Chapter Thirty:
"Do we have to." Jon laughed as his fiancee whined about going back on the road.
"You know we do babe. Besides, don't you want to show everyone your new rock?" She smiled and looked down at her newly decorated finger.
"You just wanna show it off because of Randy" she joked. Jon smirked over at her as he drove them to the arena. Tonight was Night of Champions and since Joe got hurt at a house show, Jon was scheduled to make his return and attack Colby.
"The crème puff should know." Brooklyn giggled.
"Have you heard anything from Joe?"
"Nope. The last thing I heard was he was going to have to get surgery on it." Brooklyn frowned. Poor Joe.
"We should go see him."
"Maybe next week. Remember, this week we are going to look at some houses." Brooklyn nodded. She was excited. The ones they had looked at online looked beautiful. She just hope they looked that way when they got there.
When they made it to the arena, they were lucky no fans were outside waiting since they had to keep Jon coming back a secret.
"Thank god" he said when they made it in. Brooklyn giggled as Colby came up to them.
"Hey welcome back." He bro hugged Jon before hugging her.
"Damn what are you having twins?" Brooklyn scowled and hit him. She was now almost three months along and was definitely showing.
"Shut up. Like I told everyone else, there is only one baby in here."
"I'm kidding Brook, relax."
"How was shooting?"
"Good. Long." Colby laughed as something caught his eye.
"No way" he said, grabbing Brooklyn's left hand and looking at the ring. Jon and Brooklyn both smiled.
"You guys are getting married?" They both nodded as he smiled and hugged them again.
"Congrats you guys. So I'm best man?"
"Thats a fight you'll have to take up with Joe, Drake, and Sami."
"Well well well, look who is here." They looked to see her parents coming up to them. Brooklyn smiled and ran to hug them while Jon looked on, a little nervous. He knew he, Paul, and all of Brooklyn's uncles would be having a talk tonight.
"Congratulations honey." She pulled back and looked at them weird.
"How did you two know?"
"Jon asked us." Jon's eyes widened a little as Brooklyn looked to him, smiling brightly.
"You did?" His eyes flickered up to Paul and Stephanie who nodded at him. Technically he did ask them. The second time he proposed.
"Yea I did. I knew it was important for your parents to know." She smiled and hugged him.
"Jon if you could follow me" Paul said, smirking. Stephanie and Brooklyn looked at him.
"Where are you guys going?"
"A meeting."
"Dad-" she started to warn but Jon cut her off.
"No darlin its okay. Its only a meeting. I'll come find you when I'm done." She looked up at him.
"Okay" she said slowly, not really believing Jon or her father it was just a meeting. He gave her a sweet kiss before following her father.
"What the hell was that" Colby asked when they couldn't see them anymore.
"I don't know but I think your uncles are involved too."
"Why?"
"Because they're all here." Brooklyn's eyes widened. She tried to move to follow but her mom stopped her.
"B relax, I'm sure they're just going to talk to him."
"I know" she said, trying to move again.
"Come on Brook, why don't we go get some food. I know your starving." She looked at Colby and sighed.
"Fine but if he isn't back in half an hour, I'm going to get him." Her mother smiled as Colby led her off to catering.
God help her father and uncles if they do something.
/*/
Jon was seated at the head of a meeting table, all of Brooklyn's uncles sitting around him. There were all the members of DX, Glenn, Mark or the undertaker, and Ric Flair.
"So" Shawn started, clapping his hands.
"You asked Brooklyn to marry you?" Jon swallowed the little jump in his throat before answering.
"Yea I did."
"And you've only been dating five months."
"Four almost five yea. I love her." They all nodded.
"And you didn't think to ask any of us first" Brian asked.
"I know I should have but it was such a spur of the moment thing."
"Are you doing it just because she is pregnant?" Jon scoffed, his anger rising at the question.
"Absolutely not. I love her more than anything in the world. I want to spend the rest of my life with her. Even if she wasn't having my baby. Brooklyn is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I'm sorry I didn't ask first but Brooklyn said that her answer is really the only one that mattered and I agreed. Because, no offense, even if you guys didn't approve, I still would have asked because I love her."
They all looked at him, a little surprised by the outburst. Paul couldn't help but have respect for Jon. Here he was in front of all these men that could ruin him in a minute if they wanted and he didn't show an ounce of fear. He knew how much Jon loved Brooklyn and how much she loved him. He had to admit, even if Jon did ask, he would have said yes. They were perfect for each other and made the other happy.
"Well gentleman" Shane said, standing up with Paul.
"I don't know about you but I think Jon passes." They all looked at each other and nodded. Jon letting out a low sigh of relief.
"Just remember Jon, you hurt her, you have all of us to deal with" Paul said, motioning to all the men sitting at the table. Jon nodded as they all stood up and shook his hand. When they left, he looked to Paul.
"I really am sorry Paul." Paul waved them off as they started walking back down the hall.
