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Light shines into the bedroom window as my eyes flick open. I look onto Dean's side of the bed and he's not there anymore. I groan not waking up to him even though I do it often the fact I know he's home with me I hate waking up without him next to me. I look at the clock and see that it's after 10 in the morning. I never sleep this late, Natalia never sleeps this late. I groan as I get out of bed and make my way to my bathroom after I throw on a tank top and a pair of shorts. I splash some water on my face and then throw my hair up into a messy bun. I look at myself in the mirror and something looks different. My breasts are much bigger than they were a couple weeks ago. They haven't been fitting into my bras lately and until last night they were sore. I pick up my cellphone and hit my period tracking app. I let out a deep breath when I see that I am a week late with my period. I thought with work and everything that I was just stressed out but I'm starting to think it's something more. I make my way to the medicine cabinet and pull out an unopened pregnancy test. Even though I have been on birth control since I had Natalia I have always kept pregnancy tests on hand just in case of a birth control slip up. I have forgotten my pill a few times in the last 11 years and I have had some pregnancy scares. I take the test out of the box and hold it in my hands as I pull myself together. Dean and I want this. I stopped my birth control so this could happen. If I am or if I'm not it will be okay, I take the test and let it sit on the sink for a couple of minutes as I sit down on the side of the tub waiting for the results.
I stand up and walk over to the sink. I nervously pick up the test, scared to look at the results. I've done this before. I've been here before when I was 17 years old. I managed it then when I had no job and when Dean had no job, not a real job anyway. We raised Natalia in some tough times. There were days we didn't have money for diapers or food but we got through it. We can do this again if it were to happen. He has a great job and hopefully after last night I can find a great job again. I pick the test up and look at the results. I close my eyes and look at it again; PREGNANT. It's as clear as day on the digital screen. I lay the test back down on the sink and walk out of the bathroom after washing my hands.
"Good morning, Princess," says my dad as he looks at me with a smile as he is sitting on the chair in the living room drinking a cup of coffee. He looks so relaxed in his street clothes.
"Good morning, Dad," I say with a smile.
"Did you have a good night last night?" he asks.
"Maybe," I say as my face burns with embarrassment.
"Hi, Mommy," says Natalia with a smile as she gives me a hug.
"Hi, Talli," I say hugging her back. "How are you today?"
"Good," she says with a smile as Dean walks over with a cup of coffee for me. "Look, Daddy did my hair," she says showing me the pig tail braids in her hair making me smile.
"It's beautiful," I say with a smile as Dean hands me coffee. "I am not in the mood for coffee today," I say handing it back to him.
"Did my beautiful fiancée just say she wasn't in the mood for coffee?" he asks with a smile. "You are obsessed with coffee."
"I guess today I'm not feeling it," I say with a smile as Natalia stays wrapped around my waist as I hold onto her.
"Okay," he says before he kisses my lips softly and passionately.
"Hey," I say as I break the kiss. "Come with me," I say. "I need to show you something."
"Okay," he says as he lays the coffee down onto the coffee table next to the couch.
"We'll be right back," I say to Natalia.
"Can I come?" she asks.
"No, Sweetie, your dad and I need to talk," I say with a smile. "We'll be right back I promise. Hang out with Pop Pop and we will be right back I promise."
"Okay," she says as she sits down on the couch.
I take Dean's hand into mine and intertwine our fingers as we walk through the hallway to our bedroom. I walk to the bathroom and he walks with me. "What are you doing?" he asks.
"You'll see," I say as I pick the test up from the sink. "Look," I say with a smile as I hand it to him.
He looks down at it and his blue eyes grow bigger and a smile comes across his face. He looks up at me and says, "you're pregnant?"
"Yeah," I say with a smile. "I'm pregnant."
He wraps his arms around me tightly as I wrap my arms around his neck. He kisses my lips softly. He is on top of the world with being the WWE champion, getting engaged to me and now us having a baby. Nothing could bring him down. "I am so happy," he says as he breaks the kiss. "I wanted this for so long."
"I know," I say with a smile as I look at the happiness on his face. He is so cute. "Congratulations, Daddy."
"Thanks, Mommy," he says with a smile. "I knew it."
"You knew it?" I ask.
