Ari's POV
It was Monday, finally, and I was backstage with The Hardyz, Shane, Katie, Matt, Shelton, Tess and Nikki watching dad's return to RAW.
"Welcome to Monday Night Raw! I'm Mark Calloway along with Eddie Guerrero. Tonight we have a great night for you."
"That's right Mark; tonight we have the Tag Team Championship on the line. Matt Cena and Shelton Benjamin will take on Matt and Jeff Hardy. Now these are two completely different styles of wrestling. You've got Cena and Benjamin, who have a more ground based style, more technical in my opinion, and you have the Hardy Boyz, who are crowd-pleasers, always with the high-risk, Arial maneuvers. This will be quite the show, if you ask me Mark."
"Definitely, Eddie. And here's our WWE Champion, Randy Orton on his way to the ring."
"Now, I've been in this company about twelve years, and I must say, that out of these 12 years, 6 of them, I've been WWE Champion. I was the youngest WWE Champion ever. I am a third generation superstar, and I am the best, and the only living legend n the WWE. If anyone has anything to say, come on out and tell me to my face!"
If ya smeeeeeeeeelllllllll what the Rock is cooking'!
"Oh my god, Mark, it's the Rock! He must have something to say on the matter."
"Now Randy, I was listening to your bitching and moaning about how you're the best, third generation superstar, and all that BS. But if you didn't know, I'M a third generation superstar, and I've been in this business longer than you have and I've held EVERY title, while you've only had the WWE Championship, and the Intercontinental Title. I'm also in the Hall of Fame. So the ROCK is the biggest name in this business."
SO, you think you're untouchable...WORD LIFE!
"Eddie, it's John Cena, back from a 14-month knee injury! He's coming down that ramp with a purpose."
"Yo, yo, yo, yo, YO! Is Boston ready to represent?"
"Damn Straight!"
"Now, I was backstage listening to you to bitch at each other about who's the one and only living legend in the business. But let's be real, The Doctor of Thugganomics is the Real Legend around here."
The Rock looked over at Cena and smirked. "Well now, Cena, welcome back! How's the knee?"
"I mean, it's—"
"It doesn't matter how your knee's doing! Now, since we all want to know who is the real legend; we'll let the people decide who is the living legend of the WWE. Now if the so-called Legend Killer is the living legend, let me hear you scream." Rocky yelled.
The crowd screamed loud.
"Dude," Cena said quickly. "If you're the Legend Killer, and you call yourself a legend, does that mean you're going to commit suicide? Guess so, but if the Doctor of Thugganomics is the real Legend in the WWE right now, give me a DAMN STRAIGHT!"
The crowd screamed even louder.
"But we all know that the Rock is the most electrifying man in sports entertainment, so if you have no objections, give the Rock a chant!" DeWayne shouted.
"Rocky, Rocky, Rocky, Rocky, Rocky!"
All of a sudden, Shane McMahon's music started.
Here comes the Moneeeeeey...
Now come on gentlemen, we all think of you as legends. Rock, you're the great one, the most electrifying man in sports entertainment, WWE Hall of Famer. Orton, you're the youngest man ever to win the WWE Championship. And Cena, welcome back by the way, you held the US title more times and longer than anyone ever in existence. Now the question you guys want answered is, who is the biggest living legend in the WWE today? Well, as GM of the WWE, I'm giving you all the way to find out. At Armageddon, it will be John Cena, Randy Orton and The Rock in a Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship! John, you'll have Randy Orton tonight in a non-title match." With that, Raw went to a commercial and the four men walked backstage.
"Dad, how's it feel to be back on Raw?" I said hugging him when he came back into gorilla.
"It feels great!" he said, kissing me on the forehead. He slapped hands with Matt, Uncle Wayne, and Uncle Randy, and he kissed Katie on her forehead.
"So, you old dogs ready for you match tonight?" Shelton said, coming down the hall from the bathroom.
"Old?" Randy and Dad said, smirking. "Who you calling 'old' boy? I could still whip you in the ring." My dad said as we walked towards catering.
"Wanna bet?" Shelton smirked, pulling out ten bucks.
"You're so on." My dad said, flashing his own ten dollar bill.
"Oh, I'm so in on this," I said, whipping out ten dollars.
"Who you betting on baby?" Shelton said, smirking smugly.
"My dad!" I said, laughing as his face dropped. "Sorry babe, but I gotta go with my dad on this one...you can barely beat me, and I know, I can't beat my dad...he's just too damn strong!" I threw my arm over Katie's shoulder, and we walked into Catering.
