CHAPTER 21:

The next day, John's flight to Pensacola had landed. He was on his way to bring Johnnie over for a playdate. Only thing was, he didn't tell AJ or Roman he was coming. He had pulled up in the driveway of their home and he exited the car to take Johnnie out who was placed in a carrier. John rang the doorbell and AJ answered the door. She was wearing a light pink robe when she met John. "John…what are you doing here?" she sleepily asked. "I hope that this isn't a bad time" said John. "But I was really wondering if I could come in?" "John…it's…like 6 in the morning" said AJ. "No actually its 9:30" said John. AJ sighed. "Come in John" she said while clearly agitated. John carried his son with him inside.

"Leati!" AJ called out. "John's here!" "Thank you" said John. "But try not yell so loudly the next time since Johnnie's still sleeping." AJ nodded. Moments later Roman stepped out of the bedroom. "Shh you might wake everyone else up" he said. "Whoa wait John what are you doing here?" "I was just wondering if maybe…you guys could possibly watch Johnnie for a little while" said John. "Isn't Nikki going to kill you once she finds out that you left him here?" asked AJ. "Well what she doesn't know…doesn't kill me" said John. "You see the thing is that I completely forgot that I had a live event in Elizabeth tomorrow." "As in New Jersey?" asked AJ. "Yes" said John. "And I can't take him with me." "But you guys had him at "RAW" a few months ago" said Roman. "What makes this any different?"

"Well after I did take him, he caught a little cold and Nikki and I agreed that it was best not to bring him to work anymore until he gets much older" said John. "Look I would only be gone for like 12 hours….well more like 36ish maybe. But I will be back on my plane tomorrow night to pick him up on the 11th." "John…I don't know" said AJ. "I mean Leati has that very same event tomorrow as well. That would be leaving me home to care for 2 small infants." Roman leaned over to whisper into AJ's ear. "Actually my parents are here. They could help" he said. "It's not the point" said AJ. "Think of it like this way" said John. "One day they're end up dating anyway so I'd figured that we could give them a little head start…15, 16 years early."

"That's real cute John. Real cute" AJ said sarcastically. "Please AJ. I've never asked anything from you" said John. AJ sighed. "Ok but you shouldn't make this a habit" she said. "Thank you so much" said John as he quickly hugged her. "Hey, hey, hey!" Roman. "Don't think I'm not still a little bit…wary of last year." "Yeah…right" said John as he walked up to a table to sit Johnnie's carrier on top of it. "Now you be a good little boy for Aunt AJ and Uncle Joe ok? And maybe when I get back I'll buy you that nice little build-a-bear you've been eyeing huh? Daddy loves you very, very much and you'll be on his mind while he's gone ok little buddy?" John kissed Johnnie's forehead, causing him to awake. "We'll take good care of him" said AJ. "I promise." John nodded. "I'll be back. The rest of his things are out in the car." "I'll go help you" said Roman as he followed John out.

AJ walked over to Johnnie's carrier. He began to babble and coo when she approached him. AJ smiled this. Johnnie looked exactly like John and he was even beginning to grow blond hair. "I guess…you have your mommy's ears" she said as she removed him from the carrier. "There you go. I don't like you so high up on the table like that anyway." Roman and John came back shortly after with a highchair, 2 boxes of diapers, formula, 6 bottles, clothes, a blanket, pillow and a playpen. "Here you go little guy" said John as he handed Johnnie his stuffed monkey. "John…I think you forgot something" said AJ. "What?" John asked. "A crib" said AJ. "Shit!" said John. "I guess with all of the packing up so fast I forgot to buy one and a baby monitor. Where's the nearest department store?"

