How Taking Down Legacy Failed
I woke up with Ted beside me. He was good last to me, he didn't ask questions; he just held me and listened. That's what I needed. The only thing I let out last night was what happened with Randy. I still couldn't get my head around it. First Randy tells me I meant nothing to him and then I catch John cheating on me with my sister and my ex best friend, who knows who else he has been with behind my back. He had been trying to call me all night, it got to the point where I turned my phone off. I'm telling Ted today what John did to me, he will be the first to know, I haven't told a soul what happened that night. I should have left him then and there, I feel so stupid. How could I not see it? I mean, I know I kissed Randy, but that wasn't a full on thing, I didn't sleep with Randy behind his back and it was one person. I laid there just starring at the ceiling; I didn't want to wake Ted just yet. I was thinking of how I was going to tell him.
"Baby?" I heard Ted next to me, so much for that.
"Yeah?" I replied softly.
"How was your night?" He asked me.
"Bad" I replied.
"Couldn't you sleep?"
"No, you sleep clap" I told him chuckling.
"I do what?" He asked me.
"You clap in your sleep"
"I do not!!" He whined.
"Yes you do, you're an old man, what do you know!" I retorted.
"I'm younger than you, I'm sorry about the clapping beautiful"
"Don't be, I couldn't sleep anyway and that just amused me!" I laughed, he laughed too. I don't know what I would have done without Ted last night! He was amazing! "Mr Dibiase" I said randomly laughing to myself.
"Don't! It makes me feel like my dad" He groaned.
"My dad is so embarrassing" I moaned.
"My dad is too" Ted replied.
"My mum is bad too, you should of seen how she was with Randy" I chuckled, before realising the memory made me sad.
"My mum is ok"
"How come she isn't embarrassing?" I asked him.
"Because she's a woman and knows her place" Ted replied grinning, I whacked him over the head. "I'm kidding, my mum is the best. For example! ""Is this another Ted story?! " I asked excitedly, he nodded. "YEY!!! Go on" "Well, years ago, I called my girlfriend at the time to ask her to the movies, she declined and said she was sick and was going to sleep. Wanting to see the movie, I invited my mum and we went. My mum then pointed out my 'sick' girlfriend making out with a guy, my mum threw a full bag of popcorn at her" Whilst he was telling me the story, I was playing the whole thing out in my head and started laughing.
"I want to meet your mother" I told him.
"She wants to meet you too!"
"Doesn't everyone" I grinned at him. "My mum is so embarrassing, when I was a teenager, my sister brought some of her cute boy friends over, when we got inside my mum yells to me "I got you some bigger tampons because you leaked all over your new underwear, they all started laughing" I cringed looking back. Ted laughed and pinched my cheeks. We then both went quiet. I knew he was trying to distract me from thinking about last night, he was succeeding.
"You ready to talk?" I nodded.
"Ok, do you mind if I ask you what you meant by him doing it again?" He asked me. I hesitated, it was like, I had been holding this for so long and now I was about to share it with someone, but I trusted Ted and I will want to tell Cody later, but only them too.
"It was when Randy was in a coma, I didn't go back there for a few nights because me and John had argued" I told him.
"That was months ago, why didn't you tell me?"
"I don't know, I guess I was ashamed and embarrassed" I replied. "What did he do?" He asked. "Was it just a slap or..?"
"I don't know what it was Ted, it's all kind of a blur, he just kept kicking me and he just wouldn't stop and I didn't know what else he was going to do" I cried, Ted put his arms around me. I told myself I had done enough crying already, my eyes were stinging and crying just made it worse. I didn't want to cry anymore, but remembering that night, I couldn't help it.
"Oh man, you're linking! I'm going to need re-enforcements!" Ted said, he grabbed his phone, I think he was calling Cody. He hung up.
"Help is on the way!" I chuckled at him. "We can watch Disney movies and I won't complain once!"