"Yeah last night when you attacked me when you came in the door, when I was mastering your titties I knew they were bigger."
"You knew they were bigger?" I ask with a smile.
"Ana, I've been mastering those titties for 11 years. I think I know when they are bigger and when they aren't."
"True," I say with a smile. "So what do you think?"
"About the pregnancy?"
"I'm fucking excited, Ana. It's been almost 11 years since we had Talli. I'm ready to have another one. I didn't think it was going to happen this soon but apparently one skipped pill was what we needed."
"I skipped more than one," I say biting my lip. "The whole Wrestlemania weekend I didn't take it so technically it was bound to happen regardless."
"I don't care how it happened. I'm just glad that it did," he says, "what about work though?"
"About that," I say. "I quit last night."
"I was wondering why there was a box of stuff in the foyer. What happened? I thought you loved working there?"
"I just thought it was time to go," I say.
"I don't buy it. As many times as I have told you to get away from Stephen and that company you never wanted to so why now?"
I cup his face in my hands and look into his blue eyes. "Can we not talk about it now? Can we just enjoy this? Can we just enjoy finding out we're having a baby and not worry about my old job?"
"I guess so," he says with a smile. "But we will talk about it later."
"Deal," I say with a smile before I kiss his lips again. "You're going to be a daddy again."
"I know, Baby," he says with a smile before he kisses my lips again as he places his hands on my stomach making me smile. I never thought I would be so excited to find out I was pregnant but I really want this even if I had negative feelings about it before.
Later that afternoon, Dean, Talli, my dad and I leave New York City and head into Greenwich, Connecticut so that we can look at houses. I am going to miss the city but knowing I am going to have a baby in a few months I want to be able to take my baby home to a real house with a backyard and something we own together as a family. I love my penthouse but it is time to settle down outside the city. Dean pulls into a private community in Greenwich and makes his way through the neighborhood. Talli is taken back by the size of the houses as we pass them. The houses are a good distance apart and the neighborhood seems to be peaceful and calm but then again anything seems calm compared to Manhattan. Dean pulls into the driveway of a house toward the end of the street. The driveway is long and winding. He parks the car in front of one of the garages there are three of them before we get out of the car. The house is huge. It's a mansion much bigger than what I am used to. "This house looks nice," says my dad as he holds Natalia's hand as Dean takes my hand into his as I am looking at the brick house in front of me. It is perfect. The front porch is big with a swing hanging from the hooks on the ceiling of the porch. There are bushes in front of the white railings in the brown tan bark with roses growing on them. The pathway to the front stairs is stone.
"Hello," says a woman dressed in a black business skirt outfit with her hair pulled up into a tight bun. "You must be Dean," she says with a smile.
"I am," he says with a smile and I don't like the way she is looking at him. I am not usually the jealous type because I know that there are women out there drooling over Dean that I don't even know and have some wild crazy fantasies about him but this lady I just don't like the way she's looking at Dean. "And this is Ana," he says introducing me to her.
"Hello, Ana," she says with a smile as I give her my left hand to shake so she can see my engagement ring.
"I'm Dean's fiancée," I say throwing it out there for extra measure.
"That's a beautiful ring," she says looking at it.
"I think so," I say as I remove my hand from hers. "So can we look at the house?"
"Sure," she says as she opens the front door for us.
"What is wrong with you?" asks Dean as we walk into the house followed by my dad and Natalia.
"I don't like the way she's looking at you," I whisper with a smile.
"She's just doing her job," he says.
"She can do it better without her flirty eyes," I say as she starts to take us on a tour of the house.
It is not a bad house. I love it to be honest. It's spacious and it is comfortable. The kitchen is amazing. Its floor is wood, there are granite marble counter tops with wooden cabinets, a stainless steel refrigerator. The microwave is black and built into the wall while the stove is black and sits beneath the microwave. She shows us all the lights in the kitchen before showing us a food pantry behind a set of sliding wooden doors. The kitchen is open to light and there are tons of windows in there giving off a lot of light. There is a space for our kitchen table and there is a sliding glass door that leads us out to the big backyard. The backyard is huge. There is a lot of room for the kids to run and play. There is an in-ground pool off in the distance fenced in with a slide and a diving board. "I like the pool," says Talli with a smile as she holds onto Dean's hand.
