Chapter 15: She Knows
Ashley sighed as she had a seat on her couch. Her pair of hip hugging American Eagle lounge pants swished as she curled her legs so she was sitting cross legged. She began to unwind after a particularly hard day with Phinnigan. He had some new teeth coming in so he was whiny and uncooperative all day. She was so relieved when he finally fell asleep. Keegan was spending the night at one of his many friends that he had met while staying with her. He didn't know it yet but Ashley and her father had discussed it and they had come to the decision that if Keegan wanted he could start going to school in Australia instead of going back to Georgia. Chris felt that Keegan needed the stability of having someone to go home to everyday instead of traveling between Chris's sister and his parents and staying with his dad a few days each month. He also felt good knowing that Ashley wasn't alone out there in Australia, she had Keegan and Shane to keep her safe. Chris was very weary about the McMahon heir dating his daughter but Shane seemed to make his daughter and grandson very happy and that is all he really wanted for both of them.
It was beginning to rain out and the forecasts predicted heavy rain storms for the next few days. Ashley grabbed the remote control for her TV and began flipping through channels trying to find something interesting to watch. Love Comes Softly, which was one of Ashley's favorite made for TV movies just happened to be on. Although Ashley had seen the movie many times before she loved it none the less. The movie was made from a Christian book series that Ashley had read as a teenager. She called Keegan to make sure he was ok and then settled in to watch the movie. She fell asleep on the couch halfway through the movie. The rain was coming down really hard now and the drops smashed into the roof with a furious force. Ashley was awoken by a loud knocking on her door. She looked around for a minute disoriented until she realized where the sound was coming from. There was another knock and Ashley got up off the couch and threw a sweatshirt over her thin spaghetti strapped tank top before answering the door.
She was shocked when she opened the door and saw a soaked to the bone Randy with Dean asleep on his shoulder. Ashley let them in and as soon as Randy got into the house he removed Dean's wet clothing and carefully changed the little boy into pajamas.
"What are you doing here?" she asked him once he had put Dean into the extra bed in Phinnigan's room.
"Can't a man come and visit his best friend without having some other motive" he countered taking off his own shirt and rummaging through the bag he had brought with him. He pulled a black long sleeved thermal shirt on over his head. Ashley went to grab him a towel for his hair and when she had returned he was now wearing a pair of dark blue and black flannel pajama pants.
"Here" she said handing him the towel. He ran in through his now thick and bushy head of hair. (A/N: Think of what his hair looked like when he first joined Evolution)
"Thanks" he said.
"I didn't mean it like I wasn't happy you were here it was just a surprise" Ashley said.
"I asked Vince for a few days off and couldn't think of anywhere else to spend it but with my best friend and godson" he explained.
"It's just that I thought you were mad at me about the way I reacted about the whole John and Kelly thing"
"I was never mad I was just surprised ... but then again I didn't even take into consideration of your feelings, I know Kelly being pregnant was a big part of why you left and I didn't even think that talking about it might be uncomfortable for you" he said "I even brought you a peace offering"
"What did you get me?" Ashley asked excitedly, her grey eyes brightened immediately.
Randy once again went over to his duffel bag and began to search through it. He grinned to himself as he pulled out a beautiful light blue teddy bear dressed in a Red Sox uniform. He had that in one hand and a rolled up birth certificate in the other.
"Dean decided that we should go to Build A Bear to get you a present and since you love the color blue he picked this out for you and he even remembered that your favorite baseball team is the Red Sox"
"I knew that boy was so smart" Ashley broadly smiled as she took the bear and the birth certificate from Randy.
Both Orton men had decided to name the bear Nomar after Ashley's favorite former Red Sox player.
"You guys know me too well" she said placing the bear in a special place so he wouldn't get ruined by her almost 11 month old son. Phinnigan would be turning a year old in July and Ashley was already starting to plan his party.
"So Dean's birthday is next month are you going to come out of seclusion long enough to attend?" he asked.
"Of course me and Phin will be there and so will Shane and the boys" Ashley replied.
"How are Declan and Kenyon taking to having you and Phinnigan around?" Randy asked.
"They seem to be fine with it ... Declan seems to have really taken a liking to both me and Phin and Kenny is still kinda young but he loves to play with Phinnigan"
"That's really good" Randy said.
"Shane told me that Declan asked him if me and Shane were going to get married and then he told Shane that if we did he'd be ok with that" Ashley laughed a little.
"Wow ... I guess he has really taken a liking to you" Randy laughed as well.
"So have you and Shane discussed marriage?"
"We have only been dating for a little over a month I don't think there is any need to rush into anything" she replied "but I will say this if Shane did ask me in the future I'd really consider it"
"Yeah but would you really want to be a McMahon? Randy asked "I mean Shane and Stephanie and Linda are ok but would you really want to be related to Vince McMahon?"
"Now that you put it that way ..." Ashley started to say but her phone interrupted .
"I gotta go grab that" she said excusing herself.
"You have to tell her now" Randy urged himself "she needs to know"
"Needs to know what?" Ashley asked walking back into the room with the phone in her hand.
"Ashley sweetie you know I am always straight with you and never have I ever not told you the truth even though sometimes I wish I did to protect you" he said getting up to hug her.
"Oh my god Randy are you cheating on me" she joked.
"Come on Ash this is serious what I am about to tell you is going to piss you off beyond belief" he warned her.
She took a deep breath and looked him in the eyes "Ok I'm ready"
"Well here goes nothing ... I overheard Kelly and Melina talking the other day and Kelly told Melina that she concocted the whole "pregnancy" thing up and that she was never really pregnant and the only reason she told John she was pregnant was that she knew it was the one thing you could never give him and she wanted to hit you with a low blow so hard that you couldn't take being around anymore and you would leave so she could have John all to herself and it worked ... you fell right into her plan"
The blood rushed from Ashley's face as he hands clenched to fists so hard that her knuckles were white. She looked like she was going to be sick. Her normally tranquil eyes filled with hate and rage and she just stood there not saying a word.
"I'm going to bed before I hurt something or someone" she finally said after 5 minutes.
"Ash come on talk to me" Randy urged her.
"I'm ok now ... thank you for telling me the truth"
"Good night then" was all Randy could say.
Randy and Dean spent a total of 3 days in Australia before having to go back to the states. They never mentioned Kelly or John at all after the bombshell had been dropped. As they were saying their goodbyes Ashley embraced Randy tightly.
"Kelly is going to pay" she whispered into his ear.
"Have a safe flight guys" Ashley had a smile on her face but Randy could still see the rage in her eyes.
What had he just done ... hopefully Kelly survived what Ashley was going to do with her.
A/N: She knows ... how is she going to take it. So on this day of my birth December 16, 2007 I give to you a gift of an update and if I don't kill my brother or myself in the next hour or so I might update again later on today.