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Ok this chapter isn't very good in my opinion it's more of a filler chapter but I hope you enjoy it and I promise in later chapters things will get more interesting.
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Chapter 21 - Catching Up
October 26th 2008
Cyber Sunday
US Airways Centre, Phoenix Arizona
I was stood in the ring dressed in some blue jeans and a fitted black ladies affliction tee (I'd been wearing their stuff lately thanks to Randy who wears a lot of their stuff) along with some white tennis shoes, my hair was down and covered by one of John's Hustle, Loyalty, Respect black and orange baseball cap which was turned backwards.
I was with Dave, Chris, Shawn and Randy going over the ending to the main event for tonight's pay per view, since the fans choose who was gonna be the referee for this title match we had to work out endings for each option. Randy, Shawn and Steve were all choices for the refs and either way all 3 were gonna be involved in the match somehow and Dave was going over winning the World Heavyweight Championship.
Steve was yet to arrive and I was excited to see him.
The guys were goofing around not taking things seriously while we were trying to add ideas to the mix. Randy and Dave were fooling around Dave had Randy in a headlock and I couldn't help but stand and laugh as were Shawn and Chris.
"Be careful Dave I need him back in action soon" I laughed and they all stopped and looked behind me, I burrowed my eyebrows in confusion.
"What?" I asked confused wiping my face to see if there was something on it when I heard a deep chuckle coming from behind me which I recognised anywhere.
"Be careful Dave I need him back in action soon" I heard him mock in a high pitch voice behind me I rolled my eyes and smiled turning round.
"Steve!" I squealed happily jumping into my brother's arms, he held on tight as I wrapped my arms round his shoulders his wrapping round my waist and he held me up
"Hey kiddo, miss me huh?" he chuckled
"Just a little, bout time you showed up" I joked pulling away slightly
"Sorry boss I got caught up at the airport"
"You're forgiven" he put me down and greeted the other guys.
Later on…
"So how you doing Ems?" Steve asked sipping on a cup of coffee as we sat in catering. Some other superstars were coming and going.
"Yeah, missing John though otherwise I'm great, you?" I said
"Can't complain" he shrugged
"Thanks for coming back tonight, means a lot to me especially with me being Co-CEO and all"
"Don't mention it, you know I love this too much not to come back every once in a while" he smiled "You thought about getting back in the ring yet?"
"I'd be lying if I say I hadn't, I just don't know when the right time would be" I explained
"You'll know when the right time is kiddo. You're gonna need a month or so to knock off the ring rust, after that you'll be good as new" he told me. I rolled my eyes already knowing this.
"Thanks for the encouragement" I said sarcastically "How the movies going?"
"Great gotta few in the pipeline" he said smirking.
"Man I can't believe you starring in movies who would of thought it" I said in disbelief still not believing my bro was on the silver screen.
"Don't sound so surprised Em, I'm a man of many talents, not just kicking ass" he joked sipping on some coffee.
"Whatever" I laughed repeating the same action he just did letting the hot liquid run down my throat.
"Have you been home lately?" he then asked
I shook my head "Nah, not in a while. I'm not surprised mom's been calling me to tell me to get my butt back home for few days. I can hear her now 'You need come home every once in while me and your father miss you lots.' Man you would think I was 10 years old the way she babies me, she's not like that with you and the guys"
"You'd be surprised, we're still her kids. She worries and you're her only daughter and her baby"
"True but you're 43 and I'm 28, we're not babies Steve"
"Cut her some slack Em, you'll do the same when you have kids"
I had to scoff at that remark "Like that'll ever happen"
"Speaking of which, any special guy in your life?" he asked cheekily
Again I scoffed "You're kidding right? I've been to busy for that and I'm not interested in anyone anyway" I shrugged a shoulder looking down at my cup
"Still hung up on Cena huh?" he said quiet enough for me to hear. I nodded
"Can we just drop that subject please?" I said quietly wanting to dodge the subject as quickly as possible.
