Take Care

The party was at its best, everyone having a good time. Kelly and Randy were taking pictures with everyone, talking to their family or old friends. They looked so happy and relived. John was sitting alone, waiting for his wife to come back to him. She had been gone for a while but he didn't want to get worried because he had no reason. Knowing Melina, she was probably talking with someone outside and she just forgot that time had flew fast. Going towards the bar he found Phill Brooks sitting there drinking his whisky. It was strange for him to drink, since he had always been a straight edge person.

"Hey man. Enjoying the party?" John asked as he set next to him. He tried to make Phill ignore his drink, getting him in a discussion.

"It's pretty alright, I guess. It's sad though for someone who doesn't have a partner." Phill said and drank from his whisky.

"There are a lot of single ladies around here, man. Why don't you go grab one?" John crossed his arms watching him putting the glass down.

"I don't want anyone." Phill looked at him. "Have you ever loved someone so much you just can't get that person out of your mind? And you see her in every woman you meet?"

Melina appeared in John's mind and he couldn't help but smile. "As a matter of fact I do and I'm married to her for a year now."

"It's nice to know! But how would you feel if the woman you love loves someone else?" Phill sighed. "Look man, I have nothing against you. I know you love Melina and you're married to her, but it's not nice what you did to a woman who could give her life to you." Phill stood up.

John frowned. "Excuse me, but I'm quite confused. What are you talking about?"

Phill shook his head. "In your desperate love for Melina, you hurt a woman who could give you anything, and yes I'm talking about Mickie. Now she's hurt and all she wants is you, rejecting everything that comes to her and it is not from you."

John stared at him for a while, and then he understood. This man loved Mickie, but unfortunately she didn't return her love. Now it's obvious why he started drinking since he wasn't pleased with his life. Poor man. "Look Phill I know I had done some mistakes in my life but I have always been specifically clear with Mickie and she always knew my feelings for Melina. When I dated her I did it because at that point I felt attracted to her even though I was confused. She's a big girl and she can get over it."

"No, John. A betrayed woman will never get over it. She will do anything to get her revenge. And all I want… is a little bit of her love. But she doesn't see me, damn it!" He hit the table.

"Your words scare me, man. Mickie is a pretty nice girl and she could never hurt anyone." John became nervous. He never wanted to hurt Mickie even though he knew he inevitably did it but he only tried to give him and Mickie a try, it just didn't work.

"That's what I hope." Phill said looking worried at John.

Melina was terrified having Mickie, drunk with a tried gun in front of her. All she wanted was her baby to be alright, it didn't matter if she needed to die. The baby must live!

"Please put that gun down, Mick. Let's talk this out!" Melina's voice was shaking and crying.

Mickie smirked. "Are you afraid now, darling? Are you scared I might take you the most precious thing you have, that fucking baby?" Mickie yelled. "With a boom I can get you rid of that bastard and I can get rid of you too, and I would live happily ever after with my man. You stole him from me!" Her voice was harsh, like she was spitting venom.

"No, Mickie, please listen to me. You're drunk, you need to rest! C'mon give me that gun and we will talk tomorrow, please." Melina took a step towards her.

"Don't move, bitch! Don't fucking move!" Mickie pulled the trigger.

Everyone heard it. Suddenly the music stopped and everyone just looked terrified at each other.

"What was that?" Kelly asked as she ran to Randy's arms.

"It sounded like a gun fire! Barbie stay here, I'll go see where that came from." Randy said as he was looking around.

"I can't find Melina. She said she's going to take some fresh air and she never came back." John said panicked, walking to Randy followed by Phill. "I have a bad feeling, man."

"God, please no…" Kelly whispered scared.

"Mickie, please don't do it!" Melina's crying voice had been heard from the terrace.

"Melina!" John shouted and ran outside followed by everyone. He walked on the terrace finding Melina on the edge of the stairs, crying scared while Mickie was holding the gun to her head.

"Mickie, please don't do it! Let's talk and solve this thing out!" John said making Mickie turn around scared.

