Chapter 26 – A Whole Life

"ROMAN!"

"ROMAN!" Patricia shouted out the sliding glass door at the growing pile of male bodies in the middle of the back yard.

Roman shot to his feet. "WHAT?" He shouted back.

"Boy! Don't you yell at me!" Patricia warned

"Sorry mom." Roman cringed as he chuckled when the twins began to make fun of him back down from his mother. "Assholes." Roman walked over. "What's up mom?"

Patricia cocked her head to the side. "Something is going on with Amaya."

Roman carefully pushed himself past his mom and walked into the house. He turned the corner and found Amaya sitting on the floor in the hallway with her cell phone sitting on the floor next to her as she sobbed. Roman squatted down as he touched her shoulder. "Amaya, baby what's wrong? What happened?"

"S-S-S-She got a d-d-donor…A-A-Amyra…" Amaya stuttered out between sobs.

Roman couldn't understand anything between the sobs and stuttering; leaning down further he grabbed her phone and scoped her up into his arms before standing up and carried her into the living room. He sat on the couch with her on his lap as he combed his finger through her caramel colored hair. "Calm down for me Maya. Please calm down baby. I can't understand anything you're saying." Roman leaned over and grabbed a couple of tissues and handed then to her.

Amaya wiped her eyes and nose as she leaned against Roman's chest. She could feel Roman's hand rubbing up and down her back softly. She inhaled a shaky breath. "Amyra, she got a donor…" Her hand covered her mouth as she continued to cry but kept trying to calm herself down. "She's getting a double lung transplant right now."

Roman could feel the weight of the world as it lifted. A prayer had been answered and a miracle happened. He knew not all transplants didn't work and for Amaya's sake he hoped it all worked out. "Really baby? We gotta get to Mendocino. You should be the first person she sees when she wakes up."

Amaya frowned. "Really? I don't – I don't want to leave you here. I know how much the party meant to you and your family."

Roman smiled softly. "You're not leaving me here, because I'm coming with you Amaya. My family knows about Amyra and they know how important she is to you and how important you are to me. There's no way I'm letting you go alone."

Amaya's brow furrowed. "Are you really sure? I mean I don't want to take you away from the fun."

Roman shook his head. "Babygirl, it's an anniversary party and it's ending in a few hours. My parents are happy, my siblings are happy and I'm happy that you're happy. Let's explain the family emergency, say our goodbyes and get to Mendocino as fast as we can." Roman chuckled when Amaya threw her arms around his shoulders and smashed her lips against his. Roman stood and placed Amaya on her feet.

By 7pm they walked into the airport as Amaya pulled her cell out and called Seth immediately. She knew they were already done with the house show.

"Hi baby, what's up?" Seth's voice answered his cell when he saw it was her calling.

"Seth! SETH! Amyra got a donor! She's having a double lung transplant right now. Roman and I are at the airport and were on our way to Mendocino."

"Oh my God baby! That's so great. Do you need me there? You know what that's a stupid question. I'm talking to Paul and Stephanie. I'll be there as soon as I get a flight out. I promise." Seth stated as he hung up; he wouldn't promise if he didn't mean it.

Amaya sat in the waiting room and her knee was bouncing all over the place. She felt a warm hand on her knee and looked down at Roman's hand before her eyes turned up at his. They'd officially been there for 3 hours and Amyra had been in surgery for 5; the nurse advised Amaya it would be about 6 hours baring any complications. Amaya frowned. "Sorry."

Roman shook his head. "No, it's okay beautiful don't apologize."

Amaya stood as she paced the room slight. "I'm so nervous and scared and I just want them to come out and tell me she's fine." She combed her fingers through her hair. She was glad they'd had enough time to go back to Roman's to change because the heels she wore at the part were going to get on her nerves.

Amaya stopped pacing as two sneakers covered feet appeared in the door way. Aqua eyes looked up and locked with chocolate brown. Amaya smiled softly as she walked over and into Seth's arms. "I'm so glad you came Seth."

Seth wrapped his arms around her body tightly. "I wouldn't be anywhere else Maya." When she stepped back his hands went to her hips. "Have you guys heard anything yet?" He looked between Amaya and Roman.

Amaya shook her head. "Nothing I didn't text you about already. They've been in there for five hours already; I just want someone to come out and say yes she's still alive or they haven't finished or her body is rejecting them or something."

Roman shook his head. "It usually takes a few hours to tell if the body is rejecting the new organs; sometimes even a few days. Just breathe a little babe."

