Chapter 5- Seth and Randy's School
It took Kane around fifteen minutes of driving to the Lawler &Ross private school although he barely remember the route because he had never been to his brother's school before. The owners of the school, Mr. Jerry Lawler and his partner Jim Ross were good friends of the McMahon family .
Kane parked his car in front of the school building where a lot of other children gathering with their parents, and he noticed something that quite caught his attention. As he was unlocking the door for the kids to come out, he saw in the distance a blonde-haired man wearing a glittering jacket over his suit , and he was talking to an old man with his kid that Kane guessed around Randy's age. Kane assumed the blonde man was probably a teacher judging from the way he communicate with the parent with his hand kept petting the kid as if was complimenting him. But he looked more like a douchebag with his gel-slicked hair facing upwards and the annoying glitters on his suit jacket. Was that really a type of private school teacher? Kane wondered.
"I'll pick you up at 2 o'clock," Kane informed Randy before he went out of the car, followed by Seth. When the two boys got out, Kane noticed the weird blonde guy he saw earlier had shifted his attention towards him and his brothers, suddenly waved at him.
"Who's that?" Kane asked.
"That was Mr. Jericho. He was the school principle," Randy groaned .
"Did he always wearing that glitter jacket? " Kane asked again.
Randy nodded. "All the time. He thought it made him look like a rock star,"He said.
"He's always picking fights with Daddy and Mommy, " Seth interrupted, "Daddy hate him. They used to attend the same school,"
"Really? Why was that? " Kane was surprised. He had never heard Hunter or Stephanie mentioning the principle at home.
"Cause he sucks, " Randy said, "Dad says he's a wannabe rock star. Mr Jericho had his own podcast and always forced us to listen to his show. It was terrible. And that was his favorite student John Cena, " He pointed to the kid that Mr. Jericho was talking to.
"Is he in your class Randy? " Kane was getting more interested. He saw Mr. Jericho had finished his business with the Cena kid and now was making his way towards them.
"He's the class president. Every year he won the election, no one had ever beat him," Randy grumbled, "And he had this sort of followers ,like a fan club that called themselves Cenation. You know, the type that lived by the moral code, the never give up sort of thing. Their slogan was so stupid, "
"Hustle, loyalty, respect," Seth added, "That was what Mr Jericho keep saying in his speech when he adressed John,"
"Damn right it sounded like dumbass," Kane agreed.
"Hello gentlemen," Mr Jericho approached them, eyeing Kane up and down. " I see you are the new driver," He smiled, "Where's the handsome Mr. Maddox? "
"He's our brother, " Randy corrected, " Our driver had just gotten fired. Maybe your turn is coming soon? "
Mr Jericho smirked. "How nice of you wishing me a good day, " He said with sarcasm, then extended his hand to Kane. " My name is Chris Jericho and I'm the school principle. ' He introduced himself with a bragging voice.
"Kane. I'm their brother." Kane replied coldly, refused to shake the man's hand. On the closer look, Kane guessed he was just around Hunter's age.
"So you are the eldest Helmsley," Jericho said with a snicker, "You are really the spitting image of your daddy, I guess, "
"I'm running late , Mr. Jericho, Now will you please excuse me, I need to get going now, " Kane said, "I will see you both after school." He adressed Seth and Randy before he turned to get into his car.
"Bye Kane, " Seth called out before he headed out towards his class .
Just then, another boy came running towards Randy,waving at him wildly. He was tall and quite big for his age, and Randy shrieked when he saw him. "Dave! "
"Come on Randy, lets race to Mr. Cole's class," The boy said and Randy immediately ran off with him. Kane recognized the boy, it was Dave Batista, Randy's best friend.
"Actually Mr. Kane, I was really looking forward to meet your parents today because I had something to discuss about your little brothers here, "Mr Jericho said, "What a -"
Kane cut him off. "Whatever you want to talk about them, you can give my mom or dad a call, because I have my own school to attend, So yeah catch up with you later Mr. Jericho? " With that, he rolled his window off and sped away from the school.
* five hours later*
Kane returned to the school in the afternoon as he had promised, and he waited impatiently inside the car as he watched the kids swarming out of the class to their parents who were waiting outside. He could only hope the annoying Jericho did not re-emerge or he might end up like the poor Bryan kid and Stephanie might as well deport him to Middle East by tomorrow.
He saw Seth in the distance , talking to a couple of boys he assumed were his bestfriends before they separated ways and waved each other good bye. Seth was making his way to Kane's car when someone blocked his way. The kid that stood up in his way looked like a messed wreck - uncombed auburn hair and wrinkled,unkept school uniform without the jacket and he seemed to exchange few rough verbal words with Seth. "What the hell was that? " Kane wondered as he saw the arguement between Seth and the kid was getting heated.
He was about to step out of the car when he saw Randy with his friend Dave came along , confronting the boy who was arguing with Seth. He interfered their conversation and seemingly wanted to get physical as Kane noticed he was raising his hand. And just in time, another boy appeared from among the crowded kids, who was looking as big as Randy's friend Dave. The newcomer seemed to be siding with the messy kid, and he saw Randy and Seth retreated a few steps behind. The big kid and his friend still watching as Seth and Randy made their way to Kane's car, while Dave went to his own parents.
"What was that? " Kane asked once Seth and Randy jumped inside the car.
"That were Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns," Seth said, "They are my classmates. Roman is the bigger one,"
"Really? " Kane was surprised, "Are you sure he was just 7 years old? He looked as big as Dave,"
"He's a Samoan, his family genetics are naturally big, " Randy said, "Didn't you remember them Kane ?They used to be Seth's bestfriends,"
"Yeah, " Seth confirmed," I used to invite them to our house. I don't know what happened . Suddenly Dean hated me for no reason and always picking fights with me. Roman stick to him,"
Kane shook his head. He could not recall either of the kids. " Maybe you hurt Dean or something?" He asked.
" No, " Seth denied. " He began to change when I made a new friend. He was jealous of me hanging with Mike Mizanin and Dolph Ziggler. Thats when Dean always snapped out at me. And Roman always sided with him. Lately Dean was getting more aggresive,"
"The kid is unstable, " Randy said, "Dave told me his parents were divorced. His father was a mental patient. His mom owned a chain hotel, though,"
"No wonder, " Kane said, "He looked like a train wreck."
"Mr. Jericho says he want to see mom and Dad. He had tried calling them but they did not answer," Randy changed the subject.
" If he called me, i would not pick up either, " Kane said, "He was really weird. What kind of a school head dressing like a wannabe rock star?"
"He always tried to hit on Mom, " Randy chuckled, " And Dad was really pissed off ,"
"I'll let them know he's looking for them," Kane said.
"Kane? " Suddenly Seth asked.
"Yeah? "
"Do you really have to go to the military school? " Seth asked innocently.
Kane was stunned for awhile. "I guess. Daddy really pissed at me, " He laughed. "Why? "
"I'm sorry you have to go there, " Seth said. "And it was our fault, " He sounded so crestfallen that Kane was clueless of what to say.
"I'm sorry too, Kane." Randy chimed in sadly.
"Hey, don't worry. I really deserved it anyway, I've been bad a lot," Kane smiled.
They spent the rest of the trip home in awkward silence.