Daughter of the Deadman III
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Chapter 36: A Visit to Hart House
The next night, the group of Dean, Roman, Taker, Kane, Angel, Lea and Wyatt were standing on the cramped porch of Hart House. Kristy was at the front of the group with her hand on the door. She didn't want to open it. She was dreading Dean meeting her family. Well, not the whole family. Most of them just want to see me happy more than anything else. It's just…my mother that's the problem here. She thought.
"Little Kristy, I know you're dreading this, kiddo, but we're all here for you" Taker said.
"Besides that, standing out here all night isn't exactly appealing" Angel told her.
Kristy nodded. She opened the door and everyone went in. She called out to her Grandfather as Roman, who was the last in line, closed the door behind them. A voice came from the kitchen and after everyone took their shoes off, they headed there. Kristy hugged her Grandparents. Most of the family were there already, sitting at the table. Kristy sighed in relief when she saw that her Mom had yet to show up.
"Your Mom will be here soon, kiddo. With Georgia and Harry as far as I know" Stu said.
"You mean my brother's coming too? I thought he was in Japan!" Kristy said.
"He's got time off" Helen explained.
"Lovely" Kristy said, looking back at Angel.
"What? I can feel you looking at me, you know" Angel said.
"Won't it be weird for you to see your ex again? Especially with your current boyfriend in the same room?" Kristy said.
"Not really. I've moved on" Angel said.
Kristy nodded. Angel was right. She had moved on with her life. She grinned as she pushed Angel forward. She knew that her Grandparents wanted to see her friend to make sure that she was being looked after and taken care of. Angel blushed.
"Shouldn't you be getting ready for SummerSlam, young lady? What are you doing here?" Stu asked.
"As long as I make it to Raw tomorrow night, I'll be alright. I'll be able to train in between shows. Don't worry so much, sir" Angel said.
"Ang, you know you don't have to be all formal with Grandpa and Grandma" Kristy said.
"She's just being polite, Kristine" Helen said.
"Sorry, Grandma" Kristy mumbled.
"Now, Helen, don't give the girl a hard time. She's had enough for a life time" Stu said, hugging his Granddaughter.
"It's OK, Grandpa. I'm used to it. I'm the "black sheep" remember?" Kristy said.
"Taker, will you please talk some sense into this Granddaughter of mine? If I didn't know better, I'd say that mother of hers is at it again" Stu said.
"You're sort of right. Yesterday when Diana and Kristy's sister Georgia were here with all of you, she sent Kristy a text message. The gist of which was basically that Kristy was a disgrace to the name Hart. Or something to that effect. Bret said that everyone was here at the time" Taker said.
"So that's why Diana took her off to talk in private. And why Georgia spent part of the visit with her hands under the dining room table. She was texting" Helen said.
"Geez. The way Bret put it, it happened right in front of all of you guys" Lea said.
"Not really. But she must have done it here because she thought no one would notice what she was doing since most of the family was here" Wyatt said.
"And no one would be paying her attention" Kane added.
"Great. Well, we're going to be having some words with Diana and Georgia when they get here. I swear, I don't know why Diana's so intent on making her own daughter's life so hard or why Georgia would even want to help to make her sister miserable all the time" Helen said.
"They both hate me, Grandma" Kristy said.
"I don't get that either. I mean, we know that Diana had Kristy to please Davey, but still. They shouldn't hate you. You didn't do anything to them" Stu said.
"Except breathe" Angel said bitterly.
"I think what he means is that Kristy never did anything to hurt them" Dean said.
"I know what he means, Dean, but still. Literally all she's done to them is be there. I mean, here" Angel said.
"Basically, she just wanted Daddy to take care of me" Kristy said.
"Which happened. Well…after Diana left Kristy in the bath because talking on the phone was apparently more important to her than her daughter" Taker said, anger creeping into his voice.
"Oh yeah. After that, Davey kept Kristy away from home as much as possible" Owen said from behind them.
"Owen! Geez! Don't do that! We didn't even hear you!" Angel said.
"Sorry. I haven't been here too long. Just long enough to catch the gist of the conversation" Owen said.
"So are you gonna stand there talking to Grandma and Grandpa all day or are you going to introduce us?" Oje asked, looking at Roman and Dean.
"Sorry, Oje. This is Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns. Dean, Roman, this is Owen's son Oje" Kristy said.
