Took me a while to update, sorry. I've been busy healing... :) So here it is, chapter 23. I hope I can add another one in the next few days. I'm trying at least. Thanks a lot to EVERYONE who reviewed... I love that you love it!

I sadly do not own anyone or anything... not Tammy, not Randy, not Cody... and not even Evan. Though I'd wish I could own all of them one way or another.

And thanks again to Courtney who planted the image of a naked Legacy cooking in the kitchen in my head yesterday. Maybe that was the reason why I couldn't sleep last night! I'll use that idea somewhere in my story, I promise!

It was only two days later that they met Cody again. After Randy had packed everything she needed, Cody was the one picking them up on Saturday to finally hit the road all together. The next show was scheduled to be in Louisville, Kentucky, so they decided to head there by car, a lot less expensive than the plane and they would have time to talk about the plan, which still was not smooth enough to run with. Badly enough Evan had decided to travel along with them and Randy was in the situation he did not want to get into: decide on whether to tell Evan or already start the plan.

"So, explain to me why the girl from the bar is traveling with us, will ya?"

Evan threw his bag into the trunk while Randy stood next to him, lighting a last cigarette since he doubted that Cody -who was driving- would take a break and the thought of sitting in a car 5 hours without being able to smoke was already killing him. He took a deep breath, shrugging his shoulders, glancing towards Tammy who was placed on the passenger-seat, avoiding any contact with Cody.

"Well… her and I… "

Evan blinked, arching a brow as he shut the trunk and leaned against it, arms crossed over his chest.

"So she's the reason for your divorce, huh?"

Randy chewed the inside of his cheek, glancing towards Tammy again before sighing.

"Obviously, yeah."

He raised his head, eyes meeting Evans.

"Listen… I… we never planned on falling…"

Evan chuckled and smirked, pushing himself off the trunk and patting his friends shoulder.

"God Orton, calm down. I don't blame you. I know that you and Sam… well… that it didn't work out quite well the past months. I've seen it coming… actually I already had a suspicion that you and her…" He nodded towards Tammy before looking back at Randy, smiling. "Let's just say, I kinda already knew it. And don't worry. I won't tell."

Randy nodded, his eyes wandering to Tammy again.

"I love her, ya know? And… well… the baby."

Evans eyes widened and he stared at his friend for a while, trying to register what he had just said.

"Baby?"

Randy let out another sigh, looking back at his friend, cigarette in his hand long forgotten.

"Yeah…" Here his lips started to form a smile, growing bigger with every word he spoke. "She's pregnant… with my baby."

Evan blinked at him a few times before tilting his head, chewing his upper lip and then grabbing Randy's box of cigarettes, taking one out himself. Randy arched a brow, looking at his hand, the box as Evan fondled with it, and his eyes followed the cigarette as Evan stuffed it between his lips, lightening it.

"Since when do you smoke?"

Evan took a long, deep drag before letting out a short cough and shaking his head.

"So… you and she had an affair, still have one… without telling ANYONE… and she got pregnant… and now you're leaving Sam and Alana for her and the baby?"

Randy was still in a bit of shock about Evan taking one of his cigarettes, wiggling his brows in concentration as he nodded slowly.

"Well, accept that John and Cody knew… for a few months now."

Evan took another drag of the cigarette before throwing it away carelessly, not taking his eyes off Randy.

"How long? I mean… the affair, the pregnancy… everything?"

Randy bit the side of his upper lip, shrugging, glancing to Tammy again.

"Since the first time we met her at the bar… ever since than … and well… about 3 months by now. Listen Evan… we really didn't plan anything, but I love her, I truly do. If you can't accept it, fine… I can understand. But I just wanted you to know it, okay? And… as long as the divorce isn't over and I don't have half of the custody… we're telling everyone that she's Cody's girl. So if you can at least play along… please?"

Evans eyes went back and forth between Tammy and Randy while he was talking, before finally settling on Randy again, shrugging.

"I don't have a problem with it… it's just… wow… I mean… it's a lot to take in, you know? So… she's "with Cody"?"

He made those quotation marks with his fingers, watching Randy's expression change again from slightly pissed to somewhat relieved.

"Yeah… at least while we're on tour… or out together. If Sam knew I'd already have someone new… if she knew that I had an affair all the time…"

Evan nodded, holding up one hand.

"Yeah… I understand. Well, that also explains why she's in the passenger-seat and not in the back-seat with you… but why's she even coming with us?"

Randy bit his lip again, taking out another cigarette.

"Well… we had some problems a few weeks ago… the baby … let's just say I want to make sure her and the baby are okay 24/7, okay?"

Evan arched a brow, staring at him for quite a while before shrugging and nodding his head.

"Sure."

Meanwhile the silence in the car was defeating. Cody was holding onto the steering wheel as if it would be his own life, staring off into space while Tammy was glancing in the rear-view mirror every once in a while. They had not talked one word ever since he had shown up at their, at her, door and it was killing Cody that she even avoided eye contact with him. He cringed, thinking back at what had happened two days ago, swallowing hard before finally taking a glance at her, seeing her fondling with her hair.

"Want me to put in a CD?"

Tammy almost jumped when she heard his voice, she had already gotten used to the silence that much. She sighed and looked over at him, tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear.

"No need for it, Codes. I'll just get out and see what's taking them so long."

Cody flinched at the coldness in her voice, nodding slowly before staring back off into space, gripping the wheel even tighter than before as he heard her closing the door behind her. He let out a defeated breath, shaking his head before lowering it, murmuring.

"Shit… I fucked up."

As soon as Tammy was out of the car, she let out a long, deep sigh, relaxing in an instant. It was hard for her to be that cold towards Cody, but the past two days she decided to show him her cold shoulder, to be as harsh as possible. She could not let him fall for her anymore than he had already done. She did not want herself to fall for him anymore… she wanted Randy and her to work out, to stay together for the rest of their life. She did not need another guy running after her. She tensed again when she reminded herself of the plan and shook her head, mumbling to herself.

"Why did I agree to this shit?"

She took a deep breath, raising her head again, shaking the thoughts out of it before looking over at Evan and Randy, smiling slightly. Another deep breath later she was on her way over to them, hand brushing Randy's thigh as she passed him, her eyes fixed on Evan.

"Hey… what's taking you two so long?"

Both were slightly startled by her appearance, being that much into their talk that they didn't realize her leaving the car and walking up to them. Evan smirked at her appearance. Who would have guessed that they would ever meet outside the bar?

"Sorry… we were talking and I think we somehow got carried away."

She smiled, nodding her head as Evan extended his hand.

"Evan by the way. Though I guess you already know that from mister lover boy over here."

He nodded in Randy's direction, making her blush and then quirk a brow.

"You…"

Evan chuckled, shaking his head.

"Don't worry… your secret is safe with me."

She turned her head towards Randy who was rubbing his neck, looking slightly embarrassed until she broke out in a fit of giggles. Randy looked back up, furrowing his brows.

"What's so funny?"

She giggled some more before shrugging, looking over at Evan and back at Randy.

"The whole situation I guess. I'm feeling like high-school all over again."

Randy raised a brow, tilting his head, before also breaking out in laughter and Evan soon joined in. It took them a while to calm down again, Randy having draped an arm around Tammy's waist by now, pulling her closer to him, kissing her cheek.

"Come on… let's go before Cody starts feeling lonely."

I hope you guys like it. Somehow I think it's one of my worst chapters so far, but that might be cause I'm brain-dead for a few days already, so bare with me! Please review... it's what keeps me going.