Chapter 21 – Meeting Amyra

It seemed like the month of February flew by and before long the guys were into March. Once Seth's mom started getting the proper antibiotics she started getting better. She had to stay in the hospital for about 3 weeks before they finally released her. Amaya went back to Davenport Iowa with Seth every week he went back until his mother was released. His mother Adele was the sweetest lady Amaya had ever met. Even as she was walking into the house after her release she was still trying to cater to Seth and his dad. His dad stood firm and made her go to bed and relax, she wasn't completely at 100% but there were no more signs of the meningitis; so therefore she was no longer contagious and could be home with her family.

The guys soon found out for WrestleMania they would be going against Randy Orton, Paul Wight –who wrestled under the name Big Show, and Stephen Farrelly –who wrestled under the name Sheamus. For the next 3 to 4 weeks for Monday Night Raw and Friday Night Smackdown it would be a series of brawling back and forth in the ring and in the back area of the arenas.

Roman could tell by the smile plastered all over Amaya's face that she was excited and ecstatic to be going to see her sister. From the airport to the house and now as they were on their way to the hospital he could see her fidgeting in her seat next to him. He talked to Amyra a few times over the phone and she sounded nothing like Amaya. She was definitely a spitfire with so much life that it was a shame she had such a horrible disease.

Roman noticed Amaya had always referred to her sister as the wild child in the family. And clearly she was since she was the one who got pregnant from a married man; though Amaya was far more open-minded as far as her dating both him and Seth. Amyra needed a cure or a miracle at this point. Roman wasn't sure how Amaya would handle losing her twin. Most twins couldn't live without the other one for too long.

When they got to Mendocino that morning; they stopped at Amyra's house first and Amaya showed them to their bedrooms. The house was a huge two story Victorian with plenty of bedrooms for everyone. Amaya had found it while it was cheap on the market and bought it for Amyra and Safina and renovated with her sister. It was the first major purchase for her after she got her job at WWE. Once they got the rental unloaded of all their bags; they piled into the big Black Ford Expedition that Amaya had rented. She gave Jon the address of the hospital.

Amaya walked through the hospital as fast as she could; she had taken this walk before. She could care less if any of them could keep up with her. Once they got off the elevator on the third floor she couldn't wait any longer. She needed to see Amyra. She knew her aunt would be picking Safina up from pre-school and bringing her to the hospital around 2 PM; in a couple of hours. Amaya came to room 363 and stopped. Amaya looked over as the others caught up and she walked into the room. As soon as she walked in she saw Amyra was partially sitting up in bed. Amaya couldn't help as she carefully crawled up onto the bed and laid her head in her twins lap. "I missed you."

Amyra smiled softly as she leaned down and kissed the top of her head. "I missed you more sissy."

Seth couldn't help as she watched the interaction between the two sisters. It was so strange to see identical twins, but one was MUCH thinner and had dark circles around her eyes. Technically they were fraternal twins because Amyra had dark ash blonde hair with teal colored eyes, but everything else looked the same.

Amaya stood from the bed as she smiled softly once everyone gathered in her sister's room. "Amyra, this is Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, Zaria Danielson and Roman Reigns. This is Amyra everyone."

Amyra laughed. "It's nice to finally meet all of you." She looked at her twin. "Jesus, why didn't you tell me they are so big?" She laughed when Amaya shrugged.

Roman looked down as he felt an ice cold hand on his forearm. It was Amyra he looked up at her and noticed she was staring at him in fascination. "Ma'am?" He thought maybe something was wrong.

Amaya laughed. "It's okay Roman she's just curious about how big you really are."

Roman chuckled as he took Amyra's hand and put it on his bicep under the sleeve of his t-shirt. He chuckled harder as Amyra's eyes widened.

"Wow that's – that's really all you under that skin." Amyra stated honestly. Her eyes went to her twin. "Who's got the best body?" She asked; knowing her twin couldn't lie about that.

Amaya laughed as she felt Amyra take her hand again. She'd let go of her for a minute while she was touching and being fascinated by Roman's biceps. "It's not a matter of who has the best body. They've all got nice bodies – believe me. Dean has the best chest. Seth has the best abs. Roman has the best arms. And they've all got great asses and fabulous thighs. But that's just my opinion."

Amyra looked at every one of them curiously before her eyes landed on Roman and Seth; suddenly she could see the way their posture was and the way Amaya's posture was and her eyes danced between the three of them. She could tell something wasn't quite right between the trio but she knew better than to push her twin.

Amyra had to leave for her treatment and Amaya knew she would be tired and would sleep well into the night. So everyone left and went back to Amyra's house and decided it was time for food. Zaria went crazy and cook about a million mini chicken wings on the grill as Amaya stayed in the kitchen and made macaroni and cheese, potato salad and even made some fresh strawberry lemonade and sweet tea.

Once Amaya finished up everything she went upstairs to shower. She needed just a few minutes to get the stress and sadness of the day out of her system. Once she had herself a really good cry she finished up her shower and dressed. She combed out the knots from her hair. As she walked out of the room she deemed as hers she smiled as Seth pushed off the wall and pulled her into his arms.

"You doing okay baby?" Seth asked softly. He knew the visit was going to be particularly hard for her; she'd been there every step of the way for him while his mom was sick. There was no way in hell he wouldn't do the same for her. She nodded as she buried her face in his chest as one arm went around her waist and one hand was cradling the back of her head. "Everything is going to be okay. I promise. There has to be something we can do to help. I'll think of something baby." Seth stated as he kissed the top of her head.

