*Here is my new Roman story. It's a lot different than I normally do but I hope that you like it.*
It's funny how you can have your entire life planned out, you have the dreams you're chasing and goals you're trying to achieve but one thing comes along and changes everything you had ever hoped for and everything you had ever dreamed of. There's no control over life and what happens to you in life. You just have to live life and hope that it turns out for the best. One event in your entire life could rip your dreams away in an instance and change your entire perspective on life as well as change your entire way of living. It takes one second for everything to change. My fiancée Roman Reigns and I were living a perfect life; at least we believed that our life was perfect. It pretty much was we had been together since our sophomore year of high school and got engaged our junior year of college after our daughter Kalea (Kah-LEH-ah) was born. Shortly after college Roman landed a job in a business as a supervisor while I chose to be a stay at home mom and spend my days with Kalea. Everything was perfect. We were planning our wedding and our daughter was 3 years old almost 4. We were more in love than we had ever been; life was perfect until one day where everything changed, the day our lives would never be the same again.
The day started out like any other day. It was a fairly normal day in our lives. The sun was shining through our bedroom window on the fairly warm Autumn day in Georgia. I was woken up by Roman's soft kisses on my neck like any other day. "Good morning, Beautiful," he whispered to me in my ear making me smile as he held me in his arms. "Happy Birthday."
"Good morning," I say with a smile. "You're happy this morning."
"Because it's your birthday," he said before kissing my neck again softly. "And if it wasn't for this day I wouldn't have the beautiful Nora Simmons in my life."
"Well, it's a good thing I was born this day huh?" I asked with a smile before I kissed his full soft lips. His morning stumble brushed against me as he nuzzled at my neck making me giggle softly as I wrapped my arms around his large body.
"You have no idea how much this day means to me and I'm going to show it to you after work tonight. Did you schedule a babysitter for Kalea tonight?"
"Yes," I said as he continued nuzzling at my neck and kissing it softly. "Mrs. Adams is going to watch her."
"Great," he said. "All night?"
"All night," I said with a smile.
"Perfect," he said as I feel his smile against my neck. "I don't want to go to work today."
"Play Hookie then," I said. "Spend my birthday with me. I can take Kalea to school and she will be there for a few hours giving us some time alone and then we could hang out this afternoon as a family. You're the boss you can call off whenever you want."
"I know but unfortunately today I have to go to a meeting all the way across town. I am going to be in meetings all day. If I could stay home with you I would," he said as he faced me looking into my dark brown eyes with his grey orbs. He reached up and brushed a piece of my dark brown hair behind my hair before he kissed my lips softly. "But I promise I will be home as fast as I can after work today to spend the day with you."
"Sounds good to me," I said, "but I still wish I had all day with my man," I said pouting.
"Don't pout," he said brushing his finger over my lip. "I like to see you smile." I give him a smile and he responded with, "that's the beautiful smile I like to see. I'm going to go take a shower. Want to join me?" he asked.
"I would love to but you know we have a 3 foot terror that will be up any minute now," I said.
"Oh yeah," he said with a smile. "I forgot about that. Can I have a raincheck for later?"
"Of course," I said with a smile before he kissed my lips softly. "Did you give it any thought on when we're going to have another little terror running around?"
"Whenever you're ready," he said with a smile. "I don't mind having another one but don't you want to be married first?"
"I'm good with it before we're married. Whenever it happens I guess."
"Sounds good to me," he said with a smile before I heard the little footsteps of our 3 year old running down the hall. "She's right on time," he said with a smile before we separate as the door flies open.
"Mama!" says our 3 year old Kalea before she climbs up into our bed dragging her pink stuffed rabbit with her.
"Good morning," I said with a smile as she climbed up between Roman and me.
"Good morning, Princess," said Roman before he kissed the top of her head. She looks like her father in every way possible except she inherited my dark brown eyes. The rest is all Roman she is his mini and she's absolutely adorable.
"Morning, Daddy," she said giving him a kiss on his cheek.
"Do you know what today is?" he asked her.
"No," she said.
"Mama's birthday," he said. "Can you tell her happy birthday?"
