Author's note: Hey everybody... here comes the next chapter... it's a little time jump because I had to do it or I wouldn't have been able to finish it the way I wanted it... I hope you don't mind... some of the things that happened in between the little time jump will be explained in flashbacks in the sequel (yepp I'm going to write a sequel)

So now enjoy the new chapter... after that only one more to go and then I'm done with Behind Blue Eyes...

Oh yeah: The big part in bold and italics means that this is from the POV if you are watching a RAW episode on TV or in the arena without any clue what's going to happen... and please forgive me if the names of the announcers are wrong but I'm only used to the german announcers and not familiar with the american ones so I'm not sure who is commentating which show... so if I made a mistake please forgive me for that... 'hugs all readers'

Disclaimer: Basically if you don't recognise a character from the shows it's mine...

Chapter 29: Preparations

"Lexi, are you ready to go home?" Randy asked three days later while he pushed open the door to Alexandria's hospital room with a bright grin on his face.

He was a little surprised that his girlfriend wasn't sitting in her bed like she had the last days whenever Randy had come to visit. Her eyes had recovered quickly and she could see nearly 100 again even though sometimes her vision was a little blurred but Dr. Cormela had told her that this was perfectly normal and would go away in a few more days.

Randy remembered the moment when Alexandria had been standing in the middle of the room two days ago, waiting for him with a bright grin on her face.

And as soon as he had had opened the door, she had ran to him and scanned his face, touching it for a moment.

Then she had said: "You're really as handsome as I imagined you to be…"

The Legend Killer couldn't remember when he had felt so happy the last time like he had felt at the moment and when Alexi had stood on her tiptoes and had kissed him. Even though it had only been a short moment it would be one he would treasure forever.

With these thoughts on his mind the young Orton entered the room and looked around but Alexi was still nowhere to be seen.

Randy had thought that today when Alexi was finally released from hospital that she would be waiting impatiently for Randy to come to pick her up.

But as it seemed he had been wrong. Randy walked over to Alexandria's hospital bed and saw her bag sitting on it, fully packed.

The Legend Killer frowned a little and wondered where Alexi was.

His question was quickly answered when the door to the room opened again and Alexandria and Dr. Cormela entered, talking animatedly with each other.

"It's so great that you're taking the job Martha. I bet that Chris has something to do with it." Alexi just said, making Martha blush a little.

Randy smiled. Martha and Alexi had immediately become friends and Randy thought that Chris Jericho and Martha had something going on too even though they sometimes skated around each other like lovesick cats and spend a lot of time together, going to lunch and dinner almost every day.

The young Orton thought it was time to make his presence known since the two girls hadn't noticed him yet.

"And here I was thinking you're waiting impatiently for me to come and pick you up to get you outta here." He said, grinning brightly.

Alexi's head snapped up and her smile matched Randy's. She quickly ran over to him and gave him a quick peck on the cheek.

"Sorry Randy. Martha was just so excited about her new job that she had to tell me all about it over a cup of coffee.

Randy put an Arm around Lexi. He was just so glad that the girl finally could see again. He then turned to Martha.

"Hello to you too Martha. You got a new job?" He questioned.

"Yeah, Vince McMahon has offered me a job as head of his medical staff since the current head doctor will retire soon." She told him, smiling brightly.

"That's good to know. Congratulations. Chris will be thrilled to hear it." Randy said honestly.

He liked Dr. Cormela. Martha blushed again and smiled.

"Well, I'll be joining you on tour in about a month when I've cleared everything with the hospital." Martha explained. Randy nodded. "And what about Lexi? Is she free to go home?"

"Yepp, everything's said and done." Martha confirmed.
Alexi smiled and leaned against Randy who automatically put his arms around her.

"Great. Her parents are already waiting for her. They have a few surprises for her." Randy explained. Lexi looked at him in surprise. "Surprises? And a few at once?" She questioned.

Randy just smiled. "Patience is a virtue, love." He grinned.

Martha laughed. "Well then I don't want to hold you up any longer. I guess we'll see each other soon."

Alexi walked over to the young doctor and hugged her.

"Bye Martha, and thanks for everything."

