Disclaimer As of yet negotiations for my ownership of Brock have been
deadlocked, so the WWE still owns him and everybody else. I got Maggie and
Grayson!
AN hiya hiya hiya, OK here is an introduction of more wrestlers. If I get their real names wrong, please let me know and I'll fix 'em! I just want to thank you for sticking' with my story and me! Thanks for the reviews and keep 'em up! They give me a warm fuzzy feeling. And if you have any ideas let me know! Hmmm. ice cream cake, its fuel for the mind. LOL Always Audacious
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Walking out of Vince's office I had a huge smile on my face. I also felt calmer then I had in a long time. I walked down the hallway towards where I thought Brock's locker room was. A group of, who I was assuming were wrestlers, was sitting around playing cards, and Mark was one of them.
"Well hey there again darlin'," he said noticing me walk past, "You get things squared away with Vince?"
"Yeah I did," I said noticing curious stares from the guys around the table, "It's going to be a good trip."
"Should be, you want me to deal you in darlin'?" Mark said pointing to an empty space at the table. One of the guys who had a chain and padlock around his neck nudged him in the ribs, "Mark quite bein' a dumb ass, and introduce us to the lady."
"Oh guys this here is Maggie, she is taking care of the travel for Smackdown now. Maggie, this is Rey, Jon, and that fat ass with our money in front of him is Rikishi."
"Hi, nice to meet you guys. Thanks for the offer, Mark, but I think I'll take your money another day." Rey snorted and Jon looked amused, Rikishi just sat there staring at his cards oblivious to his surroundings. "But actually I was wondering if you could tell me where Brock's locker room is. I think I took a wrong turn somewhere."
"Oh yeah sure darlin' you go down this hallway take a left, no a right. Yeah a right, and then straight."
"Aw Hell Mark, you couldn't find your way out of a paper bag," Rey said laughing as Mark growled, "C'mon Maggie I'll take you there. I'm losing here anyway."
"Well ok if you're sure. Thanks. I'll see you guys around."
They all said goodbye, even Rikishi who stopped to look up from his cards.
Rey threw his cards on the table and picked up his jacket, "C'mon Maggie." as he led the way down the hallway.
"So, this is your first time here with us?"
"Yeah, I've only actually been here for about a month, but it's quite the job and I'm having a lot of fun with it."
"Good, it's a great company to be with. Do you mind me asking what you need Brock for? Sometimes he can be cranky, so you need to watch it. So if you want any tips in dealin' with that big ape I can help ya out. It's a service I offer to all the newbies around here"
I laughed, "Actually Rey, Brock and I are dating and we went to college together. So I know all about him being cranky"
Rey started laughing, "Well never mind then you got it covered. Oh hey are you that girl in Minnesota that he keeps talking about? You have a son right?"
I looked at him amazed, "Yeah, Grayson is my son. Brock really talks about us?"
"Lord you couldn't shut him up if you wanted to. He always had some good stories about Grayson. The kid's infamous around here."
"Wow I had no idea Gray has a following." I laughed, "That's just crazy."
"Well here is Brocks locker," Rey said point to a gray door with a sign proclaiming it to belong to The Next Big Thing, "So how old is Grayson? I think my son is about the same age as him."
"Gray is 5 years old going on 20. Does your son tour with you?"
"Yeah they are the same then," he said laughing, "Dom comes when we are in the San Diego area. We'll have to get those two together sometime."
I smiled, "Yeah that would be great Gray needs more friends. Do you want to meet him?" I asked turning the doorknob and pushing.
"Sure"
"Hey guys -" and stopped as I walked in the room. Brock was on the couch with Grayson lying on top of him. Both were sleeping soundly.
"Well," I said quietly laughing, "I guess it'll have to wait. Brock's having a nap time."
Rey was holding back a laugh, "Aww. He's so cute when he's sleeping. Well, I'll see ya around chica"
"Bye Rey, Thanks." as he shut the door behind him
I walked over to the sleeping blondes and knelt on the floor next to them. Looking at Brock as he slept, Rey was right, he is really cute when he is sleeping. I brushed my fingers against his forehead, and gently kissed his lips. He sighed as he stirred lightly, I leaned over and gave a longer kiss, swiftly he kissed back gently biting my lip. I gave a little groan as he pulled away with a grin, "That's a great way to wake up baby."
