A/N: Hey guys, make sure you read the chapter before this because I posted these close together and stuff. Anyway continue to review and follow and all that good stuff, and enjoy.
Chapter 25
Later that day
Sasha was sitting on the couch watching Tv as Bayley and Charlotte came in a took a seat, "What are you watching Sash"
" I have no idea" She said and went to grab the remote but was stopped as Stephanie snatched the remote away and turned the TV of, "Hey!"
"No Tv, my father will be here any minute. Did you girls clean your rooms?"
"Yes"
"Did you vacuum and put away all of the laundry?"
The girl's all looked at each other as Hunter came into the living room and grabbed Stephanie's shoulders, "Babe calm down, the house is clean, the food is ready and everything is going to be fine..now relax"
"How can i relax... you know how my father is" Stephanie said as she nervously bit her lip and went to say more but was cut off by a hard knock on the door
"Charlotte please answer that, Stephanie go sit in the kitchen and calm down for a second" Hunter said as he led Stephanie away from the door while Charlotte got up and opened the door.
"Hey Uncle Shane!" She said with a small smile as she saw the tall man standing at the door with a bottle of wine in his hands
"Hey Charlotte" He said before entering the house, only to be attacked with hugs from Bayley and Sasha, "Hey kids! How are my favorite nieces?"
"We're your only nieces" Bayley said earning a laugh from the older man
"That is true but you all are still my favorites...now..i have gift for you all But you half to wait til after dinner"
"Aw come on uncle Shane" Sasha complained, she loved their uncle's gfts, the man was always traveling around the world and doing cool stuff which always leads to him getting the girls col gifts.
"Think of it as extra incentive to be on your best behavior tonight…" the girls rolled their eyes at this, "hey where's Becky..i could of swore there are supposed to be four of you"
"She's upstairs" Charlotte said causing Shane to frown
"I'll go get her" Bayley said before heading upstairs while Sasha and Charlotte led Shane into the kitchen where Stephanie was fighting a panic attack
"Hey Sis" he called as he entered causing Stephanie to smile slightly relieved as she stood and hugged her big brother, "Good to see you"
"I'm so glad you're here" She said causing him to laugh
"Don't worry, you won't have handle the storm alone" He said as they pulled away from their hug, obviously hinting at the possible drama that would surely come from their father before turning to Hunter, "It's see you too man"
'Yeah..it's been too long" Hunter smiled
"So what's for dinner?" Shane asked as he placed the bottle of wine down on the kitchen island
"Bake chicken with some vegetables" Hunter said as he went over to check on the food
"I hope you didn't cook it Hunt"" Shane said earning a laugh from the girls in the room while Hunter gave a sarcastic 'Ha. .', "Oh come on you know I'm just messing around..so when is father dearest supposed to be coming anyway?"
The doorbell rang before anyone could say anything, "Now"
Charlotte quickly said she would get it before heading to the front to open the door revealing Stephanie's father and mother, "Hello"
"Charlotte right?" Vince asked causing Charlotte to raise an eyebrow at him to which he laughed, "I'm just kidding..of course I know your name skipper...you're getting big, how old are you now...13?"
"I just turned 16" Charlotte said dryly, not amused as Vince and Linda McMahon entered the house, both obviously inspecting the house as they entered
"Dad..mom?" Shane called out as he Stephanie and Hunter came to greet the newest guest, "I didn't know you were coming too"
"Oh honey you know I would never miss a family dinner" Linda McMahon said as she took off her fur coat and handed it to Shane who looked at it before passing it to Hunter and mumbling to Stephanie
"Yeah expect for the last three times" Stephanie smirked and punched Shane in his arm before she gave her mother and father a hug
"It's good to see you guys"
"It's good to see you too dear...I see you're still wearing your hair like that" Linda said as she touched Stephanie's ponytail slightly before pulling away to look around at the pictures that hung on the wall under the steps.
"Where are the rest of my grandkids?" Vince said loudly as he placed his hands on his waist and looked around the house
"Probably hiding" Charlotte mumbled as she walked past her parents and went into the kitchen where Sasha was still.
"Oh..uh Girls come down stairs " Stephanie called out to Bayley and Becky while she led her family into the dining room, "We can go ahead and get dinner started though..Hunter, Charlotte can you two help me with the food and Sasha, Shane you two can go ahead and set the table."
The four nodded and went off to help while Bayley and Becky finally entered the kitchen, "Hey mom"
"Oh there you two are..we're about to start dinner..take this into the kitchen" Stephanie said before handing Bayley a dish of greens and went to do the same to Becky but stopped when she saw her daughter's right hand rewrapped, "What happened to your hand I thought it was better?"
