Ride For You
Chapter 8
The Hospital
Randy watched as Dr. Iven walked out of the room. He looked at Rachelle and walked over to her bed. He sat down on the chair next to her bed. He couldn't believe that she had been pregnant with his child. He didn't even know how many months she was. He could have been a father again. He was still in so much shock. Pregnant? Rae had been pregnant with his child. As if he didn't already feel like a big asshole, the pregnancy news nailed him really hard. He had done everything to try and figure out if their marriage was right for him while Rachelle took care of their family. He didn't know what to say to her. How could he even face her? She probably wouldn't even want to talk to him.
Randy felt the need to be alone. He needed to refocus on what he wanted in his life. He wanted to know that Rae would forgive him and that everything would be okay. He stood up and placed a kiss on Rae's forehead before walking out of the room. Linda and Vince looked up at him. John was there with Paul, Stephanie, Shane, and Marissa. Linda was the first to step forward and wrap her arms around Randy as Randy, for the first time in a long time, cried. Linda asked what had happened and Randy had told them what the doctor said. Everyone sat in the waiting in shock. Not wanting to believe that Rachelle had been pregnant. No one had really expected that.
Linda looked at Randy and told him that he should go to the hotel to get some rest. It was a long night for all of them and Randy needed to get the twins down to bed. John said that he would help Randy. Randy said his goodbyes to Linda and took the twins from Shane and Stephanie. Little did Randy know that once he left the hotel, the McMahon and Levesque family did a little planning of their own.
A week later…
The Hospital
On Thursday, Randy stepped into the hospital alone. It was safe to say that things for Randy were starting to turn out a whole lot better. Randy, Linda, and Vince discussed his storyline and all agreed that he was allowed to take a break to spend time with his family. He needed to finish all of the scripted matches and promos that had been planned and set up for him then after Extreme Rules, he would do one last scripted episode of Raw then be given time off. Vince had finally forgiven Randy but told Randy that it would take some time to actually get used to the fact that he belonged with Rachelle again. Stephanie, Paul, Shane, and Marissa accepted Randy back into the family after hearing Randy's confession. The same confession he had told John, Barbie, and Mickie.
So that would lead everyone back to now. Randy walked into the hospital and headed up to his wife's hospital room. It was weird to know that ever since Dr. Iven had called Rae his wife, Randy claimed her as his wife again. It just felt right for him. The elevator ride to her room gave Randy a chance to think. The twins were at home with Stephanie and Paul who graciously offered to watch them. Randy would pick up Rae and bring her back to their house. "Our house." Randy said to himself, "That sounded pretty good." Randy finally arrived at Rachelle's room. He stepped into the room to see Rachelle sitting on the hospital bed all set to go.
"Ready to go, Rae?" Randy asked.
Rachelle looked at him. She felt confused at that very moment. She had thought that her parents were the one picking her up. Why in the world was Randy here? In her hospital room.
"Where are my mom and dad?" Rachelle asked.
"They sent me to get you. They said that they had some errands to run." Randy said.
"Where are Shane and Marissa?" Rachelle asked.
"They took their kids on a trip." Randy said.
"Why didn't Stephanie and Paul pick me up?" Rachelle asked.
Randy looked at her. Okay he knew that him picking her up was not the best idea but it was her family's idea of him getting Rachelle in the hospital.
"They're at home with the twins. Now are you ready to go?" Randy asked.
Rachelle groaned. She was getting ready to get off the hospital bed when Randy rushed to her side. He helped her off the hospital bed.
"I could have done that myself." Rachelle said stubbornly.
Randy shook his head at Rachelle's stubbornness. When she got stubborn, everyone knew to leave her alone but now was not the case. She needed people to help her and he was not going to leave her alone.
"Rae, stop being stubborn. You need my help okay. I know that you're sore." Randy said as Rachelle looked at him.
"I don't know why you're really here, Randy but if it's to try and win me back over that's not going to happen. I told you that a week could not change you and it'll take more than this amount of time for you to change." Rachelle said.
Randy looked at her.
"I'm here because your mom sent me here to get you and I know that you don't like that decision but you're gonna have to deal with me bringing you home." Randy said.
Rachelle scoffed at his statement.
"Fine. Just get me out of this place. I hate being in here." Rachelle said.
Randy chuckled at her and Rachelle shot a look at him.
"Now you're gonna laugh at me?" Rachelle asked as Randy steadied her walking by wrapping his arm around her waist.
Randy quieted himself and then looked at her. He picked up her stuff that was on bed.
