Chapter Fifty Eight:
"I'm your sister."
Jon and Brooklyn's eye widened.
"I think you have me confused with someone else. I don't have a sister."
He looked at Brooklyn silently asking her "Who is this nutcase?" Brooklyn shrugged as the woman shook her head.
"No. I swear I have the right person. You were born in Cincinnati, and your birthday is the same. I'm your sister. Here, look" she said, pulling out her wallet from her purse. She flipped through it before finding a picture and pulling it out.
"See. That is you, and this is me." She pointed to the small curly headed boy who was standing next to a little girl.
Jon shook his head. No way did he have a sister. He would have remembered her.
"What is this" Brooklyn asked when she noticed Jon was looking at the picture wide eyed.
"Its uh, me and him when we were younger. I was only two and he was four. This was taken on Christmas of 1989." Jon shook his head.
"Look, I don't know who you are or what you want, but I don't have a sister. Now leave us alone." Lauren's eyes dropped.
"I thought it might go this way. Jon, I really am your sister, I swear. I don't want to keep you. If you wanna see me, here is my number." She wrote it down and gave it to Brooklyn before walking away.
"Jon" Brooklyn questioned, looking at him.
"Don't Brook. I don't have a sister. I thought I did when I was younger but I made it up to cope with my shitty childhood. Come on, Joe is waiting for us." Brooklyn sighed as he walked over and put Amelia in the car. She walked to the other side and put J.J in his car holder before getting up front.
They drove in an awkward silence. She could hear Jon muttering to himself about how it was bullshit and how crazy that lady was but Brooklyn knew it in her heart, that girl was telling the truth.
Brooklyn was great at knowing when people were lying or not. When she met his mother, she knew she was a fake but this girl, if she was really Jon's sister, seemed sincere.
"Do you wanna talk about it" she asked softly. Jon looked over at her and shook her head.
"No. There is nothing to talk about. The lady was a phony Brook, probably just some crazy fan girl."
"But what about the picture?"
"That wasn't me. I didn't take any pictures as a child. Remember, my mom was a drunk bitch." Brooklyn nodded but she still had the strong feeling, Lauren wasn't lying.
"But you don't know for sure. That could be the one picture you have. I mean come on Jon. That little boy looks just like Jay."
"Brooklyn, I don't have a sister so please, drop it." Brooklyn could tell he was getting angry and she didn't want to be the cause of it.
"Okay. I'm sorry." Jon looked over at her before focusing on the road.
"Do you believe her" he asked quietly. He knew that Brooklyn could tell when someone was lying. Brooklyn looked at him, seeing the apprehension on his face.
"Yea. I do." Jon shook his head.
"But Brook, it doesn't make sense."
"I know but like you said, you never saw any pictures of you as a kid. How do you know she didn't take one."
"Okay but where did she go? Surely I would remember I had a sister."
"Maybe she left with your dad? Maybe your mom was so pissed she hid the pictures to make you think you made it up. We both know the woman is crazy." Jon sighed.
"I just don't know" he said slowly. Brooklyn gave a sad smile and reached over to grab his hand.
"I'm not going to push you into anything but I think you should talk to her. What if, I call Sarah and see if she can run a check on her."
"You would do that?" Brooklyn nodded.
"Of course. The one thing you don't need in your life is someone claiming to be your sister if she isn't, not after everything you went through with your mom. If you want, I can call her now before we get to Joe's." Jon nodded.
"Okay." Brooklyn nodded and pulled her phone out. Sliding the unlock button, she clicked on her contacts and found Sarah's before pressing call. She pulled it away from her ear and pushed the speaker button.
/*/
Sarah was sat in her black plush desk chair behind her desk in her office at Clark, Green and associates. She was back at work and into the usual grind. She'd usually take two days off so she could spend some time with Colby when he came into town, but this week Colby called her to let her know that he wouldn't be in Hartford until six because he had to head to his place in Iowa to pick up a few things.
Instead of moping around her apartment bored, she decided to head into work for a few hours.
She was looking through some case files when her phone started to vibrate on her desk. Reaching a hand over, she picked it up, seeing it was Brooklyn. She furrowed her eyebrows. Why would Brooklyn be calling her.
Yea it wasn't unusual for her best friend to call her, but Sarah though that since they were on vacation, she couldn't want to be bothered.
She slid her finger to accept the call before putting the phone to her ear.
"Hey Brook, what's up" she greeted.
