Chapter 14

"Your not driving again until I'm dead" John said to Jessie as they got out at his parents house. His face was as white as the jersey he had on and his breathing was a little shallow.

"Hey it was your bright idea to let me drive in the first place and I didn't know that that deer would run out in front of me" Jessie said, giving John the patented pissed of woman look.

"A) I never am allowed to get ideas you should know and B) it wasn't a deer it was a plastic bag with a stick attached to it" John said walking up to the house and knocking on the door. Jessie rolled her eyes and walked over by him. Carol answered the door and hugged the both of them.

"Boo Bear are you feeling ok you look a bit pale" Carol said feeling John's head. He pulled away from her and walked into the house with a groan.

"Ma ixnay hetay icknamesnay okay" he said giving her a patented little kid look. She just chuckled and
turned her attention to Jessie.

"How are you doing baby" Carol said putting her arm around Jessie and leading her toward the living room.

"I'm ok I've been having my moments but they tapered o--" she trailed off her sentence as she saw the state that the living room was in. There were two big tents set up against the far wall, the furniture had been taken out to make more room, sleeping bags were laid out in a row across the floor. Tree branches had been attached to the walls and ceilings and a fake owl had been set on a shelf in the corner. Jessie didn't know whether to be scared or laugh.

"I see you found our little set up" Jessie heard a voice say from behind her. She turned around and saw John's brother Sean leaning against the wall, arms folded, a smile on his face. She nodded and smiled a bit.

"It's unique, unlike anything I've ever seen" Jessie said looking around the room again. She saw several
speakers set up around the spacious room and wondered what they were for. She shrugged it off and turned back toward Sean, he was fiddling with one of the branches.

"It's supposed to be really hot out tonight and there's a chance of thunderstorms. We were gonna do the whole campout thing outside to give you the whole experience but unfortunately we couldn't. So we improvised. I thought of the sound system" Sean turned toward her and he had a proud smile on his face "see here's my idea. Ok so you know how when your outside camping out you hear all the different kinda sounds" at Jessie's nod of confirmation he went on "well I rigged up these speakers to play different sounds you'd hear, like this one" he pointed to a speaker "plays rain, this one" he pointed to another plays owl hoots and those" he pointed to the last three "play a river running, a wolf howling, and wind rustling the trees". When he finished explaining the hook up he smiled the proud smile again.

"Now you know why we always had Sean hotwire the cars we stole when we were younger" Jessie heard John say from behind her. She turned around and saw him lugging in the bags. He had a smile on his face and he winked at her so she knew he was kidding.

"Babygirl go change into your suit while its nice out I wanna get in a swimming lesson" John said to Jessie. She nodded and started to walk out of the room when she remembered that she didn't know where anything was "oh yea you don't know your way around" John said looking at Jessie. He showed her to the bathroom, dragging a bag of hers along with him. He made sure she had everything she needed and left her to change. She opened her bag and took out a blue halter top style suit with matching boy cut shorts. She slowly changed, she was still a little sore, and put on a bit of sunscreen, the places she could reach that is. She grabbed the bottle of sunscreen and walked back out to the living room. She noticed that Matt, Dan, Marc, and Stephen had joined John and Sean in the living room, all wearing swimsuits, she walked over to John and held out the bottle of sunscreen.

"Daddy will you put some of this on my back and back of my legs" she noticed the guys eyes soften when she called John daddy and they smiled a bit.

"Sure babygirl" John said taking the bottle. Jessie turned her back toward John and coincidentally toward the other guys too and heard an audible gasp followed by a groan of pain. The guys knew what had happened to Jessie but none of them were prepared to see a bruise all over her back where the top didn't cover, they looked closely and saw that there were also bruises on her stomach and arms. They each felt intense anger at Josh for doing this to their family but each of the guys made sure to keep neutral expressions on his face."There you go baygirl" John said finishing up Jessie's ankles. He threw the bottle over to the corner of the room and took Jessie's hand "ok let's go hit the water." Jessie followed John out and with each step she got more and more nervous. They got outside and Jessie gulped as she saw the pool. It looked to be about 7 feet deep and about 14 feet across.

"I'm gonna die I know it" she muttered lowly, thinking no one could hear her.

"Nuh uh we're gonna be there between the 6 of us your in good hands girl" Marc said startling Jessie a bit. She didn't think she had been as loud as she had, she turned and gave him an uneasy smile. John let go of Jessie's hand and climbed up the ladder. He dove into the pool with a big splash. He swam around under water a bit before resurfacing by the ladder.

"Ok babygirl come on and get in" John said holding out his hand and doing a 'come on' gesture. Jessie looked warily at the pool. She was extremely nervous, last time she had been in the pool she stayed wrapped around John and she knew she wouldn't get that luxury this time.

