Chapter 18 Meeting the Parents
"What are you so nervous about Aq, their just my parents". John asked. The two were standing on the porch outside of his house.
"I know, it's just I'm scared I may not make a good impression on them". Aqua said.
"Honey, their just family, my mom's like the nicest person you'll ever meet and my dad will probably love you as much as I do". John kissed her on the cheek. "No need to be scared, just be yourself, okay?".
"Ok". She said quietly.
"Good, now let's do this". He said as he rung the doorbell. After a few seconds the door swung open.
"There's my baby boy!". Carol cheered pulling her son in for a huge hug.
"Hey mom". John said between his laughs, pulling away from him carol turned to aqua. "Mom, this is my girlfriend Aqua Marina". Aqua stepped forward.
"Well it's nice to meet you Ms. Marina, I'm Carol Cena".
"Nice to meet you too Mrs. Cena". She said as they shook hands, john and her walked inside the house closing the door behind them, john set their bags down.
"Hey there son". Mr. Cena greeted walking up to john, also giving him a hug.
"Hey pop". John greeted back. "I would like you to meet my girl Aqua".
John walked up to Aqua. "Nice to meet you, names John Cena".
"Nice to meet you Mr. Cena".
"Would you like me to help you get settled in?". John's dad offered.
"Um, sure thank you". Aqua said, john grabbed the bags and the two headed upstairs, john was about to follow, but his mom stopped him.
"Wait a second, I wanna talk to you outside". Carol said, john followed her out to the backyard, she made sure to close the screen door behind her.
"So what's up mom?". John asked sitting on one of the lawn chairs.
"It's about Aqua". Carol said rather nervously, john put on a smile.
"I knew you'd like her".
"Actually...no, I don't like her".
"Huh".
"There's something about her, something I don't trust, like she's keeping something from you".
John rose from the chair. "Mom, there's something wrong in your head, you haven't got to even know Aq yet, she's a really sweet girl, she has this personality that's so warming, it's one of the reasons I fell for her. She's not like other girls".
"That's for damn sure. What do you really know about her, have you even seen where she lives?".
"You have a really beautiful house Mr. Cena". Aqua said as they continued to unpack.
"Why thank you, it's nice to think some people think it's decent, john keeps saying that we should redecorate the place".
"Well I like it, it's unique, I wish my house was like this, where I'm from you can't really decorate a place, this good".
"Where are you from anyway?". Mr. Cena asked.
"She's from Scotland". John said.
Carol laughed. "Scotland, baby she doesn't look the least bit Scottish...at all".
"Well some people don't look their ethnicity, I mean I don't look Italian".
"John don't changed the subject".
"I'm not, mom, Aqua would never lie to me about anything, she loves me".
"How do you know, how do you really know she loves you". Said carol. "And what about her parents?".
"Well me and my dad had an argument not to long ago, he was kinda upset about my feelings for John so he kicked me outta the family." Aqua said sadly as she sat on the bed, Mr. Cena sat next to her.
"How come he doesn't like john?".
"Because he's not like us". Aqua said in a mocking tone.
"What's different from you and us, is it race, age, background?".
"I can only tell you that much Mr. Cena". She said.
"...I understand".
"How old is she?".
"...Come ta think of it, I don't know".
"You don't know! John she could be a teenager for all you know".
"I doubt that, she's way to mature".
"John, my best advice to you is dump her". Carol stated, john's eyes widened in shock.
"What!".
"Don't raise your voice at me. I think you need to break this relationship off right now, you obviously don't know anything about this woman and she's not to be trusted".
John rose to his feet and glared at his mom. "You know what, I was so happy when you called and asked to invite Aq over to meet you and now I think bringing her here to see 'you' was the biggest mistake I ever made. I'm not gonna leave Aqua, I care for her and I love her, I'm actually planning on marrying her soon and if you have a problem with that, well I could give a rats ass what you think". With his mom shocked at his words john left inside the house and upstairs, walking into his room he saw Aqua and his dad laughing together, he smiled, at least his dad liked her.
"Oh hey son". His dad greeted upon seeing him, aq turned to him with a big smile.
"Sup dad, um, can me and aqua have some time alone until dinner".
"Sure". Mr. Cena said rising to his feet. Before he could leave out the door john stopped him.
"Talk to mom dad, she's trippin today". John whispered, Mr. Cena nodded and left out of the room, john closed the door and him and aq chilled and watched some t.v.
At dinnertime Aqua was sitting next to John and across from him were his two brothers Matt and Dan were sitting, his parents were sitting either head of the table.
"So Aqua...tell us about yourself". Carol said breaking the strong silence, John gave his mother a warning look.
"Well, I'm from Scotland and I came here because there was some trouble going on that was to dangerous for me to be around so here I am". She said with a nervous smile.
"Really, so how old are you?".
"24 and a half".
"What is your family like?".