"I understand Jon. Just promise to take care of her and the baby."
"With my life." Paul nodded and shook his hand before heading into his office. Jon let out a deep breath before heading to catering. He had gotten a text from Brooklyn before the 'meeting' started telling him Colby had taken her there.
When he walked in, he smiled seeing Brooklyn messing around with Colby, Nick, and Paige.
"Hey how did it go" Colby asked when he spotted him. Brooklyn turned around and looked up at him. He smiled and sat next to her.
"It was good. I've sad it once and I'll say it again, you have a lot of uncles darlin." She smiled and layed her head on his shoulder.
"They weren't to hard on you were they?" Jon shook his head as he wrapped an arm around her.
"Nothing I couldn't handle." Brooklyn smiled and kissed his cheek.
"Hey Colbs, we're gonna head and see Joe next week. Wanna join?"
"Yea. Just let me see what I have going on." They hung out for a little bit before Paige decided she wanted to pull Brooklyn off to go show the divas her ring.
"I'll meet you at the locker room." She was able to give him a quick kiss before she was pulled away.
"So how did he do it" she asked on the way to the locker room.
"We we're walking on the beach after our first night in Mexico. He didn't have a ring then, which I didn't really care about, so when we were in Vancouver he got me one and we went to the top of this like mountain to watch the sunset and he asked me again."
"Aw you guys are so cute its disgusting." Brooklyn laughed as they made to the locker room.
"Listen up everyone, Brooklyn has something to show you guys." All eyes turned to them. Brooklyn smiled and held up her left hand, laughing when they all started squealing.
"Yay, yay, yay" Nikki said, pulling her into a hug. Brooklyn laughed as all the other divas congratulated her.
"Alright give us all the details" Nattie said as she sat down. Brooklyn smiled and told them everything.
"Aw that is so cute" Brie said.
"So when is it?"
"I don't know. We just got engaged literally like three weeks ago. Almost four. Wow its almost been a month" she said, making them all laugh.
"You wanna wait though right?"
"Yea. I mean how cute would it be for the baby to be in the wedding and I don't want to be the size of a balloon when I get married."
"How far along are you" Summer asked.
"Almost three months. I want your guys honest opinion. Do you think I'm bigger then I should be?" They all looked at her.
"No I don't think so. I mean your small to begin with so maybe your just showing earlier."
"That's what Jon keeps saying."
"You look fine Brooklyn." She nodded at her friends.
"I'm gonna go find Jon. I'll see you guys later." She hugged all of them before leaving. She turned a corner and ran into a hard chest.
"Should probably watch where your going B." She rolled her eyes and looked up at Randy.
"Sorry" she said, moving so he could walk by. She noticed his gaze turn to her extended stomach.
"You really are pregnant aren't you."
"No I was lying" she said. Randy shook his head, his gaze then going to her finger when the sparkled of her ring caught his eye.
"You're engaged" he said slowly, almost defeated. Brooklyn nodded, noticing how his face drop to one of sadness.
"There really is no chance is there." She looked at him and shook her head.
"You know I always thought we'd get back together. I thought that if I proved I've changed you'd come back."
"I'm happy Randy." He nodded and ran a hand through his hair.
"I'm sorry Brooklyn. For everything." She looked at him wide eyed.
"Really?" He nodded.
"I uh have been thinking a lot lately. We used to be such good friends before everything happened. I miss that and I realized if I keep acting the way I do, I'll never get that friendship back. As much as I hate to admit it, I've never seen you as happy as you are with Jon. Not even with me. So I'm sorry. I promise, no more bullshit."
"You know we aren't just gonna go right back to being friends right? Randy you put Jon in the hospital. You let me get hit with a spear. Not to mention, bashing Jon every chance you had and trying to use Alanna against me."
Randy just nodded. He couldn't argue with her.
"I know and I'm sorry. No more of that. If you're happy, then I'm happy. That's all I really ever wanted was for you to be happy. I guess it was just hard to see you happy with someone else." Brooklyn nodded.
"Thank you Randy but I don't know if I can let everything go yet. You did a lot." He nodded
"Can we do civil then?" She looked up at him.
"Yea I think we could do civil." Randy just nodded.
"I uh gotta go and see your parents."
"Good luck" she said. He chuckled before walking off. She walked back to Jon's locker room. When she opened the door, he was just taking his shirt off to change it.
She whistled making him chuckle.
"I picked a good time to walk in." He laughed again as she closed the door.
"How were the girls?"
"They were good. Questioning but good. I ran into Randy on the way here."
"And what did the crème puff have to say?"
"Sorry." Jon looked at her with the same expression she gave Randy when he first apologized.
"Really?"
"Yea he said that he had been doing some thinking and he realized if he kept acting the way he did, we'd never be friends again. He said all he wants is for me to be happy. He also said he has never seen me more happy with someone. Not even with him."
"And you believed him."
"Yea. I did. Jon, I've known him for almost six years. I know when he is being sincere and when he isn't."
