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I wake up next to a sleeping Willow. She is cuddled up next to me, her arm thrown over my bare abdomen, her legs tangled with mine. I smile as I watch her sleep. She looks beautiful even when she sleeps. Her fiery red hair sprawled out over the pillow, the freckles on her face standing out in the sun shining in through our bedroom window. I carefully move to grab my phone off the nightstand to see that it's 11 in the morning. I get out of bed carefully trying not to wake her up so I can clean myself up and make her some breakfast. She stirs a little as I stand watching her sleep and smile as she turns over hugging onto the pillow. Her small baby bump already starting to form as she wears a black sports bra and a pair of black shorts to sleep in, her long legs freshly shaven and lotioned with her Vanilla scented lotion. I cover her up with a blanket before I walk into our spa bathroom and clean myself up by splashing water on my face and brushing my teeth. I make my way down to the kitchen and begin to make breakfast, dancing and singing in the kitchen wearing nothing but my briefs.
"It smells good in here," says Willow as she appears in the kitchen. I turn and smile as I see her standing in the doorway with her hair pulled up wearing a light robe over her sports bra and shorts.
"I wanted to make you breakfast in bed," I say with a smile as I work on my scrambled eggs.
"I got lonely because you weren't there," she says, "plus I have to call Steve and set up a meeting with Carrano to let him know I'm out indefinitely," she says taking a seat at the island in the kitchen.
"I see," I say with a smile. "I can't believe we're having twins."
"I never thought I would have twins. I knew twins ran in both of our families but being a twin myself I didn't expect to have a set of twins of my own. I guess because my dad is a twin too."
"It was bound to happen," I say with a smile. "Do you want something to drink? Are you feeling okay?"
"A little nauseous and I'm really tired. I almost forgot how tiring being pregnant can be. Are you happy?"
"I'm ecstatic," I answer. "Are you happy?"
"Very," she says with a smile. "I want to do this pregnancy different. I want to know the sex of the babies."
"We can do that," I say. "And what about the wedding?"
"I don't want to get married when I'm pregnant. I have to get in touch with the wedding planner and my dad. I was thinking more like getting married in July or August now, maybe even September on our anniversary. What do you think?"
"I'm fine with whatever you decide," I say showing her my ring. "You already said I do so whenever you want to do it for our friends and family then I am all right."
"Okay," she says with a smile. "I think a September wedding would be nice even a late August wedding."
"Sounds good," I say, "we could even have it at our home in Houston."
"I think I like the idea of getting married at my childhood home more than our home but if we are going from the ground up why not it will make it even more special for us."
"That's what I was thinking," I say as I scoop our food onto plates. "It will be really special."
"Yeah," she says. "And our twins could be part of the wedding. I don't know what they will do but I think it's good that all of our kids are in the wedding."
"Me too," I say as I bring her plate to her. I lay the plate of bacon, scrambled eggs, sausage and pancakes in front of her before I get out the butter and the syrup. "Would you like toast too?"
"I'm all right," she says, "this is a lot."
"You're eating for three," I say with a smile. "Orange juice?"
"Freshly squeezed," she answers, "but you know I can't eat like this all the time I have to limit myself, stay healthy, eat healthy."
"I know but I wanted to spoil you today," I say as I hand her orange juice to her. "Smoothies, juices, wheat, gluten free foods I get it. You can splurge once in a while."
"I know but I want to stay fit through my pregnancy and feed them the right stuff. I also want to exercise but take it easy. The doctor said my pregnancy is high risk so we have to go by what she wants. I have a new doctor. She seems really nice."
"I can't wait to meet her," I say as I sit down next to her as she digs into her food. "So high risk what does that mean?"
"Well, she's going to monitor the babies' hearts and I will have more appointments. We're going to do the whole chromosome testing again to make sure they don't have downs. She said everything looks good so far but so did everything with Koa."
"So in other words you have to relax and take it easy?"
"Yes, I have limits I can't cross," she answers. "We're going to discuss those limits at my next appointment. I'm due June 10th," she says.
"I see so I guess no Wrestlemania this year?"
"I would have loved for my first Mania to be my dad's last but life is what it is. I want to be a mother more than a wrestler anyway and with twins I am pretty sure my wrestling career is over. I don't want to travel with two babies and I don't want to leave them home. I think I'm done with my career."
"You still have some time to think about it and what you want to do."
"I think my decision was made when your sperm fertilized two of my eggs or one of them split in half."
"I think they are identical," I say as I eat.
"How would you know?" she asks.
"Because they're in the same sac, identical twins are usually in the same sac while fraternal twins are in different sacs. I don't think we are having boy/girl twins I think we are either having two boys or two girls."
"I don't care if they are identical, fraternal, boys, girls, boy/girl as long as they are healthy babies. That's all that matters to me."
