Disclaimer: I do not own anyone, all events are fictional and for entertainment only.
a/n: Special thanks to ApSnowball for keeping me going with this story. And as always thanks to PrettycrazyTripleHFan and HunterPleasure for sticking around since the beginning, and also Loveme3135 and FlowersNFreaks. Thanks to everyone who follows and reviews, it encourages me to continue and gets my creative juices going.
Shawn walked over to his friend, and could only look on compassionately. He knew Hunter was in the wrong, but this was his best friend, he had to be there for him. "Hunt, you okay…?"
Hunter stood in a daze, staring off into nothing. "No…What the hell just happened…? One moment we were ready to move on, now she is gone, and with that the asshole."
Shawn hung his head down. "I don't know, man…But…"
Neither man had noticed that Torrie (and to clear any confusion, she is Torrie Wislon) had joined them. "This is just perfect, my husband consoling a cheating lying man…A man that had everything and threw it all away…"
It was Shawn's turn to cut in. "That's enough, Torrie…You are not helping the situation."
Torrie furrowed her brows. "Don't you say that to me…Hunter got off easy if you ask me…Maybe now he has a small clue what Pilar has been going through."
Hunter turned to face Torrie. "I know very fucking well what Pilar is going through...I don't need you to give me a recap."
Shawn had a headache the size of the state of Rhode Island, the last thing he needed right now was Torrie sounding off. "Hunter that is enough..! Honey listen, please just give me a minute with Hunt, whatever you need to say, can be said later."
Torrie was hotter than the sun right now. "Remember this, when we get home!" She spun around and went back inside of the hotel.
"Shit…Hunt, you got to get your life straighten out."
Hunter rubbed his hand over his cropped blonde hair, and sighed. "Shawn, please save me the damn lecture."
Shawn looked at Hunter and has had enough, it was time to give Hunter some cold hard facts. "We are way past lectures, my friend…It is time to give you a wake up call…"
"Shawn, I'm warning you…This is not the time…I have to figure out…"
Shawn stepped into Hunter's face. "THAT IS THE WHOLE FUCKING PROBLEM…YOU AND YOUR DAMN PLANS…HOW HAVE THEY WORKED OUT FOR YOU…? I'LL TELL YOU, THEY HAVE SUCKED…!"
Hunter still feeling the after effects of being kneed in the crotch, stood gingerly before Shawn, but he was seething inside. "I will work this out with Pilar, she understands that I love her…She is just pissed off right now, and that asshole is going to try and take advantage of her!"
Shawn racked his fingers through his ponytail. "You really need to pull your head out of your ass…You are the reason Orton is here in the first place." Hunter tried to cut in, but Shawn raised his hand in his face. "No, I'm going to just lay this out for you…You brought Orton here to have your back knowing he always had a thing for Pilar, and your damn ego thought you could keep him in check…That's right, your huge ego…You are so consumed with being the best and making sure you have the right people around to make sure your bases are covered, that you neglected the one person you care the most about…YOUR EX-WIFE…!"
Hunter looked ready to explode. "I DON'T HAVE A HUGE EGO AS YOU SAY…I AM SIMPLY THAT DAMN GOOD AT WHAT I DO…I HAVE WORKED MY FUCKING ASS OFF AT THIS HOSPITAL AND I WOULD BE DAMNED IF I DIDN'T GET WHAT WAS COMING TO ME…!"
Shawn took hold of Hunter's shoulders. "LOOK AT YOU…YOU DON'T EVEN SEE WHAT IS GOING ON…YOU CREATED THIS MESS BY SLEEPING WITH THAT CRAZY CHICK AND THINKING YOU COULD KEEP HER QUIET AND SHE WOULD JUST HAND OVER EVERYTHING TO YOU…BUT YOU WERE WRONG…THIS ISN'T THE OPERATING ROOM WHERE YOU THINK AND PLAY YOU ARE GOD…THIS IS SERIOUS SHIT YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FIX…!"