"And his daughter Athena and wife Martha" Angel said.
"And these are the rest of my aunts and Uncles. Smith, Bruce, Keith, Ross, Wayne, Ellie, Alison and Georgia" Kristy said.
"All the other kids are outside by the way. They're practice wrestling. Well, the bigger ones are anyway. The little ones are watching" Owen said.
"And introducing you to the rest of my cousins and second cousins would take at least an hour. As you can tell, there's enough to put on a mini wrestling show" Kristy said.
"So, you're the one that Kristy has told us so much about" Alison said.
"Kristy, what have you been telling them?" Dean asked.
"Nothing bad, Dean. Just calm down" Kristy said.
"OK. I'm Dean Ambrose. Nice to meet all of you. Kristy's told me about all of you too" Dean said.
"And this is the one that Angel's got her heart set on?" Stu asked.
"That'd be me. I'm Roman Reigns" Roman said.
"I'm giving you two the same warning I give pretty much everyone that comes into contact with these two. If you hurt them, you're going on a one-way trip to the Dungeon and your time down there will not be fun" Stu said.
"Yes, Sir" Dean and Roman said at the same time.
"You've got nothing to worry about, Grandpa. Really. At least not this time" Kristy whispered.
"Well, Cena has an ego" Stu said.
"And Adam…well, you two just grew apart. Plus, I get the feeling he was jealous of your friendship with Angel" Helen said.
"Adam was?" Angel asked.
"Yeah. He was. After the accident, when we went back to Tampa, we fought about it all the time because I didn't want to be there. It was making Wyatt miserable and its part of why we broke up" Kristy said.
"You never told me that!" Angel said.
"You had enough to be dealing with at that time, Ang" Kristy said.
"Krissy!" Angel said.
"Well, you did. You were still recovering and plus you'd just broken up with my brother. I didn't want to add more to it" Kristy said.
"I appreciate that" Angel said, giving her friend a hug.
"You're welcome" Kristy said with a smile.
"That's Kristy for you. Always thinking about other people first" Ellie said.
"I don't know where she got that from. It certainly wasn't Diana. All Diana cares about is what she wants" Ross said.
"I think the youngest brother had a very strong influence over her as a child" Keith said, looking at Owen.
"It's not surprising. How much time did she spend with Owen growing up?" Stu asked.
"I spent more time with Uncle Owen and Uncle Bret than I ever did at home, that's for sure" Kristy said.
"Not to mention all the time you spent with Taker" Owen added.
Kristy nodded. With that, they all moved from the kitchen to the living room. All the adults sat around talking while Lea and Wyatt stood at the window watching the children in the practice ring and could see a few of the kids sitting in the treehouse, watching the others.
"Mom, is that the treehouse you guys were talking about yesterday?" Wyatt asked.
"Hm?" Kristy asked, walking over to the window, "Oh, yeah it is. When I was little, I used to hide there when I got scared. And I went there to watch Matt and the others wrestle since I could see the ring clearly from there. Nattie used to sit up there with me too sometimes"
"What about Aunt Angel?" Wyatt asked.
"If I ever went there, I don't remember" Angel said.
"No, we never did. By the time I met Aunt Angel, I was too old for the treehouse" Kristy said.
"You were?" Lea asked.
"Yep" Angel said.
"When Kristy and I met we were in eighth grade" Angel said.
"So that made you…thirteen or something?" Wyatt asked.
"Yep. Too old for the treehouse" Kristy said.
"Can Wyatt and I go in there?" Lea asked.
"I don't see why not. Just be careful, you two" Helen said.
Lea and Wyatt nodded. They headed outside through the back door and Kristy and Angel watched them run across the yard. Oje and Athena were following them. They preferred to watch rather than participate and even though they were technically too old to sit in the treehouse, nobody objected to them being there. It was just after that, that the front door opened and Diana, Georgia and Harry came in. Everything went completely silent. Everyone watched as the three of them sat down. After a few minutes, Stu spoke up.
"Diana Hart-Smith, we all have a bone to pick with you, young lady" he said.
"What did I do now?" she asked.
"Don't pretend to play innocent. We all know there's only one person in the family who can get away with that" Alison said, glancing at Owen as she spoke.
"What you did was got Georgia to text her sister saying that she was a disgrace to the Hart name. And that she wasn't a Hart. Not even by name" Angel said, trying to keep her temper under control.
