A/N: Millions of thanks to JohnCenaRkoFanForever, kiki254, DamonandBonnie4ever, xMyHeartShine, dannycena42, CelticPrincessx3, xTheCountryGirl, and MelRyderLove43. And I know I've like been MIA for over a year and I really apologize for that. I've just had so many things going on in my life! I'm so sorry and if you have time check out my new One Shot with Miz and Eve… "I Love My Life" and after reading it vote on my poll. Thanks. Now enjoy! :)
CHAPTER 6
TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED
Layla grabbed her IPhone and called Melina.
"Yes, Lay," Melina said on the other side of the phone.
"Mel, I am so sorry to bother you but can you do me the favor of waiting for Jasmin when the bus takes her home? There's something really important I have to do," Layla said.
"Yea, of course."
Layla hangs up the phone. Why were things getting out of hand? And how was she going to break the news to her friends? She parked her car and walked inside a small brick building. She walked up to the receptionist. A young, brown-haired woman. Layla looked at her name tag. A.J. Lee.
"Hello and welcome, can I help you?" she smiled.
She seemed happy and so innocent. How lucky.
"Um, I need to see Mr. Orton," Layla said.
"Is that Mr. Bob Orton or Mr. Randy Orton," she kept smiling.
"Um, I don't remember," Layla said looking thru her purse.
"Don't worry about it, just give me your name and it will pop in the computer.
"Layla Del Rio."
A.J. starts typing on the keyboard. She starts humming until she grabs the phone on her desk.
"Hey, Randy, your next appointment is here. You want me to send her in… Uh huh. Ok."
Layla looked at A.J. She seemed pretty close to the lawyer.
"Follow me Mrs. Del Rio," A.J. said flipping her long hair.
Layla follows A.J. into a large office. There sitting is a young, gorgeous looking man. When Layla made the appointment she thought he was a much older man. A.J. leaves Layla and Randy all to themselves.
"Hello, nice to meet you, Mrs. Del Rio," Randy said shaking hands with her.
"Please, call me Layla."
"Ok, Layla, explain to me what is going on. You want a divorce right?"
Randy grabs a folder from under his desk and writes Layla's name on it and starts writing on a notebook paper.
"Um, yes."
"Ok, do you have kids with this man?"
"Yes, a 5-year-old daughter. Look I don't want to waste your time if you can't help me."
Randy looks up at her.
"What do you mean?"
"I don't have the money you're asking for, but please help me. I don't know, maybe, I can come and work here for your law firm? I just don't want to lose my daughter. She means everything to me," Layla cries.
Randy grabs Layla's hand and puts it in his own. Something about this woman made Randy want to help her. Seeing her so vulnerable gave him a strange feeling at the pit of his stomach. And for some odd reason he hated to see tears roll down that pretty face. What was going on with him? He had never felt this way for anyone. Not even for his ex-fiancé of two years. He felt like hugging her and telling her she would be ok soon with her daughter, but he couldn't. He had to be professional.
"Hey, don't worry. Everything's ok. I'll help you out. I'll talk to my dad and we'll figure something out. He's a nice guy and seeing your circumstances he'll find some way you can pay for this. As for right now, don't worry about it. Ok? Let's just worry about you're divorce and the custody of your daughter not the money, ok?" Randy said looking her straight in her eyes.
She nodded her head and brushed away the tears.
"I know this is hard and painful, but you will have to give me information. Has your husband hurt you physically or emotionally?" Randy asked looking straight into her eyes.
"No, he has never hit me."
"Ok. He has never threatened you either?"
"No. I'm going to lose my daughter, huh? I don't have anything against him."
Randy looks at her for a moment.
"You are not going to lose your daughter. I'm going to do everything I have in my hands to make sure that doesn't happen."
"Thank you so much," Layla said looking up at him.
Rosa looked outside the window and there outside was Alberto Del Rio with his daughter. Yes she had told Alberto to bring his daughter but no she never liked the idea. She really did love Alberto and his money made him even more perfect. The only thing that she didn't like about him was his little thing. She reminded her so much of Layla, her brown wavy hair, her dark brown eyes, and her accent was much more like Layla's than Alberto's. He had to find a way to get rid of this little girl, but it was going to be tough. Jasmin meant the world to Alberto. Something had to be done.
"Mi amor, we are home," Alberto blurted.
Rosa smiled and kissed him passionately. Jasmin drops her back pack to the ground. She was more confused than ever. Why was daddy kissing another woman that wasn't mommy? She started to cry.
Alberto breaks Rosa's embrace.
"Rosa, not in front of my daughter," Alberto said running towards his daughter.
"I wanna go with mommy. I don't want to be here, "Jasmin cried.
"Hey, Princesa, everything is ok. Don't you want to spend time with Daddy?"
"Take me with mommy, please. Please, daddy, take me with mommy!"
Rosa rolled her eyes. That is exactly why she couldn't stand kids.
"Just take her back to Melina before her mom gets back," Rosa said.
Alberto picks up his daughter and takes her to the car. Jasmin kept crying.
"Sweetheart, you're going to have to stop crying."
Just as he stops at Melina's house, Layla parks her car too. Melina and JoMo were outside confused about what was going on. Layla runs towards Alberto's car and opens the door to where her daughter is.
"Layla, she's absolutely fine," Alberto said looking as Layla grabbed her daughter and carried her.
"The papers are getting filed. In a few months, you and I will be through. And I'm fighting for custody,"
Layla said in a whisper to him.
Layla puts her daughter inside her car. Just as she's about to leave Melina stops her.
