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Just as Alex was about to pull out of the drive way Dave came running out of the house. "Look there's Daddy," said Chelsea.

Alex looked in the direction of the house and saw him running to the car. She put the car and park to allow him to run over. When he got to the car he knocked on the window. Alex rolled the window down and said, "What?"

"Can we talk about this?"

"What else is there to talk about? You told me to leave so I'm leaving. And remember you don't want to make this work so I'm leaving. Maybe going to New York again. I don't know," said Alex.

"Alex, please. Let's just talk about this."

"Fine," said Alex as she unbuckled her seatbelt. "Chelsea and Athena, we're going inside." Chelsea and Athena unbuckled themselves and climbed out of the car. Alex got out of the car while Dave took Ben out of the car. They walked into the house. "Athena, can you please keep an eye on Chelsea and Ben while we go upstairs and talk?" asked Alex.

"Sure, Alex."

"Thank-you," she said. She turned and looked at Dave and said, "Let's go talk."

They walked upstairs to their room and Dave shut the door behind him and said, "Alex, I'm sorry. I just lost my temper. Just tell me the truth is Chelsea my daughter or is she Tony's daughter?"

"Dave, she's your daughter. I'm telling you. Tony only thinks he's her dad because of the last attack but he's not. She belongs to you. Just look at her she is a mini Dave. There's no way anyone could deny that she's your daughter. Not even you."

"Okay, so is that what Tony wants?"

"Yes, Dave. He wants a paternity test done on her. I'm not allowing that. I don't care. I'm not making Chelsea go through that. I refuse to."

"Alex, just do it. Prove that I'm her dad."

"I don't have to prove anything. I know who my kids' dad is. You are Ben's dad and you're Chelsea's dad."

"Alex, if it's what Tony wants just do it. If it's going to make him go away just do it."

"NO. You don't understand do you. I'm not going to make Chelsea go through this. Let me ask you this, do you think Chelsea is yours?"

"I don't know. I'm not sure. It would make sense for Tony to be her dad."

"I don't even believe this. For 5 years Dave, you've been her dad. You could have questioned it at the beginning of the pregnancy and you could have questioned it when she was born but you never did. Now after Tony sends some bullshit letter saying he's her dad all of a sudden you're not sure if she's your kid or not."

"I'm just looking at the timeline, Alex."

"And apparently you're not looking at it correctly because Tony attacked me at the end of August. I had my period after that and you know it. I didn't get pregnant until September 23rd and you know that. So I don't know why you would even think Tony was her father."

"I don't know, Alex."

"Dave, and then you have the nerve to get upset because you find the letter saying that Tony thinks he's Chelsea's father. I'm not saying she is his because I know 100 percent that she's your daughter but even if Tony was her father would it make a difference? I've been pretty forgiving of the things you have done. You know like cheating on me, having a baby with someone else and I'm pretty sure I have treated Kaylee as if she were my daughter since she came to live with us. I have NEVER mistreated any of your kids that weren't mine so if there was even that 5 % chance Chelsea was Tony's daughter why would it make any difference? Would you still love her the same?"

"I don't know if I'd be able to," said Dave.

"Okay. That was an asshole thing to say. Way to go jack ass," said Alex.

"Alex, how could I love a child the same if it turns out she's the enemy's daughter?"

"Because even if she was the enemy's daughter; which I'm 100 percent sure she isn't because after our little pregnancy scare at the beginning of our relationship I have kept track of that kind of thing. EVERY MONTH. I know who Chelsea's father is because of that, she would still be my daughter and if I'm the woman you love you would learn to accept that."

"Alex, are you 100 percent sure Chelsea is my daughter?"

"I've only said that 5 times since we started talking and I'll say it again. I am 100 percent sure Chelsea is your daughter. I told you she was made when we were in Australia in September that year. And I know you remember that night just as much as me."

"Alex, I'm sorry," he said wrapping his arms around her. "It's just I saw that letter and my mind just started telling me Chelsea wasn't mine and that she was Tony's. I don't even know how I would feel after that."

