--Friday September 3rd--

Dave and I were on a plane to get to Kewanee Illinois. Not for anything wrestling related though, nope… we were going to Kewanee for a family reunion of sorts. My mom's side of the family always gets together every labor day weekend. Kewanee has their 'Hog Days' that week and for as far back as I can remember I've been there for it. Not for the actual carnival crap, but to visit with family.

Dave had yet to meet any of my mom's side of the family, with the exception of Sarah, and this was his chance to meet 'em all. Not all of course, HA no way would ALL of the Vander's clan be there, just the majority. If I haven't mentioned it before my mom is one of 13 kids and I have over 34 cousins, if I were to make a list it would take much too long. Anyways, back to the activities at hand…

The pilot came over the loud speaker stating that we would be landing shortly. I squealed and grabbed Dave's hand. "Sarah's picking us up at the airport. I was going to ask Aunt Ann and Uncle Rick… but considering you've never met I figured Sarah would be a better choice. PLUS I haven't seen her in ages!"

Dave smiled, "Okay Dre. Whatever you say Babe." I smiled and pecked Dave on the lips. "You get to meet my little cousins tonight. We're staying at Ann and Rick's house so you'll get to play with Zack, Katie and Nick for as long as you'd like."

Dave laughed, "Fro as long as I want, huh?" I smiled and nodded, "Yep. Mom and Ash'll get there between 10 and 11pm tonight. Mom may bring Mike also, but I'm not to sure since Ash and Mike tend to butt heads a lot.

The plane finally landed and we headed off to baggage claim. I spotted Sarah from far away and I got a huge smile on my face. Then my jaw dropped, "Shit! That couldn't be!" Dave turned to me, "Babe?" I smiled, "I'm okay." When we reached Sarah I gave her a dirty look.

"No way in HELL did you hook Jake Ma-FUCKIN-Hottie and NOT tell me." Jake looked startled. I laughed and gave Sarah ha HUGE hug. Sarah smiled, "Surprised?" I just laughed, "Shocked as hell is more like it. Jake it's nice to meet you, again. I'm Sarah's beautiful, talented, whitty…" Sarah coughed, "Cocky." I shot her a look, "Hey now… you know I was just teasin'. And it's not cocky, it's self assured, ask Paul." Sarah laughed, "Whatever. Jake, this is Andrea and that hunk of beef is Dave Batista, her boy toy."

I wiggled my eyebrows, "Hunk of beef is right." And I growled like a jungle cat. Dave laughed, "Down tiger. I think you're starting to scare off Jake." He turned to Jake and they shook hands, "Don't worry, I'll try to keep her in line." And he winked at Jake. I gave Dave a mean look. "No snuggling for you then."

Jake looked at Sarah, "Damn, and I thought we were bad." Sarah laughs, "Not compared to these two. We're normal compared to them." I smiled, "Normal's overrated." Sarah and I looked at each other and laughed.

Dave rolled his eyes, "Dre I'm gonna get our bags before we miss 'em." I smiled and rolled my eyes, "I'll come help." So we grabbed the bags and headed out of the Greater Peoria Regional Airport.

When we got to the car I smiled, "100 Stratusfaction Guaranteed, hmm?" Dave and I smiled and Sarah shot us a look. "If you could refrain from saying that sentence every time we get to my car I'd be happy." I bit my lip, "Sorry. Hey Jake didn't you have one of these a few years back?"

Jake looked at me oddly, "Yes, I gave it to my brother. How'd you know that?" I looked out the window, "Oh… no reason. I mean it's not I looked for it every time we passed Family Video. Nope. Never happened." Dave shot me a questioning look. "Fine! I had a crush on Jake, along with 90 of Kewanee. I'd just like to state that SARAH started it by telling me he looked like Ashley Angel, even though he doesn't."

I smiled, "Oh… I remember this one time Sarah and I went into Family Video to rent movies and Jake was singing along with Aladdin. That was SO cute, only because Sarah and I started to sing the words too, just not as loud as Jake." Jake turned and looked at me, "Aladdin's cool. But what I want to know is if you really planned to rent movies or if you were just there to look at me."

I laughed, "Don't get a big head there Jakie-poo. We actually went to rent movies that time. I can't count the number of times we say your car there so we decided to see if there was anything to rent, 9 out of 10 there weren't." Jake laughed, "You'd be surprised by how many girls went in there and didn't rent anything." "HA! Hell no, that doesn't surprise me at all." Dave laughed, "So BOTH of you liked Jake then?"

I got quite then and Sarah smiled, "Yep. He had a girlfriend at the time and we both hated her. Me because she was a huge bitch, Andy? Why'd you hate her??" I smiled, "One, because she was a bitch to you. And two because… well, she was a skank!" Jake laughed, "If you're talking about Ashley, yep. She was." Dave smiled again, "And which one of you two liked him more?" I got a shit eating grin on my face, "SARAH! She'd flirt with him ALL then time. She told me tons of stories about how you'd talk and how you asked her out a couple of times… while still going out with skanky. Yep, it was all Sarah."

Dave and Jake laughed. I hit Dave on the arm, "Not funny." Jake smiled, "So Dave, have you met Andrea's family yet?" I shook my head no. "Nope, I've met her parents and sister, but none of the rest of 'em." Jake laughed, "Damn, you're in for a treat then. They're huge." I smirked, "Have you met them yet Jake?" Jake shook his head no, "I've seen them around town though." Dave smiled, "So we're in the same boat then." Jake nodded.

