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Chapter 14 : Reconciliation
Once April and John arrived back at the hotel, April immediately called Dave and asked him what room he was in. While April and John were at the arena, Dave had taken Natalee into his care. John and April parted ways as she stayed in the elevators to go up a few more levels from her own room. She walked down the hallway looking for the room number. When she located it she knocked and smiled when Dave answered after a few seconds.
"Hey." He said as he let her walk in. "She is passed out."
"I can see that." April said as she walked over to Nat and smiled at the scene before her. She always looked so peaceful when she was sleeping.
"She's beautiful isn't she?" Dave asked softly as he creeped up on April. She barely managed a nod and turned around. "She takes after her mother." He added eyeing her. Aprils face clouded over with confusion.
"What's gotten into you Dave?" She asked as she led him out onto the balcony so they wouldn't wake up Natalee.
"What are you talking about?" He asked as he leaned on the railing, arms crossed over his chest, legs crossed at ankles. He looked absolutely scrumptious, April thought, she shook her head and got her thoughts straightened out, trying to remember what she was going to say.
"Today, at lunch. You said something about you and Kelly fighting over me. And that's the third time you said I was beautiful. What's going on?" April said getting to the point, sitting on one of the patio chairs that was on the balcony. Dave sighed heavily and sat down on the chair opposite her, with just a small table between them.
"Kelly is just acting weird. She's mad at me." He said simply not wanted to go into further explanation, April definitely wasn't going to let him get away with this.
"That's all nice and sweet but what does this have to do with me?" She asked confused. He let out another deep breath before continuing.
"She still thinks I'm in love with you." He said looking at his fidgeting hands. As April absorbed this information, he focused his eyes back on hers. She started busting out laughing. Her eyes grew wide and she covered her mouth, hoping to muffle the sound so Natalee didn't wake up. After a minute or two, she noticed that Dave still wore the same expression and her laughter suddenly ceased.
"Well, what did you tell her?" She asked trying to be somewhat supportive.
"The truth." He stated.
"Which is?" She asked curiously.
"That of course I am. I could never stop loving you, you were my first love." He said as if it was normal. April's eyes bugged out of her eye sockets.
"Come again?" She said leaning forward.
"I couldn't lie to her." He said putting his hands in the air. Suddenly April was overwhelmed with anger.
"This isn't fair Dave!" She screamed, momentarily forgetting about her sleeping daughter in the room. "You dumped me. You said you weren't in love with me. So you were either lying to me or your lying to Kelly!" She boomed. Dave stood up trying to calm her down. "No! I dealt with the fact that you didn't love me and that you were in love with someone else, that's why I let you out so easily. I didn't want to be with someone that didn't want to be with me. I still haven't dated anyone since you broke up with me cause I'm still not over you. But I cannot believe you lied to me!" She said loud and clear.
"I thought I was in love with someone else. I thought I have been in love with every girl I have dated since you. But in the end, I just end up comparing them to you!" He said just as loudly. "And every time I see you, my heart beats so fast I think its going to beat right out of my chest. I'm sorry if it hurt you, and I know it did so don't try to play it off. I just want you to know I'm sorry. About everything." He said starting out loudly, then slowly working his way down to barely a whisper. He slowly walked back into the room, crossing the short distance to the door. He didn't quite make it outside the door though, cause April was right on his heels. She reached out her arm and grabbed his elbow.
"Wait." She said quietly. He stared at the door for a while before finally turning around. "I forgive you. I forgave you a long time ago."
"Thank you." He said. April nodded and led them back outside, sneaking a glance at Natalee, surprised to see the little one still asleep. Once they were settled outside, April lifted her legs and crossed her feet at the ankles, on top of the railing.
"So how did Kelly find out?" She asking in a soft voice.
"Hell if I know?" He said with a shrug. "One day she just came up to me and told me that if I didn't stop then she was going to leave. I said there was absolutely no way I could avoid you so she suggested to stop taking Natalee in. That's when I broke up with her. Not only was I with a women whom I cared for for about as much as I cared about the gum on my shoes, said women was telling me that I couldn't see my child anymore because of her own insecurities." He said in a surprisingly even voice. They sat in silence for a while.
"I'm sorry Dave. You'll find someone better." She said patting his hand with her own. When she tried to bring it back to set on her lap, she found that he had turned his hand around and was now holding it. She looked into his eyes with confusion.
"I want you back Ape." He said dead serious.
"No you don't." She said shaking her head and removed her hand from his with great difficulty before standing up.
"Come on Ape, don't you ever wonder what it would be like to just pick up where we left off?" He asked standing up with her.
"Of course. Each and every single day in my life. That doesn't mean we can." She said not believing she was having this conversation with him. She moved a shaky hand through her hair trying to relieve this stress.
"Sure we can." He said taking her hands in his and moved her closer to him. She just continued shaking her head.
"Dave you cant do this to me. I finally thought we were going to be okay as friends and co parents." She said shakily.
"Don't you want Natalee's parents to be in love and happy together?" He asked pressing them tighter together.
"That's your fault." She said coldly. Dave let it slide.
"I know you still love me and I obviously love you. Why cant we just give it a try. We've got nothing to lose." He said trying to reason with her.
"Dave we can't." She said and nearly lost her breath when Dave's mouth made contact with her neck.
"Why not?" He asked, immediately finding that sweet spot on her neck that made her go crazy.
"It...It'll confuse Nat." She said already feeling herself giving in.
"No it wont." He said, working his way from her neck, up her jaw and finally reaching its destination. April couldn't help but moan as his mouth worked hers. She got chills when she felt the familiar feeling of his mouth on hers, his tongue battling with hers and his hands groping her body. He finally released the lip lock. "We have to."
She nodded dumbly, staring at his lips, just wanting him to kiss her again.
"So would you like to go out with me tomorrow?" He asked.
"Huh? Oh…uh…I cant. I kinda already have a date." She said avoiding eye contact.
"What?" He asked shocked. "With who?"
"Andrew Martin." She said quietly.
"Cant you cancel?" He asked desperately.
"Dave. That would be rude. I'll just let him know at the end of the date that he's not really my type." She said.
"Alright." He said defeated.
"We have to take this dating thing slow. We cannot just pick up where we left off." April said making sure he understood this.
"Absolutely." He said as he pulled her back inside.
"Well, I better get back to my room." She said kissing Natalee on the forehead. "Is it okay if Natalee stays here? I don't want her to wake up."
"Sure thing. You should stay too." He said wrapping his arms around her, waggling his eyebrows suggestively.
"I don't think so Slugger. We're taking it slow. Remember?" She said with a laugh.
"Oh, really? It must have slipped my mind." He said, walking her to the door. "I'd walk you to your room but I don't want to leave the little one alone. And I think it's a good idea if we don't tell anyone we're back together until after your date." He said. "That is of course, unless you have changed you mind about this date."
"Dave. I'm going. I'll call you in the morning." She said kissing his cheek and let it linger.
"Bye" He said as he watched her walk down the hall. He smiled happily after he closed the door. He walked over to the bed and climbed in, stroking Nat's hair. He was so glad to be back with his favorite girls.
A/N: OMG! someone shoot me. i suck at updating. finally, today i sat myself down and was like you have to write this chapter or your never going to. hope you liked it. reviews please!!!!