Eric sat in the limo with his head phones on and moved to the beat of the
music.
"We'll be there is a few minutes" Vince said.
Eric wasn't even paying attention and his music was too loud for him to
even hear Vince.
Vince pulled at the head phones.
"What?" Eric asked.
"I said we'll be there in a few minutes" Vince said.
"I got ya" Eric said putting them back on
"Angela, I have to go they just pulled in. Yes I'll call you later to let you know how it goes. Ok Bye" Linda said hanging up the phone. She walked out the back door to greet them. "How's it going?" She asked Vince as he greeted her with a kiss. "He hates me and would like to see me dead" Vince said. "I doubt that" Linda smiled. "It's not funny" Vince said. "I wasn't laughing at you sweetie" she said.
Eric stepped out of the limo and looked around. Linda looked at him; he was the same cute kid in the pictures only a little more grown now. He had to be about six feet tall, by his build you can tell he was an athlete, his hair was a dark color of black that was in need of a cut and he had the bluest eyes she had ever seen. He walked over to where Vince and Linda were standing. "Good evening Mrs. McMahon. How are you?" He smiled. "Please do call me Linda. And let me welcome you. How was your trip in?" She asked. "Not to bad, thank you" "Well let's go inside, dinner will be done shortly. Until then you can get settled" She said "Let me help you with your stuff" Vince said grabbing some of his bags. "Thank you Vince" Eric said as if he was trained.
They brought him to a room at the end of the hall, it was a rather large room with two walk in closets and a fully stocked bathroom. The room was equipped with a book shelf, a computer, a TV and a DVD player. And other necessary accessories. "Anything you need, just let us know." Vince said putting his bags down. " I'll be down in a moment" Linda said as Vince left. "So did Vince give you the you will respect my wife lecture?" She asked leaning against the wall. "No" He said pulling some things out of his bag. "You can tell me, he gives it to everyone. But I want you to know you can be honest and straight up with me, I won't hold it against anybody and anything you say Vince doesn't need to know." She said. "So you're telling me to be straight forward with you?" He asked stopping what he was doing. "That's exactly what I'm saying" "Well then let me say this, I already told him, I have no problems with you, but frankly he is a jackass and I don't really care for him much" Eric said. "Yeah you defiantly have his temper. But let me say this I know he is a jackass, god knows I've known him long enough. But maybe you should give him a chance, at least just some what of a chance. He can be an okay guy if you let him" She said. "I know you say that because you love him, but I see it hard to forgive him for what he did...." "Believe me, I thought I could never forgive him for what he did, but I came to accept that he did not to it with the intention to hurt anybody. And believe me he was not prepared for this, not by a long shot, so he's trying, all you have to do is try" She said. Eric looked down at the floor, "Why you being so nice to me? You don't have to do any of this for. I'm just a messed up kid and you accepted me. That's cool. And since you asked and since you've been cool with me, I'll at least make an attempt to try and give him a chance" he said. "That's all you have to do" She smiled "Dinner will be done soon, so get whatever your doing done and if you need a hand, I'll be happy to help you" She smiled as she left
"Where were you all this time?" Vince asked as Linda entered the dining room. "We were talking about how much of a jack ass you are" She smiled. "You get a kick out of this don't you? Here I am trying to get along and he hates me and you're just laughing about it. Thanks" "That's what I'm here for" She smiled as she hugged him, "Come on, its time to sit and eat"
"That will come off, as soon as you sit down" Vince said as Eric walked in with a bandanna tied around his head. "I know" He said pulling it off and sitting down. It was a very quite meal, Linda was hoping this would be their chance to try and talk but clearly it wasn't happening. "All right Vince break it down for me. What are the go's around here?" Eric asked. "The rules, there pretty simple. All music will be lowered after nine, curfew on a school night is ten, you will be on time for dinner, we are to be notified if your late at any time, and there will be times in which you will have to travel with us and there will be times in which you won't have to and if that is the case there is to be no guests. Common manners are to be applied at all times and there will be no cursing. Anything else I missed?' "I don't believe so, but let me say that on weekends there will be times in which I'm up all night, so I have the tendency to sleep in, I don't leave the house before noon and I don't do church" Eric said. "That's good cause neither do I, and sleeping in late is fine with me. Linda did I miss anything else?" "I don't believe so, but we'll have to play it as it comes along. But you do know the given drinking, drugs, any of that will not be tolerated" She said. "Yeah I understand that completely. But I do have one request. Whatever school I go to, I would really appreciate it, if it had a baseball and a soccer team." He asked. "That's not a problem" Vince said. "Good, now may I be excused?" He asked. "You may go" Vince said. "Thank You" He said getting up and leaving.
