Chapter 5.

The next morning Jessie woke up when she felt John shaking her. "Babygirl, come on sweetheart we gotta get going. It's 6:05." She got up and stretched. She noticed that John was already showered and dressed. "I thought I'd let you sleep as long as you could. I know that if you came and got in the bed with me you didn't have too good of a night last night". Jessie nodded and got up. She went to her room and picked out one of her new outfits to wear. She got a pink shirt that said "Princess" on it in light blue glittery cursive letters, a wrap around jean skirt, her white sneakers, and a few accessories.

After she had dressed she grabbed her bags and started hauling them out of her room. She got to the stairs and heard someone behind her "need help". She looked back and saw Randy leaning against the wall smirking at her. He walked over and picked up her bags like they were nothing and carried them down the stairs where the other bags were. She rolled her eyes and followed him. She got to the bottom of the stairs and saw John walking around the house at a fast pace, seemingly lost in his thoughts. She got a bit worried thinking that something went wrong. She looked over at Randy questioningly.

"He always does this don't worry" he said " all he's doing is making sure he isn't forgetting something that he needs". Randy sat down on the couch, clicking on the tv. He flipped through the channels for about 10 minutes when John came back in the room.

"What are you doing? We don't have time to watch tv we have to go" John said going over and grabbing his bags and half of Jessie's. Randy rolled his eyes, clicked off the tv, walked over and grabbed the remaining bags, following John out the door. Jessie followed them out.

Randy and John maneuvered the bags into the trunk of the car as Jessie got into the back seat. After a lot of moving and switching bags they finally got the bags in the trunk. John got into the driver side as Randy got into the passenger. Jessie noticed that John did most of the driving she leaned up and looked at Randy "why don't you ever drive".

"Because he has a terrible case of road rage" John said backing out of the driveway.

"I do not" Randy said indignantly "I am an intense driver and make John worry over me so he drives whenever were together because he's too chicken to ride shotgun with me".

"Dude you threw a coke can out of the window at a little old lady driving a Buick once. The poor woman couldn't even see over the dash really" John said. Jessie looked over at Randy in shock, not being able to believe that he had done that.

"She cut me off I mean come on you don't cut people off its just rude its like bad drivers
etiquet..." John turned the radio on really loud cutting Randy off mid sentence. The radio was still on the rock station Jessie had it on yesterday and Freak on a Leash by Korn was currently playing.

It seemed like in no time that they were at the airport to catch their plane. Jessie was really nervous. She had never been on a plane before so she didn't know what to expect. As they made their way inside the airport Jessie started to walk slower and was shaking a bit. Randy looked back noticing that she wasn't right behind them and gave her a questioning look.

'Never been on a plane' she mouthed, not wanting to say it out loud.

Randy slowed his pace until he was walking as slow as she was. "I'll tell you a secret" Randy whispered so that only Jessie could hear "I was scared to fly for a long time. Don't worry, I'll sit with you and you can hold on to my hand if you get scared." Jessie nodded and grabbed Randy's hand even though they weren't on the plane yet. Randy didn't say a word just squeezed her hand reassuringly.

They walked over and checked their bags. Randy let go of her hand so he could give up his and her bags. Jessie felt a flash of panic as his hand left hers but reasoned that she was on firm ground and there was nothing to worry about. They went next to go get their tickets. The lady at the counter handed each of them a ticket and John paid for his and Jessie's while Randy paid for his own. Randy looked at his ticket and frowned. He leaned in and whispered something to John, John nodded and whispered back. Randy came over to Jessie.

"Sweetie I'm really sorry but for some reason my seats away from yours. But don't worry John's seat is next to yours and he's gonna help you stay calm. He'll hold your hand, talk to you and make sure your ok". Jessie nodded and took a deep breath, shakily letting it out. She looked over at John who stretched his arms out offering her a hug. She launched herself into his arms and buried her head into his shoulder.

"It's ok sweetheart. It'll be ok. Its nothing. Daddy's gonna be right there I promise, he wont let nothing
happen to you". Jessie nodded into his shoulder and tried to calm down. She calmed down and pulled herself from John's grasp. She wiped the tears from her face and smiled. She knew that she would be ok.

About 30 minutes later the announcement for their flight was made. John, Randy and Jessie made their way to the terminal. Jessie was shaking badly and John reached over and took her hand in his. She felt a bit better but was still scared. They walked on the plane and Jessie felt like she was getting claustrophobic. The plane seemed smaller than they looked on tv. She followed John to where their seats were and after he climbed in and sat down by the window she sat in the seat beside him. She put on her seatbelt and made sure it was on tightly. The usual announcements were made and she felt the plane start moving. She reached over and grabbed John's arm tightly. He pried her hand off his arm and took it in his own. "Its ok babygirl this is all normal nothing out of the ordinary. Hey why don't you watch the movie. It always helps me take my mind off the flight". Jessie nodded. John looked at the screen where the movie was starting. His eyes widened when he noticed it was Con-Air.

