"SYDNEY!" I shouted up the stairs, at my 18 year old daughter who was supposed to be painting her room, "Hurry up! Cena and the gang will be here in an hour and a half!"
"Ok, I'm almost done" she shouted back,
"Well c'mon! You need a shower as well!" I shouted up to her,
"I've already taken a shower, what do you think I've been doing the last half an hour?" she shouted downstairs, "painting my room? GOD!"
"HEY! Attitude!" I shouted back,
"I was joking dad, but yeah, I've had a shower"
"Ok, well hurry up and get changed, I need your help setting up the back garden" I shouted,
"Ok, I'll try to be quick"
Sydney's P.O.V
As I walked into my newly painted blue room, I scanned it, looking at all the new things I now owned, I had my own iPad to take on the road with me and an Apple Mac to stay here at home... a double bed with new white bedding... I had a new wardrobe – three times the size of the one I had in the foster home and loads more... Looking at how my life had changed in the space of 3 days, I was glad my mum came and told me I should visit my biological dad, if it wasn't for her I'd be searching for an apartment on a low wage job.
I walked towards my wardrobe and began to think about what I should wear, after 15 minutes of choosing something; I changed into a pair of white skinnies, my ripped "made in LA" print t-shirt with my pink zip hi top trainers... I straightened my hair and placed the studs in my lip, nose and eye-brow before starting on my make-up. I placed my "chunky bow beanie" on my head and placed a black sparkly scarf around my neck, I looked at myself in the mirror and decided I looked fine before walking downstairs to help my dad.
As I got downstairs, I walked into the living room to find two random men sat on the sofa,
"Urh, hi..." I said, before looking at them both, "Have you seen Dave?"
"Yeah, but what would a pretty little lady like you want with him?" the brown haired dude said, before winking at me,
"Urhh... I need to ask him something" I replied, "So where is he?"
"I think it would be better if you stayed here with me" the dude replied, patting his lap, motioning me to sit,
"Ok... Right" I began, "Just stop, you're not gunna bed me and you're not gunna get me as girlfriend... So just stop hitting on me and tell me where Dave is!"
"Wow... I think maybe you need to go back up stairs then come back down again, you know before you get yourself hit!" the dude said, "Do you know who I am?"
"No! I don't know who the fuck you are!" I said, my anger flaring inside me,
"I'm Cody fucking Rhodes! And me and my buddy Ted DiBiase, get every girl we lay eyes on... what makes you think I can't get you!"
"That would be the fact that she's my daughter!" Dave said, walking through the door,
"SHIT!" Cody shouted, "Dave I didn't know!"
"Obviously!" I said, before turning to Dave, "You know what I find funny..." I began, "the fact that some men think they can blackmail and bully girls who are weaker than them into bed, until they realise that said girl has an intimidating dad..." I continued, "or until the thick shit realises that said girl could be stronger than she looks and then knocks the dude out..." I finished, "you know I did that once, this bint from high school tried to force me into bed, let's just say he wasn't the fittest dude on campus after I'd finished with him and he couldn't sneeze for 3 weeks" as I finished I looked towards Cody who was rubbing his nose,
"Hell yeah! That's my strong will inside ya... not your mama's!" Dave said, patting my back, "Now c'mon Syd, I need your help outside"
"Ok, coming" I said, following my dad... as I past Cody, I slammed my foot down by his making him jump, before grabbing his collar "Next time, you won't have any balls to shag someone with... we clear?"
"Yeah... we're as clear as ice dude!" Cody said, gulping at the look on my face,
"And that goes for you too, tweedle dick!" I said, facing Ted before letting Cody's collar go and walking into the kitchen.
Randy's P.O.V
"Yo Dave..." I shouted through the house, "I'm early, you happy?"
"Well, he should be happy" a mystery voice said,
"Angie? Is that you? You're voice has changed loads in the past couple of days, and I thought you were mena be at your mums?"
"No it's not Angie" the mystery girl shouted, walking out of the kitchen "hey! I'm Sydney... and your..." she carried on, "don't tell me... urhh, I know this! Jeff! Jeff Hardy!"
"Urhh... no" I began, "it's Randy Orton"
"Fuck yeah" Sydney said, "Jeff Hardy's the one with coloured hair aint he?"
"Yeah, that's him" I replied, giving her the once over, "So what's a pretty girl like you doing in Dave's house?"
"I'm his daughter" Sydney replied, "and please don't tell me you're like those dick heads in there" she finished, pointing towards the living room door,
"Who are you on about?" I asked, walking through to the living room, "Oh, those two... nope I aint like them, why'd you ask?"
