A.J. extended his hand out towards Dean to shake and smiled at him.

"Nice to meet you," he said.

"Same here."

A.J. sat down beside Tom and took a sip of his soda.

"I'm surprised you haven't dropped anything on your toe," he said to Tom.

"Haha, very funny you jackass," Tom said. "A.J. is a smart ass. You have to excuse him."

Dean laughed to himself.

"It's all good in the neighborhood," he said.


"Dean was supposed to be home five minutes ago!" Renee said to her mom.

"Child, stop pacing back and forth!" Nancy said to Renee.

"I can't. He was supposed to have been here an hour ago and he still hasn't shown up yet and I'm mad!"

"You know, there is this thing called traffic…and maybe he stopped at the store or something…you know…"

"I don't care, he needs to get here!"

Nancy got up and sat Renee down on the couch then sat right next to her.

"Relax," she said. "Your husband is on his way home."

When Dean finally walked through the door and walked into the living room, Renee just stared at him as if they weren't a married couple and didn't know each other at all. Renee was giving Dean the blankest stare so it was hard for him to determine what mood she was in. Nancy waved her hand in front of Renee's face which caused her to snap out of her trance.

"I'm hungry. And Dean…next time…don't take too long to come home," Renee said.

"Baby, you know that I had to work in Huntington Beach today," Dean said. "So it took me a little longer to get home."

"Hmph." Renee folded her arms as she stared at the t.v. in front of her.

"I guess I won't get a kiss today," Dean said. "How're you, Mom?"

"I'm fine," Nancy said. "Had to calm this hot head down while you were on your way home."

Dean gave Nancy a big hug then sighed.

"I figured. Renee, would you like something to eat?"

"Maybe."

"I'm going to order some Chinese food."

"Fine."

D.J. walked down the hallway to see if Dean had finally arrived home. When he saw his father, he squealed in delight and flew towards him.

"Daddy!" he said.

Dean swooped up D.J. and gave him the tightest hug.

"How are you?" he asked D.J.

"Good! How was work?"

"It was good. Were you a good boy for Mommy today?"

"I was! But today I got a boo boo." D.J. pointed at his right knee which had a big bandage on it.

"Aww, no. What happened?"

"I was riding my scooter and I was racing Destinee and I was but I tripped over my scooter and hurt myself," D.J. said.

"Aww. Even though you have a bandage on your knee, would you like Daddy to kiss your boo boo and make it better?"

D.J. nodded his head quickly.

"Yes, please!"

Dean sat D.J. down on the top of the couch and kissed his knee.

"Better?" he asked.

"Better!" D.J. said.

"Where's your sister?"

"Taking a nappy nap."

"Alrighty. I'll go get her."

"Hey, D.J., you want to help Grandma set up the kitchen table?" Nancy asked him.

"Yes!" D.J. said.

Dean sat D.J. back on the floor, called the local Chinese place, then went to wake up Destinee. She hadn't been napping for long but needed to wake up for dinner.

"I don't wanna eat the spinach!" Destinee said as she woke up.

"We're having Chinese food," Dean said, smiling.

"Oh!?" Destinee scrambled out of bed and almost fell on the floor but was saved when Dean grabbed her by the arm.

"Easy there! I just ordered the food but you can help set the table."

"Okay! That's for saving me, Daddy!"

"You're welcome."

Destinee bolted out of the door and Dean got up and left the room. He visited the baby's room and looked around it. He found himself coming inside of the room a lot, getting more and more excited each time he was in there. He straightened some things out in the room before joining everyone in the kitchen.

Renee had continued to fume as she sat on the couch but turned into a different person when the food finally arrived.


Renee poked at her breasts and stared at her growing stomach in the mirror. She traced her stretchmarks on her stomach and legs with her fingers, staring at each of them long and hard. She jumped when she felt someone touch her back then realized it was just Dean. He stood behind Renee and placed both hands on her stomach and looked at her in the mirror. Dean knew Renee was going to rant and say how fat she was so he put a finger over her mouth and shook his head.

"I know what you're going to say. You're not fat. You're very gorgeous…it's time for us to lie down."

Renee laid in the middle of the bed instead of her side but Dean didn't mind. He spooned her from behind and placed his hand on her stomach again.

"Dean…" Renee said, her gaze fixated upon the moon outside of the window.

"Yes?"

"You sleepy?"

"Just a little."

"Do you…"

Dean waited for a response but didn't get one.

"Renee?" he said.

She turned her head and pulled Dean's face towards her and kissed him. Dean figured out quickly what she had wanted and deepened the kiss himself. He was actually happy she was naked so he wouldn't have to help her take off any clothing. He too was naked so it was a win-win situation.

