Chapter Thirteen: Tis Better to Have Loved…
IffyJiffy: I'm not mad.
RaleighRocks: I can tell you are.
IffyJiffy: Am I speaking to a wall?
YourSexySavior: Clearly.
IffyJiffy: I'm really not. Vince told you what to do. And you did it.
RaleighRocks: But I helped him, not you.
YourSexySavior: You did make him lose the title…
YourSexySavior: To a douche bag, nonetheless.
IffyJiffy: Chris. -_-
YourSexySavior: Sorry.
YourSexySavior: Randy must be so proud of himself, parading around with a title that you helped him get.
RaleighRocks: I'm just saying, I'm really sorry!
IffyJiffy: I AM NOT MAD!
IffyJiffy: Okay, now I'm mad. Only cause you're pushing the subject.
YourSexySavior: I can see where he's coming from.
RaleighRocks: So you're both like, ganging up on me…
YourSexySavior: Unintentionally of course.
YourSexySavior: Anyway, Jeff's not mad. But he does have news. ;)
RaleighRocks: A winky face? Oh la la. You two are finally out of the closet?
YourSexySavior: EW. Shut up. Even if I were gay, my boyfriend would have to be equally or more attractive to me, which is impossible.
YourSexySavior: Therefore, I could never be gay.
IffyJiffy: I started dating someone.
YourSexySavior: A guy.
IffyJiffy: A GIRL.
RaleighRocks: Who? Who? Who?
IffyJiffy: …
RaleighRocks: Never heard of her.
YourSexySavior: Oh, it's Melina!
RaleighRocks: What? You two are dating? She hasn't talked to me in ages… I think she's still mad about the Randy thing.
RaleighRocks: Don't see why though, since she's with you now.
IffyJiffy: Maybe you should try talking to her?
RaleighRocks: I've tried texting and calling, she ignores both every time.
YourSexySavior: How about I try talking to her for you?
RaleighRocks: You would make it worse, no doubt.
YourSexySavior: o: Rude!
RaleighRocks: I'm going to try calling her again.
RaleighRocks has signed off.
IffyJiffy has signed off.
YourSexySavior: Even more rude.
"I don't want to marry him."
"I know."
"But I'm going to."
"I know." Chris looked at Raleigh and watched her face become somber, the tears welling up, getting ready to erupt like a volcano.
"I'm in love with Randy."
"I know."
"Are you going to say anything other then I know?" She was nearly about to collapse into a ball on the floor, the depression the situation was causing her finally set in.
"I'm sorry…" Chris truly didn't know what to say. He was never good at advice and this was his best friend, so if he were to give her any advice at all he wanted to be sure it was the best. Although everyone thought he loved her the way Cody did, he didn't. She was just the best thing that happened to him, in friend form. He cared about her greatly but didn't want her in that way, which was something people always assumed.
"Like that's any better." She covered her face with her hands and shook her head slowly. "I'm so stupid…"
"Stop Mrs. Blackwell, you're absolutely brilliant. Falling in love has nothing to do with a persons I.Q." He knew the words were falling on deaf ears, but he honestly didn't know how to console her. Chris let out a small breathe of air, readying himself for a speech. "You can't control life Leigh, it just happens. The most unpredictable thing in life, is life itself. You never expect things like this to happen, but you have to deal with them. You're a smart girl and I know you'll do the right thing, no matter what anyone else thinks is right or wrong. Just what your heart says."
The soft smile that he produced made her feel a little bit better, a tiny smile appearing on her own face.
"Why aren't you mad at me for all of this?"
"Why would I be mad?"
"You hate Randy, and Cody. It's like a double whammy." She swiped a stray piece of hair from her face, concentrating on the look he was giving her.
"You're my best friend, I could never be mad at you for who you fall in love with." He chuckled quietly and pointed at her, "You were never mad at me for the Barbie Blank situation."
"You were not in love with that girl," she said, breaking into a full smile now.
"Let's put it this way, even though you and Melina aren't on good terms anymore, you still support Jeff's decision to date her, correct?" While he spoke she nodded her head up and down a few times, not exactly following where he was going with it. "He's your best friend, you'll suck up whatever choices he makes as long as he's happy."
"I guess you're right. Thanks for understanding." She smoothed out the ruffles that folded above her thighs, she had the same little black dress on that she had worn days earlier whenever Cody proposed.
"How'd Randy take the news?"
"Not well."