"Well, just remember who she has called daddy the last 4 years and remember who she called Dada when she was 10 months old. It was you and it wasn't Tony. She loves you a lot Dave and she thinks you're the best dad in the world. You have been with her since day one. Yes you were passed out in the hospital when the doctors pulled her out but you held her after you got your strength back. You were by her side day and night as she was having her problems and her complications. You were the one that taught her how to swim, you taught her how to ride a bike and it was you that taught her to swing herself. She loves you Dave and even if you weren't her dad you have done more for her in the last 5 years than Tony would have done. But the fact is you and me created Chelsea together. Sure she was also the result of a little alcohol and a wild night on the beach but we both created her together. And you know that. The day you first held her and looked at her you said, 'she looks just like me and she has my nose. She is precious. I love you, Chelsea and your daddy will always be here.' You're her dad Dave and in your heart you know it so I don't even know why you would let Tony's bullshit make you think other wise. Tony is just like Bella he likes to cause problems and that's exactly what he did here tonight. I love you, Dave and I don't want anything to come between us. I'm sorry I gave you back the ring but you just made me so mad when you could seriously believe anything Tony said. Yes I know it looked like it could be a possibility but given the timeline it is impossible. If he would have gotten me pregnant she would have been due in May but when you and me went to the doctor for the first time they said she was due June 20th. So don't you find that a little impossible for Tony to be her father?"

"Alex, I understand. I get it. I'm sorry. You're right I have been there for Chelsea since day one. I've seen her go through so much in the last 5 years. Everything she dealt with in the beginning of life and everything she continues to deal with now. I know in my heart she is my daughter you're right. And I believe you that Tony is in no way her father. And even if he was it wouldn't make a difference because to her I am her daddy. I'm the one she knows and I'm the one she loves. I'm the one she runs to when she's scared, I'm the one she turns to when she needs help with something. She is my daughter regardless of anything. In fact I don't need paternity tests to tell me what I know is true. And you're right we're not putting Chelsea through this. She will not know a thing about this. You're right this is just Tony causing trouble. It's what he lives for. And you better believe I'm not going to let ANYTHING come between us. I'm sorry I yelled at you and kicked you out. I love you so much. I am so sorry. Here is your ring back," said Dave as he handed her back her ring.

"Thank-you," said Alex as she put her ring on. "I love you too," she said wrapping her arms around his waist.

"A wild night on the beach huh?"

"You have to admit it was a wild night," said Alex.

"It was pretty wild. That's back when you were still a partier."

"Yeah. Those were the good old days but I prefer the days of being a mother a lot better," said Alex. "I kind of miss Randy, John and Mark and hanging out with them though. Whatever happened with them?"

"Randy got married and had a kid, John got married and Mark he's involved with Michelle now."

"Michelle McCool?"

"Yep."

"Wow. I never saw that one coming."

"None of us did," he said. He gave her a quick kiss and then they walked downstairs to have a family night with the kids. They watched the movie "The Game Plan" together as a family. What started out as a bad night shortly turned into a good night.

The next afternoon Dave was starting to get upset because Bella was 4 days late bringing Kaylee back. "Alex, what am I supposed to do? Bella hasn't brought Kaylee back yet. She was supposed to be here Sunday."

"Dave, I think you should call the lawyer. She is going against the court order, which clearly states she gets Kaylee for ONE week out of the month. Not a week and a half. She lives in Louisiana now right?"

"Yeah. Not too far from here because she wanted to be close to Kaylee."

"Call the police then and have them go to her house and get Kaylee. Explain that she has kept her 4 days longer than she is allowed and that she is going against the courts."

"All right," said Dave. "How about I call Bella first?"

"Go ahead," said Alex as she was making Chelsea's lunch.

Dave picked up the house phone and dialed Bella's number. The phone started ringing and suddenly Bella picked up, "Hello."

"Bella, do you think you want to bring Kaylee home now? I mean you've had her for 4 extra days."

"Dave, I will bring her back later tonight. We're actually not home at the moment. We took a little trip," she said.

"Without my consent?"

"I didn't think I needed it. Look, Dave, she's fine. I'll bring her back this evening."

"Okay," said Dave. "And if she's not back by 6 I'm calling the police. You've had her long enough now."

"Well, you get her all the time so how am I in the wrong for spending a little extra time with my daughter?"

"Because you're going against the court order. It's your fault it's even like this. You didn't have to take it to court but you chose to and now here we are. This is what the judge decided. So you're going to need to deal with it."

"Dave, I'll be there later. Bye," she said hanging up the phone quickly.

"She's not bringing her back," said Dave.

"She better," said Alex. "Did she say why she still had her?"

"Because they took a little trip."

"That sounds lovely. Who knows what kind of trip Bella took Kaylee on. Probably on a trip to get more drugs. I will be investigating Kaylee when she gets back to make sure she was taken care of while she was in Bella's care."

"Good idea."

"I feel really bad for Kaylee sometimes, Dave."