"Hey Sar, sorry to bother you, but I have a favor to ask."
"No don't worry about. I'm at work anyway."
"Work? I thought Colby was there" she asked confused.
Since they had started dating, Colby spent his days off in Hartford with Sarah.
"He's flight isn't due to six. He had to go to Iowa and pick up some extra clothes."
"Oh, gotcha." Sarah nodded and continued to look through her files as they talked.
"So what's going on? I thought since you guys were on vacation you'd be laying on the beach enjoying the sun."
Brooklyn sighed which made Sarah stop reading. This must be serious.
"We're planning too. I need a favor." Sarah heard the seriousness in her friends voice which was unusual. Brooklyn was always so care free so for her to be serious, meant it was a serious situation.
"Name it Brook. What's up? Are you guys okay?" She asked with concern.
"We're fine. Listen, can you run a background check on someone for us please."
"Sure but I need to know why."
"I haven't really got time to explain everything but long story short, there is a woman claiming to be Jon's little sister and he wants to know the truth."
Sarah's eyes bulged. Sister? God first his bitch mom and now someone claiming to be his sister. What hasn't this man gone through?
"Okay sure. Of course. What is her name?"
She grabbed a pen and a stray piece of paper to right the name down.
"Lauren. Lauren Good." Sarah nodded and quickly wrote it down.
"Okay Brook, I'll do it now and I'll email you everything I find." She could hear Brooklyn talking to Jon before she heard his voice.
"Thanks Sarah. We owe you big time." She could hear the gratefulness in Jon's voice.
Sarah smiled.
"Its no problem Jon. When you married my best friend, you immediately became family and I help my family."
"We'll let you search. Thanks again Sarah" Brooklyn added.
"Its no problem Brook. Kiss my god babies for me."
"I will."
When Sarah was finished she hung up and replaced her iPhone back on her desk.
Carefully moving the files out of the way she moved her laptop closer as she ran a background search on the name that Brooklyn had given her. In total there were five Lauren Good's in the US. Looking through she immediately spotted one listed in Tampa and suspected she was the one.
Twenty minutes of sifting through everything she got everything she needed for Brook. Birth records, medical bills, school transcripts, her job history. Even photos of her throughout her life. Making copies she sent those in and email to Brook.
Just as Sarah was about to continue with the case reports she heard a loud knock on the door.
"Come in."
She heard the door open. Slowly looking up she was met with the anxious looking face of her assistant and friend Claire.
"What's up Claire?"
"I'm sorry to disturb you but um Mr Clark's assistant called. He wants to see you in his office. Immediately."
Sarah's heart rate picked up as she immediately started to panic. Why would one of her bosses want to see her?
Swallowing the lump in her throat, she closed her case files and stood up.
"Thank you Claire."
The young assistant nodded as she quickly left. Sarah took a deep breath in an attempt to calm herself before she left her office and made her way to her bosses office.
/*/
Jon pulled the car to a stop. They were finally at Joe and Gals.
"Aw this is beautiful" she said, seeing their house for the first time. Jon nodded.
"I was with them when they found it."
"Really?" Jon nodded.
"Yea, before I moved to Vegas. I miss Vegas." Brooklyn giggled. She was happy to see he was somewhat back to his old self.
"I'll take you back. I promise." Jon smiled and pecked her lips before they both unbuckled and got out. They had just gotten the twins out when the front door and a very excited voice rang out.
"Aunt Brooklyn, uncle Jon!" They both laughed as JoJo came running over to them, Joe and Gal trailing behind her. They all laughed at JoJo's enthusiasm.
"Hey kiddo" Jon greeted. He thought she would run right to him since he was her favorite, but instead she went straight for Brooklyn, wrapping her arms around her aunts legs.
"Hey JoJo. How are you" Brooklyn asked with a soft smile.
"I'm good aunt Brooklyn. Can the babies stay in my room?" Brooklyn laughed along with Joe and Gal.
Jon just stood their, J.J's car seat in his hand.
"What am I? Invisible? I though I was your favorite Jo" Jon teased with a grin.
JoJo looked at Jon, the smile never faltering from her face.
"Is uncle Colby here too?" Jon's face fell as Joe, Gal, and Brooklyn all laughed.
"Now JoJo, you know that is not nice" Galina said softly before hugging Brooklyn.
"You alright Uce?"
"She's probably the youngest girl to ever reject me" he mumbled, bro hugging his friend. Joe laughed.
"Don't take it to heart man. Colby buys her anything she wants. She has him trained." Jon chuckled.
