A/N: YOU'LL GET A GOOD LAUGH OUT OF THIS CHAPTER :D
Chapter 14
After the ceremony I told Cody to go back to the hotel. Me and Ted have plans to go to dinner with Ted Sr and Melanie. I haven't actually met them yet so we need to talk and Cody can't hear it yet. Ted and I met his mom and dad at the restaurant downtown.
"Dad Mom, this is Donna. Donna, this is my dad, your uncle" he winked " and newly inducted Hall of Famer, The Million Dollar Man, Ted DiaBiase Sr and my mom, your aunt" he winked again, he's a dork too "Melanie" Ted added as we stood up when they approached the table.
"Nice to finally meet you guys. Congratulations Ted" I said to them
"Thanks Donna. Nice to meet you too" he shook my hand
"It's a pleasure" Melanie said
"So why do we have to keep up with this lie? I'm just curious" Ted Sr asked
"Because we had to say that she was my cousin to get her in the back. I thought I'd get extra browning points for bringing her in the back cause some of the guys were wanting to use her head for advertisement pretty much. But we got close and now we actually feel like cousins so we're seeing how long we can go with it. Please dad" T explained
"That's fine. I don't mind it. From what I've heard, you're a real sweet girl" Ted smiled at me as we ordered
"And we know you make Cody happy. That kid would not shut up about you. We had to make up a bunch of stories. Cause we just couldn't get the subject changed around him" Melanie laughed
I laughed too "Sorry about that. That kid fell in love with me before I even met him"
"Ya, he told us about that. Don't you think that was weird?" Ted sr laughed
"Very much so. Took me a little bit to get used to" I laughed
"He actually asked us if he could ask you to move in with him" Melanie put her hands on the table
"Are you serious?" I asked, wow.
"Yes. We just told him to go for it. Whatever makes you happy, makes us happy. Sounds good, right" Ted sr asked
"Yep. For having not even met me, that was pretty good" I laughed
"One thing though. I thought you were bald" Melanie stated
"Oh. I am. I just decided to wear my wig tonight. It was a special night. My Uncle Teddy got inducted into the Hall of Fame" I smiled
"That thing can't be comfortable. Thank you" he smiled back
"No problem. You mind if I take it off?" I asked
"Right here at the table?" Melanie asked, ya I guess most people would go to the bathroom. Actually most people would wait until they got home. But I'm not most people.
"Mom, Donna's not your normal girl. She don't care what people think about her. She has fun with it" T told her
"Fine with me" Ted sr smiled at me with that challenging smile, I don't think he thinks I'll actually do it.
"Awesome" I said and took off my wig but since this time it had actually suctioned onto my head like it was supposed to… well I forgot about that and just took it off and it made this loud 'pop' like sound in a quiet restaurant so I rolled it up and put it in my purse. I noticed T was laughing, then I turned around in my seat and looked around and everybody was looking at me. I guess it was a pretty loud sound, they all kept staring, waiting for me to say something "I'm sorry. It was getting hot and ichy up there" I said and turned back around to face the table.
T couldn't stop laughing "Oh my god D, I can't believe you just did that" he finally caught a breath.
"What was I supposed to do? Be like the penguins of Madagascar and just say 'You didn't hear anything' and leave it at that? Wait, that would have been funnier" I laughed
"That was great. Are you always like this, this outgoing?" Ted sr asked
"Not when I had my hair I wasn't. I'm actually glad I lost my hair. I can guarantee you that I wouldn't be the same person if I wouldn't have lost my hair. But since then, yes I have been outgoing. You have a lot more fun in life if you don't care what people think of you" I answered
Melanie just looked at me "You are amazing. I didn't think you'd actually live up to the things that Teddy has said about you. I'm glad you have. I'm proud to call you my niece" she smiled at me
"I agree 100% with what she said" Ted sr added
"Wow, thanks guys" I was blown away
"And you look like you've been working out. Teddy brought your photo album to show us. So we'd atleast know what you looked like and wow. You're lookin pretty good. How much weight have you lost total?" Ted sr complimented
"Wow again. Thanks. I've lost a total of 105 pounds" I smiled proudly
"Wow yourself. What got you motivated to loose all this weight?" Melanie asked
"I decided that I wanted to wrestle. I look at it so differently than all my other friends that are fans do. At first I was wanting creative but when I looked at the requirements, 8 years of college, 4 years working on a sit com, which isn't even guaranteed so then I just wanted something, so I thought I'd go to a school to be a manager. Then I decided I wanted to be in that ring and I've never seen any really good fat divas so I decided to loose weight and that's been my motivation the whole time. My goal is still another 30 - 40 pounds. I'll be down to my goal in a month, then I can work on my muscles. By the time I'm done I'm gonna have abs" I explained proudly, I've come very far from where I was.
