Chapter 15

Jessie and John slugged back in to the house. They were both a bit worn out but they had had fun. John went over to the answering machine and saw that he had 2 messages. He pushed the button to play them and sat on the couch 'hey John its Randy..I uh...really messed up my shoulder tonight man...I'm at the doc right now they don't think its serious but I'mma have more time off than I really want needless to say. I'mma go home for the time being and when I can fly again I'll come crash at your place. I called mom and she's sending Nate to come stay with me so he can 'take care of me' yeah whatever. Listen I'mma go now and when I get home I'll call and tell you so you don't worry'.
'Hey dude I'm at my house now. I got Molls and Nate keeping me company. Uh I'm really high on pain pills now so I'mma goslep k so I'll takto ya laters bye dudesy' Randy laughed at the end and John knew Randy was on some serious shit.

"I hope he's ok" Jessie said looking worried. John pulled her to him in a sideways hug.

"Don't worry babygirl he's ok if he wasn't he would have said so" John said. "Now let's watch a movie, you don't have anymore of that OC show do you" John asked her and Jessie laughed at him.

"No I don't unfortunately the next season hasn't even started yet" Jessie said. John sighed and looked at her.

"We're taping it when it starts so we don't miss it" Jessie laughed really hard at this and said ok. John looked at the clock and saw that it was nearing 1 pm. "Why don't we make a chicken salad for lunch
and just talk" John said looking at Jessie. She nodded and they walked into the kitchen.

"By the way" Jessie said after she and John had been preparing the salads for a while "who are Molls and Nate".

John laughed at Jessie and flicked a piece of lettuce on her "jealous? haha just playing babygirl Molly is Randy's 1 year old rottweiler puppy and Nate is Randy's 17 year old brother. As you heard Randy's mother is making Nate stay with Randy til she's satisfied that he can take care of himself. Funny thing is I'm thinking that she's long over due on that one".

"Oh ok. Is he cute?" Jessie asked cheekily.

"Who?" John asked looking at Jessie with a 'huh?' look.

"Randy's brother" Jessie said laughing and flicking a carrot piece at John to make up for him flicking the lettuce on her earlier. He picked the carrot off his arm and popped it in his mouth before replying.

"How would I know? He's a GUY first of all and contrary to reports on the internet I'm not like that" John said with a joking tone "and second of all he's 17 also known as under age and also known as good way to get my butt thrown in jail".

They finished up the salads and took them to the table. Jessie smiled when she all of a sudden remembered Randy saying something once about John freaking out if he knew Randy and all had eaten in the living room. Apparently that had some truth to it since when John was around they always ate at the table.

"Daddy will you tell me how you and mom met? And how I was conceived and all" John choked on the food he was eating and had to get it out of his windpipe. Once he was under control he looked at Jessie wide eyed.

"Babygirl you don't wanna hear about that its nothing special. Young love and all" John said hoping Jessie wouldn't press for further information.

"No I wanna hear about it. I bet its something romantic like some Romeo and Juliet thing" Jessie sighed and had this far off look on her face.

"Ok babygirl" John sighed "I'll tell you but I don't want you to think any differently about me or your mom, we're both good people, her more than me probably, and we both love you and we did what we did out of actual feelings".

"Ok" Jessie said paying close attention to John's words.

"Ok well I met your mom in May of 1990. She was...at my uncle's bachelor party...".

"I didn't think women were allowed at bachelor parties" Jessie said with a laugh "Isn't it one of those male only things with the strippers..." Jessie trailed off and a look of recognition showed on her face. She got tears in her eyes and got up from the table. John gently grabbed her arm to keep her from leaving.

"Babygirl she did what she did because she had to do it. It's not like she liked degrading herself in front of men. She did it to support herself". John was mentally cursing himself for not making up a fake story

Jessie sat back down "she could have gone to college, became a surgeon" she said almost as if to herself.

"She didn't graduate high school or get her GED baby. She got pregnant and wound up miscarrying" John said trying to ease his daughters mind. He wished she had never brought this up cause he knew it had to be hard for her to hear.

"Tell me the rest" Jessie said in a low almost frighteninly calm voice.

"Well she was the...entertainment" John said fragilly.

"STRIPPER SHE WAS THE STRIPPER" Jessie said in an outburst that scared John. He ignored it and nodded.

"Yes she was the...stripper" he said biting the word out in distaste "I was only 16 when we met. Like I said it was at my uncle's bachelor party. She...did her thing and we ended up talking. She opened up to me and told her story. She was barely 18 and she had been hooked on drugs and all and well one thing lead to another and we had sex. The next morning I woke up and there was a note saying she was leaving and to forget about her...that's what I did".

"Why didn't you try and find her? You coulda made things right. You coulda..." John cut Jessie off as she stood up and was screaming practically nose to nose with him.

