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ONE MONTH LATER:
Dean got into his wrestling school a couple weeks ago when he went on his interview. He has so much passion for the business and so much knowledge the guy couldn't say no to him. It is expensive and costs a lot of money so Dean wasn't going to do it when he heard the cost but my dad offered to pay for him to go to wrestling school. Dean was happy and he promised my dad he would pay him back. I think my dad is starting to finally accept that fact that Dean and I are in love with each other as well as accepting him. For a while there I wasn't sure.
Dean began his training a couple days ago and tonight is his second day of training so while he is training I decided to go to the grocery store to get some groceries as well as pick up some baby food for Talli since the doctor gave me permission to start her on baby food at her last appointment. Our baby girl is growing up too fast she is getting ready to start crawling any day now. It's sad. "What do you think about peaches?" I ask Talli as we are standing in the baby food aisle. She scrunches up her nose and then babbles at me. "That bad huh? What about pears? What do you think about pears?" I ask her. She gives me a grin showing the two teeth that cut through a couple weeks ago. "Okay," I say as I kiss the top of her head. "Pears it is and green beans and squash and carrots, maybe we'll get some bananas too," I say as I get some food off the shelf and put it into the cart before we move on to get 3 cans of formula. Ever since her surgery she has taken a liking to eating and eats a lot. I put the formula in the cart before I pick up a pack of diapers and some baby wipes for her along with some bedtime lotion.
Once I have all her baby needs stuff I make my way through the store to get us food as well as some stuff we need for the bathroom and the kitchen. It's a big grocery week for us and it's going to suck at the cash register. I get the last of what we need in the snack aisle and as I am getting ready to go to the checkout I see Shawn and Aurora coming my way. I fix my hair and straighten out my shirt as they get closer. "Ana," says Shawn with a smile.
"Hey," I say smiling back at him. "Hey, Aurora," I say to her.
"Hey," she says giving me a hug. "You look great," she says with a smile.
"Thanks," I say.
"How are you doing?" she asks as she and Shawn look at Talli sitting in the cart chewing on one of her teething rings.
"I'm good, tired but I'm good. How about you? How is school going for you?"
"I'm good," she says with a smile, "school is awesome we miss you in school."
"Yeah, Ana, did you drop out because of the baby?" asks Shawn.
"No, I actually take a few courses at the community college and I do the rest of my schooling online. I wanted to be home with the baby before she went to daycare."
"Oh," says Aurora. "Is this the baby?"
"Yes," I say with a smile. "This is Natalia but we call her Talli. Say Hi, Talli," I say with a smile as she looks at Aurora and Shawn with her bright blue eyes.
"She's so cute," says Aurora. "She's adorable," she says touching her cheek. "How old is she now?"
"She will 6 months old next week," I say with a smile as I fix the clip in her hair keeping her wild strawberry blonde hair from her eyes and face.
"Aw, she is so cute," she says, "so how is it being a mom?"
"It's tough but I love it. I wouldn't give it up for anything in the world. I love her so much."
"That's awesome," says Aurora.
"Are you going to college or what are you doing?" asks Shawn.
"I was actually accepted into UCLA and I just got another acceptance letter to NYU today so I do plan on going to college in the fall."
"Those are good schools," says Shawn, "I am going to Georgia Tech for school. I already answered their acceptance letter."
"That's cool," I say. "I'm glad to hear it. What about you, Aurora?"
"I haven't decided where I am going yet. I am debating between Alabama and Florida," she says, "I'm really leaning toward Florida. I think it would be awesome to go to school in Florida and live down there someday it gets us out of this cold weather."
"Yeah," I say with a smile, "but I like the cold so I don't know how I would do without it."
"Where's Dean?" asks Shawn. "Are you still with him or did he just walk out?"
"Nope we're still together," I say with a smile knowing that it bothers Shawn that I have a daughter with Dean and that I am even with Dean in the first place. "He's actually training to be a wrestler," I say. "That's where he is right now."
"Oh," says Shawn, "so he dropped out of school or is he doing online schooling too?"
"He already has his diploma well his GED," I say, "so he's done with high school. Right now during the day he works for my dad and 4 nights a week he trains for his wrestling. I'm proud of him. I guess he wasn't the scoundrel you always thought he was."
"So where are you two living? With your dad? His mom?"
"Nope," I say with another smile. "We actually have our own apartment that we live in."
"Oh," says Shawn, "so it's that serious?"
"We do have a daughter together," I say, "I think that's when it got pretty serious but yes we're in love with each other and we're going to be together for a while."
"Oh," he says, "I thought he would have left by now. He isn't exactly a stand up guy."
"Shawn, Baby," she says as she elbows him. "That's not nice."
"Sorry," he says, "but you know what kind of guy Dean is. Did you really think he would stick around?"
