This story is all I think about, I can't help updating it! This chapter is sad, I cried :'(
Jon and Lara were sitting in the airport, he hadn't said anything about Renee and she hadn't asked. If he had wanted her to know he would of told her. She watched as he stood and walked out of sight, pulling out her i-pad she decided to address the Twitter universe. Since she had started posting about Jons recovery her following had gone crazy. 'Thank you for all of your kind words, you only get one family, love them like tomorrow isn't coming.' She posted it before she could change her mind.
Jon returned not long after, two brown packages in his hand. The brunette recognised it as food when he tried to pass one to her, "No thanks."
"Eat it, I have been with you since last night and you haven't eaten anything, so you either eat it or I tell the cabin crew there's a crazy woman trying to get on their plane." He gave her a wide grin that she didn't return but took the food anyway. Taking a few bites and swallowing it down with water before placing the bag down.
She saw a young girl and what appeared to be her Father walking over to them. She really wasn't in the mood to offer fake smiles but it was part of Jon's life and needs must. She was very surprised when the girl walked by Jon and stood in front of her, "Excuse me Miss Lara." Unsure what to do she knelt down to the little girls level.
"Well hello there." she greeted, offering a smile to the girls Dad.
"We are sorry to disturb you, my Dad said to say that." This little girl was adorable, Lara couldn't help but smile.
"Whats your name honey?"
"Ella and I am 7." the girl offered her hand which Lara shook.
"It's very nice to meet you Ella, what can I do for you?" Jon watched the exchange, his own smile etched on his face.
"My Dad said you are sad." Lara nodded a little, "Because your Mommy went to heaven."
Lara had to swallow hard and blink many times to not just burst out crying, "That's right sweetie."
Then the little girl surprised them, she reached out and stroked away the stray tear that had managed to escape and was rolling down Lara's cheek. "My Mommy died too." Lara's eyes widened, "When my Mommy went to Heaven she sent me a letter and when I am sad I read it and it makes me feel better. I want to read it to you. If that is okay.." she asked looking back at her Dad.
She felt Jon sit down beside her on the floor, taking her hand in his, "I would like that very much Ella." With her say so the little girl reached back and took the later from her Father.
The little girl cleared her throat and looked at her audience, both Lara and Jon's eyes fixed firmly on her, "My darling little girl, just because you cannot see me anymore doesn't mean I am not there. I will always be there. Through laughter annd tears, I will be there. Never feel like you can't talk to me just because I cannot talk back. I will never get tired of hearing your beautiful voice saying I love you. Heartbroken does not come close to describing the pain I feel at not being a part of your life in the future, You have brought me immense joy and you are without a doubt my proudest accomplishment." she paused when she saw the tears rolling down Lara's cheeks, "I didn't mean to upset you more, I can stop.."
Lara shook her head, "No please, go on.."
"Always try your best, I could never ask any more of you. Never fear failure - you will learn more from mistakes than success. There is never anything molre certain than change so embrace it, do not be afraid to try something new. Be brave in your convictions and always believe in yourself. Love your friends like you love your family, you will have friends for a season, friends for a reason and friends for life. It won't take long to work out which ones are which." Lara squeezed Jons hand, he was her friend for a reason and she hoped for life. "Family comes first. We will always be there for you to fall back on regardless of mistakes or bad choices, family helps you through tough times and are there to celebrate life's wins. I love you baby girl, so so much and I am proud of the girl you are and the woman you will become. I understand you will be sad but I do not want you spending your life missing me. I want you to be strong, I want you to be brave and above all I want you to be happy."
There was silence once the girl stopped reading, Lara could barely see through tears, looking over at Jon she noticed he was frantically rubbing at his own eyes. The brunette looked up towards the girls Dad and once he nodded she pulled the little girl into her arms and hugged her tightly. They spoke for a few minutes before Ella's Dad, Frank they had learned, announced they needed to go catch their flight, "Hey can we get a picture?" Lara asked.
Frank chuckled slightly, "Shouldn't we be asking you that.." he smiled, "Of course. If you pass me your phone I can take one." Lara reached in her bag and pulled out her I-Pad handing it over to Frank, she and Jon knelt either side of the girl, each with an arm around her.
"Ella you are an incredible little lady and I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for coming over to me today. Your Mommy is super proud of you right now and I will never forget meeting you. Thank you..." She hugged her again, Jon offered a hug to the little one before they took turns to shake hands with her Father.
As soon as the girl was out of sight she reached out for Jon, unsure if it was on instinct or that she had gotten used to being in his arms. As he wrapped her up in his embrace she let the tears fall. "What an incredible little girl..." Jon agreed with her, he had never been so moved as he had been just now, He couldn't remember the last time he cried, but he knew he would never forget this.
She was sitting on the plane, Jon was fast asleep. Her Twitter feed was blowing up, she uploaded the picture from the airport, both her and Jon had red eyes, it was perfectly clear they had both been crying but she didn't care. She typed out the caption, 'This Angel changed my life tonight. The strongest, bravest girl I have been lucky enough to meet. Help me find this girl, Ella, age7, Florida - only info I have. #ineedtofindher'
Jon woke not long after, he looked over and saw Lara scrolling through some stuff on her tablet, "What time is it?" he asked groggily.