"Happy Birthday, Mama," she said with a big smile before giving me a hug.
"Thank-you, Sweetie," I said hugging her back and giving her a kiss on the cheek. "I love you."
"I love you too," she said with a smile before she let me go. "My tummy is hungry."
"Okay," I said. "I'll get you some breakfast." Roman and I got out of bed. I picked Kalea up and carried her to the door while Roman went to our master bathroom to take his morning shower before he had to get ready for work.
"What do you want for breakfast, Kalea?" I asked her as she sat at the kitchen island coloring a picture.
"Pancakes," she said with a big smile. "I make you a picture," she said.
"That's great, Sweetie, Thank-you," I said as I started to get out everything I needed to make us homemade pancakes. Kalea sat and colored while I cooked breakfast. Roman continued to get ready for work as I finished everything up. He came downstairs dressed in his suit and tie just as I was putting the pancakes onto the plates. "You look sexy today," I said with a smile as I helped Kalea up into her booster chair.
"Thanks," he said with a smile before he took a seat at the table. "Pancakes," he said, "let me guess; Kalea picked out breakfast today?"
"Yes, Daddy," she said with a big smile as I cut up her pancakes before getting out the pitcher of orange juice for us.
"These are good, Baby," said Roman as he ate his breakfast. "Thank-you."
"You're welcome," I said. "So what are your meetings about today?"
"I'm trying to make a deal with a few companies. I have negotiation meetings all day long."
"I hope you can make a deal. What's the deal you're trying to make?"
"We're just trying to get some companies to advertise our products."
"Oh," I said as I ate my breakfast. "I hope it all works out."
"Thanks," he said with a smile. "What do you two ladies have planned today?"
"Well, Kalea has preschool this morning and then I think afterward we're just going to hang out for a little."
"Sounds like fun," he said, "do you like preschool Kalea?"
"Yeah," she said.
"I'm glad," he said with a smile. "What do you do?"
"Play and we learn things. I like to paint."
"I bet you do," he said with a smile. "Do you read books?"
"Yeah we read books," she said with a smile. "Miss Kate reads to us."
"What does she read?"
"Paddington," she said.
"I love Paddington," he said with a smile before looking at his watch. "I have to get going. I'll be home around 6," he said. "I promise I'll hurry home," he said picking his things up from the table to put them in the sink.
"Okay," I said with a smile. "I hope you have a good day."
"I will when I get home to you," he said before kissing my lips softly. "Bye, Kalea," he said before kissing her cheek. "I love you."
"I love you, Daddy," she said as she gave him a hug.
"And I love you," he said to me before giving me one kiss. "I'll see you later."
"I love you too," I said. "See you later." And just like that he was out the door like he was any other day of the year.
Not long after Roman left for work Kalea and I finished up our breakfast together before I put our dirty dishes in the sink before I got myself dressed and got her ready for preschool. I dropped her off at preschool and then went to do some grocery shopping. I dropped the groceries off at home and put the dishes from breakfast into the dishwasher before I went to pick Kalea up from preschool. "How was school today?" I asked her as I put her into the car.
"Good," she said with a smile. "I made you a card."
"For my birthday?" I asked.
"Yes it's a birthday card," she said with a smile. "With lots of stickers and glitter."
"I can't wait to see it," I said with a smile before I shut the door before I got into the driver's seat to drive us home. When we got home safely there was a bouquet of red roses sitting on the porch. I smiled as I picked them up and carried them into the house.
"Those are pretty," said Kalea.
"Aren't they?" I asked with a smile as I smelled them. I laid them down on the island in the kitchen before pulling out the card. Happy 25th birthday, Nora. I love you so much. I look forward to spending even more days with you and celebrating more birthdays with you. I can't wait for tonight. Happy Birthday, Baby. I smile as I put the card down on the island. "What do you want for lunch?"
"Fish sticks!" said Kalea.
"Okay!" I said before she hands me the card she made me at school.
"Happy Birthday, Mama," she said handing me a card covered in a mix of colorful glitter and stickers.
