Chapter 5: Secrets, Reconciliation, and Christmas Miracles
Author's notes: GO CALLIE AND MAEVE!! Okay, here we go, it's time to start, Chapter 5, the secrets out of the bag, everything goes nuts…
???: Randy, why are you doing my author's intro?
Randy: Um…cause I thought it would be a change?
Callie comes out of shadows: Well try not so much enthusiasm…we don't want the viewers to get TOO excited….
Later that night, at Callisto's house…
Callisto and Maeve walked in, and Callisto's Golden Retriever Buck, went straight up and started jumping on both of them. "Buck, quit it!" The dog immediately stopped jumping and trotted in front of them. "Dad, you home?" Callisto called out. "Yeah, I'm here!" They walked into the kitchen and saw him standing in front of the television. "Buck's been jumping all night; we both were watching your comeback on the television, and he's been waiting for you to come home." Callisto smirked. "That's Buck for you."
"Maeve, are you staying the night?" "Ya, Uncle Glenn, we've decided to stay here for a week or two." "Okay then, I have to go to the airport tonight so I can make the next Raw. Me, Mark and Sara will be going out to our cousins for a Christmas thing down south, so we'll be gone for the same time you'll be here." Callisto smiled. "I'll make sure to keep the place clean, Daddy." Glenn smiled, and grabbed his luggage from the stairs. "I'll be seeing you at work, after Christmas, okay?" He hugged Callisto and Maeve, gave Callisto a kiss on the cheek, and then ruffled Bucks fur. He walked out the door, and Callisto noticed the box on the table addressed to her. It was from Sharon.
The two of them set their luggage down and went into the living room where they sat on the couch. Callisto ripped the box open, and saw a videotape, a small photo album, and finally some letters addressed to herself, Maeve and Glenn. She popped the video into the entertainment center, and saw black for a few moments on the TV screen. Maeve seemed uninterested, until the face came up. "Oh…my…god…" It was Cecilia. Callisto and Maeve's mother.
Cecilia smiled at them. "I'm sorry if I startled either of you. I just wanted to talk to you, and tell you a little secret. I'm still alive, girls." Callisto and Maeve both started to cry; Maeve, little, Callisto, bawling. "I originally only had those letters and photos, but after I saw you're debut into Wrestling, wanted so much to see you again. Callisto…My little cute devil. I'm so proud of you. You've done so much in the wrestling business, and you've done a lot for our family as well. I've also seen what's been developing between you and Randy Orton. He's a sweetheart, and you two are perfect together."
Callisto chuckled, blowing her nose. "Maeve, you are such a prankster. I'm very proud of you, too. Winning those intergender titles, working with John and Dave." Cecilia smiled. "Don't get so stressed, Maeve. You are a bright star, shine your light!" Maeve wiped her own tears. "Now, I don't want either of your fathers to know, but I'm planning to drop by for a visit. I love you both."
As the image faded away, Callisto was torn between tears and laughs. She managed to do both, still very excited by the good news. She turned to her sister and was amazed by her emotions. Maeve's eyes were darted, tears were running down her face but she looked ready to explode. Feeling Callie's gaze on her she wiped her tears furiously and stood up, walking back and forth. She looked scary.
'' Don't you think it's great Maeve? I mean we'll get to see mommy, she's not dead at all.''
'' What part of it seems like good news to you huh? I can't believe her. For twenty-two years I grew up thinking my mother was dead. And now, to top that, I learn that she left father and me to hook up with your dad. She got you; she still left, pretending she died. That's twice a betrayal, twice a rejection for me. She said she followed our lives, easy for her to say that. OH, since her best friend was the one raising you, she probably knew every little thing about you. But what about me? She didn't have the courtesy of letting one of her friends behind to take care of daddy and me. We were left alone. I was left alone. All these years around the world, crying every night before going to sleep, wishing upon the stars for the only thing I've been denied all my life, a mother. To know that she was alive, just lurking somewhere for God-Know-Why reasons is killing me. She rejected me? Then I reject her. I learned to live without a mother and I'm fine with it, I don't need one right now.''
