Michelle woke up to Fear licking her face. She pushed him off the bed laughing, and he hoped right back up to continue giving her a tongue bath. It was so nice to be free of worries, she thought. And to have Chris just a car drive away, set her in a really good mood.
She picked up her phone off the floor where Fear had pulled it to the floor, and decided to wake Chris up. She called his house, and the answering machine picked up. "Chris, if your home pick up... its me MICHELLE." She said, and waited a few seconds before hanging up. Next she tried his cell phone, and then his pager.
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Chris wakes up and rubs his eyes. The vibrating pager in his pocket had scared him to death. He looked around at his old apartment, remembering he had fallen asleep at Jessica's the night before. He looked at the pager, and it was Michelle's number. He had forgotten how rough funerals were, he thought, as he looked for the phone.
"What?" Michelle said as she answered the phone.
Jessica's name had probably come up on the caller id, Chris thought.
"Michelle, it's me." Chris responded.
There was a long silence on the phone and then Michelle spoke quietly. "What are you doing at Jessica's house? I was hoping you were on your way over here." She said, with obvious disapointment in her voice.
"Well, I fell asleep here...I was talking to her brother, and I guess I just fell asleep." He said, hoping she would see the truth he was telling.
"Chris...over there though." She said, and he cut her off.
"Yes, over here. I brought Jess home, and before I left her brother came over. I hadn't seen him in awhile, and I thought it was nice I could stop and talk for a few minutes...which lead to most of the night. We had some catching up to do. " He said, as he put on his shirt.
"Oh, ok...where is Jess?" She asks.
"I have no idea.. You woke me up. I was out here on the couch." He said, hating that he had made her jealous.
Jessica entered the room with a bowl of cereal. She sat across from him and ate silently.
"Are you coming over here soon?? I miss you." She said, with a lighter tone in her voice.
"Soon...going to the store first. I'll see you in an hour." Chris said, and they hung up. "Women!! Why do they get jealous so easy??" He asked Jessica.
"Well, baby, look where you are at...and who's name probably showed up on her caller id. I would be wondering a few things if I were your girlfriend." She said with a smile. "Sometimes, I wonder if there is a brain up there." She thumped his head with her finger, and ran into the kitchen.
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"Yo Rach, look at this." Amy says, as she holds up a pair of bright orange pants.
"You think you could find a thong to match?" Rachel asked, as she picked out an olive green jumpsuit for herself.
"They come in every color." Amy says smiling.
"UGH.. i don't feel well. I think i am coming down with something Am.. I keep getting cold sweats and for the past few days I have been throwing up when I wake up... hey... you don't think!!" Rachel stops in her tracks and stares at Amy..."NO, I don't think...."
"You're pregnant??" Amy asks.
"I don't know. " Rachel says, and puts the jumpsuit back. "Maybe its the color of the jumpsuit thats making me sick right now."
"Maybe we should buy a pregnancy test." Amy says, as she drags Rachel over to the tests.
"But, I don't trust those things." Rachel says, as Amy puts a test in her hand.
"Try it.. if it says yes.. or turns colors. OR WHATEVER. Then go to the doctor. " Amy says, as they buy the pants and the test and hurry home. "Oh this is exciting!!" Amy says, as they get into her car to head home.
They drive back to the house, and make sure none of the guys are around.. Even Matt has vanished since he bought his new car. Rachel runs to the bathroom, and does the test.
"This is taking forever." Amy says, as she sits on the tub and watches the test.
"Quit watching it, you are making me nervous." Rachel says, as she starts to pace in the small bathroom.
"What does two dots mean??" Amy asks.
Rachel looks at the box. "Pregnant." Is all Rachel says.
Amy jumps up and hugs Rachel, and the two start to jump up and down laughing.
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"It's been real." Jeff says, as he stands at the door. Saying good-bye was always hard, when it was good-bye to Beth.
"It was nice meeting you, come back anytime. Really." Trendi says, from the couch.
"Let me walk you downstares." Beth said, as she lifted one of his bags. "What do you have in hear, rocks??"
He took the bag from her. He didn't want her carrying his heavy bag.
"To bad I didn't get to meet David. He sounds like a swell guy." Jeff said, as they stood waiting for the taxi.
"Yeah. We had fun without him though. I haven't had that much fun in a long time, David keeps getting sick." Beth said, as Jeff put an arm around her.
The taxi arrives, and she helps him put his bags in the car. They stare at each other for a moment. Jeff takes her hand, not sure whether to kiss it, or shake it.
"I'm sure we will see each other again." Beth says, as she shakes his hand. The car drives away, and Jeff turns back to her and waves.
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Rachel still hadn't told Adam the good news, as Raw came around again. She flew in to meet him at the Chicago arena. She still wanted to wait until she went to the doctor to get the pregnancy confirmed.
