Chapter 28 – Celebrations & Dreams

Roman and Seth sat at the bar and grill eating BBQ ribs, wings, onion rings and fries as they did shots with beer chasers. They knew the next month for the Extreme Rules Pay Pre-View they were going against Bryan Danielson and Glen Jacobs for the Tag Team titles, but nothing had been determined as far as who was supposed to win the match.

Seth pulled the meat off another rib bone as he chewed and took a sip of his beer. "I can't wait to see Amaya on Friday." He admitted openly. He was going to be going home to check on his mom and help her and his dad with the reunion plans. They were still going forward with it. It was a couple of months away, but since his mom's health scare everyone wanted to see her now more than ever.

Roman nodded. "I'll second the motion on that, but for Wednesday." Roman would be flying out to Mendocino and spending his two days off with Amaya at the hospital making sure Amyra was still on the mend and then would be bringing Amaya back onto the road on Friday for the house shows. Roman and Seth toasted their beer bottles together as they both took another swig of their beers. "So how's your mom's health progress coming along?" Roman asked curiously.

Seth shook his head. "She's healing. It's a slow process, but right now she's just trying to get her strength back. She has to go in for weekly check-ups to make sure it's really out of her system and that it's not trying to come back. But other than that she's running my dad ragged with all this reunion shit. She's going to drive him to drink." Both gentlemen couldn't help chuckling at Seth's revelation and Roman couldn't help agreeing with him.

"By the time the reunion comes around your dad is gonna either not want to hear about it anymore or he's going to lock himself in his bedroom with like a fifth of Jack and let your mother and you contend with everyone there." Roman stated with a chuckle.

Seth nodded. "I don't know how Amaya was able to stand my mother every time she went back with me. Don't get me wrong; I love my mother she gave me life, but damn it she just drives me nuts when I go home." Seth exhaled. "Amaya's been really great with everything. I don't know if I'll ever be able to repay her for everything she's done. It really meant a lot to me for her to come back every time. I didn't mean to bogart her from you for the last few weeks. I didn't even realize how much she's been coming back to Iowa with me until recently. That's why there was no way I wasn't going to show up when Amyra had her surgery. How are your parents with her?"

Roman shook his head. "They love her. They treat her as if she's one of the family. Which I know is really easy to do, because she's so open and personable. Every time she comes home with me and dad sees her he picks her up; like she's some kind of China doll. All the guys actually pick her up like a doll; it doesn't seem to bother her, she just laughs it off every time."

"How do you think this whole three-way thing is going?" Seth asked curiously.

Roman shrugged as he sipped his beer. "I think it's going good. We just have to watch ourselves when we get into the sex part of the three way. There's only one girl and two of us and which means she's doing double the work because she doesn't want either of us to feel left out or feel like she's doing something to one and not the other. She's really trying to cover all bases. I realize it's just sex but I don't want her to over exhort herself. All we need is for one of us to push her too much and physically hurt her and she won't want to keep going."

Seth nodded in agreement. "Yea I know neither one of us wants to ever hurt her. I still want to walk away friends whenever this ends. Which I hope isn't too soon I'm enjoying her company with us on the road far too much."

The boys finished up eating, paid their tabs and then sat back in the booth relaxing as they had another shot and another beer. Seth took a sip of his beer as he looked at his best friend. He sighed heavily and had to ask the one question burning on his mind. "How long have you been in love with her?"

Roman sipped his beer before his eyes went to his best friend. "For a while, I guess."

"A while?" Seth asked. "What's a while bro? a few weeks? A couple of months? Since we both started dating her? Since before we were signed to WWE. I mean, you're going to have to give me a little more than a while."

Roman sighed as he pulled his fingers through his ever growing black mane of hair as he re-tied the rubber band around it at the nape of his neck. "Since we met her in FCW; when she was Cena's assistant. I think I've always been in love with her. I don't know how else to describe how I feel about her." Sipping his beer again as he looked at Seth finally. "The minute she walked over and introduced herself, that voice and smile and the way she laughed at the three of us calling us the three musketeer stooges. I was hooked."