"What do you think of the yard?" asks Dean.
"I like it," she says with a smile as she looks up at him with her blue eyes.
The woman takes us back inside and shows us around the downstairs showing us the living room which is just as large as the kitchen. The floor is also made of wood and there is a fireplace in there made from brick. The sun shines in from the front window of the living room. She takes us through the house to show us the extra rooms downstairs that can be turned into an office for me, a laundry room with a stainless steel washer and dryer. She shows us the bathrooms on the first floor before she takes us upstairs to show us the 6 bedrooms up there. They are a good size and three of them have their own bathroom. She shows us the master bedroom which I am in love with because it's so big and there is a sliding glass door that leads to a balcony so Dean and I can sit out there on summer nights enjoying the night sky and the master bathroom I fall in love with right away. It's so big and cozy. The sink is bigger than my sink at the penthouse, the bathtub is bigger and it can also be a Jacuzzi and the shower looks amazing. The closets in all the rooms are walk in closets with the master bedroom's being the biggest. I have no complaints about it. "What do you think?" I ask Natalia. "Do you like this house?"
"I love it," she says with a smile. "Can we get a dog now?"
"We're not getting a dog," I say.
"But she wants a dog," says Dean as he picks her up. "Don't you think she deserves a dog if we get this house?"
"Yes, Mommy," she says with a sad face as Dean mocks her. "Don't you think I deserve a dog?"
I smile at her and say, "we'll discuss it."
"Okay," she says as Dean holds her in his arms. I swear he has her spoiled. She's almost 11 years old and her dad still holds her like she's 5.
"What do you think, Dean?" I ask him as I rub his back with my hand as the realtor looks at us. "I like it. In fact I love it. I think it's perfect."
"Me too," he says with a smile as he puts Natalia down. "I mean it's in a private location which is what I was looking for. The house is spacious and we have enough rooms if we were to have another baby," he says with a smile. "And the yard is beautiful. I want it."
"Me too," I say with a smile before I kiss his lips softly. "So," I say to the realtor. "What are the schools like around here? Are they good schools or no?"
"They are some of the best in this state," she says.
"And are there private schools?" asks Dean. "Catholic schools to be more specific. We want our little girl to get the best education possible and we would like it done in the Catholic atmosphere."
"There are three Catholic schools in the area all of them with good reviews. There are really good schools around here and the crime rate in this area is very slim, it's a really good neighborhood."
"Okay," says Dean with a smile.
"I think you'll love this house and the neighborhood," she says touching his shoulder before I clear my throat making Dean move away from her touch.
"I think so too," I say. "Baby, I want this house."
"My fiancée has spoken. We want the house."
"Wonderful," she says with a smile. "This house has been on the market for a while. I'm sure you're going to love it here."
"Thanks," I say with a smile as Dean pulls out his checkbook ready to sign a check for the house. The realtor takes us downstairs to the kitchen while my dad takes Natalia outside to play in the yard while the realtor has us sign paperwork for the house and Dean signs the check paying the asking price for it. Dean has the house put under both of our names and not just his which I am happy about because it is our house together for us to raise our children in and live in together. The realtor gives him the keys and the house is officially ours. It all happened so fast I'm starting to think that maybe Dean had already put an offer on the house before I even saw it but it doesn't matter. We have a house and I can't wait to move in.
"We have a house," says Dean with a smile as we walk out to the backyard to see my dad and Talli playing tag. Dean wraps his arm around my shoulders as I lean into him and wrap my arm around his waist. "I think she's going to love it."
"I think she already does," I say with a smile. "When do you want to move in?"
"I don't know," he says, "whenever you're ready. I mean I think there is some work that we should do on the house. I think we should paint it the way we want and I want to put some carpet down in some of the rooms. What do you think? Is there anything you want to do to the house?"
"I'm not sure but I agree with the carpet and the painting. It's a nice house though but I want to make it ours."
"Me too," he says with a smile before he kisses my cheek softly. "So when do you want to tell Talli and your dad about the baby?"
"After the first doctor's appointment," I say, "my dad has been asking for another grandchild so I'm sure he's going to be happy. Then I'm going to tell my mom. Is Talli going to be able to handle being a big sister? She's been the center of our world for the last 11 years. Do you think she can handle it?"
