so now, you are about to read the last installment for this fic, Not So Sweet Beginnings... hope you do like it!
"Now are you going to tell me what just happened moments ago?" Trish asked as she faced Stacy on the park bench.
"What?" Stacy asked innocently as if she doesn't know what Trish was talking about. She never met Trish's eyes.
"Um, no point denying Stace. I think you and Randy have some issues to settle." Trish told her.
"Oh don't we always?" Stacy asked sarcastically.
"I remember you promised to tell me what was going on last night right before the party just started." Trish said and Stacy didn't answer. So Trish continued. "Stace come on. You and Randy just got together for like what? Twenty-four hours? Why so fickle-minded?" Trish asked her trying to make her talk about what happened.
"I thought you've already accepted that there some things that are just not meant to be?" Stacy asked her in return.
"I did until I saw you at the park with him! You looked so happy!" Trish reasoned.
"There are people who'd get hurt if we do end up together." Stacy said thinking of Dave. "And there are people who would do anything just to break us up." She continued with Torrie on her mind.
"But don't you think it's time to think of yourself too? Randy obviously doesn't want to give up on the two of you." Trish said trying to convince her.
"Oh you got Randy all wrong! He did give up on me! And he'd give up on me again." Trish handed her a fortune cookie. Stacy broke it and took the paper and threw it away without reading it.
"Stace, love has Its ups and downs... Twists and turns... love leaves you pain, teaches you until you learn and even if it takes long, it always takes you to where you belong!" Trish told her.
"Wow Trish, that's really deep." Stacy said as she looked at Trish with surprised eyes.
"And your lucky numbers are 8, 9, 18 and 56." Trish said smiling and handed her a piece of paper that Stacy recognized is fromthe fortune cookie.
"Whatever. It's your life, your decision. Not mine." Trish just said and walked away. "But if you ever need a friend you know where to find me."
"I need to make up my mind now. I don't want this to go on forever." Stacy said to herself and pulled herself together and headed back home. Then she felt the piece of paper still in her hand and she threw it away. She spent the whole day sulking in her room. Her mom knocked on her door a couple of times to ask her if she was alright and would always get Stacy's same answer.
"I'm okay."
"Randy, I'm worried about Stacy." Stacy's mom said over the phone.
"What happened to her?" Randy asked hurriedly.
"She won't leave her room and she doesn't even want to talk to me. Did something happened between the two of you?" Stacy's mom asked. She had always thought that Randy and Stacy is a great match and she was very happy when she learned that the two started going out few days ago.
Randy sighed deeply before speaking again. "Can I speak to her Mrs. Keibler?" Randy asked.
"Okay, I'll try." Stacy's mom said half-heartedly.
"Stace honey someone on the phone wants to talk to you." She said.
"Tell them to call back again later." She said wearily.
"Honey, it's Randy. He wants to talk to you." Stacy's mom called out.
"On second thought mom, tell him to not call again later or ever again." Stacy said and took in a deep breath. If she was going to completely erase Randy from her system, she'd better start now.
"Why couldn't I be like Lucy who gets her memory erased when she goes to sleep?" Stacy asked stupidly as she looked at a DVD of 50 First Dates from her bedroom floor.
"I'm sorry Randy but she just doesn't want to talk to you. Maybe later." Stacy's mom said in a resigned voice.
Hours had past and the hour hand of the clock was nearing six. Stacy decided to go out of her room but before she could turn the knob open, her mom knocked again.
"Stace, someone's looking for you downstairs." She said in a soft voice.
"If its Randy, tell him that I'm not going to see him or the most talk to him." Stacy said.
"No, it's not Randy honey. It's Dave…"
"Do you ever think those two would end up together?" Trish asked John.
"Hon, you should stop thinking about their life. It's theirs not ours." John answered in a control voice.
"Sorry babe. I know you're getting tired of hearing me say these things over and over again." Trish apologized as she sat on John's lap and touched the tip of his nose.
"It's alright." John said.
"It's just that I couldn't help it. I'm an only child and so is Stacy and we treat each other like sisters. And I feel like an older sister trying to look after her happiness." Trish explained.
"Don't worry Trish, Stacy will find her true happiness and happy ending on her own. Trust me." John assured her.
"I hope so." Trish said.
Mrs. Keibler's face lit up when Stacy opened the door. She looked terrible. Stacy's hair was a mess and it was all tangled. Her eyes were red with crying.
"Oh my! What happened to you?" Stacy's mom asked hurriedly.
"Nothing. Tell Dave I'll be down after a minute." Stacy said.
"Stace?" a familiar masculine voice said from her left.
"Dave. I… I'll be down in a minute. I'll just go fix myself." Stacy said and tried to return to her room but Dave got hold of her arm and stopped her.
"I'll leave you two to talk." Stacy's mom said and left.
"I know what's been bothering you. It's Orton." Dave said straight to the point.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Stacy denied.
"No point pretending Stace. You know that. I know you." Dave said.
"So?" Stacy asked. "What do you want me to do now?" Stacy asked, daring Dave.
"I want you to go into your room and fix yourself and get dressed. We're going out tonight. I've already asked your mom's permission." Dave said and gave Stacy a slight push.
