A/N: THANKS TO Cena130, SexyPunk54, LCHime FOR THE REVIEWS, SINCE THIS IS A LONG UPDATE THEN I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE NEXT WILL BE CAUSE I HAD THIS CHAP HALFWAY DONE BEFORE SO :S ANYWAYS, I HOPE YOU ENJOY.
Chapter 2: Career's begin
So today's Monday and I'm on my way to Vince's office. He's gonna tell me what he has planned. I walk into his office and I see Jeff is there, but Vince isn't there yet.
"Hey Kid" I greeted Jeff, that's what I call him half the time.
"Hey Pops" he responded as I sat in the chair next to him.
"Do you happen to know what Vince is plotting?"
"Nope, he just told me to be in his office at 1" Jeff answered
I looked down at my watch and saw it was 5 minutes till "You mean Mr. Jeff Hardy was early?" I teased
"Oh shut it. You know I've gotten better at that since I came back"
"I know. But that doesn't mean I can't tease you" I smirked at him
"I guess so" he reluctantly replied
"Good afternoon guys" Vince said as he walked in "How are you?" he asked as he sat behind his desk.
"Good" we both replied
"So what's up?" I asked
"I got and idea for a storyline after I talked to you the other day Shawn" he answered as he folded his hands and leaned onto the desk as he looked between Jeff and I.
"What'd he say?" Jeff asked curiously, wondering what I had gotten ourselves into.
"Well he informed me that you are gonna start showing Crystal some ladder match stuff"
"Ya" Jeff confirmed
"And honestly; Jeff, nowadays you're like the master of the ladder match" Vince complemented
"Wow, thanks" Jeff was taken aback
"And Shawn, you perfected it. And Crystal will be debuting tonight and we were already planning on saying she's your daughter" he looked at me
"Right" I stated
"Basically, you guys' blow off match will be a ladder match with Crystal getting involved" Vince said and just let it sink in. Jeff and I have both been in this business long enough to fill in the missing pieces.
"So Crystal and I are gonna have a 'thing'?" Jeff asked
"Unless you'd be too uncomfortable with that, considering how close you guys are" Vince offered
"No, no of course not. If it means that I get to be in a ladder match with HBK then I'll do anything" Jeff commented
"That's great. Are you alright with this?" Vince asked me
"Ya, no biggie" I can tell already that Jeff is excited about this, so I won't stop anything. I'll let the kid live out his dream.
"Good. I've already told Crystal about it, so here are your run sheets, we'll start this storyline tonight"
"Thanks" we both said and left. Jeff went to see Matt and I went to my locker room. Well it's not really mine, a bunch of us share it.
"AJ, Tracy" I gave them hugs "I didn't know you guys were gonna be here"
"Mike invited us for Crystal's debut" Tracy stated
"Cool, does she know you're here?"
"Nope, not yet" AJ smiled
"Cool. Oh and AJ, don't worry about her first storyline. Vince is gonna have her and Jeff hook up" I informed him
"Why would I be worried?" he tried to hide it. We all know he likes her, well all of us except for Crystal, she doesn't see it.
"Are you kidding me?" Tracy said as we both gave him that look. Tracy's a little tired of him putting on the act.
"What?" he asked. See, even though we all know he likes her, he hasn't admitted it to anybody just yet.
"Tracy, just… ya" was all I needed to say
"Alright" she sighed, so she dropped it "Hey guys" Tracy said as Beth, John, Ken and Mike walked in.
"Hey Mike, where's your sister?" I asked
"Last I knew she was talking to Uncle Paul. I told her to come back here when they were done though" he answered
"Thanks" and a couple minutes later Crystal and Jeff walked in.
"AJ, oh my god. I didn't know you'd be here" Crystal jumped into his arms and gave him a hug.
"Well it's your debut, I wouldn't miss it for the world" AJ stated as he put her back down on her feet.
"Awwwe, thanks"
"Hey, I flew here too" Tracy stated, a little irked
"Hey girl" Crystal gave her a hug "Thanks for coming. I'm so glad you guys are here"
"Sorry to interrupt" a stagehand said as he cracked open the door "But Crystal, Jeff and Shawn we need you. We're gonna go ahead and film your segment before hand since this is Crystals first one. Crystal, we need you in your ring gear cause it's supposed to be after your match with Barb"
"Alright, we'll be right there" Jeff stated then Crystal got ready and we met with the camera crew down by gorilla.
"OK Crystal, run in place for a couple minutes cause like they said, it's supposed to be after your match with Barb" Steph told her
"So Steph, I gotta ask" I pulled her to the side so just us two can hear "How far is this storyline gonna go?"
"As far as they're willing to go?"
