A/N:Thanks for the reviews, I was surprised to see so many people favorite this story so quickly but I'll take that to mean I'm doing a good job so far. I'm still trying to decide where I want to take John and Morgan's relationship as he is married in the story (and in real life… depressing but oh well). I think for now they will remain friends and maybe she'll end up dating some other wrestler or something. If you guys have any ideas, feel free to share and if I use it I'll give you guys credit of course. I'm also trying to decide on length of chapters, the first chapter was thirteen MS Word pages and the second was only five… I'm thinking somewhere in the middle is a good idea. With that, on to the chapter!
Chapter Two: Meeting the Family
John's brothers all arrived close to an hour later. The five Cena boys stayed in the living room playing Smackdown vs Raw while Carol and Morgan made breakfast and John's father got the pool ready for the day. The Cena's home was a large two story house with six bedrooms in all, one for each of the boys and the master bedroom as well. Morgan had been alarmed at the breathtaking beauty of the home when she first arrived but now, in the light of day she was even more surprised at the grandeur of it all. She stood next to Carol in the kitchen listening for the popping of the bacon she was cooking and watching the boys try to beat upon each other in a real life version of the WWE, complete with John's original spinner belt as the prize.
"They're certainly are crazy aren't they Morgan" said Carol as she noticed the young girl watching her sons rough-house. "They are certainly something, that's for sure. They do know it's not all real correct" she replied, laughing. Morgan turned back to the bacon and saw it was time for her to start the last batch. "John!" she called, "it's time for those hash browns you keep claiming are the best around…" she said. John came bounding into the kitchen wearing nothing but swim trunks. "Yes, dear" he said and laughed when he looked at Morgan. "You look like you've seen a ghost or something, you alright" he asked her, knowing full well what had her so shell shocked.
"Huh, oh yes I'm fine" she told him and turned back to her bacon. John began to prepare his hash browns and Carol and Morgan finished up the bacon and the eggs. Carol saw that they had everything under control and left the kitchen to round up the rest of the Cena clan for breakfast. Morgan was left with a half-naked John in the kitchen. She could already feel the heat of the blush on her cheeks.
This is going to be a long month… she thought.
45 Minutes later- After breakfast
"Hey Morgan" called John, "the rest of us are going for a swim, you feel like joining?" he asked her. "Oh, I can't, I don't have a suit. I guess I forgot to pack one last night. I was in a bit of a rush I suppose" she replied. John scratched his head… "hmmm well, let's go get one then. The stores should all be open in town, I'm sure we can find you something at one of them" he said matter-of-factly. Morgan looked surprised. "John, you don't have to do that. I can just get one from my house before we leave for the airport, it's on the way anyways" she told him. "No" he said, you're my guest for the next month, the least I can do is make sure you have everything you need. Now, get a move on, we're going shopping" he told her.
John and Morgan drove to the nearby mall and searched high and low for the perfect swim suit for Morgan. She finally found the one she wanted after two hours of searching. She came out of the dressing room and walked to the counter where John stood waiting for her. "Did you find the one" he asked. "Yes, this is it. Definitely. We can go now" she said. "Great," he replied, "and after only five stores too, that's gotta be a record," he laughed. Morgan punched him in the arm. "I'll have you know that it takes a girl some time to find something she really likes. You should know that, you are married after all are you not" she said smugly. "Ow, that hurt. Damn you punch hard" he told her, rubbing the spot on his arm where she had punched him. "Oh stop you big baby, let's just get out of here, your pool is calling to me" she laughed.
"Oh you two make such a cute couple" the clerk at the counter told them. Morgan flushed red and John just chuckled at her. "We're not a couple" he kindly told her. It was then the clerk realized her mistake when she recognized who John was. "OH!, I'm so sorry Mr. Cena, I didn't realize it was you. Who's your lady friend if you don't mind my asking" she said. "It's perfectly alright Miss…" he glanced at her name tag, "Michelle, this here is Morgan, she's the winner of the hometown superstar contest we've been running in the WWE, and please, call me John, Mr. Cena is my dad's name" he told her. He handed her his Visa card and paid for Morgan 's suit, and the two left the store and headed home. John noticed about five miles from his house that Morgan hadn't said a word since the clerk had told them looked cute together.
