Author's note: Here I come again... 'grin' New chapter 'jumps up and down' Have fun with it and reviews are always welcome. 'smile'

As always: quick word to my reviewers:

angel40689: I know I promised... and finally here he comes... John makes an appearance 'grin' Borrowed him from you for a while actually 'grin' Hope you like the new chapter 'hugs' and as always thanks for the review 'smile'

randysgirl3: Glad to know that you like the story and Alexi's character 'smile' Hope you like the new chapter 'smile'

Mizz Molko: Well you gotta wait for a while to find out who the one was who was listening in on Batista and Chris 'evil grin' Let's just say it definately means trouble whoever it was 'grin' Thanks for the review and I hope you like the new chapter 'hugs'

Scarlette xx: 'grin' Well as everybody else you too have to wait to find out if she gets her eyesight back.. 'grin' Thanks for the review and enjoy the new chapter 'hugs'

qtea-angel: 'grin' you don't need to boykott the fic anymore because John will make his appearance in this chapter 'grin' Hope you like it... and well as I said you too have to wait to find out who has overheard Chris and Batista 'grin'

Zanderlover: Yeah... poor Alexi... she'll be crushed when she finds out that practically everybody she cares about has been lying to her... her mother, Chris, Randy, Dave... I wonder who she will turn to... well actually I know who she will turn to but you have to wait and see 'grin'

Well for the carying part... believe it or not... I had the version you said ready and wanted Randy to drop her or something but I decided against it because Alexi will go through enough in future chapters and I thought she doesn't need a concussion on top of all that 'grin' and by the way I liked the scene when I had written it down so Randy didn't drop her 'grin'

And don't worry Chris won't turn into a heel... I can promise you that because I like good boy Chris way better 'grin' I just wanted to express how he must've felt when Vince ordered him to become a bad guy for a while... until Vinnie comes up with his new storyline... (well actually the storyline I came up with for Vinnie to come up with... 'confuses herself')... well you'll see what I mean when the chapter comes 'grin'

Oh Hunter will play a big part in this whole story and well we all know how intriguing Hunter can be (see the whole Batista crap) and let's just say he will show a lot of that in the story and it won't be pretty... 'evilgrin'

Yeah... Alexi really is a lucky girl... she has already three good looking guys wrapped around her finger and looking after her and two more will join soon 'grin' I wish I was in her place...

Actually if she gets her eyesight back isn't the question... the question is when she will get it back 'grin'

If it weren't that expensive to fly from Germany to America I would really try to get a job... but right now I need to stay in Germany until I have enough money to realise one of my dreams to travel to America 'grin'

Unfortunately I didn't meet Randy myself but a friend of mine did and she told me how sweet he was... and well I think there's much more to Randy than portrayed on screen so I decided to try to show what I think Randy is like in reality...

I'll e-mail you back later too ... right now I don't have the time because I need to go to my keyboard lesson 'grin'

But you'll get a mail from me today or tomorrow 'smile'

Hope you like the new chapter 'hugs'

Disclaimer: see chapter 1-9 for Disclaimer 'grin' 'too lazy to write it again'

Chapter 10: Old friends

Chris awoke the next day to the sound of his alarm clock. With a groan he rolled onto his side to turn it off. He was about to go back to sleep when he suddenly realised what a day it was.

In an instant he sat straight up in his bed and turned his head to Alexandria's bed, to see the girl still asleep in exactly the same position than the night before.

A soft smile appeared on his lips.
Thanks to good she has slept through the night and wasn't awake the whole time to worry about the surgery.

Jericho got out of bed as quietly as possible, picked some fresh clothes and headed to the bathroom. He had decided to take a shower and dress first before he would wake up Alexandria.

When he returned from the bathroom, his hair still wet but besides that fully dressed, he found Alexandria already awake and searching around in her suitcase for something to wear.

"Good morning sweety…" Y2J greeted as cheerful as possible.

Alexandria wasn't prepared for that and jumped startled, causing her to trip over her suitcase and fall to the ground, hard.

"Oh shit… I'm sorry sweety…" Chris said and was at her side in an instant to check if she was okay.