"No problem… anytime again." Martha replied and the two separated.

Randy had already taken Alexi's bag in one hand and now took one of Alexi's hands with his free hand. He then said goodbye and the two left the hospital.

Randy led Alexi to his or better Dave's car. The Animal had lent it to him because Dave had said that Alexandria needed to come home with style and Randy had always wanted to drive Batista's car so he took the offer.

When they were sitting in the car and Randy had left the hospital parking lot Alexi looked at the Legend Killer.

"So what's the surprise?" She questioned giddily.

"Love, the concept of a surprise is suspension…" Randy replied grinning.

Even Alexandria's pout and her best puppy-dog-eyes look couldn't make Randy tell it.

It didn't really take long until the two arrived at the hotel where the RAW roster was still staying for the next two days.

Marissa now would share her room with Alexi for the last two days and Chris had asked for a sleeping bag or a third bed and was now rooming with John and Randy for the last two days.

When they entered the hotel hand in hand a lot of Wrestlers were relaxing in the lobby or in the restaurant.

They looked at Randy and Alexandria with curiosity but Alexi was no longer bothered by that because she no longer hated wrestling after it had given her back her family and the best boyfriend in the whole wide world.

Christy Hemme walked over to the two with Amy Dumas, better known as Lita, in tow.

"Hey you two." She greeted. "Hey Christy, hey Amy." Randy replied a bright smile on his face. Christy and Lita couldn't remember when they had last seen Randy smile so brightly.

Alexandria is really good for him… Christy concluded and smiled brightly at the girl.

"So you're the famous Alexandria that John, Dave, Randy, Chris and Shawn are talking non stop about for the last days."

Alexi smiled. "Guilty. Nice to meet you Christy." She told the diva.

"Nice to meet you too."

The same process was repeated with Amy and the three girls started talking when Randy looked at his watch.

"Sorry to interrupt your conversation but Shawn, Marissa, Chris and Vince are waiting for us. You'll have plenty of time to get to know each other in the future."

Alexi looked at Randy in surprise but she didn't ask what exactly that meant because she was impatient to see her parents and she figured she'd find out soon what Randy meant with those words anyway.

So she said goodbye to Amy and Christy and followed Randy into the restaurant where she saw Shawn, Marissa, Chris, and to her surprise Vince McMahon sitting at a table talking to each other.

When Alexi started to walk over to them she found herself counting the steps to the table before she realised that she didn't have to anymore. The girl still wasn't used totally to the fact that she could see again.

"Lexi, come on…" Randy's words brought her out of her thoughts and she realised that she had stopped in the middle of the restaurant staring into space. She quickly walked over to the table where her mother already stood.

"Alexi…" She greeted and hugged her daughter tightly.

Alexandria smiled and then walked over to Shawn and hugged him too and after that Chris gave her a quick hug too.

Before she sat down she shook hands with McMahon and then all of them made themselves comfortable at the table.

Some Wrestlers glanced at them curiously but nobody said something, at least nothing Alexi thought was about her.

When nobody said anything Alexandria finally questioned: "Randy told me that you have a few surprises for me?"

Shawn and Marissa looked at each other and smiled and then Shawn started a little hesitantly:

"Alexi, I asked your mother a question I should have asked her twenty years ago… I finally asked her to marry me and she said yes."
Alexi was speechless so Shawn quickly continued to explain: "And I'd like to adopt you so that you're legally my daughter too."

Alexi still hadn't said a word because she had expected a lot but not that.

Marissa thought her daughter disliked the idea because she still wasn't entirely sure how Alexi felt about Shawn. Father and daughter had had a long talk after the whole truth had come out and Alexandria had started to trust Shawn but still there were some awkward moments and Marissa feared that Alexi thought Shawn and her were hurrying things too much but Marissa had never been so sure about anything in her life.

"Honey, please say something…" She demanded softly, wanting to know what was running through Alexandria's head.

The girl finally had progressed what Shawn had said and a bright smile appeared on her face.

"That's so great. I'm so happy for you two… and we're finally going to be a family." She said smiling brightly.