"What?!" there was no way in hell it was gonna go that far, I know how Vince can get but Crystal's like his niece.
"No, no not like that. I mean, like maybe make out sessions in the hallway. Maybe, maybe even in the locker room with just shirts off. It all depends on their chemistry and how comfortable they are with it"
"Oh OK" that comforted me
"Hey Aunt Steph" Crystal shouted
"Ya honey" Steph said as she walked back over to her
"The run sheet has a space where Jeff is supposed to basically say what I win with" Crystal commented as she continued to run in place.
"Ya" Steph urged her to continue
"Can my finisher be a corkscrew moonsault?" she was a little weary that Steph would say no.
"I haven't seen. Can you pull it off?"
"It's a thing of beauty Steph, it really is" Jeff told her, which I noticed made Crystal blush.
"Then ya, that's fine. I can't wait to see it" Steph smiled
"So just to make sure I got it clear. I know Jeff's supposed to flirt with me, do I act flattered or is it supposed to be like it doesn't faze me?"
"Be as flattered as you can. Kinda like, flirt back. Alright, you can stop running. Shawn, you stand down the hall a little ways on Crystals side, Jeff you lean against the wall over there and Crystal you'll be coming through the curtain, so when I say 'action' come back through and be all happy cause you just won your match" Steph said, directing traffic as we got in our spots. "Alright, are you all ready?"
"Ya" we all responded
"OK, action" Steph said as I watched my daughters first moment in the WWE.
Segment is in italics
Crystal came through the curtain with a big smile on her face. She walked down the hall a little and saw Jeff leaning against the wall.
"Hey, you're the new Diva, right?" he asked as he got her attention
"I don't really like the Diva label cause I can actually kick ass but ya. My name's Crystal" she held out her hand
"I'm Jeff" he shook her hand "That was a great match. You really did a number on Kelly Kelly"
"You think so?" she smiled
"Ya and that corkscrew was a thing of beauty" he smiled back but that smile turned into a smirk when he noticed her blushing.
"Thanks"
"Who taught you to wrestle?" he asked
"My dad" she stated
"Your dad? He wrestles?" Jeff asked, thinking that she would have looked familiar
"Ya, he has for a long time"
"Do I know him?"
"Ya, you know him" Shawn came up behind Crystal and put his arm around her shoulder.
"Oh hey daddy" Crystal gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"Hey Shawn, w-w-what's up?" Jeff said a little uneasy that her father most likely just saw him flirting with her.
"Nothin much. I see you met my daughter" Shawn stated, trying to start a conversation but you know that tone, the one that says, watch your back when it comes to my daughter.
"Ya, I did" Jeff smiled, which made her blush again
Shawn noticed that so he said "Riiight. We'll see ya later Jeff"
"OK, bye Crystal" Jeff smiled at her again
"Bye" she waved and smiled back. Then Shawn and Crystal walked down the hall and you could faintly hear her asking him how she did. Then it pans back to Jeff and you just see him with a huge smile on his face.
"And cut" Steph said
"Aunt Steph, how was that?" Crystal asked, all excited that she got it on the first take.
"That was awesome guys. You did really good Crystal" Steph stated and gave her a hug.
"Thanks" Crystal said then we went back to the locker room.
"So how'd it turn out?" Beth asked as we walked into the room
"It was great, Crystals a natural" I commented
"That. I don't believe" Mike teased
"Screw you too" Crystal punched him in the arm
"Ow sis, that really hurt" he said as he rubbed his arm. Then punched her back.
"Really?" she glared at him
"Ya" he smirked so she grabbed him into a headlock.
"Oh come on Bubby not today, I'm on fire" she stated
"You still call him that?" John asked as we all watched Mike and Crystal wrestle, it was a normal thing between them, that was how they goofed off.
"Shut it, old habits die hard" Crystal answered as Mike reversed and was able to get her into a full nelson.
"Obviously, cause I always win" Mike argued
"Not always" Ken stated
"Shut up Ken" Mike seethed
"He's right ya know, she's just as good as you are" Tracy added
"Are they at it again?" Dave asked as he walked into the room.
"Hey Uncle Dave" Crystal said then snapmared Mike over her head.
"Hey honey" Dave said as he reached over Mike who was now on the floor and gave Crystal a hug "She got out of your full nelson. Now what Mike?" Dave stated as he got out of the way, not really sure what was coming next.
"This" Mike said and rolled back and did a hand stand, got his feet around her neck and flipped her over. It basically looked like a version of a hurricanranna.
"OK guys, leave it for the ring. I don't want you guys getting hurt on this cement floor" I had to stop it there; besides, it went a lot further than what Rebecca would have let it. Even though this is now their profession, she still hates it that they do that cause Crystal and Mike are always stiff with each other, they don't hold back and Rebecca knows that.
