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"Should you really be doing all of this?" asks Joe as he comes into the kitchen after being away for almost two weeks with the European tour and then going straight to Michigan for Survivor Series while I stayed home. A few weeks have passed since we found out we lost one of the triplets in Miami and as soon as we returned home from our trip we went to visit my OB; Dr. Grey. She placed me on bed rest until I hit the 12 week mark which is the end of this week but I am still restricted from doing certain things like lifting something heavier than 10 pounds. Joe has been on my case every day about taking it easy and relaxing. He's been my doctor and making sure I have followed Dr. Grey's orders but I hate laying around doing nothing. I hate being in bed so it has been a long few weeks. Joe almost blew his top when he found out I was cooking Thanksgiving dinner for our families so that we could tell them the news about the babies.
"Joe, I'm fine," I say as I am working on my stuffing for the turkey. "The only thing you're going to need to do is handle the turkey for me. It's too heavy for me to pick up."
"Okay," he says, "what all can I do tonight? What all do you need help with?"
"Well," I begin, "right now I am working on the stuffing, I want to work on the coconut crème pie tonight and the apple pie as well as the pumpkin rolls tonight so they are finished for tomorrow so I can focus on the rest of the meal like the corn, macaroni and cheese, collard greens, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes and mashed potatoes tomorrow," I say.
"That seems like a lot and with my family plus your family that's a lot of food," he says.
"Well, since it's only Pops and Mom coming plus Mimi and my dad with Kai and Gracie coming along with Alani I don't plan to make too much food. I figured we would keep Thanksgiving small this year."
"That works for me. I go back out on the road Saturday morning. I made sure they gave me off for our NT Scan appointment. You think everything is all right with them."
"I think everything is perfect with them," I say confidently.
"I hope so," he says. "So whatever you need done tonight let me help you out and I will do whatever I can tomorrow morning to help out as well. When are our families coming in?"
"Vanessa is dropping Alani off soon but our parents won't be here until tomorrow afternoon. Mimi and your mom offered to come over and help me cook but I said you and I can do it together."
"Sounds good," he says.
"Can you do me a favor and bring in the potatoes and yams so that they are in here for tomorrow?"
"Sure," he says before he kisses my lips softly. "I missed you," he says with a smile. "And I missed you two too," he says placing his hand on my stomach. "Have you felt them move at all yet?"
"Not yet. I'm hoping to feel them move soon," I say with a smile as he keeps his hand on my stomach.
"You're definitely starting to show."
"I have been showing for almost 2 months now. There are two babies in there," I say with amusement.
"But you're beautiful," he says with a smile before he kisses my lips. "You're perfect, I love you, Baby."
"I love you too," I say before I kiss him back. "Did you enjoy your trip?"
"Yeah," he says. "When are we announcing to everyone that you're pregnant because everyone is asking me why you left WWE the way you did."
"As soon as our families know, I wanted to wait this long because I wanted to make sure everything was all right with the babies. They seem to be healthy and good," I say. "I have no more worries. I'm just ready for this scan on Friday so that we can find out for sure."
"Me too," he says, "how do you think your dad is going to take the news?"
"I think he's going to be excited. Mimi has been asking us why we pushed the wedding back to September. I told her because something came up and I would much rather have a September wedding."
"Right," he says, "and I have been in contact with the people working on our house. They are doing amazing with it. They said we should be able to move in just after the babies are born."
"That sounds good," I say with a smile. "I can't wait to start our lives and theirs in that house. It's something I always dreamed of."
"I know," he says with a smile. "From the Ground Up," he smiles making me smile. "Let me go take care of everything you asked me to. If you need me just yell for me but remember to take it easy Willow. Don't overdo yourself to please our families."
"I know," I say, "I know."
"I mean it," he says with a smile. He kisses my lips softly before he heads out to the garage to get the potatoes for me.