Alexi had sat up and was rubbing her elbow that had cushioned most of her fall.

"Chris… I hate it when you do that…" She said annoyed. It wasn't the first time this had happened. Almost every time they were rooming together it happened at some point and Alexandria knew that Jericho hadn't meant to startle her but still the fall had hurt.

"I know and as I said I'm sorry… I thought you knew I was awake."

"Nope I didn't know. I haven't checked on you and I didn't hear you in the bathroom." She said, assuming that this was where Chris had come from.

"I'll make it up to you, I promise… what about a big and nice breakfast and I'll buy you a nice strawberry milkshake as extra…" He said, trying to give his best puppy dog look, knowing that Alexi knew him well enough to know exactly how he was looking without having to see it.

She sighed. She just couldn't stay mad at Chris when he did that and promised her a strawberry milkshake.

"Okay okay…" She finally gave in, grinning.

"Good then… so you better get ready while I dry my hair."
Alexi chuckled. "But if you have to dry your hair that means I've a lot of time to get ready…" She teased, knowing how careful Chris was with his hair.

"Oh you…" Chris said, trying to sound annoyed and attempted to chase her around the room, but he failed miserably at holding back his chuckle.

Alexi quickly grabbed her clothes and ran to the bathroom, knowing her way well enough to make it without any accidents.

When the door had closed behind her, Chris sat down on the bed and towel dried his hair, before he picked up the phone.

"Let's see if Dave and Randy are already awake…" He mumbled, dialling the number to their room. He knew that Dave and Randy and many of the other wrestlers had the day off and only a few had to do photo-shootings or promo filming.

After a few seconds Batista picked up. He still sounded half asleep and told Chris grumpily:

"Hell Chris, we have a free day today and I wanted to sleep in late… so this better be an emergency."

"Sorry for waking you up…" Chris said in fake apology, not caring for a second that he had obviously woken up the Animal.

"How do you know that it's me anyways?" he wanted to know.

"You're the only one I know who is brave enough to call Randy or me this early on a free day… and by the way even the hotel phone has caller ID… I see your room number on the display."
"Oh…" was all Jericho said at first.

"Well Chris, do you actually want something or are you just calling to annoy us? Because if that's the case I'm going back to bed now and kick your ass later…"

"Actually I wanted to ask if you and Randy want to have breakfast with me and Alexi… I mean just in case Hunter shows up… remember the 'strength comes in numbers' deal. I don't want to make a scene in the hotel restaurant and Hunter will think twice before he tries something when it's us three with Alexi. We would have gone later but Alexi has to be at the hospital at ten…"

There was no answer for a second and then he heard some strange noises before Randy's voice came through. He sounded refreshed and even cheerful despite Chris calling him at half past eight in the morning. Jericho guessed that the noises he had heard had been Randy, wrestling the phone from Dave.

"Hey Jericho. Of course we're coming with you…"
Chris could hear Batista protest in the background.
"Seems like Dave disagrees…" He pointed out.

"Oh don't listen to him. He hasn't had his cold morning wake-up shower so he's a little grumpy…" Randy said and Jericho was highly amused at the bouncy Legend Killer.

"Okay… well then meet you in the lobby in…" He started but then he stopped. "…how long does it take for you to get ready?" He questioned instead.

"Let's say at nine… this should be enough time for me to get Batty under the cold shower…" Randy grinned.

Suddenly a noise like something was hitting something else was heard and Randy let out an annoyed 'Ouch' and Jericho guessed that it was more out of surprise than of actual pain.

"Randy? What's going on? And who's Batty?" Chris asked, wondering what was going on in the next room.

"As I said Batista also known as Batty is a little grumpy and has just thrown his pillow at me, hitting me in the face. Let me tell you something: pillows aren't as soft as expected when they're thrown into your face…" The Legend Killer explained still slightly annoyed but amused nonetheless.

Chris just couldn't stop from laughing. He just tried to imagine Randy and Dave, two grown man and wrestlers, involved in a pillow fight. The image was hilarious and on top of that it sounded just funny how Randy had called Dave.

Definitely need to remember that name… Jericho told himself.