"Sure I know it's a sensitive one with ya" he said before changing the subject "Well kiddo I gotta go and warm up cause I'm almost positive I got someone's ass to stun tonight" he laughed standing up
I smiled "Man I miss stunning someone"
"Get your ass back in the ring then"
I held my hands up in defence "Alright, alright I'll make a decision if it makes you happy"
"Hey you gotta keep our thing alive. I can't do it no more I rely on you to keep the legacy going beside I always enjoy watching you, you remind so much of me although a female version, you got the same attitude I do" he said
"I know"
During the show…..
Promo with me and Steve…
Steve and I were shown on the titantron walking down a hallway of the arena, me in usual suite attire and him dressed in jeans and a referee shirt, a bottle of water in his hand, we were chatting away as we walked when we heard voices coming from round the corner that spoke in a British accent and consisted of a man and a women's. We stopped and gave each other a confused look before listening, I went to walk round the corner but Steve pulled me back and shook his head
"You know Paul you are going to be one hell of a star here in the WWE." Katie Lea Burchill said with confidence.
"I know sis. We haven't been successful so far in capturing our respective titles however there is always time to do so." Paul Burchill grinned
"Absolutely. You know we are going to be the best brother and sister team this company has ever seen, granted there are not many in the history of the WWE but we will make history being the most successful." The dark haired Diva then said
"Oh you are right, I guarantee we will make history together."
"Before we know it I will be the greatest WWE Women's Champion of all time and you will be the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time then you will go on to be the World Heavyweight Champion" she said with an evil glint in her eye
"No doubts. You know you were talking about brother and sister team earlier. I think I just thought of one" the older brother said
"Who big brother?"
"Two insignificant Superstars ha if you could even call them that: Stone Cold Steve Austin.." he trailed off
"Oh and Emma Austin" she finished. When our names were mentioned, Steve and I looked at each other with raised eyebrows
"That's right. We will show the world and Burchill will be bigger than the name Austin. We will show the world we are better and classier wrestlers than those two, that us British conduct our business with class and dignity unlike those…" he trailed off again. I took that as our queue and stepped round the corner behind the Diva with Steve next to me.
"Those what?" I said standing hands on hips, staring them down angrily
They stop talking and freeze before turning around to come face to face with me and Steve.
"Err I err" Katie Lea stuttered
"What's a matter cat got your tongues all of a sudden, you were happy enough to flap your gums just now all of a sudden you stop. You wanna disrespect us behind our backs instead of facing up and being a man and telling us to our faces." Steve said with pure Stone Cold venom in his voice
"Why is that ? Cause the two people you happen to be trash talking caught you red handed and will not think twice about kicking your asses all the way back England huh?" I said just as angry
"I don't think so. We could beat you two anyday of the week. You talk about us disrespecting people, you two have no respect for anyone" the brother spat back
"Duh where have you been since 1996?" I said sarcastically
"Are you sassing me boy?" Steve said stepping forward
"No Stone Cold I was.." he stuttered when Steve moved closer to him
"You were just shutting the hell up. You come here you both ain't won any titles between you and your flapping on about how you are better than Stone Cold and Emma, that you're gonna be the best brother sister team in the business. Well you wanna know what I say to that? I say what a load of crap. Cause right now you got your beady eyes on the toughest son of a bitch and the toughest female in the WWE. You also got your eyes on the boss" he said pointing to me at the last part "Hey Em, how about you put them in a match tomorrow night on RAW actually give them some air time to prove just how great they are" he said turning to me
"You know Steve that ain't a bad idea. Tomorrow night on Monday night Raw it will be the Burchill's versus the two superstars who happen to have the gold you want: Glamarella. Then we'll see if you're championship material" I said watching their faces drop
"Oh that's fine. Like you said we can prove how great we are and when one of us pins either we will be No 1 Contender's for those titles" Katie informed me ever so confidently
"We'll see about that first you gotta win then I might even consider it, if you're lucky" I told them before they walked away muttering on to themselves
"You know I should ship their asses over to ECW for disrespecting us" I said watching them
"Let it go kiddo they ain't worth a damn, we worked hard to get where we are no couple of misfits are gonna tell us otherwise" Steve said putting a hand on my shoulder
"You're right." I nodded in agreement before turning fully to him "Now if you're ref tonight I got some ground rules I wanna run by you. I know you hate Jericho and who doesn't but call it down the middle fair and square and no stunning unless you are provoked" I told him sternly
"Really? No stunning unless I'm provoked, that's stupid. I come back for one night and I might not get to stun someone" he said with disappointment
"I know just kidding. Stun if you must" I said smiling watching that smirk take over his face
"See your still a rattlesnake deep down"
"You are too"
"What's that supposed to mean?" he asked flinging his arm over my shoulder as we walked away out of shot still chatting to each other,
The show went well and there were no surprises when Steve was picked by the fans as the special guest referee. He even got to stun Randy and Jericho before lifting Dave's arm in victory as the new World Heavyweight Champion.