Jessie was brought out of her thoughts when she felt herself being picked up. She looked and saw she was in the arms of Matt. Matt climbed up the steps and stood for a second on the side of the pool on the ladder. Then all of a sudden he jumped in. When Jessie realized what was happening she tightened her grip on his neck to as hard as she could. She felt herself go underwater and she held her breath as her eyes bugged out of their sockets almost. Once she resurfaced she looked into Matt's smiling face that was full of mischief.

"I woulda got in eventually" she said smacking him on the chest. He just laughed and handed her off to Sean who was standing close to him. "I feel like a sack of squash" Jessie said looking at Sean.

"I believe the expression is sack of taters" John said with a fake southern accent. Jessie waved him off and turned toward Sean.

"Ok are you the first one to torture me?" she asked dryly "did you get the short straw?"

"John I swear that child is an exact copy of you as a child" Carol said coming up and standing by the pool. John gave her a winning smile and kissed her cheek.

"Pretty much 'cept she has ti--" Carol smacked John and glared at him.

"John Felix Anthony Cena I swear if you finish that sentence I will take you over my knee" Carol said shaking her finger in John's face. John gave her an angelic look and waited til she was turned away before turning toward the others and rolling his eyes and mimicking her. Everyone held in their laughter lest Carol be let in on what John was doing.

"Ok basics first" Sean said looking at Jessie who paled a bit knowing the lesson was officially beginning "backstroke. Ok I'mma lay you on your back with my hands under your back and I want you to propel yourself backward by pushing ur hands half in and half out of the water understand?" At Jessie's nod Sean slowly put Jessie in the water laying on her back. True to his word he kept his hands under her back. She started moving her hands like Sean told her and felt herself move through the water "good job" Sean said giving her an encouraging smile. Jessie felt a sense of pride, accomplishment, that she was doing it correctly. She continued her motions as Sean followed her around the pool. Sean and she chatted about different things as they moved around. She concentrated on Sean's face and his voice so she wouldn't all of a sudden panic. "Hold on" Sean said moving away from Jessie and to the side of the pool where he took a sip of a drink. When Jessie realized he was no longer beside her she panicked and started flailing her arms, she dunked underwater and panicked even harder. She felt arms bring her back up and she looked at Sean's face "you were doing so good".

"You were holding on to me of course I was doing good I didn't expect you to let go of me and move away to let me drown" Jessie said looking at Sean as if he had 2 heads.

"Girlie I haven't had ahold of you for about 15 minutes now. Most of that was on your own. You did fine til you panicked. You stayed on top of the water all by yourself without any kind of help from me".

"I...you...you mean..." Jessie didn't know what to say, she couldn't believe she had been doing all of that by herself. Sean smiled at her.

"Next lesson" Marc called out taking Jessie from Sean "ok now we're gonna learn the breast stroke". Jessie raised an eyebrow when Marc said this, thinking he was trying to be a pervert or something "ok what you do is" Marc said ignoring Jessie's look "you turn on your stomach and move your arms in a circular motion to propel your body forward. Where as the backstroke propeled you backwards." Jessie nodded and Marc lowered on her stomach onto the top of the water keeping one hand on her stomach and the other about midway on her thigh. Jessie felt a flash of panic at this but controled it by thinking that it was only Marc and that he wouldn't hurt her.

"Ok now start moving your arms like I told you" Marc said and Jessie did as she was told. She found it easier than the backstroke and quickly picked up a pace and rhythm she practically had Marc sprinting around the pool sideways. After a while of doing the breast stroke Jessie noticed everyone was by the side of the pool talking INCLUDING MARC. She swam her way over to the side and held on for dear life. Everyone noticed her actions and she cut her eyes to Marc in a hard stare "what" he asked her innocently "I got bored so I came to talk". She gave him the patented pissed off woman look and he slinked behind John. John laughed and moved over toward Jessie, he removed her arms from the deathgrip she had on the pool and put them around his neck.

"Ok now on to something I know you won't like" John said a bit hesitantly "you need to learn how to hold your breath underwater" Jessie's eyes widened and she pulled her arms back to grip the side of the pool in a death grip.

"Are you out of your ever loving mind" she asked John looking at him like he had 2 heads and a big teal nose "I know, you got hit in the head too many times with a foreign object in the ring recently" John rolled his eyes and started gently tugging on Jessie to get her to let go of the side of the pool.

"No I am in my right mind thank you very much" he said "babygirl honeybunny sweetiekins you need to learn how to hold your breath underwater its all a part of knowing how to swim. Daddy will keep you safe the entire time I swear".

