Sorry it took so long. I just didn't feel like writing and it will probably show in this chapter. I don't like it, at all. I wanted to put so much into it and I didn't because I wanted to give ya guys something. However, that just means I have stuff to use for another chapter. So don't hate me :-). Happy Holidays guys!
The guys left the CrossFit gym, heading towards their rented car.
"So how many kids will be with us tonight?" Jon asked as he unlocked the car, popping the trunk open.
"Four," Joe said throwing his bag into the trunk. The other two followed.
"Ugh," Jon sighed. "Do I really need to be there? I'm probably the worst person to have around kids." Each of them walked around the car to the doors where they would be sitting. They got into the car, Joe quickly starting it up. He pulled out of the parking spot, and headed onto the main road towards their hotel.
"They are kids Jon," Joe said. "They aren't aliens. Feed them ice cream and they'll be happy."
"Besides," Colby started playing with his phone. "Cassie's family is pretty cool. Lawton is just like her and the two little ones are funny as shit."
"There's another Cassie?" Jon turned from the passenger seat to the back. "I don't like that…at all."
"And that's why she told me to tell you he's just like her," Colby looked up with a goofy grin.
"You guys suck," Jon turned back in his seat, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Hey Nathan does that to!"
"Shut up Colby!" Jon swung around and punched Colby in the leg.
"Knock it off you two," Joe rolled his eyes.
"Or what?" Jon asked him. "You gonna turn this car around?"
"Don't tempt me…"
Colby laughed as his phone went off.
"Speaking of Cassie…" he clicked the green phone on his screen and put his phone up to his ear. "Hello?"
"Hey, are you guys on your way back to the hotel?" Her voice rang out in the car.
"Yeah, what's up?"
"Funny story. Stupid me started talking about this place called the Mutter Museum that's right here in Philly…"
"What the hell is that?"
"It's this really strange museum that has all different kind of weird things. Ya know like deformed babies and large colons…"
"Only you would find a place like that," Colby laughed.
"Yeah, well my plan totally back fired. I was going to take Lawton there and the little demon children heard me. Now they want to go. It will probably give them nightmares."
"So where do we exactly come into this?"
"Glad you asked. Please help me!" She begged. "My sister and Rusty don't want to go. They want to explore Philly. I'll pay ya back."
"Really? Well maybe. A favor could come in handy…"
"Does that mean you'll help? I was going to see if Joe wanted to bring Ava, but like I said, nightmares."
"I'll drag Jon with me."
Jon turned to face him, Colby smiling back.
"What the hell are you signing me up for?"
"Free lunch," Colby said.
"Don't promise him that!" Cassie yelled. "He can pay for his own food! He threw me into a pool!"
"Shhh. I'll let you pick on him," Colby whispered.
"You know I will do that with or without your permission…"
"I know. So Jon will come with me. We are almost at the hotel. Just let us shower and change. We will meet up in the lobby in like 20?"
"Sounds good. Thank you."
"Not a problem darling. See ya then." He hung his phone up.
"Again I ask," Jon said. "What are you signing me up for?"
"Like I said, free lunch." Jon just gave him a look. "Just get over it. Joe can't go with Ava."
"Why not?" Joe asked him, looking at him in the rearview mirror.
"Nightmares," Colby went back to playing on the phone. Both Jon and Joe looked at each other.
"I think you and Cassie hang out too much," Joe said looking back at the road.
"Why?"
"Because, you are confusing the shit out of me right now," he pulled into the hotel parking lot.
"I'll explain in a few minutes."
Joe parked the car and they all got out of the vehicle. Joe popped the trunk and all three members walked to the back.
"Can I have an explanation?" Jon asked. Colby shook his head.
"Free lunch. That's all you need to know…"
"Colby I swear to god if I get stuck with kids today, I'm going to kill you."
"Come on, I would never do that to you," Colby smiled.
"Yeah right," Jon scoffed and headed towards the hotel. Joe closed the back of the car as him and Colby started to head in the same direction.
"That's exactly what you are doing isn't it?"
"Pretty much," the two laughed. "And Cassie is taking us to this place called the Mutter Museum and it has these really weird things in it. She doesn't want Ava to get nightmares."
"She watches her dad get beat up pretty much every night. If that doesn't give her nightmares…"
"I'm talking about like deform babies and shit like that," they walked into the hotel. They waved at some of their co workers.
"Oh no. Jessica would kick my ass. Just text me when you guys are done and I'll meet up with you." The two got onto an elevator.
"So you and Jessica going to talk about things?" Colby asked putting his phone in his pocket.
"I'm hoping so. Ava is started to catch on to us being separated. I can't keep doing that to her. It's either Jess and I are together, or we aren't. After that, I can move onto the next step of moving them closer. I'm hoping she decides we are together."
"Aw our little Ro-Ro is in love," Colby teased him. Joe punched his arm.
"I told you I wasn't over her. Probably never will be."
"That's so adorable."
"Colby…"
"Yeah?"
"I'm going to kill you," Joe gave him a serious look. Colby did nothing but laugh.
"So when are they coming?" Nathan whined as he sat on one of the couches in the lobby. Cassie sat next to him, pulling at her hair.
"They are coming Nathan for the 20th time…"
"But you said that like two seconds ago," Allie started to whine, stomping her feet from sitting on the couch. Cassie looked at her niece with a slight stink eye.
"I hope you know, you two are the reason why I'm not having children." The two little ones laughed at their Aunt.
"That's not nice. You shouldn't tell them that," Lawton said, not looking up from his phone.
"Shut up!" She looked at him, grabbing his phone. "You are supposed to be helping me and stay off your phone! You are at a hotel consumed of the entire WWE roster…"
"You told me not to bother them," Lawton shrugged his shoulders.
