Here's chapter 15…chapter 16 will be up in two days!

"Hey Ari, since we spent last Christmas in Boston with your folks, could we spend this years with my family?"

We were in Denver, and it was about four weeks to Christmas. We were sitting in the middle of the ring stretching, three hours to show time.

"Sure, seeing how I've never met your family face to face." I smiled.

"Great, we'll leave a couple of days before Christmas, and then we'll spend New Years in Boston with your folks." He said, smiling.

"Alright, but now I have a question for you," I said, smirking at him.

"Shoot."

"Well, why have you guys been ditching me for the past couple of weeks?" I said, cocking my head to the side.

"What are you talking bout baby girl?"

"You, Matt, Dad, Uncle Eddie, Amy, Hardy, Jeff, Nikki, Tess, Uncle Mark, all of you guys are ditching me!"

"We are not, babe, we just have this assignment for Shane-o-Mac to do, Top Secret, so I can't tell you."

"Yeah you can, Shelton, who am I gonna tell?"

"Well, we're doing a show, a small one for some kids in this hospital. It's a free show that none of us are being paid for, and Shane said not to tell anyone because then it would turn into a big production that would make all the superstars want to join in this thing."

"When is it?"

"The day before we leave to go to South Carolina."

"Oh, okay, I thought you guys were ditching me."

"No way, I asked Shane-o if you could be in it, but you, Adam, Chris, Jay, Shane, and a couple of more guys have an Autograph Session."

"Oh" I said, smiling. I didn't believe him for one little bit. They were planning something, something BIG.


What I told Ari was true, but after, we were going to Eddie's cousin's garage to get Ari's Skyline. (A/N: If you guys hadn't guessed, YES they're getting Ari the Skyline!) Mark and Eddie were going to do the engine work, Amy, Jeff and Matt were going to do the paint, Me, John, Randy, DeWayne, Paul, Dave, Adam, Jay, Chris, (even though he was still pissed at her, Matt and Jeff for their prank at the movie party) and Shane chipped in the dough to pay for the car and parts. We were going to give the car to her on New Years Eve, and just give her regular presents for Christmas so that we could keep everything a complete secret.

I was walking down the hallway towards Amy's locker room to look at the design for the car.

"Aims?" I said, knocking on her door.

"Yeah, what's up Shelton?"

"I wanted to see the design you were working on for the Skyline," I muttered, praying Ari wasn't fallowing me around.

"Oh, sure, come on in." she smiled, and stepped back to let me in. Matt and Jeff were leaning over a sketch book, talking.

"Guys," Amy said, looking down at the brothers. "Shelt's here to see the design."

They looked up, and handed me the design.

"Now, the concept was Amy's Idea." Matt said, smirking.

"But the Sketching, that's all Matt." Amy piped up.

"Yeah, but Jeff's the color man over here."

The design was hot. It was about a million shades of blue. It had a Royal blue base coat, with a picture of the WWE symbol with a crown on top of it in about 75 different shades of blue on the hood. On the sides in black curly script was: 'Wrestling Princess' I smiled to myself. This car looked perfect for my baby girl.

"Guys, this is awesome. Can I go show this to John and the old guys?" I said, looking to the group.

"Sure, just don't let Ari see the sketch book." Amy warned.

"No problem Amy, I'll keep the document safe my queen!" I said, in mock salute. She flipped me off, and I jogged out of the room laughing.


I ran to John's room, where he was playing Madden with Matt, Randy and DeWayne. Mark, Eddie, Paul and Dave were watching.

"Hey, guys," I said, waving.

"What's up, lover boy?" Matt laughed. I flipped them off as they all laughed.

"ANYWAY," I laughed. "I have the paint job from Amy Jeff and Hardy. Anyone wanna see?" I said, waving the sketch book in front of them.

"Yeah, pass it over," Randy said, pausing the game.

"Wow, this is awesome!" Matt said.

"This is amazing…this is a great design…better than some of my low riders!" Eddie said, smiling.

"This is really nice. Little One'll love it!" Mark said, smirking at the design.

"SO, now Ari knows about the show for the children's hospital, but I don't think she believes it. I know for a fact that the girl knows we're up to something. She just doesn't know what." I said, scratching the back of my head.

"So we gotta be really careful." John said, smirking. So, we pick up the car tonight, and take it to Eddie's cousin Manuel's garage. Now Eddie, Mark, how long do you think it'll take to do the mods on this thing? Cause we gotta get it to Boston about a week before Christmas because Amy and the Hardy Boys have to paint this thing. Luckily, Shelton is taking Ari to his parent's place in South Carolina, so we can keep it in my Garage, and they can just stay over, you know, and work on it as long as they want to."

"We'll need about two weeks; depending on how bad the engine is, because I can re-build an engine in a week if nothing needs to be repaired." Mark said.

"Yeah, and now that I've seen the paint job, well, I wanna put a blue neon body kit on the Skyline." Eddie piped up.

"Alright, now that Operation Skyline is underway, if anyone tells Ari, they're in a cage match with Glenn." I said, laughing.

"Yes Sir!" Matt said in mock salute.

"Now, I'm gonna go get Ari, and we're going out, Daddy-daughter date." John said, smirking.

"Where you guys going?" I said.

"Now if I told you, she'd try to castrate me!" he said smirking at Matt, DeWayne, and Randy, who just nodded, laughing.

"I take it, that's her third passion that she won't tell me about?"

"Yep," everyone said.

"So you guys really aren't gonna tell me?"

"Nope!" they all yelled, laughing.

"Alright, don't tell me!"