"You just want to watch Disney movies" I told him grinning. He ignored my comment.
"We can watch The Little Mermaid?" Ted said to me.
"Disney makes guys shallow!" I told him. "I mean c'mon, I'm sure Ariel stank of fish, but Eric was ok with it!"
"Exactly! But did they show it? No!" Ted said
"No, it's making children think its ok not to wash!" I replied, Ted laughed before we both went quiet.
"Are there any bruises?" He asked, I nodded. I lifted up the back of my shirt. The bruise had faded a little, but none the less it was still there.
"Fuck Mickie" I heard him. I hadn't looked at it since that night.
Cody's P.O.V
I went to go get my breakfast, I was suppose to be meeting up with Ted, but I can't get it contact with him so looks like I was by myself today! I saw Randy and Sam, I avoided them after what happened last night, I bet Randy is still pissed about the whole thing. I didn't mean to get him disqualified, I was just trying to help and prove myself to him.
"Cody! Come sit!" Sam called over to me. Why was she being nice? I looked around as if she had mistaken me. "Yes you! Sit!" I went over and tried to avoid Randy's eye contact.
"Your going to Randy's stag night tonight aren't you?" She asked me, I nodded, that is if I was still invited. "Good! I bet you guys will have a good time! The best for my baby" She said kissing Randy's cheek. I was glad Mickie wasn't here to see it. I wonder how she is coping since the wedding is tomorrow. I will go and pop by later. I haven't seen her since yesterday. "No strippers" Sam said sternly. It was really awkward. I was saved as my phone rang.
"Hello?" I answered.
Randy's P.O.V
Wow, tonight is going to be so much fun…No strippers and I can't stop thinking about Mickie, can't wait. I couldn't stop thinking about the things I said to her, the look on her face when I told her it. I wish I went another way about it to get her over me, but I couldn't go back now, I couldn't keep changing my mind and hopefully now she can move on. Not that I want her to. I felt like such a bastard.
"He did what?" I heard Cody say into his phone. I looked at him. "Oh fuck, you serious?" Serious? About what? "Is she ok?" Is he talking about Mickie? "How come she didn't tell us?" Tell him about what? What went down between me and her last night? "I never thought he would do that to her and with her sister?" Wait, what? Ok that can't be about me. Mickie's sister? I didn't know she was still in town. "Sick bastard, how could he touch her like that?" Who touched her? I swear I will kill them.. "Yeah I will be right there, want me to bring anything?" Tell me Cody! What has happened?! "Ice cream? Women" Was the last thing he said before hanging up.
"I have to go guys" He said before rushing off. What had just happened? I needed to know, if it's about Mickie, I need to.
Mickie's P.O.V
Cody came and Ted told him everything, he was shocked at the extent of the story, he starred at me for awhile before hugging me.
"You deserve so much better" He whispered into my ear. I sent him a weak smile.
"Ted, tell me a story" I asked him, getting ready to listen intensively. His stories always guaranteed to cheer me up.
"Ok, well, do you know when Melina broke up with me?" He asked me, I nodded. "Well, I rang my dad hoping he would cheer me up and I said "Dad, Melina broke up with me, she said she just wanted to be friends" For awhile we spoke seriously, but then my dad said "Oh and I hope this isn't a bad time, but I've been meaning to tell you, I don't want to be your father anymore, I think we would be better as friends really than relatives, he did indeed cheer me up!" I laughed.
"Your dad sounds cool!" I told him.
"He is Michaela! Indeed he is!"
"Ted" I said.
"Yes Michaela"
"Can you get me some ice cream please?" I asked him.
"Sure beautiful, I..OW!" I looked over at him, his hand was randomly bleeding.
"Oh Ted" I shook my head. "Ice cream?" I grinned at him.
"I'm sorry, I'm just trying to find a bandage at the moment! Could you wait a minute?" He replied.
"Well, I only wanted some ice cream!" I retorted, messing around with him. He lifted up his bleeding hand.