"Morgan, are you alright, you seem a little tense" he asked. She turned away from the window and said "yes, I'm fine" and turned back to staring out the passenger side window again. John just sighed and left it at that. I guess what that clerk said must have upset her but I don't understand why... he thought to himself. I suppose she'll tell me eventually, maybe she's just trying to figure out what to say. Just then, the ringing of John's phone brought both of them out of their thoughts. John picked it up and looked at the caller ID… Liz. He pulled into the driveway and answered the phone as he parked the car.
"Hey Liz, I was just thinking about you" he said into the phone. Morgan listened to the conversation for a second before signaling to John that she was going inside to change and then headed to the pool. He nodded his head and motioned for her to go ahead holding up his hands and mouthing ten minutes to her. "Yeah, I know Liz. You don't like the idea but it's not like I can just go up to Vince and say 'look dude, I can't do this contest thing because my wife doesn't want me too' I don't have that option honey" he tried to explain. He held the phone about a foot from his ear and Liz could be heard screaming at him through it. "Are you done yelling?" he asked her. "Look, Morgan's a nice girl, and I bed you'd actually like her if you met her. I get the feeling we could be good friends after this contest thing is over" he said. He heard her yelling again… okay bad idea to say that I guess, he thought. John racked his brain for something to say to his wife that would calm her down and make her understand the situation. "Okay Liz, I understand how you feel, I really do. Morgan isn't staying in my hotel room over the next month and she won't be featured in any story lines that I'm aware of other than maybe coming to ring with me as my guest for the month. It's pretty much the same thing you've been seeing with the previous winners, ya know. It's fine really, I promise you nothing will happen so can you please just let it go. I love you and we're coming to Florida next week so I'll have them send a couple backstage passes to the house and you can come to the show and meet her if you want to" he explained. John sighed with relief as Liz agreed and said she loved him and hung up the phone. He headed out into the backyard where he saw Matt about to throw Morgan into the pool.
Morgan saw John at the last second. "John help me" she screeched. John just laughed and jumped into the pool fully clothed and Matt tossed her in as well. John laughed as she came up for air and she splashed him with a pout on her face. "I can't believe you let him do that to me" she whined. John just laughed some more. "I wish I had a mirror, your face is priceless right now" he told her. Morgan crossed her arms and huffed "fine then I'll show you." She moved to swim by him for the ladder but John grabbed her before she could get by and dunked her underwater. She stayed under and moved to get behind him where he couldn't see her and when she finally came up, she jumped on John's back and dunked him under as well before swimming quickly towards the edge of the pool. She got out just as John resurfaced and ran for the house. John was quickly catching up and yelling behind her "I'll get you for that." John had eventually caught up to Morgan after chasing her through the entire house three times. He grabbed her and picked her up as if she weighed nothing and gave her the Attitude Adjustment onto a nearby couch before walking upstairs to finish his packing. Morgan just sat there for a few minutes trying to figure out what happened. Oh man, she thought, this is gonna be interesting. Hey, at least I'll get to meet the rest of the wrestlers, that should be pretty cool. Morgan sat for a few minutes before realizing she had to pack her things and retreated to John's room where her stuff still sat on the floor.
3 hours later- 12pm
John and Morgan finished packing and came downstairs to say their goodbyes to the rest of the Cena family. Morgan reached the bottom of the stairs and saw Carol and John's brothers waiting for her to say goodbye. She walked towards them and Carol reached out for a hug which Morgan gladly accepted. "You'll make sure my boy behaves himself now won't you" Carol asked her. Morgan saw John roll his eyes behind Carol and lightly chuckled before saying "of course I will Carol, thanks for everything." Carol nodded and told Morgan that it was no trouble at all and she was welcome to visit anytime.
While John said goodbye to his parents, Morgan said goodbye to all his brothers and made her way to John's rental car. When she reached the car she was just about to put her bags into the trunk when John came from behind and did it for her. "I could have done that myself John, I'm not an invalid" she said. John just looked at her like she had three heads. "John, why are you looking at me like that" she asked. Morgan stood with her hands on her hips and a perplexed look on her face. John closed the trunk and muttered to himself "women, you do something nice and they get mad at ya, I'll never understand it." Morgan heard him and laughed as she got in the front seat next to John and buckled herself in. She looked at him and said, "thank you John, I could have done it but thank you, it was very sweet." John looked back at her and grinned. "Well that's more like it" he said and Morgan punched him in the arm. "Ow" he said laughing and put the car in gear.