A/N: I only own Iris. Keep up the reviews. Enjoy the chapter.
Our Prayers and Wishes go out to Eddie's family.
Iris POV
I woke up a little while later because someone had sat on the bed. I looked over and saw Randy. I smiled at him and he smiled back.
"Hey, sleepy." he told me.
"Hi." I whispered.
"How's the ribs?" he asked me.
"I am ok. They are still hurting." I told him. He moved some hair out of my face.
"You took a pretty hard hit." he told me.
"It isn't the first time." I said, smiling at him. I sat up and he helped me. I gasped when I sat up.
"You need help?" he asked me as I got up.
"I gotta pee. I will make it." I told him as we walked out and I went to the bathroom.
I walked into the den and sat in a recliner with some of the guys.
"Hey, how ya feeling?" Matt asked me.
"Peachy." I answered. Dan laughed at me.
"You need anything?" Stephen asked me.
"No, I have taken harder hits." I said.
"I know!" Sean said. We all laughed. It hurt like hell when I laughed.
I was watching TV with the guys when I heard a little voice behind me.
"Iris!" James yelled at me and jumped up on me. I groaned.
"No!" they all yelled. James began to cry. I just pull him to me and told him it was ok. He just laid there and eventually fell asleep. I just rocked him and held him as he slept.
"Iris?" Carol asked me.
"Yes, ma'am?" I answered her.
"Are you hungry?" she asked me.
"Just a little, but I can get it." I told her. She laughed at me and walked off. I was watching TV when she put a plate in front of me and sat a beer beside me.
"I can take him." she said.
"I got him. You go eat." I told her. She went and ate. I was in the den, eating. I finished and sat the plate down. I just watched TV.
We all finished eating and Dan was leaving.
"Here?" he said.
"I got him. I can carry him to the car." I told him.
"Iris…" he was saying when I stood up and looked at him.
"Alright." he said. He told everyone bye and walked with me to the car. I put James in the car seat and gave him a hug.
"Thanks." he said.
"Anytime. I will see you later." I told him and went back in.
The rest of the night we just laid around. I fell asleep, around 10, on the couch. I woke up at 1 and went into the kitchen. I was getting something out of the refrigerator and turn around to see John. He scared me.
"Sorry." I mumbled and sat at the table. I just sat there and John joined me.
"When am I supposed to go back?" he asked me.
"Vince told me to let you come back when you wanted, so, whenever." I told him.
"Alright, are you taking some time off?" he asked me.
"Yeah, I am going home. What are you going to do?" I asked him.
"I am going to my new house." he said. I nodded.
"Where's it at?" I asked him.
"I have one in Arizona and one in Connecticut, near the WWE headquarters." he told me.
"Which one is the new one?" I asked him.
"Connecticut." he said. I nodded.
"Where's your house?" he asked me.
"Same." I said. He nodded.
"I wanted t say sorry about the other night. I just wanted something to get my mind off it." he told me.
"It's ok, but I think we need to be away from each other for awhile. I am going to be off for a month and I think we need to stay apart. We need to start our own lives." I told him.
"Alright, I am sorry. I just don't want to lose you as a friend." he told me.
"You won't, but I think we need to be apart. When do you plan on going back. I need to write you in the storyline, again." I told me.
"Um… like two weeks. I will call you. I am going to make sure mom is ok and then some alone time." he told me.
We talked for a little longer and then finally went to bed around 3 am.
I got up the next morning around 10 am. I was flying home later that day. Randy was going with me for a few days and then go home. I was going to visit Dave when Randy left.
Randy and I flew out around 2 pm. The flight was short. Dave had flown home around noon.
We arrived at my house around 4 pm and went out for dinner. We got home and watched a movie. I was laying on Randy's chest and he had his arms around me.
"Iris?" Randy asked me.
"Hmmm…?" I answered him.
"Are you going to date Dave?" he asked me.
"I dunno. He hasn't asked me." I told me.
"You don't want to ask him?" he asked me.
"Nope, he told me he didn't want to date, so now he can come to me." I told him. He laughed.
"Are you dating Trish?" I asked him.
"Nah, I really want to date someone else." he said. We were done with the movie when we heard thunder outside. I froze.
"You ok?" he asked me.
"I hate storms." I told him and yawned.
"Come on. I will lay down with ya until they go away." he told me. I nodded. I lead Randy to me bedroom. He walked in and froze. I looked at him.
"What?" I asked him.
"I love it!" he said. I smiled and laughed at him. I had done my bed room in a slightly gothic theme.
I changed into a nightgown and he stripped to his boxers. He laid down next to me. The storm was getting closer. Randy pulled me in close to him and wrapped his arms around me.
"Baby, it is going to be ok." he whispered in my ear. I rolled on my back and looked at him. He was starring at me.
"What?" I asked him, as lighting hit and I could see the expression on his face.