Seth walked over and sat next to Roman after they gave each other a fist bump. Seth pulled Amaya down to sit on his lap. Roman leaned over and pulled Amaya's legs up onto his lap as he pulled her sneakers off and started rubbing her feet. "Have you gotten any sleep?"

Amaya shook her head. "No. I can't seem to sit still long enough to be tired. I know I'm over tried right now."

Seth looked at Roman who shook his head confirming no sleep. Seth shook his head as he stood up with Amaya in his arms. "C'mon big man, let's take little miss here to the couch." Seth walked over and sat on the couch as Roman sat next to him. Amaya burrowed into his chest and shoulder with his arm around her waist and her legs across Roman's lap again his hands were on her legs, but one of hers was covered his left hand. Seth had noticed that before when they were all sitting together or sleeping together she wanted to constantly be touching both of them. Neither of them had an issue with it; they loved her random touches and caresses, it was extremely relaxing to both of them.

Seth looked down and smiled softly. "It didn't take her long."

Roman smirked as he looked over at her. "She's been exhausted and worried the last couple of months. I know she's not been sleeping when she's supposed to."

Seth nodded in agreement. "Yea she's been getting insomnia lately. Every time she came with me to Iowa, she barely slept. Then the whole time we were here I know she got shit for sleep. Then when you guys were in Tampa at my place I know after we all had our fun she passed out but I know she was up at the butt crack of dawn because she went for a jog."

Roman stifled a chuckle. "She runs when she's got a lot of stuff on her mind. It helps her clear the cob webs out; helps her think straight."

"Amaya…Amaya, wake up beautiful."

Amaya moved around a little bit. The warmth from the body inside the soft t-shirt was just enough to make her want to be lazy and tell everyone to fuck off. "Go away." She mumbled as she buried her face in a vibrating as a deep chuckle filled the room.

"Beautiful you have to get up Amyra's out of surgery." A baritone voice stated.

Amaya looked up as her aqua eyes locked with grey eyes as she smirked. "Hey I didn't fall asleep on you. Where's my puppy?"

Roman chuckled again. "Using the restroom."

"How long was I out?" She asked.

"Two hours, the nurse came in and woke Seth and I to let us know that Amyra is out of surgery and she's in Post Op for 45 minutes. We let you sleep a little longer. She should be going into her room in a few minutes, but the nurse said chances are she will sleep through the night." Roman brushed his lips across her forehead. "When you're ready Seth and I will go down to her room with you."

Amaya nodded. "Okay, let's go. I need to see her. I need to make sure she's going to be okay before we leave on Monday for Raw. Text Seth and let him know we're going to Amyra's room."

Roman gripped her hips and lifted her up and set her on her feet as he stood up. He felt Amaya grab his arm as she slipped her sneakers back on. She watched as he sent a quick text to Seth as he grabbed her hand and led her to the room her sister was in.

Seth was already standing outside Amyra's door when he looked over and saw Roman and Amaya coming down the hall. "Hey I got your text, figured I'd just meet you here." He leaned down and kissed Amaya's cheek softly. "They said she's actually awake and asking for you. She probably won't stay awake too much longer because of the anesthetic and pain meds they have her on; they also said they can bring in a couple of cots for us if we want to stay with her."

Amaya smiled as she squeezed his hand before she turned and walked into Amyra's room. She walked over and her twin's eyes met hers. "Hi sissy." Amaya couldn't keep the dam from breaking any longer as tears slid down her cheeks seeing her sister breathing easier than she had in the last 3 years. Amaya leaned over as she grabbed her sister's hand and squeezed it gently while placing feather light kisses all over her face. "How are you feeling?" She asked.

Amyra smiled softly. "I can't believe how good it feels to breathe in clean air." She smiled again as a few silent tears slid down her cheeks as well squeezing her twin's hand back as much as she could. "I feel like I could run a damn marathon."

Amaya laughed. "Well let's go ahead and take it one day at a time babe. You've only been out of surgery for an hour."

Amaya could hear her sister breathing so much better. The dark circles under her eyes were nearly completely gone and her skin which was usually extremely pale was starting to get color back. It had only been an hour since the surgery was done and already she was showing signs of life.

Amaya kissed Amyra's forehead softly. "Get some sleep my beautiful twin. I'll be here when you wake up, I promise." She didn't make promises she couldn't keep. Everyone laid down on the cots that were brought into the room. No one would be leaving at least not for a while.

Amaya knew her twin would be scarred for life, but at least it would be a whole life.