*Here is the sequel to Pick Up The Pieces. I hope that you like it*
ONE MONTH LATER:
"Today is the day," I say to Renee as I wake up my beautiful fiancée with a soft kiss on her neck as the light shines into our bedroom window. It's been a pretty interesting month to say the least. I'm getting used to being on probation which isn't an easy task. I'm used to going and doing whatever I wanted but now I have rules to follow. I kind of hate it. I did have to get special permission from my probation officer so that I could go back to work when the time comes. If they are willing to take me back.
"Mm," groans Renee as she covers her face with her arm. "I don't want to get up."
"It's time to get up. I let you sleep as long as you could. You have to get up and get ready to go to the doctor. We get to find out the sex of the babies today."
"I know but it's so early," she says and of course she would think that. She was just out on the road. She's been back and forth between Vegas and Orlando because she's co-hosting Tough Enough. It was a pretty random job but she took it before she cuts ties with WWE. It's been keeping her busy. She caught a red-eye flight in from Orlando last night after the live taping so she could be here for the doctor appointment.
"It's 12 in the afternoon," I say, "our appointment is at 1 come on, Baby, you can sleep when we get home. I know you're exhausted but it's time to get up so we can get to the hospital on time."
"All right," she says with a groan. She throws the covers off of her and sits up. She rubs her soft tanned legs before rubbing her eyes before she gets out of the bed. She makes her way to the bathroom after giving me a soft kiss on the lips. I smile as I start to get myself ready to go to the doctor with her. Even when she's tired she's still as beautiful as ever. I go to brush my teeth after throwing on a wife beater and a pair of black basketball shorts as she goes into the room to get dressed.
"Do you mind if Kennedy comes with us today?" I holler from the bathroom with toothpaste in my mouth.
"That's fine," she hollers back. "I'm so fat. I can't find anything to wear."
"You're not fat," I say, "you're pregnant, beautifully pregnant," I say with a smile before I rinse out my mouth. "You're beautiful," I say.
"Yeah well have you seen me on Tough Enough," she asks as I walk into the bedroom to see her walking around in her black lace bra and matching underwear. "I look like such a cow on the show."
"You do not," I say as I walk over to the closet. "You look beautiful," I say as Kennedy comes into the room.
"Are we going to the doctor yet?" she asks.
"As soon as I find mommy something to wear," I say.
"I don't need you to find me anything to wear," she says tossing shirts out of the drawer and shorts. "None of this fits and none of this looks good on me."
"How about this?" I ask pulling out a beautiful yellow sundress for her to wear. "This is pretty."
"Are you trying to make me look like the sun?" she asks.
"You're not going to look like the. You're going to look beautiful," I say as Kennedy sits down on our bed in her own little sundress with her hair already done into a ponytail. "At least try it on."
"I'm fine," she says throwing a tank top with writing on it out of the pile and a black cami to go under the grey shirt and she finds a pair of shorts to put on. She puts the clothes on and then throws her hair up into a messy bun. "I'm ready," she says.
"All right, you look beautiful, let's go," I say as we make our way out of the bedroom. Kennedy takes my hand as we walk behind Renee.
"She's grumpy," she whispers.
"It's because she's tired and when you're pregnant it makes you feel certain ways," I say, "she'll be all right."
"Okay," she whispers back as we make our way down to the front door to head to the doctor for the ultrasound.
We get to the doctor just in time. Renee signs in as Kennedy and I take a seat in the waiting room waiting for the nurse or doctor to come get us before Renee joins us. "So Kennedy, what do you think Mommy is going to have?"
"Boys," she says with a smile as she sits in my lap. "I think she's going to have two boys. I really want my brothers."
"But what if she has girls?" I ask.
"I don't know," she says, "I'll be happy. I just want to be a big sister," she says with a smile.
"I wanted to be a big brother when I was your age too. I still wish I could be a big brother but I never got to be one."
"That's sad, Daddy," she says. "What are we naming the babies?"
