Chapter 5

Once in the restaurant, they are escorted to the conference room so they can all sit together. Lily sat next to her dad and the chair on the other side of her was the only unoccupied one. As they looked over the menus, Mike aka the Miz walked up.

"Hey mind if I join you?" he asked.

"Nah Broski, go ahead and have a seat." Zack said pointing towards the empty chair.

Mike sat down next to Lily. Lily seemed kind of nervous. Something about Mike reminded her of Marvin. John noticed her tense up when Mike sat down. He leaned over and whispered in her ear.

"Don't worry Princess. Mike is a nice guy and besides, no one here is going to let anyone hurt you."

Lilyana smiled and thanked her dad. Just then the waitress walked up to take their orders. Everyone ordered and it was Lily's turn next.

"I would like a large glass of orange juice, 3 eggs fried and make sure the whites are not runny, hasbrowns crisp, a side of sausage links and homade white toast with grape jam please." she said politely.

The guys just stared at her and she looked at all of them and shrugged.

"What can't a girl be hungry after a workout? I did run pretty hard and long on the treadmill ya know." she said a little sarcastically.

"Yup you are definitely a Cena. You have the Cena confidence and the Cena appetite." Randy replied.

The entire table laughed as Lily just looked at her Uncle Randy and stuck her tongue out at him.

"Don't be hating on us Cena's because we are better looking and better athletes than you." Lilyana replied.

Randy just shook his head as he tried to hold back his laughter. The table began chatting amongst themselves. This continued for about 20 minutes, and then the food arrived. Lily was starving and dug right into her food. She took several big gulps of her juice and started shoveling in more food. For a minute the guys just stared.

"What? Haven't any of you ever seen a girl that actually eats? Or are you used to stupid anorexic girls? So what if I love my food? Love me or hate me either way you will never forget me." Lily said cockily.

The guys just shook their heads and started eating. When the meal was over they all headed in different directions. Lily and John headed to their room.

"Look, Lils babygirl. I need to talk to you. It is important ok?"

"Sure Daddy what's up?" she asked while sitting on her bed and removing her shoes.

"Well, I have someone I want you to meet. Her name is Liz and she and I have been dating for a while." John said nervously.

"Oh thank goodness, there is a girl in your life besides me. I was worried that my hunk of a dad was girlfriendless." Lily said relieved.

John just laughed at his little girl and shook his head. Lily curled up with her stuffed tiger and lay on her bed while John watched TV while lying in his own bed. It didn't take long and Lilyana was sleeping. John called Liz and talked to her for a bit while Lily slept.

"Yeah babe, she is excited to meet you. Really, I mean it. I swear to you that I am telling you the truth." John stated.

He told Liz everything he could about Lilyana and Liz listened wanting very much to get to know the girl. She was an important part of John's life and would be around now.

"I can't wait for you to get here either Babe. I know she will love you. After all, I do and she is my daughter. I miss you too Babe. Babe, stop worrying about Lilyana liking you. I am telling you, she will love you. Ok miss you too Babe. See you in a few days. Love you too Lizzybear." John hung up the phone and took off his shoes. He kicked back and relaxed and was soon dozing in and out. Lily suddenly started crying in her sleep.

"Shh, Princess, Daddy has you. You are safe now." John soothed as he gently rocked her.

Soon she was calmed again and was sleeping peacefully. John set her back down on the bed and tucked her in. Then he checked the time. He had a signing to go to in about an hour so he got his clothes around and showered. After his shower he decided to find someone willing to sit in the room and look after Lily. About 15 minutes later, there was a knock at the door.

"Hi Zack. Thanks for keeping an eye on her for me." John told Zack Ryder.

"Hey no problem Broski. She is in good hands."

John showed Zack where the ibuprofen was and told him that Lily could have one when she woke up if she needed it then headed out the door. Zack made himself comfy on the couch and watched TV while the girl slept.

A short time later, while Zack was in the bathroom, Lily awoke. She sat up and looked around. She began to get worried when she didn't she her dad.

"Daddy? Daddy where are you?" she called out frantically.

Zack heard her calling for her dad as he was exiting the bathroom.

"Hey there Lilyana, John had to go to a signing so he asked me to keep an eye on you." Zack told the girl.

"Oh." she replied.

Lily wasn't sure if he was telling her the truth so she grabbed her phone and text her dad. Within a couple minutes he had texted her back telling her it was ok and that he had indeed ask Zack to look after her for a bit.

"So Lily, what would you like to do? We can hang out here and watch movies, go down to the hotel arcade and game room, go shopping or whatever you like."

Lily giggled while she thought about her options. Finally she made a decision.

"Can we go down to the pool? I love to swim and it would be a great second workout for the day." Lily asks timidly.

"Woo Woo Woo You know it!" Zack replied jokingly.

Lilyana couldn't help but giggle at his reply. She decided that her dad had left her in the care of someone that was a big kid at heart. She was unsure of Zack and all of the guys on the WWE roster at first but slowly they were winning her affection. It was like she went from only having her loser mom to having an amazing dad and a whole LOT of uncles.

She got up and searched her bag for her swimsuit. The top was easy to find but she had to dig for the bottoms. Her suit was a camouflage two piece, with a sports bra style top and a skirted bottom. Grabbing her camouflage cover up, she headed to the bathroom to change. Once she was ready she came back out.

"Ok I am ready. Do you need to go get your swim trunks?" she asked.

"Yeah, my room is on the way to the pool so we can stop there first." Zack told the girl.

"Alrighty, let's go." Lily said excitedly.

The two headed out the door and towards Zack's room.