"Coz tweedle dicks over there thought they could bully me into bed, until they found out I was Dave's daughter, so I threatened them both" Dave's supposed daughter said,
"Wait? Did you say you're Dave's daughter?" I asked, looking confused "I thought he only had Alayah and Candy"
"Yeah, but there's me, I never knew he was my dad until 3 days ago..." she began, "he hasn't seen me since I was born"
"That explains it then" Randy said, looking impressed "Nice, so how old are ya? 15? 16?"
"18... turned it 3 days ago" Sydney replied,
"Nice, so I can take you out for a drink sometime?" I asked, liking the look of this girl... fuck the fact she's Dave's daughter,
"Urm, yeah that'd be nice" Sydney replied, "Well, I'll speak to you later Randy" she finished before walking off into the kitchen,
"Now how is it that he can get the girls that easily, but we can't?" Cody asked, speaking to Ted,
"He just can, he's a pimp dude..." Ted began, "and he has a reputation, so girls want him more than us"
"Or maybe, it's just the fact that I'm nice to them and don't force them into things..." I began, "and anyway, I like her"
"Dude, it's Dave Batista's daughter... DAVE BATISTA!" Ted said, "you'll get yourself killed if you hurt her"
"But that's the thing, I won't hurt her..." I said, "if she just wants to be friends, then we'll be friends"
I walked out of the living room and into the kitchen to find Dave getting a beer out of the fridge,
"Hey Orton" Dave said, "Want a beer?"
"Yeah go on then" I replied, as Dave threw one in my direction, I caught it and opened it before taking a sip, "I never knew you had a third daughter"
"Yeah, but I aint seen her since she was like 1 – 2" Dave began, "She's been in a children's home since she was 5, coz her fucking mother couldn't see her boyfriend was beating on her fucking daughter, it pisses me off and I feel guilty, like I should have taken her when I left her mum" Dave continued, "She would have been better off with me"
"Wow... Man, she was in a home" I said, "I feel kinda sorry for her"
"Well don't let her know that..." Dave said, "She's like me and doesn't like people's sympathy"
"Ok, I won't mention it to her then"
"Good, so..." Dave said, "When's Cena getting here?"
"Urmm..." I began, looking at my watch, "In about an hour's time, Jeff's bringing him with Matt"
"Ok then" Dave said
FFW an hour
As I searched the house looking for Dave, I noticed Sydney; I pushed my way through the already crowded house towards her,
"Hey" I shouted, over all the noise, "you okay?"
"Hey Randy" she shouted back, "I'm good... you?"
"I'm good, it's a bit loud in here, come outside for a drink with me?" I asked,
"Yeah ok" she said, as I grabbed her hand and led her outside, as we reached the decking I grabbed two beers from the cooler box and led her down the garden towards the swinging bench, and sat down next to her,
"Hope you like beer" I said, passing her one,
"Yeah" she began, "I do cider and vodka shots too... I just don't do wine or champagne unless it a wedding or summin like that"
"And you've only been drinking 3 days?" I said, impressed by this girl, she can drink like a dude,
"No... I've only been legal 3 days..." she said, "Don't tell me Mr. Orton played by the rules when he was young?"
"No" I replied, "I never played by the rules" I continued, beginning to laugh, "you just didn't look like the type of person to break rules"
"Well..." Syd began, pulling up her t-shirt showing a tattoo saying 'Trust No One' on her side, "I had that done about 2 months ago" she continued, pushing her jeans down a bit to show stars on her left hip, "I had that done on my 16th birthday" she carried on, impressing me, she put her top back over her evenly tanned stomach and fixed her pants, "That one was my first, I sneaked outta school and got it when I was 15... boy did I get a telling off..." she said, pointing at a peace sign on her left wrist, "I got those done not long after my 16th birthday..." she said, pointing at 3 Chinese symbols on her right wrist, "and I got that done on my 17th birthday" she finished, showing me the side of her right hand, which had the word Faith along the side, "Ooh! And I got my lip done when I was 16, my eyebrow done when I was 17 and my nose about 6 – 7 months ago... you think I played by the drinking rules now?"
"Urhh... you make your point" I said beginning to laugh, "So... you gunna tell me about yourself?" I finished,
"Ok... I moved here 3 days ago from England..." Syd started, "I was born over here in America, but my mum moved back to England to live with her mum when I was a few years old, when Dave left us..." she continued, "when I was five my mum started doing crack and cocaine and I can remember always being scared of my mum's boyfriend... Greg... he would come home from work in a mood, or he would have had a fight with someone, or he'd be drunk and he'd beat on me..." she said, trailing off and looking into the distance...
