Holy Shit. I haven't updated this ffic in the longest time. This chapter right here is dedicated to JCJF.lover (no matter how shita chapter it may be) because she turned 19 last week (see i'm even late with the post)
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"Elsie" Crap first name shit. "I'm gonna ask you for an honest answer here."
"Ok Ash. You're letting me stay honest I can do."
"Who was that you're spending the whole afternoon with tomorrow, sounded like a guy."
"It was. It was my BanDana" I replied. Then realising she had no idea who I was talking about, and from her face I could tell she didn't think it was a cousin relationship between us.
"Mmmhmm" was the only noise Ash made.
"Yea, BanDana. My cousin Dan." Ash let out this huge breath and smiled.
"Sorry Sizzle it's just he way you were talking to him."
"That? That was nothing you should see me and Andy, the one from Raw, we talk and no one seems to understand us at all…it's really funny." I said putting my phone back in my bag. I was about to leave when Ash called me back.
"Here take my key, I'll go down to reception and get another." She said as she handed me her key.
"Thanks Ash." I said and left for Shawn's room.
I knocked, then heard some fumbling, and a crash, a little bit of cussing then Shawn was there.
"Hey Shawn, could I…umm…talk to you?" I asked looking down. Shawn put his fingers under my chin and made it so I was looking him dead in the eye. Clearly eye contact wasn't negotiable…dammit.
"Course you can darlin" he then opened the door wider, as I stepped into his room. I walked over to a couch and sat down, he came and sat next to me, facing me, man this was gonna be harder than ever. "What's wrong Hellover?" he used my nickname for the first time that day, yet somehow it sounded off.
"Umm Shawn, about before" I started, maybe he hadn't noticed.
"The dad thing?" He noticed.
"Yea, that, listen I'm sorry I didn't mean to, it's just with the way you came and 'protected' me." Shawn nodded. "That's the most fatherly thing anyone has ever done for me before, ever." Shawn looked saddened by that, not that I know why. "I'm really sorry if I made you uncomfortable, I didn't mean to."
"Darlin it's fine, I don't mind. But it seems to me you need a father figure." Great, now I feel groggy and shitty, way to make my evening. Man my feet just have huge Elsie magnets on them today. "Sweetie, you gotta tell me what's going on in your head."
"It's just…my real father…he left before I was born. His brother is responsible for my mum's death and I've never had anyone like that…ever."
"I'm so sorry sweet pea, I will be that person if you want."
"I don't want to put you out." Say yes anyway…please.
"It wouldn't be, or I wouldn't have offered."
"I don't wanna be a bother."
"Stop making excuses."
"Will you really?" I asked looking at him.
"I already am." That was exactly what I needed to hear.
"Thank you so much."
"You're welcome." Dammit why the hell am I crying? I don't cry.
"Hey, you know today was the first time I ever called anyone dad." I said, whipping the tears that slide down my cheek. "It felt really nice to do." Shawn pulled me into a hug.
"It felt great hearing you call me dad too." He said, resting his head on top of mine. I don't know if he was being honest or not, but it helped all the same.
"Thanks for this…dad." I said hoping up. "I gotta go back to Ash's room, I'm umm spending the night with her, maybe…I was thinking…if you weren't busy well maybe we could possibly-
"Breakfast?" Yea that. I nodded in agreement. "Of course we can sweet pea." We got up and he opened the door for me. Wow my first father figure. This is big, well actually this is fucking HUGE. I walked the five doors back to Ashley's with a spring in my step only to find her sat outside.
"Ash, the bed's in the room."
"I know, but because I wasn't sharing they have a discount which means one key only, if I get another one it'll cost me fifty bucks I believe."
"Ouch, that sucks. How long have you been sat there?"
"Not too long, but get your ass to open this door up quick."
"Sounds like a plan." I helped her up and we went into her room. She flopped onto her bed, looking exhausted.
"Did shopping and watching me try on like a gazillion different outfits tire you out?" I asked playfully.
"Nope but walking up those fucking stairs did." She pulled a pillow under her head. "You must be in the best physical shape ever."
"You walked up the stairs?"
"Yea, for your friend, it makes sense if you think about it. Not that I'll ever think about it again mind you." Lazy shit.
"Wouldn't blame you. It took some getting used to. But you'll never believe what happened with Shawn." This seemed to drain any exhaustion Ash had, she sat upright and looked eagerly at me. It was like an exclusive on new gossip. "Well we talked and in short he's like my new dad…on road of course." I did say in short.
"What about your real dad? Will he mind?" Yea, about that…
"I don't know who my real dad is. All I know is that his brother is my Aunt's ex-husband, the one who stalks them constantly." And tried to kill me…and managed to kill my mother.
"Then I think it's great, you and Shawn I mean." She said, being comforting. We sat in a comfortable silence, well Ash was lying, exhaustion setting back in. I was beginning to think she'd fallen asleep.
"Hey Sizz, if your Uncle is stalking your Aunt and cousins, isn't being on international TV kinda really bad?"
"Nope. Not at all. My entrance is saying from Australia, because of my accent. Besides as far as he knows I'm dead. He thought I was in the car with mum when she died." A few tears managed to escape my grasp and my voice was wavering.
"Aww Sizzle, come here." Ash patted the space next to her, I went over and sat down, only to be pulled into a hug. "Sizz, no matter what some ass think he wants, me, and a heap of other people are really happy you're here." Liar.
"Like who?" Defensive Elsie is out. She comes out when liars are present.