"Dudes! Who's all coming over to the house?" Matt said, looking to the group. Everyone's hand shot up. Matt rolled his eyes and then nodded.
"PARTY AT CENA'S HOUSE!" Jeff yelled, running down the hall into the locker rooms.
"Hold on there, Jeffrey, it's not a party...okay yeah it is...PARTY AT MY HOUSE, EVERYONE IS INVITED!" I yelled running down the hall with Katie on my heels and bumping right into Bryan Hebner.
"Sorry Hebs," I said, brushing my jeans off.
"No prob, just watch where you're going, alright little one?" he said. I rolled my eyes; Uncle Mark had most of the wrestlers calling me baby girl, or little one. I hate being 5'5". I'm only an inch taller than Uncle Rey. I introduced Katie to him; he smiled and shook her hand.
"Hold on, you're refing my dad's match tonight, right?" I said, looking at the 30 year old man in front of me.
"Yep, I am refereeing the match. Now go get your dad and uncle so that we can go over the match one more time before we have to do it for real." He said, wrapping his wrists in tape.
"Yes, oh fearless leader." I said sarcastically, earning a playful swat on the back of the head. "Oh, that really hurt, Help me, help me," I said, dryly, giggling at him as we ran to my dad's locker room that he was sharing with Uncle Randy and Uncle DeWayne. My mom was in the Diva's locker room, chatting with some old friends of hers. I walked in my dad's locker room, to find him yelling at some dark-haired woman that I hadn't seen in a long time.
"John, don't you get it? NO ONE loves you like I do!" she said, close to tears.
"Get over it Dawn, it's been 10 years! I'm married, and I have kids, a son who is in this business, and a daughter who will probably follow in her brother's footsteps. She's already getting looks from OVW, and she's not even 17 yet. My kids are special, and they mean everything to me. So does my Wife." he said, looking exasperated. Dawn stamped her foot, and flounced out of the room, not even looking at me or Katie. I, however, didn't care; I was listening to my dad's comment. He said that I was getting looks from Ohio Valley Wrestling, the WWE's training company. I was speechless.
"Dad, I'm- oh, my- I'm getting looks- AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed in excitement, unable to find words. Katie was oblivious, but she could tell that it was something big.
"Wait a minute, Ari OVW...that's like, good, isn't it?" she said, curious.
"Good, this is GREAT! OVW and I'm only 16! How'd they find out about me anyway? And why didn't you tell me that I was getting looks? And how long have I been getting looks?" I said to my dad.
"Well, I sent in some of your tapes of you and Matt fooling around in the ring in the basement/gym, and they called three weeks ago asking about you doing a dark match in DC, once you graduate, of course. I was planning on telling you in a while...and if all goes well, you could have a contract with OVW. I talked to your mother about it, and she thinks it's a great idea." He said, hugging me.
"I gotta go tell everybody." I said. "Katie, if you Wanna wait here and watch my dad's match, dad, by the way, Hebs wants you to find uncle Randy so you three can go over the match one more time, you can and I'll come back and watch it with you." I said, looking at my tired cousin.
"Okay, but, I might need to rest up so that I can keep up tonight...I'll be asleep. Wake me up when it's time for Uncle John's match."
"Deal, later!" I said, as I ran down the hall and bumped into Shelton, Matt, Skittles and Hardy, who were going over their match a final time, since their match was next.
"Watch it Munchkin, you'll kill someone!" Matt joked, helping me off of the ground.
"Thanks Mattie, but guys, I have great news!" I said.
"Well, spill!" Shelton said, getting behind me.
"Okay, Matt, you know how dad films us sparing sometimes?" I said, looking to my brother.
"Yeah...but what does that have to do with anything?" he glared at me.
"Well, dad sent in a couple of tapes...and OVW called three weeks ago wanting me to do a dark match once I graduate!"
"Babe, are you telling me that you have OVW looking at you?" Shelton said, turning me around to face him.
"YEAH! OVW wants me to do a shadow match in DC once I graduate, and if all goes well, I could have a contract with them!" I screamed as Shelton pulled me into a hug, spinning me around and kissing me.
"Dude, do you realize that you're only 16? You have to be the youngest person to ever even be considered by OVW, let alone get a dark match! Congrats!" Jeff said, brushing his green and yellow hair out of his face.
"Thanks, Skittles." I said hugging him. I hugged Matt too, and Hardy.
