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"So you and Jordyn are together now?" asks Roman as we are having lunch together during our break from training.
"That's what she said," I answer him as I pick at my salad. "Why do you have such a problem with Jordyn and I being together? I think she's great. I love her actually. She's an amazing woman and to see her with Jonah melts my heart. She's a great mother and she's good to me. She doesn't have to support me the way she does but she does because she loves me."
"You're already talking about love," he says before taking a bite of his chicken. "You two couldn't have been together that long to talk about loving each other and you barely even know her."
"I know enough," I defend myself.
"That you think you know," he says.
"What are you talking about? Is there something I don't know?" I ask. "Is there something about her that tells you I shouldn't be with her because I want to tell you that there is NOTHING that would ever make me change my mind about her. I don't care she is my girl and I care a great deal about her. Nothing will ever change that."
"Are you sure? Because there are a lot of things you don't know about her, Seth and that's what I'm worried about. I think you two are moving way too fast you two need to chill out and take things slower."
"We are taking things slow. We haven't slept together and we are dating but never spending the night with each other. She said she's not ready for that yet and I respect that. I am going at the pace she wants to take our relationship. Is there something she isn't telling me?"
"I promised Tay I would stay out of it because it is between you and Jordyn. She told me to mind my own business and as much as I want to tell you, Jordyn has to tell you because if I did and Tayla found out I would be sleeping on the couch for a year or maybe even divorced. I just got back into Tay's good graces after my screw up a few months ago. I can't piss her off again. Tay is NOT the type of woman you want to piss off plus we are in a really good place right now, we're trying for a baby and life is just good. I can't screw it up as much as I want to tell you. Hopefully Jordyn will do the right thing and tell you," he says.
"I know she had a rough past," I say, "And when she's ready to tell me about it I will listen to her and not judge. I don't think anyone needs to be judged for the things they do in the past. I'm not worried about her past I'm worried about her present and her future."
"Future?" he asks as he raises an eyebrow. "Are you talking about having a future with her?"
"I'm planning on having a future with her yes," I respond with a smile. "I would love nothing more than to marry her someday."
"Slow down, Seth," he says. "You two just started dating and just got into a relationship."
"How long did it take for you to realize Tayla was the one for you?" I ask.
"I knew the moment I met her she was going to be the one I married. We dated a few months, I gave her a promise ring and then I asked her to marry me not too long after that and we got married not too long after that. I feel bad because she gave up college to marry me. I just knew she was going to be my wife even if I was only 18, I knew she was going to be my wife."
"I'm pretty sure Jordyn is that girl for me. I know she is the one. I am going to adopt Jonah," I say and I can tell my news surprises Roman just a little bit by his facial expression he is between shocked and surprised. I can't really tell which he is but I know he is taken back by my news.
"You're going to adopt Jonah?" he asks. "I never expected that to happen. When are you doing that?"
"Well, we were hoping that Tayla's dad could help us out with the adoption. I want to adopt him because it got me thinking. I have pretty much been there for him most of his life it wouldn't be fair if Jordyn and I broke up and I just disappeared from his life. I have been the father to him he never had no offense to you because I know you and Tayla took care of him for a while but since he's been back with Jordyn I have been the father figure in his life. He calls me daddy and I'm pretty attached to him. I couldn't break up with Jordyn and allow another man to come in to be daddy. That's something that I want forever with him."
"You're willing to take on all responsibility for a child that isn't yours?" he asks. "You will be financially responsible and completely responsible for Jonah. Is that something you want to do?"
"Yes," I say. "I love that kid and he loves me. I want to make it permanent."
"I really think you and Jordyn need to sit down and talk about her past. Let her tell you everything that happened and then you should decide from there what you want to do with her and Jonah."
"What do you want me to do, Roman? I thought you would be happy for me that I found someone that I love and care about that I am possibly going to spend the rest of my life with. I thought you would be happy that I am finally happy in my life and I have something other than wrestling to focus on but obviously you can't be happy for me because you have Jordyn sitting on a cross for her past. What was so terrible about her past?"