They hadn't been to Chicago since that dreadful night that had brought Michelle into their lives. Rachel walked into the same area that Michelle had been roughed up before, and ran into Michelle.
"HI, Rach..I'd like for you to meet my friend Nick." Michelle said, as Rachel and Nick shook hands. "He's wrestling in a dark match tonight."
"Oh, you're fighting against Steven Richards tonight aren't you. I heard him talking about having to Job to a nobody." Rachel said laughing.
"Yeah, no respect." Nick says laughing, as Steven walks up.
"You're the one I have to wrestle. You better be ready, I'm not going to make it easy."Steven says, and walks off.
"He's going to be the next HBK." Michelle says to Rachel.
Steven turns back to them and yells back at Rachel. "Oh, I almost forgot.. Albert is looking for you."
Rachel leaves Michelle and Nick to look for Albert. She wondered what he wanted to talk to her about. Amy walked up behind her, and tapped her on the shoulder. She was wearing the orange pants she had bought, with an orange thong to match.
"Have you told him yet?" Amy asked in a whisper.
"Told him what?" Albert asked, as he walked up behind Rachel.
"Nothing!" The two girls said, hoping he wouldn't ask anything more.
"It's something, step into my office." Albert says, as he opens the door to a supply closet. It smelled of bleach, and Amy started to cough. Rachel sat on a bucket and hoped she could make it back into a standing position.
"Ok, whats up?" he asks the two women.
"Nosey." Amy says, as she sits on the floor in front of Rachel.
"I'm not letting you guys out of here until you tell me." Albert says, as he stands in front of the door. "Come on, don't hide shit from me Rach." he says pleading to her. "You know you're my bud."
Rachel starts laughing, and Amy looks back at her and shrugs. "I've never known him not to keep a secret." Amy says to Rachel.
"Well, ok.. I think I am pregnant!!" Rachel says, as Albert reaches over Amy to Rachel and picks her up in a bear hug.
"This is great!! Have you told Adam yet??" HE says and puts Rachel back down on the floor.
"No, not yet. I have a doctors appointment next week. I wanted that confirmation first before I said anything. I don't trust those home tests." Rachel says.
"Dude, Albert, let me out before I choke to death." Amy says, as she starts choking form the fumes.
The door opens and Adam stares at them with a strange look. "I thought I heard voices in here."
"Pow Wow." Amy says as she walks out of the room. She looks back at Albert, and puts a finger to her lips.
"Hey Adam." Rachel says, and kisses the tip of his nose.
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After the show, Michelle, Nick and Chris head to Michelle's old house to pick up a few things that she had left behind. Pulling up into the driveway, she notices a few cars and the lights on in the house. Since Shawn had been killed, Keith and Shawn's sister Sherrie lived there.
Sherrie answered the door on the first knock. She had been watching them as they walked up the driveway, through a window. She glared at them as she stood in the doorway.
"Are you going to let us in, Sherrie?" Michelle asked, and the woman stepped aside giving them just enough room. "I just want to get the rest of my things.
"What makes you think your shit is still here?" Keith asked, walking up to them. "Sherrie and I had a field day going through your mess. You didn't have much really."
"Oh, that blond doll of yours, that one you kept on the shelf. I sold that, and got plenty of money. Money is all gone now though.." Sherrie says laughing, and pointing at a few marjuana plants.
Michelle's eyes start to tear up, the doll was something her dad had given to her when she was sick one time. He had said it had reminded him of her. She walked back to her bedroom, with Nick in tow. Chris stood in the room with Kevin, making sure he didn't try anything ignorant.
Michelle enters her ransacked room, and starts to scream. The only thing of real value was hidden in the closet. She rushed over and pushed everything that had fallen off of their hanger aside. She pulled up a piece of wood, and there was her dads wallet and the letters. The thing she most cherished, a locket, was gone. It had been her grandmothers that her dad had given her.
Sherrie stared at her from the door of the bedroom. "Are you looking for this?? " Sherrie asked, and held up the locket that was around her neck.
Nick stopped collecting what could be salvaged and stared from one woman to the other.
"BITCH, give that back to me!!!" Michelle screamed in rage, and ran at Sherrie. She grabbed Sherrie around the neck, and started to choke her with the chain. "This does not belong on your neck, you don't deserve anything!" Michelle screamed.
Sherrie's face started to turn red as she choked from the pressure of the chain.
Keith and Chris run into the room. "Get off her!!" Kevin yells, and takes a step forward to help Sherrie.
"Don't." Chris says, as he holds out a muscled arm in front of Keith. Keith looks at his arm and stays put.
Nick finds a bag and puts the things he has in his hands in the bag. He watches the women fight, not bothering to break them up.
