Five years had passed. Joanna and John were still dating. Charley was five Cody was nine. A few months after Charley was born Joanna went back to work. She'd won the Divas Championship two more times. She hadn't been champion for about two years. Joanna was in the kitchen making dinner. Charley came into the kitchen.
"Mommy went is daddy coming home?" Charley asked.
"Soon sweetheart." "His plane landed twenty minutes ago."
"Why couldn't we go to New York to?"
"That was just for daddy."
"I wanna be on a talk show to."
"Maybe someday you will be."
The door opened.
"I'm home." John said.
"Daddy, daddy, daddy." Charley said running into the living room.
"Hi sweetie." He picked her up. "Did you miss me?"
"Yeah."
"I missed you to." "Where's mommy at?"
"In the kitchen." With Charley in his arms he went into the kitchen.
"Hi honey." Joanna said.
"Hi."
"Daddy I made you a finger paint." Charley said.
"You made me a finger paint?"
"Yeah." "Let me go get it."
"Ok." He put her down. She went upstairs.
"She's not the only one who missed you." Joanna said wrapping her arms around John's neck and kissing him.
"I missed you to." "I hate it when I have to sleep alone."
"I hate it to." They kissed.
"Daddy." Charley said coming back into the kitchen. "Here's the finger paint." John took it. It was a mess of all different colors.
"This is great." John said.
"Dinner's almost ready." Joanna said. "John will you run up and tell Cody?"
"Yeah."
John went upstairs. He went and stood in Cody's bedroom doorway. Cody was sitting on his bed.
"Hey buddy." John said.
"Hi."
"Dinner's almost done."
"Ok." John noticed a sad look on Cody's face.
"What's wrong Cody?"
"Nothing I'm just thinking." John looked at little Cody's TV and saw one of Cody's old matches playing.
"About your dad?"
"Yeah." John went into the room and sat on bed next to him.
"Wanna talk?"
"I like hearing uncle Dustin's stories about my dad and my mom's stories." "It seems like everyone knew him but me." "It's not fair."
"I know." "It's not."
"I would just like to meet him and talk to him just once."
"I know." "I wish I could make that happen for you."
"Yeah I know."
"You look just like him you know."
"I know I've seen pictures from when he was my age."
"You do things like he did to." "That's why your mom smiles when she sees to do certain things."
"I'm gonna be a wrestler like he was." "I wanna make him proud."
"I'm sure anything you would do would make him proud."
"Not that I don't like hanging out with you."
"It isn't the same." "I understand." "The thing to remember is he lives on through you." "He'll always be around because he lives in your heart." "He'll always be watching over you." "I guarantee it."
"Thanks for talking to me." "I don't like talking to mom about this stuff." "It makes her sad."
"If you ever need to talk, I'm always here."
"I know."
"Come on, let's go eat."
"Ok."
After the kids went to bed. Joanna and John were sitting on the couch relaxing.
"Did you talk to Stephanie?" John asked.
"Yeah." "It's all set." "I make the announcement Monday."
"I'm gonna miss you."
"I'll miss you to but it's time." "I'm almost forty." "That's like grandma years for being a WWE Diva." "Plus when you come home from being on the road, the sex will be really hot."
"Well that's one thing to look forward to." They kissed.
It was Monday. Joanna went out to the ring. She got a microphone and stood in the middle.
"Hello WWE Universe." "As most of you know next month at Wrestlemania I will be facing Nikki Bella, for the Divas Championship." "What you may not know is win or lose, that will be my last match." "After eight amazing years here I'm leaving the WWE." "I could think of no better way to go out then to retire as Divas Champion."
She put down microphone and walked up the ramp.