Tears began to fall again and Callisto just stared at her, speechless. So much anger, so much pain, she had no idea how to help her sister. But Maeve didn't want any help, not yet anyway. She took her car's keys and stormed out.
Callie sighed and picked up her cell phone that was ringing. It was Randy.
'' Hey beauty! What's up? Are you two all right? You left the arena and we had no idea where to look for you.''
'' I'm ok Randy, but I'm afraid Maeve's not. I don't know what got into her.''
'' Well, the break-up has been terrible on both of them. I can tell, John won't even talk about it.''
'' Break-up? WHAT? Wasn't it just a change of storyline for Maeve? ''
'' Initially, yes. But they had a fight that very same day, they haven't spoken yet. I saw Maeve all through the last weeks, she gets sadder and weaker. The only one who is able to make her smile anymore is Dave. But they have to be careful, Dave likes her more and more and she's getting affectionate with him. I'm afraid they will end up hurting each other. Haven't you talk about it with her?''
'' Didn't had time to, she just left. Where's Dave now?''
'' In the hotel room with me. Why you're asking?''
'' Because I'm trying to figure out where she is. I have never seen her in such anger Randy, I have no clue what she will do...''
Randy smiled from his hotel room. "Don't worry about it, Callie Bear. Dave is going to go look for her. I'm just wondering if you're all right."
Callisto smiled. "I'm fine. I…I wanted to know if you could come here. I really need to talk to someone, and Maeve left…and it is almost Christmas."
Randy grinned again. "Give me your address."
Elsewhere…
Maeve had the music blaring until she got to the gym. It was dark, quiet, and well, not too welcoming. She walked in, silently, and saw John. Maeve started to cry as soon as she saw him. Then she saw Christy Hemme walk up to him and start talking with him. Maeve's fist clenched, and she fought herself not to go over there. "Are you all right?"
Maeve whirled around at the unknown voice, and smiled when she saw who it belonged to. "Dave…You scared me…how'd you know where to find me?"
He smiled. "It was hard not to hear your truck when it was passing by. Come on, I'll take you to coffee." Maeve took one last glance over at John, and then reluctantly walked with Dave.
They sat in the booth of the restaurant, both sipping on coffee. "I wanted to talk to you about you and John." Maeve's eyes widened at Dave's words. "Why?"
"Because you need to realize that you two shouldn't be fighting at all. You want to know why Christy was talking to him today?"
"Because she's an uptight bitch who doesn't know where to pick her fights?"
Dave sighed. "She was talking to him for the same reason I'm talking to you right now. You and John belong together, and you still don't realize it."
Maeve couldn't believe what was coming out of his mouth. Now, Christy and John should be here soon. Are you going to try to talk to him, or are our efforts for nothing?" Maeve sighed, and saw the two come in. John saw her, and immediately went out. Maeve ran out and yelled after him.
"John, Wait!" He turned around, as the snow was falling. "What do you want now?" "I need to talk to you about…us." John sighed, and nodded. "All right, Shadow Lady, We'll talk." Maeve sighed back at him. "I miss you…and I miss being with you…When I was with you, everything never mattered, as long as you were there beside me. I always felt protected and safe when I was around you. John, I don't want that feeling to go away. Please, John, I need you with me still. Please, I need to hear your voice, I need to know that I can always talk to you if something's wrong, I need to be able to love again!" John was only half listening until the last part. He looked up at the sky at the stars, and then nodded. He walked over to Maeve and they kissed. Dave and Christy smiled and clinked their coffee cups together for a job well done.
Maeve and John drove back to Callisto's, and when they got in, they saw Callisto cuddling with Randy on the couch. They were both asleep, and two cups of hot chocolate were sitting on the coffee table. "They look so cute together…Mom was right." John turned back to Maeve. "You're mom? I thought she was…you know, gone?" "She sent us a video and I got a little bit cross with Callisto tonight." "Well, I guess he's staying for a while. There's all his luggage over there." John pointed to the 2 large bags in the corner. "You want to stay for Christmas too?" John smiled. "Of course."
