Chapter 14
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Seany was standing in shock the entire time she watched Jesse walking down the hall towards her.
He was walking at a fast pace, making a B-line for Seany and Austin. Although Jesse might occasionally have to dodge a person, his eyes never left Seany and the baby in her arms. To be honest, this whole time Seany was frozen in fear, and Austin was sleeping as soundly as a rock.
Seany wondered why she didn't start to move sooner. She just sat there and watched him, almost horrified; remembering what he had done to her wrist while her pregnancy was still a secret. Austin was healthy, but there was no way his tiny body could withstand such abuse… So Seany stood looking at Jesse, like if she stared long enough he may just stop and start walking in a different direction. While she was doing this, she noticed an object that was glued firmly to his hand. Randy's video camera.
That video camera was the whole reason why Seany and Chris didn't have a "real" wedding. Why they ran off to Vegas and got married in a basically drive-through wedding chapel. No doubt Jesse and/or his aunt had taken the tape that day; and he probably knew and understood everything on it. And before Seany thought it couldn't get any worse.
It was then that the thought crossed her mind. Seany did still have the ability to walk; whether she used it or not though was the key. So then, when Jesse was about ten feet away, she turned and started walking away just slightly slower than he was. She picked up the pace as soon as his footsteps became too close behind her; but she wasn't lucky enough to escape his grasp when he reached out savagely for her arm.
Seany let out a high-pitched squeal; causing a superstar in front of her to spin around quickly. Somehow, which is a mystery to Seany, she was able to take advantage of Jesse's temporary loosening of his grip. She yanked her arm out of his fist, then taking a simple few quick steps and the superstar was like a huge wall between her and Jesse. It was then that she realized it was Kurt Angle that she had thrown into the action.
"Hey man, watch it." Kurt warned coldly, leaning over slightly to add intimidation to his voice. Obviously it didn't do much to scare Jesse.
Seany really didn't understand him. Sure he had some muscle; but he was mostly just somewhat tall and lanky. He was nothing compared to the superstars on the roster; especially not Kurt Angle. But he was still giving Kurt a dirty look as if he were bigger and better than the wrestler.
"How about you watch where you're standin', huh?" Jesse asked, brushing off his shirt as if the place where he accidentally hit Kurt was now infected, and a simple gesture could remove the disease. Silently Seany hid behind him, the top half of her face barely visible. She noticed Austin mutely opening his deep blue eyes, then yawning so cutely she would normally make a fuss over it. Now she merely smiled weakly and then nervously looked back over Kurt's shoulder.
"How about you shut your smart mouth before I break you in half?" Kurt asked in a growl, bringing his face closer to Jesse's and attempting to stare him down. Jesse closed more of the distance and gladly stared bitterly into Kurt's face.
"Just move out of the way."
Normally Kurt wouldn't give in so easily to such a loser like Jesse. Yet this time he was going on air in ten minutes; and he needed to just go and relax. Besides, he was wasting his time. Everyone knew that anybody could beat this guy in a fight. Yet this time, as he began to move sideways, Seany did manage to grab a corner of his shirt and tug it firmly in her direction.
"Don't leave me." Seany's voice was small, and her eyes were pleading with him when he looked over his large shoulders to see who it was. He looked surprised and confused as to what was going on. "Please don't leave us alone with him."
Now Seany and Kurt weren't as close as she and some of the other superstars were. But they had talked a few times, laughed about kids… He had to help out with his nieces and nephews every once in a while apparently, plus his own son and daughter. And he had of course given her advice between commercial breaks and stuff. He now looked back at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Us?" Kurt's eyes trailed down to the bundle in her arms. "Oh." Any other time he would have studied the child and talk with her about it; playing some games that the baby probably didn't understand yet. Now he only knew that this man was some kind of threat to Seany; who knew nothing about fighting… And Austin, who had probably never done anything to harm anyone in his short life so far.
"Just let me by."
"Obviously she doesn't want you near her and her baby." Kurt countered, now planting himself firmly between the two as if he were anchored there.
"It's my baby too, incase you didn't know."
"Oh, I'm sure." Kurt rolled his eyes, but Seany could tell that he wasn't one-hundred percent sure of what he was saying. You never really know people…
"I've got proof right here." Jesse held up Randy's video camera, just in the perfect time for John to snatch it out of his hands forcefully. Neither Seany nor Kurt had seen him coming, but as soon as John saw who Seany was surrounded by his pace quadrupled. His face was now filled with fury as he shoved the younger man away from Kurt and Seany.
"Get your ass away from here now before we kick it." John threatened in a snap, handing the camera to the safe Seany. She was now blocked by two guys; and it was next to impossible for the other man to get by them. Not to mention how John was viciously protecting Seany and Austin now as if they were his.
"Oh, that's really going to happen."
John took a quick step as if he were about to swing at Jesse; although he didn't so anything. Now it was apparently a fight; and now that John moved and somehow made Kurt shift, Seany and the baby were out in the open. Just her luck.