"Baby girl, we're definitely celebrating tonight. This is big. But I have to drag you boyfriend away from you, cause we have to go lose to the Wonder Boys." he said, pointing at Hardy and Jeff. "Call all of your friends from school...PARTY AT MY HOUSE!!" Matt yelled
"See ya, have fun losing!" I said, kissing Shelton for the fifth time.
"See ya later, Shorty." He said, slapping my butt when no one was looking and running.
"You're gonna pay for that one later, Shelton."
"I bet I will. Love you, Ari." He said, walking back.
"Yeah...Wait, what?" I said, not sure I heard him clearly. It sounded like Shelton had just said that he loved me.
"I said, 'I love you,' Ariel. I know it might be too soon to say it, but I know how I feel, and it's obvious that you caring about a brother, so why not just say how I feel?" he said, smiling that heart-melting smile of his.
"I love you too, Shelton. I always have." I smiled and kissed his cheek. "Now, go and lose your match like the loser you are."
"Whatever. See you after my match."
"Bye!" I ran back to my dad's room; where Katie was sitting watching Uncle Rey get the pin on the assclown known as Carlito Caribbean Cool.
"Wow, Ari. You're in a good mood, and I don't mean because of the OVW thing either. You have what my mother calls an 'after sex smile'. Did you..." she left the question open, but I knew what she meant.
"NO, I didn't sleep with Shelton. But he told me he loved me!" I said, smiling big. Just then, Amy walked in the room, looking for me so we could watch the boy's match.
"Ari, dude, nice dye job! You look great! Who's this?" she said, smiling at Katie.
"Aims, this is Katie, my completely naive cousin. Katie, this is Amy, she's Matt's girlfriend. Hardy, not my brother." I said, watching the two shake hands.
"Ari, you haven't stopped smiling since I walked in the room, and I know that its not because I'm here...did you and Shelton..."
"NO! I HAVEN'T SLEPT WITH SHELTON YET!" I screamed, laughing.
"I don't think you will either," a voice said from the door way. We turned around, and standing in the door was my dad, wrapping tape on his wrists while trying to decide on whether he should be mad or amused.
"I didn't mean it like that, father. It's just that, Amy and Katie both said that I had this 'After-Sex' smile on my face, when really I'm smiling because...wait, I can't tell you, you're my dad!" I turned to Amy and whispered the reason I was smiling in her ear.
"Awwwww, that's so sweet! He actually said it?" she said, a big smile on her face.
"Yeah! He said it right there, in the middle of the hall way Aims. It was so sweet."
"Did you say it back?" Katie said, as exited as me and Amy.
I just nodded. They shrieked and my dad just walked away, muttering something about teenage girls.
"Let's watch the match, okay? I mean, I wanna see how well Matt and Jeff do selling their win..." I said, not trying to seem so anxious to see Shelton.
"Matt and Jeff huh?" Katie said, so not fooled.
"Yeah! Lets just watch the match." I said, turning on the monitor.
Ari's POV
We were in my little convertible; with the top down since it was April, cramped. In my little VW Beetle was Me, Katie, Shelton, Matt, Jeff, Hardy, Amy, and this new Diva that Matt was into named Christy Hemming along with all of their stuff. She was this little ball of red-headed energy. She was a perfect fit for me and Amy. Matt, Jeff, and Hardy were in the backseat, with Christy on Matt's lap, Katie on Jeff's, and Amy on Hardy's. Shelton was in the front seat, but his legs were cramping from having to scoot his chair up so Matt and Christy could fit behind him. When we pulled up to my house, we were all thankful to get out. After stretching out legs out, we went into the house with their bags. We were all hanging out in my room, when my school friends showed up.
"Cena, I heard the news, and the #1 running back in the state decided to come celebrate with you." I heard Eugene's voice shout as he ran down the hall.
"Hey Gene-o! Where's the rest of the guys?" I said, hugging my friend, and introducing everyone.
"Well, Kristin is in the bathroom, changing into some clothes, she had to work, and didn't want to party in a tacky McDonald's uniform," he chuckled, and Kristin walked in and slapped him in the head.
"Loser, at least I have a job!" she laughed at her boyfriend.
"Well, Sexy Boy is here, so let's get this party started!" I heard Lamar's voice ring out.
"Mason, get over yourself," I heard Marco shout at the same time as Crystal.
"Besides, no one is as hot as the Italian Stallion!" Alec laughed, right before I heard Rachael's voice shout to tell him to shut up.
