Chapter Thirty Three:
Jon ushered Brooklyn out to the parking lot so they could leave.
"Jon. I'm four months pregnant with twins, please stop walking fast" she joked, but Jon wasn't even listening. He just wanted to get the hell out of there.
"Jon" they heard a voice from behind, making them freeze.
"Brooklyn, go to the car please" he asked when his mother came running up to them.
"What" he said harshly.
"I just wanted to say hi. I mean, we haven't seen each other in five years."
"Really, its only been that long" he said flatly.
"Is this your fiancee" she asked, turning to Brooklyn, who she had just seen inside the restaurant.
"Go to the car Brook." Brooklyn nodded, never seeing Jon so cold with someone before. She let go of his hand and got in before shutting the door, watching the two from the window.
"So its uh nice to see you again" she said awkwardly. When Jon didn't answer, she tried something else.
"She's beautiful" she said when nodding to Brooklyn.
"Yea well you'd know, you have been stalking her online."
"I just wanted to see how you were doing. And I thought I should at least know something about your girlfriend. Fiancee excuse me."
"Doesn't give you a right to stalk us. This where you work? Tired of me not answering your calls for money that you finally decided to get a job." He changed the subject so it was no longer on Brooklyn. She had nothing to do with this and he did not want her in the middle.
"Alright I deserve that, but I've changed. And I want to be apart of your life. I want to know my grandchild and Brooklyn."
"Never. You will never know them. You think I'm going to let you around my family when you screwed up so badly with your own? I'm only going to say it once, stay away from me. Stay away from Brooklyn." Before she could say another thing, he walked to the car and started it before driving off.
"Jon slow down" Brooklyn said, when she saw he was going over the speed limit. Jon sighed and slowed down, before pulling over to the side of the rode.
"I'm sorry" he said, gripping the wheel tighter.
"For what?"
"You seeing that." She was about to tell him not to apologize when his phone started ringing.
"Hello" he said.
"No we left, look just meet us back at our room and I'll tell you" he said before hanging up.
"Who was that" she asked softly as he started driving again.
"Sami. Are you still hungry, I can stop somewhere?"
"Sure." He nodded and placed his hand on top of hers that was resting on her stomach. They stopped and grabbed some food from a McDonald's before heading back to the hotel.
"About time" Drake said when they stepped off the elevator and walked to their door where Jon's friends were waiting.
"Sorry" he muttered as he let them all into the room. They sat down in the living room area, Brooklyn immediately pulling the food out so she could eat.
"So why did you guys leave?"
"Because my mother was there" Jon said through clenched teeth, getting angry again. The one person he didn't want to run into, he ran into.
"What did she say?"
"That she wants to be in mine, Brooklyn, and the babies lives."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, back up. Babies?" They both looked at Jon's friends.
"Right we haven't told you guys, we were gonna tell you at the diner. We're having twins."
"There's going to be two Mox's?"
"No because they're going to be two girls" Brooklyn said.
"We don't know that for sure" Jon said back, making her smile. She knew for a fact that talking about the babies always seemed to help him calm down.
"So what did you say Jonny" Drake said, stealing some fries from Brooklyn, earning him a glare.
"What? We're friends." Brooklyn rolled her eyes as Jon smirked before continuing.
"I told her that she screwed up her own family so she will never be around mine. Then I told her she better stay away from me and Brooklyn." Brooklyn smiled and intertwined their hands.
"So are you guys not going out today?" Jon looked down at Brooklyn, who just looked up at him. She was going to leave what they did up to him.
"Yea, I guess we can. I can't let her ruin me being home" he said, repeating Brooklyn's words from yesterday. Brooklyn smiled and pulled him down for a sweet kiss.
"Ew stop that" Sami said, making Drake laugh and Jon and Brooklyn roll their eyes. They sat around and talked while Brooklyn finished her food.
"Ready?" She nodded and cleaned up before they all left. They got in the car, Jon driving, Brooklyn in the passenger seat, and Drake and Sami in the back.
Jon showed them all the schools her used to go to, plus the building where he used to live. Brooklyn saw how passionate he would talk about some of the places around town. How he would go there to escape from being at home. How he saw his first live wrestling match in town when Mike took him and he knew, that was what he wanted to do.