"If they do, I'll try to kill them all in their sleep." A voice said through the door. I turned around to see Ari leaning against the door jam, a satisfied smirk on her face.

"What are you so happy about?"

"Actually, I'm gloating…seeing how you're STILL trying to figure out my three passions."

"So, how long you been in here?"

"Since daddy started talking bout the daddy-daughter date. But you guys are hiding something. I don't know what, but I will find out." She said, eyeing all of us.

"Whatever baby girl, ain't nothing going on." I said, laughing at her suspiciousness.

"Alright, whatever Shelton. Daddy, what time should I be ready?"

"6:30 princess. Neither one of us have anything to do tonight for the show, so we'll leave now and be back by main event time." He said, smiling at her.

"Okay, uh, Uncle Randy, can I have your car to go to the hotel?"

"Why my car?" he whined playfully.

"Because, in Uncle Mark's car, if you can call it that, I can't reach the pedals, Uncle Wayne's Lexus is too flashy, Matt needs his, so does Shelton, and I wouldn't make it to the hotel in Uncle Eddie's car because I would have too much fun playing with the hydraulics! That leaves you and your Porsche."

"You wreck my baby, I'll kill you." He said, throwing the keys to her.

"Thanks uncle Rand, you're an angel." She said, running out to the women's locker room to get her bag.

"You're really not gonna tell me where your taking her, are you?" I said, eying John.

"Give it a rest, Benjamin; I'm not telling you!" he laughed, getting his bag together.


I was exited, god forbid anyone know why, and I did about 90 on the freeway on the way to the hotel. I got there and got ran into my hotel room. I had about two hours left to get ready. If dad said to be ready at 6:30, I figured the show started at 7:00. I got in the bathtub, and washed my hair. I shaved my legs and under my arms. Then I sat down in front of the mirror and started my hair. I twisted my hair back into an elegant bun at the base of my neck, and added a diamond hair clip. I left a piece out in the front on each side and put those pieces in Shirley Temple Curls. I put on the diamond ear rings my mom gave me for my 16th birthday, along with the necklace, ring and bracelet Shelton gave me. Next I did my make up. I put on mainly neutral colors, only adding a copper colored eye shadow and a mocha colored lipstick. I pulled out my dress, which was black and went to the floor. It was slightly off the shoulder, with capped sleeves. It had a slit on the left side that went up to mid thigh. I added a simple black heel to complete the outfit. I looked in the mirror and smiled to myself. I looked at least 24 in this get up, and I loved it. I looked at the clock and saw that it was 6:25, and grabbed my small black purse and a duffle bag full of clothes to change in to. Then, I walked to the elevator.
I was sitting in the lobby, waiting for Ari to come down, pissed that I was wearing a tux. I hadn't even worn a tux when I got married, but I'd do it for my little girl. I looked up towards the elevator and saw her. I broke into a smile when she walked into the lobby. My little girl wasn't a girl anymore. She was becoming a woman. She looked so elegant, and adult.

"Princess, you look so beautiful." I said, kissing her forehead.

"Thanks dad," she said, smiling that hundred watt smile of hers.

"So, ready to go?"

"Definitely. You sure no one knows where we're going?" she said, looking around.

"Yes Ariel. Shelton's still trying to get it out of me, so is AJ and Adam, but I'll never tell.

"Okay, let's go."

We got into DeWayne's black Lexus, which I'd borrowed, and drove to the theatre. That was Ari's big secret. That she had a love for ballet. We were going to see The Nutcracker, her favorite ballet. By the time we left the show, two and a half hours later, Ari had tears in her eyes.

"Still upset, huh Princess?" I said, putting my arm around her shoulders.

"A little. I mean, if I hadn't fallen off of that bike and hit that truck, I wouldn't have messed up my knee, and I would be prima ballerina right now."

"Ari, remember what I told you when you were in the hospital? Everything happens for a reason. You were meant to be a wrestler, because you can't be a prima ballerina, like you wished. If you were meant to be a prima ballerina, then I'd be watching you up on that stage. Don't be upset baby girl. Trust me on that one. I wanted to be a rapper, but things didn't work out that way did it? I mean, I can rap, just like you can dance, but we wrestle, cause that's what we're meant to be: wrestle. Understand?"

"Yeah. I get it. But you can't help but wonder 'What if', ya know?"

"Yeah, I know baby girl. But princess, don't dwell on the 'what if's', because if you do, then you'll never get anywhere."

"Thanks dad, I needed this, you know? Go see a ballet, and talk about everything. But since I'm being so open, it's your turn dad."

"Shoot Munchkin"

"What are you guys planning?"

"I'll tell you, if you let me tell Shelton about ballet."

"NO WAY!"

"Why?"

"Because, wrestlers aren't supposed to like ballet. It's so girly, and it'll ruin my rep of being hard core and kick ass!" she laughed.

I looked at her and shook my head laughing, walking back to the car. We got in and drove to the arena which was thirty minutes away. We got back into the arena and almost made it into my dressing room. ALMOST.

"John! John, why are you in a tux? You goin to a funeral or something? Who's the broad? She's hot, really hot! You cheating on the misses?"

"AJ, you don't recognize your 'hot' best friend when you see her? " Ari laughed, letting go of my arm.

"Mermaid? Dude, you look nice, really nice man. Where you guys coming from?"

"Danny-Daughter Date, and if I told you exactly where, I'd have to kill you," she said, smiling at him.

"Well, if it's like that, Cena, I'm guessing it's that third passion of yours isn't it?"

"Of course, Jones! But um, I need to get out of these clothes, if you don't mind?"

"Go on, but I'll find out." He said.

"Dream on, Jones."

"Alright, but don't say I didn't warn you."