Ch 13

The next morning Kane, John, Melissa, and Trish headed to the airport to catch their flight to the next show in Florida. Melissa noticed the way her brother kept a tight hold on Trish when they arrived at the airport. Kane felt his sister's stare giving her a nod that everything was ok. She winked at him sitting down next to John.

"You ok?" John asked wrapping his arm around her.

"I can feel Kane is agitated. He is worried. Do you think he found out Trish was talking to Dave?"

"Sweetheart, he knows and he is dealing with it. I had a talk with him yesterday about Trish while you were napping," John said taking her by surprise.

"You and Kane had a talk that's wonderful news," she smiled realizing Kane was starting to trust John.

"Yes, it is. I think your brothers finally have accepted I'm not going anywhere that I love you and we will be married," John held her tighter kissing her softly.

"I love you big boy," she whispered against his lips cuddling against him. Her eyes wandered again to Kane and Trish snuggled up across from them. Kane had his eyes closed leaning back while Trish rested her head against his chest. Trish looked up meeting Melissa's eyes. Melissa saw the worry and nervousness in Trish's eyes. Melissa softly sighed closing her eyes hoping Trish wasn't going to tear Kane's heart out.

After arriving in Florida, they headed to the hotel and checked in before all sharing a car to the Pensacola arena for the house show. Trish said her goodbyes giving Kane a long kiss promising to meet up with him after the show. Kane watched her go feeling an uneasy feeling gnawing at his gut.

"You want to talk about it?" Melissa asked touching Kane's arm.

"I wonder if the good times are over maybe Trish will go running back to Dave once she sees him again," he softly said looking at his sister.

"You shouldn't think like that."

"I offered to give her time to figure out if she wanted me or Dave," Kane said as his eyes filled with worry.

"And?" Melissa asked.

"She said she doesn't need time. She knows she wants to be with me."

"Do you believe her?" John chimed in.

"Ummm…," Kane looked away from them then at the floor.

"Kane, it's going to take awhile to learn to trust one another completely. Give her the chance to deal with Dave the right way if she doesn't then start worrying," Melissa said as John nodded in agreement.

"I'm fighting the urges to follow her around to see if she is calling or talking to him," Kane said feeling embarrassed.

"Melissa and I can keep an eye on her if you like," John volunteered squeezing Melissa's hand.

"I would appreciate. If she catches me I'll have so much explaining to do. Maybe I'm just being paranoid," Kane ran a hand over his face.

"You have reasons to worry. We both understand. Try to relax. I'll let you know if we see or hear anything," Melissa wrapped her arms around his waist giving him a hug and kiss on the cheek.

"Everything will be cool," John patted Kane's shoulder. He took Melissa's hand leading her down the hall leaving Kane alone. Kane stood for a few minutes just staring into space wishing he could trust Trish completely.

Trish entered the women's locker room right away her eyes were drawn to the huge vase of red roses sitting in her locker. She slowly approached them frowning as she opened the card seeing they were from Dave.

"I love you endlessly. Please meet me tonight after the show at my locker room. I have a surprise for you," Trish read the card out loud letting out a sigh. "I have a surprise for you too. She picked up the roses throwing them in the trash. She sat down on the bench feeling her stomach tighten up with nerves. "I don't want to face him again but I have to tell him it's over." Her cell phone started to ring and she didn't even look just answered.

"Hey baby, did you like the flowers? Are you going to meet me tonight?" Dave asked making Trish tense even more.

"Yeah, I'll meet you," she reluctantly agreed.

"Good but I have to change plans slightly. I'll meet you at the hotel after the show, okay?"

"Um, can't we just talk here," she twisted her hair nervously.

"Sorry darling, I won't be at the show long. I have to take care of something then I'm heading straight to the hotel. Are you afraid to meet me?" Dave sounded surprised.

"No, of course not. I'll see you after the show. I have to get ready. Bye," she hung up throwing the phone across the room. "Why can't you make this simple Dave? I should tell Kane what's going on," she was about to go pick up her phone when she stopped staring into space for a few moments. "Maybe its better I handle Dave then I'll just fill Kane in," she retrieved her phone dialing Kane's number. She was surprised when he didn't answer. "Hi Kane, its Trish. I'll meet you at the hotel later after I take care of things. Bye," she hung up wondering why Kane didn't answer. She shrugged it off deciding to go get a bite to eat. She was walking down the hall when Melina came running in her direction.

"Have you seen what Dave did for you?" Melina asked with a big smile.

"What do you mean the flowers in the locker room?" Trish asked as Melina shook her head no.

"The flowers are icing on the cake. Wait till you see this. I wish I had a man like Dave in my life," Melina said pulling Trish excitedly down towards catering. Trish's eyes grew wide when she saw what Dave had done.

Kane finished his push up hearing his cell phone ring. He toweled off looking at the phone seeing he had missed a call from Trish. He smiled deciding to go pay her a visit before the show started. He went to her locker room finding it empty. He heard voices coming from down the hall so he followed them.

