Okay! Sorry for the lack of updates. Blame school. I sure do. Stupid, stupid school! Anyways, here's the Birthday chapter. SummerSlam/RAW will be up soon! Thanks everyone again for your reviews. Kristen and I really love 'em!
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Lilian rolled onto her side, yawning softly as her eyes slowly started to open. Reaching over for John, she frowned, feeling his side cold. After sitting up, she opened her mouth to call out for him, only to close it just as quickly.
John stood in the doorway, struggling to hold Isaac and the tray of food. Carefully making his way over, he gently laid the baby down on the bed and placed the tray in front of Lilian. "Happy Birthday, baby."
She sent him a bright smile and leaned up, softly kissing his lips. "You know you didn't have to do all this, but thank you." A soft laugh fell from her lips as Isaac climbed into her lap, trying to grab the food from her plate. "Didn't Uncle John feed you, little guy?"
"Yes I did! I fed, changed and bathed him." He grinned proudly and settled down beside her.
"Well, aren't you Mr. Mom this morning?" she joked, taking a bite of her eggs. "Hey, did you bring the –"
John pulled a bottle of Tabasco sauce from his pocket. "Sorry, I didn't put it on your tray because I was afraid I'd spill it."
Lilian grinned, taking the bottle of hot sauce and dripping a little on her eggs. "So what's the agenda for today?"
"Not a thing," John said absently. "Why? Did you want to do something?"
She put her fork down. "Nah, I think staying here will be fine." She picked up a piece of toast and said, "Thank you for breakfast, John."
He leaned over and kissed her cheek. "You're very welcome."
After Lilian was done breakfast, John took the baby downstairs so that she could get a shower and get ready.
Close to a half hour she made her way downstairs, smiling to herself when she saw John and Isaac asleep on the couch. She glanced around, noticing he hadn't gotten the mail yet so she went out to the mail box to get it, absently flipping through it when a card caught her attention. "Mail for me?"
Stepping inside, she placed the rest on the table and opened the card, smiling to herself as she read it.
"Who's that from baby?"
She jumped slightly, glancing over to see John had woken up. "From your mom and dad." She smiled. "They said they're having an amazing time and..." She added playfully, "to make you my slave for the day."
He took the card from her and read it. "They are so abusive! And yet people wonder why I turned out like I did."
Lilian had a sympathetic expression on her face. "Aw, baby, we do wonder that, but we don't think it's because of your parents." She smiled and patted his cheek before taking Isaac from his grasp.
John pouted and put the card back on the table. "You are all so mean to me."
"You whine more than he does," Lilian commented, shifting Isaac on her hip. "Why don't you go make yourself useful while the baby and I make a cake?"
"You're going to cook?" John asked, a look of fear showing on his face.
"It's a cake; it's from a box, how hard can it possibly be?"
"For anyone else? Not hard at all. But for you...uh really hard."
She gasped. "That hurts John, it really does. It's my birthday, you're supposed to be nice to me!"
"I made you breakfast," he replied proudly.
"Well, Mr. Mom, you could always help us with the cake!"
"But Lily, men don't bake!" He groaned and stood up walking with her into the kitchen. "Let's get this started."
After putting Isaac down in his high chair, she grabbed the box and read it over. "We need eggs, cooking oil and water."
"I'll take care of that. You uh, you just put the mix in the bowl, okay?"
She grumbled and stalked over to get a bowl. "Fine!"
After getting everything into the bowl, John made the mistake of letting Lilian handle the mixer.
"Look I'm doing it!" She turned to smile at him, accidentally lifting the mixer up out of the bowl some, sending cake mix all over them both. "Oops..."
John stopped and looked around at the chocolate covered kitchen. His eyes shifted to Isaac who was giggling and rubbing his fingers in the batter. He then looked back to Lilian who was staring at him with an innocent smile.
"John, I'm so … so sorry! I didn't think it'd do that!" she tried to explain.
He watched for a bit longer before breaking down into laughter. "You are covered in chocolate!"
She started laughing too. "You are too! And so is your parents' kitchen!" She put the beater down and grabbed a towel that she ran under the faucet. She started washing her arms off when John grabbed her.
"You know, I could do that ten times better than this towel."
"I'm sure you could, but there are virgin eyes in this room." She nodded and started to clean the chocolate off his neck.
"Oh come on Lily, he's distracted with the cake batter...we can go into the living room!"
She rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Are you kidding? The carpet in there is white they'd kill us!"
"But it would be so worth it!" He sent her a pout and stepped closer to her.
Backing up, she giggled softly. "John, not now sto-...uf!" She made a face as she backed into the counter.
He smirked and cocked his head to the side. "No where to run now, gorgeous."
