Well, I'm back! And I'm updating my xmas story as promised. And apparently the pet saga continues. My sister had gotten another guinea pig named Stella, and Stella had been with us for Christmas. On the Tuesday before the New Year, Emily finally took her back to her apartment. However, Stella died two days later. That is the most recent pet story I can think of. Anyways, thank you to vampiregirl2009 for reviewing! Danni, I'm really sorry, but you might have to read the beginning again. That part states that Taker is married to Sara in this story. And I told you two or three chapters ago that in reality, Taker is going out with Michelle McCool. Sorry, but I don't think I can. :(

Chapter 7: Surprise!

Date: December 25, 2009

Time: 5:30 AM

Now it was officially Christmas morning in Houston. Mark's mom, Catherine - who'd spent Christmas Eve with her son, his wife and her grandchildren - was the first person in the house to rise. The previous night, Mark had let his mom sleep in the guest room. After Catherine got up and used the bathroom, she walked over to Chasey's room, where both girls were sound asleep in Chasey's bed.

"Girls, get up. It's Grandma," she whispered.

Letting out a yawn, Gracie said, "Grandma, we're trying to sleep."

"Yeah, Grandma," Chasey groaned, stretching in bed. "It's too early in the morning, even for little girls like us."

"But girls," Catherine protested. "It's Christmas. You can never get up too early on Christmas."

With the mention of the word 'Christmas,' Gracie and Chasey sat up in bed and giggled.

"Girls, shhhh," Catherine shushed. "Now go and wake your parents up."

The two girls silently tiptoed to their parents' bedroom. Once inside, they climbed onto the bed and jumped up and down.

"Mommy! Daddy! It's Christmas!" Gracie shouted excitedly.

"Wake up!" Chasey laughed, continuing to jump.

Mark was the first one to rise. Once he sat up, both girls stopped jumping.

"Hey, my little princesses. Merry Christmas," Mark said to them, yawning.

"Hi, girls. Merry Christmas," Sara said, waking up too.

"Let's go downstairs and see what Santa bought us!" cried out Chasey.

"Please?" Gracie asked, giving her parents a puppy dog look.

Laughing, Mark shook his head and replied, "Well, it doesn't look like we have much of a choice, do we? Come on, let's go." When Mark and Sara got out of bed, they saw Catherine in the hallway, and the five of them went downstairs.

Later...

After most of the Calaways' presents had been opened, Mark peeked under the tree and found two that had been unopened.

"Girls, this isn't like you," Mark told his daughters with a smirk. "I just found two unopened presents with your names on them." He passed the packages to his girls. When they opened them, they shrieked in delight.

"Oh my gosh, Dad! This is so beautiful!" Chasey screamed, putting it on right away.

"Oooh! Pretty!" Gracie stated.

"You like it? Hmm?" asked Mark, helping his daughter put the bracelet on.

"Yes I do! Thank you Daddy!"

"Yeah. Me too! Thanks Dad!" agreed Chasey. Then both girls gave their father a big hug.

"Thank you girls. I'm glad," Mark replied. Soon however, Shawn called the house.

"Hey Shawn. Merry Christmas."

"You too, Mark. I don't know why, but Rebecca just told me that she'll be at your house soon with the kids. My best guess would be for you to come down by yourself," Shawn said.

"Why?" Mark asked. "What's going on?"

"No clue, but that's what Rebecca told me. She wouldn't give me any details."

"Umm... All right. I'll leave right now," Mark said, about to leave.

"Awesome, man. See you soon." Shawn hung up.

After hanging up, Mark told his family where he was going and left.

Later that afternoon...

Rebecca and the kids were at Mark's house with Paul and Stephanie, Glen and Maurisa, Chris and Jessica, John and Liz, Randy and Sam, Sara, Catherine, Mark's brothers, Shawn's brothers and sister, and Gracie and Chasey.

"This is great, Rebecca. Glad you could make it," Paul said.

"Thanks Paul," stated Rebecca. "Why are we doing this again?"

"Because we wanted to surprise Shawn and Mark," Randy said to her. "It's our way of saying congratulations for winning 'Match of The Year' at the 2009 Slammy Awards."

"So we all chipped in - as well as the kids - to get them a framed photo of their Wrestlemania match," Sara continued.

"Who has the photo with them so that we can hide it in Mark's closet?" Liz questioned.

"I think we do, don't we, Maurisa?" Glen asked his wife.

"Yes we do. It's actually in the car. Wait here and I'll go get it," Maurisa replied, walking outside to get the wrapped photo from her car.

"Man, this is gonna be awesome!" John cried out once Maurisa had gotten the photo from the car.

"Yeah. They're going to really love it," Chris stated. Jessica nodded in agreement.

Then, Maurisa went upstairs to put the photo in Mark's bedroom closet. When she came back down, everybody decided to wait and relax in the living room.

At Shawn's... 3:30 PM

At Shawn's house, Mark had spent the day helping his friend pick up. From the wrapping paper of the family's presents to the kitchen (because Shawn's family had had breakfast), the two had been quite busy! Mark got a text on his phone from Sara that read:

Mark, could you and Shawn come over? We need more people to hang out with us.

-Sara

"Hey Shawn. We gotta go back over to my house," Mark said. "Sara wants us to."

"Um... Okay. You wanna just take your car over?" Shawn asked him.

"Sure, why not?" Mark shrugged. He and Shawn left the house, got in Mark's car, and took off.

At Mark's... 3:45 PM

Everybody was talking in the living room when they heard a car pull up.

"Eeek! It's Daddy and Uncle Shawn!" Gracie shrieked.

"Everybody, up to the master bedroom. Hurry!" Sam cried out.

Needless to say, they ran for their lives.

When Mark and Shawn entered Mark's house, it was eerily quiet.

"Hey Taker, I thought Sara texted you and said she wanted us to hang out," Shawn said, giving Mark a look.

"Dude, she did," Mark protested. "Where are ya, Sara?"

"We're upstairs, sweetheart," Sara called out from the top of the stairs. "We're in the master bedroom."

"Okay," both wrestlers replied.

Mark and Shawn went upstairs and walked to Mark and Sara's bedroom.

"Why is your bedroom door closed?" asked Shawn.

"I don't know. Let's open it together." Mark put his hand on the doorknob. So did Shawn.

"One..." Mark counted.

"Two..." Shawn counted. "Two and a half, two and -"

"Shawn!" Mark hissed.

"Okay! Sorry!" Shawn laughed.

Both of them counted, "Three!" and opened the door. Everybody popped out in front of them - Sara and Rebecca holding the wrapped photo - and yelled, "SURPRISE!!!"

Tada! There is the second to last chapter! Sorry to leave you guys with a cliffhanger, but I didn't wanna do the reaction right away. Oh wait, I'm NOT sorry I left a cliffhanger, haha! Danielle, I really hope you understand what I said to you. You will be mentioned in the last chapter, promise! Night!

~Jen