Between laughs he said. "Well then I'll end the call now so that you and Batty can sort that out without witnesses. See you at nine…" With that he hung up the phone, leaving Randy and Dave to sort this out on their own.

He was still laughing five minutes later because he just couldn't get the image of Dave and Randy in a pillow fight out of his head.

Perhaps I should suggest this to Vince as a new match form. The fans sure would love it… He thought and looked up when he heard the door to the bathroom open.

Alexi came out, fully dressed and her hair again in a ponytail. It was easy for her to find out where Chris was because he was still laughing.

When she walked over to him, she asked: "What's so funny Chris?" Her voice was insecure and Chris quickly realised that she must think he was laughing at her.

So he hurried to reply: " I just called Randy and Dave and asked them to come to breakfast with us… and well let's just say a grumpy Dave and a bouncy Randy isn't a good combination in the morning."
"Huh?" Alexandria asked and sat down beside Chris on the bed. He assumed that she had taken a shower too because she had the scent of vanilla on her and Chris knew that her favourite shower gel smelled like vanilla.

"I guess they just started a pillow fight because of my call…" Y2J started, quickly telling her about the phone call. Alexandria was laughing when Chris had finished, trying to imagine what the two looked like.

"And are they coming with us now?"
"Yepp, we're going to meet them in the lobby in about twenty minutes. You don't think that Randy would actually miss this do ya? By the way, he asked me to call him after the surgery so that he can come to visit you." Jericho explained, delighted at the smile on Alexandria's lips.

"He did?"
"Yepp… so what did you do yesterday, did you have fun? I never got to ask you yesterday because you were already asleep and I didn't want to wake you."
"Oh it was really nice… we've talked a lot… and guess what… he's invited me to go to a Metallica concert with him when we have time… isn't that great?"

"Yeah it is Alexi…" Chris said, glad that Randy and Alexi had grown closer last night, despite Hunter's interruption.

Or perhaps even because of that… He thought and then he asked teasingly: "And at what point did you first kiss?"

Alexi turned to Chris, her mouth slightly open, an indication that she hadn't been prepared for that question.

"Chris… first of all… I'm still not 100 percent sure if he really likes me that way and secondly even if we had kissed it is none of your business."

Oh believe me he does like you that way… Chris thought but instead asked with a slight pout: "Hey, what happened to the big brother – little sister routine?"

Alexandria rolled her eyes and didn't bother to answer. Of course she would tell Chris if her and Randy really were a couple but right now there was nothing to tell yet. Without talking much Chris and Alexi prepared her things for the hospital so that they could immediately head over to the clinic when they had had breakfast.

About twenty minutes later they made their way down to the lobby, Chris as always holding Alexandria's hand. He didn't worry about meeting too much wrestlers because most of them slept until twelve when they had the next day after a show off.

He smiled when he saw Randy and Dave coming down.

When Randy hung up the phone after the conversation with Chris, he turned towards Dave again, prepared for new pillow attacks.

So he was able to dodge the second pillow.

"Don't ever call me that again…" Dave grumbled. Randy just laughed and asked innocently: "Call you what?"

Dave rolled his eyes in exasperation.

He couldn't believe that Randy was behaving like a child and it was somehow annoying.

On the other hand he just couldn't stay mad at Randy right now when the Legend Killer finally seemed genuinely happy for the first time in two months.

Dave hadn't seen him smile that much or that bright ever since he and Stacy had parted.

To tell the truth he had been worried about Randy for a while now because he had only gone out with Dave, Chris, Shawn and the other guys once or twice ever since the break-up two months ago. And all the guys had noticed that he was much quieter ever since then and after the shoulder surgery Randy was even more withdrawn.

Seeing the bouncy and happy Randy again relieved Dave a lot because slowly Randy was returning to his old self, well his real old self, the happy, easy-going young man that liked to go out and have fun. His on-screen wrestling character had never changed during that time.

I'm glad that Chris's plan seems to work… Alexi really is good for Randy… He thought.

"Dave? Hello? You still with me?" He suddenly heard Randy ask. The Legend Killer was obviously confused because he had expected an angry remark to his question but instead Dave had just stayed quiet and had gotten that far away, spaced-out look on his face.