"We don't know yet," I say as the nurse comes out for us. "We'll figure it out eventually."
"Oh," she says as we make our way back to the ultrasound room.
The doctor gets the ultrasound machine set up. He turns it on and gets it running as Renee lays on the bed in the gown that the nurse gave her to put on before she left the room. "This is going to be cold," says the doctor as he pours the gel onto Renee's growing stomach. "So any thoughts on what you think the babies are going to be?" he asks.
"I think they're boys," says Renee.
"I think they're boys too," says Kennedy.
"Are you the big sister?"
"Yes," she says proudly. "But even if I get sisters I'm going to love them too. I just want to be a big sister."
"Oh yeah?" asks the doctor as he smears the gel around on Renee's stomach as I hold her hand. "Are you going to be a good big sister?"
"Yes," she says with a smile. "I'm going to help feed them and change their diapers except the poopy diapers those are for Daddy," she says making me smile and making the doctor laugh. "And I'm going to play with them. I'm going to be the best big sister ever!" she says with so much pride in her voice it makes me smile. She loves the babies already. She's always talking to them and touching Renee's stomach. She's been practicing to be a big sister for a while now.
"It sounds like it," he says with a smile as the babies appear on the screen. "Look at this," he says with a smile as we look at the screen. "They're holding hands," he says.
"That's so cute," says Renee with tears in her eyes. "Look at them, Dean."
"I see," I say with a smile. "They're best friends already."
"And they're active too," says Renee as they start to flip all over the place but not letting go of their hands. "All night and all day," she says.
"I bet," I say as I watch them move as the doctor takes the wand over her stomach showing us all their body parts. They are stubborn as they don't let him get a glimpse of their sex. He nudges at them a bit and they are strong-willed already.
"Ah, there we go," he says as one of them opens their legs. We only need one of them to do it because they are identical twins. "It looks like you are having girls," he says and deep down I feel a bit disappointed. I wanted to have boys but I'm sure I will love the girls just the same.
"Two girls," I say with a smile. "We're having little girls," I say to Renee.
"I am excited," she says, "I can go shopping for little dresses and hair bows now. I can't wait!" she says with a smile. She did want little girls. I don't blame her, her family has no girls other than her and her sister. I'm sure that the girls will be accepted with open arms into the family.
"And they look very healthy. I think we will end up doing a C-Section," says the doctor as he prints off some pictures for us. "I think that will be the easiest way. Unless you want to go naturally?"
"I think a C-Section is just fine," says Renee. "If that's the best option for us."
"It is and we'll probably do it at 38 weeks so January 11 or someday around there."
"Okay," she says with a smile before I kiss her lips softly.
"What do you think, Kennedy?" I ask her.
"It's cool," she says, "baby sisters are going to be fun! I can teach them a lot of stuff."
"Yes you can," I say with a smile. "And you have two new playmates."
"I know," she says with excitement. "I can't wait!" She makes me smile. I already know that I have my hands full with all these females in the house. It should be fun being outnumbered.
LATER THAT DAY:
When we got home from the doctor Renee went to take a nap and Kennedy took a nap with her while I straightened up because Vince and Hunter were stopping in to talk to me about my WWE future. I'm hoping that I still have a job but if I don't I'll figure something out. I have so much on me right now with my probation and my community service as well as not having a license. It's all really hard but I'm learning to deal with it all. I hate asking Renee for a ride or asking people for rides when Renee is in Florida. It really sucks. As I finish running the vacuum the doorbell rings and my level of calm just shoots up to complete anxiety as I put the vacuum back into the closet before I go to open the door.
"Hello, Vince, Hunter," I say with a soft smile as they stand on my front step. "Come in."
"Thank-you," says Hunter as they walk into the house. "How are you doing? How's everything going?"
"I'm taking it one day at a time. I'm still healing and I'm still trying to accept my punishment."
"You got pretty lucky," he says.