"Hmm let me think," she said very sarcastically. "Well there's Jeff for one, your cousins, was it Dan and Andrew, Me, Ria, Mel, Candz, Mickie, Amz, Kelly, John, Randy, Paul and Shawn. And that's just the start. I can assure you of that." I blinked back the tears that were brewing behind my eyes.
"You really think so?"
"I don't think. I know." She pulled out her phone and dialled someone, then she handed me the phone.
"Who's this?" I asked, gesturing towards the dialling phone.
"You'll see." Great a reverse prank call.
"Hello" Ok, It's clearly a guy.
"Umm Hi" great way to start of a conversation.
"Before you start, I don't do windows or toilets." This sounded familiar, a little too familiar.
"You know that's almost exactly how Jeff answers his phone." Fumbling. I'm guessing the wrong thing to say. Clearly the person on the phone was trying to cover it so I wouldn't hear the conversations.
"Hey Jeff" they yelled. Wow my Jeff. "Who've you talked to today?"
"My girl and my neighbours. Why?" Ahhh that's Skittles.
"No reason" more fumbling. "You're Elsie right?" No shit Sherlock.
"Yea, Matt yes?"
"Yea, what can I do for you today Elsie?" Once again background conversations started.
"Bro, don't call her Elsie, she hates it." Jeff said interrupting, I'm pretty sure he's buzzed.
"Umm, I don't actually know, see Ashley, she dialled your number after saying people give a shit about me."
"Ash made you ring me, hmm I think I know now. Elsie, sorry for calling you that, I'll find something better soon, you are a gorgeous independent woman, who has graced the like world with your presence on Raw. Seriously the WWE is really lucky to have snapped you up." Now that actually made a few tears fall, after the last time Matt talked about me, this is a complete 180.
"Matt do you really think that?"
"Yea, you're a barrel of monkeys kid. And you put up with Jeff."
"Speaking of, could you tell him I say ILY. Thank you Matt."
"Ok, but only if you tell Ash that I'm sorry."
"Bye Matt."
"Bye Kid." We hung up.
"So was I right?" Ashley asked, swinging her legs.
"Yep, you were. By the way, Matt says he's sorry." I added passing on Matt's message.
"Really? He said it?"
"Yep."
"Was he hammered?"
"No, not quite, I think he was a try over tipsy though."
"New girl say what?"
"He wasn't smashed but he was a little more buzzed than being tipsy."
"Oh, why didn't you just say that to start with then?"
"I did." Duh. I rolled my eyes, causing her to roll her eyes, so of course I rolled mine back. Then we laughed at how stupid we were being. "I bet I can do something you can't."
"If it includes stairs you win."
"It doesn't. It's a trick. Wanna see?"
"Yep yep" I did my infamous eye trick. It looks like you have an awol eye, but it's seriously simple. "Wow that's really freaky, how do you move one eye like that?"
"I don't. Ok, you go cross eyes, then look right, cross-eyed, look left. Just keep doing that and it looks like you have a rogue eye." I said explaining how to freak the shit out of people.
"That makes it a lot less scary."
"Just don't tell em how you do it." I said as I got up, walked to the other bed and flopped on it. "Hey Ash, can I watch a movie?"
"Go ahead, Vince is paying for it anyway." I scrolled though the movies on offer they were all shit, so I flipped to free to air, just my luck. Welcome to the Jungle was showing.
"Man I love this movie."
"What? The rundown?"
"The rundown?" I asked.
"The movie you're watching."
"Yea, I love welcome to the jungle. It's great." I said focusing back on the movie. "I mean who wouldn't love a movie with The Rock, Seann William Scott, Johnny Knoxville and Arni in it."
"True that." We became completely engrossed in the movie, then my phone rang.
"Yo"
"You're spending too much time with Cena." It's Andy.
"And you spend too much time watching wrestling Andrew Patrick McDougal."
"Ouch, full name Elsie Helen Bremner. I never did get the whole Bremner thing."
"Well seen as Ned did a runner before I came about, so mum decided that I'd just take her name. It's not like they were ever married or anything."
"Yea, I guess that makes sense."
"It does, so tell me, what does cotton candy need tonight?"
"Just wondering how you're going? Dan said you were staying with Ashley."
"Oh that's what this is about. Cotton Candy is looking for the cereal number on the fairy flosser."
"Ok fine, she's hot. And I may or may not want her number."
"Too bad. You can't have it. Besides I think that the flosser and M&M have something going on."
"Ok, Ashley's fairly flosser, but who's M&M?"
"Jeez Andy, what's the big brother of Skittles?"
"Oh right, Ashley and Matt…really, what and odd couple."
"Either way…off limits. I gotta go, well I'm choosing to, but I'll talk to u tomorrow." I hung up and focused back on the movie, well I as trying to Ash was looking at me funny.
"What?" I asked, not looking away from the movie.
"Cotton Candy is looking for the cereal number on the fairy flosser?" she asked.
"Hey I fully warned you that me and Andy talk a little weirdly."
"Oh now I get it, you do it when you want a private convo right?"
"Right."
"Well tell you cousin he can't have my number."
"Hold up! You got that?" First person to get it.
"Well yea, you wanted a private convo with your cousin, when I'm the only one around so I figured it had to do with me, then you said number so I put two and two together."
"And who said blondes were dumb." She laughed at that. We finished watching the movie and headed to bed. I had a busy day tomorrow. Breakfast with Shawn and the afternoon with Dan. Add a drive home with Jeff and I'm almost booked solid.
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