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Chapter 18 - Holy Matrimony
"Attention ladies and Gentleman. Flight 587 to St. Louis, Missouri is now boarding Rows 1-6. Please make your way to the gate thank you." the lady announced over the speakers at the airport
"Come on boys that us" I said standing up, pulling the Red Sox cap I had borrowed from John and picking up my carry on slinging it on my shoulder. I turned round to look at him and Dave who looked half dead, Dave had flown in from a Smackdown house show so he could join John and I on our route to St. Louis for Randy's wedding.
"No kidding" I heard John mumbled standing up and stretching
"Em, how can you be so upbeat this time of the morning?" Dave yawned standing up also
"Cause I'm excited, not everyday one of your best buds get married, now come on before they start yelling for us" I said, starting to walk away
"This is gonna be long flight if she's gonna be like this" John whispered to Dave in which I heard
"I heard that" I said pointing at him turning on my heels, he just his tongue out at me
"Immature" I muttered to myself as I began to walk away again
"If you're gonna be mean I want my hat back" I heard him shout, I shook my head to myself while proceeding to walk.
On the plane I was sat between them with Dave on my left next to the window and John on my right next to the aisle.
"Is Randy picking us up?" John asked either me or Dave I shrugged not knowing before Dave answered
"Yeah, gotta call him when we land" Dave answered before John's phone started ringing
"Maybe that's him now wondering where we are" I joked casing Dave to chuckle, I took off John's hat and placed in my bag under my seat reminding myself to it back to him later.
"I can't talk about this right now..I'm on a plane.. You know where I'm going..Randy's wedding.." John said in his conversation, he had an angry tone to his voice which is not like him, it takes a lot to piss John off he's pretty easy going guy. I burrowed my eyebrows at him as he continued to talk before turning to Dave.
"Hey I came up with a nickname for John to get him back for the shorty thing" I said happily raising my eyebrow
"What is it?" he asked
"I know it's original but..dimples" I smiled proudly
"Nice" he chuckled before we bumped knuckles
"I know can't believe I never thought of it before it was so obvious" I smiled as then plane took off
"I'm gotta go, talk to you later" John said still angry abruptly ending the conversation.
"Everything ok?" Dave asked him, we both looked in his direction as he slide the phone back in his pocket with a rather pissed look on his face.
"No" he snapped continuing to look at the seat in front of him.
"Sorry for asking" I muttered looking at Dave
"Let him cool down" he said quietly, I nodded in response
After we were up in the air a silence came over the 3 of us for about 10 minutes before I yawned widely placing my hand over my mouth as I did
"Tired?" Dave laughed stating the obvious
"Yep, can't imagine how tired I would have been if I'd been at SmackDown this week" I rolled my eyes
"Wanna use me as you pillow?" he asked sweetly
"Of course" I smiled, he lifted the arm rest that was between us up and I scooted over closer to Dave as far as I could as I was restricted due to my seatbelt before laying my head on his chest and my right arm wrapping round his waist, I felt his arm rest round my shoulder and his hand rubbing up and down my forearm as I began to gently drift off to sleep. My eyelids closed and my hand left Dave's waist to reach round to adjust my seatbelt which was digging into me, I felt warm fingertips lightly brush my fingers and then hold onto my hand, I wrapped my fingers round the hand in return knowing who it belonged to before hearing John's voice..
"Emma?" I opened my eyes, lifted my head to look at him
"What's wrong honey?" I asked having double meaning: what did he want now and what was with the heated conversation he had on the phone.
"I'm sorry for being cold guys" he apologised guiltily
"That's ok man" Dave replied
"Wanna talk about it?" I asked softly running my thumb over his knuckles gently.
