CHAPTER 60:

Another 2 days had passed and it was now April 4th. John was pouring himself a bowl of cereal as Nikki came from their hotel room. "Hey there early riser how's it going?" he asked. "It's far too early in the morning to even think about teasing me" said Nikki as she pulled out a seat to sit in. "So tell me what's on the menu".

"After you finish telling me about your wild ass night" said John as he slid the bowl down to Nikki. "Ugh what time is it?" asked Nikki. "Its 8:33" said John. "In the morning?" asked Nikki. "Yeah Nicole" said John. "Ugh that means I only had like 5 hours of sleep" said Nikki. "Yeah try like 3" said John. "You didn't get back in until 5".

Nikki groaned as she placed her head onto the table. "You'll be fine" said John. "Speaking of which how's your sister, isn't she getting married like a week from today?" "She's a total wreck" said Nikki. "That's totally understandable" said John as he began pouring himself a bowl of cereal. "Speaking of weddings, when's ours going to be?"

John gently placed the box of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes down onto the countertop. "Oh Nicole I was really trying to be nice about things but I'm not anymore" he said. "What do you mean?" asked Nikki. "Nicole you have been asking me that same question every day for the past week" said John. "What, no I haven't" said Nikki. "Yeah you have" said John. "Or did you ask so many times that you started to forget them?"

Nikki picked her head up from the table to look at John. "I…have?" she asked. "Yeah you have. Every day in fact on the dot" said John. "Seriously?" asked Nikki.

"Yeah seriously" said John as he finished pouring milk into his bowl. "I…have forgetting things again or am I…hallucinating?" Nikki asked.

"What did you say?" asked John as he got up to place the milk in the fridge. "Nothing" Nikki lied. "I'm just must be tired again that's all". "Yeah I can see that" said John as he looked down at his watch. "Hey, you're still wearing it?" asked Nikki as she smiled. "Of course" said John with a smile. "Why wouldn't I be?" Nikki smiled as John kissed her.

"I think it's wise for you to go back to bed and get some rest" he said. "Ima be downstairs working out if you need me". "Thank you" said Nikki as John went back to eating. Nikki continued her thoughts on what John had just said. "What the hell does he mean I've been asking him about our wedding day? I'm…forgetting things again?" she thought.

Meanwhile, AJ and Roman were sitting in the waiting room of a clinic somewhere in downtown Tampa. "This is insane" said AJ. "I still can't believe that this is even happening to us". "Baby it's perfectly fine" said Roman. "Did you tell your parents yet?" asked AJ. "Did you tell yours?" asked Roman. "No" said AJ. "I feel like they would be completely disappointed.

"They shouldn't be" said Roman. "As long as they love you". "They do love me" said AJ. "I just don't think they'll appreciate the fact that I went and got myself knocked up right in the prime of my career". "Hey there don't talk like that" Roman said encouragingly. "I know that he or she wasn't exactly planned but it's still our baby and I'm gonna be here for you…that is if that's what you want".

AJ looked up at him. "You think I want an abortion?" she asked. "April to be honest I don't know if that's what you want but I'll support you if that's what you want" said Roman. "But…I could never do that" said AJ. "Even if it means I'll never have a career with the WWE again". Roman picked up AJ's hand to hold it. "Everything will be ok" he said. With that a medium built man walked up to them.

"Hello Ms. April Mendez? Mr. Leati Anoa'i?" he said. "Yes that's us" said AJ. "Hello, good morning. I'm Dr. Julio Hernandez and I'll be your doctor" said Dr. Hernandez. "Oh….ok?" said AJ. Dr. Hernandez smiled. "I know that you must have been expecting a woman" he said. "Yeah….I kind of did" said AJ. "But I guess it appears to be some kind of smudge over your last letter of your first name but no biggie".

"Well you can always change doctors around as well as this appointment" said Dr. Hernandez. "No it's ok" said AJ as she stood up. "Let's do this". "Alright follow me" said Dr. Hernandez as he led the couple back into his examining room. "Ok Ms. Mendes can you tell me the date of your last menstrual cycle?" he asked. "It ended on February 16th and the last time I had sex was March 1rst" said AJ.

