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It's been a few weeks since the dinner with Katrina, Roman and her father. It was now going to be Christmas and Roman was going to go to Pensacola to see his family for the holidays. Katrina met his family for Thanksgiving and they took the news of her and Roman being together better than they had expected.
Their relationship has improved a lot since the dinner with Katrina's father and it couldn't be going any better. The only thing that had Katrina upset was the fact that her dad was still unwilling to accept their relationship.
"When are you coming back home?" Asked Katrina as she had her arms wrapped around Roman's neck. It was early in the morning, but she knew that because he was going to drive to Pensacola, he would get an early start.
"I'll be home right after New Year's." He replied, giving her a soft kiss. "It's the longest that we've been away from each other, but when I get back home, I'm making love to you all night."
Katrina blushed and smiled. "Just like the last few days?"
Roman smiled and nodded. "I'm gonna be without you for a while, so expect me to try to have a little bit more energy for that when I come back."
She laughed softly and playfully hit his chest. "I love you, Roman."
"I love you, too Beautiful." He responded before covering her mouth with his for a full, but long and sweet kiss. "I'll talk to you tonight, okay?"
Katrina nodded and pecked his lips before we got into his black Tahoe. She stayed there until he drove off and she could no longer see his car in the distance. She pouted, knowing that she would begin to miss him dearly before the day even ends. But she tried to keep her mind on more positive things, like the fact that she had just finished another semester with a 4.0 gpa and that within a matter of a few months, she would be graduating with her PhD in Psychology, something that Katrina has worked so hard for over the last few years.
She decided to take this extra time that she had to be with her family and friends before having to buckle down for the next and final semester. Katrina called her sister to see if they could spend the day together and she agreed. Katrina and Anna have always been close, even when they were little. They did everything together, and even when they got into college and became busy with their own things, they still found a way to spend some time together, even if it was just once a week.
An hour later….
Anna had arrived to Katrina's condo a few minutes earlier, and they talked for a bit before going out to get their hair done.
"Has Dad said anything else about how he feels towards you and Roman being together?" Asked Anna as they sat next to each other in the hair salon.
Katrina shook her head. "No, not really. I mean, I understand his concern about us being together and whatnot, but for him to ask for us to just leave each other because of it is something that I don't agree with. I can't just drop my feelings for Roman and act like nothing ever happened between the two of us and still be able to concentrate in school. What I like is that Roman actually fought for us in a way, by standing up to him. What guy do you know that we've ever liked has ever stood up to our dad?"
Anna thought for a moment and nodded. "True. And it's more than just like. You love this guy and he loves you. Just be careful to not get into any trouble at school, okay?"
Hours later...
Roman had just gotten to his parents house and grinned as he greeted his mother, after walking in through the door, followed by his dad. His cousins, Jimmy and Jey were already there and he greeted them as well. He hasn't seen a lot of his family in a while and was happy to be back home for Christmas to spend some time with them before the new semester started.
"Your girl didn't come?" Asked Jey as they all went to the kitchen to help out Roman's mother for dinner.
"She couldn't come." He replied. "Katrina's gonna be with her family this Christmas."
Roman kissed his mother's cheek before helping her with some of the chicken. "I really like that girl. She's good for you."
Once the food was close to being done, Jimmy and Jey pulled Roman aside to talk to him.
"We should let you know something." Said Jimmy as they looked around. " Nobody else knows this, but we thought that this would be something that you would need to know, whether Katrina came or not."
Roman looked at them both before Jey added on to the conversation. "Janelle is here in Pensacola, visiting her family for the holidays. Seth is with her and they're here with the baby. Well, he's not a baby anymore but you know what I mean. We don't know if she knows that you're going to be around as well or not. But either way, be careful if you come around her."
"I didn't even think about her possibly being here." Said Roman. "Her and Katrina only met once and that was weeks before Katrina and I began dating. I honestly forgot all about Janelle."
"Damn, Katrina must be doing a hell of a good job with this girlfriend thing if you already forgot about your ex." Said Jimmy sending all three of them into laughter.