Seth's mouth literally fell open. "Jesus Christ Roman. Why didn't you tell me how you felt? Why did you agree to this idiotic idea about a three-way relationship when I came to you with it? If you would've told me how you felt bro I never would've impeded on your girl man."

"It doesn't matter, you didn't know." Roman shook his head. "She wasn't my girl. And she never will be."

"Why do you say that?" Seth question curiously.

Roman scrubbed a hand down his face. "When we first met her didn't seem all that interested in me and when we first suggested this idea she seemed scared of me and now – now I've been sharing her with my best friend and stable mate – why would she want to be with me if she thinks I'm going to just share her with anyone?"

Seth shook his head. "Bro, there's no way Amaya would ever think you would just share her with anyone. We came to her with this crazy idea because we were BOTH attracted to her. And crazy enough she was attracted to the BOTH of us. Eventually our little threesome family is going to come to an end. I don't know when and I don't know where, but it will. No one is meant to be with two people at once. It's for fun and fantasy; you want it to last forever, but it won't."

Seth looked at the table before his eyes went back to Roman. "I can tell you right now I love Amaya and I care about her very much. If someone ever hurt her; whether we were together or apart, I would still come to her rescue and beat the piss out of whoever did it. I love her, but I'm not in love with her. She knows how I feel I've told her numerous times. I won't sugar coat anything with her or you. I bet if we decided to stop all this she'd be more into you than you think."

Roman fisted both of his hands in his lap. "Please tell me you're not just using her for the sex Seth." His voice was strained as his eyes narrowed at his best friend.

Seth held up his hands as his eyes widened when a slight growl showed up in Roman's voice. "Bro, if it was all about sex; I wouldn't dream of letting her meet all of my family. I want her to meet all of them. I want her to know exactly where I come from. Even if it's the only time she ever sees or speaks to any of those people again in her life. I have to let them meet her. She introduced us to the three most important people in her life and now it's my turn."

Roman calmed his temper down. "Sorry bro…I just – It goes back to what we both agreed to earlier. I never want either of us to hurt her."

Seth nodded. "I know bro, me neither. We are both on the same page here."

They finished their beers and headed back to the hotel. Where they sat in Seth's room and called Amaya together on speaker phone. She praised how happy she was for the whole group and how proud of them she was. Amyra was even able to get on the phone and joke around with them. They were both glad to hear Amyra doing so much better. They both knew if anything happened to Amyra – Amaya wouldn't be able to take it. They both went to bed that night with their WrestleMania victory on their mind and their girl in their heart.

Wednesday rolled around and Roman flew out to Mendocino and was exceedingly happy when Amaya picked him up from the airport. His heart swelled in his chest as she ran over and jumped into his waiting arms as he chuckled and lifted her off the ground while burying his face in the side of her neck. "Jesus I missed you woman."

Amaya laughed as she pulled back and planted her lips on his hard as she cupped his cheeks keeping him in place. "I missed you too, big guy." She murmured against his lips. "C'mon let's get back to the hospital, Amyra is excited to show ANYONE how good her progress is."

Roman chuckled as he grabbed his bag in one hand and Amaya's hand in the other. "That I would love to see."

Chocolate brown eyes opened to a beige ceiling. He was dreaming around her again. He had been dreaming about her for a couple of weeks now. It was the same dream over and over. It was more like a night terror than a bad dream. It always ended with him trying to hold onto her as she slipped out of his grasp and fell into a never ending abyss of nothingness.

Seth pulled himself from the bed as he walked down the hall and into the bathroom, standing over the toilet as he did his business. He flushed and washed his hands once he was finished before he walked down stairs into the kitchen. The microwave clock read 2 AM. He drank some orange juice out of the carton, his mother would kill him for doing that, but what she missed while she was asleep wouldn't hurt her or him for that matter.

Seth trudged back upstairs to his room. He knew right now she was sleeping at the hospital with her sister and Roman. Lucky bastard got to see her in all her bright eyed glory. He couldn't wait to see her again. It had been too long since he had seen her last; way too long.

Seth rolled back over and let sleep re-consume his whole body as he thought about her again and how he knew she would invade his dreams once more before morning.