"So are these them" Gal asked with a huge smile. Jon and Brook nodded and turned the seats around so Joe, Gal, and JoJo could see the twins. Both J.J and Amelia were now wide awake, moving their arms a little while cooing at each other.
"Aww, aren't you guys the cutest" Galina all but squealed. She was going through a slight baby fever stage and it didn't help that two of their best friends just had twins.
"I take that as a sign that Gal wants another baby Anoa'I" Jon smirked.
Joe all but blushed as she scratched the back of his neck.
"I blame you guys." Brooklyn and Jon laughed. Joe looked at the onesies that babies were wearing and chuckled.
"I'm guessing dad dressed them today?" Jon gave a proud smirk.
"How did you guess?"
"The Philadelphia Flyers and Cincinnati Bengals onesies gave it away." Jon laughed as Brooklyn smiled.
"Should we head inside?"
"Yea, I wanna the hold the babies" JoJo said, skipping to go back in the house. Joe grabbed their bags and followed JoJo. Jon, Brooklyn, and Gal following closely with the twins.
Once inside, Joe took all the bags to the guest room while the rest all went to the living room.
Brooklyn and Jon unbuckled the twins from their car seats as they looked around their unfamiliar surroundings.
"They look so much like you guys its crazy" Gal commented holding Amelia. Jon and Brooklyn both smiled.
"You aren't the first person who said that." Joe laughed as he walked back in the room and took J.J from his brother.
"Poor J.J." Jon rolled his eyes and wrapped his arm around Brooklyn.
"How was your guys trip?" Brooklyn felt Jon tense a little, so she answered.
"It was good. The babies did good. Jon learned how to cook." Gal and Joe laughed.
"Awesome. Now teach Joe how to." Brooklyn and Jon laughed as Joe scowled.
"Yea. Daddy sucks at cooking" JoJo added.
"Hey! I can cook."
"Daddy you burned the toast this morning." Brooklyn and Jon laughed again.
"To be fair, the toaster was on the wrong setting." Gal looked at Brooklyn and Jon, shaking her head and mouthing "no it wasn't."
They just laughed.
"Speaking of, mommy can we got get food?"
"Baby, Jon and Brooklyn just got here. They may want to settle in before leaving again."
"Then can we order in? Please mommy" JoJo asked, clasping her hands together and fluttering her eyelashes.
Jon and Brooklyn chuckled.
"I wouldn't laugh Jon. Wait until Mia grows up. She'll have you with that look." Gal looked at Joe before glancing back at their daughter who kept the same look on her face.
"Okay, okay. We can order in." JoJo dropped the look and beamed happily.
"Yay! How about pizza? Or sushi?" Brooklyn fake gagged.
"She's definitely an Anoa'I" Jon teased.
"I swear between the both of you there will be no sushi left in the world." Gal commented with a smile and a shake of her head.
"Good."
"You don't like fish Brook?" Brooklyn pulled a disgusting face and shook her head.
"No, I hate it."
"I could go for some pizza" Jon said, relaxing a little more. Everyone talked for a while before they finally settled on pizza. Joe, JoJo, and Jon all went to the kitchen to order and get the plates ready while Gal and Brooklyn remained in the living room with the twins.
"So. Are you guys okay?" Brooklyn nodded as she stroked J.J's head while Amelia laid happily in Gal's arms.
"Yea. Why wouldn't we be" Gal shrugged.
"When we mentioned the trip here, Jon tensed. I know its none of our business but we're here if you want to talk" she said comfortingly.
Brooklyn knew it wasn't her issue to tell but she knew Jon trusted both Joe and Gal as if they were family. He had even told her that when he first started in FCW and met Joe, his parents welcomed him into their family and treated them like one of their own.
"When we were at the car rental place, the woman who was helping was acting weird. I honestly thought she was a wrestling fan and recognized us and was just trying not to freak out." Brooklyn started with a sigh.
She tucked a piece of hair behind her ear before continuing.
"Well, when we got to our rental, she chased after us and started asking Jon all these questions about when he was born and if he was from Cincinnati. Then, she said she was his sister."
Gal's eyes widened in shock.
"Seriously?"
Brooklyn nodded slowly, moving J.J to cradle against her chest.
"Of course Jon didn't believe her. I mean, I wouldn't have either but then she pulled out a picture supposedly of her and Jon. He still didn't believe her so she wrote her number down and told him if he ever wanted to talk, to call her."
