Roman stepped in front of his girls and Amaya's mom. His mom looked around him.
"Hello Trina", she said, before taking a seat beside her.
Roman looked at his dad.
"You're right son, she is a Reigns. Our blood runs through her veins.", Sika said.
Roman felt little hands tugging at his pants and he looked down. Malia smiled up at him. He set his hand on top of his daughter's head. He lifted her.
"Malia, this is grandpa Sika", Roman introduced.
Malia was confused. She didn't know what a grandpa was. Roman realized that, since Malia never met Amaya's dad.
"Papa", Roman said.
Malia smiled at Sika. He handed her over to his dad.
"Hi sweetheart", his dad said.
Roman noticed the worried look on Amaya's face. Finn was keeping an eye on his dad. He sent her a reassuring smile. Amaya nodded lightly.
"You know, we're staying at the Marriott. Just in case you want to visit Malia before her bedtime", Trina said.
Roman smiled and noticed that both moms had something up their sleeves.
Charlotte had won the battle royal and with that, winning the title. She and Finn had decided on dinner after the show, dropping off Malia and Trina at the hotel.
"Have they told you when you'll be getting it back?", Finn asked.
"No, but Punk isn't happy. He says their still punishing me for what happened", Amaya said.
"Do you think they are?", Finn asked.
"Honestly, no. He calmed down after I told him about the storyline.", she said.
He nodded.
"Did they tell you about the draft?", he asked.
"No. I don't think their going to tell anyone.", she said.
He nodded.
"You never told me what Hunter wanted you for", she said.
"He just said I should be expecting a call up soon. Maybe during the draft", he said.
"That's great. I hope we end up on the same roster.", she said.
"Me too babe", he said.
Dean and Nikki arrived and sat down across from them.
"Where's your baby?", Nikki asked.
"At the hotel. Trust me, a sleepy toddler doesn't do well in a restaurant.", Amaya said.
"True", Nikki said.
Dean glanced at Finn and Finn just smiled at him. Amaya could tell Dean was giving Finn the, I don't like you because my best friend doesn't like you, look.
"So um, Dean, Amaya tells me you were like a brother to her and I just want to say you have nothing to worry about with me", Finn said.
"I don't know you, I don't trust you. Let me find out who you really are.", Dean said.
"That's fair", Finn said.
Dean looked at Amaya. She knew what was coming, he still wasn't over what happened even though he aired out some of his thoughts already.
"I tried calling you, texting you. I even went to your old apartment and you moved. What the hell! Don't give me that crap about disappointing me because you know damn well, I would have had your back", Dean said angry.
"I know Dean", she said.
"I'm not done", he said, cutting her off.
Amaya nodded.
"I was worried out of my fucking mind about you. I was afraid that you would go and do something stupid or that you hated me because he's my friend.", he said.
Amaya looked down at her plate.
"You could have sent me a damn smoke signal or something. You didn't even have to call me, you could have told Paige or called Nikki. I needed to know you were ok", Dean said.
Finn placed his hand in hers.
"You had a baby and didn't tell anyone. Don't you think we would have liked to know, especially Roman. No offense to you Finn, but Roman was off his hinges and that's my job. That little girl could have brought a light into his life when he needed it the most.", Dean said.
"I'm sorry. All I can say and do now is apologize. I can't go back in time and redo this. I wanted to tell Roman about Malia, but Valerie had just lost her baby and I wasn't going to rub my child in her face. Then I just got scared and I couldn't. I wanted to call you and everyone else, but I was embarrassed and then I did want to call after Malia was born but I figured you hated me because I wouldn't answer your calls", she said.
"I was angry, but I didn't hate you.", Dean said.
Nikki nudged him.
"And as for the whole Roman situation. We all knew Yaya. We saw it", Dean said.
Amaya sighed.
"You two did a pretty shitty job at hiding it. We saw the way you looked at him and the way he looked at you. It was also kind of weird that he went to New Jersey with us without his wife and daughter.", Nikki said.
"Why didn't anyone say anything?", she asked.
"Because you didn't want us to know. If you did you would have told us", Dean said.
Amaya nodded. Dean noticed the way Finn tensed whenever Roman was brought up. Dean didn't care. Whether he was here or not, Roman was going to come up.
"Don't leave me out of the loop again kid", Dean said.
Amaya nodded.
"I promise", she said.
Roman arrived at the room number his mom told him belonged to Amaya. He knocked and her mom answered. His mom was on the couch watching Malia. She was already dressed for bed.
"Daddy", Malia said, running up to him.
Her curls bounced.
"I'm never going to get tired of that baby girl", Roman said, kissing her cheek.
"She loves you so much already", his mom said.
"She finally has him and she doesn't plan on letting go.", Amaya's mom said.
Roman smiled. His mom stood and Amaya's mom grabbed her sweater.
"What's going on?", he asked, looking between the women.
"We are grabbing a late dinner. We want to get to know each other", his mom said.
"But what about Malia?", Roman asked.
"You're here, you're her father. She's in good hands if you ask me. Amaya can't get mad, because you have a right to that child too. Be her dad", her mom said.
"Enjoy your baby girl", his mom said.
