How Taking Down Legacy Failed
Mickie's P.O.V
"Randy?" I called out, stretching my arms; he appeared leaning against the door frame with his arms cross.
"You coming back with me then babe?" He reached out his hand to me, but I just slumped back on the bed and stubbornly pouted. "Babeeeee" He whined.
"Sorry Randall, I can't come with you, I know it's hard, because you miss me so much, but you need to branch out a bit, y'know spread your wings" I teased, he smirked and shook his head, before stepping closer to the bed. "I know it sounds harsh and cruel, but Randina, it's for the best"
"Ok babe, I don't know where to start correcting that, but here goes" He put one leg on the bed and began to crawl towards me. "One, if I asked you to come with me, you'd come in a heartbeat, two, I don't miss you, I'm kind of glad to be free of all the Mickie madness and stupidity, three, I'm so branched out, I'm like a tree, four, clearly this whole thing is just to cover up your DEEP emotional trauma that came from me not being here and five, yes it is for the best as you need to learn to fend for yourself and not to rely on me, I need to live my own life and you need to live yours. Be strong" He tapped my cheek tauntingly.
"Ouch Randina, ouch" I tapped my heart and looked away with pretend sadness.
"Don't do that"
"Do what?" I asked innocently.
"Give me that look and trying to make me feel bad"
"I don't know what you're talking about" I replied sticking my bottom lip out further.
"You know damn right what I'm talking about babe, c'mon" He hauled me up by my hand, I pulled back. "Let's go home, please"
"Is she there?"
"Mickie…"
"I can't Randy"
"But I thought….we just….Mickie"
"I just need some time ok, if I go back now, I know it will just makes things worse" I told him, sitting back down on the bed.
"But we're still alright, right? I mean we're not…?"
"No" I chuckled. "I just don't think it will be right living there with you know…"
"But I don't want to be away from you" Randy told me, starring at me with those darn sad eyes. Now I know how tortured he gets when I do it.
"I don't want to be away from you either" I replied, twirling my fingers with his. "But we need to do this, it won't be forever, just until I get over being…paranoid"
"When will that be?"
"I don't know Randy, I don't know"
"I'm going to go to the gym; I will come and find you after, ok?" He asked hopefully, I nodded and leaned up to kiss him as he leaned down, he pulled me into a hug after, rubbing my lower back, before kissing me a final time then leaving the room. I flunked back onto my bed and sighed.
Becky's P.O.V
"Okay, right, fine."
Cody looked at me curiously, "What?" He only had a towel on (I knew that a lot of females would love to be in my place) and he was standing in the doorway of the bathroom. I could hear the shower running behind him.
"I'm sorry." I told him, "I should have told you and if I could go back in time and tell you, then I would've but I can't, so all I can do is be sorry."
Cody grinned gently, "No. It's okay. I get it." He promised, "I over-reacted. I was worried about Mickie and took it out on you."
"No. I should've told you!"
"No. You should've kept your promise."
I smiled, "How about, from now on, we don't keep any secrets from each other? At all."
He nodded, "Agreed."
"Got anything to confess?"
He laughed, "No. Yourself?"
I shook my head, "I've already told you everything." I leant against the wall and shook my head slightly, "There's something bothering me though."
"Go on. I think we should also add 'telling each other about our fears of the relationship and being open about emotions' and all that crap to the list."
I hesitated slightly, "Cody… I'm probably and hopefully just being stupid but our relationship didn't exactly start in the healthiest of ways… I mean, you know, you already being in a relationship and all." I swallowed, "There's a tiny, stupid part of me that's worried-"
"That I'll do it to you?" Cody finished. I nodded meekly. "Becky, I don't cheat. You were the first time that I ever cheated on someone and, if I hadn't been so crazy about you, I would've hated myself for it."
"What if there's someone else who you feel 'so crazy' about though?" I protested.
Cody gently closed the distance between us and gently caressed my cheek, "Not possible."
Mickie's P.O.V
"Mickie, Mickie!" I heard someone yell out behind me, I turned to see the one person I really didn't want to see and no, for once it was not John.
"Mandy, hi" I said awkwardly.
