Ride For You
Chapter 16
Once they had left their house, Randy decided to take his family to IHOP where they had peace and quiet. Few people came up to ask Randy for pictures and autographs. Others came to say hello to the couple and their children. The people in St. Louis were really kind and it felt like everyone knew each other, which would probably be one everyone was able to walk outside and say hello to each other. Though it was a big city, it was still easy to remember people. As soon as the family was done eating, they were back on the road heading to the arena that Randy needed to be at.
During the drive, Rosella and Ryan had fallen asleep leaving Randy and Rachelle to talk to each other. Randy turned his head every now and looked at his girlfriend. She had a smile on her face as she looked out the window. He loved this. Going on road trips with the family and just being a family. Randy reached for her hand and took it in his causing her to look at him.
"You okay, baby?" He asked.
"Yeah. I was just thinking about how much I missed sitting in the car with you and the kids and how we would go to the different arenas together." Rachelle said.
"I was thinking the exact same thing too. I'm glad that you want to work things out." Randy said.
"I do too. Do you mind if I take a quick little nap?" Rachelle asked.
"Not at all. I mean you probably did have less sleep after last night's activity." Randy said winking at her.
Rachelle blushed and lightly punched him in the arm.
"And that was your fault." Rachelle said as laced their fingers together.
"You weren't complaining about that last night when you were screaming my name." Randy said.
"Randy!" Rachelle whined out as she blushed a deeper shade of red.
Randy chuckled at her and lifted their hands to his mouth.
"All right I'll stop teasing you, baby. You just get some sleep now. I'll wake you up when we're there." Randy said.
"Thanks." Rachelle whispered as she closed her eyes.
Randy looked over at her every now and then and smiled at how content she looked while she was sleeping. It was hard not to notice the smile that she had on her face. Randy had to admit that he missed her smiling but he was thankful that she had been smiling all the times that she was around him. They were getting along with each other so well that n one would have guessed that a couple months ago, they were fighting. No one would have believed that. He was so deep in thought that he didn't even realize that one of the twins was waking up.
"Dada?" He heard one of the twins say.
Randy looked into the mirror and noticed Rosella stretching her arms in her car seat. She would have been the one to wake up. Poor girl was just like her mother. She didn't need to sleep for long. She just needed to get some sleep and then she was good to go which was the opposite of Ryan. Ryan was just like him. They both needed long naps and a good amount of sleep in order to be good for the day.
"What's up, baby girl?" Randy asked as he looked at her through the mirror.
"Movie?" Rosella asked.
"Oh yeah. Mommy put your Tigger and Pooh show on. Is that okay?" Randy asked.
"Mhmm! I love Tigger and Pooh!" Rosella squealed out as Randy laughed and turned the movie on.
After that, Rosella barely said anything to him, which left Randy disappointed. He loved trying to have a conversation with their children. It allowed them to develop their sentences and got them to talk more. Those were the experiences and moments that he loved to have. He loved being able to see his children grow up in front of his eyes. He remembered every single moment that he had spent with Rosella and Ryan. He had been there when they first learned how to crawl, when they learned how to walk, when they learned how to hold their own bottle, and even when they were saying their first word. It was moments like those that he cherished the life that he had now. Everyday was a day where he thanked God for them. He thanked God for allowing him and Rachelle to have them. They were a blessing. A beautiful and wonderful blessing from God and Randy knew that he was gonna be thankful for that for the rest of his life.
An hour later, Randy was pulling into the parking lot of the arena. Rachelle was slowly waking up from her nap. She looked around at where they were before looking at Randy.
"We're here?" She asked in a soft voice.
"Yeah." Randy replied in a whisper trying not to wake Ryan.
Randy turned the car off and unlocked the car doors as he and Rachelle got out of the car to stretch. Rachelle opened the back passenger door and smiled at her daughter.
"Hi baby girl, did you sleep well?" She asked as she unlocked Rosella's seatbelt.
Rosella nodded her head and reached for her mom. Rachelle took her daughter into her arms and placed kisses all over her daughter's head as Rosella giggled. Rachelle shut the door and walked to the back towards the trunk of the car. Randy looked at his girlfriend and smiled at her as she stepped closer to him. Randy pulled her and their daughter into his arms. He placed a kiss on Rosella's head and a kiss on Rachelle's lips.
"You two ready to head inside?" Randy asked as he let them out of his grasp so that he could grab their belongings.
Rosella nodded her head as Rachelle reached for her messenger bag. Randy took Rosella into his arms as Rachelle got her messenger bag over her shoulder. After getting her bag on, Rachelle took Rosella back and looked at Randy.
"Don't forget about Ry." Rachelle said as she grabbed the baby bag from the trunk before shutting the trunk door.
"Oh yeah. I'll get him." Randy said as he walked over to the passenger door near the driver's door.
He opened the door and unbuckled the seatbelt that was keeping Ryan in place. He picked up the sleeping toddler into his arms before shutting the door. He locked up the car and walked over to where Rachelle and Rosella were. Rosella was standing on the ground holding Rachelle's hand. Rachelle looked over at Randy.
"Do you want me to take him?" Rachelle asked.
"No I got it. Ready?" Randy asked as he started to drag his luggage.
"Yeah." Rachelle said as she and Rosella followed Randy.
When they stepped into the arena, Stephanie was there to greet them. She practically screamed when she saw her sister standing next to Randy. Randy could have sworn that the scream Stephanie had scared the whole arena. When Rosella heard her auntie scream, she practically ran to her father who chuckled at his daughter grabbing onto his leg. Rachelle looked down at her daughter and laughed before looking at her sister.
