Chapter 47

Randy ran up to Becki's room as fast as he could. When he threw the door open he found her thrashing around in her sleep.

'How has she not woke up? That has to be hurting her' he thought as he walked over to the bed.

He couldn't remember when it was that your not supposed to wake someone up. Was it sleep walking or nightmares?

He had to wake her up, the way she was thrashing about had to be hurting her considering she struggled to move when she was conscious. Cautiously he reached out and touched her arm

"Bex wake up"

He grabbed both arms to restrain her when her only response was to trash about more and half cry, half scream in her sleep.

"BECKI WAKE UP!" he shouted and sighed when her eyes shot open.

Momentarily dazed, Bex stared straight at him before she realised where she was and burst into tears. That was the first nightmare she'd had since it had happened and she wanted John.

Randy's first instinct was to gather her into his arms, so that's what he did as he whispered

"it's ok, it was nightmare that's all"

Becki continued to sob into his chest, holding her ribs that were screaming in agony. Randy noticed and tried to lay her back on the bed so he wasn't hurting her but she clung onto him.

"Are you ok?" he asked as he tried again to get her to lay back down unsuccessfully.

"It hurts" she sobbed

"Ok, Bex lay back down, its gonna hurt more if you stay like this"

Carefully he helped her lay down, he winced himself as she cried out in pain and grabbed at her sides, it looked extremely painful.

'why couldn't this happen when John's here?' he thought to himself then mentally slapped himself for thinking it.

"I'm gonna take you to the emergency room to get you checked out! Hang on while I get the car"

"Randy don't leave me!" Bex didn't want to be by herself while her nightmare was still fresh in her mind.

"Bex I …"

"Please?" she cried

Sighing Randy replied "Let me get my cell then" he didn't wait for a reply, he ran downstairs grabbed the phone and ran back up in a matter of seconds.

He sat down on the bed beside her and held her hand as she tried to calm down, with his free hand he called Matt.

"Hey what's up?"

"Can you come back please?"

"Yeah! Why what's wrong?"

"I need to take Bex to the emergency room" he replied looking down at the still sobbing form beside him.

"we're on our way" Matt replied before hanging up.

The following morning Joanne was attempting to do some work while Jeff bounced around the house doing nothing in particular other than make noise and annoy her.

"Jeff go and find something to do!"

"There isn't anything to do! Normally I'd bug Matt so seeing as he's not here I'm bugging you instead" he grinned.

'Why didn't I stay at the hospital?' she thought as Jeff started drumming on the door.

Doing her best to ignore Jeff she turned her attention back to her laptop but was interrupted once more by her cell phone. Growling she picked it up and checked the id, she sighed, she was hoping she wouldn't be the one to have this conversation.

"Hey John!"

"Why's Randy's cell off? Where's Bex?"

"Hello to you too!" she tried to sound cheerful

"Sorry! Hey! Where's Bex?"

"Chill out!"

John sighed "Jo! Tell me why Randy's cell is off please"

Joanne screwed up her face and replied quickly "Coz he had to turn it off!"

"Why?"

"He's at the hospital" Joanne replied as she pulled the cell away from her ear.

"WHAT? Jo where's Bex?" Jo stared at the tiny phone in her hand, she didn't need it near her ear to hear him. Quickly she said into the mouthpiece before holding it away from her again.

"The hospital!"

"WHAT? Right that's it, I'm coming back!"

Jo sighed and brought the cell back to her ear "No your not! She's fine, stop freaking out!"

"If she's fine why is she in the hospital?" John was already throwing stuff into his bag.

"She had a pretty bad nightmare and aggravated her ribs coz she was thrashing around in her sleep, Randy took her to the emergency room and they kept her in overnight to make sure she was ok so Randy stayed with her. Matt's on his way to pick them up now so you can stop packing your bag!"

John stopped what he was doing "How'd you know that?"

Jo laughed "I know you! She'll be fine, Randy is very capable of taking care of her!"

"Hmm if you say so"

"What? John your still not going on with this jealously thing are you?"

"No!" he lied

"Uh huh! Sure your not!"

"Cant help it!"

"Well get over it" Jo snapped back "It's ridiculous, Randy's your best friend"

"Yeah Yeah! Get Bex to call me when she gets back ok?"

"Sure"

"Thanks, later"

Sighing Joanne returned to her work while she waited for Matt, Randy and Bex to return.

