A Trip Down Memory Lane (AJ and Ellie)

She walked around, careful with her steps since everything was pretty much everywhere.

"Yeah, I was definitely wrong." she said with a small chuckle.

He showed her where he slept with his two older brothers and walked with her through the small hallways. "Well...casa de Jones." he chuckled.

She didn't exactly know how to react, so she kept walking and looking around.

"So what was this back room?" she asked.

He took her to the back room. "We never even used this room...it was too cold so we never went in there...we didn't have any central heat or air so we never went in there." he explained. It felt weird being there again.

"Oh." she nodded.

"Well that had to be horrible."

He shrugged. "It wasn't terrible as a kid...but my dad...before my mom got remarried." he said softly, picking up some broken wood and fumbling with it.

"What about him?" she asked as she turned to look at him.

"He had some problems with alcohal..." he said softly. "And...sometimes we might get in his way..." he explained.

She put the pieces together and nodded, not sure what to say.

"I'm sorry." she said softly.

He smiled. "It's okay...I'm a better person after what I went through." he said smiling. "I wouldn't be who I am if I didn't go through it..."

"Well that's a positive way of thinking about it." she said as she smiled back.

He nodded. "I love you Ellie..." he said, pulling her close and holding her lovingly.

"Oh, well I love you too." she chuckled.

He chuckled. "So I went to high school...sucked on the wrestling team...and then went to college, met a few friends who went to a wrestling school, got involved and here we are." he laughed.

"Now you're all phenomenal." she giggled a little.

He laughed with her. "That's right, I am." he grinned.

She smiled back and hugged him.

"And I know you'll be a great father. The best in the whole entire world."

"Thanks Ellie..." he said, kissing her. "Ready to get out of here?"

She kissed him back and nodded.

"Don't thank me, I'm just stating the truth." she shrugged.

"Oh well I'm ready if you are."

He smiled. "Yeah, let's go...this is only the second time I've been back since my DVD..." he told her as he made sure to help her down the steps since they were old and she could fall.

"Which I need to watch now, since I have yet to watch it." she said as she made it down the steps safely.

"I think I've got my DVDs somewhere in the house." he scratched the back of his head.

"I'll look for it later, once I move all my stuff out of the way."

He nodded as they got back to his car. "Hard to picture that I was small enough to fit inside there, huh?" he chuckled.

"Yeah, it is hard to imagine you so small." she chuckled.