I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S. I DON'T KNOW IF CODY WOULD REALLY DO THIS, BUT I THOUGHT IT WOUD SUIT THEM.
Daisy's Point of View-
I woke up, Shawn was still dead asleep, 'Ranch, what to wear to a ranch?' I thought as I dug through my bag pulling out a pair of jeans that are tight on me, not as tight as it looks as if they are painted on but tight enough. A black tank top with pink stars and hearts that goes with a pink over shirt that ends below my bust, with a matching pair of black Vans shoes that has pink stars on them. I took a shower getting dressed, I walked out with my hair pulled up in the towel.
"Nice hat." Shawn said sarcastically now sitting up.
"Thanks, how does this look?" I asked.
"Your wearing that out today?"
"Obviously."
"Good…I guess." He said, I knew he didn't like it.
"What?" I asked putting both hands on my hips, he climbed out of his bed walking up to me zipping up my over shirt.
"Much better." Shawn said smiling, if he had gum in his mouth he would of smacked it.
"Whatever." I said going back into the bathroom brushing out my hair, I separated it into two sections and put the two sections into braids, I put a light shade of pink eye shadow and lip gloss on. I walked out pulling my phone off the charger sliding it into my pocket, I went back into the bathroom putting on my deodorant and cotton candy perfume. I walked out grabbing my purse and room key.
"You have your phone?"
"In my pocket, I'll make sure Dave has his."
"Okay, have fun."
"What are you going to do?" I asked.
"Work the kinks out of my knee and hang with Hunter."
"Alright." I said hugging him and kissed his cheek before I opened the door.
"Bye love you." Shawn said waving.
"Ditto." I said walking down the hall to Dave's room, I banged on the door until he opened it. "Let's go!" I exclaimed.
"Hold onto your horses, jeez." Dave said, he walked further into the room picking up a couple of things.
"Ready now?" I asked unzipping my over shirt.
"Whoa, zip that back up." Dave said.
"It's hot." I said, he stood still giving me that fatherly look with his hands on his hips, "Fine, happy?" I asked zipping it up, he nodded in approving it, we went to the lobby. Cody was sitting on the couch I sat in yesterday, him dressed in fitting jeans and a bluish grey 'Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy' shirt with cowboy boots.
"You sure you want to do this?" Dave whispered.
"Yes, what's the worst that can happen? You turn him into a human knot?" I said as we approached him.
"Hey guys." Cody said, Dave gave him this serious look, "I mean, Dave and Daisy. Who's car do you want to take?" He asked nervously.
"First, I like your shirt." I said grabbing onto his hand pulling him to his feet.
"We'll take my car, you drive." Dave said nervously handing his keys over to Cody, we headed out to Dave's car.
"What do you have planned for us at this ranch?" I asked, Dave pushed me into the back seat.
"You'll see." Cody said, he drove us over to his friend's ranch, we climbed out being greeted by his friends.
"Cody!" The woman said pulling him into a hug.
"Mr. and Mrs. Ackerman, this is Daisy and Dave." Cody said, I smiled and shook their hands.
"Nice to meet you." I mumbled quietly as I shook their hands.
"Cody, you said you only needed the two horses." Mr. Ackerman.
"I'm just going to sit back and watch." Dave said.
"What horses are prepared?" Cody asked.
"Sugar and Princess." Mrs. Ackerman.
"But first, she needs new shoes." Mr. Ackerman said.
"I'll be fine with these, thanks though." I said.
"But you'll need this." Cody said as he went over to a rack grabbing two white cowboy hats, he set the one on my head and he set the other one on his head. I grabbed onto his arm as we walked through the loose dirt into the stable.
"Here they are." Mr. Ackerman said, there were two horses, one tan with blondish mane and tail and a white one with a black mane and tail.
"You can ride princess since you're a princess as well." Cody said smiling at me.
"Thanks." I said, he helped me up into the saddle, "Hi Princess." I said as I ran my hand through her soft mane as Cody climbed onto Sugar.
"Have you ever ridden before?"
"Nope." I said shaking my head no.
"Alright, grab the reins to help control her, give her one soft kick and she should start walking." Cody said, I did just that and she did start walking. Cody and I rode our horses along a beaten path in their backyard up a hill.
