Thank you to Demon Spawn (I'm so sorry I missed you last time, please forgive me! Good luck at school!), broadwayprincess, Psychobunny410, Megan, Tammi, and nala23. Thank you so much for staying with me, we're at chapter 30!
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Randy and Dani met up with John, Trish and Stacy at the karaoke bar not too far from the arena. They all signed up for various songs. Randy wouldn't show Dani what he signed up for though.
As the night went on they had a pretty good time. Trish sang "Genie in a Bottle," by Christina Aguilera, Stacy sang "Mickey" by Toni Basil, John did "Lose Yourself," by Eminem, Dani did "Rip Her to Shreds," by Blondie. Then towards the end of the night, it was Randy's turn. Randy smiled, he got up on stage and grabbed the mike, "For this one, I actually need the help of my lovely wife Dani."
Dani looked at him surprised. She got up and walked up onto the stage, "What are you doing?" She whispered.
He gave her a kiss, "Just follow the monitor." He held up the mike and looked into her eyes, "This one I dedicate to you."
Soon the music for "All for Love," by Rod Stewart, Bryan Adams and Sting came on. It was one of her favorite songs. She smiled. The two held hands and sang to each other. The song truly hit home for them, and John, Stacy and Trish all watched with big smiles. It was so nice to see them being in love and together.
As the song ended, Randy leaned down and kissed her, "I love you Dani."
She smiled with tears in her eyes, "I love you too Randy."
Then the group left. Randy and Dani headed to the airport. They returned the rental and found where their flights were leaving from. Ironically enough, the gate for St Louis, MO and the gate for Louisville, KY were at opposite ends of the airport.
Randy took Dani in his arms, "I love you Dani, I'm going to miss you."
She held him back, "I love you too Randy, I just want you to understand that I need this."
He nodded, he understood, he just didn't want to understand.
They kissed gently, and then they both turned and walked their separate ways.
3 DAYS LATERDani woke up tossing and turning in bed Thursday night. She had gone three days without talking to Randy at all. She did a lot of soul searching, a lot of crying and now she awoke from her sleep knowing exactly what she needed to do.
In her pajamas, she grabbed her keys and her purse and got in the car and started driving. She arrived at Randy's parent's house at about 6:00am. She went around the house to where his bedroom window was. She grabbed some rocks off the ground and began throwing them at his window.
Finally he got up and looked out the window. He couldn't believe his eyes, he thought he was dreaming. He opened up the window and stuck his head out, "What are you doing here?"
"I want you to come out here and take a walk with me." She replied.
"Are you in your pajamas?" He asked.
"Are you coming or not?" She replied.
Next thing she knew, Randy came out without a shirt on and wearing his blue flannel pants. Randy went to hug her, but Dani took a step back. "We need to take a walk." She said softly.
Randy's heart sunk, this had disaster written all over it. He took a deep breath and began walking with her.
"I want you to tell me what you've done these last three days. I don't want your thoughts, I want what you did." Dani said to him.
Randy kicked at a rock, "Well, to be honest I didn't do much of anything but reflect. I talked to my dad about everything that's been going on. I confessed everything to him, he told me about how disappointed he was in me that it happened again, and I explained that I was disappointed in myself that it happened again. We went over a lot of things, and we bonded. Then I made an appointment and met with a shrink for an hour and half. I mean I went and walked around the mall with my mom, I had lunch with Becky and Nathan, and all I could think about was that this is what my life is like without you. I tended to not think of it as if you were back at the apartment, I wanted it to be like how it would be if you weren't there, and I didn't like it. It made me realize just how much I love you and I don't need anyone or anything else. Just you and our families." He said sincerely.
Dani nodded. "Do you want to know what I did?"
Randy nodded. He was almost afraid to hear.
"I kind of did the same thing. I didn't do anything for the wedding, I didn't do anything for the house, and I tried to not think about the fact that I'm pregnant. I wanted it to be a trial run of what it would be like if I was a single woman. I did the grocery shopping, I went to a movie alone, I went and bought household items, I had dinner with my dad. I sat on the phone with my girlfriends, but there was always something missing. That something was you. I was able to realize that yes, I am an independent woman who could definitely live alone, function alone, make a living on my own, but there is one thing that I wouldn't have aloneā¦and that's your love. Randy, I love you, and I know that deep down, you love me. Even though there have been parties and women, I know that you love me. I still want to be Mrs. Randy Orton, and I want us to be a family. But you need to understand that I will not forgive again. If this happens again, it's over."
Randy nodded, "I understand. And I know that I've said this before, but I've also done a lot more growing up then I did before. This will never happen again. Marry me Dani."
Dani smiled, "I do."
The two embraced and kissed right there on the side of that old dirt road they used to travel on when they were kids. As the sun came up, they sat on the side of the road and held each other and just enjoyed the beauty of the morning.
For the remainder of the week, they spent time with Randy's parents and Dani's dad. They were able to relax for the last few days before the week of the wedding.
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Sorry this chapter is so short, but next week will be the wedding. I'm going to be working on it all weekend, so I should hopefully have it up Monday! Have a great weekend!
