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I stand outside of Jonah's preschool waiting to pick him up and for his class to let out. I smile when I see his teacher come to the door with a line of kids from his class. I watch as the line comes out and parents grow excited to see their children come out of the building after their first day of pre-k. I watch kids run to their parents with papers in their hands, big smiles on their faces as Roman and I wait for Jonah to appear. I smile when I see him at the end of the line, a big smile comes to his face as he sees me. He runs over to me and I catch him in my arms. "Daddy!" he yells as I hug him.
"Hey, Buddy," I say with a smile. "How was school? Did you like your first day of preschool?"
"It was fun. I can't wait to come back to do it again," he says happily and full of excitement. "Where's Mama?" he asks.
"Work," I answer him. "She'll be home later."
"Okay," he says. "I made a picture."
"You did?" I ask. "Let me see."
"It's you, mommy and me," he says proudly as he shows me the picture of three stick figures and another little something in the picture standing in front of our apartment building.
"And what's that?" I ask him pointing to the little object beside us. I really can't make out what it is. I'm thinking maybe a baby brother or baby sister but I'm not really sure.
"That's a dog," he says with a smile. "That's our pet dog."
"Gotcha," I say with a nod. "But we don't have a dog."
"But I want a dog," he says with a pleading smile. "Can we get a dog?"
"I have to talk to your mom about it first and see what is allowed with the apartment. Then I will see if we can get a dog okay?"
"Okay," he says with a smile. "Hi, Uncle Roman," he says as he reaches for Roman.
"Hey, Man," says Roman as he takes him. "Look at you, you're all grown up now. You're a big boy! You're a big Pre-K kid now," he says with a smile.
"I am a big boy now," says Jonah with a smile. "When can I go to your house again?" he asks.
"Well, right now I'm not sure about that," he says. "I'm getting ready to go home for a little bit," he says to Jonah. Earlier in the day when we were at the gym Roman asked if he could talk to me and told me that he and Tayla were separating for the time being because he made a terrible mistake. He informed me he would be moving home to Pensacola for the time being until they were able to work things out. I hope they can work things out but Roman screwed up big time, he REALLY screwed up. He'll be lucky if Tayla will talk to him again.
"Why are you going home?" asks Jonah.
"Because Aunt Tay and I need to think about some things but you don't have to worry about that," says Roman, "you're only 3 years old. It's grown up stuff."
"Okay," he says. "Where are we going, Daddy?" he asks as we walk to the car.
"I have to pick up a surprise for your mama," I answer. "But what I pick up you can't tell her okay? It's a really big surprise so promise you can keep a secret?"
"Yes, Daddy," he says as I open the back door so Roman can put him in his booster seat.
"You ready for all this to be a father some day?" I ask Roman as he buckles him in.
"I hope to be a father someday," he says. "I fucked up," he says, "and Tay just started her fertility treatments so we could have a baby and now I screwed up."
"AWWW You said a bad word," points out Jonah.
"Yes, Man, language," I say shutting the door. "If Jordyn found out you dropped an f-bomb in front of him she will flip her lid and I am sure if Tay talks to her in the next 24 hours you're probably going to be on her shit list."
"And she was just starting to like me too," he says. "How do I make this right?"
"I don't know," I say as we get into the car. "I have no idea but you need to figure it out."
I start the car and pull out of the school parking lot driving into town so that I can pick up my surprise for Jordyn. I pull into the mall parking lot and park in the parking lot closest to the jewelry store. I get Jonah out of the car and Roman gets out of the car with me. We walk into the mall and we make our way to the best jeweler's in the mall. "Why are we going to a jewelry store?" asks Jonah as he holds my hand. "Can we go to a toy store?"
"Maybe after the jewelry store," I say, "I have to pick something up for your mama. I have something very special planned for her."
"Okay," he says as we walk into the store.
I make my way over to the counter and introduce myself to the lady. "Hello, I'm Seth. I called earlier about looking at engagement rings for my girlfriend."