"I don't know she is 11," he says, "I think she will be okay."
"I hope so," I say with a smile. "So this really shakes things up with our wedding in December. If I am right our scheduled wedding will be around the time I'm due."
"Are you saying you want to get married earlier or later?"
"I want to still get married on Christmas Eve even if I am a fat bride."
"You won't be fat, you'll be perfect and pregnant," he says with a smile before he kisses my lips softly. "You'll be the most beautiful bride ever."
"Thanks," I say with a smile.
By the time we make it back into New York it is evening time so Dean and I take my dad and Talli out to eat somewhere in the city before we go back to our apartment. My dad plays a game with Talli in the living room while Dean and I go into the bedroom to talk so I can tell him what happened with Stephen. I know Dean's limits and I know his breaking point he's going to reach it tonight. "So what happened last night?" asks Dean jumping straight to the point.
"Stephen is an asshole," I say as I sit on his lap as he sits on the bed. He wraps his arm around my waist and rests his hand on my stomach. "I went out to lunch with my dad when I came back he told me he hated my article and wanted me to do it again. He wanted to me stay later to fix it up to his standards which is why I cancelled our date. I didn't want to but I had to because he was saying it needed to be done. I was working on it in my office all night and he kept coming in to check on me asking me if I was okay and if I wanted to eat anything. I told him I was fine and I just wanted to get done so I could get home to you, Natalia and my dad because I wanted to do the family thing take my dad through the city and spend time with you but he kept interrupting me. I finally got it done and when I took it to his office he looked at it and said it was okay. He told me I was distracted with my personal life and it was messing up my ability to do my job. He talked about firing me but there would be no reason. He tried to blackmail me. He wanted me to have sex with him to keep my job. He told me no one would believe me because it was just us. He told me that he sent security home a while ago. He asked me how much I loved my job and what I would do to keep it. I told him it was illegal what he was doing but once again he told me no one would believe me. He told me that if I loved my job I would do anything to keep it. He challenged me. He came up to me and he kissed me. He was too strong to push away but I fought him off. He came toward me again and I threw up on him. I guess I was having morning sickness last night I don't know but I threw up on him."
"Good the asshole deserves it," he says, "so he tried to make you have sex with him so you could keep your job?"
"Yes," I say, "he wanted me to prove how much I love my job. I don't love it that much, not so much I want to tear my family apart and lose you. I couldn't and I wasn't going to."
"That guy is a prick," says Dean and I can hear the anger in his voice. "So you quit?"
"Of course I quit. I told him he would be talking to my lawyer but I don't know if I want to get a lawyer involved but he pretty much told me he was going to ruin my career because he knows people."
"I'll kill him," he says, "I'm going to kill him." And for the first time in years I see Dean's street side coming out and his bad boy side reaching the surface. "NO one and I mean NO one is going to put their hands on my fiancée or try to get my fiancée to do things like that. I'll have his job in the morning."
"Dean," I say, "just don't hurt him."
"Don't hurt him after what he tried to do to you?" he asks. "He's lucky I'm letting him breathe tonight."
"Dean," I say, "I don't want you to get in trouble. You and me are in a good place. Your career is taking off, you're the WWE champion. I don't want you to lose that because of me. WE have a house, we're getting married and we're having a baby. I don't want you to end up in jail again. I don't want that to happen. You missed so much of my pregnancy with Talli I don't want you to miss much of this one. Please promise me you won't hurt Stephen."
"Ana, what do you expect me to do? That guy has been on your ass ever since you called whatever you had going on with him off. How many times has he asked you to do these favors for him? How many times Ana?"
"I don't know," I say. "Maybe two times before this."
"And you just did it?"
"Yes," I say, "I wanted to keep my job, Dean, you don't understand. I really wanted to keep my job."
"Why so some slime bucket can destroy your career and have his way with you whenever he wanted? Is this baby even mine?"
"Yes the baby is yours don't be an asshole about it."
"You don't want me to be an asshole but you just told me that you have done things for your boss to keep your job and you don't want me to be an asshole about it? I thought we fixed this Ana? I thought we worked it out."
"What would you do if you were me?"
"I would have quit my fucking job not slept with my boss."
