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Melody couldn't wait to get ahold of John. She knew that it seemed like a drastic turn of events, but there as something inside of her that told her this was something she needed to try for. And with her gypsy soul, she just followed the beat of her own drum. There was no guarantee that Trinity and Mike would want them to be the parents for their baby. With John's line of work, he was gone a lot and they might be comfortable with that. And if Melody was working, then she'd be on the road and John would be on his own tour as well. So it was really hard to say.

She called him over and over and over. Finally he called her back, "Melody, what's wrong? Are you ok?" He asked frantically.

Melody giggled, "Hi honey. I'm fine, but there is something really important I need to talk to you about. When are you coming home next week?"

John shook his head in disbelief, as much as he wanted to be upset with her, he couldn't. She was too damn cute. "They're figuring out if they want me in person at Smackdown or if I'll just film a promo, so either Tuesday morning or Wednesday morning. Why, what's up?"

"Well…I wasn't going to do this over the phone, but do you have a few minutes?"

"I've got a few, then I have to go workout a match." John replied as he glanced at his watch. "What's going on?"

"Remember how you wanted to start a family and I asked you to hold off a bit and let me get my feet on the ground and get settled and re-calculate my life?" She began. "Well, what if I told you that I set up an interview between us and a young couple that are looking to find a family to place their baby with? Here in town?" She could barely contain her excitement.

"Wait a minute, what? What did you do?" John questioned in a very shocked tone.

"I know a girl at my school and her and her boyfriend are expecting. But they're both in agreement to give the baby up for adoption. And they're struggling trying to find the right set of parents, and so I set up a meeting for us with them. What do you think? Are you ok with this?"

John was absolutely shell-shocked. He wasn't expecting this call at all. Plus, it was kind of different then what they had talked about. "I thought we were adopting an older child and birthing our own baby." He replied confused. "And I thought you weren't ready yet? When is she due? Are you sure you're really ready for this? We haven't even figured everything out about us yet, at least if we began trying to get pregnant, we would still have 9 or more months to figure stuff out."

"Honestly, I don't know for sure, but I know it's relatively soon. And I know we had talked about that, but maybe this happened for a reason. I don't know why, but something is screaming at me that we should do this. And I know it's sudden and it might seem rushed, but didn't us rushing off to get married over my birthday a rush? And look how great this has turned out." She said trying to reason with him. "John, please, just consider it."

"Melody, I've gotta run. I have to work out this match. Don't do anything else drastic, just….wait for me to call you back after the show tonight, ok?"

She nodded, "Ok. I love you."

"I love you too babe."

"John, are you mad?" She asked softly.

"Mad? No. Not at all. Shocked and surprised, yes. But mad, no. I would never be mad about something like this." He replied in a calmer voice. "Don't worry, I just…I need some time to process it. You set the time and place on the meeting and I'll be there with bells on. I just, let me work through this, ok? And try to get some more details."

"Ok." She said with a smile. "Love you, bye!" And she hung up the phone feeling much better. She knew that she rattled his core a bit, but at least he wasn't mad and he didn't say no. Now, she just needed to wait to hear from Trinity.

Melody started to survey the house a bit and was pondering what it would be like to have a baby in it. Could she handle being a mom? Ever since talking to Trinity, she was starting to feel a few maternal pangs…maybe she did have it in her to be a good mom. She loved spending time with Pearl's son. And she always loved kids. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad? And if things didn't happen with Trinity, then maybe John did have a point that pregnancy took 9 months and the time needed to conceive. And adoption through an agency would take at minimum a year.

That night she went grocery shopping, and drifted down the baby aisle. Then she grabbed her phone and text her dad and Patti, "OMG, I think I'm feeling maternal pangs…I think I want to start our family."

Patti text back right away, "That's great! Don't forget to tell John first. ;-) I think you guys would make a wonderful family and you'd be a great mom."

Jimmy took awhile to respond, when he finally did, all he said was, "Please remember, babies/kids are forever. But, it's your decision."

