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Leaving my parents' house in Arizona was a tear filled goodbye as Jonah and I boarded our plane to fly to Philadelphia to meet up with Seth to continue our flight home together. It was hard to leave my parents and my siblings but Chelsea, Ben and I promised since we all lived in Tampa that we would make sure we got our kids together to hang out for sleepovers and playdates as well a take the time to hang out like we did in Phoenix. I left my parents' house feeling like I belonged and felt like part of the family again. I went so long without my family I forgot what it was like to hang out with them. We had some good times talking and reminiscing about the past. It felt good and Jonah had a great time. He had so much fun with his cousins that he slept the entire plane ride to Philadelphia because he was worn out from the previous days. I sat and did some reading while I waited for my plane to take me to my husband as much fun as I had with my family I missed my husband just as much. I wish he could have been there with us but I understand the job.
After a few hours we finally arrived in Philadelphia. I woke Jonah up and he was a bit grumpy as I moved him. "Jonah, it's time to see Daddy," I say with a smile but he didn't want to wake up. I let out a deep breath and picked him up as I grabbed our carry -on bags. I held him on my hip as we depart the plane. He sleeps with his head resting on my shoulder he was a lot lighter when he was a baby but he still wasn't too heavy. I walk into the airport looking for Seth and I smile as I see him waiting for us. I walk over to him with a big smile on my face.
"There's my hot wife," he says with a smile before he greets me with a soft kiss. "How was your flight?"
"It was good but I'm exhausted," I say with a smile. "How was work?"
"Good but I missed you. Are you ever going to come with me to a show or shows?" he asks.
"I don't know. You know how I feel about wrestling. Maybe someday," I say with a smile. "I missed you, Baby."
"I missed you too," he says giving me another kiss this time more passionate and sweeter. I smile as we break the kiss. "And look at this little guy," he says. "He must be tired. I'll take him," he says. "We still have another couple hours before our flight to Tampa boards."
"Thanks," I say as I hand Jonah to his dad. "He used to be lighter."
"I'm sure," he says with a smile. "Did you enjoy your days with your mom and dad?"
"Yeah it was great," I say. "I had a really good time. I really enjoyed myself. I missed them so much. I was thinking though," I say.
"Thinking about what?" he asks.
"You know how we're going to be looking for a new house in a couple months to move into?"
"Yes," he says. "What about it?"
"What if we looked in Phoenix and we moved to Phoenix to be closer to my parents? I would love to move and live closer to them."
"I don't know, Jordyn. Our whole lives are here and you still have to finish out school. You're coming up on your internship and you still have to graduate school. I don't know if moving to Phoenix in a couple months is the best time. I made a promise that you would finish school and you're going to finish school. Why can't we just live in Tampa?"
"I don't know," I say. "I just thought it would be great to live near my parents."
"I know but we have so much going on in Tampa. Our whole lives are there not to mention your brother and your sister are there. Don't you like living close to them? And what about Roman and Tayla?"
"Roman and Tayla are on their way to getting a divorce. Roman has been staying in Pensacola and Tayla is training to be a wrestler. She won't be in Tampa much longer because she'll end up moving to Pensacola too to be back home."
"I see," he says. "I like Florida. I think it's good for us."
"Me too but I don't know. I miss my mom and dad."
"And they can visit, J. What about Jonah? He has all his friends here and he loves his preschool and to be honest I love it too it may not be the prep school Chelsea is sending her kids too but I like it. I don't want to leave Tampa."
"All right," I say. "We'll stay in Tampa. So Jonah was asking questions," I say as we get my luggage to put through onto our next flight.
"About what?" he asks.
"Well, he heard us talking about all the things my mama and dad have been through and what I have gone through as well as Ben. He asked if there are bad people after me. I told him that no there aren't bad people after me but I did upset a lot of people when I did something I had to do to get someone in trouble."
"All the more reason for us NOT to move to Phoenix, you know it's not safe for us to live there."
"I know and he was asking about Langston and why he's different so he's starting to notice differences in people. I mean he did it appropriately when we were going to bed last night. I just told him that God spent a little more time on him to make him extra special for his Mommy and Daddy. I'm just glad he didn't ask in front of him."
