An opportunity gained

Chapter 16

I chucked my clothes on because I didn't have time for a shower and made my way downstairs. Mark and Sam were all ready there, they stopped mid in conversation when I came and sat down. 

"Carry on" I said. 

"No its okay" Sam said then slopped off. 

"Jesus! What's her problem?" 

"She's a girl, you'll figure it out" She came back and sat down and ate slowly, Mark then got up.

"Okay, what the fuck is your problem?" She stared at me. 

"Nothing" She said smiling. 

"Right! Now I have you both down here this is the plan" Without thinking me and Sam both looked at each other and smiled. 

"A car is coming to pick us up at 12 and we'll be driven to the WWE arena an-" We both screamed that time because I couldn't help myself, the dream was becoming a reality. "And you'll get to look around, meet a few people and see what it’s really like to be a diva and a superstar" He carried on clearing his throat. "So it’s 10:15 now, you've got time to get ready" And then we both shoved our breakfast down us and ran up to our rooms. 

Ahh, the nice, hot, warm water was hitting me. I've got to be honest, this shower is better than my own. Then I heard a phone ring, so I jumped out of the shower and ran to it. 

"Hello" I said without looking at the caller ID. 

"Hello" I recognised that little, cute, shy voice from anywhere. 

"ZOEY!" I shouted. 

"Hehee, I didn't think you would remember me" 

"I've only been gone a day, how could I forget you?" 

"Hehee" 

"I'm not a goldfish...or am I?" *Glub* *Glub* *Glub* She giggled at the noises. 

"Mummy and daddy want to talk to you" 

"Okay sweetie" I could just feel her smile. 

"Mummy's first" And then I heard weird rustling noises. 

"Hello?" 

"Hey Linda" 

"Oh thank God!" 

"What?" 

"You said you would call last night and you never did" Oh shit, I guess I got too caught up with Sam to remember. 

"Ahh sorry, jet lagged, and plus I'm a bloke I don't remember all of these things" I heard a slight laugh. 

"How was your flight?" 

"It was good, slept for most of it though" 

"Good, good. And the hotel?" 

"Oh man its brilliant! It’s got the most amazing showers, food and staff!" 

"I hope you're being polite" 

"Yes of course I am" 

"Alright...one minute...for God sake...you tell him" Tell me what? Then there were more rustling noises. 

"Ermm...hello son" Dad didn't sound okay. 

"Dad are you alright?" 

"No, yes...I don't know how I feel" He sounds exactly how he sounded when mum died. 

"Wait...Linda isn't ill is she?!" 

"No no no, nothing like that" Oh thank God! 

"Ermm...what's up then?" 

"I don't know how to say this...just tell him!" I heard Linda scream. 

"Shut up!" I assume he was talking to her. "Your grandmother has just died" What? Nana or Linda's mum? 

"Which...one?" I asked trying not to cry. 

"Nana" And then I couldn't help it, the tears started to fall. How can you go from feeling the best you've ever felt to feeling like shit? Man now I know why girls are always moody. 

"I'm coming home" I then I grabbed my suitcase and started chucking things in while my phone fell to the floor. Mark then came back, I probably looked stupid with tears rolling down my face. Mark didn't even ask what was wrong he just picked my phone up and started talking to my dad. 

"Oh...I'm so sorry to hear about your unfortunate lost" 

"Yep" 

"Okay" 

"Nope that's fine" 

"Okay...keep well, bye" Then he grabbed me. "Dude, slow down" Dude? Then I just laughed. "There that's the Zach I know!" He said patting my arm because guys don't really hug. "Now I've just been told what has happened, now we have two options w-" 

"I'm going home" 

"Wait...listen, you can stay here and carry on or you can go home" 

"I'm going home" 

"But there's a consequence to that" I just looked at him. "If you are going home you can't come back, that's it, your opportunity just gone. Now I understand this is family but you need to think carefully about this Zach, I've seen you train, you're different, WWE would be lucky to have you, but this is probably the only time you're going to be here. You need to make a decision" And with that, he left the room. Now I've got some thinking to do.