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Roman walked down stairs to see Tayla sleeping on the couch while holding Lia. They were both sound asleep. "Tay," said Roman in a whisper trying not to wake the baby. "Wake up."
"I got them," said Tayla as she woke up. "Oh," she said realizing she was holding Lia. "I'm so tired."
"I know," said Roman. "You want me to take her and put her in the swing or something?"
"Don't touch her," said Tayla. "It took me forever to get her to sleep. I'm scared to put her down. I don't' want her to wake up."
"I hear you. It took me 2 hours to get Leilani to sleep," he said as he sat down on the couch next to her. He laid his head back on the top of the couch and said, "I'm so tired."
"That makes both of us," she said. "I never expected it to be this hard," she said looking around at the mess in their house. There were baby clothes laying everywhere, swings, bouncers, burp cloths and bottles. "This place is a mess."
"I know," he said. "But I don't have the energy to clean."
"Neither do I. I haven't even taken a shower in a week."
"Same here. I never expected two small babies to be so much work." Roman and Tayla had the girls home for a month and it was exhausting for both of them. They never wanted to sleep at night only during the day and when they were put down they would wake up instantly. They took turns eating and messing up their diapers. Tayla nor Roman could remember the last time they slept for more than 2 hours at night. Becoming parents was very tiring for them and they weren't ready for this life.
"Tell me about it," she said, "but I love them."
"I love them too," he said, "but Babe they are a lot of work."
"I know," she said looking at Roman. He was in need of a good shave and his hair was starting to frizz something Tayla had never seen before because Roman was always so obsessed with fixing his hair much like Uncle Jesse on Full House.
"What?" he asked.
"Your hair," she said, "I never saw it like that before."
"Frizzy?"
"Yeah."
"That happens when I don't condition it or put water in it," he said. "I don't even care right now."
"Wow," she said with shock.
"Trust me, Tay, your hair isn't looking much better."
"I know that's why I just throw it up in a bun and call it a day. You should do the same."
"It's too much work. I should just cut it off."
"No you're not," said Tayla as the phone rang.
"It would make my life easier," said Roman before reaching over for the phone. "Hello," he said.
"Hey, Roman, it's Hunter," said Triple H on the other end of the phone.
"Hey, Hunter," said Roman, "I was going to call you later to talk about returning to the ring."
"No rush," said Hunter. "When were you thinking about coming back?"
"In a few weeks by July at the latest," said Roman. "Things have been pretty busy around here."
"I hear you. I've been there," said Hunter. "How are the babies?"
"They are good," said Roman.
"That's good and Tayla; how is Tayla doing?"
"Tayla is doing a lot better. We are working through some things and working on our marriage right now we are learning how to be parents."
"That's good," said Hunter.
"So what can I do for you?"
"Actually I was calling to talk to Tayla. Is that okay or is she busy with the babies?"
"Um let me check," said Roman with confusion. He had no idea why Hunter was calling to talk to Tayla. "Tay, he wants to talk to you. Can you talk to him?" asked Roman.
"Hunter wants to talk to me?" she asked.
"Yeah," he said.
"Okay," said Tayla, "can you take her?" Roman took Lia from Tayla and then handed her the phone. Tayla got up and walked to the kitchen to talk to Hunter. "Hello?"
"Hey, Tayla," said Hunter. "How are you?"
"I'm well," she said, "I heard you wanted to talk to me?"
"Yes," he said, "I have been talking to the person in charge of our talent as well as talking to Roman. I had this idea that you could be his valet but he told me how awesome of a wrestler you are and thought you should be a female wrestler."
"Okay," said Tayla.
"So I was talking to Afa and Sika a few weeks ago and they showed me some tapes of you. I took the tapes to Vince and the head of our talent department. They fell in love with you. You're very talented. You are great in the ring," he said.
Tayla smiled and said, "thank-you."
"So I want to sign you to a developmental deal. I want to have you wrestle in NXT for a while and then come to WWE to wrestle as well as be Roman's valet. Would you be interested in that?"
Tayla was speechless. She had hoped for this call for a long time but she wasn't sure if now was the best time to take it. "I don't know," she said, "Can I think about it and get back to you?"
"Yes," said Hunter. "Take some time think about it and let me know. I hope that you are interested."