"Why?"

"Because I don't know what goes on when she's with her mom. Who knows what kind of things Bella is involved with and how much attention Kaylee really gets from her. Can I ask you something?"

"Yeah."

"If something is going on that shouldn't be like Bella is doing drugs around Kaylee and she's getting abused or something bad like that can we go back to court and get Full custody without visitation?"

"You would want to do that?"

"Yes, Dave. I love Kaylee. I don't want her to be in an atmosphere like that. She would do much better here."

"I guess we can but we need to have proof that something bad is going on with her."

"All right," said Alex.

"So what's on the agenda for this afternoon?"

"Well, as soon as Chelsea is done eating her lunch I'm taking her to Kylie's house to spend the night and then after that I have to do some grocery shopping. Ben needs diapers, wipes and I need to buy some food. Why?"

"I was just wondering."

"Do you want to go to the store with Ben and me?"

"Sure. Why not?"

"Okay," said Alex. She yelled for Chelsea, "Chels, it's time to eat."

Chelsea ran into the kitchen and saw her mom had made her tortilla pizza. "Yes. Tortilla pizza! I love this stuff, Mama. Thank-you."

"You're welcome," she said getting Chelsea a juice pack out of the fridge. "Now don't squeeze this on yourself. Please be careful."

"I will, Mama."

"Okay. Your dad is going to keep an eye on you while I go get Ben dressed and ready to go to the store. And I'm going to feed him lunch. When you're finished throw your trash away and then go get your flip flops on and the bag we packed today so you'll be ready to go to Kylie's."

"Okay, Mama," said Chelsea.

Alex walked upstairs to take care of Ben and Dave stayed in the kitchen. He walked over to the table and said, "Mmm. Tortilla pizza! Can I have a bite?"

"Sure, Daddy," said Chelsea as she ripped him off a piece.

"Thanks, Princess."

"Daddy, why did you mama have a fight last night?"

"It was just a misunderstanding," said Dave.

"Oh. Are you guys good now?"

"We're good."

"That's good because I would be upset if I had to leave you again. I don't like when you don't live with us. I love you Daddy."

"I love you too, Princess," said Dave as he kissed Chelsea's head. "You don't have to worry about us not living together again. We're going to be together forever."

"Good. I like that." She said as she looked at him and smiled her toothless smile and she had pizza sauce around her mouth.

"I like that too."

"When am I going to get my Barbie Jeep?"

"I'll get it for you today and when you come home from Kylie's tomorrow you can play with it," he said.

"Thank-you, Daddy."

"No. Thank-you for keeping that secret from Mama. I'm proud of you."

"You're welcome. I just wanted her to be surprised."

"She was."

"I know." When Chelsea was finished eating she got up and threw her trash away. Dave took the wash cloth and wiped her hands and face and sent her upstairs. "Thank-you, Daddy." She said before she walked upstairs.

Later on after they dropped Chelsea off at her friend's house they went to get her Barbie Jeep. They both knew she wasn't going to let it rest until she got it. She would make sure Dave didn't forget about it. After that they went to the grocery store. They got everything they needed and Alex was looking for a check out. "That's the girl that hit on me and asked me out when you were sick," said Dave.

"Really?"

"Yeah," said Dave.

"Let's go through her line," she said as she pushed the cart into the girl's lane. While Alex was digging for her discount card and coupons Dave started putting the things up on the belt. When Alex got out what she needed she walked the card and the coupons over to the cashier.

"How are you today?" asked the cashier.

"Good, how are you?"

"Good." The cashier began to ring the order through. She caught a glimpse of Dave and then looked at Alex. "I thought you two were getting a divorce?"

"The tabloids said we were getting a divorce. We never said we were. In fact we're renewing our wedding vows next June," said Alex.

"Oh," she said. "Is that your new baby?"

"Yes," said Alex.

"He is so cute. How old is he?"

"Thank-you. He will be two months old on July 11th."

"He's really big for a 2 month old baby." She was bagging the groceries and handed the bags to Dave as she finished them. Dave was putting them in the cart.

"I know. He's in 3-6 month clothes already."

"Wow. Mr. Batista, I'm sorry for hitting on you a while back."

"It's okay," said Dave. "It happens a lot more than you think. I'm used to it."

"And Mrs. Batista, I'm sorry for hitting on your husband too."

"It's okay. You don't have to apologize to me for it. Like Dave said it happens all the time." Said Alex, "I know he's not going anywhere. I don't care who hits on him."