"I didn't sleep with him. I just pleasured him."
"How?" he asks. "How did you pleasure him?"
"Once it was just a hand job and the second time it was a blowjob," I say honestly.
"And when did this happen?"
"A long time ago," I say.
"How long?" he asks.
"A year ago and the last time was probably 6 months ago."
"I don't even believe this, Ana," he says, "I'm going to kill him. He took advantage of you."
"Dean," I plead, "don't do anything that's going to get you in trouble. We need you and so does the baby. I want you to be here for us."
"Ana, I don't know what the fuck is wrong with you. How can you love a job so much that you're willing to tear your family apart to keep it? We've been through hell," he says, "and now you tell me this? You cheated on me three times, Ana. Is your job more important than your family?"
"NO," I say, "that's why I quit my job. I couldn't tear us apart. I didn't want to tear us apart. I'm sorry, Dean."
"So now you're sorry," he says. "You weren't sorry when you were sucking him off to keep your job or giving him a hand job and God knows what else you've done. Is this baby mine, Ana?"
"Yes the baby is yours. I haven't slept with him in two years I promise you that. Dean, I love you. I love you so much," I say with tears in my eyes. "What I did was stupid and I shouldn't have done it. I'm sorry. I thought I was saving my job but I wasn't. He wasn't going to fire me. He just wanted me to pleasure him. I'm sorry, Dean. I'm done with that place and I'm never going back. I'm going to find a new job," I say, "I'm sorry, Dean, please don't hate me. Please."
"You want me to act like this whole thing is okay, Ana? That's sexual harassment, sexual assault and so much more. He violated the law so many times and you just let him. You had no regard for yourself, me or our daughter. What kind of woman are you?" he asks. "I don't even know you anymore. Somewhere down the line us turned into you and what YOU wanted. You got selfish, Ana. Your job became more important than us and our family," he says shaking his head. "I don't know what to say to you."
"Tell me that you love me," I say, "please, Dean, tell me that you love me," I beg with tears in my eyes.
"I don't know if I do anymore, Ana," he says as he makes me stand up. "You fucked up. You made the choice to have your job than your family."
"NO," I say, "I chose you. I've always chosen you."
"You didn't 6 months ago," he says. "Ana, how can we get married if I can't trust you?"
"You can trust me," I say, "Dean, I love you."
"Ana," he says, "just stop. I need to figure this out. I need time to get my thoughts together because right now," he says, "I can't stand looking at you. I don't even know you anymore."
"What does that mean?" I ask.
"I have to get out of here, Ana," he says.
"No, Dean, don't leave. Please, I'm sorry," I beg him not to leave and follow him out of the bedroom. Natalia and my dad look at us as I'm crying hysterically begging him not to leave.
Dean grabs his leather jacket and hugs Natalia. "Daddy will be back for you," he says, "but right now Daddy has to go clear his head," he says before he kisses her cheek.
"You're not taking her from me," I say, "where were you for the last fucking 11 years of her life doing your own thing."
"Ana, you'd be wise not to talk to me right now," he says.
"What is going on?" asks my dad as he stands up.
"I don't know," says Dean, "ask your daughter why she's a whore," he says before walking out of the apartment door slamming it behind him.
"Ana," he says as I fall to my knees crying hysterically as he runs over to me. "Natalia, honey, why don't you go to your room? Pop Pop and mommy need to talk."
"What's a whore?" she asks.
"Natalia," he says, "we'll talk about it later please go to your room."
"Okay, Pop Pop," she says before she walks to her room.
I cry hysterically as the room around me spins around. My dad helps me up but my legs are weak, the room spinning as he helps me walk over to the couch but before we make it everything goes black.
*A/N: What do you think of Ana being pregnant? Were you glad that she was happy about it? What did you think of Dean's reaction? What did you think of Ana's reaction to the realtor? What about Dean and Ana buying a house? Is this something they need? What do you think about Dean's reaction to Ana telling him about Stephen? What are your thoughts about Ana's confession about cheating on Dean again? What did you think of their fight and their blow up? Do you think it was good for Dean to leave? Do you think he would really take Natalia from Ana? What do you think is wrong with Ana? Is this a bad time for her dad to be in town? Please review and thank-you for reading.