Somewhere in her mind Lucy knew that after the honeymoon everything was going to be different. As she and Joe flew in to Pensacola, Florida from Hawaii she wasn't anticipating the welcome that she did. When Lucy and Joe exited the terminal from their flight, there was Grandma Pattie, Grandpa Sika and her two children. But with them was a surprise. Phil Brooks was there.
Phil became close with Lucy over the years. He had been out of action due to a recent injury and so it was a shock to see him there. She happily hugged him after she hugged Kau and Kai, while Joe greeted his parents.
"What are you doing here, Phil?" Lucy asked.
"I was helping Pattie and Sika in watching the twins since I'm sort of unable to do it right now. I figured I would help you while Joe was gone." The aging punk said looking at his Samoan friend.
He nodded. "Sure. It'll give Lucy some time to write her story."
"How is it coming?" Pattie asked as Sika had taken Lucy's luggage.
"I'm moving along with it, but it's still a slow process." She said picking up Kai as he insisted on her picking him up.
The family headed out of the awaiting SUV. Phil helped put the silent Kau in her car seat.
"See Trua, Momma?" Kau spoke up.
"Trua the whale?" Lucy asked, looking at Pattie briefly. "We'll go see him later."
The girl didn't say anything else about the issue. She just looked out the window as they car began to move. Kai was quiet, Kau was, too. But these children were half of Joe, in essense they had a hyper side. Lucy knew this if a nearly two year old found her way to a whale tank by herself.
Phil was set up in the guest bedroom, soon after Joe and Lucy arrived back at their home then Grandma and Grandpa left.
"I have to go back to work soon." Joe said, as Lucy and him were unpacking their things.
Phil was reading to the kids, a favorite pass time for Kau. She loved books, Kai just didn't like the same things as his sister did. Except for whales. Their play room was full of underwater sea creatures painted on the walls. Not the conventional play room but it was close to Lucy and Joe's master bedroom so that Lucy could hear Phil with the kids.
"When?"
"Tomorrow. I know...I just can't get away. I'm close to getting the..."
"Go, Joe. This is your job, this is your passion, besides us. I know that and I trust you. I've trusted you since I first met you." She smiled, closing her eyes but kept her face tilted up. Then she opened them. "I just don't want to loose this connection we have."
"What do you mean, Lucy?" Joe took her hands and they both sat down on the bed together.
"I don't want to be like John, like Randy...I don't want to be another statistic in loving a wrestler."
He sighed. "I've done some screwed up things in my life, and relationships. After what happened with Brie, I don't want to ever do that again, and then Aksana..." Joe closed his eyes, his thumbs rubbing the tops of Lucy's hands. "I don't want to do that to you."
"We can come on the road with you when we can, Joe. Just not right now."
He smiled. "I would enjoy that a lot, Babygirl." He leaned in a kissed her, slowly at first and then more passionately.
If the door wasn't open, and the children and Phil weren't in the next room over, they would have gotten some action on.
Sure enough Kau came running in, holding her stuffed turtle toy. "See Trua now?" She asked, looking between her parents.
"Not now, Sweetie." Lucy leaned forward looking down at the turtle. "Daddy leaves tomorrow. Are you going to miss him?"
"Yes." She said, almost like a robot.
"Tell you what, let's watch Trua on the television." Joe said standing up, patting Lucy on her back. "One Ocean."
"Right, your parents bought it for the twins." Lucy smiled, thanking someone for giving them the idea.
Lucy found out that the one way to keep Kau entertained was to put the One Ocean DVD on and Kau was hooked on it. Phil was the one that was mandated to watch Kai as Lucy and Joe prepared dinner. In the time that they've been together music always seemed to play a pivotal role in this household. Even Kau had a love for music, calming down if she was having a tantrum, put on The Shield's old theme song and she is content after a few moments of hearing it.
The Shield had disbanded back when the twins were born, and they had been working in singles matches. Each had gone after various titles, but Joe was heading for the big leagues, leagues that included his cousin Dwayne Johnson, better known as The Rock. Jon Good and Colby Lopez were still as close to Joe and Lucy as ever. Their girlfriend and wife were living near Pensacola so that they could be closer to Lucy. Jon was still dating Nessa, no matter how weird that relationship was to them and Colby finally proposed to Sophia, they had gotten married a little bit earlier than Lucy and Joe. The twins were a few months old at the time when Sophia and Colby tied the knot, but the ceremony was small, and Lucy and Joe had been able to be there. Lucy was the Maid of Honor.
"Burgers okay with you, Phil?" Lucy asked walking back into the play room to find Kai asleep against Phil and Phil asleep as well. "Well, that's cute." She said reaching into her back pocket and grabbed her cell phone.
Back in the kitchen Joe was making the burgers, keeping an eye on Kau as she sat in the front room watching her DVD. He smiled at his wife as she walked back into the kitchen holding her phone.
"Kai's worn Phil out." She held the phone so that he could see the picture.
"God, now I know why the boy loves the Punk."
"Phil the Pill." Lucy added before she put the phone on the counter and then went to the sink to wash her hands. "Have you spoke to Jon or Colby yet?"
"Yeah, they'll be meeting me in California and then the tour will start for me." He replied, looking over at her. "You're worried aren't you? It's just going to be like any other time that I've been gone. I'll try to call you every night and we can set up a Skype session for the twins while I'm gone."
"It's not you I'm worried about. I'm worried about others trying to get..."
"No. Don't finish that sentence, Lucy." Joe's voice rose slightly. "I am not like that, not after the first time."
The last time meant when he was dating Brie Bella, a diva that still worked with the WWE. She and him had been dating but she was also havng an affair with Randy Orton, who had been married at the time. Lucy made the connections, that Randy was having an affair while he was married to his then wife Samantha. Brie had been cheating on Joe and when Joe found out he got drunk, slept with a strange woman and then a series of events had occured after that.
Lucy sighed. "I guess I'm just worried. With Brie and Aksana wanting you, John's not seeing Nikki...what a girl wants they get, you know that."
She had every right to be scared. Some divas were ruthless when it came to being with superstars that they had their sights on. With Phil on medical leave he would be there for Lucy, but Lucy wasn't the only one worried about infidelity. Joe couldn't understand it, but he always felt that others had been interested in his wife, before they were together. He had assumed Phil had been one of those infatuated with her.
"He'll be out for a month and then he'll be gone." Lucy told Joe.
"I trust him, Lucy, don't worry. He's one of the ones that I can actually trust." Joe smiled at her as he flipped one of the burgers.
Yeah, but somehow Lucy knew that Joe didn't trust Phil the entire way.
How would life be like now that Joe is gone and she has to take care of the kids by herself, Lucy wondered. That's right, Phil was there. How will that effect anything?
How'd you like it? I'm sorry if it was a little short but it's hard trying to find an idea for each chapter. I might have to update every other day, alternating between story updates. I still love suggestions about things you might what to read. I can't promise they'll be in here but I know I can try to get them in. Thank you for reading.
