Author's note: Hey everybody here comes a new chapter and I hope you like it even though it's not the longest or the best I've written so far... I just hope you enjoy reading it none the less.

Quick word to my reviewers:

Roxxy1984: 'grin' Well yeah... poor Randy... but he's smart he'll find out eventually not just the way he expected 'evilgrin' Thanks for the comment 'huggles'

Zanderlover: Oh my... an angry HBK... fun 'evilgrin' We all know what an angry HBK can do... so watch out everybody 'grin'

The POV of Marissa on the call will come in this chapter it didn't quite turn out the way I intended it in the beginning but I hope it's okay none the less... and just say your ideas... I'm always glad when you do it because it helps me to get own ideas and to make my story better 'hugs' Well... actually I didn't really know who could room with Shawn so I just picked Shelton because I somehow like him... and it is indeed an interesting pair 'grin'
And yepp... John and Randy agree with you and even Vince agrees with you... I bet he's sad that he hadn't come up with such an idea for a storyline before. 'grin' And I too like the mature side of Randy 'hugs Randy' it makes him even more attractive 'grin' Believe it or not... I had exactly the same line in mind for Randy when Chris asked him what he would do tonight... but somehow I didn't write it... don't really know why... 'shrugs' Why do you call Dave Batty? 'giggle' Sounds nice somehow... perhaps I can use it in the story somehow... well if that's okay with you that is... 'grin'

And you'll find out soon enough who Sid Eudy is and if you figure it out before it is revealed in the story please don't tell because it would ruin the surprise for the others 'smile'

No problem for the review... it's a cool start for your story and I'm looking forward to read more... 'grin'

And have fun on your vacation and I'm looking forward to the next review from you... because I just love reading them... it always makes me proud that you like my story that much to take the time to write such long reviews...

and sorry that I still haven't answered your e-mail but somehow I can receive mails but can't write o.O Don't know why that...

So hope to hear from you soon 'hugs'

And now enjoy the story

qtea-angel: 'grin' Well John won't appear in this chapter but in the next, I promise 'huggles' Thanks for the review 'smile'

Mizz Molko: Yepp it will be quite interesting when Marissa and Shawn meet again... but how interesting... well you've to wait and see 'grin' And to you too: Thanks for the review 'huggles'

Disclaimer: Don't own anything in this story besides Alexi and her mother

Oh as always: something in italics is thoughts and something in bold and italics is someone speaking through the phone


Chapter 7: Remembering

When Alexi heard the door to the hotel room close, she knew that Chris had gone over to Batista and Randy. With a sigh she made her way over to Chris bed because the phone in the room was on his nightstand. She nearly fell over the bag Chris had dropped in front of his bed when he had started packing. Alexi cursed slightly because of that. Chris normally knew better than to just leave his stuff in the middle of the room when he was rooming with Alexi.

She finally made it to the bed without further incidents and picked up the phone.

Without any problems she dialled her mother's phone number. Using a phone on her own was one of the first things she had learned after loosing her eyesight.

Alexi made herself comfortable on Chris' bed and waited for her mother to pick up the phone.

After about half a minute there was finally an answer.

"Reed?"

"Hey mom, it's me Alexi."

"Alexi dear, how are you? Is everything okay? Did you run into you know who?" Marissa immediately asked.

Alexandria grinned when her mother used a line from Harry Potter instead of saying her father's name. Despite her age Alexi loved the Harry Potter books and her mother always used that term when speaking about Shawn.

"No mom, I didn't run into him… well I nearly did but Chris as always was my saviour and took care of the situation."

"That's good then… I knew I could count on him." Mrs. Reed said, and Alexi betted that she had a smile on her face.

"So are you worried about tomorrow?" Her mother suddenly asked.

Alexandria sighed once.

"Of course I am mom, but Chris, Dave and Randy do their best to keep me from worrying too much… in fact Chris has just gone over to Randy to ask him to take me out to eat something tonight…" Alexi explained quickly.

"Randy and Dave?" Her mother questioned and Alexi suddenly realised that she hadn't told her mother about them the day before because of everything that had happened after she had returned from the gym.

"Yeah… they're two of Chris' friends and they work for the TV Company that's broadcasting the shows."

"Oh I see… and here I was thinking that you've finally gotten over your wrestle phobia." Marissa said slightly surprised.