Amaya looked up at Seth and could see the dark circles under his eyes from not getting a lot of sleep the last few weeks since his mom had been sick. "Go lay down sweetie. Get all the rest you can while you're here. Open the bedrooms windows and let the breeze outside push the fresh air in. Believe me it will help relax you." She pushed up and kissed his lips softly as she stepped back and let him venture down the hall to his room.

Roman had just walked up the stairs and was standing at the top as he smiled softly at Amaya. "C'mon beautiful, you need to come eat." He held his hand out and his smile turned into a grin as she took his hand and three seconds later he scoped her up into his arms.

Amaya laughed as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "I would complain, but I know it wouldn't do any good. So I'll just be quiet and enjoy the ride; so to speak." She let one thumb caress his cheek and couldn't help laughing as he ran his tongue along his cheek and bumped her thumb. Once they were in the kitchen Roman placed her on her feet in front of him before he leaned down and brushed a soft kiss on her lips.

Roman gestured to the table of food while Dean left after Zaria, appreciating they were giving them privacy. They made their plates and sat down at the table, Roman letting Amaya serve herself first. Since they were alone downstairs, there was no reason to travel to Amaya's room, where there was a lot of temptation. They talked quietly while slowly eating, doing exactly what Roman wanted and that was getting to know each other. "How about a movie? Or do you want to go back up to the hospital to see your sister?" He knew Amaya didn't have much longer with her twin, so he wanted to be there for her.

Amaya smiled softly as she ate Chicken and potato salad. She was good with that and laughed when Roman pushed more food on her plate. "I would like to go back to the hospital but not everyone has to go with I don't want to bum everyone out. But if you want to come with I would like for you to meet Aunt Lucy and Safina; they will be there the second time around. But I mean you don't have to if you don't want to. I'm sure you and everyone else want to relax for your days off." She was giving him an out in case he felt uncomfortable being around someone who was sick. Not everyone has the heart or stomach to sit around and converse with someone so sick.

"I wouldn't have asked if I didn't wanna take you." Roman stated, standing from the table since they finished eating and cleaned up the mess. They put the food away so it didn't spoil and then Roman extended his hand, feeling their fingers lace together again. "Let's go visit your family. Seth is upstairs sleeping and Dean and Zaria went for a walk on the beach and won't be back for a while." They left the house and headed to the hospital, making small talk on the way. It felt great to have Amaya back because Roman missed her more than he was willing to admit.

Amaya loved the feeling of Roman's fingers interlocked with hers. As they drove to the hospital she took the opportunity to really LOOK at the tattoo on his right arm since he was driving. While Roman had been in LA with his cousins for his Uncle's birthday he'd gotten the tattoo done. She loved the intricate patterns and lines and shading; she followed the lines from his wrist around his forearm up to the inside of his bicep. "Samoan tribal right?" She looked up and could see a weird look on his face as her hand softly rubbed his forearm. "What's wrong? Are you okay?" She asked softly.

"Yeah, just thinking about your sister and wishing there was something we could do for her. I know it'll kill you when her time comes and…there's gotta be something they can do. The medical technology has come so far that they're close to curing AIDS and different types of cancer for Christ sakes." Roman didn't mean to sound frustrated, but he really grew to like Amyra in the short amount of time he met her. "I don't care what it costs; I'll do whatever I can to help your sister get better. I promise, Amaya." If this was his sister, Roman wouldn't be as together as Amaya is which was sort of scary since her twin sister was dying. "And yes its Samoan tribal. All my cousins have them."

Amaya hopped out of the vehicle once they were parked. They walked into the hospital and got in the elevator. Amaya looked at Roman and could tell her was completely telling the truth. She frowned as her eyes pricked with tears as she tried to keep herself from crying at his sweet words. "She actually has phenomenal health insurance and the hospital is actually doing all they can to prolong her life. I mean it would be great if she would be here to see Safina grow up, get her first boyfriend, graduate high school, go to college, get married and be a grandma; but it's just not something she wants to think about right now. Right now she's living for today and the time she has with Safina." She blinked as tears slid down her cheeks. "And you and Seth are probably the sweetest men I've ever met. You guys barely know me and Amyra and you both want to help as much as possible. No one I've ever been friends with ever gave a crap."

"I'm not an average guy, Amaya and neither is Seth." Roman stated seriously, pulling her into his arms as his lips brushed against her wet cheeks, tasting the saltiness of her tears. "Trust me when I say we'll figure this out. Maybe we can send her to Switzerland or somewhere across the globe. There's always new medicine coming out to cure diseases over there. Don't give up until the very end, until you know there is no chance for her to survive. Because until then there's ALWAYS a chance." The elevator dinged as the doors slid open and Roman guided her off of them, letting her lead them down the hallway toward Amyra's room.

Amaya nodded. "I'll never give up on her. She's been my best friend for 25 years. The best place for her is a dry warm climate, so California seems to be home for now. Wet or humid places can cause her to catch pneumonia; which would wreak havoc on her cystic fibrosis. She's got really good doctors here. They take really good care of her. Believe me there isn't anything that I haven't already checked out or researched for this. It's been my spare time since she got it. I'm always hopeful when she gets new treatments."

"MAYA! MAYA! AUNTIE MAYA!"