"Any time before that?" asked Dr. Hernandez. "Nope" said AJ. "You see Leati and I have really busy schedules lately. We are professional wrestlers that work for the WWE and I…I just want to really make sure the baby is ok". "That's understandable" said Dr. Hernandez. "But first I'm going to need a nurse to draw blood as well as prepare you for a physical examination". AJ nodded. "I'll wait for you outside" said Roman. AJ nodded yes as Roman left to take a seat.

About 45 minutes later, he was allowed to come back into the room. "Well your blood levels seem fine as well as your weight" said Dr. Hernandez. "You're a very healthy person. No drinking, smoking, drugs any of that?" "Nope" said AJ. "Ok then, then I'm going to prepare your for your first sonogram" said Dr. Hernandez. "Ok" said AJ. "I'm going to need you to lie down and now this gel I'm about to apply to you is really cold" said Dr. Hernandez.

"No problem" said AJ. Dr. Hernandez went to switch off the lights. "Here we go". The doctor turned on the machine. "Is that it?" asked Roman. "I don't see anything". "That's because I didn't apply the gel and probe onto Ms. Mendez yet" said Dr. Hernandez. "Oh…" said Roman. "Excuse me". "Ready?" asked Dr. Hernandez." "Yeah…." AJ trailed off. The doctor carefully applied the gel onto AJ's stomach.

"Jeez that really is cold!" she said. "I know and I'm sorry" said Dr. Hernandez. "But trust me you will get used to it pretty soon". The doctor turned the monitor around in order for it to face both AJ and Roman. "Ok now let's meet your baby" he said as he gently placed the probe onto AJ's stomach. Immediately a tiny image began to appear on the screen.

"Whoa what is that thing?" asked AJ. "It's your baby" said Dr. Hernandez. "Right now it appears to me that you are roughly….5 weeks, or 35 days and it is the size of a little tiny pumpkin seed". "So lemme get this straight, that tiny little black dot up there is the baby?" asked Roman. "Absolutely Mr. Anoa'i" said Dr. Hernandez. "Whoa that's crazy" said Roman. "So is it ok?" asked AJ.

"So far I'm not seeing any evidence yet of any abnormalities so that means in your next appointment in about 2-3 weeks, depending on how soon you want to return I'll be able to start seeing a little more clearly of what's going on in there" said Dr. Hernandez. AJ stared at the screen as the tiny dot that represented her future child remained situated on it. "This is beautiful" said Roman. "It truly is". AJ looked over at Roman to notice that he had little tears forming. "You alright Leati?" she asked. "Yeah I am" said Roman as he took AJ's hand into his. This made her to begin feeling guilty.

"Let's see if we can hear a heartbeat" said Dr. Hernandez. "Already from something that small?" asked AJ. "Yes" said Dr. Hernandez as he pressed another button. After doing so, another small sound could be heard. "Is…that its heartbeat?" asked AJ. "Yes" said Dr. Hernandez. "It's coming up slightly faint given the size of the baby but in a few weeks you'll be able to hear it a whole lot better". "Cool" said Roman.

"So how soon can we tell if it's a boy or a girl?" "Usually after 16 weeks, so in about 3 months for you guys" said Dr. Hernandez. "And based off of the information given from Ms. Mendez your baby is due to arrive here on December 7th". "Damn, isn't that Pearl Harbor?" asked Roman. "If so that means we get to take them to Hawaii a lot because of that".

"Leati!" said AJ. "Ok and we are done" said Dr. Hernandez. "I have just begun to print an image out so I'll be right back to get it". With that the doctor left the room, leaving AJ alone to talk to Roman. "I just can't believe that there's a little person in there" he said. "Yeah…me too" said AJ as she slowly sat up. "So…are we really gonna do this?" asked Roman. "Of course" said AJ. Roman went to give AJ a hug. "I love you so much April" he said. "And our baby".

"Yeah" AJ said. "Our baby".