1Never Say Never
Chapter 30
Lorelei was thrilled that she was returning to St. Louis. She had made Randy promise to take her to a lot of places. She knew that this wasn't going to sit well with Paul, but for the first time ever she didn't really care. She felt like she was gaining her own life. She needed to have a life of her own just to prove she could.
In the plan for her new life she ignored the fact that she would be living in Randy's guest room/office for a while. She was finally making friends, and hopefully some of Randy's friends that she'd never had the opportunity to meet. There were definitely a few she wouldn't mind having the chance to meet.
Professionally things were looking up. For the moment she was on her own, though she knew that she would eventually be paired with someone. She got to bitch Randy out on national TV for being with Stacy Keibler, and now the two females were going to have an onscreen feud. She wasn't thrilled with the storyline, especially the part where Stacy was going to help her lose her woman's title. She just hated that she was going to have to lose it this way.
Randy was doing some grocery shopping. She knew for normal people that would take about 45 minutes to an hour, but not for him. Everyone would recognize him and it would take hours. She had declined on going with him. She was trying to make his apartment look like someone was actually taking care of it. She had only been instructed to wait for him to return before she started the office. There were a thousand other things that she could do though.
It took him two and a half hours, but Randy finally returned with the groceries and few random things that she had requested. And, he wasn't to much worse for wear. "Here's some chocolate," he said throwing her the Hershey bar he purchased for her. He carried the rest of the groceries up before helping her put things away.
"Randy, we need to get that office cleaned out. You can't keep sleeping on the couch," Lorelei said. She had been willing to stay on the couch, but he'd insisted that she sleep on a bed. It was his stupid pride.
"I know we'll work on it first thing in the morning. I've almost go another concussion thinking about it," Randy said. He knew he shouldn't be making jokes about the number of concussions he's had recently, but he couldn't help it.
"Shut it, I'm gonna finish up the kitchen and start making some food," Lorelei said. "Anything particular that you want?"
"Whatever you want to make," Randy said. He had already turned the TV on and was in the process of turning it to sports center.
"You're just all sorts of helpful. Let me know if anyone comes over," Lorelei said knowing she would at least hear the door open if someone arrived. She just wanted to be properly introduced to anyone.
"I know," Randy said.
Lorelei had been working in the kitchen for a little while when she heard the apartment door open. She didn't bother to come out and see who it was. She assumed if it was anyone more than Ric or Dave Randy would let her know.
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Paul was pissed. He hated the fact that Randy was the one that was catering to Lorelei's ever whim no him. He knew that it was his fault, but he had tried to make things better between the two of them. He was going to do the same thing again. He knocked on Randy's door. He knew that she was there.
He wasn't thrilled when Randy opened the door. He was hoping he would get Lorelei answer so he could at least get a word in edgewise. "Is Lorelei here?"
"She doesn't want to talk to you," Randy said. "Please remove yourself from my doorstep."
"She's just toying with you like she did Irvine months ago," Paul said. "She'll figure out it's me she wants and then she'll leave you in the dust."
"I guess I'll have to take that risk, but I wouldn't bet too highly on her coming back to you. Don't you get it, Paul; she's had it with you. She's done with your games and manipulation," Randy said.
"I'm her husband. She obviously loves me since it's me she's legally married to me not you. She hasn't done anything to even begin to end that," Paul said.
"But, she will. She just hasn't convinced herself she's ready to put this part of her life behind her," Randy said.
"She won't. She loves me. Unfortunately, for you that love will eventually rebuild everything, and you'll just be an after thought for her," Paul said.
"Look, I asked you to leave my place of residence so just go. I don't know how much more specific I have to be. You're not welcome around here," Randy said. "If you don't then I will have to make you leave."
"You can't make me do anything, Orton," Paul said. "I thought you were my friend, but now you're after my wife. I guess I better start picking my friends better."
"And I thought that you were man enough to keep a real woman like Lorelei, but obviously you weren't," Randy said. "I refuse to let someone I care so deeply about repeatedly get their heart ripped out by some lowlife, manipulative, bastard like you. Now leave."
"I won't leave until I get to talk to my wife," Paul said shoving Randy out of the way. He didn't get far into the apartment before Randy retaliated.
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Lorelei heard Paul and decided to let Randy take care of this. She didn't feel like facing Paul right now. Putting up with his bullshit was last on her list of things to do. She didn't care to face either of them in the mood she knew they'd be in after this confrontation, but when she heard a loud crash she knew she had to.
She went toward the entrance of the apartment and saw Randy and Paul fighting. She knew that she had to do something before they seriously hurt each other. She didn't want either of them getting in trouble on her account. She also didn't want Randy to get hurt again. She just wanted Paul to leave so she didn't have to hear any more of the cleverly disguised bull shit that he kept spewing.
"Randall Keith Orton, Paul Michael Levesque, stop it this instant," she said trying to get between the two of them. She knew that, that was the only hope she had of breaking them up on her own.
She managed to get between the two men only to get unceremoniously pushed out of the way again. She wanted to nail Paul for that one herself, but she knew it would only make the situation worse. "If you two don't knock it off I'll call the cops," Lorelei said. She figured she might end up having to anyway.
Randy reluctantly hit Paul one last time before he got off. "Now, please leave," Randy said ignoring the blood that was getting in his mouth.
Thank God Paul didn't have a remark to follow, because Lorelei was about ready to smack him. Paul just left with another threat that he would be back.
"You shouldn't have gotten into a fight with him especially over me," Lorelei said. She knew that it was about her in the end though she was almost sure that neither of them would admit it.
"It wasn't you he deserved it," Randy said. "He needed to be knocked down a notch or to so that his ego could let him breathe."
"Has anyone told you, you suck at lying?" Lorelei asked. "C'mon lets get you cleaned up."
Lorelei tended to his wounds and he was honestly rather comfortable. He had never liked anyone taking care of him like his before, even his mother. His mother had always tried to help him after rough events or fights, but he hated it. Now having Lorelei dote of him like this was kind of comforting.
"You shouldn't ever fight anyone. I'm sure your dad told you that fighting couldn't solve all your problems," Lorelei said.
"Actually, my dad said if he hits you first then you better make the fight worth getting suspended for," Randy said. "My dad was a professional wrestler, remember."
"Just don't fight with him anymore. He's not worth it. He could press charges now if he wanted to, and Paul's just vindictive like that."
"Then I'll call my dad and he'll come bail me out and it'll be the end of it," Randy said. "Fighting isn't a major crime."
"Whatever," Lorelei said. "There now other than a black eye and a sore lip you should be good for a while."
