Fangirl, Randy; Randy, Fangirl Chapter 28
A/N: Thank you for reading and reviewing! I really appreciate it. Special thanks to PRINCESSNIA, JohnCenaFan101, and valkyrieschains for their continued support. Also, thanks to new reviewer PassionWriter101 for reviewing chapter 27. I know a lot of you are looking for an explanation for Ted's behavior; it's in this chapter. So, enjoy!
Ted took a shower and got dressed; he left the house giving Riley permission to take her own shower.
Riley stood shakily from the bed. It had become routine for Ted to use her, so changing the sheets was just as routine. She pulled on a robe and stripped the sheet from the bed to take them to the laundry room. She checked in on Harley before going downstairs. She took a deep breath when she saw that he had slept through the commotion.
She cried a little as she went downstairs with the dirty sheets. Riley didn't plan to raise her son in such a hostile environment. Ted had changed so much since they had met; she had no idea why.
Riley put the sheets in the wash and went back upstairs to put a fresh set of sheets on the bed. She took a shower and had just gotten dressed when her phone rang.
Randy had picked up the kids from school later that day. His mind was so occupied with seeing Riley earlier that he didn't remember the drive home from the school. Nelson was now 8 and the twins were 5. "Go change your clothes and start on your homework. I'll be up there to help in a minute." He said. The kids nodded and went upstairs. Randy took a deep breath and pulled out his cell phone.
He scrolled through the contacts to find the number he couldn't work himself up to delete. He hit the 'call' button and waited for an answer. The voice on the other end was nothing like the angelic voice he heard earlier; this was the voice of a beaten and battered woman.
Hello? She answered weakly.Riley? Are you okay? He asked concerned.Yeah, I'm good. Is there something wrong with the kids? No. They're fine. You sound like you're in pain. Oh. Um, I uh, just woke up. Oh. Randy knew she was lying. He remembered her sleepy voice being much softer and sweeter than what he was hearing now. He let it go and changed the subject.Uh, it was good seeing you today. Yeah. You, too. I was wondering if maybe you wanted to go to lunch sometime. You know… to catch up? Riley hesitated before responding. I don't think that's a good idea. Oh. Randy was confused; he thought they made a reconnection earlier. I would love to, but Teddy wouldn't like that. She sounded almost like she was afraid. Is he hurting you, Riley?Randy asked out of suspicion. Riley was quiet on the other end. Oh my god. Is he there now? No. He just left. She broke down; Randy had put two and two together only to realize what was happening. Listen to me, Riley. I need you to pack up as much stuff for you and your son as you can. I'm coming to pick you up. What's the address? Randy, I don't think— Tell me the address, Riley. I'm not going to let you stay there with him and get hurt! I love you too damn much for that! Okay.
Riley gave him the address and packed a few bags. Randy may have been a lot of things, but he never laid a hand on her. She feared the consequences of leaving Ted, but she wanted out of the abusive environment. Randy was giving her the opportunity and she was not going to waste it.
Randy called Becky to watch the kids. When she arrived, he left. He put the address into the Bentley's GPS and drove as fast as he could without going over the speed limit. The house Ted and Riley shared was much closer than he had thought. He took his cell from the console and called Riley again. Randy? Yeah it's me. I'm around the corner. I'll be there in 2 minutes. Okay. Riley hung up the phone and went to wake Harley. Before she did, she turned off the baby monitor that was beside his bed. She knew Ted may have taken the receiver to keep an ear out for her.
"Wake up, Harley. We have to go baby. Come on, honey; get up." She said softly. When the toddler didn't stir, Riley picked him up and carried him to the door with the bags she packed. She opened the door to walk out.
At the same time, Randy was about to knock on the door. Riley smiled and let a single tear of joy fall. Randy took the bags she carried and took them to the Bentley. After he put the bags in the trunk, he took Harley from Riley's arms and strapped the sleeping child into the car seat he put in before he left his house. While he did that, Riley got into the passenger seat; soon, Randy joined her. He started the car and drove off.
Riley sat silently looking out the window. She jumped and yelped when Randy stroked her thigh. Randy jerked his hand back at her reaction. "I'm sorry." He said. Riley shook her head. "It's okay." She said quietly. "May I?" Randy asked referring to touching her again. She nodded. Randy placed his hand back on her leg; he felt how tense she was as if she was afraid. "I'm not going to hurt you, Riley." He said. Riley gave a small smile.
"Mommy?" a small voice chirped. "I'm right here honey." Riley said as she turned around to let Harley see her face. He smiled. "Hungry, Mommy." He said. "I know, baby. I'm going to get you something in a minute." She said as she handed him a Sippy Cup of juice.