Twenty minutes later Joanne had given up on work as Jeff had driven her crazy, she was now sat on the sofa with Lucas and Jeff, who had wore himself out annoying her, watching TV.

"Hey people" Matt said as he walked in and flopped down beside Jo.

"Hey" Jo replied

"Hi Bex" Jeff called

"Hi" she called back as Randy carried her into the house.

"How you feeling?" Jo asked as Randy brought her into the room and carefully placed her on the other sofa.

"I'm ok, just a little sore" she was a little embarrassed too but chose not to mention that.

"Want anything?" Randy asked once he was satisfied she was comfortable.

"No thanks" Bex smiled

"Ok well I'm gonna go get some sleep if that's ok with everyone?" Randy had stayed up all night at Bex bedside, she had been scared to go back to sleep, the painkillers she'd been given knocked her out anyway but Randy had promised he'd stay awake in case she had another nightmare. She didn't and he was shattered.

"Sure lazy bones!" Jo teased.

Randy turned around and shot her an evil look as Becki smiled slightly "Thanks Randy"

She knew he'd stayed up all night for her and she was grateful but she also felt guilty as he looked so tired.

"Not a problem sweetie" he replied smiling before heading to bed.

"You hungry?" Jo asked once Randy had left

"Not really" Bex replied

"Ok! Right you two, come and help me cook!" Jo said shooting looks at both Matt and Jeff.

They knew that look, it meant get out! "Okay" the replied in unison and headed to the kitchen.

Joanne smirked as she watched them leave, they were well trained, much better than John and Randy! Walking over to Bex she held out her cell "Call John, he called earlier"

"Thanks" Bex replied taking the phone.

Jo smiled and headed to the kitchen to join the brothers.

Once Joanne had left the room Bex sighed and dialled Johns number.

"Yo!"

"Hey" Bex replied

"Are you ok?"

Bex smiled "Yeah"

"You sure?"

"Yes John!"

"What happened?"

"I had a nightmare" Becki didn't want to think about it

"About him!" John growled,

"Yeah! John can we not talk about it please!"

John frowned "okay baby! How's your ribs? Do you want me to come back?" he asked even though he knew the answer.

Bex paused, she wanted nothing more than for him to come back but she couldn't let him "You know the answer to that! And my ribs hurt a bit more that's all"

"It was worth a try! I miss you"

"I miss you too" Bex whispered back

"Is Randy looking after you properly?"

Becki thought about Randy and smiled, it was sweet of him to stay with her last night and to stay awake for her.

"Yeah he is!" she replied and John caught the change in her voice, it was perkier!

Frowning he replied "Good"

"What's wrong?" she asked when she noticed the edge in his voice

"Nothing babe! Just worried about you?"

"Stop worrying, I'm ok!"

"I'm not gonna stop worrying till your with me! So you gonna watch Raw tomorrow night?"

"I told you yesterday after you told me a thousand times that I would! I still don't know why I have to watch it! I never watch it and your not even on that show!"

John chuckled "Just watch it!"

"I will! Geez!"

"Make sure you do! I gotta go babe"

"Oh! Ok"

"I'll call you later! I love you"

"Love you too"

John smiled "Catch ya later"

"Bye"

Later that night after John had called Bex another three times she was sat on the sofa with Randy. It was late and everyone else had gone to bed. Becki however was trying to avoid going to bed, she didn't want anymore nightmares and she was afraid she would have one if she went to sleep.

"Your gonna have to sleep sometime ya know?" Randy said, knowing exactly what she was thinking.

"I know" she replied with a sigh.

"Come on" Randy picked her up and carried her upstairs to her room.

Carefully he placed her on the bed "Ok I'll be back in a minute to tuck you in!" he joked

"Um…Randy?"

"Yeah?"

"Um…I need to change!" Joanne had helped her the previous night before she went out with Matt and Jeff, and a nurse had helped her at the hospital but she had no one else to help her now.

"Huh?" Randy was hoping she didn't mean what he thought she meant.

"I need help to change!"

"Oh….right ok!" he replied as he walked back over to her "What do you want me to do?"

"Can you grab my night clothes?" she pointed to a chair at the other side of the bed

"Um…yeah sure" Randy replied as he walked round the bed and picked them up.

'oh god! This is awkward!' he thought as he walked back to Bex and handed her the items of clothing.

Becki smiled and took them from him, she was kind of embarrassed by this, Randy was Johns best friend, it didn't help that he's cute and she wasn't comfortable with being half naked in front of him, it was obvious Randy was uncomfortable with it also, even though their relationship was purely platonic. Or so she thought!

