Your Memory Still Lurks

As much as the time was passing Melina was more and more attached to John Morrison. They were together everywhere, on the road, on their free times, on tours, on the meetings. Melina felt she really belonged with Morrison, but somehow as much as she tried John was still somewhere inside her head. Of course, Morrison never knew anything, but inside Melina was a true battle of John and Morrison. She tried hard to figure it out if Morrison was her true love and John was just a stupid obsession, or there was something she didn't remember well. It still hurt Melina what Mickie had told her a while now and since then she decided to respect John's decision and never got close to him. This definitely was a hard decision to take since John kept calling and asking her out, as friends of course. But Melina always turned him down. She didn't want to betray Mickie or to make John even more confused.

But that was past; now she was in her mini-vacation with Morrison, back in their hometown in L.A and she didn't want to think again about John or her confused feelings. Being with her fiancé, she enjoyed every minute of her free time, he always made her feel loved, appreciated, spoiled. No tours, no training, no stress, just a bunch of full time to waste it relaxing for her and for her man. Morrison was holding her close him, while they were laying in the swing at Melina's mansion. Her mother was out shopping with Melina's older brother and they had plenty of time to just lay there having a good time.

"You know baby girl." Morrison said looking at his lazy Melina as she was cuddling more in his strong arms. "I was thinking of a date for our wedding and it came out this great idea. Why don't we get married these days, here in L.A?" He continued his idea with a big grin on his face.

Melina stood up quickly, feeling like she just stopped breathing. "What?" Was all she could say, still in shock. Somehow, she just understood she wasn't ready to get married. Not until she'll figured out who's the man she really loved. "We can't John. I mean it's too soon. I need my dress done and we need to call out our friends. I want everyone to be there, and well the tours keep them busy. Plus, I don't know if mom will be ok with it, since she doesn't feel alright with her disease." Melina made up quick excuses. No, she couldn't get married. She just couldn't.

Morrison shook his head and stood up. "Look Mel, we don't need all of these people at our wedding. We can make a small one here, just two of us and our parents, and well when we'll get to the others we'll make another one, a bigger one for them too. What do you say?" He asked her wrapping his hands around her, but his touch made Melina shiver. She moved out of the way, still very worried. "I don't know John, I'll think about it, ok? Don't rush me, please." She said and made her way inside, she really needed some time alone now. She was very confused, if she loved Morrison just like she claimed she did, why wasn't she ready to be his wife? Had John's presence in her head had such a big impact that she just couldn't settle her life anymore?

It was getting harder and harder for Kelly to get over her biggest deception of her life. Sunny days for Kelly were only normal days that were passing slowly and still remembering her of Randy. Even though they've been together for a short period of time, she still couldn't believe how quickly everything turned down. That day, it should have been their 1 year anniversary, but in reality it was just another day. And it hurt her more than anything. Dave had, once again ruined her life. He only caused her damage. Beside the fact he raped her, he also destroyed the most precious things she had ever had: Randy's trust and affection. There were times when she asked herself if Randy really trusted her in any way or if he really loved her. It was strange how he turned her back on her, and didn't even give her time to explain herself. Also, he started ruining his own life with drugs and cheap women when he could just listen to her, and help her get over this trauma she was now living on. But he didn't give them any other chance so she will prove him how wrong he was. The next day she was ready to go and talk to a detective to help her show everyone what a monster Dave Batista was. John promised her he'll come too and that helped her relaxing a bit. She knew she could risk her life to stop that psycho however she was ready to do it. Without Randy she was empty, anyway.

"Wait, Mel, calm down a little bit and tell me again." Mickie spoke at the phone with a big smirk on her face.

"Mickie, c'mon! I already told you. Morrison wants the wedding this week and I'm not sure if I wanna get married so soon." A very worried Melina said at the other line.

"Why not Mel? You've been together for a while now and it's about time." Mickie said picturing them already married.

"I know Mick, but I just feel like I'm not ready yet. I don't know, I'm confused, plus… oh Mickie I can trust you right?"

"Of course you can, girl. I will help you. Tell me." Mickie said curious.

"Well… I think I'm in love with another man." She confessed embarrassed.

"What? Who is he? Do I know him?" Of course she knew who the man was, and that's why she needed to do something faster.

"Well.. um you don't know him anyway. It's a guy I met here in LA… years ago." Melina lied. She didn't want to hurt Mickie by telling her she's in love with her boyfriend. She would never do that, never. "The problem is, he is already in a relationship and I don't know Mick, it's complicated…"

Mickie quickly understood what she had to do. "Mel, honey, listen to me. That man, whoever he is, you need to forget about him. If he is in a relationship be sure he has no feelings for you, because if he had he would be with you not with somebody else." Mickie smirked. "My advice is you should marry Morrison as soon as possible, because you know for sure he would do anything for you and he won't betray you or let something bad happen to you. "

Melina stood silent for a few thinking. "You think so, Mick?"

"Definitely! That man will never appreciate you Mel instead Morrison will. Marry him, girl. You will be the happiest and the most loved person on Earth." Mickie told her drinking a little more of her red wine.

"You're right, Mick. I'll do it. Thank you for the advice, it means a lot. I'll go tell John. Talk soon. Bye" Melina hanged up

"You're welcome, bye" Mickie also hanged up. "Bingo!" She smirked. "It's just a matter of time until you're gonna be Mrs. Morrison and John will have no choice but get back to mine." She laughed.

