Six Years Later

"Mommy!" screamed six year old Megan Aaliyah Orton as she was running around the house, "have you seen my shoes?"

Vanessa Orton stepped out of her bedroom as she placed her leather jacket on, "Aren't the under the couch where you left them?"

"Oh yeah," said Megan as she ran to the couch and found them, "found them mommy." Vanessa looked at her daughter, who had her curly brown hair, and her face, but you can tell she is Randy's by her blue eyes and her smile. Vanessa always felt a little down when she looked into Megan's eyes since it reminded her so much of Randy.

"Good," said Vanessa as she grabbed her purse and keys, "you ready to go?"

"Yep," said Megan as she slipped on her jacket, "who is watching me while you wrestle?"

"I think your Aunt Trish is honey," said Vanessa as they made their way to the car and made their way toward the arena. It had been about eight years since Randy disappeared, it had been hard for Vanessa. When Randy did not return for Catherine's anniversary, Vanessa realized that Randy ran off, and about two months later she found out that she was pregnant with Megan. That nearly killed her, since she was not ready to raise a child on her own, but she silently hoped that Randy would return in time to help her raise the baby... but he never showed up.

"Cool, I like Aunt Trish..." said Megan, "is Grandpa Vince going to be there?"

"I don't know honey, he might be." She kept in close touch with everyone in the WWE, since she was friends with all of them anyway. Vince gave her a job in the WWE when he found out that Randy disappeared, plus she knew her job as a Massage Therapist was not going to be enough. She was really grateful for him doing that, and after she had Megan, she became a wrestler full time.

"Is Dave going to be there?"

"Yes sweetie," said Vanessa, "he has a match tonight as well, so I will be out there with him." Vanessa smiled at the thought of Dave Batista, they had gotten close over the last couple of years after Dave's wife Angie let him for another man. Plus he was her crying shoulder after Randy left, when she became a wrestler, she also became his manager, so they worked together every week.

"Cool, I like Dave."

"Me too sweetie, me too." She then pulled into the parking lot and pulled into the parking spot. "Here we are." She got out of the car, and then helped Megan out. "Did you bring your backpack so have all your toys?"

"Yes I did," said Megan as she grabbed it.

"Good girl," said Vanessa as she then noticed Trish Stratus pulling in the parking spot next to her, "Look sweetie, it's Aunt Trish."

"Auntie Trish! Auntie Trish!" said Megan as she made her way to Trish when she got out of the car.

"There is my favorite niece!" said Trish as she picked up Megan, "wow, you are getting big on me! Pretty soon you are going to get too big for me to pick up! Vanessa, you need to stop feeding this one."

Vanessa laughed as she said, "I've tried, but Grandma Orton sneaks food to her when I am on the road." She then hugged her best friend, "How are you girl?"

"I am fantastic," said Trish as she put down Megan, "how are you?"

"Pretty good, been living one day at a time," said Vanessa as she linked her arm through Trish's, "you don't mind watching Megan while I am in the ring during mine and Dave's matches?"

"Of course not," said Trish, "I always love watching her. Speaking off Dave, how are things with you two?"

Before she could answer she heard Megan say, "Dave! Look mommy it's Dave!" Sure enough when Vanessa looked up there was Dave Batista standing there with his smile on his face. Vanessa felt her heart starting to beat a little bit faster and laughed when Megan tackled Dave down to the ground.

Dave laughed as he hugged Megan, "Dang Megan! You are strong!" He sat up with Megan in his lap just as Vanessa and Trish made their way up to Vanessa, "Vanessa, whatever you are feeding this one, you need to cut it down until she is like a teen, otherwise she is going to be a big as Paul!"

Vanessa laughed as she said, "Big Show said the exact same thing last week, and I tried to stop, but I swear her grandparents are feeding her something else." She smiled as Dave stood up with Megan in his arms, and she noticed how well they fitted together as a father and daughter combination.

"I bet they do," said Dave as he put down Megan.

Trish then spoke up, "Hey Megan, are you ready to come hang out with your Auntie Trish?"

"Yep!" said Megan as Vanessa made her way to Megan.

"You be a good girl for Auntie Trish OK? And mommy will see you when she is done working k?

"OK mommy," said Megan as she hugged her, "I love you."

"I love you too sweetie," said Vanessa as she hugged back her daughter and kissed the top of her head. Megan then went up to Trish, took her hand and they made their way to the diva's locker room. Vanessa smiled as she then turned to Dave as they made their way to their locker room, "So what is going on for tonight?" She asked as she sat down on the couch.

"Well, I have a match against HHH tonight, and you have one against Molly for the title, which you are going to win."

"That's good," said Vanessa, "Megan can then brag that her mommy won the Women's Championship." Vanessa then sighed as she lowered her blue-green eyes and Dave knew why.

"You wished that Randy was also here?" Dave asked as he sat down next to her.

"That, and today is also the day that six years ago Randy left," said Vanessa, "which also means on Friday it is going to be six years since Catherine died..." Suddenly she felt the tears beginning to flow on her cheeks.

"Hey hey," said Dave as he wrapped his arms around Vanessa and held her close, "it's OK." She just cried harder as Dave stroked her back, "I know that it has not been easy for the last six years, but look on the bright side, you have a wonderful little girl now who loves and adores you. Plus, you got me now and I will always be here for you."

Vanessa smiled as she looked up at Dave, "Thanks Dave, I am so glad that I have you in my life. I have accepted the fact that Randy is not coming back, and I am ready to move on with my life."

"You are?" said Dave with surprise, since he was not expecting her to say that.

"Don't get me wrong," said Vanessa, "I do still love Randy, and we have a child together, but he has been gone for six years, and I have Megan to think about, as well as myself. So I have decided to move on with my life."

"What about your marriage to Randy?" asked Dave.

"I already took care of that. I divorced Randy six months ago, and since he had been gone for the last six years with no one able to find or reach him. The judge granted it to me, so I have been a single woman for the last six months. I just had the courage to remove my wedding and engagement rings last week."

It was just then when Batista noticed her bare left hand, and he took her hand into his, "Vanessa, I am so proud of you. Well, you would want to move on with your life... with me?"

Vanessa then looked very surprised at him, "What?"

"Vanessa, through these last few years we have gotten so close, and I realized that I am very attracted to you. Plus I love Megan like she was my own daughter. So do you think we could start a relationship?"

Vanessa was surprised at first, but then she looked at Dave and her heart started to race and she smiled as she said, "Yes Dave. I would love to start a relationship with you, of course if Megan approves."

"Of course, we must ask Megan first, but Vanessa you have made me SO happy!" Dave hugged her again and then kissed her sweetly on the lips. "Now, shall we get ready for Raw?"

Vanessa smiled as she said, "Yes let's." As they got ready for Raw, Vanessa smiled lightly as she knew that life was slowly going back to normal, and she knew that someday life was going to be perfect again.