"Alright" Jessie conceded, letting go of the side of the pool "but if your arms even think about leaving their grip on me while I am under water I will make your life a living nightmare for the rest of your natural born life I swear on my mother's grave". John's eyes widened and he gulped, a bit afraid of Jessie since the look she was giving him made his mind flash back to Exorcist and Linda Blair's character being possessed by the devil.

"I promise babygirl" he said, his voice a few notches above normal. The guys had to hide their grins behind their hands to keep from laughing out loud at John's expression. They each were tempted to look in the water to make sure it wasn't turning yellow or that little brown logs weren't floating around.

With Randy
Randy pulled up to his apartment and got out of the car. He got his bags out and slammed the trunk shut. He had had the flight from hell and hoped that he didn't have to put up with anything else that day. He took out his key and unlocked the door stepping inside his apartment. He took a moment to say hi to his dog Mollie, looking her over to make sure Kennedy didn't harm her in anyway. Mollie and Kennedy never liked each other and Randy wouldn't put it past Kennedy to do something to the young rottweiler. Once Randy was satisfied that Mollie was ok he took his bags to his room. He threw them to the side of the room and stripped down to his boxers. He wanted to sleep for the rest of the night. He got in bed and snuggled under the covers. Mollie came over and curled up on the floor beside the bed. Randy smiled and reached down to stroke the dog behind the ear a bit. "Your the one constant friend I have here Molls" he said before falling into a deep exhausted sleep.

Randy was woken the next morning by Mollie licking his face. He laughed a bit before sliding over and sitting up. "Gotta go potty babydoll" he asked Mollie, cooingly. She started running excitedly about the room and Randy laughed. He got up and pulled on a pair of shorts before walking out of the room. He walked over to the dining room table and grabbed the leash off of it. "Sit" Randy said semi sternly to the overly hyper Mollie. The small rottweiler sat obediently and looked up at Randy with a goofy doggie grin. Randy laughed and put the leash on her. "Heel" he said and walked outside with Mollie. He walked out of the parking lot and up one way of the street. He wasn't afraid of being recognized because most of his neighbors were older or didn't watch wrestling and didn't pay him no mind. He walked at a slow pace, sometimes taking time to talk to Mollie or stroke her head. Randy enjoyed these times, where he could get away from the glitz and glamour of the WWE and just be himself. A man with his dog, waiting to pick up the poop in a small baggie. Randy smiled at the thought of how his fans would react if they knew that he sometimes had to walk with a baggie full of dog shit. He could read the message boards on the internet now 'OMG CAN YOU BELIEVE THE FABULOUS HOT SEXY RKO PICKS UP HIS OWN DOG SHIT! HE NEEDS TO HIRE SOMEONE TO DO IT FOR HIM! I'LL VOLUNTEER IF HE WILL FUCK ME ONCE A DAY'. His fans were unique that's for sure.

Once Mollie had done her business and Randy had collected said business Randy headed back toward his apartment. When he got the door open he heard the phone ringing shrilly. He let Mollie off of her leash and sprinted over to grab the phone "hello" he said in his business voice.

"Cut the shit Orton we both know that voice ain't the real you" Randy heard come over the line. He
recognized it to be Mark Jindrak. He smiled and sat on the couch.

"Jindrak you and I both know you gotta be fake sometimes" Randy laughed, he picked up the remote and started flipping through the tv. Mollie came up and jumped up beside him on the couch. He bent down to grab one of her toys off the floor and showed it to her "down" he said gently, giving the toy to her. She hopped off the couch and settled on the floor by it.

"That's true man so true" Mark said, Randy could hear Marcus, Mark's 4 and a half year old son singing along to Spongebob Squarepants in the background. Randy smiled knowing that this was one of the rare times that Mark was spending time with his son. He knew Mark relished those moments and wondered why he was on the phone rather than sitting by his son watching tv with him.

"Why the hell are you on the phone talking to me rather than sitting by that adorable son of yours watching Spongebob" Randy asked in a joking tone of flabbergastness.

Mark laughed and said "well see I was just talking to Alexis and she went on and on about how she needed a boyfriend and how 'Randy seems to be the perfect guy I bet he treats all his girlfriends like gold'" Mark said imitating his sisters voice. Alexis Nicole Jindrak was Mark's 22 year old sister. Randy had never met her but knew through Mark that she had a deep crush on him.

"Oh really" he said smirking his patented Lady Killer smirk even though he knew Mark couldn't see "well the Legend Killer is now on the market he might have to make the lovely ladies dreams come true".

"What happened to the bi...I mean Kennedy" Mark asked, ignoring Randy's comments about his sister.

"She's gone, I got tired of being her banker and source of income so I told her the teller was closed" Mark laughed at Randy's joke and Randy smiled a bit, feeling good about having Kennedy out of his life.

