Chapter 20 Lunch date

Randy's POV

When I got into the arena the next morning the first thing I saw was Raven and her beautiful smile, in my head she smiled just for me and it made the going slow process alot easier.

"Hey sunshine"

"Hey yourself, how did you sleep?"

"Fine, what about you?" I noted that beneath her smile she still held the dark rings.

"Good" She laughed putting me at ease.

"I think the real question is who did you sleep with" Cody taunted coming up behind her. I hated that she suddenly got that scowl.

"Well we all know who you slept with Cody, did Teddy finally let you on top or are you still sucking his dick like the bitch you are?"

"Don't you dare-" Cody started, Raven pointed her finger at him like he was a school kid.

"If you don't want me implying that your gay don't imply that I'm a whore"

"You are a whore"

"And your gay so why don't you go back to sucking Ted's dick so I can do my job in peace" She snapped before stalking away from us.

"Cody" I growled as soon as she was around the corner. I was getting so sick of them being jerks to her for no reason or at least not knowing what the reason was. "You gotta stop being a jerk"

"Why?" He looked at me as though he didn't even know he was being a jerk.

"Because I really like this one and if I lose my shot with her because of you and Ted I'm not gonna be happy and you of all people should know what I'm like if I'm unhappy"

"Randy I shouldn't be the one to tell you this but that girl is nothing but trouble"
"All I know is a rumor was started and you think it was her"

He rolled his eyes "Firstly she did start it and second for no reason whatsoever she got her sister to beat me and Ted up, we were in hospital for months because of Raven's psycho sister"

"So don't you think its Iziah that you should be hating and not Raven?"

He rolled his eyes again "When it comes to those two, Ravens the brain and Izzy is the muscle. Raven points and Iziah destroys so you better just hope she ain't pointing at you" He patted my shoulder and walked away leaving me more confused about the situation.

Around half nine I went to where she was working to ask her my burning question. All morning I had thought about what Cody had said and as much as I liked my friend I had reason to believe that Raven wasn't the type to strike unless she was provoked so again I was back to what they had done to her. She was in the middle of fixing up Sheamus when I came in. He was telling her to apologize to AJ.

"No means no whitey" Raven murmered

"What did you call me lass?" He demanded

"Whitey, you know because your white"

He rolled his eyes again "You should apologize because if you don't your gonna make yourself some enemies"

It was her turn to roll her eyes "Have a twin like mine and your used to enemies, its friends that take getting used too"

"Thanks" Sheamus shook his head knowing it was no use in argueing with her. "I'm going now"

"Thank God"

"Bad news is I'm here" I laughed from the doorway. Playfully she rolled her eyes

"Oh no thats the worst thing ever"

I grabbed my chest "That's just cold"

"So what can I do for you?"

"I was wondering if you would do me the honour in joining me for lunch?"

She raised an eyebrow at me "The honour?"

"Yes the honour in joining me for lunch"

"Since you sound like a guy from the sixties I have to say ok, I'll join you for lunch"
I swear my heart started beating faster when I heard that "Sweet I'll meet you in the Divas locker room about five too?"

"Sure"

Raven couldn't help the butterflies in her stomach when she went to deal with the Diva's, she wasn't nervous about having lunch with Randy, she had had lunch with him many times, she was nervous because she was taking a chance. She couldn't help but like Randy, she could feel herself slowly falling again. She just hoped that nothing spoiled it. Raven couldn't help but feel pessimestic about this new found liking, something always ruined it for her.

"Good morning ladies" Raven said nicely coming in with her supplies ready to check them over.

"Morning Raven" Nattie smiled slyly "I hear you have a lunch date today"

Raven just looked at her "Seriously this place is like a small town, can't sneeze without someone holdin out a hankie"

"So is it true?"

"Is what true?" Raven asked as she checked Layla over.

"You have a lunch date with our world heavyweight champion"

"I wouldn't call it a date, but I'm having lunch with Randy"

Beth shot a look with Nattie "Tell me Nattie, do you think Raven will wind up on her back or do you think Randy will come back with a missing limb?"

Nattie looked at Raven thoughtfully "I think our world heavyweight champion will come back with an arm missing"

"Ok someone explain" Raven interjected annoyed and paranoid.

"Well when Randy invites one of us girls out to lunch they always end up on their back in his hotel room"

"Keep explaining"

"He used to do it alot when he split from his wife but then it dwindled, but every now and then he'll come in wanting to lunch with one of us and like I said they always end up on their back in his hotel"

"So he comes in and goes I'm taking you to lunch and thats code for we're gonna have sex?"

Nattie shrugged "Pretty much"

"Here's an idea, why don't you just say no?"

"Oh no, you don't say no to Randy Orton"

"Why? Does he get violent?"

"No"

"Weepy?"