"I love horses, don't you?" I asked.
"Very much so, I love coming out here to horseback ride. What's up with you and Dave if you don't mind me asking."
"Nothing, my dad doesn't know I'm out here with you."
"If you don't mind me asking again, who's your dad?"
"Shawn Michaels, my adopted father."
"Oh…sometimes I wish I was adopted."
"Why's that?" I asked glancing over at him.
"Having a brother dressing up like Gold Dust and Dusty Rhodes as a dad isn't easy."
"Life's a bitch because if it was a slut it will be easy." I said, he started laughing.
"I like that."
"I like your laugh, do you do this often?"
"Every time I come to Montana." Cody said as we reached the top and looked out over their ranch, I unzipped my over shirt getting some sun to my skin.
"It's beautiful up here."
"You should see it at dawn and/or sunset." Cody said, he started pointing out other animals they had on the ranch.
"You are different than I thought."
"How's that?" He asked climbing off his horse.
"You ripped your wrestling trunks by attempting the splits…" I said as he stuck out his arms to help catch me when I jumped down and I jumped down landing on my feet, his arms automatically grasping at under my armpits, we were chest to chest. Cody's arms moved to being wrapped around my waist, "I thought you would be like a class clown." I said looking up into his brown eyes.
"I am, I can be when I want to be, but I wanted to be serious." He said as I heard him taking a few sniffs. "Do I smell…?"
"Cotton candy, yes." I said as I pulled out of his grip and moved the reins over the horses head to pull the horse behind me.
"It smells good, better than the horses."
"I thought you were going to say it smells good enough to eat me."
"That's a little much."
"Sorry, I had fun horseback riding."
"I'm glad to hear that." Cody said as we walked the horses down the trail, Dave was sitting on a wooden fence watching Mr. Ackerman riding a running horse around barrels.
"What's he doing?" I asked nodding towards Mr. Ackerman.
"He's practicing for barrel racing, you want to watch?" Cody asked, I nodded smiling at him, we walked our horses back into the stable, Cody helped me tie Princess up. I hung onto Cody's arm walking back out of the stable to where Dave was sitting on the fence.
"Enjoying yourself Dave?" I asked as Cody helped me climb up onto the fence next to Dave before he climbed on.
"He's pretty good." Dave said as Mr. Ackerman rode up to us on his horse.
"Cody, you want to show them what you got?" Mr. Ackerman asked.
"You barrel race?" I asked shocked.
"A little." Cody said jumping off the fence, Mr. Ackerman and Cody switched places.
"I'm going to time you and see if you can do better than last time." Mr. Ackerman said.
"Count down for me." Cody said.
"3.…2.…1" I yelled, Cody raced the barrels as Mr. Ackerman kept time, I was impressed watching him running the barrels.
"Time, 3 minutes and 1 second." Mr. Ackerman said.
"Better than last time." Cody said.
"You want to give it a try?" Dave said nudging me.
"I can't do that, I barely know how to ride a horse." I whispered.
"You can ride on here with me." Cody said smiling.
"Why don't you take her out to the cows and feed them?" Mr. Ackerman asked.
"Moo Cows?" I asked.
"Moo cows?" Dave and Cody asked, everyone turned and looked at me.
"Sorry, that's what I call them." I said shrugging my shoulders.
"Do you want to help me feed the moo cows?" Cody asked.
"Sure." I said jumping off the fence, Cody helped me onto the horse, I sat behind him on the saddle, and I wrapped my arms around his waist. Cody walked the horse out to where they kept the moo cows, Cody climbed off and helped me climb off. "How do you feed them?" I asked.
"They usually eat grass, but they are on a special diet." Cody said picking up a bag of food carrying it to a dish pouring some in.
"Their so cute, may I pet one?" I asked, he nodded, I gently petted one that stuck his head through the gate.
"There is a calf done here that we have to feed a bottle to, you want to feed it a bottle?" Cody asked.
"Absolutely." I said excitedly, Cody pulled out the calf, he handed me the calf, I cradled him like I do Jaxson. "Aren't you precious? I will call you mooey." I said as Cody walked back over with the bottle.
"Here's his bottle." Cody said, I fed him the bottle, and Cody snapped a picture with his camera phone.