4 days later…..
Thursday 30th October 2008
Sat at my desk in my lovely office at WWE Headquarters' in Stamford Connecticut, I turned my head to look out at the view which was pretty nice from the top floor of the building.
I turned my head back to look down at the desk where a piece of paper was lying which happened to be the road schedule for the beginning of next year plus we were getting ready for the 800th episode of Raw which was this coming Monday. I quickly checked if I had any meetings today on my laptop. I clicked the mouse on the calendar to see I had one with Vince and Linda later in about an hour although I didn't know the nature of the meeting I'm sure I'd find out soon enough.
I turned away from the screen and stood up stretching my arms then smoothing down the white dress blouse and black pinstripe pants I wore, my honey blonde hair tied up into a high ponytail and my reading glasses covering my eyes. I left the office in search of coffee cause my god I needed it right now as the time was only 10.16am.
After retrieving some much needed caffeine, I returned to my office cup in hand. I opened the door with my free hand to see someone sitting in my desk chair with back turned towards me, elbows sticking out the side of the chair. I stopped and burrowed my eyebrows as to how someone had the nerve to do such a thing trespassing into my office.
I stood for a second before speaking to this intruder
"Excuse me who the hell…" I began and stopped as the chair swivelled round to reveal a smiling John Cena dressed in some full length blue jeans, a white shirt and a black dress jacket, sitting with his arms behind his head.
"Now is that anyway to speak to your best friend?" he raised an eyebrow removing his arms from his head and standing up
"What are you doing here?" I asked surprised as he moved round to the front of the desk
"Haven't you heard? I'm your 11.15" he grinned widely showing his dimples
"Oh so you're the secret Vince and Linda have been keeping from me, I knew I had a meeting I just didn't know with who"
"Now you do" he said before stepping forward taking the cup from my hand and placing it on the desk, he turned back to me before engulfing me in a hug, I wrapped my arms round his mid section and laid my head on his shoulder, I sighed in content just taking him in. I always felt this way with John, he took all my stress way with one simple action.
"How you doing, Shorty?" he asked
"Fine" I felt him kiss my forehead and pull away, he moved and sat down on the seat in front of my desk while I walked round to the other side. I sat down and retrieved my coffee sipping on it, I placed the cup down to see John watching me closely
"What?"
"Nothing, I'm just used to seeing you like this, all high and mighty. I mean I know you had power on the road, when you're here it finally hits home what position you have" he told me sincerely. I watched him closely from behind my glasses before telling him how I was feeling with this situation.
"Corporate sell out more like" I said disappointed with myself. He raised his eyebrows at me "oh come on this.." I motioned round the room "this is not me and I can't believe it took me all this time to figure that out. It would have been ok if I had took the job for 6 months but it's been so long that I think I'm actually losing my identity. I'm beginning to convince myself that I'm actually cut out for this corporate stuff instead of doing what I do best. And yeah this is all powerful stuff, it won't be for much longer"
He nodded before realising what I said at the end "You mean you're getting back in the ring?"
"Yep very soon, I'm gonna quit on TV and go back into training. Dust off the ring rust and I should be back within a month or so"
"That's great news Em" he grinned. He was actually the first person I had told except for the McMahon's.
