Shelton's POV
"I'm gonna miss you so much baby." I said, kissing my girlfriend for the final time.
"I know...but I have to go back to school; I'm a senior this year. I don't want to leave you guys yet." She smiled with a slight tear in her eyes. I pulled her into a hug, and then I finally let her go. She waked over to Amy, Jeff, Hardy, Tessa, Nikki, and Shane, who gave her a group hug. Then she went over to Randy, who kissed her on the forehead, and finally Matt, who hugged her tight, kissed her on the forehead, and pushed her into the Airplane terminal.
"I'm gonna call each of you guys when I land in Boston! I love you guys!" she said walking off, looking at me. I blew her a kiss, missing her already. I looked out of the big window, watching my girlfriend fly back to Boston.
Ari's POV
"Welcome home, Princess!"
"Thanks, Aunt Danny, where's my mom and dad?" I said, hugging her and my uncle DeWayne
"Right behind you, Munchkin!" I heard a voice shout behind me. The next thing I know, my dad is lifting me above his head, running through the airport, leaving my mom, Aunt Danny, and Uncle Wayne to carry my stuff.
"Dad, put me down! You're worst than Shelton and Monster!" I said, playfully slapping my dad on the back.
"Okay, okay, playtime's over. We have to go to the store to get her uniforms. Let's go Ari, you've go to get measured again," my mom said. I rolled my eyes playfully.
After I got home and settled, I took my shower and started calling people. First I called Matt, then Uncle Randy. After that, I called Amy, Hardy, Jeff, (who turned out to have brown hair, and I won the 20 bucks) and Shane, who I won the 20 bucks from. Once those calls were done, I called my friends and told them I was home. When that was all done with, I called the one person I couldn't wait to talk to, Shelton.
"It's about time you called me, you called everybody else almost two hours ago!"
"Sorry, my best friend Kristin called. But anyway, how was your day?"
"It was okay, I missed you a lot though." Shelton said. "I just worked out all day, went shopping for some new trunks, and went to Denny's with Matt, Amy, Hardy, Rainbow Bright and Green Lantern Wannabe. Guerrero and Calloway came along, and Jeff finally talked to Nikki G."
"Jeff finally talked to her? About time, he only liked her since the day we introduced them. Tessa likes Shane so much...she's scared to tell him. Talk to her for me babe?" I said, upset I missed Jeff stumble over his words talking to Nikki.
"You got it."
"Ari, I got you a cell phone so you wouldn't tie up the house phone! Now use your cell!" I heard a new voice on the phone.
"Dad, my cell phone's battery is dead! I'll be off in about an hour... cause after I hang up with Shelton, I gotta call Kris so we can go over what were wearing to school tomorrow. So could you please get off of the line?" I told my dad, smirking.
"Ari, you go to an all girls private school. You wear uniforms, what exactly are you going over?"
"Uh, hair, nails, accessories, what we're wearing after school....a lot of junk! Plus, I have to get caught up on all of the gossip, because last I heard, Marcus Donaldson was still trying to go out with Christina Summers, and Lamar Mason was still going out with Kelly Murphy. So could ya hang up so's I can finish my conversation with my boyfriend, and then call my best friend?"
"You know what, you are something else baby," Shelton finally spoke up, chuckling.
"I know, but since my dad isn't going to hang up the phone, I guess I'll just hang up now, 'kay?" I said softly, not really wanting to hang up.
"Aight, Shorty. I miss you so much right now."
"Ditto, but I'm gonna call you tomorrow, alright? I Promise."
"Okay."
"Bye Shelton."
"Night Ari."
"Bye Shelton."
"DAD!!!"
With that, I hung up the phone, ran to my dad's room, and we had a massive pillow fight while my mom laughed and watched. When we were done, I went and called Kristin, and then I showered, laid my uniform out for tomorrow, and went to sleep.
A/N: Okay, Ari's birthday is in June, and she skipped a grade, so that's why she's 16 and a Senior in high school.....don't bug me, she'll graduate at 17. You flame me...and I'll stop writing for two weeks...I HAVE SPOKEN.....
Honestly, could my alarm be any louder? I'm pissed cause it's the day I've been dreading; the first day of school. On the plus side, I'm a senior this year, and I have almost all of my credits, all I have left are Calculus, Physics CP (CP is college placement) Spanish 6 (I honestly don't know why I take Spanish, I mean my whole house, except my dad, is fluent in Spanish. Hey, easy A, right?) After I got dressed, I grabbed my car keys (I'd gotten a car from Uncle Wayne, the rest of my mom's brothers, and Uncle Randy) and walked up to my pink Volkswagen VW Beetle Convertible. I started it up, popped in a CD, and drove to school with the top down, of course.
