I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.
Leanna's Point of View-
John and the crew members climbed into the car after they slammed the trunk shut, I made sure they were buckled up before I drove to the store that held the food court so Joseph could get the ice cream that John had promised him. I parked my car unlocking the doors of the car before we climbed out and walked into the store with Joseph's hand within mine as I led John and Joseph to the ice cream shop while the crew members went to get whatever their heart desired.
"I can't see mommy." Joseph said as I looked down at my son that stood between John and I, his hands resting on the little counter that was there.
"I got it…" John said as he picked Joseph up so he would have his feet on the counter thing and he was leaning back against John's embrace, more like him leaning back onto his shoulder. "What looks good, my little man?" John asked patting at Joseph's stomach lightly.
"Chocolate." He said pointing at the chocolate tub.
"Okay, one kids scoop in chocolate, what about for you Leanna?" John asked.
"I'm fine." I said.
"My treat…just get something…" John said as I bit at my bottom lip, "Don't make me guess…" John said.
"She likes the rainbow." Joseph said pointing to the rainbow sherbet that they had.
"Really? Thanks buddy." John said as he smiled and glanced to me with that wide smile when the employee approached us as I listened and watched as John ordered the three different scoops of ice cream that we needed and we walked over to a table that was made for two but it was the only one open so I sat down setting my ice cream down before pulling Joseph onto my lap so he could eat his ice cream hoping he won't spill it, because not only will it spill on him but it'll spill on me. We sat there eating our ice cream as I ran my hands through my sons hair while he was the last one still eating rolling my eyes kind of impressed that he always ends up getting more of it on his face than in him, and it was always ice cream that this happens.
"I swear, you always get more ice cream on your face than in your tummy." I said chuckling.
"I doubt that, I'm full…" Joseph said.
"I'm sure you are…come on, let me go wash your face off." I said standing up and setting him down.
"I'll do it…he's a big boy and should go in the big boys bathroom." John said as he stood up reaching out for my son's face.
"You sure?" I asked.
"Absolutely sure…" John said as I contemplated it as I let him take my son as I took care of the mess on the table before pushing the two chairs in and went to stand guard near the bathroom while John and Joseph were inside to get Joseph washed up. When they had emerged, the crew members were with me by then and we went back out to the car where we loaded back up and started the car up.
"Where we going now mommy?" Joseph asked.
"You okay with doing care packages?" I asked.
"I love those! There is always left over cookies." Joseph said smiling as I smiled knowing that my son always loved his sweets and would do anything if it meant he could have one.
"Care packages?" John asked.
"There is a building here on base where wives or husbands of the military bond together to make care packages that hold anywhere from cookies to homemade letters that you can write to travel sized amenities…anything that can fit in the given box to ship overseas to the men and women at war or those that may have lost their military loved ones, a lot of them are now homeless and can't get on their feet….there are a lot of horrid stories…" I said nodding.
"Will we ever be homeless mom?" Joseph asked.
"Not any time soon…" I said loudly for him to hear, "If I can help it…" I mumbled as John rested his hand on top of mine.
"I won't let it happen." John said.
"What does that mean?" I asked, the fact he said he liked me was now out the window and now I'm wondering what this statement meant.
"Trust me." He said winking as I was worried now, the wink sealed the deal as I drove over to the camp where this process took place and also within there were barracks in which those at war had to survive in so I knew John would love that so he could understand what it's like to be at war. I pulled into the parking lot seeing a few cars there already. We climbed out, I helped Joseph down the stairs and into the building seeing like an assembly line of how they were making the packages and the photographer was snapping pictures as some people stopped dead in their tracks, including one teenager that was wearing John's purple shirt.
"You're….you're…you're John Cena." The teenage mumbled as John smirked as he walked over embracing the teenager in a hug and chatted with him for a while before he signed something for him and posed for a photo, I kind of stood aside with Joseph as we watched John meet with everyone there which I guess was his job and that was what he was here for before we joined him when an elder lady instructed us how to make the packages which I had helped Joseph do. We were there for a good hour and half making packages that seemed to pile up after a while, I lost count of how many we had made.
"That was fun…have you ever received any of these?" John asked as we sat on a couch, Joseph's head rested on my lap as he was passed out due to it being past his nap time.
"A few in my time…the best was we got Girl Scout cookies, those tasted so good…" I said.