Hunter roughly removed Shawn's hands, and his jaw tighten as he spoke. "I DON'T THINK…I KNOW I AM GOD WHEN I'M IN THE OPERATING ROOM AND THE BOARD ROOM…YOU REMEMBER SHAWN…WHO CAME TO YOUR RESCUE AND SAVED THAT BOY WHEN YOU COULDN'T PERFORM THAT SURGERY BECAUSE YOU WERE TOO HUNGOVER…ME…I SAVED YOUR ASS WHEN THE HOSPITAL WAS READY TO FIRE YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE SNORTING COKE AND WERE SO HIGH ALL TIME...WHO CONVINCED THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO NOT FIRE YOU BUT SEND YOU TO REHAB INSTEAD…ME…BUT MY "EGO" AS YOU CALL IT WAS NO PROBLEM ALL THOSE TIMES…RIGHT…!"
Shawn stepped back from Hunter, and his voice was soft now. "Wow…Your right, Hunt…But the difference between you and me, is I learned from my mistakes…"
"I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO RIGHT THE WRONGS I DID TO PILAR…FOR YOUR INFORMATION I WAS GOING TO TELL HER ABOUT THE BABY TONIGHT…!" Hunter was now livid.
Shawn realized this yelling game was not solving anything, so he sat down on the curbside. "Hunt, you are my best friend, I think of you as a brother, so I'm telling you this from the heart…You think you have tried, but you haven't…You have been trying to fix things by putting Band-Aids on them…You need to own up to what you have done…Now here me out on this, what if the baby is yours…What then…Have you even thought about that…?" Shawn waited a few seconds before he continued. "You haven't even handled what really happened to Pilar and those drugs that got into her system…Hunt, you have put that women through a lot and you have not stepped up for her…"
Hunter couldn't sit yet, but he looked down at is friend. He knew what Shawn was saying had some merit to it, but he wasn't ready to hear it. "Shawn, I appreciate what you are saying, but I know my wife better then you do…And for the last time, that baby Sable is having is not mine...!"
"Even if it is not your baby, it is not the point...You think that Pilar is supposed to just forgive and forget, but if the situation was reversed you would be ready to kill everyone in sight…You need to really prove to her you can be trusted, and that doesn't mean trying to seduce her in the bedroom, it means being completely honest and humble…Trust me, I had to do this with Torrie…She was ready to leave my ass if I didn't clean up from the drugs, I had to really get real with myself and her…That is the only way you are going to get Pilar back…"
Hunter didn't believe this to be true in his situation. "I have been honest…I apologized and told her I want to get back together…If Sable would have kept her damn mouth shut, none of this would be happening right now...I was suppose to be spending the night with Pilar and we were going to be on track...!"
Shawn stood up from the curb, and looked squarely into Hunter's eyes. "You still don't get it…I can't stay out here with you any longer, I have to fix your mess and save my own ass…" He paused. "You really need to do some serious soul searching brother or you are going to lose big time here."
Hunter watched his best friend walk back inside to the hotel. He wasn't ready to admit defeat, and he wasn't accepting losing his wife. He knew he had to make something happen, and something big. But first he needed to figure out a way to handle Sable, and by handle he needed to start doing things his way.
Meanwhile, Pilar's driveway…
Pilar had been quiet the ride home, she stared out of the passenger side window avoiding Randy's questions. As the car stopped in her driveway, she attempted to get out, but Randy held onto her arm. "Pilar, what Hunter did was despicable, I'm sorry…You don't deserve any of this…You deserve someone who appreciates you…"
Pilar slowly pulled her hand back, and looked at Randy with tear filled eyes. "I deserve to have my life back…The way it was before Hunter slept with her…"
She stepped out of the car, and Randy was on her heels. "Just wait a minute." Randy turned Pilar around to face him, and his blue eyes were filled with compassion. "I hate to see you this way…Why can't you just move on from Hunter? He doesn't love you the way you should be loved."