"Well that was a start?" Linda said sitting on the couch. "It was. So what did you say to him?" Vince asked sitting next to her. "Nothing really. I just told him that he should give you a chance that's all" She smiled as he put his arm her. "Well let's hope that this will all work out. I really don't want him to hate me forever. You know what he called me; he called me the inventor of fake wrestling when I first met him. I wish you would have came with me, I really needed you there with me" He said. "Vince you are the inventor of fake wrestling" She said pushing his hair back "But I couldn't go with you and you know it, this was something you had to do on your own. But I'm here now and I can help you through the rough waters" "You always do" He said kissing her softly. "I am exhausted, how about we call it a night" "I couldn't agree more" she said.
"We're calling it a night, is there anything you need? Anything I can help you with?" Vince asked sticking his head in the door. "No thanks" Eric said. "All right, Have a nice night" Vince said. "Night" Eric said Eric said playing with some notes on his guitar. "Just wanted to say good night" Linda said. "Is this something that goes on every night, where it takes like ten minutes to say good night?" He asked. "No this will be it. Tomorrow you want to show me what you can play on your guitar?" "Its mostly punk rock, but I think I can handle a little Berry Manilow?" He smiled. "Hey that's the first time I saw you smile, all right. And I'm not that old in which I can't handle a little punk rock, I know my Good Charlotte and MXPX. Night" She smiled as she left. He tried to finish what he was doing but started to laugh; he couldn't imagine someone like her even knowing who any of those bands were.
"Angela, I have to go they just pulled in. Yes I'll call you later to let you know how it goes. Ok Bye" Linda said hanging up the phone. She walked out the back door to greet them. "How's it going?" She asked Vince as he greeted her with a kiss. "He hates me and would like to see me dead" Vince said. "I doubt that" Linda smiled. "It's not funny" Vince said. "I wasn't laughing at you sweetie" she said.
Eric stepped out of the limo and looked around. Linda looked at him; he was the same cute kid in the pictures only a little more grown now. He had to be about six feet tall, by his build you can tell he was an athlete, his hair was a dark color of black that was in need of a cut and he had the bluest eyes she had ever seen. He walked over to where Vince and Linda were standing. "Good evening Mrs. McMahon. How are you?" He smiled. "Please do call me Linda. And let me welcome you. How was your trip in?" She asked. "Not to bad, thank you" "Well let's go inside, dinner will be done shortly. Until then you can get settled" She said "Let me help you with your stuff" Vince said grabbing some of his bags. "Thank you Vince" Eric said as if he was trained.
