Jamie

After I put Eli to bed Dave called back and apart from him constantly drifting off into a dream world we managed to have a decent conversation. It was only when we were getting ready to say goodbye that I remembered he had yet to mention the envelope.

"Did you open the envelope?"

"Oh crap I forgot. Hang on," he replied and I heard him rustling around.

"Ah found it, sorry I put it away to keep the girl's from opening it. Let me open it now," I listened as he opened the envelope and began to read out loud.

"Please don't read it aloud I know what it says. I was the one who wrote it." And I could remember word for word what it said;

'David, you came into our lives like a whirl wind. My son is completely and utterly smitten with you and in turn you treat him like your own. I wake up wishing that he was. You are a better father to my son than I could have ever imagined. Thank you. I wanted to run and you chased after me. Thank you.

You're reading this on Christmas day. I haven't seen you in a week. The thought absolutely petrifies me. When we meet again things will be different. I have to face the ultimate judge – your three children. Listen to them for a change. You and I haven't been together long but they will be your daughters for the rest of their lives. They were right about Angie and hopefully they'll like me but if not go with them. I'll move on so will Eli. Anyway nothing is forever.

Having said that I hope your girl's like me as much as Eli likes you. I don't know what I want in this relationship but I know that I want your daughters' approval and that I want to trust you more than anything. You spend your days trying to prove to me that you are not Conner and that means more to me than you'll ever know. Thank you.

Merry Christmas and I'll see you in the New Year.

Jamie'

"Jamie…" Dave started but I stopped him,

"No don't respond. I don't want to hear it. There are too many lies that can come out of your mouth."

"When will you trust me?" He finally sighed.

"I don't know… Soon I hope." I replied before changing the topic.

The time after Christmas seemed to fly by a lot faster than the week leading up to it. Soon Eli and I were on a plane to San Diego for the first show of the New Year. As promised I'd bought Eli's scooter and water gun with us. We'd barely gotten to the arena and Eli was already racing around spraying everybody he saw. It took all my energy to stop him getting water near the cables. Suddenly he jumped off his scooter and handed me the water pack before bolting towards four figures at the end of the hallway. As Eli got close Dave picked him up throwing him in the air before giving him a hug. The two really did look like father and son.

When the five of them finally reached me Dave stepped forward placing his hand on the back of his neck and pulling me into a kiss.

"I missed you," he whispered against my lips. Before I could respond one of his girl's not so subtlety cleared her throat.

"And now for the grand introductions," Dave announced pulling away just enough to see his children. "Jamie I would like you to meet my three darling daughters from oldest to youngest we have; 18 year old Rachel, 14 year old Hailey and my baby girl,12 year old Mel." Dave grinned proudly as he introduced each girl. "Girls I would like you to meet my girlfriend Jamie and her 3 year old son Eli."

"Hi" they all muttered not sounding all that sure of themselves. However I did notice Mel take an immediate interest in Eli.

"Hey girl's nice to meet you."

"Dad says you're only 28," Rachel glared at me. Dave was right when he said that they weren't too happy with the age difference.

"That's right."

"That's like TWELVE years younger than dad."

"Actually its only 9 closer to 10 since his birthday's coming up"

"Hi Eli, can I have a cuddle?" I heard Mel ask quietly. Eli looked between Dave and I before asking Dave to put him down and giving the young girl a cuddle. It was an interesting scene to witness. After their cuddle the two began to play a silly little game. Mel was just like her father.

"How come you're so young?"

"I don't know? Because my parents had two other children before me," I shrugged amazed at the stupidity of the question. Hailey was still to speak and was staying close to her father.

"Look you girls are Dave's kids and I respect that. I know that if you don't like me I will no longer be involved with your father. But I'd like you to at least give me a chance to show that I'm not some two headed monster even though I am 9 whole years younger than your dad." Rachel and Hailey looked me up and down and shrugged. They had no response and Mel was too busy playing with Eli to even hear my comments.

"Come on lets head to my locker room and we can get settled. I have to film a promo soon." Dave said grabbing my hand and heading towards his locker room.

"So is Mel short for anything?"

"No, mom and dad couldn't decide between Melissa, Melanie and Melinda so they just left it as Mel."

"What sort of question is that? Your son's just Eli that's usually just a nickname"

"RACHEL! You may be 18 but I can still punish you. You do not have to like Jamie but you do have to be polite! You girl's were raised better than that." I felt embarrassed watching this scene unfold knowing that I'd done similar when I had first met my parents significant others. I also knew what was coming; one simple sentence that would knock Dave off his feet and break his heart.

