Chapter Seventeen: Time For Talking

Dave's two week vacation went by faster than he was able to keep track of and before he knew it, it was the day of his flight out to Orlando, Florida where RAW was scheduled to be next. "Promise you'll come home soon," his youngest daughter insisted, hugging her dad tightly.

"I promise, sweetie," he said, "you guys will see me real soon, don't worry." He gave his other daughters hugs and then turned to Angie.

"Well," she said, "I have to admit, I'm glad you came home. It was good for the girls to see you."

Dave smiled at her, a gesture she returned. "Thanks, Angie," he said and knelt down to pick up his bag. "I'll come back soon," he assured them again, before walking out the door.

xxxxx

At the airport in Orlando, Dave searched through the incredibly crowded terminal for Hunter and Ric. Though he only found Hunter sitting in at a table in front of the Starbucks, waiting for him and sipping a coffee. "Hey, Hunter," Dave greeted, "where's Ric?"

"He stayed at the arena," Hunter answered.

"Oh, okay," Dave said, "How've you been?"

"Pretty good," Hunter replied, "that your only bag?" He gestured toward the duffle Dave was carrying.

"Yeah, I packed pretty light this time," Dave said. Hunter gave him a half smile, and Dave could immediately tell something was wrong. "What's up, man?" he asked, "is something wrong?"

"Well, actually there is," Hunter admitted, he motioned for Dave to sit down, and he did.

"What is it? What happened?" Dave asked, becoming concerned. His first thought was that something had happened to Kali.

"Look Dave, we know," Hunter said, "about you and Kali."

Dave looked at Hunter with surprise. "What, she told you?" he asked.

"No, no she didn't," Hunter told him, "but, Randy Orton did."

"What?" Dave demanded.

"Yeah, kinda strange that we heard about it from him," Hunter said pointedly.

"Shit," Dave said, "and Ric knows?"

"Yeah, man. And he's not too happy about it. That's why he's not here."

"What about Kali? Is she upset about this?" Dave asked.

"I don't know, I haven't talked to her all that much in last couple of weeks," Hunter told him.

"What do you mean? She's still traveling with us, right?"

"Yeah," Hunter replied, "but that doesn't mean I've gotten the chance to talk to her. She's been spending a lot of time training and just being by herself. Vince offered her a contract, and I think she's trying to decide where she wants to go."

"I thought she wanted to be on RAW, as part of Evolution," Dave said.

"That's what I thought, too. But after what happened between you two, and the fight with you and Randy, I think she's started doubting that choice," Hunter sighed. "Wait," he added, "does that mean you haven't talked to her?"

"Yeah, that's what it means," Dave admitted, "we haven't talked about, well anything that's happened."

"Um, don't you think maybe you should?" Hunter asked.

"Is she staying at the same hotel as we are?" Dave asked.

"Yeah," Hunter answered.

"Is she there right now?"

"I'm pretty sure, yeah," Hunter replied, "I think she's with Trish, in the gym, working out."

"Good, let's go," Dave said, getting up and walking quickly toward the exit. Hunter jumped up from his seat, and followed after him, leaving the rest of his coffee on the table.

"Are you going to go talk to her?" Hunter asked.

"Damn straight I am."

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Dave didn't even bother checking in to his hotel room, he gave Hunter his bag and headed straight to the gym. He pushed through a set of double doors leading into a large room full of exercise equipment. He spotted Trish and Kali stretching on a mat in the corner. They were the only ones in there. He walked toward them, eyes focused on Kali, who had her back to him. Trish was facing him, so she saw him first. She said something to Kali, gesturing over to him. Kali turned and looked at him.

"Dave, what are you doing here?" she asked

"I came to find you," he said.

Trish looked back and forth between them before saying, "You know, I really should go because…" she stumbled for a reason, "because I should." She smiled at Kali and then walked away , leaving the two of them alone.

A/N: Alright, they're gonna talk. I think it's about damn time, don't you? I hope you like this. And to be honest, I still have no idea where this story is going. I'm just kind of writing. Well, thank you guys for the reviews, it's possibly the coolest thing in the world to read them. Please, continue to read and review. You guys are awesome!

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