"John, it's ok" said AJ. "There's no need for all of that. We'll just put him in Alia's crib. Besides you can't just run out to Babies 'R' Us. You're John Cena. You'll get swarmed." John nodded. "May I hold him again?" he asked. "Of course John" said AJ as she gently placed Johnnie into his father's arms. "What time's your flight leaving out?" asked Roman. "1" said John. "Well why don't you stay for a little while and relax?" asked Roman. "Of course" said John as he nodded. AJ went to help put some of the supplies away when Roman stopped her. "No-no baby I got it." AJ smiled as Roman began taking the stuff away. AJ took a seat next to John. "Would you like anything?" she asked.

"No it's ok. We both ate on the plane" said John as he began to play with his son's hands. "I think it's amazing that he's like your twin" said AJ. "Me too" said John. "To think that I didn't even want him at all last year…it just really haunts me you know?" "Well all that matters is that he's here now and that he's really yours" said AJ. "Yeah but I was so horrible to his mother" said John. "No wonder she'd rather be with Randy right now." "Do you still love her?" asked AJ. "Of course" said John. "That's never going to change." AJ nodded. "You know John, you're going to have to probably move on at some point."

"I know" said John. "But I'm not. She means way too much for me so I'm going to wait for her. She'll see one day, even if its 10 years from now that she had made a mistake by choosing Randy." AJ's heart sank. This was because she knew that what John was doing was unhealthy, if not just as unhealthy as the relationship that Nikki currently has with Randy. "John, have you tried talking to her?" she asked. "Because I'm sure if you did then maybe there's a possibility that she could end up changing her mind." "No, I know Nicole. Once she's made up her mind, there's no changing it. She's the only one who can change it" said John. AJ nodded as Roman returned from the back with Alia in his arms. "Ok everything's all set. My parents are waking up and getting ready for breakfast and this one over here is all ready for today" he said.

"Hi my little sweetie!" said AJ as Roman placed Alia into her hands. AJ's face lit up with absolute joy as she began to hold her daughter. "Alia say hi Uncle John." Instead of verbalizing, Alia stared into John's face as he smiled and waved at her. "Aww look I think she has a little crush on you" said AJ. "I think she has the wrong John" said John while smiling. "Say hi to Johnnie" said AJ. Alia still didn't verbalized but instead she continued to look around. "I guess she's shy" said AJ. "So what time you'll be back Sunday?" asked Roman. "At 2" said John. "I'm just glad that Monday's "Raw" is in Seattle. That way it makes it easier for me to make a pit stop to drop him off at Ms. Kathy's house." "Nicole and Brie's mother?" asked AJ.

"Yeah" said John. "My weekend with him ends tomorrow evening and I won't get him back until I come over for Thanksgiving next month." "That's going to be real interesting" said Roman. "I have no worries" said John. "I love my son so I'm going to do what is best for him which includes getting along with whoever his mother decides to bring into her life, regardless if I hate their guts or not." "Wow we have all changed, haven't we?" asked AJ. "I mean a little over a year ago-2 years ago even, we were all just completely different people with our own agendas and now we're becoming…mature."

"Well I've always been mature" said John. "But Johnnie is the best of me now and I would never change that for anything." John yawned. "How about you go lay down and take a nap" said Roman. "You have time, besides you look really tired. "Ok" said John as he stood up. "Cute you're taking your son with you" AJ teased. "I never really like to let him sleep alone or to even be without him in my room" said John as Roman lead him away.

Meanwhile in Saint Martin, Randy sat outside on a folded chair underneath a large umbrella on a sandy beach located in front of his villa when Nikki came out to join him. She was wearing a black knitted bikini with a straw sombrero as she sat next to him. "Nice trunks" she said. "Thank you" said Randy. "This are my favorite kind. I always try to get dark blue." "Must be your favorite color" said Nikki as she began applying sunscreen onto herself. "You want some?" "Nope I'm good" said Randy. "Randy you can never be too cautious when it comes to protecting your skin" said Nikki. "Besides I have a match on Monday and I can't come back burned…it just wouldn't work so well."