Pilar wiped her tear stained cheeks. "Move on…? How do I move on from having my heart ripped out? How do I move on from being made a fool of? How?"
"I can help you, if you let me." Randy felt this was the right time to push the envelope, he reached down and tried to kiss Pilar.
Pilar pushed him almost off his feet. "What the hell is wrong with you? I find out my ex-husband is having a baby with someone else, and you try this? You need to go."
Randy put up his hands. "Pilar, I wanted to show you that Hunter is not the man for you…He is standing…"
Randy was about to open up about what he felt, but the door flew open, and Maria was standing with her arms folded to her chest. "My daughter is right, it is time to go." Maria did not hear everything Pilar had said, but she heard her daughter's voice getting louder.
Before Randy could say anything else, Maria put her arm around Pilar and led her inside, and shut the door in Randy's face. Randy was beyond livid. Not only at Maria, but himself for moving too fast. But he knew his next move would have to be smoother, and Maria could not be around.
Pilar started to go upstairs, but Nicole stopped her. "What's wrong sis…?"
Pilar couldn't hold back, and hugged Nicole while she sobbed on her shoulder. "Sis, what happened…?"
Maria didn't like this at all. "Bonita, tell me and your sister what happened…?"
Pilar pulled back from Nicole's embrace. "I can't talk about it…"
Maria got in between the sisters, and cupped Pilar's face. "Baby, you can tell us…"
Pilar looked down to the floor. "I tried Mama…I really tried…I thought I would get Hunter back tonight…But…"
"But what Bonita…What…?"
"That woman is having Hunter's baby…I can't forgive that…!" Pilar whaled out in a choked voice.
"What…There must be some mistake…?" Maria was shocked.
Pilar pulled away from her mother. "There is no mistake, Mama…She is pregnant and Hunter is the father…I can't talk about this…" Pilar ran up the stairs, leaving both Nicole and Maria in utter shock.
Nicole getting to her senses first, and feeling every bit of her sister's pain right now. Along with heavy guilt from trying to sabotage her sister's marriage because she was bitter with her own life. "I guess there is no hope, Mama…"
Maria walked towards the coffee table and picked up her cell phone. "Bonita, go to your sister, she needs you…But don't discuss the baby…Not tonight…" Maria started to search through her phone contacts.
Nicole looked puzzled. "Who are you going to call…?"
Maria looked up from her cell. "I am calling Hunter's Mother…"
"Why…?"
"All of the parents need to sit our two children down and try to fix this mess…"
Nicole looked unsure. "Mama, Hunter is having a baby with another woman…What can you four possibly do…?"
"We have to try, this our family…And I need to do this for my grand babies and my daughter…Please trust me…Okay Mi Armor…"
Nicole didn't feel this would work, and part of her wasn't sure if this wouldn't back fire on her mother, but she said nothing else as she went upstairs to her sister.
Maria sat down on the couch, and pressed the call button on her cell. She waited and then a sleepy Susan answered the telephone.
Susan: Hello…(followed by a yawn)
Maria: I'm sorry to have gotten you up, but this is really important…
Susan (now panicked thinking something has happened to her son or the grand children): What is it? Is it Hunter? The kids?"
Maria: No…No…They are not hurt, but it is about our children…They are in trouble.
Susan sat up on the bed: What is it Maria? Please, just tell me.
Maria: Pilar came home from the Gala very upset, she told me the woman Hunter had the affair with is pregnant…With his child.
Susan gasped: What?
Maria: Our children need us…We need to sit them down to talk…To work this out…For their children…Our grandchildren…
Susan now upset and angry with her son: Oh God, my son…What can we do?
Maria trying to keep her emotion of wanting to rip into Hunter right now, she knew that would only escalate this thing.: We need to help them figure this thing out. Maybe with the fathers present, we can help them talk this out and get back on the road to forgiveness.
