"So, you're a wrestler now." He began and invited himself into my dressing room.

"That's right." I answer, noticing that I was about three inches taller than him and could easily beat him by about fifty pounds.

"I'm proud of you." He said and gave me the first hug I had ever had by a father or by any of my mom's boyfriends and it felt good to know that he accepted me and might even love me as his son.

"Mom's here." I told him. "She's sitting in the front row so she can watch me live my dream." He nodded.

"Vince, can you please leave us alone for a little while." He nodded and left the room and I invited Ken to sit.

"Dad, why did you leave me and mom?"
"I was just beginning wrestling when your mom found out she was pregnant with you. We were both fifteen… I told her that I didn't want that to follow me. I regret it everyday. I hate how I didn't get to see you grow up… you have no idea how much I wish I could go back in time and change it." I nodded, believing what he said.

"So, it's going to be interesting tonight." I said, changing the subject.

"Yeah, the crowd should be interested in what you mean by 'maybe even relate'."

"I don't think I should say my name."

"You have too, the people should be able to guess who you are." I nodded. I looked at the clock it was nine. We went into the main lobby of the backstage area and sat down with the other people. The first couple of matches finished and I could hear the crowd yelling with excitement. Finally, my dad's song came on and it was his turn he gave me a quick hug

"Good luck." And walked out. After his entrance, Cody Rhodes went out too. The match lasted ten or fifteen minutes and then I heard the bell. I stood up and went to the curtain and when my song came on, I walked out. My mom was right there and I gave her a quick hug but no one wanted to give me a high five or anything, I was too new.

I went though my piece and I could tell that people knew who I was after I said 'relate'. I went back to grab my stuff from my dressing room and went to see Mr. McMahon.

"Good Job, son." He said to me and handed me a packet of paper with a large binder clip on it. "Here are your lines for next week. Remember, we are getting on a plane from the airport at seven thirty tomorrow morning and you can bring one person with you. I nodded as I found my mother and motioned for her to join me. We began to walk out of the place and soon we were back home.

"Did you talk to dad at all?" I asked her and she nodded.

"I think we are back together… he invited me to go with you guys to Albuquerque next week… how did you and him get a long?"

"We got along okay." I said. "I'm still kind of mad at him though for walking out on us." She nodded.

"Forgive him." She urged. "I understand why he left, but now he's back. There is no use living in the past." I nodded and then my cell phone rang.

"Hello?"

"John, it's Rayne."

"Did you go to the Doctor? Is everything okay?"

"I got my period… I'm not pregnant."

"Do you want to go to Albuquerque with us tomorrow?"
"Yeah, what time should I come over?"

"How about five thirty tomorrow morning because we need to be at the airport tomorrow by seven thirty… the flight takes off at nine."

"Can I sleep over your place instead so I don't need to wake up that early?"

"Okay, you can head over there now… I'll be there in half an hour." We hung up and my mother looked at me.

"Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, everything is fine." I answered.

"Who needs to go to the doctor?"

"Mom, it's nothing."
"You don't want me involved with your personal life?"

"No." She nodded and walked with me to go to the car. We drove to our apartment building and I left her to her apartment and I went to mine. When I got in, Rayne was already there. Her mascara was smudged like she had been crying.

"Are you okay?" I asked her. "Did you want a baby?"
"John, I'm fine. It's just that I had all these thoughts in my head you know, thinking about what if I had been pregnant. I thought it would be exciting to be a mother and I was kind of just disappointed." I nodded and looked at her again.

"Well, let's go to sleep and see what tomorrow brings us." I said and she nodded. Both of us fell asleep together on the couch.