I looked at each man. Dean was leaning against the wall into the doorway.
"Hay nurse lady," he almost sang looking me up & down.
I didn't really know how to react. Why were they here?
"You're not room service," I said.
"You're not 3 Doors Down either but whatever," Seth said.
Roman surveyed me up & down but he didn't say anything. I really didn't want to deal with anyone today.
"Are you gonna invite us in. We have food," Seth said.
I stepped back so they could enter. Seth put our food on the counter in the kitchen. Emmie watched as they all sat on the sofa.
"Joe!" she beamed.
She walked over and shook Roman's hand.
"Hay beautiful. How are you?" he asked.
"I'm okay. Sofia the first is on. I like princesses," she says.
"Princesses are great. Do you want to be a princess one day?" he asked.
"Well mommy said that I'm already a princess, she said I'm here little princess," she explains.
" I bet you are," Roman says looking at me as I stand at the counter in the kitchen.
Emily walks over to Seth.
"What's your name?" she asked.
"I'm Colby," he says smiling at her.
Dean extends his hand toward Emily.
"My name is Jon. You played in my hair yesterday," Dean said.
"I know who you are. My name is Emily," she says in her tiny voice.
She shook hands with both Dean & Seth. The sound of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse played on the TV in the bedroom. Without another word she turned & ran into the bedroom. I smiled & shook my head. With my little one gone the attention was on me now.
"Um, thank you for bring us our breakfast but how did you know what room we were in?" I asked.
"We have our ways nurse lady," Dean said staring at my legs.
"Rita not nurse lady. Rita," I say. "And what ways?"
I walk over to a chair across from them & took a seat, noticing all their eyes taking in my attire. I push a loose straind of hair behind my ear.
"We can't tell you," Seth says.
"Really," I say raising my eyebrows.
"How are you?" Roman finally speaks.
"I'm fine," I reply.
"You sure. You kinda left us hanging last night," Seth said.
"Yeah, sorry about that. What are you guys doing here?" I asked trying to change the subject.
"We came to check on you. You seemed spooked last night," Roman answered.
"N'all, I'm good. Thank y'all for checking on me though," I said a little to quickly.
Emily comes back into the living room.
"Is it time to eat mommy?" she asks.
"Yes sweetheart come on," I say prancing to the kitchen.
I quickly fix Emily some food. She sits at the counter & eats.
"Would you guys like something to eat? Its not much but it's something," I say.
Dean makes his way into the kitchen quickly.
"Sure," he says while smirking at me.
Roman & Seth soon follow. Everyone grabs a plate & some food except for me. Not really in the eating mood anymore.
"Where's your plate?" Roman asks.
"I'm not really hungry," I say about to leave the kitchen.
Roman grabs my arm stopping me from leaving. I feel the electricity pulse through me. I just stare at his hand holding my arm.
"You should eat something," he said handing me his plate.
"I'm okay really. You eat your food," I say to him.
"Humor me," he replies letting go of my arm & giving me the plate.
I open my mouth to protest.
"Please," he croons & I almost melt.
By this time Seth & Dean are back on the sofa. I take the plate from Roman & sit next to Emmie. Roman makes his way over to the chair that I was sitting in across from Seth & Dean. I began to slowly eat.
"So Rita what are your plans for today?" Dean asked.
"Well, we were planning to stay here & watch some TV," I said.
"Why?" he asked.
"We wanted to have a lazy day," I say.
"Okay cool we're game," Seth said.
"Wait, what?" I asked before I could stop myself.
"We are gonna have a lazy day with you & Emily," Dean says smoothly.
"You cool with that big man?" Seth asks Roman.
"Fine by me," Roman replies as cool as ice.
He scoots down in the chair to get comfortable.
Wait, what? Why are they spending the day with us? Why would they even want to? What?
I snap out of my thoughts when my phone buzzes. I look over to my phone between Seth & Dean on the sofa. Seth picks it up & I go still. The messages from last night run through my mind.
"Here," he says without looking at the phone.
I jump up & quickly grab it from him. I press a button on the side without looking. I put the phone on the counter. I collect mine & Emmie's plate & place them in the sink. Emmie hops down & run back into the bedroom.
"It's cool you know," Dean says getting up & put his' & Seth's plate in the sink.
"You can answer your boyfriend," he says leaning against the sink.
I smirked at him before I walked into the living room taking Dean's seat next to Seth. Dean throws his hands out in protest.
"Alabama Rule, you move your feet, you lose your seat," I reply with a smile.
Both Roman & Seth laugh.
"Is that your way of asking if I have a boyfriend Jon?" I ask.
Jon gives my wicked grin without an answer.
"Well, do you?" Seth asks placing his arm on the back of the sofa & sitting back.
"No, I don't," I said.
"Why not?" Dean asked sitting on the floor between Seth & I.
"It's kinda complicated. I just don't," I answered.
"We are having a lazy day so we are all ears," Seth said looking at me.
I run my fingers through my brown curls.
"Is it because Emily's dad hurt you?" Roman asked.
It took me a minute to process the question. It wasn't because I didn't know the answer but because he had just asked that particular one.
How do I answer that? I don't wanna have to explain things. How do tell people the man you loved put you in the hospital for a month? What do I say? Ugh.
"Um, I know everyone heard what Emmie said last night. I really don't want to get into that so," I say not knowing what else to say.
I really needed to get out of this room right know. I stand & walk into the kitchen. All three men went quiet. I notice Roman rake his hands through his hair. I began to wash the plates in the sink. The sound of the water fill the silence in the room. Roman gets up & walks into the kitchen.
"I'm sorry I just blurted that out. Its none of my business but I can't see anyone hurting you," he said.
I sigh to myself.
"Its cool," I say not looking up from the sink.
If you only knew the half Roman.
He places his hand on the small of my back. I drop the plate I had in the sink. Before I can stop him, he pulls me into a bear hug. I stand there confused a bit. I place my hands on his sides ready to push him away but he buries his face into the crook of my neck. I close my eyes as I the warmth of him start to consume me. I find my hands snaking around his body.
He's so warm & muscular. Oh my gosh he smells divine. I am so turned on right now. I don't ever want him to let go.
His lips softly brush my neck as he snuggles deeper into my neck. I inhale sharply as I grip him a little tighter. I feel him smile against my skin.
What is happening right now? Why is he holding me like this? He almost kissed my neck. Like what's going on?
I don't know how long we stood there like that but I was snapped from the slow trance I falling into call Roman Reigns when Dean cleared his throat. I stepped back out of Roman's embrace & he dropped his arms. I looked at him & he stared at me straight in the eyes. His eyes was the color of Caribbean water. For some reason I found myself really wanting to kiss him. Badly.