"Me too," I say. "I just want them to be healthy."
"That's all that matters," she says. "Thank-you for breakfast."
"You're welcome," I say with a smile before I kiss her cheek softly. "I hope you liked it."
"I loved it," she says as she gets up to throw her plate away. "I would eat more but I don't want to get sick but it was really good. I have to go call Steve and let him know I'm not going to be training anymore."
"Okay," I say, "I'll clean up when I am finished."
"Okay," she says before she kisses my cheek softly. "How about you see if we can get Alani tonight for a little bit since we are in town? We could go out to eat, go see a movie or just hang out, maybe I can take her out to get a manicure or something."
"I'll call Vanessa," I say with a smile. "I think you two need some time together. Are we telling anyone yet about the babies?"
"Not for another 6 weeks," she says. "It's better to wait till 12 weeks plus I want to make a really big announcement for everyone. Of course we'll tell our parents first then we'll post an announcement on the internet."
"You want to share that information with the internet?" I ask.
"Well, since I won't be returning back to the ring I think my fans should know why. I'm pretty sure I am done with wrestling as much as I love it, Joe, I love being a mom more. Maybe I will use my teaching degree or just be a stay at home mom. I don't know. I also have to call my doctor to see what meds are safe to take while being pregnant. I can't go all this time without taking my meds they help me stay sane and help me from having episodes."
"Okay," I say. "I love you, Willow."
"I love you too," she says with a breath taking smile.
WILLOW's POINT OF VIEW:
I arrive at the school to pick Alani up after school so we can spend the afternoon together. I feel like since everything with Koa and moving to Orlando that we aren't really as close as we used to be. I do miss her and I want to spend some time with her. I stand outside of the school waiting for her. She comes running out and sees me. "WILLOW!" she yells running to me. I catch her and hug her as she hugs me.
"Hi, Alani," I say with a smile. "How was school today?"
"It was good," she says. "I thought you moved to Orlando?" she asks as we walk to the car.
"Well, we're moving back for a little while before we move to Houston so we're back in Tampa until our house is finished."
"Do you have to move to Texas? I'm going to miss you so much," she says as I open the door for her.
"I want to be near my dad and my family. We're going to get you for the summers and we're going to get you on school holidays and we are going to come two weekends a month to see you and spend time with you."
"Okay," she says, "Can I go with you?"
"That's up to your mom and dad," I answer, "you have to talk to them."
"Okay," she says. "What are we going to do?" she asks.
"I thought that maybe we could go to the nail salon and get our nails done then go to have some dinner, go back to our house and finish homework, do you have homework?"
"No, we don't have any homework tonight," she says. "We have a four day weekend!"
"Okay," I say with a smile. "I guess we're going to go," I say before I walk to the driver's side of the car. I climb into the front seat and start the car. I pull out of the school parking lot and make my way to the nail salon.
When we walk into the nail salon Alani and I walk over to the desk to let them know we are there to get our nails done. The woman directs us to the wall to pick out nail polish colors that we want. "I think I am going to get glittery pink for four of my nails and then get a glittery silver for one of my nails," says Alani.
"That would be pretty," I say. "Do you want any designs on your nails?"
"I don't know," she says. "what are you going to get?"
"Well, since it's almost Halloween I was thinking about getting purple nails with a black nail with a spider web on them. I LOVE Halloween it is one of my favorite holidays but growing up with my dad as a dad you learn to love Halloween," I say with a laugh.
"That's pretty cool. I think I want hot pink nails with a black nail with a spider web on it too. I like Halloween too but my favorite holiday is Christmas because my daddy is home a lot and I get to see my daddy's family."
"I like Christmas too," I say. "I love decorating for Christmas and making Christmas cookies. I love making Christmas dinner too but Halloween is just as fun for me. What are you going to be for Halloween?" I ask as we pick our polishes.
"I don't know. I was thinking of being something cute and scary like an evil fairy or maybe a dark zombie fairy."
"You are just like your dad, you love your zombies don't you?" I ask with a smile as we take a seat to wait for our turn.
"Yeah," she says with a smile. "I love watching The Walking Dead with daddy and my mama. That's my favorite show."
"It's one of mine too," I say as we are called to get our nails done.
As we are getting our nails done and we're talking to the women doing our nails a fan comes up to me. It's always common to run into WWE fans in Tampa simply because Tampa is the WWE Hollywood and most of the WWE superstars live here so naturally there's always a fan or a few that we run into out on the streets. "Willow," says the girl, "you're from WWE?"
"Yes," I say with a smile as I give her my direction.
"I love you, you're my favorite female wrestler I have ever seen in my life. I really miss you in the ring. You're my hero."
"Thank-you," I say with a smile.
"When do you think you're going to come back? I heard you're coming back in a few weeks is that true?" she asks.
