Somebody

Chapter Three

Melia stepped in the door of Adam's house and immediately felt more relaxed. She'd felt that way even before she met Brad; Adam's was always her sanctuary.

Melia immediately went upstairs to get Cammie giving Adam and Alanah some alone time. She knew her sister-in-law had something big to tell Adam though she didn't know what it was.

She saw her little girl and felt happy. She knew she was right in bringing Cammie with her. She didn't like being without her, and suspected he sister-in-law was pregnant. She figured it would be confirmed or denied by Adam later. They were always really close.

Cammie started crying and Melia picked her up. If Adam and Alanah were having a baby then she'd need to find a place of her own, no matter what Adam might tell her. She never planned on living here forever anyway. Maybe in the fall she's start school again.

She'd only been here a couple months, so she hadn't really had to much time to think of what she'd do when things calmed down and Adam could let her out of his sight for more than twenty minutes.

She heard footsteps up the stairs. She knew whatever Alanah's surprise had been Adam had been thrilled. "You're going to be an aunt," he told his sister excitedly before taking his niece from her. "You're going to have a little cousin," he told Cammie excitedly.

Melia smiled she hadn't seen Adam this happy in a long time.

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Dave took a deep breath as he drove into his home town. He didn't particularly want to be here, but he missed his family. He could only hope that he didn't run into Angie and her new boy toy. That would ruin his break.

Dave also hoped that his parents had manage to convince Angie to let the girls stay with them a couple days. He missed his eight and five year old daughters. The last time he saw them was over Christmas. Angie rarely let him see them because his days off were usually in the middle of the week, and she complained it would disrupt their schedule. It was as annoying as hell.

When he arrived at his parents house hs mom gave him a big hug and he heard two little voices calling Daddy. He was immediately happy.

He caught up with his mother for a little while and played with the girls for a little while before they went up to their playroom.

"Dave, we need to talk," his mom said. "Angie dropped the girls off here Tuesday and we haven't heard from her since."

Dave wasn't happy. He couldn't believe that Angie would pull a stunt like this. The women he knew wouldn't leave her kids some place and not check on them for two days. She was probably off with him somewhere. "You probably want me to talk to her right?" Dave asked. He didn't know if he could deal with this but he had to try.

"Yes, please," his mother said. "I don't mind having the Gracie and Angel; I just want to know what's going on."

An hour later Dave felt a headache coming on. He'd just got off the phone with Angie, who had suddenly decided that she couldn't keep the girls for whatever reason. She couldn't even explain the reason. Dave was pissed that she kept putting up a fuss when he wanted to see the girls, but now she "couldn't" have anything to do with them. This was going to be difficult to explain.

He also had some decisions to make. If it were okay with his mom he could leave the girls here while he was on the road and come back his days off, or he could hire a tutor for the girls. Neither situation was ideal, but he couldn't think of anything else.

"What's wrong?" his sister, Anna asked.

"Angie's being a pain," Dave said. "She decided she couldn't take care of the girls so now I'm not sure what to do."

"It's only a couple months till schools out for the summer," Anna said.

Dave decided he would ask his mom to take the girls until the end of the school year and decide from there. He would take them over spring break. This was definitely going to be crazy. Now he had some major explaining to do. This wasn't going to be easy.

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The next few days were like heaven for Melia. She was as happy as she had been in a long time. She'd missed Adam and Jay so much since they moved. It was just like the old times but now she had Alanah and Denise on her side most of the time.

When she was back on the road she saw various superstars and their children. That's when she had a brilliant idea, or at least she hoped. She found Adam's locker room, baby proofed the room, and took out a few of Cammie's toys before starting to work.

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Dave felt bad that he had to leave Gracie and Angel with his mom, but he really didn't have a choice. Thursday he was going to keep them for a week and a half because of Spring Break. He honestly couldn't wait.

He was running late, as his flight had been delayed. He turned the corner and stopped right before bumping into someone. The woman looked familiar, but she was holding a baby.

"We've got to stop meeting this way though I appreciate not being bumped into this time," Melia smiled. She wondered if this was planned or some twisted trick of fate. She wasn't sure what it was trying to tell her but it was obviously something important.

Dave could help but look at the baby, she was so cute. "Yeah, maybe we could grab a bite after the show?" Dave asked. He wasn't sure what possessed him to ask her but he couldn't take the words back now.

"I'm sorry I don't have a babysitter tonight. Maybe tomorrow we could grab something at the arena," Melia said. She didn't know why she was doing this. It wasn't typical of her.

"Sounds great," he said. He smiled and said bye before heading for the Evolution locker room.

"What in the hell did I just do?" Dave asked himself walking into the locker room.

"I don't think talking to yourself is a good thing," Paul said, "but what did you do?"

"I literally ran into a girl twice before the break, and I almost ran into her today, so I asked her if she wanted to grab some food, she said she couldn't tonight but she could get food in catering tomorrow," Dave quickly explained.

"And who is this girl?" Paul asked.

"Melia," Dave said remembering the name she had given several days ago.

Paul heard the name and remembered it. Copeland had a sister by the name, but he hadn't seen her in years. "Dude be careful. I think the girl you're talking about is Melia Copeland. If she's here than Copeland and Reso are watching her like hawks. They're probably insanely protective of her."

"We're catching a bite at the arena. There's nothing strange about that. We barely even know each other," Dave said. He knew what Paul told him would complicate things.

"Make sure she's not more trouble than she's worth," Paul advised.

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Melia wondered how she was going to do this. She would have asked Trish to watch Cammie, but she was almost positive Brad was looking for her, and didn't want to put Trish in the middle of that.

"Adam, someone asked me to grab some food at the arena tomorrow, so will you watch Cammie for me? It will only be a little bit," Melia said.

"Who are you getting food with?" Adam asked. He didn't like this much.

"Dave," Melia said quickly hoping that Adam wouldn't ask questions.

"Are we talking about Dave Batista or some random production guy Dave," Adam demanded.

"Depends if that will effect your answer," Melia said knowing it gave the answer away.

"Lia, trust me the man isn't exactly friendly. He doesn't talk to anyone except his Evolution cronies," Adam told her.

"He's been a gentleman to me. He apologized to me for not watching were I was going not once but three times. He amazingly stopped himself form running into me when I was holding Cammie earlier."

"You've been around him for what a total of ten minutes, and your telling me he's a nice guy," Adam said.

"Adam we'll be in the arena. If something bad happens, which it won't, someone will be able to find one of you or your goon friends. Hell one if not all of you will probably be close enough to hear," Melia told her brother. "If you don't want to watch her I'll be happy to ask Jay or bring her with me."

"Melia I'm only trying to look out for you," Adam said. He'd seen her heal so much the last few months to watch her get her heart ripped out again.

"I know Adam but you won't be able to protect me forever. I'm a big girl Adam," Melia reminded him.

"He's thirty two years old," Adam protested. "He was married, I'm hoping he's not still since you seem to like him so much, and he has two daughters."

"I'm not looking for the Brady Bunch; I just want to grab a bite in a public place with an attractive man. It's the first step in regaining control of my life," Melia said putting extra emphasis on the last two words.

"Fine, but I swear to God if he puts a toe out of line I will kick his ass faster than he can blink," Adam relented. For her to protest so much this had to be important to her.

"Good. Thank you. I love you," she said hugging him. She then went through the door that was again adjoining their room. She mate a not the change that the next few weeks. She had some big things planned for the next day.

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