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Chapter 9 – To Trust or Not to Trust

Maria was in the women's locker room as the Monday night show was live on air. Her green eyes were following line after line of perhaps an interesting article in the new edition of the Raw magazine. She was turning to a next page of that same article when she heard a loud knock on the door. She put the magazine aside on the couch as she got up and went for the door. Instantly as Maria opened the door, she felt her heart sinking down into the well of darkness…

"Maria."

"Yes?" Maria began. That look on his face was frightening and she tried not to be intimidated by it. He seemed to be upset about something and Maria hoped that it wasn't what she was thinking about. Her secret…

"Come out here for a minute."

She was a little hesitant at first but then her mind told her to step out of the room, which she did and the locker room door behind her slowly closed itself in. There was no one around the corridor. They were the only two alone outside at that moment.

"What's up?" Maria asked. She was getting nervous but she tried to not show it by the fact that there was no one around to save her from what she wasn't prepared for.

"You tell me." He crossed his arms and simply looked at her. She could tell that he was upset from the expression on his face. She made a light swallow, the eye contact was still in place.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Really? Well it seems that you are keeping something from me for some time now."

"Me? You mean a secret?"

Her heart skipped a beat when that last word slipped out of her lips. Randy said nothing. He simply looked at her. She didn't like how this conversation was going, but she continued on despite of the fear creeping up like cold air that would made her shiver to the core.

"Why would I do that?"

Randy frowned. "You tell me."

Maria sighed. "Look I'm not into this guessing games okay?" If there's something you want to tell me, then spill it."

She wished she hadn't said that but she had to know why he thought that she was keeping something from him.

But it couldn't be. Could he had known about it and came to confront Maria to confirm the truth?

"Apparently, everyone knows about something except me."

Everyone? Her heart began taking up its pace.

"I don't understand," she said truthfully. "What do you mean by everyone?"

"I'm talking about the whole Raw roster."

"I still don't understand what y-"

"You told everyone that you're pregnant with my child," Randy was quick to letting out his anger. "And you didn't tell me?"

The brunette diva froze. How could this happen? How could the whole Raw roster know about it?

"So it's true then?" Randy asked.

There was dead silence in the corridor. Maria wished that there was someone to back her up but unfortunately she had to stand her ground on her own. No matter how bad the situation was going to be….

"Randy, I-"

"Just tell me that that isn't true. Tell me that you're the not the kind of person who would keep something like this from me."

"Randy, please don't-"

"Tell me it's not true! Tell me now!"

She had never seen like this before. She could see that fiery look in his aqua blue eyes. He was angry with her and she couldn't blame him for that. Maria held his arm in desperation to explain herself.

"It's….it's…it's true…."

There was dead silence. There was deep shock in his eyes. It had been revealed as the truth…the truth that he wished he didn't hear…

"Just listen please," Her voice was quivering, she was about to burst any time. "I don't know how to say this but it's true. I am pregnant and the child is yours."

Randy couldn't believe it. He shook his head. "No, it can't be…"

"Yes it's true….Everything that you heard is true….I'm carrying your child…."

Without warning, he yanked his arm from her and Maria almost fell back and was terrified by this.

"So wait, hold on a minute," Randy began. "So you told everyone…"

"I didn't, I swear!"

"Then how do they know then? Explain that!"

"I don't know, okay? I didn't make any announcement, whatsoever."

"But I'm sure you told someone, didn't you?"

Maria sighed. This was getting out of hand and he hadn't got of a clue of what to do. "I only told four people, that's it."

"Four people? Randy repeated. "Four people? That's not a big number, is it? So who's the four you said, huh? Or is that a lie too?"

"It's not a lie!" Maria cried. "I told Torrie, Candice and Mickie and…and…John knows too…"

"Yeah he told me," Randy said coldly. He wasn't happy about any of this and Maria couldn't blame him.

"But it was an accident. John wasn't supposed to know about it. I just got upset and then it just slipped out and I-"

"Oh yeah sure, so you're saying it's not your fault for this to 'slip out' like right now?"