Gal shook her head.
"Do you think she is really his sister?"
"Honestly, yea I do. I know when someone is lying and she seemed genuine. But, to make sure, I called Sarah and she's run a background check."
"That's smart. How is Jon taking it?"
"He's not. Until Sarah gives us what she found, he won't accept anything she says." Gal nodded.
"You can't blame him based on his past." Brooklyn nodded as she felt her phone vibrate. Unlocking her phone, she realized it was an email from Sarah. It must have been everything that she found. Brooklyn hoped that it might help Jon.
"So what's going on with you" Joe asked Jon as he was getting the plates from the cupboard.
"Its nothing man." Joe raised an eyebrow as Jon dismissed him. Did he really think he was that stupid? He knew there was something on his brothers mind and he'd get to the bottom of it.
"Hey baby girl. Can you go with your mom for a few minutes. I just wanna talk to your uncle Jon for a minute" he asked his daughter softly.
JoJo looked up from her picture and smiled at her father.
"Okay daddy." She jumped down from her seat and skipped to the living room.
"Alright spill. There is definitely something going with you man. Tell me."
"Its nothing" Jon brushed off again. Joe rolled his eyes.
"I call bullshit. Come on Jon, I know you better than you think I do. I'm not stupid." Jon sighed, knowing he wasn't going to drop it.
"The lady who helped us at the car rental place, is claiming she is my sister." Joe's eyes widened.
"Really?" Jon nodded and bounced his leg.
"What did you do?"
"Told her I didn't have a sister and to leave me alone. She gave Brooklyn her number in case I wanted to call her."
"Are you going to?"
"I don't know. Sarah is looking into her right now and she is going to let us know what she finds. I can't really have a sister I didn't know about could I?" Joe saw the sadness on his brother's face.
"Stranger things have happened. You didn't recognize her at all?" Jon shook his head.
"No. She had this picture she showed us, claiming it was me and her. I was four and she was two but I don't ever remember seeing it before."
Joe sighed and placed his hand on his shoulder.
"Jon, if this girl is really your sister, then maybe you should call her. I'm not saying right now. But if she really is, I think you both deserve to know each other." Jon just nodded as the doorbell rang.
"Pizza!" Joe laughed when he heard JoJo.
"Come on man, pizza is here." They both got up and headed to the front door. Joe grabbed the pizzas while Jon went and sat down next to Brooklyn. The babies started to fuss.
"Why are they crying aunt Brooklyn?"
"I think its time for their lunch too."
"What do they have for lunch?"
Jon opened his mouth but got glares saying don't you dare from Brooklyn and Gal.
"Milk. They have milk. Shall we Brook?" Brooklyn nodded and stood up with J.J while Jon took Amelia from Gal.
"Which room is ours?"
"Up the stairs, second on the left." They nodded and walked up stairs to their room.
"Wow, this is nice. I'd love to see what their room looks like." Brooklyn giggled and crawled on the bed as Jon shut the door. She lifted her shirt and unclasped the front of her maternity bra. Jon gave her Amelia before she lifted them up to latch on.
"So Sarah sent me an email." Jon looked away from the babies to look at her face.
"And?"
"I don't know, I didn't look. I figured you would want to. I hope you don't mind I told Gal." Jon shook his head.
"No, I trust them not to say anything besides, Joe would have told her if you didn't." Brooklyn smiled.
After they were done, they burped them and rocked them to sleep before heading back downstairs.
"Where are the babies" JoJo asked once they walked into the kitchen.
"Upstairs sleeping. They're like Jon, they sleep all the time." The three laughed while Jon scowled at his wife. She just laughed and put two pieces of pizza on her plate before sitting down. They all ate in a comfortable silence.
Once JoJo was done, she ran off to play in her room while the adults walked outside to sit on the patio.
"I missed the heat" Jon commented as he rocked the swing he and Brooklyn had chose to sit on while Joe and Gal sat across from them on the other.
"Before I forget, Gal and I were thinking we could go out tonight. The four of us."
"Who would watch the kids?"
"My parents are in town too."
"Pat and Sika are here?" Joe laughed and nodded.
"I've never met them."
"Oh babe you'll love them."
"Ever tell her about the time my mom hit you with her broom?" Brooklyn laughed.
"What?"
"Nothing. We promised not to talk about that." Joe laughed as they Gal changed the subject.
"So, was that Sarah earlier Brook?" Brooklyn nodded as Jon rested his arm behind her head.
