Chapter 22: No Pretenses

"C'mon John! Stop fooling around! This isn't funny!" Randy exclaimed.

"I'm not fooling around Randy. I have leukemia. My doctor said I only have a few weeks to live." John continued.

"But, but does Stacy know about this?" Randy found himself asking what was on his mind.

"No, and she'll never know the truth either." John stated in a firm voice even though he was all weak.

"But John…" Randy started to say something but John cut him off.

"Promise me Randy, you'll never tell her the truth and you'll take care of her and love her in my place when that time comes."

"But…" Randy protested.

"Promise me Randy!" he said and Randy had no choice but to promise John.

"Okay." he replied shortly.

"Thanks buddy. You're the only one I know that loves Stacy and would take care of her." John said and hugged Randy as a sign of thank you. He doesn't want Stacy to be all alone when that time comes.

"Are you sure about not letting Stacy know about this?" Randy asked slowly again.

"Positive Randy. I don't want her to get hurt." John said.

Randy returned the hotel. He was thinking about what John just confessed to him. It seemed unbelievable, John's too young to die. He's always been in a healthy condition. Why him? He's so good to die! Randy pounded the wall when he got out of the elevator.

"This can't be happening!" he exclaimed and felt like yanking his hair off his head to understand what's really happening.

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"Hey baby!" John greeted Stacy who was slowly waking up from her peaceful slumber. it had been two days after he told randy about his condition.

"John?" she asked slowly, trying to clear her eyes.

"How are you?" John asked her as he kissed her forehead.

"I'm fine. You?" Stacy asked back as she sat up her bed, facing John.

"Pretty okay." John lied.

"You look a bit pale. Are you sure?" Stacy asked him again.

"Yeah, I'm okay. I'm just a bit tired from the trip." John told her.

"Aww, poor baby." Stacy said and gave John a hug. "Let's go down for breakfast, okay?" Stacy continued and brushed her lips against John's lightly.

Meanwhile, in Trish and Amy's hotel room. Amy woke up ahead of Trish. She had always been an early bird. Trish was still in bed since she was tired from her workout the day before. She had been working real hard to keep fired for her upcoming match.

"Hey, Christy." Amy greeted the other redhead over the phone.

"Amy?" Christy's newly-waken voice came over the other line.

"I'm calling to inform you about Trish's new plan." Amy said excitedly, not knowing that someone was listening to every single word she's saying. (except for Christy on the phone).

Trish Stratus felt really hurt on what she was hearing right now.

"And you might want to ask somebody to come in the middle of the match because, Trish is going to pretend that you're almost going to beat her, then Chris Jericho will come to her aid." Amy continued. Trish was still listening closely. Tears were now falling down her face on what she had just learned about her best friend. "What about Randy?" Amy asked Christy. Trish listened in rapt attention when she heard Randy's name pop-up. "So, all will be done in Summerslam?" Amy said with amusement in her voice. "I'm expecting that Stacy will be broken hearted by the end of that PPV." Amy continued. "Alright. Got to go. Bye." She said and hung up.

'She was family to me. How could she do this?' Trish asked herself as she wiped the tears away and headed back to her room and pretended to be asleep.

"So they're playing against me. We'll see about that Amy. Nobody's going to fool me like that. And no one's gonna take my title away from me!' Trish thought when she felt Amy peeked on her room to see if she's already awake.

"Awww, poor sleeping beauty! In just a week, you're gonna say bye bye to your title!" Amy said, still not knowing Trish is already awake. Amy then went off somewhere.

A few weeks had past ever since John confessed to Randy about his condition. Randy did follow what John told him to do. He didn't tell Stacy about John's illness. John continued to pretend that nothing was wrong with him. He continued to be sweet towards Stacy.

"Hi baby!" John told Stacy.

"Oh, hi!" she replied. Then she saw Randy coming towards them, she felt herself blush a little, when he gave her his most charming smile. John saw this and smiled bitterly to himself.

'At least, she likes Randy too. She'll not have a hard time falling for him when I'm gone.' He thought to himself. Everytime Randy sees John and Stacy together and still John is acting like nothing happened, he would feel like barfing. It sickens him to the bone.

It was Summerslam 2005. The night when, Trish has to face Christy for the Women's Championship. For Christy and Amy, it's the night they will make Trish and Stacy's lives a living hell...

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