Randy usually didn't allow eating in the Bentley, but he didn't say anything about the juice. "What's his name again?" Randy asked. "Harley." She said. "Nelson or Dibiase?" Randy asked referring to the last name. "Orton." She answered. "What? Why?" Randy asked. "Because he's yours." She said. "But how?" Randy asked. They hadn't even seen each other in years; there was no way they could have had sex to have a baby.
What Randy had forgotten about were the surrogates they had been using to try for another baby after the twins. Most of the IVFs failed and miscarried so he had dismissed the idea altogether. Riley had kept trying though; it had taken a while, but she explained that one of the surrogates carried a baby full term. He had been born the same day Riley had miscarried their baby.
Randy was in shock. "I had no idea, Riley. I'm so sorry." He said. "It's okay. I didn't tell you. How else were you supposed to know?" she said. Randy nodded. "So he's three years old, right?" he asked. Riley nodded. "He's a lot like you, you know." She said. "How so?" he asked. Riley smiled. "He just has a lot of you in him. He looks like me on the outside, but he's all you on the inside." She said. Randy nodded. "Does he have a middle name?" he asked. Riley nodded. "Keith." She said. "Harley Keith Orton?" he asked. Riley nodded. "That's such a badass name!" he said with a smile. "No swearing around him. He's like a cassette player." Riley said. Randy nodded and chuckled.
"Why did Ted say Harley was his son if he knew he wasn't?" Randy asked. "Spite." Riley answered simply. Randy nodded.
At that, they pulled up into the driveway of the home Riley once shared with Randy. "You can take him in and get him something to eat. I can get your bags." Randy said. Riley nodded. She took Harley inside and to the kitchen. As she walked through the house, she saw that the house had been redecorated. She saw Becky sitting in the living room and smiled. "Hey, Becky." She said. Becky smiled. "Hey, Riley. How are you?" she asked. Riley shrugged. "I'm okay, I guess." She said.
Randy brought the bags in and told Becky she could leave. When she did, Randy had an internal debate on whether to put them in a guest room or the master bedroom. He put them in a guest room just in case; he didn't want to offend. He went back downstairs where Riley had made and given Harley a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Harley was sitting on the counter with Riley standing in front of him. Randy went to the fridge and got a bottle of water.
Harley gasped. "Mommy! That's Randy Orton!" he said excitedly. Randy smiled as he drank the water. Riley chuckled and nodded. "Yeah. Sure is. Do you want to talk to him?" she asked. Harley nodded; he was actually star struck. "Hey, buddy. What's your name?" he asked. "Harley." He said. Randy looked to Riley as if he was asking permission. Riley nodded and took a deep breath; she had hoped this was going to go well.
Randy smiled. "Did you know we have the same last name?" he asked the toddler. He nodded. "Mommy said it's cause I'm special." He said. Randy chuckled and nodded. "You sure are special. When two people have the same last name, it sometimes means that they are related. Do you know what 'related' means?" he asked. Harley shook his head 'no'. "You know how she's your mommy? You two are related." He said. "Do me and mommy have the same last name?" he asked. Randy hadn't thought about that. He didn't know if Riley had gone back to her maiden name after the divorce. He looked to Riley for an answer.
Riley nodded. "My last name is Orton, too, just like yours and Randy's." she said. Randy smiled. "And that means that we are all related. She's your mommy and I'm your daddy." He explained. Randy and Riley both held their breath waiting for Harley's reaction. "AWESOME!" he said. "Oh, geez. He likes Miz?" Randy groaned. Riley laughed. "Show him your Randy Orton pose, Harley." Riley said. Harley grinned and stretched out his arms just like Randy would do on tv. Randy smiled as he felt tears sting his eyes.
Randy just couldn't figure out how Harley knew so much about wrestling at such a young age. "How does he even know that stuff?" Randy asked. "I'm head of creative for WWE remember? We watch old tapes and DVDs together all the time. He likes you best, though. I wonder why?" she said. Randy nodded. "I thought maybe you would have quit after…" he said trailing off. Riley sighed and gave a small smile.
"You want to go play?" Riley asked Harley. He nodded. Riley took him off the counter and held his hand as all three of them walked upstairs. Riley took him to the playroom where Nelson, Anna-Grace, and Jessica's toys were all stored. His eyes widened when he saw so many toys to choose from. He saw a ride-around fire truck. "Can I play with that?" he asked pointing to the toy. Randy and Riley both nodded. Harley's face lit up as he rolled around the room on the fire truck.