"John… is that you, baby? Are you really going to tell everyone you love me and not her? I knew it baby, I knew it." She said smiling in tears, her voice showing her drunkenness.

"Give me the gun, Mickie and everything will be ok. Come on." He walked towards her.

"Are you going to marry me?" She asked smiling then her smile faded. "No! It's a trap. Stay right there!" She pulled the gun to him.

Phill walked from behind to grab Mickie. "You need help, Mick. C'mon let's not ruin their party. It's not fair."

"No! Stay right there! Why do you get involved? This has nothing to do with you!" Mickie shouted at Phill while keeping the gun to John.

"It does have to do with me, Mick. I love you and I want you safe. Please come with me and I'll take care of you. I will always love you, Mickie." Phill said warmly looking in her eyes, but he found nothing there.

"I don't give a fuck. I don't need your love! I want him! I want John Cena but he doesn't fucking want me!" She shouted crying, making everyone more terrified. "I loved this man, I gave him my heart, my mind, my reason to live but he just doesn't want me." She cried. "She stole him from me!" Mickie pointed with the gun to Melina.

"I am so sorry, Mickie." Melina cried also. "I never meant to hurt you, you were my friend and I love you. I never knew about your feelings for John." She sobbed.

"You're a liar! You're a big fucking liar. You always were a horrible friend! You stole my championship, because of you I've been fired from WWE, because of you I had no job. Why didn't you die that day when I pushed you off that bridge?" She screamed crying harder.

"What?" John asked, feeling his blood boiling. "It was you? You are responsible for her accident?" He was really mad now, how could she do that? Then he remembered Phill words and suddenly felt guilty.

"Yes, yes it was me god damn it! I pushed her and I would do it again. Do you wanna know why?" She turned back to John who came closer to her. "Why don't you love me, huh?" And suddenly, the gun shot John.

"John!" Melina screamed and ran to catch him. "Baby, no, God no, please baby hold on!" She said crying hard holding him close. When will this end forever? When will they ever be happy?

"I'm ok, Mel, calm down, I'm alright." He said breathing hard, holding his shoulder. "Don't stress too much, I don't wanna harm the baby." He held into her close.

"I'll call 911. She's insane!" Kelly said crying and shaking she took her phone.

"John I'm sorry i-I didn't do it I swear. The gun down loaded itself. I'm so sorry." Mickie said crying hard. "Baby I love you, please understand. I wanted to kill her not you. Please don't be mad at me, baby…." Mickie approached them crying. It was like someone lese replaced the Mickie they knew, and now this crazy woman was terrorizing them.

"Mickie, come with me, please." Phill came slowly and grabbed her arm gentle. "I'll protect you, ok?" Mickie looked at him and dropped the gun. "There you go, beautiful." He wiped away the tears. "Let's go, you're tired." She hugged him crying even harder. "Shh, it's ok Mickie, everything is over now. We're going home." He picked her up and walked through the people who were still in shock.

An ambulance came and took John as Randy and Kelly apologized and said goodbye to the guests. It was a hell of a party ending!

~ Next Day ~~

Cena's residence

It was a quiet afternoon as Melina and John didn't feel the need to get out of the bed since it was their free day. He had been bandaged on his right shoulder after the doctors concluded that the bullet just scratched his skin and nothing else had happened. Melina felt relieved and took her husband as soon as possible home for him to rest. It had been a peaceful night but she couldn't sleep at all. She tired to figure out if Mickie's words were real, if she really was guilty for all the bad luck in her former friend's life. She came to the conclusion that she was the only responsible for Mickie going like that and she hated herself for hurting so much her friend. John was still sleeping when she was sitting at the balcony, watching the sunrise. It was unusual for her to be awake so early but since she didn't sleep she was ready to take some major decisions in her life. She wanted to help Mickie somehow, even though because of her she lost her memory. Maybe she deserved it after all the bad things she had done to her.

"Mel, baby?" She heard her sweet husband's hoarse voice and she walked in the room. "What are you doing up so early, baby?" He tried to sit up, holding back his shoulder.