"Did you look at it?" Jon shook his head.
"Not yet."
"What are you waiting for?"
"I was rocking my children to sleep" he said flatly but Brooklyn could see the spark of fear in his eyes.
"You should look babe." Jon sighed and played with the ends of Brooklyn's hair.
"Alright. Fine."
"I'll go grab my laptop." Brooklyn got up and ran back to their room, quietly getting her laptop and checking on the babies before going back outside.
She turned her computer on and signed into her email before opening the files Sarah sent her before handing it over to Jon.
Jon's eyes ran over everything, his heart stopping. On her birth certificate had the names of his parents. Kim McCann and Joseph Good.
"Baby? Are you okay" Brooklyn asked, seeing how Jon's face fell. Joe and Gal shared a concerned look with her. None had seen Jon so quiet or rigid before.
"Jon, what is it" Brooklyn asked again.
"She's my sister." Their eyes all widened as he continued to scroll through everything. The woman was right all along. They were related.
"Are you okay" Gal asked softly as Brooklyn rubbed his arm.
"I uh, I don't know" he answered honestly.
"What did Sarah find" Joe asked.
Jon looked up before looking down at the screen again, not believing it.
"Her uh birth certificate. It has my parents names and Cincinnati listed as the hometown." He scrolled down to look through her transcripts and work history.
"I have a sister" he repeated.
"Wow" Joe said. Jon looked at Brooklyn.
"I have a sister." Brooklyn nodded and saw a small tear form.
"W-what do I do?"
"Maybe you should call her."
"I, I wouldn't even know what to say." Brooklyn nodded. If she was in his shoes, she wouldn't know what to do either.
"Maybe you should take some time to take it all in before you decide" Gal offered as Jon laid a hand on her shoulder.
"I agree with Gal baby." Jon nodded and ran a hand through his hair.
"I'm gonna go lay down." They nodded as he got up and headed back inside.
"Is he gonna be okay?"
"I honestly don't know. I'm gonna go see him though. What time did you guys want to do dinner?"
"We don't have to go now if you don't want to."
"I'll talk to Jon." Joe and Gal nodded, hugging her before she grabbed her computer and headed to their room. Walking in, she expected to see him laying down but he was standing by the pack and play looking down at the twins.
"I thought you were gonna lay down." Jon looked over at her as she set her computer down and walked over to him. She stood by his side and looked down at the sleeping babies.
"You know, if you're not up to dinner-."
"No, I am. I could use something to get my mind off things." Brooklyn nodded and placed her hand on his back. Rubbing softly.
"Could you imagine what you would do if you had a sibling you didn't know about" he asked, breaking the silence. Brooklyn looked up at him and shook her head.
"No, I don't. I would like to think that I would be happy and want to meet them but then again a little scared." Jon nodded.
"What do I do Brook?"
"You do what you think you need to. If you want to take months to take everything in, then do it. If you want to call her tomorrow, do it. You do what feels right babe. I will stand by you no matter what." Jon looked down at her as she gave him a sad smile.
"Really?"
"Of course. You're my husband, the love of my life. I will stand by you always." Jon nodded and wrapped an arm around her waist, bending down to kiss her forehead.
"Why can't anything go smooth for a while?"
"Maybe we were assholes in our past lives." Jon chuckled and kissed her forehead again before standing back up to his full height.
/*/
Sarah took a deep breath before raising her hand and knocking on Mr. Clark's office.
"Come in" she heard a tired voice call. Taking one more deep breath, she opened the door and stepped inside.
Mr. Alexander Clark was sitting at his desk, looking over some files. He was an older gentleman in his early sixties. The sun shining through the window reflected off his bald head.
He looked up and saw Sarah standing there.
"Ah Sarah, come in. Close the door please." Sarah walked in and shut the door behind her.
"Claire said you wanted to see me?"
"Yes. Please, come sit. I have something very important to discuss with you." Sarah nodded, her nerves rising as she went over and sat down in front of the big oak desk that resembled her own. She smoothed her black skater skirt out and sat down.
"What can I do for you" she asked softly. Alexander chuckled.
"First, calm down, this isn't anything bad I promise." Sarah let out a little laugh and nodded. He closed the file he was looking at and folded his hands on top of it.
"Sarah, as you may know I am getting older. I have been doing this job for a very long time." Sarah nodded.
"I have been thinking for several months now about retiring. I want to be able to spend time with my family and see my grandchildren more but I need to know that I am leaving the WWE's account in good hands." Sarah just nodded again.