"You were playin' possum you nerd." I said grinning back. "So has he really been out this long?" looking at Grayson still resting peacefully on Brocks chest.
"Nah he woke up when we got here and wanted to watch Veggie Tales, but as soon as I turned it on he fell back to sleep and has been here since. When he gets up, you want to get the tour?"
"Sure. We probably should wake him now, or he is never going to sleep tonight and I'll make you stay up with him." I said teasing. I gently tousled Grays hair, "C'mon kiddo time to get up. We got some things to do." Gray rolled over and sleepily blinked his eyes. "Hi Momma"
"Hey punkin, you ready to get up and go meet some wrestlers?"
"Uh huh, ya know Uncle Brock, "Gray said looking up and yawning, "You make a real good pillow. But you snore."
Brock started laughing, "I do not."
"Uh Huh! Do to."
"Do Not"
"Do too!"
"Lord do I have two 5 year olds?" I asked laughing,
"Do Not!!"
"DO TOO!"
"Yeah well your ticklish," Brock said tickling Grayson as he shrieked
"Mooomm make him stop!! I gotta go pee!!"
The threat of getting wet made Brock stop as Grayson ran to the bathroom.
"You're horrible. Picking on my kid," I said making a face at Brock
"Yean well I learned something"
"Oh? What's that?"
"His momma is ticklish too." as he rolled of the couch pinning my arms above my head with one hand and using the other to tickle my sides.
I shrieked,"Stop it!!" and started laughing so hard my eyes watered. "Please," I begged, "Stop!! I gotta go pee!"
Brock was laughing hard, "Nice try girl. You know I got to do this more often"
"No you don't you big ape! Now please let me up" I was started to gasp for air
His hands stopped their torture, as he thought about it, "What will you give me?"
"Respect?"
"I got that."
"Undying love and affection?"
"I got that too"
"My soul?"
"Hmm. possibly."
"Ok how about if I promise not to kick your ass?"
"I think you were doing good with the affection part."
"Oh was I?"
"hm mh" he muttered as he bent down and kissed my nose and left a trail of kisses to my ear where he whispered, "I love you"
His whisper sent chills up and down my spin, "I love you too."
"And Maggie?" He said looking in my eyes, "You can kick my ass any day"
I started giggling, "Oh yeah? Then I think I'll start right now!" I wiggled my arms out of his grasp and rolled out from underneath him flipping him as I went. I straddled his waist looking triumphant, "How do you like me know?!"
Brock lay there laughing to hard to do anything, "How the hell did you do that?"
"Do what?" I asked wide-eyed and innocent
"Mom! What are you doing to Uncle Brock?" Gray asked running in from the other room
"Tickling. Wanna help?"
Gray didn't even answer as he jumped on Brock and did the best tickling a 5 year old could manage
"OK OK!! UNCLE! I give up! I surrender!!" Brock howled, "You win! Could you get this kid off me?"
"All right tiger let the man live."
Gray sat up giggling, "Can we go now?"
"Go where?" I asked
"Meet Uncle Brock's friends"
"Sure we can do that, then you want to get some lunch?"
"Pizza?" Gray asked hopefully
"Sure we can get it delivered," Brock said "Ready to go?"
"Yeah help me find my other shoe." I said looking under the couch, "It came off in the tickling attack."
"Here ya go, it was under the TV." Brock said holding the high heel by the strap, "How the heck do you walk in these things?"
"Very carefully." I leaned on Brock for support as I put it on, "OK now I am ready to go." Grayson was already at the door dancing around impatiently, "Gray are you sure you want to go? Or do you just want to sit here and watch movies?" I teased
"Mom." Grayson groaned and rolled his eyes as he opened the door
We started to wander down the hallways, Brock pointed out different control rooms, makeup and hair, "Here," he said climbing up stairs, "This is called the gorilla, and behind this curtain, is this" as he pulled it back for Gray and I to step through.
"Wow," was the only word I could muster as I stared out into a huge arena.