"This is some spread. You must have done something to make Batista very happy," Hunter's voice filled the air.

"Umm I guess, go ahead and help yourselves. I could never eat all of this myself," Trish's voice followed. Kane rounded the corner stunned by what he saw. Dave had set up a whole table just for Trish with the foods she liked including her most favorite a chocolate fountain with strawberries and bananas to dip. The table was surrounded by vases of different color roses. Kane's eyes went to Trish seeing the happy surprised smile on her face as Melina and Hunter made a bid deal over it.

"You sure you don't mind?" Melina asked.

"Of course not," Trish was taking it all in seeing how much time and care Dave had taken in setting this up for her.

"You don't have to tell me twice," Hunter grabbed a strawberry dipping it in the chocolate. "I think Dave left you a card," Hunter pointed to a note dangling from the basket filled with raisin bagels.

"Thanks," Trish grabbed it open it up. "I hope you like your snack and there will be more sweets and a big surprise for the sweetest girl I know tonight," Trish silently read the card feeling a mix of emotions. She looked from the card to the table wishing Dave would have never done anything like that for her. She knew it was just another of his ploys to get her back and she wasn't goign to fall for it.

Kane ducked back around the corner watching her every reaction wishing he could read her mind at that moment.

"What are you doing?" Melissa poked him on the back making him jump.

"Shh, she'll see me," Kane gently pushed his sister against the wall.

"What's going on?"

"Take a peek and see for yourself," Kane moved out of her way letting her look around the corner.

"Oh my, Dave is trying to win her over big time," Melissa whispered. "Are you worried?"

"I don't know. If another guy did that for you, would he win you away from John?"

"No way, I love him too much to get lured away like that," Melissa peeked around again to see what Trish was doing. She didn't like the smile she saw on Trish's face.

"Who is luring you?" John's worried voice came from behind them.

"Keep your voice down," Kane motioned for him to be quiet.

"Why are we being quiet and who is after my girl?" John asked giving Melissa a puzzled look.

"We weren't talking about Melissa. Dave is after my girl and we don't want Trish to know we are here," Kane filled him in.

"Come take a look," Melissa motioned for John to come near her. He peered around the corner.

"Wow, talk about raising the stakes. Dave is playing hard ball," John said eyeing the table filled with all sorts of food and drinks.

"What the hell do I do now?" Kane asked rubbing his face in frustration.

"Lavish surprises like that are not your style. If Trish falls for that nonsense she is an idiot. He is only trying to win her back to be his mistress again and nothing more," Melissa spoke up as John nodded in agreement.

"Call her and see if she'll tell you about his surprise," John was curious if Trish would fess up or keep it to herself.

"She didn't when I called earlier that's why I came looking for her," Kane pulled out his phone.

"Try again," John kept his eye on Trish while Kane dialed her number. Trish jumped slightly when her cell rung she looked at the number seeing it was Kane. She stepped away from everyone else answering it.

"Hey big guy," she said.

"Hi Trish, what are you up to?" Kane asked moving near John to watch her. He tensed when he saw her start to pace and look at the table with a worried nervous expression.

"I'm having a snack before the show. What about you?"

"I'm about to finish my work out. Have you heard from Dave? Has he pulled any surprises?" his question made Trish stop in her tracks as she stared at Dave's surprise.

"He left flowers in my locker room. I threw them out," she bit her lip twirling her hair nervously.

"Anything else?" he asked hoping she would tell him the truth.

"Nope that's all," she lied figuring Kane wouldn't find out about her surprise snacks and she didn't want him to get more upset with Dave's surprises.

"Sorry I gotta run," Kane hung up staring at Trish in disbelief that she had lied. "She lied to me again. I can't believe this bullshit. What does she think I'm a fool? She should know that if Hunter saw that surprise the whole damn locker room is going to hear about it. I guess she thought I'm a loner no one will tell me. I have to get out of here before I do something I regret," he stormed off fighting the rage building inside of him to confront her about her lies.

"I can't believe this. I'm going to …," Melissa was cut off by John picking her up and covering her mouth.

"You need to stay out of it," he carried her back to his locker room keeping a tight hold on her as she squirmed. He uncovered her mouth holding onto her tightly.

"John, why did you stop me? I was the first one who said to give her the benefit of the doubt but now she is lying again. She really is a lying whore!" she exclaimed staring at him.

"You need to let Kane handle this. All you need to do is support him. You will make it worse calling Trish out about her lies. Kane will deal with her games. He has to be the one to confront her not me, you or Mark," John calmly spoke gently putting her down. Melissa kept staring at him like she wanted to argue but she didn't say a word. "Baby you know I'm right."

"I hate when you're right," she deeply sighed. "Should we go find Kane?"

"No, he said he needs time. I want you to chill out and give Mark a call. I have a feeling this situation is about to explode and we might need him around," John wrapped her in his arms as she nodded in agreement making the call to Mark.