"If Mr. Batista was my husband I would get pissed if people hit on him like that."

"At first I did but now it's an everyday thing so I don't even worry about it anymore."

"You're really nice," said the cashier.

"Thank-you," said Alex. The cashier finished up the order and scanned the coupons. She totaled the order and stated how much they owed. Dave took out his card and paid for the groceries. She handed him the receipt and they told her to have a good day and walked out of the store. Dave offered to push the cart and put the groceries in the car. "Such a gentleman," said Alex as she kissed him.

"I try," he said.

Alex took Ben's car seat and put him in the car. She sat and waited for Dave to load the groceries in the car and return the cart. They then headed home. When they got home Alex took Ben upstairs and laid him in his crib for his afternoon nap. Then she went downstairs to help Dave put the groceries away. "You know when you are a stay at home dad you'll be going to the grocery store all the time right?"

"I know," said Dave. "And cooking dinner and cleaning. Oh and taking care of the kids."

"You're going to be the hottest stay at home dad," said Alex as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Thanks," he said.

"You know Ben is down for his nap and Chelsea isn't here. We have some time to spend alone time together." She said as she kissed his neck.

"How long is Ben down for a nap?"

"2 hours," said Alex.

"Hmm. Let's go," said Dave as he picked her up and carried her up to their room. He shut the door behind them and laid her down on the bed. He began to kiss her passionately and slowly made his way down to her neck. He laid soft kisses on her neck. He removed her shirt and began to kiss her down her body. He removed his shirt and removed the rest of her clothes. They were down to nothing as Dave laid his body on hers and they began to make love.

When they were finished Dave rolled off Alex and laid next to her running his hands through her hair. "That was amazing," said Alex. "I love you," she said as she kissed his lips.

"That's because we never had make up sex last night," he said. "I love you too."

"This is true. Make up sex is the best sex ever."

"I agree," said Dave as he kissed Alex's lips passionately. He rolled her over and laid his body on top of hers.

They were just about to make love again when Ben woke up. "I'll get him," said Dave as he rolled off of Alex. He got out of bed and put his shorts back on. He walked over to Ben's nursery and picked him up. "Hey, Little guy, What's this crying about? Are you hungry? Or do you need a diaper change?" Dave sniffed and said, "Diaper change." He picked Ben up out of the crib and put him on the changing table. Dave got out the diaper and wipes. He pulled Ben's shorts down and unsnapped his onesie. He noticed that Ben made quite a mess in his diaper. "Oh Ben. Did you do this just because you knew Daddy was going to change you?" Ben smiled at his dad. "Oh is that funny?" When Dave removed his diaper he gagged and said, "Oh my God, Ben. Do you hold it in there and wait for Daddy to change you?" Alex was in their room cracking up. It always amazed her that Dave never realized that she could hear everything that was going on in the nursery because of the monitor. Dave pulled out a wipe and wiped Ben's bottom. Dave put the new diaper on him when he was finished, snapped his onesie and pulled his shorts up. "Do you feel better now?" Ben smiled. "I hope so," said Dave. Dave rolled up the diaper, picked up Ben, and took the diaper downstairs to throw away out side. When he came back inside he took Ben up to their room. Alex was just getting herself dressed. "Take him please. I need to wash my hands," said Dave.

Alex took Ben from Dave and said, "Did you make a big mess for Daddy?" Ben gave Alex a toothless smile.

Dave walked out of the bathroom and said, "It was the biggest mess I've ever changed. It made me sick."

Alex laughed. "I heard you the whole time you were in there."

"The monitor. I forgot," said Dave.

"You always forget I can hear EVERYTHING that is said in there." Ben started getting fussy. "And look he's right on time for another bottle," said Alex.

"Of course. He's not going to miss that. I'll go get a bottle," said Dave.

"Thanks," said Alex. Dave walked downstairs and got a bottle out of the fridge. He heated it up in the microwave and then took it up to Alex. "Thanks," she said as she put the bottle in Ben's mouth. He began sucking it immediately.

"I don't know how he drinks that stuff. It smells horrible," said Dave.

"He likes it apparently. No one is asking you to drink it."

"Good."

"Just wait until he eats baby food. That's going to be fun."

"I'm just worried about when he can eat people food. He's going to devour it."

"Pretty much like he's doing to this bottle right now?"

"Yeah."