"Dad" they both whined
"No"
"OK fine. I gotta go talk to Barb about our match anyways. See ya'll later" Crystal said and left the room.
So now, we're in Orlando at the TNA taping. Everybody else is running around visiting, I'm just sitting in the locker room waiting for everyone to come back. They've got Mike debuting against AJ. They were gonna have Mike win but he said no. He wanted to work his way up. So instead, they just have him taking it to AJ, so you can see what all he can do. All of a sudden Mike came back into the locker room and slammed the door behind him.
"What's wrong Mike?" I asked as he started pacing back and forth, I can tell he's really pissed, this can't be good.
"Ok, AJ's supposed to win. Right?"
"Ya"
"Well guess what big move they wanted me to do for him to surprisingly kick out of"
"What?"
"A fucking super kick"
"Watch it" I was referring to the language
"Sorry, it just really pisses me off. It's like they wanna brag that they have HBK's son. I mean seriously, that's why I signed with them so that label doesn't follow me" what does he mean by that? Whatever it is, it's really irritating him.
"Seems like you're not proud of what your old man's done" I stated
"Dad, you know it's not like that. Cause I am proud, very proud. You opened up the door for a lot of guys. It's just that I wanna make it on my abilities, not my name" he explained and that's totally understandable.
"Ok, I understand. So did you refuse to do it?" I asked
"Ya, I even told them not to use ANY version of my real name otherwise I'm walkin"
"Did you really?" I asked, thinking that was a bit much but he really wants to make it on his own, so I'll back him 100 percent.
"Yes I did dad"
"So what's your name gonna be?"
"It's supposed to be Chris Bennett"
"That sounds familiar to…" I started before he cut me off
"I know it does but it's the first one that came to mind. So they better use it"
"Does Crystal know yet? I'm sure she'll appreciate it"
"I know she will. I haven't told her yet. I'm gonna let her find out" he smiled, even though they won't admit it, they love each other. They'll do anything for the other. Make the other happy even when they're not.
"Well let's hope they say it"
"Ya well I'll see ya afterwards"
"Good luck" I gave him a hug "I'll be watching"
"Thanks dad. I want honesty about my match"
"You'll get it, don't worry" I said and he left for his match as the rest came back to the room to watch.
AJ came out first. Now's the moment of truth…
"And now, in his first match in TNA we have Shawn Michaels Jr" they announced. I know it's not what he wanted but they could ruin him if he doesn't even come out…... I was glad when I saw him come through the tunnel. I taught him well; cause he came out not pissed off. He went with the flow, then grabbed a mic. I'll be honest; I was scared of what he would say.
"Yep, you heard right. HBK's son has come to TNA. But I prefer you call me Mike" he said with that grin, I hate to admit but he looks just like me "Expect great things" he added then did the match, which was of course great. He even did the super kick for AJ to kick out of but then AJ hit the spiral tap to win. I'm not sure what TNA calls it but I met him at gorilla.
"This is bullshit dad. As I was out there I thought; I can't do anything about it. If I walk like I said I would then it wouldn't do any good for me. I bet they fuckin knew it too, that's why they did that" I let the f bomb slide cause I know he was pissed and he was just venting.
"I know son, I know. Just make the best of it. At least you're doing what you've always wanted to do… wrestle"
"That's all I can do, is make the best of it. It just pisses me off. I'm gonna go…"
I grabbed his arm as he turned to walk off to obviously talk to Jim, Jeff, or even Dixie "No, if you say something then they can put you in screwy storylines that you would hate even more than this and could look bad not only on you but the family too" I wasn't being selfish with that statement, I've done so much in this business that I don't care about my image but I don't want my kids getting bad reps.
"Fine. I just won't do anything. I'm gonna let my one year run out then I'm going to WWE. Uncle Vince said that the offers always there so I'm taking advantage of it"
"Just don't let that leak and you'll be good" I advised
"I know dad, I know"
A/N: I KNOW I DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY IN THE SECOND PART. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF THOSE FATHER-SON THINGS. SO SHAWN WAS JUST PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO HIS SON AND PRETTY MUCH BLOCKING OUT EVERYONE ELSE… OH AND I LOVE TNA TOO SO IM NOT TRYING TO BASH THEM IN HERE, IM JUST TRYING TO SHOW WHAT GOES ON WHEN YOU'VE GOT THE NAME. NOT JUST WRESTLERS, IT HAPPENS WITH ACTORS TOO. WHICH SUCKS BUT HEY, THAT'S THE WAY THE WORLD TURNS SO… :S