"Okay, guys, stop fighting, and get in here so's I can introduce you asses." I said, smirking at my friends who were "fighting" outside my bedroom door. Marco, Alec and Lamar got up and walked into the room, Crystal and Rachael fallowing behind them.
"Guys, this is the group of people I spend my time with when I'm not annoying the hell out of you. This is Eugene, his girlfriend Kristin, Marco, his girlfriend Crystal, Alec, his girlfriend Rachael, and the assclown on the end, is Lamar. Guys, this is Shelton, who you know, Matt, who you know, Christy, Matt, Amy, Jeff, my cousin Katie, Shane, Nikki, and Tess. They are the other group of friends that I love to annoy, and who love to hate me!" I said, laughing.
"Hey, I thought that this was a party? Where's the music and what not?" Lamar said, smiling at the group.
"Gym. We'll open the doors, so we can hear it in the pool room too. We have to watch my dad beat Shelton's ass, cause he called my dad old, and said that he couldn't pin him!" I said, smiling at my boyfriend. "We're all placing $10 bets, and the winners split the earnings. So, who's all in on this?" I said, looking around.
In the end, Matt, Marco, Hardy, Jeff, Lamar, Kristin, Alec, Christy, and Tess all bet on Shelton, while Me, Kristin, Eugene, Amy, Nikki, Crystal, Katie and Rachael all put our $10 on dad.
We all changed into our swimsuits, Shelton just bringing his and going down in wrestling gear, and headed down to the gym where my dad was with my mom, Uncles Wayne, Randy, Mark, Eddie, Dave, Benoit, Jericho, Charlie, Paul, and Rey, And Aunts Torrie, Jackie, Danny, Stacy, Beautifull, Trish, and Stephanie. When the younger group of people walked in, my dad's face lit up, and he walked into the ring. Shelton got in, and they started going at it. Long story short, my dad won, and Me, Kristin, Marco, Gene-o, Amy, Nikki, Crystal, and Katie got to split $90.
Shelton changed into his trunks, and we made our way to the pool area where they were playing music. I turned away from Shelton to see my cousin talking to Lamar, who looked really interested in her. I frowned slightly, because Lamar was black. His skin color darker than mine, but lighter than my mom's chocolate completion; and her mom is a racist bitch who doesn't like me, mom, or Matty. And another question was burning in my mind that I just couldn't stop myself from asking.
"Shelton, I'll be right back. I gotta ask Mar-Mar a question."
"Aight, but hurry back, woman!" he joked.
"Don't call me woman, Shelly." I said, smirking at him.
"You're lucky I love you so much, or I would have to kick your ass..."
"Whatever," I said, walking over to Katie and Lamar.
"Katie, I need to steal Mason away from you. Ya mind?" I said to my cousin.
"No, just bring him back in one piece." She said, grinning. I grabbed Lamar, and walked out into the hall with him, away from my party.
"What's up, Shorty?" he said.
"I got a couple of quick questions, and don't call me Shorty, only Shelton can."
"Okay, what're your questions Ari?"
"Are you still going out with Lana? Because if you are, and you're two-timing my cousin, my Uncles are coming to visit you. And that's a promise. And I'm talking about Glenn, Mark, Randy, and DeWayne."
"I broke up with Lana's ass about three months ago." He said, looking bitter. "The little whore was sleeping with Marcus Donaldson, you know, captain of the lacrosse team?"
"Yeah, he's a prick. But I'm sorry about Lana, she's a bitch, and I'm gonna get her ass when school starts back up in May. My other question is, How much do you like my cousin?"
"Well, a lot. She's a great girl, and it's fun teaching her everything about movies, and music and such. She looks great by the way, I know those aren't her clothes, who's are they?" he said, opening the door and eying my cousin who was dancing with Jeff. Shelton was dancing with Crystal, Nikki was with Shane, and Matt and Christy were in a corner, making out. I looked at my cousin. She was wearing some black bondage pants that were tight up top, but got really baggy at the knees. She was wearing a pink tank top that said, 'Your boyfriend is a great kisser...now how do I know that?" in black letters. I grinned at Shelton, who'd seen me and Lamar open the door.
"They're mine. But I'll put in a good word for you with my cousin. Just don't make me regret it, deal?"
"Thanks, Ari." He said, pulling me into a brotherly hug.
"No prob, Mar-Mar. Now can I please go back in? I kinda want to be with my boyfriend, and you need to talk to my cousin."
"Deal. And Ari?"
"Yeah?"
"Thanks."
