A few months went by and they were back in Florida. A loud knocking on their hotel door woke them both up.
"I'll get it." Roman groaned, getting out of bed and walking to the door in his t-shirt and sleep pants.
Seth grunted and buried his head under his pillow.
"Jojo!" Roman yelled as he gathered his daughter in his arms in a hug. "What are you doing here so early."
"Mommy has an appointment." she squealed as Roman hugged her and spun in a circle.
"Why don't you wake Uncle Seth up and let me talk to your mother for a few minutes." Roman said putting her down.
"Okay." she said running off behind Roman into the room.
Seth was trying to go back to sleep when he felt a weight drop down on his back. "Oof." he gasped out and pulled the pillow off his head and looked over his shoulder to see Jojo sitting on his back smiling at him.
"Hey." he said sleepily. "You're here."
"Daddy said you should wake up." she said still smiling.
"And I say it's time to sleep." he said as he pulled Jojo off his back and onto the bed tickling her mercilessly. She giggled and squealed and tried to tickle back, but he just tickled harder.
"You two have too much energy for this hour of the day." Roman said as he lay down on his bed and watched the fight.
"Say 'Uncle Seth is the man' and I'll show you mercy." he said still tickling.
"Uncle Seth is the man." she gasped out, tears running down her cheeks from laughing.
Seth stopped tickling and flopped back on the bed. Jojo ran over to Roman's bed and snuggled into his arms, still smiling.
"You want to know his secret?" Roman said conspiratorially to Jojo. "He's only ticklish right here." he said gently tickling between her shoulder blades.
"Really!" she said excitedly at the same time Seth yelled out "No fair!"
Roman laughed and got out of bed to get dressed for their trip to the amusement park.
"Can Uncle Seth come with us?" she asked as Roman walked to the bathroom.
"If he wants to." Roman replied as he continued on to get ready.
Seth lifted his head off the bed, his hair fuzzy and puffy.
"Come with us." Jojo said smiling at him. "Please."
"I don't know." he said. "This is your special day with your Daddy, I shouldn't interrupt."
"You're Daddy's best friend." she said thoughtfully. "You won't get in the way."
"Okay." he said reluctantly. "The amusement park might be fun."
"Yay!" she yelled.
Seth groaned and got out of bed to start getting ready.
They had fun at the amusement park that day. They rode the less scary rides, with Roman opting out on the spinning rides, leaving Seth to take Jojo on them. They laughed, took pictures and had fun together before stopping for lunch at a food stand.
"Here's a free table." Roman said, leading Seth and Jojo to a table nearby with their hamburgers and fries.
Seth took a big bite and chewed his hamburger happily. "Are you having fun Jojo?" he asked after he finished swallowing his food.
"Yes. So much." she grinned with a mouth full of food.
"Good, me too." he replied.
"Excuse me, I have to go to the bathroom." Roman said, getting up from the table.
"Okay." he said. "We'll be here."
He chewed his fries and glanced over at Jojo, debating if he should ask her something. "How are you doing?" he asked. "I mean with your parents being apart."
She sighed softly. "I miss my Daddy. We talk on the phone and email and skype, but I miss his hugs."
"So did I when I was out hurt." he confessed, grinning.
She smiled at him. "They shouldn't be together if they're not happy and I want them both to be happy."
"Just remember that he loves you more than anything." he said, holding her hand. "Things will get better with time."
She nodded. "Can I ask you something, Uncle Seth?"
"Of course you can." he said, rubbing her hand reassuringly.
"Can you take care of my Daddy for me?" she asked shyly. "I worry about him being lonely."
"Of course I'll take care of him." he said. "He's my best friend and I want him to be happy."
She leaned over and hugged him tightly. "Thank you Uncle Seth."
"You're welcome." he said as he broke the hug and patted her head.
Roman came back and they finished their meal happily chatting.