"He is a great father," I say, "he isn't going anywhere. He loves Talli and he loves me. He's not running away if anything he lives for us."
"That's surprising," he says with a shrug. "Your kid is cute. She doesn't look like you but she's cute."
"Thanks," I say before I roll my eyes. "Are you two together?"
"Yes," says Aurora with a smile. "We've been together since school started this year."
"Oh," I say but there is something about my best friend being with my ex-boyfriend that I don't like I feel like she is breaking some type of code. I know I shouldn't feel this way or have any type of feelings about it but I can't help it. I didn't even love Shawn but I don't like him and Aurora together.
"I miss hanging out with you," says Aurora. "We should hang out some time."
"I would love to but I have a baby. I don't hang out with anyone anymore but her watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Paw Patrol. I don't really have a life anymore. I mean I have one, Talli is my life but I just don't' have a social life."
"You need to get out and hang out sometimes," she says. "You can't stay cooped up forever," she says. "Live a little."
"Live a little," I say, "living for me is taking care of my baby girl. You can come visit me whenever you want. I would like that but I don't think I can really go hang out."
"Oh," she says, "Well, hopefully someday you get the chance to hang out with me again. Are you going to prom or no?"
"I would love to go to prom but I don't have the time to go," I say feeling bad that I am going to miss out on my senior prom. Aurora and I had always planned to go to prom together when we were little girls. We have been talking about it since we were 7 years old. Things change I guess. I would love to go to prom though. I feel like being a mom I gave up a lot of stuff not that I regret giving it up it just sucks that I'm not doing anything my friends are doing. I'm at home taking care of a baby and playing housewife while they are having fun.
"Well, you should think about it," she says.
"I will," I say, "I should probably get going," I say as Talli starts to fuss in the cart. "This little girl is probably hungry and ready to eat. I'll talk to you later. It was nice seeing you."
"It was nice seeing you too," says Aurora with a smile but the smile she gives me is like she is rubbing it in my face that she has a life and I don't have a life. I just don't like the smile she gives me.
"Come on, Baby," says Shawn. "Bye, Ana," he says before we all go to walk our separate ways. "You know, Ana," he says, "I always thought that you would be someone better but really your life sucks."
"My life doesn't suck, Shawn, I'm a mother. There is nothing sucky about being a mom. I love my life," I say.
"Better it was Dean than me," he says before they walk away as I make my way to the checkout which doesn't go as well as I want it to. I don't have enough money to pay for everything so I have to take a few things off my order that aren't exactly necessary but none the less it's embarrassing as I hold up the line while the cashier voids things off for me.
Later that evening after I feed Talli her carrots for the first time and a very messy experience I give her a bath before I cook Dean and myself some dinner, I eat alone while I wait for Dean to come home. I feel so lonely eating dinner by myself and I feel like Dean and I never really see each other with him training and working. He leaves for work before I am awake in the morning and sometimes when he trains he's home after I go to bed. It's like we're living two separate lives. I sit on the floor and play with Talli encouraging her to crawl to me. "Come on, Talli, you can do it," I say with a smile as she's on her belly looking at me smiling. No matter how I feel when I see that smile of hers nothing in this world matters to me but her. I couldn't care less about Shawn and Aurora dating and I couldn't care less about how much fun they are having being 18 and living their lives the way they want. I live my life for my daughter and seeing that perfect and beautiful smile on her face means everything to me. The pictures surrounding the living room of our little family and our little blessing make everything else seem so small. "Come on," I say with a smile trying to get her to crawl. She just keeps smiling at me before I pick her up and lay back on my back holding her over my head making her laugh. Her laugh is the best thing I have ever heard in my life. "Is that funny?" I ask with a smile as she looks down at me with her beautiful blue eyes. "I love you so much, Talli," I say as I bring her down to my chest. "Always and you know what I don't even care what Shawn says my life doesn't suck. You're in my life how could it ever suck. Being your mommy is the best thing in my life. Having you in my life makes it worth living," I say with a smile as I kiss the top of her head.
The front door opens and I sit up as Dean walks into the house in his training clothes; shorts and a wife beater. "I'm home," he says.
"Hey, Baby," I say with a smile as I stand up from the floor with Talli to greet him with a kiss.
"Hey, Beautiful," he says with a smile as he greets me with a kiss. "Hey, Princess," he says with a smile as he kisses Talli's forehead before she reaches for him to take her. "Come here," he says in his raspy voice. "How are my girls today?" he asks as we make our way over to the couch.
"Good," I say with a smile as he holds Natalia as he sits down on the couch. "Tell Daddy that you had carrots today, Talli," I say with a smile.
"Carrots!" says Dean, "You ate carrots?" he asks with a smile as she smiles back at him.
"Yeah it was a messy experience they were everywhere but I think she liked them for the most part."
"Awesome," he says.
