This is the last Chapter for this story but, there will be a sequel.
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The next morning the guys were the first ones up and made coffee. They were sitting in the kitchen looking over the list they had made to see what they all had to do next. Machelle got up an hour later. Roman passed her a coffee as she sat down next to Dean.
"So, we were just looking over the list we did yesterday and we need to get some extra chairs and tables," Dean said
"We also need to call the movers and see if they can come on Monday. We can get a hotel room for you and El Torrito since you have a Doctors appointment on Wednesday. I know we don't have to be out for another month, but, if we go now you can get the help with the nightmares before we have to go back on the road full time," Roman said.
"Okay, sounds good to me," Machelle said.
Dean grabbed the piece of paper they had with the info on for the movers. When Machelle called, the guy she talked to said he was just going to call her. He had over booked for Friday and wanted to ask if it was possible to change to another day, so Monday was good for him.
Machelle went in search for a party store in the phone book. There was one close to them, so they hopped into the car and went to the store to get what they needed. Once there, they not only got the tables and chairs, but the same store had bouncy castles for rent. They agreed to deliver everything early Saturday.
On the way back home they went to the youth centre and Roman and Dean set up the equipment for them. The teens were so excited to see them. The guys signed autographs for them and took pictures with them. Machelle even took a group picture and planned on getting it blown up so the centre could put it on display.
Two days later it was the morning of the BBQ. The tables and chairs were delivered and the castle was up and ready for the kids. Stephanie and some of the neighbours had come early and helped get the food ready.
While Hunter, Shane, Dean and Roman got the tables and chairs set up where they thought they should go. Now all they had to do was wait for everyone else to get there.
A few hours later the neighbours and people from the office started to arrive and the party began.
The kids loved the bouncy castle and played in it until it was time to eat. El Torrito had to go in the house because he wanted to be in the castle with the kids.
When it was time to get the BBQ started Vince again volunteered to man the grill.
While they ate, the neighbours sat at the tables and told stories about how they had met Jamie. Mr. Horton said he met Jamie six years ago, when his wife had fallen on the ice in their driveway taking the garbage out. Jamie saw what had happened and took her to the hospital and stayed with her while they put a cast on her arm. He drove her home and even stayed with her until Mr. Horton had gotten home. He also had shovelled and salted the driveway before he left as they didn't have anyone else close by to help out. Jamie had even brought over a bottle of good Scotch when Mr. Horton's wife had died, not to promote drinking but as a good gesture. He sometimes even would put flowers on her grave.
Mrs Johnson down the way said she had a similar meeting with Jamie. Her husband tried to clean the gutters himself and Jamie saw him almost fall off the ladder. Jamie ran over helped him down off the ladder and cleaned the gutters for them. He even cleaned the mess afterwards. He also cut their grass when her husband was sick with the flu.
There were a lot of really good stories that the neighbours told about Jamie helping out his neighbours. Machelle was glad she had invited them all over.
Some of the kids in the neighbourhood told stories of Jamie setting up hockey nets in the middle of the road and played soccer and hockey with them, or put the sprinkler on in his or any yard and played on a slip and side in the summer.
The kids had challenged Dean to a game of soccer with El Torrito on their team. The kids knew that the dog was good and they would win but, didn't tell Dean how good he actually was.
Thinking that he could win, Dean accepted the challenge. He had Roman, Hunter, Shane and some of the others on his team. Vince volunteered to be the referee. The kids won in the end. The others laughed as El Torrito grabbed the ball from Dean, giving one of the kids a chance to run down by his goal. Then the dog would let the ball down by the goal and one of the kids would kick the ball between the two pillows that was the goal.
Dean said they cheated but, in the end said it was fine and the next game they played El Torrito was on his team. Dean thought this was a sure win, but El Torrito had different ideas. Instead of helping Dean's team, he helped the kids win again. Dean pretended to be mad at him but, couldn't stay that way as the big dog came over and knocked him down with his butt and sat on his chest, kissing him. Once the dog got off him, the kids did a dog pile on him and everyone laughed. Stephanie took pictures and video of the whole scene.
After they finished playing soccer Machelle and some of the neighbours brought dessert out. There was cake, brownies, and other desserts that people had brought.
It was starting to get dark when Dean suggested they use the outdoor fire pit and do s'mores with the kids using the stuff he put in the cart at Costco. He went and got some sticks for the kids and Machelle got the chocolate bars, marshmallows and graham crackers out on a tray and Roman brought them out to Dean.
Dean helped the kids get their marshmallows nice and golden then once the kids put them together he would steal them and shove them in his mouth. The result would get Dean another dog pile and the kids laughing.