"Not yet" he half smiled
"Ok" I said before turning to Dave "Do you mind I cuddle John for a while? Looks like he could use some support"
"Of course not"
I released myself from Dave and scooted over closer to John still holding onto his hand, the arm rest between us was already upright so my body came into contact with his, I looked at him sweetly
"Can I use you as my pillow? Dave's uncomfortable" I asked giving him my puppy dog eyes, the expression on his face immediately softened and he smiled
"Sure Shorty" he grinned lifting his arm up, I lay my head on his shoulder while his arm wrapped round my shoulders
"Thanks Dimples" I giggled
"Dimples?" he asked confused, I looked up at him
"Yeah cause I love yours and I thought it would suite you" I said innocently
"Original" he laughed
"That's what I just said to Dave" I said before laying my head back down, I felt him kiss my head as tiredness swept over me and I fell into a slumber.
We arrived in St Louis and as promised Randy was there to pick us up and take us to the Hilton hotel where he was getting married.
We retrieved our bags and walked towards the exit where we saw the Legend Killer himself trying to keep a low profile, I just had to laugh at his attempt.
He saw us and walked over with a smile on his face, he embraced the guys first before turning to me
"Hey you"
"Hey Rands, where's the bride to be?" I asked pulling away and looking around for Sam
"At home, sorting some last minute plans out" he said and I nodded
"When am I gonna see her?" I asked
"Patience Em you just got here. You can see her later tonight when we have dinner" he said
"Ok, you're the boss here not me" he picked up my bag for me before wrapping his arm round my shoulders as we headed out to the car.
We arrived at the hotel and Randy was kind enough to check us in since the reservation was under his name it kinda made sense.
"I got you guys a suite together if that's ok? Problem is it only had 2 rooms but one room has two beds in it" he told us as we reached the room, he opened the door and we walked inside.
"That's ok dude" John replied throwing his suitcase down in the living room of the suite
"You want a room to yourself Em since you are the only lady" Randy asked me with a cheeky grin
"Lady? Don't insult me Orton." I pretend huffed placing my hands on my hips before smiling again "I'm easy going I don't mind sharing" I shrugged
"You can share with me" John beamed
"Oh joy" I rolled my eyes
"That's settled, here's the address of the restaurant" Randy then said handing a piece of paper to Dave
"Wait we ain't got any wheels man" John pointed out
"It's been taken care of, the black SUV in the parking lot is your rental I had them send it here"
"You thought of everything" I said impressed
"Sure did, I gotta get going guys. Catch you later tonight" he said finally before leaving
"Bye" we said in union as he disappeared
"Looks like we got some time to kill" Dave said flopping down on to couch
"Yeah this must be weird for you actually having time to yourself" I joked with John due the fact he was always so busy with work.
"You know one of these days that cheekiness is gonna get you into trouble" he pointed a finger, I just smiled innocently in return.
"Well since we have some time I might as well do a little work" I said picking up my laptop bag
"Come on Em you can't work, class this a mini vacation, no work no WWE nothing" Dave protested with me
"Sorry Dave but when you're the CO-CEO you ain't got time to stop. I've only got a few things to catch up on then I'm done for weekend ok" I compromised
"Ok. I'm gonna crash" he said standing up and heading into the room with only one bed
"What you gonna do dimples?" I asked John removing my laptop from the bag and placing it onto the table and switching it on
"Hit the gym for a while" he said rummaging through his suitcase
"Should of known. There's such a thing as over doing it you know" I told him before he disappeared into our room with his suitcase and mine then reappearing with his gym bag
"Let's just say I gotta relieve some stress. Catch you later" he said walking over to me and kissing my cheek
"Bye" I hollered as he left
I dug my reading glasses out of my bag, sat down and began to work.
An hour later I was all caught up sitting on the couch and watching some TV when John returned from the gym nice and sweaty.
"Hey"
"Hey. Good workout?" I glanced up
"Yeah but I got a one hell of a headache though" he said pinching the bridge of his nose placing his bag down
"Is that the stress you referred to earlier?" I asked carefully not wanting to remind him.
