Randy and Alexis waited nervously in the waiting room of the obstetrician for the first appointment for an ultrasound. They would get to see their baby today. Finally after what seemed like forever a nurse came out and called "Alexis Jindrak". Alexis and Randy got up nervously and followed the nurse to an unoccupied room. She told Alexis to put on a dressing gown and lie down on the table that was in the middle of the room. She did as told and Randy came over and grabbed her hand.
"I can't believe it" he said dazedly. "We're finally gonna see our baby". Alexis smiled at him and motioned him to lean down for a kiss. He obliged with a smile.
"I see you're all ready for the exam" the doctor said coming in the room, a wry smile on her face. She sat down on a stool and pulled a machine over toward the table where Alexis lay.
"Oh yes" Alexis said she grabbed Randy's hand tighter. "We've been ready ever since I told him I was pregnant".
"Well let's not waste any more time then shall we" the doctor spread some of that cold gel on Alexis' stomach and she winced when she felt how cold it was. The doctor then turned the machine on and put the little device on Alexis' stomach. She moved it around a bit and stopped "there's your babies" she said pointing to a spot on the screen. Alexis' eyes widened and Randy turned a bit pale.
"Babies" he said dazedly. The doctor nodded. Randy turned to Alexis, a smile wide on his face, lighting up his features. The look on her face mirrored his own. "We're having babies, more than one" he said to her. She nodded excitedly.
"Two to be precise. Do you want to know the sex's?" the doctor asked. Randy looked apalled.
"Doctor no offense but isn't that a bit personal..." before he could finish his sentence Alexis interrupted.
"Hun she means do we want to know if the babies are boys or girls or one of each" she said patiently. Randy got red in the face and pretended to study the image of his babies even though he couldn't tell a leg from a nose. "Yes doctor please tell us what our babies are".
"Well you have, as you put it, one of each" Randy whooped in joy that he'd get his baby boy and also his little princess. The doctor left and Alexis put her clothes back on.
"Can we take that little gown back with us?" Randy asked Alexis, a naughty smile on his face. She laughed and handed it to him.
"We sure can" she said watching his face light up "but remember I can't have sex anymore so all you can do is look". Randy's face fell as fast as it lit up and Alexis laughed and kissed his pouting lips "awww baby its ok you can touch too just not get the good stuff".
"I got an idea" Randy said suddenly "let's go to Hampton Beach" Alexis looked confused so Randy explained "its about 20 minutes from here". Alexis smiled and agreed. "We can go rent a hotel for a few hours and chill and come back and tell everyone the double good news".
"Sounds good" Alexis said and Randy scooped her up in his arms and carried her out to the car where they made their way to Hampton Beach.
"Alexis" Randy said. They were sitting on the balcony of the suite Randy had rented. Alexis was leaned against his chest, Randy's hands lightly stroking her small petruding stomach. She hadn't grown much yet but she knew she would especially since she had twins.
"Yes honey" Alexis said not raising her head or opening her eyes. Randy's deep breathing had made her all mellow and she was enjoying their time together.
"Do you think we'll be good parents? I mean I had good parents but I'm just not sure if I'm gonna be a good dad you know. I mean when one of the babies is crying and they can't talk yet and they expect me to do something to make 'em stop crying..." Randy trailed off not sure what to say.
"Well first you check to see if they smell and then change their diaper if they do. If its not that then you try givin' 'em a bottle. Then if they're still crying you just hold 'em and let 'em know daddy's there and they're ok" Alexis looked up at Randy then "it'll be ok baby. I haven't had much experience with babies either except with Marcus and even then it wasn't really a good facsimile of taking care of a baby because he was a great baby. He never cried or anything really". Randy crawled out from behind Alexis and she wondered what he was doing until he kneeled beside the chair and laid his head on her stomach, smiled as he began talking.
"Hi babies. It's daddy. I love you. I can't believe there's gonna be two of you. But I don't care because there's alot of love I can give to you. I want you to know that no matter what you can always count on daddy ok? And like if you have a problem or need to talk you can come to daddy too. Daddy is like the coolest ok." Randy lowered his voice a bit, making sure Alexis could still hear him "Daddy's even cooler than mommy. He'll give you ice cream and cookies and chocolate mil..." Randy didn't get to finish his sentence because Alexis covered his mouth and glared at him.
"Babies don't listen to daddy. Daddy's a dweeb. He don't know nothing. He can't even pick out his own clothes his mommy did it for him until he moved out then your uncle Mark..." Alexis didn't get to finish her sentence cause Randy stood up and started tickling her. He continued to tickle her until she screamed out that she had to pee and rushed inside to the bathroom.