"Look I don't know how it turns out to be like this so it's not my fault!"

"That's not the point!" Randy snapped. "The point is I'm the only one who doesn't know that I'm going to be a father of a child that I never knew existed!"

She felt something watery in her eyes. She was unbearable to hold them in much longer….

"You know I'm starting to wonder who else could have known about it. The whole of the ECW roster? Maybe even Smackdown? Or how about the whole damn world?!"

"I…I…don't know what to say…"

He shook his head and murmured under his breath, "I can't believe you."

"Randy, please just listen…wait, don't go!"

"Leave me alone! I can't even look at you right now!"

He was moving far away from her. Maria tried to catch up with him but her legs began shaking and before she could reach him, she collapsed to the floor.

"Don't go! Please don't go! Randy!"

His image became smaller and smaller until he had disappeared into the corridor. There was nothing else for her to do besides to let the stingy sensation erupted from her emerald eyes. The tears began to burn on her cheeks like acid….

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That was definitely the worst nightmare she ever had as she shot up from the bed as if she had received an electric shock. She gasped for breath as she looked around. Maria was in the hotel room and to her relief not at the corridor where the confrontation took place. It would be a scary sight to see Randy angry like he was in her dream. She didn't want to keep secrets from him, but she thought it would be best to not tell him about the baby.

It's going to stay secret. It's going to stay like that forever.

She had her hands onto her stomach. To think that a child would be entering into a world filled with drama! Maria sighed. So far, she and Randy hardly got into the conversation, mainly because she had been too quiet around him. His presence made her uncomfortable but she tried not to make it look obvious, although John and the divas knew exactly what went through her mind….

The ringing sound brought the brunette diva back into the quiet hotel room. She reached for the small device at the bed side table and answered it.

"Hello?"

Hey girl, I'm just checking up on you.

"Okay well I'm doing just fine. So you guys are at the cinema now?"

Yeah, we've just arrived actually.

"Alright cool."

So do you need anything when we get back?

"No I'm okay. Thanks anyway, Torrie."

Okay, then we'll see you when we get back. Take care.

"I will, bye and enjoy the movie."

Oh I'm sure we will! Later.

Maria hanged up and sighed. Torrie, Mickie and Candice went to the cinema. She would have been up to the idea, if he hadn't known about it, so as a result, he and John were part of the movie watching activity. So her excuse would be that she was a bit exhausted. That was half of the truth. She hadn't got a good night sleep from the hospital the night before. The other half to the truth was that to keep her distance from Randy. And from that dream she had, it could push her even further away from him to avoid letting her dream turn into reality….

Then a knock startled Maria as she turned her attention to the door. She wondered who it was. She hoped that it wouldn't be the person she was thinking of, but she feared that her nightmare was about to be realized….

Please don't let it be him. Please don't let it be him.

She slowly got up from the bed and was being careful not to make any sound while walking toward the door. She peered through eye hole. Thankfully, it wasn't him, but her frown could tell anyone that it was someone she didn't expect to see at this time of day. So she opened the door and the appearance became clearer. Shane McMahon was standing before her.

"And what can I do for you, sir?"

"A simple greeting would be nice to start off."

"Well apparently, I'm not in a good mood for that."

"Why's that? Whatever happened to the Maria who loves to smile a lot?"

"She's not here. You're talking to the sour Maria now."

Shane grinned. "You're so cute when you're goofy."

"And you're not amusing. So leave now or be prepared to kiss the door."

He chuckled. "Do people receive the same kind of treatment from you?"

"No, it's just you thatgets this kind of treatment," said Maria and faked a smile for him.

"Yeah I figured you might say that. So I guess that a two minute chat is too much to ask, then?"

Maria rolled her eyes and stepped aside from the doorway. "Come in."

Shane walked in and Maria closed the door. She turned to face him, her arms were folded. The look of annoyance was on her face. What was Shane's intention out of this 'conversation'? Well the brunette diva was about to get her answer.

"So how are you feeling?"

"I'm fine."

"Are you sure?"

"What is this? A check up by Dr. McMahon?"