"Do you do these chores for them often?" I asked.
"I don't mind, I love animals." Cody said as mooey finished his bottle and I set him back into his gate.
"May we go see the other animals?" I asked.
"There isn't much more, but sure." Cody said, I climbed up onto the horse and he climbed up in front of me, we rode around the ranch. I saw the goats, chickens, they had a bull, bunnies, llamas, and ostriches. We went back taking the horse into his proper stable, and we tied the horse up.
"I've never really been on a ranch like this."
"Most people haven't, do you want to brush his mane?" Cody asked, I smiled, "That answers it for me." Cody said tossing me a brush, I started brushing the mane.
"Horses are so beautiful."
"Just like you." Cody said, Dave walked in holding his phone up to his ear.
"Yes Shawn, I'm staring at her right now." Dave said.
"My dad, jeez." I said rolling my eyes.
"Don't worry, it's kind of sweet of him being so protective."
"But it's annoying sometimes." I said as Dave shoved the phone into my face, I put up to my ear, "Hello?"
"Why didn't you answer your phone missy?"
"Sorry, I must of lost my signal or not feel it vibrate." I said as Cody giggled and the horse neighed.
"What was that?"
"Dave took me horseback riding." I said as I watched Cody feed the horse an apple and a carrot.
"Oh, are you having fun?"
"Yes dad, Dave and I are having a blast."
"Sounds fun, well, behave and answer your phone next time." Shawn said.
"Okay, bye."
"Bye love you."
"Love you too." I said hanging up the phone handing it back to Dave.
"Are you hungry?" Cody asked.
"I could eat." I said.
"Mrs. Ackerman always makes the best food." Cody said.
"I don't want to impose on them." I said as we walked out of the stable shutting the door behind us.
"Why don't you three come in and have some lunch?" Mrs. Ackerman yelled out.
"You don't mind ma'am?" I asked timid eating at their house even though I don't know them.
"Any friend of Cody's is a friend of ours and you were so sweet to our animals." Mrs. Ackerman said.
"Thank you." Dave and I said, Mrs. Ackerman opened the back screen door for us, Dave walked in first, then me and Cody was behind me.
"I made you each a peanut butter and banana sandwich, favorite sandwich of my hero Elvis, baby carrot sticks, glass of milk and a homemade slice of apple pie for desert." Mrs. Ackerman said.
"Thank you ma'am." I said as Cody, Dave and I sat at the table, Mrs. Ackerman bent over and whispered something into Dave's ear, he nodded and got up and walked into a different room. "Peanut butter and banana?"
"It's pretty good." Cody said, I pulled out a bottle of anti-bacterial from my purse.
"You want some?"
"Sure." Cody said, I squirted some into his hands and squirted some into my hands.
"Do you do this often for strangers you meet in hotel hallways?" I asked eating a carrot stick.
"Not every stranger I meet in the hotel hallways, most of the time I only meet fan girls in the hotel hallways that are practically stalkers in their own way."
"Their not seriously stalking you are they?"
"Not seriously, but they do stake out at hotels to try and catch a glimpse of us."
"I guess I was an exception huh? I mean, I could have been some random fan girl." I said finally taking a bite of the sandwich.
"You didn't look like a fan girl, are you a fan girl?"
"I could be, at least act like one."
"Please don't."
"Why?" I joked as I took a drink of the milk.
"You already got my attention."
"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked crossing my right leg over my left leg.
"Nothing, I'm just saying it takes a lot to catch my attention and only a few fan girls really do know how to catch my attention."
"I didn't know how to catch your attention and obviously I did." I said nervously eating at another carrot stick.
"You were a damsel in distress, how can I not help out?"
"So, if I need your attention again do I need to get a flat tire or walk in heels more often?"
"Well, since you work backstage at WWE now, you don't have to worry about getting my attention, you'll be getting a lot more from me." He said, I guessed I started turning red from embarrassment, "Why are you turning red?"
"I don't know, so does that mean you are planning on ripping or ruining your trunks more often?"
"Maybe, that just means I'll be practicing my splits more often."
"We are going to have a thread shortage soon enough or fabric shortage because someone by the name of Cody Rhodes can not resist doing the splits." I giggled a little to myself, we made small talk as we ate rest of our lunch.