Next Day….

Kelly was already dressed up, waiting for John to come to her hotel room to pick her up. It was the day they should met with the detective and she was nervous. She decided to wear some casual jeans and a nice red shirt that remembered her of Randy. She wore it in that Christmas night when they both lost control and…Knock, knock, the door took her out of her thoughts. John had arrived already and she quickly took her purse and opened the door.

"Morning Barbie! You look cure, like always." He smiled polite and Kelly hugged him. "The detective waits for us at the police department, how do you feel?" John asked as they both made their way out of the hotel room.

"Bad. Nervous. But ready to make justice. Dave needs to pay for all the damage he had done to me, John. This kind of stuff shouldn't wait anymore." Kelly said with a worried look.

"I know, it's alright. You're doing the right thing, Barbie. I'm proud of you and Melina would be too if she was here." John smiled sad putting his hands on his jeans' pockets. It's been almost 2 weeks since he tried to talk to Melina but she kept saying she's busy and her cold attitude left him confused.

"Hey don't talk like that John. She's alive and hopefully will remember the right things. Have you talked to her? How's your plan going?" Kelly asked curious as they stopped at the elevator.

"Bad. I haven't talked to her since a while now. I don't know if she's alright or not. She avoids me, and now I found out she took some time off leaving with Morrison to her hometown. When am I supposed to talk to her or conquer her if I don't even have the time to see her?" John looked down taking a deep breath. "Maybe I should give up, maybe that's the way it should be." He complained.

"Don't say that John. Melina loves you but all she needs is time. I would have talked to her about this but I haven't seen her either. She keeps her phone off." Kelly shrugged feeling bad.

"I miss her so much, Barbie. I'm sick of dealing with this pain. Why can't things go better for once in my damn life?" John said hopeless, almost in tears. His blue eyes were reflecting a sorrow that made Kelly ask herself how John could handle such dealing.

"Calm down, John. I miss her too." Kelly hugged John. Melina's absence made him so vulnerable. He looked tired almost all of the time and he even lost weight. His strong arms weren't that strong anymore, Kelly noticed. She believed that he wasn't even sleeping at nights, and she wondered how he could look so fresh and happy on the shows. He was slowly destroying himself just like Randy was doing, but John chose to carry his pain in silence, while Randy adopted a rebellious attitude. Thinking again of Randy, Kelly felt sad once more. Why the good people always had to suffer?

"Well, well, well. Look, isn't this cute?" Both John and Kelly broke their hug when they heard the ironical voice talking. They turned around and they found a very cocky Randy Orton with arms crossed at his chest staying a few steps away.

"Randy don't! Is not what you think." John begun but he understood quickly that his words were worthless.

"You think I'm blind or stupid Cena, huh? I know what you two did behind my back. "He snapped looking at both Kelly and John, then he moved his angry eyes at Kelly. "You pretend you're the good girl around here, you gained my trust and my love then threw them away sleeping around with Dave, and then what did you do? Run quickly in the arms of this poor shattered Cena, for what? Consoling him while you suck him, huh?"

"Randy that's dis-"John had been cut off by Kelly who got in Randy's face and slapped him as hard as she could. She had enough!

"That's it, Randy! I'm sick of you disrespecting me!" Kelly snapped hysterical, while Randy looked at her holding back his face. "Why don't you see I'm dying here without you, why don't you see that I've been a victim of Dave? Why are you so dumb, why is it so hard to believe me, Randy?" Kelly cried.

"Because you're not the first one who did this to me Barbara, but I swore you'd be the last one." Randy said slowly with a poisoned voice. "Let me tell you a nice story, that I'm sure you're little friend here knows it. Years ago I've been married to a woman who was just like you, screaming out load that she loved me. I trusted her and I loved her, because she looked honest. I must say, not as much as I loved you though. I quickly married her. I was 22 and she was 21 when the wedding took place. Soon after that, she was pregnant with my kid. I was the happiest man on Earth. All I cared about that time was her and the baby we were about to have. But after a few months I found out something horrible." Randy stopped looking down then up at Kelly who never left watching him. "She was a sociopath. Behind my back she was fucking with others too, she had other 3 kids with men who had died in suspicious circumstances. She lied I was the first one in her life and I fucking believed her. When I found out the truth I confronted her and she tried to kill me, stabbing me with a knife. I fought her but in our altercation she accidentally stabbed herself and died, also killing our unborn baby. I've been accused of murder but it was proved I was innocent. That was the cruelest part of my life. She left me with nothing. Since that moment I swore myself I would never trust any other woman until I met you. You were so different of she that you fucking made it. You made me trust again." He said with an emotional tone, as a tear rolled down his cheek. He wiped it away quickly. He didn't want to show his weakness but the story took up all the sorrow he buried years ago. Kelly's been crying hearing the tragic story and couldn't help but hug Randy tight, crying more. He loved him now more than ever.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner, Randy? What happened to you is unbelievable." She sobbed looking in his unreadable eyes while hugging him.

"Why, Barbara? If I would have told you about this you would feel pity for me and wouldn't have fucked Dave? Thanks, but no thanks." He pushed her away and made his way to his room, slamming the door.

"Randy!" Kelly cried his name, but he was already gone. John caught her, when she was about to fall on her kneels.

"It's ok Barbie, calm down. Let's go we have a meeting." He said and took her out to his car.

End of Chapter 16.

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