"Oh sorry Randy… I was just thinking about something… but now I'm going to go and take a shower or we won't get ready on time to meet up with Alexandria and Chris." And without another word he stood up, grabbed some clothes and went into the bathroom.

Randy watched him go a little confused. One minute Dave was annoyed with him and had attacked him with a pillow and the next minute he was millions of miles away with his thoughts.

The Legend Killer just shrugged, stopped thinking about Dave and instead decided on what to wear.

Then he sat down in the chair and continued reading the book he had started yesterday until Batista was ready and left the bathroom. Randy picked up the clothes he had decided to wear and went into the bathroom to get ready himself.

Then the two wrestlers left the hotel-room to meet up with Alexi and Jericho.

They didn't meet any wrestlers and Randy was confused at that.

"Not much of a surprise… they are where I want to be too… still in bed…" Batista complained, still annoyed at the fact that Chris had thrown them out of bed this early.

Randy grinned at his friend.

"Oh come on Batty… don't be such a child… what would the fans say if they found out…"
The second he had finished the sentence he quickened his pace, avoiding a jab in the ribs from Batista by mere inches.

He nearly ran into the lobby and quickly ducked behind Alexandria, which wasn't that easy since the girl was shorter than him.

Batista stopped in front of the girl, who was confused, trying to find out what was going on.

Dave crossed his arms in front of his chest.

"Coward…" He teased.

"I call it self-preservation." Randy stated and grinned at him from behind Alexi, knowing that he was safe from Batista's revenge as long as Alexandria was standing between them. Not that he thought Batista was really angry but still, it was better to be on the safe side.

Chris chuckled and tried to step in before the two started a playful wrestling match right here in the lobby. Alexi was still trying to find out what was going on here and why Batista and Randy were about to start a fight but she realised that it was probably all just a little teasing between friends.

"Oh come on you two… it's too early for any blood spilling…" Jericho joked.

This had the desired effect. Batista relaxed and a grin appeared on his face.

"Never thought I'd say that but Chris is right…" He extended his hand.

"Peace?" He asked Randy.

Randy nodded, taking Batista's hand.

"Peace…" He confirmed.

"Good, since that's settled now, can we go and have breakfast? I'm starving." Chris urged.

The other three laughed and together made their way into the direction of the hotel restaurant.

Suddenly someone called for them.

"Hey RKO."
Randy immediately stopped in his tracks, knowing there was only one person in the world who called him RKO.

He whirled around, a bright smile on his face.

"Hey JC." He called back. Alexandria, Jericho and Batista had stopped too and turned to face the number one draft lottery pick of RAW.

Alexandria, who had only heard someone call, asked: "Who is that?"

Chris smiled. "That's John. He's Randy's best friend and he has come to stay with him for a while." He explained, having no idea what else to tell her without telling her that he was a wrestler too.

"Come on Dave, let's go and find a table for us so that Randy and John can have their little 'long time no see' chat without interruption."

Batista nodded. He knew that Chris wanted Alexi away from John so that Randy could explain everything before John said something stupid.

"Okay… Randy you know what to tell him, don't ya?"
The Legend Killer nodded, watching them go into the restaurant.

"Yepp, see you in a few…" With that he turned towards John, who had just finished checking in and was now walking over to him.

"Hey bro." Cena greeted cheerfully and the two embraced for a moment.

"Hey JC… why are you here already? I thought you said this evening."
"I did but I caught an earlier flight than I expected. So here I am. I need to check in with McMahon and Bischoff in about four hours." He explained.

"It's great to have you on RAW. Do you know whom you're rooming with? Then we can get your bags up into your room."
"As a matter of fact I do… I'm rooming with you." John explained, picking up his bag again.

"With me? But I'm rooming with Dave." Randy questioned confused.

"Actually you did room with Dave. He called me yesterday to tell me that he's found someone else to room with so that I can stay with you and we can catch up on old times." The current WWE champion explained.

Randy was speechless for a second.
"He did? He never told me… and I never asked him to do that." Randy said, wanting to make sure that Cena knew that he hadn't kicked Batista out. Sure he had wanted to room with John but Dave was his friend too and he would have never asked him to find another roommate, well at least not on that trip.

