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"Well, I see you two are warming up to each other rather nicely." Kaitlyn smirked.

"Shut it, Kaitlyn." Ava muttered from the bench. "I don't want to hear it."

"Well, someone is cranky today." She teased as she unzipped her gym bag. "I think it's cute though. I saw how he grabbed your hand as you walked into the building."

"For the love of god, just stop talking!" She growled, not hiding her irritability. "I didn't get a lot of sleep last night. It's hotter than the seventh circle of hell today and every little thing is just bugging me. Please, just shut your pie hole for five fucking minutes!"

"I see someone's non-sexual hormones are kicking in."

"Fuck off."

Kaitlyn turned away from Ava to hide her laughter. Her hormones had been cracking her up lately and she was finding it difficult to keep herself together around her pregnant friend.

"I need to go find Dusty." Ava sighed, then rose to her feet. "I'll be back in a few minutes."

A few minutes after she left, Roman had showed up looking for her. Kaitlyn was quick to explain where she had gone and how annoyed she had been prior to that.

"She's overly emotional today." He sighed, running a hand through his hair. "Just before we left to come over here, she had been a wreck."

"What happened?"

"She was crying about how none of her clothes were going to fit her anymore and how people were going to find her repulsive as the pregnancy progressed." Roman explained. "It took me twenty minutes to convince her that she was just as beautiful as before and that no one would be repulsed by her."

She fought the urge to smile. It was getting sickeningly cute to see him this way. Whenever she would run into him anywhere in the arena, Kaitlyn could see how happy he was whenever the baby was brought up. The way his face would light up and how his voice would warm up when talking about the baby or Ava made her see that things were slowly taking a turn for the better for them.

"What's got you smiling?"

"I just think it's sweet that you're being this way." She shrugged. "If Ava ever needed anyone in her life during this it's you. Your concern from her is just fucking adorable."

"I wonder why she was irritable before." Roman dryly spoke. "Your taunting her probably drove her mental."

"Nah." Kaitlyn laughed, waving his comment off. "She said something about the heat."

"I'm sure that wasn't the only thing." He shrugged. "Should you see Ava before I do, let her know I was looking for her."

Before Kaitlyn could respond, sudden bursts of shouting spilled into the locker room. Looking at each other, the two looked out into the hall, waiting for someone to appear. When nobody showed up, the two looked back at each other, their eyes widening in shock. One of the voices had belonged to Ava and the other to Summer.

"The girl never quits." Roman muttered, then ran out into the hall.

"You've been like this ever since I set foot through the doors here! I don't know what your problem is, Summer!" Ava shouted. "Get out of my face and leave me alone!"

"My problem is you! Every time I turn around you are there, moving in on something that should have been mine!" Summer screamed, getting in her face. "Now that you're knocked up with that bastard, you're still here. Everyone's eyes are still on you! Your name is still brought up and talked about how good you could have been. Since you've gotten here I've been overshadowed!"

"HEY!" Roman shouted, holding Ava back before she could run at her. "I don't care to know what brought all of this about or who started what. All I know is that this shit is getting old. You two don't like each other. Big deal! Stay out each other's way."

"You're kidding me?" The blonde disbelievingly laughed, shaking her head. "Roman, you of all people, are defending her? I swear after she got knocked up with this kid she's taken all of your attention. For what? Because she's pregnant with somebody's kid and she pinned it on you."

"Keep Ava and my baby out of it!" He roared in her face. "Leave everything alone and be concerned with yourself. Worry about what's going on with you and where you are!"

"You're really going to believe her?"

"It's not your concern, Summer." Roman shrugged, still holding onto Ava. "If I so much as hear about you getting in her face again over stupid shit and getting her upset for no reason, I'll let her kick your ass where you stand."

"Whatever." She muttered, flipping her hair and then walking off. "You'll regret all this in the end."

Roman looked around to see that people had swarmed the halls, taking in the ridiculousness that had just taken place. "There's nothing to see here!" His voice boomed through the hall. "Go on about your business!"

Shaking her head, Ava broke away from Roman. "Don't follow me. I want to be alone right now."

"What was that all about?"

Roman looked off to the side to see Dean standing next to him. "Where the hell did you come from?"

"Parts unknown."

"She's extra emotional today." Roman said, looking in the direction she had gone in. "Summer getting in her face didn't seem to help matters along either."