Some of the neighbours helped clean up wrapping leftovers Machelle insisted they take as they only had a day left in the house and had a fridge full of things already.
Some of the people that had kids were leaving and thanked Machelle for her hospitality and wished her luck.
It was only Mr. Horton, Stephanie, Hunter and their kids and Vince and Linda left. They sat down outside drinking coffee and talked.
"So have you thought about what you are doing when you get to Florida?" Vince said.
"I have been thinking about it a bit but, haven't really decided yet. There are things I need to work on before I decide," Machelle told him, then added, "You will be the first to know when I do."
Vince was about to ask what the issues were but, Linda elbowed him and he got the message that she didn't want to talk about them.
They all decided to go when Hunter's youngest fell asleep with El Torrito on his doggie bed. El Torrito had one paw on her stomach and it looked like he was kind of hugging her and her head was on the other paw. It was a very cute sight and Stephanie took the opportunity to snap a picture with her cell phone.
Hunter picked her up and brought her to the car with some resistance from the big dog. The other two girls gave the dog hugs and followed behind their dad. Stephanie and Linda went in front of them to grab the doors.
They said their goodbyes as Mr. Horton went home and Hunter and the others got in their cars and left.
Dean, Roman and Machelle waved as they drove off. The trio walked inside, Dean and Roman checked all the doors and Machelle went in to the kitchen to get coffee ready for the morning once she was done they went upstairs and went to bed.
Sunday was the day to finish up the last minute things. The guys got their gear ready and packed up all their clothes they had there.
Mathew from the youth centre came with some teens to pick up the furniture that was in the rooms Dean and Roman had been using for the yard sale. Roman and Dean helped get the two rooms emptied and loaded onto their truck.
Machelle had decided that she would take her bed with her, which was good, because if she hadn't, they would have only had one sofa in the living room to sleep on.
For the rest of the day they cleaned the fridge, swept the floors, vacuumed the bedrooms and cleaned the bathroom in Machelle's room as the cleaning ladies had done the other ones and then Machelle put ribbon across them so no one would use them. Except for the one that Dean and Roman used, she thought if they needed to use another one then they could use Machelle's.
Dean had called a hotel to reserve a room for Machelle and El Torrito for three days. After her Doctors appointment on Wednesday, Dean and Roman would pick her up at the doctor's office, and then they would go towards the next Raw. Roman had their destinations all planned out on a map, they were going to be on the road full time for three weeks with Machelle tagging along.
They would be going from Hartford to Cleveland for the next show on Monday; thankfully that would be the longest drive at nine hours. Then to Cincinnati, Virginia Beach, Charlotte NC, Atlanta and finally to Tampa.
Vince said that they didn't have to go to California, as that was the next show after Tampa and could help Machelle settle in for two weeks. Then they would go to Raw and Smackdown and do house shows part time until Machelle was healed and could drive.
The next day Dean got up put the coffee on while Roman got ready in Machelle's bathroom. Then went upstairs and got ready him self.
They had their coffee together and then it was time for Jack to pick them up. Dean had asked Machelle if she was okay to drive to the hotel as she wasn't supposed to drive. It was only a 10 minute drive to the hotel. Machelle said it would be okay. It was just to the hotel as everything she needed was close by. The guys made arrangements to call Machelle that night to see how everything went with the movers.
Machelle waved as they left.
The movers had cleaned out the garage, and loaded Machelle's bed and dresser, the couch, and the TV from the living room into the truck. As Mr. Horton got the one in the Media room. It took just about two hours.
Mr. Horton came over while the movers were there to say good bye to Machelle and El Torrito. Machelle said they weren't leaving until Wednesday and they made plans for lunch and a walk the next day.
When the movers left Machelle did one final walk around and remembering all the fun she had in that house. Then got in her car with El Torrito in the back and drove to the hotel. She couldn't drive very far as she found that the staples felt like they were tearing out.
She left El Torrito in the car for five minutes, while she walked in to the hotel, checked in, and went and dropped her suitcase off in the room. When she was done, she went out to the car and got El Torrito. Since the Real Estate office was within walking distance, she decided to take care of two things at once and take El Torrito for a walk and drop off all the keys to Jamie's house.
Tom Sullivan was surprised to see them, as she still had a month before the official closing date, but, understood that she wanted to move on. He called the new owners agent to see if the buyers wanted to move in early. Their agent said they would talk to the buyers. Machelle agreed to wait and had a bottle of water and chatted with Tom while waiting.
