Shawn's Offer

"Damn girl, must you take forever to get ready?" Steve asked me as I walked outside on the porch.

I rolled my eyes and locked the door, "Dad, beauty takes time…you can't rush perfection you know."

He sighed and tossed his gym bag into the backseat, "Yeah whatever."

"Will you be home when I get out of school?" I asked as I hopped into the front passenger seat of his truck.

"I should be….why?" he asked.

I shrugged and put on my seatbelt, "Just asking since you're always gone nowadays."

He put on his seat belt and glanced at me. "Awe Serena, I'm sorry it's like that pumpkin…but I have to work in order to take care of us."

"I know but it gets lonely around here without you. I wish you would just let me come with you sometimes."

"No…absolutely not Serena." He said firmly as he started the truck.

I sighed, "Why though? I've seen it on TV before dad….there isn't anything to worry about."

"Oh really? Clearly you aren't paying attention to some of the freaks on that show." He said. "You forget, I am the WWF champion right now and those guys will do anything to find a weakness in me."

I glanced out the window for a moment, "So you think they'll hurt me just to get to you?"

"Exactly." He said.

"You don't have to tell them who I am though. I could sit in the audience like a normal viewer." I said.

He sighed, "Serena-"

"-dad, I just want to see you in action in person…I miss you a lot when you're not here and I'm about to go to college in the fall. Can you at least think about it?"

He glanced at me, "There is no thinking about it Serena, the answer is no."

I sighed and stared out of the window while he drove me to school. I hated it when he was so uptight about things! Sometimes I wished he would truly listen to me before barking out answers. Little did I know that my father was very right to worry about me going to a place like his job. I ignored him up until he dropped me off for school. He had said bye, but I didn't respond. Instead I simply shut my door and left.

"Hey Serena!" my friend Shawn yelled as he made his way up to my locker. Shawn had just started school here a month ago. I was his first friend and only friend at the time. I didn't know what it was about him, but something told me that there was more to him than what meets the eye. For one, he looked way too old to even be in high school. Two, he never wanted to meet my brother face to face. I wondered what that was all about…

"Hey Shawn," I said with a partial smile.

He frowned at me, "Awe what's the matter? Is your dad making you mad again?"

I nodded and shut my locker, "Of course. I swear he treats me like a little kid sometimes."

"Well Serena, you technically are a little kid compared to him." He said. "What were you fighting about anyways?"

I sighed, "I want to go to Raw and see him fight in person but he won't let me."

Shawn chuckled as we started making our way down the hall. "Oh that's because he doesn't want you to see how fake his skills are."

I gapsed, "Shawn!"

"What? Look Serena, I know wrestling ok…and though getting thrown from the hell in a cell is painful…other moves definitely are fake." He said.

I sighed, "Ok but that doesn't stop me from wanting to go. I mean what else could be the problem?"

He bit his bottom lip and then sighed, "Oh yea…there are a few guys there that actually take it very seriously."

"Like who?" I asked.

He looked around before pulling me to the side, "One guy's name is Kane. He's one tall bastard who just came to the WWF in 1997."

"Yeah I remember that pay-per-view. He attacked his older brother the Undertaker."

Shawn nodded, "Yea…but the Undertaker has taken on a whole new persona now. This evil fucker actually kidnapped Vince McMahon's daughter."

I rolled my eyes and adjusted my bag, "That was all staged though."

He raised an eyebrow, "Serena, that wasn't part of the show. The Undertaker isn't someone to mess with. Right now he's after your father for that title and he'll do anything to get it."

I chuckled, "Then maybe he should try not taking his job so seriously."

His face went blank for a moment, "Yeah..maybe he should."

"Listen Shawn, I appreciate what you're trying to do, but I'm not buying it. I want to go see this for myself, period."

He sighed, "Ok then…I'll take you myself."

I gasped, "really!"

"Yes I go every time they're in town and it just so happens that they will be in town next week."

I smiled and hugged him, "Oh thank you so much Shawn. You're the best!"

"Anytime girl…just make sure you don't tell your father about this." He said.

"As long as you get me there and home before he gets back." I said.

He smiled, "No problem."

I hugged him once more before heading off to class. Boy was I ever excited to finally get my wish.