"Just after eleven, I got you a drink." she nodded to the coffee sitting on the little table in front of him, "It should still be hot."
"Thanks" he replied taking a big sip of the strong black liquid. "Hey I wanted to ask you something, and being on here for the next however many hours, now seems a good a time as any." she turned to face him and nodded for him to continue, "So Colbs heard through the grape vine that you have been offered a WWE contract before?"
She laughed a little, "I have, four contracts in fact."
"What?!" Jon almost shouted, it was rare for WWE to offer one contract let alone multiples.
"The first was when I was on the Indies, my best friend and me were due to go up to development together, then I broke my neck."
"How did that happen? If you don't mind me asking.." he didn't want to push it.
"No its okay, I had my leaving match booked. I don't know how it is for the guys, but for girls, if you have been there three months, you fight people that have been there three months, no matter how talented you are." Jon nodded, "Well there was a young girl that came up, she was good, like really good. Had spirit and tenacity and bucket loads of enthusiasm. Add in talent and she was like incredible, but she was being given shit matches with girls who could barely chain a few moves. She wasn't getting the opportunity to show what she could do. I knew all about that, if it hadn't been for Colt and Punk I would never of gotten anywhere. I learned fighting the boys, after that girls were easy, I got opportunities coz others believed in me. So when she was looking for a match against someone that would actually challenge her, I offered. We put in crazy spots, I wanted to help her showcase herself like people had me. The match was amazing, until she went for a pile driver. The landing was sloppy, she ended up sitting instead of kneeling and long story short my neck broke."
"Well that fucking sucks.. So what happened after that?" he had his eyes firmly on her.
"My friend went up and I went home..." she laughed.
"I mean, how did contract number two come about you dork" he smacked her arm lightly.
"It was like maybe a year after, John Laurenitis contacted me, I was offered NXT. I had just started my degree, I was done with Wrestling I said no."
"Woman do you need prompting every time, number three?" Jon was amazed at this point.
"Right after I started for UFC. Stephanie called me and offered me a contract, I agreed to look at it. Went to the performance centre, couldn't take a bump, declined the offer." Jon could see what he could only describe as fear flash across her eyes as she spoke.
"Because of your neck.." Jon nodded in understanding.
"Number four is active" she watched as his eyes widened, "No NXT, straight to Raw. I have a meeting with Stephanie during Mania weekend."
"You're gonna take it?" he asked almost excitedly.
"Probably not, it was definitely not until I met Ella. ' Be brave in your convictions and always believe in yourself'" she quoted the little girl.
"I can help you, well not physically because my stupid arm is fucked. But Colbs and Joe. Colby is great friends with Alexis, shes tiny, we could get her to train with you, build your confidence." Jon knew he sounded eager, but he was eager.
"We will see." was all she offered with a smile.
"Hey what happened to your friend?" he asked.
"Becky Lynch" was all she replied.
"And the girl who broke your neck?"
There was a pause before she replied this time, "Sasha Banks..."
They were in a cab on the way to Lara's parents house, they had spoken more about Lara's fears on the plane and Jon had offered support and encouragement. "So tell me some stuff about your family, I don't wanna walk in and look like an idiot." Jon really didn't want to upset already greaving people.
"My Dad, his name is Paul, he likes food and sports. I think you will be okay with him. My Mom's name was Chloe, you can ask them about her, they will like that. I have an older brother Caden. He can come across as rude but he means well. Maybe don't ask him anything. My sister Leah is also older, she has two kids that are prolly gonna freak out when they see you. Massive WWE fans, their names are Aaron and Matthew. The kids have British accents" she laughed a little when she told him this, "Leah moved with my parents and married a British man, the kids were born here." Jon had nodded as she spoke, banking the names for future reference.
"Will they hate me? I can come across as a bit of a dick, even if I ain't trying." She laughed and nodded her head in agreement, "God I'm fucking nervous."
"You will be fine." she tried to assure him.
After she assured him everything would be fine a calm silence fell over them, it lasted until they pulled into the drive way of the Lovell Family home. "Fuck me it's huge..." Lara's parents lived in Chelsea, which Jon knew was an upper class area of the UK but he had not expected the house to be so grand. "Very swish Lovell", he started but stopped instantly when his eyes fell on her face. The smile was gone, her face was the same pure white it had been back at the Hotel when she had first received the call. He opened the door to get out and watched as she remained sat, "Come on sweetheart" he offered a hand she didn't take.
"I can't go in" she stated, "It's going to smell like her and have her things. I just cant Jon."
"We are gonna go in together babe, I got you I promise." Jon tried to reassure her.
He waited with his hand stretched out for what felt like eternity before she finally took it.
Stepping out she allowed him to lead her up the driveway, the cab driver dropping their bags behind them once they reached the door. Jon pulled out his wallet and paid the man before the door opened before them. The woman that opened the door looked a lot like Lara. Her eyes were puffy and red, Jon extended his hand, "you must be Leah.."
Feels like a good a place as any to leave it, I thought about skipping the actual funeral to get to Lara's birthday, but I realised I didn't want to skip it! So next up is sad also :'( Happier times are coming I promise. Renee will pop up next.