The next morning, Callisto awoke in Randy's arms, and she smiled, getting up carefully. She started to make breakfast, and it reminded her so much of how her and Jeff used to wake up. She cried softly for a few moments, then went on with making breakfast. A short while later, A form came down the stairs. "Hey Sis. What's up?" Callisto saw Maeve, and scratched her head. "I'm fine." "Listen, I'm sorry about last night…I was a bit too mad at you, and it wasn't really your fault." Callisto smiled. "It's okay. I'm sorry I never talked to you about mom." Maeve and Callisto hugged, and Callisto finally finished making breakfast. "Me and John made up last night." Callisto smiled. "That's great!" They sat down and Callisto got out a bowl of Frosted Flakes, and started eating them. "So John's staying for Christmas too?" "Yeah…And you know what that means…" Callisto grinned. "Last minute Christmas shopping!"
Randy's head rose from the couch, smiling. "How are you two this morning?" "We're good. How about you?" Randy shrugged, yawning. He kissed Callisto on the cheek, and grabbed a bowl. "Fine, Fine. I'm supposing you're going out Christmas shopping?" They nodded. "Well, I'll drag John out of bed so me and him can go too. We'll be going in separate vehicles, of course." They all nodded, and went to go get dressed.
Half an hour later, Callisto and Maeve were browsing the local Wal-Mart. "Well, what do you think we should get them?" "I don't know…Jersey's for John, Stuff for Randy, I guess." They sighed, and walked off in different directions.
Later that night…(It's two nights before Xmas in the story, By the way )
The tree had been set up, and everything was under the tree. Callisto and Maeve went up to bed, while John and Randy were drinking coffee downstairs. "So what do you want to happen on Raw?" "Well, I'm thinking that I'll come out and say that I want Maeve back, and then…well…I've got a little surprise for Xmas…" John pulled something out from under the table, and Randy's eyes widened. "So why did you almost break up with Maeve?" "We never really broke up, I needed to stall for time. I just need to stall enough time until I think I'm ready to do this. Stephanie's supposed to have those new things on Raw, So I'll wait until that's done."
Christmas Eve…
Callisto spied at the presents, something she'd done since she was a little girl, and shook them. "I wrapped them enough so that they won't rattle." Callisto turned and saw Randy smiling at her. "But since it is so close to Christmas…I guess you can open it." Callisto tore off the wrapping, and her eyes widened. "Oh my god! Thank you so much!!" It was a guitar signed by all the members of Papa Roach, one of Callisto's favorite bands. Randy smiled. "I do have another gift for you, though." Randy leaned over and kissed her.
The next morning, Callisto and Maeve were looking at all the presents. "Hey, there's two more!" Callisto looked at them, strangely, and saw they were for her and Maeve. She tore off the wrapping and saw that hers was a large amount of drawings done by her when she was in high school. "I thought Sharon threw these all out…" Maeve opened hers, finding another large amount of her own dark poetry and art. "This is strange."
John took a look at it. "Who's it from?" "It doesn't say…But these presents weren't here last night…" Callisto said, weirded out.
Maeve took a look outside, and thought she saw something. She blinked and looked again, and whatever she thought was there was now gone. Strange, Maeve thought. That looked like Mom. She heard Buck bark, and the doorbell rang. Callisto walked over to the front door and told Buck to quiet down as she opened the door. When she got the door open, Callisto's heart skipped. "Callisto. I'm so glad to see you!" It was Sharon. "What are you doing here, Sharon?" "I just came to drop off something, I left my copy of the house keys back at my apartment, and I thought I should bring them back. You are aware about your visitor, last night?" Callisto's eyes twitched. "What visitor?" Sharon went close and whispered softly. "Your mother thought that she should bring your old stuff back. You'll find some things in those presents that you thought you'd lost." Sharon dropped the keys, and smiled. "Merry Christmas, Callisto."
Callisto: Ooh…scary… Maeve: Callie, it's supposed to be Christmas! Not freaking HALLOWEEN!!!
Callisto: X3 So, You and John are back together, next chapter Stephanie introduces some cool new women's titles, and some interesting stuff's going to happen with John and Maeve!
Randy cuts in out of nowhere: Be sure to stay tuned for the next episode of Family Matters!!! Evil laugh
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