They continued their day playing games and trying to win prizes. They walked up to a shooting game. "Watch this Jojo, Uncle Seth's going to win you a teddy bear." He picked up the gun and aimed at the little toy ducks and pulled the trigger. He hit all 6 ducks and won the biggest teddy bear they had. It was pink and fluffy and Jojo was thrilled with it. They continued on to a strength testing game.
"Daddy, win a prize for Uncle Seth." she said excitedly.
Roman picked up the hammer and twirled it around.
"Time for you to live up to that nickname, Samoan Thor." he teased Roman.
Roman looked at him and winked, setting the butterflies in his stomach fluttering again and swung the hammer with all his strength, hitting the very top and ringing the bell.
Jojo jumped up and down, clapping her hands and ran over to hug her father. "Good job Daddy."
Roman went to pick out his prize while Seth and Jojo waited for him. Roman walked up to Seth with a big smile on his face and held up the prize he was hiding behind his back, a pair of black boxer shorts with red hearts all over them.
Jojo giggled. "Daddy, you're so funny."
Seth grabbed them quickly and hid them in his pocket while blushing beet red.
Roman put his arm around him and grabbed Jojo's hand, walking them along. He felt Roman lean closer to him and whisper in his ear. "It was either those, or a pair of fuzzy handcuffs."
He stumbled and his heart skipped and the butterflies came back.
Roman smirked and steadied him as they continued on to another booth.
They walked around trying to find a game Jojo could win because she wanted to win a prize for her father. They finally came across a throwing game and she did well, hitting one target out of three and earning a smaller prize. She came over to them with a key-chain with a picture frame on it.
"I won this for you Daddy." she said shyly.
"Thank you, my girl." he said leaning down and kissing her forehead. "I'll put my keys on it and look at it everyday."
Jojo looked around. "There's a photo booth. We can take a picture now and put it in it."
They walked over to the booth talking about poses they could do.
He held the booth's curtain open for Jojo and Roman and let it fall closed behind them. Before he could move away, Roman's large hand reached out and grabbed his and hauled him into the booth with them. He sat down with Jojo between them, not expecting to be included in the photoshoot.
"Everyone make a silly face." Roman said.
Seth scrunched up his face and stuck out his tongue for the picture.
"Muscle man pose this time." Jojo said.
He curled his arms over his shoulders and flexed.
It was his turn to pick a pose. "Everyone hug Jojo."
Jojo faced the camera and Roman and Seth turned to their sides and hugged Jojo tight.
"Switch places with me Daddy." Jojo said as they moved so Roman was in the middle between her and Seth.
"What now?" Roman asked.
"Now, Uncle Seth and I are going to give you a kiss on the cheek." she said.
Seth twitched and the butterflies were back worse than ever. His heart was beating fast and hard at the thought of what Jojo wanted him to do. The shutter was going to go off soon, so he moved his face closer to Roman's smooth cheek, smelling his sweet aftershave and kissed him just as the camera went off.
He got out of the booth as quickly as he could not wanting anyone to see he was blushing and waited while 3 sets of pictures printed, one for each of them.
When the pictures were ready, Jojo pointed to the picture of Roman smiling at the camera while getting kissed by Jojo and Seth. "I think you should put this picture in the key-chain."
Roman went to speak but Seth cut him off. "I think we should start heading back now, it's late."
They got back to the hotel and Jojo took a bath before falling asleep on Roman's bed. Roman and Seth got ready for bed and he put the prize Roman won him and the pictures away before getting into his bed.
Roman sat down on the edge of the bed next to Seth. "Thanks for coming with us today, I really appreciate it."
"You're welcome." he said quietly. "I didn't want to intrude on family time."
"You're family too Seth." Roman told him, ruffling his hair. "I like spending time with you."
"Same here man." he answered, yawning.
"Go to sleep, baby boy." Roman said getting off the bed and crawling in with Jojo.
Seth couldn't fall asleep after that, his mind going over everything that happened that day and came to a horrible conclusion. He had feelings for his best friend.
***Prepare for smut and drama in the next few chapters.***