Chapter 33

The next morning Lily was awake before her dad. It didn't take her long to get ready to go to the gym. She had on her purple Cena sweats, purple Cena t-shirt, and her favorite sneakers. Her hair was in a ponytail as usual.

She sat on the couch for about a half an hour watching TV and waiting for John to wake up. She was anxious to get down to the gym and was getting impatient. Finally she couldn't stand it any longer and decided to text Mike.

"Hey Big Brother, are you busy?" she texted him.

"Good morning Mini Miz. What's up? I'm just getting ready to head to the gym." he texted back.

Lily ended up asking him if she could join him since John was still asleep. Mike said that was fine and he would be there in a couple minutes to get her. While she waited for him, she wrote a note for her dad. She figured that he wouldn't be mad as long as he knew where she was and that Mike was with her.

She had just finished the note and placed it where John would see it when she received a text from Mike saying he was there. She grabbed her key card for the room and headed out into the hall. After she closed the door and made sure it was locked, she hugged Mike.

"Thanks for letting me come along. I really want to get my workout started and Dad's still asleep. He and Ayden must have been up kind of late." Lily told Mike.

"No problem Mini Miz. You're welcome. So your dad and Ayden hung out last night huh?" Mike said.

Lily filled him in on all the details from last night while they were walking down to the gym. They talked and laughed the whole way. Soon they were in the gym and Lily headed over to the mats to stretch. Uncle Shawn had taught her some stretches to do to begin her workout. Mike joined her on the mats and stretched out as well.

About 15 minutes later, John joined them in the gym. Lily waved to him while she was running on the treadmill. He waved back as he was heading to the mats to stretch. Lily was relieved that he had apparently seen the note and wasn't upset with her.

Lily had been working out for about an hour and a half and was working with some hand weights when something made her stop in her tracks. She couldn't believe her eyes. Phil had just walked into the gym and there was a boy around Lily's age with him. He was the cutest boy Lily had ever seen. He looked just like Phil but younger. Lily couldn't take her eyes off of him. When she noticed him smiling at her, she shyly smiled at the ground and blushed.

John and Mike both watched the situation and couldn't help but smirk. They noticed that Lily seemed to have taken an interest in the young man. Both men had mixed feelings about it. On one hand they thought it was cute; but on the other hand, they felt protective over her.

Phil chuckled and decided to introduce the boy to everyone. He walked over to Lily and greeted her.

"Hey Kiddo, I have someone I want you to meet. This is my little brother Seth, he's 13. Seth this is Lilyana Cena, John's daughter." Phil said.

"Hi Lilyana. It's nice to meet you." Seth replied.

Lily blushed and couldn't seem to say anything at first. Seth truly was the spitting image of his older brother Phil. Lily had a crush on Phil since she was like 2 and now standing in front of her was a younger version of him. To say Lilyana had a crush on this boy would not be a lie.

"Hello Seth. It's nice to meet you also. You can call me Lily." She said shyly once she regained her ability to speak.

Seth and Lily talked for a few minutes and then he helped her finish her workout. After that, John and Phil took the kids to get breakfast. Seth was impressed with Lily's appetite which earned a chuckle from John.

"Your brother should have warned you that we Cenas have big appetites." John said.

Lily glared at her dad for a second before breaking out in laughter. Seth couldn't help but grin at that. The two kids chatted while they ate and seemed to hit it off really well. Seth informed Lily that he wanted to be a WWE wrestler when he was old enough.

"They need to make a Junior Superstars division like they did with the Lil Divas division." Seth said.

Lily giggled and looked at John as a way of silently asking if she could tell Seth something. John nodded his approval and Lily smiled.

"Well, you are in luck because from what I've heard, a Junior Superstars division is in the works. I haven't heard when it will start though. Also there will be a WWE summer camp this summer. It is being called WWE Camp Champion. It will be two months long and I get the joy of being there as do the other Lil Divas. Also the Divas and Superstars will all have to take turns being the camp staff." Lily explained.

Seth was excited by this news. He wanted to go to that camp. Not only would he be able to get a head start on his future career, but he would also get to spend more time with Lily that way. The funny thing was that Lily was thinking it would be great to spend time with Seth at camp as well.