"It was….but I hit it against the bathroom door and re-busted my knuckle" Becky said with a shrug
"Okay just...just try not to draw attention to it tonight" Stephanie said before handing her another dish and brushing down the girl's wild red hair
As everything was set everyone took their seats with Vince being at the head of the table, much to Hunter's disapproval, "So..how's school going for you girls? What..you're all in middle school or.."
"High school" Charlotte mumbled as she picked at her food
"Wow high school...you girls will be grown and working for the company soon" Vince said with a smile while each of the girls looked at each other unsure
"Well the girls are still young dad...i think they still have a lot of options" Shane said as he cleared his throat
"Of course..but it's never too early to think about the future of our company" Vince said as he tipped his cup up in the air as if he was making a toast
"Well actually..Charlotte might have a bright future with her volleyball career" Shane said with a smile causing Charlotte to blush at compliment
"Really? Well I'll have to come to one of your games then" he said before taking a bite of chicken, "And what about the rest of you..any sports or extracurricular activities?"
"Well...I can play the guitar...I have to play a song me and my friend wrote for school on monday" Bayley said with a smile
"You're a musician..wow...I believe I remember a certain musician coming to my house late at night to play some dumb song he wrote for Stephanie to get her to go on a date with him" Vince said raising an eyebrow at Hunter
"I don't think it was dumb" Hunter mumbled causing everyone to laugh
Vince was being nice, Stephanie and Shane couldn't believe it but here he was. Their father was being...nice. Vince Mcmahon was anything but and he barely ever spoke to the children, only on Christmas and the last family dinner they had a while after Becky came. However those times were all quick and to the point, Vince never took the time to get to know the girls or learn about their hobbies. So what changed?
"And I'm thinking about becoming a cheerleader" Sasha said offhandedly causing Stephanie to give her a confused look
"Since when?"
"I just thought about it today...their holding tryouts for the freshmen on Monday and Tuesday" Sasha said excitedly while Becky scoffed quietly before reaching out to grab another spoon of mash potatoes.
"And what about you" Vince said grabbing Becky's attention causing her to stop what she was doing, leaving her bandaged hand out for show, "What happened to your hand...get into a fight?"
Becky quickly eyed her mother before she moved her hand to examine it as she shrugged, "It wasn't a fight..I just busted my hand"
Vince gave a swift laugh before eyeing his two kids, "You know your mother used to come home with her knuckles busted up...I found out her and your Uncle were fighting down at the gym. Wrestling, MMA, boxing..all that stuff"
"Seriously?" Becky said with a smile as all the girls stared on with wide eyes wanting to know more
"Seriously" Vince responded
"mom we didn't know you used to fight" Bayley said with a smile
"Oh yeah..the two used to sneak out the house all the time" Vince cut in with a laugh
"Alright dad that's enough okay" Stephanie said causing Vince to put his hands up in defense while the girls all whined, "So...what is this all about? Why did you call this family dinner?"
"Well dear we just wanted everyone to be together" Linda said with a weak smile causing Shane to eye his mother suspiciously, "It's been so long since we've all sat down and had a nice meal"
"Mom"
"It's alright Linda...I can tell them"Vince said as he patted Linda's hand with his
"Tell us what?"
"I have been having some problems with movement and...I-I been ge-getting these ...tremors in my hands" Vince said causing everyone to stare at him seriously, "I went to the doctors"
"And...wh-what did they say?"
"They..uh..they ran some tests and they believe it's Parkinson's" Silence.
"What's that?" Bayley asked
"It's a disease that affects your neurons and nervous system….it makes it hard to move and stuff" Becky said as she ate
"How do you always know about that kinda stuff?" Sasha asked, taking in the fact that Becky always seemed to know facts about drugs, alcohol, hangover cures and now diseases
"I like to look up information" Becky shrugged before looking to her grandpa, "But I did a project on Parkinson's when i was in seventh grade...I had to learn about all of that stuff"
"Wait...how..how did you…" Stephanie stumbled over
Vince sighed and gave a small smile before looking to Becky, "What all do you remember about this disease?"
"Uh...well they don't really know what causes it..maybe genetics….um..I don't think there's a cure, but it won't kill you" she said simply
"That's right..but there is treatment to help with the tremors and the soreness I have. Medications and physical therapies"
"But that won't last for long" Becky said seriously looking at Vince confused as to why he was dancing around the subject. There was no hope in this situation, he would slowly continue to get worse until he would be stuck in a hospital bed waiting to die. There were five stages of Parkinson's and each led to the person losing the ability to walk or move altogether. There was no cure, no avoiding it, if you got Parkinson's then you die with Parkinson's
"No it won't..eventually I may not be able to walk anymore…." Vince said sadly, "With that said..I'll be stepping down as President of the chairman board by the end of next week. I want you three...to take over. Stephanie and Shane will be in charge of the Board and Hunter..you will have the company in your hands. I'm leaving all rights to you three."