"Huh? Why that?" Alexi asked, confused at her mother's words.

"Oh I was at first thinking you were talking about two wrestlers…" Her mother explained and Alexi wondered if her mother was keeping something from her.

"Nah… as I said they aren't wrestlers." She said with conviction.

There was silence at the other end of the line and Alexandria could almost see her mother thinking about something.

"Mom? What's wrong? Are ya still there?" She asked after a while.

"Sorry honey, of course I'm still there. I was just spacing out for a moment."
"I noticed." Alexi replied, laughing lightly. Suddenly there was a beeping adding to her mother's voice.

"Sorry honey, there's someone on the other line."
"Thought so… well no prob. Chris should be back soon anyways. I was just calling to tell ya that everything's okay."

"Glad to hear that my dear. I'll call you tomorrow at the hospital to find out how the surgery went and I'm coming to visit you as soon as possible."

"Okay mom, looking forward to see you… literally speaking I hope…"
"I'm sure we'll see each other soon… bye honey."

With that Alexandria's mother hung up the phone.

Alexi put down the receiver too and lied down on the bed for a moment.

She must've fallen asleep for a minute because she didn't even hear Chris coming back into the room.

She only found out that Jericho was in the room again when she felt him kiss her forehead softly.

Her eyes snapped open and for a moment she hoped to see Chris' smiling face above her but again there was only darkness.

Just one more day… Alexi tried to convince herself and then she asked: "Is that you Chris?"

"Yeah sweety. Come on we need to get ready." Y2J said.

"Get ready? For what?" Alexi asked, still half asleep.

"Oh well I need to get ready for my match and you need to get ready so that Randy can take you out to have dinner." Chris said as if it was the most natural thing in the world.

Alexandria was fully awake in an instant.

"So he said yes?" She asked, smiling happily.

"Of course he did… why shouldn't he? So you better get ready."

Alexi nodded and walked over to her suitcase where her clothes were still in. She hadn't bothered to unpack because she needed to go to the hospital tomorrow and so there was no need to unpack.

Thanks to her mother Alexi had no trouble to find a nice outfit.

Her mother had attached a piece of paper to all her clothes where she had described them in Braille so that Alexi exactly knew what she was wearing.

So she could dress without help.

She picked a black skirt that reached just until above her knees and a red blouse with a black and white graphic of one of her favourite groups, Metallica, on it.

She then vanished into the bathroom to change. After she was done changing, she did her hair into a simple ponytail because it was almost the only thing she could do to her hair without needing help.

And asking Chris to do my hair is certainly not a good idea. She thought, grinning at the thought when Chris had tried to do it some time ago. She had ended up about an hour late for the date because Jericho just couldn't get it right and the way he had wanted it.

Suddenly a thought popped up in her mind.

Could this be considered as a date or was Randy just taking her out because Chris had asked him to?

I need to find out… She thought but decided to just make the best of the evening whatever it was. Randy had been really nice to her so far and she hoped that Randy was taking her out because he wanted to.

Alexandria sighed and then left the bathroom.

"Chris? Do I look okay?" She asked shyly, knowing that Chris would give her an honest answer.

Jericho had been packing his bag until Alexi had called him, but now he turned around to look at Alexi.

He smiled brightly and walked over to her.

"You look beautiful." Jericho assured, giving her a quick kiss on the forehead.

Alexandria blushed a little.

"Don't exaggerate Chris." She said.

"I swear I'm not… and now let's go. Randy and Dave are sure waiting."

Alexandria nodded.

Chris picked up his bag in one hand and with the other he took Alexi's hand like he always did.

The two walked the short distance to Batista's and Orton's room and Chris knocked.

Seconds later Dave opened the door.

"Hey Dave, hey Randy." Chris greeted and led Alexi into the room.

"Hey you two." Dave replied.

Randy was speechless for a second and caught himself staring at Alexandria.

For a moment he was glad that Alexi couldn't see that because she would surely think he was a complete idiot, staring at her like that.

Batista of course noticed Randy's stare but decided against saying something.

Randy finally caught himself and walked over to Alexandria.
"You look great Alexi." He said, startling the girl just a little since she hadn't heard him walk over to her.

Chris and Dave looked at each other, grinning, before Jericho decided to speak up.

"Well Dave, we better get going…" Then he turned to Randy.

