she hits her head and gets a concussion? What about this one, would you like to talk about him raping me?" I yelled, as tears poured down my face. None of the guys knew what to say. I felt Randy come up behind me, hugging me to him.
"Jenna, this was not your fault. We could all sit here, and blame ourselves for what happened, but we aren't the ones who did this. Kevin is the only one who deserves any blame." Randy whispered, trying to calm me down.
"Randy, my best friend was almost killed. My brother was killed by him. How can you say this isn't my fault?" I asked, turning around and burying my head in his arms.
"Dollface. I know I never met your brother, but from the way you talked about him, he sounded like a young man who would do anything to protect his sister." Ric said, trying to hide his own tears.
"Are you going to testify against him?" Paul asked.
"Yeah, I guess. If I don't, he might get off." I said, hoping I wouldn't regret it.
"Jenna. I wish you'd stop blaming yourself for what happened to me. You didn't do it, in fact, you stopped him from raping me. You sacrificed your own life to help me. I don't blame you, and you shouldn't blame yourself." Riley said, getting up and giving me a hug.
"Thanks Ri." I said, wiping the rest of my tears away.
"Jenna." Randy said, causing me to turn around and look at him.
"Yeah." I replied.
"When we get back to the hotel, can we talk?" Randy asked.
"Sure, I guess." I answered, not knowing what could be left to talk about.
A/N2: Okay, I know this wasn't the best chapter, but I have some ideas for the next chapter and this all sort of ties into that. Please leave any feedback you may have. Like I said at the top, I'm going to try my hardest to work any character you may want to see into the story. Also if you want, you could maybe tell me what you'd like to see them do.
*jeffslildiva*
©2004