| ~ Chapter Twenty-Eight ~ |
| Ryann woke up the next morning at 6:30am, ran straight to the bathroom, and started throwing up. Jeff heard her, and followed her to the bathroom. "Honey, are you ok?" Jeff asked. "No, can you get me some water?" Ryann replied. Jeff got her a glass of water, and when she was finished getting sick, she sat down on the floor next to the toilet and drank her water. "Was it something you ate last night Ry?" "I don't know, I just woke up and felt sick. But I'll be ok. I have to be." "Ryanna, if you're sick, you're sick, and Vince will understand if you need to take the night off." "But tonight is my match against Trish Stratus for the Women's Championship, and I want that belt!" "But if you're sick�" Ryann cut Jeff off. "I will be fine; it's not even seven o'clock yet. I feel better already." Ryann put her hands out, and Jeff helped her to her feet. He walked her back to the bed, and they both climbed in and went back to sleep. Ryann was up an hour later, throwing up again. Jeff picked up the phone and called Vince McMahon. He told Vince that Ryann was sick, and she might not be at the show tonight. Vince told Jeff to keep him posted, and Jeff agreed before he hung up. He went into the bathroom, and told Ryann what he had just done. Ryann stood up and turned to her boyfriend. "Jeff, I have to wrestle tonight." "Not if you're sick! Look, Vince didn't say that you couldn't wrestle, he just said to keep him posted." "Will you call Lexi and see if she's up? I'm going to get in the shower." "If she's up, what do you want me to tell her?" "Tell her I need her to come up here." "Ok." Ryann got into the shower, and Jeff called Lexi. Matt picked up, and said, "Hello?" He sounded half asleep. "Hey Matt, its Jeff. Is Lexi up?" "Yeah, she's in the shower, I think. What's up?" "Ryann has gotten sick twice this morning. She asked me to call Lexi and have her come up here." "She's sick? She's supposed to wrestle Trish tonight." "I know, and she doesn't want to give up this match." "Want me to talk to her? Sometimes she does listen to me." Matt said to his younger brother. "I don't know, just have Lexi come up when she's out of the shower." "Alright man, talk to ya later." "Later Matt." Matt hung up the phone and yelled "Lexi?" Lexi walked out of the bathroom, and said, "What?" "Ryann is sick, and she wants you to go up to her room." "Ok�" Lexi threw her hair up in a ponytail, and headed up to see Ryann. After Jeff hung up the phone he went back into the bathroom and said, "Ryann, Lexi will be on her way in a few minutes." "Ok honey, thank you." "Is there anything I can get for you?" "No, I'll be out in a minute." Jeff left the bathroom and sat on the bed. He turned on the television, but heard a knock on the door. He got up and opened the door, and it was Lexi. "Hey Jeff, is Ryann ok?" "She's in the shower, but she'll be out in a minute. Come in�" Lexi walked into the room, and sat in a chair. Ryann came out a few moments later, wrapped in a towel, and holding her stomach. "What's up Ryann? Are you ok?" "I will be. Let me get dressed." Ryann grabbed some clothes and got dressed in the bathroom. She threw her hair up, and then walked out to Lexi. She noticed Jeff wasn't in the room. "Where'd Jeff go?" "He went to see Matt. So what's up Ry?" "Lexi, we need to go to a drug store." "Ok, why?" "I am sick, and I was sick the other morning. So let's just go to the store." Ryann scribbled a note for Jeff, grabbed his car keys, and she and Lexi left the room, headed for the store. Once the girls were in the car, Lexi turned to Ryann and said, "What's really going on Ryann?" Ryann turned and looked at Lexi, and replied, "I am a week and a half late, and I've been sick two different mornings." "So you think you may be�" "Yeah, and I am supposed to wrestle Trish Stratus for the Women's Championship tonight." "If you are pregnant, you can't wrestle." "I know, that's why I need to find out. But I don't want Jeff to know, not yet." "Ok, we'll buy a test, and if it's positive, I'll take you to my friend. She's a doctor, and she's one of the best." "Fine." Ryann said as she started the car and they drove off. Lexi went into the drug store and bought a test for Ryann. They then drove to the office where Lexi's friend and former college roommate worked. The two went inside, and Lexi directed Ryann to the restroom. Ryann walked in and locked the door behind her. While Ryann was in the restroom, Lexi had one of the nurses find her friend. Dr. Cassandra Rollins came out to greet her friend, and Lexi explained to her what was going on. Cassandra got a room ready for Ryann, and Lexi went to check on her. Ryann sat in the bathroom waiting to read the test. Just as she was ready to read it, Lexi knocked on the door. "Are you