Chapter 7

After enjoying a delicious meal that consisted of steak, bake potatoes, corn on the cob and salad, the two Cenas headed back to their room for some much needed sleep. 5 am would come very early. But, before they went to bed, John made sure they were all packed up except for what they would need in the morning.

"Alright Little Lady, hop into bed." John said.

Lilyana grumbled but climbed into bed as she was told. John tucked her in and kissed her on the forehead.

"Daddy, you do realize that I'm 12 not 2 right?" Lily said with mock annoyance.

"It doesn't matter how old you are, Princess. You will always be my little girl." He replied.

Lily just groaned and closed her eyes.

"Good night Daddy."

"Good night Lilyana."

Then John climbed into bed himself and the two slept soundly. Until the alarm woke John up at 4 am so he could get around and then get Lily up. He showered, dressed and then got Lily up and sent her to the shower.

Just as she was emerging from the bathroom, ready to go, there was a knock. John went to answer it and found Mike standing there.

"Hey man, I know it is last minute, but can I ride with you? My ride fell through." The Miz asked.

"Sure but you will have to ride in the back seat with my daughter." John told him.

"Thanks. I will go get my bags and meet you at your car then." Mike said.

John said bye to Mike and closed the door. A few minutes later they were all down at the car and the bags were being loaded.

"So kiddo, it looks like you and I are sharing the back seat for this trip." Mike told Lily.

"It appears that way." She replied sleepily.

Mike smiled. Lily reminded him of his little sister Miranda.

"Alright everyone in!" John called out.

Mike and Lily got into the back and Zack was already sitting in the passenger seat.

John started the car and pulled out. They were on the way to Nevada.

At first Lily was quiet but Mike soon got her talking to him. They both listened to his iPod by using the head phone splitter he had. It turned out they liked a lot of the same music. They also played some tic tack toe in an old notebook Lily had with her.

John and Zack were busy chatting in the front and everyone seemed to be enjoying the drive. In fact, Mike was enjoying goofing around with Lilyana like he would Miranda. John smiled when he looked in the mirror and saw Lily smiling happily.

"Ha-ha I win again because I'm AWESOME!" Lilyana exclaims having beaten Mike at tic tack toe for the sixth time in a row.

"Hey, you are starting to sound a lot like Miz Lilyana." Zack laughed.

"I am nothing like this guy." Lily pouted and pointed at Mike.

"Awe come on Lils, you know you are Mini Miz. Just admit it." Mike teased.

Lily stuck her tongue out at him and insisted she wasn't Mini Miz. Mike tickled her, making her laugh.

"Face it, you are officially Mini Miz." Mike said and everyone laughed. Everyone except Lilyana anyway. She just playfully punched Mike in the arm.

"John, I think this car has a mosquito in it. It just bit me in the arm." Mike joked while rubbing the spot she had punched him in.

Lily just stuck her tongue out at him again. She started to yawn.

"Looks like someone is getting sleepy." Mike said.

He decided that listening to his iPod would be a good thing to do for a little bit so he got it out and handed Lily one of the two sets of head phones. Lily smiled and put them in her ear. It wasn't long before Lily was dozing off. Mike decided to let her get comfortable and offered for her to use him as a pillow. He knew they had a long ride ahead since it would take them over a day to get to Reno, Nevada.

"Are you sure you won't be too uncomfortable then?" Lily asked.

"Nah, my little sis, Miranda, used to lay like that when we went on long trips." He said.

Lily laid her head on his leg gratefully and put her feet up on the seat. Not long after she had curled up, she was sleeping soundly. Mike took the blanket Lily had brought with her and covered her up.

John watched the two in the mirror and smiled. He was happy that his little girl was warming up to his fellow wrestlers. He hoped she would warm up to his girlfriend Liz just as easily. He was sure she would. Lilyana was definitely a Cena and as such seemed to steal the heart of everyone she met. John frowned, thinking of the one person whose heart she never stole, Marvin. He silently vowed to make sure that pile of crap paid for what he did to her.

"You ok Broski?" Zack asked seeing the frown.

"Yeah just thinking about that creep Marvin. I am going to make sure he pays for what he did to my little girl." John replied.

Zack nodded in understanding. There were no right words for that situation.