I can't believe it has been ten years since I have been part of this amazing family. I have a wonderful loving husband and seven children, six of which are my blood and the other one isn't, but you wouldn't know that by looking at us. That is where this story starts, ten years ago.
Back in 2011.
"Hey man what's up?" Dean asked Roman walking up to the big man.
"Oh hey Dean, just working out before in ring practice." Roman answered his friend.
Laughing Dean replied "Oh I see what really has your attention." Dean said to one of his best friends.
"I don't know what you are talking about Ambrose." Roman replied. He knew he was caught. Dean was his best friend. Of course he knew.
"Rome, why don't you just go and talk to him? Seth isn't going to bite you." Dean said back to his brother.
"I can't do that. You know I can't." Roman replied back. He has liked Seth for months, but never acted on those feelings. Roman knew of Seth from work at FCW. He has worked with him for about a year now.
"Rome, how do you know he doesn't feel the same about you?" Dean said back. Dean knew that Roman has liked Seth for a while now. Roman was his brother, and Seth was his other best friend.
Seth had just done his workout. He had in ring practice soon coming up. Waiting until it was time for the in ring stuff, he walked over and sat with the one person that no matter what happened would always talk to him and love him. Not too many people bothered him. Hell not too many people liked him, not after what happened two years ago.
Seth Rollins was married to indie wrestling favorite Marek Brave. Everyone in the business thought he was the one to go places and he was the sweetheart. He and Seth started off as a tag team throughout the indies, but then things between them grew into something more. Things were great for the two young men. Seth was 19 and Marek was 23. Everything was okay. The two were happy. They were doing what they loved and they were doing it together. That was until they were married. After months of being married, Marek started to become abusive towards Seth.
"What the hell Seth? You think I wouldn't find out?" Marek came back to the house that he and Seth called home.
Seth turned around from the kitchen sink where he was washing up dishes and replied with a confused look on his face "I don't know what you are talking about baby."
"You didn't think someone would tell me that you were talking to that Hunter guy? Huh, you think you are better than me? Think you can get into WWE without me?" Marek was seething. He was pissed. Marek went up to his husband who had backed himself against the counter and couldn't go anywhere and grabbed him by the hair and yanked his head back. "You think you are better than me? You are nothing but a slut. I made you into what you are. Without me you are nothing. I carry your stupid pathetic ass in the ring." Marek yelled in Seth's face.
"I was just talking to him. It was nothing. He was my favorite growing up. I swear." Seth was pleading with his husband to let him go, that nothing happened.
Marek wasn't listening to what Seth had to say. He started to punch and kick Seth anywhere he could to inflict pain. Then he grabbed Seth by his hair and started to drag him up the stairs.
Seth was trying to get away. " Pl...please Marek. Please l...let m...me go. Nothing…." Seth cried out in pain when Marek smacked his face into the stair.
"Shut the fuck up you stupid whore. I bet that was what you were doing wasn't it? You were trying to sleep with Hunter to get into WWE? Everyone knows that you will never make it on talent." Marek continued dragging his younger husband up the stairs and throwing him onto their bed in their room.
Scared and crying Seth continued to beg his husband to stop. "Marek, I swear nothing happened. I promise. Please, please stop." Seth again was trying to get away from Marek, but Marek caught him by the wrist. Seth cried out in pain.
Marek threw Seth onto the bed and started to grab his clothes. As Seth was trying to get away, Marek was able to tear the shirt off him and then started on his husband's pants. "You want to be a whore, then you will be my whore. You will do whatever I say, when I say. You got that."
Seth was crying even more, but it fell on deaf ears. Seth was terrified. "Please Marek stop. Please don't do this. I don't want this. Stop!" Seth screamed. Marek didn't stop, but kept going. He did whatever he wanted to Seth that night, and there was nothing that Seth could do, but to take it. When Marek was done, he left his husband on the bed all alone and in his own blood. Seth cried and cried. He didn't know what to do. There was nothing that he could do. He cried himself to sleep that night.