"Aunt Cassie…" Allie whined again.
"Oh my god!" Cassie yelled. "You two," she pointed at the younger ones. "Zip the lip. No talking until we get to the museum and you," she pointed at Lawton.
"Now now Aunt Cassie," Lawton put his hand over his heart. "You love me."
"GAHHH!" She yelled as she jumped him, the two started to wrestle on the floor. Allie and Nathan clapped an laughed at the two acting childish. Lawton laughed as his Aunt kept putting him in headlocks and he kept getting out of them.
"Well isn't this an amusing sight." The two stopped, Cassie holding Lawton in a make shift guillotine hold. Cassie looked up seeing Richard standing there, smiling. Lawton turned his head to the left slightly, looking out from underneath his aunt's arm.
"Who are you?" He practically yelled at the suit wearing guy. Cassie let him go, pushing him away slightly.
"Be nice," she said as she got up from the floor.
"I just asked a question," the teenager rubbed his neck.
"Hi Richard," Cassie stood up, fixing her Chris Hero shirt. "What's up?"
"I told you yesterday, it's Rich…"
"I like Dick better." The group turned to see Jon and Colby walking towards them. Jon hopped over the back of the couch, sitting on the cushion. He looked up at Richard with a shit eating grin on his face. Lawton started laughing. The group turned to the teenager.
"What?" He shrugged his shoulders. "It was funny…"
"Right," Richard said, now frowning. He looked back at Cassie. "I was wondering if you were doing anything today."
"Obviously," Colby said, leaning on the couch, arms crossed over his chest.
"Colby," Cassie looked at him. He turned to face her, her sending him a secret message to knock it off. He shoved his hands in his pocket. "Sorry Richard," she turned to the other guy. "But I'm taking them to a museum…"
"Oh which one?" He slightly perked up. "You know I'm from Philly right? I can be your tour guide."
"Actually the museum isn't far from here," Cassie said, gathering the kids. "We should be fine…"
"What museum are you going to?"
"The None-ya Museum," Lawton yawned out. He was getting really bored.
"I haven't heard of that Museum," Richard looked at him.
"Because it's none-ya damn business where we're going," Jon added, getting Lawton's joke.
Again Lawton started laughing, Colby right along with him. Cassie couldn't help but smile slightly. She didn't know if it was a good thing that Lawton and Jon were hitting it off.
"Creative," Richard sneered, looking back up at Cassie. "Well I'm heading off to the College of Physicians. There's a Museum in there that I thought you would like…"
"The Mutter Museum?" Cassie questioned. She was slightly hoping that there was another part of the college somewhere with a different museum. She didn't want the guys to act all awkward.
"That's the one." Richard smiled at Jon and Colby. The two frowned at him.
"That's where we are going. Well seeing that we are walking that way, I guess you could join," she looked between Richard and Colby. Colby looked like he wanted to rip Richard's head off. "But let's get going. We are meeting my sister for lunch," she ushered the kids out of the lobby area. "Jon, Richard, these are my nephews Lawton and Nathan. This is my niece Allie," she pointed at each kid.
"You're the crazy one right?" Allie looked up at Jon.
"Yeah, so stay away," he patted the kids head like a dog. "I might loose my mind!" He yelled throwing his arms in the air and waving them around. Allie laughed at him. "Well, there goes that idea." He shoved his hands in his pockets.
"Hey Colby?" Nathan pulled on his shirt. The group started to head out of the hotel.
"What's up little man?" Colby looked down at him.
"Can you give me a piggy back ride?" He pouted his lip slightly, looking up at Colby. Colby smiled down at him.
"How about you sit on my shoulders so you don't pull on my neck?"
"Yeah!" Nathan jumped excitedly. Colby chuckled as he stopped walking. He bent down, helping Nathan as best he could to get him to climb on his back. He held onto Nathan's hands as he stood up, Nathan sitting on his shoulders.
"Comfy?" Colby asked letting go of his hands and holding onto his legs. Nathan wrapped his arms around the top of Colby's head.
"Yes," he smiled.
"Well alright," Colby started walking again.
"Can I…" Allie started looking up at Jon.
"No," he followed his teammate. Allie kept up with him.
"Can I hold your hand?" She asked him. Jon looked down at her, her bottom lip sticking out. Jon rolled his eyes as he held his hand out. Allie smiled as she grabbed it. "Do you like pink?"
"No," they two started walking.
"Do you like cats?"
"No."
"Do you like dollies?"
"No."
Cassie shook her head as the other three followed the wrestlers. Her niece kept asking questions while Jon just kept answering no.
"Woah look at this!" Nathan ran over to a jar that had two baby skeletons in it that were conjoined at the head.
"Cool!" Allie said, poking the glass.
"So much for nightmares," Cassie's eyebrow raised. She allowed Allie and Nathan to roam around by themselves, but not out of her eyesight.
"That is a huge colon," Lawton said looking at the huge case in the middle of the room. "That came out of somebody?"
"Yep," Richard looked at it with him. "He was called The Balloon Man. This thing was over 7 feet long."
"Wooaahh," he looked around the museum. He found something else that caught his eye and walked over to it.
"Only you would find a freaky ass place like this," Jon looked around. He stood on Cassie's left, while Colby stood on her right.
"Could you believe I actually came here when I was a girl scout?" She looked in another jar that had a head in it, the lip was all jacked up.
"You were a girl scout?" Both Colby and Jon looked at her strangely. She nodded her head.
"Yeah. I cared about helping old ladies and the environment…"
"This coming from the person that has the biggest truck that guzzles gas like no tomorrow," Colby said.