I drove up to Oakland Catholic High School for Girls with a smirk on my face. It was hilarious tome how they thought girls in an all girl school wouldn't be distracted, but we are, since they put Central Catholic High School for Boys right across the street. I waved to the guys hanging out in the Central Courtyard, since I grew up with most of them anyway, and peeled into the student parking lot.
"Kristin Elaine Jerome!" I yelled at my best friend who was sitting in the courtyard of our school waiting for me.
"Ari, you're back! Oh my god, I missed you!" she shouted, hugging me.
"Come on Jerome, I just talked to you on the phone yesterday! But I missed you too." I smirked, hugging her back. "Come on, Jeromie, we got lockers to decorate!"
We went into our school, smiling and waving when our names were called out in signs of greeting. When we got to our lockers, our class schedules were taped to them, that's just how my school does things. I opened my schedule and gave it a once over.
"Crap on a cracker, I got Kavarik for Spanish," I grumbled. Mrs. Kavarik was the most irritating woman on the planet. She always has smart-ass comments that she doesn't want to keep to herself. She honestly acts like a bickering teenage girl and she needs to grow up.
"Sucks to be you, I got Tamler for Spanish...Yes, I got Contrucci!" she shrieked. I shrieked at the same time she did. Mr. Ben Contrucci was the youngest teacher in the school; he had to be about 24 or 25, and he taught Calculus, and he was HOT! Oh my gosh, the man was built like a Greek god! He reminded me a lot of Derek Jeeter, but with blue eyes. Kristin and I basked in the thought of him, and then opened our lockers.
"Jerome, you're going with the Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Justin Timberlake, Usher, and any other hot guy in a magazine that I can find Theme again aren't you?" I smirked.
"Of course that's my theme. What's your theme, Cena?" she asked, watching me pull out my folder of pictures from my backpack. They wee mostly Polaroid's, and one or two magazine pictures of Matt, Shelton, Amy, Hardy, Jeff, and Shane. Tessa and Nikki were in a couple of them too. I smiled as I put up a picture of Me and Shelton in our usual position; him behind me with his arms around my waist holding me close, head resting on top of mine.
"Oh my....Cena, is this Mr. Shelton that you told me about? He's fine as hell! Does he have a friend?" Kristin joked, looking at the other pictures of the group I'd grown so fond of.
"Yeah, that's my Shelt...and his only friend that isn't taken is my brother, if you're interested..."
"No offence, but EW! He's your brother! That's just wrong, Cena."
We laughed and joked, putting the rest of our pictures up in our lockers. We were walking to our homerooms, when we heard the voice of our mortal enemy.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here? Look girls, it's the Wrestling Orphan, and her side kick, Nappy Roots!" I heard Lana Andrews say to her best "friends", Anna and Savannah. I thought it was gross how their names rhymed. I slowly turned around, counting to ten, and thinking about something calming, like being with Shelton.
"You know, it's good to see you too, Lana. How was your summer?" I said, smiling as fake as I could.
"Well, it was oka-"
"Cut the bullshit, Lana. I'm sick of you constantly talking shit on me. What the fuck did I ever do to you anyway? Oh well, it doesn't matter anyway...because even on my worst day, I wouldn't be half the evil sluttish bitch you are." I said, loud enough for the girls in the hallway to hear, but not the teachers in the classroom.
"Whatever," she scoffed, adjusting her plaid skirt – that was shorter that our regulation length of at your finger tips. Her skirt stopped at her thumbs, whore. She flounced off, her lackeys fallowing behind her. I looked at Kristin, who laughed, then we walked into our homeroom class, ready to start our first day of the year of school.
THREE MONTHS LATER
"Coma on, Cena, I know this....it's not a rumor, it's fact! Lamar Mason is into you!" Kristin yelled at me. We were sitting in my room, doing our nails and practicing. The Senior Talent show was in a week, the last day of the Fall Term, December 10. Kristin and I were a team along with our other friend, Rachael. We were dancing and singing TLC, What about your friends. I was singing Chili's part Kristin was T-Boz, and Rachael was Left-Eye.
"Whatever, Jerome. Rach, what do you think?" I said, looking at the silly blonde next to me.
"I hate to say it, but Kris is right...Lamar Mason is SO into you."