"No"

"Then why can't you say no to him"

They all looked at her like she was crazy "Have you not seen him? He's like sex on wheels"

Now it was Raven's turn to shoot them a strange look, shaking her head she emptied her head of the paranoid thoughts "Ok I'm going now"

She had to get away from all the teasing and taunting because she didn't see the big deal. She was only having lunch with Randy it wasn't as though she was dating him.

Just after eleven while Raven was in her temporary office her uncle stopped by to see her.

"Heard you had a lunch date?"

"Man is that like the latest gossip in the locker room?"

"Pretty much"

"Its not a date, its two people having lunch"

"Rae whether or not you wanna acknowledge this but Randy likes you and I don't see that changing"

"Yeah I'm just waiting for it to wear off"

"What to wear off?"

"The curiousity, eventually it'll wear off and we'll be back at square one"

"What makes you think it'll wear off?"

"Because I know the type of man he is, he likes sex and touching and all that crap. Soon enough he'll realise that he's got no chance of that happening with me and he'll move on"

Hunter shook his head slowly "I don't think so Raven. Randy can be very patient when need be"

Raven shrugged "He's patient and I'm stubborn. We both know which streak is stronger. Now if you don't mind I have work to do"

Hunter left her to it hoping that Randy could go the distance because deep down he truley thought the Apex Predator was good for his broken psychotic neice.

Randy's POV

At exactly five to tweleve I stopped by the women's locker room to pick Raven up. I don't know why I was nervous but the butterflies were in my stomach. Maybe it was because I really liked her and knowing that my usual tricks weren't gonna work I had to try something new.

"Hey you ready?"

"As I'll ever be" She smiled pulling on her jacket. I swear all the girls gave her a knowing look. I know what they were thinking, that by the end of the lunch hour Raven would be on her back and I'd be back to them. Well sadly for them that wasn't the case.

"Lets get outta here, that pixie is startin to piss me off"

I take it she meant AJ because AJ suddenly got a hurt look in her eyes, Raven didn't care and just pushed her way out of the locker room.

Soon we were seated at one of the local cafe's ready to have some lunch, ironically no one had noticed us and we were free to talk about whatever we wanted. I badly wanted to know the full background to the war between her, Cody and Ted. However I knew that I had to take it slowly and tread carefully.

"Tell me something about you, something no one else knows" I said once he got our food. She got a steak and cheese pie while I opted for a burger.

"Hmm? Something about me?" She fiddled with the straw in her coke for a moment. "I hate peas"

I chuckled gently "No something personal"

"Why so curious?"

I half shrugged "I wanna get to know you I guess"

"Ok I'll tell you something about me but I can promise you, you won't believe me"

"Try me"

Raven took a deep breath "Ok would you believe that me, my sister Iziah and Ted and Cody were once best of friends"

I almost choked on my drink "You guys were friends?"

She nodded "Once upon a time"

"What happened?"

"Remember me telling you about the only time my father had defended my honour?"

"Cody smacked you over the head with a pipe?"

Raven gave a coy smile "Yeah he asked me to be his girlfriend and I said no. Next thing I know I was on the ground with a really sore head. Before I slipped into the darkness Iziah had speared him to the ground and beat the living shit outta him"

"I bet his daddy wasn't happy about that"

Raven shrugged "Neither was mine. After that incident we were split apart and the next time we saw each other was school and then the war began"

"How did it begin?"

She shook her head, a small smile on her face "I can hear that voice telling me to shut up, I'm talking too much"

"I like listening to you talk"

Raven laughed "Alright I'll tell you but promise me if my talking begins to annoy you, you'll tell me to shut it"

"I promise"

"Ok the war began with Ted's brother trying to take advantage of my younger sister Jamie"

"Advantage how?"

"Jamie has a severe brain injury making her the perfect target for men like Diabase. He tried to take advantage of her and I overheard so I beat the crap outta him before he could. Ted didn't like it and demanded I apologize, I told him to go and fuck himself. He didn't like that so he slapped me across the mouth and he got a flash of silver as Iziah lept at him. The whole thing just got outta hand and the next thing I know its around the school that the freaks hate the golden boys and it all just exploded into a war"

"Sounds like they bought it on themselves"

"No I'm not gonna pretend that me and Iz are entirely innocent, we hurt them as much as they hurt us but in the end what they did to me was way worse than anything I had ever done to them"

"What did they do?"

She shifted uneasily in her seat and I just knew that I had asked one question too many "I'm not ready to share that yet. With anybody"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean too"

"Its ok. Alot people are asking that same question. I'm just not ready to share although..." She trailed off making me wonder again what she was gonna say.

"Tell me, what were you gonna say?"

"I hope one day I can tell you and you'll be there to listen" She mumbled, and I felt my heart swell with wanting. I hoped I could be the one to listen to her story.

A/N A long and possibly confusing chapter I know but it does begin to explain (I hope) how the war started