"Hush it. I never said it made sense," she pushed him playfully. Colby pushed her back.
"What the hell is that?" Jon asked walking up to a wax head that had some sort of long abnormality coming from the head. Jon stuck his finger out and poked it. "It looks like a penis…"
Colby rolled his eyes.
"That's because it is," Cassie looked down at the little description of it. Jon yanked his hand away.
"Seriously?!" He wiped his hand on Colby's shirt.
"No, but it was funny to see your reaction," she laughed slightly. "It's a horn apparently."
"I'm going to kick you one day," Jon said, shoving his hands in his pockets again.
"Yeah yeah. Colby will protect me won't you?" Cassie looked up at him and smiled.
"Of course," he wrapped an arm around her shoulders. Jon rolled his eyes again. Clear as fucking day with those two.
"Aunt Cassie!" Both Nathan and Allie yelled, running up to her.
"What's wrong?" Cassie asked as they ran around her, hiding behind her and Colby.
"There's aliens in a jar!" Allie yelled out.
"They like conjoined skeletons, but freak out at aliens?" Jon asked as he looked the way they came from. He walked over to the jar that held a baby, that had a second head. The way it was sitting in the jar, made the arms look longer than they should be and the legs shorter than they should be. "That is kind of freaky."
"They aren't aliens," Richard said walking up to them with Lawton.
"Yes they are!" Nathan yelled.
"No they aren't. Clearly says babies on the description. If they were aliens, their eyes would be sunken and bigger."
"Have you seen an alien?" Lawton asked him.
"Well no…"
"Then how would you know?"
Jon started laughing. He was beginning to like this kid.
"They are babies," Colby bent down to get eye level with them. "They were twins. Have you ever heard about how twins are when they are growing in mommy's bellies?" Allie and Nathan shook their heads no. "Well twins have a connection since day one because they grow together. Doctors have even seen pictures of twins holding hands or hugging when they are in the belly. Those two," he pointed at the jar. "They just never separated. They wanted to stick together."
"Really?" Both kids peered out from behind their Aunt. Colby nodded his head. 'Cool!" Allie and Nathan said at the same time smiling. Colby stood back up.
"Thanks," Cassie said as she moved the kids on either side of her.
"Not a problem. Better than fighting with them," he looked at Richard. Richard frowned as he put his phone back in his pocket.
"Alright," Cassie pulled her phone out. "It's getting close to meeting up time. Desiree sent me directions to the restaurant. You wanna tell Joe?"
"Sure," Colby took out his phone and started to text away.
"Ok I think the little ones have seen enough. Lawton anything else you wanna see?"
"Nope," he slowly turned his head to his right, looking up at Jon. The group becoming silent. Jon looked at him with a very Dean Ambrose look.
"I was just beginning to like you."
"By the end of the night, we will be best friends. I promise." Lawton smiled.
The group made it there in a few minutes. Colby hung towards the back of the group with Cassie.
"So you wanna talk about yesterday?" He let everyone walk into the restaurant.
"Nothing to really talk about," she shrugged her shoulders. She leaned on the outside wall. "Family problems, well more their problems than mine. I just don't get them. They tell you to do what I want, which I'm doing. Now they are complaining that I work to much and nobody ever sees me anymore. They are so bi polar."
"I think that's the general consciences when it comes to this job. Unless you have relatives who've worked here, our families find this job as a joke. My dad tried to disown me when I dropped everything. Now that I'm on tv, he loves it."
"That seems a bit messed up."
"It is," he shrugged his shoulders. "But if you don't follow this company, you aren't going to know the rewards. To him, wrestling was two men rolling around for no reason. He didn't understand the entertainment value of it."
"Well what about the people that aren't on tv?"
"When you pull into the driveway in a nice Camaro or buy them a house, then they'll understand," he held the door open for her. She chuckled, walking into the restaurant.
"Then I'll have my entire family popping up asking for stuff. Rather not do that."
"Yeah, I have cousins that I didn't even know I had. You wanna talk about your date yesterday?" They walked into the bar area. Desiree waved her hand.
"Depends. Are you going to kill him if I told you he is sexist and made some comments yesterday?"
"Very good possibility."
"Then no I don't want to talk about it." The two walked up to the table. "Hello," she waved, seeing Joe sitting at the other end of the table. Sitting next to him was a little girl, who was to engrossed with what Allie was drawing on her placemat.
"Ava, look who's here," Joe poked her arm. The little girl looked up and smiled.
"Hi Colby!" She excitedly waved.
"Hi Ava," he waved back.
"The woman standing next to him is Cassie," Joe pointed at her.
"Hi Cassie!" Again, the little girl waved excitedly.
"Hello," Cassie smiled, waving back. The two sat down at the end of the table, picking there menus up. The table quickly ordered their food and drinks.
"So Richard," Desiree handed Allie more crayons. "What's your story?"
"My story?"
"Yeah. I practically know everybody else's from Cassie, but not yours. Are you a wrestler?"
"No," he laughed slightly. "Never got into it when I was a child."
"Then, why are you working for the company?" Rusty asked as their drinks were brought to the table.
"I would like to write my own t.v. show. Working with Creative will get me there faster."
"Are you a wrestling fan?"
"Not really. Like I said, never got into it as a child. I don't really see the point."
"The point?" Desiree snorted. "Have you ever sat in the crowd? I don't watch it on tv, but I'll sure as hell come to a live event. It's so exciting."
"Allie, pass me a pink and Ava what's your favorite color?" Cassie interrupted the conversation.
"Uh, yellow."
"Allie pass me a yellow crayon." Allie grabbed the two crayons, and threw them at her Aunt, hard. Cassie almost missed the yellow one, catching it at the last second.
