Sorry it took so long...been moving all weekend. I might not get another chapter up until after Friday, but I hope you enjoy this chapter :)
We got back to my apartment, made dinner, ate and then settled on the couch. John flipped through channels as I cuddled next to him. It felt so good to just be with him, I didn't care what we did as long as we were together. He put a protective arm around me and once we agreed on something to watch, he put the remote down and rested his hand on my belly.
"Are you excited for tomorrow?" I asked.
When he didn't say anything, I looked up at him and saw the smile on his face grow.
"Of course! I can't wait to see the little plum." He grinned.
"Someone's been doing their homework." I giggled.
"I have." He said proudly. "At the beginning of the second trimester, most of the baby's vital systems are fully formed. Now we're in the growth and maturation stage, and next week, it'll be the little peach."
I laughed again. "Wow! You really have been reading up on this pregnancy stuff."
He smiled. "Well that's my kid in there." He said rubbing my belly. "I want to be prepared and know what's going on."
"Oh…John." I smiled as I put my hand on top of his. "You are going to be such a great dad."
"Thank you." He said sincerely. "I hope so."
I kissed his cheek. "You will." I said before I asked him what had been on my mind for a long time.
"How are we gonna tell our families?" I asked.
"Well my family's getting together after I get back from Tribute to the Troops and I figured we could tell them then." He replied.
"We?" I asked.
I guess I never thought about how "we" would have to tell our parents together. I just figured a phone call to my parents would be the easiest for me, but I guess if both of us could actually sit down with the families, it might help break the news a little more gently.
"Yeah." He chuckled. "Don't you think that my family would like to meet my baby momma?"
I burst into laughter. "OMG…John!"
He also laughed. "Ok, seriously though, I want you to meet my family and I would like to meet yours."
"I would love to meet your family! And you can meet my family at their Christmas party!"
He nodded. "I think that would work...deal?" he said extending his hand.
I took his hand and shook it. "Deal." I smiled.
"So my other question is what do we tell them about us?" I asked.
John pulled away. "Well…" he began.
I could tell this was the somewhat confusing part for him. Our relationship was once simple…friendship, but still simple, even though sex was involved. Now there was another person to consider, someone needs that we were soon going to put before our own.
"Just tell them the truth. You work in TR and we met through Randy. I was going through a tough time in my marriage when we met. We got together one night and have been good friends ever since. And now we're…having a baby together."
My smile slowly disappeared. Still just friends after everything we've been through in the past 3 months. That, to me, was the most hurtful thing that John could ever say to me. I was ready to be fully committed in an actual relationship, but he was still stuck on being friends. I guess being friends was much better than what the turn out could have been.
"What's wrong?" he asked concerned.
"Nothing…" I lied. "I'm just kind of tired."
"Do you wanna go to bed?" he asked.
"No." I said lying down at the other end of the couch. "We can stay out here for a while."
"Okay." He shrugged.
We continued to watch tv until I drifted off to sleep.
Later, I woke up and found myself in my bedroom. John must have brought me in here. I slowly crawled out of bed and walked out to the living room, where I found him, lying on the couch, trying to sleep.
"What are you doing out here?" I whispered now standing above him.
"What?" he said groggily.
"Why aren't you in bed?"
He shrugged.
"John…it's okay. You don't have to ask anymore. This is your home too." I smiled.
He was so cute, such a gentleman. He sat up as I took his hand and pulled him into the bedroom with me.
"What time is it?" He asked as he slowly climbed in the bed.
"Two." I replied climbing in on the other side.
We laid down and I heard John make a comforting sigh.
"Better?" I giggled.
"Much." He grinned.
"Good night John."
I kissed him and rolled over with my back to him.
"Night Acelynn."
In a matter of minutes we were both asleep.
The next morning we got up, showered, and dressed. We made it to the hospital just a few minutes before I was scheduled for my appointment. My name was called and we were both escorted to an exam room. The nurse took all my information and started to run a few of the normal tests that were taken at any doctor visit. Moments later our doctor entered.
"Hi." She smiled. "I'm Dr. Troy."
She shook our hands and then picked up my file that was lying on the counter.
"So Acelynn... how are you feeling?" she asked paging through my paperwork.
"Good." I said nervously.
"Good." She smiled.
"And is this…" she said looking at John. "is daddy?"
He smiled and nodded. "I'm John."