It happened to fast for Austin to even respond. All Seany new was that Jesse grabbed for him quickly and somewhat desperately, and she could feel him being ripped form her arms before she managed to push him into Kurt's without taking his arm out of the socket. John had no clue what had happened, but of course he knew that the other man must have done something to piss the woman off.
"You little bitch!" Seany screamed at him, slapping him hard across the face. Without hesitation she continued to hit him, not letting up and vowing not to give him any mercy until she passed out from beating him so long. Her hand was stinging from hitting his face so hard from both sides, but she was praying that it hurt him ten times worse. That would teach him to touch her baby.
Seany could hear John somewhere far away… Although he was only about three feet away from her, he was cheering her on, booing Jesse and laughing at the other man as she continued to 'whale' on him. She could hear Austin's whines, and Kurt trying to settle him down. This only fueled Seany's rage against her ex.
No one could believe what happened next. Nobody, not even Seany, glimpsed Jesse's palm flying towards her face. He hit her so hard she stumbled back a few feet, holding the already red place across her cheek. Just as quickly as before, when John was making his way to probably kill Jesse, Chris came out of nowhere and knocked him to the ground with one punch.
In a matter of milliseconds Chris was on top of him, hitting him as hard as he could. It was as if he had just snapped, and he probably no doubt would have killed him if the newly arriving Dave wouldn't have pulled him off of Jesse's body and bleeding nose. John soon got the sense knocked back into him, and helped drag the Chris down the hall while he was still roaring a stream of curses at Jesse.
Later that night…
Austin hadn't been hurt at all.
It turned out that Jesse had just pulled the corner of his blanket out from around his body; un-tucking the fabric. Seany was still too shaken up to even comprehend what had taken place; Demi was worrying a fit over the boy and Haidie was the one to keep her head level and actually take care of him. They had left the building immediately; thank goodness none of them were booked; and headed for the hotel. Austin had been taken from Seany as soon as they had reached the car, and she hadn't stopped shaking since.
As Seany sat in one of the plush chairs in the corner, Randy sat on a corner of the bed while looking over the camcorder. He was constantly rewinding it and playing Seany's confession over and over again; of course being the place that Jesse had left the tape on.
Fractions of a second after Chris had been forced off of the other man, if you can call him that, Randy walked over to help Seany out. Or at least that's what John had ordered him to do. Instead, he walked over to Jesse; whose face was already starting to bruise and his lip was cut; and noticed his camcorder. "Oh, my camera." Randy stated simply, leaning over and picking the item away from Jesse, then taking Seany by the wrist of her sleeve and guiding her through the glass double doors.
"Stupid mother fu-" The rest of Chris's furious curse was muffled by the sound of another object breaking against the wall. He and John were located across the hall in another room they had reserved; and none of the women had been allowed in there ever since the two entered. Dave closed the door behind him as he entered Seany's room, and Chris's livid shouts appeared to be distant once more.
"Don't worry Sean, He'll be fine" Dave assured her as he walked by her slowly, brushing her bangs away from the now exhausted woman's face. "He's just scared for you, that's all."
"He sure doesn't sound scared." Seany replied, in a distressed tone. She lightly rested her head on Dave's shoulder when he sat beside her. She sighed. "I mean it's bad enough… I'm already freaking out, and he's just making it worse."
"Seany, you should know him better than that. The only person he tells how he really feels is you. He doesn't even tell his mom."
"I've never met his mom…" Seany thought aloud, as if suddenly realizing it. Of course she had thought about it from time to time, but it was just now hitting her as she sat up straight again.
"She lives in North Carolina." Dave informed her matter-of-factly.
"See, you know more about him than I do."
"Seany…" Dave shook his head and rolled his eyes jokingly. "You know Chris. It's the whole rich kid hates his parents thing. Besides, the woman's not the best in the world… And you know that's a lot coming from me."
Seany just smiled weakly and nodded as she curled into a ball in the corner of the chair. Demi was finally calming down, and she and Haidie had been able to lull the baby back to sleep. Besides that fact, only the thought of Chris was the only thing that was keeping her awake… She just wanted to pass out and forget about the world for a while. But of course her nerves always got the best of her.
"Hey, you just need to get some rest." Dave reassured her as he stood up. "Look, I'll go calm those two animals down. Don't worry about it, ok? Chris'll be back over here in no time."
"I'm just… Worried about him." Seany admitted, rolling over onto her back. The ceiling was a plain cream color that matched the comforter on the beds. She had never painted a ceiling before; but that wasn't exactly something to be thinking about at the moment. "He could get in so much trouble."
Dave shook his head as he smiled slightly. "It's all taken care of. Teddy called while you were all zoned out in the car… Kurt stood up for you. That kid was going to press charges, but when they countered with a threat for charges against him he dropped everything." He explained, walking towards the door once more. "Just don't worry about it; everything will be fine."