"Babygirl" John said in a calm voice "I was barely 16 I was a child how could I have gotten to her? And even if I did how could I have supported myself, her and you cause I know without a doubt in my mind my dad would have kicked me out of the house and I would have been on the street. What? Would you have wanted to grow up living in a cardboard box? Your mom did what she could to survive and it was a struggle. When we talked that night she admitted that she whored herself out for cas..." John didn't get to finish his sentence because Jessie slapped the taste out of his mouth. She ran up the stairs and John heard a door slam. He just sat there. Tears stained his cheeks. His little girl hated him. He knew he wasn't a very good father but he never expected his little girl to ever hate him.

Jessie laid on the bed in John's room sobbing her heart out. She had just heard her mom was a whore and it broke her heart. She had always kept her mom on kind of a pedastal and to hear those things her dad said literally ripped apart the perfect image of her parents that she had. And to hear that it was a one night stand in which she was conceived and not a purposeful act filled with love was making her wonder if her parents had thought of her as a burden. Like her mom had always provided for her but did her mom want her? And her dad did he want her or did he just feel as if it was his responsibility to take her in. She was so confused about everything.

She remembered the card Randy had left with her. She peeked out in the hall to see if John was around and when she saw that he wasn't she sneaked over to her room and got the card from her desk. She sneaked back to John's room and closed the door. She grabbed the phone and dialed the number to his apartment that was on the card. It rang 3 times before someone picked up.

"Hello" the voice said. Jessie didn't think it sounded like Randy so she figured she'd be safe to make sure.

"Is Randy there? I really need to talk to him" she said. She was told to hold on and the voice screamed
'RANDY THERE'S SOME YOUNG SOUNDING GIRL ON THE PHONE AND SHE SAID SHE REALLY
NEEDS TO TALK TO YOU'. Jessie heard what sounded like thundering foot steps then an out of breath
Randy was on the phone. Tears came to her eyes as she heard his voice.

"Baby? Sweetie is something wrong" he asked sounding a bit panicked.

"Yes" she choked out. She started sobbing again and Randy tried to calm her down.

"Baby..sweetie what is it? Its ok baby just tell me what's wrong..Calm down ok please you'll make yourself sick". He was panicking on why she had called him so upset.

"My mom...was a whore...she and Dad had a...sob...one night...STAND" she finished with a sob/scream. Randy was silent on the other end. He couldn't decide whether to be shocked at what she said or ask if she was lying. He didn't want to upset her anymore though so he decided to get more of the story.

"Woah back up sweet baby girl you gotta gimme more to go on. I mean what..where did you hear this" he wasn't sure what to say. All of this had taken him completely off guard.

"Dad told me how they met. It was at his uncle's bachelor party and she was the stripper. They had a one night stand and she left the next day. He didn't try to find her or anything. Do you think they really even love me? Do you think I'm a burden to them? Do you think they see me as some excess baggage? Do you.." Randy cut Jessie off. She was becoming hysterical.

"Baby calm down. Ok I don't know the whole story obviously but I can tell you this. You are not just a
burden to your dad and you weren't just a burden to your mom either. They love/loved you I know it. John literally lights up when he talks about you when your not around. Listen don't jump to conclusions just talk to him and hear what he has to say" Randy's heart out to Jessie he knew she had to be torn up inside and he wished he could be there to help her and give her a hug and say everything will be ok.

"I can't Randy, I can't even look at him right now. My perfect image of him is flawed. I need time to think. I know this seems a bit forward but do think I could come stay with you for a few days? I need to sort out my feelings and all and I don't really want to be around John...God I can't even call him dad right now...and I just need to get away" Randy knew that Jessie was in a bad way at the moment and he had the room...he didn't know. He decided to talk to John and TRY to convince him to let Jessie stay with him for a week or so and he could hopefully talk to Jessie and get her to see the light.

"Sweetie lemme talk to John ok and I'll see if he'll let you come. I mean cause I have no problem whatsoever with you staying with me but ultimately its his decision." Jessie agreed and Randy told her he would call and let John answer the phone so Jessie didn't have to go get him.

Jessie and Randy hung up their phones and Randy dialed the number back. John was in the same spot he had been in when Jessie stormed upstairs. He had his head buried in his arms and was sobbing out all the pain he felt. He felt like a failure. Like he wasn't good enough to be a dad. Suddenly the phone rang. John wiped his tears and got himself under control before he answered.

"Hello" he said, his voice betraying his emotions.

"Bro what's up? I had Jessie just call me and have a break down on the phone she said something about you and her mom..." Randy knew the whole story but wanted to play dumb and get John's side of the story and hear what he had to say.

"Randy" John started, he began crying again thinking over what happened "she hates me. She hates me I know she does. Why? Why? I thought I was doing everything wrong. I'm a slut. I can't fucking keep my dick in my pants. If I had then none of this would have happned" John let out a gasp then. "Oh my God in Heaven I didn't say that. I swear to you Randy I didn't mean what I said I didn't" Randy knew if he didn't calm John down he'd get nowhere with him.

"John Cena. Calm down now. Ok first of all I know you didn't mean what you said its your emotions
talking. I know you love that little girl with everything you have. You just don't like the situation your in. I don't blame you". Randy heard John sigh loudly on the other end of the phone.