"I bet…nothing says the good ole United States than Girl Scout cookies." John said.
"You have no idea."
"We should get him home, I think he didn't have nap time today."
"No he didn't, but there is one more thing I need to show you…" I said as John stood up picking Joseph up into his embrace since I was now able to stand up leading John towards the make shift of what a camp in war would be like. John stepped into it with me, his face was in awe of sorts as he looked it over as the crew members were right behind him snapping photos and recording John's reaction. "This is a make shift replica of what a camp in war looks like…" I said.
"Including the bunk beds?" John asked as I nodded as John gently laid Joseph down in the cot bunk bed on the top, Joseph laid down and stretched out like it was his own bed as I rolled my eyes.
"My son is a bed hog…" I said as we both chuckled.
"Are you?" John asked as he glanced to me.
"I like to think I'm not." I said as he smirked as he sat down on the bottom bunk looking around as he laid down resting his hands under his head.
"How did you get comfortable on these things?"
"We just did, we had to…" I said shrugging as I leant against the frame of the top bunk.
"Get in here and show me how you got comfortable." John said as he scooted closer to the wall of sorts as I rolled my eyes kind of afraid to do so but I was tired myself as I slid into the bottom bunk getting comfortable on my side, instinctively John stretched his arm out resting it under my head to prop it up. "You're a side sleeper too…"
"You can say that…" I said as he smirked and I couldn't look anywhere besides into his deep blue eyes.
"I wasn't that tired until I laid down." John said.
"We're going to leave you guys alone, we'll wake you up in an hour." The photographer said as we chuckled.
"We aren't going to fall asleep." I said.
"We don't want to know what else you could be doing." The videographer said as John rolled his eyes.
"Sorry about them…" John said as I smirked.
"It's fine…." I said smiling for once as I snuggled closer to him, "A lot of nights it was cold there…they did a good job with that A/C…" I said as John chuckled as he wrapped his arm around me pulling me close to him, I think we both honestly fell asleep and I felt someone climb between mine and John's body, I slowly opened my eyes seeing Joseph's eyes peering back at mine.
"Nap is over." Joseph said as I rubbed a hand over my face.
"How'd you get down?" I asked as Joseph pointed to the ladder as I slowly sat up rubbing at my face as I looked down at John's sleeping body and I was trying to remember my dreams because if I did fall asleep I would remember the nightmares but I couldn't. For once, I think I didn't have a single nightmare because I usually remembered every single one I had the night before, right now I can't remember any of the dreams I had during this nap. Did John cure me of the nightmares? No, that can't be, I must not remember. "Let's wake John up." I said as Joseph smirked and giggled as Joseph shook at John's body getting John to slowly flutter his eyes open and he smiled the moment his eyes met with my son's face that was peering back at him.
"How'd you enjoy your nap?" John asked towards Joseph.
"Good…what are we going to do now?" Joseph asked.
"I think we are going home and grab our swim suits, that is if you all want to go swimming." I said.
"That will wake us up." John said smiling as Joseph slid off John's body, I stood up off the bed and let the two boys climb off the bed and I led them back out of the building after grabbing the crew members, I was mainly focusing on what nightmares I had during our nap but nothing was coming to mind, I didn't even scream once and if I would have screamed I would have woke everyone up. "You okay?" John asked.
"Fine…" I lied nodding as I dropped the crew members off before going home to switch into our swimsuits and headed to the pool for the night. I put the gargles over my son's eyes then put the ear plugs into my son's ears.
"You are kind of being overprotective." John said as he pulled his shirt over his head as I was trying not to stare at his amazing upper body.
"He likes to swim underwater so I'm just trying to protect his eyes and ears." I said honestly.
"Uh-huh!" Joseph said nodding as he pulled his shirt over his head messing up the gargles but he fixed it himself before he went to run off.
"Walk Joseph or you'll fall!" I said as he slowed down.
"You coming in?" John asked as I looked up at him, I was still a little shook up from the nap earlier but I couldn't let him know that I was freaked or what was going on.
"Sure…" I said as I stood up as I began to pull the clothes I had pulled on over my one-piece swim suit as I followed John to the stairs that led into the pool seeing Joseph hanging onto the edge smiling as he held his breath before he dipped below the surface and came up moments later.
"Do you know how to swim bud?" John asked walking over to my son in the water that went about his waist, maybe a little lower.