"I don't know," I answer, "only time will tell. You'll have to wait and see."
"I would really love to see you fight Charlotte again or have a match with Sasha Banks," she says.
"Well, we'll have to wait and see," I say giving nothing away. I don't want anyone speculating anything, making up rumors or digging for information before Joe and I even get a chance to tell our families about the babies.
"Can I get an autograph and a picture?" she asks.
"Sure," I say. She pulls out her cellphone and snaps a selfie of us and I take my free hand to sign an autograph for her. "What's your name?"
"Audrey," she says.
"Okay, Audrey," I say signing an autograph to her.
"Thank-you so much, I hope to see you back soon. The women's division really needs you."
"Okay," I say with a smile before she walks away leaving me thinking about what she said. I do miss wrestling but I want to be a mom more than anything. I wonder how many of my fans will be upset when I hang up my wrestling boots for good.
When we are finished getting our nails done I take Alani back to the house to spend the night after talking to Vanessa. "DADDY!" she yells when she runs into the front door.
"Alani!" he says scooping her up into his arms. "I missed you."
"I missed you too," she says, "look at my nails," she says showing him her fresh manicure.
"Wow, those are pretty. Did you have fun with Willow?"
"A lot of fun," she says as he puts her down.
"That's good," he says, "hey," he says to me greeting me with a kiss.
"Hey," I say.
"How are you feeling?"
"I'm feeling all right," I answer. "Just some nausea."
"Hungry? I ordered us Chinese food."
"Not really hungry for Chinese food. I'll just make some toast," I say.
"No, I'll make you some toast," he says. "You just relax."
"Okay," I say gratefully with a smile. "I saw a fan today that can't wait till I come back to the ring."
"What did you tell them?" he asks.
"That we will see," I answer. "And I talked to my psychiatrist he is going to call in a prescription for a pregnancy safe medication for my bipolar disorder that way I won't be without meds for the next few weeks," I say.
"You're pregnant?" asks Alani. I forgot she was even in the room. "You're having a baby?"
"Well, I guess there's no surprise now," says Joe with a smile, "but you can't tell anyone yet. Only Willow and I know okay?"
"Okay, Daddy, I promise I won't tell anyone."
"Yes, Willow and me are going to have babies, she's having twins."
"That's so cool," she says as she hugs me and then her dad. "I hope they're girl twins. Can they be girl twins?"
"We'll have to wait and see," I say. "Are you excited?"
"YES!" she says and I can hear the excitement in her voice. "Are they going to be like Koa?"
"Hopefully they are healthy babies," I say. "If they have Downs Syndrome like Koa we'll find out in an ultrasound in a few weeks."
"I'm going to be a big sister again!" she says proudly.
"We're going to be a family of 5," says Joe with a smile.
"I just wish you wouldn't move to Houston without me," says Alani. "I want to come with you. Can I come with you?" she asks. "Please?"
"Alani, I don't know," says Joe. "Don't you want to stay in Tampa with your mom?"
"No, Daddy, I want to move to Houston with you and Willow, I want to live with you," she says.
"Well, I would have to talk to your mama and see what she says. I can't just tell you that you can come live with us in Texas but not talk to your mom about it. It has to be a group decision on our part. Okay?"
"Okay, Daddy," she says.
"Are you hungry now?" he asks. "The food should be here." He changes the subject and a few minutes later the delivery guy arrives with their Chinese food while he's making me dinner of toast. All through dinner Joe avoided the subject of Alani living with us and moving with us to Texas. I don't see Vanessa allowing it to happen but when I was Alani's age I wanted to live with my dad too and it was a long battle before I was able to. I don't want that for Vanessa and Joe. I don't want them to get into a long-drawn out custody battle when Co-Parenting has always been so easy and simple for them.
Later that night after dinner and Alani was in bed for an early morning the next day I was lying in my bed thinking about my meeting with Carrano this coming weekend while WWE is in Florida. I wasn't expecting to think about my decision this fast but I know Carrano is going to want some direction on where I plan to go with my future with WWE. We're looking at almost two years out of the ring. I don't think that will make him very happy. As I am thinking Joe comes out of the bathroom after taking a shower dressed in his briefs, his long hair pulled into a bun on this lower neck. He throws his clothes into the hamper and climbs into bed next to me. "What's bothering you tonight?" he asks.
"I don't know I have a meeting with Carrano coming up this weekend. I forgot WWE was going to be in Florida this weekend and in Miami on Monday for RAW he wants to talk then so I guess I am going with you on Monday."
"I guess so," he says, "did you make a decision on what you want to do?"
"I think I have reached a decision. I don't' want to talk about it because I know what I want to do and I don't want anyone to talk me out of it or make me rethink my decision."
"You're not even going to tell me?" he asks. "You don't want to tell me?"