Randy nodded as he noticed just how little Nikki's bikini top was. "Nicole…your top is way too small for you" he said. "I know" said Nikki. "I always get a size smaller than what I'm usually am when I'm on vacation but if I'm filming I get the right size." Randy nodded once again as he continued to watch Nikki as she laid down. "Ever went sunbathing in the nude?" he asked. "Once" said Nikki. "But that was a really long time ago. Back when I was 19." "So…do you wanna do it again maybe?" asked Randy. Nikki laughed. "Randy I can't" she said. "I don't want anyone to see me like this."

"We're in a private area" said Randy. "Besides the umbrella is blocking the view for the most part." Nikki sighed. "I'll put sunblock on you" said Randy. "Ok…but I'm only taking off my top" said Nikki. "Well that works for me" said Randy as he began removing her bikini top. "God you are so perfect" Randy thought as he placed the top on the side. "I am so glad that she is mine." He applied a little sunblock onto her skin and he slowly massaged the oils onto her. Randy made sure to pay attention to a particular area on Nikki's body, causing her to turn to face him.

"I know what you're doing" she teased. "Hey you can't blame a guy for trying right?" said Randy. "Nope I guess not" said Nikki. "But make sure that you also get the rest of my body too." Randy's hands moved from her breasts and down onto her stomach. That's when he had noticed that Nikki had begun to fall asleep but he still wanted to ask her some more questions before she was had fully nodded off. This was because Randy was still somewhat troubled about her comments she had made last night regarding her pregnancy.

"So…Nicole?" he said. "Yes Randy?" Nikki asked tiredly. "Remember when you were talking about how you almost didn't have your son?" asked Randy. "Yeah" said Nikki. "What about that?" She leaned over to place her shades on. "I'm just wondering…what exactly made you decide to keep him?" asked Randy. Nikki became quiet. "Oh" she said. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to" said Randy. "No, no I will" said Nikki as she sighed. "It was about 2 months after I had told John" she said. "And basically I had went to a church and saw a Nun. She didn't condemn me to hell, but instead she told me that everything in life has its purpose, that there was something very special growing inside of me that was slowly turning into a magnificent, unexplainable thing and that no matter what, my baby and I would be blessed."

"That sounds…very beautiful" Randy said slowly. "I'm serious it does." "Yeah" said Nikki. "What was her name?" asked Randy. Nikki smiled. "Joy" she said. "Her name was Sister Margaret Joy." "Oh" said Randy. "Yeah and I almost actually named my son after her" said Nikki. "Huh?" asked Randy. "You see my doctor-Dr. Lake, thought I was having a girl so I decided to name her after the Nun who convinced me to have my baby" said Nikki. "But when I found out that she was actually a "he" I had to of course change his name."

"To name him after his father right?" asked Randy. "Yeah and our fathers" said Nikki. "You see John's father is name John just like my father is so I decided to name him after them, but I decided to use Johnathan to keep the family from being confused but he's still a John." "That's nice" said Randy. "Yeah it is" said Nikki. "Come to think about it, it took me a while actually to do that because I know that my relationship with my own father is completely different than that of John's with his so…yeah." Randy became quiet for a while before speaking. "I'm sorry that you and you're father aren't close" he said. "Don't be" said Nikki. "I haven't been close to that man in over 20 years and there's nothing I could ever miss about him."

Randy paused again as he wanted to find the right words before he said anything. "You know Nicole, that may be true but deep down I think that something has to be there in order for you to name your son after him in a way." Nikki turned to Randy. "There's nothing there anymore" she said. "And that left me a long time ago and I'd for one like to keep it that way." She laid back down, leaving Randy speechless. He has never seen Nikki like that. She was so serious, not that she hadn't been serious with him before, it was just that she was serious in a different way and he could actually understand. He hasn't been that way with anyone since he was married to Samantha. Perhaps he could change for Nikki but then again perhaps not especially since he knows that he is the kind of guy that most people would run from if they really knew anything about him.

A/N: I've set up a poll in my bio of "Will Seth will ever end up with Nikki?" and it will remain there until the chapter answering that comes.