Soon John and Lily said good bye to Phil and Seth and headed about their day. While they were in their room, someone knocked on the door. Lily answered it and found Anna standing there. As they were talking, Ayden happened to return to her room next door. Anna and Ayden squealed excitedly when they saw each other.

"AYDEN! How are you? How was your debut?" Anna said.

Ayden laughed at her friend's excitement. She and Anna had been good friends since they were little girls.

"Hi Anna. I'm good. My debut was great. I can't believe how amazing it feels to be in that ring in front of the WWE Universe." Ayden told her.

Anna had come to ask Lily if she wanted to go shopping and have lunch with her. She decided to invite Ayden along as well. Ayden accepted the invite and soon the three females were off to enjoy the day.

While Lilyana was gone, John took care of some arrangements with her schooling. Since the school year wasn't quite over yet, they had agreed to allow her to make up what she had missed and also finish the year via the internet. She would receive her assignments and tests by e-mail and then would have to e-mail them back to the school when they were completed. He decided to wait and talk to Lily before making arrangements for next year. He thought she might want to see what could be arranged with the school in West Newberry instead.

During lunch, Anna and Ayden tried to catch up on what they had missed in each other's lives. Anna told Ayden about dating Cody and how she thought he was the one she would marry someday.

"Wow, I'm glad you finally found a guy that treats you right and makes you happy." Ayden replied.

"Thanks Ayd. So how's your brother, Gavin been?" Anna asked.

"Same old pain in the ass he has always been. His girlfriend just dumped him after they had been going out for 3 years. She didn't like the idea of him being gone all the time since he will be debuting in the WWE soon." Ayden told her friend.

Anna just shook her head. She hadn't seen Gavin O'Shea in about 5 years. She had been close to both him and Ayden growing up since Vince was like a grandpa to her and was also close to the other two. He used to take the three of them to events together.

"What a loser. Gavin is getting the chance to live his dream. She should have been more supportive. Sounds like he is better off without her to me." Anna replied.

The friends continued to chat while they ate. Lily even joined in the conversation. In all, they had a great time and shared a lot of laughs. Like all things, this too had to come to an end and Lily had to get back to her dad.

Anna was going to take her back to the room but Ayden said she would since it was right next to hers. Anna smiled thinking that Ayden perhaps wanted to see John again. She went as far as to tell her friend that she and John would make an amazing couple.

Once they made it back to the hotel, Lily invited Ayden in. John greeted his daughter when they walked into the room and then greeted Ayden. Ayden blushed.

"Did you ladies have a good time?" John asked.

"Yeah it was great to catch up with Anna and spend time with Lily. Your daughter is an amazing girl." Ayden said.

John invited Ayden to hang out in his room for a while and she agreed. After that, he told Lily about the arrangements he had made for her with her school.

"Come on Dad, I don't want to do school work. It's so boring. Besides, I need to concentrate on preparing for my match." Lily whined.

John shook his head and tried not to lose his patience with her. Ayden decided to try to help him out by talking to Lily. John was impressed by how she handled the situation.

"Lily, you will have plenty of time to prepare for your match and for your school work. Besides, I heard Vince say that he is requiring all of the Lil Divas to keep their grades up or they will be suspended until their grades improve." Ayden explained calmly.

Lily sighed. She knew Ayden was right but she wasn't thrilled with the idea. Finally she gave in and asked her dad if she could use his laptop to do some of her work. She couldn't believe it when he told her no.

"But Dad, how the heck am I supposed to do the work without a computer?" she whined.

John laughed and went over to his bag. He pulled out a brand new Dell laptop. While she was gone he had went out and purchased her a laptop of her own. Then he took the time to set it up so it was ready for her to use.

"I said you couldn't use mine. I didn't say do the work without one. I bought this for you while you were out shopping." He said while handing it to Lily.

Lily hugged him excitedly and thanked him. Then she took the laptop and plopped down on her bed to work on her school work. While she was busy doing that, John and Ayden sat on the couch talking and watching a movie. They decided to watch the original Amityville Horror movie. Ayden loved that movie even though it scared her. While they were watching it, Ayden ended up leaning against John. He wrapped his arm around her protectively and held her close. She loved how safe he made her feel. John liked how it felt to have her cuddled up to him. Even though he tried to deny it, John was falling for the red head sitting next to him and she was falling for him as well.