One Year Later.
I was laying in the empty ring with my CD headphones on. Tomorrow was my birthday. I thought about the last year and how much my life had changed. The biggest change was Mark. He had took a little devil and in one year turned me into a almost normal kid. I still had my ways and my smart mouth when I wanted to, but even I recognized the changes in my self. I wasn't exactly living the life of an average 11 year old. I mean hell I was working and learning the workings of the WWE. I traveled from town to town like a gypsy but I really liked the life I was living now. Besides as soon as the day was done and Me and Mark stepped in the hotel room he did everything in his power to treat me like a normal kid. It was normal stuff. Ya know do your home work, take a bath, turn your music down. He played my video games with me, horsed around with me ya know just normal stuff any dad does with his kid. Every night when I climbed into bed he would come in and set with me. He would read to me or just sit there and ask about my day and we would talk. He would give me a kiss and tuck me in. I looked forward to that each day more than anything. Mark had become the centerpiece in my life which everything else revolved around. "Hey Kid stop day dreaming." Chris said. I looked up and smiled. "Scott's looking for you." He said. "Oh Shit. I'm late." I said jumping up. Chris laughed at me. I just stuck my tongue out at him and took off. Me and Scott well that was kind of hard to explain. I had worked with him for a long time now. I was learning everything about the business from him. He was brilliant. But he was demanding expecting nothing but the best from me and nothing less. He had a temper on him that could scare even me. I hate to admit but I had met my match in him. In truth he was a lot of the reason for my changed behavior. The first week I had worked with him was hell. He sent me back to the hotel 3 days in a row because of the way I was dressed. He said when your at work you present an image. "Dress how you want on your own time, but on mine look presentable." He had said. After 3 days I had got the message. Another gripe of his was my cussing. He hated it when I did that. Oh he sat down and explained to me how it didn't sound good for someone my age to be saying them words and how if I wanted to make it in the business I needed to present a good image not one of a thug and so on. Well I was still in the frame of mind I was going to do what I wanted to. Boy was that a mistake. I had the habit of saying fuck a lot. Well first time I said it he looked at me and said "I don't want to hear that again." About ten minutes later I said it again. He jerked me up and busted my ass. And let me tell ya something when he hits it hurts. He had me in tears. He then sat me right back at the computer where I had been working and told me to finish up just like nothing had happened. I sat there crying and trying to find a way to sit that didn't hurt my butt. I managed to finish what he told me to do and sat there waiting to see what he wanted me to do next. "Come here Hailey." He said. I walked over to him. "Hailey you're to intelligent and beautiful to have words like that coming out of your mouth. You don't need to cuss to get my or anyone else's attention." He said. He then shocked the hell out of me by giving me a hug. That day right there cemented me and Scott's relationship. I love Scott but I also trust him. He's harder on me than anyone else but I don't hold against him, that's just the way he is. Needless to say, I don't cuss in front of him. I ran into his office nearly knocking him over. "You're late." Scott said. "Sorry I just forgot the time." I said. "Not a good excuse." He said 'I know." I said sighing. I went and sat down. We had been writing some new story lines tossing ideas back and forth. "Come here." He said. I went over and he pulled me in his lap. "Happy early birthday." Scott said smiling. I grinned at him. He handed me an envelope. I opened it. It was 10 shares of Stock in WWE. I grinned. "Pat Patterson liked the price I offered and He wanting to move to Florida and enjoy his old age." Scott said grinning. "More to add to our little stock pile." I said grinning. We had set out buying stock owned by different people. Just small amounts here and there but someday they would be added to my 20 percent of the company. I smiled as I though about my goal to rip The WWE away from Vince and The McMahon's. I hugged Scott. "I got something else for you. But you got to wait till tomorrow." He said. "Now let's get back to work." Scott said. I nodded and smiled. Things were looking good.