"Listen I just want to apologise for all that's been happening, seriously what happened between me and Randy was along time ago, I'm over it, he's over it and that kiss was only because we were both upset and drunk" She told me, I nodded and looked away, biting my tongue back before I would say something I would regret. "He was upset about the fight you had and that's all it was, you should move back in with us, Randy's miserable without you being there"
"I just don't think it's going to work" I told her.
"What between you and Randy?"
"No, what I mean is….I get paranoid about you and Randy, I'll be honest"
"But why? It was so long ago, we're just really good friends now, like you and Ted"
"But I've never been deeply in love with Ted" I replied. "Me and Randy have gone through so much together; I'd really appreciate it, if you'd just…."
"Just what?" She interrupted me.
"Just…back off?" I tried to say it as nicely as I could, but there was no easy way to put it, her face literally dropped when I said it.
"He's my best friend" She stated.
"I know that and I'm not asking you to stop, I'm just…."
"Well it sounds that way" Mandy snapped. "I'm not going to stop talking to him just because you say so, you know your just like Sam" Ok that hit a nerve. She starred at me intensely, before walking away, I didn't bother to go after her, I would only make things worse.
"Baby!" I turned to see Ted coming out of a room.
"That's not your room"
"I know, it's some girl…. I think her name was Denise…or was it Charlotte? Ah well"
"Figures" I laughed. "I miss you!" I opened my arms and pulled him into a hug. "I think I've just a complete idiot out of myself"
"Oh baby, nothing's change then" He grinned. I shoved him. "I bet it's not that bad"
"Basically I just told Mandy to back off"
"Ooo, chick fight! I have the most amazing idea! you should have a cook off for Randy!"
I slapped his shoulder. "Ted, this is serious!"
"Ok, ok, let me just put my serious face on" He went from a smile, to his in the ring Ted face. "How did she take it?"
"How do you think?" He nodded. "Say Ted, what do you think her?"
"She's alright, she's nice to me, but she's not the kind of girl I could keep a conversation going or have a laugh with"
"Like me!" I cheered.
"Yes like you baby" He laughed. "C'mon, let's catch up…take our clothes off and…" I slapped him. "If you wanted to play rough all you had to do is ask"
"Oh Theodore, I've missed you! Even though it hasn't even been a day!"
"I know, I know, I'm just so damn mother fucking sexy, that not seeing me everything day just leave a void in your heart" He winked at me. "So…erm…how was staying at Melina's?"
"If you wanted to know about her Ted, all you had to do is ask"
He sighed. "She's even more beautiful then I remembered Mickie"
"That's really sweet" I told him, oh bless Ted! He really did love her.
Becky's P.O.V
"Knock, knock, who's there?"
I frowned as I half-opened the door and poked my head around it, "Ted, you're not supposed to say 'who's there'."
Ted blinked, "What are you talking about?"
"You say 'knock, knock', then we say 'who's there'."
Ted looked behind him before back at me, "What's that now?"
I sighed and decided to demonstrate, "Knock, knock."
Ted widened his eyes, "Why are you saying 'knock, knock'? I'm the one who came here…? Are you feeling okay? Are you off your crazy-pills or something?"
I decided to ignore him and smiled, "What can I do for you?"
"Well," Ted's voice came out as a whine, "Mickie's gone gallivanting somewhere and being all slutty and I don't really want to hang out with just Randy and I don't know Mandy, so I thought that I'd come and hang out with you guys!" He beamed before he looked puzzled, "Why don't you open the door properly?"
"Kind of busy right now, Ted." I told him.
Ted widened his eyes, "Oh my god… you're playing Jenga without me, aren't you?"
"Sure…"
Cody suddenly pulled the door open completely and Ted tutted in disgust, "Codykins, you're only wearing boxers. You can't only wear boxers when you're playing Jenga!"
"Jenga?" Cody repeated, looking puzzled.
Ted eyed me suddenly, "And Rebecca, you can't only wear a slip when you're playing Jenga! Don't you know the rules?"
"Why is he going on about Jenga?" Cody whispered.
"Wait…" Ted looked between us, "You're not playing Jenga, are you?"
"No, Ted." I told him sadly.