Sydney's P.O.V
"So... you gunna tell me about yourself?" Randy asked, while we were sat down on the swinging bench in Dave's back garden,
"Ok... I moved here 3 days ago from England..." I started, "I was born over here in America, but my mum moved back to England to live with her mum when I was a few years old, when Dave left us..." I continued, "when I was five my mum started doing crack and cocaine and I can remember always being scared of my mum's boyfriend... Greg... he would come home from work in a mood, or he would have had a fight with someone, or he'd be drunk and he'd beat on me..." I said...
*****FLASHBACK...*****
No P.O.V
"Postman Pat, Postman Pat, Postman Pat and his black and white cat, early in the morning just as day is dawning, he picks up all the post bags in his van" a young girl, around the age of five, sang along with TV as her favourite show came on,
"Sydney" her mother shouted from the kitchen, "Come here, mummy needs you to get her something"
The little girl by the name of Sydney got up from her seat and ran to the kitchen to see what her mum wanted,
"Yeah mummy" Sydney said, looking at her mums pale face and wide eyes,
"Run upstairs and get mummy's special medicine from her draw" her mum said,
"Ok mummy" Sydney said, as she ran out of the kitchen and upstairs into her mother's room, she went into her mummy's 'special' draw and grabbed one of the many small packets of white powder, before closing the draw and running back downstairs, "here you go mummy" she finished, passing the packet to her mum,
"Thank you hunny, go get yourself a chocolate bar" her mother said as she opened the packet and poured the powder on the table,
Sydney walked towards the cupboard to get herself a chocolate bar, as she got it she turned around to see her mum with her nose trailing the long line of white powder on the table, before her mum began to cough and sneeze,
"Well... You got your chocolate bar, now shoo" her mother said, as Sydney watched her, "Go on, GET!"
Sydney scurried out of the room and back into the front room where she continued to watch Postman Pat.
FFW half an hour
"Sydney, get to your room, Greg's on his way home and you know what he's like when you're in the front room watching TV when he gets home" Sydney's mum shouted through to the living room, Sydney quickly changed the channel before turning the TV off and running upstairs to her room, as she got to her room she grabbed her Barbie doll and began to brush it's hair.
"Fucking dick head! How fucking dare he fire me!" Greg, Sydney's mother's boyfriend, said as he entered the house slamming the front door,
"What's wrong hunny?" Sydney's mum said, as Greg entered the kitchen and grabbed a beer from the fridge,
"The fucking dick head of a boss fired me!" Greg shouted, "So now we have no money coming in"
"Well, you'll have to find another job"
"Why can't you find a fucking job?" Greg said, raising his voice "Oh wait, it's because you're too busy doing crack and coke each day to get of your fat ass and find one!"
"HOW FUCKING DARE YOU!" Sydney's mum shouted, "I HAVE A 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TO LOOK AFTER ASWELL!"
"Well, she should be in school all day so you can work to earn a living, but NO YOUR TOO FUCKING LAZY TO GO SIGN HER UP FOR A SCHOOL JESSIE!" Greg shouted, "SHE'S GUNNA BE HELD BACK SO MANY YEARS BECAUSE YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT HER!"
"DON'T YOU DARE TELL ME HOW TO LOOK AFTER MY CHILD!" Jessie shouted, "YOU CAN'T TALK, YOU LOST YOUR KIDS CAUSE YOUR A FUCKING ALCOHOLIC!"
"YOU FUCKING BITCH! GO FUCKING DIE!" Greg shouted, before barging upstairs and slamming his bedroom door,
"MAYBE I JUST WILL!" Jessie shouted up the stairs,
Sydney sat and listened like she did every other day of the week, she curled herself up in the corner, knowing what was coming next, she heard the banging on the wall from Greg punching it, before she heard the door slam and saw her door open. Greg charged towards her with a face full of anger before grabbing her by the collar and punching her in gut, as Sydney doubled over in pain screaming Greg continued to beat on her, kicking her in the ribs and kneeing her face,
"MUMMY!" Sydney screamed, "MUMMY HELP, MUMMY!"
She continued to scream as Greg continued the beating, kicking her ribs over and over again before carrying on with punching her face, "MUMMY!" Sydney screamed again before Jessie ran up the stairs, bursting into the room,
"GET THE FUCK OFF OF MY DAUGHTER!" Jessie said, pulling Greg's arm and landing a punch and splitting his lip, "DON'T EVER TOUCH MY DAUGHTER AGAIN!" Jessie screamed and she rushed to where Sydney was lying lifeless on the floor, gripping her rib. As Jessie went to turn her 5 year old daughter over, Sydney spoke,
"I can't breathe mummy, it hurts to breathe!"
