Title: ATM Have a Cool Christmas Caper in the Caribbean
Author: Kaykyaka
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters used within this fictional story. No copyright infringement is intended and no money is being made by this work of fiction.
Ratings: K+
Characters: Lita, Trish Stratus (not married in this story), Melina, DX, Edge, Nitro, Carlito, Shelton Benjamin, Randy Orton.
Summary: Three different girls from three different places end up celebrating Christmas early in the Caribbean with their favorite WWE Superstars and three very special dolls. ATM is on the case again!
Seven – Charlotte
Bakersfield, California:
Charlotte looked long and hard at her reflection in her full-length mirror. Her hair was perfect, her dress was amazing and the rain had finally stopped, making today the perfect day to get married. But her eyes were all wrong; they were sad and reflected her true state. Even though she was getting married to the man who had taken her breath away, her heart was still broken. Marrying Dan was a dream come true but she still didn't have the one thing she truly wanted. She made a circle around her stomach in hope of a pre-marital miracle but as far as the doctors were concerned it wasn't going to happen. She looked up at her reflection again and there they were: her crying eyes and the reflection of her true state.
"Charlotte!" cried her mother full of excitement bursting into the room like a Jack in the Box.
"Hi Mom," Charlotte said quickly wiping the tears away from her eyes: it was a good thing she didn't wear make-up or she would have surely stained her dress. Her mother came over to her and took her hands in her own.
"Today's the day!" her mother said excitedly, "It stopped raining did you notice? God answered my prayer!"
Charlotte nodded appreciatively; her mother prayed about everything and God always came through for her. There was just one thing she was still waiting on God for and she was certain the Lord would come through on that as well.
"You look beautiful!" her mother cooed, "Are you nervous honey?"
Charlotte shook her head, "No Mom, I always knew I would marry Dan, he's the love of my life,"
Charlotte suddenly looked down at her stomach which her Mom noticed with concern, "Well the second love of my life,"
Her mother looked at her sympathetically, "I know how much you want to have a baby Charlotte, but you can't give up on yourself. Miracles happen every day you just have to keep praying,"
"I know Mom I know," Charlotte replied and decided to change the subject, "where's LC?" she asked wondering where her little sister was.
"In her room fuming," her Mom answered, "she really loved that doll,"
"Well it was her first," Charlotte replied smiling a little but it won't be her last the thought silently.
"I mean who steals a doll you tell me? A grown man Charlene said it was!" her Mom said incredulously.
"Tell me about it," Charlotte said trying to conceal her plans for putting the smile back on her little sister's face, "I think I'll go pay her a visit and try to cheer her up,"
"No Charlotte you have to finish getting ready!" her mother insisted.
"Mom," Charlotte said holding her mother firmly by the shoulders and looking reassuringly into her eyes, "I am ready," she said and her mother smiled and pulled her into a hug.
"Of course you are," her mother replied rubbing her daughter's back proudly hoping God really did come through for her daughter today.
In LC's room:
LC was talking to Charlene on the Internet about how evil the man was that stole her Lita doll from the airport in Miami.
LCsan: I mean what kind of man steals a doll?
CharlieCdiva: Yeah I mean that was totally wrong!
LCsan: Now my collection is incomplete!
CharlieCdiva: You know my Melina doll wasn't even supposed to be out for another month?
LCsan: No!
CharlieCdiva: Yes! My Dad got it from this guy that works for the WWE manufacturing company.
LCsan: There are some sick people out there.
CharlieCdiva: Yeah, if only everyone in the world was like your sister. I can't believe she's taking you on her honeymoon to the Caribbean. Cassidy said her brother's taking her on holiday but he won't tell her where because it's a surprise but he told me and guess what? She's going to Jamaica too! Isn't her brother the coolest?
LCsan: Yeah he's the coolest.
CharlieCdiva: But you're sister's the coolest of them all. Even Carla thinks so.
LCsan: Yeah she's the coolest but she's not as happy as she lets on.
CharlieCdiva: What do you mean?
LCsan: I saw her crying on her bed last night.
CharlieCdiva: Oh, do you think her feet are cold?
LCsan: You mean does she have cold feet? Definitely not she's totally in love with Dan, it's something else.
"Hey LC," said Charlotte coming in and closing the door behind her. She always let herself in because she never needed permission to come into her sister's room. LC turned and saw her standing by her door looking like a doll herself.
"Wow!" she said at the sight of her sister in her wedding dress.
LCsan: You should see my sister Charlene she looks beautiful! I gotta go, see you in Jamaica:)
CharlieCdiva: Okay tell Charlotte I said good luck:)
LC jumped off her computer chair and skipped over to her big sister, "Charlene says good luck," she said.
"I bet you're excited that she's gonna be in Jamaica the same time as we are huh?" Charlotte said.
