Disclaimer: I do not own any of the WWE superstars and along with the mortal fear of being sued, I only lay claim to the story idea and any real life similarities are completely coincidental.
Summary: Randy Orton watches as a new recruit to the RAW locker room has an unfortunate accident and steps in to help her. Will love bloom or are these two superstars only bound together through guilt?
Additional Characters: Shawn, Trish, Paul, Matt, Jeff and Stacy (as Angels on the Other Side) and some others. The main female lead is also a WWE superstar.
Additional Information: Fourth novel in the Love United Series.
A/N: This story is moving along nicely for me, a chapter a day keeps those angry fans away or something of that nature I guess. I had planned to take a nice day off from all of it, but then got the urge and well went for it and it looks like it paid off. For the record, when I wrote Stacy's part at the end of the last chapter, I did have no plan of killing Randy and I still don't so don't worry about it, it was just the way they were talking in context. Like what would happen if? You know that kind of thing. Well off I go for the next chapter and thank you so much for all of the reviews.
It had been awhile since he had met the guys at the coffee shop and he had to admit, after sharing the kiss with Jackie, and then not getting rebuffed in return, Randy was feeling like he was on cloud nine. Nothing could ruin this momentum he had. He had to stop himself from screaming how happy he was from the rafters.
"So why did you drag us out here again man? I mean I know we are in town for awhile, and Paul never has to work again, but wow, another visit in a week, this must be a Randy record."
Randy smirked at Shawn's remark, knowing he was playing around but happy that he had even come to begin with. Ever since the Royal Rumble match and the severe concussions he had been getting since, these two guys had been nice enough to stick around and be a friend to him, something he hadn't had since becoming a WWE superstar, at least not much of anyway. Not to mention what they were doing reminded him of what he was doing now with Jackie. He was just paying it forward.
"Well I have some news I needed to share with someone." He stated, then sitting back and judging the reactions he had gotten to that bit of news.
"What did you do man, finally lay her or something and need to brag about it?" Paul, who was known back in the day for his locker room conquests, was obviously still living in the heartache of losing Stacy, and Randy chose to let his comment slide.
"No, I just wanted to tell you that she saw something."
Shawn almost fell off the chair as Randy spoke the news. He too had been through a stage where he stood by a woman he ended up loving as Randy seemed to be doing now, and he knew just how big a deal something like this really was. If she was seeing things now, then that meant it wouldn't be much longer before she saw everything clearly. He felt a sense of pride as he remembered he had been the same way with the woman who was now his wife.
"What do you mean she saw something? Does she have her sight back?" Shawn asked, gaining his composure and tuning back into his younger friend.
"No, she saw Dave's shirt that I was wearing yesterday, not clearly, but you know something is better then nothing at this stage. The doctor had just finished running tests on her eyes because she hadn't seen anything, and well now it seems it is coming back."
"Well then what the hell are we doing here? Shouldn't we be out somewhere celebrating with her? She must feel really good about it all right now. I remember Jackie being one heck of a fighter. It's nice to know she didn't lose that with having you around." Shawn stated before sliding the chair back to avoid Randy's swipe with his hand.
"We did that last night and I figured today that while she was sleeping, which she does a lot of these days I would come out and share the news. I don't know if she is keeping in contact with Vince, but maybe someone should tell him she might be back sooner then thought."
Paul stood to his feet now, not really in the mood to share the good news. Since he had lost the woman he loved, he didn't seem to be in the mood for anything anymore and in the end, he just became a downer for anyone that he hung around. Not wanting to bother anyone with the same old problems, he motioned that he was going outside to have a smoke, something that he had started when he knew she wasn't coming back to him anymore.
"Paul wait man, there was something I needed to ask you about. Jackie brought it up to me, and then I heard it too, with a different voice and I wondered if you knew anything about it." Randy called, making Paul turn around and head back for the table, postponing the runaway until later.
"What?" Shawn asked, wondering now just what was going on and what Randy needed Paul's help on.
"Jackie claimed to hear Jeff Hardy's voice when she was in the doctor's office, kind of like he was talking to her. I blew her off, making her feel pretty bad about it I guess because it makes no sense since the dude is dead, but then I heard a voice too."
Paul raised his eyebrows, knowing immediately just what was going on, they were trying to talk to them from the other side which now meant that Stacy could be in contact with someone close to him. Was there a chance she would come back to him after all?
"Who did you hear Randy? Was it Matt?" Paul asked which gained looks of concern from both Shawn and Randy who knew there was more now going on then there had been before.
"No Paul it wasn't Matt. I heard Stacy talking to me in my head, at first I thought it was own inner voice, because man it never stops, but then I knew it was her. I would know her voice anywhere."
Paul slumped back into the chair, knowing he had to explain to his friends what was happening, especially Randy since he was in direct contact with the other side and didn't know it. Was it possible she was trying to come back through him?
"When Stacy and I broke up awhile back, Matt and Jeff who were angels and crossed over came to both of us on separate occasions and made us see the light so to speak. If they need to get something across to us then they will come to us and talk to us. So yeah, you aren't hearing things. She was trying to tell you something or get you to admit something you don't wanna admit."
Randy sat silently, wondering what it could be that he wasn't admitting to himself or to anyone else when it hit him like a ton of bricks. "She wants me to tell Jackie how I really feel about her. That has to be it; there isn't anything else I haven't told anyone."
Meanwhile on the other side of town Trish and Jackie were enjoying some time alone. Trish had known Shawn was going to be with Randy for a little while and not wanting to be alone with their daughter and knowing Jackie couldn't be alone, she had made the trek to her house.
She had been there now for over and hour and so far, Jackie didn't seem any different then the woman she was in the locker room on Raw. It seemed that having Randy around to help her while she was out of action was helping her, and she had never seen the young girls face so bright. Was there more going on there then what Trish knew about?
"I saw Randy's shirt yesterday, at least the color of it in blurry vision and I don't know what to make of it." Jackie now said, bringing Trish out of her thoughts and back into the moment.
Squealing with delight, something she hadn't done since her days of romance with the young late and great Hardy brother, she jumped around the house. It was funny how alive she herself felt just being in the house, it was like it was being guarded somehow and it made Trish feel like a child again.
"Can you stop jumping; the shadow is giving me a headache." Jackie said not realizing until after she let it slip that she was indeed seeing something moving and assumed it was Trish jumping up and down.
"You can see me?" Trish asked. "How the hell can you see me?"
Jackie laughed and motioned for her friend to sit. She was in the beginning stages of getting her sight back she explained and she could see shadows and blurs of pretty much everything. She couldn't make out what they were sometimes though, which made it hard to move without her cane.
"Does Randy know?"
"Yeah he does, and he took me out to dinner to celebrate last night. The funny thing is he didn't try to get my drunk like Charlie did on our first dinner together. It was nice for a change ya know?"
Trish laughed, remembering some of the horrible first dates she had been on and how eager the men had been knowing who she was. It seemed since she was on TV they wanted in her pants that much more and would do anything to get it.
"So how was it? Was it good for a first date?"
Jackie blushed and then shook her head as if defiantly denying that it was a first date and more of two friends going out to dinner together. "It wasn't a date, he is here because he feels guilty about the accident is all."
Trish looked at her newfound friend with a small smile she was sure that Jackie couldn't pick up on at that point. "Girl, the sooner you admit it is more then that, the sooner things can go back to normal."
