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"When do you plan on telling your family?" He asked.

"I was hoping I didn't have to tell them." She shrugged as she signed in.

"Were you just going to show up to their house with the baby in the carrier and then tell them?" Roman asked, following her to the row of seats across the room. "Because I really doubt they would appreciate that."

"They really don't appreciate much anyway." Ava sat down, resting her purse in her lap. "My relationship with my parents is really a touchy thing with me. I really don't want to talk about them right now."

Running a hand through his hair, Roman released a sigh. "I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault." She muttered, focusing her eyes on him. "They're just unbearable a lot of the time. So to make things easier on us, I just don't bother spending too much time with them."

"We're your family now." Roman smiled, resting his hand on her stomach. "Me and the baby.."

"And who else?" Ava asked, sensing that there was more he wanted to tell her.

"My family. I told them about the baby and they're excited about it." He said, trying to hold back his excitement. "They want to meet you. That is when you're up for it."

A smile involuntarily graced her features as she absorbed his words. His family, people whom she had never met, were excited about the baby. Not only that, they wanted to meet her. Complete strangers were happy about the impending birth of their child. While she was worried about what they would think of her, the thought of them caring warmed her heart.

"At least the baby is going to have one set of grandparents in its life."

From the corner of his eye, he could see the tears streaking her face.

"Ava Rose?"

He looked at the nurse across the room and gestured that they would be in to see the doctor in a minute. Rising to his feet, he moved in front of her and stretched his hands out towards her. When she intertwined her hands with his, he gently helped her up to her feet.

"Don't cry." He whispered, wiping away her tears. "Everything will be fine in the end."

"I know." Ava slightly laughed through her tears. "I think I'm just too hormonal today."

Saying nothing, Roman led her across the room. Things had been going well between them for the last two weeks and he wasn't willing to risk ruining things. Especially, before their ultrasound appointment.

"You can come over here, you know?" Ava laughed after she got situated. "I'm not going to bite, Roman."

After her tear filled outburst in the waiting room, he couldn't help but become a little nervous around her. Ava's mood swings made him worry sometimes, making him unsure of how he should act around her. It amazed him that they had managed to get through the last two weeks without arguing over something petty.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure." Ava giggled, waving him over. "Come and see your baby."

He walked across the room and stood next to her, impatiently staring at the blank screen, waiting to see the first image of their baby.

"Are you two ready to see your baby?" Dr. Moore asked, smiling at the soon to be parents.

"I am." Roman smiled, looking at the screen.

"I showed you the last ultrasound picture."

"It's not the same as actually being here to the see the baby." Roman responded, lacing his hand with hers. "Now be quiet and let me see our baby."

"How are you feeling, Ava? Any sickness?"

"Not as much as I had in the beginning." Ava responded, shivering when the cold gel hit her exposed stomach. "I really feel like it's beginning to fade."

The sound filling his ears caused Roman to take his focus off the screen and look from the doctor to Ava. "Is that the baby's heartbeat I'm hearing?"

"Yes, it is." Ava nodded, her eyes filling with tears. "It's a beautiful thing to hear."

"I'll say." Roman smiled, gently squeezing her hand.

"Here's the head." Dr. Moore pointed to the screen. "There's the right arm. If you look close enough, you can the baby has got its legs crossed."

"It's a girl." Ava joked. "She's being lady like and crossing her legs."

"Yeah, okay." Roman laughed. "You can tell from that alone."

"If you're interested, I can find out the sex of the baby." Dr. Moore smiled at them. "All I would have to do is just wiggle your stomach a bit and maybe the baby will uncross it's legs."

"No, it's fine."

"Yes, let's find out."

Roman and Ava looked at each other for a moment before breaking into laughter.

"Come on, let's find out." Roman tried to convince her. "I would love to know if it's a girl or a boy."

"I want to be surprised."


"I still can't believe that that's our baby." Roman grinned, looking at the picture. "Four months in and he's that big."

"Oh, it's a he now?" Ava laughed. "On the way over you were dead set on it being a girl."

"I changed my mind." He shrugged, unlocking the door.

"Your hormones are worse than mine." She joked, following him inside.

"Well, I wouldn't have to change my mind about it if you let the doctor tell us the sex of the baby." Roman said as he walked into the kitchen. "I need to know what kind of colors to get for the baby's room over here."

Her heart started to race. She thought the thumping was so loud, that Roman could hear it. Before following after him, Ava took a few deep breaths to calm herself down. He was being the father, she, deep down inside, had hoped he would be. His interest was just that as a father to the baby and nothing else.

"She offered to write it down on a piece of paper for you." Ava entered the kitchen. "You could haven taken her up on the offer."

"I want us both to know the sex of the baby." He said, pulling a couple of plates out of the cabinet. "I would be bound to slip up and tell you."

Ava only shook her head as she crossed over to the table and started pulling their lunch out of the plastic bags. Setting the foam containers on the table, she looked over at Roman who was walking over to the table.

"Roman Reigns would tell me something?" She smirked. "I really doubt you would."

"Finding out that I'm going to have a son or daughter is not something I can keep to myself."

"Oh, but not telling other people about it you can d0." Ava smiled, poking fun at him.

"Very cute." He set the plates down and walked over to her. "I just really wanted to know so that we'd know what kind of names and furniture to pick out."

"We'll stick to neutral colors." Ava rested her hands on his chest. "The good thing about names is that there are a lot to choose from. We have five more months until the baby gets here, which means we'll have time. Let's not forget that other people will be throwing in their two cents, too."

"Dean and Seth already gave you some ideas, didn't they?" Roman laughed.

"Two weeks ago when they came to visit me after the tapings." She said, looking up at him. "I guess their idea of taking my mind off of things was to name the baby."

"I don't want to hear what they came up with." He laughed, setting his hands on her hips. "I don't want to hear any suggestions from my parents, friends, or the rest of my family. Only our suggestions matter."

"Do you realize that is going to be difficult?" She giggled. "Well, my family you won't have to worry about, but everyone else.."

"It'll be fine." He pulled away from her. "Let's eat."

They set the table and then sat down to eat.

"What names have you thought of?" He asked.

"To be honest, I really haven't thought of any." The brunette admitted. "With everything that has happened since I found about the pregnancy and with everything going on now, I really haven't had any time."

"I've thought of a couple." Roman muttered, his eyes skipping away from hers.

"Really?" Her eyebrow shot up in curiosity. "What are they?"

"If it's a boy I was thinking Noah." Roman made eye contact with her. "If it's a girl I was thinking Leila."

Dropping her food to her plate, she scooted her seat backwards and rose to her feet and quickly exited the kitchen. She couldn't help but get emotional over his interest in the baby. Everything from wanting to know the sex of the baby to having name ideas.

Confused by her actions, he followed her out of kitchen and followed her cries to the living room.

"Don't cry." He whispered, turning her around to face him. "I told you that everything will be fine. I don't know how many times I have to tell you that in a day."

"I'm not crying because I'm upset or anything. Well, this time at least." Ava laughed through her tears. "Never has anyone ever cared so much about me or what was going on with me."

"Even me?"

"That's what makes me happy, too." The brunette admitted. "Given our past history, it just makes me feel funny inside knowing that you care."

His arms snaked around her waist, pulling her closer to him. "I don't know what happened with your family, but I do know what happened with us and we're doing what we can to get past that. Ava, despite our situation, just know that I'll be there for you and the baby. Call me whenever and I'll drop what I'm doing, I'll be there for you...and the baby."

Smiling, she stood on her tip toes and pressed her lips to his.


A/N: I love cliffhanger endings..