Dean pulled Renee's leg over his and slowly rubbed her clit with his two fingers. Renee grabbed his hand as she began to shake a little, being that she was more sensitive during sex. Dean made sure she was nice and wet before sliding his cock into her. Renee let out a small sigh of relief when Dean began making love to her. This is what she had wanted all day. This and food, of course. Renee grabbed Dean's hand and squeezed it as she and Dean reached their climaxes.

"That is what I wanted…" Renee said.

"I figured," Dean said, smiling.


Two more months were remaining until the baby would finally arrive. The doctor had told Renee that she was due the second week of September. Renee had forgotten that she had missed her period in December and had figured she was pregnant or Mother Nature simply didn't give her the monthly gift. But when she noticed that she didn't have a period in January, that's when she took her pregnancy test. Dean's forgetfulness was definitely rubbing off on her a little and she didn't like it one bit.

Renee had made herself a cup of lemon tea and was headed back to the room when she stopped walking and looked at the door to the baby's room. She knew Dean had invested a lot of time into the nursery and smiled to herself in content.

Destinee and D.J. were playing with a bouncy ball in the house and accidentally hit a lamp and managed to make it land on the couch. Renee heard the noise and walked back into the living room to see what had happened.

"What did you do?" Renee asked the children.

"We was playing with the ball and I hit the lamp," D.J. said, holding his hands behind his back and rocking back and forth.

"What did I tell you guys about playing with that ball in the house?"

"Not to do it…" Destinee said, who begin to mimic what her brother was doing.

"So why did you guys do it anyways?"

D.J. and Destinee didn't say anything and continued to stare at their mother.

"Destinee Renee Ambrose and Dean Ambrose, Jr., I asked you two a question. Why did you play with that ball in the house when you know you're not supposed to play with that ball in the house?"

"Daddy said I could play with the ball, Mommy," D.J. said. "In the house."

"Where's your father?"

"He's in the backyard."

"Put that ball in the garage. Now."

Renee put the lamp back in its place as the children scurried to get the ball and put it in the garage. Renee found Dean outside mowing the grass and waited until he was finished to talk to him.

"You know that D.J. and Destinee almost broke the lamp in the living room, right?" she said.

"He did? Shit. I told them to be careful," Dean said, getting off of the lawnmower and grabbing his towel off of the table.

"That's all you have to say!?"

"What?" Dean wiped the sweat off of his face and back.

"They almost broke a lamp in the house and all you can say is "Shit. I told them to be careful"?"

"Renee, calm down. It was a mistake to tell them to play with the ball inside of the house. They made a mistake and you told them not to do it anymore and I will tell them not to do it anymore. End of story."

"End of story my ass! I've told them multiple times not to play with that ball in the house and you go and tell them it's okay. I'm tired of you teaching the kids it's okay to do stuff like that."

"You're making it seem like I told the kids to destroy the house and it's okay to do so."

"They almost destroyed the damn lamp in the living room. I'm sick and tired of you overriding everything I say! You know how I feel about the kids playing with certain things in the house!"

"Okay! I will tell the kids to play with some of their toys outside from here on out!"

Renee became furious and threw her tea at Dean who managed to dodge out of the way of the beverage flying towards him.

"Seriously?" he said.

"Seriously."

Renee walked back into the house as Dean followed her inside and shut the backdoor. Renee threw the cup in the sink and glared at Dean.

"You need to go and lie down," he said.

"You need to stop telling the kids to do crazy stuff. What the hell is wrong with you!?"

"Renee, drop it."

"No, I'm not going to drop it! I'm genuinely mad right now. You've done sometimes over the years and I've held my tongue but not anymore!"

"Renee, it's over. The kids won't do anything that may put any object in this house in danger. I promise you that!"

"Good!"

"You happy now? Sheesh."

"You get on my damn nerves, Dean!"

"You get on my nerves, too, Renee!"

"I'm sleeping on the couch tonight!"

"Fine!"

"Fine!"

Destinee and D.J. were in the garage listening to their parents bicker and argue. They left the garage to find their parents still bickering with each other over what had happened. Dean and Renee stopped arguing long enough to see what they kids wanted. D.J. began to cry since he believed that he had made his parents yell at each other.

"We're sorry, Mommy and Daddy...we didn't mean to make you guys mad at each other!"

"Hey, it's alright," Dean said, picking up D.J. He put an arm around Destinee as she hugged him then looked at Renee.

They knew that the kid's didn't liked when they yelled at each other and had forgotten all about that in the heat of the moment. Sometimes, tempers flare and everyone and everything goes haywire.

Once they calmed the kids down and told them that everything was alright, Dean and Renee sat at the dining room table to talk to each other without the yelling and screaming.

Or tea flying everywhere.