Everyday at four Ashley left the house and went to this park down the street, she would sit there for hours and think about things. At first John was extremely worried that she was slipping into depression but when he asked her about it she said she was fine so he just let it go. Ashley had a secret that morning she was able to move her toes. It was slightly but she was defiantly sure that her nerves were healing. She didn't want to tell John right away because she didn't want him to get all excited and then have nothing happen. She unbuckled herself from the seat and carefully tried to stand up. For 5 seconds she managed to keep herself up before her legs gave out. She smiled and shook her head. She tried again and she managed to stand a little longer before falling again. She felt a thing she thought she would never feel again … pain. The pain was almost unbearable but she welcomed it because that meant that she'd be able to walk again. She went home and took a hot bath to dull the pain. Then she tried to stand again she managed a whole minute without falling.
1 Month Later
After some very strenuous therapy sessions with Ben Ashley was able to walk for a little while at a time. Tonight was going to be her ultimate surprise she was going back to Raw, and she was going to walk. Not even John knew that she was able to walk and that made the surprise more fun.
"What a glorious November day" Ashley said to herself.
Technically she was lying to her husband but the way she thought of it, it was more like an early Christmas present for her whole family. She had called ahead with Vince and everything was set up so it would be perfect.
"John you ready?" Ashley asked as she waited in the family room for her husband.
"Yep" he replied grabbing his coat.
"Ok then Springfield here we come" Ashley said.
"You think we should call and check on the kids before me go?" John asked.
"John they are at your dad's house what could possibly go wrong" Ashley replied.
"Yeah I guess you are right" he said.
They left and headed for Springfield Civic Center.
"Driving through Springfield brings back my collage years" John said.
"Riight" Ashley replied.
They arrived at the arena just as the show started.
"Baby I'm going to go see people" Ashley said.
"Ok" John replied.
She met up with Maddie in her office.
"You ready?" Maddie asked.
"Yeah" Ashley said standing up from her chair. But then she sat back down and she and Maddie made their way to the gorilla.
"Well let's go" Maddie said.
"You know it's good to see you walk again" Maddie commented.
"You have no idea how good it feels to walk again" Ashley replied.
"Ok here we go" Maddie said. "I go out first, you know your cue right?"
"Yeah I get to see the scripts before you do remember" Ashley replied.
"Yeah and I must say giving everyone else a script with our scene cut out was genius" Maddie said.
"What can I say I'm a diabolical genius" Ashley said.
Maddie's music began to play and she went out to address the crowd.
"Springfield Massachusetts are you ready to Rock and Roll?" Maddie/ Crystal asked.
The crowd began to cheer loudly.
"Well tonight we some great matches" Crystal said.
"King what do you think our Co-General Manager has up her sleeve?" Coach asked.
"You never know with Crystal" King replied.
"For starters we have a once in a life time match that probably won't be seen again due to some negotiations on my part we are able to get Jeff Hardy back for one night and one night only" Crystal said. "So it will be the return of the Hardy Boyz and they will be taking on the team of Edge and Chris Masters"
The crowd began to cheer again and chant Jeff's name.
"There's more folks The WWE had just brought back the Hardcore title, so tonight you will see Tyson Tomko and Matt Striker will go one on one for that title" Crystal announced " but that isn't all John Cena will go one on one with AJ Styles for the WWE Championship for the first time since Cena returned from his injury leave"
"Also Chavo Guerrero will be taking on Gregory Helms for the Intercontinental Title"
Then Bon Jovi's It's My Life started to play.
"Now who could that be?" Joey Styles asked.
"I have no idea" King said.
"Wait a minute" Ashley said walking out from behind the gorilla.
"Wait a minute King that's Ashley Harris … or should I say Ashley Cena" Joey Styles said.
John who was sitting in his locker room stretching for his match looked up when he heard his wife's voice coming from the tv. His jaw hit the floor when he saw that she was standing. He watched as she walked into the ring and hugged Maddie.
"Now like I said wait a minute" Ashley said. "I think I have one more match that might be some fun for you my friend"
"Oh really and what would that be?" Crystal asked.
"Well I have been watching Raw since I left and I've noticed that our other Co- General Manager has been giving you some problems so tonight it will be Eric Bischoff against a mystery contender that I won't announce till it is time for the match" Ashley said.
"I'm liking the sound of that" Maddie said.
"You are going to love who I have picked out and let's just say I had to talk to Theodore Long for like 3 hours to get him to let me have this match" Ashley said.
"Thank you Teddy" she added sweetly.
Crystal was laughing by now.
"Is there anything else you want to say?" Crystal asked.
"Yeah I want to say this Raw goes out to you Eddie who left us four years ago… Viva La Raza… we haven't forgotten"
Ashley wore a huge grin at the end of the night. John won his title back and Jeff and Matt's match was awsome to watch. Finally Eric Bischoff got his ass handed to him by her father so all was good.
"How ya feelin Eric?" Ashley asked.
"I've been better" he replied. "I have to say that match must have raised the rating quite a bit"
"Yeah I thought Eddie's anniversary deserved to go out with a bang and unfortunately people want to see you beat up" Ashley said patting Eric on ths shoulder.
John came up and wrapped his arms around Ashley waist. Ashley turned so she was facing him.
"You want to tell me about something?" he asked.
"Honey I can walk" she joked.
"Yeah I can see that" he replied.
"Early Christmas gift" she said.
"Oh is it?" he asked giving her a long passionate kiss.
"Yeah it definitely is" she replied wrapping her arms around his neck.
A/N: Sorry it took me so long to update but I guess Eddie's death hit me a little harder than I originally thought. Sadly there is only going to be two more chapter to this story but there is going to be a sequel. So enjoy. I promise the next chapter will be up soon. Oh and just incase anyone wants to know I am thinking of making a sequel to Tough Little Boys so let me know if you would like that.