"It's ok hunny, c'mon let me pick you up" Jessie said, grabbing Sydney's side,
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Sydney screamed, "IT HURTS MUMMY!" she screamed, with tears running down her face, "MUMMY MAKE IT STOP!"
"LOOK WHAT YOU'VE FUCKING DONE!" Jessie screamed turning round to find that Greg was no longer around, she ran to the window on the landing to find Greg driving away in his car, "GOOD FUCKING RIDENS, DICK HEAD!" she screamed as she ran downstairs to get her mobile, she rang 999 and an ambulance was there quicker than anything.
As the paramedics drugged little Sydney so she was asleep they moved her into the ambulance and speeded off to the hospital.
FFW One Day
After the beating Sydney received she had broken ribs, black eyes and a split lip... she was going to find it hard to breathe for days but Jessie should be thankful Syd was still alive... This event had opened Jessie's eyes to how vulnerable Sydney was at home and she decided Sydney deserved better than the life she had now...
"Excuse me Miss. Jones" the nurse said, approaching Jessie,
"Yes" Jessie said, looking at her with red eyes,
"Social services is here, they would like a word" the nurse said, "if you would follow me" the nurse finished, leading Jessie to the social worker,
As Jessie approached the social worker, she knew exactly what she was going to tell her,
"Miss. Jones..." the woman said, "I am Diana Roberts, social worker for social services..."
"Yes" Jessie said, preparing herself for what Diana was going to say next,
"I think you should take a seat" Diana said,
As Jessie sat down she began to speak, "You want to take Sydney off me" she looked up to Diana with tears rolling down her cheeks,
"Yes, we do, we believe that you are not fit enough to look after her" Diana said, sighing as Jessie broke down, "This is the 4th time this month she's been kept in hospital overnight, there's obviously something wrong in your household"
"I don't think I'm fit enough either..." Jessie said, as Diana hugged her "I need help, I'm an addict!" Jessie continued, "But I didn't do this to Sydney, I may be an addict but I would NEVER harm a hair on my baby's head... it was my boyfriend Greg Williams, he kept beating on her and he'd threaten me if I told the truth, but this time I'm not letting him win!"
"Well, thank you for telling us the truth, we can get Greg sent down now for what he's done and if he knows what's good for him, he won't come near you again" Diana said, "But that still doesn't change the fact that Sydney is not safe at your house... as you said, your an addict, a child of her age shouldn't be around drugs or alcohol... so we are still going to take her away"
"Yes take her, get her somewhere better to live!" Jessie said, "I want the best for my baby girl! I don't want her ending up like me"
"We will find her a suitable place, don't worry" Diana said, pulling from the hug "You will be able visiting hours when you are off the drugs, as for now, you can spend the remainder of hospital time with Sydney, when she gets discharged we will take her to the closest children's home and you will not see her until you are clean"
"Ok, thank you Diana, thank you" Jessie said, getting up and leaving the room to return to Sydney's bed...
*****END OF FLASHBACK *****
"Hey, Syd..." Randy said, a look of concern on his face "You okay?"
I looked at him as tears rolled down my cheeks, I found myself holding my ribs "Yeah I'm fine"
"Hey, hey, what's up?" Randy asked, concerned "Why you crying?
"He wouldn't stop... he just kept kicking Randy... I can't get it out of my head!" I said, breaking down in front of Randy, Randy wrapped his arms around me,
"Can't get who out of your head Syd?" Randy asked, sounding really concerned,
"Greg!" I replied, sobbing into Randy's shoulder, "That's why I got put in a children's home when I was 5... that's why I got my tattoo's, the peace one because I was finally at peace, the Chinese symbols because they mean love, strength and happiness... all the things I had during the time... the faith one because I just had to have faith to persevere... and the trust no one, one because I couldn't trust anyone" I finished, pulling away from Randy and wiping my eyes, "has my make-up smudged?"
"Nope" Randy replied, wiping away a stray tear,
"Well, it's a good thing I used waterproof mascara then isn't it" I said, beginning to laugh,
"Anyway, what you got planned this week?" Randy asked, "You just gunna be here by yourself?"
"Nah, I'm travelling with Dave, I'm training to be a Diva" I said, with a smile on my face, "I'm a free-spirit, dare-devil type of girl"
"Nice... you'll get on with Jeff just fine" Randy said smiling at me, "You do any dare-devil sports?"