Weeks passed and the abuse continued. No one knew of course, and who would believe him when his husband was so loved. So Seth kept to himself. Only talked to Marek when he wanted to talk. Walking back into the locker room after the show was over, Marek went right up to his husband and slammed his face into the locker. "You fucking slut. Did you have fun getting off in the ring tonight?"
Trying to stand back up from being slammed into the locker, Seth said "I don't know what you are talking about." Seth was in so much pain. He couldn't get back to his feet.
"You were rubbing all up on the one guy out there tonight. I fucking saw you slut!" Marek responded back and again slammed Seth's head into the locker. Grabbing a hold of his husband's hair, Marek dragged him into the shower area. He then started to roughly undress his husband. Trying to fight back, Seth bit his husband, trying to get away from him, but that only pissed Marek off more. "You stupid piece of shit!"
Slapping his husband Marek went to finish getting Seth how he wanted him. "Stop Marek. Pl..please stop. I can't. I don't want this. I don't…." Marek was egged on more by Seth's pleas to stop. Marek only stopped when he was finished with the young man. Once he was done, Marek left and Seth was on the shower floor crying. He hurt so bad. His whole body felt like he had been hit by a huge fucking truck.
After that night, his whole world was about to change.
"Alright, everyone over here. We are about to do the in ring portion of the day." One of the coaches called out to the young wrestlers. Pointing at Dean, Seth and Roman, the coach said "You three in that ring over there."
Seth was the first to make it over to the one ring that he would be sharing with his best friend and Roman. "Hey Dean, where have you been hiding?" Seth asked his long time friend.
"Didn't feel like working out today. So I hid in the locker room and then went over to Rome when he was done working out." Dean said back to Seth. Dean and Seth have known each other for a while, since their indie days.
"Anything to get out of working out Dean. You know sooner or later your mom and dad are gonna know what you are doing and they aren't going to be too happy about it." Seth said back to Dean. He didn't know what he would do without Dean in his life. It would be pretty lonely.
"Nah I ain't worried." He dismissed his friend's concerns. His mom and dad are cool.
"Ya know Dean I think Seth might be right. I mean you heard what mom and dad said last time. Plus you don't think people keep mom and dad in the loop about what is going on down here?" Roman said to his brother.
Roman Reigns. Born into the Samoan Dynasty. When his mother gave birth to him in May, they were disappointed. You see there was a higher birth rate of boys being born for years. Simply, there weren't enough girls to boys. When Roman's family found out that it was a boy, they shunned him.
During a Pay-Per-View, a little raven haired boy slipped inside of the arena where the show was taking place. He was cold and hungry, and he was looking to get warm and some food. As the little boy was walking around, staying out of sight so no one saw him, he ran into a little dirty blonde haired boy. Quickly they took a liking to each other and the little dirty blonde boy took him back to a room. Together the two boys played, but that came to a quick stop when a man with long blonde hair came to see his son and a little tan boy playing. The little tan boy with long raven black hair tried to quickly run away, but the grown man was too quick and grabbed him.
"What is your name? And where did you come from?" Hunter asked the small boy.
"I i...is Roman Reigns. I fom the outside. I is sorry, pwease no hurt me. I weave." Roman quickly said. He knew he was going to be in big trouble.
"Roman Reigns. I am aware of your family. I will take you to them, okay? You don't have to be afraid. You are not in any trouble." Hunter said to the young boy.
Knocking on the locker room door of the Samoan family, a man answers "Can we help you?"
"I found this little guy all by himself. He is a Reigns. So I figured I would bring him here since you are family." Hunter said back to the Samoan.
"He has no family here. He isn't wanted here. Do what you will with him." The Samoan man said back to Hunter.
"He is your blood. How can you not care about your family?" Hunter was pissed. He has a son this boy's age. He would do anything for him. Yeah him and Steph had him when they weren't ready to have children, but they would do anything for him. He is the best thing that has happened to them.
