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Chapter 2 : Shopping, Dinner and The Cutting Edge.
"Ok. Who else do you need help buying for?"
"Help? Help? Excuse me Jenni but a bonafide 'Legend Killer' like myself does not need help with anything." Randy said arrogantly.
"Then 'Mr Legend Killer' tell me what the hell it is I'm doing in St Louis when I could have gone back to New York?"
"Well Jen the answer is simple. I want you here."
"You want me here?" Jennifer asked with a slight smile.
"Yes I do and you should know Jenni, I always get what I want," Randy's arrogant smirk still in place he finished, "besides you aren't going anywhere until you tell me what you want for Christmas."
She smiled at him before speaking, "No your right I'm not because back to what I was saying earlier you're a lousy present buyer."
"I am not! I have bought some fantastic presents over the years."
"Oh really?" Jennifer asked amusement clear in her voice. "Three years ago you bought Becky and jumper two sizes too small."
"Hey my sister loves that sweater; she still wears it because it's so tight."
"That same year," Jenni cut in as if he hadn't said anything, "you bought your younger brother Nathan a leather jacket that had 'boys will be boys' written on the back."
"Hey," Randy began indignantly, "Nathan got a lot of offers in that jacket."
"Yes he did," Jennifer agreed, "he got lots of offers…from blokes."
"Hey whatever way my brother wants to swing is fine by me."
"You know Randy that is very commendable," she said seriously, "I mean you got clothes that caused lots of guys to check out both your brother and your sister. I don't know how you do it Randy I mean; if I had a younger sibling, a sister especially, just the idea of lots of guys, probably older guys, checking her out and leering at her…well I don't know if I could handle that let alone encourage it. You are certainly a better person than I am."
Randy looked more than slightly sickened at what she had said.
"Ok so duffle coats all round this year."
Jennifer laughed at him before taking his arm and pulling him towards a coffee shop.
"Before we do anything else, you are gonna buy your favourite girl a Caramel Latte."
"Fine by me, I've only got my mom to buy for now anyway."
"Don't worry I've already got an idea for your mum."
"Oh great, I'll get Sams' another time. She already told me what she wants-"
Randy was cut off by Jenni putting a hand on his knee and speaking.
"Let me guess. Her Ladyship wants something expensive, flashy and then when people notice it she can say, 'Oh my fiancé got it for me, he's a professional wrestler you know?' something like that was it?"
Randy rolled his eyes at Jennifer's smirk but didn't comment because in his opinion she was far too close to the truth. Far too close.
A little while later Randy and Jennifer jumped into his car and headed off to Randy's parents house.
"Anyone home?" Randy shouted upon entering.
"In here bro!" Came a masculine voice from the sitting room.
"Hey Nathan."
The three greeted eachm other before Nathan asked, "Dude what's in the bag?"
"Never you mind," Randy said running up the stairs.
"Don't worry Nate," Jennifer said, "I didn't let him pick out your present."
Nathan let out a relieved sigh, "Thank God for that. Mitchell still doesn't believe I don't bat for the other team, that stupid jacket ruined me."
They laughed together while walking into the kitchen. In there they saw the Matriarch of the Orton family. Elaine Orton.
"Oh finally, your back. I was starting to worry. The city isn't as safe as it use to be."
"Yeah I know Elaine." Jenni said. "If only we were professional wrestlers who knew how to handle ourselves. Darn it."
Elaine laughed a little before saying, "It's that kind of blasé attitude that is going to get you into trouble one of these days."
"When are you two back in work?" Elaine asked while Nathan walked away to search the fridge.
"We have three days but don't worry, I'm outta your hair tomorrow. I'm going up to Tampa to see Adam before flying to the arena for the Survivor Series last minute preparations."
"'Outta my hair,' honestly Jennifer we see you as family. You know we all love having you here."
"Damn right," Nathan chimed in, his head inside the fridge. "The possibility of walking in on you in the shower is much higher if your actually here."