"A little." He said as John lowered to his knees to be further into the water as I stood aside watching John trying to teach my son to swim and his hands resting under my son's stomach as Joseph was doggy paddling like John had instructed him to do until John moved his arms away from his body. John then started teaching him how to float on his back taking him to the deep end where I was freaking out the most as I swam over to them noticing John's hands were still grasping at Joseph's back and Joseph was giggling and completely relaxed.
"Hi mommy!" Joseph said waving as John looked up at me.
"You should enroll him in swimming classes, he's like a fish." John said as Joseph giggled more as John helped him up and John held him close so he won't sink.
"Please mom!" Joseph said.
"I'll see." I said.
"Race you back." John said as Joseph smiled and he dived under the water squirming around, the only way he could swim under water and doing the doggy paddle under the water and came up for air, luckily it was closer to the shallow end and John was slowly making his way back to make sure Joseph could win and not that far behind him in case he had to jump in to help Joseph out. I jumped at the chance to try to beat John as well as I kept up to Joseph grabbing his hand and swimming with him. We got to the end of the pool letting Joseph grasp the edge of the pool to help him keep a float while John approached us. We spent a few hours within the pool, I climbed out going to grab a towel for Joseph, I went to the edge squatting down awaiting as Joseph climbed up the ladder, I wrapped the towel around his body letting him grab the two edges to hold it tight around his body as he walked over to the place we had our items placed at. "Do you mind getting me a towel?" John asked as he leant against the edge of the pool as I was still squatted down.
"If I hear the magic word." I said smirking.
"Please?" He said staring at me with his piercing blue eyes.
"Okay, hold on." I said standing up heading back to the table as Joseph was sitting in one of the chairs sipping at the juice box that I had brought for him that was sitting on the table throughout the time we were swimming. I grasped a towel wrapping it around my waist tying it in a knot of sorts before I grabbed the last one taking it back to the pool as John climbed out of the pool running a hand through his short hair before he reached out for his towel.
"Thanks." He said smirking.
"You're welcome." I said as I smirked back heading back to the table trying to dry myself as much as possible before folding up the clothes we had worn here and led them back to the car using our towels to cover the seats we were sitting in so it won't get wet from our suits that were still damp on our body. Joseph led us into the house smelling pizza knowing my mom must have ordered it while we were out and Joseph ran down the hall excitedly as we ate dinner before I told Joseph to go shower to get the chlorine off his body. John helped me get Joseph ready for bed, he even read him the book again but this time he let Joseph read a few of the sentences in the book which was helping him read and with his dyslexia somewhat. After Joseph went to bed, John came out to join my mom and I in the living room.
"If you two lovely ladies don't mind me, I'm going to shower and head to bed, I'm beat…would you like to jog with me in the morning?" John asked lightly smacking at my shoulder as I looked up at him.
"Would love to." I said smiling.
"Great…night you two." John said smiling with his dimples defining more than anything as I watched him go down the hall to go shower and get ready for bed himself.
"You going to bed?" My mom asked as I shrugged, "What's wrong now?" My mom asked.
"Nothing…" I lied.
"You know you shouldn't lie to your mother?" My mom asked.
"Just…something happened today, and I don't know what to think of it." I said shrugging.
"Like what?" My mom asked curiously.
"John and I fell asleep together today to take a nap at that war tent replica, and when I was wrapped in his embrace, I didn't experience any nightmares…."
"None at all?" My mom asked as I shook my head no, "Maybe he is what you need?" My mom asked.
"I think it's a fluke…but it scared me, still scares me…that has never happened before." I said.
"Talk to Mr. Saxton tomorrow about it and see what he says." My mom said.
"It's probably nothing…if it happens again, then I'll bring it up." I said knowing me and John laying together won't happen again.
"It's up to you, but maybe that is a sign…" My mom said.
"What kind of sign?"
"That you and him are meant for that date, that you two are good for each other…you seem so much happier…admit it."
"You all are going insane." I said rolling my eyes as I got up leaving the room to go to my bedroom, I can't believe everyone thinks that John and I are going to be a couple. As much as I would like to think that I could date John, but a girl like me doesn't date a famous celebrity like him. Why would he even like me? He wanted to go out Saturday, but he was probably tired of Joseph because I know how much my kid could be and he can be hard to handle, and there are some things he couldn't do. I leant back against my bed, today was just a bumpy ride and things were concurred and some were defeated leaving me confused.