My first Sami Zayn story-as someone sad to be before, there isnt enough Sami Zayn stories out there. Well now there's another one. This will mainly be set in NXT and i'll be using ring names for the NXT people as it's easier.

Hope you all enjoy it.

10th February, 2013

Stepping off the plane Avery was in a foul mood; she didn't want to be here. She was angry; angry that her mom hadn't believed her and instead shipped her off with her dad; angry at the annoying man she'd spent over four hours sat next to on the flight; angry in general and now angry at how long it was taking waiting for her luggage. When the carousel with everyone's luggage came to life, Avery jumped straight up, just wanting to grab her suitcase and get out of the airport. Not that what came after the airport pleased her much more. But at least, gaining a little control in the whole situation, she had saved herself from having to go through the whole awkward airport arrival and greeting session with her dad. They didn't have that kind of relationship. Not anymore. Now she just had to make her way to where he worked. If they wanted to inconvenience her life, she could inconvenience him at work.

"Come outside and tell this moron I am who I say I am and not some creep." Avery rolled her eyes as she spoke on the phone, standing outside the WWE Performance centre. "Yes, obviously I'm her in Orlando. Whatever."

Avery sighed at the security guard, neither his 'intimidating' look nor his towering form over her small 5'3 scared her. She just wanted to get this day, the next however long she was stuck in Florida for, over with. No part of her wanted to be here, stuck with her dad and all his wrestling stuff. She didn't care about wrestling. But it was this or criminal charges. That was the deal.

William Regal quickly came out of the entrance of the Performance Centre. The normally calm and level headed wrestler turned commentator and trainer a little shocked at his daughter being there a day early. "It's fine, Frank. She's with me," he assured the security guard. He turned to his daughter, "Ava, you should have called me. I'd have picked you up." He went to hug her but she stepped back.

"There's these things called Taxi's. Amazing invention. Anyway, saved us from the whole awkward airport arrival greetings crap."

"Does your mum know you're here a day early?"

"Well she and Andrew are in Cancun now, so I doubt me being here a day early concerns them."

"Here, let me take your luggage."

"I'm not five, I can roll my own suitcases."

Regal knew this wasn't going to be easy. His relationship hadn't been easy with Avery for the last four years. In fact, his whole relationship with his daughter had been a strange one.

William Regal was the first to own up to his mistakes, he knew he was to blame for his drug and alcohol problems. While his addictions had been a dark time in his life, a light had come out of it; even if he hadn't realised at the time. Something he wouldn't realise until 2005, when he found out he had a daughter after a chance encounter with her mum, Diane. A woman he'd had a brief fling with years ago. It was when his drink and drug addictions were at their worse and things with his wife weren't great, the couple hitting a rough patch. The fling had been brief and crazy. While Diane might have thought she was a bit of a party girl in her early twenties, it was nothing compared to Regal's partying ways. After a few weeks, Diane had reached her limit; the drinking one thing, his drug use another. Then she had found out she was pregnant, but telling him hadn't gone well, finding out he was already married with a family at home and he didn't believe her anyway. It was obvious, at the time, that he wasn't interested in anything she had to say to him. Already deciding she was keeping the baby, Diane decided she would raise her kid on her own, with the support of her parents who stood by her.

When it had all come out, when Avery was eleven, it was a crazy time. Avery had been excited to meet her biological dad, her relationship with her stepdad wasn't great. Finding out she had three older brothers as well, that took a lot to get used to. It had been harder for them and Regal's wife, Christina, however, to the idea of their dad/husband having another child. It took a lot of adjusting for them. Avery, however, had just been excited to get to know her dad. For her, it had come at a time when her relationship with her mum wasn't what it once was.

When it had just been her and her mom against the world, they had been so much closer. Avery had always been wise beyond her years and her mom had always been honest with her about everything, cementing their close relationship. Growing up, when Avery had asked her mom about her dad, while Diane had refrained from completely bad mouthing Avery's dad, she had told her the story of their brief fling and how he'd had problems with alcohol and drugs.

For the most part, Avery had a happy childhood. When she was two her mom had taken her to a few ballet classes and Avery fell in love with dancing, she was a natural dancer and her mom had been her biggest supporter. Along with her maternal grandparents, though her grandma had passed away when she was seven. But her grandpa had continued to support her and went to as many of her dance competitions as he could. Then, when she was nine, her mom met Andrew. They quickly married and before Avery knew it, her life had been uprooted. She had made the biggest fuss when her mom told her they were moving into Andrew's mansion in California. Andrew was a businessman and while he was good at his job, owning his own company at thirty, he wasn't good when it came to children. Hence a very turbulent relationship between Avery and her stepdad, and a deteriorating relationship between Diane and Avery as Diane grew to really love the finer things in life and Avery became more independent.