"All right," said Tayla, "I will think about it and get back to you."
"Okay," said Hunter. "Have a good day."
"You too," she said with a smile as she hung up the phone.
She walked back into the living room with a smile on her face. "What was that all about?" asked Roman.
"He wants to sign me to a developmental deal and wants me to work in NXT for a while and then go to WWE."
"Tay, that's awesome," said Roman with a smile. "Are you going to do it?"
"I don't know," she said.
"What? What do you mean you don't know? You have wanted this since you started training. Here is your chance."
"Yeah but back then I wasn't a mother," she said.
"But this is your chance, Tayla. You need to take it," he said.
"What if I don't want to take it? What if I want to be a mother?"
"You can be a mother and a wrestler too. If I can be a father and a wrestler you can be a mother and a wrestler."
"And what about our daughters?" she asked, "did you forget about them?"
"We'll get a nanny," he said. "We'll get a nanny and try to be home with them as much as we can."
"Try to be home with them as much as we can? How do you think they will feel? I imagine it is hard with just one parent on the road but 2? That's a pretty sucky life for them."
"But we'll be making money to take care of them and support them."
"It's not all about money," said Tayla. "They are our children. I would like to see their firsts and dance recitals or sporting events whatever they choose to do. I would want to be there."
"And you can be. It's 2014," he said. "Technology is different now. There is webcam, skype and all that good stuff. We can be there without actually being there," he said.
"I don't know," said Tayla, "and to be in NXT would mean we would have to move back to Florida."
"Our move to New Orleans was just temporary," he said, "it wasn't forever. It was so we could visit our babies at the hospital. I never planned to live here permanently."
"True," she said, "I wouldn't mind moving back to Florida but still wrestling and traveling is a big deal. I don't know if I can do it."
"What if I would have said this to you a few years ago when I got my developmental deal? What if I told you I wanted to do something different and never went to NXT?" he asked.
"Then I would have respected your decision."
"No you wouldn't have Tayla you would have pushed me into it," he said as he put Lia down in the swing. "You would have pushed me to do it."
"Not true," she said, "and things were different back then. We were young and we were newlyweds and we didn't have kids. Everything is different now, Roman."
"You will regret it if don't take your chance. It is something you wanted to do and something that you love."
"And so are my children. I didn't fight for 2 years to get pregnant and have our kids to leave them behind. I want to be a mom."
"You can do both," he said, "besides while you're in NXT you will in Florida with them. You'll be able to go home with them every night," said Roman.
"Roman, I don't know," she said. "It all seems like a lot right now."
"Come on, Tayla, this is what you want to do."
"No it's what you want me to do. I was going to go to medical school remember?"
"And how is this any different than being a doctor? You would be gone just as much."
"It is a lot different," said Tayla. "You are the one that wanted me to do this."
"Because you're awesome, Tayla. Have you been talking to your mom?"
"No," said Tayla. "I haven't been talking to my mom. I just don't know if being a wrestler is a good idea."
"Tayla, it is a fantastic idea. You worked so hard to get here. Why give up now?"
"Lia and Leilani," she said.
"Tay, like I said it's not like you won't ever see them."
"I won't see them every day. Did you like your dad going out wrestling all the time and never being home?"
"I understood that he was doing it to provide for us which is what we will be doing. We will be providing for our kids. We don't even have to do a full time schedule. We can do RAW and Smackdown and a couple house shows a month."
"There is a lot more to it than that and you know it. You know you have extra things like campaigns to stop bullying, international shows that last for 2 weeks and other stuff. It isn't just going out there and wrestling two nights a week."
"I know," said Roman, "but we can do it. We can make it work."
"I don't know," said Tayla, "I feel like you're pushing me into this. I don't want to be pushed into it."
"I'm not pushing you. I'm letting you know that I think you're talented enough to do this and that if you don't you're going to regret it."
"And what if I regret not being there for our kids?"
"You will be there," he said. "Come on, Tayla."
"Roman, I can't. I need time to think about this. I'm sorry."
"Tay," he said.
"No, Roman, just let me think about it." Tayla felt like she was stuck between a rock and a hard place because on one hand she wanted to be a wrestler and on the other she wanted to be a mother. It was a tough decision for her to make but she didn't need Roman trying to force her into doing anything.
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