"Now I know that the company has been with you your entire life and I think, you would be the perfect person to take control of it." Sarah's eyes widened.
"W-what?" Alexander chuckled at her reaction.
"Don't be so surprised Sarah . You are an amazing lawyer. Your conviction, and defendant rates are outstanding. I think you would be perfect for it. Not only that but you know the ins and out of that business."
"Wow. I don't even know what to say. What would the job entail?"
"Looking over their contracts. Its more or less an upgrade of what you are doing now. Be there in case of any legal issues and problems with their contracts with merchandise of partners. Also, you have the choice of staying rooted here in Hartford, or travel with them and be on call. What do you think?"
Sarah looked up and locked eyes with him, smiling.
"Its an amazing offer." Alexander smiled. He knew Sarah was one of the top lawyers in the firm and he would be stupid not to have given the offer to her.
"So is that a yes?" Sarah looked at him and sighed a little.
"I'm not sure. Can I have time to think about it?" She couldn't deny it was an amazing offer but what if she wasn't ready. What if something came up and she panicked and ruined something. She would never forgive herself.
Alexander gave her a soft smile. He knew she was nervous. She reminded him of himself when he was first given the job.
"Of course Sarah. Take some time to think about it. Maybe you can talk to Colby about it."
Sarah's eyes widened in surprise. How did her boss know that?
Alexander chuckled lightly when he saw the blush cover the young lawyers face.
"Relax Sarah, I was young too once."
Sarah let out a little laugh.
"How did you know? If you don't mind my asking."
"I was in a meeting last week with Vince and Paul about Wrestlemania. Paul mentioned it." Sarah rolled her eyes.
"Of course he did." Alexander laughed.
"For what it is worth, you're both suited for each other. And you both deserve it after what you've both been through."
Sarah smiled softly. Alexander looked down at his watch and sighed.
"I hate to cut this short but I do have another meeting soon. I will need to know your decision in time for the Raw after Wrestlemania so I can make a formal announcement."
"Of course." Sarah smiled. They both stood and shook hands before she left.
As she made her way back to her office, she continued thinking about her bosses proposal. It was a huge opportunity there wasn't any doubt about that but it came with a lot of responsibilities. There was no room to screw up and that made her nervous.
Walking into her office, she closed the door and walked over to her desk. She sat down with a heavy sigh. She crossed one leg over the other and laid her chin on her desk.
She cast her eyes at the few picture frames that weer on her desk. One caught her attention immediately. It was the newest addition. In a purple and silver frame was a picture of Sarah and Colby from her birthday. Colby's arms were wrapped around her waist, both of them wearing matching huge smiles. She felt a smile form on her face just by looking at it.
She really needed to discuss it with Colby before she made any decisions that might relate to her future. If she did take the job then it wouldn't just change everything for her, it could change everything for Colby too.
If she remained rooted in Hartford then she'd be confined behind the desk, with a lot more work and longer hours. She hardly saw Colby as it was since he only had two days off a week if he wasn't needed for other things too. It would only be worse.
If she traveled with WWE she'd get to see him a lot more and she'd get to see some of her friends too. But she was worried. She was worried in case always being around each other would affect their relationship.
Sarah and Colby's relationship was still new and she was worried in case constantly seeing each other, working together, traveling together would eventually break them up.
Groaning, she put her head down and closed her eyes. The rest of her day flew by rather quickly. Once it reached five, Sarah gathered her things and left. Stepping into the elevator, she pushed the button for the ground floor and stepped back.
Once she arrived, she stepped out. Her heels clacked on the marble floor. Once she reached the barriers that would allow her to leave, she took her I.D badge out and swiped it, smiling when she heard the beep and the bars lifted.
"Have a good night Miss. Hickenbottom" Tom the security guard said with a smile.
Sarah smiled and waved.
"You too Tom." She walked outside and crossed the parking lot to her car. All she wanted to do was go home, take a hot shower, and change before she had to grab Colby.
/*/
"Babe?"
"Yea?"
"Are you, whoa." Brooklyn giggled as Jon came into their room.
"What?"
Jon smiled.
"You look beautiful." Brooklyn smiled and finished putting her earrings in. She was wearing a long sleeved floral printed romper with black sandals and her curled hair up in a perfect messy bun.
"Thank you. Where are the babies?"
"Out in the living room. Joe's parents are here." Brooklyn nodded and slipped her wedding rings on.