finished?" She asked. "Hold on a sec." Ryann picked up the test and looked at it. Sure enough, it had two pink lines on it. So many emotions ran through her body as she started at the stick. Ryann walked over and opened the door. "Well?" Lexi asked. "It's positive." "OK, my friend is getting a room for you. Come with me." Ryann followed her friend down the hall until they met up with Cassandra, and she led them to the room. Ryann told her the test was positive, so Cassandra gave her another test, and then told her and Lexi to wait there. Cassandra had the test results expedited, and she came back ten minutes later. "Congratulations Ryann, you're pregnant." To hear that come out of someone else's mouth was strange to Ryann. She was pregnant, so she couldn't wrestle. And, she had to tell Jeff, but she was afraid to. "Lex, I can't tell Jeff, not yet. And how do I get out of wrestling tonight." Lexi turned to friend, and said, "Ok, so Cass, I need a favor." "Sure, what is it?" "Ryann was supposed to wrestle tonight, but obviously, she can't. So we need to fake an injury." "Fake an injury?" "Yeah," Lexi replied. "We'll say that Ryann tripped on the curb and sprained her ankle. That way, she won't have to wrestle, and it will give her time to tell her boyfriend." "Ya know if you weren't my friend, I wouldn't do this." Cassandra said as she headed out the door. "I'll be right back." Cassandra left the room, and Ryann asked, "Fake an injury?" "You cannot wrestle tonight, and I figured that you would want to wait to tell Jeff until after tonight." "Thanks. Maybe I should call him though, to make it look good." "Let's wait until Cassandra comes back, and wraps your foot or whatever." Cassandra came back in with an ace bandage and an air cast. She wrapped up Ryann's right ankle and then put the air cast on it. She handed Ryann a pair of crutches, and said, "You owe me one Lex." "Thanks so much Cass." "Good luck with your boyfriend." Cassandra said to Ryann. "Thank you." Ryann responded. Ryann and Lexi walked down to the car and headed back to the hotel. "Congratulations Ryann." "Thanks, I guess. I just don't know how Jeff is going to react." "He'll be fine with it, I'm sure." After a ten-minute ride, Ryann and Lexi were at the hotel, getting out of the car. Ryann was using the crutches, and she and Lexi got up to Ryann's room. Lexi opened the door, and Jeff and Matt were on the bed, watching the television. They both looked over, and Jeff immediately jumped to his feet and ran over to his girlfriend. "What happened?" He asked as he helped her to the bed. "I'm so stupid. I tripped over the curb on the way into the drug store, and sprained my ankle. So now I can't wrestle Trish tonight." "But you're ok, right?" "Besides a sprained ankle, I'm fine. So what were you and Matt doing?" "Going over the scripts." "I'm going to call Vince, so he can have things changed for Ryann's match." Matt said, as he grabbed his cellular phone and walked into the bathroom. "Leave it to me to blow it." Ryann said, looking all bummed. She was playing her part really well. "Don't worry Ry," Jeff said. "You've be fine in no time, and you'll get your shot at that Women's Championship." Matt came out of the bathroom, and said, "Vince said everything is cool. He'll take care of it. He even said that you could take the night off with her Jeff. You weren't scheduled to wrestle tonight anyway." "Thanks for calling Matt." Jeff told his brother. "No problem. So how are you doing Ryann?" "I am ok, just pissed that I can't wrestle." "It happens. At least you just sprained it, and you'll be alright." Matt said. "I know, I'm just bummed. So when are you two headed to Myrtle Beach?" Ryann asked Lexi and Matt. "We're leaving Thursday morning." Lexi said. "Hey Jeff," Matt said. "Do you want to take me into town? I have an errand to run." "What errand?" Lexi asked him. "Nothing major, we'll be back soon." Matt replied. "Sure Matt." Jeff told him as he picked his keys up off the stand where Ryann had set them down. "You'll be ok when I'm gone?" he asked his girlfriend. "I'll be fine Jeff. Lexi is here with me." "Ok." Jeff said, and he leaned down and kissed Ryann. "We'll be back later. I love you." "I love you too." Ryann spoke softly. She put her hand on her belly. "We're going to have a baby Jeff, of course I love you." She thought as Matt and Jeff walked out the door. Lexi flopped on the bed next to her and grabbed the remote. "So they bought it." Lexi said. "Yeah." "So you and Jeff are going to have a baby, that is so cool!" Lexi told her best friend. "I hope Jeff thinks so, I don't want him to think this is going to hold him back from moving forward with his career." "He won't Ry, he'll be so happy. I just know it." |
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