"HE IS NOT! And even if he was, wouldn't matter, I have a boyfriend anyway," I smiled thinking about Shelton.
"Dude, you are love struck! How often do you talk to the guy?" Rachael said, laughing at Kristin, who had hit me in the back of my head with a pillow.
"Kiss my ass, Kristin. I only talk to him once or twice...a day." I smirked, ducking both pillows that came at me.
"Okay, but you have to admit, Lamar is hot..." Rachael said, smirking.
"Definitely!" Kristin agreed. She ad Rachael looked at me expectantly.
"What? Okay, okay, he's cute, but what's the point? He's going out with Lana, and I don't want him anyway...I've got Shelton. And anyway, he's not even the cutest guy at Central." I grinned, watching their faces drop at my comment.
"Who is cuter than Mason? He's like, SEXY!" Kristin said, looking at me suspiciously.
"Well, there's a certain Running Back on the Varsity football team that wears number six..."
"Eugene Jarvis!" They both yelled, giggling.
"Yeah, now that's what I call sexy." Rach giggled.
"Come on guys, we've gotta practice!" I yelled. Then I put the CD on, and we danced and sang, before showering and going to bed. I fell asleep thinking about Shelton, and how much I wished he could be at the show.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the 47th annual Oakland Catholic High School for Girls Talent Show, produced in conjunction with Central Catholic High School for Boys. Our first act is Lana Caldwell, Anna Williams and Savannah Green."
The lights dimmed, and three really slutty girls walked onto the stage. The one in the middle was seriously flirting with me. I was flattered, but grossed out at the same time. I mean, I came there to surprise my girlfriend, not talk to, what looked like, the biggest slut in the school.
About seven or eight more acts went on. Some guy was singing, and the boy could warble. All of the girls were screaming and what not, I was laughing at them, personally.
"And next, we have our final act, Kristin Jerome, Rachael Madden, and Student Council President, Ariel Cena."
Ari got on that stage with a brunette chick, and a blonde girl. They were dancing, and singing, and they looked like they wee having a really good time on the stage. Ari had a beautiful voice...and so could her friends. I think I clapped the loudest. When the show was over, I snuck backstage. Ari and her two friends were hugging each other, laughing and dancing around. Before I could even get over to her, the slutty girl was in my face.
"Hi, I've never seen you around here before. My name's Lana."
"That's cause I ain't never been around here. Can you excuse me, I have to go..."
"How about, not, and I can..." she started whispering some things in my ear that I will not repeat.
"Look, I'm not here for no shit like that. I'm looking for my girlfriend, so if you get out of my way..."
"Fine," she said. "But you won't get another chance" she walked away, and started talking to the singing dude. I shrugged my shoulders, and walked over to Ari's little group. I put my hands over her eyes. Her friends smiled at me, and I grinned back.
"Who is this?" Ari screeched, laughing.
"Cena, let me tell you girl, he's hot!" the brunette giggled.
"Okay, how hot are we talking here?"
"He's really hot."
"Like compared to who?" Ari giggled.
"Let's just say, he's up there with Lamar..." the blonde laughed.
"That fine?"
"Better than Eugene, if you ask me," the brunette smirked.
"Wait, I know these hands...." Ari screamed and jumped in my arms. I didn't even hesitate to pick her up and hug her.
"Shelton! Oh my god, I can't believe you came! I thought you were in Cincinnati?" she said, still hugging me.
"Now come on baby, ya know I was coming...there was no way I was missing this, especially since you sounded so excited about it on the phone." I leaned in and kissed her. We were kissing for about five minutes when I heard one of her friends say,
"How can you breathe?" We broke apart, laughing. Ari was first to speak.
"Damn, Jerome, I haven't seen my boyfriend in three months! Leave me alone," she laughed. Then she turned around and kissed me again. Then we heard another voice.
"Well, I certainly thought you could do better than the little half-breed wrestling orphan..."
"Excuse me, but that little orphan you're talking bout is my girlfriend who comes from a line of legends that I must say is phenomenal. And another thing..." I said, as I resumed my usual position being Ari with my arms around her waist. Before I could get another sentence in, Ari was all over her.
"You know what Lana, I'm sick of your shit. What the hell did I ever do to you that you have to be such a fucking bitch? I swear to god, you have about five seconds to get out of my face before something bad happens to you." Ari said, her voice was low, dangerous. She scared the hell out me.
"You know, I hope she kicks your ass, Lana," the blonde girl said from behind us.