"Right, I'm Tara," she says before she shakes my hand. "We have a few ready for you to look at. Is there anything specific you were looking for?" she asks. "Is there a price limit?"
"I've been saving up for a long time for this," I answer. "Price is no object and whatever I don't pay today I will pay off."
"Wonderful," she says. "And you told me you were looking for a size 7?"
"Yes," I answer her.
"All right," she says with a smile, showing her pearly white teeth. "I will go get the rings. I will be back in a minute." I thank her before she walks away.
"You're really going to propose to Jordyn?" asks Roman.
"Yes," I answer. "I have it all planned out. You know how we are debuting November 18th?"
"Yes," he says, "what about it?"
"Well, I took the weekend before off so that Jordyn and I can go away, enjoy the weekend together, have some time for ourselves and I was hoping to propose to her then. I have to call her dad to get permission later."
"That sounds good," he says. "I'm glad Jordyn makes you happy."
"The happiest man alive," I say with a smile as Tara comes back with the rings. I look over the rings and they are all very pretty. I don't know which one to choose so I pick Jonah up to have him help me. I want him to have a part in picking out the ring too. After all I am not only marrying his mama I am marrying him too. I want him to feel like he has something to do with it. "What do you think your mama will like best?"
"This one," he says pointing to a princess cut diamond ring surrounded by tiny diamonds and diamonds on the band. It is absolutely gorgeous and beautiful. It's perfect for Jordyn.
"You know, I was just thinking about that one," I say with a smile. "Do you think Mama will love it?" I ask.
"It sparkles," he says. "I like it, Mama will love it," he says with a smile as he looks up at me with his dark brown eyes. "Get it for Mama."
"Well, if you say so," I say. "I'll take that one," I say with a smile.
"That's a very beautiful ring. Your girlfriend is one lucky woman."
"No, I am the lucky one," I say with a smile.
Tara picked up the ring I chose for Jordyn and put it in a velvet black box before she walked me to the register. She rang it up and I paid for what I could but I will spend at least a year paying off the rest of the ring so hopefully being in WWE will help bring in some money so I can get the rest of the ring paid off. I sign an insurance paper and then she places the ring in a bag before we go on our way after I thank her. I take Jonah to the toy store so that he can pick out a toy and he chooses to buy a pack of Hot Wheels cars before I stop to get us Chinese food to eat when Jordyn gets home from work.
When we get home I take the ring to our bedroom and hide it so Jordyn can't find it and I do it just in time as I hear her come into the apartment as I am walking out of the bedroom. "MAMA!" yells Jonah as he runs to her before I get a chance to greet her.
"Jonah!" she says as she scoops him up in her arms. "How was Pre-K?"
"Fun! I can't wait to go back," he says with excitement as she holds him. "I made a picture. I put it on the fridge," he announces. He must have done that while I was in the bedroom hiding the ring. She walks him over to the fridge and he points out his picture. "Look Mama, that's you, Daddy and me and our pet dog."
"A pet dog?" she asks. "We don't have a pet dog."
"Can we get a pet dog?" he asks.
"I don't think having a dog in an apartment is a good idea," she says, "maybe one day when we have a big house we can get a dog but right now we aren't going to have a dog."
"Okay," says Jonah as she puts him down on his feet.
"Hello, Beautiful," I say greeting her with a smile and a soft kiss, "how was work?"
"Good," she says, "I put my two weeks notice in today. My boss was a little surprised. She offered me more hours just to keep me. I told her it wasn't about the hours it was about me needing the time I need to take care of Jonah and go to school. I'm in the final two years of school I need to be focused. Next year I'll be doing my internship so I would have to quit anyway because that will keep me tied up all day. She's sad to see me go but she said if I ever want to come back she will have a job for me."
"That's good," I say with a smile. "I just want you to have enough time to focus on Jonah and school," I say.
"I know, Baby," she says. "What happened with Roman and Tayla? Tayla called me crying today saying she wants to get together for lunch tomorrow because Roman is going back to Pensacola. She didn't give me any details just that Roman was going to Pensacola for a while."