"He is a disgrace. Should have died." The Samoan man said back to the Game, and shut the door on him and the little boy.
The little boy didn't know what to do. He was used to the hatred of his family. They beat him and hurt him. He always had to stay in a room that was always cold and dark. "I ohay. I be ohay. I pomise.'' Little Roman said to Hunter.
Hunter shook his head. No child should be treated like trash. Hunter took him back to his locker room where his wife and son are. "Hey Steph, can I talk to you for a minute?" Stephanie nodded to her husband. "Roman, I want you to sit here and play, okay?" Hunter asked the boy and he nodded. Looking over to the other boy, Hunter says "Hey bud, can you sit here and play with Roman while I go talk to mom?" The little dirty blonde boy was nodding his head and smiling at his daddy.
"Hunter what is going on? Who is that little boy?" Stephanie asked her husband.
"His name is Roman Reigns. I took him to the Samoan locker room to notify his family that he was out running around by himself. Apparently they don't want him. They say he is a disgrace to their family. Also they said that he should have died. Who says that about their own flesh and blood?" He tells Steph. Hunter can't believe that the Reigns family would treat their child like that.
"That is awful, but that doesn't surprise me. The Samoan Dynasty are very selective of their family." Stephanie has met them several times. They always scared her, even now.
"I don't know what to do with him, Steph. They clearly don't want him. They threw him outside when they must have got here tonight." Hunter said to his wife.
Looking into the room, both parents see that the two boys are having a ball playing with the toys. "Well they are the same age or close to it, and they seem to be getting along very well. I knowingly can't just abandon him after the show is over Hunter." She looked back at the two boys. She always wanted more children. They had their soon at a young age, but they have made it this far and they are at a better place than they were four years ago. "Hunter, we should take him in. We know we can take care of him, and it looks like the boys get along. What do you say? Please?" Stephanie pleaded with her husband.
Running his hands through his hair, Hunter looked back at the two boys. Steph was right, they can't just leave him. That would make them no better than his family, but were they ready to take on two four year olds? It was hard at times with their son now, but two? He knew his answer though, hell he knew his answer when he was talking to the Samoan earlier. "Yeah Steph, we will take him in. He will be our son." Stephanie threw her arms around Hunter and they shared a kiss.
From that night on, Roman Reigns was now a Hemsley and he finally got the family he always wanted.
When it came to the in-ring work, the three guys were good, but together they were great. They fed off each other, and it was like they could read each other's minds. When they were done, Dean and Roman went to their bag to put their stuff away, and Seth went over to where he was earlier.
"That was awesome in there Dean. I think that was our best yet." Roman said to his brother. The two brothers were running on a high. They had so much fun in the ring, and having the younger man with them made it that much better.
"With that, I challenge you to a match tonight big dog. Plus there are some things I want to try out, and I don't mind doing them on you." Dean said back to Roman.
"Gee thanks Dean, and here I thought you loved me. You just want to hurt me in private." Roman faked being hurt.
"Aw Rome, don't be like that. I love you and you know it." Dean said back to his brother. The two always were wrestling. They even get in the ring with their dad and uncle.
It was 1990 and Hunter was trying to become a known wrestler, but in 1990 it was hard to get into the business let alone become one of the best in the company. Hunter had been wrestling for years in what is now WWE. He caught the eye of Stephanie McMahon, daughter of the owner of the Company he works for, WWE. In the few years that they were dating, Steph became pregnant. Hunter and Steph were going to be parents.
In December of 1990, they became parents of a beautiful baby boy named Dean. It was hard making the money to provide for your family and traveling all the time, but having Dean was worth it.
Dean was the dirty blonde boy that was always backstage and getting hugged by the westlers, just like Stephanie was when she was his age. The smile on his face would light up a room and would always put a smile on his parents faces even though things for them were hard. It was all worth it to them.
