13

Disclaimer: Hey, you know the drill. Why should I bore you with the legalities?

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Sean woke up early a few weeks ago. I was just laying there, trying to get some extra sleep. He was just looking out of the window in nothing but his Tommy Hilfiger boxers. My baby still has the body of a Greek God. Everything still in place, with the exception of additional booty he picked up during my pregnancy. He was drinking one of his famous vanilla shakes, when I noticed he was on another planet.

"Not again, man."

"Chris? Is that you?"

"Duh. Who did you expect? the tooth fairy?"

"Am I trippin'?"

"No, you're not. I got your bat signal, and came to the rescue."

"Am I talking to you?"

"Well, I'm in your mind, but you're not talking out loud. You don't want her to think you've lost it, do you?"

"I already did if I'm seeing you."

"Anyway, what's on your mind?"

"Like you don't already know. Don't you see everything?"

"Well, now that I'm your newly appointed Guardian Angel, and I had to pull major strings for this, thank you very much, I'm here to be your voice of reason."

"Great. My own Jiminy Cricket."

"Don't be funny, Junior! Anyway, I gotta thank you guys for what you're doing for the kids. It's a rough time for them."

"No big thing. They're adjusting nicely. C.J......."

"Donnie bought him the Corvette, I know. Him and Seanny are just like us when we were growing up. Poor Gabrielle, though. She needs more time."

"Yeah. You know about Gabby then."

"Yeah, man. I'm afraid I don't have great news about her, and I can't even discuss it."

"Damn! That's sad. You knew about C.J. and all his........"

"Yup, all of the 'Dad was never there' stuff. Thank you for the video tapes and articles. "

"Anything for my best friend, you know that."

"You know, I'm glad that you and Donnie are still together, and another baby? oh my, I wish I were there, but hey, I'm there in spirit.."

"It's not the same, Chris. We all miss you."

"We'll all be together again."

"I have one question."

"No, I'm not answering if Tupac is up here or not. Forget it."

"Aw, c'mon. I gotta know."

"Nope, but I can tell you this. 'Think Pink.' and nothing more."

"Think Pink? Chris, I don't follow."

"You will. Oh yeah, can you do me a solid?"

"Anything, man."

"C.J. needs to know that I love him very much. Chrissy already knows, as do the other two, but Junior thinks I hated him in some way. You still have my Super 8 Tourney Trophy, and my first title belt?"

"Hell yeah, I do. What about it?"

"He always looked at them, even cleaned them . Heck, he guarded them with his life because he knew how much they meant to me. Can you give them to him for Christmas?"

"You bet. What about Chrissy?"

"My old Varsity Jacket. She would love that. She always wore it when she was smaller."

"You got it, Buddy. Anything else?"

"Seanny can have the Comic Book collection. I know he took my Spider-Man #0"

"He wanted to bury it with you."

"I know. He can keep them, and, I can't believe I'm saying this.......he can get the Action Figures too."

"You're rather generous."

"I can't keep it, now can I? Besides, you know I'm big on holidays."

"Yeah, man. Am I gonna remember this?"

"This time, you will. . Give Donnie my love, ok?"

"How am I gonna do that? Without freaking her out?"

"Remember Junior Prom?"

"Yeah, who can forget?"

"Ok. Remember what I gave Angela Engels before she dumped me?"

"Oh damn. Yeah. That was so long ago, man. Let it go."

"No, not that, you dummy. The other thing?"

"Oh. Whoa, you still had that after all these years?"

"Never found anybody who deserved it, so I kept it."

"Not even your own wife?"

"Not even her. That is why, I'm giving it to Donnie. She deserves it more than anybody I know."

"Where can I find this ancient relic?"

"Where the Trophy is. Under the base, is a dummy bottom with a compartment. It's still in it's original case and everything."

"What an honor, man. I don't know what to say."

"Say nothing at all. It's all good. Anything for my best friend."

"I'm thinking about getting Caroline and Caleb."

"Don't bother. I love them with all of my heart, but they are only Irvine by name and name alone"

"Huh?"

"They are not my biological kids. I found out a while after Caleb was born, and he had to go to get his surgery, remember?"

"Oh my G...."

"Don't even! I knew for a while. I still accepted them, because she was my wife, and it was the right thing to do. Nobody knew how Gabby really was behind closed doors, not even Donnie, and that is what hurts the most. I loved her with all that I had, but I still wish and hoped for the best. Too bad that it wasn't good enough. Only if I weren't away all of the time......"

"Sorry, man. We all know the rules of the road. I can't but that, but I feel your pain, for sure."

"Why? I know the guy. You won't believe me if I told you anyways."

"Who?"

"Randy Orton, man."

"What the---? You're jacking me off, right?"

"Nope. Caleb looks just like the dude. No hard feelings, though."

"You were always a good man."

"I try to.anyways. Whoa, I gotta go. I have another crisis to control."

"Always the humanitarian."

"By the way, You'll love your Christmas present this year."

"What? What is it?....Chris?"

He was gone. Sean looked around, and shook his head.

"Baby? Are you Ok?"

"Yeah. I'm fine now. " and he cracked a smile.

"Why do you look like the cat who swallowed the canary?"

"What Canary?"

"Nevermind. Do you know I had the weirdest dream?"

"About what?"

"That time we all went to Sea World, and Chris pushed me into the dolphin tank."

"That was funny. I remember that."

"Yeah. But, that part kept repeating itself over and over. Weird, huh?"

"Why would that happen again?"

"What do you mean?"

"You had the same thing happen when you were pregnant with Seanny. That time, It was when You wet Mike with the Super Soaker." **

"You're right. Why is that happening?"

"No clue. Want something to eat?"

"Not yet. I can barely move."

"Look at you. You're big as all outdoors."

"Bite me!"

"I know you want to, but I'm not a rack of lamb"

"Whatever. Are you gonna be here for this baby's birth?"

"Uh....Yeah! Why would you ask that?"

"Because your boss can be an asshole."

"Good point. I'm deciding to quit wrestling."

"What? Are you kidding? Why?"

"Four children in this house, and I'm not going to be around for them to grow up. I missed Seanny sort of. I'm not gonna miss this child either."

"Before you get all crazy, just give a thought to it."

"I was thinking about it for almost 3 years. Besides, my legs can't take anymore. I'm following Shawn and Kev's advice. Retire while you can still bend around."

"If that is what you want."

"If it's about the money....."

"No. Not at all. It never was."

"I still have my school running. I can train wrestlers too. At least I'll still do what I love."

"You might as well go to UFC."

"You think? I never thought of that."

"Only a thought. I'm about to go back to work again, and buy back my agency. It's starting to crumble with the new management."

"Really? You can do it. I believe in you, Donnie. You know that, right?"

"Yeah, I do. But, if you will excuse me, I have a bladder to drain."

"Just think, only four more months of this."

"Seems like four years."

As I went to the bathroom, Sean took a look on the dresser, and looked at a picture of Seanny and C.J, next to a childhood picture of him and Chris. He smiled, and proceeded to go downstairs