Chapter 7

The Next Day

"Explain this to me again because it's kinda confusing". Shelton said.

"This is my son, he's gonna be here for a few days". John said slowly so he could understand.

"I know, but why?".

"Because I wanna start over with Mary and the first step is me proving I can be a good father".

"Well what's the next step?".

"I'll figure that out later, right now I got a son to take care of and I gotta make the best of these 3 days". John said, he picked Prince up out of his crib and held him.

"Okay, what's first?". Shelton asked.

"You, me and Dave are going shopping". John said with a smile.

"We...shopping". Shelton said pointing at himself.

"Yeah, I need to buy prince some clothes and toys".

"Yeah, but we". Shelton said again.

"I need your help and dave has kids so he's good at picking out this stuff".

"...you know you owe me big time if the other guys find out I did this right?". John nodded.

"Alright, I'll help". Shelton said throwing his hands up.

"Okay, what's next on the list?". Dave said. Him, John and Shelton were walking around a mall in Ohio getting things for Prince. John was holding him on his side while looking at the list.

"We gotta by some baby food, I think I saw a store downstairs". John said stuffing the paper back in his pocket.

"Good, let's hurry up and get this stuff". Shelton said becoming frustrated.

"Oh come Benjamin, you gotta admit this is fun". Dave said with a smile. Shelton gave him an awkward look and walked away. Dave laughed. "Come on John".

"Um...I'll be there in a minute, you go on ahead". John said. Dave shrugged and walked away. John walked towards the window of a different store, what was shown on display was a wedding ring, 5.00 carat pink sapphire diamond and it was princess cut Estate style. "What do you think Prince?". He asked his son, all prince did was mumble and put one of his hands to john's mouth.

"You think I should wait?". John asked biting prince's hand gently with his lips. He smiled then turned back to the ring. "One day prince...one day". John kissed his son on the cheek and went to catch up with his friends.

"Okay, class is dismissed". Mary announced. The class gathered up their things and left in a flash, mary and breathe were the only ones left in the room. "So how was I?'.

"You were great". Breathe said walking up to her. "But somehow I think you were distracted throughout the entire session".

"How".

"Maybe the fact that John's had Prince for about a day in a half is starting to go to your head".

"That's ridiculous". She said shocked even though it was true. "I'm perfectly fine with john keeping my son".

"Right..look I know it's bothering you, why don't you give him a call and see how everything's going. Maybe then you'll feel better knowing that john isn't using prince as a football".

"Good idea, I'll call him". Mary said, a smile on her face. She walked over to her desk, pulled her cell out of her purse and dialed john's number.

Miles away at the hotel, John had prince sitting on the bed looking through the many outfits he bought to see which one prince should try on first. Meanwhile shelton and dave were on the couch playing Madden 2005. Just as john picked out an outfit, his cell ranged.

"Hello". He said.

"Hey john, it's just me mary". A small smile came to john's face upon hearing her voice. "Um, I just wanted to make sure everything was going fine with you and prince".

"Yeah, me and my friends went shopping and got him some new outfits, toys and food".

"Aw, that was really sweet of you". Mary said smiling on the other line. When she realized what she did the smile went away.

"It's no problem, I figured I can show you how well I can be a dad by buying him some stuff".

Mary's smile came back. "So are you doing this for prince or me?".

A smile came to john's face. "Well that depends...do you like me now that I got him stuff and I'm spending time with him?".

"Maybe".

"Then most of it I did it for you".

"How sweet".

"Listen, I know your supposed to be getting prince in a couple of days. When you do, how about you leave him with your friend and we can go out on a date?". John said. Mary was caught completely of guard by the question.

"Oh, um...sure, why not". She said.

"Good, I'll see you when you come to pick him up".

"Okay, bye john".

"Bye mary". As the call ended mary turned to face breathe, who was anxiously waiting to hear what happened.

"Well".

"He asked me out Sunday and I said yes".

"That's great".

"You think I did the right thing?".

"Of course. Mary, you need a man and prince diffidently needs a dad, plus john loves both of you. I think you can give him one more chance".

"Alright".

Sunday

John's POV

I was pushing Prince in the new blue stroller I got from him yesterday. We were going down to the entrance to wait for Mary, she would be here any minute. I was so excited because we would finally get to go out on a real date, even when we were together we didn't go on many dates, mainly because at the time are relationship wasn't going well, but I was determined to fix everything. I was determined to get back together with her, so Prince could have a real family.

No matter what, or who got in my way.

Mary's POV

I had just walked into the arena about 10 minutes ago and once again, I could find my way around. I decided to go back to where I came in, as I turned the corner I bumped right into this tall guy dressed in jeans, a wife beater and a forwards blue cap. After we regained our balance, we looked up at each other.

"Sorry". He said.

"Same here, I was just looking for the entrance". I said, then I thought. "Um, do you by any chance know where John Cena's locker room is?".

"Sure, I'll take him to you". He said. As we began to walk, he began to chat. "So are you a friend of his?".

"You could say that".

"Oh I forgot to say, that's a cute little outfit you got there". He complimented. I looked down at myself, a light faded green tank top, shorts and green flip-flops. "Brings out those breath taking mint eyes of yours".

"Your quite the charmer".

"Your quite the eye-catcher". He said. "So what's your name?".

"Mary, yours?".

"Randy". We shook hands and he put on this adorable smile, I returned. As I turned my attention back to the hall we were in, I noticed John not to far away.

"Oh there he is". I said before turning to Randy. "Nice meeting you and thanks". As he left I ran up to John who had prince in this cute little blue stroller and adorable blue outfit.

"Oh, he looks so pretty". I said picking prince up out of the stroller, I kissed him on the cheek.

"So do you". He said grabbing my attention. I turned to him, he was in baggy shorts, black shirt and shockingly a black do-rag.

"You don't look back yourself". I said, we smiled at each other. "Thank you for taking care of him, did ya'll have fun?".

"Tons, you just can't keep that smile off his face".

"So, what time you wanna go on the date?".

"Anytime you want, I don't have to wrestle tonight, I was just visiting a friend".

"Okay, how about 9?".

"9 it is". He agreed, I set prince back in the stroller. John walked up to me and me on the cheek. "See you then". He whispered in my ear, he winked at me and left. I smiled as I took the stroller and went home.

That Night

It was 8:50 and Prince had went to sleep 2 hours ago. Breathe was watching t.v. while I was looking at myself in the mirror. I was in a tight black dress, high split on one legs and a dip in the chest to show a little cleavage, my hair was down in huge curls and I had some long strappy black heels.

"There's no need to be nervous, it's just a date". Breathe said making me jump.

"I'm not nervous, I just wanna look nice". I said. I turned to my side to see if my butt looked big enough in the dress, it was. The doorbell ranged a minute later, I looked at my watch, it was 8:58.

"Oh, he's early, that's good". Breathe said as she got up and answered the door. "Hey John".

"Sup Breathe, it's been awhile".

"Yes it has, Mary's just looking at herself, she wants to look nice for you". She said, john laughed.

"Breathe!". Mary shouted coming out of the kitchen area. Breathe just shrugged and went upstairs. "I'm sorry about her".

"It's okay". John said, he noticed how embarrassed she looked. "If it makes you feel better, you do look nice". He watched her look up at him and smile.

"Thank you".

"No problem, we should get going".

"Right". I agreed. Walking out of my house, he lead me to his car and helped me in, I thanked him and he got in, then we left.