Roman shook his head. "She is, but reagardless of whether I remember about Janelle or not, Katrina's amazing though and I love her. I'd go crazy without her. I already miss her and the day isn't even over yet. I'm doing things with Katrina differently than what I did with Janelle. I look at Katrina differently, I love her a little more than what I did Janelle and I actually see myself with her in the long term."
The next day...
Roman went out to lunch with his parents and they were having a conversation about things that were important to all three of them when he saw Janelle walk in with her parents. Seth was by her side as well as their child, holding his hand. They saw Roman and gave him a small smile before continuing with Janelle's parents to a table behind them.
After they ordered, Janelle got up and walked over to where Roman and his parents were sitting. He cleared his throat when it began to feel awkward after she greeted them and asked how they were all doing.
"Can I talk to you for a bit?" She asked, looking at Roman. Instead of answering, he just excused himself from the table and got up to follow her outside.
"I'm glad to see that you're doing fine." Roman said when she faced him in the parking lot.
She stood silent for a few minutes before answering. "I wanted to say that after seeing you that day a few months ago, I realized that I didn't take the time that I needed to properly get over you."
"You cheated on me, got pregnant by the guy you cheated on me with, and you needed time to get over me?" Asked Roman in a sarcastic tone. "It's hard to believe, Janelle."
"Seeing you with that girl, even though it's nothing more than a friendship, made me realize that I still had feelings for you." Said Janelle. "I know I put you through hell when we were together, especially during and after my pregnancy, but my feelings for you were real. I was wondering what you felt for me. I need some closure before I completely move on."
Roman scoffed and looked around as his feet moved him back and forth. "I did love you when we were together and it took me a while to get over you, Janelle. But that's the thing, I got over you and I moved on. I have a girlfriend now."
Janelle's eyes lost that last bit of hope that she had left and her tried to pick up the pieces of her heart that was now completely breaking. "Is it that girl that Seth and I saw you with that day?"
Roman nodded. "Yeah, we had met each other a few months earlier and we didn't started dating until a few weeks after we saw you. I'm in love with her and she's my world."
He smiled as he began to think about Katrina. Something that he has been thinking about since the dinner that they had with her father has been made clear with this conversation with Janelle.
"Look, you have Seth and you have your child with him." Said Roman. "Go be with him, the father of your child. I'm glad to see you're okay, but there's nothing there between us anymore."
Janelle nodded and gave him a small smile before watching Roman walk back into the restaurant to be with his parents. She kicked a few rocks around before going back in to be wtih Seth and her parents.
Roman was talking intensly with his parents, but she knew that it was about something important by the look on his face. Janelle had realized that it was finally over between the two of them. He no longer looked at her the way he used to. She was no longer the center of his universe and even though it broke her heart, Janelle knew that she was part of the reason why.
She had an amazing man in Roman and she threw it all away when she began to sleep with Seth. What made it worse was that they made Roman believe for nine whole months, that the child was his when Janelle and Seth knew that it was a possibility that he wasn't.
Later that night, Roman was in his old room, watching some television when he decided to call Katrina's grandparents. They had given Roman their number in case of anything, especially if it had anything to do with Katrina. Her grandfather picked up and he smiled when he heard Katrina's voice in the background.
"Hey, it's Roman." He told him when he answered.
"Hey, how are you?" He asked.
Roman waited a few moments before responding. "I'm good, everything is good. I hope you guys are spending hte holidays well, but I had something that I would like to ask you."
"Okay, what is it?" Her grandfather asked.
A/N: What could it be that Roman wants to ask her grandfather?
On a side note, I agree with DeeMarie426 with something that you said in your review. I feel like if they keep Roman with the gear that he has on now, fans of 'old school' WWE may start comparing him to the Big Boss Man character or think that WWE is trying to remake that character which I doubt is something that WWE wants to do when it comes to Roman and I just feel like they need to step away from that kind of character when it comes to Roman Reigns. He needs something different.
