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Seth and I rush into the emergency room of the hospital that Ben took Jonah to. Ben wasn't very specific on the phone on what had happened with Jonah so the entire car ride I was nervous thinking of all the possibilities of what could have happened. I was hoping for the best but sadly expecting something worse. "Relax, J, I'm sure Jonah is all right. You know he plays rough. He's a tough boy. I'm sure it's probably just some stitches and maybe a cast. I wouldn't get too worked up. When he and Mikey play together it gets rough. They were probably playing wrestling. I'm sure everything is going to be all right."
"I know he's a rough and tough boy but I'm still worried about him. He's never had stitches before or a broken bone. I'm just a little nervous," I say as we meet Ben and Alyssa in the emergency room as Jonah is sitting with ice on his arm looking miserable. "Ben," I say as we meet each other halfway. "What happened?"
"Well, Mikey and Jonah decided it would be a good idea to play wrestling like their daddies do on Mikey's bed. Jonah fell off and landed on his arm. He's not sure how he did it but I heard his cries and came into the room. His arm started swelling immediately and he can't move it. I'm pretty sure he has a broken arm. I'm sorry, J. I'm really sorry."
"It's okay," I say. "A broken arm was bound to happen someday," I say with a smile. "He is a Batista so it's expected. It's a rite of passage for a Batista to get a broken arm we've all had one at one point in our lives."
"That's true," he says with a smile. "Chelsea set the stage for that one when she broke her arm on that jungle gym then I broke my arm and the pattern continued on."
"Yeah," I say with a smile.
"I'm sorry I ruined your evening it's just I can't have him treated medically without your consent so I had to call you."
"It's all right," I say with a smile even though Seth and I don't get many nights out like we did tonight because of his travel schedule and his job. It sucks but it's what being a parent is all about. We still have our honeymoon coming up that we can enjoy time alone and have a few nights out together. I look forward to it. I make my way over to Jonah and sit down next to him. "Hey, Buddy."
"Hey, Mama," he says and I can tell he has been crying. His face is red and puffy.
"What happened?"
"Mikey and I played wrestling. I falled off the bed and hurt my arm," he says showing me his arm. "It hurts a lot, Mama."
"I'm sure it does," I say as I carefully take his arm and look at it while Seth gives the receptionist the insurance information. It's swollen and he yelps as I touch it. "I think it's broken, Buddy."
"Broken?" he asks.
"Yes, broken," I say. "The doctor is probably going to do x-rays to make sure it's broken and then they will put a cast on your arm to make it better."
"Will an x-ray hurt, Mama?" he asks.
"No x-rays don't hurt, the doctor is just going to take a picture of the inside of your arm because we can't see your bones outside your skin so the x-ray will take a picture of your bones to see if there is a break or not. It doesn't hurt."
"You promise?" he asks.
"I promise," I say with a smile. "And don't worry. I had a broken arm before too. I broke it ice-skating when I was 7 years old. And your Uncle Ben and Aunt Chelsea had broken arms too. She fell off a jungle gym when she was about your age. It's a rite of passage, Jonah."
"Jonah Rollins," calls the nurse.
"Do you want me to go back with you?" asks Seth as we get up to go to the back.
"If you want to, if not you can stay out here with Ben and wait," I say.
"I'll go back," he says with a smile making me smile. He takes my hand as I hold onto Jonah's other hand as we make our way to the back.
When we get to the back the nurse gives Jonah a gown to put on while I fill out Jonah's medical information and sign a release form to have him treated at their hospital. The nurse leaves the room to get the doctor so that they can look at his arm. Like I told Jonah once the doctor saw his swollen arm he would want to do an x-ray to see where the break is. I went with Jonah to get his x-ray done and then we made our way back to the room where Seth was waiting for us. "You think it's broken?" asks Seth.
"There's no doubt that it is. Jonah, what exactly were you doing when you fell off the bed?"
"I was just trying to be like Daddy," he says. "I wanted to do what Daddy does and I fell off the bed. It hurt a lot, Mama."