"He's 3 he's going to ask questions but we just need to teach him to do it respectfully and I think you handled it well. That was a good answer. How did they get along?"
"Better than him and Libby. Libby is like her mom and Jonah is too much like me that they clash just like Chelsea and I clashed. It's the battle of the wills," I laugh.
"I can only imagine," he smiles. "And how did he get along with Ben's son?"
"They were best friends they all got along really well. I was impressed. Jonah needs a sibling," I say with a smile.
"Are you trying to tell me something, Mrs. Rollins?"
"Mrs. Bautista-Rollins, I want to hyphenate my name."
"Fair enough," he says, "but are you trying to tell me something?"
"I'm ready to have a baby," I smile. "I want to give Jonah a little brother or sister."
"Well, you know you haven't been on birth control for a while. It's going to happen when it's supposed to but if you want to put a little extra work into it we can," he gives me a sly smile making me smile. "I love you."
"I love you too," I say with a smile. "Let's start making a baby tonight."
"I have no objections," he says with a smile.
Seth, Jonah and I hang out at the airport a little bit before we board our plane back to Tampa. Jonah is excited to get home so he can see the other present Santa left for him while we were in California and Arizona. We gave him some lunch on the flight but most of the time he was full of excitement on my phone or my tablet playing games to keep him busy while Seth slept the entire flight because he was exhausted from working. We finally arrive in Tampa and depart the plane. We get our luggage and then head back to our apartment to drop our things off before we head over to my nana's house to give Jonah his final Christmas present. I'm pretty excited to see his reaction. We arrive at my nana's house and Seth gets Jonah out of the car. "Daddy, I got my haircut," he says showing Seth his haircut.
"You did. It looks good buddy," he says. "Who did such an awesome job on your hair?"
"My Peezy," he says proudly. "And I still have my man bun. Mama said I will get all the girls on the playground with my haircut."
"Yes you will, Buddy," he says with a laugh as we walk to the front door. "I didn't know your dad could cut hair."
"My dad has a barber shop. After he gave up his job with WWE he opened a barber shop in New York and then he opened one up in Phoenix along with the wrestling school down there. The barber shop is his baby. He always wanted one. He used to cut Ben's and Josiah's hair all the time and my nephew David's hair. I thought Jonah needed a haircut so he did it for me. I love it."
"He did a good job and Jonah still has his man bun," he jokes as he rings the doorbell.
"Him and that man bun. He's 3 but he's going to be a playground player. He's going to get all the girls."
"Yeah because he's got Swag," he says with a smile. "Jonah, you're swaggin'."
"I know, Daddy," he says with a smile making me laugh.
"Yeah I need another one of those soon," I smile, "he's getting too old. I miss my baby."
"We'll make it happen," he says making me smile as my nana opens the door. "Hey, Nana," he says.
"If it isn't the newlyweds," she smiles. "Come in."
"Thanks," I say with a smile as we walk into her house.
"So how is married life?" she asks.
"I don't know we haven't really gotten much of a chance to enjoy it," I say, "but the first night was great."
"The first night usually is," she says with a smile. "Congratulations I'm happy for both of you."
"Thanks," I smile as Seth wraps his arm around my waist.
"Nana," says Jonah looking up at her. "Did Santa leave a present here for me?" he asks wasting no time.
"You know what, Jonah. He did. He left a very special present here for you and he told me to tell you that he would have taken it to your apartment but you were in California and he told me to keep it safe and keep it here for you when you came home. He said Merry Christmas and that he's very proud of you for being a good boy all year long."
"What is it?" he asks. "What did he bring me?" he asks.
"Let me go get it for you," she says with a smile. I nod to her that it's okay. Seth and I pull out our phones. I choose to record his reaction and Seth chooses to take pictures for me.
"What is it Mama?" he asks.
"I don't know, Buddy. We'll have to wait and see," I smile at him.
"Special delivery for Jonah Rollins," says my nana as she comes into the living room with the black and white Siberian Husky puppy we bought for him. He has the most beautiful blue eyes.
"A puppy!" yells Jonah with excitement. "Santa brought me a puppy," he says with so much excitement. It melts my heart and it is great to see him so happy. "I love it!" he says with a smile as he goes to pet the puppy. He jumps all over Jonah and he laughs as he gives him kisses. "He's so soft," he says.