Roman smiled. They walked out and he looked at his daughter.
"Are you hungry kiddo?", he asked her.
She nodded.
Both women ordered a glass of wine at the bar downstairs. They wanted to get their babies back together.
"He still loves her so much. His father never saw it, but I did. The way he cried and he was just on autopilot. Never when he was around Autumn though, she needed him and he would come alive.", his mom said.
"Same with her. Any mention of his name and she would just shut down. When she looks at him now, she never once looked at Finn that way.", her mom said.
"Is this Finn a good guy? Is he good with Malia?", Patricia asked.
"He's a good guy, makes Amaya laugh and treats her well. He's very hands on with Malia when he's in town. Plays with her, reads to her.", Trina said.
"I was afraid you would say that", Patricia said.
"You better tell your son to step his game up because if not, I'm afraid Finn might bring out the big guns and propose", Trina said.
Patricia nodded.
Getting back to the hotel. Amaya and Finn walked in to see Roman with Malia on his chest fast asleep. Roman was falling asleep himself.
"Roman", Finn said.
"Finn", Roman said.
"Amaya and that's Malia. Now that we've all met, what are you doing here Roman?", Amaya asked.
"I came to see my girl, your mom and mine left for dinner", he explained.
"Fantastic", Finn said annoyed.
"I'm allowed to see my daughter. I don't need to ask you", Roman was angry.
"Ok stop.", Amaya said, when she noticed Finn was going to reply to Roman.
Finn left the living room and towards their bedroom. Amaya sighed.
"Do you mind just watching her for a quick second?", Amaya asked.
"I've got all night", Roman said, sitting back down with his sleeping daughter.
Amaya nodded and made her way to the bedroom. Finn was pacing.
"He's her father Finn, I can't keep him away from her.", Amaya said.
"Are you sure that's not just an excuse to sleep with him again? I mean, you said it yourself, old habits die hard", Finn said.
Amaya didn't know what to say to that.
"Its obvious to me that I was just keeping his spot warm for him.", Finn raised his voice just a little too loud.
"You aren't Finn. I'm sorry for what happened, I am", Amaya said.
"Then what's this about your mom going out with his mom? Since when have they been best fucking friends huh?", Finn asked.
"I don't know, but my mom has always been that way. She probably wants to get to know his mom because she's going to be in our lives, Malia is her granddaughter", Amaya reasoned.
"Is this how it's going to be every time he comes around? I can't leave you alone with him, ever", Finn said pacing.
"But you can, I promise", he stopped and faced her.
"Don't promise me something you can't keep. I know you will never truly be over him. I'm not on the main roster yet, for all I know you two could be sneaking around backstage or in the hotel. I've heard the rumors Amaya", Finn said.
Amaya looked down at her hands. The door to the bedroom opened and Roman stood there holding a sleeping Malia. He was trying really hard to resist walking over to Finn and punching him in the face for what he just said.
"Roman, is everything ok?", Amaya asked.
"I was just wondering where I should lay her down", he said, eyes on Finn.
"She sleeps with me here", Amaya said, fixing the bed.
Roman didn't move. Amaya could feel the tension between them. They were both itching to get their hands on each other. He took a step in, but not towards the bed. He stood in front of Finn.
"I'm warning you now, don't you ever talk to her like that again. If I was Punk or Dean, your ass would have been dragged all over this hotel room", Roman warned.
Finn smirked.
"And why don't you?", Finn asked.
"Because I'm holding my little girl, and you are so lucky that I am.", Roman growled.
"I'm her boyfriend, we were having a conversation, but you're right. I shouldn't be taking this out on her, you are the problem. This is all your fault", Finn said.
Roman smirked.
"Touch me while I'll holding my kid and I will end you", Roman warned.
Finn grabbed his jacket.
"Stay the night Roman, it's obvious you're still warming her bed", Finn said.
"Finn", Amaya said.
He stopped.
"I'm going to stay with AJ. I just, I need space from this situation. I'm sorry", Finn said.
Amaya nodded. Roman was laying down their little girl.
"Thank you", she said.
Roman looked over at her.
"I shouldn't have let him talk to me that way, but I felt so bad and he has a right to be angry.", Amaya said.
"But not to yell at you. I could hear him to the living room, I couldn't take it", Roman said.
"He's never like that. He's usually calm when your name comes up", Amaya said.
"Then maybe it's my face he has a problem with. He can't stand to see me and that's understandable. I made love to his girlfriend", Roman said.
Amaya laughed softly. She felt him move closer to her. His hand rested on her hip.
"We can set visitations, that way you can warn him that I'm coming", Roman said.
Amaya nodded.
"Thank you", she said.
He inched closer, their eyes connected. His hand buried in her hair. He swallowed, wanting to kiss her, to feel her underneath him again. He kissed her forehead. His lips brushing down to her nose. Then slowly moved further down and hovered over her lips.
Pull away Amaya
Just one kiss
Finn, remember Finn
He smells so good
Don't let this happen again, stop it
She hadn't realized her hands were gripping his shirt tight. They could feel each other's body heat. All Roman had to do was close the space between their lips and they both knew what would happen next.