[John] [POV]

after thanksgiving last year things went mostly back to normal other then chris not wrestling. 

a few days after thanksgiving we left Philly and came back to tampa for my last 3 matches of the year then when December 15th rolled around the PBR and national rodeo finals headed to vegas meaning so are me and chris because she is a rodeo junkie and this year i have something special planned for her. 

chris's parents are in town for a couple days and i'm going to get their permission to marry chris. chris's mom wont be a problem but chris's dad will be a huge problem because he hates me. 

"chris come on! we've gotta pick your mom and dad up from the airport" i yelled upstairs to chris.

"i'll be down in a minute" she yelled back

"thats what you said 15 minutes ago, what's taking you so long?"

"if i'm taking too long come and pick out a shirt, i can't decide which one" she yelled back

"fine" i walked up the stairs and into our room before i walked over to the closet and pulled out my favorite shirt from her clothes and handed it to her

"how did i know you were going to pick this one" she said taking the black long sleeve jaws shirt from my hand

"cause its my favorite one that you've got" i smiled as she put it on before she grabbed her sunglasses and we walked out to leave and headed to the airport to pick up her parents. 

-4 hours later-

"we'll see you in a little bit babe" i told her when we dropped her and her mom out at the mall before me and her dad headed to get a drink.

i pulled up at the bar and we got out and went inside before we found a table and sat down.

"i know your probably wondering why i asked you to come get a drink with me and i'm going to tell you-" he cut off

"i think i know why, it's about chris?" he asked ordering a simple coke.

"yea, its about chris"

"alright son dont be afraid go ahead and tell me" he said getting to the point.

"well you know me and chris have been together almost a year as a couple and we've known each other longer than that. i want you to know sir that i've never ever loved and felt like this about anyone else, i've given this a lot of time and thought and i would like to ask your permission to ask chris to marry me. i know i'm not the man you imagined for your daughter, you probably dreamed about some lawyer or a doctor but i never was that kind and i do love your daughter more than anything so i'd like more than anything for you to give me your blessing to marry your daughter" i finished

"like son i know my daughter and even if i had wanted her to marry a doctor or a lawyer i know she probably wouldnt be happy and why? because chris is a fighter meaning she will fight and get what she wants everytime because thats who she is. i know my little girl better than almost anyone and i know she loves you more than i've ever seen her love anything including wrestling. i admit when i first met you i didnt like you and i'm not saying i do now but i want my little girl to be happy and i know marrying you would make her happy so as hard as this is for me to say you have both my blessing and permission to marry my daughter christen balboa" he finished and took a drink from his coke.

"thank you sir, you have no ideal how much this means to both me and chris!" i smiled

"look as much as i dont like to admit it my baby girl is growing up and i know i can't be in her life every single second to make sure shes taken care of when i'm not around. your not the man i imagined for my little girl but i know just from watching the two of you together that you would never hurt or let anyone hurt her. i know you'll take care of our little girl. i trust you john"

"i promise to love her no matter what. i would never, ever let anything or anyone hurt her ever. i promise to stay true to her and be there for her through everything" 

"i know you will. now have you picked out the ring yet?"

"i thought you'd maybe go with me and help me pick one out"

"yea i think we've got time before we've gotta pick up the girls so sure why not" he smiled

"alright, lets go"

we left the bar and went to pick out a ring for chris.

-1 hour later-

"you really think chris will like it?" i asked as we walked back to my car

"chris will love it because its from you" rocky told me

"i hope so. she just texted me so i guess we should go get her and mama maggie" 

"yea magg just texted me too"

i pulled out of the parking yet of the only western store close by in tampa bay and headed to the mall to pick up maggie and chris and head back to the house.