I smiled, "Sarah Beth… I think these two can handle our uncles, all 13 of 'em. What do you say?" Sarah laughed, "Hell no. These two are gonners, did you see how they treated Emily's Jake?" I smiled, "Yeah, good point. But they were nice after a while." Sarah laughed, "Yea… after Emily started crying." And Sarah and I burst out laughing. "But seriously, this is a professional wrestler and a Marine we're talking about here. I think they could take 'em." Sarah shrugged, "Maybe, but you weren't there to see 'em scare the shit out of Sami's Jake. That was fucking hilarious. Seeing that little punk ass get the shit scared out of him. You could tell they were having fun with it." I laughed, "Wish I'd a been there, the way Sami talked about her boyfriend makes me sick. 'Everyone asked me why I was wearing this shirt with a J on it. It's cuz of my boyfriend.' Hell. I wondered the same damn thing." Sarah laughed.

Dave and Jake were sitting there taking it all in. Dave saw the smirk on my face, "You little shits! I bet none of that happened." I smiled, "Yea it did." Sarah laughed, "At least part of it did." Dave just shook his head. "Real funny girls." Jake smiled, :You had me kinda worried there for a minute." I smiled, "Why were you worried. You're a Marine and Dave's a Wrestler. Who's gonna pick a fight with you two?" Sarah sighed, "Emily's Jake might, if you piss Emily off again that is."

With that said I got an idea. Sarah looked in the rear view mirror, "Oh No. What did I say?" I smiled, "Emily. I'm gonna be forced to shove Dave in her face and make sure to rub in that my boyfriend's hotter then hers. Hell, you could do the same thing Sarah." Sarah smiled, "That is true. That little hoochie's had boyfriends ever since she was in Kindergarten. I like that idea, I like it a lot."

Jake looked at Dave, "Apparently they don't like Emily." I smirked, "What gave it away? The fact that she called her a hoochie? Because I've been doing that all my life." Dave nodded, "Yep, no love loss there. I'd have to agree with Jake on this one. She's your cousin for crying out loud."

I rolled my eyes, "Yes, she is my cousin. Which means I wouldn't beat her up. That does not mean I'm gonna be nice to her. Same with Samantha. Sami has no respect, for anyone… she's even worse then my sister and I hadn't thought that was possible before." Jake laughed, "Continue with the ending we all know you're dying to give." I blinked, "Fine. So Ha!" And I stuck my tongue out at Dave and then smiled, "Couldn't keep a straight face, sorry." Jake smirked, "If you couldn't keep a straight face, does that mean it's gay?" My eyes watery and I couldn't help but laugh at that. "I like your humor, it's a lot like mine."

We finally got to Aunt Ann and Uncle Rick's house and I was practically bustin' at the seams. Aunt Ann and Uncle Rick knew that we were coming but none of their kids knew so I wanted to get in there already.

As we approached the door Sassy, their miniature lassy dog was barking up a storm. "Calm down Sassy, it's just me." I opened the door and reached down to pet sass and calm her down. Sassy was running around in circles when we all made it inside.

We started towards their family room and Uncle Rick met us in the hallway. "Hi girls!" I smiled, "Hi Uncle Rick! How have you been?" "Pretty good, everyone's in the back." Then he looked at the two gentlemen we had with us and raised his eyebrows. I smiled, "Introductions later. I'm itching to see those kids of yours."

We made our way to the back of the house and I shouted, "HELLO! Anybody home!?!" All four of them turned to us and Katie ran out of the spot on the couch, "DRE!!" I laughed and held my arms out waiting for a hug, "KATE!" And she hopped into my arms and we shared a huge hug.

Katie started to cry. "What's wrong Katie Bug?" She sniffled, "I didn't think you were coming." I smiled and hugged her to my side, "Oh Honey. Of course I'd come. Nothing could stop me from seeing you guys."

I smiled at Aunt Ann, "Hey! Get over here and give me a hug boys!" Zack and Nick both got up and each gave me a hug, not as big as the one Katie had given but it was better then I had expected.

I smiled over at Dave and grabbed his hand, "Guys, this is my boyfriend Dave. Dave, this is my Aunt Ann, Uncle Rick, and my 3 cute little cousins, Zack who's 9, Katie who's 7 and Nick who's 5." And my smile got bigger, "Speaking of Birthday's Kaite's was just two weeks ago. So Katie… present now, or after my mom and them get here?" Katie got a huge smile on her face, "Now!" Everyone laughed, "That's what I thought Babe! Dave and I will go grab our stuff and we'll be right back."

Uncle Rick smiled, "Need any help?" I smiled and patted Dave's arm, "Nope that's what Dave's for. Come on big boy Kate wants her way cool present." Dave and I went to get our bags with Sarah's keys, when we got outside Dave smiled. "That was one of the cutest things I've ever seen." I smiled sweetly, "Yeah, Katie's my little munchkin. Sometimes it gets annoying, but I love her to pieces."

Author's Note: I'm sorry it took me so long guys and gals. I had most of this chapter written before but I had to change it up a bit, I felt it needed more adult interaction at the beginning. Anywho... hope you liked it. If anyone had any ideas they're more then welcome. I think I know what I want to do next, but I'm not for sure on anything right now. Thanks for the reviews for the last chapter. Latisha C, Batistas Babe and Takerschick... you 3 are awesome. You kicked my rear into gear and made me realize how long it'd been since my last update, THANKS! And for everyone else who reads this, thankyou. A review would be nice so I could actually thank YOU but thanks for reading! Thanks again-- Jess