By the time they were done, it was around seven o'clock.
"Do you guys wanna go get some food?" Jon looked over at Brooklyn, who was half asleep against the window.
"No, we have to head to the arena. You guys coming?"
"No we're gonna go look around some more. Any bars you can suggest. We'd ask if you wanted to join us after the show but you don't really come out anymore."
"Sorry but I like being with my girl." His friends laughed at him.
"No we get it Jon and we like it. You two are good together and we've seen how much you've changed."
"Is that a bad thing?"
"No" they said together.
"We just never thought we'd see you in a serious relationship."
"Me either but I knew I wanted more with her."
"When did you first see her anyway?" Jon sighed and looked over at Brooklyn, who was now sound asleep, her breathing deep and even.
"It was around the time the whole story started with Randy. She walked out to the ring with her parents in a tight black dress. My breath was taken away. When we were backstage, I was gonna go talk to her but I saw her talking and laughing with Nick before he hugged her. I thought they were dating until the first day we bumped into each other. When I knew the truth, I knew I was gonna make her mine someday."
"And now you guys are engaged and having twins."
"And I couldn't be happier." His friends smiled at him. Jon dropped them off the hotel before driving to the arena.
"Was it true" he heard Brooklyn ask. He looked over to see her looking at him, smiling.
"I thought you were sleeping."
"Do you know how many times I faked sleeping when I was younger just to be carried to the car" she said, sitting up straight in her seat.
"Was it true?"
"Ever single word." Brooklyn smiled and kissed his cheek before laying her head on his shoulder as he continued driving.
"You know you can always go out whenever you want" she said when they pulled into the arena parking lot.
"I know, but I'd rather be with you and just relaxing. Besides, if I wanted to get drunk, I would do it with you so we could have a repeat of when we went out with Drake and his wife." She blushed and rolled her eyes before they got out of the car.
Like the hotel, Brooklyn convinced Jon to go over to the fans while she headed inside. When she walked in, she ran into a woman about her height.
"Oh I'm sorry" Brookyln said, the lady shook her head and smiled.
"No, its my fault, I should have been watching where I was going." Brooklyn just smiled.
"Do you think you could help me, I'm kind of lost and I have to go meet my boyfriend."
"Sure of course." The woman smiled and was just about to tell her where she needed to go when they both heard a familiar voice call out.
"Kim!" The woman in front of Brooklyn turned and smiled when they saw Randy walking up to them.
"Hey there you are" Kim said when he walked up to them.
"Yea I was looking for you. Hey B." Brooklyn gave him a little smile.
"Hey Randy." Kim kind of gave Randy a look asking who it was in front of them.
"Oh I'm sorry. Brooklyn this is Kim, my girlfriend. Kim this is Brooklyn, Paul and Stephanie's daughter." Brooklyn and Kim smiled and shook hands.
"Its nice to meet you."
"You too. Alanna talks about you all the time." Brooklyn smiled as the doors to the arena opened and Jon walked in, stopping short when he saw Brooklyn wasn't far. And who she was standing with.
"What's going on here" he asked, wrapping an arm around Brooklyn.
"Randy was just introducing me to his new girlfriend" she said, making Jon look at her funny.
"Well that's nice. Come on Brook, we need to get you something to eat."
"Okay. Bye guys, it was nice meeting you Kim."
"You too Brooklyn." She got a wave out before Jon led her off. Brooklyn gave Jon a look.
"Hey. I could have been meaner." Brooklyn rolled her eyes as they dropped their bags off at the locker room. It was true. Jon could have been much worse. He grabbed her hand and led her to catering.
"Oh my god, oh my god" Nikki said, running up to them.
"What?"
"Twins" she said smiling. Brooklyn and Jon looked at each other.
"How do you know that" he asked her.
"Colby told me."
"He's dead" Jon said, kissing Brooklyn's cheek and heading off to find his brother.
"So is it true?" Brooklyn looked at her friend and nodded.
"Yea. Jon and I are having twins." Nikki squealed and hugged her again.
"So I'm godmother to both." Brooklyn laughed as she walked to get some food.
"I don't know. Jon and I just found out."
"Do you know what they are?" Brooklyn shook her head.
"No she said it was to early to tell. She should be able to tell around the five month mark." They walked over to an empty table and sat down.