Marissa and Shawn breathed in relief because they had hoped Alexi would react like that but they hadn't been sure about it. HBK took Marissa's hand and squeezed it gently.

Marissa smiled at him.

So it's true… good things come to those who wait. She thought, smiling brightly at her daughter and Shawn. Chris was smiling too and gave Randy the thumbs up sign.

Vince had been silent during the conversation and he now turned to Marissa and Shawn and shook hands with the two.

"Well then congratulations to your engagement. I hope I'm invited to the wedding." He said and gave them one of his famous grins.

Shawn chuckled a little. He had forgiven Vince too because he had realised that he had just wanted to help Marissa, Alexi and Shawn by bringing Sid back. He couldn't have known that his plan would backfire like that.

"Of course you're invited Vince." He replied.

Suddenly another voice was heard and Shawn saw Christian, Tyson Tomko, Shelton Benjamin, Chris Benoit, who'd leave soon to join the SmackDown roster because he had been a draft pick, John, Dave and all other wrestlers who had been in the restaurant, standing at his table grinning at him and Marissa. They had obviously heard what Shawn had been saying. The Heartbreak Kid grinned. He was so happy right at the moment that he wanted to share it with the world so he didn't mind the others knowing about the engagement. They'd have found out sooner or later anyway. And that Shawn had a daughter was common knowledge by now too.

"I hope we're invited too." Benoit said and shook hands with his friend.

"And congratulations."

"Thanks Wolverine…" Shawn replied.

"Of course you're all invited too." He said after making sure Marissa was okay with that.

The woman just smiled so Shawn figured she was.

One after the other congratulated the couple.

It took a while until Shawn, Marissa, Chris, Randy, Vince and Alexi were alone at their table again.

When they were, McMahon turned to Alexi again.

"I just hope that my surprise delights you as much as Shawn's has." He started.

Alexandria looked at her father's boss curiously and wondered what his surprise could be.

She waited patiently for the older man to continue.

"Because if you want to, I'd like to offer you a job as a WWE Diva so that you can spend time with your father and Randy." He explained.

Again Alexandria was speechless because she hadn't been expecting that either.

Now she understood why Randy had said that she, Amy and Christy would have enough time to get to know each other.

On the one hand Alexi was delighted and happy for getting this chance but on the other hand she couldn't understand why Vince was offering her that.
And in addition to that she felt bad for leaving her mother alone like that.

"Um… don't think that I'm not honoured by your offer Mr. McMahon but I don't understand why you're offering that. I mean you don't even know if I'll be a good diva."

Vince smiled. He had expected something like that.

"Well I think you're definitely good enough. When Shawn, Chris, Dave, John and Randy came to me with the suggestion I went to your mother to find out how she felt about it. She told me that in the end it was your choice but she showed me some videos from your martial arts competitions.

And from what I've seen there I'm sure that with some training you'll be a great diva. If you're gonna accept you'd work as a valet in the beginning until you've learned enough about the business. And Dr. Cormela said that you need to take it easy for a while anyway. So what do you say?" Vince explained.

At first Alexandria didn't say anything because she had no idea what to say. She looked at Vince who smiled warmly at her then at Randy and Chris who looked hopeful and then at her parents who just smiled brightly. Alexi wanted nothing more than to just say yes but when she looked at her mother she again felt bad for just leaving her like that. Marissa obviously knew what her daughter was thinking because she spoke up: "Honey, you don't need to worry about me. In fact I've already talked to my boss and worked something out with him so that I can be on the road with you and Shawn most of the time."

Now Alexi was totally speechless. "Seems like you've all worked it out and there is nothing else to do for me than to say yes." She concluded.

Randy grinned and gave Alexandria a quick kiss on the cheek. "Exactly love, so what do you say?"

Alexi started to nod slowly. "Well since you've already worked it out I don't want to make your efforts worthless so there is only one answer. Yes I'll accept the offer."

Vince had a bright smile on his face and Chris guessed that he was already calculating the new ratings for the first RAW episode when Alexi would make her appearance.

"But now I'll leave you alone to celebrate." McMahon explained before he turned to Alexi once again. "Well then see you on Monday in Minneapolis."