"Well, at least you owned up to the baby being yours in front of everyone." Dean slapped him on the arm, a reassuring smile on his face. "That's probably a perk. If she's hormonal enough, maybe that will turn her on and you'll get lucky again."

Roman looked at his friend in horror. "No filter."

"By far one of the most interesting nights in terms of being backstage at NXT tonight."

Ava said nothing as she continued to look out the window. She had been in no mood to be around people or to even make idle conversation with Roman. From the moment she had woken up, she had been annoyed. Being backstage at NXT hadn't brightened her day either.

"So you're not going to talk to me now?"

Her lips remained sealed as she took in the the scenery around her. Truth be told, she was slightly peeved at Roman too. He had found the worst time imaginable to interrupt. She was getting ready to tell Summer off and he had taken that away from her. Among that, remained the reason that they had avoided to talk about what happened in her kitchen two weeks before.

"Ava?"

He was trying to be patient with her, but Roman was finding it increasingly difficult. Ever since that spat in the hallway, she had barely looked at him, much less spoken to him.

"We're home."

"No, I'm home." She finally broke her silence. "You were just giving me a ride."

She got out the car and hurriedly walked up towards her apartment building. Growling in annoyance, he got out of the car and followed her.

"Stop following me, Roman."

"Why the hell shouldn't I follow you?" He demanded, standing behind her.

"Because I'm not some charity case!" Ava exclaimed, turning around to face him. "I don't need you to do something just because I'm pregnant with your baby!"

"Open the door and let's go inside." He nodded towards her apartment. "I'm not going to talk about this in the hallway."

Muttering curses under her breath, Ava pushed her door open and moved aside to let him inside.

"I don't know what has been with you lately, Ava."

"You don't know what's been going on with me lately? Let me fill you in. I'm four months pregnant with a man I barely even know. Everything is just moving really quick and I can't seem to grasp it. I'm just hot and frustrated all the time. Some days I don't know how I'm going to do this and then there's you. Everything concerning you is just so confusing. I can't handle it!"

The urgency in her voice made him panic. "I need you to relax." He said, resting his hands on her shoulders. "You're getting yourself worked up into a frenzy for no reason."

"I have every reason to freak out! Don't you see that?"

"No, I don't." Roman leveled his eyes with hers. "I've told you a million times and I'm still trying to convince you, I care about you, Ava. I'm not only here because of the baby. I'm here because of you, too."

"Bullshit." She muttered, shrugging his hands off her shoulders. "Tell me this, please, just to I can clear my head a bit. If I hadn't gotten pregnant, would we still be like this?"

"I really haven't thought of that."

"Are we still going to be like this after the baby is born?"

"I hope so." He admitted. "I told you that I'm not going anywhere. I'm going to be here for you through out all of this. Once I start to care about someone, I don't stop. You're the mother of my child, I will never turn your back on your or the baby."

"Really?" She cried. "That's why you denied it in the beginning and then refused to acknowledge the baby in front of everyone."

"We've been through this, Ava." He sighed. "I was afraid in the beginning and now I'm not. With each day that passes by I'm less afraid. The two of us can do this. I know we can. We've been able to for the last few weeks. I don't know what makes things any different now."

"I don't know, Roman." She sighed, walking past him and into the living room. "I really couldn't tell you what's going on in my head right now. There's just so much going on with us.."

"Relax." He whispered, wrapping his arms around her waist. "Breathe in and out. Nothing is going to happen while I'm around."

Wiping away her tears, she nodded her head. "I'm just freaking out."

"You have no reason to freak out." He sighed, brushing his thumb along her cheekbone. "I know what happened with your parents a couple of weeks ago is still bothering you, but there's always me and my family."

"This isn't about them." Ava moved away from him and headed into the living room. "Forget about them. They're the furthest things from my mind."

"What is it?"

"Us!" She exclaimed with wide eyes. "My feelings seem to get so jumbled up whenever I'm around you lately. I don't know how to comprehend them. I don't know if I hate you or if I..." Her voice trailed off.

"If you what?" Roman asked after a few moments of silence passed between them. "What is it, Ava?"

"With you being there for me at the clinic, the doctors appointments, and being there when things with my family went to crap." Ava spoke, avoiding his gaze, her hands nervously flitting around. "Tonight you finally just..."