"Well my mom is very beautiful and she's so sweet. My dad is fairly big, he's kinda strict at sometimes, but my mom keeps him in check. I don't have any brothers or sister, but I have Chris".
"Who's chris?". Mr. Cena asked.
Aqua smiled. "He's my best friend in the whole world, I knew him since I was a baby, we would always play around and as we got older we used to get ourselves in trouble with all the things we did, that's the reason I'm here really".
"Really". Carol said rubbing her hands lightly together. "So do you and your parents have a good relationship?".
"Well, my mom I don't know and my dad is kinda upset with me right now".
"I know all about it, no need to explain". Carol said, aqua nodded. "So what are your intentions for my son, why do you love him so much?".
John rolled his eyes. "Mom don't start please". He begged.
"John stay outta this I'm talking to her". Carol said not making eye contact with her son.
"Well, I love your son, when I first came here he was so sweet to me, he took care of me and after a short while I fell in love with him".
"Interesting". Carol said.
"Mom stop it". John warned.
"So Aqua I'm just gonna get straight to the point".
"Mom".
"What are you hiding from my son, what secret are you keeping from him!". She said making aqua dropped her fork in shocked, she turned to her nervously.
"What". She said confused.
"There's gotta be a reason your being so nice to my family, why you have this dumb happy blond mood around you all the time, your hiding something!".
"Mom!". John yelled rising from his seat.
"Honey!". Mr. Cena said rising from his seats as well. John's brother had already excused themselves from the table.
"Mrs. Cena I'm not hiding anything from your son and if I was it's my own personal business and decision to if I want to tell him or not". Aqua said as calmly as possible.
"See your lying again!". Carol yelled turning to her son. "John, I told you she's not to be trusted, your making a big mistake being with her".
"Whatever mom". John said angrily, he turned to his girlfriend. "Let's go upstairs".
"Ok". She said and the two walked upstairs to their room. Aqua began to undress as well as john. "So I guess this means no dessert?".
John smiled at her humor. "Yeah, but that's okay". He said slipping out of his shirt and walking towards her. "We can always be each other's dessert".
"Don't you think your mom will get mad if we, you know, in here?".
"Aq right now I don't give a shit about my mom, plus this is my room".
"Well okay, but I have to take a quick bath first".
"Alright". Aqua began to head towards the bathroom, but stopped and turned to her boyfriend.
"John".
"Yeah baby".
"Does your mom hate me?". She asked, john looked at her and let out a sigh.
"Don't worry about that honey, just go take your bath".
"Okay". And she disappeared into the bathroom, just at that second their was a knock on his door, he walked over and opened it. A frowned appeared on his face when he saw his mom.
"Can we talk, in my room?". She asked. John looked back at the bathroom door then back at his mom.
"Make it quick". He said, john walked out closing the door behind him and followed his mom into her room.
Meanwhile, Aqua had just finished running the water when she realized there weren't any towels. She left outta the bathroom only to find john wasn't there, she left outta the room and immediately hearing talking. Aqua walked toward it and pressed her ear to the door.
"Mom, I don't know what's up with you, but your flippin' if you think aqua's not right for me".
"I'm not trippin honey, I just know how to tell right from wrong and baby, she's all wrong". Aqua stared at the door in disbelief, but still listened in on the conversation.
"You know, you were never like this with my other girlfriends".
"I'm just truthful that's all, mother does know best".
"Every mother except you".
"What did I tell you about your voice?". Carol said angrily as john's voice began to raise.
"I don't care!". John yelled startling both carol and aqua. "I love her, she's perfect, she's beautiful, she has these breathtaking eyes that make me melt when I look into them and yeah she does have that dumb happy blond mood and I love that because even when I'm in the worst mood she makes me happy just by being there and talking to me, I LOVE HER!".
"She's just some slut you found on the side of the street!". Carol yelled back. John looked and her even angrier in disbelief as well. By that comment Aqua had, had enough, she quickly ran downstairs and saw Mr. Cena sitting on the couch watching some t.v. until he saw her.
"Hey Aqua...what's wrong?". He asked. She walked up to him.
"Can you call me a cab, I don't think I should be here anymore". She said, two tears fell from each of her cheeks.
Mr. Cena didn't want to question her and ran to the kitchen, two minutes later he ran back into the living room.
"The cab will be in here a few seconds, luckily we have one close by".
"Thank you". She said gratefully. Mr. Cena grabbed a jacket and put it on for her.
"It's kinda nippy out there". He said just before there was a light honk from outside. She nodded and quickly left, fortunately the hotel the other superstars were staying at was right by their house.
About ten minutes later Rey and Lita were sleeping peacefully together in their assigned room when they heard a knock on the door. Rey was first to get up, he walked over to opened the door surprised to see Aqua standing in front of him drenched in water.
"Aqua".
"Can I stay the night?". Was all she said.
"Uh, um, sure, sure come in". Rey moved aside to let her in, he could see she was crying, one thought was going through his mind. John's gotta a lot of explaining to do.