"Are you sure you want to go?" Jon nodded and slipped his leather jacket on.
"I'm sure. I need something to take my mind off things." Brooklyn walked over to him and wrapped her arms around his waist hugging him. Jon sighed contently and wrapped his arms around her.
"I love you."
"I love you too." They met in the middle for a sweet kiss.
"Jon, Brook are you guys ready?" They pulled apart when they head Joe.
"Ready?" Brooklyn nodded and grabbed her clutch while Jon grabbed his wallet and her hand, leading them downstairs and to the living room. Brooklyn smiled when she saw who she would guess as Joe's parents sitting on the couch, each holding a twin.
"Pat, Sika, this is my wife, Brooklyn." Brooklyn smiled and waved.
"Ah Jonny, she is beautiful." Brooklyn blushed a little as Jon smirked proudly.
"I know."
"You are Paul and Stephanie's daughter aren't you?" Brooklyn nodded.
"How did you guess?"
"You look just like your mom. Except your breasts look real."
"Dad" Joe yelled as Pat hit him.
"What? It was a compliment." Brooklyn just laughed.
"No its alright. I make fun of her all the time." Sika smirked.
"I like you." Jon smiled and wrapped an arm around her.
"You guys ready?" They nodded.
"The babies milk is in the fridge and their extra clothes are upstairs."
"I can show them aunt Brooklyn." Brooklyn smiled at JoJo who was sitting on the floor coloring.
"Okay. Bye babies." They all kissed their kids heads before leaving.
They decided to take the Range Rover. Brooklyn and Gal sat in the back while Joe and Jon sat up front.
"You're parents are nice Joe" she commented when they made it to the restaurant and were seated outside by the water.
Jon pulled her chair out for her, making her smile before he sat next to her, Joe and Gal across from them.
"They can be. I'm sorry about my dad. He doesn't have a filter."
"That must be why he and Jon get along so well." Everyone laughed.
"So Jon, did you decide what you're gonna do about your sister" Gal asked once they had ordered. Brooklyn sipped her wine and held Jon's hand that was on her thigh. Jon shrugged.
"I don't know. The last thing I need is another crazy bitch around my family. I just got done with court, I don't want to go back."
"But you don't know if she is crazy unless you meet her. You know, not at a car rental place and for the first time." Jon nodded.
"Do you know where she was?"
Jon sighed as Brooklyn drew comforting circles on his hand with her fingers.
"Her records said that from 1989 to 2005, she lived in Cleveland. My father's jail records are from there so I am assuming, he took her with him when he left."
"Why not take both of you?" Jon shrugged.
"Maybe these are some questions you could ask her" Brooklyn chimed in softly.
"Yea maybe. Can we talk about something else please?" They all nodded and saw how uncomfortable Jon was getting. He was already having a battle in his head whether to call her or not. All he wanted right now was to enjoy a nice dinner with his friends and wife.
"Okay. Well, me and Joe have some news." Brooklyn and Jon looked at them as Gal smiled wide.
"What?"
Gal looked at Joe and he nodded.
"Well, we decided, we're gonna start trying for another baby." Brooklyn and Jon smiled.
"Really?" Joe nodded.
"Yea. JoJo is almost seven and we're both having baby fever right now. Thank you by the way."
"What did we do?" Joe and Gal laughed.
"Nothing but we since we just decided today, can we trust you guys not to tell anyone?"
"Yea of course." They smiled.
"Good. Now picture time." Jon groaned.
"Oh come on Jon. Don't you want pictures to show J.J and Mia when they're older?"
"Trust me, Brook has all that covered." Brooklyn rolled his eyes as he sipped his beer.
"Please?" Jon didn't bother to look at Brooklyn, knowing she was making her face.
"Is she doing what I think she is doing" he asked Joe.
"Oh yea. I wouldn't look if you want to hold on to your will power."
"That look has the ability to make the strongest man crumble." Gal laughed.
Jon peeked at his wife seeing her classic McMahon pout. He sighed. He shouldn't have looked.
"Fine. I'll be in the stupid picture" he mumbled. Brooklyn dropped the look and smiled in accomplishment.
She handed Gal her phone. Jon wrapped his arm around her shoulder's and Brooklyn leaned up to kiss his cheek, making him smile in time for the picture to be taken.
"Aw you guys are so cute." Brooklyn smiled and took the phone back from her, looking at the picture before setting it as her home screen since a picture of the babies were her lock screen.