Randy sat on the floor and played with a few toys himself. He and Harley had already begun to form a bond. Riley went across the hall where Jessica and Anna-Grace were doing homework. "Hey mamma!" Jessica said. Anna-Grace shot her head up from the small desk where she was working. "Mommy!" she squealed. Riley smiled. "What are you working on?" she asked. "Math." Anna-Grace answered. "What about you, Jessie?" Riley asked. "I'm doing math, too." She said. "Do you need any help?" Riley asked. Both the girls shook their heads 'no'. Riley nodded and went to check on Nelson.
He sat at the desk in his room. "Hey, Nelson. What kind of homework are you doing?" she asked. "Vocabulary." He said. "Do you need any help?" Riley asked. "No, ma'am. Can I have a snack?" Nelson asked. Riley smiled and nodded. "I'll be back." She said.
Riley went downstairs and looked through the fridge. She found a bag of grapes; she rinsed off a few and put them in a bowl. She went back upstairs, but she had to check with Randy to make sure it was okay. "Babe—I mean Randy—is it okay for Nelson to eat in his room?" she asked. Randy smiled at the accidental pet name. "Yeah, but I'm about to start on dinner. I don't want him to spoil his appetite." He said. "It's just a few grapes." Riley said showing him the bowl. "Oh, well that's fine." Randy said. He wanted to discuss Riley's slip up, but he decided to put the conversation on hold.
"Here you go, sweetie. Your dad is about to start on the cooking so dinner will be ready soon." Riley said to Nelson as she walked back to his room. "Thank you." He said. "You're welcome, baby." She said as she kissed the top of his head. He groaned. "I'm not a baby, Mom!" he said. Riley smiled. "You're always going to be my baby no matter how old you get." She said. Nelson smiled. "Call me if you need me." Riley said. He smiled and nodded.
She left and went in search of her bags. "Where are my bags?" she asked Randy who was still in the playroom with Harley. "I put them in the guest room down the hall." He said. Riley nodded and went to the guest room. She unpacked her and Harley's stuff and put them away. She planned on staying with Randy for as long as he would allow her to.
"Can I ask you something?" Randy asked from the doorway. She nodded and he walked inside, closing the door behind him. He laid down on the bed with his hands behind his head. "Has Harley met the other kids?" he asked. Riley nodded. "Yeah. Why?" she asked. "Today is the first day I'm hearing of him." He said. Riley sighed. "I told them not to tell you. I know it was wrong, but I didn't want to complicate things with you knowing about him." She said. Randy nodded.
"What happened to Ted?" he asked. Riley screwed her eyes shut. She hadn't planned on talking about him this soon.
She took a deep breath as she put away the last of her things before explaining. She sat Indian style on the bed in front of Randy. "When I left, I ran to him. He was so sweet and I thought he and I could have a real relationship instead of him just being a shoulder to cry on. When I told him what happened between you and me, he was a lot more aggressive than usual. I just assumed it was because he was angry at you for—you know." She said.
Randy nodded. "I think he just got jealous because I was focusing all my time and energy on Harley. He started to get really controlling. I was too stupid to see that it was going to get worse. Then I realized that he was only being nice to me in the beginning because he was waiting for us to break up so he could have me to himself. But by then, it was too late for me to leave him." She continued as tears began to roll down her face. Randy felt horrible about Riley had been through with Ted. He felt like it was his fault; if he hadn't been such a jerk about Riley being pregnant, she would have never left.
He sat up and stroked her arm; she flinched. Randy looked in her eyes and saw pain. He rolled up the sleeve of her shirt and saw a huge purple bruise there. "Oh my god" he said in shock. Riley pulled her sleeve down and stood. "It's nothing." She said. Randy started to refute, but he just left to start on dinner.
When dinner was done, everyone was gathered around the dinner table. Riley hadn't said much; she quietly ate her meal. Randy kept an eye on her because he was trying to read her emotions. There was nothing.
Later that night, everyone had gone to bed. Randy had pulled out Nelson's old toddler bed from storage and set it up for Harley to sleep on in the guest room with Riley. Riley laid awake in the bed alone. Frankly, she was afraid to sleep. She thought Ted would find her in her sleep. She sighed and got out of bed. She went to the master bedroom; the door wasn't closed all the way. Riley knew it was so Randy could hear if any of the children called for him. She pushed the door open and tiptoed in.
She nearly fell when Randy spoke. "I'm awake. You don't have to sneak." He said. "I couldn't sleep." She said. Randy lifted the sheets offering Riley them empty space next to him. She slipped in and cuddled up to him. Randy wrapped his arms tightly around her to keep her safe. He smiled when she fell asleep almost immediately. "I love you, baby." He said quietly.
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