"Yeah and Cassidy's gonna be there too!" LC answered back then her face saddened a little, "But I'd be even happier if-"
"I know honey," Charlotte interrupted her, "you want your doll back, well I might be able to help you with that,"
"No Charly that's not what I was going to say," LC corrected her.
"No? Well what do you say to this?" Charlotte replied whipping out a box from behind her back.
LC's mouth dropped, it was a Lita doll and it looked even better than the one stolen from her at the airport.
"Whoa sis I can't believe you got this for me!" LC said taking the box and holding it to her heart and spinning around.
"It's cool LC. You better get your bride's maid dress on before Mom cuts off your Internet privileges," Charlotte said humorously and LC nodded after jumping up and down for awhile.
"Okay sis, I wouldn't wanna spoil your big day," she said.
"Nothing could LC," Charlotte replied stroking her sister's face. It was then that LC noticed her sister's reddened eyes.
"Are you okay Charly?" she asked concerned and Charlotte nodded adamantly that she was.
"I saw you crying on your bed last night," LC said worried, "Are you sure you're okay?"
Charlotte looked down; she could never lie to her sister. Her bottom lip started to tremble and her face finally gave way to a flood of tears.
"Oh LC, I can't wait to get married, but the thing I want more than anything else is a child. I heard from the doctors again and they said there's no hope I'll ever have children. I know Dan doesn't mind but I want a whole family, that means a husband and kids, I wouldn't even mind adopting a child,"
Charlotte covered her face and LC came closer very worried about her sister.
"Mom says that you'll have children, you just have to keep on praying," LC said innocently.
Charlotte kept crying and LC spoke on, "I know I always pray for you, don't give up Charlotte, we haven't, we're all in this together,"
Charlotte sniffled a little bit then she looked up at her little sister and gave her a little smile, "You better get ready," she said and stroked LC's face before leaving her alone in her room with her brand new doll that was steaming up the box trying to catch her breath after being shook up and spun around by LC a little while ago. LC turned the box toward her and Lita froze not wanting to freak LC out on the day of her sister's wedding.
"Hey Lita," LC said, "sorry I'm not smiling but my big sister's got a problem and I have to do something about it, so I'm just gonna put you down for awhile because I have to ask God how I can get her to smile on her wedding day and mean it,"
LC put Lita on her dresser and knelt down by her bed.
"Dear God, it's me LC. I know I always ask You for stuff but it's only because I know how much You love to give, now I'd like to give something to my sister who's a giver like You. Please Lord help me put a smile on my sister's face, I don't want her to be sad on her wedding day. I know You'll come through so I thank You in advance. Amen,"
Wow Lita thought hearing every word of LC's prayer and looked to the sky; sure I'll be happy to she said to God with a smile, can I get out of this box though?
Just as Lita asked to be released from her plastic and cardboard prison LC leapt to her feet.
"That's it!" she whizzed around to face Lita, "You're gonna help me make my sister smile!"
She picked up Lita and smiled into the box, "I believe my sister will have a child one day, a girl in fact, and when she does she's gonna want a doll to play with. You're gonna help me kick start the whole process!" she said excited and carried Lita over to her dresser. Lita watched as she rummaged through her toy box throwing various bits of toy parts over her shoulder.
Lita watched as various accessories went flying across the room and something told her that her clothes were going with them.
"Ah-ha!" LC cried making her discovery.
Lita was right.
LC reached into the box and untied Lita from the cardboard and began to undress her.
"Wow you are really life like, so much softer than my other Lita doll," LC said amazed as she took off Lita's pants and top, Lita trying her best not to laugh or move, "Wow actual body hair, they thought of everything! Well I'll take care of that!"
LC vanished out of her room, when she reappeared she had shaving cream and a razor, "Now I saw my sister do this so it should be okay," Lita's eyes swelled to the size of golf balls at the sight of the razor, it looked like a giant meat slicer, "Here we go," LC said edging the razor closer and closer to Lita's foam covered legs. Lita gasped quietly as the cold steel touched her skin. "Okay my turn!" LC said and pulled her pant leg up, "Oh I don't have any," she sighed deflated, "I guess I'm not old enough, oh well someday,"
She skipped over to her wardrobe while Lita exhaled wondering how much more of this pretence she could take. She looked down at her legs and nodded in approval; LC had actually done a good job. She got a good look at herself in the dresser mirror; LC had dressed her in a Barbie bride's maid dress but had added the flair of leaving Lita's black army boots on proving that she was a bonafide Lita fan. What a great kid Lita thought, it was sure nice seeing a little girl so enthusiastic about helping her sister. LC was a little Christian soldier in action.
Moments later LC crept into her sister's room and as she expected Charlotte was crying over her bed.
"Charlotte?" she said quietly holding a more bridal looking Lita in her hand. Charlotte turned toward her baby sister, as hard as today was seeing LC always made it easier and she picked herself up off the bed with a smile.
