Chapter 13

Seany slowly woke up while she was curled up in Chris's arms. The sky was a dark blue-gray, reminding Seany of a horror movie. A shudder ran down her spine at the thought, then a smile but tired smile crossed her face. Although she never would have thought it would have happened, Austin had actually brought out the child inside her once again. She would have thought he made her grow up… Just like when she had to change drastically when she got pregnant with him. Now she was feeling the same childish things and ideas like when she first traveled with John, Chris, and her dad; and she had to admit that it was fun.

Chris opened an eye and looked down at his wife, and an amused smirk formed. "Morning beautiful." He whispered, kissing her on top of the head.

"Morning? It's pitch black outside." Seany responded, sitting up and stretching.

"Sean, it's…" Chris looked down at his watch. "3:30." He answered, looking back up at her with his deep blue eyes. Seany shook her head and laughed, kissing him quickly before remembering exactly where they were.

They were still on the plane, although it was pretty much silent besides a humming that came in rhythms from a piece of equipment that Seany had no clue what it was. She glanced over at Dave, who was sound asleep; but so was Austin, whom had obviously been taken care of in the past hours that he had been with Dave. Seany smiled and nestled back into Chris's embrace.

"How far away are we?" Seany asked, her voice quieter than usual and her breath causing Chris's shirt to warm slightly. "It feels like we've been here forever."

"I know." Chris replied, sighing as he leaned the back of his seat back slightly. "We're like an hour or so away."

"I missed doing this."

"Seany, we cuddle all the time." Chris assured her, patting her on the head and then gently resting his hand there. Seany sighed with just a tinge of frustration, but more amusement than anything else.

"I meant traveling with you guys. It's so much fun."

"I love you too."

It was always weird how Seany and Chris's conversations worked. They would get right in the middle of the highest point in their talk, and just stop dead. Over. Of course ever since they actually began to get closer, about a month before they got married, Seany would make sure to keep the conversing alive. Yet every now and then, when they would just have a usual 'out-of-the-ordinary' random conversation it would end abruptly; quicker than it had even started in the first place. Then the silence would usually last longer than the talk itself.

Two hours later…

"I'm totally missing my mom."

Even though Chris could have paid for it, Shawn had bought Seany a limousine for her return on the road and somewhat Austin's birth. She hadn't had time to renovate it, however, and so the leather wasn't as comfortable and the seats weren't as relaxing as one might think a limo would be. Seany could fix it.

Yet at the moment she was cradling the sleeping Austin, while the right side of the stretched car was lined with Chris, Dave, and John; on the other side was Haidie, Demi, and Randy. How John had let both of the women sit with Randy in the first place Seany never knew. But at the moment Randy wasn't being much of a threat; just spitting out random comments here and there that would make Seany let out a snippet of laughter or cause one of the other two to giggle light-heartedly.

"Man, you miss your mom? I mean, I can understand missing my mom… But yours?" Randy had obviously been joking before, but he now threw a glare at John after his smart comment.

"At least my mom likes me."

"My mom likes me too!" John countered, and it was starting to really seem apparent that they were serious. Seany couldn't believe that they were actually having this fight.

"Yeah, and that's why she went on crack, right?"

"My mom's not on crack!" Haidie defended what seemed like her entire family, although it was only one of her brothers and her mom. Well, it was still a good cause, right? "That's not something to joke about Randy, and that really hurt that you would say that about my mom; not just John's." It was quiet after that, and her fiery outburst seemed to strike a chord with Randy that sent him into a deep silence as if he were upset about something. Seany saw it as him sulking.

"I'm sorry."

"Don't talk to me Randy." Haidie warned in a quick manner, picking up a magazine off the small table next to her and starting to flip through it. "Just don't even try."

"But…"

"Don't talk to me!" Haidie snapped, slapping him hard on the upper arm with the magazine. He flinched slightly, as if it had hurt him more on the inside than it had physically. "God, what don't you understand!"

"Haidie I really feel bad…"

"I don't care!" Haidie angrily threw her arms in the air, causing the magazine to hit Randy hard across the face. "I'm really pissed off at you right now, but you still won't just shut up! Randy my mom worked hard just so we could have a one bedroom apartment! She had to work two and three jobs just to get by and make us happy, and I won't forgive you just because you said you feel bad."

"But-"

"I said I don't care!" Haidie's face was now turning a shade of red, and Seany was starting to worry about Austin waking up… Then it really would be on. "You dumbass, what don't you get about shut up!"