As she arrived back home, her phone went off. When she looked, it was a text message. "Hi, it's Trinity. Mike and I would love to meet with you guys. What does your schedule look like for next week? Mike has practice after school Tuesday and Thursday and Friday night is his game."

Melody smiled, "Hi Trinity! John will be home either Tuesday morning or Wednesday morning, so how about Wednesday night? If you'd like we can make dinner?"

"Food is always good! Wednesday night is fine, just send me your address. And please, nothing too spicy. " Trinity replied.

"No problem!" She quickly typed. Then she added her address and set the time for 5:30pm. Now it was all set. And even if it didn't work out, at least this would give her a chance to get used to the idea.

That night, Melody was lying in bed playing around on her laptop when John called her back. She grabbed it, "Hey, how was your show?"

"It was good. We had a good crowd. How was your night?"

"Pretty good. I went grocery shopping. I set up a time with Trinity. I thought we could make dinner and we could talk about everything then. That way it's more relaxed and not like a business meeting." Melody replied sitting up.

"Good, I wanted you to know that I thought about it. And if you're ok with this, then I'm ok with this. But, if this doesn't happen…are you going to be ok? You know not to get your hopes up, right?" John asked carefully.

"Yes John, I know that between your career and my career it can be a little scary for other people to picture."

"Well, then let's start preparing for this meeting. Think of everything that they might want to know about our families and our life and we'll go from there." John replied.

"Great, they take one look at dad and they'll go running!" Melody said with a laugh.

"True, no pictures. Just words." John said teasingly.

They chit-chatted for awhile, and then hung up. Melody had a plan of action. She was going to clean up the room that would eventually be the baby's room over the weekend.

MONDAY

Melody got to school and was busy volunteering in the art room. During lunch, she sat down with Lindsay. "So, I talked to Trinity and she ran it by Mike, and they're interviewing us on Wednesday night." She signed.

"That's great! Good luck! How is John with all of this?" Lindsay signed back happily.

Melody nodded, "He's good. He's happy, but trying not to get his hopes up. We have a unique lifestyle, so I'm not sure it'll be what they're looking for. Especially if they've interviewed a few already."

They happily signed back and forth about various topics. Melody was so happy to have found such a great friend now that she was in Florida.

Meanwhile….

John and Randy hit the gym. It was a Raw night, so they were both ready to get fired up. John looked over at Randy, "Dude, how's the family?"

Randy smiled, "Really good! Hunter qualified for the state tournament for wrestling, so he'll be representing his team and as an individual. And my princess is busy getting into everything. How's married life treating you? How's Melody's hearing coming along?"

John nodded, "Really good. Married life is smooth. Melody's hearing is doing really well. She's still working on her music, she hasn't quite mastered that yet, and she still has to have the captions on for tv, but everyday stuff is going very well. Oh, and Wednesday night we're meeting with a couple that is interviewing us to adopt their baby."

Randy did a double-take, "You're what? Are you serious?"

John nodded, "Yeah. I don't a lot of the details yet, but Melody set it up. Apparently the mother and father are students at the school she volunteers at. Good kids, both have academic scholarships to college."

Randy shook his head, "Are you sure you're ready to adopt a deaf child? That's a BIG difference."

John looked over at Randy, "Dude, anybody could have a baby and something could happen that would make the child special needs. It doesn't matter whether we tried to have a baby or if we adopted. What if Ella was born with special needs? It can happen no matter what. So, honestly, yeah I'm ready. Both Melody and I will have to learn how to be parents as it is, the fact that the baby might be deaf just is another thing we'll have to learn as we go." Then he shook his head, "You said the same ignorant shit when I told you I was dating her, and look how great that turned out."

Randy scoffed and went back to his weights. They talked about the show and some of the wrestling gossip floating around the lockerroom. Finally when they were done and were ready to hit the showers, Randy slapped John on the back, "Dude, I wish you good luck. Being a parent is great. And I know you'll make great parents."