Lilian narrowed her gaze at him before using her finger to wipe some cake mix off his neck. She looked at it and then put her finger in her mouth, licking the chocolate off. "You know, I'm a good cook."
"Hm, let me test that," he replied, dipping his head down to kiss some of it off her neck. "You know, you're right. That's pretty damn good."
"John! No swearing! I told you, virgin ears are listening!"
"Lil, he can't talk. His brain is barely functioning how to put together a puzzle on Sesame Street, I'm pretty sure we're fine."
"But you can never be too sure! And when I'm pregnant, there will be no cursing."
"...Lil! The baby won't even have ears at first! It won't even be a baby for awhile!"
She narrowed her eyes at him. "So you're saying our child will be a thing?"
"Well ye-...NO Lily, come on!"
"I cannot believe you just said that, John." She shook her head, using the towel to clean herself off.
"How can I possibly make it up to you?" he asked flirtatiously.
She flung the towel at him. "You can clean up the kitchen." She smirked before whisking Isaac away.
Hours later, when everything, and everyone, was cleaned up, the three were outside, letting Isaac 'explore' the yard. Lilian made sure he didn't crawl off the blanket she had laid out for him.
"So is this how you wanted to spend your birthday, baby?" John sat down next to her, wrapping an arm around her waist.
"Yeah, sure, why not?" She turned to look at him.
"Just wondering."
A red Durango pulled into the drive way, catching Lilian's attention. "Who's that?"
John smiled to himself before standing up. Lilian gathered Isaac in her arms before walking over to meet one of John's other brothers and his wife. She tilted her head and looked over at Sean and his wife, Diana walked over to them.
"Lily, happy birthday, sweetie!" Diana smiled brightly, walking over to give her a hug.
"Thanks guys...but uh, what are you doing here?"
John snickered and nudged her. "Hey rude one!"
Sean laughed and shook his head. "Gee Lil, nice to see you too." He winked, showing he was only teasing. "We're actually here for the little guy."
Lilian looked between the three of them, obviously confused. "Why?"
"Well Lil, you and I kind of have plans..."
"We do?"
"Yes we do, now let's get Isaac's stuff together." He rested his hand on the small of her back, guiding her and the others inside.
Lilian's mouth had dropped open, still very confused. "John, what is going on? Why are they taking him?"
John closed the door behind them and turned her to face him. "Because we aren't going to be home to look after him. Now, go upstairs and get cleaned up, put on something nice!"
She shook her head. "Nice, like how nice? A dress? A skirt? What?"
John looked to Diana. The young woman laughed and ushered Lilian up the stairs. "C'mon girl, we'll get you all dressed up like you need to be."
Shortly there after, Lilian walked back down the stairs in a white skirt and red top that was strapless except for a thin, white piece of fabric that went around her neck. John looked her up and down, nodding. He then looked to Diana, giving her a thumbs up. Sean came up behind him, with Isaac in tow, and whistled.
John elbowed his brother and sent him a playful glare. "Hey!"
The small blonde simply blushed as she came to stand in front of them. "Now do I get to know where we're going?"
John tilted his head as if thinking it over. "Well...nope." Turning to face Sean and Diana, he sent them a grin. "Thanks again for doing this guys."
Diana nodded and adjusted Isaac in her arms while Sean grabbed the stuff. "You're very welcome."
A few minutes later John finally led Lilian to the door. "Now close your eyes."
"John, what's going on?"
"Just close them...please?"
She reluctantly nodded her head. Closing her eyes she allowed him to lead her out the door.
"Now open them."
Slowly, she did as told before smiling brightly back at him. "You got us a limo!"
He grinned sheepishly. "Yes, and had you been born in winter you might have gotten a horse drawn carriage or something." He winked and held the door open for her. "After you."
She stepped inside the limo, followed by John. The driver drove them to a nice restaurant in Boston called The Penthouse. The driver opened the door for them as John helped Lilian out of the limo. They quickly walked inside the restaurant and were seated at a table that was in a secluded room overlooking the restaurant. In the room were some of Lilian's friends, including her sister Dahlia, Trish, Lita, Mickie James, Torrie Wilson, Victoria and Candice. For the guys there were even more.
"Oh my God!" Lilian's eyes lit up as she walked around to give everyone a hug. When she was done, John pulled her to the center of the room, turning her back to the door. "What are you doing?"
His blue eyes flickered to the door, then back to her face. "Nothing, turn around now."
She turned around and nearly screamed when The Rock and his wife stepped in the room. She ran over to them, hugging them both.
John laughed softly, watching his fiancée with amusement. "Baby, there's still more."
She glanced back at him, her green eyes sparkling with happiness. "More?"
"Yes, more." He chuckled softly and walked over, taking her hand just as Stone Cold walked in, followed close behind by all the McMahons.