"Whatever, Madden, I mean, you know, you used to be one of us," she said, motioning to the group of girls she was standing with. "I can't believe you took the low road and started hanging with losers like Cena and Jerome." She walked off, leaving a fuming Ariel.
"Well, that was fun! Are we gonna do something tonight or what, Ari? Cause I gotta be on a plane to Cleveland tomorrow morning." I said, trying to make her forget about the Lana girl, or whatever her name was.
"Of course, I was thinking we could hit the Century; it's the last day of term, so everyone's going to be there," she said, looking at her friends.
"Kristin Jerome is in!" the brunette piped up.
"So is Rachael Madden."
"I guess Shelton Benjamin is in too!" I piped up, laughing at them.
"Well, those two slept over at my house last night, and all of our clothes are there. You got a rental?" she looked up at me.
"Yeah, need a ride?" I asked looking at the three girls. They busted out laughing.
"I take it you didn't tell him, did you Cena?" Rachael said to Ari.
"Nope! I didn't think it mattered!" she grinned mischievously.
"Tell me what?" I said, completely lost.
"That I have my own car." She said, laughed at me, flashing her keys at me.
"Well, let me get my bag out of my rental, and I'll ride with you three."
"Okay, but I don't know if you'll fit!"
"Huh?"
Ari's POV
I was so excited that Shelton had come to the Talent show...I mean, I did talk about it a lot, but I didn't think he would actually show. We were in my little VW Beetle, with Shelton scrunched up in the front seat on the way to my house. When we pulled in, I made a comment about Shelton meeting the parents, and his face dropped.
"Chill out Shelton, I mean, the people you should have been afraid of was Uncle Randy and Uncle DeWayne! My dad is harmless; he's like a big ass teddy bear."
"To you maybe, but what about to 18 year old boys that are going out with his 16 year old daughter?" he said, still looking nervous.
"Chill out Shelly, you'll bee alright," I said, kissing him quick so he couldn't yell at me for calling him Shelly. We walked into the house, with me screaming, "DAD, I'M HOME!"
"Hey munchkin, how'd you girls do?" he said, coming into the front hall with a gallon of Cookie-Dough ice cream and four spoons. He always ate ice cream with us, it was our thing.
"We did great. The only bad part was Lana, Anna and Savannah trying to rain on my parade." By this time, Shelton had resumed his position behind me, resting his chin on my head.
"Uh, princess, why is there an 18 year old wrestler that's dating my daughter in my living room?" my dad said, smirking at the two of us.
"Well, dad, uh, Shelton, came to surprise me at the Talent Show, and we were going to hit Century after we shower, but I think I just wanna hang out here for now, ya know? Maybe hit the pool?" I said, looking at my friends.
"Sure, I'm game. Benji, you got your suit?" Rachael said, already walking up towards my room.
"Yeah, I got one."
"ARIEL NICOLE CENA!" I heard my dad roar. Shit, busted. I walked down the stairs cautiously.
"Yes, daddy?" I said, coming into the living room.
"What's that?" he said, pointing at my stomach.
"What's what, dad?" I said, trying to play dumb.
"Did you get your belly button pierced after I said no?" he said, turning a reddish color.
"Uh, yes?" I said, hoping he wouldn't blow his stack.
"When did you get it?" he said calmly.
"About a week before I went to Wrestlemania."
"Dammit girl, why?" he said, looking hurt. It was first time I'd ever lied or disobeyed him...Matt was the problem child.
"I don't know...I mean, me, Jerome, and Madden were in the mall, and we were walking past Clare's...I saw this girl getting hers pierced, and decided I wanted mine too. I'm sorry dad, I really am, but I'm not a little girl anymore and I'm growing up. I've always been responsible. It's not like I got my tongue pierced or a tattoo." I said, trying to reason my way out of getting grounded.
"You're right, but I'm used to yelling at your brother, not you...I mean, at least you didn't come back tongue ring and tattoo. Just listen to me, I know what's best...promise?"
"Definitely. Can I go swimming now?" I said, hoping to get away with it.
"Yeah, but you're grounded come Monday. That means no cell phone, you come straight home from school, and your computer is only for homework, so no Tagged, Email, Chat Rooms, or Fan fiction (A/N: sucks to be Ari right now...I'm addicted to Fan fiction!). Deal?" he said, laughing at my face...I'd never been grounded before, at least seriously.