"Stephanie, please calm down. You didn't have to scare Rose like that." Rachelle said as she bent down to look at her daughter, "Are you okay, baby girl?"
"Mhmm." Rosella said as she let go of Randy's leg.
"I'm sorry, Rae. It's just that I haven't seen you in such a long time that I really missed you. We've all been worried about you. We didn't even know if you were okay or if you were safe because you didn't even think twice to even call any of us." Stephanie said as she walked over to her sister and pulled her into a tight embrace.
Rachelle wrapped her arms around her sister. She missed her so much. She and Stephanie had always been close. To be honest, all three of the McMahon children were close. It was probably because they mainly only had each other when it came to living in their house. But the truth was, they were all really close because of their parents. Their parents had raised them all to learn to understand that no matter where they went in their lives, they were always going to be each other's siblings and that they were always going have a special bond between the three of them. And that was the truth. Rachelle could always count on Stephanie and Shane to have her back and that went vice versa for the other two.
"I missed you too, Steph." Rachelle said as they let go of each other.
Stephanie bent down and looked at her niece. She opened her arms and Rosella rushed into her arms. Stephanie whispered into her niece's ear, "I'm sorry for screaming, Rose. Do you forgive Auntie Stephy?"
"Mhmm." Rosella said as Stephanie lifted her up from off the ground.
"Good cause Uncle Paul and I have something for you and Ry. Do you wanna see it?" Stephanie asked.
"Mhmm. Is Rorah and Murphy here?" Rosella asked.
"Oh yeah. You want to go play with them so that Mommy and Daddy can spend some time with each other?" Stephanie asked.
"Yes please." Rosella said as Stephanie smiled.
"Do you want me to take Ryan with me?" Stephanie asked.
'It's fine, Steph. You shouldn't be holding kids since your pregnant again." Randy said worried about her safety.
Stephanie smiled at Randy's concern for her. She had always taken a liking to Randy even before their storyline. He had always been such a great brother-in-law, son-in-law, and husband that it was hard not to love him. He was really different from his character onscreen. He was just a guy who loved being with his family. Yes he had made mistakes that Stephanie disliked but that couldn't take away from the fact that when it came to his children, he would do anything for them. Stephanie placed a hand on Randy's shoulder.
"I'm fine, Randy. I'm only a couple months pregnant. You don't need to worry so much." Stephanie said.
"Are you sure?" Randy asked.
"Yeah it's fine." Stephanie said.
"Well how about you just take Rose and we'll watch Ryan since he's still asleep?" Rachelle asked.
"Are you sure? I mean Paul can take the girls to go get some ice cream and stuff and I can watch Ryan while he sleeps." Stephanie said.
"Yeah we'll just drop him off when he wakes up." Rachelle said.
"All right. Oh yeah before I forget here's your script, Randy. Well we will see you guys later. Say bye to mommy and daddy, Rose." Stephanie said as she handed Randy his script and Rosella waved bye to her parents.
Rachelle and Randy smiled at their daughter and waved bye to her before heading off to his locker room. Rachelle had taken over dragging Randy's luggage to the locker room while Randy carried a sleeping Ryan in his arms.
"I swear that boy is just like you. Always sleeping every chance he gets." Rachelle said laughing.
"Hey he has to get enough sleep so that he can attract all ladies." Randy said as Rachelle shot him a look, "I was just joking, baby."
"I'm sure you were." Rachelle said as she opened the door to Randy's locker room and let him in first before walking in herself.
Randy placed Ryan on the couch before looking at his girlfriend, who had just shut the door. She left his luggage by the door and looked at him. Randy took a look at the outfit that she had on. She was wearing a pink strapless lace corset top with a denim skirt and some cute white wedges. Her hair was left down just the way that he liked it and she had a headband holding her hair in place. She rarely ever wore make up. Usually it was just a touch up of lip gloss and eye-shadow and she would be done. She never really spent much time trying to put much effort into getting herself done which was what he liked. Randy walked over to her and pulled her into his arms. "What do you feel like doing?" He asked her as he ran his hands through her hair.
"Let's look over your script and see if anything interesting is gonna happen tonight." She whispered.
"All right. Let's go sit down next to Ry." Randy said as they walked over to the couch where Randy took a seat and pulled Rachelle into his lap after she picked up his script.
"Look you get to see Vickie come back with Edge. That's interesting and you have a match against Edge and his choice of an opponent." Rachelle said as they continued reading the script.
"Oh and look I ask her to come down to the ring." Randy said.
"Well you're like backing yourself into a trap or something, baby." Rachelle said as Randy looked at her.
"Well what do you say we even up the fields?" Randy asked her.
"What are you thinking of doing?" Rachelle asked as she ran her hand on Randy's cheek.
"Why don't you accompany me tonight? And shock the fans by making it look like we worked out our differences from the last time we were in the ring together." Randy said.
Rachelle thought about the idea. She had to admit that part of her was really digging the idea because it allowed her to make sure that Vickie didn't pull anything while she was out there. Also if anything were to go wrong for Randy, Rachelle was there to pick him back up.
"I think I may just like that. We'll have to talk to Adam and Stephanie about me going out to the ring though." Rachelle said.
"I highly doubt Steph would mind. I mean it makes for an interesting push into this storyline." Randy said.
"Yeah you're right. Stephanie would probably love it. Knowing her too, she would probably like have Vickie and I exchange words." Rachelle said.
"Well we should talk to her about that when Ryan wakes up." Randy said.
"All right." Rachelle said as there was a knock on Randy's locker room door.
"Come in." Randy said as the door opened.