Cena shrugged. "You need to ask him why he didn't tell you. And I guess he decided it on his own."

Randy nodded.

"I will ask him. Remind me to say thank you to him though…" He smiled.

"Of course I will. I need to say thank you to him too because I would have had to room with Chris Masters if Dave hadn't found himself another roommate. But can we get my stuff up to the room now? I mean I'm hungry too and it looked like you were on your way to breakfast. Mind if I join in?"

Randy shook his head, grabbing John's other bag and leading the way up to his hotel-room.

"Nope I don't think they will mind if you have breakfast with us but I need to explain certain rules of behaviour first."

John raised an eyebrow questioningly.

"Rules of behaviour?"

"Yepp…" Randy nodded, dropping Cena's bag on his own bed. They had time to unpack later.

"And for what?" John asked, dropping the bag he had in his hand on Orton's bed too.

"Concerning Alexi." The Legend Killer started.

Now John was immediately interested.

"So?" He questioned, waiting for Randy to start.

"First of all, don't tell her you're a wrestler… just tell her that you're a friend who has come to visit me. And if she asks what you're doing for your money tell her you're a musician… that at least wouldn't be a lie."

"Okay I think I can do that…" Cena nodded. It wouldn't be that hard to do that.
"Second… have an eye out for Shawn. I don't really know why but Chris doesn't want him near her. And then… if you see Hunter… beat the hell outta him…" Randy finished grimly.

Now John was at a loss for words.

"Okay… I get everything but care to explain why I should beat the hell out of Triple H?"

Randy sighed and quickly explained what had happened the day before at the restaurant.

"I should've stayed at SmackDown….this is way too complicated for me…" Cena sighed dramatically when Randy was finished and tried to process everything he had just heard.

The Legend Killer chuckled lightly.

"And you haven't even heard what storylines Vince has come up with for ya…" He reminded the current WWE Champion.

John groaned. "Great… I see this is gonna be hard work…" He laughed but then he turned serious again.

"So for some reason Chris doesn't want Shawn near Alexi… well I think Batista can take care of that because he will be rooming with him from now on."

Now Randy was speechless for a second.

"How come you're here for about ten minutes and already know more about what's going on than I do?" He asked.

John shrugged. "He told me that yesterday too. It seems Shelton got injured during the match and Vince has sent him home to get some rest to regain his strength for the next show."

The Legend Killer sighed. "Man… I can't wait to get back in the ring…" He said a little sadly. Even though he was always travelling with all the wrestlers, he missed out on a lot what was going on in the ring.

John immediately sensed that Randy was getting upset and tried to cheer him up: "Don't worry. I'm sure the doctors will give their okay soon and then you can have one hell of a comeback. I'm sure Vince has already thought about something really spectacular for your return."
His words seemed to have the desired effect on the Legend Killer because a smile appeared on his lips again. John added: "And until then I'm sure Alexandria will keep your thoughts away from wrestling."

His words reminded Randy that the others were downstairs waiting for them.

So he looked at John.
"You remember everything I've just told you about Alexi?"
"Yepp…I don't tell her I'm a wrestler, keep Shawn away from her and beat the hell outta Triple H or at least scare him enough to leave Alexi alone if he comes near her." John repeated what Randy had told him before.

"And now let's go down. I'm starving and I finally want to meet the girl who was able to do in two days what your friends have tried to do for the past two months…"

John had noticed the change in his best friend too. Randy seemed happier than he had been in a long time and John would bet his WWE Title that it all had to do with Alexandria.

"Huh? What do you mean by that?" Randy questioned, having no idea what John wanted to tell him.

John shrugged. "Not important right now…" He grabbed Randy's arm and dragged him out of the hotel room towards the elevator.

"John…. Come on buddy tell me…" Randy whined, curious what John was talking about.

"I will tell you…" John started and Randy grinned. "…after breakfast if you haven't figured it out for yourself by then…" He added and chuckled when he heard Randy's groan.

The Legend Killer knew he had to be patient and he was hungry too, so the two wrestlers hurried down to meet up with the others in the restaurant.