"Who else did Colby tell" she asked, digging into her salad.
"I think just me."
"Twins" Nick yelled when he and Brad walked into catering. Everyone turned to look at them before looking at Brooklyn, who blushed.
"Shut up" she hissed when they got to the table.
"Let me guess, Colby" she said. They nodded.
"Fucking sell out."
"Why didn't you tell us?"
"We were gonna pull everyone together in the next few days but we saw mom, dad, and Colby first."
"Boys, girls?" Brooklyn sighed. This is why she wanted to pull everyone together instead of having to tell the same thing over and over again.
"They don't know yet. The doctor said they'd have to wait till the five month mark." The boys nodded and Brooklyn shot Nikki a thankful smile.
"I'm sorry!" They all looked at the door when Colby came running in, Jon hot on his trails.
"You're gonna be sorry" Jon said, chasing after him. Colby grabbed Brooklyn and held him in front of him.
"Stop or you'll hurt your baby mama."
Jon stopped in front of him, a smirk on his face when he saw the look on Brooklyn's face. Colby yelled when Brooklyn stomped on his foot and moving so Jon could tackle him to the floor and put him in a submission.
"What part of WE want to tell everyone escaped your sellout mind" Brooklyn asked, standing in front of him.
"I'm sorry, I-I was excited" he choked out. Jon and Brooklyn shared a look before Jon let him go.
"You two are dangerous together" Brad said, making both of them smirk. Colby coughed and accepted Jon's hand to help him up.
"I'm sorry" he said again.
"Its okay. Just keep it to yourself from now on." Colby nodded and all three sat back down at the table.
"B guess what we found out." She hummed in question as she ate her food.
"Randy has a new girlfriend." Colby and Nikki looked at him wide eyed as Brooklyn finished chewing.
"I know. I ran into her."
"Was it awkward?"
"No actually. She was very nice."
"And probably stupid for dating him" Colby said.
"Hey" Brooklyn said, making Colby throw his hands up.
"I didn't mean it like that." Brooklyn giggled.
"No its fine. But if she makes him happy and back to the Randy I once knew, then all the more power to them."
"And leaves you alone" Jon said, wrapping an arm around her. She gave him a small smile before going back to eating. They all sat around and hung out before they left to get ready for the show.
"Do you want me to come sit out there" she asked him while he was tapping his hands.
"No. Not if there is a chance my mother could show up."
"Please, I wanna watch my baby daddy." Jon chuckled and looked at her.
"Okay but please be careful and please come back after my match."
"You got it sir" she said, saluting him. He rolled his eyes and slipped on his gray leather jacket and poured some water over his head, making it fling in front of his eyes.
"I like that. You should call me that more often." She rolled her eyes and stood up, fixing her flannel shirt.
"My boobs got bigger" she said fixing her tank top so they weren't popping out.
"I will be the first to say, I have no objections" he said pulling her tank top out so he could look at them. She slapped his hand away, making him smirk.
"Perv."
"Only with you darlin." He walked over and opened the door.
"Shall we m'lady." She giggled and accepted his hand before he led her to a security guard.
"After the match, escort her back here" the security guard nodded and Jon turned to her.
"I love you."
"I love you too." They kissed quickly before the guard lead Brooklyn off to her ringside seat. Fans were happy to see her. She took some pictures and signed somethings before Jon's music went off, making everyone go crazy. Brooklyn didn't think she had ever heard a bigger pop before.
She smiled when he winked at her before getting into the ring. She cheered along with the crowd. Jon stood on the top ropes, signaling for the crowd to yell which they did.
"Excuse me" Brooklyn heard next to her. Turning, she froze in her spot.
"Oh um, hi Brooklyn. Its nice to see you again." Brooklyn still looked wide eyed as Jon's mother sat next to her. Her eyes flicked to the ring, thankfully Jon was to focused on the match to see who had just sat next to her.
"What are you doing here" she asked.
"Well I thought I'd come see what Jon has been doing all these years. I know he doesn't believe me, but I'm changed Brooklyn." Brooklyn's eyes kept flicking to the ring. The last thing she wanted was for Jon to break character.
"He has ever right not to believe you. Now if you'll excuse me" she said, getting up to walk back to security, but stopping when the woman grabbed her hand.