"See it wasn't that bad" Brooklyn teased as she took a picture for Joe and Gal before giving her phone back.
Jon mocked scowled before he playfully pinched her side, making her jump. Brooklyn lightly whacked his shirt covered chest, making them all laugh. Jon grabbed her hand and stroked it with his finger tips.
For the rest of dinner, the two couples shared stories and laughed. It was nice to be able to hang out together outside of the arenas. By the time the bill came, Joe and Jon both reached for it.
"I got it Uce." Jon shook his head and kept his hand on the bill.
"No I got it."
"Jon, you're our guests. I will pay."
"Joe, you are letting us stay with you. I will pay."
"Oh for god sake's" Brooklyn said, taking the bill from both men. She reached in her bag and pulled out her credit card before giving it back to the waiter.
Joe and Jon looked at her wide eyed as Gal laughed.
"What?"
"Why did you do that darlin?"
"Because I wasn't interested in sitting here for twenty minutes while you two argue over the check."
"We weren't arguing" Joe mumbled.
"Oh please you guys were worse then two girls fighting over the same dress." Brooklyn laughed and high fived Gal.
Joe and Jon just rolled their eyes. When Brooklyn got her card back, they all finished their drinks before leaving.
When they got back to the house, they all got out and headed inside.
"Mommy, daddy!" Joe and Gal laughed as JoJo ran towards them. Joe picked her up and kissed her cheek.
"Hey baby girl. Were you good for grandma and grandpa?" JoJo nodded and laid her head on her father's shoulder.
"How were they" Jon asked as Pat and Sika came towards them with the twins who were both wide awake.
"They were perfect. I'm assuming their behavior is from you Brooklyn." Brooklyn laughed.
"Probably. Thank you so much for watching them."
"It was no problem" Pat said as she handed Amelia to her and Jon got J.J.
"Are you guys tired" Jon asked the babies. Pat, Sika, and Joe all smiled when they saw how he was with them. J.J waved his hand and hit Jon's chest, making him laugh.
"I'm gonna take that as a yes. We're gonna turn in guys." They nodded.
"Alright. Night guys."
"Night and thank you for watching them." They hugged Pat and Sika before heading to their room.
After a diaper change and a little milk, they babies were both out like lights. Both Jon and Brooklyn changed into their pajamas before climbing into bed.
"Tonight was fun" she mumbled tiredly as her and Jon snuggled. Jon nodded and kissed her head.
"I'm gonna talk to Gal tomorrow about helping us plan the wedding."
"I had an idea for a date."
"Hmm?"
"June third." Brooklyn peaked up at him.
"That's when we got married in Vegas." Jon nodded.
"I know. I thought it would be nice since it would be a year and because then our anniversary would always be the same." Brooklyn smiled.
"I love it." Jon shared her smile and bent down to kiss her softly. When they pulled away, she let out a yawn making him laugh.
"Get some sleep babe." Brooklyn nodded as he kissed her head. Not even ten minutes later, she was out like a light. Just like the babies.
"It doesn't take any of you time to go to sleep does it" he asked to the three who were oblivious.
Jon laid there, the only thing he was hearing was Joe and Gal moving around in the room next to theirs and the crickets coming from outside. His thoughts traveled to earlier.
He knew he had to do it. He had to know. Carefully laying Brooklyn on her own pillows, he watched as she moved for a minute before going right back to sleep. He kissed her cheek before quietly getting off the bed.
"Where would it be" he murmured. He checked Brooklyn's purse but found nothing.
"Her shorts." He walked over to her suitcase and found the shorts she had been wearing earlier. Checking the pockets he found exactly what he was looking for. Taking a deep breath, he took his phone off the nightstand and walked into the bathroom that was attached to their room.
With shaky hands, he dialed the numbed and held the phone to his ear. He didn't know if she would pick up since it was kind of late.
After three rings, he was losing hope until he heard it pick up and a soft voice answered.
"Hello?" Jon opened his mouth to say something but nothing came out.
"Hello" she asked again.
"Who is this?" Jon closed his eyes and swallowed the lump in his throat. He took a deep breath before talking.
"Lauren, its Jon." His hands tightened at his sides. Here he goes.
A/N: Ahh! Cliffhanger! What do you guys think is going to happen? I have been meaning to put this note for a while but kept forgetting. There is a poll up on my page. It would mean the world if you guys could go take it for me! Thank you and thank you so much for reading my stories. It means more then you guys will ever know.