"I'm sure it did," I say. "From now on no more playing wrestling on a bed, if you're going to play wrestling play it in the grass or on a carpeted floor no more beds."
"You and Daddy wrestle on the bed," he says making my face turn red. "You never broke your arm."
"Um," I say with embarrassment. "That's um. That's adult wrestling," I explain.
"What's adult wrestling?" he asks.
"It's just something mommies and daddies do," I answer quickly. "And only mommies and daddies can do it." I see Seth holding back laughter out of the corner of my eye. I want to kick him.
"Oh," he says as the doctor comes in breaking the awkwardness of the conversation between my son and me.
"Well," he says as he puts the x-rays up on the screen. "His arm is definitely broken," he says pointing it out on the screen and we can clearly see the broken bone. "It seems that his ulna bone that is broken. It's a clean break and we are looking at about 6-8 weeks in a cast. If it fails to heal in those 6-8 weeks it may require surgery but we will start it off with the cast first and see if it works."
"Okay," I say.
"Jonah," says the doctor, "what's your favorite color?"
"Green," he answers.
"Dark green or bright green?" he asks.
"Green," he says matter of factly. "Regular green." Jonah is a smart ass sometimes and I credit that to myself.
"Okay, Buddy," he says with a soft smile. "We're going to put a cast on your arm for a few weeks to heal your broken bone would you like a green cast?"
"YEAH!" he shouts with excitement.
"All right," he says with a smile "We're going to get a cast on your arm and then you can go home but you know what?"
"What?" asks Jonah.
"No more jumping on the bed. Were you playing the 5 little monkeys?" he asks.
"No, we were wrestlers," responds Jonah. "Like my daddy," he says looking at Seth making Seth smile.
"Your daddy is a wrestler?" he asks.
"Yeah he's the best," says Jonah making me smile.
"He's the best?" asks the doctor as the nurse comes in with the stuff for his cast. "Are you sure?"
"The best daddy, the best wrestler he's the best!" says Jonah proudly. "I want to be like him when I grow up."
"You want to be a wrestler when you grow up?" asks the doctor distracting Jonah from the pain of getting his cast put on.
"Yeah or a police officer. My daddy is my hero," he says melting my heart and I look over at Seth and see tears in his eyes forming. I take his hand into mine and he smiles at me. I know it makes him feel good knowing that Jonah looks up to him the way he does. I have never heard Jonah say Seth was his hero but he has loved him so much all this time. I love their bond and their relationship together. It wouldn't surprise me if Jonah did grow up to be a wrestler like Seth.
"Police officers are cool," says the doctor. "They help to keep the bad guys off the streets and in some cases the bad girls. Wrestlers are cool too."
"Police officers saved my mama," he says as they start to put his cast on.
"Is that so?"
"Yeah," he says, "from the bad guy."
"See? Police officers are cool. They save people from bad guys too by keeping the bad guys off the street."
"I know," he says with a smile.
"You don't want to be a doctor someday?" he asks.
"I don't know," shrugs Jonah. "I want to be like my daddy when I grow up. I want to be JUST like him and love a girl just like he loves my mama."
"You're the first 3 year old that I know that has his life together," he says with a smile.
"I'm smart like my mama," says Jonah with a smile as he looks at me as I smile back at him.
"And a brave little boy," he says, "all finished."
"That's it?" asks Jonah looking at his green cast. "That didn't hurt at all."
"No it's easy peezy," says the doctor with a smile. "You're a good patient."
"Thank-you," he says with a smile admiring his cast before the doctor goes over the do's and the don'ts with us such as not getting the cast wet, how to take care of the itchiness and then he sent us on our way after giving Jonah a sticker and a lollipop for being such a good patient.
When we get home I manage to get Jonah to sleep with no problem making sure he's comfortable with his arm and able to sleep comfortably. "Mama," he says to me as I am tucking him in after thinking he's asleep.
"Yes, Jonah?" I ask.
"When can I have a baby sister?" he asks.
"Whenever God gives mama a baby in her tummy," I say as I sit down on his bed.
"I want a baby sister really bad. Can you tell God to put one in your tummy soon?"