As soon as Haidie's scream ended, Austin's started again… And they were a lot more terrorizing than Haidie's were. He seemed to send off an alarm in everyone, especially when his face started to turn a deep red; which sent everyone but Seany into panic.

"See what you did? You damned idiot!" Chris yelled at Randy, not exactly making things better… Though it did send everyone into a frenzy of whose fault it was and why it was; leaving them to forget what they were fighting over in the first place.

"SHUT UP!" Seany ordered everyone forcefully; their voices dying down just in time for Austin's cries to fill the vehicle. John and Chris were just barely hanging their heads, while all of them glared at whoever had made them angry only a few moments before.

Only seconds later, as if a magic word had been uttered, Austin suddenly stopped crying and closed his heavy eyelids. His face was a maroon color, but slowly began to become lighter as he breathed heavily and let out a whimper every now and then. Seany continued to whisper what seemed like nothing to him, just slightly rocking him back and forth to sooth the infant into sleep.

"Seany?"

Moments later, when Austin breathing was slow and he was sprawled out in her arms, Seany looked up at her husband to see what he could have wanted. "Yeah?"

"I love you."

Seany merely smiled in response, their eyes locked and lingering on each other for another second or so; until she looked back down at her baby without responding. Of course there were millions of things that she could tell him; all the thoughts she had of him over the time of their relationship… But she knew that it was one of those times that someone would truly touch her heart; although it happened more often than not with Chris. Of course, knowing him though, he chose during this chaos to be one of those moments.

"Gah, get a room." Randy muttered from behind his crossed arms, almost pouting. Seany came close to laughing as the car stopped in the coliseum's garage.

"Just get out."

20 minutes later…

Randy and Dave had already left to the locker room.

Chris was leaning against the wall beside Seany, taking sips of coffee from the cup in his left hand. Demi had to leave to make sure no one got seriously hurt during the show, and John had taken Haidie to meet Amy only by Vince McMahon's orders.

"He said he'd take away her schooling privileges or whatever the heck she's gettin'." John said somewhat angrily as he explained to Seany why he had to leave; ten minutes earlier. "I really don't care, but my mom would blow a brain vessel or somethin'…"

"Honey, he really does like you more." After holding Austin ever since entering the building, Chris awkwardly started to hand him over to Seany. She laughed lightly, gently taking the newborn in her arms once more.

"Whatever you say… You just don't like doing the heavy lifting, that's all." Seany teased, her hazel eyes dancing somewhat as she continued to laugh. Chris just rolled his eyes jokingly and sighed.

"Yeah, you know after hitting the pipe a couple times it's hard to feed a kid a bottle."

Seany just shook her head as she giggled, noticing a newly anchored figure out of the corner of her eye. Curiously she turned, bouncing the baby gently. He seemed to enjoy it; his eyes lighting up as she did so. Seany grinned down at him, and then glanced back up at whatever the image was. Her eyes suddenly weren't as joyous anymore.

Jesse was standing perfectly still at the end of the hallway, staring at Seany; more specifically, Austin. He couldn't seem to take his eyes off the child, and Seany had a panicked look on her face like a teen that had been caught smoking or drinking. Her grip on Austin had instantly tightened, and if she wouldn't have been frozen, she would have turned away quicker than a few seconds later when she did.

Chris hadn't noticed anything; after taking a last swig of his coffee and looking down at his expensive watch, he had missed the 10-seconds-or-so fiasco. Seany's eyes were now slightly wide, although her rushed husband didn't seem to notice as he kissed Austin on the head and Seany on the cheek.

"Sean, I have to go… I'll be out in like two minutes." Chris told her softly, and Seany would have tugged on his clean navy shirt in protest, but she was too busy clinging to Austin to just about move. Then again, from the outside, nothing really looked different…

"Chris please don't leave me…" Seany begged, and Chris stopped before he even started to walk away. "Please."

"Seany sweetheart, John's going to be back any second now, I promise." Chris nodded to her, assuring her that she would be ok. If he would have actually studied her face he would have noticed a slight hint of fear; but it was buried in the almost usual pleading with him to stay.

"Chris, no… Really…"

"Baby I have to go… I'm on in like a minute now." Chris kissed Seany once more. "I love you, and I'll be back in a little while."

Seany continued to look at him worriedly as he left, her hold on Austin loosening. At least until she turned and noticed Jesse walking towards them at the same time.