Seth woke up the next morning to fingers rubbing into his hip. Seth opened his eyes and looked down and saw Roman's fingers trailing down his hip. The bruise that used to sit there was gone and Seth silently thanked God that it was gone. Seth looked up and smiled at Roman, who was looking down at him.
"Hey." Seth said and moved up Roman's body to give him a peck on the lips. Roman returned the smile and the peck before speaking.
"Hey." He said and Seth looked over at the clock.
"We should get up and get Talia ready." Seth suggested. Naomi was coming to get Talia today and Talia would spend the whole weekend with her.
"Or…" Roman started and flipped them over so he was hovering over Seth. "We could lay here and hope all of our problems just go away." Roman said and Seth chuckled.
"I've tried that before and it doesn't work, trust me." Seth said and Roman leaned down and kissed him again.
"You want to talk about what happened last night?" Roman asked.
"Nope." Seth answered and Roman frowned.
"Seth." Roman said sternly.
"What Roman?" Seth questioned as he ran his hands down Roman's body.
"You can't distract me." Roman said as he felt Seth's hands inching closer to his penis.
"Really?" Seth said as he wrapped his left hand around Roman's cock. "I'm pretty good at distracting people." Seth said as he started to stroke Roman. Roman reached down and gripped Seth's hand to stop him.
"What happened with Randy?" Roman asked and tightened his grip on Seth's wrist. Seth sighed and rolled his eyes. There was on running way from this. Roman meant business and his grip was too tight for Seth to break free and actually run away from this.
"I told Randy that I just wanted to be friends." Seth started. "And he got…emotional." Seth explained.
"How emotional?" Roman asked.
"He was angry." Seth said. "But who isn't a little angry when you get dumped? I mean, am I right?"
"What happened next?" Roman answered. He had a feeling there was more to this story.
"Promise you won't get angry." Seth said and Roman's eyebrow quirked. "Promise!" Seth exclaimed and Roman nodded.
"Alright, I promise." Roman said.
"Randy attacked me…he choked me." Seth confessed and Roman let go of Seth's wrist.
"Imma kill him." Roman said and tried to get off the bed but Seth grabbed him.
"See, this is why I didn't want to tell you." Seth started and forced Roman on his back and looked down at him. "You can't afford to get into any trouble because of the hearing. If you mess with Randy and he goes to the police and you get locked up, you'll lose Talia and I'll lose Talia too." Seth explained. "Please calm down and forget about this."
"Forget about this?" Roman questioned angrily. "He put his hands on my boyfriend and you want me to just sit here like nothing happened!" Roman exclaimed and Seth shook his head.
"I'm asking you to forget about this until after the hearing." Seth said. "Once you have full custody of Talia, then you can go and do what you want…besides, I'm pretty sure Dean has already gotten a piece of Randy."
"You told Dean?" Roman questioned.
"Yeah, I didn't tell you because I know you would have reacted like this…and I was in no condition to hold you back." Seth explained. "I probably would have encouraged his beat down." Seth said and chuckled. "Now, lets get ready so we can get Talia up and ready to go with Naomi." Seth said before rolling out of bed.
Roman sighed and then sat up. "Fucking Naomi." Roman cursed as he followed Seth to the bathroom. "I don't want Talia all alone with Naomi."
"I don't either." Seth said as he turned on the shower. "But it's court ordered. What can we do?" Seth asked rhetorically and Roman turned from Seth and looked in the mirror. There was nothing he could do so there was no sense in fighting it. Roman picked up his toothbrush and began to get ready for the day.
Talia sat on her bed fully dressed and her arms crossed on her chest as she watched Seth pack her bag for her weekend with Naomi.
"Do I have to go?" Talia asked again and Roman sighed.
"For the fifth time, yes." Roman said and went over to sit down next to Talia. Talia sighed and looked up at Roman. "You may have fun." Roman said even though he didn't believe the words that came out of his own mouth. He hoped that Naomi would actually pay attention to Talia and have something fun planned for her. If Naomi was still the same Naomi that he married, then this weekend would be abysmal for Talia.
"Right." Seth said as he zipped up Talia's small suitcase. "Naomi may have something fun planned for you two." Seth said, trying to be as optimistic as he could be. "And the time will fly. It'll be Sunday night before you know it."
"I hope." Talia grunted. She wasn't looking forward to this at all.