Grayson's eyes grew big at the view and his mouth dropped. Brock started laughing as he looked at Gray's face," Here kid, you better shut that," he put a finger under Grays chin, "you'll get flies that way" Gray started giggling and made a face at the thought.
I walked forward to the edge of the ramp and looked around. It was incredible and overwhelming at the same time. No one was in the stands since it was so early, but there was still plenty of activity. Men hung from ropes putting lights up, a couple of wresters were all ready trying out the ring, and a booming voice was coming over the loud speakers calling lighting cues. Brock came from behind me and wrapped his strong arms around my waist, "pretty cool huh?"
"Oh yeah. I'm actually speechless."
"Look up."
I tilted my head and stared at how high the ceiling was. "This is just amazing. I can't believe you get to come out here every week. Does it ever get old?"
"I still get goose bumps every time I come out here, with or without a crowd. Hey c'mon I want you to meet a couple of guys." As he took my hand and led me down the ramp, "Yo Gray, c'mon buddy" Grayson has been watching the Pyro-technicians set their stuff up.
"Mom, I'm gonna be a wrestler when I grow up," he announced.
"That means you got to keep eating your green beans."
Grayson just made a face as Brock laughed. We got to the ring where a couple of guys were going through some moves, "Hey Brock," one of them called. Both stopped what they were doing and walked over to the ropes. "Should we call that a draw?" one asked breathing heavily. "Oh yeah. It was a draw," said the other grinning showing a large gap in his teeth.
"Hey boys, how ya doin?" Brock asked jumping up on the edge of the ring.
"Pretty good, just putting Kurt here through his paces. He's getting old ya know, losing his reflexes he is."
Brock laughed, "Well you know that happens, Beniot, when they take time off to go to the beach and sit there muttering to themselves about the price of coffee."
Kurt gave him a look, "Shaddup youngin'." He looked at the to other guy "If I'm old then you're painfully slow and you have no teeth. And for both of you, coffee is freaking expensive."
Benoit looked over and grinned at Brock, "Whose your friend? She's cute."
Brock gave him a look as I blushed, "This is Maggie Danials, she's the new travel coordinator, and she likes long walks on the beach, and guys with all their teeth."
Kurt howled with laughter, "Well I guess that leaves me"
"And she likes guys who aren't old enough to be in the nursing home."
Kurt stopped laughing as Beniot picked it up.
"Maggie this is Kurt Angle, and Chris Beniot. Probably two of the greatest wrestlers ever."
"Hey kid," Beniot said, "You got a lot of brown on your nose, you wanna pull your head out and stop kissing ass?"
"Yo Chris, he's just being honest" Kurt said laughing again
"Nice to meet you guys, I've heard a lot of stories. And this is -" I paused looking for a little blonde head, "Brock," I asked feeling panicked as I looked around, "What happened to Grayson?"
"Whose Grayson?" Kurt asked
"My son. He's 5."
"Shit," Brock said, "I wasn't paying attention"
I pulled up the ring apron and peeked underneath, no kid was to be seen. Great. Not even a full day and he is all ready off creating trouble. Not a good start.
"Hey guys, "Brock called up to the guys on the lighting rigs, "You see a little kid go somewhere?"
"Back there," one of them shouted down and pointed towards the ramp.
"You can stay here," I said to Brock as I turned to leave, "He couldn't have gone far"
As I got close to the direction the technician pointed at, a figure appeared from behind the ramp, "Hey darlin'. You lose somebody?" said Mark as he walked towards us carrying a giggling Grayson under his arm. "Is there a reward?"
"Grayson James. What were you doing?" I exclaimed, "You had me worried."
"I was looking at stuff."
I bent down and looked him in the eye, "No more running around with out me. Got that kid?"
"Sorry Momma."
"Thanks a lot Mark," I said picking Grayson up and balancing him on my hip, "I think we need a leash on this kid."
Mark laughed, "A collar and a bell might work too. Don't worry darlin' he was just watching me fix my bike, he wasn't in any trouble."
"Mom?" Grayson whispered in my ear, "Can he have lunch with us?"
"I don't know, why don't you ask him." For once Grayson got shy, "His name is Mr. Calloway."