"Yep I'm gonna be a rattlesnake again. It's been too long since I stunned someone and I'm getting a little deprived." I joked "So what about you? How you feeling?"
"I'm feeling great actually that's what this meeting is about: my return at Survivor Series apparently it's gonna be announced on Monday" he told me and I smiled happily
"Oh my God that's fantastic news and so soon after having neck surgery. I'm impressed Mr. Cena" I said
"I'm an impressive kinda guy" he said confidently yet I knew he was kidding
"Alright quit it I need your big head to fit out the door" I said laughing before turning serious "Hey John can I tell you something?"
"Sure, what's up? Looking at your expression it's got be something serious"
"It is" I sighed "I haven't told anyone not even Steve and you got to promise me you won't say anything to anyone either, this has to be between me and you only"
"You know you can trust me"
"Ok I errr got an offer" I said slowly, he looked at me weird before edging me to continue "From TNA" I finished waiting for his reaction
"Are you shitting me?" I shook my head
"Afraid not. Kurt called me about a month ago telling me Dixie Carter was interested in me apparently even Kurt mentioned me in a promo during one of their broadcasts claiming TNA needed a female competitor like me or something and well they sent me and offer about a week later. He's been trying to get me to go there since 2006 when he left here then signed there" I explained
"Fuck me" he whispered running a hand over his head then looking down. I nodded his head snapped up
"You errr you're not gonna accept it are you?" I could hear the panic and worry in his voice
"Are you kidding me? Considering I just told you about my return to the ring…. I think you have you're answer there" I said watching him as he smiled
"Oh thank God" he said with relief
"Why would you miss me?" I asked cheekily
"You have no idea" he said "Why did you decide to tell me?"
"You're my best friend and I needed to tell someone before it ate me alive. I can't let Vince know some other wrestling promotion especially TNA was after me."
"Yeah you're right"
"Promise not to say a word"
"Promise" he said leaning over and sticking out his left pinkie and leaned over and hooked my pinkie round his. "Pinkie promise"
My cell started ringing the normal boring ring indicating it was no one I had assigned a tone to.
"Sorry JC" I apologised before picking up my cell and answering it.
"Hello" I said down the phone reaching to my face with my left hand and sliding my glasses off placing them on the desk
"Hello Aunt Emma?" I heard a British accent
"Stephanie? Is that you?" I asked in disbelief to my 16 year old niece
"Yes it's me, how are you Aunty Emma?"
"Hi. I'm fine thank you"
She giggled "You surprised to hear from me?"
"Yeah I am a little. A nice surprise though. How you doing sweetie?
"Good, I'm interrupting you am I, I know you have a very important job to do"
"No I'm just in my office with John" I said smiling at him
"Cool tell him I say hello" she said
"I will" I pulled away from the phone putting my hand over the mouthpiece "Steph says hello" he smiled
"Hi Steph" he said loud enough for her to hear
"Did you hear that?" I said back into the phone
"Yeah" she giggled. I forgot she told me a few years back that she had a little crush on John.
"Sorry honey he's taken" I informed her before she even said anything
"If Stephanie wants a date I'll call the whole thing off for her" John said loud enough for her to hear
"Alright Romeo shut up" I told him
"He's such a charmer" Steph said in my ear
"Tell me about it" I rolled my eyes "so how mom and Cass?"
"They're good, Cass started Comprehensive school which is like high school over there and I'm in my final year and have my exams next year and mum's well she's mum" she giggled again. I loved hearing her voice and her giggle.
"I see. So how's school going?"
"Great, a boy other day found out a was Stone Cold's daughter and he said that was so amazing and that I was lucky to have you as my aunty as well. He's a big wrestling fan so wait till I tell him I spoke to you and John today, he'll be so jealous" she told me.
"Yeah he won't know what hit him, you can do John's You can't see me thing to him just to annoy him" I laughed
"I am so going to do that"
"So are there no boys you're interested in?" I asked her the typical Aunt stuff.