"Sort of"
"Told you not to over do it. Go take a shower" I ordered and he looked at me weird "Just go" I laughed, he disappeared back into the bedroom with some clean clothes
"I don't know what that was supposed to achieve" he asked emerging from the bathroom all clean, his hair still a little damp
"Because you were sweaty now come here" I ordered him again waving him over, we walked over to me "Sit down" I said placing a cushion on the floor between my feet, he obeyed and sat down with his back resting against the couch between my legs
I began rubbing his temples, making small circles using my index and middle fingers, I heard him moan and I giggled quietly
"Better?" I asked after 5 minutes of massaging.
"Much."
"Oh wait I forgot something" I turned his head slightly to the right and placed a kiss on his temple "sealed with a kiss"
"How did you learn how to do that?" he asked standing up and sitting next to me on the couch
"My mom was into that kinda thing, she taught me how to do it. I even give great back and shoulder rubs"
"You never told me"
"I didn't say anything cause I didn't want you guys to take advantage after your matches even though you probably wouldn't I just thought it would be best not to share my talents" I laughed "and who would return the favour when I needed my shoulders rubbed after a match"
"I would happily volunteer. So can I come to you now for a massage?" he asked giving me a lost puppy look so I wouldn't turn him down
"I guess but you have to keep it a secret between you and me" I said to which he grinned at secretly I wouldn't mind at all ruining my hands all over him.
"You're secrets safe with me"
"So you ready to talk about what's stressing you? Cause I'm here if you wanna vent" I said softly not wanting to push him, he sighed before looking down
"I err it was…." he stuttered
"Was it Liz?" I asked cautiously, he looked back up and into my eyes
"Yeah, we've been having a few disagreements lately" he sighed again deeply looking forward "She wants us to get married as soon as possible"
"What do you want?" I said studying him intently
"I want to wait a couple of years like Randy and Sam have, have a long engagement. It's hard enough planning a wedding with when the groom is around all the time but when we do what we do I keep trying to tell her it's gonna be hard as she's gonna have to do it on her own and with her family without me, she's just not listening to me. We haven't even set a date yet because of all this disagreement" he said and I nodded, he looked forward again obviously deep in thought
"Well this is a two way thing, what you want is just as important as what she wants and I get what you're saying about the planning and being away from home." I gave my two cents before there's a pause until I said something I don't really want to say..
"Give her what she wants" I said simply, his head snapped round suddenly to look at me
"What?"
"Let her have her day as soon as she wants. From a women's perspective this is the most important day of her life John and she loves you wants to marry you asap can't blame her for that but from a wrestler's perspective explain to her something she already knows, that you're not going to be there and hopefully she'll understand and have her family help her, you just do your part the best you can by phone or email or something so at least you're still giving your input. Having a relationship is like being part of team gotta work together." I advised and he nodded
"I'm with you I'd wanna wait" I told him matter-of-factly
"Why would you wanna wait?" he asked confused to why any girl would want to wait
"To the simple fact that once you get engaged things could change between you. You could grow apart or simply fall out of love. Allow yourself time to be together and adjust to the arrangement of being engaged, see if it's really meant to be then half way through it doesn't work at least you can back out without any legal procedures." that was what I was secretly hoping for anyway! I would totally marry John asap.
"So I gotta compromise with her?" I nodded
"Yeah" gonna say something else I don't want to…I'm supporting him as my best friend "Just call her and make up, it's stupid to be fighting over little things that in the end always work out right anyway"
"Thanks" he said smiling before retrieving his phone form his gym bag and heading outside into the all for some privacy
"That took a lot of courage" I heard a voice say, I looked up to see Dave standing in the doorway of his room
"You're telling me, it nearly killed me" I said emotionless as he sat down beside me "I was just doing what was right for him.. and her I guess" I shrugged
"That's why it took a lot of courage knowing the way you really feel"
"It's not like I could say 'don't marry her cause I wanna be with you, it's me that loves you more not her' is it?"