"Nice to meet you." She smiled. "Ok kids…how about we run a few more little tests and figure out a due date?"
I looked at John and smiled.
After running the tests and asking for a little information about my previous history, Dr. Troy, figured out a date.
"How does June 6th sound?" She smiled.
I looked at John for that answer.
He just smirked. "Sounds alright." Then he looked at me. "Sounds like we'll have an interesting WrestleMania."
"Yeah." I said sarcastically. "My first WrestleMania while working for the WWE and I have to be like…7 months pregnant. Thanks a lot John."
He chuckled. "My pleasure, Ace." He replied with a wink.
Even though I wasn't excited about being pregnant during WrestleMania, I would just have to deal with it. I mean, how bad can it be?
Dr. Troy then pulled out the ultrasound machine. John sat close and held my hand the whole time. Once the screen began to show a blurry little figure, she pointed out the baby.
"Alright here is the head…there is the spine, and…arms and legs."
I looked up at John, who had an even bigger grin on his face.
John looked at me, still smiling. "There's our little plum." He said quietly. "Kind of looks like an alien."
I laughed. "I know! That's what a lot of my friends told me it would look like."
"Ok mom and dad, how about we take a listen to this little one's heartbeat?"
Once we heard the heartbeat that's when things changed. It was real now. There really was a baby growing inside of me, John's baby. I was so happy at that moment. I had a wonderful guy who seemed excited to be a dad. It kind of surprised me though, this from the guy that said he didn't want to have kids and that kids weren't for him.
I grinned "OMG… can you believe it?"
He shook his head. "No turning back now. You're stuck with me forever."
I shrugged. "Well being stuck with you has been good so far."
"Everything looks and sounds great." Dr. Troy interrupted. "How about we print out some pictures and then you are free to go?" she asked.
"Can we get a few extras?" John asked.
I looked at him. "One for your parents, one for the old man, one for my mom, and one for us."
"Of course. How many would you like?" she asked.
"I guess 4." I smiled.
"Better make it 5." John added.
It was so sweet that John was so excited that he wanted to give the parents their own copy of our baby's first picture.
On the way back to the apartment I decided to ask John who the 5th picture was for.
He smiled at me. "Well…I thought we'd keep one at the apartment and the other one I'd take with me. Keep it in my bag."
"Oh, John!" I smiled on the edge of tears. "That is so sweet."
"I'm gonna miss you the whole week I'm gone." He admitted.
"I know, me too. It's gonna be a long week. I wish I could go with you." I said wiping away a single tear.
"I know." He said rubbing my thigh. "But we just can't risk anything happening over there."
I nodded. I knew that was the only reason otherwise I would be going overseas with him.
"Just like last time, I promise I'll call you every night until I come home."
John called my apartment home. It sounded so nice to hear him say it.
We stopped for lunch before heading back to the apartment. When we got home, we relaxed on the couch for a couple hours before John headed to the gym. I decided to go with him, just to watch. Oh was I in for it.
I never knew being pregnant could get you so worked up watching someone work out and when you were watching John Cena, that was it! At times I just wanted John to drop whatever he was doing so I could take him into the locker room and have sex with him right then and there. The man was making me seriously hot and he must have noticed because he kept shaking his head at me with a dimpled grinned.
Later John and I were making dinner later when he brought the gym.
"Did you have fun watching me at the gym today?" he smiled.
"Yeah…" I smiled back. "Why?"
"Well…" he chuckled. "You just seemed a little bothered by something. I felt like you were undressing me with your eyes."
I blushed. "I was….. I was waiting to just go into the locker room with you and..."
"Next time…." He whispered. "Just say so." He kissed me on the cheek before walking away to place the plates on the table.
"Really?" I questioned as I turned to him.
He shrugged. "If I would have known that's what you were thinking, I would have been up for it."
"I'll remember that for next time." I giggled.
We had a nice evening just relaxing. That was all we ever did when we were at home. After dinner and watching some ESPN, we headed to bed.
Still half asleep, John woke me to say goodbye before he left early that morning. As I was getting ready to pout, he kissed me for a few minutes, told the little plum to be good, and then left as I went back to sleep.
The week went by very slowly. I missed John so much. He called every night and we made plans for when he returned. He'd do Monday night Raw, come home and then we'd leave for his mom's and then his dad's after that. He admitted how much fun he was having , how great the fans were, and how nice some of the gyms were, but he was ready to come home and have me meet his family.