"Dad" Shane started but Vince held up his hand to stop him
"Don't give me any of that..you don't want to work in the company anymore…..this is my wish for you three." Shane nodded at this causing Vince to smile before turning to Hunter and Stephanie, "I know I haven't always like you Hunter...but you take good care of my daughter….and you take good care of these girls. So I trust you with my company..and Stephanie, I've never trusted anyone more..besides myself when it comes to leading those board members in what's best for the company.."
The family let those words sink in as a loud boom of thunder cracked outside followed by a sudden downpour of rain. Vince quickly joked about how weather could always tell the mood of the room before he went the rest of the dinner changing the subject and talking to the girls. He explained that he wanted to spend as much time with them as he could, he hadn't in the past and now that the idea of him walking in the future was uncertain, he didn't know if he would ever be able to again. He encouraged Sasha to pursue cheerleading so he could come to football games and see her, before promising to be at Charlotte's first match. He also promised to hang out and take the girls to a wrestling match that he got tickets to in a couple of months, it would be a huge paper view and all of the girls were super excited. After everyone was done eating they moved to the living room and talked as they laughed and played board games since the power had went out from the sudden storm, well all of them except for Sasha who was upstairs.
"Hey..uh Becky" Sasha called as she came rushing down the stairs, "Come here for a second"
"What's wrong?" Stephanie asked
"Nothing I just can't find my necklace and I need Becky's help since she's always cleaning our room and might know where it is" Sasha said to calm their mother before she pulled Becky upstairs and to their room
"What is this actually about?" Becky asked
Sasha looked at her before opening the door to reveal Dean knocking on their window, "He is what this is about"
Becky rolled her eyes slightly annoyed by Dean's presence, she walked up to the window and bent down so they were face to face under the halfway lifted blinds, "Did you steal the neighbor's ladder again?"
"What?" Dean responded not being able to hear her through the glass that well as it rained, causing water to pour down his face
Becky sighed and held up a finger telling him to wait causing Dean to look at her with big eyes as she lowered the blinds so she and Sasha couldn't see him. Sasha shook her head and crossed her arms before moving to leave, "Wait..are we good? From earlier?" Becky asked, "with Seth…"
"You don't like him…"
"No"
Sasha looked at Becky with a straight face, "Okay"
"Okay?"
"You're not going to change your opinion and I'm not going to stop dating him" Sasha shrugged, "So..okay...besides no more fighting between us...or anyone else"
Becky looked away from her sister's accusing glances towards her knuckles, "Sorry"
"Who or what did you hit?"
Becky thought for a second before deciding not to tell Sasha exactly who, "Nobody..just some random kid that pissed me off...i apologized"
Sasha shook her head before taking Becky's hand to look it over, "You can't kept punching stuff...at least not without gloves...you're hands are going to be all beat up and ugly for the rest of your life and I'm sure Dean does not want to be with a girl who has ugly hands"
"Dean doesn't want to be with me period" Becky said sadly as she placed her hands in her pockets and shrugged towards the window where Dean had started knocking again, "He went on a date tonight with AJ Lee"
"That crazy bitch?" Sasha laughed, "That will never work...he needs someone to balance his crazy..you two are a good fit. It might just take him a minute to see that. Besides even if he did go on a date tonight..he's at your window now"
"Yeah..I guess"
"Now go on and let him in..I'll stall downstairs"
"Thanks" Becky said before Sasha nodded and left
The redhead turned back towards the window and lifted the blinds to show Dean with his hair matted down and covering his face from the rain. Becky laughed at this as she pulled out some towels from the laundry baskets and placed them on the floor before opening the window, helping Dean in.
"Gez, took you long enough..shit." Dean said before he roughly shook off the rain, splashing Becky
"What are you doing here?" she asked with her arms crossed as Dean rung out his grey button up shirt onto the towels
"I heard you punched Seth...well saw. He had a bloody nose." Dean said with a shrug, "I wanted to see if you were good? It's not like to just go around punching people"
"Yes it is" Becky said as she thought, bring her hands out to look at her knuckles, "It is like me..I always take out my anger like that...I've punched Seth, I wanted to punch Finn, I punched Enzo that one time and even you..I just get so..angry sometimes. I can't control it"
"So...you got some anger...that's fine. Maybe I can help you channel it, I heard they started this whole fighting ring at the gym now...like an underground fight club. You could come and test it out if you want. Anything to keep you from going around punching people randomly"
"Wait" Becky cut him off, "D-did Seth...did he tell you that I just walked up to him and punch him? For no reason?"
Dean nodded, "Yeah"
"And you believe him?" Becky asked in disbelief
"Well I mean..no..yes..I don't know you're the one who's always angry you might have"
"He was an asshole..I don't just punch people for fun..I punch people who are jerks…"
"You punched me" Dean said slightly hurt
"YOU'RE A JERK" Becky snapped but instantly covered her mouth upon realizing how loud she was, "Look Seth said stuff about Sasha so I punched him"
"And does Sasha know?"