"I know baby girl" he said rubbing my shoulder supportively
"You know even his own father told me he was making a mistake"
"Really?" he asked shocked, I nodded
"Like me, he's putting up with this whole thing cause he want's to see his son happy as I do for my best friend" I told him
"Wow" he raised his eyebrows as John walked back into the room
"Everything ok?" Dave asked him as we walked over to us
"Yeah we talked and told her my side again and for some reason she agreed to have a long engagement. I explained about my job and she understood so she's gonna plan the day over a couple of years" he grinned
"So she agreed to wait just like that?" I asked confused and he nodded "I'm just gonna go for a walk" I said sadly standing up and grabbing my jacket slipping it on
"You want some company?" Dave asked me concerned
"No thanks Dave, I just wanna be on my own for a while" I stated before leaving.
When I was gone…
"What's up with her? She was fine before" John asked confused to the change of mood of his best friend
Dave shook his head 'the boy really has no clue' he thought
"I dunno, she said something about being home sick when you were on the phone" he replied thinking on his feet
"That's weird she's never been homesick" John replied sitting back down next to him
"She's been on the road longer than we have John, maybe taking it's toll on her" he suggested
"Maybe. I'll get her something to cheer her up?" John smiled taking his phone back out his pocket and beginning to type in a number
"Like what?"
"You'll see" he said mischievously before putting the phone to his ear
"Hi….."
I walked around for while just taking in the fresh St Louis air.
It was time I stopped thinking about John this way, he's getting married for Christ's sake.
Just when I get these thoughts about him out of my head something reminds me he's getting married like the conversation we just had and I end up feeling this way again..it's stupid!
I feel my phone vibrate and pull it out see it's from Dave
'You're homesick if he asks'
I smile knowing he covered for me with John, I text him back to let him know I received the message loud and clear
'Ok be back soon'
I slide the phone back into my pocket before deciding to head back to the hotel
I arrive at the door and try the handle to see it's open, the guys must of realised I didn't take a keycard with me and left it open for when I returned.
I push the door open and walk into the living room to find no ones there, I gasp in shock as I see a vase of half a dozen red roses standing on the coffee table.
I walk over to it and see a little white card resting in the sea of red, I pick it and open it to read..
'To cheer you up
Love John & Dave'
I smile at their gesture bending over and smelling the sweet smell of the flower, roses are my favourite flower, I'm not usually a flower girl but I love roses.
"Do you like them?" I heard a voice behind me, I turned around to see them both
"I love them. Thank you both so much" I said walking over and giving them both hugs
"Dave told me you were homesick" John said concerned taking hold of my hand
"Yeah I've just been missing my nieces and thinking about them" I lied well actually it was true but that's not what was bothering me.
"We wanted to cheer up and we didn't know what to do so we got you your favourite" Dave said winking behind John's back
"Well it worked. I love you guys" I said sincerely giving John a another hug first
"Ditto Shorty" he chuckled before I pulled away and hugged Dave again
"Thanks for covering for me" I whispered in his ear
"Anytime" he replied.
I woke up the next morning feeling refreshed after getting a good nights sleep and knowing I didn't have the pressure of my job on my shoulders for a couple of days.
Last night we did indeed go to dinner with Randy and Sam: just the 5 of us, it was nice having another female (that wasn't a diva) to talk to for once instead of the 3 guys.
It was time to leave and I was adjusting the Silk chiffon, v neck, blue dress until it felt right. The skirt flared out slightly, the hem reaching just below my knees. This was accompanied by some small heels to match. Since I'm 5" 9 I don't need to wear really high ones so I stick to about an inch.
My hair was down and straightened resting on my shoulders, small gold hoops in my ears (I have my ears pierced but don't often wear earrings), a gorgeous gold chain around my neck resting on my collar that my parents got me when I was 16 and a beautiful gold and white gold bracelet on my left wrist that John bought for my birthday one year. I gotta admit I scrub up well. I'm still a tomboy at heart always have been always will be, growing up in Texas it's not the fashion capital of the world. I have learned a lot about fashion during my career thanks to the wardrobe department. It's not often I dress up like this, I'm used to wearing jeans, tees, work out clothes, my ring attire and recently classy suites because I generally live out of my suitcase and only wear this stuff at fancy events like the Hall of Fame Ceremony.