I got up and ran up to my room. Kristin and Rachael were in my room in their bathing suits, Kristin in a green and black striped bikini, and Rachael in the same on except it was red and black. Both had on short denim shorts. I pulled out mine, which was blue and black, went into the bathroom, and put it on. The suit was cute; it was a tie-up top, and the shorts bottoms. I came out and Shelton had come in and was looking at my pictures on my desk. He had on some blue trunks with black stripes going down the side. He had on a white T-Shirt and was carrying a towel. Damn, he's looking good as hell, I thought, as I pulled on some short denim shorts.
"Ready to go guys?" I said, finally coming out of my trance.
"Bout time, girly!" Rachael laughed. "We called some more people over...hope you don't mind."
"Depends on who it is..." I said, smirking at Shelton who was in his usual position.
"Uh, Macy, Lamar, Eugene, Alec, Crystal, and Marco." Kristin said, pulling her brown hair in a ponytail.
"Okay, I just have to warn Dad about the Teenage Invasion," I said, running downstairs. I found my mom and dad sitting in the living room, my dad was on the phone arguing with someone, my mom looked kind of pissed at something.
"Uh, mom, daddy, is something wrong?" I said softly. "Cause if it's my belly button ring, I'm sorry. I swear I'll take it out right now and let it close up..."
"No baby, your dad is on the phone with his parents...they haven't spoken in ten years, and they don't agree with some of the decisions he's made. But we will be talking about that navel ring of yours later."
"Okay mom, uh, Macy, Lamar, Eugene, Alec, Marco, and Crystal are coming over to swim, I just wanted to warn you." I said, smiling at my mom.
"Okay, I'll send them downstairs when they get here. And tell Shelton I said hello."
"Okay, mom." I ran down stairs, and saw Shelton throwing Rachael into the pool. I smirked at him laughing at her, and I ran over and pushed him in. he looked up at me sputtering, surprised that I had pushed him in.
"Oh, so you think you funny now, huh?" he said laughing.
"Well, I must be, since you're laughing." I said, putting my hands on my hips. I blew him a kiss, and I pulled off my denim shorts. I heard whistling, and I knew that the guys must have arrived. Once I got my shorts off, I felt four pairs of arms pick me up and throw me into the pool. I stood up sputtering, and I glared at the culprits.
"Marco Juan Gonzalez, Alec Mario Quaquaricci, Lamar Fredrick Mason, and Eugene James Jarvis the third, I am going to personally send all of you to your graves!" I yelled, splashing them all before they could get their street clothes off.
"Watch it Ariel Nicole Cena, this is a new jersey!" Lamar said, flashing a smile at me. Shelton pulled me into a hug from behind, kissing my neck. I giggled, and the guys stared. I was normally the tomboy; I never giggled.
"Okay, who are you and what have you done with Icebox?" Marco said slowly.
"Icebox?" Shelton said, looking at me.
"My nickname growing up, I was a tomboy, and I was cold and mean, like an icebox...get it?" I said, kissing him on his chin, since I was too short to reach his lips.
"Oh, I get it now." He kissed my forehead. Then he got out of the pool and said to the guys, "Hey, I'm Shelton, Shelton Benjamin."
"Marco Gonzalez, greatest boyfriend ever." Marco said, slapping Shelton's hand with his arm around Crystal, a short little black girl who was the only one shorter than me in the group.
"Eugene Jarvis, #1 Running back in the state," Gene said, never missing the opportunity to brag.
"Alec Quaquaricci, full blood Italian Stallion." Alec said, smirking.
"Lamar Mason, best dressed and best looking student at Central Catholic High..." he said, smirking.
"What ever Mason," Rachael smirked. "Eugene looks better than you do..."
"I'm Macy Lucas," my round friend said, smiling at Shelton. Her green eyes weren't as piercing as mine, but they were a soft, pretty green.
"I'm Crystal Doughtry, and sadly, I go out with this ass." She joked.
"Let's just hang out, okay?" I said, pulling Lamar in the pool my his trunks.
WE hung out for hours, everyone except Alec and Eugene, who go out with Kristin and Rachael. Alec and Rachael were in the hot tub hanging out; and Kristin was with Eugene in the deep part of the pool. The four of them were leaving together. When they left, Shelton and I went upstairs, showered and changed into PJ's, and crawled into my bed and fell asleep in each other's arms, not wanting tomorrow to come.
A/N: Well, that took forever....12 pages! Hope you enjoyed this chapter, the next one won't come for a while... atleast a week. Oh yeah, I'm glad Eric Bischoff finally grew some balls and stood up to Evolution...one more thing...WHY EDGE, WHY?!
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