"What next?" he asked

"Um….can you help me with my top?" she asked as she took off her jacket and slowly raised her arms "You'll have to pull it off"

Randy tried to hide his gulp, slowly and carefully he grasped the bottom of her vest top and raised it up over her head. His breath caught as he looked at her, he wasn't sure if it was from the sight of her in a bra or all the bruises that he could see covering her body along with her ribs being heavily taped up. He gulped again as his eyes quickly wandered over her.

'She's your friend! Just your friend!' he kept repeating to himself as Becki handed him one of the items he had earlier brought to her.

It was one of Johns 'The Champ Is Here' t-shirts and Randy felt a flash of guilt for looking at his best friends girlfriend the way he just had.

'Just my friend!' he repeated as he pulled the shirt down over her arms and head.

"thanks!" Bex said as she adjusted the t-shirt "Can you help me up please?"

"Sure" Randy replied as he helped her into a standing position.

'Oh crap!' he thought as he watched her unfasten her baggy khaki pants. She let them fall and they caught at her knees as she motioned for Randy to help her sit back down. He helped her back down and stood there staring, not knowing what to do.

"Um…Randy?"

"Huh! Oh yeah sorry" he replied shaking his head and looking down at her

"I cant bend" she replied looking down at her half covered legs, she couldn't even kick them off because of the cast covering her foot.

"Oh… right! Yeah! Sorry!" he muttered and he knelt down and slowly pulled the pants off her legs, trying his hardest not to look at her.

Becki was starting to feel even more uncomfortable than she already was, there was some sort of tension radiating off Randy and she was starting to feel it!

Randy let his eyes wander for a brief moment, her toned legs were covered in cuts and bruises too, no wonder John went crazy! The thought of John sent another wave of guilt through him and he tried to shake his thoughts out of his mind as Bex handed him a pair of shorts.

He held them out so she could put her feet through the holes but because of her cast he had to help her. Slower than he should have he pulled them up to her knees then helped her stand up. Once she was standing he realised she still couldn't bend to reach them. He took a deep breath and again slower than he should have, pulled the shorts up her thighs. His breath caught again as his knuckles brushed against her skin.

'Snap out of it Randy!' his mind screamed and he nearly jumped out of his skin when Bex hands connected with his. He'd reached the top of her thighs and she could reach the shorts from there.

"Thanks" she mumbled, looking him straight in the eye, his hands still joined with hers, the tension was bouncing between them now and it was starting to freak her out.

"No problem" he replied as he pulled his hands away quickly. She adjusted the shorts and he helped her sit back down.

"You get comfy, I'll be back in a minute" Randy told her before practically running out of the room.

Becki let out a sigh of relief as the door closed. What was that? She didn't know what that was but it had made her feel extremely uncomfortable, she had felt like she couldn't breathe!

She shrugged it off and gingerly moved up the bed before realising she needed Randy's help to get under the covers.

'I wish John would hurry up and come back!' she thought as she waited for Randy to return.

Randy had ran to his own room to try and compose himself. 'what the hell is wrong with me?' he shouted at himself.

'She's your friend and your best friends girl! Pull yourself together man!'

He sat on his bed until he had regained his composure and realised he'd been gone for nearly an hour.

'Crap' he thought as he rushed back to Becki's room.

When he arrived he instantly felt guilty. She wasn't able to get under the covers by herself and had fallen asleep propped up against the headboard. He jumped slightly when she yelped quietly and he realised she was having another nightmare. Sitting down beside her he woke her up before it got any worse. As Bex opened her eyes sleepily she whispered "John?"

Randy felt guilty for what felt like the thousandth time that night and whispered back "Nah it's Randy, you looked like you were having another nightmare"

"Oh! Yeah" Bex replied as she woke up a bit and shivered

"Sorry" Randy said as he picked Bex up and pulled the covers down then placed her back in the bed and covered her with the duvet.

"Thank you" she replied with a yawn.

"Your welcome, go back to sleep" he replied as he headed to the door.

"Randy?"

"Yeah hun?"

"Can you stay with me?" she had completely forgotten the tension from earlier but Randy hadn't!

"What?"

"Can you stay with me please? I don't want to have another nightmare"

Randy sighed "Okay"

He walked over to the bed and climbed in fully clothed, no way he was confusing himself anymore! He shut the light off as he continued his mantra in his head.

'She's your friend! Just your friend!'