Chapter 13:

*Artemia's POV*

Sunday service goes by on schedule when my cell vibrates in my pocket of my skirt. Looking down to the caller ID to see it's my cousin, Nattie aka Natalya. I quickly send a message to her saying I'll call her when I am done with church. She replies with, "okay."

"Amen," everyone says after praying the last prayer of service.

"Well then," Adrienne smiles to me. "That's good."

"Oh yes very good," I smiled, agreeing with her. "Let's see how Feronia's day went."

"Yea."

Ever since Feronia started church with us, things have changed for good and bad. Good because she's becoming into Christianity and being a good girl. Bad because the other girls and boys aren't being friends with her. Adrienne and I believe it's because of how she dresses and being 'teacher's pet'. We were a lot like that when we were her age.

Our church has different departments for all ages. Kindergarten, 1st - 5th, 6th-8th, and 9th - 12th. She's still in the kindergarten age for a few more months. So the kindergarten department is located on the other side of the church grounds. Parents with younger children comes and goes through the building. Adrienne stayed behind outside when I was getting my little goddess.

"Hello," the kindergarten teacher smiles to us. "For Feronia right?"

"Yes ma'am."

I sign the sign in/out sheet while she gets my little goddess. After a few minutes, Feronia appears over to me. In her tiny arms has the pages she has done for the day. Usually it's when she has learned in the Bible.

"Hi Mommy," she smiles widely.

"Hi Little One," I smiled back. "Did you had fun today?"

"Yes and no," has been her answer every time I asked the same question.

"I understand my child. You hungry for lunch?"

"Yes Mommy."

Her tiny hand takes my hand as we exist out of the building. We meet up with Adrienne to head towards the cemetery for our Sunday lunch.

After the meal prayer, all three of us begin to eat the meal. We really do enjoy our time together. Feronia shows us the coloring pages of Noah's Ark. She's really good at drawing colors within the lines with perfect textures.

"This is amazing Feronia," I smiled to her her.

"Thank you Mommy. Noah's my favorite."

"Because of the animals?"

"Yes Mommy."

Adrienne and I giggle at this a little before I realize I need to call back my cousin. "Excuse me ladies," I said, walking towards another location. I dial her number and waited for a few rings.

"Hey cousin!" I hear my cousin's voice answer at the other end.

"Hey cousin!" I exclaimed with a huge smile. "How are you?"

"I'm doing good. The hubby is good too."

I chuckled. She and her husband Tyson Kidd hehe. "So what's up?" I asked for the information.

"Mommy and Daddy are having a family reunion while Fastlane is going on."

"OMG, really?!"

"Yea, but since I'm scheduled at Fastlane, I won't be there and T.J."

"It's quite alright Joe won't be there either."

"Oh Adrienne and Feronia are invited as well."

"Really?!"

"Yep! It's at mommy's house around six o'clock."

"Very well. Can you give me Aunt Ellie's number so I can make sure about it?"

"I'll text you the number cousin."

"Thank you cousin, good luck and tell the boys I said hi."

"Will do!"

Returning to my girls, Feronia and Adrienne are doing some counting with their slender fingers. "Hey girls," I smiled. "What are you two doing?"

"Counting Mommy!" Feronia smiles widely.

"Let me see," I sitted down next to her.

She uses her tiny fingers to count up to twenty. "19...20!" she smiles, exclaiming.

"Wow!" I grinned at her learning. "That was amazing!"

We all did a little cheer before settling down.

"Who was that on the phone?" Adrienne asked me.

"That was Cousin Nattie," I answered. "There's a family reunion at Aunt Ellie's place for Fastlane tonight and the three of us are invited to the reunion."

"Wait all three of us?"

"Yes Little Sister," I smiled. "You are invited as well."

"Awesome!"

There's indeed a reunion at Aunt Ellie's place. So the girls and I have our best casual clothing and head towards my aunt's. She actually lives hours away one way so we pretty much can get there in time for the reunion. Adrienne and Feronia decides to doze off to get some sleep, letting the music from the CD's take them away to dreamland.