"I'm just concerned just like any general manager should."

"Right."

Shane sighed. "Listen Maria, we need to talk. This is about the women's championship."

Maria said nothing. She had forgotten about the title opportunity that she was longing to get for the past two years. She finally got it only it probably wasn't meant to happen.

"Oh right," Maria began to say. She couldn't think of anything else to say at that point.

"Well since the match got cancelled, I haven't decided whether it should be moved to next week or to be put on hold."

"I see."

"It must have been hard for you to lose an opportunity that you were waiting for so long for."

"It's not that much of a deal," Maria said with a shrug. "I have to go through some disappointments. So I just have to learn to live with it, I guess."

Shane nodded. There was no doubt that he couldn't see the disappointment drawn on her face. He could only imagine what she was going through.

"I have deep sympathy for you."

"That's nice to know," Maria said in a sarcastic tone as she turned away from him. How could know of the drama that she had found herself in?

"You don't even know what I'm going through now," she pointed out.

"I think I do."

Maria scoffed. "Sure, whatever. Don't you have other things to do other than bothering me?"

"Not at the moment anyway," Shane chuckled. But then his tone of voice had changed into a serious one. "It must be hard for you, to live with the fact out that you're pregnant."

She still had her back turned to him. But then slowly, he could see her face that was now stuck with horror. It would be worse for Randy to find out? But Shane McMahon? The last guy on the planet, that Maria would consider, finding out her secret?

"How do you…where did you…how could you…"

"I overheard you and Candice talking back in the women's locker room," said Shane.

Maria said nothing as Shane walked closer to her. "And if I'm not mistaken, Randy Orton is the father?"

She said nothing.

"Randy Orton, as in the current WWE Champion? The self proclaimed legend killer?"

She had no idea what to think next. But she knew she had to act fast before the nightmare she had might come true.

"You better not tell anyone Shane. Otherwise-"

"Hey, that wasn't my intention. Why would I want to do that anyway?"

"I don't know, maybe because you'll do anything to get what you want."

Shane was stunned to think that Maria would think of him as selfish kind of person. "How low do you think I am?"

"I have a pretty good idea of you, trust me," said Maria with a frown. "And it's not a good one either."

"I don't understand. Why can't you just trust me?"

"Trust you?"The word trust seemed to be hard for Maria to digest since Shane wasn't the likely person that she could trust.

"Shane, you've been harassing for how long and now you expect me to have a difference opinion of you?"

"I said I was sorry, didn't I?"

Maria only wished she could scream right then. But instead she let out a frustrating groan and sat down on her bed. Her face would be sinking down into the palms of her hands. She wasn't just angry at Shane for knowing her secret, but about everything in her life. The only one question that she couldn't get the answer for was: Why?

Shane sat next to her. Maria couldn't bother to waste more of her energy to yell at him anyway.

"Let's go out for a bit. That should help you ease your mind off things."

"I don't think that would do much help."

"How do you know if you don't try it?"

"It's because…oh forget it. I'm too tired to argue."

Shane chuckled. "Come on, I'll take you out."

"Shane, I am not-"

"This is not a date," he retorted. "It's just simply an outing to…I don't know, feel the breeze."

The brunette diva laughed softly and looked at him disbelievingly. "Feel the breeze?"

Shane shrugged and then said, "Well I think it's something you need right now. So what you think?"

It was a good idea. She needed to get out for a bit. The only thing was that she wasn't convinced of having him around as her company.

"Maria," he began to say softly as he held her hand. She didn't pull it away from him. She felt weird and she doesn't know why. Maybe the thought came to her mind when his brown eyes were now looking at hers.

"I can help you get through this. But I need you to trust me. Can you do that?"

Maria could only let out a weak sigh. She wasn't intended on making a decision now but it seemed to be laid down in front of her, waiting to get its answer.

To trust or not to trust.

Can Maria trust him for keeping her secret? Can she trust Shane for preventing her nightmare to come true?

Next chapter: The gang decides to cheer Maria up. Will it go well as planned? Or is there something else already planned that they don't know about?