"No I just want to concentrate on my exams" she said almost shyly
"Good girl" I smiled knowing she's sensible not to get distracted
"Are you still playing soccer or should I say football?" I joked knowing over there they called it football
"Yeah I'm captain of the team and we're second in our division" she told me
"Hey get you miss captain I'm proud of you, you must have that Williams athletic gene in you" I said
"Have you talked to dad lately?" she asked me
"Yeah I saw him on Sunday at the pay per view" I said
"Yeah we watched it. We saw when the Burchill's were slagging you and dad off claming they were better and you put them in their place: that was brilliant, then we saw him referee the match. I didn't like it when he stunned Randy though." she said the last part a little sadly
"Oh really. You a fan of The Legend Killer huh?" I teased her
She giggled again "Yeah he's cute but not as cute as John"
"Have you spoke to your dad?" I then asked
"Yeah, he rang yesterday I even spoke Granma and Grandpa last week too. I told him off sternly for stunning Randy"
"I'll let Randy know he at least has one fan and in your dad's defence Randy did knock him down first. Tell your mom thanks for the photos she emailed me I'll try and get some to her, you girls are looking gorgeous more and more every time I get a new picture. Kind of hard to believe your Steve's daughter" I laughed
"Thank you, you look gorgeous too I hope when I get older I have your sense of style. I've got to admit I like the old you not the boss you"
"Well my style isn't exactly what you would call girly, more like I wear what I want and I don't care. And about the old me lets just say I'm working on it." I sighed "Look Steph I'm sorry I haven't called lately I've just been major busy" I said guilty
"Oh I understand we know you are very busy"
"But guess what? We're coming over there soon on tour so I'll send you some tickets to Raw so I get to see you all"
"That's brilliant. I can't wait it'll be fun seeing everyone. Will John be there?" she asked with hope
"No sweetie he won't. He actually returns after the tour is said and done, he's coming back at Survivor Series but you can't tell anyone"
"I won't. Oh never mind I guess it's an excuse to come over and see you sometime"
"Defiantly. Ask your mom if you come over during the holidays or something and I'll take care of the arrangements"
"I so will do that" I looked at my watch seeing that time had flown while talking
"I'm sorry honey I gotta go I've got a meeting to attend" I said guiltily again
"Ok go and do your thing Aunty Emma, I'll talk to you very soon" she said
"You sure will"
"And remember we're all very proud of you and cheer you on every week" she then said making my heart ache
"I'm proud of you too, take care and be a good girl for mom, say hi to her and Cass"
"I will I love you and I miss you so much" she said as tears started to form in my eyes
"I love you and I miss you too sweetheart" I said quietly
"Goodbye Aunty Ems"
"Bye Steph" I ended the call and looked down at the desk, the tears were threatening to fall
"Em? You ok?" I looked up to John, concern was written all over his face
"Yeah I..just miss them so much" I said sadly, a tear escaped from my eye and rolled down my cheek, not much made me cry, this was one of those things that did. More tears began to roll down my cheeks. I heard John stand up and come round the desk and kneel in front of me
"Hey hey don't cry they wouldn't want to see you upset" he said softly reaching up and wiping away my tears with his thumb, doing that made me look up at him.
"I know I'm missing them grow up I have to see them grow up through pictures and seeing them twice a year. I'm not there for them like an aunt should be, if I feel this way I can't imagine how Steve feel not watching his daughters grow up."
"Hey you're the best aunt you can be considering you're so far away. You talk on the phone whenever you can, email them, send them stuff in my eyes that's a pretty damn good aunt" he told me "Don't beat yourself up Ems they love and you love them and according to your conversation you'll see them soon" he said reassuring me.
I nodded "I guess, Thanks" I smiled slightly "you always know what to say"
"Don't mention it that's what I'm here for"
"Oh by the way quit flirting with my niece" I told him smiling though my tears
"Hey I wasn't flirting I meant it anytime Steph wants a date I'm there" he said with that cheeky look on his face
"She's only 16 and no way would I or Steve let you near her" I told him sternly yet kidding
"In that case I better not" he said "Feeling better beautiful?"
I nodded before taking a breathe to calm down "We better get to this meeting"
John chuckled "Yeah the fun parts of the job".
He took my hand in his and I stood up before we left my office.