Sleep is most certainly not my friend. I can't get Jon, or Dean, out of my head. Why here? Why now? Damn him. I check the time and grab my phone. "You awake?" I text. She replies straight away. "Sure" I read. I hit dial and wait for her to answer. "Where's the fire Morg?" she asks yawning. "Jess" I say. "I kinda got a problem." "Some drunk don't know how to take no for an answer?" she asks, laughing. "No, well, kinda" I say. "Jess, it's Jon, he's here." "What?" she yells. "Tell me you're joking Morg, please?" "I wish I could" I say quietly. "The three of them came into the bar tonight as I was closing up. Dean is most definitely Jon." "What are you gonna do?" she asks. "Did he recognise you?" "He told Roman he knows me from before" I say. "He doesn't know how, but he knows that he knows me. That's not the problem Jess. Roman gave me tickets to the show tonight. JJ is all hyped up. I'm expecting him to jump on me soon." "You can't take JJ!" she yells. "Damn Morg, it's gonna be like Jon looking in a mirror!" "I know" I say, smiling as JJ walks sleepily into my room. "Hey sunshine, come hug momma for a bit until it's time to get up. Jess, I gotta go..." "Don't do anything stupid Morg" she warns. "I know how you felt about him, and as for JJ, I don't want him getting hurt. Jon hasn't tried to contact you in seven years. He hasn't changed Morg, wrestling is still his life." "I know" I say, ruffling JJ's hair as he lies next to me. "I'll call you later." "Make sure you do" she says, ending the call. "Did you mean it momma?" JJ asks, looking up at me with his baby blues. I nod. "Sure did" I say. "I got given tickets by a friend at work. Come on, you want breakfast? Pancakes?" He nods and jumps out of bed, grabbing his Dean doll and carrying it to the kitchen with him. I groan and follow him. Today is gonna be a nightmare.
The day drags. Normally I'd give anything for a day off to spend with JJ but today, today everything he does gets to me. He won't leave his figures alone, running around the apartment being Dean all day is doing me no favours. "Isn't it time you were Seth now?" I ask as he runs his hands through his hair and gives me Jon's crazy eyed stare. He shakes his head slowly. "No momma" he says simply. "Seth and Roman have dark hair. I have the same hair as Dean, I have to be Dean." I groan as he runs back into his room to carry on his fight with an imaginary foe. Finally, it's time to get him ready to leave. He bathes quickly and without fuss, which is totally not like him. He runs into his room to get dressed, insisting his outfit is a surprise. It's no surprise, I bought it. He comes out dressed in his Dean clothes. Swat vest, black trousers tucked into his boots, hair slicked back. Damn his fathers genes. I smile at him and kiss him softly. "Come on sunshine" I say, grabbing the keys and opening the door. "Let's go." He smiles and runs out of the apartment, waiting for me by the car. I unlock the doors and he opens mine, waiting for me to get in before closing the door and getting in the back. "Love you momma" he says, buckling himself in as I have flashbacks of his father doing the exact same thing. "Love you more, sunshine" I say, starting the car and pulling out of the parking lot.
"Hold my hand JJ" I say as we walk to the arena. "There are so many people here, I don't wanna lose you." He nods and grips my hand tightly. Being lost is his worst nightmare. "Oh my goodness!" a girl squeals. "It's a mini Dean! Oh my gosh! Can I get a picture?" JJ grins. "Sure" he says, letting go of my hand and standing next to her. I watch as he pokes his tongue out and sticks his two fingers up. "JJ!" I say as the people watching laugh. He smiles and walks back to me. "I'm mini Dean momma" he says holding my hand again. "I have to do that." I groan and half drag him away to the box office.
"Hi" I say as the guy comes to the window. "Um, Roman told me there would be two tickets left for me." He nods and walks away, coming back quickly. "Name?" he asks. "Chloe" I say quickly. He nods and hands over two tickets. "Enjoy the show" he says, biting into his apple and walking away again. JJ looks at me and takes the tickets from me. "Woah mom" he says, looking up at me. "Roman got us front row!" Damn. Of course he did. Shit. "Uh really?" I ask, looking at them. "Well, aren't you the lucky boy?" He grins and we walk into the arena. "Can I go look at the shirts?" he asks. I nod. "Sure" I say. "But only look, payday isn't until the end of the month remember? Besides, they won't have any Shield ones you don't already have." He nods and runs off to the stand, squealing as soon as he sees something. "Autographs momma" he whispers excitedly. I nod. "End of the month JJ" I say. "Come on, let's go get some food and find our seats." He lets me pull him away from the merch stand in search of food.
