The next morning Jessie woke up before John. She got up quietly from the bed and made her way downstairs. Jessie went into the kitchen and started breakfast. She made a simple one of bacon, eggs, and toast. While everything was cooking she picked up the phone and dialed a number. She waited a few minutes before someone answered.
"Hello" Randy said into his cell phone. He had just pulled onto the interstate outside of Boston when it rang. He situated the phone on his shoulder and tried to keep his attention on the road. Alexis was sat beside him looking at 'What to Expect When You Are Expecting', he smiled as he thought of his girlfriend, the future mother of his child.
"Watch your back Orton" Jessie said as she stirred the eggs "I will get you back. You won't know when or where but it will happen".
"Jessie?" Randy asked shocked. He knew it was her, he recognized the voice, but she didn't remember him or anything that had been going on as far as he knew so what was going on. Was someone playing an evil, cruel joke on him?
"No it's Mother Teresa, yes its me Randy. Are you getting senile in your old age?" Jessie said in a smart aleck tone. She turned the eggs off and put them on plates. She added the toast and bacon.
"But you couldn't remember" Randy said dumbly. Jessie laughed and poured juice out into glasses. She leaned against the counter and answered.
"So I've been told" Jessie said. "Listen I just wanted to call and chat a bit, Dad's still asleep so you know I was bored. By the way you can tell Alexis but don't tell Mark or Maven I want to tell them myself. Oh and..."Jessie cut off with as best of an evil laugh as she could muster. She then hung up the phone. Jessie went over and put the two plates on a tray. She then put the two glasses of juice on the tray and slowly made her way upstairs to her dad's room. Her back was still hurting but she made it. She pushed open the door with her foot and saw John slowly sitting up in bed. He looked half asleep but he looked her way when he heard her come in he looked over at her and smiled.
"Hey babygirl" John noticed the plates of food she was carrying and looked at Jessie in concern "babygirl you didn't have to fix breakfast. I could have done it once I got up or if you were hungry then you coulda woke me up and told me to fix it I would have". Jessie just smiled and sat the plates on the bed and got back into bed.
"Got bored and all so I decided to fix it. I also called Randy, needless to say he was shocked" Jessie and John laughed as Jessie recounted her conversation with Randy. "Daddy" Jessie said after she was done with her story and they both were done with their food "I needa take a bath but I'm like really tired from walking up and down the stairs will you help me to my bath? I think I can get it after that though".
"Sure babygirl" John got up and scooped Jessie up in his arms. He took her to her room and sat her down so she could get some clothes, once that was accomplished he carried her to her bathroom and sat her on the edge of the tub. After making sure she was ok he went to his own bathroom to take his own shower.
After John was done with his shower and changed he went to the kitchen so he could make a few phone calls. He called his brothers, Marc, Randy, and his parents and told them he was having a barbecue to celebrate the end of summer, he was just hanging up from calling Trish when Jessie slowly walked down stairs. John went over and scooped her up and put her in her wheelchair "babygirl your gonna tire yourself out. Use your wheelchair for today and I'll take you to see your doctor tomorrow about getting a walking cane since you're so eager to walk". There was no malice in his words but Jessie knew he was worried about her walking around so much, afraid she might re-injure herself. "I figured we could have a bbq today. I called some people up and they're gonna come. Figured you could tell everyone you have your memory back".
"Who all is gonna come?" Jessie asked fidgeting in her chair, trying to find a comfortable spot. John came over and put a cushion behind her back and Jessie sighed happily. The back of the wheelchair just hurt her back.
"Grandma, Pop, Marc, Randy, Alexis, your uncles and Trish" John said making a list of what all he would need for the party. Hamburger meat, hot dogs, buns for each, pickles, relish, ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, fries, chicken, paper plates, napkins, paper cups, soda. That was all he could think of so he tore the paper off the pad and looked at Jessie "ok I'm going to go to the store now. Need to get some things. Do you want to go or stay here? I'll just be gone well max is like an hour I'mma try to not even make it that long though".
"I'll just stay here then. I'll let people in if they get here" John nodded, kissed Jessie on the forehead and left. Jessie heard him drive out and she went and put in 3 Doors Down's new cd Seventeen Days. She had got it the other day and had listened to it almost non stop ever since. She turned it immediately to her favorite song, Behind Those Eyes. She had loved it since she heard it at the Wrestlemania the year before. Jessie sat there listening to the song, singing along. All of a sudden there was a knock on the door. Jessie rolled her wheelchair over to the door and opened it. She was taken aback when Randy came barreling in and grabbed her, gently as not to hurt her back, up in a hug. She felt his tears slide down her back.
"I can't believe it" she heard him whisper "I waited two weeks to have you wake up and then you did and you didn't remember and now you do its just..." Randy trailed off not knowing what to say. Alexis spoke up then to break the tension.
"So Jessie where's your dad?" Jessie looked at her.