The trio heard a knock on the door and they all knew it was Naomi. Talia and Roman both got off the bed and went over to the door. Roman opened the door and the trio piled out of Talia's bedroom and down the stairs to the front door. Roman opened the door and saw Naomi staring back at him.
"Naomi." Roman greeted her.
"Roman." She responded before stepping into the house. Naomi walked past Roman and saw Talia standing next to Seth.
"Hey baby." Naomi said to Talia. "Ready for our girls weekend?" She asked and Talia sighed.
"I guess." Talia said sadly. Seth gave Talia her suitcase and bent down so he was at her level.
"Have fun sweetheart. I'll see you Sunday night." Seth said and then hugged her.
"Bye, mommy." Talia said as she hugged Seth back. Naomi felt her eye twitch when Talia called Seth mommy. That little bastard was trying to replace her. She would put a stop to all of that once the trial was over.
Seth pulled back and Roman bent down and hugged Talia. "We'll see you on Sunday…we love you."
"Love you too, daddy." Talia said and hugged Roman back. Roman pulled back and Talia walked over to Naomi, pulling her suitcase behind her.
"Lets go baby." Naomi said and started towards the door. "I'll drop her off around seven." Naomi said to Seth and Roman as her and Talia walked out the door.
Talia followed Naomi over to her car. Naomi took Talia's bag and threw it in the trunk while Talia opened the back door and slid into the backseat. Naomi closed the trunk down and quickly got in the car and started back to her house. As they drove, Talia made note of all the street signs and every road Naomi took and every turn she made.
Naomi looked into her rearview mirror so she could she Talia. "Hey Talia." She called out.
"Yes." Talia answered in a monotone voice.
"Does Seth make you call him mommy?" Naomi asked.
"No." Talia answered as she continued to stare out of the window.
"Then why do you call him mommy?" Naomi asked and Talia turned to look at Naomi through the rearview mirror.
"Because he loves me like a mommy should." Talia answered before turning back to the window and looking out. Naomi knew the comment was directed toward her, but she didn't say anything back. She tightened her grip on the steering wheel as she drove to her house.
They arrived at the house a few minutes later. Naomi parked her car in the garage and helped Talia into the house.
Talia entered the house and saw three people standing in front of her. The one man had short blond hair and was dressed in a three piece suit. The other two people, a man and a woman, were dressed in causal clothes and looked a lot like her daddy.
"Hi Talia." The man in suit said as he bent down to look Talia in her eyes. "My name is Chris Jericho and I want to ask you some questions."
Talia frowned as she looked at the man. She didn't like the feeling of this.
Roman watched Naomi pull out of his drive way and drive off before closing the door. Seth went over to Roman and wrapped an arm around his waist and led him to the living room. They both plopped down on the couch and Roman sighed.
"What am I suppose to do now?" Roman asked. "I haven't been without Talia for this long. How am I going to survive this weekend? I'm going to be a nervous wreck."
"Me and you both." Seth said and looked over at Roman. "Let's talk about something else…oh, what plans did you have for Talia's birthday?" Seth asked and moved so he was sitting closer to Roman.
Roman looked over and smiled. "A party." Roman answered. "Have all of her friends over, we can get a bouncy castle and play games…do other stuff that a seven year old would like." Roman said and Seth smiled.
"She'll love it." Seth said. "I could cook and bake the cake." Seth suggested.
"That'll be a lot of work." Roman retorted and Seth shook his head.
"No, these are seven year olds we're talking about. I can grill some hot dogs and hamburgers, make some fries, buy some juice and they'll be fine." Seth explained. "The cake won't be that hard either." Seth added. Roman smiled and leaned over and kissed Seth.
"You're amazing, you know that?" Roman questioned and Seth nodded.
"I know." Seth answered and Roman chuckled.
"I was also thinking about taking the both of you to Disney World." Roman said.
"Really?" Seth questioned. "For Talia's birthday?"
Roman sighed. "The plan was to go for Talia's birthday but Sheamus doesn't want me taking Talia out of Tampa for any reason. Naomi and her lawyers might think I'm trying to keep Talia from Naomi or something." Roman explained.
"Why don't we go after the trial?" Seth suggested. "It could be a victory celebration trip."
"You're that confident in us winning?" Roman asked and Seth nodded.