"Layla, is everything ok?"
Layla starts crying hysterically. Melina hugs her.
"Hey, girl, what is going on? You know you can tell me," Melina says rubbing Layla's back.
"I have to go. I'll call you later," Layla said running towards her car.
Melina watched as one of her best friends left. Something was terribly wrong. Hopefully she would talk to her soon. She hated to see Layla that way.
Kelly looked at her figure in the mirror. She looked skinny and that's not what she wanted to see. Pregnant women are supposed to gain weight, right? So why wasn't she? Alex looks at his wife. He could tell she really wanted a baby. All she did was think about it.
"Baby, you're not pregnant yet," Alex smiled.
"You don't know that. A little baby could be in here right now," Kelly said touching her flat abdomen.
An alarm rings and she runs to the bathroom to look at the pregnancy test she had just took and comes back upset.
"I'm not pregnant, babe," Kelly frowned.
"Hey, honey, it's ok."
"No, Alex, it's not ok. I'm not getting pregnant and it's really frustrating me," Kelly started to sob.
"Don't cry, Kells. Make an appointment with the doctor and we'll get checked out to see what's going on, ok?" Alex said kissing her forehead.
She grabs her purse and walks towards the door.
"Where are you going?"
"You mean where are we going. Well we are going to Jayson's birthday party. Come on, grab the present," she winked at her husband.
She just had to pretend this whole baby thing wasn't bothering her but it really was. Was there something wrong with her? All her friends and classmates were having babies and it seemed like she was being left behind. Well, at least there was Maryse too. They were the only two that didn't have kids.
Alex rolled his eyes and grabbed the gift.
They walked to Alex's truck and drove to Melina's house. There were balloons everywhere. The kids seemed to be enjoying it like it were paradise. Alex saw Miz carrying Eve's baby. Wow, he never thought Miz being dad material. But he seemed really into it. Kelly smiled at Miz.
"Hey, daddy," Kelly winked and took Jayson from Mike's arms.
Mike let out a chuckle.
"I wish," he smiled.
"So how's the whole getting Eve back plan going?" Alex asked.
"You actually care or are you going to make some smart remark?" Mike asked raising an eyebrow.
"I'm trying to be nice here, Mike."
"Well, I'm getting there," Mike smiled.
Eve walked to the front of the living room.
"Hi, everyone. I just want to thank everyone for being here at my son's birthday. It means a lot to me. Now please enjoy yourselves," Eve smiled.
She looked at Kelly, Alex, and Mike.
"Guys, Layla is in my room and she wants to talk to all of us. Come on," Eve whispered.
They all followed Eve upstairs and all the gang besides Alberto was there.
"What's going on, Lay?" Kelly asked worriedly.
Layla starts to let tears roll down her face.
"There's been a lot of stuff going on between Alberto and me. I know you guys are really good friends with him and in no way am I trying to make you guys go against him. I just want to tell you what's going on… and I want you to hear it from me. Alberto asked me for a divorce."
"What?" Alex asked.
"That's not even the worst part," Layla starts crying uncontrollably.
Eve hugs her and Layla accepts the hug.
"Hang in there, Lay," she said.
"What's the worst part," Mike asked.
Layla looked up at her friends.
"He wants to take Jasmin from me. He wants her to live with him and with that woman he's having an affair with. He said he was taking her away from me and I don't want that. I would die if that were to happen."
"Alberto is having an affair?" Cena asked surprised.
"How in the world did this happen?" Kelly asked.
"I have a lawyer that is going to help me fight custody."
"We support you, Layla," Mike said.
Everyone else shook their head.
"That's all I wanted to say," Layla said.
John and Maryse looked at each other. JoMo looked suspiciously at them.
"Ok, what is going on you two?" he asked the couple
Maryse and John smile at each other.
"We have some great news to tell you guys," John smiled.
Everyone stares at them waiting for the news.
"I'm 3 months pregnant!" Maryse smiled.
Everyone congratulates Maryse and John. Kelly doesn't move at all. She's frozen in place. How could this be? Maryse was pregnant, but how? Why? She was a model, and besides Maryse wasn't mom material. All she cared about was her boots, make-up, and hair. Maryse could not be pregnant. Not before her. She had to take herself back to reality. She looked at Maryse.
"Congratulations, Ryse."
"Thank you so much. You guys have no idea how excited I am."
"I have to go to the bathroom, I'll be right back," Kelly excused herself. She ran to the bathroom. Alex followed her. He could tell this had affected her much more than what he thought it would. As she gets to the bathroom, Kelly shuts the door and starts crying. Alex knocks on the door.
"Baby, are you ok?"
There was absolutely no answer.
"Kells, we will have our baby. Open the door, honey," Alex said knocking on the door.
He hears the door click and he walks in and locks the door. He hugs his wife.
"Why, Alex? Why can't I get pregnant? Am I broken?" Kelly cried on her husband's shoulder.
"No, baby, you're not broken. Just be patient," Alex said.
"Be patient? How can I be patient when Maryse… MARYSE, of all people, who is not mother material is already having a baby? She doesn't deserve it like I do. It's just not fair."
"I know you don't mean that. You should be happy for her."
Kelly wipes her tears and looks at herself in the mirror.
"You don't understand how important this is to me. Who am I kidding? Of you course you understand, you just don't give a shit," Kelly said and slammed the door behind her.
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Coming up on Chapter 7
Layla has a confrontation with Rosa…
Mike asks Eve on a date…
Maryse and John go to their first appointment…
Kelly and Alex are being too distant…
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