"Why don't you watch one on my portable dvd player. This movie sucks. I brought Stand By Me". Jessie knew there was something up but didn't question it. She just took the dvd player and movie and started watching. It didn't take long until she was engrossed in the movie. It had always been one of her favorites and she could always watch it and usually quoted everything.

When the credits started rolling Jessie felt John nudge her. She stopped the movie and took off the
headphones. "Rides over babygirl. That wasn't so bad was it". Jessie shook her head and gave John the dvd player so he could put it up. After that Jessie felt the plane jerk a bit to a stop. The little seatbelt sign went off and people started to get up. She took off her seatbelt and slipped out into the aisle so John could get out. Once he was she followed him out of the plane. They stepped out and went over to the side to wait for Randy. Randy came out not long after and came immediately over to Jessie and gave her a hug.

"How'd it go sweetie" he asked, concern in his eyes. She smiled and shrugged.

"I watched Stand By Me the whole time. I didn't even really notice the ride" she felt good about it. She felt like she had accomplished something, like she had gotten past her fear. She knew that the fear was still there and that if she didn't have the dvd player she probably wouldn't have made it as well as she had.

"Didn't notice the ride? That's an understatement babygirl. I had to climb over you at one point when I had to go to the bathroom" John said with a teasing smile on his face.

"Why didn't you just nudge me or something to let me know" Jessie said looking at John who started
laughing.

"I did! I even pulled one side of your headphones off and said 'Jessie I gotta go potty', you smacked my hand and pulled the headphones back on" Randy started laughing hard when he heard this and it set John off again and the two of them just stood there laughing their fool asses off. Jessie rolled her eyes and shrugged. About 5 minutes later John and Randy got themselves under control and the 3 made their way out of the airport. At the front of the airport Jessie noticed John and Randy going over to a line of people. She was confused but followed them.

"Hi" John said to the lady behind the desk "I need a car please" John took out his wallet and handed the lady his drivers license. She took it and typed a few things into the computer, after putting in all the information the lady handed John a key.

"It's a 1989 Ford Mustang" with that she motioned for someone else to come up. John walked away rolling his eyes.

"I hate picking up cars. Those people are so impersonal. You could at least smile and act like you care" John went on and on as they made their way to the car. Jessie and Randy kind of ignored him and let him complain. Randy and John, who had quit complaining, got the bags settled in the trunk which wasn't an easy feat. The trunk wasn't made to hold that much. Once that was accomplished John got in and started the car while Randy got in and put on his seatbelt. They started their 4 and a half hour journey from Dallas to San Antonio.

Jessie got extremely bored on the trip. Both John and Randy were in their own little worlds and she had nothing to do. "Bored baby girl?" John asked looking at her in the rear view mirror.

"Yea kinda" Jessie said looking back at him.

"Lets do something. Play a game or something" Randy said looking excited at the prospect of playing a game to pass the time.

"What kind" Jessie said.

"Well how about 10 questions. We can ask you 5 each and you can ask us 5 each. That is if you can think of something that you don't already know" Randy said turning and smiling cheekily at Jessie.

"Sounds good" John said enthusiastically.

"I'm game" Jessie shrugged.

"Ok lets see how can we do this...OH! I got it. Ok John and I will alternate questions with you giving
answers. Then you can alternate asking us questions with us giving you the answers" Randy said making sure he made sense. He had a tendency to say what he thought and it not make any sense. Jessie and John nodded. It was decided John would go first then Randy and so on.

"Ok. Do you have a boyfriend" he couldn't help asking this question, it was the dad in him coming out.

"No" Jessie said "never really noticed boys before in that way".

John blew out a sigh of relief that was covered up by Randy asking his first question "do you have any pet peeves".

"Tons. I don't like bare feet. I don't like people who chew with their mouth open. That's just eww. Don't like when people don't look at me when I talk. Can't sleep without some kind of light. I hate people who are in a bad mood a lot. That's about it" Jessie said satisfied with her answer. She was a pretty easy going girl.

"Do you know what you want to be when you grow up" John asked getting interested in the game since he was getting to know his daughter.

"I have an idea. I want to maybe be a neo natal doctor. If not that then I've pondered the idea of being a female wrestler". She noticed Randy's head whip toward her when she said this.

"Oh how adorable. Father daughter tag team, hey you two could be the first inter gender tag team
champions" Randy said with a wide grin.

"Nah that was already accomplished by La Resistance" John joked "wait no they're BOTH girls I forgot"
Randy and John bowled over in laughter at John's joke. Jessie simply smiled a bit and rolled her eyes.

"Well I could ask who's your all time favorite wrestler but I know that's me" Randy said with his patented RKO cocky smirk.

"NO WAY!" John said to Randy smacking his shoulder "Its me I mean I'm her dear old dad here why wouldn't I be her favorite".