"So, what high school you going to?" Cody asked.
"I'm home schooled for other reasons."
"Does that mean there is no Mr. Daisy?"
"Not as of right now." I said drinking rest of my milk, "How about any Mrs. Cody?"
"No, my dad and brother along with my mom sometimes always try to set me up on blind dates, but they never turn out well." Cody said leaning back in his chair.
"That milk tasted really fresh." I said.
"It is, they get it right from the cow."
"Oh….that explains it." I said, he just giggled. Mrs. Ackerman walked in trying to be sneaky to not interrupt our conversation.
"How did you like your lunch?" She asked.
"It was fantastic, thanks." I said, I stood up and grabbed my plate, I went to go to the kitchen.
"Don't worry about that, just relax and chit chat with Cody…" She said glancing over at him and back at me, in a whisper she said, "Between you and me, you're the first girl he has actually brought over here, it must be serious if he is allowing you to meet us." She said then she walked into the kitchen.
"Excuse me for a moment." I said to Cody, he nodded. I walked into the kitchen to see Mrs. Ackerman cutting the pie, "What do you mean I'm the first girl he brought over here?" I asked leaning against the counter.
"Most of the friends he brings over are guys, or just that Randy or Ted dudes. The only girl I ever met was his last girlfriend when he was in high school like 4 or 5 years ago, but he never brought her all the way out here to Montana, we met her at his graduation."
"Oh, I don't think we're that serious, I mean I think we are just friends right now."
"He might be thinking other wise soon enough sweetie, you seem really nice." She said, I smiled, I helped her with the pie and I carried out the slices, then I refilled mine and Cody's glasses with milk.
"So, what did you talk to Mrs. Ackerman about?" Cody asked biting into the apple pie.
"We were talking about the horses." I said as I cut a piece of apple pie and ate it.
"Oh, so, I guess this is going to be a routine thing for us?"
"Probably, if you are up to it."
"I'm so up for it."
"Why don't you barrel race at rodeo's?"
"It isn't really my thing, I do it for fun mainly." Cody said drinking his milk.
"Your pretty good at it, does your dad and brother know about you barrel racing?"
"No, they know I go horseback riding, but they have no idea about it."
"Why's that?"
"Wrestling is their thing, it's supposed to be a family thing. I love wrestling don't get me wrong, but their not interested in horseback riding." Cody said as he took the last bite of his pie.
"Then why don't you do it on the side without them knowing if it's something you enjoy?"
"I don't think I'm any good at it."
"Dude, 3 minutes, that's good right?" I asked.
"I guess, I don't think I can travel with the rodeo's and travel with WWE at the same time."
"You got a point." I said as I pointed at him with the fork.
"Sorry to interrupt, but we should get going, it's 4 o'clock." Dave said.
"Okay." I said, I stood up and went to carry my dishes out to the sink to wash.
"I'll do it." Mrs. Ackerman said sliding into the room behind Dave.
"Are you sure? I can do it." I said.
"You're a guest, don't worry about it." She said.
"Thank you so much for letting me into your house and on your ranch." I said, I went to shake her hand but she pulled me into a hug.
"Anytime, I hope to see you back here soon." She said.
"Thank you." Dave said shaking her hand.
"No problem, Cody, behave and tell your parents and brother that we said hello." She said hugging him, he kissed her on the cheek.
"Will do." He said, she walked us out, we met Mr. Ackerman as we walked through the stable out to their driveway.
"Well, nice meeting you Mr. Ackerman and thank you for letting me come into your house and ranch." I said.
"No problem sweetie." He said shaking my hand, he shook Dave's hand along with Cody's. "I hope to see you back here soon." He said.
"Will do." Cody said, we climbed into the car, and Cody pulled out of their driveway.
"I had fun today, thank you Cody." I said.
"No problem, did you have fun Dave?" Cody asked.
"It was okay, I liked watching him race those horses." Dave said, we drove back to the hotel and we climbed out, I totally forgot I was still wearing the white cowboy hat.
"Dave, would you take a picture of us?" I asked handing him my phone.
"Is that smart, what if Shawn goes through your phone?" Dave asked.