"I could've assumed that…" he let his voice trail off slowly, though he believed every word he spoke.
"Why would you say that?" She asked, her eyes showing her aroused curiosity.
"He's in love with you, even though he didn't say it. That's why he asked you to leave, he didn't want to admit it out loud because then he would know what he was feeling was true. I've been in his situation before." Chris ran a hand through his blonde hair, remembering the day he walked out on the girl he was in love with, not able to face the truth. Regardless of the fact that he hated Randy, he didn't want him to make the same mistake he had made years ago.
"Why don't you get some sleep? I'll have a talk with Randy." He suggested, seeing if she would go for it.
"I don't want him to get mad for telling you though." Raleigh was genuinely worried, the last thing she wanted to do was make the man she loved hate her even more.
"He won't be, trust me."
Chris rapped lightly on the hotel room door, the numbers "204" written neatly across in black paint. Randy opened the door a crack and sighed loudly on purpose.
"What do you want Jericho?" He asked sternly, not wanting to be bothered at the moment. He still had the words 'I'm in love with you Randy' burning in his mind, he couldn't stop thinking about it, or what he wanted to do about it. He'd never been in a serious relationship before and for the first time in his life he was scared.
"Raleigh isn't just a booty call, like you've been playing it off." Chris' eyes never wavered from Randy's, he wanted him to know he was serious. "She told me you kicked her out after she admitted she loved you. Don't…" he took in a deep breathe, trying to figure out how to word the next sentence that would come out of his mouth since it would likely but the last one before he got the door slammed in his face. "Don't break her heart, and yours in the process. I know you love her man, and she loves you. Don't throw it away."
Chris spun on his heels and walked down the hall without looking back, he already knew what face Randy would be making. His thoughts were right, Randy stood at the door, a perplexed look on his face.
"Shit." He softly shut the door, hearing it click shut he paced back in forth in front of it. He wanted to go find Raleigh and tell her the words she'd been dying to hear, and the words he'd been dying to tell her. A light tap on the door broke his concentration, confusing him as well. Was it Chris again? He opened it the whole way and a smile broke onto his face.
"Hi…"
"Shhh," Randy took her hand and lead her into the room, shutting the door with his foot as he continued to lead her to the bed. He pulled her onto his lap and kissed her, placing a hand tenderly on the back of her neck. Raleigh had never experienced a kiss that made her so weak in the knees, or made her stomach do so many summersaults. Randy kissed her feverishly, never feeling like he could be fulfilled when it came to her.
"I don't…" she tried to break away from the kiss to tell him something, but he wouldn't let her. He held a finger up to her lips and leaned forward, their foreheads touching lightly.
"I love you."
Though a smile shined through her whole being, tears still streaked her face.
"That wasn't supposed to make you cry," he told her, laughing a little, hoping that she would laugh too. A hushed giggle passed through his ears, one of his favorites sounds in the world, besides her speaking his name. "I don't want you to leave Cody for me though," he took the mood from silly to serious in mere seconds.
"What? Why?" Raleigh was down right bewildered.
"You and I can't be together because of the contract anyway, leaving him would be for no reason. I know you may not think you love him but I can tell you do. I want you to be happy." It was the first time compassion of that nature came out of his mouth, and he was one hundred percent sincere.
"But… you make me happy." The tears rolled down faster now, the sniffling turned into sobbing and she couldn't stop. She had to gasp for air at some points.
"Please stop, baby girl." Her heart melted at that moment, he'd never called her a pet name before and for some reason it sent shivers down her spine.
"I … I … I c-can't believe you're b-breaking up with me."
"It's the best thing for both of us, you have a fiancé, and I've never seen myself as a relationship kind of guy before. You gave me something, you taught me I can have real feelings for someone. I love you, but you need to go back to Cody. You're not mine. He found you first and he's the luckiest guy on the planet." He forced himself to smile, everything he said was true, but it wasn't something he liked. Randy envied Cody, but wouldn't take Raleigh away from him, he didn't deserve her anyway, he felt Raleigh was way too good for him.
"Please don't leave me."
He kissed her softly on the forehead and she let out a small whimper. He walked her to the door.
"Go to Cody's room babe, he'll cheer you up." He quickly shut the door before she could refuse. Once the door was shut a tear rolled down his cheek. Randy Orton had never cried before in his life, but here he was, starting to bawl like a baby.
Raleigh slid down the front of his door, unable to stop crying.
She'd just been broken up with by her sworn enemy and it hurt like hell.