Chapter 7.

The trip had gone well. Jessie had a blast seeing what John and Randy did every day. It was an
adventure for her. Of course Randy and John acted like it was nothing special when she was oohing and aahing over things but she didn't care because she was having fun doing it.

They were now back at John's house, meaning Jessie had to go on another plane trip. It went about the same though as the last one except she watched Sweet Home Alabama, another of her most favorite movies. Randy and John lounged on the couch watching a football game while Jessie was in the kitchen cooking. She had literally argued with Randy and John over the cooking. She wanted to do something for them since both of them had been doing things for her. She had printed a few recipes off the internet, after she saw that John had everything she needed, and threw the boys out of the kitchen. She was just getting everything into the oven when an idea came to her. She went out to the living room and cleared her throat "John umm...like...is the oven supposed to smoke and turn a bright orange" she said feigning ignorance.

Both John and Randy shot up from the couch and raced past her into the kitchen. She waited a few seconds and they came out of the kitchen, matching unamused expressions on their faces. "So not funny" John said dryly, resuming his spot on the couch.

"I owe you for two things now" Randy said smiling evilly at her before sitting back beside John. Jessie made a bring it gesture at him and walked back to the kitchen to watch over her food.

After the food was done Jessie went and roused the two guys from the couch, which was no easy task for her. They walked into the dining room and started digging into the food. "This is really good babygirl" John said as he shoveled food in his mouth. Randy nodded his agreement, his own mouth full of food. Jessie blushed and thanked the both of them. They made small talk until all of a sudden John's eyes got wide and he raced from the room upstairs.

"What's wrong with him? Did I put something in it that gave him stomach problems?" Jessie said looking at Randy, a panicked look on her face. Randy shook his head in confusion and the two continued eating, talking a bit. A few minutes later John came back down and sat in his chair.

"All of a sudden I remembered that I hadn't told my parents or brothers about you" he said looking at Jessie and gobbling down more of his food "they were really shocked, obviously, and we have dinner there tomorrow, well its more like an all day outing but you know." John glanced over at Jessie and saw that she had an open mouthed look of horror on her face "baby girl calm down its just the fam they'll love ya my mom was all 'my grandbaby' this and 'your little girl' that it'll be ok. My brothers are a little wild but you'll live, I did" John smiled at her, trying to be comforting. Jessie nodded and continued eating her food. However she became lost in thought thinking about what lie ahead for her when she met John's family for the first time.

After dinner they sat down to watch a movie. It had become a ritual of sorts for them. Jessie couldn't
concentrate on the movie though, she had the next day on her mind. So many thoughts were running through her head that she could barely keep them straight. After the movie Jessie decided to go on to bed, she knew she had to be up early tomorrow because they had to be at John's parents...her grandparents...house by 11, or so John had mentioned at one point. She was sat there on her bed, lost in thought, when there was a knock on the door.

"Come in" she whispered, incase someone was asleep. The door opened and Randy stepped through, Jessie didn't even take the time to drool over the fact that he was in his boxers, she was too preoccupied.

"Hey sweetie. I kinda thought you wouldn't be asleep, figured you might wanna talk" Randy said sitting down on the edge of her bed, taking one of Jessie's hands in his and squeezing it lightly.

"About what" Jessie said sitting up and against the headboard, she knew what but she wanted to play ignorant as long as she could. She wasn't looking forward to talking about tomorrow. She was really not looking forward to it and was kind of afraid of what Randy would say, even though her rationale knew that he most likely wouldn't.

"You know about what sweetie. I ain't ya dad, I'm not as oblivious to people's emotions. I could tell that when John mentioned going to his family's house tomorrow you got extremely nervous and thoughts started flying through your head at the speed of light" Randy said "so since John didn't catch on to that I figured I could help out by telling you whatever you wanted to know about what to expect".

"I don't really know what to ask, what are his parents like? I mean will I have to like act a certain way or something? I'm kinda used to being myself around you and da--John and I mean I can act more respectful and proper if I have to" Jessie said fidgeting nervously, she also briefly let herself think over the fact that she had almost called John dad. Did that mean she was finally accepting him in the dad role?

Randy gave a short bark of laughter "are you kidding me? Respectful? Baby look at John do you actually think he went around his house going 'yes ma'am' or 'no sir'? No way. His parents are about the most laid back I have ever seen. John and his brothers used to tag the walls with graffitti and who knows what other mischief they got into. So don't worry about things like that just be yourself".

"What about his brothers? How many are they? How do they act when they're together? What should I
expect?" Jessie said, getting into learning all about John's family. She was feeling a bit better about tomorrow. She might even get to a point where she was looking forward to it.

"They are insane mostly. I mean they've mellowed out a whole lot from what I've heard but its not
uncommon for them to burst into a spontaneous wrestling match or try to throw each other into the pool fully clothed. Mostly they just talk smack around with each other. You know like their bark is worse than their bite" Randy said, leaning back on Jessie's bed to get comfortable.

"Are you going tomorrow" Jessie asked Randy, thinking that the more people there that she knew the better. Randy nodded and Jessie immediately felt a bit better than she already did.

"I think I can get through this now" she said smiling at Randy. Randy laughed and stood up. He ruffled her hair, tucked her in, and kissed her on the forehead before walking to the door.

"I know you can sweetie, I know you can" Randy walked out of the room and shut the door on his way out. He started down toward his room when he noticed movement from the crack in John's door. The light was on even though John had retired up to bed awhile ago. Randy stepped up to the door and gingerly pushed it open. John was pacing around his room, already ready for bed, stripped to his boxers. He had a worried expression on his face.

"You ok" Randy asked stepping into the room. John startled a bit and looked over at Randy. He sat down on his bed and sighed.

"No" John said "I mean, I have all these thoughts running through my head about how tomorrow will go you know? Will they like her? Will she like them? Will my brothers do something incredibly stupid that will make her not want to be around them anymore?"

"Yes. Yes and well they probably will do something incredibly stupid but I doubt that she will not want to be around them anymore. Give everyone a bit more credit John. All these fears you have about tomorrow are just aren't justified. You have nothing to worry about. It will all be ok" Randy said smacking John on the shoulder playfully.

"Thanks Orton" John said smacking Randy back "I guess you are useful sometimes". Randy got up and moved toward the door.

"You know it" Randy said as he walked out of the room. He walked down to his room and went in so he could get in bed and get some sleep. He got in bed and sighed as he slipped under the covers. In seconds he was fast asleep, visions of Angelina Jolie running through his head.