"Sign her up for baseball or something," she tole her sister. She flipped over her placemat and began drawing.
"Well, it may be exciting for the fans and for the wrestlers," he acknowledged the three men. "But for the behind the scenes staff, not so much. We run around the entire time perfecting story lines and promos."
"I'm hardly a fan," Desiree continued. "Outside of Cena, Orton, The Rock, and Undertaker, I don't know anybody. Well and these three."
"How do you know what you are talking about then?" Rusty asked.
"Easy," Richard leaned forward in his chair. "Whoever is like John Cena gets the push. So I choose the John Cena's of the world." Cassie looked up slightly to that comment. If she could remember right, Richard was trying to get Bryan pushed more than Cena. She was sure he wasn't a fan of Cena at all.
"Won't that get boring though?" Rusty asked scratching his chin. He was getting confused. "Do you feel that way Cass?" The adults turned to Cassie. She placed the crayons down on the table.
"Uh, I'm the opposite. I like guys like CM Punk and Bryan being champions…"
"I thought you didn't like the idea of Bryan being champion?" Richard asked.
"Right now I don't. I think there are guys who should be pushed first before him. Guys that have been there way longer than he has been." She took a sip from her drink. "And besides, even if Bryan were to get the push, he isn't becoming champion. He doesn't fit the stupid criteria to be champion. Hence why Ort…" she stopped mid sentence as Lawton looked at her. "No giving anything away," she smiled, happy she caught herself. She didn't want to ruin Money in the Bank for him. "And yes, John Cena winning every single time, does get boring. They don't care obviously." She picked the crayons back up and went back to drawing. "Fans want to see The Wyatt's vs. The Shield. I've been pushing for it for months. I even have the script written out and they won't do it because heel vs heel is a big no no."
"You have a script written out?" Richard leaned forward. "May I see it?"
"Absolutely not," Cassie didn't look up from her pictures. "I keep my scripts strictly for Stephanie and Stephanie alone," she put the crayons back down. She then picked up her placemat, folding it in half. She then unfolded it and ripped along the crease. "Here ya go ladies," she passed the pictures down to the little girls.
"Cool!" Ava looked at her picture. She then showed it to Joe. It was a crayon drawing of a yellow rose.
"Wow," Joe took it from her. "That's really good."
"Look mommy," Allie urned her pink rose around. "Mine is pink!"
"Awesome," Desiree smiled.
"Where's my picture?" Nathan asked looking at Cassie.
"Yeah and mine," Lawton asked.
"And mine," Jon chimed in. "I think I deserve something nice from the way you pick on me all the time."
"You would think there was something wrong with me if I didn't," she went to grab Colby's placemat. He placed his hand on it. She looked up at him.
"I want one to."
"I already drew one for you. Remember the Zombies?" She whined, receiving laughs from everyone.
"I want a new picture, obviously."
"Fine," she sighed. "Do you want one to Ro-Ro?" Cassie looked down the table.
"Ro-Ro," Ava laughed as she wrapped her arms around her father. He smiled down at her.
"Sure why not."
"Alright everyone just give me their placemat. I'll just sit here and draw. Goon squad will have to wait for theirs. Desi, do you have a pen?"
"I should," her sister picked up her purse from the floor. She opened it up and stuck her hand inside it. Seconds later she pulled out a blue pen. "Here," she handed it to her sister.
"Thank you."
"I'm guessing we are the Goon Squad," Colby asked as he passed over everyone's placemat."
"Of course," she started drawing on one. The waitress came over in a few minutes passing out there food. She stared at the table, noticing that everyone's placemat was gone.
"Where did they….go?" She said under her breath.
"Alright," Cassie said walking out of her room. She fixed her Wade Barrett t-shirt as she walked over to the kitchen bar. "I'm catching a ride with the guys. I have to be there to hand scripts out and change anything they need. Come to the back entrance. Security knows to bring you to catering when you arrive."
"Alright," Desiree said, feeding the kids breakfast. "Is Lawton going with you?"
"I think so," she looked at her nephew. He nodded his head as he finished up his cereal. "Alright, hurry up. Have you guys decided to stay in or go out after the show?"
"What do the guys want to do?" Desiree asked. Cassie shook her head.
"They said it's up to us. I was thinking invite everyone over so then the kids can hang out with some of the roster."
"I think that is an excellent idea," Lawton chimed in putting his dishes in the sink.
"You just don't want to babysit," Cassie rolled her eyes.
"Don't crush my dreams," he walked away to go get ready to leave. Cassie rolled her eyes, smiling.
"So what's up with that Richard guy?" Rusty asked, putting milk away. "He seemed out of place yesterday."
"That's because he was," Cassie said. "He sort of joined us at the last minute.
"He's the one you went out to lunch with right?" Desiree asked, watching the younger kids eating. They started to make a mess with their cereal.
"Yeah. That probably won't happen again."
"Why?"
"He was a slight jerk? I don't know, he just made some sexist comments and made everything awkward."
"Like go and make me a sandwich?" Rusty said sitting back down on his bar stool. Both Cassie and Desiree glared at him. "I love you," he smiled, looking at Desiree.
"That's what I thought," she looked back at her sister. "Not making excuses for him or anything, but he seems really interested in you. Maybe you should give him a chance."
"I don't know. They guys don't seem like they like him. Well, I know Colby doesn't."
"Cass, you can't let them stop you from something that can potentially be something good for you."
"Uh and what if it isn't something good for me? Then where would I be? Colby and I couldn't even last a day without talking to each other."
"Well if they were actual friends, then they would be happy for you."
Cassie tapped her fingers on top of the bar. Her sister was right, but the guys clearly didn't like Richard. She wasn't sure if she liked him herself.
