A/N- Who's the father??? You find out in this chapter! Please review and thanks for all the reviewing you've all done!! Much luv

CHAPTER 8

Vince walked down the halls feeling like a full blown heel, he hadn't meant to give her the paper. Both had been place on his desk and he was planning on giving the birth certificate to her later on in the night.

He came to a locker room and knocked, the man whose name was on the birth certificate opened the door with a sad look upon his face.

Watching his daughter had been so hard, not being able to talk to her or have father daughter bonding time had hit him hard and the once cheerful and excited face of Shawn Michaels was now a symbol of heartbreak.

Vince placed a hand on Shawn's shoulder and sighed "She knows"

Shawn looked up with surprise "How?" he was confused; Vince wasn't going to tell her until later tonight

"Onscreen with the whole father daughter storyline, she got the real certificate not the fake one, all that emotion on screen was real, she was a bit of a wreck."

Shawn sighed and collapsed on his sofa with his head in his hands, "We have to settle this with her, she has to know why I wasn't there, why she never knew who I was!" Shawn stated standing and moving towards the door.

"No, she's been through enough tonight, perhaps in a couple of days…don't try to avoid her or anything, but don't approach her just yet, she's fragile and hurt" Vince suggested with concern

Shawn just about blew his top, hurt, Vince knew nothing of it. "HURT! Vince I have lived for years knowing I had a daughter! I found out when her mother passed…10 years into Elena's life and only found her because she started working here! When she started here I watched from the sidelines as she worked, knowing she knew nothing of me, that I couldn't do anything about it!" Shawn sucked in a deep breath

"I watched her knowing I missed her childhood and any important parts of her life! For 2 years I watched her work with those assholes MNM knowing that I couldn't help because I was out on extended leave! You know nothing of hurt Vince!" Shawn sighed and let the tears slip from his eyes.

How he longed to hug his daughter and show her that he loved her.

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Elena sat curled in a ball on the couch, she longed for Dave's comforting hug and the rest of the boys from evolution to be with her, her surrogate family as such.

The name Shawn Michaels kept floating through her head, the fact that she had a father had started sinking in. Did he love her, was this a plot to set her off and make her depressed, she wouldn't put it past people.

She was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't realize Dave sitting beside her and the guys sitting on the couches.

"Baby, you ok?" she looked up and nodded a little

"Come here" Dave pulled her into his lap and hugged her tightly as she let out all her hurt and tears.

"I can't believe he's my father" she whispered

"Neither can we, but the one thing I don't get is why Shawn would desert his child" Ric wondered

The boys shrugged and Dave tightened his hold on Elena, he didn't like seeing her like this and wanted to knock Vince out for making such a huge mistake. All be it, he though she should at least hear Shawn's side of the story, he wasn't going to push her; in a couple of days he would make the suggestion and see where it went from there. Support is what she needed right now.

Dave carried the now sleeping Elena out to the limo as the guys bought the bags out, they rode to the hotel and all crashed for the night, Dave climbed in beside Elena and pulled her into his arms.

"Don't worry baby it will all work out" he whispered kissing her temple and closing his eyes.

Elena smiled a little, she didn't know what she did to deserve a guy like Dave, supportive and loving…she wouldn't lose him ever. She sighed and fell asleep trying to figure out what to do next.

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Three days past and Dave stood by Elena the whole time, through her sudden teary moments to her angry and confused moments. Steph and the guys had been supportive and helped her when Dave couldn't, Steph provided girly nights to ease Elena's mind and offered advice that the guys couldn't.

And so the decision was made, Elena would go and see Vince and get him to explain everything to her and then if she felt she could she would ask him to arrange a meeting with her father. She just hoped word of who her father was didn't get out because if it did she would have an abundance of enemies who hated him attacking her…especially people like MNM she couldn't handle that, not right now.

Elena knocked on the office door, nervous and scared. Would she like what he had to say, should she apologize for avoiding him for the last three days?

"Enter" she took a deep breath and entered the office of her onscreen father.

"Hi" Vince looked up at the small word and smiled hugely

"Elena, are you ok?" he asked standing and moving over to her.

"Getting there, big shock you know" she replied taking a seat on the couch, Vince sat beside her and watched as she tucked her feet underneath her.

"I want to know everything, how long you have known, how long he has know, how you knew…Everything" she stated with out any room for argument.

Vince nodded, it was the least he could do, and maybe if she knew about it all she would accept Shawn and it would all blow over soon, he hoped that it was resolved before anyone found out that Shawn had a daughter in the business.