With that he left the table.

When Vince had left, John and Dave came over to the table and sat down too. They had known that the talk with Vince was something that only Alexi and her family should be part of. But now they figured that they could come to celebrate with Shawn, Marissa and Alexi too.

"Well then Alexi, congratulations to you too." John grinned. He and Alexandria had become really close in the last two days too. John knew why. First of all Alexi was a person you just had to like if you knew her and secondly there was Randy.

Ever since Alexandria and Randy had started dating the young Orton was smiling and laughing again and John would always be glad about that. The other wrestlers had also noticed the change and John had seen the collective relief in the RAW roster about that because Randy was a guy almost everybody liked and they had all been worried about him.

Shawn and Randy had also started to repair their relationship even though it would still take a while until the two were back to normal.

John shook himself out of these thoughts because right now was the time to celebrate and not the time to worry.

"Thanks John." Alexi just said and smiled happily.
"So anybody an idea whose valet I'll be?" John, Dave, Randy, Chris and Shawn nodded simultaneously. Vince had told them all about the new storyline to make sure they were all okay with it.

"You'll be John's valet. And you'll be my daughter in the storyline too." Shawn explained.

"Oh I see… that's gonna be easy to pretend. And besides that?"
A man at the table next to Shawn's stood up, followed by two other guys.

"I guess that's my cue. Hi Alexandria, I'm Jason Resso also known as Christian and that are Chris Masters and Tyson Tomko. We're going to be the bad guys in that storyline."

A few days later, Alexi stood nervously beside Tyson Tomko behind the curtains. It was right before her first appearance on the show and she hoped she'd do okay because she didn't want to disappoint Randy and Shawn. Her eyes still weren't fully healed and sometimes her vision was a little blurry but Martha had given her okay as long as she didn't fight and was just a valet, looking pretty and the ring and the worst thing that was happening was seemingly being pushed somewhere against her will. And that was exactly what was going to happen tonight.

Tyson smiled warmly at her because he had sensed her uneasiness.

"Hey, don't worry Alexi. Just do what we've practised. You're a natural and I'm sure you'll do really well."
"Thanks Tyson." Alexi really appreciated the bigger man's words. Chris Masters, who stood beside her, nodded.

"Yeah come on, what can happen? I mean you're Shawn Michaels' daughter. So you're born to do that." Alexi gave Chris a small jab in the ribs and grinned at him.

Then she turned her attention back to the monitor again.

It showed Shawn Michaels and Christian involved in a fight.

Shawn was just getting ready to give Christian his 'sweet chin music.'

"Guess that's our cue." Tyson said. "Yeah I guess… let's get this over with…" Alexandria replied, her nervousness returning full force.

Tyson just ignored it and grabbed Alexi around the wrists, careful not to hurt her.

Then the two went down the ramp towards the ring and Alexi struggled and pretended that all of this happened against her will. Chris Masters followed shortly after them, his trademark grin on his face.

In the ring Shawn seemed to freeze when he saw Chris and Tyson Tomko dragging Alexi down towards the ring.

"And here comes the sweet chin music… I guess this will be the end of this fight. What do you think Coach?" Styles looked at his co-commentator, his eyes fixed to the scene in the ring.

"I'm not sure here Styles… I mean if HBK hits the sweet chin music then the match is over, you're right here, but Christian is a fine wrestler and he always has a few aces up his sleeve." As if to prove his words right, Coach suddenly saw Chris Masters, Tyson Tomko and a girl he had never seen before, appearing on the ramp.

"What the hell?" Styles exclaimed when he had spotted them too. He then turned his head towards the ring. "No, don't turn away from Christian, Shawn… you need to win the match first and then you can take care of Masters and Tomko…" He nearly screamed when he saw Shawn stiffen. HBK had seen and obviously recognised who was on that ramp. Shawn attempted to get out of the ring to get to the girl, who was still struggling against Tyson Tomko when he was attacked from behind by Christian.

Shawn staggered and Christian used his finisher, which was a success and then he pinned Shawn.

The referee counted to three and Christian had won the fight.