"Look, I'm not saying marry the guy," Desiree started again. "Just if he asks, go out with him again. Maybe he was just nervous and thought he was being funny. Kind of like jack ass over there," she pointed at Rusty, who smiled again. "Invite him over tonight."
"Ok I'm ready," Lawton walked out sporting his Randy Orton t-shirt and normal jeans.
"Alright, let's go. They are waiting for us downstairs," Cassie looked at her phone. She put it back in her pocket. "Ready to meet some more wrestlers?" She asked her nephew.
"Of course."
"Alrighty, let's go. See ya guys a little later." She pushed her nephew towards the door, grabbing her bag off the couch. "Let's behave ourselves today," they left the room and headed down towards the elevator.
"What on earth do you mean?"
"Lay off the sarcasm today. Certain people can take it, others can't."
"But I can't help it," they walked onto he elevator, Cassie hitting for the ground floor. "You made me this way."
"Well if I can turn it off, so can you."
"And if people are that stupid that I really really can't help it?"
"Lawton, I need you to behave. I will be working. It's completely different when we are just walking around town."
"Fine," he sighed, slumping his shoulders forward. "I'll be good."
"Good boy," she patted his head as the doors opened to the elevator. The two walked out and into the lobby. The Shield guys were standing there, Phil joining them. "I didn't know you were coming with us," Cassie said giving him a hug. "I missed you this weekend."
"Yeah, Amy wants to sleep for a bit. So I have to leave her the car. I heard Jon touched a penis."
"It wasn't a penis for the millionth time!"
"Denial is the first step towards recovery."
"CM Punk," Lawton said. Phil turned towards him.
"Oh Phil, this is my nephew Lawton," Cassie said.
"Nice to meet you," Phil held his hand out. Lawton shook it.
"Mr. 434 days," Lawton said as their hands fell to their sides. "What happened?"
"What?" Phil looked at him confused.
"Why did you loose the belt?"
"Because they told me to…" Phil said it like it was the most obvious answer. Both Jon and Colby couldn't help but chuckle from behind him. He was falling into Lawton's trap.
"Why?" Lawton asked, crossing his arms over his chest. "Aren't you best in the world? Best in the World doesn't loose, or let somebody tell him he is going to loose."
Phil looked at Cassie, waiting for an answer from her. She just shrugged her shoulders. He looked back at Lawton.
"Do you want to fight or something?"
"Bring it on Best in the World. Watch how fast I get you to the ground," Lawton did a slight shimmy with his shoulders, his hands in the air. All three Shield members busted out laughing.
"Lawton!" Cassie yelled at her nephew. "What did I just say?!"
"You said I wasn't allowed to annoy anyone at the Arena. We are still at the hotel."
"Alright smart ass," Cassie rolled her eyes. "I will let Phil put you in the Anaconda Vice."
"Not if I put it on him first," Lawton looked at his Aunt. She gave him a slight glare. "Alright, I'm keeping my mouth shut."
"Good boy. You guys ready?" She looked at them
"Yes ma'am," they all saluted her. She rolled her eyes as she started leaving the hotel.
"Can I at least call Sheamus, Whitey?" Lawton followed her. The guys laughed when Cassie yelled no at him.
Cassie and Lawton walked into catering. The guys had left hours ago, to get ready for their matches. They were about an hour out from when the pre-show would begin.
"Just grab whatever you want to eat," Cassie told Lawton as she grabbed a water bottle.
"This looks delicious," Lawton started pilling food on his plate. Cassie shook her head, chuckling. She walked over towards a table, setting her bag on top of it. She sat down, waving at some of the roster. She took out her computer and opened it up to her writing program.
"Excuse me." Somebody tapped on her shoulder. She noticed the accent looking up and smiling.
"Hello Stu."
"Ello' doll. I have a question for you," he looked down at her shirt. "Nice shirt by the way, but would you happen to know who these darling children are that keep calling me their future Uncle?" He pointed behind him. Cassie looked around his legs, seeing Nathan and Allie attached to him.
"Uh," she looked up at him. "Would you believe me if I said no?"
"Not really," he smiled down at her.
"Damn," she looked at her niece and nephew. "Alright demon children. Let go of Wade."
"But Aunt Cassie!" Both of them yelled out.
"But nothing. He is no longer your future Uncle. He's married. We have to find somebody else."
"Triple H!" Nathan yelled out. Both Stu and Cassie laughed.
"I'm working on that," she grabbed them and moved them from out behind Stu. "Sorry about that. I forgot to tell them not to say it."
"It's alright love, just surprised me that's all. I thought some bloke lost their kids, but once they said Uncle, I knew who exactly to bring them to."
"Yeah, they are my niece Allie and my nephew Nathan." Lawton came over and sat down at the table. "And this is my other nephew, Allie's brother, Lawton." Lawton looked up from stuffing food into his mouth. He waved at Stu. "Sorry for their manners."
"He's hungry. Can't blame him. So where are the people who are supposed to have the children?" Stu asked.
"Allie! Nathan!" Desiree rounded the corner, Rusty behind her. She spotted the kids with Cassie. She quickly rushed over to the table. "Don't you ever run away from me like that ever again do you hear me!?"
"Yes," both kids said, hiding behind Cassie's chair.
"Don't hide behind me," she got up and sat on the table. "You two should know better. You are lucky that Stu knows how much of a fan girl I am." Stu laughed.
"Alright, I'll see you later. Have to get ready for my match."
"Ok, stop by the room. We are having a get together after the show." Stu nodded his head as he headed towards the locker room.
"Who was that?" Desiree asked sitting at the table, Rusty following her.