"I wouldn't call myself lucky. Yes I could have gone to jail but the guilt and pain I live with every day is the worst. It's a lot worse than being in jail. I'm imprisoned by the pain and guilt the rest of my life knowing my mom is no longer with us because of me."
"I understand," says Hunter. "I'm sorry about that."
"It's okay," I say, "I made a stupid choice."
"It was a dumb decision to make," says Vince, "but it happened. What can you do now?"
"I don't know. I'm thinking of things to do to make it feel somewhat right again. I don't know if I want to share my story with the world but I know I have the resources to do so."
"That sounds like a good idea," says Hunter as we walk to my office. "You'll think of something. People could learn from your tragedy."
"Yeah," I say, "have a seat," I say as we enter my office. "Would you like anything to drink?"
"We're all right," says Vince as I take a seat. "So you're interested in coming back?" he asks.
"If you'll let me, I know that I wasn't exactly a standup guy and I embarrassed the company with my actions but I do love what I do and I would love to come back."
"We've been discussing this with the board," says Hunter. "Of course we want you to come back but there's some things that have to be taken care of. As a WWE superstar you are held up to high standards. We expect you to behave appropriately and respectfully inside and outside the ring. People know you. People know the name Dean Ambrose so when it comes out that Dean Ambrose was involved in an accident where he was under the influence that killed someone doesn't look good for WWE. I do have an issue with that. We want you to be an example to the community. You have a lot of young fans that look up to you and doing things like drinking and driving deters parents from allowing their children to be your fans. Would you let Kennedy look up to someone that did what you did?"
"Kennedy does look up to me and she knows I'm not a bad person even if her grandmother insists on telling her that I'm the scum of the earth. She doesn't look at me any differently than she did before. I know I made a mistake, everyone makes mistakes but I understand what you're saying if it would be someone other than me I would probably have her look up to someone else that wasn't in the trouble I was in."
"Exactly," says Hunter. "We like you, Dean, you had a really good thing going. We were going to build you up after Summerslam and have you win the championship at Survivor Series but right now we can't do that. We are allowing you to come back but it won't be until after Summerslam. You'll be back in time for Night of Champions but we want you to take another month or so off before you come back. Keep working on yourself and get yourself together."
"Okay," I say, "that works for me."
"And when you come back you're not going into a main event spot. For the first couple months you're back you're going to be on the mid-card and work your way up. We will discuss a possible championship reign in your future but it won't be any time soon. We can't make you the face of the WWE when you're out drinking and driving," he says, "it's not good for business. I would have loved to see you get the championship at Survivor Series but moving forward we are going to wait a little bit before we move you up from the mid-card to the main event spot and we are going to wait for the championship. We are looking at next year but it all depends on how the crowd accepts you when you come back."
"Okay," I say, "I understand that. I know why you're doing this and I'm okay with it."
"All right," says Hunter. "We want to see you back in the main event spot and see you with the championship but you have to work for it. You need to prove to us that you are ready for the big time and that you can handle yourself as a WWE superstar by behaving up to the standards laid out for you," he says.
"Okay," I say, "I have never worked for anything harder in my life. I did it once I'll do it again," I say, "this is what I have wanted to do since I was a kid and I want that championship. I will work my ass off for it," I say. I'm a bit disappointed about being put back onto the mid-card when I get back to business but it's better than nothing. I deserve where they are putting me in the business and I'll just have to work my way back up to the top. It's important for me to get this Championship not for me but for Saige and for my mom, for my wife to be and for my kids. I want them to see me do something good rather than mess up once again. I'm good at that.
*A/N: Is it a keeper or not? What do you think of Dean and Renee having twin girls? Can you see Dean's disappointment? Will he have his hands full? What do you thik of Renee's attitude is it because she's pregnant or because she's overwhelmed with the travel and everything that's happening with Dean? What do you think about Kennedy's reaction to being a big sister? Isn't she cute? What do you think about Dean going back to the mid-card when he gets back to work? Is this something he deserves? Do you think he will be able to handle being in the mid-card as opposed to the main event spot? Please review and thank-you for reading.