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When Dave reached the locker room, he was surprised that Kadence hadn't followed him. He decided she must have gone to find Dillon, which upset him even more. Determined to not be there when they arrived, he slammed his things into his bag and stormed out of the locker room, heading towards the parking lot to wait for everyone else. Since the SUV was locked, Dave sat down on the curb next to it. While he was waiting, he noticed a white limo pull up and stop in front of the arena. Dillon climbed out of the limo and before long Kadence came out of the building. He was to far away to hear what they were saying but he watched as Dillon bowed to Kadence and she curtseyed back. Seething with jealousy he watched as Kadence climbed into the limo and then followed the limo with his eyes until it was out of sight. Twenty minutes later, Hunter, Shawn and Mickie came out of the building and they all headed back to the hotel.
When they arrived at the hotel, Dave once again saw the white limo as it pulled away from the hotel. Hoping that Dillon had just dropped off Kadence, he climbed out of the SUV, thanked Shawn for driving, and headed for his room. Once there, he found the note from Kadence letting him know she had gone out with Dillon. Furious, he crumpled the note and threw it across the room. Deciding he didn't want to be alone in his room that night, he showered and changed before heading back down to the lobby. When he arrived, he spotted a group of wrestlers and went to join them.
"Dave, what's up buddy?" Matt greeted him. "Where's your other half?
"Where's everyone going?" Dave neatly sidestepped the question about where Kadence was.
"I think we're going to hit one of the dance clubs downtown." Jeff said coming to stand next to his brother. "Are you coming with us?"
"Yeah, I think I will. I need to get out of the hotel and since we have tomorrow off I figured I would see what everyone else was up to." Dave continued to make small talk with the Hardy brothers while they waited for a few more people to show up. Soon they made their way downtown, where they proceeded to move from club to club, finally finding one that everyone liked.
Even though Dave liked the music and enjoyed the company of everyone he was with, he couldn't shake the depressed feeling that had been with him since he found Kadence's note. Deciding to call it a night, he headed back to the hotel after only being at the club for half an hour.
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Dillon took Kadence out for a late supper at a small Indian restaurant. After eating, they decided to head downtown to check out the dance clubs. As they pulled up to the curb, the limo was immediately surrounded by photographer. Knowing that there was no way they would be able to get out of the limo and into the club without someone getting a picture of them, they decided to rethink their plans.
"Do you want to go back to the hotel and just watch movies?" Kadence turned to face Dillon.
"Sure. Sara won't watch horror movies with me, so I'm way behind on them."
"Awesome! I haven't had a good horror movie marathon in a long time."
Dillon instructed the driver to go to the nearest rental store. On the way, they compiled a list of favorite horror movies and new ones they wanted to watch. Dillon went and rented the movies, while the driver took Kadence to a grocery store to pick up junk food for them to snack one.
When they reached the hotel, they struggled to carry everything up to Kadence's room. "I don't understand why you won't let me use the elevator. I like the way I look." Dillon whined as he tried to keep from dropping everything in his arms. Kadence laughed as she struggled to get her key out of her pocket. Finally they successfully got everything into the room. While Dillon worked on setting up the DVD player, Kadence ran down the hall to get ice for their drinks. As she headed back to her room, she spotted Dave going into his room. Smiling, she hurried towards his room to see if he wanted to watch movies with her and Dillon.
"What are you doing here?" Dave was surprised to see Kadence on the other side of the door. "I thought you and Dillon were going out."
"We did." Kadence shrugged. "There were too many photographers and it would be very bad for Dillon if we had our picture taken together."
"And why is that? Afraid his wife might see them?" Dave knew he was being snide but he really didn't care. He was sick of seeing Kadence run around with another man.
"Actually his wife wouldn't care. She would probably be thrilled to see us together. We're more worried about his father seeing the picture." Kadence moved into Dave's room so that their conversation wouldn't be overheard. Dave let the door swing shut behind her and stood with his arms crossed. "I know you think that I'm having an affair with Dillon but you have to believe me when I tell you I'm not." Kadence shuddered at the though of having an affair with her brother. "I wish I could explain everything to you but I can't right now and I hope that you can respect that."
"I wish you would tell me everything. I want to be able to help you but I will respect your wishes. Just promise me that if you are able to ever talk about it, you will come to me first."
"I will." Kadence said softly. "So are we okay now?"
"Yeah." Dave smiled sheepishly. "Sorry for always overreacting."
"I'll forgive you on one condition." Dave looked questioningly at her. "You'll come watch movies with Dillon and me. We're having a horror movie marathon and I need someone to protect me."
"Dillon won't protect you?"
"Hell no! He's the one I'm going to need to be protected against. He likes to try and scare me during the movies, and trust me, it isn't hard to do."
"Since it's to save you from being scared, I suppose I can come rescue you." Dave acted like it was a huge burden to help her out, causing Kadence to laugh and swat at her arm. She took his hand and led him through the connecting door.
"Look who I found." Kadence said as they stepped into her room. "Now you can't scare me." She looked smugly at Dillon, who rolled his eyes at her before asking which movie they wanted to watch first. Kadence set the ice down before picking up the movies and looking through them.
"Seriously Dillon? Kadence held up Halloween. "I can't believe you want to watch this movie. You must have seen it hundreds of times.
"Come on Kady, it's a classic." Kadence made a face at her brother before showing the title to Dave. Dave started laughing as he recognized the title.
"Just for that, we're going to watch this movie first." Dillon grabbed the movie from Kadence's hand and stuck it into the DVD player. Kadence sat on the bed and motioned for Dave to join her.
"You can't sit with us. I don't want you trying to scare me." Kadence told her brother. Dillon rolled his eyes at her before shutting off the movies and moving to sit in the chair facing the TV.
After they finished watching Halloween, they decided to watch Dead Silence, which none of them had seen yet.
"Just so you know I'm a little jumpy when it comes to horror movies I haven't seen yet." Kadence leaned over and whispered to Dave. "I'm apologizing in advance for any bruises or nail marks I may leave on you." Dave smiled down at her, knowing that he wouldn't mind at all.
Not very far into the movie, Dave felt Kadence's hand grip his. Smiling to himself, he looked down at her. She was completely fixated on the TV. As the movie progressed, Dave noticed Kadence move closer to him. He gently pulled his hand from her grasp so he could slip his arm around her. She quickly moved so that his arm was wrapped around her, clutching his hand with hers. Several times throughout the movie, Kadence hid her head in his chest.
Halfway through the third movie, Dave noticed that Kadence had drifted off the sleep. When the movie ended he motioned for Dillon to be quiet. He tucked her into bed before they snuck out of her room.
"You're in love with her, aren't you?" Dillon asked as soon as they were in the hallway.
Dave regarded Dillon carefully before answering. "Yes, but she has no idea."
"She probably doesn't. She used to be so good at reading people but after what happened with Chr…" Dillon paused. "Well, let's just say she doesn't trust her instincts anymore. Don't give up on her though. I think you would be good for her and she does care for you. She just doesn't realize how much yet." Dillon smiled at Dave before turning to leave. "Oh and just so you know, Kadence and I aren't involved the way everyone thinks we are." Dillon shot over his shoulder before disappearing into the stairwell.
