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The next morning, Kadence was woken up by someone pounding on her door. Rolling over to look at the clock, she groaned when she saw that it was only 7:30. Since her plane didn't leave until later that afternoon, she had planned on sleeping in.
"I'm coming. I'm coming." Kadence muttered as she stumbled to the door half awake.
"Here is your new travel schedule, the script for the upcoming house shows, and next Monday night, Ms. Edwards. If you could just sign here, I'll let you get back to bed." The messenger piled the papers into her arms before shoving a clipboard under her nose. A little rattled, Kadence juggled the papers in her arms so she could scrawl her signature on the sheet. After giving the messenger a weak smile, Kadence shut the door and stared, bewildered at the papers. Figuring she was already awake, she threw the papers on the bed to look at later and headed to the shower to get ready for the day.
Refreshed from her shower, Kadence grabbed her new travel schedule and looked it over. The only major change for this week was that she would be traveling with Dave. It looked like the majority of her promotional travels would start the next week. Confused on why she was traveling with the world heavy weight champion for the near future, she picked up the scripts and started leafing through them.
"Shit son!" Kadence exclaimed out loud as she realized that she would be pairing up with Dave for a feud between DX and Mickie James. She knew that this was a huge break for her and she started to feel excited.
Glancing at her watch, she noticed that she still had awhile before she had to be at the airport so she decided to go shopping. Picking up her suitcase that she had packed the night before, Kadence threw in a couple of last minute items before glancing around to make sure she hadn't left anything behind. On her way down to the lobby, Kadence placed a call to the driver that Dillon had left for her. Stopping by the front desk to check out, she ran into Mickie James.
"Hey girl! Congrats on the win last night." Mickie winked at Kadence as she finished her check out process. "You headed to the airport already?"
"Nah. I thought I would go shopping for awhile. You want to come with?" Kadence handed her key to the front desk attendant and waited for him to pull up the appropriate paperwork.
"Sure. Sounds like fun. I am always up for a shopping trip." Mickie waited for Kadence to finish her paperwork before the two girls moved towards the front door. "Do we need to call a cab?"
"No, I have a car waiting out front for us. This way we can leave our suitcases in the car." Kadence nodded towards the front were the Town car was already waiting for her.
"Sweet!" Mickie and Kadence climbed into the back of the car and started talking about different things as they headed towards the mall where they spent the morning shopping.
Several hours later Mickie and Kadence arrived at the airport. Since they would be part of the same feud, they would be traveling together so they quickly checked in and moved towards the terminal their plane would be leaving from. As they approached the terminal, they spotted Dave, Hunter, and Shawn in the back corner, closest to the boarding gate. The guys noticed them and waved them over.
While they were waiting for their plane to be called, everyone decided to play a game that allowed them to get to know each other better. Basically the game was a distorted version of truth and dare. One person would choose who they would ask the question to and that person would either have to answer the question or do a dare. Hunter decided he would be the first to ask a question.
"Shawn, which one of the divas is your favorite?"
"Hmm…" Shawn pretended to ponder the question for a long period of time before answering. "I would have to say the lovely Kadence Edwards is definitely my favorite." He winked at Kadence, who pretended to be all embarrassed. Shawn then turned to Dave, "What do you thing your chances of retaining the title are?" Shawn pretended to have a microphone which he pointed at Dave.
"I would have to say my chances are very good, especially when you consider who my competition is right now." Dave good-naturedly kidded Hunter who pretended to get up to give Dave a beat down. Dave stood up and made a 'come and get me' gesture. Everyone laughed as the guys sat back down.
"This question is for the lovely Mickie James." Mickie pretended to be flattered that Dave was asking her a question. "What do you see in Kenny anyways?" At the sound of her fiancé's name Mickie laughed.
"Well he happens to be a real man. Something you boys could only dream of." Mickie pretended to cower behind Kadence when the three guys acted like they were going to hurt her.
Mickie looked at Kadence with an evil look in her eye before asking her question. "If you could pick any one of the male superstars to date, which one would it be?"
"Well…since the only real man is already take…" Mickie laughed at that statement. "…I guess I would have to go with…" Before Kadence could finish her statement, both Shawn and Hunter started motioning for her to pick them. "…Dave Batista since he is the only gentleman."
"Damn gentlemen. They get us every time." Shawn muttered to Hunter causing everyone to laugh. The game continued with a lot of laughter and a mixture of fun natured and series questions.
Hunter had just gotten done answering a question for Shawn when he turned to Kadence. "I just realized we know absolutely nothing about your family." At his words, Kadence felt her blood drain from her face. Hoping that no one had noticed, Kadence quickly slipped on her 'society smile' waiting with dread for the question. Before Hunter could ask the question, their flight was called and Kadence felt a surge of relief.
The superstars quickly gathered up their belongings and moved towards the boarding gate. Kadence would be sitting with Dave while Mickie would be sitting Hunter and Shawn. Once they were settled into their seats Kadence closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.
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The days started to take on a certain routine. The fiver wrestlers quickly became great friends as they traveled and worked together. Dave and Kadence formed a very close and comfortable friendship, spending most of their time together, whether is was in training, hanging out before a show, or hanging with a bunch of friends.
As time went on Dave realized that he was starting to fall for the petite, blue-eyed brunette but she seemed to be oblivious to the signs. He started to wonder if someone in her past had hurt her real bad or if she was possible involved with a married man. He noticed that she never talked about her past; come to think of it she never talked about her personal life at all. He knew pretty much everything that made Kadence who she was but he had no idea who her family was or why they were never around. If anyone tried to ask her a question about her family, she would quickly change the subject. If they ever had a break from traveling, Kadence would either go to his house or Mickie James's place.