"He won't." I said, Dave rolled his eyes and I wrapped an arm around Cody's waist and he wrapped his arm around my shoulders like a friend picture to remember today by.
"There you go." Dave said handing me my phone back.
"Thanks, here's the hat back." I said taking it off.
"You have a bad case of hat hair." Cody said, I tried to fix it but it didn't work, "Just keep it, a souvenir." Cody said.
"Thanks, you sure they won't be mad?" I asked nervously putting it back on.
"Nope, they don't mind, I'll buy them a new one if need be." Cody said, we walked into the hotel, I was walking in between Dave and Cody. We rode the elevator up to our floor, and walked off.
"Thank you for today Cody, I had a lot of fun." I said.
"Me too, when are you flying to Minnesota?" He asked, Dave kept an eye out for Shawn or anyone else that could talk to Shawn.
"Tomorrow night I think, why?" I asked.
"You want to do a late dinner or hit the club?"
"I'm sixteen, I can't go to the clubs."
"Right, maybe late dinner at Denny's?" Cody asked.
"I'll text you when I land, when do you get there?"
"I get into Minnesota at 3 PM tomorrow afternoon." Cody said.
"You remember that stuff?"
"Yeah, you learn how to remember that stuff being on tour for a while."
"Okay, I'll let you know. Thanks again." I said hugging him tightly, I took a deep breath smelling his Axe cologne, and I heard him take deep breath as well.
"I like that cotton candy perfume."
"I'm surprised you can still smell it after being at the ranch."
"I do." Cody said, I watched him walk further down the hall to his room, and watched him walk into the room.
"Little miss Daisy has a crush, and big old Dave doesn't like who he is." Dave said.
"You may not like him, but you got to admit, he is nice."
"He is nice, but I don't like who he is hanging with, now they got a rep and I don't want to see you to get involved with them."
"I won't Dave, that's why you got to keep my head straight."
"When are you going to tell Shawn?"
"When and if it gets serious." I said, Dave walked me back to my room, I kept thinking how much fun I had today with Cody. The way he looks at me makes my heart flutter, the way he smiles makes my heart skip beats and the way he giggles makes me happy. I opened the hotel room, Dave walked in with me, Shawn and Hunter were sitting on opposite beds. "Hey, who said you can sit on my bed?" I joked with Hunter.
"Who said you could steal your fathers hat?" Hunter joked back.
"Dave bought it for me at the ranch." I said.
"You took my daughter to a ranch?" Shawn asked.
"Dave likes going to ranches?" Hunter asked.
"She wanted to go horseback riding, and she found a place that let us so I took her there." Dave said glancing over at me.
"Sounds fun." Shawn said.
"Thanks Dave for taking me today." I said hugging him, he wrapped his big arms around me, I kissed his cheek.
"When do I get to hang with you?" Hunter said.
"Never." I said sitting down next to him, then he started tickling me.
"Stephanie will come with, along with my two kids…" Hunter said continuing to tickle me.
"No…." I laughed out.
"Fine, I'll make Stephanie make you hang with us since she is somewhat your boss." Hunter said giving up.
"I'm going to go shower, I smell like horse dookey." I said getting off the bed.
"I'm going to go back to my room to shower as well." Dave said.
"Ranches do that to you." Shawn said, I went into the bathroom then I remembered that I need to find out when we are getting to Minnesota. "Oh, dad, when are we getting to Minnesota tomorrow?" I asked popping out of the bathroom.
"Around 7 PM, why?" Shawn asked.
"Oh, Lindsey wanted to do a late dinner, may I?" I asked.
"Sure, no problem." Shawn said, I went back into the bathroom.
"Yes!" I exclaimed quietly, I dialed Cody's number into the text message. 'I land in Minnesota at 7, u want 2 do dinner?' I showered up getting into my pajamas, I walked out and Hunter was gone by now.
'Sure, sounds fun. Dave goin 2 b there?'
'Prob not, dad thinks I'll b wit Lindsey.' I wrote, I attached the photo we took earlier to the text message, I plugged my phone in.
"You had fun today?" Shawn asked.
"Yep, Dave is awesome." I said.
"I know he is." Shawn said, we watched the movie 'Batman Begins' on TNT together, I fell asleep in hopes Shawn didn't check my phone.