While Avery had continued living with her mum, she spent a lot of time with her dad, staying with him in the holidays and the occasional weekend when he got time off from house shows. Avery went to the odd show with her dad to watch him perform, but she never liked wrestling much and just didn't particularly want to be around it.

However, when she was fifteen, after a massive argument between the two, Avery didn't want anything to do with him. She had slowly cut herself off from him, only seeing him a couple of times a year for a brief amount of time. With his job meaning he was on the road most of the year, it was pretty easy to avoid him. Until he started working down in Florida at FCW which later became NXT. By this point however, she had stopped seeing him at all. All her attention and concentration was on her dancing, it had been for years but in the last couple of years she had pushed herself harder.

Avery was a talented dancer, having got into Julliard. But that had all come crashing down recently and only her three closest friends believed her version of events. It was only because Andrew had made a very large donation to the school, effectively paying them off, that Avery had escaped any criminal charges. But things with Andrew were never entirely what they seemed, the condition of him paying the school off was that she go spend time with her dad. Something he had always wanted, to ship his stepdaughter off elsewhere. Not believing her daughter's version of events when it came to the destruction of the school property, of the dance studio and the assault of one of her dance teachers. Not knowing what to do when it came to Avery and her rebellious attitude, Diane agreed with her husband. Maybe it was best if Avery spent some time with her dad.

Despite the circumstances, Regal would be lying if he said he wasn't excited at this prospect, a chance to fix his relationship with his daughter. To get to know her better again and to show her his world. He knew he had really fucked up in the past, he should have tried harder after their explosive argument. But emotions and tempers had been high at the time, he had thought letting things call down a little would help.

After taking her stuff to the trainer's office, Avery was making her way down one of the corridors with her dad a she gave her a tour of the place. She was hoping to just go back to his house and hide away in her room or go out, explore. Anything, as long as she wasn't around him and his wife. That wasn't happening yet though, she was stuck in the building with him until he left. At least though, she thought to herself, he would be so busy with all the talent that he wouldn't be pestering her.

"Hi Regal, Jason said to come find you. Go over some details for my in-ring debut." Sami Zayn smiled, the wrestler best known for his work on the independent scene as El Generico having recently signed a contract with WWE developmental. "Hi, are you one of the new signings too?" he asked Avery, smiling.

Avery arched a brow, "Do I look like I want to be here? I'm sure I could have just as much fun putting pins in my eyes."

"Ava." Regal's tone was sharp. The attitude she gave him was one thing, but he wasn't going to let her be disrespectful to everyone else.

"However, I guess I did also make a deal with the devil to be here for the foreseeable future." Ava turned to her dad. "What a shame, looks like you're needed. Agh damn I was just so looking forward to an afternoon of hanging out. All those painful, awkward, one word reply conversations we'll miss out on. I guess I'll have to finish the tour myself."

"I'll come and find you later. We can have those conversations you talk of later on. Stay out of trouble." When Regal wasn't working as a trainer/ commentator he was known for his comedy shows, so Ava's witty comebacks didn't bother him one bit. As far as he was concerned, her wit made her who she was. He just wanted a father/daughter relationship with her again.

"I'll try, it could be hard though. The delinquent I am."

Watching Ava walk off, Sami was still just standing there quietly. Confused as to who the young woman was.

Sat in her room that night, having spent the rest of her day there after finally getting back to the house. Regal had ended up leaving the performance centre early that day, another trainer taking over from him. He hadn't been expecting Ava until the following day, having planned to take the day off, her being early had messed work plans up. Everything he had wanted to get sorted out before she arrived.

After unpacking some of her stuff, she'd opted for a nap. Ava barely looked up when her dad knocked before walking into the room, a plate in his hand.

"Thought you might be hungry." Ava had given a 'not hungry' response when it had come to dinner earlier that night. In her defence, she literally hadn't been hungry at the time, just tired.

"Thanks." Ava took the plate from her dad. The sandwich looked good and she was getting hungry now.

Regal sat down on the bed. "I know you're not happy about the situation but I'm happy to have you staying with me. Even if the circumstances are messy."

"The circumstances? So that's what we're calling it?" Ava scoffed.

"We call always call it what it was, damage of property and assault if you'd rather?"

"No, what I would rather is for someone to believe my version of events. But I'm sorry, I forgot, I'm the fuck up out of your children, right?"

"Ava-"

"Just get out. Go!" Ava got up from the bed, making her way to the small ensuite bathroom and slammed the door. It was clear no one, except her three closest friends, were going to believe her version of events. Or even really take the time to sit down and talk to her about it.