The next day I wake up at 3 in the morning to put the turkey into the oven so that it's ready for our early dinner in the afternoon on Thanksgiving before I go back to bed and wake up again at 7 am so that I can start cooking dinner for everyone. Joe wakes up with me so that he can help me cook dinner. We listen to music and sing as we work together in the kitchen. Tears fill my eyes as I spend time with my husband. I miss him so much these days since he's out on the road and I am at home. We get very little time together so I like to enjoy it while we do have these moments together. Alani wakes up around 8:30 and Joe gives her some breakfast to eat while she watches the Thanksgiving Day parade while we work on the sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole and macaroni and cheese. My Thanksgiving dinner is much different than the Thanksgiving dinner Joe's family eats. I am always trying to find a way to make our family traditions intermix but on holidays like today it's hard. Joe fully understands and I promise to do Christmas Dinner his family's way.
"It smells wonderful in here," I hear my dad's voice as I am in the kitchen putting the finishing touches on our family dinner I wish that I could say the same but my morning sickness is bad and none of our Thanksgiving meal smells appealing to me.
"Hey, Daddy," I say with a smile as he comes into the kitchen. He smiles and walks over to give me a hug and a kiss.
"Hey, Baby," he says with a smile before he kisses my forehead. "Do you need any help?"
"No, I'm all right, I am just about finished. And as soon as everyone is here we can get to eating dinner."
"I can't wait," he says, "you okay?"
"I'm fine," I say. "Why do you ask?"
"Because you look like you're sick," he says. "Are you sick?"
"No, just feeling a little blah today. You know I am going to be 26 tomorrow. I'm getting old."
"Darling, 26 isn't old. When you're 50 we'll talk," he says making me smile.
"So how is the hip after your surgery?"
"It's all right. It's healing nicely. I should be good to go in the Royal Rumble," he says.
"You're really going to be in the Rumble?" I ask pulling the macaroni and cheese out of the oven.
"Yeah, I want one more time in the Royal Rumble," he says. "I asked for Joe as my Wrestlemania opponent," he announces.
"What did they say?"
"Vince loves the idea because you know Joe is his top guy. He loves the idea of me passing the torch to him. He thinks very highly of Joe and so do I not because he's marrying or is married to my daughter but because he works hard for this business. He busts his ass day in and day out to be where he is. He is a hard worker and he's dedicated. He deserves this match."
"I'm surprised they aren't giving you Cena for your last match to be honest."
"I don't want Cena. I want Joe because Cena is pretty much a veteran. He's made a name for himself. Joe is fairly new in the business. He has only been a singles wrestler for a couple years now and I think he deserves this. I want him to be the man I pass the torch to and give my last match to. Hunter wishes it was Cena but I want Joe and Vince told me it's my decision so I decided on Joe."
"I agree with you on everything," I say. "And not because I am Joe's wife but because he does deserve it."
"And how do you like not being in WWE anymore?"
"I miss it," I say, "but I like being home. I am bummed Joe and I don't get to spend as much time together as I would like but I'm happy with where I am," I say as Joe's mom and dad come into the kitchen. "Hey," I say with a smile to greet them.
"Willow," says his mom as she comes over to greet me with a hug. "You're glowing, you look beautiful."
"Hardly," I say with a smile, "I've been cooking all morning."
"Nonsense," she says with a smile. "You're beautiful. Is there anything I can help you with?"
"No I'm actually about finished with dinner as soon as Alani and Joe have the table set we can eat, as long as everyone is here," I say, "and your son was a big help in the kitchen."
"I taught him well," she smiles as she rubs my arm softly. "Thank-you for having us for dinner."
"You're welcome," I say with a smile. "Joe," I say as I see him standing by the island. "Can you and Alani go set the table?"
"Sure," he says, "I'm on it." He walks out of the kitchen and heads to the dining room to set the table with Alani before his mom helps me organize the food and take it to the dining room.
When we sit down at the table Joe offers everyone except for Alani and me a glass of wine before taking his seat. No one notices that I am not drinking wine so it gives us a little more time. "So," says Joe's mom, "what's going on with the wedding? I see that you two chose September now instead of June what's going on with that?"
"Well," begins Joe, "we probably won't be in the house in Houston until April because we don't want to move before Wrestlemania and we need time to get the house together so we decided to push the wedding back a few months so that our house is in good shape for our wedding."
"I see," she says.
"Will you be doing Samoan traditions during the wedding?" asks Pops.
"We are going to put in some Samoan traditions into the ceremony," I say. "I wouldn't allow the minister to leave those out. It's just going to be interesting with a country themed wedding with leis," I say with a smile, "but we can make this work."
