Chapter 48: What The Hell Do I Do Now?

Phinnigan William Joshua Cena was utterly confused. He blinked a few times to make sure what he was seeing was real. He had gotten up in the early morning hours because he thought he heard monsters under his bed. Although his mommy and daddy told him that there was no such thing as monsters he didn't believe them. He crept quietly into his daddy's room and was pleasantly surprised to find his mommy and daddy sleeping in the same bed. His mommy and daddy never slept in the same bed even when mommy still lived with them. He frowned a little trying to figure out what had happened between the time he fell asleep till now. The only other time he could remember his mommy and daddy sleeping in the same bed was when he was just a little baby. He scrunched his little nose in concentration and made a mental note to have a long conversation with his Grandpa Fabo about this. He had long come to the conclusion that Grandpa Fabo and himself were the only two sane people in this house. He scratched his head, were mommies and daddies supposed to sleep in the same bed. He had never heard of such a thing before in his life but then again his mommy and Shane slept in the same bed. That reminded him he had to make sure his mommy took him to see his friend Kenyon. He loved Kenyon, he was his best friend and he even got to share a bedroom with him for a little while. But the only thing about seeing Kenyon was that Aurora would be close by. He didn't not like Aurora but she was a girl … a bossy one at that. He caught something sparkling from his mommy's finger. He walked closer to her to get a better look at the shiny thing. His pale green orbs studied it intently. He wondered if daddy have gave mommy this ring … of course he did because daddy was the bestest. Maybe that's why they were sleeping in the same bed because daddy had bought mommy a present. That's what it had to be.

Ashley's eyes fluttered open. She had internally felt someone studying her intently. She really wasn't all that surprised to find Phinnigan standing by the bedside.

"Phinney baby are you ok?" she asked him with sleep hazed concern.

"Monstas under ma bed" he insisted.

She nodded and moved over a little so that the toddler could get into bed and cuddle up to her. He closed his eyes immediately and she did too.

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"You have to tell him" her cousin urged.

The woman in question glared at her relative. Obviously that was the case but how does one bring up such a tricky subject.

"He needs to know" she had a seat next to her cousin on the bathroom floor and wrapped her arms around her in a comforting manner.

"I know he does … they both do don't they" with a tired sigh the woman in question leaned into her cousin's embrace taking momentary comfort from it.

"Maybe it won't be that bad" blue-gray eyes clashed with brown ones. "ok so maybe it will be that bad but getting it out in the open is the only solution"

She placed a hand under the sweatshirt she was wearing so that she could touch her now flat stomach and wondered how this could have happened. This was something she never expected or knew how to deal with.

"Did you imagine our lives would turn out like this?" Ashley asked her cousin.

"No … no I didn't but maybe this is better than I could have imagined … maybe it's worse it's too soon to tell don't you think?"

She tried to imagine what her child would look like. She hoped he or she would have their father's dark hair and blue eyes and most of all she wanted this child to inherit his long beautiful eyelashes. But she couldn't think about this now, she had to figure out what she was going to do.

"What should I do Dommy?" the older woman asked pleading for some semblance of help but Dommy just shook her head.

"I can't tell you what to do … you know what you need to do" Dommy shook her head again "you need to tell John you are having a baby with his cousin"

"I can't he'll freak out and I refuse to hurt him like that"

"Then what are you going to do … pass the kid off as John's I mean sure John and Marc kinda look similar but that's still really cruel to both him and Marc"

"We don't even know if Marc even wants to know about this I mean he is doing just fine right now without a baby in his life" Ashley pointed out.

"You are reaching" Dommy replied.

"I wanna be 5 years old again where everything seems so simple and all I have to do is ask my mom for help"

"Well sweetie that's your job now … you are the mom and those kids need you and so do Randy and John cause lord knows I can't handle those two knuckleheads by myself I have no idea how you did it for so long"

"You just gotta love them and be patient just like kids"

"I'm not going to lie to you John will be pissed and he'll be hurt and he might even break off the engagement but at least he can take some comfort in the fact that you were honest with him"

"I just don't wanna break his heart … he's been through so much and I just can't add to that"

"Do you love John?" Dommy asked.

Ashley found the question odd. "Of course you know I do"

"Then tell him the damn truth girl Jesus my lord and savior I am sick and tired of hearing the same old whining when you know what you have to do so grow a set and just do it already"

"Fine" Ashley huffed getting up off the bathroom floor "I'll tell him"

Dommy shook her head as her cousin left the bathroom. "No she won't" she said to herself knowing all too well that Ashley's main focus was to save her own ass in this whole scenario. Although she knew that her cousin truly didn't want to hurt her new fiancée it would need to be done. Nobody wants to start their married life with a lie.