"Mr. Calloway, do you wanna have lunch with us? We're having pizza!"
Mark grinned "I haven't had pizza in a long time kid, sure. And call me Mark if your momma says ok"
"Mom can I?"
"Sure you can. Well boys, are we ready to go eat?" I said as Brock got done talking with Kurt and Chris and walked over,
"Yeah I am." He said, "Hon, do you know Mark Calloway?"
"Yeah we met in Vince's office this morning. He also is the proud winner of The Find Grayson Award for today, so Grayson invited him to lunch."
Brock grinned, "Hey congratulations on the award, Mark."
"Yeah he was so little I was thinkin' of throwin' him back, but he talked me out of it."
Grayson stared up at Mark with a look of pure worship. "C'mon Mark,"
he said taking his hand and dragging him away chattering a mile a minute, "I'll show you where Uncle Brock's room is. What kind of pizza do you like? I like cheese. Mom likes chicken."
Brock and I started laughing as Mark looked back making a pleading face looking for backup. Brock wiggled his fingers good-bye "Looks like Grayson found a new hero." He said laughing
"Yeah but is he starts asking for tattoos, I'll tell him not until he's at least 35. And he can get a Harley when he's 40." I said grinning "And only if he promises to give me a ride."
"C'mon girl, we better go order a pizza and save Mark," Brock said taking my hand and leading me up the ramp, "You want to go to the hotel afterwards and check in? You look like you could use a nap."
"Thanks Lesner, you saying I look like crap?" I asked giving him a look.
"Umm. No?"
"Good answer" I said winking, "And yeah I do need to do that."
"OK, We usually have a meeting at 4 to go over stuff for the show, and they take forever, so do you just want to meet back here before we go on about 6:30?"
"Sounds good, I'll try and get Grayson down for nap again." We got to the top of the ramp, and I looked behind me as Kurt and Chris finished their workout and continued ribbing each other, they waved so I smiled and waved back. Brock smiled and squeezed my hand "See? I told you everyone would love you."
"You know," I said, "I can already hear the crowd cheering."
"Welcome to the show." Brock said kissing my cheek, "Its one hell of a ride."
AN hiya hiya hiya, OK here is an introduction of more wrestlers. If I get their real names wrong, please let me know and I'll fix 'em! I just want to thank you for sticking' with my story and me! Thanks for the reviews and keep 'em up! They give me a warm fuzzy feeling. And if you have any ideas let me know! Hmmm. ice cream cake, its fuel for the mind. LOL Always Audacious
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Walking out of Vince's office I had a huge smile on my face. I also felt calmer then I had in a long time. I walked down the hallway towards where I thought Brock's locker room was. A group of, who I was assuming were wrestlers, was sitting around playing cards, and Mark was one of them.
"Well hey there again darlin'," he said noticing me walk past, "You get things squared away with Vince?"
"Yeah I did," I said noticing curious stares from the guys around the table, "It's going to be a good trip."
"Should be, you want me to deal you in darlin'?" Mark said pointing to an empty space at the table. One of the guys who had a chain and padlock around his neck nudged him in the ribs, "Mark quite bein' a dumb ass, and introduce us to the lady."
"Oh guys this here is Maggie, she is taking care of the travel for Smackdown now. Maggie, this is Rey, Jon, and that fat ass with our money in front of him is Rikishi."
"Hi, nice to meet you guys. Thanks for the offer, Mark, but I think I'll take your money another day." Rey snorted and Jon looked amused, Rikishi just sat there staring at his cards oblivious to his surroundings. "But actually I was wondering if you could tell me where Brock's locker room is. I think I took a wrong turn somewhere."
"Oh yeah sure darlin' you go down this hallway take a left, no a right. Yeah a right, and then straight."
"Aw Hell Mark, you couldn't find your way out of a paper bag," Rey said laughing as Mark growled, "C'mon Maggie I'll take you there. I'm losing here anyway."
"Well ok if you're sure. Thanks. I'll see you guys around."
They all said goodbye, even Rikishi who stopped to look up from his cards.
Rey threw his cards on the table and picked up his jacket, "C'mon Maggie." as he led the way down the hallway.