"Please, help me. I want to reconnect with him."
"I'm sorry but if Jon doesn't want anything to do with you, there is nothing I can do." She ripped her hand away from hers and walked to security, who escorted her backstage. Jon saw out of the corner of his eye Brooklyn get up to leave. When he fully turned, he froze when he saw his mother was sitting next to her.
"Fuck" he whispered, picking Sheamus up and hitting dirty deeds for the win. He celebrated shortly before heading backstage. When he got back there, he saw Brooklyn was just getting back there with security.
"I got her, thanks man." The man nodded as Jon grabbed Brooklyn.
"Are you okay?" Brooklyn nodded as he walked them back to the locker room.
"I knew it. I knew I shouldn't have let you go out there. How the hell did she afford tickets anyway."
"Its not like they're $500 dollars Jon." Jon rolled his eyes at her as he knelt in front of her.
"What did she say?"
"That she is changed and she wants me to help her reconnect with you. I told her if you didn't want to, then there was nothing I could do to change your mind." Both knew it was true. Brooklyn could persuade Jon of a lot of things, but she knew she would never try or want to help change his relationship with his mother unless he wanted to.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry she talked to you." He got up and started pacing again. Brooklyn sighed and rubbed her temples. Jon's phone ring and he took it from his bag before answering.
"Hello? Oh hey Sami. No I just got down. No-, you know what, yea I could use a drink. I'll drop Brooklyn off, we can get one at the hotel." He hung up and Brooklyn looked at him.
"What did Sami want?"
"Asking if I was sure I didn't want to go out. Are you gonna be okay?"
"You said you'll be downstairs right?" He nodded.
"Then I'll be fine. You deserve a drink though." He nodded and pulled her up to his chest.
"I love you" he said.
"I love you too." They shared a kiss before changing and heading to the hotel. Jon walked them to the room and put their bags away as Brooklyn pulled out her pajamas.
"If you need something, call me okay." She nodded and he kissed her passionately before he left.
Brooklyn showered and lotioned her stomach before putting her pajamas on and getting into bed. She was exhausted. She started watching Law and Order: SVU. She wasn't even through the first episode before she passed out.
A few hours later, she was woken up by a loud bang. Sitting up, she rubbed her eyes and walked out to the living room to see a clearly drunk Jon walking in.
"Hey" she said quietly.
"Hi" he slurred.
"You guys have fun?"
"I'm sorry" he said, making her confused.
"Sorry for what?"
"For what she makes me like" he slurred.
"Jon I unders-."
"No you don't" he said, suddenly yelling.
"You don't understand. You had a family Brooklyn. T-they loved you and you guys were happy and you had one another. You don't understand anything" he said. Brooklyn was a little taken back.
"You know she never did anything with me" he said, suddenly calmer then before. Ah the effects of alcohol. Brooklyn moved closer to him as Jon just looked off into space.
"She never went to anything at my school. Never told me how proud she was of me for getting first place in the Olympics we had in fifth grade. She never cared. She would tell me that I'd probably end up like my father when I grew up. That I'd be a deadbeat to my wife and kids." Brooklyn felt the tears starting to form, hating his mother more than anything. This was the first time Jon really went into detail about his childhood.
"Jon that's not true" she said rubbing his arm, thankful he didn't move away.
"You are going to be a great dad to these babies and a great husband. Its her loss that she is no longer a part of your life. Its her loss she can't see the strong, tough, successful man you have grown up to be." Jon looked at her and she saw a tear fall from his eye.
"You're just saying that" he slurred.
"No Jon, I'm not. She will have to live with what she did for the rest of her life. Live with the fact she was a terrible mother to you. Live with that she is what has caused the strained relationship." Jon just nodded, putting a hand on her stomach.
"Come on, you need to lay down." She grabbed his hand and led him to their room. She helped him change and lay him down before getting in next to him. He moved down the bed and hugged her hips, laying his head right next to her stomach while she ran a hand through his hair.
"I'll never be like him or her" he said to her stomach. Brooklyn nodded even though he couldn't see her.
"I know baby."
"Do you promise to never leave me Brooklyn." Brooklyn smiled and felt a lone tear slip from her eye.
"I promise Jon. I will never leave you." He nodded and closed his eyes, pressing his face to her stomach.