"Owned up to it in front of the entire locker room?"

"Yes." She folded her hands in her lap. "I gave you shit for it in the beginning, but finally being able to hear it...it made me feel funny. In some weird way, it made me wonder just what you and I were. Friends? Just people planning to bring their child up together? I really don't know and not knowing is just driving me absolutely insane. I hate not knowing what is going to happen or not having a handle on things."

How could he tell her that he wasn't sure either? Sure, there were those few moments where he wanted to forget she existed, but at the same he didn't want to. At first he was there for the baby, but as the weeks drew on, he found himself slowly feeling differently towards her.

"You don't know either, do you?"

He shook his head. "I'm just as lost as you are."

"How are you calm?"

"Do you want the truth?"

"Spare me the question answers and just get to the point." Ava muttered, rubbing her temples.

"I'm not calm. Sometimes I don't know what to think and drives me absolutely nuts." He admitted, shrugging. "Because of our little situation, I propose we do something about it."

Ava's eyebrow rose in curiosity. Tilting her head to the side, she gestured for Roman to continue.

"We're going shopping for baby furniture tomorrow, right?"

"Last I checked that was the plan."

"Perfect." He smiled. "Tomorrow after I drop you off I want you to get ready and we're going to go out."

"We always go out when you're home." Ava said, confused. "What makes tomorrow any different?"

"Well, I've been thinking about this over the last couple of weeks."

"Oh great, you've been thinking." She muttered, sinking further into the couch. "The last time you were thinking..."

"Don't finish that thought." Roman interrupted her, holding his hand up. "I'm not interested in hearing it. What I meant was that we go out on a date and try to work from there. We can figure out just where we are and where to go from there."

"We're expectant parents after a drunken one night stand." Ava smirked. "That's where we are."

"Your hormones are speaking for you, so I'm going to let that comment slide." He rolled his eyes. "Just five minutes ago you were saying how you didn't know where we were and I've been just as lost as you are. For the last couple of weeks I've been mulling this over and I think this is our best bet."

She leaned forward, propping her elbows on her thighs and then resting her chin on her fists. Her eyes searched Roman's for any hint of insincerity or seriousness over the situation. Declaring herself unable to read him, she smirked then tilted her head slightly, her curiosity getting the best of her.

"Can you pinpoint just when you started thinking this over?"

"A little after you first kissed me and then a lot after that night we went to see those dumb fucks."

"How come you didn't tell me?" Ava whispered, dropping her arms down to her sides.

"Because I really didn't know how to process how I felt. To be honest, I still don't. Which is why I think us going out on a date could potentially help in the end."

"Get pregnant first. Go on date. Then meet family." Ava laughed. "Got it."

Laughter from her was a refreshing thing to hear that day. No matter how ridiculous her statement seemed to have been, it was great thing to be hearing from her. Especially, with the mood she had been in recently.

"Go out with me." He whispered, a small smile on his face.

Biting down on her lower lip, she leaned in towards Roman, her hands cupping the sides of his face. "Okay." She whispered.

"Please, don't worry about anything anymore." He leaned towards her and pressed a quick kiss to her lips. "If anything does, then tell me." Roman pressed his forehead against hers, his hands running through her hair. "I don't want you feeling alone in all of this."

Words had become too heavy for her tongue. Any thought that had come to mind was hard to articulate. Biting down on her lower lip, her eyes drifted shut as Ava nodded her head in response.

After one more peck to the lips, Roman untangled her arms from around him and rose to his feet. "I'll see you tomorrow morning."

Ava was quick to follow him to the door. Before he could reach out to open the door, she moved in front of him, her hand barely wrapping around his wrist. She contemplated her next thought, wondering if it was the right thing to do.

"Stay with me tonight."

His hand lifted her chin up, so that she was looking at him. "What did you say?"

"Stay with me tonight." She repeated herself, then laced her hand with his.

Roman allowed her to lead him away from the front door and down the hall to her bedroom.

"Or at least until I fall asleep."

He watched as Ava drifted away from him and started to strip off her clothes. When she was down to her bra and panties, she slipped underneath the covers, her eyes never leaving his.

Smiling, he move around the bed and got in next to her. His arms wrapped around her waist, pulling her closer to him. Nuzzling his face in the crook of her neck, he reassured her that he would still be there in the morning.

A/N: Sooo..too much or not enough?