"Of course Roman, you're a wonderful father." Seth said and crawled onto Roman's lap and straddled him. "We got this in the bag."
Roman settles his hands on Seth's butt and smiled. "I think so too…I'm still wondering where she would even get the money to fight me on this." Roman commented and Seth shook his head.
"Lets not talk about her anymore." Seth said and wrapped his arms around Roman's neck. "Let's talk about me."
"You?" Roman questioned playfully.
"Yes, me." Seth answered. "You remember when I told you about wanting to be a teacher?" Seth asked and Roman nodded. Seth had told him about wanting to be a literature teacher, but not having the confidence to do so because of Dave. "Well, a position opened up at Talia's school for a seventh grade literature teacher." Seth said. "I was thinking about applying for it. The school is great and it's private, so the classes will be small and I'll be able to get to know and better help my students." Seth rambled on.
"I think you should apply for it." Roman said. Although he didn't see the point in Seth working since he made enough money to support them a thousand times over, he wouldn't be like his previous boyfriend and down his dreams. This was Seth's lifelong dream and he finally felt stable enough to fulfill it. Roman would do anything to see to Seth fulfilling his dream.
Seth smiled and then kissed Roman. He was happy to finally have some support. "I will apply. I hope I get the job."
"You will. I have faith in you." Roman said and kissed Seth again and gave Seth's butt a squeeze. "What will we do now?" Roman asked playfully.
Seth shrugged. "I don't know." Seth said with a smirk on his face. "What should we do? We do have the house to ourselves."
Roman returned the smirk and leaned forward and kissed Seth. "I have a couple ideas."
It was dark when the questioning finally stopped. She hated being here and she couldn't believe those people downstairs asking her all of those questions. After Naomi had brought Talia to her house, she immediately left her with the man named Chris Jericho and two people claiming to be her grandparents. Talia hadn't seen Naomi since. Chris and her grandparents moved her to the kitchen, where the questioning happened. Chris asked her about her daddy and about Seth, which Talia quickly corrected him and told him that Seth was his mommy. His grandparents tried to correct her, but she yelled at them. Chris decided to move on from that and ask her some of his questions. He asked her about how her daddy and Seth treated her and she told them that they were perfect. They kept asking her about them, asking if they had ever hurt her, and she kept telling them no. Finally, after five hours Talia started crying and told them she didn't want to talk anymore. Her grandparents told Chris to leave and come back tomorrow before giving her dinner. After dinner, the grandparents showed Talia to her room and placed her suitcase in the room before leaving Talia to her own devices. Talia locked the door behind her and was now sitting in the middle of her bed, staring at the wall. She had been sitting there for hours, trying to decide what to do next. It was now dark outside and Naomi still wasn't back and her grandparents were downstairs. Talia looked at the clock and saw that it was 10:00pm. She then looked out the window and saw how dark it was outside. Talia bit her lip as she contemplated her next move. Her daddy had always told her to never go outside at night by herself, but she couldn't stay here. She didn't want to be question anymore and she didn't feel right in this house.
Talia slid off the bed and went over to her suitcase. She opened it and grabbed her teddy. She was leaving this place and going back home. Talia couldn't go through the front door because her grandparents were in the living room, so she decided to go through the window. There was a desk and a chair in the corner of the room, so Talia grabbed the chair and pulled it over to the window. She climbed onto the chair and Talia opened the window enough for her to fit through. She was glad her room was on the first floor, so the jump wasn't far. Talia climbed through the window and landed on the grass outside the window with a quiet thud. Talia brushed the grass and dirt off herself before walking away from the house and down the street. Talia had paid good attention to the street signs and turns Naomi made when she was in the car, so Talia was able to make it home after walking for what seemed like forever. When she reached the front door of her home, she knocked as hard as she could and waited for someone to open the door.
Seth breathed hard as he looked up at the ceiling with a smirk on his face. He was sweaty, his hair was stuck to her forehead, and his skin was flushed. He had been thoroughly fucked all over the house by Roman and while he was having a great time, he didn't know how much more his ass could take.
"We can't keep depending on the pullout method." Seth started. "You barely pulled out in time on this round." Seth said and Roman scoffed as he rolled over onto his side and looked at Seth.
"What are you talking about? I pulled out in enough time." Roman retorted and Seth let out a chuckle.
"If we keep depending on you pulling out in time, I'm going to be pregnant by the end of the summer." Seth said and Roman shrugged.