"I have some Chicken Alfredo for you in the microwave."
"Thanks," he says.
"So how did training go?"
"It was good. I got rope burn," he says lifting up his arm to show me the burn.
"Ouch," I say, "there is some aloe in the medicine cabinet in the bathroom. You should put that on it."
"Thanks," he says.
"I'll go get it for you," I say, "can you make her a bottle? She's probably hungry and it's time for her to go to bed."
"All right," he says as he stands up with me. "You okay?"
"Yeah," I say. "I'm fine we'll talk about it when she goes to bed."
"All right," he says with a smile. "All right, Talli let me feed you and get you to bed."
"I'm going to take a shower if that's all right with you. I haven't had one for a couple days. Are you all right with her?" I ask.
"Yeah go ahead," he says. "I've got this all under control," he says, "you go shower. I'll go feed her."
"Thanks," I say with a smile before I go into the bedroom to get a towel before I go into the bathroom to get a shower while I let Dean take care of Talli. He likes to do the nighttime routine with her and put her to bed. I love it.
DEAN's POINT OF VIEW:
"All right," I say to Talli as I am holding her in my arms with her favorite pink blanket and her favorite pacifier in her mouth as I look at the books on her bookshelf. "Story time and then bed time what should I read to you tonight?" I ask as I look through the books. "How about If I Could Keep You Little?" I pull the book from the shelf and walk over to the rocking chair. I hold her in my arms as I open the book and begin reading to her after I kiss the top of her head as she takes her hands through her wild hair. It's so much like mine it makes me smile. "If I could keep you little, I'd hum you lullabies but then I'd miss you singing your concert's big surprise," I read to her. "Are you going to be a singer some day? Are you going to sing like daddy does?" I ask her as I keep reading the book to her. My favorite time of the day is coming home from work or training to be with my baby girl. I will admit at first I wasn't sure I was going to be a good father or that I would know how to be a father but I feel like I am a pretty good father and it comes naturally to me. I thought having a baby at 17 was a big mistake like everything else I have done in my life but watching Talli grow up every day and spending as much time with her that I can tells me we made the right choice that day by not getting that an abortion. She's my life. The mistake I thought she was is now the reason I breathe every day and the reason I want to be someone better. She was my and is my saving grace. We never know why things happen the way they do but there is always a reason. I needed Natalia and Anastasia more than I knew. They are my saviors that saved me from a path of destruction. I continue to read to her as I see Ana in the doorway. "If I could keep you little I'd keep you close to me but then I'd miss you growing into who you're meant to be!" I close the book and kiss the top of her head. "I know you're going to do great things in life, Talli. I know you are because with your mommy in your life she's going to make sure of it. You're going to make us proud one day. I know you already make me proud being the greatest thing I have ever done in my life. Daddy has made a lot of mistakes and a lot of choices that he's not proud of but the best thing I have ever done is falling in love with your mommy and creating you. I may not always be right but I try my best. I'm going to give your mommy and you the world someday. You two deserve it. I love you so much, Baby Girl," I say with tears in my eyes before I kiss the top of her head. "Bedtime," I say with a smile as I stand up and walk her over to the crib. I smile down at her as I lay her down in the crib before I sing her a soft lullaby of Hush Little Baby as she drifts off to sleep. "I love you, Talli," I say as I lean over the crib and kiss her little cheek before I walk the book back over to the shelf. I walk over to the door and kiss Ana on the lips before I turn off the bedroom light. "I love you."
"I love you too," she says with a smile before I scoop her up from the floor and carry her to the living room. I sit down on the couch holding her in my arms. "You're amazing with her you know that right?"
"I love being a dad," I say with a smile. "I wouldn't want my life to be any other way. Do you ever feel when you look at her that she's single handily the best thing we've done with our lives this far?"
"I think she will always be the best thing we've ever done" she says, "and all the other kids we make after her. I wouldn't trade this life for anything."
"Me either," I say before I kiss her lips softly. "So did you get that aloe for me?"
"Yeah," she says with a smile holding it up. "Let me see your arm." I lift my arm for her as she puts the aloe onto her hands and rubs it together. "It might burn," she says before she puts her hands onto my rope burn. I wince in pain as she rubs the aloe onto my burn. I have to admit she takes good care of me. "So I ran into Shawn today."
"Oh? Did he have anything to say?"
"Not really he told me that my life sucks pretty much but I don't think it sucks that much. I love my life."
"That's good," I say as she continues to rub the aloe onto my arm. "I love it too. Maybe Shawn is jealous of what we have."
"Probably," she says, "you know him and Aurora are dating now?"
"Your best friend that's kind of breaking some kind of code isn't it?"
"I think so but that's her problem now. Shawn is a jerk but she seemed to be a bitch a little today."
"Did she say something?" I ask as I put my arm down as she finishes and snake the other one around her waist holding her close to me.