"Stu Bennett," Cassie sat back down in her seat. Her sister looked at her, slightly confused. "Oh, right. Uh Wade Barrett."
"Ah," Desiree snapped her finger. "I get it now. So now what?"
"Um, grab something to eat if you would like. I have to do some stuff for Stephanie. The show should be starting soon so you can either sit here or in the sky box that Mr. McMahon will be watching."
"I think back here will be alright for now. Let's the kids see the wrestlers."
"Alright," Cassie went through her bag again. "I'm going to leave my computer here." She pulled out some papers. "I need to make sure everyone knows what they are doing."
"We will stay here. Don't want to get you in trouble."
"Ok. I'll see you guys in a few," she got up and walked away. She wanted to find the guys and wish them luck before their match. She looked at the time on her phone. They would be heading up to where they would be coming through the audience.
She rushed past people, following the signs, through the arena. She found some side stairs that she took to get up to the floor she needed. When she reached the door, she opened it and peered outside into the hallway. There were some fans walking around. She didn't hear anybody making fan girl screams.
"What are you doing?"
"Holy mother of God!" She yelled as she jumped into the hallway. She turned. Richard was standing there, smiling. "Don't do that."
"Sorry," he walked out into the hallway. "I couldn't resist."
"It's ok," she took a deep breath, calming herself. "I probably would have done the same thing."
"Where are you going?" He asked her.
"I was going to say good luck to the guys."
"Why? You know they are winning."
"That doesn't mean they don't need luck. Something can go wrong or someone can get hurt. Just want them to feel less nervous."
"Ah, got ya. May I join you?" He held his hand out, ushering her to start walking.
"Uh, I guess," she started walking towards the stairwell that the guys would be at. She still didn't really understand how she felt about him.
"So I uh, wanted to apologize to you," he started up a conversation.
"For what?"
"Our outing on Friday. I seemed to have said some things that I normally wouldn't. I was a bit nervous and excited to meet up with you."
"Oh?" Her eyebrow raised slightly, looking up at him.
"You are a very interesting person Cassie. Not a lot of people could act like a crazed lunatic in front of a room full of people," he smiled as Cassie laughed softly. "I wish I was there for that." The two turned the corner, The Shield coming into view. "And this is where I leave you. They don't like me very much," he turned to face her.
"Uh, no, no they don't. I'm sure if they got to know you…"
Richard shook his head.
"It's alright. I don't plan on being around for very long. No use on making friends with the roster. I'll see ya around."
"Yeah see ya." Richard went to walk away, but Cassie stopped him. "Hey, uh, my sister is having a party tonight in our room. She doesn't want to go out and all the guys be exhausted. If you want, stop by." Richard smiled.
"Alright, I will. Thank you," he turned away and started walking back to where he came from. Cassie turned back to face the guys, not really knowing if she should have done that.
She headed down the hallway, noticing fans started to file around them.
"Crap," she said, rushing over. Now they had to act in character and be mean. She pushed past some people, getting odd looks. She got herself to the front, looking at the guys doing their normal rituals. Both Colby and Jon were having a push up contest, while Joe poured some water on his head. "Goon Squad!" She yelled, again getting weird looks from fans that were standing there. The guys stopped what they were doing and looked at the doorway. "Good luck," she smiled giving them a thumbs up.
The guys smirked, Joe giving her a thumbs up back. They then turned back and continued on with their routines. Cassie smiled as she pushed past people again and went back the way she came. She was excited to watch the opening match. She skipped every other step going back down stairs. She pushed the door opened when she reached the bottom.
"There you are."
Cassie looked up to see Phil standing in front of her.
"Here I am," she stepped into the hallway. "What's up?"
"I have somebody who wants to meet you."
"Me? Why me?"
"Because he's been speaking so highly of you," Amy walked up behind him and stood next to him. Cassie's mouth snapped shut. "So I had to meet you," Amy smiled.
Cassie just stood there. She wanted to say something, but was feeling that when she opened her mouth, nothing would come out. She held her hand out for Amy to shake. Both Amy and Phil looked at her hand.
"Really? A hand shake?" Phil looked at Cassie. "No screaming or jumping on her? I thought she is one of your favorites?"
"Mmhmmm," Cassie nodded her head. Amy laughed softly, shaking Cassie's hand.
"I'm sure she will talk eventually. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Yeah," Phil started. "Usually we can't get her to shut up. Man if Jon was here right now, he would be so happy…"
Cassie used her free hand and gave Phil the finger. He smiled, laughing.
"Alright, let her get back to her job. I'm sure we will see her later?" Amy asked. Cassie nodded her head. "Ok, see ya around," Amy grabbed Phil and pulled him away. Cassie let out a breath she seemed to be holding, and went to do her job.
"Dude," Colby said stretching as they were walking towards their car. "That match was fucking awesome!"
"Yes it was and we had some excellent challengers," Joe wrapped an arm around his cousin Josh (Jey Uso). His cousin was just as excited, slightly jumping. They knew that their opening match was one of the better ones that night.
"How are you guys going to celebrate?" Trinity (Naomi) asked, wrapping her arm around her fiance's, Jonathan (Jimmy Uso), arm.
"Obviously hit the clubs right?" Josh asked.
"Uh actually," Colby looked behind him at the group walking towards the cars. "Cassie is having a get together in her suite. She's inviting everyone if ya guys wanna go."
"I don't know," Ariane looked at her teammate. "That's a Total Diva no no."
"Are you serious?" Trinity said. "I don't care what Nikki and Brie say about her. We'll be there, believe that."
Joe laughed at his cousin's fiance. Colby turned around and looked at Trinity.
"What is Brie saying about her?"