As it turned out, the buyers had been staying in a hotel, as the lease on their old apartment had run out. They had been thinking of trying to push the closing date up, but were worried Machelle would refuse. They were delighted to find out they could take possession early. After a quick call to the Lawyers office, the closing was moved up to this Wednesday.
After leaving Tom's office, she decided to take El Torrito to the dog park so she could let him off leash to run. On her way she stopped and grabbed a coffee and sat down on a bench to relax while the big dog played.
The next afternoon Mr. Horton and Machelle went for lunch and then took El Torrito for a walk. They made plans to go for a walk before her Doctors appointment the next day. He said he would miss El Torrito and Machelle and wished them luck. Machelle was almost in tears when he left her and asked him if he wanted to go to dinner the next night with her, Dean and Roman it would be her treat, and he agreed.
When Dean and Roman came back that night Machelle told them that she made plans to have dinner with the older man they agreed to stay another night and leave early the next day. They didn't have to be in Cincinnati for the next show for another three days.
Machelle had found a picture of Jamie and Mr. Horton in Jamie's home office. She went to the photo shop and got a copy of it and a nice frame. She also went to the liquor store, and with Dean's help as Machelle didn't really drink, got him a good bottle of Scotch.
At her Doctor's appointment, Dr Jackson told Machelle she was healing very fast and she could go to physical therapy as soon as she got to Tampa. She asked if she was able to drive he said it depended on what her therapist said it could take up to three months depending on how her recovery went.
After they left the doctor they went to the lawyers to pick up the cheque, then to the bank to deposit it into her account.
They went back to the hotel to get ready for dinner with Mr. Horton. They went and got him and took him to a nice restaurant and they sat outside.
Machelle gave him the bottle of scotch and the picture she found. He was almost in tears as he looked at the picture. Telling the trio that the picture was just after his wife had died and that was the day Jamie had brought him to the cemetery to make the arrangements for her burial. Then Machelle felt bad that he was feeling sad but, he assured her that he would be fine.
They talked and laughed until 11 at the restaurant. Then they picked up El Torrito and they drove him home. When Dean let El Torrito out at Mr. Horton's house he went up to him and sat down on Mr. Horton's feet. It was like he knew he wouldn't see the older man for a long time and it was his way on saying good bye.
The trio gave Mr. Horton a hug and got back in the car Dean drove as Roman kept looking at Machelle in the mirror because Machelle was crying on the way back to the hotel. El Torrito tried to comfort her until the guys could by putting his head in her lap.
When they got to the hotel Dean went to the front desk and asked for a wake up call for six am.
While Machelle, El Torrito and Roman went up stairs to the room. Machelle went in to the bathroom to take a shower. When she got out Dean went in.
Roman hugged her asking "You okay Machelle?"
"I will be. Sorry it was just I felt bad making him sad. He told me the other day he thought of Jamie as the son he never had then I go and give a picture to remind him he's not around. What kind of person does that make me?" Machelle said.
"He will be okay. We will stay in touch with him I swear, we will and it means you saw a picture and saw the two happy, it's not like you did it on purpose Machelle." Roman said.
"I got Mr. Horton's phone number and address I felt the same way and said we would call as soon as we got settled. I also promised to keep in touch. Roman is right you are a good person." Dean said coming out of the bathroom putting his clothes away.
Dean turned on the TV and looked at the guide to find something to watch. He settled on Blue Bloods as he got settled in the bed next to Machelle. Machelle put her head on Dean's arm. Dean put his arm around her shoulders.
Just as Roman came out of the bathroom he went into his suitcase putting his clothes in, and then got into the bed next to Machelle. As El Torrito got comfortable on his doggy bed.
"Don't worry Machelle, it will all work out," Dean said, then added, laughing, "now get off of me this is too mushy for me. Roman is the mushy one."
Machelle stuck her tongue out at him.
"Don't stick your tongue out at me unless you intend to use it." Dean laughed.
"In your dreams buster, beside I do remember you snuggling up to me the other night," Machelle said as she punched Dean in the arm and laughed.
"That was different, I was sleeping and you don't have proof." Dean said in his defence.
"Oh but we do," Roman said as he went to grab his cell off the night stand. He showed Dean the picture.
"That only goes as far as us, you hear me? I have a reputation to keep you know," Dean said, laughing, knowing he was in trouble if the picture got out.
"Don't worry it will be our little secret." Machelle said looking at Roman who nodded.
Roman turned the lights off. Then he put his arm around Machelle letting her snuggle into his side. Machelle took Dean's hand and squeezed for a moment.
Now I can start fresh, she thought, and she was asleep a few minutes later.
The End !