"You want blood with that?" He asked me, pointing to his bloody hand.
"Chocolate sauce maybe?" I replied cheekily.
"I'm getting to old for this" Ted mumbled.
"We should put him in a home" Cody said to me, I found this very amusing, Ted however didn't and chucked a cushion at him.
"OH!" We suddenly heard Cody call out, we both turned to him. "I have a Ted story! Although it is actually about Ted!"
"Let's hear it!" I said to Cody whilst Ted tried to find a bandage.
"Well, before we met you, we were walking down the street with my cousin, Sabrina, and this guys went past in a car and at the traffic lights, they called out to my cousin 'Show us your tits' Ted stepped in like the true gentlemen he is and lifted his shirt at them, there faces? Priceless! Don't think they will be doing that anytime soon!" Cody told me, Ted turned around and grinned at me.
"More?" I asked innocently.
"Yes! Right! Ted was bragging to me that there is this shop that sells this huge packet of biscuits for 43 cents, so when Raw was around that area, we went in and we found these biscuits, but they had gone up 3cents so they were now 46cents" He was explaining, but I cut him off.
"Good maths skills shown there Cody!" I said patting him on his back.
"Thank you! Anyway! Ted saw that they had gone up by 3cents, gasped and went 'Right, we're leaving!' And stormed out and has not returned there since" I turned to Ted.
"Is this true?" He nodded. "3cents?"
"The magic has gone Mickie!" Ted cried.
"You spoke to Latoya?" Cody asked me. I shook my head.
"I'm going to go get some bandages! I'll be right back!" Ted told us.
Ted's P.O.V
I snuck out by saying I needed a bandage, I did, but Randy had texted me and wanted to see me. I think he should know what Mickie's going through last night. I wanted him to make a decision and let Mickie down so she could move on, but not like that. I went down to the lobby to see Randy was already there.
"Hey" He said to me, I nodded at him. "How's Mickie?" He asked me.
"Not good" I replied.
"I never meant to hurt her Ted" He told me, I believed him.
"It wasn't just you, it was mostly, but other stuff too" I said to him, he looked curious.
"I heard Cody on the phone, what's happened?" He asked, I sighed.
"She caught John cheating last night" He looked shocked, he turned away for a minute.
"Who would cheat on Mickie?" He whispered, I raised my eye brow at him. "That is not fair" He said to me. Oh I thought it was pretty fair. "Who with?"
"Her sister and Melina"
"I can't believe that" Randy shook his head. "I'm such an idiot"
"Yes you are" I agreed. "Do you know he hit her?" His eyes widened.
"He did what?" He snarled. "That fucking bastard, I'm going to kill him"
"Get in line and did you also know that wasn't the first time?"
"What did he do to her Ted?" Randy asked, he looked like he was about to cry, I had never seen Randy cry before.
"I think the bruise on her lower back would tell the story" I told him, he stayed quiet for a moment.
"How could someone do that to her?" He whispered.
"You caused just the same pain" I told him.
"I never hit her, apart from Bragging Rights, but that wasn't really hitting" He said defensively. "I would never"
"Not physically, but emotionally you did"
"I don't know what to do Ted, tell me what to do" He begged me, I shook my head.
"There is nothing you can do, your wedding is tomorrow, just let her be Randy" I replied.
"She needs me right now" He told me.
"You can't keep doing it to her Randy, you just can't, it's not fair on her to keep getting her hopes up, I'll see you tonight all right?" I said to him before walking away. I wish he would just decide what he truly wants.
I walked back into the room. Mickie was right where I left her. She chucked something at me, my underwear.
"I didn't not appreciate digging for the remote in the sofa to find your underwear!" She told me chuckling. I starred at my under wear.
"Master has given Dobby some underwear! Dobby is free!" I cheered, Mickie by this point was laughing her head off until she suddenly went all serious.