"Oh he's out getting stuff for the bbq" Jessie said, as Randy stood back up beside Alexis. Randy and Alexis kept giving each other looks, like they had a secret "what's up you two?" she asked, not being able to take it.
"Uhh well" Randy said looking at Alexis, he started rubbing the back of his neck and Jessie knew he had something up his sleeve.
"I'm pregnant" Alexis said. Jessie squealed and motioned a hug to Alexis. The two girls hugged and squealed for a bit before breaking apart. Randy just stood there looking amused.
"Congratulations" Jessie said to the both of them. They gave her thanks and there was another knock on the door. Randy got up and answered it so Jessie didn't have to move. It was Trish. She came in and looked sheepishly at Jessie.
"Hi" she said quietly.
"Hey Trish" Jessie said "how come you haven't been around? I figured since you and my dad were dating you'd at least come visit". Trish looked completely taken aback. Jessie held the laugh she had inside bubbling in. Randy wouldn't let Jessie tease Trish though so he let her in on everything.
"She has her memory back" he said flipping through a sports illustrated he found lying around, it was the swimsuit edition. Alexis glanced over and saw a busty woman wearing a white bikini that was practically see through. She ripped the magazine out of his hands, smacked him with it, and replaced it with the baby book. He pouted at her a bit before, smirking. He surprised Alexis, and hell Jessie and Trish too, by opening the book and becoming emersed in it. They left him to read while the three girls chatted among themselves. Their girl talk was cut short though by the door. Alexis looked over at Randy to answer it but seeing as he was engrossed in the book she got up and opened the door. It was Marc, and John's brothers. They came in and sat down, each looking nervously over at Jessie.
"She has her memory back" Randy said, not looking up from the book, before Jessie could have fun with them. She glared at him but it was cut short when all five guys came over and scooped her up in hugs, being careful not to mess around with her back too much.
"I see you found out the little secret" John said coming through the door, his arms laden with bags of things. Jessie marveled at the fact that he was carrying all six bags at the same time.
"Need any help?" she called over to him. John smiled, setting the bags down on the kitchen table. He then came over and kissed Jessie on the forehead. He hugged her from behind before speaking.
"Nope. You sit in here and catch up. Better yet all of ya'll go out to the back yard. It's a nice, sunny day outside and I'm gonna be grilling out there anyway so let's just have an all out outside excursion" Jessie rolled her wheelchair over to the sliding glass door and Matt and Randy helped her over the little bump and down the small step out into the yard. Matt rolled her over to the picnic table and made sure she was ok before walking over to the other six guys who had found a football lying around and decided to take up a game.
Trish and Alexis joined Jessie at the table. "I can't believe you have your memory back" Trish said looking over at Jessie "it was so...sudden. It's just like out of nowhere".
"Yeah but I'm glad it happened" Alexis said "I mean it was so tough on everyone...".
"Oh look" Jessie said "the guys are actually getting into the game" she turned her chair so she could watch. The comments Trish and Alexis had made kind of made her mad, it wasn't like she could have known. She focused her attention on the guys. Apparently it was a game of shirts vs. skins with Randy, Marc, and Sean being on the skins team. Apparently they were winning too because Randy had that look on his face that Jessie knew he always had when he gloated about something. Jessie watched for a while before becoming bored. She looked over and saw John at the grill, he had taken his shirt off and was enjoying the sunny day. She went over to talk to him. "Hey daddy" she said rolling her wheelchair up to beside the grill and looked up at him.
"Hey babygirl" John said glancing at her, before turning his eyes back to the burgers he was cooking "having fun?"
"Yeah I guess" Jessie said with a sigh "I just really don't know how to react when people talk about me being in a coma or about me not having my memory. It's really frustrating for me". John leaned over and hugged Jessie.
"I know sweetie but you were in a coma and had amnesia its a thing we all had to deal with and now that its over its like we can't believe it ever happened or that its not happening anymore" John tried to explain, he didn't really know what he was saying.
"I know but since I can't remember any of it its like I just have to sit there while others talk about it" Jessie said. John just kissed her forehead and went back to cooking. Jessie was sitting there making small talk with her dad when she felt, and smelled, a sweaty body come up and kiss her forehead. "EWWWWW" Jessie squealed, she turned around and saw Randy grinning at her. He was still shirtless and he was covered in sweat "you pig that's gross".
"You love me though" Randy said kissing her cheek again. Jessie smacked him and pushed him away. John soon was done grilling the food and everyone sat down to eat. They spent the time talking and reminiscing, laughing over certain things becoming serious at others. It was a great time and no one left the back yard until it started to get dark. Everyone who didn't live there left, hugging Jessie before they walked out the door. John turned to Jessie after everyone had left.
"Alright lets go to bed I'm beat" Jessie nodded and John picked her up to carry her up the stairs. He carried her into her room too lazy to walk any further down the hall. They both fell asleep as soon as they hit the bed, still in the clothes they had on for the day.