"I can't just tell God to put a baby in my tummy. It has to be when God wants to do it. Why do you want a baby sister so badly? You don't want a baby brother?"
"No, a sister," he says. "I want a sister because I want to love her like Uncle Ben loves you and keep her safe. Sisters are more fun than brothers," he says. "I'm going to pray to God for a baby sister."
"You do that, Jonah and maybe God will answer your prayers," I say with a smile. "If you did get a baby sister what would you name her?" I ask him.
"Meilani," he answers without hesitation. "Meilani Rose," he says again.
"Meilani?" I ask. "That's a different name. Where did you hear that name from?"
"A girl at my school is Meilani. I think she's pretty and I think her name is pretty," he says with a smile. "She's from Hawaii and she's really pretty."
"Is she your girlfriend, Jonah?" I ask with a smile, "and yes Meilani is a beautiful name."
"No, Mama," he says. "She's just my friend don't be silly."
"Okay," I say, "but it's time for you to go to sleep. Goodnight, Jonah. I love you."
"I love you too," he says before I lean down and kiss his forehead. "I love you bigger than the sky."
"I love you bigger than the whole world."
"I love you bigger than the universe."
"I love you forever," I say with a smile.
"I love you infinity," he responds.
"And I love you beyond infinity. Goodnight Jonah.
"Goodnight, Mama," he says with a smile as he closes his eyes. I smile and stand up. I walk to the door, I stop and look at him with a smile. He's the reason I am who I am today. I owe everything to him and giving his little sister the name Meilani is the least I can do for him besides making sure he grows up to be a great man who marries a beautiful and intelligent woman and make sure he has all the opportunities he can to achieve his dreams. I always feared what kind of mom I would be to him but I'm hoping I am doing everything right. Just hearing how he talked to the doctor tonight proves to me I am on the right track with him. He's my greatest gift and my biggest love not to mention my biggest fan since day 1.
"That took a while," says Seth as I crawl into bed next to him in my black bra and underwear. "Was he fighting bedtime again?"
"Actually no we were talking," I say with a smile as Seth rolls onto his side to face me taking me in his arms. I rest my hand on his chest and my head on his shoulder.
"I love Jonah conversations," he says. "He's so smart Jordyn and it's all because of you."
"Thank-you," I say with a smile. "He's a great kid. He's wonderful I was scared of what kind of mom I would be one day. I didn't have my shit together when I had him and I surely didn't have my shit together when I got him back. He definitely deserved better than I was. I thought I would be a terrible mother to him because I had no idea what I was doing. I was so young. Giving him to Roman and Tayla for that short time was perfect it gave me a chance to change my life and get most of my shit together."
"And now you're less than a year away from graduating college and getting your degree and he gets to be there to see it, to see how amazing you are and how wonderful you are. He's going to be proud of you. You're doing a great job with him, Jordyn. You're an amazing mom and when we finally have a baby together you're going to be just as amazing to him or her as you are to Jonah."
"Oh but you're Jonah's hero," I smile.
"You're his hero too," he says looking down at me with his dark brown eyes.
"And by the way he's asking God for a baby sister because he wants one soon. I think we should give him a baby sister soon because now she even has a name."
"She has a name?" he asks. "What name did he come up with?"
"Meilani Rose," I say.
"That's a pretty name," he says. "I like it. What do you think it means?"
"I don't know but I like it too. And I am really considering having a daughter named Meilani one day. Jonah and Meilani? Meilani Rollins," I say. "It does sound pretty good. I don't know about Meilani Rose Rollins and we can give her another middle name but I'm pretty partial to the name Meilani."
"Me too," he says with a smile. "So let's start working on Meilani," he says giving me a smile. "All romance can't be killed tonight."
"Yeah because that was so romantic, I was expecting candles and rose petals, some chocolates and a nice bubble bath."
"I'm sorry," he says. "I tried tonight."
"I know, Baby. It's all good. I still love you."
"I love you too," he says before he leans down and kisses my lips softly. I pull him on top of me kissing him back passionately before we spend the night making love to each other.
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