The fans booed but Chris Masters and Tyson Tomko, who were now standing beside the ring, only smirked and climbed into the ring too, dragging Alexi along with them and in the ring Tyson shoved Alexandria into Christian's arms.

"What the hell is going on here?" Coach questioned to nobody in particular, looking on between Chris Masters and Tyson Tomko, who were now attacking the still groggy Shawn who had just gotten to his feet and had attempted to get to Alexi. Then Coach's gaze went to Christian who held Alexi close.

The girl looked panicked and pummelled Christian's chest with her fists in an attempt to free herself but the big man was unconcerned by that.

Quite the contrary, Christian was just about to kiss her when he was suddenly knocked down and away from Alexi.

He looked around, surprised to see John Cena and Randy Orton standing in the ring. Alexi meanwhile was already kneeling beside Shawn because Tyson Tomko and Chris Masters had turned their attention to Randy and John.

"Who the hell is that girl? And what the hell is John Cena doing on RAW?" Styles looked at Coach and the man just shrugged helplessly and then looked back to the events in the ring.

"And why is Randy Orton helping HBK and John Cena?" He asked another question he knew wouldn't be answered too soon.

Right at that moment Tyson, Christian and Chris Masters started to attack Randy and John, thinking that Shawn was no threat to them right now.

John was able to give Tyson Tomko the FU and then threw him out of the ring.

Randy, meanwhile had a hard time dealing with Masters and Christian at the same time and had to take some punches from the two men, when suddenly Shawn was back on his feet, finally giving the sweet chin music to Christian. That gave Randy the chance to RKO Chris.

Christian and Chris thought it was better to join Tyson on the ramp and with a few curses and angry faces the two slowly walked up the ramp towards the backstage area but stopped in the middle to watch what was going on in the ring.

In the ring, Shawn, John and Randy hugged each other and started celebrating, the girl standing a little aside, giving the three men their space, until Shawn grabbed a microphone.

The audience, who had been screaming and cheering for the Heartbreak Kid, immediately fell silent when they saw HBK with the microphone in his hands.

He turned to Christian, Masters and Tyson Tomko.

"Well Christian, I hope this shows you to never mess with the Heartbreak Kid again…" Shawn exclaimed with a grin, his deep baritone echoing throughout the hall.

Then he walked over to Alexi who had recovered from her shock but was still a little pale and gave her a hug, leaving an arm around her shoulder, before he continued: "And Christian, I swear if you ever lay hands on my daughter again, then I'll hunt you down and make you really feel sorry… and believe me… I won't be alone on that mission. My daughter is off limits to you and your goons."

Christian's face appeared on the big titantron and even people who weren't able to read from the lips could tell that Christian was saying that this was far from over.

Coach and Styles meanwhile looked at each other in shock. They had needed a moment to recover their voice after Shawn's announcement.

"What the hell? HBK's daughter…" Coach said, shaking his head the whole time.

"I didn't even know he had a daughter, Styles…" He finally said.

"Me neither…"Styles agreed.

In the ring Shawn seemed satisfied that he had made his message clear and Tyson, Christian and Chris were finally in the backstage area because even though Christian had won the match, he felt like the loser.

HBK now turned his attention to the audience.

"Ladies and gentleman, now after that is said and cleared up, I'd like to introduce you to the first RAW draft pick: Current WWE Champion John Cena."

The audience erupted in cheers and applause.

"Wow… I certainly wasn't expecting this… John Cena is the first draft pick… seems like RAW hit the jackpot here…" Coach told Styles who could only nod in agreement.

Shawn had just handed the mic to John who waved in his 'you can't see me' way.

He had a huge grin on his face.

"Thanks for the nice introduction Shawn…" He said to the older man and then he turned to the audience again.

"Let me tell ya something people… it feels damn good to be here on RAW…"
The audience yelled, cheered and clapped even louder and the 'HBK' chants were replaced by 'Cena' chants.