"You guys were doing it, weren't you?" Ted said, suddenly looking downcast. "Oh, my life sucks."
"Why does your life suck, Ted?" Cody asked kindly.
"Because I can never find anyone who has an equal level of attractiveness so whenever I'm doing someone, all I can think is 'I am way out of your league'."
"And they say romance is dead." I muttered.
"Yeah…" Ted's voice trailed off before he smiled excitedly, "Let's play Jenga!"
No one's P.O.V
"Hey Mands" Randy said coming in and dumping his gym bag on the floor. "I probably will be staying at Melina's tonight so I won't be back"
"Ok." Mandy replied simply.
Randy stopped in his path. "Hey, are you ok?"
"I'm fine" She gave him a small smile.
"Mandy, how long have I known you?" Randy asked her, leaning down to where she was sitting.
"A long time"
"Exactly, so I know you enough to see that something is wrong" He laughed at her. "C'mon" He nudged her. "You can tell me"
"It's really nothing"
"If it's bothering you, it clearly is, c'mon tell me"
"I don't want to make you anymore angry at Mickie" Mandy got up and tried to walk away.
"Mickie?" Randy stood up and followed Mandy. "What has Mickie got to do with why your upset?" He asked her, she didn't reply. "Did she say something to you?" Once again he got nothing out of her. "Mandy" Randy snapped. "What did she say?"
"Look, I'm just over reacting, she probably didn't even mean to sa…"
"Mandy" Randy gritted his teeth. "Don't test my patience; if it's to do with Mickie, I want to know…." After a moment of silence "Now"
"We got to talking earlier; I was trying to explain that what happened between us was a long time ago"
"So what upset you?"
"She may off implied that I should….back off" Mandy sighed as she told him.
"Back off?" Randy repeated what she said, Mandy nodded. "Are you sure that's what she meant, because Mickie can…"
"Randy" Mandy cut him off. "She actually said the words, back off"
"I can't believe her" Randy said frustrated.
"I don't want to cause any problems…."
"It's not you, it's her, I'm going to go sort this out"
"No Randy wait!" Mandy yelled after him, but was answered by the sound of the door slamming.
Mickie's P.O.V
"Your back" I smiled as Randy walked through the door. "Listen I could make us dinner tonight, live up to Ted's sexists jokes" I laughed, but he didn't. "Why are you looking at me like that?" His expression didn't change, he just continued to stare at my coldly.
"Did you…did you tell Mandy to back off?" Oh crap, I knew it was a bad idea.
"Look, I…"He just scoffed and turned way from me. "I didn't know what else to do! You wouldn't listen and I can't keep living like this, I get so paranoid with her so I thought that…"
"It's not just being paranoid, your jealous" He yelled in my face, I didn't flinch, I knew he was right.
"Wouldn't you be in my position?" I asked him. "If my old love came back into my life and you knew we kissed a few weeks back"
"I wouldn't…"
"Yes you would Randy! You get so fucking jealous if even Wade Barrett looks at me so don't tell me you wouldn't get the tiniest bit upset"
"What do you want me to do huh Mickie? Have no other friends apart from you? Or do you want me to spend every minute of my life with you, huh?"
"A few weeks ago, you would of wanted to" I told him shaking my head. I was tired of fighting with him.
"I don't know what to do with you Mickie" He was getting stressed out. "How would you feel if I told Ted to back off?"
"That's different and you know it" I stated firmly.
"How?"
"One, me and Ted have never kis…"
"Yes, yes you have Mickie; remember that time in the cafeteria?"
"That was to back Cody's cousin off"
"Right" He scoffed.
"Me and Ted never have dated, been in love or kissed whilst we were still dating!" I snapped at him, shoving him backwards, he was really beginning to piss me off.
"Where the hell do you get off Mickie telling her to back off? I thought we had sorted this!"
"How could you think that Randy? When I'm still living away because I can't stand to be in the same room as both of you together"
"You will have to get used to it because I'm not throwing away an old friend for you" He stood firm.
"I'm not saying you have to get rid of he…"
"You keep saying that Mickie and frankly I'm getting sick of it" He spat. "What the hell do you want Mickie? I would never ask you to stop seeing Ted"
"I know what I did was stupid and I regretted saying it to her as soon as it was done, I didn't know what else to do"
"What you did was sneaky and bitchy, it's something Sa…" He stopped.