"Oh LC you look beautiful," she said genuinely with tears streaming down her face, "And so does your new doll," she said pointing to Lita, "Did you change her clothes?"
"I sure did," LC said coming towards her sister, "I thought you should have something borrowed and something new," she said holding Lita out toward her sister, "Here," she said.
Charlotte frowned at her wiping her nose, "What do you mean?" she asked confused.
"Well traditionally you're supposed to have something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. Well I know you wanting to have children is as old as this house, and you're as blue as blue can be, this is a new doll that you bought for me and she's wearing a dress that I borrowed from one of those dolls that I never ever play with. Altogether this makes the perfect wedding gift," LC explained and Charlotte laughed a hearty laugh.
"Oh LC, you love this doll I can't take it from you," she said.
"You've given me so much and I haven't given you anything back in return, so take Lita she's the best doll I ever had, you can shave her legs and everything!"
"Really?" Charlotte asked furrowing her brow, "I guess the manufacturers wanna clue you girls in on what we have to go through as women to look attractive," she said thoughtfully.
"Yeah I can't wait to shave my legs!" LC said excitedly and both Charlotte and Lita rolled their eyes; yeah right they both thought.
As juvenile as the concept was Charlotte could see that LC was serious; Lita was her favorite doll and she wouldn't even joke about giving her away so it would be wrong to say no. She took Lita from LC's hands and LC smiled at her brightly.
"Thank you," Charlotte said.
LC nodded that it was okay, "And I pray that you will have a girl that you can give her to so that she can be as happy to have you around as I am," LC said smiling brightly.
Charlotte's face broke into a big smile and tears began to fall from her eyes only this time, they were tears of joy. She picked her sister up and hugged her tightly, "Thank you LC, I love you so much!" she said.
"LC get off your sister's dress!" came the hysterical voice of their mother, "Come on let me look at you," she said taking LC down off of Charlotte's lap and giving her a good once over.
"Hmmm very good, wait-a-minute, are those white Sketchers™?" she asked horrified pointing to LC's feet.
"You wanted me to be comfortable," LC explained and her mother was about to tell her off when Charlotte came to her sister's defense.
"Let her wear them Mom, I want her to be comfortable," she said and LC looked up at her gratefully and her mother exhaled deeply.
"Alright my darling," she relented then she wiped a tear away from her daughter's face, "What's the matter?" she asked concerned.
"I'm just so happy," Charlotte explained.
"Well as long as they aren't sad tears," her Mom said hopefully.
"Not anymore," Charlotte said looking down at her sister who smiled back up at her.
"Well come along ladies, its show time!" said Charlotte and LC's father with a camcorder in his hand.
"I'll be down in a second Dad I just have to pack one last thing," Charlotte answered with a smile as her mother escorted LC out of the room.
"Are those Sketchers?" she heard her father ask as they left and she smiled at the sound of her mother trying to explain LC's footwear to her father. Charlotte picked up Lita and looked at her admiringly.
"It looks like we cried all over you," she said noticing water on Lita's face, she had no idea that they were real tears straight from the heart of the Anointed one over everything she'd seen and heard Charlotte go through. Charlotte reached for her handbag and unbuckled it making sure there was enough room for Lita in there. After straightening a few things out she gave Lita one more look.
"Who wouldn't wanna play with you?" she said smiling fondly and Lita had to stop herself from smiling back, it was obvious that this woman had maternal instincts up the ying-yang; it was in her words and in her eyes. Inside Charlotte's cushy bag she prayed that God would bless Charlotte and give her what she wanted and she prayed through the wedding, after the wedding and on the way to the airport.
Meadows Field Airport, Bakersfield, CA:
LC skipped down towards the plane holding her sister's hand while the newlyweds looked on fondly.
"Are you sure you don't want to play with Lita LC? I put her in my handbag so you could if you wanted to," Charlotte said and Lita nodded her head furiously inside agreeing with Charlotte. She had been praying all day and was sweating profusely inside Charlotte's handbag, hoping to come out for some play-time in any minute.
"No Charly, I can't get attached to her, she belongs to you now," LC replied and Charlotte smiled thinking her sister was the cutest thing and was glad she was coming with her and Dan to Jamaica.
"You okay darling?" asked Dan as Charlotte had a wondering look on her face.
"I could have sworn something just moved in my bag," she said.
"Maybe it's your new doll, it's alive!" Dan said and Charlotte laughed along with him. Lita didn't think it was so funny though, a few minutes longer and she might not make the honeymoon.
Moving down the plane, Dan noticed that there was something different about his wife. Charlotte noticed he was smiling at her and called him on it.
"What's up?" she asked and Dan shook his head.
"I don't know but you look different somehow," he said.