"What's wrong with that?" Roman asked as he placed his hand on Seth's stomach. "You know I want more kids and Talia's been wanting a sibling since she was four." Roman explained. "You'd look gorgeous with a bump." Roman added and Seth looked over at Roman and smiled.
"I know." Seth started. "But I think we should wait a while." Seth said. Seth really did want children and Roman would be the perfect man to have children with. Roman was perfect with Talia and he had no doubt that Roman would be a perfect with more children. Seth, however, was afraid to become pregnant. After suffering two miscarriages, his heart just wouldn't be able to take another. Seth knew that his previous miscarriages weren't his fault and that they were results of the abuse he endured, but that reasoning did nothing to ease his fear of having another miscarriage and not only putting himself through that pain, but also putting Roman and Talia through it.
Roman smiled and leaned over to kiss Seth. "Whenever you're ready." Roman said. "But I don't know if I can go back to using condoms."
"You're using them." Seth said with a chuckle and leaned in to kiss Roman when he heard a knock at the door. "Who could be coming over here this late?" Seth said as he looked over Roman's shoulder at the clock. It was a little after 11:00pm.
" I don't know…must be important if they couldn't wait until the morning to come by." Roman said and rolled off the bed and got dress. Seth decided to go with Roman, so he dressed as well and followed Roman out of the bedroom and to the front door. Roman opened the front door and gasped when he saw Talia standing there alone.
"Talia!" Seth exclaimed and pulled Talia in the house while Roman stood at the door and looked for Naomi's car. When Roman didn't see a car, he closed the door and went over to Talia.
"Talia, how did you get home?" Roman asked and kneeled next to Seth so they were both at her level.
"I walked." She said in a proud voice and Seth and Roman's jaws both dropped.
"You walked…this late at night?" Seth questioned and Talia nodded. "Where-Where is Naomi?" Seth asked.
"I don't know." Talia answered. "She left me with two people that said they were your parents." Talia said and pointed at Roman. "And some man named Chris. They kept asking me questions about you two, like if you hurt me, and I said no because you two love me and you'd never hurt me." Talia explained. Seth sighed while Roman fumed.
"Come on Talia, you must be tired from the wall." Seth said and stood up. "Lets get you to bed." Seth said and took Talia upstairs.
Meanwhile, Roman called Sheamus and told him about what happened. Sheamus said that he would contact the judge and see if they could do something about this. Roman couldn't allow Naomi to have anymore unsupervised visits with Talia, especially since he figured out that his own parents were funding her defense. Roman then called Naomi and waited for her to answer.
"Hello!" Naomi answered over the loud music in the background.
"Naomi!" Roman yelled. "How could you leave Talia alone with my parents! This was suppose to be your time with her, not my parents time!"
"Wait, how do you know that? Are you outside my house?" Naomi asked and Roman scoffed.
"No, I'm not." Roman answered. "I know this because my six year old daughter walked home, alone!" Roman yelled and Naomi gasped.
"B-But they were watching her…" Naomi trailed off.
"Well, they didn't do a good job." Roman said angrily.
"I'm coming to get her." Naomi said and Roman let out an angry laugh.
"If you think I'm letting Talia go anywhere with you alone after this, you're out of your mind." Roman explained. "Goodnight." Roman said before hanging up the phone. Roman turned to the steps and saw Seth coming down them. "I knew…I knew this would be bad." Roman said and Seth stepped off the last step and went over to Roman.
"We both knew something would happen." Seth said and reached up to cup Roman's face. The touch instantly relaxed him and Seth watched as Roman's facial features relaxed. "But what matters is Talia is safe and sound tucked into her bed." Seth said and Roman nodded.
"I called Sheamus." Roman said. "He's going to call the judge…I don't want Naomi having unsupervised visits."
"I don't her having unsupervised visits either." Seth said. "I think it would be best if she came here and saw Talia…if Talia even wants to see her." Seth said. "I can't even believe they questioned her like some criminal."
"So Randy and now this Chris is on my shit list…along with my parents and Naomi." Roman said.
Seth sighed and pulled at Roman's hand. "Come on, lets go to bed." Seth said. "Maybe tomorrow will be better." Seth said as he climbed the steps.
Roman scoffed. "The only thing that would make tomorrow better is if Naomi and my parents disappeared off the earth."
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