Chapter 26: Saying Goodbye
"Hey." Randy greeted her slowly as he poked his head through the slightly open door of Stacy's private hospital room. Stacy just nodded when she saw him come in. she tried to force a smile to greet him in return but failed miserably.
"How are you doing?" Randy asked her slowly and made his way to the chair just beside Stacy's hospital bed.
"I… I'm okay." she managed to croaked the words out without letting a single tear drop from her chocolate brown eyes.
"Yeah… The doctor said, you're going to be okay. That you and the baby are gonna be okay." Randy said slowly and took her hand.
"Yeah, I guess so." Stacy just replied slowly, not knowing what to say to him. She was stroking her stomach absent-mindedly when Randy mentioned about the baby.
"You already know?" Randy asked in shock.
"The doctor told me before he got out." Stacy said slowly.
"Umm. So you just stay away from stress all right? The doctor said, your pregnancy is really complicated." Randy told her with full concern for her and his best friend's baby.
"I will." She replied again, staring into space.
"Stace, are you really sure that you're gonna be okay?" Randy asked her again.
"Yeah, I'll be okay. Could you please leave me alone for a while, Randy? I need to be with myself for a while." She finally turned her head to his direction.
"Okay. Take care. Just call me if you need anything, alright? You know i'm always here for you." Randy told her and gave her hand a soft squeeze before letting go and going out of the room.
"Don't worry I will." Stacy said and smiled gratefully to Randy for being there with her. Then she finally felt a tear drop down when Randy closed the door, then another and another until she was crying uncontrollably. She quickly wiped the tears away when she heard a knock on the door.
"Come in…" she said, expecting for a nurse to come in and taker vital signs.
"Hey…" Trish greeted her the same way Randy did earlier. She slowly came in with Chris Jericho following her from behind.
"Hi…" she greeted in reply. Trish came over to her and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek and hugged her tight in attempt to comfort and cheer her up. Chris Jericho gave her an encouraging smile in which she returned forcefully.
"Are you okay? I mean I heard about what happened… about what happened to John. We met Randy outside." Trish started and sat on the hospital bed with her arms around Stacy. Stacy started crying once again when Trish mentioned John's name.
"Everything will turn out fine Stace. Don't worry. And you've got Randy by your side." Chris Jericho said to her, Trish gave his ribs a nudge to quiet him down from doing some more matchmaking. "I'll leave you two ladies alone to talk. I'll be outside if you need me." Chris Jericho said and took Stacy's hand and gave it a soft squeeze of reassurance before going out of the room.
"It was all so sudden Trish!" Stacy said through sobs when Chris Jericho had left them alone.
"Yeah, we know. But everything will be alright. Everything happens for a reason." Trish repeated what Jericho had said earlier when she couldn't find the right words to say to her. "Maybe because, you weren't really for each other and that someone is out there really meant for you. Don't hate me for saying this Stace. I know you love so much."
"I love him Trish. And I hope so. I hopethat you're right that it's going to be okay.At least I'll have something to remember him." Stacy said staring into space with her misty eyes while caressing her stomach. She smiled faintly to the thought that she's carrying John's child.
"Stace? You're… You are pregnant?" Trish asked slowly.
"Yeah… I am" Stacy replied and turned her gaze to Trish who was looking at her with a surprised expression on her Canadian face.
"So you're going to keep it?" Trish asked her again and pulled some strands of hair, which were in front of her face and tucked it behind Stacy's ear.
"Of course, I'll keep it. This little baby inside of me will be my memory of John and I'll love it the way I loved John." Stacy said slowly and smiled again.
"Randy was really worried for you." Trish said, shifting the topic to Randy. Trish studied Stacy's face which was pale without her make up and with her present condition. She looked so tired and wary.
"Yeah? He has always been with me all these times." Stacy said. "AndI thank him for that." I just can't believe i'm inlove with him. that i was falling for him all those times i was with John. She wanted to add.
A week had past and John's burial was held. Almost all the wrestlers in the WWE came. Friends andcompetitors alike. Randy gave the eulogy even though it was really hard for him. He kept pausing during his talk to held the tears back.
"He had always been a great friend to me… to us. We'll miss you John and we'll never ever forget you in this lifetime." Were Randy's last words in the eulogy before letting the tears drop from his light blue eyes and stepped down from the pulpit.
"What are you thinking?" Randy asked Stacy slowly after the burial. All the wrestlers had gone home. Except for Stacy and Randy. Randy had stayed behind when he noticed Stacy was still standing looking at the ground.
"Nothing, just thinking on how much I'm gonna miss John." Stacy said and wiped a tear away.
"We're all gonna miss him, Stace." Randy replied and looked at the same direction Stacy had been looking all those times.
"Thanks." Stacy managed to say.
"Thanks for what?" Randy asked her.
"Thanks for being with me all these times and thanks for being such a great friend to John and me." Stacy told him and gave him a small smile.
"Always, Stace." Randy replied. "Umm, about the baby…" Randy said and scratched the behind of his head.
"I'm gonna keep it. Don't worry." Stacy assured him and smiled again.
"Don't worry Stace. I'll be here with you to raise that child." Randy promised her and put his arms around her shoulder and gave her temple a small kiss. Stacy leaned against Randy's chest and felt the wind wash across her face.
"You'll always have a part of my heart forever John. I'll always love you and I'll never forget you. "
a/n: i hope you'll keep readin coz we're almost to the end. i hope you like this chap and have time to r&r. thanks guys!