Charlotte smiled even wider, "I know, I just feel like something really special is going to happen on this trip," she answered and Dan nodded hoping she was right.
As they took their seats Dan looked over to a tall Canadian who was reading though a magazine in the middle isle seat on their row.
"You know that guy looks really familiar," Dan said to Charlotte who was securing her luggage in the overhead compartment, "Do you recognize him Char?" he asked his wife.
Charlotte turned to look at the man in question, "Not really, do you recognize that man LC?" she asked her sister who had taken her seat in between them. LC looked over to the man and sprung up out of her seat.
"EDGE!" she yelled causing Charlotte to nearly lose her luggage and have it fall on her head.
"LC!" she said as her little sister flew over to the Rated R Superstar who was smiling at her for being so unashamed of her adulation for him.
"Hey what's your name?" he asked her closing his magazine and turning his attention to her.
"LC," she answered beaming then Carla leaned forward and looked at the noisy girl now seating next to Edge.
"LCsan?" she asked curiously and LC put all her attention on the girl sitting quietly on the other side of Edge.
"CarlaBcool?" she asked Carla who nodded that yes that was her IM name, "Whoa do you know CharlieCdiva and CassED?" she asked excitedly.
"I sure do!" Carla replied getting more and more revved up by the second.
"Well get over here and give LCsan some love!" LC insisted opening her arms and Carla flew over to her and they both hugged it out. Edge looked over at Dan and Charlotte with a shrug not understanding a word the girls just said. Charlotte came over to rescue Edge from LC.
"Come on LC, you can't sit over here, sorry Sir," she said to Edge but Edge shook his head and told her not to worry about it.
"Wait sis don't you want to meet my friend Carla?" LC said resisting being pulled back to her seat. Charlotte looked over at Carla and felt a strange tingling in her heart.
"Hi Carla," she said almost hypnotized by the little girl staring back at her. Dan came over too to see what had caught his wife's attention. When he saw Carla he understood completely.
"Hi there," he said to Edge and Carla, "My name's Dan and this is my wife Charlotte, we just got married and we're going on our honeymoon," he explained and Edge nodded interestedly.
"Congratulations," he said, "How cool of you to bring your little sister with you," Edge said looking at LC.
"Well she's a very special girl," said Dan.
"So is Carla," Edge said to the little girl looking up at Charlotte, "Carla, this is Charlotte and Dan," he said.
"Hello nice to meet you," Carla said and Charlotte was certain she had never seen a more beautiful girl in her life.
"You know the WWE Superstars are having a pre-Christmas party you're welcome to come if you want to," Edge said liking the chemistry developing between Carla and LC's family.
"Would you like that LC?" Charlotte asked her little sister who gaped at her in amazement.
"I would love that!" she answered when a doll suddenly caught her attention.
"What you got there Carla?" she asked recognizing the big blond hair. Carla looked over at Trish and gasped, she wasn't supposed to be seen in case someone tried to steal her. Edge looked over and grimaced at Trish, she had put up such a fight not wanting to get locked up, she had obviously gotten out of the overhead compartment refusing to be locked up a moment longer even though Edge had insisted upon it for her own safety. Carla picked her up gently.
"Oh this is Trish Stratus, she's a WWE Diva," she answered.
"Yeah who's supposed to be retired," Edge added putting emphasis on the word "retired."
"You got a Trish Stratus? Cool, you better be careful with her though some man stole my Lita," LC said folding her arms still annoyed over the whole thing.
"Really?" Carla asked concerned.
"Yeah really, but my sister bought me another one and she's even cooler, she's real life like, her skin is so soft I even shaved her legs!" LC went on enthusiastically about Lita and Edge swallowed sharply.
"You shaved my girlfriend's – I mean, wow that's cool! Do you have the Lita doll with you?" he said starting to sweat and Carla decided to make the save.
"You wanna play with me?" she said to LC.
"Do I!" LC said and she ran over to her sister's handbag and brought it back over to Carla and Edge who frowned when they saw the leather bag and wondered how long Lita had been suffering in there. LC opened the bag and took the doll out and Edge and Carla gasped in horror.
"Whoa!" Dan said looking at the doll in surprise.
"Ooops," Charlotte said, "Something must have spilt in my bag," she sad taking the bag from LC. It appeared that Lita was soaked in something, what LC, Charlotte and Dan didn't know was that something was sweat.
"Can I see her?" Carla asked not wanting to seem too pushy.
"Sure!" LC said handing her Lita who she took gently and put her in an upright position as if she were talking to Trish.
"Oh my Heavenly Father," Trish whispered at the sight of her flustered and fatigued friend.
"You wouldn't happen to have a spare pair of pants would you?" Lita asked catching her breath and Trish couldn't wait till everyone was asleep so they could have a long talk about what happened to them on their way to the Caribbean.