"So you're friends now?"
"No but I agreed to be civil with him. Why do you seem mad?"
"Because Brooklyn this is the man who has been harassing us for months. The man that let you get hit full force by Joe and be out for a month. The man who put me in the hospital. I don't want you around him."
"Well that's not really your choice Jon. If I want to make peace and and decide to put the past behind me then I will. You don't have to, that's fine. I know what he did and he is trying to make up for it."
"No I don't like it Brooklyn. You're not allowed to be around him." She looked at him wide eyed.
"I'm not allowed to be around him. News flash Jon, you're not my father. Do I tell you who you can and cannot be around? No I don't. So don't try and do that to me. I already told you, I'm just going to be civil. Its not like I'm going to be like hey lets hang out and be best buddies." He rolled his eyes at her.
When they heard the beginning of the show, she looked at him.
"You better get warmed up" was all she said before walking into the bathroom and closing the door, done with the conversation.
Jon sighed and ran his hand through his hair.
He didn't understand why she couldn't understand where he was coming from. That man has done nothing but harass and try to intervene in their relationship. There was no way he wanted Brooklyn or their child around him.
/*/
"You're an idiot." Jon scowled over the phone as Joe chastised him.
"Why because I don't want my fiancee around the man who has harassed and harmed both of us?"
"Jon she is being the bigger person and putting the past in the past. It also didn't help you told her she isn't allowed around him. Did you really think that was going to sit well?"
"Is it so bad I want to keep her and the baby safe."
"No its not Jon but if Brooklyn believes him then I would. She seems pretty on point when it comes to someones character. She's known him longer than us so maybe she is right and he is changing."
"But what if she is wrong and he tries something again."
"Then that's where you step in but you can't tell her who she can and cannot be friends with. Imagine if she told you, that she didn't like me or Colby for whatever reason and she wanted you to stop hanging out with us. Would you?"
"No because I know what you guys are really like."
He could practically feel Joe smirking on the other end of the phone.
"Shut up" he said, making Joe chuckle.
"Just trust her Jon."
"I do. Its him I don't trust."
"But you know if anything happened, Brooklyn would tell you in a heartbeat right."
"Yea."
"Then just leave it alone. You don't have to like it but you also can't tell her who she can and cannot talk to or be around." Jon sighed.
"You're right."
"I know." Jon rolled his eyes as a tech ran up to him.
"Your up in five Jon." Jon nodded.
"Alright man I gotta go."
"Alright brotha, do me proud." Jon laughed and hung up before going back to the locker room.
"I'm up" he said as he walked back in.
"Okay" she said, not looking up from her phone. Jon sighed and placed his back in his bag. He kissed her head and kissed her stomach before leaving.
Brooklyn knew it was stupid to be mad but it wasn't even the whole Randy thing. It was Jon thinking he could tell her who she was and was not allowed to hang out with. She understood his concern but he had to know that if anything happened or Brooklyn had any doubts about what Randy said, she would have ignored him in a heartbeat.
Everyone knew Brooklyn's instincts were always spot in, it was scary sometimes.
She picked up the remote and turned on the tv in time to see Colby standing in the ring, waiting.
She smiled a little when Jon got out of the cab and had that crazed look on his face as he made it to the ring.
"You're father is crazy" she said, laying her hands on her stomach. She watched as her parents and a bunch of security people raced down to the ring. They zip tied Jon and carried him back while he struggled.
She knew they were going to be dumping them in the locker room to 'keep him away' from everybody.
Sure enough, five minutes later you heard Jon yelling as the door opened and he was shoved in, the cameras catching everything.
"Lock it" she heard her father command as the door shut leaving them alone. When he was sure they were away he looked over at her.
"Care to help me darlin?"
"I don't know am I allowed to" she said a little harshly before standing up and undoing the ties. She went to go back to the couch, but Jon caught her wrist and tugged her down into his lap.
"Alright I'm sorry. You're right. I have no right to tell you who you can and cannot hang out with. I trust you I just don't trust him."
"Jon, I'm telling you, he was sincere about everything he told me. If he wasn't, I would know."
"How?"
"My instincts are always spot on. I can tell a lie from a mile away."
"I'll have to remember that" he said jokingly. He reached a hand up and pushed some of her hair behind her ear before cupping her face.
"I'm sorry" he said. She gave him a small smile and cupped his cheek with her hand.
"Thank you." He smiled and leaned in to give her a sweet kiss.
"So your just being civil?" Brooklyn nodded.
"Yup. Nothing more, nothing less. I think seeing the bump and the ring finally made him snap out of it. Or he might of met someone else."
"I just don't want him bothering you." Brooklyn smiled and rubbed his cheeks with her thumbs.
"He won't. I promise." Jon nodded and kissed her again. He had to admit, even though he didn't believe Randy, he felt a sense of relief knowing that the whole thing could be over and they would no longer have to worry about it.