"So, this is your first time here with us?"
"Yeah, I've only actually been here for about a month, but it's quite the job and I'm having a lot of fun with it."
"Good, it's a great company to be with. Do you mind me asking what you need Brock for? Sometimes he can be cranky, so you need to watch it. So if you want any tips in dealin' with that big ape I can help ya out. It's a service I offer to all the newbies around here"
I laughed, "Actually Rey, Brock and I are dating and we went to college together. So I know all about him being cranky"
Rey started laughing, "Well never mind then you got it covered. Oh hey are you that girl in Minnesota that he keeps talking about? You have a son right?"
I looked at him amazed, "Yeah, Grayson is my son. Brock really talks about us?"
"Lord you couldn't shut him up if you wanted to. He always had some good stories about Grayson. The kid's infamous around here."
"Wow I had no idea Gray has a following." I laughed, "That's just crazy."
"Well here is Brocks locker," Rey said point to a gray door with a sign proclaiming it to belong to The Next Big Thing, "So how old is Grayson? I think my son is about the same age as him."
"Gray is 5 years old going on 20. Does your son tour with you?"
"Yeah they are the same then," he said laughing, "Dom comes when we are in the San Diego area. We'll have to get those two together sometime."
I smiled, "Yeah that would be great Gray needs more friends. Do you want to meet him?" I asked turning the doorknob and pushing.
"Sure"
"Hey guys -" and stopped as I walked in the room. Brock was on the couch with Grayson lying on top of him. Both were sleeping soundly.
"Well," I said quietly laughing, "I guess it'll have to wait. Brock's having a nap time."
Rey was holding back a laugh, "Aww. He's so cute when he's sleeping. Well, I'll see ya around chica"
"Bye Rey, Thanks." as he shut the door behind him
I walked over to the sleeping blondes and knelt on the floor next to them. Looking at Brock as he slept, Rey was right, he is really cute when he is sleeping. I brushed my fingers against his forehead, and gently kissed his lips. He sighed as he stirred lightly, I leaned over and gave a longer kiss, swiftly he kissed back gently biting my lip. I gave a little groan as he pulled away with a grin, "That's a great way to wake up baby."
"You were playin' possum you nerd." I said grinning back. "So has he really been out this long?" looking at Grayson still resting peacefully on Brocks chest.
"Nah he woke up when we got here and wanted to watch Veggie Tales, but as soon as I turned it on he fell back to sleep and has been here since. When he gets up, you want to get the tour?"
"Sure. We probably should wake him now, or he is never going to sleep tonight and I'll make you stay up with him." I said teasing. I gently tousled Grays hair, "C'mon kiddo time to get up. We got some things to do." Gray rolled over and sleepily blinked his eyes. "Hi Momma"
"Hey punkin, you ready to get up and go meet some wrestlers?"
"Uh huh, ya know Uncle Brock, "Gray said looking up and yawning, "You make a real good pillow. But you snore."
Brock started laughing, "I do not."
"Uh Huh! Do to."
"Do Not"
"Do too!"
"Lord do I have two 5 year olds?" I asked laughing,
"Do Not!!"
"DO TOO!"
"Yeah well your ticklish," Brock said tickling Grayson as he shrieked
"Mooomm make him stop!! I gotta go pee!!"
The threat of getting wet made Brock stop as Grayson ran to the bathroom.
"You're horrible. Picking on my kid," I said making a face at Brock
"Yean well I learned something"
"Oh? What's that?"
"His momma is ticklish too." as he rolled of the couch pinning my arms above my head with one hand and using the other to tickle my sides.
I shrieked,"Stop it!!" and started laughing so hard my eyes watered. "Please," I begged, "Stop!! I gotta go pee!"
Brock was laughing hard, "Nice try girl. You know I got to do this more often"
"No you don't you big ape! Now please let me up" I was started to gasp for air
His hands stopped their torture, as he thought about it, "What will you give me?"
"Respect?"
"I got that."
"Undying love and affection?"
"I got that too"
"My soul?"
"Hmm. possibly."
"Ok how about if I promise not to kick your ass?"
"I think you were doing good with the affection part."