"We are still in the process of planning everything out," says Joe, "and when I say we I mainly mean Willow because I want this day to be special for her. I want her to be happy and to have the wedding she deserves."
"But it's not just about me," I remind him. "It's about both of us. I want a little country in the wedding but I also want a little Samoan in the wedding too. I think it's all manageable. It just is about deciding what we are using and what we aren't. We'll discuss it."
"Sounds like you two have a lot to discuss," says Michelle.
"We do," I say with a smile.
"Do you miss the ring, Willow?" his mom asks me.
"A little bit," I say, "but I'm doing some work around the house right now. I'm trying to get things together plus it's giving me extra time to work on this wedding stuff."
"Why did you walk away from the ring?" she asks.
"Because we want to start a family," I say. "Plus I wasn't ready to go back to the ring. I was out of shape. I decided it was time to give it up besides I don't have the passion for it I once had."
"I see," she says with a nod. "Do you think you'll ever go back?"
"I doubt it," I say, "probably not."
"I see," she says. "So what's everyone thankful for this Thanksgiving?" she asks as we eat. She asked the question we were waiting for someone to ask. I excuse myself from the table to get our announcement.
I come back into the dining room as Pops finishes up telling us what he's thankful for and then my dad tells everyone what he is thankful for. "I have a gift for everyone," I say when he's finished.
"A gift?" asks my dad. "It's not Christmas."
"Well, it's a sneak peak of Christmas," I smile as Joe hands everyone their box.
"You all have to open them at the same time," he says. "No one can open it before the other," he explains.
"Okay," says my dad. "Do you want me to count to three or how are we doing this?"
"I'll count to three," says Joe with a smile as he stands behind my chair massaging my shoulders. "1, 2, 3," he says with a proud smile on his face as the future grandparents tear the wrapping paper off their gifts. I watch as they all smile as they pull out the chalkboard announcement with our babies' sonograms on it that says "We are what Mom and Dad are thankful this year."
"You're pregnant?" asks his mom.
"With twins," adds my dad.
"Actually," I say, "we were pregnant with triplets no idea how that happened but we lost one so yes they are twins," I say proudly. "We're having TWINS!" I announce.
"Oh my Gosh!" yells his mom. "I knew you were pregnant. I could see it in your glow. I'm so happy for you!" she says as my dad stands up. He shakes Joe's hand and then gives me a hug and a kiss. Michelle does the same except she gives Joe a hug and then gives me a hug. Joe's mom hugs us both and then Pops hugs us as well. "When are you due?" she asks.
"June 10th," I say with a smile, "that's the reason we pushed our wedding back. I didn't want to have our wedding while I was pregnant and like Joe said we won't even be in the house long enough to have everything ready for the wedding. This is what we had to do."
"Is everything okay with the babies?" asks his mom.
"We will find out tomorrow. We have our NT scan tomorrow so we will know tomorrow the results of the scan. They are treating like it is high risk so they are being very cautious."
"You shouldn't have overwhelmed yourself with dinner," says Michelle. "We could have cooked for you," she says.
"I wanted to do something special for our families," I say.
"You still shouldn't overwhelm yourself."
"I'm fine," I say. "Everything is fine."
"Okay," says Michelle.
"Do you have any names picked out? Are you finding out the sex this time?" asks his mom.
"We are finding out the sex and we are going to have a gender reveal party to find out. I wanted to do something different this time and I don't want to wait to know if they are girls, boys or girl and boy," I say. "But the main thing right now is we want to know if they are healthy babies. I can't wait to find out tomorrow."
"I'm sure everything will be fine," says his mom. "You'll be blessed."
"Congratulations," says my dad. "I am happy for both of you. You both deserve this."
"Thanks, Dad," I say as I hug him one more time. I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous about tomorrow. I would be lying if I said I wasn't scared. The truth is I am terrified of what they are going to see and what they are going to find tomorrow. All I can do is pray and hope for good results but I am ready for anything just scared.
*A/N: What did you think of their THanksgiving? What did you think of their parents' reactions? How do you think their NT scan will go? Will they have good or bad results? Do you think Willow should be scared? Please review and thank-you for reading.