Chapter 10

John threw back his 10th shot of Tequila...His head was in a foggy haze, and couldn't believe he was going to be a father...He wish he had all the answers...but he had never been told he was going to be a father before...he still somehow felt suffocated, but wasn't sure why...John knew he wanted to get married and have a family with Marie...he just wasn't expecting it to come this fast...John slammed another shot and continued to think.

Around 4 am, Marie was woke up by the hotel phone ringing in her ear as she leaned over and answered it...a voice told her that there was a man in the hotel bar claiming to be the occupant of the room she was in. Marie knew exactly who it was...She thanked the guy and said she'd be down in a minute. Marie pulled herself up as she pulled on some track pants and a t-shirt and padded down to the hotel bar bare foot.

Marie walked in and saw the bar sliding another shot over to John who was half on and half off the bar stool, still in his wet swim trunks, with his shoes and t-shirt on. Marie walked over and grabbed the shot glass and poured it out before John had the chance to pick it up and drink it.

John looked over and didn't say anything...He placed a long black box on the bar and pushed it to Marie. She looked at him and pulled the box over and took the top off...She could feel the tears coming to her eyes as she looked at the necklace that John had given her all those months ago...she thought she'd lost it when she'd been shot.

Marie couldn't help but let a couple of stray tears slide down her cheeks as she said, "Where'd you get it?" John looked at her...his blue eyes were blood shot from the alcohol as he said, "The nurse gave it to me, the day we were shot...The chain had been busted from when I yanked it off you're neck and it was covered in your blood...she said they had to pry your hand open because even when you were unconscious you wouldn't let go of it."

John stood up off the stool and took the necklace out of the box and placed it around Marie's neck and clipped the clasp together as he kissed her neck and grabbed her hand and they walked over to the elevator and started back up to their floor.

Marie said, "So why did you keep it?" John smiled a little and said, "I had it fixed and cleaned...and I was waiting for the right time to give it back to you...when I figured we would be okay and were going to last longer then normal statistics claimed we would...But tonight you dropped the bomb on me...I was not expecting you to tell me you were pregnant...Don't get me wrong...I love you...I would and could never love anyone as much as you...but you scared the hell out of me tonight."

Marie furrowed her brow as she said, "What do you mean...How?" John said, "I've been so worried about you lately, because you were sick...so sick that you couldn't even wrestle...which isn't normal for you, because even when you've had a 103 fever you've wrestled...And then tonight when you said you'd seen the doctor...I was thinking the absolute worse and in my mind it was cancer...and then you cut the tension by telling me you were pregnant...It was a load off my mind...and then was thousands of pounds on my heart."

Marie said, "But why?" The elevator doors opened for their floor and John took her hand and led her down to their room and inside.

Marie watched him dig through his suitcase. John walked back over and took her hand and placed a small black box in the palm of her hand and said, "Open it." Marie looked at John and pulled the box open and gasped...inside was a Diamond cut in the shape of a heart with two small heart shaped Sapphire side stones on a platinum band, John knew she hated gold jewelry.

John said, "I've been carrying it around with me since I bought your necklace...I wanted to ask you to marry me a long time ago...but I never could get up the guts to ask." John watched as Marie slowly crumbled to the bed and John grabbed her arms to steady her so she wouldn't hurt herself.

John sat on one knee as he pulled his other knee up to his chest as he sat on the floor in front of Marie and held onto her vacant hand and said, "Marie will you marry me?" Marie blinked as tons of tears poured out of her eyes...she definitely hadn't been expecting this...but she wasn't about to give up the one man she loved with all her heart...

Marie said, "Yes." As John slipped the ring on her finger and she slid off the bed onto her knees in front of John and wrapped her arms around him and buried her face in his neck as he held on to her. John kissed her neck and said, "I love you Marie...there's no way I'm giving you up...and I'm definitely not giving up our baby...No way in hell."

Marie said, "I love you too." John wiped her eyes and kissed her lips softly and said, "Boy, I can't wait to tell your dad...he's gonna kill me now." Marie laughed and said, "I doubt it...He knew I was going to marry you eventually...like he wouldn't be expecting grand kids?" John said, "Yea...but so soon?" Marie giggled and said, "True...Just stay behind me."

John laughed as he stood up and pulled Marie up as they both slid into bed with nothing but their future on their minds.