John smiled, "Thanks dude."

Melody was getting ready to leave the school for the day, when she heard someone say her name. She turned to look and it was Trinity coming down the hallway towards her. "Hi Trinity."

Trinity had a worried look on her face, "The nurse is gone and I don't know what's going on, but something's not right." She quickly signed.

"What's wrong?" Melody asked.

"My lower back is killing me. It hurts SO bad. And my stomach is really tight and it's hard to breathe. Then it gets better, and then it gets bad again." Trinity explained.

As she was signing, Melody could see the pain in her face. "Is it happening right now? When are you due?"

Trinity nodded as she started breathing hard, "Yeah. I'm not due for another five weeks."

"I think you're in labor. Where's Mike?" Melody quickly signed.

"What do you mean? I can't be in labor!" She signed with panic. "Mike's home with the stomach flu. My parents are gone till tomorrow. This can't happen, not now. We're not ready, the baby doesn't even have a home yet!" Trinity's eyes began to get teary. "What do I do?"

Melody hugged her, "It's going to be ok. I'll take you to the hospital. You text Mike and your parents what's going on. Don't worry, it'll be ok."

Melody went and signed her out of school as Trinity grabbed her backpack and text everyone. Her parents said that they would start heading home now, and to keep them posted. Mike said he was still puking like crazy, but he if it was for sure labor, he'd at least come as close as they'd let him.

The whole way to the emergency room, Melody signed to her and rubbed her shoulder to try and keep her calm. They took her back, and she looked nervously at Melody, "Will you come with me? Please?"

Melody smiled and nodded. She helped to interpret between the doctor and nurses and Trinity.

The doctors and nurses doted on her. They ran lots of different tests, they had her hooked up to a contraction monitor and they also did an ultrasound. Trinity maintained that she didn't want to know the baby's gender. It was for her own peace of mind, especially since the baby didn't have a home yet and she couldn't tell herself she was helping out whichever family.

Melody couldn't believe what she saw. She had only seen ultrasound pictures, but never the actual thing. Watching the baby move and kick was so amazing. Trinity smiled as she watched Melody's reactions.

What seemed like an eternity later, Trinity was finally in a room and resting. Trinity looked over at Melody, "I can't believe a kidney infection can cause all of this. I didn't even know I had a bladder infection, and the fact that it went so long and became a kidney infection is crazy." She spoke. "Speech therapy was paying off." She thought to herself.

Melody nodded and signed in reply, "I'm just glad you're going to be ok. The doctor said once the contractions calm down, they'll check you and then you'll be able to go home."

"Thank you for staying with me. I really appreciate it. You're so good in a crisis." Trinity said as she reached over and hugged Melody.

"You're welcome sweetie, I'm glad I could help." Melody said with a smile. "Now go ahead and take a nap."

A few hours later, the doctors finally let Trinity go home. Her parents were still a few hours away. "What were your parents doing?" Melody asked.

"Picking my brother up from college. They had to take the van so they could haul all of his stuff home with him. He's taking this semester and the summer off." She replied.

"Are you ok going home alone?" Melody asked.

Trinity nodded, "Yeah, I'll be ok. I feel better and they'll all be home soon."

"Well, if you need anything, just text me. I'll be there." Melody signed with a smile.

They finally got back to Trinity's house and Melody made sure she was all set. Trinity hugged her close, "Thanks again for helping me out today. I don't know what have happened if you weren't there. And now I think the baby needs food."

Melody smiled, "You're so welcome. You go eat, relax and let me know when your parents get home."

"Ok. Thanks again!" Trinity said waving. "See you Wednesday!"

Melody had text John updates through the whole ordeal with Trinity. So she finally text him that she was home and resting now.

John text back, "I'm glad she's ok. I'll call you later."

By the time Melody got home, she plopped down on the couch, turned on Raw and fell asleep.

***What a crazy day! What's on your mind? Are Melody and John ready for this? What will John think of the couple? What will Wednesday night's interview be like? Please read and review!***