Stay [a Roman Reigns story]

11 Girlfriend

"Oh my gosh. I'm so damn nervous." I said as I wiped my sweaty hands on my pants.

"You have no reason to be. I mean, they're not going to bite you. Besides, I'm with you." replied Roman as he took his bag out of the trunk.

"I just hope I don't blab. Oh... don't forget to take off your ring." I said quickly. The words were hard to understand.

"Okay, okay. Take it easy." Roman said with a grin as he took off his ring and put it in his pocket. Somehow he found the whole thing very amusing. He was the complete opposite of me with this.

"Hey Roman! Good to see you. Oh who is that?" I suddenly heard a rather high-pitched male voice ask as it came closer.

I tried to take a deep breath to calm myself down, but I didn't succeed. It wasn't until Roman took my hand and squeezed it lightly that I noticed his slightly worried expression.

"Calm down, baby girl." he whispered to me before placing a kiss on my forehead.

"Hi Seth. How is it going? Let me introduce you. This is my girlfriend DJ. DJ, this is Seth. I mentioned him before." Roman then said to the other man, who was now standing in front of us, grinning broadly.

"Oh your girlfriend? I didn't know you had a new girlfriend. It's nice to meet you, DJ!" Seth immediately babbled and held out his hand to me.

"It's nice to meet you too, Seth," I replied as I shook his hand. I was glad that my voice sounded relatively normal.

"I didn't know I had to tell you everything about my personal life. Come with me, baby girl. I'll show you around," Roman said with a laugh before we headed inside.

"See? That wasn't so bad," Roman said to me after a while when I had met a few more of his friends and colleagues.

But for me it was a bit scary. Specifically because of the women. They were all gorgeous and athletic and just perfect. And although they were all friendly to me, I had the feeling that they were talking behind our backs. Maybe I was just getting paranoid.

What I was very sure of, however, was that Roman's cousins Jey and Jimmy didn't buy his girlfriend story. They were watching us very closely. After everything Roman had told me, they knew each other inside and out. I don't think it was possible to mislead them that easily. Their looks alone made it clear that they were a bit suspicious.

During the whole time we spent with them, they interrogated us and smirked knowingly. Fortunately, I had a secret weapon. I simply pretended not to understand them. I knew it wasn't super nice, but it bought me some time to answer their questions. They didn't need to know that I understood them perfectly.

Thank goodness the asking got better as time went on and it was really fun to be there. I had such fun with Roman. It was good to forget my worries for a while. Even when we were filling out the application to adjust my status, I didn't lose my good mood. I owed that mostly to the great man by my side. Whenever I got a little insecure, he seemed to sense it and was immediately by my side.

I especially enjoyed it when he put his arm around my waist to pull me closer to him. In these moments it was almost as if we were a normal couple. That did not skip so many steps.

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"Have you gotten an email from the authorities yet? It's strange that it's taking so long. I thought we would hear from them sooner because they might want some documentation or evidence," I said as I sat in the car next to Roman who was driving us to his house after a long week.

"No, not yet. I hope that's not a bad sign, but I also expected them to call for a visit or send us an appointment for a hearing or something. But not hearing from them makes me a little uneasy now. We have to wait and see. What do you say we go to the movies tonight to distract ourselves a little?" Roman replied.

"I'd like a date with my husband," I said smiling as I looked at him.

But that smile froze on my face as Roman pulled into the driveway. For we were already expected. It was Summer and her face left no doubt that she was pissed as hell.