"Not really she was just making it sound like her life is so much more glorious than mine telling me I need to get out and hang out. I would love to hang out with friends but I want to be with Natalia. I mean I miss the life of a teenager but I wouldn't trade Natalia in for anything."
"You can go out with your friends whenever you want. I'll keep Talli. I don't mind spending some daddy time with her while you have some fun. You're here all day doing school work and taking care of her. You deserve a break. If you want to have fun with friends I'm not going to stop you."
"Thanks," she says with a smile. "Guess what I got today?"
"Hmm?" I ask burying my head into her neck.
"An acceptance letter from NYU," she says proudly making me smile.
"I'm proud of you, Baby," I say with a smile before I kiss her neck softly. "So what are you going to do? Los Angeles or New York City?"
"Is this a joke?' she asks. "I have only wanted to live in New York City since I was 5 years old. Of course I am going to go with NYU. I love the idea of UCLA and their family living situation but I love NYU. I think it's better for my choice of work. I want to go to NYU."
"Are you sure?" I ask as she plays with my hair.
"Yeah," she says, "I am pretty set on NYU it is my first choice school."
"Then you know what you need to do," I say with a smile. "I'm going to go wherever you go. You just tell me where we're going and that's where we'll go."
"I know," she says with a smile. "You're sweaty. You should take a shower."
"Only if you take one with me," I say with a smile.
"I already took one," she says with a smile.
"Well, what if I got you sweaty and hot again then would you consider that shower with me?"
"Maybe," she says with a smile. "But who says I want to get hot and sweaty again?"
"Oh, Ana, could you really resist this?" I ask with a smile before I kiss her lips softly
"You are pretty sexy," she says with a smile. "It is hard to resist," she says wrapping her arms around my neck before her lips find mine. I smile against her lips as I lay her back onto the couch, kissing her passionately and with a need. It's been a while since we've been intimate because of my work and training schedule not to mention Talli kind of kills Ana's vibe because she makes her so tired so most of the time Ana is asleep before I make it to the bedroom. She takes her hands through my hair as I kiss her. She moans and pulls my hair gently as I deepen the kiss.
"You're pretty sexy yourself," I say with a smile as I sit up to take off my shirt before my lips are on hers again and my body is covering hers. Her hands rubbing my back softly as I continue to kiss her. My cellphone in my pocket rings making me groan for the interruption, "I'm ignoring that," I say with a smile before my lips are on hers again but the phone keeps ringing. "Damn it, is it too much to ask to have one night with my girl?" I ask as I sit up.
"Calm down," she says, "just answer it and tell them we're busy and then we can finish what we started and then maybe that shower does look good."
"Okay," I say with a smile as I pull my phone out of my pocket. I frown when I see it is a number I don't recognize. "Hello?" I ask as I rub Ana's freshly shaven smooth legs.
"Is this Mr. Dean Ambrose?" asks the voice on the other end.
"This is he," I say, "can I ask who is calling?"
"This is Officer Hill calling from the Cincinnati Police your mother Ellis Grayson is in the hospital. She was assaulted tonight and brought into the hospital we would like for you to come to the hospital."
"Is she okay?" I ask as Ana looks at me.
"Sir, I can't give any other information over the phone. I would like to talk to you when you get here."
"All right," I say. "I'll be right there." I hang up the phone and put it on the coffee table. "I have to go to the hospital."
"Is everything okay?" asks Ana, "what's going on, Dean?"
"It's my mom. They didn't give me much detail," I say as I pull my shirt over my head. "But apparently she was assaulted. They want me to come down and talk to me at the hospital."
"Damn," says Ana, "Do you want me to come with you?"
"No," I say, "you stay here with Talli, I'll be back later."
"Okay," she says. "I love you."
"I love you too," I say before I kiss her lips softly. "Can I get a raincheck on that shower and getting you hot and sweaty?"
"Of course," she says with her beautiful smile. "Be careful, Baby."
"I will," I say with a smile. "It won't take me long. I'll be back soon."
"All right," she says, "I hope everything is okay with her."
"Me too," I say before I stand up from the couch. I kiss Ana once more. "If you're tired don't wait up for me."
"Okay," she says, "but I will wait anyway."
"Okay," I say with a smile before I grab my keys and walk out the front door.
*A/N: What do you think of Dean getting into the wrestling school? What about Ana running into Shawn and Aurora do you think they started to make her feel a little regret? Do you think Ana will ever get to her prom? Do you think Ana has any regrets? What do you think of Dean spending time with Talli? Is he a better father than you could have imagined him to be? WHat do you think about Ana choosing to go to NYU? What do you think is wrong with his mom? Pleas review and thank-you for reading.
*A/n2: Who is up for a sequel to this story when Dean and Ana are older? Would anyone be interested in a sequel?