"Em we gotta go are you ready yet?" I heard John yell from the other side of the door
"Yeah I'm coming" I called back
I checked my natural looking makeup one last time before exiting the bathroom, I looked up to see John fiddling with his tie, dressed in his black suite and dress shoes along with his watch.
"I hate ties they never fucking work for….wow" he said fidgeting with his tie before he looked up
"I hope that's a good wow" I said smiling
"It is. You look beautiful" he smiled those adorable dimples showing.
"Thanks you look very dashing yourself" I put on a fake British accent
"Can you help me?" he asked giving me that same look when he wants something
"Sure, you can tell you don't wear suites very often" I said stepping closer and taking the material from him beginning to tie it correctly
"They're not my style" I nodded still looking down to see what I was doing "Looks like I'm gonna have the prettiest lady at the wedding on my arm" I looked back up and smiled
"Apart from Sam"
"Sure apart from Sam" he smiled "You really do look nice" he said a little more seriously
"Thanks" I finished with his tie as silence fell over us "There you go all done" I said smoothing it down and stepping back to retrieve my purse
"Thanks Shorty, shall we?" he said holding out his elbow for me to take
"We shall Dimples" I giggled linking my arm through his.
Dave had already made his way downstairs and John waited for me to finish getting ready
After we headed downstairs into the huge hall where the ceremony was taking place I decided to visit the bride and groom for a quick pep talk.
I saw Sam first admiring how gorgeous she looked in her dress and even got introduced to her bridesmaids, mom and even Becky Randy's sister and his mom Elaine were there who'd I had already met before. I told her I was going to see Randy going against tradition of her maid of honour suppose to give him the gift and she asked me to give it to him instead which I gladly accepted.
I headed to his room and knocked waiting for answer, a minute later the door opened and on the other side was Randy's younger bother Nathan.
"Hi Emma, you look lovely" he said shyly
"Hi Nate. Thanks so do you. Can I come in?"
"Yeah, I'll just go and get Randy for you" he said stepping aside and letting me in.
"Thanks" I said, I greeted Randy's dad Bob who I hadn't seen for a while before Randy appeared form the other room
"Hi Em" he smiled
"Hey handsome"
"You look incredible"
"Thanks you too, very smart. Can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Sure" he said before tunring to everyone in the room "you guys mind giving me a minute with Emma?" they all left leaving me and him alone
"How you feeling?" I asked once everyone had left
"Nervous, in a good way" he chuckled
"That's normal I guess. Look I'm gonna cut to the chase as I'm not really good at this sappy stuff, I want you to know that I'm so proud of you and that you've got a good girl there so don't screw it up cause if you do I won't hesitate to stun you're ass. You're like my brother and no matter what everyone thinks of you personally or professionally you know you'll always have my love and support, you both will.
I know you guys are gonna be very happy and you're gonna make a great husband and who knows someday a great father too cause you've got a heart of gold Randall"
"You've never called me Randall before"
"First time for everything besides it felt like a full name moment" I shrugged
"I'm so glad you're here and thanks for what you said, I'm gonna give it all my best shot"
"I have no doubt you will" I cleared my throat "Ok enough with the sentimental crap.."
We talked for a few minutes about stuff and checked he had everything before making a move to leave so I could take my seat
"Got everything?" I asked making my way over to the door
"Yeah just need my speech speaking of which sure Nate will embarrass me at the reception with his" he chuckled
"No doubt isn't that like a best man's job or something"
"Yep"
"Talk about embarrassment, you're lucky you don't have Stone Cold Steve Austin as your brother" I laughed before kissing his cheek wishing him luck and leaving him to his thoughts.
I headed back to the hall and took my seat next to John flashing him a quick smile before a few minutes later Randy arrived at the altar ready to begin.
Sam walked down the aisle in her gorgeous white gown and the ceremony began. I couldn't help but smile throughout as they were saying their vows and declaring their love for each other, I occasionally would glance to John and smile too which he would return.