"What would you know? You weren't there!" I could just about see his heart breaking as he momentarily stopped dead in his tracks and knew that his daughter was right. He quickly regained his composure,

"Maybe so but I that your mother would have nothing less! Come on Eli you're going to spend some time with Mark and Glen."

"But I wanna stay with Mellie."

"Please can he stay with me dad?" Mel begged her father. I was glad to see that at least one of his children had taken a liking to us, well to Eli at least. I shrugged at Dave seeing no harm in leaving my son with his children.

"Sure, why not. Just behave I don't want to hear about any fighting or bullying." Dave sighed before saying goodbye to each child, including my own.

On the way out we ran into Mark heading towards our locker room. After sharing Happy New Year's we explained that Eli wanted to stay with Mel.

"Ah that's alright I knew that the girls were here and was going to say hello to them." He explained as we said goodbye and watched him enter Dave's locker room. Moments after the door closed behind him we heard the girl's scream 'UNCLE MARK!' and knew that he'd stay and keep an eye on them.

We rounded the corner and Dave stopped in his tracks.

"What's wrong?" I asked after realising he had fallen behind me.

"Come here," he sighed reaching for my hand. As soon as I was close enough he pulled me into a massive hug.

"I missed you so much. I felt like part of me was missing." He whispered into my hair. After a few moments I pulled away and made eye contact. The man was crying and I knew it was because of his daughter's comment earlier.

"Hey it's alright. You're here now and that has to count for something. Besides it's the ones that we love the most that hurt us the greatest."

"Does that mean you're going to break my heart?" He muttered once again pulling me close.

"What?" Was he saying what I thought he was? Did that mean that he loved me?

"Jamie I… I… I don't think you're ready to hear what I have to tell you." He sighed.

"What do you mean?"

"I don't want to scare you. I want to know that when I finally tell you, you'll believe me and hopefully feel the same way." Was he trying to tell me that he loved me without actually saying it? Dave managed to confuse me but when I attempted to question him once more he leant down pressing his lips against my own.

His scent, his taste was intoxicating. I definitely missed moments like these. Moments where the world around us simply disappeared. His tongue traced my lips until I granted him entry. Soon our tongues were dancing together to the song heard only by us. This was heaven. Dave was fast proving that not all men are like Conner and intimacy, even if its just kissing, can be very sexual, fun and even enjoyable. I open my eyes and moments later he does the same. I fall hard and fast into his dark brown eyes and the emotion is so intense I can't keep eye contact. My lungs are starting to ache from a lack of air and I mentally tell myself to breath through my nose. I run my hands through Dave's thinning hair and can faintly feel him rubbing my back.

"Excuse me?" A voice interrupts however it is not enough to break our connection.

"Excuse me? Mr Bautista Sir? Miss Alister Ma'am?" I feel Dave sigh before slowly pulling away. The person isn't about to leave anytime soon and he sounded rushed.

"Yes?" Dave asked clearly frustrated at the situation.

"Everyone's looking for you two. Mr Bautista? Sir you were needed at your promo taping five minutes ago and Miss Alister? Ma'am you were supposed to be at the ring for Camera set up. Everybody's freaking out because you were no where to be found. But I found you." The young guy rushed out smiling at his achievement.

"Alright calm down. Thanks for letting us know." Dave said attempting to smile at the guy and still holding me close. We watched as the young stage hand, possibly a new intern, scurried off.

"We better go," I sighed as Dave kissed me again.

"Dave we're already in trouble."

"You're Vince's family he wont care," he sighed going to kiss me again. This time I pushed away gently.

"David!"

"Alright, alright," he sighed pulling away but keeping hold of my hand. As it was on the way to the ring I walked Dave to his promo where we shared a quick goodbye kiss before I headed to the ring.

"YOU ARE IN SO MUCH TORUBLE! WE'VE BEEN LOOKING EVERYWHERE FOR YOU!" Hayden screamed as I made my way through the curtain.

"Ah Hayden, you may forget but as of the beginning of this year I out rank you." The quality of Hayden's work and his work ethic had dropped over the past few months and the company was not happy. I was the most qualified and was producing the best photography. Therefore it was logical that I was chosen to replace the man after his de-motion. Having always been suspicious of me and my relationship with Dave he wasn't too happy that I was taking his job and was determined to uncover a supposed secret plot we had to take over the company. Unfortunately for Hayden he found absolutely nothing and was demoted once again. Uncle Vince was only keeping him in the company until he found a replacement. I was to start interviewing the first week of February. This was completely unknown to Hayden and Uncle Vince had asked us to keep it that way.

A/N: Yay another chapter! I'm on a role!! So get on a role and review! PLEASE :-). Thanks for the people who have reviewed.