They brought him to a room at the end of the hall, it was a rather large room with two walk in closets and a fully stocked bathroom. The room was equipped with a book shelf, a computer, a TV and a DVD player. And other necessary accessories. "Anything you need, just let us know." Vince said putting his bags down. " I'll be down in a moment" Linda said as Vince left. "So did Vince give you the you will respect my wife lecture?" She asked leaning against the wall. "No" He said pulling some things out of his bag. "You can tell me, he gives it to everyone. But I want you to know you can be honest and straight up with me, I won't hold it against anybody and anything you say Vince doesn't need to know." She said. "So you're telling me to be straight forward with you?" He asked stopping what he was doing. "That's exactly what I'm saying" "Well then let me say this, I already told him, I have no problems with you, but frankly he is a jackass and I don't really care for him much" Eric said. "Yeah you defiantly have his temper. But let me say this I know he is a jackass, god knows I've known him long enough. But maybe you should give him a chance, at least just some what of a chance. He can be an okay guy if you let him" She said. "I know you say that because you love him, but I see it hard to forgive him for what he did...." "Believe me, I thought I could never forgive him for what he did, but I came to accept that he did not to it with the intention to hurt anybody. And believe me he was not prepared for this, not by a long shot, so he's trying, all you have to do is try" She said. Eric looked down at the floor, "Why you being so nice to me? You don't have to do any of this for. I'm just a messed up kid and you accepted me. That's cool. And since you asked and since you've been cool with me, I'll at least make an attempt to try and give him a chance" he said. "That's all you have to do" She smiled "Dinner will be done soon, so get whatever your doing done and if you need a hand, I'll be happy to help you" She smiled as she left
"Where were you all this time?" Vince asked as Linda entered the dining room. "We were talking about how much of a jack ass you are" She smiled. "You get a kick out of this don't you? Here I am trying to get along and he hates me and you're just laughing about it. Thanks" "That's what I'm here for" She smiled as she hugged him, "Come on, its time to sit and eat"
"That will come off, as soon as you sit down" Vince said as Eric walked in with a bandanna tied around his head. "I know" He said pulling it off and sitting down. It was a very quite meal, Linda was hoping this would be their chance to try and talk but clearly it wasn't happening. "All right Vince break it down for me. What are the go's around here?" Eric asked. "The rules, there pretty simple. All music will be lowered after nine, curfew on a school night is ten, you will be on time for dinner, we are to be notified if your late at any time, and there will be times in which you will have to travel with us and there will be times in which you won't have to and if that is the case there is to be no guests. Common manners are to be applied at all times and there will be no cursing. Anything else I missed?' "I don't believe so, but let me say that on weekends there will be times in which I'm up all night, so I have the tendency to sleep in, I don't leave the house before noon and I don't do church" Eric said. "That's good cause neither do I, and sleeping in late is fine with me. Linda did I miss anything else?" "I don't believe so, but we'll have to play it as it comes along. But you do know the given drinking, drugs, any of that will not be tolerated" She said. "Yeah I understand that completely. But I do have one request. Whatever school I go to, I would really appreciate it, if it had a baseball and a soccer team." He asked. "That's not a problem" Vince said. "Good, now may I be excused?" He asked. "You may go" Vince said. "Thank You" He said getting up and leaving.
"Well that was a start?" Linda said sitting on the couch. "It was. So what did you say to him?" Vince asked sitting next to her. "Nothing really. I just told him that he should give you a chance that's all" She smiled as he put his arm her. "Well let's hope that this will all work out. I really don't want him to hate me forever. You know what he called me; he called me the inventor of fake wrestling when I first met him. I wish you would have came with me, I really needed you there with me" He said. "Vince you are the inventor of fake wrestling" She said pushing his hair back "But I couldn't go with you and you know it, this was something you had to do on your own. But I'm here now and I can help you through the rough waters" "You always do" He said kissing her softly. "I am exhausted, how about we call it a night" "I couldn't agree more" she said.
"We're calling it a night, is there anything you need? Anything I can help you with?" Vince asked sticking his head in the door. "No thanks" Eric said. "All right, Have a nice night" Vince said. "Night" Eric said Eric said playing with some notes on his guitar. "Just wanted to say good night" Linda said. "Is this something that goes on every night, where it takes like ten minutes to say good night?" He asked. "No this will be it. Tomorrow you want to show me what you can play on your guitar?" "Its mostly punk rock, but I think I can handle a little Berry Manilow?" He smiled. "Hey that's the first time I saw you smile, all right. And I'm not that old in which I can't handle a little punk rock, I know my Good Charlotte and MXPX. Night" She smiled as she left. He tried to finish what he was doing but started to laugh; he couldn't imagine someone like her even knowing who any of those bands were.