Randy had the worlds largest headache. Between Jeff's episode from the previous night and planning the wedding, he felt like he was about to snap. He buried his face in his hands. Jeff, Katie and Matt were trying to do the seating arrangements for the reception. They had a list of the guests in front of them, which showed Randy that they knew way too many people. Between the wrestlers in the WWE, some from TNA, friends outside the business and some members of their families (more of Jeff's were coming than Randy's), this thing was going to either turn into a the biggest party of the year, or the biggest disaster of the year. Randy hadn't decided which yet.
"We cannot put Phil near Miz and Morrison," Katie told Jeff. "Don't you remember what happened at our reception?"
Jeff nodded. "Yeah. Phil thought he was the Gingerbread Man and he started running around like an idiot. I thought it was funny."
"It actually was kind of funny," Matt admitted. "If we put those three dummys together, we won't have to pay for any kind of entertainment. They'll provide it to us for free."
"What do you think Randy?" Katie asked.
"I think I need an aspirin right now," Randy replied. He rubbed his temples gently. "This shit is giving me a headache."
Jeff frowned. "Well it's nice to know planning our wedding gives you a headache. I hate to see what's going to happen the actual day of the damn thing."
"I just don't see why it matters where people sit!" Randy complained. "Let them sit wherever the hell they want. We've got a week until this damn thing takes place and we've got catering, cake and housing issues to take care of. People are going to start arriving in about five days and where in the hell are they going to stay? Cameron has like one motel. That's not going to be enough."
"Well Mark, Glenn, John, Mickie, Phil and Kofi are staying with us," Jeff said. "Ted, Cody, Morrison, Miz and Lillian are staying with Matt and Katie. My family is staying with my dad. Shannon and Shane are going to house some of the other wrestlers. Some are going to the motel and some are going to stay in Raleigh and just drive here the morning of the wedding."
Well that was lovely. As much as Randy loved his friends, staying in one house with a group of him scared him to death. They were fucking crazy. His cell phone went off and he answered it. "Hello?"
"Hey it's Tommy."
Randy frowned. Why would Dreamer be calling him. And why did he sound like he was about to deliver some bad news? "Hey. What's up?"
"I was uh…talking to Raven this morning. He told me something that he uh…probably should have brought up sooner."
"Is it about the favor?" Randy asked. He looked at Matt. Matt's eyes widened in understanding. Katie and Jeff just looked confused.
Tommy sighed. "No. It's worse. It's about X."
"What about him?" Randy didn't want to know though. He wanted to hang up right then and there. He sensed that it was going to be very bad.
"X…he um…he had AIDS."
Randy was wrong. This wasn't bad; this was fucking HORRIBLE news. "No," he moaned. "No, no no! Damn it Tommy! Tell me you're joking right now! Tell me this is a fucking sick ass joke."
"I wish I could," Tommy said regretfully. "I thought Raven was just fucking with me. But Sandman's new girlfriend is a nurse and she checked it out for me. X did have AIDS. I'm sorry dude, but you guys needed to know. You need to get Jeff tested."
"Oh God," Randy whispered as he hung up the phone. He didn't know what to do. This was not the news they needed right now.
"What's wrong?" Jeff asked. "What favor did Tommy need?"
Randy shook his head. "It's not Tommy that needs the favor. It's Raven, but he's not cashing it in yet."
"We had to go to Raven to save you from X," Matt quickly explained to Jeff.
"Oh," Jeff said. "Then what's wrong then? You look like Tommy gave you a death sentence."
No, it's worse than that, Randy thought to himself. "Raven told Tommy something about X. Something we didn't know before. Tommy checked out the information and it's true."
"What information?" Jeff asked quietly. He looked directly into Randy's eyes. "Come on Randy, you're really scaring me. What did Tommy find out about X?"
Randy looked down. He didn't want to say it. He couldn't bear to say it, but he did. "He found out that X had AIDS."
The room went deathly quiet. Jeff, Katie and Matt just stared at Randy. Nobody said anything for several minutes. Then Jeff stood up slowly. He looked like he was in a state of shock. "I have to go check the mail," he mumbled quietly. He walked out of the room, his legs shaking the entire time.
Katie sighed and ran her hand through her hair. "We need to get him tested," she said quietly.
"AIDS won't show up on test for several months," Matt said. He looked as shocked as Jeff had. "It's only been a few days. It won't mean anything yet."
Randy put his head on the table. "What are we going to do now?" he asked. "How are we supposed to fix this?"
Katie and Matt didn't say anything. They didn't have the answers to those questions. There was nobody in the world who could answer those questions for him.