"Uncle Roman fucked up," says Jonah before I can answer her and Jordyn's dark brown eyes grow larger.
"What did you just say Jonah Joseph?" she asks.
"Uncle Roman fucked up. That's what he said," he answered.
"OH REALLY?" asks Jordyn and I can see her temper rising.
"Roman made a mistake," I say, "and he and Tayla are splitting up for a while until they can figure things out."
"What did he do this time?" she asks.
"I am going to let you talk to Tay. I got us Chinese food for dinner," I announce trying to change the subject. I don't want to spend my evening talking about Roman and Tayla splitting up.
"Jonah, it's not a good word to say so don't say it again," she warns. "That's a bad word and Seth, you make sure you tell Roman not to use those words around Jonah right now. He's a sponge. He will pick up on everything he says. I don't need him teaching kids at pre-k bad words before I even meet their parents."
"Okay," I say, "so about that Chinese food. Are you hungry?"
"Sure," she says. "Let me go change and then I'll be out to eat."
"Okay," I say as I get everything read for us at the table as she goes to change.
Just as Jordyn comes into the kitchen dressed in one of my t-shirts and a pair of my basketball shorts my cell phone rings. I look to see that it's her dad. "I have to take this," I say standing up quickly. She gives me a look before she takes a seat. I leave the room so I can talk to Dave privately. "Hey, Dave," I say as I answer the phone.
"Seth," he says. "How is Jordyn?"
"She's good," I say. "I just wanted to talk to you about something," I say nervously.
"I'm listening," he says.
"I wanted to get your permission on something," I begin. "You see I am making my debut in WWE in a couple months on WWE television. I have been traveling with them wrestling dark matches here and there for the last few weeks but come November I am going to be full-time on the roster. My last weekend before my debut I wanted to take Jordyn away for the weekend."
"Okay," he says.
"And on that trip I want to propose to her, ask her to be my wife. I love your daughter so much Dave you have no idea how much she and Jonah mean to me. I want to spend the rest of my life with her and make her my wife. I love her so much. I was just hoping I could get your blessing to ask her to marry me."
"Seth, I think you're a great guy. I think you make Jordyn happy and I know she makes you happy. I like you. I think you're great for Jordyn. She went through so much and yet you're there by her side as she heals from her past making a way for you two to have a better future. It would be selfish of me to say you can't ask her to marry you or say you can't marry her because you're going to be a wrestler. It's not fair to you and it's not fair to Jordyn. I want her to be happy and I want you to be happy. You both seem happy together and Jonah is one happy little boy because of both of you. Not many men in your position would stand up, date a girl that has a son or a past like Jordyn's and then go on to take full responsibility for her son. She deserves you, Seth and I would love to see you two get married someday to be a family for Jonah. Please ask her to marry you," he says as I smile. "Please ask my daughter to marry you. You have my blessing," he says and my smile grows even bigger.
"Thank-you, Dave. I will not let you down. I will make Jordyn the happiest woman alive."
"I know you will, Son, just let me know how it all goes."
"Thank-you, I will," I say before I hang up the phone without saying goodbye.
I make my way out to the kitchen where Jordyn and Jonah are eating their dinner with a smile on my face. "You okay?" asks Jordyn as she looks at me and I imagine her dressed in a beautiful white dress walking down the aisle and smile even bigger. "Seth?" she asks.
"Yeah," I say as I take a seat with them. "I was just thinking. I had a phone call I needed to take care of," I say as I start to eat with them.
"Okay," she says, "something is definitely up here. I'll figure it out," she smiles.
"Good luck trying," I say with a teasing smile before I lean over and kiss her cheek softly before we eat our dinner together.
*A/N: What did you think of Seth allowing Jonah to help him pick out the ring for Jordyn? Do you think Jordyn is going to like the ring? What do you think of Seth's idea to take her away for the weekend to ask her to marry him? Do you think whatever Roman did to Tayla will change Jordyn's opinion of him? What do you think of Dave giving Seth his blessing for him to ask Jordyn to marry him? Please review and thank-you for reading.