"Which isn't something that Kristy needs right now" Taker said.
"She needs that like she needs a hole in her head" Dean said, standing up and putting his hand on Kristy's shoulder.
Diana didn't say anything. She had turned her attention to Dean. She looked him up and down and then looked at Kristy and rolled her eyes. Then she turned and looked at Roman and rolled her eyes for a second time. Angel saw it and stood up, looking livid. Roman stood up and put his hand on her should and whispered to her to relax. Angel shook her head. She had a feeling she knew what was coming next.
"Really, Kristine? You leave Adam behind and pick up a man who looks like a street thug?" Diana said.
"It's called being real! Adam and I were never good together! We were better off as friends! And if you insult Roman I won't hesitate to slap you" Kristy said.
"You left my son for him?" Diana asked Angel.
"First of all, you've got it backwards. He left me. What I wanna know is why the hell do you even care? You never thought I was worthy of your son anyway" Angel snapped.
"Besides, Harry wanted out" Roman said.
"What do you know about it?" Harry snapped.
"Just that you guys were great until Angel had her accident and then you stayed with her in the hospital. However, when she went to the rehabilitation place, she spent three months there and you were not there at all. I don't know if you grew apart or what, but when Angel needed you most, you weren't there" Roman said.
"Not to mention that he wasn't there when I needed him. You've never been there when we needed you, Harry" Kristy said.
"What the hell are you on, Kristine? I was there for you the whole time growing up" Harry said.
"Only when Daddy told you to be. You are such a Mama's boy, Harry and we all know it" Kristy said.
"Is that why you left me? Because you secretly hated me because of her?" Angel asked, nodding at Diana.
"Harry, is that why?" Stu asked.
"No! I never hated Angel. Not ever. I just couldn't deal with her being blind. And…well…that's why…when she was in the Rehabilitation Hospital, I…well, I was cheating on her" Harry admitted.
"You what?!" Taker growled.
"YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Kristy yelled.
"Calm down, Kristy. What I want to know is why the hell you didn't just tell me outright?!" Angel asked.
"Because I figured you had been hurt enough both physically and emotionally. I knew that it would hurt you to know that I had found someone else, so I didn't say anything" Harry said.
"So you just lied to her?! My best friend was in trouble! The girl you said you loved was in trouble and you went and cheated on her with some ring rat just to get your rocks off! My God, Harry, you and your downstairs brain sure do mess a person up!" Kristy said.
"Kristy, it's fine. Really. While I do appreciate that your brother didn't want to hurt me more than I was at the time, I look at it this way, your brother's loss is Roman's gain. He can keep whatever ring rat he has now" Angel said.
"Still, he had the nerve" Kristy said.
"Yeah, well, stupid people do stupid things" Angel said.
"You're really alright with this?" Kristy said.
"Yep. I know your Mom was expecting me to throw a fit, but your brother isn't worth it. We broke up and I've moved onto a better man" Angel said, looking at Diana with a smirk.
"Not happy with the outcome are you, Mother?" Kristy asked with a smirk of her own.
"Who would have thought that the little timid and scared girl would find her backbone? I would have expected her to be sitting around feeling sorry for herself because my son up and walked away from her" Diana said.
"Diana, if I sat around feeling sorry for myself every single time something bad happened to me in life I would be in one of two places, a mental hospital or six feet in the ground. I realized a very long time ago that sitting around feeling sorry for myself won't get me anywhere in life" Angel said.
"Taker, you've got one smart girl there. Of course, we knew this already, but still…" Stu said.
"Thank you, Stu. She's just like her mother" Taker said.
"I have to ask, Roman, how does it feel to know that your girlfriend has never seen what you look like and how does it feel to know that if—god forbid—you two ever have children someday, she won't be able to see them either?" Diana said.
Roman smirked and pulled a piece of paper from his pocket. It looked to Kristy like it had been folded and unfolded about a million times. When he opened it, Kristy realized that it was the drawing of Roman that Angel had done when she had first met him. Kristy smirked and tried not to laugh.
"It's a drawing of you. Big deal" Diana said.
"Of course you wouldn't get it. This is a drawing of me. A drawing of me that Angel did when we first met. A drawing she did without being able to see me. She drew this based on Kristy's description of me. Pretty accurate, don't you think?" Roman said.