"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that."
Randy, Jennifer, Nathan, Elaine and Bob were all sat around the dining room table eating a gorgeous dinner. Becky was out with her 'friend' Matt, whom Randy insisted wasn't good enough to stand in her shadow so that left the rest of them talking about the WWE.
"Well Randy I have to admit, I'm quite looking forward to you turning on me in the New Year." Bob said to his son.
"Me as well but, we don't know if it's for sure yet. It'd be good if it was though. You could feel the power of the RKO."
"I tell ya son, if that happens you'll be feeling my fist."
A little while later Bob began asking about the renovations Randy was having on his house.
"I spoke to the Architect and the builders earlier and they think that the work should be finished by the end of January."
"So it'll be done in about April then?" Jenni asked with a smirk.
"At the earliest, my guess is June. I'm thinking off running a pool on it. I could make a fortune."
"Oh you should definitely do that. Remember how much Adam and Jay made when they ran a pool about when Shelton was finally gonna ask Christy out." Jenni said enthusiastically.
"Not to mention how much they made on the pool about when Shelton and Christy would finally admit to being a couple. The drinks where definitely on those two for a while," Randy said in near hysterics.
"But it all paled in comparison as to how much they made about when they were gonna split up. That was the most bankable break-up in history. I think it might have even beaten Donald Trumpsdivorce," Jennifer said wiping tears of laughter from her eyes. "Now that's a payday."
The laughter from the table was cut off when there was an angry knocking on the front door. Nathan went to answer it and came back in with a soaking wet Samantha who was ranting about people not opening doors fast enough when it was pouring with rain.
"Hey bro did anyone order a pissed off fiancé?" Nathan asked.
"Hey Sam," Randy said standing up to greet her, "I wasn't expecting to see you tonight."
"Yes well, I was bored with my sister so I came to see you."
Randy nodded but Jenni made a comment.
"So you came to see Randy out of boredom? Well that's love for you right there." Jennifer said dryly.
"Excuse me little British girl I wasn't talking to you," Samantha said haughtily.
"No you weren't. You've rather rudely ignored the rest of the room since you walked in and put your muddy boots on the Persian Rug." Jennifer spoke in a friendly tone but the cold look on her face was obvious.
"Why are you even here? What you don't have your own life to live so you inject yourself in Randy's?"
Jenni's eyes narrowed but before she could say anything Randy spoke.
"Please guys not right now ok? It's been a long day. Save the arguments for another time."
The two girls glared at each other for a second but Jenni relented and turned to face Elaine. "Do you need me to help you with the dishes?" She didn't wait for an answer before picking up the plates and briskly walking into the kitchen.
In the dining room Randy and his father shared a look, Samantha stood on the spot defiantly and Nathan had a smile on his face.
"Well tonight just got interesting."
Elaine watched as Jennifer loaded plates in the dishwasher, to anyone watching she might have seemed normal but Elaine had known Jennifer for too long to be fooled by the calm act she was putting on.
"You shouldn't let her get to you," Elaine said softly.
"What are you talking about? She doesn't get to me."
"Jennifer, she tries to get a rise out of you. It's not often she succeeds; tonight however she has you so tightly wound that my good china is baring the brunt."
Elaine watched Jennifer's shoulders relax slightly and waited for her to speak. However Jennifer stayed quiet while she moved over and began making coffee.
Elaine sighed before moving to the cupboard and retrieving enough mugs for everyone.
It's going to be a long night.
Randy was pacing in front of the bed in his childhood room while Samantha sat in an armchair in the corner pouting up at her fiancé.
"Oh come on baby. You know she started it. She always starts it."
"She does not."
"Yes she does. I see her sometimes looking at me like she wants to kill me."
Randy laughed at the idea of Jenni killing anyone. She was definitely a tough girl who took crap from no-one but the idea of her killing someone was ridiculous.
"Why are you laughing at me?" She demanded.