"Oh was I?"
"hm mh" he muttered as he bent down and kissed my nose and left a trail of kisses to my ear where he whispered, "I love you"
His whisper sent chills up and down my spin, "I love you too."
"And Maggie?" He said looking in my eyes, "You can kick my ass any day"
I started giggling, "Oh yeah? Then I think I'll start right now!" I wiggled my arms out of his grasp and rolled out from underneath him flipping him as I went. I straddled his waist looking triumphant, "How do you like me know?!"
Brock lay there laughing to hard to do anything, "How the hell did you do that?"
"Do what?" I asked wide-eyed and innocent
"Mom! What are you doing to Uncle Brock?" Gray asked running in from the other room
"Tickling. Wanna help?"
Gray didn't even answer as he jumped on Brock and did the best tickling a 5 year old could manage
"OK OK!! UNCLE! I give up! I surrender!!" Brock howled, "You win! Could you get this kid off me?"
"All right tiger let the man live."
Gray sat up giggling, "Can we go now?"
"Go where?" I asked
"Meet Uncle Brock's friends"
"Sure we can do that, then you want to get some lunch?"
"Pizza?" Gray asked hopefully
"Sure we can get it delivered," Brock said "Ready to go?"
"Yeah help me find my other shoe." I said looking under the couch, "It came off in the tickling attack."
"Here ya go, it was under the TV." Brock said holding the high heel by the strap, "How the heck do you walk in these things?"
"Very carefully." I leaned on Brock for support as I put it on, "OK now I am ready to go." Grayson was already at the door dancing around impatiently, "Gray are you sure you want to go? Or do you just want to sit here and watch movies?" I teased
"Mom." Grayson groaned and rolled his eyes as he opened the door
We started to wander down the hallways, Brock pointed out different control rooms, makeup and hair, "Here," he said climbing up stairs, "This is called the gorilla, and behind this curtain, is this" as he pulled it back for Gray and I to step through.
"Wow," was the only word I could muster as I stared out into a huge arena.
Grayson's eyes grew big at the view and his mouth dropped. Brock started laughing as he looked at Gray's face," Here kid, you better shut that," he put a finger under Grays chin, "you'll get flies that way" Gray started giggling and made a face at the thought.
I walked forward to the edge of the ramp and looked around. It was incredible and overwhelming at the same time. No one was in the stands since it was so early, but there was still plenty of activity. Men hung from ropes putting lights up, a couple of wresters were all ready trying out the ring, and a booming voice was coming over the loud speakers calling lighting cues. Brock came from behind me and wrapped his strong arms around my waist, "pretty cool huh?"
"Oh yeah. I'm actually speechless."
"Look up."
I tilted my head and stared at how high the ceiling was. "This is just amazing. I can't believe you get to come out here every week. Does it ever get old?"
"I still get goose bumps every time I come out here, with or without a crowd. Hey c'mon I want you to meet a couple of guys." As he took my hand and led me down the ramp, "Yo Gray, c'mon buddy" Grayson has been watching the Pyro-technicians set their stuff up.
"Mom, I'm gonna be a wrestler when I grow up," he announced.
"That means you got to keep eating your green beans."
Grayson just made a face as Brock laughed. We got to the ring where a couple of guys were going through some moves, "Hey Brock," one of them called. Both stopped what they were doing and walked over to the ropes. "Should we call that a draw?" one asked breathing heavily. "Oh yeah. It was a draw," said the other grinning showing a large gap in his teeth.
"Hey boys, how ya doin?" Brock asked jumping up on the edge of the ring.
"Pretty good, just putting Kurt here through his paces. He's getting old ya know, losing his reflexes he is."
Brock laughed, "Well you know that happens, Beniot, when they take time off to go to the beach and sit there muttering to themselves about the price of coffee."
Kurt gave him a look, "Shaddup youngin'." He looked at the to other guy "If I'm old then you're painfully slow and you have no teeth. And for both of you, coffee is freaking expensive."
Benoit looked over and grinned at Brock, "Whose your friend? She's cute."
Brock gave him a look as I blushed, "This is Maggie Danials, she's the new travel coordinator, and she likes long walks on the beach, and guys with all their teeth."