"And what company are you aiming for?" Ted sr asked like it was obvious
I winced "Before Ted and Cody said they'd train me I was planning on going to The Funking Conservatory and hoped to get picked up by TNA because… Because" I interjected before he could say anything "… I want to be a respected women's wrestler. Vince just has girls that look good, half of them can't wrestle, and the ones that can, he doesn't use like he should. But Dixie, she uses all the women and not all of them have the looks. They did a 4 hour special of the knockouts for new years eve. I want to go where it could be like the old times with Joanie and Amy and Trish where the girls would legitly go against the guys all the time"
"Wow, you really do look at the business different than most fans. You like look at it from the inside, like you already know" Melanie said amazingly
"Thanks. I did know a lot before I even got to be there. I guess it's just common sense to me. It just comes natural. That's why I believe I need to be in this business. It's perfect for me" I smiled
"If I can get a meeting with Vince about changing the women's division around then would you try to get hired with wwe?" Ted sr asked
"T already told me the same thing. If it's that important to you guys that I work for wwe and I see change in the product that's gonna lead to that then yes, by the end of my training I will decide to try for wwe" I thought that sounded reasonable enough
"Sounds great. I'll try to get some of the other guys to come with me. More of a chance. You too Teddy, try to wrangle up some more people that would, get some of the girls too, that would help"
"Will do dad" T said as he took his last bite
"Why is it so important for me to go to wwe?" I had to ask
"My whole career was spent in wwe, Teddy's has so far and Brett's in FCW now. I know you're not supposed to be a DiBiase but I would like it if it stayed that pattern"
"But what about Mike, he's never been in wwe" I commented
"He never wanted to be in wwe. I wasn't gonna make him do something he didn't want to. Ya I tried to persuade him like I'm doing to you but he wouldn't budge. But if I can get you to go to wwe, if I can get Vince to change it to a product that I myself even personally would love to see come back then I'd be killing 2 birds with one stone" Ted sr smiled
"Whatever you say Uncle Ted" I smiled and we finished up eating then me and Ted went back to the hotel. When I got back to me and Cody's room he was still awake watching tv. He looked like he was about passed out though. "I told you, you didn't have to wait up" I said then went to the bathroom and wiped my makeup off and changed into some pjs then walked back out and got into bed next to Cody.
"I know. I just wanted to make sure you made it back" he said as he put his arm around me and I cuddled up to him and laid my head on his chest.
"I was with family the whole time Cody" I laughed
"Ok, honestly?" he looked down at me
"Ya. Honesty's the best policy" I told him
"I wanted your face to be the last thing I saw when I went to bed" he said and kissed me
I laughed "You are so corny but I love it" I said and put my right arm across his chest and got comfortable.
"Is that a good thing?" he asked
I yawned "I don't know. You tell me" I yawned again
"Yes. Yes it is. It's a very good thing"
"That's good" I yawned again
"Deej baby?"
"Yes" I said in mid yawn
"You're tired. Go to sleep"
"I will" I yawned "as soon as you stop talking to me" I laughed
"I love you" he laughed as he rubbed my shoulder
"I love" I yawned "you too" I said and fell asleep shortly after
