Chapter 26: Let's Make a Memory
"Dad when are Auntie and Uncle gonna get here with the new baby cause I'm bored of waiting" Dean whined impatiently.
"Patience is a virtue" Randy chastised his son with a smile.
The young boy pouted and went to have a seat next to Courtney. Courtney gave him a kiss and asked him why he had such a long face.
"I'm bored Court" he whined again.
"Why don't you go play with Phinnigan?" Courtney suggested.
"He's taking a nap" the young boy sighed as his shoulders slumped a little.
"Go find Becky and see if she'll play with you" Courtney told him.
"Good idea" Dean took off to go find Becky.
"You are great with him" Randy said to his girlfriend as he took the spot Dean had vacated.
"It's easy he's cute" Courtney smiled.
Randy's blue eyes scanned the room before them. Different people mingled while waiting for John and Ashley to return home with the new baby. Courtney and Randy had been in charge of bringing all of Phinnigan's old baby furniture from the Jersey house to John's Tampa home. They had also taken it upon themselves to throw a very impromptu welcome home party.
"So when you talked to Ash earlier did she tell you the gender of the baby or the name?" Randy asked.
"Nope, she just said that they wanted to tell everyone at once when they got here" was Courtney's reply.
"Ash and her secrets" Randy rolled his eyes.
"You are just as bad as her sometimes"
Randy scoffed "I am not"
"Oh come on if Ashley woke up one day and decided to grow a penis she would be you"
Randy shuddered "Eww I don't want to think of my best friend like that"
He shuddered again and then was sent off into tiny spasms. He was thoroughly disgusted at the thoughts his girlfriend had just put into his mind.
"Oh calm down you big baby" she slapped him on the shoulder.
"Becky" Dean pulled at the hem of the young woman's shirt.
Becky, who had been having a very nice conversation with Carlito, looked down at the small boy with a smile.
"Yes how may I help you?" she asked.
"I'm bored ... you wanna play with me?"
"Gimme like 5 minutes and then I'll play with you ok" Becky told him.
"Sweet!" Dean exclaimed while walking away.
"Cute kid" Carlito said.
Becky smiled she loved listening to Carlito's deep accent.
"Why yes he is" Becky found herself agreeing with him.
"You shouldn't keep him waiting too long then" Carlito told her.
"Yeah I guess you are right I'll catch up with you later" she said with a sigh as she went to go find Dean.
She found him in the playroom, he was just putting a disk into John's PS2 when she entered the room.
"Are you supposed to be touching John's PS2?" she asked already knowing he was not allowed to touch it.
"No ... but all I did was put the disk in and Uncle John is home so he doesn't know"
"Well I can't argue with that logic I guess" Becky shrugged "so what are we playing?"
"Guitar Hero III" he replied grabbing the guitar controller.
"Have you ever played this game before?" she asked.
"Maybe" he replied just beginning to play a song.
30 minutes later it was clear to Becky that Dean was an expert on Guitar Hero. He had started off really badly so Becky thought that he was an easy target. But soon after she had discovered that she had been mistaken. Dean could play all the difficult songs without even breaking a sweat. Becky on the other hand could barely make it through a song.
"You are very bad at this game" Dean said with a laugh.
"Yeah well you are short" Becky retorted.
"I'm 5 you dummie of course I am littler than you ... you are a growed up"
"It's grown up sweetie" Becky corrected him.
"That's what I said growed up" Becky just shook her head.
"What time is it?" Dean asked.
"It's 4:30 in the afternoon" Becky said looking at her watch.
"What time are Auntie and Uncle getting home?" he asked.
"Their plane should be landing now so I'd say they will be here in roughly 20 minutes if there is no traffic"
"I can't wait to see the new baby" he grinned "now me and Phin have someone else to play with".
"You do realize that the baby is too little for you to play with right now and you'll probably have to wait a year or two until he or she is big enough to actually play with"
"Aww man are you serious?" he asked disappointed.
"Yeah the new baby is a newborn probably weighing somewhere between 4 and 9 pounds and you my friend probably weigh about 10 times as much"
"This sucks"
"Language little boy I swear your dad needs to watch what he says around you" Becky shook in head a little in disgust.
"My daddy didn't teach me that word you did Becky I heard you use it when you were one the phone with one of your friends" he smiled at her "I also heard you say you like my dad's ass ... whatever an ass is"
"You are an evil little child do you know that!" Becky exclaimed "little boys shouldn't be listening to grown folks conversations"
"Please Becky you are only 19 so I know you aren't referring to yourself as grown" Courtney remarked from the doorway.
