Stay [a Roman Reigns story]

41 Family of...

I was rather rudely awakened from sleep by the ringing of my alarm. Sighing, I turned it off and leaned back into the pillow. This way I wanted to enjoy the silence of this beautiful morning for a few more minutes. Since that had become a true rarity these days. Slowly, I stroked my fingertips over my stomach and smiled. It was still hard for me to believe that we had another miracle on the way. Another tummy potato.

I was slowly but surely pulled out of these thoughts as Roman placed his hand on mine while I felt his warmth all over my skin. Before long, I felt his lips on my neck. My husband kissed his way up to my cheek and then my lips. He gave me a loving kiss.

"Good morning, baby girl..." he breathed against my mouth.

"Mmmmh.... Good morning, love." I replied as I buried my fingers in his hair.

"How did you sleep?" he wanted to know as his lips began to make their way down to my breasts.

"Very well... Excited about today.... I hope everything is okay." I said a little out of breath.

"Everything is fine. I can feel it." he murmured against my skin.

"Oh I bet..." I replied but my voice trailed off as he suddenly pushed up the t-shirt I was wearing and took my nipple into his mouth.

"Oh Roman... that feels good..." I gasped.

"I know, baby girl... I know..." he murmured as he briefly lifted his head to smirk at me.

"Well...you better hurry before the-" I continued.

"MAAAAMAAAA!!!" we promptly heard.

"-the boys are waking up. Damn..." I groaned a little annoyed while Roman buried his head against my neck and grunted.

"So rude. How exactly did we have time to make the new baby?" he grumbled.

"I was just wondering the same thing. Your son has impeccable timing," I replied as I pulled my shirt back down and the next moment the door to the bedroom opened.

Carson came running in with a big grin on his face. When he did that he looked so much like his daddy. It was the most beautiful smile ever. And of course, it didn't take long for his brother to follow. The twins hopped into bed with us and so we spent the time together as four instead of two.

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"Okay you two, be good and have a nice day. Mama and Daddy love you." said Ro to Henry and Carson as we dropped them off at daycare.

They hugged their daddy tightly and then clung to my legs.

"Ich liebe meine Jungs." I said as I gently stroked their heads. (I love my boys.)

"Love you Mama, love you Dada." said Henry.

"Liebe euch sooo viel mehr!" added Carson. (Love you sooo much more!)

Then we kissed them goodbye and headed to the doctor's office for a first look at the newest addition to the family. Or tribe, as Roman liked to call it.

"You know... I've been thinking and I kind of want to be surprised with the sex of the baby this time. Since we have so much stuff from the boys, there's really no need to buy new stuff." I said to Roman as we walked hand in hand across the parking lot to get to the doctor's office.

"What, but... what if it's a girl? Don't you want to buy all the cute little girl stuff?" he replied pouting as he stopped me.

"Well, I do... But I can always do that when the baby is born." I said.

"Oh... you're kind of right. It sure is nice to be surprised. But you better be prepared for me to be a pain in the ass about it the whole pregnancy." he warned me with a wink.

"I think I can handle that." I laughed and with that we continued on our way.

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"All right. Let's see how the baby is doing then! How are the boys? Do they know yet? Are they excited about having a sibling?" the doctor asked as I laid down so he could do the ultrasound.

"No, it's a little too early for that. And I'm sure they wouldn't really understand yet," I replied.

"Oh don't underestimate your little ones, DJ. They often pick up more than we think." said the doctor as he began to move the probe across my abdomen.

"Holy fuck!" muttered Roman, who was holding my hand tightly and staring at the monitor, suddenly.

"Are you okay?" I asked him anxiously.

"Umm... yeah.... But I think.... I think..." he stuttered, pointing at the monitor.

I turned my head so I could see what was going on. And what I saw there was.... shocking.

"Oh you've got to be kidding me!" I blurted out.

"Not at all. I think you've both discovered correctly that you're expecting twins.... Again. Congratulations!" the doctor said.

"You know what, Ro? Now I do want to know the sex. That was surprise enough!" I replied with wide eyes.

I think it goes without saying that the rest of the examination pretty much went by me. My mind was spinning like crazy. How the hell was I supposed to be a good mother to so many little kids? Roman and I were about to be seriously outnumbered. I felt panic rising inside me as Ro wordlessly led me back to the car. Then he just took me in his arms and held me for as long as I needed. I clung to him until I had somewhat regained my composure.

"I know you're shocked, and I am too, but we'll figure it out, Dani. Don't worry. This is a gift I couldn't be happier about." he said quietly to me.

"We're going to need a lot of help. Maybe we should really consider moving back to Pensacola. Closer to the family. That would definitely be a good idea." I replied as my head was still spinning. It was a lot to process.

"I think that's an excellent idea, baby girl. And I promise you that I will take more time. My family needs me home more." said Roman as he slowly stroked my arms and then gave me a kiss on the forehead.

"I love you and I'm glad you want to do this. But do you think this is going to be that easy?" I wanted to know.

"I'm going to make it easy. I'll have my schedule reduced. After all, I deserve this. I love my job. But the me is nothing compared to the love for you, for Carson and Henry and those two tummy potatoes. We've been a good team for many years now and I see no reason why that should change. Now that the tribe is growing." he said reassuringly.

"Then it's a good thing you're the tribal chief, Ro." I laughed as at least some weight fell off my shoulders.

If Roman was confident that we could do this, then I had to be too. We would get it done. It wasn't as if we had any other choice.