Susan was grateful that this has not turned into a shouting match of how Hunter is to blame.: I agree…When and where…?
Maria: Can you and Tom come down from NH, and soon?
Susan: We will, and thank you Maria for not placing blame. I love Pilar as if she were one of my very own…Hunter just needs all of us to reason with him, to make things right again.
Maria looked up to the lord for peace and to hold her tongue. She was a religious woman who didn't believe in divorce, and she did love Hunter as her son, but she was only human and he has hurt her little girl.: This is for the best, my child loves your son, and no matter what he has done, the lord will forgive him.
Susan did not push, and she knew what Maria was hinting at.: Fine Maria, I will call you when Tom and I get into town.
Maria: Good, and thank you.
The call ended, and Maria held the phone tightly. She hoped that this could be repaired. She knew her daughter's heart, so she knew Pilar still loved Hunter, but will all of the parents be able to help, and will she be able to hold onto her religious ways and actually forgive this.
Meanwhile upstairs, Nicole walked into Pilar's bedroom, and her heart began to break as she watched her little sister change into sweats and a t-shirt. "Hey…"
Pilar sat on the edge of the bed, and began pulling her long locks into a ponytail. "You were right you know."
Nicole sat down next to Pilar, and hugged her. "Right about what…?"
"About Hunter…And letting him back into my life…" Pilar said above a whisper.
Nicole felt that guilt again. "It doesn't matter if I was right or not…What matters is how I help you now."
Pilar started to get under the covers, and turned her back to Nicole. "Nothing can help now…He is having a baby with that whore…God Nicole…Do you know how that makes me feel? Especially, since I only had that miscarriage a year ago…How could he do this…How…?" Pilar began to cry into her pillow.
Nicole instantly got into the bed and hugged her sister like when they were little girls and Pilar was afraid of thunderstorms. "It will work out sis, I promise…" Nicole wasn't sure how this was going to play out, but she had to make sure that Randy would stay away. But her dilemma was how she could now get Randy to back off.
Shawn Michaels Home…
An hour later and twice the headache, Shawn and Torrie arrived home. Torrie stormed into their master bedroom and began pulling out pillows and blankets from their closet. Shawn watched his wife and waited until she tried to pass him. "I thought you wanted to talk?"
"We are going to talk."
"So why are you bringing pillows and blankets to the guest room?" Shawn asked while now following
Torrie.
"Seriously Shawn…?"
"Yeah, seriously…"
Torrie stopped suddenly and Shawn almost bumped into her. "I can't believe you kept that secret away me…We promised each other no more secrets!"
Shawn sighed ever so heavily. "Torrie…I couldn't…This was Hunter's secret, and his secret to share…He told me in confidence."
"You even agreeing to keep his secret makes me wonder about you…How you can condone what Hunter has done makes you just as sneaky and low down as him…!"
"Now hold on…I don't condone what he has done, but he is my friend and I have to be there for him!"
"That makes no fucking sense…Pilar is our friend and she has been deeply hurt and shamed by your bastard friend, and you think it is okay to support him…!"
Shawn was getting madder and madder at his wife. "You are being ridiculous now…I have known Hunter a hell of a lot longer than Pilar, I consider him to be a brother, NOT A FUCKING FRIEND…!"
"Well, your fucking brother is an asshole, and you better start getting your priorities straight…You and Hunter are not kids anymore, you both have families and need to be setting examples for your children!"
Shawn sat down on the bed. "What do you want me to do? Just leave him to fend for himself and not try and help him?"
Torrie folded her arms to her chest. "That is exactly what I expect you to do! You will need to decide…Him or what is right!" Torrie then turned on her heels and walked out.
Shawn threw a pillow at the door. "Dammit Hunter, you are not only screwing up your marriage, you are screwing up mine." Shawn muttered aloud.
TBC...Thank you for reading, and please tell me your thoughts and opinions within a review...