"I'm not laughing at you. I'm laughing at the idea of Jenni killing anyone."
"You don't see the looks she gives me."
"Yes I do. I also see the looks you give her. If you think the looks she gives you are 'I'm gonna kill you looks' then you should pay more attention to the looks that you give her."
"Why what looks do I give her?"
"Looks that scream; 'I want you hung, drawn and quartered'."
Randy sighed before sitting on the bed. The family plus Jenni and Sam had sat in the T.V room for an uncomfortable hour before Jenni announced that she was going to bed before catching her early morning flight to Florida to see Adam.
Samantha moved over and kneeled in front of her fiancé, still pouting slightly.
"I just don't see why your still friends with her. I mean it's not like you need her-"
"Oh for Gods sake Sam! I am not going over this with you again. She's my best friend; if it wasn't for her I would go completely insane on the road. If you can't find a way to get along with her then we are gonna have a major problem." Randy said angrily, not even trying to keep his voice down.
Samantha stood up and started shouting.
"What do you mean we'll have a problem? Just because that jealous cow can't stand seeing you happy!"
"What the HELL are you on about?"
"Well come on Randy it's obvious. She's jealous that you have a great life. You have family, you have friends and you have a girlfriend. What does that stupid cow have?"
Randy was shouting now not caring about waking up anyone who might be asleep. "She has amazing friends; she's got me, Adam, Melina, John, Chris, Jay and lots of other mates. She has family. We're her family, my mom and dad treat her like a daughter, Becky thinks of her as a big sister and Nathan……well Nathan lusts after her but that's bound to happen because she's gorgeous. And as far as having a girlfriend goes, she doesn'tdo females but if you mean boyfriend, then no she doesn't have one, because she doesn't want one."
He was panting after saying most of that in one breath and Sam looked on the verge of tears but he wasn't finished.
"Sam maybe you're the one that's jealous. I mean why wouldn't you be? She has a great career, while your own father won't give even you a job in his company. She gets paid for travelling the world and pretty much everyone that meets her love her, while you tend to come off as a bitch."
"I don't come off as a bitch."
"Sam cast your mind back. When you and Jenni first met each other she was being really nice, making an effort to get to know you but all you could do was snipe at her and generally, like I said, be a bitch."
Before she could say anything he stormed over to the door but turned back and said one last thing before stomping downstairs. "Oh and Sam, you better get use to her because she's not going anywhere."
Randy left the house entirely and walked into the garden. He sat down on a large swing in front of a flowerbed that his mother had planted and lost himself in thought.
In truth he had no idea why he snapped the way he did. He was angry, of course he was, but the way he started shouting was a little uncalled for.
On the other hand he didn't know how much more of this he could take. Jenni and Sam had never got along and he knew that it was unlikely that they would but since the engagement things had stepped up a gear with Sam in the driving seat.
Jenni was an opinionated person who said what she thought but she had always bit her tongue and stopped before things got too out of hand with Sam, knowing that it would hurt Randy. Sam however was not as diplomatic and since the engagement her snide comments and rudeness had gotten to the point where she spent half of the time she had with him complaining that he didn't need Jenni, that she was someone he shouldn't associate with.
In truth, it was beginning to annoy the hell out of him and tonight she pushed him a little too far.
After a while Randy began to realise just how cold it was. Winter combined with the late hour meant that sitting outside, without even wearing a jacket, wasn't so much silly as it was down right stupid.
After pausing in the hallway for a moment he moved quietly up the stairs and stopped in front of one of the guest rooms. The same one that Jenni always used.
He opened the door quietly, not wanting to wake her if she was asleep. Seeing no movement from the bed he just stood and watched her for a moment. She looked peaceful when she was asleep, more so than any other time. As happy- go-lucky an image she liked to portray to her friends, Randy knew there was sadness in her, even if she never talked about it. He guessed it had something to do with her family in England that she, as far as he knew, hadn't seen or spoken to since her mother's funeral when she was seventeen. He had many times tried to get her to talk about them but she always insisted that nothing need be said and considering how stubborn she could be he would always let it go.