"I want you to know what you're getting into with her," he answers. "I am happy that you're happy but I don't like her keeping secrets from you either. I want you to know who she really is and I want you to know her past. I want you to decide from there. She has made a false image of herself. I don't want to see you get hurt, Seth. I am just looking out for you. I think that you deserve the happiness and love in the world but I don't think you deserve to be hurt. She has a bad past that could come back to haunt her in the future did you ever question where Jonah's dad is? How Jonah came to be for a 15 year old girl? I mean you have to ask these types of questions, Seth. In the end if someone gets hurt it will be you and Jonah. Jordyn is a destructive force ask her brothers and sisters about how she is. Ask her dad how she is. She's destructive and destroys everything around her. I want you to be careful and I hope she tells you the truth. If I could tell you right now I would but I promised Tayla I would stay out of it."
"Then stay out of it, Roman. When Jordyn is ready to tell me about her past I will be there to listen. I'm not going to force her to tell me anything and there is nothing in her past that can ever change how I feel about her. I understand some things happen and sometimes a girl or woman become a mother too soon in their lives but the fact Jordyn is now 18 years old working and going to school while raising a son is amazing to me. I don't know what Jordyn you used to know but the Jordyn I know is a wonderful woman and I love her very much. And if you can't accept our relationship then maybe you and I shouldn't be friends anymore."
"I didn't say I didn't accept your relationship I did say that you should know what you're getting yourself into. I'm happy for you but I think you should know what you're in for and who you're in it with. That's all. I will let it go," he promises. "No more talking about it."
"Thank-you," I say as we get back to eating our lunch so we make it back to the gym on time to finish our training for the day. I really do hate it when he starts in on Jordyn and me. He either needs to get over it and get used to it or we can't be friends anymore because I can't be friends with someone that's going to constantly tear down my girlfriend and our relationship.
Later that night after training I picked Jonah up from daycare to watch him while Jordyn is working a late shift at the diner she works at, I feed him his dinner of hot dogs, applesauce and carrots before I give him his bath, read him a story and then put on The Lego Movie for us to watch until he falls asleep cuddled up to my side as I let the movie continue to play. The front door opens and I smell pepperoni and cheese pizza. Jordyn walks into the living room of her grandma's home dressed in her work uniform of a black skirt that falls just above her knee with a white blouse. Her brown hair is pulled up into a messy bun. "Honey, I'm home," she whispers before she greets me with a soft kiss on the cheek. I pull her back as she tries to pull away and kiss her on the lips, sliding my tongue across her smooth, freshly glossed lips before she parts them as I dip my tongue into her mouth before I kiss her passionately. "Well," she says pulling away breathlessly. "That made up for the crappy night that I had at work."
"Work was bad huh?" I ask as I motion for her to sit next to me on my other side of the couch. "Let's talk about it."
"Okay," she says, "but first let me change into my pajamas and put him to bed. I brought us some pizza and I have a lot of movies to watch so pick one out. We're having a pizza movie night together," she says as she puts the pizza down on the coffee table in front of me before she carefully picks up Jonah to carry him to his bedroom. Her grandma is at work for the night on the third shift leaving us alone. This is the first late night we have had together since we got together. While she's changing I get us a couple plates from the kitchen to put the pizza on and napkins. I grab a couple beers out of the fridge even though I know she's only 18 and not 21 I don't' see the harm if we are in her grandma's house and she isn't going anywhere. I take them to the living room, lay them on the coffee table before I turn off the Lego Movie and search Netflix for a movie to watch. "So how was he?" she asks as she comes back into the living room dressed in a pair of short black knit shorts and a white cami top.
"He was great," I say with a smile as I open the pizza box. "We had fun."
"I'm glad," she says with a smile as I hand her pizza to her on the plate. "Thanks, Babe."
"So what happened at work?" I ask as I get out my own pizza. I sit back as she puts her legs over mine. "Why did you have a bad night?"
"People are just assholes sometimes. I dropped food and got yelled at even though I apologized and made them new food. It was busy tonight and we were understaffed. I was serving 7 tables at the same time. It was stressful, I messed up an order and food was cold. It wasn't a good night. A table with a $100 tab only tipped me $5.00. I didn't do well on the tips tonight. I'm just glad it's over and I can be home with you," she smiled before taking a bite of her pizza. "At least I made some money getting closer to moving out of here."
