"A girl?"
Doubt filled Vince's voice as he replayed the news from the nurse in
his mind. He had a granddaughter? A girl? When he first heard that Jade
was pregnant, he decided to make the best of it and at least hope for a
boy. A boy to carry on the McMahon name, seeing as neither Shane's wife,
Marissa, nor Steph were planning on having kids anytime soon.
"Yes, a girl!" replied the nurse excitedly. "Isn't it wonderful?"
With that, she rushed back to the delivery room.
"Oh, Vince, it's a girl," Linda said, emotion filling her voice.
"I'll call the Air Canada Center and inform everyone there." Linda hurried
off to find a payphone and Vince continued to sit and stare in wonder. A
girl. When all else failed, it had to be a girl.
Shawn Michaels sat outside of the nursery, staring at his tiny
daughter. Names flew in and out of his head as he searched for the perfect
name for the small bundle. Lucy? No, it reminded him of Lucille Ball.
Polly? Reminded him of the Polly Pocket dolls and their houses he always
saw advertised on television. Tracey? No, his grumpy old aunt's name was
Tracey.
"Congratulations, Shawn."
He turned around to face Linda McMahon. She was smiling widely and
he embraced her, whispering in her ear, "I have a daughter!"
"I know." She pulled him away and held him at arm's length. "I know
and I'm so happy for you!"
"Linda, I just want you to know that I'm going to look after Jade and
our child. You'll never have to worry when she's with me because I love
her and our daughter. I would never let anything happen to them, ever!"
Linda smiled at him. "I never doubted it. I called the ACC; the
gentleman that answered said that he would alert Howard Finkle and Lilian
Garcia and they will announce it to the arena as soon as the next match is
over."
Shawn nodded. "I'll see if I can put that channel on in the waiting
room; no one else is in there."
"How's Jade?"
"She's fine. She's asleep right now. She fell asleep almost
immediately after giving birth. I think it was really hard on her,
although it was fast."
"Too fast," Linda mused. "She must have been having pains all day
long. It only makes sense."
"Linda, how's Jade? And did you call the ACC? How's everything
going there?"
Linda smiled at her husband. "Jade's fine and so is the show. In
fact, we were just heading down to the waiting room to put it on the
television. Don't you want to see your granddaughter first?"
Vince shook his head. "I don't want to see her until I can pick her
up." With that, he stalked off to the waiting room. Linda looped her arm
through Shawn's and they followed him.
Howard and Lilian made a very nice announcement about Jade and the
baby, announcing that it was a girl and that she weighed seven pounds,
eleven ounces.
"Congratulations to both Jade and Shawn!" Lilian crowed and the crowd
went insane with cheers. Linda and Shawn were all smiles but Vince's face
remained still as stone.
Shawn sat beside Jade's hospital bedside later on that night.
Visiting hours were over, but he opted to spend the night with her. The
two of them sat in silence, the same question on their minds: what were
they going to name their little girl?
"I've always liked the name Jayme," Shawn said, "until I met my
cousin named Jayme. She's evil."
Jade smiled to herself. "I want something that is unique, but
something that others won't make fun of her for. I don't want her to
suffer."
Shawn shook his head. "Well then I guess Olga's out."
Jade laughed and looked up lovingly at the man that had stood by her
side. When she first started to have strong feelings for him, she reminded
herself of all the women that he had hurt in the past. Women galore had
come flooding out of his locker room, in tears, some of them screaming
about suicide. It was a little extreme, Jade had always thought, but she,
too, had felt the power of Shawn Michaels. And she realized how
devastating it could be to a girl to lose someone as great as Shawn. She
didn't want to endure that so she was exceptionally careful to enter into
any kind of commitment with Shawn Michaels.
Then there was the question of marriage. They had never discussed it
fully, but Jade was quite certain that Shawn didn't want to get married
just yet. This upset Vince a lot when he heard that his unmarried,
pregnant daughter would remain unmarried, but Jade didn't care. It was her
life.
"I've got it!" Shawn cried, bringing Jade out of her thoughts.
"Got what?"
"I've got the perfect name for our baby," he said, a giant smile
crossing his face. "Mackenzie Rose."
Jade's face lit up. "I love it. It flows together nicely."
"And if she has my last name, it will be Mackenzie Rose Michaels."
Shawn had legally adopted his stage name a few months back, changing his
last name from Hickenbottom to Michaels.
Jade grew silent for in front of her lay the decision of marriage.
Even after Shawn fell asleep, his head on her lap, that question hung in
the air all night long, keeping her awake and threatening her with the
judgment of commitment.