"No problem, Mar. You're a good guy, my cousin's a great girl, and you two deserve to be happy."
We walked back into the pool area the sounds of Ashlee Simpson's "Pieces of Me", Me, Kristin and Rachael's favorite song. Somehow, we found each other, and started dancing in the middle of the floor. For some reason, the song made me think about Shelton.
On a Monday, I am waiting,
Tuesday, I am fading,
And by Wednesday, I can't sleep.
When the phone rings, I hear you
In the darkness, there's a clear view
You've come to rescue me
Fall, sometimes I fall so fast.
I can hardly catch my breath,
I hope it lasts...
I pulled Shelton on the dance floor, and we started dancing. Katie was dancing with Lamer, Kristin with Eugene, Crystal with Marco, Rachael and Alec, Matt and Christy, Hardy and Amy, Jeff and Nikki, and Shane and Tess were together.
OHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Seems like I can finally rest my head on something real
And I like the way that feels
OHHHHHHHHHHHHH
It's as if you know me better than I ever knew myself,
And I love how you can tell
All the pieces, pieces, pieces of me
All the pieces, the pieces, pieces of me
I am moody, messy
I get restless, and I'm senseless
And you never seem to care.
When I'm angry, you listen.
Make me happy, it's your mission
And you won't stop till I'm there.
Fall, with you I fall so fast
When I hit the bottom crash, you're all I have...
I buried my face in Shelton's chest, breathing his scent, knowing that he was leaving in two days. I didn't want him to go, I loved him, and he knew that. I just loved being with him and being around him, talking to him, being held... all of that.
OHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Seems like I can finally rest my head on something real
And I like the way that feels
OHHHHHHHHHHHHH
It's as if you know me better than I ever knew myself
And I love how you can tell
All the pieces, pieces, pieces of me...
How do you know everything I'm about to say
Am I that obvious, or is it written on my face
I hope it never goes...
Away
I was kind of worried about when I go to OVW. I mean, how are me and Shelton going to be able to see each other when I'll be on the OVW circuit, and he's on the WWE circuit? Our paths will never cross, and I'll hardly ever get to see him. I'll have to talk to him later, but right now, I'm going to enjoy me celebration, and have some fun with the people I love.
On a Monday, I am waiting
Tuesday, I am fading into your arms,
So I can breathe...
OHHHHHHHHHH
Seems like I can finally rest my head on something real
And I like the way that feels
OHHHHHHHHHH
It's as if you know me better than I ever knew myself
I love how you can tell
OHHHHHHHHH
I love how you can tell
OHHHHHHHH
And I love how you can tell
The pieces, pieces, pieces of me
All the pieces, the pieces
Pieces of me...
When the song finished, the adults went up stairs, leaving the younger ones downstairs. We stripped down to our bating suits, and jumped in the pool. We splashed around having girls against boys wrestling matches in the pool for a couple of hours, before I grabbed Katie, and took her into the ring like I promised her. Everyone was around the ring watching. I had Shelton and Jeff be my assistants, and I taught her basics, like clotheslines, cross bodies, hip tosses, and shoulder tosses. I had the rainbow Hardy perform a Twist of Fate on me, Shelton do a German Suplex, and Amy do a Hurichrania (A/N: I still can't spell that move!!! Help me if you know) from the top ropes on me so Katie could see that it was pretty hard to get hurt, if you fell right. I was able to get her to let me F-U her. I held back, but she dropped her shoulder, and she landed all wrong. She screamed loudly, she was in a lot of pain, and she was crying.
"Shit! Matt, go get dad and Uncle Randy." I said, dropping to my knees to look at her shoulder. It wasn't broken, but it was going to be sore for a couple of days. Dad came down the stairs, Matt and Uncle Randy right behind him.
"Is it broken?" dad asked over her cries.
"No, it's just bruised, like mine was. She dropped her shoulder in an FU, same way I did," I said, walking over to the cabinet and grabbing an ACE bandage and some IcyHot. I rolled back in the ring, rubbed the cream on her shoulder, and as I was wrapping her shoulder with the bandage, I saw Lamar's face. It was really pale, and he looked on the verge of tears. I was confused, because Lamar was a lot like me, he never cried, at all, not even at his dad's funeral. I decided to ignore it, and help my cousin. Lamar rolled into the ring, and helped Katie out. At this point, we decided that it was time for bed.
Well, there's chapter eight, so push the little button below this message and leave a review...if you do, I'll be your best friend, and I'll write some more even faster...
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