"I do but I think it's better if I don't. Hell, I could get future endeavored on Monday we'll wait and see."
"Willow," he says looking at me as he lays on his side next to me. I reach up and touch his stubble growing on his face. "I will never try to talk you out of your decision. I love you and I support you no matter what you decide to do. This is YOUR life and YOUR career you make those decisions if it was something like having my daughter come live with us then that is OUR life and OUR decision. I will support you no matter what." He leans into my touch making me smile as he places his hand on my small baby bump make me smile even bigger.
"I don't think I am going back," I say. "Two years out of the ring probably won't fly with Carrano and I'll be out of shape but it isn't even about that, it's about us and the babies. I am going to hang up my wrestling boots. Maybe I'll get into teaching, maybe I'll get into selling clothes but right now I want to be a stay at home mom, I want to enjoy our babies and enjoy being a mom. A career can come later but my heart lies with being a mother. I want to be a stay at home mom, Joe. I have always wanted to wrestle don't get me wrong that was my dream. I just never knew something so tiny and special could make me change my mind. I don't want to miss moments with our kids. I don't want to miss them grow up. I want to be home to feed them, change them, watch them take their first steps. I want to be there every day for every minute and just cherish my life with our babies. I want to do mommy things like go to play groups and such. That's what I want to do. I'll miss wrestling but I'm giving it up for something bigger and better. I know I have fans but my two biggest fans are growing inside of me and I want to be there for them," I say.
He smiles and leans over and kisses my lips softly. "Willow, if I could give up my job to be a stay at home dad I would do it too. I support your decision," he says rubbing my stomach. "You're going to be an amazing mom I know that. If this is what you want to do and you're ready to give up being a wrestler I understand and I support you. I just want to make sure that you're sure about this."
"I'm 100% sure, Joe. I don't have to think about it anymore. The moment I found out I was pregnant again I already knew and maybe even before I found out I was pregnant. Training wasn't going so good and I just didn't feel the passion anymore. I used to love it and I used to be so passionate about it but it just wasn't there. I can't go out there and not give my whole heart to something. I want to do something I love. I want to do something that will give me that fire and that passion but wrestling just doesn't do that for me anymore."
"I understand," he says. "I just want you to be sure."
"I am sure," I say rubbing his stubble. "On Monday I am going to hand in my resignation. I'm going to end my contract."
"I'll be there with you," he says. "You telling your dad?"
"Not yet," I say.
"You know he doesn't like hearing things from the internet and not from you. You better tell him before Monday."
"Okay," I say.
"Does this mean we can have as many kids as we want?"
"How many kids do you plan on having?" I ask with a smile.
"Whatever you're comfortable with."
"So 4 kids? Maybe even 5 to even out the numbers with Alani?"
"If that's what you want," he says with a smile. "We'll make a lot of babies."
"Well, if they keep coming two at a time it won't take much effort," I joke with him making him laugh.
"I love you," he says with a smile before he kisses my lips softly. "I'm going to talk to Vanessa about Alani moving to Texas with us."
"Do you think she will allow that to happen?"
"I don't know. If you're home it's not like someone won't be with her and I am home a couple days a week."
"Is that what you want to do?" I ask.
"Yeah," he says. "Alani wants to move with us would you be okay if she did?"
"I wouldn't mind it at all. I love Alani and I really would love for her to come to Texas with us so that she can spend some time with her siblings. Do you think Vanessa is going to go for this?"
"We can sit down and talk to her and see what she says. I don't want to go to court or anything but I wouldn't mind being her primary guardian. We'll talk to Vanessa okay?"
"Yeah," I say, "but I think you two have such a good co-parenting relationship that I don't want to see anything transpire to ruin that but I also think you two can sit down and work it out. I think it would be good for Alani to move with us. I'll be there for you if you need me to be."
"Okay," he says with a smile. "I think tomorrow when I take her home I will talk to her. I think that she should be able to come live with us. Vanessa has had her for the last few years it's only fair and it's not like I am forcing her. It's something Alani wants. It would be great to have all three kids in our home on a regular basis in Texas."
"I agree," I say, "I agree."
*A/N: What did you think of Joe making Willow breakfast? What did you think of her afternoon with Alani was it good they got some time together? What do you think of the decision Willow made about her career? Are you surprised she's walking away from the business? Do you think she will change her mind for her meeting with Carrano? Do you agree with Joe she should talk to her dad before she talks to Carrano or would it be easier for her to go to Carrano first? What do you think of Alani going to live with them in Texas, do you think Vanessa is going to go along with it? How do you think the meeting with Willow and Carrano is going to go and how do you think the meeting with Vanessa is going to go? What do you think of Willow's views this time about her pregnancy and what she wants to do after she has the babies? What do you think of her choice of being a stay at home mom? please review and thank-you for reading.