Carly woke up the next morning. She stood in the mirror and smiled.
"I got a daddy, I got a daddy, I got a daddy!" she sung. She ran a brush through her long brown hair and left her room. She went downstairs, where her mum was sitting at the kitchen table, reading the newspaper as usual.
"Morning mommy" Carly smiled. "Where's… dad?" she said excitedly.
"He had to go for a magazine interview; he said he'll pick you up after school"
"Yay! Bye mom"
She kissed her goodbye and bounced off for school. Everyone at school noticed the change in Carly's mood, but she put it down to a good night's sleep. She didn't dare tell people that Shawn Michaels was her biological father. She sat with her friends at lunch and told them the whole thing, knowing they wouldn't tell a soul.
"No way!" said Michelle.
"Are you kidding?" asked Bella.
Carly shook her head and smiled nervously
"He is SO hot!" shouted heather
The other girls looked at her. She shrugged and they all burst out laughing
"But" interrupted Carly "You can't say anything to anyone. Promise?"
"We promise" they all said in chorus and split up to go to their next class.
The bell went and Carly waited outside for her dad to pick her up. He skidded along the road and stopped outside the gates in his red Ferrari. The whole school looked in amazement and Shawn got out of his car.
"You ready Carly!" he called across the crowds of teenagers
"Ready daddy!" she answered running up to him. They got in the car and screamed off down the road.
"How did your magazine interview go?" Carly started the conversation.
"It was OK. They're all pretty boring though. They ask you questions you answer. They say goodbye and you leave"
Carly laughed "Sounds fun" she said sarcastically.
"It's not." There was a short pause "I've gotta leave for Washington tomorrow Carly. So I was thinking we'd go shopping, go for a meal and then call each other every other day until I can come out here again. How's that?"
Carly nodded, looking out of the window
"I'm just going to be really busy for a while Carly."
"I know dad. Its cool, its just I've only just met you and now you're going away again."
"I know. I'm sorry honey, but I'll stay in touch and I'll be back here again before you know it. I promise"
Carly smiled at her dad's promise "OK, thanks dad."
They drove to the Beverly Centre. They went inside and Shawn told Carly that there was no price limit on anything she wanted to buy. Her face lit up at the thought. Shawn went to relax in the Hard Rock Café. Carly started at Macy's and worked her way round. She splashed on everything she could ever want. She went to meet up with Shawn and gave him back his credit card. He took some of her bags and they went to the car.
"Thanks dad. I had fun" she put her new ring on her finger
"Here" Shawn handed Carly another credit card "All yours"
"Oh my god, no way! Thanks dad!"
"No worried. Where do you wanna eat?"
"Wherever, I eat anything."
"I think you get that from me" he laughed
Carly laughed too and looked out of the window. Shawn drove to Lori's Diner and ate. They spent 3 hours catching up on everything and really got to know each other.
"I know I've said this before but I'm really sorry I left you when you were a baby. I don't know how I did it. I'm going to hate walking away from you tomorrow and I have no idea how I did it before" it brought a tear to Shawn's eye just thinking about it.
"It's OK dad, I think I turned out alright. All that matters is that you're here now and you're gonna stay right?"
"Of course I am Carly"
"So it's all good. I got a daddy. You got a daughter so everybody's happy"
Shawn nodded and proposed a toast
"To…" he got stuck with what to toast to.
"To family" Carly rose her glass and helped him out.
They toasted and drank their drinks. Shawn paid the bill and they left. They got back in his car and drove home
Carly and her mom got up at 5.30 Wednesday to take Shawn to the airport. They said their goodbyes and he walked through the gate. He turned around as they were walking away.
"Hey Carly!" she turned around and he threw the keys to his Ferrari to her "Look after my baby"
Carly laughed and mouthed 'thank you' to him. He turned around and left. Carly went back to her mom, flaunting the keys.
"You think he'll come back mom?" Carly said in the car.
"I hope so honey bunny. For your sake."
Carly looked out of the window as her dad's airplane flew across California.