As they were laughing, they saw Seth collecting his things. Being a year younger than themselves, he has a lot going on.
"Hey baby, it's time to go." Seth said. As he was collecting everything, he didn't realize that he dropped the most precious thing to the other person.
Roman was watching Seth gather everything up, and was getting ready to leave, he saw that he dropped something. "Seth, hey man you dropped this."
Seth quickly turned around when he heard Roman calling out to him. He saw the man holding something. Realizing what it was he said "Oh thank you so much. That would have been awful if I lost this." Seth said, taking the thing from the nice looking man. They were friends, but not as close as he and Dean are.
Roman was smiling at the two toned man. He wished he could just ask Seth to dinner or for a drink or something. "Hi there. I found your doll, well I hope it's yours and not your dad's?" Roman was looking at the little girl in Seth's arms. She shied away. Roman was now looking at Seth. He was confused as to why Seth was holding a little girl. No one knew what was happening.
"Um, we have to get going. Thank you Roman for picking up her doll. It's her favorite toy." Seth said to Roman. He saw the confusion on the Samoan's face. Seth just wasn't ready to give any answers. When he was ready he would tell, but right now wasn't that time. He needed to go before he was forced to say anything.
Roman watched Seth walk quickly away carrying the small little girl in his arms. 'Could Seth have a daughter?' Roman asked himself. But if he did, why have they never seen her before? Maybe it wasn't his child. He could have been watching a friend's child for the day, but the probability of that was slim. Seth didn't have many friends. He always shied away from people except himself and Dean.
Walking up to his brother, Dean clapped Roman on the shoulder "Hey, ready to hit the showers?" Dean asked his brother who just stood there looking at the door.
Both brothers grabbed their bags and were headed to get showered up when they heard "Dean I need to talk to you." Both brothers looked behind them and saw their father walking towards them.
"Hi dad, uh Roman and I are headed to get cleaned up. We will be right back." Dean said back to his dad when Hunter reached out for him.
"Dean, I will make this quick. How many times do we have to have this conversation about you needing to put the time into doing the work in the gym just as much as in the ring?" Hunter said to his son. They have this conversation once a month it seems.
"I know dad. I just don't always want to workout, but when I do I give it 100%." Dean said back to his dad. He knew the importance of working out.
"Just try to do it more please." Hunter said back to his son. He and Stephanie always said just because Dean and Roman are their sons that doesn't mean that they get a free pass or don't have to work as hard as everyone else. Dean nodded his head understanding what his father was saying. "Now go shower you two. Your mom wants to go out tonight." Hunter said to his boys. God he loves them so much. Having them was the best decision that he and Steph ever made...besides having their other three girls and getting married.
After they showered and were getting dressed, Roman asks Dean "Hey do you know if Seth has a daughter or anything?"
"Um, why do you want to know?" Dean asked back. He did know, but it wasn't his place to say anything. He promised Seth that he would never say anything.
"It's just that I saw him carrying a little girl and didn't know. I mean it makes no difference. I still like him. If he does, why doesn't he ever talk about her?" Roman asked. He knew Dean and Seth were good friends. Dean and Seth took similar paths with their wrestling career, Roman was more the shy one. He loved wrestling. Always wrestled his dad or his uncle. Never really went the indie path like his brother. Now he did a match here or there, but nothing major.
"Rome, you know I love you. You are my brother, but I can't be the one to tell you about Seth. If he wants you to know, he will tell you." Dean said back to Roman. Dean loves Roman, has since that night when they met for the first time when they were four years old. Dean also knows what Seth went through with his husband, and it wasn't good. He promised Seth two years ago that he would never tell anyone his secret, and he was going to live up to that promise.
When Seth got home, he put the little girl down for a nap. He had to figure things out. If Marek found out about the little girl, he was screwed. Seth hid her from the world just so no one would take her away from him, and now it could all back fire in his face. He didn't know what to do.