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"What do you think of this place?" I ask my best friend Roman as we're walking through an empty warehouse. "Think we can turn this into a gym and wrestling school?"
"I'm sure that we can, it's probably going to take a little extra work but I'm sure we can turn it into a wrestling school and gym. I like the location."
"Me too," I say, "It's not too busy and it's not too dead either. The traffic is perfect. It's big too. There's a lot of space around here to use. I think it's perfect. It's definitely what we need."
"Yeah," says Roman, "I'm good with it."
"Me too," I say with a smile as we walk around. "I'm pretty excited about doing this and having our own gym."
"Me too, at least when everything is said and done we will have something else to fall back on. I would relocate my family up here after I give it up in fact we have been talking about moving up here. We want to get out of Florida and want a new change of scenery. What's it like living up here in Connecticut?"
"I love it to be honest, Ana loves it. The schools are really good around here and it's definitely better and more laid back than living in the city. I love it. Winters can be crazy with snow and blizzards but other than that it's not too bad. I love it. I think it's a great place to raise a family."
"We haven't really dealt with snow or blizzards," he says, "my daughter has never seen snow. We're not used to it but I'm sure we could get used to it. Is the cost of living high?"
"It's Greenwich" I say, "of course it's pricey to live here but the good thing is it's worth it. What makes you want to move up here?"
"Just a change of scenery, you know what I mean?"
"Yeah," I say. "If you choose to move here I'm sure you'll like it."
"Do you send Natalia to a private school?" he asks.
"Always," I say, "why?"
"I was just wondering because we send our daughter to private school in Florida. Is it a catholic school or what is it?"
"Catholic," I say.
"You're Catholic?" he asks.
"Not really but Ana is," I say, "she wants our kids to go to Catholic School like she did up until high school. She wants them to get an education in their faith."
"I see," he says, "we're Catholic and we are looking at Catholic schools up here. Is the one Natalia goes to good?"
"It's amazing," I say, "Steph and Hunter actually suggested it to us. They send their daughters there too. I figured if it was good enough for their kids it was good enough for ours. Natalia really likes it and she's doing much better now than she was at her old school. You know with her dyslexia and everything? They really work with her and she's started to do better with reading. I feel like her old school just brushed it off and didn't care to help her. I always want my kids to have the opportunities I never had."
"That's good," he says before we meet up with the man trying to sell us the warehouse.
We ask him questions about how business is in this particular area as well as if this is the place we need to open our training center. He convinces us that the neighborhood is great and that this is the best place to open a training facility. I don't disagree with him. Although it's a warehouse Roman and I both have the financial means to do renovations to turn it into the training facility we want. We have to start from somewhere. Roman and I make the final decision to buy the warehouse. We put an offer on the property and the realtor informs us we will know in a couple days if the warehouse is ours. I'm pretty excited about it. I'm taking the next step in my career. Wrestling isn't always going to be there. I need something to fall back on and this is it.
After we're done at the warehouse Roman and I head out to get lunch together to spend the afternoon together while Ana is working and Natalia is in school. "So how does it feel to finally be back in the ring?" he asks.
"It feels great. I missed it. I was really nervous about my return match but it turned out pretty well. It wasn't worth getting nervous about."
"Let me just tell you that your feud with Kevin Owens is one of the best feuds in a while. You two work magic on the mic and in the ring," he says. "You two are gold together."
"Thanks," I say with a smile. "I'm enjoying it."
"I think everyone is."
"That's good," I say. "But I am really happy to be back. I wasn't ready to give it up just yet but I do miss Ollie and Natalia while I'm on the road those couple days. I feel like I miss so much with Ollie."
"They grow up pretty fast," he says. "I'm thankful for face time or I would barely get to see my daughter and her gymnastics meets."
"I remember those days. I never missed Natalia's dance recitals but I have missed two soccer games already. I hate that but Ana has filmed them for me to watch and sent me the video. Natalia does pretty well with soccer. I'm proud of her."
"She gave up dance class huh?"
"Yeah, it was too much for her. I love Ana and everything but our daughter is 11. She deserves to live a life. Ana liked doing hours and hours of dance a week but Natalia hated to do it. It was too much for her and I don't blame her. She's enjoying soccer right now."
"How did Ana take the news?"
"She was very supportive. We try to support our kids in everything that they do. We never want to be like our parents to our kids. It's their lives not ours. They have the right to decide what they want to do."
"That's good we do the same with our daughter. So what happened with the nanny?"
"Don't even get me started on that psycho," I say shaking my head. "That whole thing is a disaster."
"That bad huh? I thought nannies went through extensive background checks and stuff before they were allowed to work with kids and celebrities."
"Look, I wouldn't be surprised if some of our stuff isn't for sale on Ebay right now. She was a crazy one. She came on to me when Ana was out in California then she tried to turn it around on me and make it like I cheated on Ana with her. She said I came on to her and then told Ana she's pregnant and that the baby is mine."
"Is she pregnant?"
"Hell if I know. I don't want that type of crazy in my life. I don't even care. As long as she stays away from me and stays away from Ana and our kids I don't really care what happens to her."
"Would the baby be yours?" asks Roman.
"What kind of animal do you think I am?" I ask. "Seriously how long have you known me? All those nights we were out on the road and the fan girls wanted to come to my hotel how many times did I turn them down because of Ana? All the time right?"
"Right," he says, "so you didn't cheat on Ana."