"This is beautiful. I love it. Thank-you," I said with a smile before I hang it up on the fridge so Roman can see it when he gets home tonight. "Do you want to talk to Daddy?" I asked. I never really called Roman during the day so I'm not sure why that particular day I wanted to call him but I just had a feeling that I needed to call him. I needed to talk to him, tell him how much I enjoyed the flowers and how much I loved him. I had to do it.
"Yes!" she said with a smile before I grabbed my cell phone from my purse. I click on Roman's name and hit send when the phone icon pops up.
"Nora," he said as he answered the phone. "Is everything okay?"
"Yeah. I just needed to hear your voice and talk to you. Are you busy?"
"We're having lunch right now," he said. "I have time."
"Thanks for the roses they were beautiful."
"You're welcome. How's your birthday going?"
"Good," I said. "Kalea made me a card. It's beautiful."
"I can't wait to see it," he said.
"I put it on the fridge for you to see when you get home."
"Okay," he said as silence fell between us. "Nora?"
"Sorry," I said. "I just wanted to tell you how much I love you. I love you so much, Roman. You're the best fiancée I could have asked for and the best dad for Kalea. I can't wait to marry you."
"I love you too, Nora," he said making me smile. "You and Kalea are my entire world. There is nothing I wouldn't do for my two favorite girls. Is everything okay?"
"Yeah but I just felt the need to tell you that."
"I appreciate it," he said as Kalea pulls at my leg.
"I want to talk to Daddy," she said.
"Kalea wants to talk to you," I said. "Want to talk to her?"
"Of course," he said making me smile.
I hand Kalea the phone and let her talk to her dad. I listened to her tell him all about her day and how she was going to have fish sticks for lunch and then she I heard her say, "I love you, Daddy." And then she giggled. "No, Daddy, I love you more," she said stumbling on her R like she usually does but still cute nonetheless. "Bye, Daddy," she said before handing me the phone.
"Hello," I said as I put the phone up to my ear.
"Hello," he said. "I have to get back to work now. I'm looking forward to our evening later. I'll be there around 6. Be dressed, there's a present for you upstairs in the bedroom. I'll talk to you later. I love you, Nora."
"I love you too," I said with a smile. "See you when you get home." And I hung up the phone and started to get lunch ready for Kalea.
Later that night after I dropped Kalea off at the babysitter's house I went home and took a nice hot shower before I put on the beautiful turquoise dress Roman bought for me, he did a fantastic job. It was a beautiful strapless dress that fell to my knees. It brought out the color of my naturally tanned skin. I throw my dark hair up into a bun before I applied a little bit of make up and spray on some perfume before I headed downstairs to wait for Roman to come home. I checked the clock and it was just after 6. It wasn't like Roman to be late. When 6:30 hit I tried to call him but I got no answer. I was starting to get worried. I kept trying to call him and each time my call wasn't answered. I jumped when the doorbell rang at half past 7. I got up from the couch and made my way to the door. I almost fainted when I saw the red and blue lights flashing. "Yes," I said as I opened the door to see two officers standing on my porch.
"Ms. Simmons?" asked one of the officers.
"Yes?" I asked.
"There's been an accident," he said.
"An accident?" I asked. "With Roman?"
"Yes, Mr. Reigns was in an accident," he said, "you need to come with us to the hospital right now."
"Is he okay?" I asked.
"We can't give you any more information than this. We need you to come with us to the hospital," said the officer. I felt like my whole world was crashing down and it pretty much was. The man I have loved since high school was in some type of accident and I had no idea what was going on with him. I didn't know if he was alive or if he was dead. The thought of living without him was too much for me to bear. I broke down into tears as the officers escorted me to their car. I had never been more scared in my life as I was on my way to the hospital and as I waited to see Roman. I needed to see him, I wanted to see him. I needed to know he was okay but I kept telling myself that he would meet me at the hospital, he would walk to me and hug me but when I got to the hospital it was the complete opposite. I wasn't even prepared for what happened.
*A/N: What do you think? Is it a keeper or no? What do you think of Nora's and Roman's relationship this far? Do you see how much they love one another? What do you think about Roman's accident? How do you think their entire lives will change? Please review and thank-you for reading.