The pressure on the chain around Sherrie's neck breaks, and she is finally able to breath. Michelle lets the locket fall to the floor, and she pushes Sherrie against the wall. "You're not worth me even hitting." Michelle says, as she turns her back to her.
Sherrie pulls herself up and pushes Michelle into Keith, who in return pushes her back. Michelle turns around and looks at Sherrie. "Then again, this might make me feel better." She balls up a fist and punches Sherrie in the jaw, knocking her to the ground. "I've had enough, come on guys..lets go." She says, as she grabs Nicks hand and pulls him out of the room.
Chris walks over to Sherrie and grabs the necklace off the floor. He stares at her for a moment and then walks out the door.
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Sherrie stares out the window as they drive away. A trickle of blood runs down her chin. The pain throbbed, but didn't really hurt. "They are gonna pay for this!!!!" She screams, as she ran through the house in a frenzy.
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Jeff sat tying his boots for that nights Smackdown. He had a far away look in his eye that Matt didn't like.
"Whats on your mind, Beth?" Matt asked with a smile.
"No, man, I've got a wierd feeling." Jeff says, as he looks at his brother.
"Wierd? Like how?" Matt asked, as he sat next to Jeff.
"Just a bad, nagging, wierd feeling. It's in my stomach." Jeff says, and shrugs. "Maybe it's nothing.
"I was asking, because I have it too." Matt says and sighs. "I've had it since yesterday when we got into Chicago.
"Let's just hope our match goes ok.. I think we are up next." Jeff says and stands up. "Come on lets go."
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After Smackdown, a group of the wrestlers decide to hit the town. They liked Springfield Ill., they had some pretty good clubs there. They stopped at a convenience store and had to tank up on gas, and a few munchies.
Adam and Rachel ran in to the store, leaving Michelle and Nick in the car discussing their new jobs. Chris and Jay run in behind them, leaving Jeff and Matt in the car discussing their wierd vibe.
Rachel and Adam head towards the back of the store where the drinks are. They decide to get their drink on before they head to the club. They hear a loud commotion at the front of the store. Rachel stays, and Adam heads to the front of the store to see what is going on. She follows him a few seconds later, to see what is going on. She sees Adam frozen and looking at a woman about two feet in front of him.
"Stop right there!" the woman says to Rachel. The woman looks back at Adam."I know who you are, you're a wrestler. Ohhh I got I winner here, I do." She says, and waves a gun in the air.
Rachel takes a step forward, thinking maybe her karate would come in handy.
"You, I SAID DON'T MOVE!" The woman yelled and pointed the gun at Rachel instead. She shoots off the gun, hitting Rachel in the chest. The woman starts to laugh, as Rachel falls to the ground. "Ahhh direct hit! Look at all the blood!! I wonder how much more can come out? " She says, as she tries to walk past Adam to shoot at Rachel again. He grabs the arm with the gun, and she pulls away and shoots off the gun again. "I hit her again, just in the leg, BUT I HIT HER." She says laughing.
The woman runs to the front of the store, as Adam falls down to hold onto Rachel. The lady laughs wildly, and turns in circles. Adam ignores her and tries to apply pressure to the chest wound. If they didn't get help soon, Rachel would die.
Michelle entered the store, and came to a complete stop as she saw the woman, and then Rachel and Adam on the floor. " SHERRIE!! STOP!" MIchelle yells and falls to her knees.
"Oh... Michelle. One for the other. You killed my brother, I kill one of your friends." Sherrie says laughing. Sherrie waves the gun in the air, as Chris makes his way behind her.
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Rachel looks at Adam. She couldn't feel any pain, only coldness. It felt as if it was traveling from her toes on up to her chest. Icy, she thought. She knew Adam was crying, the tears were falling onto her. She could feel his deep sobs. He was speaking to her, but she could not hear him. Was she dying, she thought.
"Adam." She says, but it only comes out as a moan.
She could see Michelle yelling. Jeff was standing at the door. Go away Jeff, I don't want you to see this!! Oh God, she thought, is this it? She saw Chris creeping up behind the woman. Does Michelle know her? They seem familar with each other.
OH the coldness, she thought. It was traveling farther now, to her neck. If it reaches my brain, will I die, she thought. She tried to raise a hand to Adam's face, but her hand would not move. Sleep, she thought, maybe she should just sleep.
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"YOU KILLED RACHEL!!" Adam yelled , as Chris made his move.
Chris jumped onto the womans back, making her fall to the ground. Sirens in the distance were the only thing keeping Chris from murdering her. He punched the back of her head into the floor, breaking her nose. The gun fell from her hands, and skidded across the floor. He turned her over and put a hand to her throat ready to choke her, when the police came in.