"I remember that picture. That was the day Ang and I first met you and Dean" Kristy said.
"Have you…had that in your pocket the whole time, Ro?" Angel asked.
"I have to do something when people like her come along and tell me Angel doesn't know what I look like. Believe it or not, it happens an awful lot" Roman said.
"And as for not being able to see my children, that's something that I will come to when I get there. Besides that, it's none of your damn business, Diana" Angel snapped.
"Honestly, Mother, you are heartless. I don't know how Grandma and Grandpa put up with you" Kristy said.
"She's still our daughter, Kristy. That's about the only reason we choose to see her" Stu said.
"I understand, Grandpa" Kristy said.
"She's still heartless" Angel said, walking out to the back porch.
"Oh, great. Now look at what you've done, Diana, you went and got Angel all upset. The poor girl has it hard enough without dealing with people like you" Helen said.
"Don't waste your breath, Grandma. She doesn't care about anyone in this family" Kristy said.
"You mean she's always like this? Geez. With someone like this in your life, who needs enemies?" Dean asked.
"Rule number one, Dean. Never turn your back on my Mother or some of my Aunts and Uncles. They'll try and get you so quick you won't even know it" Kristy said.
"But what is it about Angel specifically? I mean, she never did anything bad to the family…did she?" Dean asked.
"Other than becoming my best friend, no. She hasn't done anything wrong. I may have helped Angel through a lot of stuff, but she helped me more than she thinks" Kristy said.
"And that's the second rule. If you help Kristy, Diana hates you" Taker said.
"Wow. Some mother you are" Dean said.
"You're not serious, Deadman?" Roman said.
"Sadly, I am. Diana hates Bret, Owen, Kane, Angel, and I. Hell, even though they're still together, she doesn't like Davey because Davey has helped Kristy more than anyone. Well, except for Owen" Taker said.
"And it's why I dread family dinners. And that's why Angel doesn't come to them very often even though she's been invited to a ton of them. Because it's usually hard for her to deal with my Mother" Kristy said.
"Only because Diana likes to run her mouth and say that Angel had no family growing up. That's the one thing that cuts Angel to the core no matter who says it" Stu said.
"Now you see why I hate my mother" Kristy said.
Roman nodded, completely understanding now why Kristy never spoke very highly of her mother. He went outside and sat with Angel on the back porch. He put his arms around her. Angel just sighed and rested her head on his shoulder. He could tell that she was thinking about what Diana had said to her.
"When Kristy and I were younger we used to sit out here with ice cream. Stu had a bear. He lived under the porch and he was known as Ted the Wrestling Bear. We'd finish eating the ice cream and stick our hands down in front of the porch and he'd lick them clean" Angel said.
"That's cute. And somewhat horrifying" Roman said.
"He never bit us. He was gentle, considering he was a bear and all" Angel said.
"Are you alright, sweetheart?" Roman said.
"I'll live. It's nothing that I haven't heard before. Besides, Diana hates my guts, so I'm not surprised. It does hurt though…when someone mentions that I will never see my children" Angel said.
"We don't have to have kids, you know" Roman said.
"I want to be a Mom though. I know it's gonna be tough when it happens, but I'll have a ton of help" Angel said.
Roman agreed. He knew that for sure. When Angel did become a mother someday, she would have a lot of help and would not be alone. Angel shook her head.
"What's up?" Roman asked.
"Diana is just trying to get in my head I'm not gonna let her" Angel said quietly.
Roman agreed with that too. From what he could see, Diana was vindictive and looking to make trouble. Angel stood up. Roman followed suit and they walked back into the house. Just as they went inside, they heard the front door slam. When they walked into the kitchen, Diana and Harry were gone and Kristy was holding her cheek and hugging Dean. Roman could see that she was crying.
"Diana slapped her" Dean explained.
"What?!" Angel asked.
"Kristy yelled at her for what she said to Angel. Diana hit her" Dean said.
"You're kidding?!" Roman said.
"I wish" Dean said.
Roman just shook his head. After that, everyone sat down at the table. The rest of the night was fun and laughs. Everyone was talking and having a blast. It ended up being a good night, despite of how it started.
Alright, thanks for reading guys. I need to get better about updating. I really do. And I'm trying. Really. Please leave your reviews and I will update again soon. Bye for now!~Taker's Soul Girl