"Never and I never will. I respect her and love her enough not to do that. Nikki is looking for money or she's trying to destroy what Ana and I have. That's impossible. After everything that Ana and I have gone through we will never be torn apart. Nothing is going to destroy us. You can't just destroy something that has lasted 12 years. It's hard to believe that it's been that long but it is that long and on this day Ana is still the one I want. She's still the only woman that I want to be with. I have never once looked at another woman, I have never thought about kissing or having sex with another woman. Ana is it for me. She will always be it for me. I'm going to state my vows to her in a few weeks and when I do all my promises to her will be lived for even now the vows we took last year I hold to a high value. I made a promise to her and I'm going to live by that promise."
"I guess you're right," he says, "So I guess we shouldn't need that stripper then for your bachelor party?"
"No strippers," I say. "That would be disrespecting Ana. I don't want some other woman or women shaking their tits in my face and giving me a lap dance. I don't want it. I just want to hang out with my best guy friends, drink a little bit and just enjoy my time with you guys."
"Fair enough," he says. "You're the first man that I have ever heard turn down a stripper."
"When your wife used to be a dancer and you love her more than anything that's the only entertainment you need trust me," I say with a smile.
"Okay then," he says. "I got it."
"Plus if you were married to Ana, you wouldn't need any other woman in your life. I promise that."
ANA's POINT OF VIEW:
"He is so cute," says Stephanie about Ollie as we are sitting in my living room going over some last minute WWE things. "Can I hold him?"
"Sure," I say with a smile as I hand him to her. "Sorry he's here but we had a little bit of trouble with our nanny a couple weeks ago so we don't really have one right now."
"It's okay. He's not causing any trouble, is this about the baby thing and Dean being the father?" she asks.
"You heard about it?" I ask.
"A lot of things get around on the internet. I don't believe it for one second," she says, "Dean is a good guy. I don't think he would do that."
"I know he wouldn't. It's just some crazy fan girl that I thought I could trust with my kids but I can't. How do you trust nannies with your kids?" I ask.
"We went to a very special agency that has a very intense program for their employees. They are to respect our privacy and our kids' privacy. They go through a really strict procedure before they are allowed to work with celebrities. A lot of celebrities use them. I can give you the number to the agency."
"Thanks," I say with a smile, "that would be great. I really need someone that I can trust that's not going to hit on my fiancée or try to accuse him of being the father of some imaginary baby. I don't believe for one second that she's pregnant. She's just trying to start some drama."
"And as you get older you will realize that's what a lot of people do," says Stephanie. "I've grown up in this business and times are definitely different now. Of course back when I was younger you still had the marks, you still had the rumors but now everyone is the paparazzi because everyone has their cameras and everyone wants to know everything. There's going to be rumors and there's going to be problem starters. Don't give them the satisfaction or the power. It will only tear you down. It's better to communicate with the ones you love rather than listen to the ones spreading lies. As long as your communication is strong and your love is strong and you trust each other you have nothing to worry about."
"I don't worry about these fans on social media. I was hated for a while now. I know what Dean and I have is real. I know that no matter what anyone says or does isn't going to tear us apart."
"That's how you have to look at it," she says, "so are you ready for your wedding?"
"I'm anxious and nervous at the same time," I say with a smile, "but I have been with Dean forever so it's not like I really have anything to be nervous about. We'll just have a piece of paper telling us that we're married and we're doing no media at the wedding or the reception. We want everyone to have a good time and we want our families to have a good time. We're going to respect their privacy and most importantly we want our privacy to be respected."
"That's what Hunter and I did. We did a no media wedding and had a private ceremony. We're still very private people with our kids."
"I know I saw that, you only post pics of their backs to the camera," I say.
"We spend so much time out on the road and living a wild and crazy life that people know us. We want our kids to grow up having a normal life. I mean as normal as you can get for having a billionaire for a grandfather and millionaire parents but we want them to be able to go places without people crowding around them or being able to google themselves. I understand there have been fans that have crossed the line and taken pictures of our kids, posted them on the internet and now they are there but there are just a couple not many. We chose this life they didn't and we want to respect their privacy and keep life as normal as we possibly can."
"And we do the same. I don't want fame to tear my family apart and I want my kids to grow up normally. Dean doesn't do the internet thing and I don't blame him. I did but I have deleted all my accounts because it's not worth the hassle."
"I have an Instagram that's about it," she says, "and a Twitter but not too many personal things on there."
"I know but I don't really care about anyone's opinions on Twitter and I know Dean doesn't either. I might start another Instagram for family and close friends only but no one else. My problem was I had fans adding me and it was annoying. I like my privacy but I know in this life I won't really have my privacy but my children will. By the way I need a month off for the honeymoon," I say with a smile.
"I already talked to Dean," she says with a smile, "and you will have the entire month off for your honeymoon. I hope that you enjoy yourself."
"Thank-you," I say. "I don't know what he has planned but I'm looking forward to it," I say with a smile before we go back to working on WWE stuff.
*A/N: What do you think of Dean's opinion on the Nikki situation? Do you like how he is just brushing it off, how they are both brushing it off? What do you think about Dean and Roman buying the warehouse to turn into a training facility? What are your thoughts on Dean not wanting a stripper for his bachelor party? What do you think about Stephanie giving Ana advice about what life is going to be like? Do you think Dean and Ana can make it through anything? Please review and thank-you for reading.