"Uh," Trinity looked at Ariane. "The normal stuff that she's been saying. It's mainly Nikki that says stuff about her, but you know how those two work. They agree with each other on everything."
"What are they saying?" Colby asked again. This was really interesting news to him seeing that Brie apparently apologized to Cassie.
"You know, the normal stuff…"
"They call her a bitch, a lot," Ariane said.
"I think Cassie would take that as a compliment," Jon took out a cigarette from his pack.
"And they've called her a few choice words for hanging out with you guys all the time," Ariane continued. Trinity rolled her eyes at her teammate. So much for a Total Diva no no."
"Celeste and April have stuck up for her. It's gotten to the point that they almost get into these huge fights," Trinity said.
"Good," Colby said. "I hope April and Celeste kick their asses." He opened the car door and threw his bag in. He then got in the car, shutting the door behind him. The group stared at him.
"He's PMSing," Jon said getting into the passenger seat.
When they got back to the hotel, the guys quickly brought their bags to their room. They then took the elevator up to the suites. They could hear music coming from down the hall, where Cassie's room was.
They walked down, the door was opening, some of the roster was already there.
"Is it safe to have the door open like this?" Jon asked as they walked into the room.
"Probably not," Desiree popped out from nowhere. "But I'm tired of walking away and there be another knock on the door. So to save me the hassle." She motioned to the open door.
"Why do you and your sister do that? Creep up on people?"
"It's in our nature," Desiree smiled as she went back into the kitchen. Jon rolled his eyes. He saw Claudio sitting on the couch in the living room.
"I'll be over there," he then walked off. Cassie walked out of her room, in shorts and a Marilyn Manson tank top. She had her phone up to her ear.
"Yes Katie, I will be back around for the dress fitting. Have the other girls chosen their dresses yet?" She walked into the kitchen. She opened one of the cabinets. She stood on the tip of her toes, reaching in the back of the cabinet. She pulled out a bottle of Single Barrel Jack Daniels. "Well then whey the hell are you worrying about me? I have my dress and I went to the first fitting." She grabbed a solo cup, and headed back into her room, closing the door behind her.
"Hash-tag, wedding problems," Desiree said going to pour herself a drink. "Would you guys like anything?"
"We will play bartender," Colby walked into the kitchen, taking the alcohol and up away from her. "You are on vacation."
"Oh look at that," Desiree turned to Rusty. "Gentleman." Rusty looked up from his plate of food. He looked at the guys and then at Desiree.
"But I love you," he smiled.
"That's true," she looked at Colby. "I would like a Captain and Coke please," she took a seat next to Rusty.
"You got it," he turned to the fridge.
"Any music preference?" Desiree asked grabbing the Ipod and speaker.
"Nah," Joe sat at the table. "Jessica and Ava won't be making it tonight. Ava got sick from something she ate today."
"That's alright. Allie is annoying her Aunt…"
"DESIREE!" They heard Cassie yell from her room.
"And now it has gone over board," Desiree jumped up and quickly went to the room. She closed the door behind her.
"So gentleman," Rusty turned back to the guys. "How is our darling Cassie working out?"
"Excellent," Phil walked into the room with Amy. "And that's saying something coming from me. I don't get along with people."
"CM Punk right?" Rusty asked. Phil nodded his head. "You don't drink correct?" Again Phil nodded his head. "There is soda in the drawer for you in the fridge. Cassie made sure we got Pepsi…"
"God I love her," he made his way to the fridge.
"She seems to know a lot," Amy sat at the bar in the kitchen.
"She has to doesn't she?" Rusty asked. "It's her job to know you guys."
"Our wrestling persona. Not so much outside of that."
"She doesn't though," Colby said. "She knows what every other fan knows, the basics. Birthdays, where we are from. She doesn't really know family situations or things like that. If she does, she's learned it from us." Cassie's room door opened, Allie and Nathan running out. They ran straight to Colby and Joe.
"Your match was really cool!" Nathan yelled out.
"Yeah it was my favorite one!" Allie pushed her cousin aside.
"No it was my favorite!" Nathan yelled again, pushing his cousin back.
"Don't you two start," Desiree said. "I'll stick you in the room and you won't be allowed out."
"Awww," both of them said as they ran out into the living room to annoy Jon. Both of them jumped on top of him.
"Not you two again!" Jon yelled out as Claudio laughed.
"Interesting," Phil said. "They go to Jon…"
"That's because Cassie paid them money to annoy the crap out of him," Rusty said smiling. Cassie again walked out of her room, computer in hand and phone still at her ear. She placed her computer down on the bar in the kitchen and then walked back into her room. She came back out again, alcohol in hand.
"Can't forget that," Rusty laughed. Cassie shook her head no, and placed her hand next to her head like a gun.
"Katie, I don't understand why you are making such a fuss. I have everything finished. I called for the chairs and tables. They are booked for 50 guests. I called the catering. You have to stop by there and choose what you want to eat. I told them about the special drink and they said it's a done deal." She sat at the bar, placing her drink on the table. She then slammed her forehead on the top of the table. The people at the table winced when they heard the sound. "Yes I sent the invitations and save the dates to the design store. They should be at your house any day now…" she took the phone away from her ear, holding it up in the air. They could hear somebody talking really fast on the other end. When it became silent, Cassie brought it back up to her ear.
"I hope you know you are driving me to drink…" She then laughed slightly. "I know, but having an excuse makes me seem less of an alcoholic. Listen, I'm trying to make this as stress free as possible for you. You calling me for all these minor details is only going to aggravate me, and piss you off. Most people don't start doing this whole process until they are 6 months out from the wedding. We are a good 10. I think everything will be ok, Ok?" She got silent again. "Alright, thank you. I love you to ya pain in the ass. Talk to ya later," she then hung up her phone. She picked her head up. "OWWWW!" She rubbed her head. Everyone laughed at her.