"Honey you ready to head back?" Randy asked Alexis when she came back from the bathroom "we need to get back to John's before too late so we can tell everyone the news and all" Alexis nodded and the two made their way out of the hotel. They had, had a relaxing few hours at the hotel and were ready to face life.
"We're back" Randy called out coming through the door at John's house. He heard a squeal and all of a sudden Jessie was in his arms, or more like hanging off his neck, he put his arm under her butt and scooped her up to support her weight "hi dear nice day?" he asked her knowing what she was wanting to know.
"Don't you hi dear me what'd you find out?" Randy laughed and carried Jessie to the living room where John, Trish and Mark were watching Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy. He sat on the couch with Jessie still in his lap and grabbed some popcorn out of the bowl John was holding. John looked over and saw that Jessie was glaring at Randy who was watching the movie intently, purposely ignoring Jessie knowing that it would drive her crazy. John laughed and nudged Randy.
"I think you better tell her what she wants. She gets her impatience from her mother and from what I remember which isn't much but she was very impatient and so's Jessie so you better tell her what she wants to hear before she smacks the crap out of you" Randy gave John a look that clearly said 'you wouldn't let her do that' "don't look at me like that if she slaps you its for a good reason you should know better than to tease her like you are". Finally Jessie could stand it no more. She grabbed Randy's head and turned it toward her.
"ARE YOU HAVING A GIRL OR BOY?" she said slowly and loudly as if talking to a slow person.
"I am not having anything" Randy said smirking a bit. You could practically see the smoke coming from Jessie's head.
"She's gonna blow" Mark said pulling Alexis in front of him jokingly. Jessie was glaring daggers at Randy and she raised her hand to smack him but before she could make contact John's hand caught her arm.
"Randall Keith Orton you quit poking fun at my daughter like that. I'm not gonna grab her hand the next time she tries to hit you and your gonna have to explain to McMahon why half the side of your face is dark purple". Randy laughed a bit and turned toward Jessie.
"The doctor said everything was fine, and..." Randy took a small dramatic pause "we're having twins". Jessie squealed and wrapped her arms around Randy in a hug. The other participants in the room whooped and yelled and Mark grabbed his sister up in a hug.
"Oww" he yelled out holding his ear "something cut me". Mark grabbed Alexis' hand and his eyes widened when he saw her engagement ring. "You're...you're...".
"Engaged?" Alexis said sheepishly "yeah we've been engaged for a day and a half now". Everyone congratulated the happy couple with their blessings.
A while later Alexis pulled Mark outside. They sat down on the porch and Alexis looked up at the stars for a few minutes. It was something she used to do with her father. When she was little she couldn't sleep well at night and her father used to bring her outside and point out different constellations and tell her stories about Aries and Leo the Lion. But all that stopped when she turned 11. Her father contracted a brain tumor and it had been inoperable. He lived six more weeks before he died peacefully in his sleep. He had been weakened considerably those last few weeks and their excursions to the yard were stopped. Now when Alexis was feeling overwhelmed or sad she'd go outside and look up at the stars and remember the stories and she'd feel at peace. Mark's quiet voice interrupted her thoughts. "He's looking down on you right now and he's saying 'My Little Boo Bear is having a baby' and passing around cigars to Mozart and Frank Sinatra and whooping it up".
"You think he's proud of me Stoney" Alexis asked Mark, using a nickname she gave him when they were kids because he had a huge rock collection he kept in an old back pack.
"Of course Boo Bear" Mark said using his father's old nickname for Alexis making her smile "he was always proud of you. You were his pride and joy".
"Mark I'm so scared" Alexis said out of the blue "What if I'm not a good mother? What if I don't know what to do? How am I gonna handle taking care of twins when Randy's on the road?"
"Oh Boo Bear" Mark said pulling Alexis to him and kissing her forehead "You'll be a great mom. I mean your great with Marcus. After you leave from visiting or after you've kept him for the night all I hear or all his mom hears is 'Aunt Lexi' this and 'Aunt Lexi' that. I have no doubt in my mind that you'll be just as great a mom to your two babies. And honey you won't be alone when Randy goes on the road. Mom will be there and Jessie will help you know she will and the WWE has that on the road day care thing for the guys and girls in the back who are single parents you could always do that. I mean the babies would get to see their daddy more and I'd get to see my little neice and nephew more".
"What about Randy?" Alexis asked looking up at Mark "what about when I get too fat to go with him on the road what will happen then? I mean will he find some other young, sexy big breasted brunette bombshell to hop into bed with him on those cold lonely nights. I'll be all alone in my big bed watching old reruns of I Love Lucy at midnight when the babies wont let me sleep wishing I had someone to run out to a 7-11 and get me a pint of Moose Track ice cream. He'll leave me Mark he's not gonna stay around for all that. He can get better than that".