Alex noticed Ben's face had little scratches on it. "Mommy needs to cut your nails. You're scratching yourself." Alex took the bottle out of Ben's mouth and put him over her shoulder to burp him. He began screaming. "So I've come to realize that when he gets older I will eat nothing more than cold food because I will be getting him seconds before I even sit down for firsts." She was patting his back and then he let out a burp. She laid him down and began feeding him again.

"That sounds about right," said Dave as he laughed. "That's my boy. Wait until he gets out there on the football field. He's going to be a power house."

"If I was a little kid and saw Ben charging at me I would be a little nervous."

"Well, my mom said I started out as chubby as Ben and then I slimmed down because I grew taller. So maybe Ben will thin out as he gets older."

"Probably. It's just baby fat right now. And when he starts crawling and walking he'll start slimming down."

"That's true. Athena was a chubby baby too and then she started slimming down around 10 months or so."

When Ben was done eating Alex asked Dave to bring her the baby nail clippers to clip his nails. "I hate doing this," said Alex.

"It doesn't look like much fun."

"It's not," said Alex as she took one of Ben's hands and started to clip his nails. "I always get scared I'm going to cut them too close and hurt him." She took his other hand and started to clip those nails. "All finished," she said as she handed the clippers to Dave. She got out of the bed and took Ben downstairs. Dave followed after her. They went out to the patio and looked through the Vacation books again. "So you were serious about getting away for a couple weeks?" asked Alex

"Yes. We need to get away for a while. We can go to Outer Banks, North Carolina."

"That would be so fun. Chelsea will love that because we can go on the Wild Horses tour. She loves horses."

"So that's where you want to go?"

"Yes," said Alex.

Dave flipped through the book about Outer Banks. He looked at properties they could rent for a couple weeks. He looked at houses that when you walked out of the back yard you would end up on the beach. "Alex, how about this house? It has 4 bedrooms and it's not that expensive. Plus we can just walk to the beach and it has a pool."

Alex looked at the book. "I like that. Let's rent it."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes," she said.

"All right," Dave called the number and rented the house. When he got off the phone he said, "All right. We can have the house from July 10th until July 23rd."

"That works for me. I am so ready to get away from here."

"Me too," said Dave.

Later that evening Dave was in the living room when Alex grabbed the monitor and Ben and took him up to the nursery to get him ready for bed. There was a knock on the door. Dave got up and answered it. He saw Bella with Kaylee. "Here, Dave. I'm sorry I'm late bringing her back. We got lost and it slowed us down," she said handing Kaylee to him.

"Hey, Sweetie," said Dave as he kissed her forehead. Kaylee started smiling when she saw her dad.

Alex didn't realize it but she grabbed the wrong monitor. She was about to go downstairs and get the right one when she heard Bella say, "So where's your wife?"

"She's taking care of Ben. Why?"

"So we're alone. We can share a kiss like old times."

"Bella, my wife is upstairs. I love her. I am not going to kiss you. I don't want to kiss you. Alex is the only one I'm going to kiss."

"Oh, Dave, come on." she said as she put her hand on his shoulder.

"Bella, get your hands off of me. I have no interest in you," he said.

"Dave, come on. Don't you want to start where we left off?"

"No. I told you Alex is the only one I want."

"Dave, seriously. You know you love me. Why don't you just admit it?"

"Bella, I don't love you. I never loved you. You need to leave."

Alex continued listening to the conversation as she put Ben in the crib.

"Dave, I'm not leaving until you tell me the truth."

Dave walked Kaylee into the living room and put her in the walker. Bella followed him into the living room. While he was putting Kaylee in the walker Bella wrapped her arms around his waist. "Come on, Dave."

"Bella, you need to take your hands off of me."

"You know you like it," said Bella.

"No I don't and if my wife comes downstairs and sees it she's not going to like it either. You need to leave now," said Dave moving her to the door.

"Dave, just one kiss."

"Leave, Bella." he said opening the door. Bella reached up and kissed Dave on the lips. Dave pushed her away and said, "You need to leave."

"You know you liked it. It was better than your wife."

"No one kisses better than my wife does. Now you need to leave."

Alex made her way to the top of the stairs to see Bella kiss Dave one more time.

"What is going on here?" asked Alex.

Bella pulled away and looked at Alex who was standing on the top of the stairs. "He came on to me," said Bella. "I was trying to leave and he just forced himself on me."

*A/N: Just when everything was GREAT between Alex and DAve Bella comes along and starts her drama. Lucky for Dave Alex heard the entire thing on the monitor so...who knows what's going to happen between her and Bella. So tell me what you think. Please review. and as always thank you for taking the time to read.