Chapter 6
Sara's POV
"Mama?"
"Yeah, Caden?"
"Why is Randy Orton at our house?" my son asked in his little voice. I look over at Randy who is looking at me for an explanation.
"Well, cookie, Randy is a friend of mommy's and he came over today to meet you. Do you know what Randy told me on the way here?" Randy cocked his head to the side while Caden looked at with anticipation. "He said that his favorite thing to do in the whole world is to play Army guys!"
Caden's little face broke out into a big smile as he let out a whoop of joy! He ran down the hall to his bedroom. I could hear him banging around in his room, getting all his little Army guys ready to bring out in the living room.
"Army guys, huh? How exactly does one play Army guys, Sara?" Randy asked with a smirk.
I patted his shoulder, "Just follow Caden's lead. You'll be fine."
Randy looked terrified when Caden came back into the living room, dragging a big box of little Army men behind him. I smiled as I watched Randy get down on the floor and start playing with his son. Julie was waiting in the kitchen for me. I was fairly certain that these two were going to get along just fine, so I went into the kitchen to talk to Julie before she took off. I grabbed a bottled water out of the fridge and sat down at the table across from Julie. She has this huge cheesy smile on her face and I could tell it was killing her not to know what had happened between me and Randy during our lunch date.
"Spill it, Sara. Why is he here?" she said softly so he wouldn't overhear us.
"Well, I told him the truth. I told him that I had been pregnant with Caden when we broke up."
"Did he ask why he didn't find out until now? I mean, geez, Caden is going to be four in a few months. Randy's missed out on a lot of the little guy's life."
I nodded in agreement. "He has missed out on a lot. But I think they're going to be fine."
"So what did he say when you told him?"
"He was shocked. He had no idea. It was actually his idea to come over here and meet him since he's home for a couple of days. I just hope I'm doing the right thing. We haven't decided when we're going to tell Caden that Randy is his dad. It's weird that he's never brought it up before. Do you know what I mean?"
"Not really. He's still pretty little, he probably just doesn't understand yet. He will eventually and you two are probably better off telling him sooner than later. Is Randy going to stick around now?" Julie asked slyly. I knew exactly what she was getting at. She wanted to know if I was going to try and get back together with Randy.
"I have no idea. I don't even know if he feels that way about me anymore; hell I don't even know if I feel that way about him anymore. It's been a really long time, Jules. I had to move on with my life when I left him. There was nothing for me to do but to move forward."
"So, you're telling me that if Randy asked you to have the perfect little family—-you, him and Caden—you might say no?" She looked confused.
"I don't know. I'm just going to take this one day at a time. It was quite a shock to even run into him last night. And now look...he's here, in my living room, on his hands and knees, playing Army guys with his son that up until about an hour ago, he didn't even knew that he had." We got up from the table and peeked into the living room. Randy was lying on his back, while Caden surrounded him in little plastic men. You could tell that Randy was trying really hard to be patient while Caden did this. He looked up and I caught his eye; he winked at me. I blushed and went back into the kitchen.
Julie stayed for about another half an hour before she had to take off for work. She hugged and kissed Caden good-bye and promised to come back soon and color with him some more. A few minutes after she left, I noticed that it was time for Caden's afternoon nap. If he didn't have a nap in the afternoon, he was a little bear the rest of the night. I couldn't handle that.
"Ready for quiet time, cookie?" I asked him and I took his little hand in mine and led him down the hallway to his bedroom. He stopped and looked around me, "Randy, are you going to come and cover me up?" he asked. Randy nodded and followed us into Caden's room. He climbed into his little bed, I handed him his old teddy bear and motioned for Randy to come over and cover his son up. I handed him his Buzz Lightyear blanket and Randy very gently, almost like he was afraid of hurting him, laid the blanket on top of Caden. I whispered "I love you, cookie" as his beautiful blue eyes fluttered a few times before finally giving into nap time.
I tiptoed out of the room and Randy followed me. He shut the door very quietly and we went back out into the living room. Now what were we going to do? I sat down on the couch and Randy sat down beside me. We sat in a comfortable silence for a few minutes before he finally cleared his throat and said something.
"He's an amazing little guy," he said softly. "He has quite the imagination. You've been doing a great job with him, Sara."
"Thank you. It's been hard doing it alone, but I think it's made both of us stronger people. I loved that little guy so much, I can't even begin to describe it. He's changed my whole life."
"I wish I could have been there from the beginning."
Neither of us said anything for a few more minutes. From the corner of my eye, I could see his hand inching closer towards mine. I kept my hand as still as I could. I didn't know what I wanted to happen right now; it felt like everything was moving really fast and I wasn't ready for that.
"Sara..." he said softly as he shifted himself on the couch so he was sitting facing me. I turned so I was facing him as well. "I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but would you be all right with a DNA test?"
"Are you serious, Randy? You don't think Caden is yours? Have you looked at the boy? He looks just like you. I have to live with that every day, him looking just like you while I force myself not to think about you. I can't believe you just asked me for a DNA test."
"Sara-"
"No. I know what you're doing. You still think that I cheated on you when you would go out on the road." Because Caden was napping, I had to be careful not to raise my voice even though I was really upset that Randy had brought this old argument up again. "Here's a news flash, Randy. I never cheated on you. I loved you. I loved you a lot. I knew that your dream of being a wrestler was the most important thing to you, and that you didn't want to get tied down with a family. That's why I never tried to tell you about our son/" I was angry, I hopped off the couch and started pacing back and forth. "Caden is your son, Randy. You can take my word and be a part of his life, or you can think the worst of me and get a DNA test done. Either way, you're going to realize that he is yours. There was never anyone else."
Randy stood up and stood close to me; he towered over me and glared down at me. I wasn't backing down. "I believe you, Sara. I know that you wouldn't have cheated on me, but I need to know for sure. When the results come back saying that he's mine, all it's going to do is make this more real for me."
"Why can't you-" he cut me off by pulling me into his arms as his mouth crashed down on mine. I instantly felt myself melt against him. He still had it. He smirked at me as he pulled away, leaving me dazed.
"Still can't believe that's the only way to get you to stop talking sometimes..." he said with a smile. I blushed remembering all of the times he had tried to get me to stop talking and what it eventually led to.
"I can't believe it still works," I said softly as I winked at him. Yeah, we were definitely going to get along just fine.