"I just find it funny because when you gave birth to Ry and Rose you were perfectly fine with being in the hospital. And why didn't you just ask for a wheelchair?" Randy asked as they walked out of the hotel room.
"I wanted to show people that I could walk out of here without the help but it looks like I can't since you're helping me. And that was a different story. The hospital room was a whole lot prettier than the room they gave me now." Rachelle said.
"Yeah the point of the wheelchair is to get out of here faster. And you do know you made yourself sound so conceited about the hospital room." Randy said.
"Just get me home." Rachelle whined.
"Okay!" Randy stated as he helped Rachelle get to his car a lot faster than before.
Randy helped Rachelle get inside the car and got her buckled up. He placed her stuff in the back seat and shut the door. After doing those things, he walked over to the driver's side of the car and got in. He started the car and drove them away from the hospital. The car ride going home was so quiet; Randy swore he could hear the sound of a needle falling onto the ground. He looked over and noticed that Rachelle had fallen asleep with her hair covering her face. He chuckled at her. He remembered all the times that she had slept like that in the car before.
Even though the drive home was quiet for Randy, he still believed that it was a good drive home. He got to think about where he wanted his life to head and how he wanted to fix things with Rachelle. He had so many things he had planned out for their family though he hoped that Rachelle would go along with what Randy had planned out. The drive home also left Randy curious. He was still questioning who would even want to hurt Rachelle. He wanted to know if Rachelle had a clue. He even wondered how he would talk to Rachelle about the miscarriage that she had gone through. He wondered if she would even want to talk to him about it. Randy knew that now was not the time to talk to Rachelle about this. She was still going through a difficult time though she was not going to show that to the rest of the world.
And that's exactly how Rachelle was. She was the type of person who didn't show much emotion unless she was trapped in a horrible situation. Which she had seemed to be getting in a lot these past couple of weeks. Randy couldn't help but feel sorry for her. It must have been such a hard past couple of weeks for her following their divorce. Even if she was happy on the outside, Randy knew that she was fragile and at this point she was going to fall and become vulnerable.
What exactly could he do to help her out? Well he could take this vacation that Vince and Linda had given to him and use it wisely. He could cater to her every need with no whining at all. Randy knew that would be hard work but he wanted to do whatever it would take to make things right for their relationship. He hoped that by the end of his vacation that things between him and Rachelle would be all right. And that they would at least have some sort of steady relationship. He thought that he needed it.
They arrived at the house a few minutes later. Randy slowly turned the car out and went to gather all of Rachelle's stuff and brought the stuff inside. He walked back out to bring a sleeping Rachelle into the house. The house seemed to be pretty quiet as Randy shut the front door close. He wondered where Stephanie and Paul were and where were the kids. And just as he had thought those things Paul and Stephanie were coming down the stairs and looked at them. Randy walked to lay Rachelle on the couch so that she could sleep. Stephanie had slipped a pillow under Rachelle's leg so that it was elevated.
Randy turned to look at Paul and Stephanie.
"How were they? They weren't too bad, were they?" Randy asked as Paul chuckled before patting Randy's back.
Stephanie smiled at him.
"They were fine, Randy. They listened to us and followed our orders though I think they got their Uncle Paul to cave in to some of their needs." Stephanie said.
Randy looked at Stephanie.
"What do you mean?" Randy asked.
"Well let's just say that Paul caved into Rosella's needs of a new stuffed animal and he caved into Ryan's needs of a new toy truck." Stephanie said.
Randy shot Paul a look.
"Hey if you saw the faces they were giving me, you'd think otherwise too." Paul said defensively.
"Wait till Rachelle hears what you've done. She's gonna go crazy." Stephanie said as she looked at Paul.
"She'll live." Paul said.
"Yeah she will. Well I don't want to hold you two back from seeing your own children. Thanks for watching them again." Randy said as he walked the couple to the door.
"It's not a problem. Just let us know if you need help again." Stephanie said as Paul opened the front door.
He turned to look at Randy.
"I'll see you soon." Paul said as he shook hands with Randy.
"Take care of my sister." Stephanie said as she hugged Randy.
"I will. You two just call us if you need us to watch the girls." Randy said as the couple nodded before walking towards their car.
Randy shut the door and made his way back to the living room where Rachelle was still sleeping peacefully. He guessed that by the sounds of it that Paul and Stephanie had gotten the twins to sleep though they had forgotten to mention it He decided that Rachelle would be much comfortable if she slept in a bed and he lifted her up in his arms and took her to their bedroom where she slept peacefully through the night.