"I'm trusting you with Alexi and if I hear any complaints from her about you I'll kick your ass…" He joked, knowing that Randy would never hurt Alexi on purpose.

Alexi just sighed and Randy looked shocked for a minute before he realised that Chris was joking. He grinned.

"Don't worry Chris, I'll take good care of her."
"Can you two please stop talking about me like I'm not in the room…" Alexi pleaded, hating it when Chris got overprotective.

"Sorry…" Chris apologised, knowing fully well that Alexandria didn't like to be treated like a helpless child but he had to make it clear that if someone hurt Alexi he would hurt this someone in return.

Dave shook his head in amusement at the exchange.

Then, after a quick look at his watch he reminded Chris that they would better go now or they would be late.

"Come on now Chris…"
Y2J sighed and gave Alexi a quick goodbye kiss on her cheek.

"Bye you two… have fun and we'll see ya later…" He said.

"Bye guys…" Alexandria said, hearing the hotel room door close behind Dave and Randy.

She then turned into the direction she thought Randy still was.

"And now?" She asked, reaching out for Randy's hand

"Well, are ya hungry?" Randy asked, taking her hand gently in his with a bright smile on his face.

"Yepp… very hungry…"
"Well then we better get going too." Randy said and the two walked down to Randy's care and Randy drove them to the restaurant.

After Marissa had finished her talk with Alexi she was still wondering what this thing about this Randy and Dave was while she pushed the button to answer the call on the other end of the line.

And I thought for a moment that she was talking about Randy Orton and Dave Batista… Since Marissa watched almost every show she of course knew who the Legend Killer and the Animal were but since her daughter was so sure that they weren't wrestlers she had decided against telling her what she thought so that she wouldn't worry her daughter too much.

Perhaps it's just coincidence… I need to talk to Chris to find out… She thought, dragging herself out of her thoughts, finally accepting the call on the second line.

"Reed?" She asked into the phone.

There was no answer and Marissa started to wonder what was going on and why there was no answer, since she could hear someone breathing at the other end of the line.

"Hello? Who's there?" She asked again. Still there was silence but suddenly she could hear a voice in the background.

"Hey Shawn…"

And before Marissa could do or say something she heard the beeping that signalled that the person on the other end had hung up.

"That was weird…" She said to herself, hanging up the phone, but suddenly she realised what the person in the background had said.

Shawn…

"Nah… it can't have been him who has called me… it can't have been my Shawn… I was perhaps just imagining things because of where Alexi is right now… it was probably just someone who got the wrong number." Marissa told herself, trying to convince herself that it hadn't been the man she still loved even though she hadn't spoken to him for twenty years now.

But as hard as she tried she just couldn't get Shawn Michaels out of her thoughts for some reason.

Marissa sighed and tried to get rid of the thoughts about him by going back to work.

It somehow worked and soon Marissa was concentrating on the sketches lying on her desk.

She knew she had to finish them until tomorrow or her boss would be really mad. Suddenly Alexi's mother realised that she was missing an important sketch she had made a while ago and she knew it had to be somewhere in the older files.

With a sigh Marissa left her desk and went over to the filing cabinet where she suspected the file to be.

After searching in the cabinet for a while a little brown book suddenly fell out and landed on the floor.

Marissa raised a curious eyebrow and bent down to pick up the book. She suddenly realised what it was and why she had forgotten about it.

She had hid it behind all the folders for twenty years now so that Alexandria wouldn't find it.

Forgotten were the sketches for the moment and Marissa quickly walked back to the couch and sat down, staring at the closed book for a while. It was a photo album with all her favourite pictures of her and Shawn. It was the only one Alexandria had never seen and Marissa intended to keep it that way.

Shaking her head she wondered why she had found it right now. With trembling fingers she opened the little book. On the first site there was a photo of her and Shawn. It was the same one Shawn had kept with him all the time, even though Marissa of course didn't know that.

A sad smile crept into her face and with shaking fingers she softly traced the photo, a single tear rolling down her cheek.

"No… I can't let him get to me again… it took me years to get over him…" Marissa suddenly said and closed the book with determination, hiding it behind the files again, forcing herself to go back to her work, trying to ban every thought of Shawn Michaels from her mind.

It seemed to work but suddenly she realised something.

She had never gotten over Shawn Michaels. She still loved him with all her heart…

to be continued if ya want me to