"And now… as my first announcement here on RAW I want to tell all of the tag teams out there to watch out. I'm planning and I will do something that hasn't been done often before… I'm gonna get the Tag-Team belts in addition to my championship belt… and therefore I'd like to introduce my tag team partner and best friend Randy Orton, who will start his hunt for the Heavyweight Champion title soon… and in addition to that I probably want to introduce my new manager Alexandria Michaels, Shawn Michael's daughter…"
The audience fell silent, having no real idea how to react to that. Randy had been a heel in the weeks before his shoulder injury, who had been feuding with the Undertaker and with Batista. He had also been out of business for a while due to his shoulder-injury. To suddenly see him back, hunting the tag-team belts in a tag-team with Cena was something they hadn't been expecting.

But when they saw Randy and John hug each other they started cheering and when Alexi held both of their arms up in the air they chanted and screamed even louder if that was possible.

Coach and Styles hadn't said a word to each other because they were just speechless at what they were hearing.

But now they slowly recovered. "I don't believe that… this is a night of surprises. Shawn Michaels has a daughter… a very attractive one at that and John Cena has come to RAW, forming a dangerous tag team with the one and only Legend Killer Randy Orton who seems to have recovered from his shoulder injury…" Coach summarised everything they had just seen.

Styles nodded. "Well ladies and gentlemen, all I can say is that you better watch out… the next weeks on RAW are going to be a lot more interesting… but for today we're finished… see you next time…"
And with that and the pictures of Randy, John, Alexi and Shawn celebrating in the ring and on their way backstage this RAW episode went off air.

As soon as the cameras were out and Alexi and the others were behind the curtains, Randy hugged Alexandria.

"You were great love… and the audience loved you." He told his girlfriend.

John and Shawn smiled at the pair and looked at each other.

"Don't exaggerate, Randy. I guess I was okay though."
"You were brilliant my dear." Marissa told her daughter and walked over to Shawn who put an arm around his soon to be wife.

"I'm just glad that everything went that good. If not that would've been bad karma for the wedding… but now I need a shower." Alexi told her friends and brushed a strain of hair out of her face.

Randy grinned at her mischievously.

"Can I join you?" He asked innocently.

Alexandria blushed and poked Randy in the ribs.

"Stop that Randy…" She squealed. John and Marissa just laughed, while Shawn had a somewhat faked grin on his face at the thought of his daughter and Randy in the shower together.

"I guess that was our cue to leave the two young lovebirds alone… and we need to finish the wedding preparations." Marissa said and pulled Shawn and John down the hall with her, partly to give Randy and Alexandria a while alone and partly because there really needed to be made some preparations for the wedding which would take place about a week later since Marissa and Shawn had wanted to have the wedding as soon as possible and it had taken them about two weeks to prepare it. Sometimes Alexi was surprised how her mother had managed to pull that one off.

Alexi shook her head and watched her parents and John go.

"So what are we going to do tonight? I need some time off the wedding stress." Alexandria asked while the two walked over to Alexi's locker room hand in hand.

With a bright grin on his face, Randy leaned against the wall and waited for Alexi to see the envelope he had placed on her bag before the two had left for the show.

At this very moment, Alexandria indeed saw it.

"Huh? What is that?" She questioned, opening it curiously.

The two Metallica tickets with the backstage passes fell into her hands.

"Whoa… Randy?" Alexi questioned, speechless besides that.

Randy walked over to her and put her arms around her, placing his head on her shoulder.

"Well I wanted to give it to you as a gift for your recovery but I never found the right time to do it, so I thought I'd give it to you after your successful RAW premiere… and besides I had to give them to you since the concert is tonight. First I wanted one for the weekend after your operation but with everything that had happened I changed them to tickets for that concert."
Alexi turned in Randy's arms and kissed him passionately.

"Oh Randy I love you… and thank you so much… when are we going?" She asked happily, bouncing on her heels.

Randy laughed.

"You need to give credit for that to John too. He helped me get them."
"I will…" Alexi promised.

"Let me take a quick shower…" She said.

"Without you…" She added when she saw Randy's grin. "… and then we can go."
"Okay… I need to shower myself. So meet you in the lobby in half an hour?" Randy questioned.

"Yeah… see you then." Alexi acknowledged.

With a last kiss the two separated to meet half an hour later for the concert.

to be finished with the next chapter...