"Babe, come on...it's been four days now. You can't stay in bed forever, you know?" Joe sighed as he sat down on the bed beside Nessa. Ever since they had gotten home from the hospital Nessa had gotten into bed and refused to move other than to use the bathroom.
"Why can't I? When I sleep it doesn't hurt." She whispered, tears welling up in her eyes.
"I know Ness but you can't sleep your life away it's not healthy for you or our marriage." He said, pulling her into his arms. "You can't let this beat you, we have to move on with our lives no matter how hard that may be right now. This hurts me as much as it does you and I'm not going to let you go through this pain alone."
"I went through it alone before Joe...I can do it again." Nessa stated, immediately regretting her words when she heard him growl.
"Yes you did but I'm not Cvjetkovich. I'm not going to run away from this and from you because I love you too damn much to do something like that. Now, get your sexy ass out of this bed and get a shower because we have company coming over soon."
"Joe I don't feel like..."
"It's Eric and Alex." He cut her off, smiling when her eyes lit up a little.
"I'll just go take that shower now...care to join me?" Nessa asked.
"You sure you feel up to it?"
"We're just taking a shower Joe, we'll save the good stuff for later."
"All right then, let's go." They both got up off the bed and went into the bathroom to take a shower.
An hour later Nessa and Joe sat in the living room of their house on the couch across from Eric and Alex who kept staring at Nessa. She finally got tired of them staring at her and groaned. "Would one of you please just come out and either ask me or say whatever it is already?"
Alex chuckled and sighed. "I guess I'll do it...how are you doing V.C.?"
"About as good as can be expected I guess. I mean, I've been through this before but the last time I actually got to hold my daughter this time..." She trailed off, tears forming in her eyes again and Joe wrapped his arm around her waist, pulling her close to him. "This time I didn't even get to see my child which hurts more than you could ever imagine. I was so excited about this baby too because I have the husband that I've always dreamed of and getting pregnant with his child was going to make our family complete." Nessa said.
"Are you guys going to try again?" Eric asked and she smiled a little at him.
"We are when the time is right. For now, I think we're just going to enjoy being newlyweds and having the time together alone that we do. I guess it's selfish of me but I kind of like having Joe all to myself." Nessa stated, cuddling up to his side.
"We want to thank you both for coming over here today. I don't think you honestly realize what that means to us...especially me." Joe told Alex and Eric only to have them both look at him questioningly. "Ness hasn't been out of bed since we got home from the hospital but the minute I mentioned you two were coming here she got right out of bed."
"Another member of the family?" Alex asked Nessa and she smiled.
"Oh yeah."
"Well then, welcome to our big perverted family Eric." Alex laughed.
"Okay...what?" Eric questioned, confused.
"Chris Daniels, Allen Jones, Andy Douglas, Nick Cvjetkovich, Kelly Wolfe, Alex, Joe and myself consider ourselves to be one big family. You're part of that now if you would like to be."
"Wow! Really?"
"Yes. We're all very close even though Alex was brought in not too long ago and as for his perverted comment...just ignore that. The only perverted one in the family is him." Nessa stated, smiling innocently at Alex when his jaw dropped.
"Oh that is such bullshit V.C." Alex laughed. "You're just as perverted as I am."
"Uh huh, prove it skunk boy."
"That's easy...I know for a fact that Joe wasn't sick the last time I was here." He informed her and Nessa's mouth fell open as Joe laughed. "I may only be twenty-three but even I know that's the oldest excuse in the book."
"Oh you wanna play that huh? If he wasn't sick then how come I had to play nurse?" She questioned, giggling at the shocked expression on his face.
"Okay, Alex is right...you're as perverted as he is." Eric spoke up, laughing.
"Eric! How could you? I thought you loved me!" Nessa teased him.
"That has nothing to do with how much of a pervert you are."
"Hmph and to think I rooted for you to not get fired." Nessa said, pouting.
"Aww poor Nessa." Eric joked, getting up and tickling her sides.
"Eric, no! Stop!" She giggled as she tried to get away from him.
"Not until you say you love me." He growled playfully, still tickling her.
"Okay, okay! Eric Young...I love you so much." Nessa gushed, kissing him on the cheek and he laughed.
"Yeah, that's what I thought." Eric kissed her forehead and walked back over to sit down on the chair again.
"Actually...I just said that to get you to stop tickling me." She said, sticking her tongue out at him.
"Why you little..." Eric trailed off, starting to get up again.
Nessa giggled and got in Joe's lap. "Come on big boy, come get me now." Nessa stated as Joe wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Yeah right, you'll just sick your hubby on me." He laughed.
"So V.C. are you going to the tapings coming up?" Alex asked.
"Not this week since Joe's just going to be attacking Steiner but I will be at the pay-per-view without a doubt."
"Ain't going to be the same without you there." Alex said, smirking.
"Aww you'll survive without me for one Monday."
"Babe are you sure you wanna go to the pay-per-view?" Joe questioned, kissing her neck softly.
"Yeah. I need to get out of the house before I go crazy and besides that I wanna see if Larry gets his head shaved or not." She replied, giggling.
"All right but if you think you can't handle it just tell me."
"I will." There was a knock on the door before Joe could say anything else and Nessa sighed. "Alex could you get that? I'm too comfortable to move."
"Sure." He got up to answer the door, gasping at who he saw. "Uhm...V.C.?"
"Yeah Alex? Who is it?"
"It's your favorite demon." A male voice spoke up and Nessa's eyes went wide as she squealed in delight and jumped off Joe's lap.
"Dave!" There standing at her front door was none other than Dave Batista. "What the hell are you doing here?" She asked, hugging him when Alex stepped aside to allow him to walk in.
"Kelly called me and told me what happened...how you holding up?"
Nessa groaned and slapped herself in the forehead. "Duh! I forgot you worked with Kelly in OVW. I'm doing about as good as can be expected I suppose...let me introduce you to my man." She took his big hand in hers and led him over to where Joe was sitting. "Joe, I'm sure you already know who this is but oh well, I'm gonna introduce you anyway. Baby this is Dave Batista, an old friend of Kelly's and one of my favorite wrestlers. Dave, this is my husband Joe Seannoa better known in TNA as Samoa Joe."
"Good to meet you man." Joe said, standing up and shaking Dave's hand.
"You too. So you're the man that stole Little Nessa's heart huh?"
"Dave stop." Nessa grumbled, blushing and he laughed.
"V.C.?" Alex spoke up and she gasped.
"Dammit! Sorry Alex. Dave that one standing over there looking like a skunk is Alex Shelley and that quiet one over there is Eric Young." Nessa stated, pointing them both out.
"What have I told you about calling me a skunk V.C.?" Alex questioned, crossing his arms over his chest and trying his best not to smile.
"Uhm...that you love it?"
"Do I have to tickle you like Eric did?" He asked, stepping closer to her and Eric laughed.
"No!" She exclaimed and hid behind Joe. "Hey...I like the view from back here." Nessa muttered, pinching Joe's ass.
"Woman knock that off." Joe growled.
"Knock what off? I didn't do anything!" She replied, innocently.
"You're just full of it today aren't you?" Joe laughed, turning around to hug her.
"It's better than the alternative isn't it?"
"Much. How about we go fix something to eat for everybody?"
"Sounds good...you're gonna need all the strength you can get for later tonight anyway." Nessa whispered, winking at him.
"Shouldn't I be the one saying that to you?"
"Not this time baby." She giggled and walked into the kitchen, the four men following behind her.