Soon we finally got to my Aunt's place, but it took a little while for getting the girls to wake up.

"Hey ladies," I sighed. "We are here at Aunt Ellie's house."

"We are?" Adrienne speaks, sleepily.

"Yes we are."

I carried my little goddess to the front door where my Uncle Jim greets us. "Well, well, well," Uncle Jim smirks. "If it isn't my niece Artemia and my great niece Feronia."

"Long time no see Uncle Jim," I smirked back.

"Hi Feronia," he greets her with a smile.

She got all shy and hide her face in my neck.

"Come on Little Goddess," I said softly to her. "It's your Great Uncle Jim."

I put her down so she can open up with another family member. It took a few minutes, but Feronia actually smiles and hugs him.

This process continues on with the rest of the family, including with her cousins aka my cousins. In fact, she wanted to play with her younger cousins. I allowed her as I catch up with some of my relatives like my aunt Martha.

"So how are things going?" I asked her.

"Things are going good," she answers with a smile. "I still miss him very much."

"I understand Aunt Martha," I smiled sadly to her. "I miss him too."

"I remember him calling you his little Blackbird a lot," she chuckles.

A giggle appear out of my mouth when she said that. Yea, Uncle Owen always call me Blackbird since both he and Daddy will sing to me Blackbird from the Beatles at night when I was a kid.

"Yea, those were the days."

"Hey Harts!" my Aunt Ellie speaks up, getting everyone's attention. "Fastlane will be on soon, so there are pizza and drinks in the kitchen for dinner. Also there are games and activities for the little kids if they wish to play."

"Mommy," Feronia speaks to me. "What should I do?"

"Whatever you like Little One," I smiled to her.

"But Mommy, I wanna see Daddy, but I wanna play with my cousins."

I begin to think about this one until I answered, "How about this, you can go and play with your cousins, but when Daddy comes on, I'll come and get you."

"Okay!" she says with a grin, running towards the games.

*After Fastlane*

The biggest smile curl my lips as I see the love of my life winning the Royal Rumble. This means he has a title contact with the Heavyweight Champion at Wrestlemania. He deserves it because he has work so hard in WWE.

Feronia is falling asleep in my arms. It's time to go home. I thanked my Aunt Ellie for the reunion as I said goodbyes to my family, including my daddy. Adrienne heads home since she's tired as well. By the time when I got home, my little goddess has become a precious Sleepy Beauty. Her head falls on my shoulder as I carry her in my arms. My feet are sore of standing all night in flats so you get the idea.

I gentle fling off the flats off my feet and head to her forest. The panda blanket keep her warm under the covers as she snuggles with Storm and her daddy action figure. A kiss on cheek along with a 'goodnight' and 'I love you', the lights are off as I slowly close the door.

My outerwear gets replaced with some more comfortable clothing. Getting my body into my bed, I realized how much I miss Roman. Even though I know very well that there will be nights that he needs leave for WWE when he scheduled and I'm not. I didn't expect it's going to be this soon.

While I am being drain into my emotions, my cell phone rings Roman's theme song, telling me its Roman. "Hello?" I answered, trying to keep calm.

"Sweetheart?" his voice is sorta low. "Are you okay?"

"Sorry Love, I gotten emotional because I miss you so much."

"I know, I miss you so much more. Is everything alright over there?"

"Everything's good. Congrats on the winning," I smiled.

"Thank you Sweetheart. You saw the whole thing?"

"Everyone, expect for Nattie and T.J., saw it at my Aunt Ellie's house. Aunt Ellie is Nattie's mother."

"Oh really? Did Feronia had a good time?"

"She did, she got along with my cousins mostly."

"That's good."

A few tears begin to build up in my eyes. "When are you coming home?" I can hear my voice a little off.

"I promise to come home early in the morning and I'll be there to wake you up."

"Promise?"

"Promise."

"I love you so much."

"I love you so much more. Sweet dreams my vampire goddess."

"Goodnight my tough bear."

The tears finally fall down my face as I hanged up. 'Please come home sooner please!' I begged to myself as I fall asleep crying.