59Lies From Within
Chapter 1
Roxy Michaels was currently sitting in the office of Vincent Kennedy McMahon, the boss of the WWE. She was watching as his son, Shane, messed around the papers on Vince's desk. Roxy was waiting for Vince, simply to ask him if she could be released from the WWE. She was gonna be straight forward with Vince, she would probably end up on the TNA roster after the 90 day 'no wrestling' clause ended, she wasn't going to lie about it like Kurt Angle did. Another problem that was currently bothering her is what her father was going to think about it, for he was the one and only 'Heartbreak Kid' Shawn Michaels.
It's what I want and Mom always told me to go for what I wanted...
She was rubbing over the tattoo of her mom's initials that she had on her right wrist 'L.O.V.E' for Lynn Odette Veronica Erikson. Her mother had died when she was 6 and her dad decided to marry Rebecca Curci, who was a former Nitro Girl for the WCW, so also understood the wrestling business to a certain extent.
After about 15 minutes of waiting, Vince finally walked in with his business smile on his face.
"Roxy, what can I do for you?" He asked in a cheerful voice, still bearing the smile.
Roxy held her mom's locket for a moment before she spoke.
"I'm really sorry about this Mr. McMahon," Roxy paused to look at Vince before lowering her eyes back to the locket. "But I was wondering if I could please be released from my contract. I... I can't work here anymore... I... Just can't."
Vince just eyed her warily. "And if I release you, where will you be going?" He asked, already knowing the answer, but trying to hide the small signs of anger and sadness in his voice.
"I'm not gonna lie to you Mr. McMahon, as soon as the 'no wrestling' clause is up I will probably head over to TNA, and become a wrestler there. Don't get me wrong, I love the WWE, it's just too much has happened, and the fans only like me because of who my dad is... I wanna make a name for myself, and not live under my dad's shadow, no matter how much I love him. I'm sick of being referred to as 'Shawn's Girl.' I love it here; don't get me wrong... I've had enough... I'm sorry..." Roxy explained, mostly worried that Vince would be an ass about it.
He nodded and pinched his nose. "Alright, I'll release you from your contract, but you're going to have to be the one to break it to the rest of the rosters in a meeting, alright?"
Roxy nodded with a sigh. She looked over at Shane and saw the sad look on his face, his huge puppy dog eyes asking her not to leave.
Will everyone hate me for this?
Roxy walked through the halls of the arena and sighed, even though she wouldn't admit it, she'd miss the WWE. She saw Randy Orton talking with Adam 'Edge' Copeland and just wanted to walk the other way. He had cheated on her plain and simple, but when she confronted him about it he lied straight to her face. Which led to a really messy break-up… Most break ups she could handle, but this one was pushing it. She kept walking and finally landed at her destination, the locker room of HBK. She sighed once more before knocking twice and walking in.
"Hey princess!"
Roxy didn't want to do this; she really didn't want to do this. Why does he have to give me that look? The look that says 'I'm glad you're here and don't want you leaving anytime soon.'
"Hi dad. Um… I have something important to tell you." Roxy mumbled.
"What's the matter? You're usually louder than that, unless you're in trouble… Please tell me you didn't piss Vince off," She laughed at the look of concern on her dad's face, and then shook her head no. "You didn't get in trouble with the law did you?" He asked with a nervous look on his face.
"Jeez Dad, I'm a criminal to you now?" She joked with a halfhearted smile that didn't reach her eyes.
"No, of course not," He laughed it off. "Then what is it?" He said in that caring 'make you want to go hug him' voice.
"I...um...I'm not working here anymore…" Roxy stated and looked up to see her dad in disbelief.
"WHAT," He shouted, thinking that Vince had fired her. "Vince fired you?" He continued.
She shook her head no again. "I...I asked to be released," She stated playing with her mom's locket. "I don't want to work...for the WWE anymore..."
He nodded. "Getting sick of wrestling? That makes a little sense. You'll come back when you're ready." He said with a smile.
Damn it dad, why do you have to make this so hard on me..?
"Daddy, that's not it... I still love wrestling... I just don't want to be a part of the WWE anymore..." By now Roxy had tears streaming down her cheeks, this was really hard for her, and she could tell by her dad's face he was not happy with her. She turned to leave, but he grabbed her arm.
"No, no, princess," He pulled her to him and wiped the tears from her face, then hugged her. "Don't cry. It's just me you're talking to... Now... What happened? Was it because of that snot nosed punk Randy Orton? Let me know, I'll kick his ass for you..," He told her.
She laughed at her dad's stupidity. He smiled as he heard her laugh. "That's my girl. Keep that smile on, Princess, you aren't pretty when you cry." He continued.
"You're not mad at me for leaving?" She asked.
Shawn sighed. "Ah... Well... I guess I'll get over it. If it's really what you want to do, then go for it. You just let me know if Orton was the cause of this... I'll give that son of a... Frying pan... A lesson in respect."
Roxy sighed, now she had to tell everyone else. Damn, what's Paul gonna think, he's like my uncle... Is he gonna hate me like everyone else will?
It was now time for the meeting; everyone walked in and sat down. Unfortunately, Roxy was stuck between Randy and Paul...Paul wasn't so bad except he was muttering about how Vince always had the worst timing for calling meetings. Roxy sighed and then waited for Vince to make his announcements and then call her to the front. He talked about future feuds, careful not to get into storylines.
"Without further ado, I'd like to call Roxy up to make an announcement of her own."
Roxy sighed, then stood up and walked to the front, not once letting go of the locket. Once she got there, she looked around at all of her smiling ex-coworkers and sighed again. She cleared her throat. "I have asked to be released from my WWE contract…" She went to continue when a hand went up, she sighed but pointed to Randy.
"So when are you coming back?" He asked with that infamous evil smirk of his.
Roxy saw her dad glare evilly at Randy for interrupting his princess, but Roxy also noticed the audience nodding. She sighed again.
"I'm not planning on coming back to the WWE," There were gasps all around the room. She sighed.
Great now they all hate me… How will they take the TNA news..?
"I'm actually thinking about joining TNA after the 'no wrestling' clause expires." She now noticed the glares she was getting and that Paul was shaking his head like this was all a bad dream. Shawn looked around and noticed some of the looks he was getting, particularly from Randy Orton, so he walked over to where Roxy was standing.
"Don't be an ass about this to her, this is what she wants to do,"
Roxy smiled at her dad for being there for her when everyone else looked ready to rip her throat out. But then sighed again... At least she knew some people from TNA… She knew Jay 'Christian Cage' Reso, Christy Hemme, Kurt Angle, Tomko and a few others. She didn't like the glares she was getting but what else could she do? She also decided not to tell her dad about Randy. The only thing she was sad about was that she had become good friends with Chris Irvine and she hoped to God that he wasn't mad at her for this. She also looked over at Paul, hoping he had stopped shaking his head. She felt bad enough; she just needed to get out of the WWE and fast. She sighed at the glares she was still getting. Shawn saw the sad look in her eyes and cleared his throat, making most of the guys stop staring at his princess and look away.
"More like it." He stated, put a protective arm around his daughter's shoulders and began to lead her away.
She looked at everyone as she passed them, trying to remember what they looked like. Shawn led her out of the room and the door shut behind her for the last time in her professional career. She broke down crying in her father's arms.
A/n: Slowly looking over chapters and editing them a little bit. Also rereading so I can recall events as we write new chapters.