"I'm certainly a lot more grown up then he is"Becky stated indignantly.
"Court did you know that Becky likes Barney?" Dean asked giving his father's girlfriend a toothy grin.
"I do not!" Becky exclaimed.
"Yes you do ... I heard you talking to one of your friends and you said you wanted to give Edge a BJ doll"
Courtney's jaw hit the floor and Becky just stood there not knowing what else to do. A blush rose across her caramel colored skin.
"Phinnigan has a BJ doll ... you aren't gonna steal it from him and give it to Edge are you cause that would be really mean"
"Dean, Phinnigan is awake why don't you play with him now"
"Ok" Dean took off to go find Phinnigan.
"That's it I'm moving out" Becky announced
"Yeah and where are you gonna go because last time I checked mom and your dad sent you to live with me because your ass got into too much trouble back in Buffalo"
"I can find someone who doesn't have little boys who like to listen in on other people's phone conversations"
"He's a 5 year old boy Becky cut him some slack" Courtney remarked "and besides he won't be living with us much longer"
"Why what's going on?" Becky asked confused.
"After the party I'm breaking up with Randy" Courtney announced.
"What ... why???" was all Becky could get out of her mouth.
"When you get older you will understand" Courtney said walking away.
Becky stood there taking in the bombshell that had just been placed upon her. She couldn't understand why her sister was throwing away such a good thing. She just shook her head and went to join the rest of the guests at the surprise baby shower.
Ashley's father looked out the window for the third time in the past 20 minutes. He then glanced at his watched and sighed.
"Just a little bit excited aren't we?" Randy asked having a seat next to the older man.
"I just really hope this baby is a girl" he admitted glancing out the windows again.
"Why do you want a girl so badly?" Randy asked.
"Because I have been around guys all my life so when my kids were born I wanted a bunch of daughters but I only got one which I am thankful for everyday so I think it's only fair to have a bunch of granddaughters running around"
"Dude you are a total softy"
The older man looked out the window once again and when the younger man wasn't looking he brought back his fist and hit the younger man hard on the shoulder.
"What the hell was that for?" Randy yelped jumping out of his seat.
"What was that about me being a softy" the elder man grinned showing off the famous gap that he wore with pride.
"Hey there here" Randy yelled as he looked out the window "everyone hide"
The lights were dimmed and all the guests scattered around to find places to hide. Ashley was the first one to enter the house.
"Randy ... Courtney ... Becky where the hell are you three" Ashley yelled upon entering the dark house.
"Surprise!" the lights were turned back on and all the guests revealed themselves.
John was standing behind her holding the baby carrier. The covering was over it so people still had no idea whether the baby was a boy or a girl.
"So don't you think we should know the gender of the guest of honor?" Courtney asked.
Ashley took the carrier from John and placed it gently on the couch. "Well if you all must know".
She took the baby out of the carrier and cradled her in her arms. Everyone still had no idea whether the baby was a boy or a girl because they had dressed the baby in an all white outfit.
"Everyone I would like to introduce to you the newest member of our family our daughter Mariah Emmaline Faith Cena"
"Yes!" Ashley's father exclaimed coming very close to jumping in the air with excitement.
"I'm glad I could make you so happy daddy" Ashley rolled her eyes.
"Well people what are we waiting for let's party" John clapped his hands together in anticipation.
By the end of the night everyone who remained at the Cena residence was exhausted. Ashley sat next to John resting her head on his chest so she could hear his heartbeat.
"You know John I don't think I could have asked for anything better than this" she said.
"It was a pleasant surprise and I'm sure our daughter will appreciate having all those people around her" he replied sleepily.
"Oh I don't think so buddy you are on baby duty first" she smacked him lightly on the shoulder.
"But Ash I am exhausted" he tired to reason with her.
Ashley smirked as she handed him the baby monitor. "Have fun".
"And so it begins" John slumped down a little in his chair annoyed with the mother of his children. As he sat he took the opportunity to reflect upon his life and as a smile graced his lips he realized that he wouldn't change on thing about what had lead him to this point because as of right now at that very moment in time everything was perfect. But as so many people know all to well Perfection is just a word and it never last forever.
AN: This chapter is dedicated to Tiff. I luv ya girly always remember that.