John sat on the flight bouncing his knee in boredom and nervousness. They were on their way to Toronto and John and Jessie were meeting Trish's dad for the first time and John was about to collapse from the nerves that were running through him. Trish looked over and saw that John was nervous so she wrapped her arms around his and laid her head on his shoulder "baby calm down, its not like my dads an ex con or something". John laughed lightly and kissed her forehead.
"Hey now" he said "seems to me someone was a bit nervous meeting someone else's family yesterday". Trish blushed and shrugged a bit.
"Yeah but it wasn't as bad as I was thinking and its not gonna be as bad as what you're thinking either" John smiled at her and kissed her forehead.
"I'll take your word for it" he said, as Trish brought her lips up to his for a kiss. They were startled apart by a slight cough. They looked over and saw Jessie looking at them with an unamused look.
"Eww" she said simply, a smile tugging at her lips.
"Don't make me tickle you" John said flexing his fingers in her direction. Jessie shrieked and turned back to the movie she was watching, She's All That. John had bought it for her that morning at the airport gift shop telling her as long as he didn't have to watch it he was fine with her having it.
"John" Trish said, bringing John's attention back to her "I've told my dad all about you and Jessie, and he can't wait to meet you both I think he's really excited about it".
"Well at least I know that he knows about me and that I have a daughter" John said "that's about theonly thing about me he could dislike right off the bat".
"That and your baggy shorts" Trish said, as she was flipping through a magazine. John looked over at her in panic, Trish saw him out of the corner of her eye and laughed as she put the magazine down on her lap. "Honey I'm kidding" Trish calmed John's fears "my dad isn't that shallow. He'll get to know you then pass judgement on how he hates you". John mock glared at her and turned his head away.
"Aww baby I kidding" Trish said in a little kid voice. John smiled and leaned over to kiss her. When he pulled back he looked over at Jessie, almost expecting Jessie to say something about them kissing. But she was asleep, the movie still playing on the portable DVD player on her lap. John chuckled lightly and turned the movie off, putting up the portable DVD player. He kissed Jessie's forehead and asked a passing stewardess for a pillow and blanket which he put on her.
Trish made her way through the airport looking around for her father. John and Jessie were lagging behind a bit; Jessie cause she was still groggy from her nap, John because his nerves were kicking in again. Suddenly Trish let out a squeal and bolted into the crowd. John and Jessie followed and saw Trish embracing an older man. He was a couple of inches taller than her and had jet black hair that had patches of grey in it. Trish pulled back from the man and gestured toward Jessie and John "dad this is John my boyfriend and his daughter Jessie". John stepped up and shook the man's hand.
"Nice to meet you sir" John said, Trish could see the nervousness in his eyes.
"Nice to meet you too" Danny said "no need to look so nervous either, I'm a simple guy and as long as you make my daughter happy that's all that matters to me".
"I try to sir" John said, smiling at Trish.
"He succeeds" Trish said, not being able to break her gaze with John. Their moment was broken by Danny going over and shaking Jessie's hand.
"Hi I'm Danny" he said to her.
"Nice to meet you sir, I'm Jessie" Jessie replied.
"Cut the formalities" Danny told Jessie "call me Danny, I'm not old enough to be called sir yet" he said with a laugh "that goes for you too" Danny turned to John who nodded in confirmation.
After they left the airport Danny, Trish, John and Jessie went to Danny's house to settle in and eat dinner before the show that night. Danny fixed steaks, creamed potatoes, steamed vegetables, a chocolate cake, and strawberry and banana smoothies. The dinner was great and John remarked that if he had eaten anymore that when he took a bump on the mat he would explode.
When dinner was done Trish and Jessie went to do the dishes. "So whatcha think?" Trish asked Jessie as she washed a cup. Jessie looked at her in confusion "you know about my dad". Jessie clued in and thought about it for a second before answering.
"Well he's really nice" Jessie told Trish "I know that daddy was really nervous about meeting him and all because you mean so much to dad and I have to admit I'm glad that everything went as well as it did, not only for dad's sake, but for mine too because I really like that you and dad are together and I have come to think of you as a big sister, maybe even a mom even though its hard to think of anyone but my own mother as a mom. But I need a female role model in my life and you've kinda stepped into that role for me".
"Honey" Trish said to Jessie "I didn't mean to step on your mother's toes. I was just trying to be a good person for you to maybe..." Jessie then interrupted Trish.
"No Trish" Jessie said "you don't understand. It's a good thing that you've taken the role you have in my life. I need someone in that role".
"Oh" Trish said "I didn't know if that's what you meant".
"Yeah" Jessie said, giving Trish a hug "thank you for being you". Trish laughed a bit and hugged her back.
"I'll always be me" she told Jessie.
When they got to the show John and Trish saw that they'd be in a tag match against Christian and Victoria. They sat around talking for a bit with Danny and Jessie before John and Trish had to get ready for their match and go discuss it with Christian and Victoria. Jessie went with Danny and they got some merchandise and then went to find their seats.