"Since both of you are here! How about a foot massage?" She said to us, what was with it with my baby and foot massages?! I looked over at Cody and sighed.
"You grabbed one foot, I'll grab the other"
"YEY!" Mickie cheered. If she didn't need cheering up right now, I would be no where near this foot! We rubbed until Mickie fell asleep. I carried her to her bed.
"You going to the stag tonight?" Cody asked me. I nodded.
"You?"
"Yeah, what about Mickie?"
"I think she needs time on her, I will leave her a letter in case she wakes up.
Mickie's P.O.V
I woke up, I can't remember falling asleep. I turned over to see a letter next to me. I looked around. Looks like Ted and Cody had gone to the stag night. I picked up the letter. It was from Ted.
Dear Mickie
I know this is going to be a very long letter, but you're worth it, and hopefully you will be patient enough to read the rest. All the times I've heard you talk about Randy I just think..fuck, Why did he do this to her? To such an amazing person? A girl who would've done anything to be with him, he just broke her heart. Sometimes when I think about stuff, I just wish that one day he walked over to you, smiled at you and said to you "Mickie, let's start over" I imagine the scene, you smiling like you've never done before. To be honest, I want that so bad. I would up everything to see you smile like you smile in my daydreams. You deserve happiness. When Randy walks past you, I see your eyes, sometimes you want to cry, sometimes you just wish you could stop time, just to look at him. Sometimes you just want to hug him and just wish that everything could go back to the way it was once, so long ago yet so close to your heart. Even though you cry and you are upset on many occasions, you never fail to look beautiful and to be there for your friends. And that is what is so amazing about you, you smile, you make people laugh and you're there for your friends even when you really want to be alone and cry. You never fail to make my day better, all the chats we have, all the laughs, they've always made me feel better. It's strange how even a five minute chat with you can make everything so much better. I envy you, because although you don't feel like it right now, you are so strong. No matter what, you will always keep strong. You didn't deserve all the pain you got, all the memories you had with Randy, you still have them in your head and in your heart. Even you may not be friends right now, he can never take those memories away from you because they are your memories. The memories of you and him texting, making each other laugh, making each other smile and blush. They're yours and when your in pain and you just wish you could have it all back, close your eyes and just think. Think of all the good times you had, all the laughs and smiles, the excitement you got when you saw him.
One day, I hope that Randy goes back to you and begs you for forgiveness, like a fairy tale. Like the fairytale any girl would want. The guy who can't have, to talk to her, once again. And it will be like it used to be, I'm not sure if that day is going to come for you. But I really hope to God that it does. You deserve it more then anyone. Even though from the outside it seems like your life is perfect, inside you're fragile. Every day when you think of Randy it hurts, I know. You feel nostalgic, when you seem them and you wish you could just hug them or speak to them and even imagining it hurts. The pain is unreal, but you will get through it completely one day.
I truly love you to bits Michaela. I don't know what I would do without you, it's stupid thinking how we never used to notice each other and now I never want to lose you. Every day I wake up and I hope I'll see you. You're a best friend to me. I wouldn't be where I am now if it wasn't for you. I wouldn't know as much as I do now, if it wasn't for you I would be more depressed because you're the person who listens to me and who actually cares. You're the one person I hope I never lose because you're a part of my life. Even if sometimes I don't show it much or don't say it much, I truly love you. Lots and lots. I hope that you never get hurt again and I hope that all your dreams and wishes come true, because you're one of the people I'd hate to see hurt again. You're one of the people that I admire tons in the world and I hope with all my heart that one day you get the friendship back.
With Love
Theodore! Xxxxx
P.s I have your teddy Mr Dibiase held hostage, I will feed him to the ducks if you do not tell me the exact location of senior cuddles. You have 24 hours after you have read this letter.
I wiped my eyes. I'm so glad to have a friend like him, if not, I wouldn't of been able to handle this day and who knows what I would of done. Wait.. He has my teddy?!
The next chapter is the wedding!
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