He closed the door quietly and went back downstairs to put the T.V on. He had fallen asleep before even selecting a channel.
"The Cutting Edge."
"That's it! It's gonna be great, Vince is definitely going to be happy."
Jennifer sat with Adam Copeland going over the final ideas for his new segment for Raw. 'The Cutting Edge' was a way for him to stay on TV through his minor injury.
"Thanks for your help on this Jenni, I'm the first to admit I'm not the most creative person in the world," Adam said laughing.
"Not a problem. Tell ya what, you go and ring the boss and I'll go make us a snack, deal?"
Adam nodded his head before walking over to the phone while Jennifer went into his kitchen. Fifteen minutes later the pair was sitting at his breakfast bar eating a fully loaded sandwich and talking about nothing in particular.
The conversation was put to an end by Jennifer's phone emitting the sound of Kanye West's Gold Digger. She checked the caller id before smiling and answering.
"Hey Randy!"
"Hey Jen, how's my favourite girl today?"
"Never better babe how 'bout you? How's my favourite overly arrogant, can't take no for an answer with a strange addiction to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, best friend?
"I'll give you the Red Hot Chilli Peppers bit, I'll even give you can't take no for an answer but I am not overly arrogant. I just happen to know that I am better than everyone else. Just because a closed-minded person like you perceives that as arrogance, well quite frankly Jen that's your problem.
"Arrogance is in the eye of the beholder, you mean?"
"Couldn't have put it better myself."
"Couldn't? Careful babe you sound humble."
"Ha Ha. Anyway back to more important issues, how's the home wrecker?"
"Adam? Oh he's fine. I'll give him your best wishes."
"You better not or we are gonna have a Canadian Blonde problem in our relationship."
"Randy is there a point to this call?"
"No, but then again there isn't a point to most of our phone calls."
"That's true."
"When you coming back?"
"I'm not; I'll see you at the arena for the last minute Survivor prep."
"Oh. Yeah alright I guess. Oh Nathan says hello by the way, and he's saying, oh hang on a sec, what did you just say Nate? You there Jen?"
"Yeah I'm here."
"He said that he's sorry for the shower thing yesterday morning. What was the shower thing?"
"Typical Nathan stuff."
"You mean he walked in on you?"
"Pretty much."
"Okay Jen, I've gotta go kill my perverted brother, I'll see you in a couple of days, yeah?"
"Yeah see you Randy, oh and go easy on Nate, with someone as beautiful as me he couldn't help but be drawn to the shower."
"I'll bear that in mind Jen. Bye."
"Bye babe."
Jennifer disconnected the call and turned to Adam who was looking at her curiously.
"Walked in on you in the shower?"
Jennifer laughed a little before confirming it.
"Oh yeah, he does it all the time."
"Doesn't it bother you?" Adam asked.
"No not really, it did the first few times but," she didn't finish the sentence but instead said, "It annoys the hell out of Randy though. He say's hi by the way."
Adam laughed before saying, "Doubt it."
"What d'ya mean?" Jennifer smiled.
"Well he's good friends with Matt, considers me a home wrecker and he hates us being friends."
Jennifer laughed a little, "He doesn't hate us being friends," she insisted.
"Jenni, that's the fourth time he has called you today and it's the fourth time that it was for no reason whatsoever."
"Well he always rings me for no reason whatsoever."
"Jenni its fine. I don't mind him hating me, I'm not his biggest fan either so…"
"Ok fine he doesn't like you, he doesn't trust you and can't work out why I spend any time on you," Jennifer admitted.
"Do you feel better having gotten that off your chest?"
"Much. Thanks."
"Good, now that we have that out of the way, what do you know about the new make-up girl for Raw? Is she single?"
Right Guys there's Chapter 2. I wasn't too thrilled with the last bit but...there you go. Let me know what you think please guys.
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