"No I can't" Alexis heard Randy's voice say from behind her. She turned around and saw him leaning against the door frame, a lazy look of love etched on his features. He came over and gently pulled Alexis from Mark's arms into his own. "No one is better than you. I love you Alexis. I love you so much that it hurts. I won't even look at another woman when I'm on the road and you aren't with me. I'll call you so darn much that you'll get sick of hearing my voice and I'll go to bed in my cold, lonely hotel room with a picture of you in my hand, a smile on my lips as I dream about the woman I love, the mother of my children".
"Randy there's some things I need to tell you" Alexis said looking up at Randy, knowing that she needed to tell him why she had doubts about them sometimes.
"What is it honey" he asked pulling her over to a lawn chair and resuming the position they had been sitting in at the hotel, his hand lightly rubbing her stomach.
"When I was a teenager after my father died from a brain tumor I kinda fell into the wrong crowd a bit. My first boyfriend that I had when I was 16 was into bad things. He gave me my first joint. After that it went deeper and deeper. I was given more and more drugs to try. I liked how they made me feel. They numbed the pain I felt from my father's death. After a while Joel said he had something for me to do, a way to make some money. That was whoring myself out" Alexis stopped and took a deep breath and collected her thoughts, she had only chipped the tip of the iceberg and it was about to fall. "I didn't want to do it at first but I figured I'd earn a little cash, get outta Atlanta. I was a high school drop out so I wasn't exactly qualified for a job you know, still haven't gotten a credible one. Anyways I started turning tricks and making cash, most of it went to Joel though. I kept a fourth of what I earned. It was barely enough to buy clothes with. I never had sex with the guys. Just...did things. Anything to get them off and get my cash. Anyway Mark found out what I was doing. He overheard me setting up a meeting with a client. He also found crack and some joints in my back pack. I've never seen him so mad and I hope I never do again. He beat the heck outta Joel and told him if he ever saw him around me again he'd kill him with his bare hands. After that he told mom about my drug addiction and I was entered into a rehabilitation facility. I stayed there for 3 months and found out a few truths about myself and how I was feeling and made peace with things. I got out and was ok. Mark and mom took me back into their lives with open arms" Alexis stopped her story here and Randy wrapped his arms around her.
"Oh honey" he started but Alexis stopped him.
"There's more" she said, looking up into Randy's eyes. She gathered strength from his embrace and truged on in her story "shortly after I got out of rehab I met Drake. He was a couple years older than me but I didn't care. I mean I had just turned 17 I thought that having a 22 year old boyfriend was cool. He even got along with Mark and mom. I was with him until I turned 19. After my 18th birthday I moved into his apartment. Mom was a little disappointed but she really didn't protest since she liked Drake, same with Mark. Drake was a paramedic, he saw death and horrible injuries all the time. He'd come home and drink his sorrow from the job away. I had a part time job as a waitress and usually we ate leftovers I brought home from the job. One night about a month after I moved in with Drake I brought home some fish platters. I laid them out on the table, lit a few candles had soft music playing. I had this whole romantic evening planned. Drake came home and came into the dining room and looked at the plates of fish. He immediately threw them against the wall. He started screaming at me about how I was trying to kill him and how I should have known he was allergic to seafood. He came over and grabbed my arms, I could smell the beer just reeking off of him. He threw me up against the wall and knocked me out. He continued to beat me while I was unconscious. After that night it was a daily thing. He'd come up with more and more creative ways to torture me. Once when it was a really bad time he strung me up on the rail of the bathtub where the curtain was and..." Alexis choked back a sob. Randy leaned down and kissed her forehead.
"You don't have to go on" he said, Alexis didn't hear him though she was lost in her own little world.
"He whipped me with a belt. Over and over. For about an hour he did it. I had welts on my body for over a week. I couldn't wear tight clothes either because it hurt too bad. He'd continue to beat me after I was unconscious too. I was with him for a year after that until I finally got up the courage to tell Mark. By that time I had to take sleeping pills to sleep because I was in constant pain. Mark came over when Drake was at work and packed up my stuff and I moved in with him for a bit. I weaned myself off of the pills and helped him raise Marcus when he had him. He's my saving grace, that little boy, if it wasn't for him I would have succeeded one of those times that I tried to end it all" Alexis turned to Randy then, who was staring out at the trees, an unreadable expression on his face. "And that's basically my story. It's not a best seller or a children's book but that's what it is. Wish I could make it less Poe-like and more Maya Angelou like or wait no more Rowling like, I've always wanted magical powers" Alexis was stopped by Randy's lips crashing down on hers. Randy kissed her deeply, hungrily. He was putting every emotion he felt into that one kiss and the power behind it brought Alexis to tears almost.
"I love you" Randy said pulling back from the kiss and looking Alexis right in the eyes. She knew he did. And she loved him too.