"I bet, Buddy," I say with a smile as I pet the dog too.
"Is it a boy?" asks Jonah.
"It's a boy," I say with a smile. "Mama is officially outnumbered hopefully someday soon I give you a baby sister," I say with a smile, "then I won't be outnumbered by the boys."
"What's his name?"
"Whatever you want to name him, Jonah," says Seth with a smile as he pets the dog. "What do you think you want to name him?"
"Max," he says without hesitation. "I want to name him Max."
"Max is a good name for a dog," I smile. "I'm sorry we had to get rid of Nittany Jonah but look Santa knew you needed a new puppy." When Roman and Tayla gave Jonah back to me they gave me their dog Nittany that Jonah loved but Nittany started to show aggression toward Jonah as he got older and after the first time she bit him I had no choice but to give him away for Jonah's safety. Jonah was devastated I was devastated and ever since we have both wanted another dog. I am happy we could make his dreams come true this Christmas. He deserved the dog and I can't lie I was pretty excited about having a new puppy. "I think he likes Max," I say with a smile as I rub the dog's stomach.
"It's a pretty dog. He did well while you were away. How are you going to keep a dog in that tiny apartment especially a husky?" asks my nana.
"I don't know. We're going to start looking for a house now that we are married. We want to start adding to our family so our little two bedroom apartment isn't going to do too much longer."
"Aw, you're already trying to start adding to your family?" she asks. "That's great but remember you're only 18 years old, you have plenty of years to have another baby."
"I know, Nana. I just hope that after Kris he didn't do too much damage to me that I can still have kids. I went through a lot with him. I'm not sure if he permanently damaged my uterus or ovaries. He is the one that delivered Jonah. I've always wondered. I guess we'll find out in the next few months."
"And your wedding was nice?"
"It was beautiful," I say with a smile. "It was perfect. We'll be getting our wedding pictures back soon to share with everyone but I have some if you want to see them."
"You know I do," says my nana.
"Okay," I say as I get into my gallery to find my wedding pictures for her. "Here they are," I say with a smile.
"Your dress was beautiful, you looked beautiful and Seth you looked handsome. I'm happy for you two."
"Thanks," I say with a smile. "I'm happily married," I say with a smile as I look at Seth. "I love my man."
"I love you too," he says checking his watch. "You know what, J," he says. "It's getting late. I think Santa left a present for you too," he says. "You want to go see what it is?"
"Santa brought me a gift?" I ask. "I thought Santa's gift to me was our wedding."
"Well, he had one more gift for you," he says with a smile making me smile.
"He really didn't have to making me your wife was enough and all I could ask for," I say with a smile.
"He wanted to," he says, "and I think we should go see it before it gets too late. We had a long day traveling and we want to get Max settled in you know what I mean?"
"Yeah, I guess we better go. Thanks, Nana."
"You're welcome," she says giving me a hug. "Bye, Jonah," she says before giving him a hug.
"Bye, Nana," he says with a smile.
"Bye, Seth," she says with a smile.
"Bye, Nana," he says with a smile.
"Let me get Max's stuff for you," she says.
"Thank-you," he says.
Once we have everything for Max we put him in the car on his leash and put Jonah in the car with him. I'm surprised that Seth is okay with Max being in his car because it is his baby. He takes really good care of his car so I'm surprised he's allowing Max in the backseat but he lays down on the seat as we drive to wherever Seth is taking us. I have no idea what he has up his sleeve but I am pretty excited to find out. I think we are going to our apartment complex but we are going the opposite direction. We're going toward Tayla's and Roman's house. I think our present is at their house or Tayla's house rather but we drive past it onto the next street over in a gated community. Seth keeps driving until he turns into a driveway with a sold sign on the front lawn. "Where are we?" I ask.
"Our new house," he smiles at me in the driver's seat.
"Our new house?" I ask. "What do you mean our new house?"
"Well, Santa heard we were looking for a new house to live in and he found one for us and he bought."
"Santa is crazy," I smile. "So we have a house? What if I don't like it?"
"You'll like it," he says, "trust me. It's everything you wanted. You want to go see it?"