"Randy what do I do? I'm at the end of my rope here and I'm lost, clueless" John said a bit more calm but still upset.

"Well let me tell you this. She wants to come stay with me for a few days. I think it'd be a good idea. It'd give you two time to calm down and think and then open up a line of communication. I can talk to her and get her thoughts and feelings and relay what she says to you so you can talk to her". Randy hoped John would go for it. He could be a bit stubborn when it came to people trying to help him.

"Well..if you think that would be a good idea I guess she can go. But I mean its not like she'll let me take her to the airport and what about her flying phobia? I don't want her to freak on the plane" Randy smiled seeing that even though John knew Jessie was mad at him he only thought 100 about her needs.

"Well get someone to take her, one of your brothers or something, as for the plane ride let her take your portable dvd player and Miss Congeniality to watch and she'll be ok. It's only an hour trip from there to here. I can't drive right now but I'll get Nate to pick her up and bring her here" Randy was giving John every detail knowing John wouldn't agree fully unless it was all taken care of.

"Well...ok then...I guess I can call Sean and have him take her. You gotta call her back though and tell her the news" John said a bit stubbornly he sounded like a little kid to John and Randy had to suppress the urge to laugh.

"Ok ok. I will. When I call just let the phone ring and maybe she'll get the hint that she's supposed to answer it. In the mean time grab your cell and dust the dust off of it and put it to good use by calling Sean and then the airport. When you get her flight information call me back" with that Randy hung up the phone. John laughed a bit, which felt nice, and grabbed his cell from his pocket and dialed his brothers number.

"Hey bro I need a favor..." he began.

Jessie had been sitting in John's room kind of bored out of her mind. Since she had moved back into her room all of her stuff was gone from John's. Her thoughts of boredom were broken by the phone ringing. Once it rang for the fifth time she answered it "hello Cena residence" she said unsure of who it was and how John expected her to answer the phone.

"Oh cut the properness" Randy said cleaning up what Mark had said to him earlier and saying it to Jessie. He was a bit annoyed at all the phone usage he was doing today because he knew his bill would be sky high and because his brother was presently sitting on the love seat staring at him like he had two heads. He took the cushion that was beside him and threw it at Nathan to make him quit staring at him.

"So what did he say? Can I come? Do I have to fly? Will he be the one to drive me to the airport? How long can I stay?" Randy rolled his eyes a bit and stopped Jessie in her tracks.

"Woah Jessie A) He said you can come B) Yes you have to fly C) Sean is gonna take you to the airport 4) You can stay a week and then we'll see where things stand" Randy said trying to ignore the annoying pain in his arm. He needed his vicodan.

"When's my flight?" Randy almost screamed knowing that this would entail another call from him and he knew he couldn't just tell Jessie to ask John, that wouldn't go over too well he assumed.

Randy almost weeped in happiness when there was a beep on his phone "hold on" he told Jessie and clicked over to the other line.

"Yo" John greeted "her flight is Trans Commercial Flight 195 it leaves from Boston Airport at 4pm".

Randy thanked God that he had a good memory since he didn't have anything to write with and on and said good bye to John before clicking over to Jessie.

"Hey that was your dad he said the flight leaves at 4pm so that gives you like 4 hours to get there if I'm remembering my timezones right" Randy's shoulder was screaming at him now and he desperately wanted to get off the phone and pop a vicodan. With the way he was feeling he was tempted to want to chase it with a shot of vodka but didn't especially want to be at the E.R. getting his stomach pumped.

"Ok good" Jessie said writing it all down "thank you so much Randy you have no idea I appreciate this".

"Your just lucky I love ya like a sister I'd only do this for people I considered family" Randy said jokingly.

He noticed Nathan about to say something and he threw another cushion at him. Nate rubbed his head and glared at Randy. He decided to ignore what was going on and focus on the tv which was currently showing an old episode of Baywatch.

"Awww I love you too Randy" Jessie smiled. Randy was the brother she never had. She really did love him a lot. He seemed to always keep her happy and smiling.

"I'm glad. Ok so go pack your bag and all and make sure your ready for Sean cause he's gonna come get you I'd say 2:30ish so that gives you umm an hour to pack all you need" Randy's head was killing him trying to figure out the different times and all.

"Ok I will. So I'll talk to you later on today Randy" Jessie said.

"Ok sweetie I'll see ya when you get here bye" and with that he hung up. He threw the phone over to Nathan and smiled when it landed on his stomach with a 'plop' sound. "I am going to go take a happy pill and sleep for a while by the way be at the airport at noon to pick up Cena's daughter Flight 195 Trans commercial" and with that Randy went into his room and shut the door.

Nathan looked at the closed door with a completely confused expression on his face. "Damn" he said to himself before turning his attention back to the tv.

"I heard that" Randy called from his room "and I'm telling mom that'll be $1.00 in the swear jar". Nathan rolled is eyes and mimicked Randy "and I know you rolled your eyes and mimicked me just now that's another $1.00 in the rude behavior jar". Nathan's eyes widened and he slumped down in his chair wishing his brother didn't act like he had a stick up his ass sometimes.