"Yerp... I motor-cross" I replied, "Won 3 trophies for it back home"
"Well, you'll definitely get on with Jeff then" Randy said, beginning to laugh,
"Yeah" I said, laughing with him
We sat and talked for a couple more minutes until Dave came out looking for us,
"Yo Sydney, Orton" Dave shouted, "Cena's round the corner, Jeff just text me, c'mon"
"Coming dad" I shouted back, "C'mon viper"
"Mocking me?" Randy said sarcastically, "You're gunna pay the price"
Randy's P.O.V
"Yo Sydney, Orton" Dave shouted, "Cena's round the corner, Jeff just text me, c'mon"
"Coming dad" Sydney shouted back, "C'mon viper"
"Mocking me?" I said sarcastically, "You're gunna pay the price"
"Really?" Sydney said, "what you gunna do Legend Killer?" she said, mocking me again,
"That's it!" I said, running after her, she legged it off but wasn't quick enough, I grabbed her waist and pulled her to the ground with me before beginning to tickle her, "Price paid"
"Stop Randy, please!" Sydney said, laughing uncontrollable, "Randy please!"
"C'mon guys!" Dave said, walking onto the deck, "What the heck is going on?"
"Randy... Stop!" Sydney said, still laughing, "Dad make him stop tickling me!"
"Randy c'mon" Dave said,
"What?" I asked, "I'm having fun here"
"Cena will be here in a minute c'mon!" Dave said,
"Ok, ok" I replied, letting Sydney go and getting up before helping her up, "c'mon inside now"
"Finally" she said, as she watched her dad walk back inside, once he had closed the door she turned around and whispered in my ear, "we'll finish this later" as she backed away she had a sly grin on her face, she turned and ran inside with me following...
FFW 5 minutes
We all stood in Dave's living room waiting for Cena to arrive, we all heard the car pull up the drive and the doors slam, then Jeff shout to Matt,
"Yep, there here" I said, above the quietness, "You can hear Jeff" I finished, as everyone began to laugh, we heard the front door open and instantly shut up, as Cena walked into the living room, we all screamed,
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"
"WOW!" Cena said, as he jumped from fright, "Thanks dudes! Oh and dudettes!"
Everyone went back to their own conversations as Cena made his way over to me and Dave,
"Yo Orton" Cena said, "Was sup?"
"Happy 30th dude" I said, knuckle touching him,
"Thanks dude..." John began, "And thanks for the party Dave, it means loads"
"It's alright dude..." Dave said, "What are mates for?"
"Hey!" Sydney said, "Happy birthday dude!"
"Thanks dudetter... but do I know you?" Cena asked,
"No... you don't" Sydney said, "I'm Sydney Leah Jones... hopefully, soon to be Batista"
"Wow... Dave what happened to Angie?" Cena asked, "And aint she a bit to you for you?" Cena finished pointing at Sydney, I burst out in laughter as did Sydney and Dave,
"I'm his daughter" Sydney said,
"You have a third daughter!" Cena said, surprised,
"Yeah... I haven't seen her for at least 16 years... then she shows up on my doorstep 3 days ago" Dave began, "I was so happy to see her, she's the spit of me... don't you think?"
"Yeah she is!" me and Cena said in unison,
"Yeah, anyway happy birthday dude, speak to you later" Sydney said, before jetting off somewhere in the house,
"She's pretty cool" Cena said, looking at Dave,
"Yeah..." Dave said, smiling "Anyway, Angie had to rush to her mums, she's ill... but she wishes you a Happy Birthday"
"Thanks dude... tell her that" Cena said, "Hey Ashley!..." Cena said, "Later dude, I'm about to get birthday sex" Cena finished with a wink before walking off,
"Man whore" I said, laughing,
"Yeah he is" Dave said, "So anyway... you and Sydney... looked like you were hitting it off"
"No, we're just mates Dave, don't worry" I replied as we walked onto the deck for some peace,
"Well, I was gunna say, if you like her go for it, she looks like she needs someone to lean on, but get this straight..." Dave began, "You hurt her, I will break your neck"
"Dave dude, we're mates' right..." I began, "If I was gunna be more than friends with her, it would be on her terms... I wouldn't hurt her"
"Thanks dude" Dave said, patting my back "Please, be gentle with her, she seems sensitive and she doesn't show her emotion, she'll take it out on summin like I do"
"Ok..." I replied, "Anyway, I was gunna take her out for a drink sometime"
"Don't even think about doing what I think your thinking about doing" Dave replied, "I know you Orton"
"What? I didn't get any of that... You've officially confused me" I replied,
"I think I've confused myself too" Dave said beginning to laugh, "But yeah, just don't do anything stupid... like get her drunk and bed her!"
"I won't Dave no worries, I'll take it slow" I said, getting up and heading inside, "Talk to you later"