"I guess," I say. "I mean of course."
"And the best part is Ben and Alyssa live right next door and Chelsea lives on the street over. You will all be close together."
"Oh my gosh, Baby, that's awesome," I say with excitement. "I want to go see it."
"All right," he says with a smile. "Come on." I get Jonah out of the car as he gets Max out of the car. "The people that lived here have already moved out so we can move in whenever we want."
"Awesome," I say with a smile as we make our way to the front door. The house looks awesome it's not a mansion or anything but it's a nice house for a small family like ours. There's a flower bed next to the porch and a cement walkway leading up to the front porch. The porch has wooden steps and it has a beautiful patio for us to sit on so that Jonah can ride his bike and play out in the front yard if he wants to. It looks like it was recently built because it is in good shape. Seth opens the front door and unlocks the wooden door. We walk into a foyer before we step into the hallway. There is a staircase in front of us leading us up the stairs we turn right and make our way into what will be the living room. The floor is carpeted with beige carpet and there's a big window in the front to see outside. Next to the living room is the kitchen separated with a counter or an island as my mom would call it. The kitchen is nice. The floor is wooden like and the counter tops are marble. There are a lot of cupboards and the fridge is stainless steel and there's a closet that will make a great food pantry. It's definitely bigger than our apartment. We make our way down the hall to see the laundry room that has a washer and dryer in it. It leads to a two car garage. There's also a ½ bathroom on the first floor and another room that could be an office or a man cave for Seth. There's another room that I want to use as a playroom for Jonah. We make our way through the first floor and we come to the master bedroom. It's amazing. The room is bigger than our entire living room at the apartment. There's a beautiful master bathroom with a spa shower, Jacuzzi bathtub and an amazing closet. It's the biggest closet I have ever seen. We walk to the back of the house and there's another room that could be a family room or a living room that leads out to a lanai and a swimming pool that's screened in. "I may be in love with our closet," I say with a smile as we make our way upstairs.
"And I guess I'm going to need to help you fill that closet," he says with a smile. We walk upstairs and there are 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.
"Do we really need all these bedrooms?" I ask.
"We can use one for Jonah and our baby or babies when we have some. If not then we have some guest rooms. What do you think?" he asks as we make our way back downstairs. "Do you love it?"
"I love it. Is there a backyard? I want Jonah to have a swingset and a sandbox to eliminate us from going to the park all the time and does this mean Jonah has to change schools?"
"Yes there's a big fenced in backyard enough room for a trampoline, swingset and sandbox. And yeah he's going to need to change schools but this school is better much better."
"Okay," I say. "I love the house," I say as we stand on our front yard. "I love you. Thank-you so much!"
"I love you too. I'm just glad you like it. Merry Christmas, Baby," he says wrapping his arms around my waist as I wrap my arms around his neck. "We can start our lives as husband and wife the right way. Besides I don't think Max would be able to last in that little apartment too much longer."
"You're right," I say with a smile. "And Ben is our neighbor?"
"Yeah and Chelsea is not too far away. The kids can play together more. I like it. I like that it's private, a gated community and a beautiful neighborhood."
"Me too. You're the best husband ever!" I say with a smile. "I love you so much. Thank-you."
"I think you're the best wife ever!" he says with a smile. "I love you," he says before we share a soft passionate kiss on our new property. I'm anxious to move in and I can't wait to move in as soon as possible. I can't wait to get out of our tiny apartment and move into a home that has more room and more space. I like the fact Max and Jonah can play outside in the backyard or in the front yard. A new house was definitely a surprise and Seth was right it is everything I ever wanted. "I'm just going to need you to sign the deed too."
"You want me to sign the deed?"
"It's OUR house I want it in both our names not just mine. Marriage is a team of two people working together to make things work. Everything that is mine is yours and everything that is yours is mine. We're going to get joint bank accounts too. We're in this together not alone."
"You just keep proving how awesome you are," I say with a smile. "Let's get back to the apartment and start packing. I'm ready to move now," I say with a laugh.
"I am too," he says with a smile. "It's a great way to start the new year and a new life together."
"I agree," I say with a smile.
*A/N: What did you think? Please review and thank-you for reading.