From the Author….

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Recap:

After her piece on the show, Lana went backstage and was warming welcomed by the majority of the Raw roster. He beautiful evening was ruined when Chris found her and tried to force her back into submission. Luckily, Randy and Dave came and ended the situation. In the wake of the trauma, Alana decides to go back to the hotel and Dave decides to go with her…for safety reasons of course….

Dave ignored his better judgment and kissed the petite diva again. She grabbed his hand and let him to the bedroom before he had gathered enough sense to stop her. With a stern finality, but a soft sincerity, Dave spoke, "We can't do this again."

He walked out of the room and sat on the couch while Lana stood in her own doorway, just as Dave had left her. Eventually, she hung her head and walked into her darken bedroom. She laid there in bed silent and motionless, but without sleep for the majority of the night, wondering how things had gotten how they were.

Dream Sequence (I know...cliché)

Dave and Lana held hand walking down the Boardwalk in New Jersey on Lana's twenty third birthday and their first off day in what seemed an entirety.

"So you're sure you and him are over? There won't be a Jericho relapse?" Dave playfully squeezed Lana's hand.

"Yeah, I'm sure! He was just," she sighed, "a month long rebound, a few one-night stands and a bogus proposal."

Time sped up to a fight Dave and Lana had later that night.

"If you can't respect the fact that I'm not ready to recommit, then maybe this relationship isn't going to work!" Dave walked out of the bedroom, but didn't end the argument. "It's not that I don't love you, or that I won't be ready to commit later...it's just-"

"You were willing to commit enough an hour ago when we had sex, though weren't you! You know what Dave…this was a mistake. If you need me, I'll be with Chris! How 'bout that?"

Dave scoffed in laughter, as Alana got dressed, "That's fine Alana… I'm not sure I could have done this anyways…" Dave sat in silence as the woman he loved, but couldn't stand left him for the second time in thirty days.

Time sped up to Lana's wedding day, less than a month later.

"Do you Alana Marie Turner, take him, Christopher James Jericho to be you're lawfully wedded husband?" The pastor looked over to the glowing and secretly expectant bride.

"I do…" Lana couldn't help but look out over the guests and meet eyes with Dave Bautista. He forced a smile; their eye contact was broken only by Alana and Chris' first kiss as man and wife.

Time sped up to the birth of MayAnne.

"Mr. and Mrs. Jericho, you are the proud parents of a beautiful baby girl!" The doctor handed Alana the tiny baby. "She looks just like her father." Lana sent the doctor death eyes and thought, 'She's brown and she has brown eyes…but we'll go with your story doc…'

"Lana…" Dave's deep voice slowly pulled Lana from her dream. "Alana can we talk?"

Alana rolled over and propped herself up in the bed. "Yeah, is everything okay?" She moved over as Dave sat on the edge of her bed.

"No sex." He looked Lana dead in the eye and waited for a response.

"What?"

"I love you, and I wanted to try again, but we've been down this road again. I don't want this just to be a rebound thing." Dave bit his lip, showing vulnerability. "So…we have to go a month with no…physical contact."

A huge smile crossed her face, "A month with no contact?"

"Well," the same smile consumed Batista, "I guess we can kiss." He moved in and gave Lana a genuinely innocent.

"Can we spoon?" Lana laid back in bed and turned the covers.

"I suppose." Dave stripped himself of the Jersey's Nets tee shirt he was wearing, leaving him in a black tank-top and baggy white sweats. He crawled in the bed and drifted off as Lana laid her head delicately on his shoulder. Before falling into a well-deserved sleep, he kissed the top of her head, "I miss this Lana."

Summary/Recap/Footnotes

Sorry, it was so short, but if I get a review or two, I'll update by three this afternoon.

A couple of my readers were unclear on a couple of things.

1. Lana is brown…so it was acceptable for her to have had brown baby.

2. Dave and Lana had a serious relationship before Lana's marriage to Chris. It was a little on the DL, but we'll get into that more later.

3. Chris Jericho's real name is Chris something Irvine…but I figured it was better left Jericho.

If there are any other questions of comments, review and let me know! Review for future chapters!