"Have you told your grandma you plan to move out?"
"Not yet," she answers. "I will soon. It's just she's been so good to me the last couple years letting me stay here and get myself together but I think that Jonah and I need to get out of here and let her live her life."
"Did you start looking at apartments yet?"
"Not yet," she answers. "I'm going to start soon. It's hard to do on my income. I need to find something that I can afford."
"Don't' you have money from your dad?"
"I don't use my dad's money for anything," she says. "When I make it in this world I want it to be because of my hard work not because of who my dad is or because of his money. I want to be able to say I made it on my own by working hard and not taking the easy way out. He's offered before to get me an apartment and help me with money but I have refused. I don't want it."
"That's pretty good that you don't want help from your father is he paying for your college?"
"No, I am racking up student loans," she says with a smile as I hand her a beer. "I can't drink that," she says.
"Because you're under 21?"
"No, I've drank before but I don't anymore. I don't drink," she refuses the bottle of beer. "You go ahead and enjoy yourself but I don't drink."
"Okay," I say with a nod. "So do you ever think about having any more kids besides Jonah?"
"Not really," she says. "I wasn't even expecting to have Jonah to be honest. He was a big surprise but he was one of the best things that could have ever happened to me. I'm also only 18 years old so I'm not even thinking about having another kid yet. I probably won't to be honest. What about you, do you want children?"
"I never thought about having children. I never really thought about being a dad but I love Jonah enough to be his dad but I am not sure I would want any more after him," I answer honestly because I never thought about having kids. I never really planned on having kids in my life time I'm happy Jordyn and I feel the same away about kids in the future. We can enjoy spoiling Jonah together and giving him all of our attention. "I know we haven't done anything yet but you are protected right, you're on some type of birth control?"
"Honestly, Seth, I haven't had sex for so long I am not on birth control of any kind but I could go on some but that isn't enough. I prefer to use condoms," she says before she puts her plate down on the coffee table. "Birth control pills and shots don't prevent STD's. I want to be safe all the time."
"We can get tested Jordyn," I say as she gets up. "We can use condoms at first and then get tested. When we see that each other are clean then we can go without a condom."
"Seth," she says, "I feel safer with a condom." She walks to the kitchen and I eat my pizza as I wait for her. She comes back into the living room with a bottle of water from the fridge, "besides I'm not ready to have sex with you yet."
"Okay, but don't you think we should be prepared for when you are ready?" I ask.
"Make sure you have condoms and we'll be prepared," she answers, "Seth, sex is a touchy subject for me. I haven't really had the best experiences when it comes to sex so I don't know when I'm going to be ready," she says honestly. "I'm sorry."
"Hey," I say putting my pizza down and pulling her onto my lap. "You don't have to be sorry." I wrap my arm around her waist. "I want you to be comfortable and if you're not ready you're not ready. There is no rush into us having sex, Jordyn. I can wait."
"Thank-you," she says wrapping her arms around my neck. "It's nothing against you. I promise."
"I know, J," I say before I kiss her nose. I massage her arms with my hands and see scars on her arm. "Are those scars?" I ask her.
"Yeah," she answers as she pulls her arms away and sits down on the couch.
"Where are they from, they look pretty bad," I say concerned.
"From a time long ago," she says, "let's watch a movie."
"Okay," I say as the mood shifts between us. She was just open to me and now she has shut me out. "Let's watch a movie," I agree. She turns on the movie Batman Vs Superman for us to watch. I relax as she cuddles up next to me as we watch the movie, I wrap my arm around her and she takes my hand into hers, lacing our fingers together as the movie plays and before I realize it we're both asleep on her grandma's couch for the night.
*A/N: What do you think of Roman still butting into Seth's and Jordyn's business? What about Seth telling him that they wouldn't be friends if he couldn't accept his relationship, was that fair? What did you think of Jordyn telling Seth she doesn't want any more children and Seth telling her he doesn't want children? What do you think of Jordyn telling him she's not ready to have sex with him and when do you think she will be ready? Where do you think her scars are from? Why do you think she shut him out after being so open to him? Please review and thank-you for reading.