Chapter 6
Once the two were at Zack's room, he grabbed his swim trunks and went into the bathroom to change. While he changed, Lily looked around his room. It looked just like the room she was currently sharing with her dad. A few minutes later, Zack emerged from the bathroom, ready to head to the pool.
He joked around with Lily while they walked. Soon, they were at the pool and Lily removed her cover up. When she did Zack tried to hide his gasp but Lilyana noticed. She blushed a little, embarrassed when some of her bruises showed.
"Sorry Lily, I didn't mean to embarrass you." Zack said.
"It's ok. I forgot that they would be visible." Lilyana said quietly.
"Is that what that creep did to you? John said that your mom's boyfriend had hurt you but I didn't realize it was that bad." He said.
"Yeah, he hit me really hard with his belt a lot of time." Lily replied with tears in her eyes.
Zack decided to change the subject. He wanted to cheer the girl up. She reminded him of his little sister Abby.
"Last one in is a rotten egg." He called out playfully.
Lily giggled and dove into the cool water before Zack had a chance. When she came up she smiled at him.
"Well, rotten egg, what are you waiting for?" she asked teasingly.
Zack smiled and jumped in, splashing Lily as he hit the water. This made Lily giggle and she splashed him back when he surfaced. The splashing war continued for about 20 minutes when they were interrupted.
"Hey, mind if I join you two?" John said to the giggle girl and his fellow wrestler.
"Sure Daddy. The water feels great." Lily told him.
John jumped in and was splashed the second he surfaced. He turned to see Lilyana giggling happily.
"Lilyana Felicity Antoinette Cena! You better be a fast swimmer, young lady." He said in mock anger.
This caused both Lily and Zack to erupt in laughter. In fact, Lily was laughing so hard that she couldn't even swim away from her dad. John caught her easily and scooped her up. Lily gasped.
"Get ready because you are about to be thrown in that water little miss." John said.
Lily plugged her nose and held her breathe as her dad playfully tossed her towards Zack. Zack watched to make sure that she came right back up, ready to assist if needed. Lily didn't need his help and splashed him. She giggled as she swam to her daddy for safety. The three goofed around and splashed in the pool for a while longer.
Soon they were joined by Randy, Mike (The Miz), Ted Debiase Jr. and Cody Rhodes. The four men watched the scene with amusement before jumping in their selves. It didn't take long for the group to be splashing each other and acting like a group of kids.
"Hey have any of you ever heard of Marco Polo?" Lily asked.
They all indicated that they had indeed played the game as boys. This made Lilyana smile.
"Can we play it now?" she asked.
Once everyone had agreed, they all engaged in a vigorous game of Marco Polo. Mike was the one that called out Marco first.
"Marco!" Mike called out and his friends answered with the normal, "Polo!"
He swam towards Lily but she got away. He kept calling out and swimming towards his companions as they answered back. This continued for about 5 minutes, until he finally caught Randy. The game continued for about 30 minutes and all had been caught at least once, except Lilyana whom had not been caught at all.
"Alright, Lils, I think we should call it a wrap and get some food." John told his daughter.
"Awe Daddy, do we have to? I am having fun." Lily whined.
"Yes Princess, we need to get to bed early tonight because we are leaving to head to Nevada at 5 am." John replied.
"Hey broski, mind if I ride with you tomorrow?" Zack asked.
"Sure. It will be the three of us then." John told his friend.
"Do we hafta leave so early Daddy?" Lily whined.
"Yes baby we do. Now no more whining about it." John told her sternly.
Lily pouted but didn't say another word. The group all got out and the guys gasped. They hadn't seen the bruises on Lily's back before. John put a protective arm around Lilyana and Zack handed her camouflage cover up to her. She put it on quickly.
"Oh my God. Randy when you and John said he hurt her I never dreamed it was that bad." Ted whispered to Randy.
"I hope that piece of s**t rots behind bars." Mike said.
Cody just stood there shaking his head. Whoever this Marvin guy was, he had better hope he never showed his face around any of the WWE roster. Cody wanted to get his hands on the man and show him what it felt like to be abused like that and the other guys felt the same way. Even the guys who were not friends with Cena had been angry about what happened when they heard.
The group all left the pool and headed in different directions. John ushered his little girl back to their room so they could get changed and figure out dinner.
"Do you want to just stay here and order room service, go to the restaurant downstairs, or go out to eat in town?" John asked once they had both changed into dry clothes.
"Can we see what there is in town?" Lily asked excitedly.
"Sure Princess. If you want to then we can. They have lots of restaurants in town." John replied smiling at his girl.
The two headed out the door and got into the car. John started the engine and backed out. Soon they were singing along to the radio while they headed to town. Lily was excited and loved the pretty lights of the town. She got even more excited when she noticed a local steak house.
"Daddy can we pretty please eat there." She said pointing to the restaurant.
John chuckled. Apparently, his baby girl had his taste in food. He loved steak.
"You really want to eat steak?" John asked.
"I love steak Daddy. Don't you like it?" she replied.
"Sure Princess. Steak is one of my favorites." John replied, smiling at his little princess.
He pulled into the parking lot and found a parking space. Lily skipped happily beside him. John couldn't help but smile. It was nice to be spending time with his daughter.