"Nothing, I just couldn't sleep. Actually I haven't slept all night." She said quietly sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Is something wrong? Do you feel sick? Should I call the doctor?" John started asking question and she just shook her head. "Then what is it?" He came closer to her.

"It's… it's about Mickie. I feel responsible for her situation and it was me who provoked that scene last night by not being a good friend to her." She said looking down, holding back the tears.

"That's not true, Mel. If anyone is guilty for that, that person is me. I made her think I have feelings for her when it wasn't true, I said some things to her that were obviously not meant to be said. Is my fault she tried to kill you that day, is my fault she lost her lucidity and I should feel bad, and I do feel bad about everything." John said and grabbed her small hands and kissed them. "You have nothing to do with this. You were a good friend to her, you listened to her, you were there for her, you supported her, you even were happy for her when she dated the man you love. You are such an amazing person; you have no reason to feel bad about anything, darling." He pulled her in his strong arms.

"Is not fair what's happening to her. I wanna help her." She said hugging on her husband, her face sinking on his safe shoulder.

"We will help her, Mel. Give her some time and she will be alright. She is a woman who loved too much and I'm the asshole who couldn't return her love because somebody else took my heart and never gave me back." John lifted her head and kisses her soft lips. "Mickie will be fine, you'll see. I just hope she will have the power to forgive me one day for hurting her." He stayed quiet for a while, lost in thoughts. "Can I ask you something?" He finally said looking at her. She nodded. "Did you know Mickie was the one who pushed you off the bridge that day?"

Melina stood up facing the window. "Yes I did as soon as I got my memory back. It seemed like I always knew but I just didn't want to admit it because it didn't make any sense in my head. I kept this a secret because I didn't want to make a big deal from this. After all it's Mickie and I care about her no matter what."

John also stood up and hugged her from behind. "You really are a great friend, Mel. I love you so much for your kindness." He kissed her cheek.

"I keep thinking about Phill. He looked like he was ready to fight anyone to defend her last night." Melina said turning around in his arms and checked on her husband's injury.

He moved a little his hand. "Ouch! I think Phill will be the one who will cure Mickie."

Melina smiled and kissed the lips of her beloved husband. Sometimes life was just doing it thing without carrying about people's intentions.

Later That Day….

Melina was sitting in the living room, reading one of her favorite books when she heard her husband coming downstairs. He was dressed in his casual clothes, but he looked like he was ready to go somewhere.

"Hey, are you going somewhere?" She asked while standing up from the sofa.

"Actually I am." John said and grabbed his car keys. "I called Kelly and she'll come visit you so you won't feel lonely." He kissed her lips. "I won't be long so if you need something or the baby does, just give me a call."

"Where are you going?" Melina followed him to the front door.

"To visit an old friend." He winked and got into his car.

Melina watched his car losing on the alley and she closed the door confused.

Kelly and Randy were having their first breakfast together since they were husband and wife. It had been such a peaceful and romantic morning totally different of the scene of last night. They decided not to think about it anymore since the wedding night should be a special one for them. Randy never felt more relieved in his life now that his angel became his wife. It looked like a perfect dream. It was nice to wake up next to her, feel her body anytime he wanted or he needed, listen to her laugh or simply enjoying her presence. It all completed a beautiful painting in which he felt the main character to admire it every single day.

"What are you thinking of?" He heard her voice as a sweet melody. There she was, in that beautiful morning sun, her green eyes showing so much love that words could never tell.

"I'm thinking of you and how beautiful you are." Randy smiled and grabbed her soft hand.

"But I'm right here, baby." She gave him her sweetest smile. "Why do you feel the need to think about me?"

"I never get enough of you." Randy said and returned her smile. "You're the most beautiful and perfect wife miss Orton." He chuckled.

Kelly felt her cheeks turning red. It was pretty amazing how he still had that effect on her since she was very used to him. "God I love you so much, I never get bored with you." She laughed. "It was a pretty beautiful wedding. I will remember it forever."