"Well how bout I set you up with Alexis" Mark asked "she's coming to the show we got in Atlanta this
weekend to visit me and I can introduce you".

"Sounds good Jindrak" Randy said, he heard a crash and his eyes widened knowing what it was "shit Jindrak I gotta go Mollie got into the trash again".

"Ok dude have fun picking up egg shells and old paper towels" Mark said laughing and thanking God that Marcus didn't put him through what Mollie did Randy.

"Stuff it" Randy said before hanging up. He jogged into the kitchen and saw Mollie rooting around the
garbage that was spread on the floor. She looked up at him when she heard him enter and Randy bowled over in laughter. She had half an egg shell on the end of her nose and half a burnt bacon strip hanging from her mouth. There was something white all over the sides of her mouth giving her the look of a rabid dog. All in all he couldn't really be mad at her. He went over and grabbed the eggshell off her nose and let her eat the bacon before grabbing her up and putting her in the bathroom and shutting the door. He set about cleaning up the trash. Once that was accomplished he took the sack out and put it in the dumpster the tenants of the building used.

After he did that he went back to his apartment and let Mollie out of the bathroom. He went over and picked up her leash "let's go to the park Molls" he said.

Back with Jessie and the gang
"...and what he saw made his blood run cold. There was a hook on the handle of the car door." Marc
finished up with a maniacal laugh, holding the flashlight up to his face to combat the semi darkness. Jessie thanked the heavens for the cover of darkness so she could roll her eyes without being seen. They had been telling 'scary' stories for the past half hour and Jessie was bored out of her mind. It seemed like all the stories being told were lame old Urban Legends that originated in the 1920's in Bumfuck, Texas. "Jessie wanna tell one" Marc said offering her the flashlight. Jessie thought up the perfect story. She decided to just wing it, she had always had a bit of a warped mind and figured she could get away with winging a pretty scary tale. She made up her mind and began to speak, holding up the flashlight in the goofy manner the others had.

"Kathy Brianson had always loved Metallica. She had been listening to them since she was a little girl. So when she got the chance to go to one of their concerts in the big city she jumped at the chance. The night of the concert she got all dolled up, checked that she had her concert tickets and money and headed out the door to the arena. She went to the concert and had a blast. She sang along to songs like Enter Sandman and Nothing Else Matters. All too soon the concert was over. She collected her memorabilia, the one thing she could have to remember the concert by, and headed out of the arena. She got in her car and started the engine heading home. She was about half way there when her car suddenly stopped, dead. She got panicked a bit seeing as it was getting dark and she was on a lonely stretch of highway with woods on each side. She waited in her car for an hour, afraid to get out, when she saw a pair of headlights in the rearview mirror.

"The car pulled up behind her car and the driver got out and came up to the window. She rolled her window down and looked at the drivers face. She had never saw a more handsome man. He had striking God-like looks 'car trouble ma'am' he asked in a voice that oozed sexuality. She nodded 'lemme give you a ride' he said.

"She agreed and got out and followed the stranger to his car, her arms laden with the stuff she had gotten. They rode in silence for a few minutes when Kathy asked the man his name 'you'll know it by the end of the night' he replied. Kathy thought this odd but she nodded. 'Are you hungry' he asked. She thought about it and Kathy decided that she was indeed hungry. The stranger pulled up to an old honky tonk bar. Kathy and the man went in and sat. They sat and feasted on a delicious meal. They chatted and danced the night away. The night was slowly dwindling down yet Kathy didn't return home. The next morning the local newspaper was being thrown against doors as usual. The front page read "Local Young Woman Slain By Slasher On Way Back From Rock Concert"." Jessie finished the story and looked at the other occupants of the room. They all had various expressions on their faces. She explained "that was a real story. It happened to a friend of one of my mom's friends. It was David Berkowitz".

"And...on that note, I think we should go to bed for the night" Sean said looking a bit freaked out. They all got into their sleeping bags and flipped the light off while Sean fiddled with the remote control to turn on the sounds and soon the atmosphere was authentic. Jessie slipped under the cover of her sleeping bag, which was between John and Marc. Soon she was off to sleep, dreaming pleasant dreams for once.

On the last morning of their stay at John's parents Jessie woke up and was laying on a hard male chest. She figured it was her dad's and kept laying there. Soon she was being shook by someone who had just come up "babygirl get up we need to go soon". Jessie opened her eyes wide when she realized it was John shaking her and not him who she was sleeping on. She shot up and saw Marc under her with a smile on his face. She looked at his chest and saw a wet spot shining on his bare skin. SHE HAD DROOLED ON HIM! She couldn't have gotten more embarrassed.