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The gym equipment was to go to the youth centre. Machelle knew that Dean and Roman wanted to set things up, but there was more than enough guys there to help, so Machelle texted Roman to see if it was okay for them to just drop it off at the centre. Roman texted minutes later, saying it was okay. That they would go on Thursday to set it up.
The manager of the youth centre, Matthew, came over and dropped off a big truck so that the guys could fill it up with the furniture that Machelle was donating. Machelle suggested they have a yard sale with the stuff left over, and the proceeds could go to the youth centre.
Machelle insisted that she feed the crew that helped so Stephanie, Linda, and her drove down to the grocery store and grabbed some hamburger patties, buns, and some things for salad.
Vince volunteered to turn the BBQ on when they got back and decided he was in charge of flipping burgers.
Stephanie took a picture of the group of people. El Torrito wanted in the picture so he plopped down in front of Vince who patted him on the head.
Machelle started thinking maybe working with the WWE would be a good thing. She was still on the fence with both jobs. She knew that McKeana Inc. was being run by a capable person so if she did decide to go to WWE it wouldn't matter.
After everyone left a few hours later Machelle was so tired she locked the door turned off the lights and her and El Torrito went up stairs to bed.
It wasn't a good night as Machelle tossed and turned all night from having bad dreams. She only got two hours if that.
The next morning she came down stairs went into the kitchen and made coffee hoping that it would help her stay awake for the rest of the day. It was then that she realized that maybe she was having these dreams because she wasn't taking her meds as much. It was a good thing that the pain was lessening, but she was worried that the lack of pain medication might be causing her nightmares.
She tried to make breakfast but, got discouraged when egg shells went into the bowl with the eggs so she made French toast instead. That way, if there were egg shells still in it, it wouldn't matter because the shells were at the bottom of the bowl.
The cleaning ladies she hired came right at 9:30. There were four ladies that came because of the size of the house.
While the four ladies cleaned, Machelle was baking cookies and asked one of the ladies to help her with the cracking of the eggs. When the cleaning woman saw her injured arm, she was happy to help. In return, Machelle invited all the cleaners to take a coffee break, complete with fresh from the oven chocolate chip cookies.
Even with the unscheduled break, it only took three hours to clean the house. After the cleaning ladies left Machelle was getting tired so she went to the living room and turned on the TV to relax.
Just as she sat down on the couch the phone rang. It was Stephanie, seeing how she was doing. She said that Machelle sounded tired and should go have a nap once they were done talking. Machelle told her that she was having trouble sleeping at night when no one was in the house. Stephanie suggested maybe she go and talk to someone to help her. After all she did have a life threatening experience. Machelle agreed and said she would when she got to Florida.
Machelle asked if Stephanie would write up a poster for a BBQ Machelle wanted to have for the staff that had helped her to pack and kind of a good bye get together. Since Machelle couldn't drive with her arm to drop off an invite herself, Stephanie agreed to make a sign to put up in the office. She took down the details and said she would write it up ASAP.
They chatted about what she should have at the BBQ, and Stephanie suggested it could be pot luck, where Machelle had the main dish and other people bring the side dishes. Machelle thought this was a good idea. After their conversation was over, she hung up.
She had just hung up the phone when Tom had called saying that there were two couples interested in the property. It turned into a bidding war and in the end Machelle had sold the house for a little more than the asking price.
After she hung up with Tom she then went back to the couch and got comfortable. She felt very good that the house was packed and it was almost time for her to start over. She started to watch Fast and Furious 6 even though she had seen it many times.
Machelle didn't realize she had fallen asleep on the couch when she was woken up by El Torrito wanting to go outside.
She knew Dean and Roman were scheduled to come back soon so she went upstairs to get her housecoat and looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She had dark circles under her eyes and the guys would surely notice she hadn't slept since they left. She put the kettle on and made some tea then used the tea bag to put on her eyes thinking maybe it would help the circles.
It was about 15 minutes later when Machelle could hear their car pull up. Then the garage door opened and closed.
"Holy crap, they were really busy," Dean said.
"Hunter did say there was something like 20 people coming. Were you not listening again, when he told us last night?" Roman asked.
"Well kind of," Dean said smiling." I was busy listening to Nick bitch about his match."
"Figures, I knew you wouldn't care about that stuff," Roman replied. As he opened the door that was in the garage and they walked in to the house going into the kitchen.
"Yeah, Yeah, I figured if it was import-". He started but stopped as he looked at Machelle, who was sitting at the kitchen island.
"What's wrong with you?" Dean asked, look alarmed, "Are you sick?"
"I'm fine. I'm just tired. You saw what was in the garage. We worked our asses off." Machelle said, sounding only slightly defensive.
"Yes, I know, but you look like you haven't slept in days," Dean said.
Just as he finished Roman smacked him upside the head. "No wonder you are single Dean, you never say that to a woman with out getting your ass handed to you on a platter!" Roman said as he handed Machelle a bag from a fast food place with an extra cheese burger they had gotten just in case she was up.
"Yeah, Dean, listen to Roman," Machelle said, only partially joking, "If I wasn't so tired, and my arm wasn't in a cast, I would kick your ass." She opened the burger and took a bite, then went to the fridge and grabbed the ketchup.
When getting the bottle to work with one arm proved to be difficult for her, Dean came over, "Here," he said, surprisingly gentle, "Let me help." He took the bottle and squirted some on the wrapper for her.
"Thank you," Machelle said.
"Welcome, squirt." Dean smirked then became serious. "So why haven't you slept?"
"I have been having bad dreams of what happened the last time I was alone. It was like I was reliving the whole scene again. I know it's crazy and I don't know why." Machelle said tears in eyes. "I talked to Stephanie today. I promised that I would go to get some help with it."
"It was a traumatic experience Machelle. Trust me it's a normal thing," Roman said, looking at Dean.
"Maybe that will help," Dean said. "I also think that because you were on pain killers, that might have something to do with it too. I mean, the pills made you sleepy and you didn't have the bad dreams maybe 'cause the pills took over?"
"Maybe. I'm not usually a weak person and cry at the drop of a hat," she said as tears were running down her cheeks.
"I don't think you are weak. I think it's because you haven't slept," Roman assured her.
"So, get your ass up stairs and get to bed!" Dean ordered her, laughing.
Machelle couldn't help but smile at his attempt to cheer her up.
They both hugged her at the same time, telling her it would be all right and that both of them would help her through this.
After they let her go, Dean checked the doors and let El Torrito in while Roman turned out the lights and they both helped her up the stairs to her room.
They quickly changed their clothes and went into Machelle's room.
Seeing that she had a king size bed they climbed in. Dean on her left side and Roman on the right and El Torrito was lying on the floor on Dean's side.
The plan was to stay until Machelle fell asleep but, that didn't happen as they were tired and fell asleep watching Dog, The Bounty Hunter on the TV.