"Delayed reaction," Desiree said, shaking her head. "Where is Lawton?"
"He's getting in the shower. What the hell did he do? He stinks?"
"He's a guy," Desiree shrugged her shoulder. "So is this about it?" She looked around the room. Cassie looked around, again seeing pretty much the heel side of the roster, a few face characters walking around.
"Yep," she then turned back to her computer.
"What are you doing?" Colby asked being nosy, standing behind her.
"Drawing out what the ceremony and reception should look like for the wedding," she plugged in her drawing tablet.
"Before you do that," Phil said. "Again Cassie, I have brought you Amy," he pointed at his girlfriend. Cassie looked up from her computer at Amy who was smiling at her.
"Hi," she said. Amy laughed.
"More than what I got last time. Hello, heard you are a fan."
"Huge fan actually. Probably the only Diva I followed. I want you to come back."
"Oh no," Amy shook her head. "Past my time. Besides, aren't the Divas now worth it?"
Cassie looked at Amy, and busted out laughing.
"That is a good one," she went back to her computer. "There's like 4 that are good at what they do. The rest are pointless has-bins."
"What about NXT?"
"NXT is a different story. You would be amazed at the talent that runs through there."
"Hey can you save this?" Colby said watching her draw on her computer.
"Yeah," Cassie squinted her eyes, trying to complete some detailing on a table.
"How?"
Cassie placed the her tablet on the table.
"Just hit Command," she pushed on the button. "And then hit S," which she did. Her photoshop saved what she had done.
"Good," Colby then closed the computer. "It's fun time. Work later."
"Yes master," she said in a creepy Igor voice. She got up and found some plastic shot glasses that Desiree had picked up. She passed them out to the room.
"What is this?" Phil asked, looking at the cup in front of him.
"It's called a shot glass," Cassie poured some Jack into her cup. Colby held his out for her. She poured some Jack into his to. The rest took Rum.
"Thank you Ms. Wench," Phil said. "But why is it in front of me?"
"For you to celebrate. Put some Pepsi in it or to freak people out, put water in it and pretend it's Vodka."
"Oh that would be really funny to see reactions to that," he poured some Pepsi in the cup. Lawton walked out in gym shorts.
"Wait for me!" He yelled, running over to the table. He grabbed his Pepsi that he had left out there. "Ok now we can toast."
"You start them out young don't you?" Colby asked.
"Yep," Cassie held up her shot glass. Everyone else following. "To the awesomeness of every flippin' match tonight. You guys were insane!" Everyone cheered and took their shot of whatever they were drinking.
Hours later, in the early morning, the roster began leaving, stumbling around the hallways.
"Ok," Colby rubbed his face. "It's nap time." Cassie yawned, placing her head on the table.
"Nap time sounds goooooooooood."
"Alright," Phil stood up. "Let's go you hooligans," he walked over to the couch. He helped Jon up.
"But I don't wanna go," Jon said, trying to push Phil away from him. "The couch is comfy.
"To bad. I think Cassie's family has had enough of you," he walked the both of them towards the door. Amy chuckled, shaking her head. Joe got up from his seat, almost tripping over his feet. He stood up, and waved his hands in front of him.
"Safe," he said, before walking towards the door.
"Ha-ha you drunkards," Cassie said, picking up her head.
"Like you have room to talk," Colby pushed her. Cassie caught the top of the table, almost falling off the chair. The two of them busted out laughing.
"You almost killed me!" She yelled at him.
"But I didn't. I saved you," he placed his hands on her shoulders.
"LIAR!"
"Cassie shut up!" Desiree yelled from her bedroom.
"BAH HUMBAG!" She yelled in that direction. "I might want to shut up. She'll kick my ass," she got up from her seat. "Come on Rollins, time for bed," she dragged Colby towards the door. Their group was waiting outside for him. "Goodnight guys. Thanks for coming," she waved.
"Thanks for inviting us," Amy said.
"Pfft," Cassie waved her hand. "I like you people…"
"Aww," Colby hugged her. "We are loved." Cassie hugged him back.
"I said like not love."
"That's cold," Joe said. Everyone looked at him, not expecting him to say anything. "I can't see, we need to go," he snapped his fingers and pointed towards the elevator. He started to walk towards it, running his hand along the wall so he didn't fall.
"I'm with him," Jon followed his teammate.
"I see this ending badly," Phil followed them. Amy sat and waiting for Colby.
"You are comfy," Cassie said. Colby looked down at her, her resting her head on his chest, eyes closed. He chuckled, starting to head back into the room. He was going to walk her towards the couch.
"COLBY!" He heard Phil call out. Cassie's eyes snapped open.
"Sorry, I'm holding you up," she unlatched herself from him. "I'll see you guys tomorrow."
"Yeah, goodnight Cass," Colby started to head out the room.
"Night," Cassie waved, shutting the door. Amy rolled her eyes. Phil, the person who had really bad timing. She followed Colby to the elevator. Joe and Jon were sitting in the middle of it, leaning on each other.
"Fantastic," he walked on. Phil looked at Amy.
"So?" He asked.
"They would be really cute together. Just don't pry too much."
"I won't," they walked onto the elevator. Colby sat in the corner, his head leaned up against the wall. He held his phone in his hand. It had gone off when he was getting onto the elevator. He stared at a text message.
I miss you - Lesley. He was all sorts of confused.
There it is. Let me know what you guys think and again sorry, but remember this, The Shield looks mighty handsome in their suits at the Slammys. Yummy :-D