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*Roman's POV*
It's been three weeks since Megan left and it's been tearing me up inside ever since. There's nights when I can't get to sleep and other days where I can't stay asleep. Cassandra finds herself sleeping in my bed, next to me, missing Megan and I don't know what to tell her to make her feel better about Megan until she comes back.
Megan has kept her end of the promise that she made which was to be with Cassandra as if they've never missed beat. She's been picking Cassandra up from school, helping her with homework, and taking care of her while I'm out on the road. Hearing the door from the locker room open, I cleared my throat and wiped my eyes to see Seth and Dean walking in with Megan's dad coming in behind them.
"You okay there, big guy?" Asked Seth and I knew he must have noticed my eyes.
"I'm fine." I told them, getting myself together.
Mark looked at me and saw the true story behind my behavior. "Any changes?"
Seth and Dean sat down in front of me and knew what was being talked about. "None. This is what Kate does. She does something like what she did the last time and she's gone for who knows how long until she decides to show back up again. It gets harder and harder to watch Megan walk out that door."
"You should ask for some time off to deal with this." Suggested Dean. "I know this helps keep your mind off of things for a while, but what happens when you're not in the ring or doing a promo or if we're not there to help?"
"I just want Megan." I whispered as a lump formed in my throat.
Mark put his hand on my shoulder. "I know you do. People can see it in your eyes when you look at her, that you love her. Your face lights up with the sound of her name. But you have think about the fact that Megan has been putting up with Kate for the last nine years. It's when the two of you started dating, that Kate got worse. So it's a matter of the things she's put up with over the years, not just within the matter of a few months."
"I just don't get why Kate is doing this." I said to them. "She's only caring about her self and her wants and needs, not about me. I just need to be lucky enough to find her somewhere."
I looked at them and sighed as I ran my hand through my hair. I blinked away the tears that threatened to come out and sniffled. I sat there in silence, as I thought about taking some time off. Dean was right about that. What am I going to do when I can't find nothing to keep my mind off of what's going on?
Later that day...
"Paul, can I talk to you for a moment?" I asked him when I saw him backstage. Even though we had a storyline that pitched our factions against each other earlier in the year, I always look forward to talking to him.
"Yeah, go ahead." He responded.
I thought for a moment. "I need to take some time off for a personal issue that I'm going through right now and to think some things through."
Paul looked at me seriously. "Is everything okay with Megan and the baby?"
"They're both healthy." I told him with a smile, and thinking about her growing tummy as she reaches four months of pregnancy. "But there's just some issues going on and it's affecting my relationship with Megan. You know her longer than I have, but you also know how I feel about her."
He nodded in understanding. "Have you asked yet?"
Knowing what he meant, I chuckled and smiled. " Not yet. But I did ask him."
Paul, knowing what I meant by that response, gave me a smile and a pat on the back. "We'll let you have some time off. After tonight's show, you can go home and be with your family and do what you have to do. Just let us know when you're ready to come back."
"Thanks, I appreciate it." I told him as I shook his hand.
The next day...
*Megan's POV*
"Mommy, can we have ice cream for desert today?" Asked Cassandra as we made our way through WalMart with her hand in mine as I had my free hand on the shopping cart.
I smiled down at her. "We'll have some, let me just go buy some because I don't think Daddy remembered to get any after the last one finished. We'll get something for him for Christmas. It's coming up soon. You want to?"
"Yes!" She exclaimed happily. "I hope he comes home for Christmas. It won't be fair if he's not home."
"I'm sure he'll be home, baby." I told her soothingly. "He loves being with you."
Cassandra hung on to my leg as I looked for some ice cream and grabbed my hand again when I started walking. "Do you love Daddy?"
"Of course, I love him." I replied, when I stopped to look at her. "I believe I always have. Why, did he say something?"
"No, but I want you to come back to live with us." She responded. "I like when you and him say that you love each other. Daddy misses you a lot and I think he stays up all night. You're not there anymore to make sure he's sleeping and that he's okay. We both miss you."
Once we were at home, we heard the door followed by the jingle of keys. When Cassandra looked to see who it was, she grinned.
"Daddy, you're home!" She exclaimed in excitement as she got up from her chair and ran up to her father who took her in his arms for a hug.
"I've missed you so much." He said as he held her tightly and close to him. Putting her down, she held his hand as they made their way to the kitchen, where I was making dinner.
I couldn't help but smile at him as he took me in his arms. Brushing my nose against his, he took the opportunity to lean in for a kiss before we both felt Cassandra tugging on our pants. We looked down and saw her holding up two papers.
"I got a hundred on my spelling test and I got a sticker and my drawing." She told Roman, showing him her papers. I let him go with her to the dinner table and heard his excitement as she talked to him about her day and what her and I did today before coming back home.
"Sweetie, go wash up for dinner. It's almost ready." I told her as I helped her put away her things and let her take it to her room.
Meanwhile, Roman rested his hands on my waist from behind me and kissed my neck as he moved his hands to my tummy. I relaxed against him and smiled as he stroke my tummy with his thumb.
"I think I have some good news." He whispered in my ear. I turned around after turning the stove off and uncovering the pots to listen to what he had to say. "I've been talking to a lawyer for a while now and I may be able to get a judge to sign a temporary restraining order against Kate as early as tomorrow."
My eyes widened when I heard what he had said. "Are you serious?"
"The restraining order may last until we have a hearing." He told me. "If Kate was to violate that, we could call 911 and let them know about the situation. I'll have more information about it as time goes on. It may be a temporary restraining order, but it's something."
We heard Cassandra's tiny footsteps coming back into the kitchen and sit down and agreed to talk more about it later on in the night. We started dinner and talked about the most random things.
Three hours later...
*Roman's POV*
After putting Cassandra to bed for the night, I found Megan laying down in bed, after coming out of the shower. She smiled up at me when she saw me and I gave her a kiss.
"Do you have to leave tonight?" I asked her softly.
Megan looked up at me and shrugged. "I don't know. It gets harder and harder for me to leave because I want to stay so badly. I want to wake up every day in your arms and kiss you and be in your arms and come home to you."
We laid there in silence for a while until I spoke again. "The temporary order will last about ten days but it doesn't start until the police serve Kate with a copy of the order. After the ten days, we go to the hearing and the judge will make a second hearing for an order that'll last longer. The laywer said that the judge should give it to the clerk to write the next one and that it may take a while for it to get written."
"What happens then?" She asked.
"As far as I know, we have to keep a copy of the order at all times." I responded. "If Kate does something that violates the restraining order in any way, we could show it to the police. The lawyer also said to give a copy to every place that Kate is supposed to stay away from so that they could know and do what they have to do in case something happens with Kate. He also said to expect anything from Kate in an attempt to try to get the restraining order dismissed or at least to have something in that hearing go her way, and to have any evidence with us that may help us out."
Megan sighed. "I just want this whole thing with Kate to be over."
"Me too, baby." I said softly as I kissed her cheek. "At least this is a step in the right direction."