Randy drank a bit of his coffee. "I hope so because that was my intention." He chuckled. "Do you think Mickie is better now?"

"Oh God, don't remember me please." Kelly said and took a deep breath. "I still can't believe she did something like that to Mel. I mean I know they ended their friendship long time ago, but I never thought Mickie could do such a horrible thing." She shook her head.

"I feel bad for Phill, he has always been in love with her but she just doesn't want to face the truth." Randy added as he cleaned the table. "She needs medical attention really."

"I know, it's sad how things turn out to be someday." Kelly shrugged with a sad tone and Randy hugged her from behind.

"She'll be fine, you'll see." He kissed his cheek. "Did I tell you how much I love you?"

"Um, only 25 times today." Kelly laughed and turned around in his arms. "I need to hear it more and more." She said and started kissing him passionately. Randy picked her up and laid her on the table kissing her all over.

John parked his car in front of a huge fence which was hiding a big building surrounded by a lot of trees. He walked inside and on the alley there were a lot of benches and people sitting there. It was such a relaxing place that he didn't even hear the city noises anymore. It was like he walked into a sanctuary all peaceful with birds singing. As he walked more and more he approached a bench in which a woman was sitting alone. She was wearing a white dress sitting with the back to him.

"Hey, glad you came!" John heard a rough voice and turned around to find Phill walking towards him.

"Hey man! How is she?" John asked and approached the bench in which the woman was sitting.

"She's fine now. The doctor said she got over the trauma from last night. She needs some time… off." He said and looked at him. "How are you?"

"Oh me just fine. She didn't hurt me yesterday. Does she hear me… us?" John asked and stopped by the bench. It seemed like the woman wasn't paying attention. She kept looking at some birds which were playing in the sun and she didn't even blink.

"Yeah she does, but she barely speaks. Sometimes I talk to her and it seems like she's just in her own little world." Phill said with a faintly smile and John noticed the pain in his voice. "She needs time that's all."

"Can you, leave us alone, for a moment, if that's ok with you, of course?" John said and placed his hand on his shoulder. Phill looked at him and then at the woman who kept looking in empty space and with a nod he walked off.

John set next to the woman and gentle grabbed her hand. "Hey Mickie! It's me John, do you remember me?" He asked but Mickie didn't move a muscle. "I came here to apologize for everything I've done to you and to let you know that I will always care for you no matter what." He smiled and took away a strand out of her cheek. "You look beautiful and lucky to have Phill here with you." He smiled and looked around "It's a nice place for a hospital, really quiet. You must enjoy it."

"All I wanted was to be loved by you." She finally said and the words made John's heart beating fast. "I was horrible to Melina because I felt betrayed, because I felt my life was a total failure." Mickie looked at him with lucid eyes. "But Melina didn't have anything to do with me, with my career or with the man I had an obsession for. I feel horrible for everything I've done to you, guys. Now, that I got through that last night... I understood how wrong I was, how mean and how full of hate my heart and my mind had always been. I ruined Kelly's wedding, I made Melina forget who she was, I almost killed you and I will never forgive myself." A tear rolled down her cheek.

"Hey." He said and wiped away her tear. "Everything is over and nobody is mad at you." He looked in her hazel eyes and found a scared little girl who all she wanted was a little affection. "Will you ever forgive me for what I did to you?"

She nodded and then looked down. "I wish one day I could love and I could be loved by someone just like you and Melina love each other." Mickie said with a crying voice.

"You have Phill. Isn't he good enough for you?" John asked with a soft voice.

"Phill?" She laughed softly and wiped away her tears. "I am not good enough for him. But I will be. One day I will get over this and a new Mickie James will be born. Just wait and see."

John smiled and Mickie smiled also. "That's what I love to hear from my Mickie. We will be here for you, all of us. We are a big family and you are a part of it."

"How could I forget that?" Mickie asked and looked around. "Thank you for everything and tell Melina I'm sorry for the damage I caused her." She looked at him.

"Don't worry, she already forgot." He laughed and hugged her tight. "We will always take care of you, Mick. Always."

End of Chapter 22