Chapter 4

"Rayne, please do your homework." Vanessa called out.

"I don't want to!" Rayne snapped back at her mother.

"Ryane Kendall Orton-DiBiase! Don't you dare yell at me again." Vanessa responded.

"Leave me alone! I wish Dad was here!" Rayne yelled before slamming her door.

"Will this attitude phase ever end?" Vanessa asked.

"I doubt it will for some time." Ted answered.

"I just can't keep doing this with her." Vanessa responded.

"I know, honey. I feel the same way, but she is our daughter." Ted stated.

"You are not my father! I have a father and I would rather live with him!" Rayne snapped from the doorway before storming off and slamming her door again.

"Great. I'm sure Randy and Dani are going to love this." Vanessa stated.

"We'll talk to them when they get back." Ted responded.

"Where did they go anyways?" Vanessa asked.

"Aruba." Ted answered.

"And he didn't tell me?" Vanessa asked.

"You are not his wife or girlfriend. He doesn't need to tell you everything." Ted answered.

"Yes he does. I am the mother of his daughter." Vanessa responded.

"That you are. But, he is married and has a right to go on a vacation with his wife. Now drop it or you and I will have problems." Ted stated before he got up and walked out of the room.

Ted was getting really tired of Vanessa's jealousey with Randy and Dani. In the past 11 years, Vanessa was more concerned with Randy and Dani than she was about her own marriage. Ted had often thought about leaving her, but he realized that he loved her and didn't want to loose her. Ted had a feeling that Vanessa still loved Randy more that just having a child with him.

As Vanessa sat there and thought about what Ted told her, she realized that Randy had a right to live his own life and that she was not apart of it other than being Rayne's mother. Vanessa had a hard time accepting that, but knew that if she didn't want to loose her husband, she needed to change her attitude.

Once Randy and Dani were back home from their trip, they picked up Sierra and Tyler before picking up Rayne. Randy had an aching feeling that he and Dani were in for a shock. Randy hated having those feelings but there was nothing that he could do.

As he pulled up to Ted and Vanessa's house, Rayne was sitting outside with a bunch of boxes. Vanessa and Ted were not home at the time. Randy and Dani exchanged looks before getting out of the car. As they walked up to the front porch, Dani took a deep breath.

"Rayne, what's with all the boxes?" Dani asked.

"It's all my stuff." Rayne answered.

"Why is all your stuff packed into boxes?" Randy asked confused.

"Beacuse I am not going to live here anymore." Rayne answered.

"Rayne, what are you talking about?" Dani asked.

"I'm moving out of mom and Ted's house." Rayne answered.

"And where are you going to go?" Randy asked.

"I want to live with you." Rayne answered.

"Rayne, have you told your mom this?" Dani asked.

"She won't listen to me. All she seems to care about is herself and the twins and she is obsessed with you dad." Rayne answered.

"What?" Randy asked.

"Yeah. When she found out that you and Dani went to Aruba for 2 weeks, she got mad that you didn't tell her where you were. She thinks that she has to know everything that has to do with you. It's annoying." Rayne answered.

"You're mom has always been like that. It doesn't phase me like it used to. I mean, I wish that she wouldn't do that, but that's Vanessa." Randy stated. "She's just concerned about everyone and wants everyone happy."

"Your dad is right." Dani responded.

"Ok. I still want to live with you full time." Rayne stated as Vanessa and Ted pulled up.

"This is not going to be easy to explain." Dani responded.

Once Vanessa and Ted were out of the car with the twins, they walked up to everyone. Vanessa saw the boxes on the porch and looked at Rayne, then Randy and then Dani. Randy had his left arm around Dani as they waited for Vanessa or Ted to say something.

"What is going on here?" Vanessa asked.

"I want to live with dad and Dani." Rayne answered.

"You can live there when it's your dad's turn to have you, but you are moving to his house permanently." Vanessa responded.

"Why not? All you two care about is the twins. They never get yelled at and they never do anything wrong in your eyes." Rayne asked.

"You really think that? Rayne, they are boys who get in more trouble than you do. But they at least sit down and do their homework on time and without being told." Vanessa answered.

"Whatever!" Rayne responded.

"Rayne Kendall Orton-DiBiase, I am done having this conversation with you. Put your stuff back in your room and get ready to go with your dad." Vanessa stated.

"Do as your mother says, Rayne." Randy stated.