With You (Sasha Banks x Dean Ambrose)

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"Ready to go princess?" Jon asked Callie on Saturday morning, two days before her finale.

"Yep! Let's roll!" Callie replied as she was excited to get some alone time with her father.

"Have fun guys! I'll see you later." Mercedes waved off her husband and youngest daughter.

Jon wanted to get some one on one time with his daughter before her finale episode, just in forty eight hours. It's been a hectic week for her, but was looking forward to getting time with her dad. Callie and Jon were as tight knit as it gets with a father/daughter relationship. She's a daddy's girl, how it's been since she was born. It was nice for the two to get out together.

The two went out to get breakfast together before Jon took Callie to get her nails done ahead of the finale. After she got her nails done, the two headed to the mall as Jon happily took his daughter shopping. They ended their day by getting a late lunch, Callie feeling relaxed and ready for Monday.

"I'm so glad we were able to do this, daddy!" Callie beamed while sitting at an outdoor table with her father.

"Me too baby. How're you feeling about Monday? Finale again." Jon asked while setting his glass of water down.

"I am feeling a lot of emotions about it, honestly. But I think the biggest emotion I feel is gratitude. I am so grateful to have been able to recover and rehab my knee, proving everyone wrong, and returning to dance." Callie replied with a grin as Jon felt pride for his youngest daughter.

"Well, I just want you to know how proud I am of you honey. Callie, I could not be prouder to be your dad. You really proved everyone wrong. I really never thought your knee would be able to hold up for dance again, and that's not a knock at you. It's just from how bad the injury was. But you're just like your mother," Jon began as Callie grinned and listened attentively.

"You worked your ass off, doing whatever it took to return. And you did just that. We all love you and believe that you can win baby. I love you, Callie Renee. I'm so proud of you and excited for your day on Monday." He finished as Callie got up to hug her dad.

"Thank you, daddy! I love you so much! And I'm a very lucky girl to have so much love and support!" Callie said while hugging her dad.

"I love you, Callie Renee. We are always here for you, rockstar." He chuckled as they enjoyed the rest of their daddy & daughter date, Callie clearing her head for Monday.

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Two days later, it was Monday. It was the finale of Callie's second dance show. Callie had four dances to do in order to win it all. She had a lot of emotions heading into the night. Her emotions were even stronger, as it was the two year anniversary of her ACL surgery and finding out she could no longer dance. From then to now has been a long journey for the sixteen (almost seventeen) year old girl. She was driven, determined, and focused to win tonight.

Callie had four routines tonight. She would kick off the show, have two dances back to back, and end the night with another dance. She had three duets and one freestyle, which would be a group routine. Two of her duets were with Jacob. She had another duet with Claire. Callie also had Mark, Whitney, Jacob, Asher, Claire, Bryton, and her fiancé Jax in her freestyle routine.

Callie was kicking off the show with one of her duets with Jacob. Their first duet was a salsa/cha-cha mashup to the song Time Of Our Lives by Pitbull and Ne-Yo. Callie was looking forward to kicking off the finale with such a fun dance. Jacob has been a great hand in helping her with a dance style she was not very experienced in.

Callie and Jacob's second duet was fourth on the show. It was a contemporary routine to the song Sweater Weather by The Neighbourhood. Whitney came in to help choreograph it as it'd be a more passionate contemporary routine. It would definitely be a fun one to watch as well.