"No..she already knows I don't like him..she didn't need to know that I punched him on top of that…"
"Oh..did he say anything else?"
Becky thought for a second, "He told me about you and Aj….aren't you supposed to be on a date or something?"
"Nah..AJ is crazy..besides she was just trying to make her ex jealous,we went to this diner that he apparently worked at and she was talking to him the whole time so I left" Dean looked down at her and gave a smirk, "Why..were you jealous?"
"No..why would I be jealous?"
Dean smiled at her admiring the way her race reddened almost matching her hair color, "It's okay if you were..I would be jealous too if I saw you on a date with someone else"
"You would?" Dean nodded and took a step towards Becky
"Of course I would...look there was another reason why I came over here, and I'm about to do something..and it's going to be really cheesy okay..so don't laugh"
"I'll try"
"I was standing there in the church and for the first time in my life I realized that I totally and utterly loved one person….and it wasn't the person standing next to me in the veil….it's the person standing opposite me now..in the rain. The truth of it is…I-I've loved you from the first second I met you. Let me ask you one thing...after we've dried off..after we've spent much more time together...do you think you might agree..n-not to marry me...and would you think that not being married to me might be something you'd consider doing with me for the rest of your life?" Dean said reciting this in the most dramatic voice he had ever used, sputtering on the rain that rolled down his face from his hair as if he was still outside in the rain.
"What the fuck?" Becky laughed causing Dean to smile before he wiped the drops of rain that fell from his hair, off his face
"It's from this movie Four weddings and a funeral….the big scene at the end where the guy confesses his love" Dean said proudly while Becky stared at his slightly amused, "It's very romantic and they're in the rain like I was"
"But he asked her not to marry him"
"It's because marriage isn't their thing but they are still happy together..it's supposed to be like us…." Dean said slowly trying to get Becky to understand as he slightly pouted, "Not the marriage part but the beginning..I've just watched that movies ten times and I can recited the whole thing…"
"Aw..well..it was very cute" Becky said with a smile as she patted him on the chest before turning to grab some of his clothes, not even taking what he had just said seriously
"I'm serious Bexs….I've loved you ever since I first saw you..being on that 'date' with AJ made me realize it….nobody can make me laugh, or smile, or feel like you do. Nobody makes me want to be a good person like you do. Nobody can make me walk through a thunderstorm, cut through people's backyards, get chased by some attack dog and climb up a slippery ladder..almost busting my ass..just to see their stupid...perfect..beautiful..face" Dean said as he had slowly approached Becky from behind, finishing his sentence by turning her to face him and placing a kiss on her lips.
This kiss felt like electricity flowing from Dean to Becky, as a sense of warmth wrapped around the two. Becky slowly pulled away from the kiss and stared up at Dean shocked, "I-I"
"Rebecca Helmsley..I think I love you….will you be my girlfriend?" Dean said with a huge smile covering his face
"Yes..as long as you never recite a scene from some dumb movie again" Becky smiled
"Deal..but that movie is a classic...you're lucky I didn't recite the notebook" Dean said sealing this with another kiss, one that lasted longer than the first. This kiss was filled with passion and emotions that the two had felt for each other over the years. Becky clutched onto his wet shirt and slightly pulled him closer as he wrapped his arms around her waist keeping her in place. Dean smiled against her lips as they kissed and brought his hands up to her face, cupping it in his hands as he pulled away and mumbled how beautiful Becky was to him, "You're so pretty..and so beautiful"
"And you're still wet..you're getting water all over my floor" Becky said as she took his hands from her face and brought them down in between them
"Way to ruin a moment" Dean pouted but Becky smiled and kissed his lips before pulling away to get him some new clothes
"Come on...change, and I'll let you stay the night until the rain stops" Becky said as she handing him a pair of jeans and a red long sleeved shirt
"You keep stealing my clothes" Dean laughed as he took the long sleeve shirt and placed it on Becky's bed
"Only so you have something whenever you come over"
"You won't get in trouble again...for letting me stay over?" Dean asked concerned as he took off his shirt, beginning to change
"It'll be worth it" Becky smiled and kissed him again just as the door opened revealing Sasha
"Jesus Becky….I mean it's about time but damn...our grandparents are downstairs" Sash said upon noticing that Dean was topless
"Oh shut up" Becky said quietly while Dean gave a wave to the brunette
"Well everyone's leaving so they want you to say goodbye...think you can pull yourself away for a few seconds to do that?"
"Yeah sure" Becky looked back to Dean, "I'll be right back"
Dean smiled and kiss his girlfriend before she smiled and left with Sasha.
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