The show started without the usual pyro since it was a house show and Eric Bischoff came down to the ring to rattle off the matches for the night. Shawn Michaels vs Eddie GuerreroRIP, Undertaker vs Kane, Big Show vs Snitsky in a no holds barred match, Batista vs Edge for the World Heavyweight Title, HHH and Ric Flair vs The Hurricane and Rosey, and the main event was John and Trish vs Christian and Victoria. Jessie sat and watched the matches, reacting out loud every once in a while. Most of the matches didn't interest her but Eddie vs Shawn and Taker vs Kane had her really interested. She loved all four men and screamed all through the matches. Finally the main event came, the intergender match up. John's music hit and the crowd went nuts, with Jessie screaming her lungs out. John came out in his usual energetic way and hyped up the crowd even more. He looked over toward Jessie and winked at her and held his hand to his heart. She mouthed 'I love you' to him and he nodded slightly, not being able to actually say it back since he was in front of the crowd. John's music cut off and Trish's came on and she came out doing her thing. She played to the crowd a bit and John helped her with taking off her coat. She smiled at him and the crowd went nuts at the exchange. Christian and Victoria came out then, the crowd booing loudly. They both shunned the crowd, throwing scathing looks to a few people. Christian saw Jessie sitting in the front row and winked at her, he came over and started mouthing off, talking about how since she was wearing a John shirt that she must be a fan and how John and Trish sucked and that they would lose the match. On the inside Jessie was laughing but she put a really pissed off look on her face. She started mouthing back and John slid out of the ring. He came over and pulled Christian around to face him.
John punched Christian and they started battling back and forth around the ring. In the ring the ref was busy as Trish and Victoria started going at it. Trish chick kicked Victoria in the ribs and sent her into the corner. She started punching her and the crowd counted the punches as she delivered. Trish got to 11 before Victoria flipped her off and began stomping on her. She then went to her corner and tagged in Christian. He came into the ring with a sick smile on his face, circling Trish before picking her up by the hair. Out in the crowd Jessie screamed her displeasure at what was going on. She was rooting for Trish to make the tag to her dad so he could get into the ring and show Christian who was boss. Finally after Christian had landed a few punches, John distracted the referee and Trish low blowed Christian. As Christian fell to the mat Trish leapt across the ring and the crowd went wild as she brushed John's hand in a tag. John came in and started in on Christian. They battled around the ring with John getting the upper hand and Christian feebly trying to take control. Victoria came into the ring and hit John on the back as he went for an FU on Christian. John staggered a bit and Trish came in and knocked Victoria out of the ring. John regained his footing and hit the FU on Christian and covered him to win the match.
After the match was over Trish and John celebrated with the crowd a bit and Trish went to get out of the ring. "Trish wait" John called, having gotten a microphone "I wanna talk to you a bit". Trish looked back at John and came back to the middle of the ring. The crowd went almost silent, wondering what was up. "Trish as you know we've been going out for quite a while now" the crowd gasped but still remained silent. "I'm spilling all kinds of stuff about my personal life but I don't care" John said, looking at the crowd a second before turning back toward Trish "Trish you were there for me through the toughest time I have ever been through. When Jessie was in a coma you stayed with me and helped me through it all. For a while I was afraid I was gonna lose my only daughter and you helped me stay positive". The crowd let out a bigger gasp when John revealed that he had a daughter but stayed quiet, eager to see where this was going. "Then with the trial and all you were my shoulder to cry on, and when I got shot you stayed with me" John stopped here, tears threatening to run down his face. He took a deep breath and trudged on. "I just wanna say that Trish the time I have spent with you is the best time I have ever had with any relationship I have ever had. Before the show I talked to your dad as you and Jessie washed dishes and asked him a question. He said yes" Trish looked at John weirdly and John dropped to one knee. The crowd went wild and Trish's eyes went wide. When the noise went down John began talking again "Trish I asked him if he would be willing to let his daughter have a different last name, Cena. He said yes, so Trish I guess all that's left is for you to say yes" John pulled a ring box out of his pocket and opened it up. He took the ring out and held it out to Trish. She reached out with a shaky hand and took it from him, looking at it. "So what do you say Trish?" John asked "don't keep us waiting". John laughed and pointed to the crowd, they were completely silent. You could have heard a pin drop.
"Yes" Trish said and John leapt to his feet and hugged Trish tightly, capturing her mouth in a soul shaking kiss. John pulled back and put the ring on Trish's finger, they kissed again and John played to the crowd. He caught sight of Jessie out of the corner of his eye, she was sitting with Danny and had tears rushing out of her eyes. When she saw that John was looking at her Jessie smiled. John smiled and got out of the ring. He went over and lifted Jessie over the barricade, Trish came out of the ring and stood beside them. Jessie hugged John tightly and then hugged Trish, taking her hand to see the ring. After they stood around celebrating a bit the three went to the back and the crowd started leaving. Danny came to the back after the crowd had diminished somewhat and hugged his daughter tightly, expressing his happiness that she had found a man that she loved that loved her back just as much. He shook John's hand and welcomed him to the family. After that Trish and John went to change and then the four left the arena.