"Something what?"
"It's something Sam would do" He told me coldly. "I guess I attract that kind, huh?"
"Get out" I told him softly. He didn't move. "Just get out!"
Melina walked in after hearing all the yelling and looked between us. Randy looked at the door and then back at me, he took two steps forwards, pulled on my hand and took my engagement ring off. My heart felt like it had just stopped; he shoved the ring in his pocket and walked out.
Becky's P.O.V
I pushed open the door and did a double take as Melina and Mickie sat there. I hadn't seen or spoken to Melina since she rightfully tried to kill me all that time ago. She froze too.
"Err… Mickie… I was just wondering if… I could have a word?" I said, feeling extremely awkward.
Mickie swallowed, nodded and followed me out. "What is it?" She said in a flat voice.
I looked down at my hands for a moment before at her, "Is it true that you said to Mandy that she should back off?"
Mickie closed her eyes and heaved a heavy sigh, "Becky…"
"Why would you do that?"
"I just…"
"Mandy's done nothing wrong to you!" I exclaimed, "She hasn't said anything horrible or done anything horrible… why did you say that to her?"
"She hasn't done anything? Are you forgetting that she was the one who made out with my boyfriend?"
"I think it's more accurate to assume that he made out with her actually!"
Mickie rested her head against the door, "I can't deal with this right now."
"Well, you're going to have to Mickie!" I cried, "You're one of my best friends but Mandy is my oldest friend! You can't just-"
I suddenly stopped when I realized that Mickie was crying.
"Shit! Mickie!"
She quickly wiped her eyes, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It's just… She held up her hand. I stared at it for a moment before realizing what was missing.
"Where's your engagement ring?" I whispered.
"Randy took it." Her voice broke and she covered her face with her hand.
Oh wow. Who's the world's stupidest bitch? "Crap. Mickie, I'm so sorry…"
"No. No!" She wiped her eyes again, "I just thought that you'd understand!"
"Me?"
She sniffed, "Yeah. Watching the guy you love be with someone else."
"But… Randy isn't with Mandy!"
She shook her head, "They're practically together. This is how I felt with Sam… like, I was watching them be in love and all I could do was cry. It feels exactly the same… I feel pathetic and useless and… not good enough. Do you know how many times I've cried over your stupid brother? I thought we were done with this!" She sobbed.
"Mickie-"
"And whenever I try to talk to him about it, he just gets mad! Or he tells me I'm being stupid or a fool but we never actually talk about it! He just dismisses the idea but even now, after I found out that they were the ones who kissed, he doesn't want to talk about it! Can't he understand that he's killing me?"
I put an arm around her, "God, I'm so sorry. I never knew you felt like this."
"You're Randy's sister."
"Which means I'll be biased… until I hear the full side of the story. Do you want to talk it out?" I looked at her empty hand and felt furious towards him. I couldn't believe he could be such a bastard – especially as she was pregnant.
"That'd be nice." She said in a helpless voice.
Suddenly, the door opened and Melina stood there. We exchanged awkward eye contact before she looked concerned, "Mickie? Are you okay?"
Mickie took a deep breath, "I need a drink and a good chat." She told us.
"There's ice-cream in the mini-fridge." Melina told her helpfully.
"One for each." Mickie smiled sadly before making her way inside.
Melina and I looked at each other awkwardly again before she said, "So… I hear that you're with Cody now."
I suddenly blurted, "Melina, I am so sorry. I mean; I can't even put into words how sorry I am. I was a complete idiot and the last thing that I wanted to do was ruin your relationship with Ted. I feel awful about it."
She studied me for a moment before she smiled weakly, "I cheated on him first, so I guess that makes us even. I was mad at him but took it out on you. Mickie and I have repatched our friendship, so we don't start one?"
I inwardly sighed in relief, "That'd be great."
Thirty minutes later, the three of us were eating Ben and Jerry's and in fits of giggles about something completely off the topic of men. Mickie actually looked happy.
Sometimes, you just need a good night in with the girls.
So Randy took the engagement ring … ): !
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