Again, Lilian rushed over to greet all of her guests. Gushing about how pretty Marissa, Stephanie and Linda looked. "You guys, I can't believe you all came."
"We wouldn't miss this for the world, Lily," Stephanie replied hugging her tightly.
"Plus, John threatened to beat us up if we didn't come," Vince threw in teasingly, earning a nudge from his wife.
Finally Lilian gave Austin a hug. The Texan, joking yelled to John, "Can we have a beer bash like old times?"
"Nah," John said. He paused and then said, "She isn't wearing white," which earned him a laugh from the room.
After everyone had eaten, they decided it was time for her to open presents. Trish and Torrie sat a large box in front of her. "This is from both of us."
"We had to split it…because, well, you'll know why. Open it!"
Lilian giggled and pulled off the pink bow. Inside was a pair of boots. A big grin spread across her face as she pulled them out of the box. "Ah! These are the ones I saw in the window in LA when we went shopping! You guys!"
"You mean the ones you pointed to, stomped your foot and said, 'I must have!'? Yeah, I think they're the ones," Trish replied teasingly.
John nudged Lilian gently and grinned. "Hey, you know, that's what she said when she saw me!"
"Keep dreaming!" The blonde then added, "Besides, that was more along the lines of what you did when you saw me. Now, next present please!" She smiled brightly, seeming more and more like a five year old at Christmas with each gift that was passed her way.
By the time it seemed everyone had passed up their presents, John stepped forward. He glanced at his watch and sat back down. Lilian looked at him with a waiting look on her face. "What is it?"
"Nothing," he said, smiling.
She cocked an eyebrow before returning to her conversation with Dwayne and Dany. "I really miss you guys, you have no idea. D, when are you going to get back in the ring so we can do another segment?"
The Rock laughed, with his million dollar smile gleaming. "I don't know, soon I hope."
Meanwhile, Steve had pulled John aside. "Listen man, I know you and Lilian are close, but please remember that if you do end up hurting her, I will rip you a new asshole faster than you can say 'bottoms up'. Got that?"
John nodded his head with a soft grin. "I know man, and you have my word that I will never hurt her. I wouldn't even think about it."
Steve patted him on the back. "I know you won't, but it needed to be said."
"Mind if I steal my fiancée for a few minutes?" The two men turned to see Lilian standing there with a sweet smile.
"Of course not darlin', we're done anyway." He sent her a wink before heading back to his table.
The small blonde took John's hand, leading him to the makeshift dance floor. "Thank you for all of this, John. It means the world to me."
Faith Hill's 'Breathe' began to play as John pulled Lilian closer to him. "I know baby, and in about 10 minutes you'll get my birthday present."
She rested her head against him, laughing slightly. "John, you've done enough for me, honestly. I don't need anymore from you."
"I know," he said, smiling like a Cheshire cat even though she couldn't see him.
The song ended and Lilian began to say her thank yous and goodbyes. She got a little teary eyed when it came time for Rock and Austin, but she kept it together. John thanked everyone and then ushered Lilian back to the front of the restaurant where the limo was waiting. They climbed inside and were driven to an old Victorian styled house. John hopped out of the car and opened her door. Reaching out to help her, he quickly covered her eyes.
"John what are you doing?"
He walked them forward a few steps and dropped his hands to rest on her hips. "Happy Birthday!"
She looked at the house in front of her, it was simply perfect. "Is this what I think it is?"
"If you're thinking it's our new house, the place where we're gonna raise our children...then you'd be right."
Her green eyes filled with tears as she turned to face him. "You have no idea...God John it's perfect!" She threw her arms around his neck holding onto him tightly. "Thank you so much."
John smiled before kissing her softly. "You're welcome. I know you wanted to stay close to your home in New York City, and so I thought Boston would be okay."
"John, any house would be okay, it'd be perfect! We could live in Utah for all I care." She threw her arms back around him after giving him another kiss.
"I'm glad you like it, baby." He gave her one last squeeze before taking her by the hand. "We can come back and look at it when it's daylight before we head out for SummerSlam, okay? Trust me, it looks so much better when it's light outside."
She giggled and nodded. "Sounds perfect! Just like you!"
She began walking towards the limo, but he pulled her back. "You know, we don't have Isaac tonight and it is our last night before we go back on the road. I'm not sure, but I think you're thinking you can get me into bed by stroking my ego."
She gasped. "Me? I wouldn't dare to do such things!"
He laughed and kissed her again, this time for a bit longer, and then headed back to the car. "Well, I do think you should show me exactly how much you love me when we get back to the house." He winked and swatted at her ass when she climbed inside the limo.
She peaked back out as he got in as well. "It's a deal."