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We invited everyone over the following day and they were all more than thrilled to meet our daughter for the first time. Alani was only a newborn and didn't know who these mysterious people were; she only knew Chloe and I.
"Hey Uce!" Josh said, "Where's our little neice?"
I crooked a smile, "She's in her little rocker over there. She's watching Bluey."
"Bluey, huh?" Jonathan laughed.
"Yeah. I think it's better for her instead of that Cocomelon garbage that the media throws out there for children nowadays." I added.
Suddenly, I heard Chloe call for me in the other room, "Joe!"
Walking into the den, I noticed that Chloe and all of the other girls were surrounding me. Confused, I raised an eyebrow as everyone started to shout in excitement.
"Hey, what's happening?"
"A few of our friends wanted to babysit Alani while we went out to dinner for the night. If you'd want to go out, that is."
A smile formed on my face, "I'd love nothing more, baby."
"Great! We need to get dressed and we can trust everyone with the baby while we're gone."
Joe and I went into our bedroom and prepared for our night out together. It was a blessing that we had a few of our friends staying over to watch our child while we went out for awhile. I couldn't remember the last time that Chloe and I ever went out on a date.
Everyone was still in the house while we were preparing to leave out on our date, "Everyone. Chloe and I are about to head out on a date, we appreciate everyone for coming out to meet our daughter. It truly means the world to Chloe and I."
"We understand man. It was great meeting your little girl." Adam said.
"Yeah and if you need daddy pointers, you know who to come to." Jon and Colby said.
Everyone was making their way out of the house, except for Emma, Renee, Rebecca, Jon, and Colby. They insisted on staying to watch over our daughter while we were gone.
While we were ready to walk out of the door, I watched as Chloe written down a small list of what to-do and what not-to-do for them. It was sweet to see how much she cared for Alani while being excited to spend some time with me at the same time.
"Make sure that Alani sleeps in an hour and don't give her anything but a warm bottle of milk. She loves to have her favorite show on while she drifts off to sleep and if she cries, hold her close to you and start to sing a lullaby. If anything happens, please message Joe and I."
"Calm down, Chloe! You need to have some time out and about with Joe for awhile. We have it under control." Colby said.
"We promise that Alani will be asleep and tucked into bed by the time you two get back home." Jon added.
"Well, alright. When she's asleep, you guys are free to watch anything on Netflix or play a board game that Joe and I have underneath the coffee table." Chloe said.
"Bet." Emma replied, "Don't worry! Go out and have some time. Get intimate if you have to!"
"Emma, please!" Chloe said as she covered her face in embarrassment, "I'm still healing from giving birth and it takes awhile to recover after that."
I couldn't help but to chuckle at how sweet it was to see Chloe giving out demands to our friends before heading out. When we walked out of the door, I opened the door and escorted her into the vehicle before I started to drive us over to the restuarant. It was nice to know that we could trust Emma, Renee, Rebecca, Colby, and Jon with our daughter for awhile.
The restuarant that we headed towards was really nice and fancy. We were escorted to our table while we ordered the finest meals for the night. Chloe was still the same woman when it came to refusing to order the most expensive meals; although I was still willing to pay.
"Are you sure that you want to order anything expensive, babe?"
She shook her head, "No. I don't like having you pay for the expensive meals."
I laughed, "Babe, we've been over this a thousand times. I don't care to pay for our dinner. Money isn't an issue, and there's absolutely nothing to worry about."
"I know, babe." She smiles, "I'll take a fillet migneon."
"That's the spirit, babe." I flashed a smile, "Better yet, I'm gonna order the same thing with a side of gourmet chicken."
We ordered our meals and we enjoyed our night out together. The food was delicious and after paying for our meals, I had a little surprise for Chloe. After she had given birth to our daughter, she's been staying at home for the longest time; and I wanted to make her night. We had our friends watching over Alani and she had nothing to worry about in the meantime.
"Joe, where are you taking us?" She asked.
I flashed a smile, "You'll see."
I escorted Chloe back into the vehicle and I brought her to a place in Toronto called The Rooftop Lounge at the Thompson Toronto. One thing I always knew about Chloe, was that she enjoyed the finer things in life and enjoyed taking in the scenery around her. Especially in a breathtaking scenery of the nightlife.
"What is this place?" She asked.
"I'm surprised that you've never been here before, babe." I say, "I brought you over to this rooftop lounge. We can relax and look up at the beautiful city lights and even look up at the stars through the window. Just awhile together is all I could ever want in life."
"Long Way Down" by Tom Odell began to play in the background while we continued to take in the beauty of Toronto around us as we glanced out the window.
While she took in the moment, I stood behind her with my arms wrapped around her waist. My chin rested against her shoulder and I felt at peace with Chloe for awhile.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" I asked.
"Yeah, it is." She nods, "I'm enjoying this night out so much, Joe. I hope we can do this more often once you're not busy."
"I promise that we will do this again someday, babe."
"I'll be looking forward to it."
When we headed back to the house, everyone was still awake and surprisingly enough, Alani was as well.
"I thought y'all already had the baby asleep?" I asked.
"Well, we tried, but she refused to sleep unless her parents were here. We tried literally everything and nothing worked." Rebecca added.
"I see." Chloe says, picking up our daughter.
"It's been awhile since I've held her, babe. Let me see if she'll fall asleep when I'm holding her."
"OhhhβI see what's happening here," Colby cackled, "Alani is a daddy's girl. No wonder why she calms down when Joe holds her!"
"Now that you think about it, I see what you mean there." Chloe smiled.
I picked up Alani and flashed a smile. She was already starting to grow up a little and it was hard to believe.
"That is just too cute." Jon added.
A few hours came and went, and Alani was finally asleep. Everyone left the house and it was just the three of us and Zeus. And it was also time for us to get some rest for awhile after enjoying the night out together for the first time in ages.
After a few weeks had passed since then, it was time for me to head back to the ring for awhile before being able to return home to see my wife and daughter.
While I was working more shows back-to-back with two of my titles around my shoulders, I was stopped by my boss, Hunter.
"Hello, Joe."
"Hey, Hunter." I say, "Is everything alright?"
"Yeah!" He smiles, "I have a propisition for you, Joe."
"What's the propisition?"
"Well, I was thinking about evolving the entire story involving The Bloodline and having it slowly implode. Because we had Sami Zayn turn on the faction back in January at the Royal Rumble, I figured that we make the storyline a little more interesting for the viewers."
"That sounds pretty good. Sami knows what he's doing and the crowd absoutely loves him."
"And that's why we're going to have Sami attempting to get into the minds of your two cousins, Jonathan and Josh, that you're a manipulative cousin who wants all the glory to himself."
I scoffed, "That sounds brilliant, Hunter. Consider me in!"
"Great! I can't wait to see where this storyline takes you and your cousins. We all know how phenomenal you and your cousins are when it comes to putting on a good storyline for the WWE Universe."
"Trust me, Hunter, you won't be disappointed."
And just like that, I was more than exhilarated to know that Hunter wanted us to continue The Bloodline story for the fans after the betrayal of Sami Zayn. From there, we all worked hard and focused on our matches and making sure that the fans were enjoying the story that we were dishing out.
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A/N: I found the picture off of Google and I thought it was the cutest! It was kind of fitting with how Alani looked in the story and I wanted to add some character development to her as well. π
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