"But… but. What makes you think---" Stacy said but was cut off by Dave when he put a finger to her lips.
"I… I am gonna make you forget about Randy." Dave said in a voice that she couldn't tell if he was making a promise to her. Stacy looked at Dave's clothes and went inside her room. She rummaged through her clothes to find the perfect one to match Dave's. She quickly fixed herself but didn't put on any make up and got dressed. She went downstairs and saw Dave staring at her.
"You look awesome." He said gently and after saying goodbye to Stacy's mom, the two drove off to a famous posh bar of their city.
Like a true gentleman, Dave opened the car door for her, offered her a seat after finding a vacant table. A pair of eyes was looking at them ever since the pair entered the structure. He was looking on with envy, jealousy and sadness. It was Randy Orton who was sitting at the dark side of the bar, trying to hide form the rest of the crowd.
"One more vodka martini. Straight." Randy told the bartender.
Dave looked around the bar for some people whom he might know. And as he looked at the far end of the bar, he saw Randy. He turned to look at Stacy again. She has her head down fiddling with her fingers.
Moments had passed and Stacy was now playing with her pina colada staring blankly into space. Dave suddenly felt guilty. He promised Stacy to give her a time of her life but it ended with Stacy getting bored.
"Hey you wanna dance?" Dave asked suddenly out of the blue. Stacy who was startled, ended up saying no far too soon.
"No thanks." Stacy blushed when she realized what just happened.
"You'll never be happy with me Stace. Even if we end up together again, he'd still always have your heart." Dave thought as he looked at Randy who looked like was about to cry. He fixed his sight on Randy for a while and Randy turned to look at them. When randy realized that Dave was looking at him, he quickly turned away.
"I hope you'll find happiness in him Stace." He thought once again.
"Um, Stace, would you like another drink?" Dave asked slowly.
"Oh, ok." Stacy replied.
"Okay, I'll get you another one." Dave said and stood up. "And Stace, you should know that Randy would never want to cheat on you, it was Torrie's plan because she wants Randy." Dave said and walked away before Stacy could ask him what was that all about. Dave told the bartender what he want and went over to Randy with the newly filled glass in his hand.
"If you let go of Stacy one more time, I'm never giving her back to you." Dave said to Randy. Randy looked at him surprise clearly on his eyes.
"Go on!" Dave said and gave Randy a very controlled smile. "She loves you."
"Thanks man." Randy just said because he doesn't know what else to say. What else can you say when someone just gave the girl up for you? Dave handed him the glass and Randy patted Dave's back and walked towards Stacy.
"One gin tonic." Dave said to the bar tender and occupied Randy's empty seat.
Randy placed the drink beside Stacy's hand. Stacy looked up expecting to see Dave but was shock to see Randy.
"Would you like to dance?" Randy asked hopefully as he offered a hand to her. And as if fate played a role that night, the music turned to a slow music. Stacy's eyes darted quickly to the bar and saw Dave raising a glass to her and smiling at her.
"Go." Dave mouthed. Stacy looked at Randy again and his hand. She slowly gave his hand to him and Randy led her to the dancefloor gently. They swayed together with the music. Stacy never looked at Randy the whole time. Randy on the other hand kept his eyes on her all the time.
"Can you give me one more chance?" Randy asked slowly.
"Huh?" Stacy didn't know what to say.
"Stace, can we start all over again? I won't mess things up again." Randy promised like a little kid. Stacy chuckled softly.
"Is that a yes?" Randy asked eagerly. Stacy looked at Dave's seat and saw that he was starting to leave and gave them one more smile before walking away. Tears were starting to form on her eyes.
"You still want me…" Randy said trying to return her attention to him and making things lighter by laughing things off.
"What makes you so sure about that Orton?" Stacy said in an expressionless voice
"A little bee whispered it in my ear." Randy said and looked at Dave's leaving back.
"You're still so cocky Orton." Stacy said and gave him a smile.
"Yeah, but this cocky and arrogant Randy Orton loves you very much." Randy said, he was glad it was dark because everyone would make a good laugh out of Randy Orton blushing because of one girl.
"I love you too." Stacy said and kissed Randy on the lips.
"Love really leads you to where you belong..." Randy whispered huskily. Stacy looked at him questioningly. she had heard that line before. Randy then showeed her a piece of paper from a fortune cookie.
"But I've thrown that fortune away." Stacy said.
"What do you mean? What are you talking about?" Randy asked confusedly.
"I got that message that morning when Trish gave me a fortune cookie." Stacy reasoned.
"But i got this from the cookie I ate this afternoon..." Randy said confusely. They both understand without saying to each other what's on their minds. Fate has made numbers of moves to make them both see that they are meant to be with each other. And that night, it was a message from two fortune cookies saying, No matter if love takes long, it always leads you to where you belong. And they lived happily ever after.
And if you're wondering about Dave and Torrie, well, Dave decided togive a chanceon him and Torrie to make her straight and stop her from messing Randy and Stacy's life. And guess what? They lived happily ever after too!
THE END
a/n: ok so now that's the end for this fic! how was it? i hope you liked it! r&r guys! watch out for a new fic aight!