Kurt howled with laughter, "Well I guess that leaves me"
"And she likes guys who aren't old enough to be in the nursing home."
Kurt stopped laughing as Beniot picked it up.
"Maggie this is Kurt Angle, and Chris Beniot. Probably two of the greatest wrestlers ever."
"Hey kid," Beniot said, "You got a lot of brown on your nose, you wanna pull your head out and stop kissing ass?"
"Yo Chris, he's just being honest" Kurt said laughing again
"Nice to meet you guys, I've heard a lot of stories. And this is -" I paused looking for a little blonde head, "Brock," I asked feeling panicked as I looked around, "What happened to Grayson?"
"Whose Grayson?" Kurt asked
"My son. He's 5."
"Shit," Brock said, "I wasn't paying attention"
I pulled up the ring apron and peeked underneath, no kid was to be seen. Great. Not even a full day and he is all ready off creating trouble. Not a good start.
"Hey guys, "Brock called up to the guys on the lighting rigs, "You see a little kid go somewhere?"
"Back there," one of them shouted down and pointed towards the ramp.
"You can stay here," I said to Brock as I turned to leave, "He couldn't have gone far"
As I got close to the direction the technician pointed at, a figure appeared from behind the ramp, "Hey darlin'. You lose somebody?" said Mark as he walked towards us carrying a giggling Grayson under his arm. "Is there a reward?"
"Grayson James. What were you doing?" I exclaimed, "You had me worried."
"I was looking at stuff."
I bent down and looked him in the eye, "No more running around with out me. Got that kid?"
"Sorry Momma."
"Thanks a lot Mark," I said picking Grayson up and balancing him on my hip, "I think we need a leash on this kid."
Mark laughed, "A collar and a bell might work too. Don't worry darlin' he was just watching me fix my bike, he wasn't in any trouble."
"Mom?" Grayson whispered in my ear, "Can he have lunch with us?"
"I don't know, why don't you ask him." For once Grayson got shy, "His name is Mr. Calloway."
"Mr. Calloway, do you wanna have lunch with us? We're having pizza!"
Mark grinned "I haven't had pizza in a long time kid, sure. And call me Mark if your momma says ok"
"Mom can I?"
"Sure you can. Well boys, are we ready to go eat?" I said as Brock got done talking with Kurt and Chris and walked over,
"Yeah I am." He said, "Hon, do you know Mark Calloway?"
"Yeah we met in Vince's office this morning. He also is the proud winner of The Find Grayson Award for today, so Grayson invited him to lunch."
Brock grinned, "Hey congratulations on the award, Mark."
"Yeah he was so little I was thinkin' of throwin' him back, but he talked me out of it."
Grayson stared up at Mark with a look of pure worship. "C'mon Mark,"
he said taking his hand and dragging him away chattering a mile a minute, "I'll show you where Uncle Brock's room is. What kind of pizza do you like? I like cheese. Mom likes chicken."
Brock and I started laughing as Mark looked back making a pleading face looking for backup. Brock wiggled his fingers good-bye "Looks like Grayson found a new hero." He said laughing
"Yeah but is he starts asking for tattoos, I'll tell him not until he's at least 35. And he can get a Harley when he's 40." I said grinning "And only if he promises to give me a ride."
"C'mon girl, we better go order a pizza and save Mark," Brock said taking my hand and leading me up the ramp, "You want to go to the hotel afterwards and check in? You look like you could use a nap."
"Thanks Lesner, you saying I look like crap?" I asked giving him a look.
"Umm. No?"
"Good answer" I said winking, "And yeah I do need to do that."
"OK, We usually have a meeting at 4 to go over stuff for the show, and they take forever, so do you just want to meet back here before we go on about 6:30?"
"Sounds good, I'll try and get Grayson down for nap again." We got to the top of the ramp, and I looked behind me as Kurt and Chris finished their workout and continued ribbing each other, they waved so I smiled and waved back. Brock smiled and squeezed my hand "See? I told you everyone would love you."
"You know," I said, "I can already hear the crowd cheering."
"Welcome to the show." Brock said kissing my cheek, "Its one hell of a ride."