"I now pronounce you husband and wife, you may kiss the bride" the priest declared and leaned into his bride before plating a sweet kiss on her lips, the whole room stood and applauded as the walked back down the aisle arm in arm.
"That was beautiful" I gushed linking my arm with John's as we walked to the reception
"Hmm" he mumbled in reply
"Best part was it seemed to go off without a hitch" Dave said from my left side, I nodded.
"You should know about this stuff you're the expert being married twice" I joked received a playful nudge from The Animal
"Cheeky"
We sat and ate dinner before the speeches started. A few stories and laughs were shared throughout the room before a toast was raised to Sam and Randy. Later in the night the party really began.
The new married couple shared their first dance together as husband and wife before everyone else could go and join them.
I was sat on my own watching people on the dance floor enjoying my champagne when the bride herself headed towards me.
"Hi" she said happily as I stood up from my seat to embrace her
"Hey Mrs. Orton" I giggled hugging her "Congratulations"
"Thanks, Mrs. Orton: that sounds weird" she pulls away and pulls a face
"You'll get used to it eventually"
"I hope so, why are you here all by yourself?"
"Oh just you know watching the world go by"
"You know Em I love you but sometimes I don't know what's going on inside that head of yours, maybe you've taken too many shots to the head" she giggled
"Nothing's going on I promise, I just don't dance a lot that's all" I shrugged wondering how long I'm going to get away with not dancing
"What a load of crap, Randy tells me you dance ok with him I'll go and get him" she said before beginning to walk away and find her new husband. I do feel comfortable more when I'm dancing with Killer
"No Sam…" I start but it's too late she already whispered in Randy's ear "Damn that woman" I said to myself.
I see him smile and nod his head excusing himself from his guests and kissing his wife quickly before walking over to me with a grin plastered on his face
"Care to dance?" he asked holding out his hand
"Sure only cause it's you asking me" I take his hand and he leads me to the dance floor, a slow song is playing and we sway to the music my left hand resting on his shoulder my right holding onto his hand while his right hand is resting on my hip lightly.
"You don't have to do this you know" I said
"Sam asked me too" he shrugged
"More like forced you. Are you that whipped already?" I giggled and he gave me warning look but only playfully
"You know you've had a few tongues wagging" he said after a few minutes dancing in silence
"Huh?"
"Some of my old friends from high school have been asking about you" he told me
"Like what?"
"Well some things I don't want to repeat about what they would do to you" he laughed and I scrunched my nose
"Eww"
"Some were just asking if you were single and stuff" he informed me and I nodded
"Oh, well none of them have asked me out so I must not be their type or something" there I am again putting myself down, some things never change.
"You're a women right?" I nodded "Then you're their type Ems. Maybe they are intimidated to talk to a gorgeous women like yourself"
"Whatever" I laughed and was about to say something else
"May I cut in?" I heard from behind me
"Sure man she's all yours" Randy said letting go of me and winking before walking away, I turned round to se my date for the evening
"Hey you" John said grinning taking hold of me just like Randy did as we began to sway to the music
"Hey, what have you been up too?"
"Nothing just hanging with Dave" he said happily then his smile disappeared "What's up?" he asked me concerned, he knows me so well that when something's wrong he can tell immediate.
"Nothing I'm just peachy" I lied then he gave me quit lying look "Ok I forgot I can't hide things from you" I can't believe I just said that since I'm keeping the one thing I want to tell him a secret and he has no idea!
I sighed before beginning to tell him
"It's just being here at a wedding just reminds us singletons that you're not getting married anytime soon" I said sadly
"I didn't have you down for the marrying type" he said honestly
"Not when I was younger I hated the idea, things change though, the more I grew up the more I wanted that whole marriage thing with kids and stuff" I explained and he smiled
"You'll have it someday Em, any guy would be lucky to have you" he told me honestly, I know John wouldn't lie to me, he doesn't bullshit me or anyone, if he believes in something he'll make his feelings clear. We're alike it that aspect we tell it like it is.
"Thanks JC" I said resting my head on his shoulder as we danced the night away.