Chapter 22:
"Uncle Mick...I don't know. I'm just confused right now, okay?" Stacy told her uncle as she was inside his locker room.
"Well if you need any help, Stace. I'm just here."
"I know. But no one can help me with my feelings but me. I really don't know if I love him!" she uttered, shaking her head in confusion.
"Take your time in analyzing what your heart says. Maybe you do. You're probably just scared to admit it to yourself. Then again, maybe you're forcing yourself to love him since you and Randy have a child together. Do you think?" Mick asked, stroking Stacy's hand.
"No. Definitely I'm not forcing myself to fall for him."
"Well that's good then. Like I said, just take time." Mick advised as Stacy nodded.
"But Uncle...he loves me so much! I mean...I know it! I see it! I feel it." Stacy told him as Mick smiled.
"Stacy...doesn't mean a guy loves you, you have to love him back. There's no control here. It just happens. If he loves you but you don't love him, then he should accept that and move on. But if you love him, go for him. Maybe there's a chance for you to fall in love with Randy again. But also...maybe he's not the one for you and you should continue searching for that right one while Randy should just move on." Mick stated.
Stacy nodded. "You're right." She replied, as confusing as it seemed.
After talking a bit more, Stacy left her uncle's locker room and started heading for her own. Again, she bumped (not literally) into the handsome man she just met just moments ago.
"Hey Justin!" Stacy greeted, smiling at him.
"Oh...hey Stacy!" he greeted back as together they walked towards Stacy's locker room while chatting.
"So how long have you been working here?" Stacy asked.
"Oh...just about two months." Justin answered as Stacy nodded. "So...ummm...I've heard you have a baby? What's his name?" Justin asked as Stacy smiled. She loved talking about Alex.
"His name's Alex. And he's as old as how long you've been working here." Stacy giggled as Justin grinned.
"Really? Wow. If I were some complete stranger, I wouldn't think that you were a mom." Justin honestly told her as Stacy smiled back at him.
"Thanks."
"Stacy! I've been looking all over for you!" Randy suddenly called out as Stacy found him pacing towards them.
"Oh...hey. Sorry." Stacy smiled as Randy narrowed his eyes at Justin.
"And who are you?" he asked rather rudely, crossing his arms and giving him a "Do I know you?" look.
"Randy! Don't be so rude! This is Justin Tyler. He works here for the WWE. Justin...meet Randy." Stacy introduced as Justin smiled back and extended his arm towards Randy.
"Hi!" he acknowledged as Randy still stared at him with his cocked eyebrow before finally shaking hands with him.
"Hey..." Randy uttered slowly as he turned towards Stacy. "Come on, Stace. Let's go." He then said as Stacy sighed and nodded.
"Okay. I'll just follow. I'll meet you at the parking lot." Stacy told him as Randy eyed both Justin and Stacy once again before nodding and pacing away.
"Sorry about that." Stacy then told Justin as Justin smiled.
"Oh it's nothing. Don't worry. That's Randy Orton right?" he queried as Stacy nodded. "Oh...okay. So are you guys dating or are you married or something?"
"What? Oh! No! We're not married. Not dating even. But he is the father of Alex." Stacy slightly grimaced but shrugged it off immediately.
Justin, who caught her grimaced face, smiled and assured her. "Hey...it's okay. Don't go uncomfortable around me. It's okay. I understand."
Stacy smiled at him. "Thanks."
"So not to be bold or anything but...what exactly are you and Randy?"
Stacy thought of her answer before finally replying Justin. "Randy's my best friend."
"Oh? That's cool. So you're not dating anyone right now?" Justin inquired.
"Nope. Still single." Stacy giggled.
Justin nodded. "Well...you best be going. Randy might be waiting for you."
"Yup. Bye! It's nice meeting you. I'll see you around." Stacy called out before walking out of the arena and headed towards the parking lot where she found Randy waiting in his rental car.
"What took you so long?" he asked, igniting the car and backing it away.
"I had to say goodbye to Justin." She explained, as he remained silent. "What? Are you okay? I just made friends with him. He seems like a really nice guy." She continued as still, he stayed quiet. Stacy sighed, looking the other away with a small smile planted on her face. It was too obvious that Randy Orton was jealous.
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"You're jealous." Stacy proclaimed, giggling as she, Randy and Alex arrived at their hotel suite.
"So?" Randy retorted, raising an eyebrow and entering the bathroom, slamming the door loud.
Stacy couldn't help but giggle as she shook her head and turned to Alex, who was now lying down on their bed, wide awake. "Daddy's jealous isn't he?"
The baby cooed and giggled lightly, watching as his mom grinned back at him. "And you love daddy don't you?" the baby could have replied if only he was capable of talking already.
Randy emerged ten minutes later, narrowing his eyes at a grinning Stacy before turning the TV on and putting on his shirt.
"Are you mad at me?!" Stacy asked, although her smile was evident.
Randy just scoffed, ignoring her and continuing to watch an episode of Scooby Doo.
Stacy rolled her eyes and fought the urge to giggle before entering the bathroom and taking a shower. She came out twenty minutes later and found Randy talking to Alex. He didn't even notice that she was already out of the bathroom as she listened to him speak.
"Ha! What does your mom think? I'm gonna give up on her that easily? Well what she doesn't know is that I'm never giving up on her. Never! Because you know why? I love her. And she may not believe me when I say it...but I do. And I don't care how long I'm gonna have to wait until I make her realize we're meant for each other. It doesn't matter. I'm going to do whatever it takes for her to just love me back...and I'm gonna marry her. And you, me and your mom are gonna be one happy family."
"Ahem!" Stacy purposely coughed, laughing slightly as she watched Randy's eyes widen and straighten himself up. He smirked, trying to save his dignity and cocky image but Stacy couldn't help but laugh at him. "That's really cute, Randy." She told him. "Seriously."
Randy rolled his eyes and shook his head, looking away to hide his furiously blushing cheeks. Stacy smiled and walked up to him, wrapping her arms around his neck. He hugged her back and for a while, they stayed in that position until Alex began to cry.
"Awww...baby, ssshhh...mum and dad are here." Stacy cooed, holding Alex's bottle and gently placing it in his mouth. Randy sighed and watched the two most important people in his life with a smile. Once Alex fell asleep, Stacy looked up at him.
"Do you really mean what you said?" she asked him softly.
Randy gave her a stern look before nodding his head slowly.
Stacy smiled, leaning in to capture his lips. Randy was slightly taken a back by this but soon; he kissed her back, smiling as he did so. He placed his arms around her slender waist while she wrapped hers around his neck.
"Stacy...I love you. I love you so much."
"You know, Randy? I love you, too."
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