"Your both wrong" Jessie said "its a tie between Mark Jindrak and Maven". Jessie enjoyed the looks of shock that were sent her way.

"EYEBROW BOY AND GOAT FACE?" Randy asked loudly " I have WAY more talent and good looks in my
pinky finger than the two of them combined have in their whole body".

"Yeah and I have more than him so what gives" John said looking at Jessie in the mirror.

"Well John your my dad so that automatically says I can't have you as my favorite and Randy your fastly becoming the brother I never had so same applies to you" Jessie said practically seeing John and Randy's ego deflate like a balloon that had been popped.

"Anyway moving on" John said putting on a fake pout that Jessie laughed at "do you have any nicknames besides what Randy and I call you".

"Jess and Jessa is what my mom used to call me" Jessie said, smiling at the memory of those times. It hurt less and less each day.

"Do you like to cook" Randy said looking at Jessie with a small hopeful look.

"Randall Keith Orton shut up my daughter is not cooking for your sorry butt" John said smacking
Randy again.

"If it isn't microwavable or isn't in a can I can't cook it" Jessie said answering.

"Do you have any favorite video games" John asked looking again at her through the rear view mirror.

"Never played one" Jessie said non chalantly.

"WHAT" both John and Randy exclaimed loudly at the same time.

"Oh that's such a crime" Randy said with a shake of his head.

"We're teaching her a few things before this trip is over" John said with a determined look on his face.

"Agreed" Randy agreed.

"Doom, Mario Kart, Street Fighter, RAW vs Smackdown, Day of Reckoning, Donkey Kong..." John started naming various video games.

"Next question" Jessie said not particularly interested in the video game talk.

"Do you like animals" Randy asked.

"Oh yes. I love them. I've always wanted a pet but I could never get one cause mom had a lot of allergies to animals" Jessie answered kind of dreaming in her mind of what it would be like to have a pet she could coddle over.

"Ever been to Disney" John asked thinking of the perfect father-daughter outing. He couldn't wait for it. He could picture in his mind running to keep up with Jessie as she went to various stands and scarfed down cotton candy and cokes and rode the Dumbo and E.T. rides. John smiled wildly at this.

"Nope I've never been" Jessie said "always wanted to though" Jessie realized how sheltered her life was. Her mom had to work 3 jobs to support her and they were almost like ships passing in the night.

"Ever been to a concert" Randy asked, he loved music. He was thinking of taking Jessie to see Seeger,
Aerosmith, Metallica and other artists he loved since he knew she had similar taste in music.

"Well unless you count the Boyz 2 Men concert mom went to when she was pregnant with me then no" Jessie said.

"Well thats it for us, do you have any questions for us" John asked hoping that she wouldn't ask him anything about the relationship between he and her mom in front of Randy. John knew that Jessie might not like what he told her.

"Yea lemme think" Jessie said screwing up her nose in concentration. She wanted to ask John about her mom and his relationship but she didn't want to do it in front of Randy.

"Ok I'mma ask questions and you both answer cause I can't think of individual questions" Jessie said and both guys nodded in agreement "ok first question do you have a girlfriend".

"I do" Randy said "her names Kennedy Olivia Jones. She lives back in St. Louis. I talk to her everyday but I haven't seen her in a while so I dunno about our relationship really" Jessie was a bit sad that he had a girlfriend but she was starting to think of Randy as the brother she never had so she didn't dwell on it.

"Well I don't have a girlfriend persay but I have my eye on someone" John said mysteriously.

"Its Trish Stratus" Randy said looking back at Jessie "he's like in love with her but he's too chicken to do anything about it".

"Dude shut up it isn't like that" John said smacking Randy. Randy rubbed the spot John smacked and glared at him.

"If you smack me one more time I'mma smack you back. Anyways next question." Randy said glancing back at Jessie.

"Do both of you enjoy wrestling or is it just a job" Jessie said interested in hearing what they have to say.

"WE LOVE IT" both said enthusiastically. Jessie fell over in laughter, they were like siamese twins
sometimes. She loved how they were so close they could read each other like a book.

"Dang were here at the hotel already" Randy said looking out the window at the big Hilton sign coming into view. Jessie was kinda sad that she couldn't ask more but figured that she had all the time in the world to ask questions. John pulled up to a space in the parking lot and parked. The three got out and Randy and John made their way to the trunk to get the bags out.

"I can carry one of mine you know" Jessie said gesturing to the bags. John smiled and handed her one of her bags. She grabbed the strap and when she pulled it from his hand it fell to the ground and she fell on top of it.

"Ok so maybe I can't" Jessie said looking up at them from the ground. John extended a hand and helped her up.

"Let us handle the heavy lifting babygirl" John said "could you be a doll though and get the door". Jessie almost said something sarcastic about not being made of porcelain but she didn't. She just opened the door and held it as the two guys made their way in with the bags.