Ch2

Authors Note: Sorry for not updating sooner, I just had a ton of stuff going on this weekend. But I had a blast! I always enjoy reviews ;!

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It was 8 when I got up, and Ric had stumbled in a couple of hours ago so I thought I'd just let him sleep. I put on a pair of sweatpants and a tank top and headed down to the gym. There never was a better way to get rid of some anger than a workout. After lifting weights for a half hour and then 20 minutes on the treadmill, I was done so I decided to go back up to the room. Hopefully Ric is up by now, because if he's not, I'm gunna wake him up and he's not gunna like that too much. I swiped the room key to the large suit that we were staying in, and opened the door.

"Dave, nice to see you finally." Hunter said sarcastically as he and Ric were sitting together in the room discussing who knows what.

"Have a nice night out?" I responded as I went over to my bag and picked out a pair of slacks and a blue dress shirt that I would wear today.

"Yeah man! There were so many chicks there last night! It was incredible, in fact there was this one chick-" He said before I cut him off.

"Save it for later man, I'm going to hop in the shower." I responded as I put my stuff into the large bathroom with a Jacuzzi tub.

"Well you better hurry up then! We're leaving in 10 minutes!" Hunter said as he glanced down at his watch.

"To go where?" I asked him. Where the heck did he want to drag me to? I swear, every single day Hunter had something planned for us to do. Even on the days that were supposed to be my days off, he had us meeting somewhere.

"The press conference big man!" Ric said as he ran a hand through his hair.

"But that's not till 2! It's not even 9 yet!" I said.

"So what? We need to talk strategy! You know that I need to get my title back!" Hunter exclaimed. Him and his title.

"I'll get a rental car and meet you guys up there when I'm done, alright?" I asked him.

"You know what, I've got a better idea." Hunter said with a sly smile. He's always cooking up some plan. "Steph was running a bit on the late side today as well, why don't you just take the limo up with her when she comes." He said as he looked over at Ric with a sick smile on his face. Ric just grinned back in response.

"Fine with me." I responded. Why the heck would I turn away time with Stephanie? This'll work out better than what I thought.

"Alright then big man." Hunter said as he got up and slapped my back "Me and Ric are gunna take off, I'll see you later."

"See ya." I said as he and Ric walked out of the room. I took a shower, got cleaned up and then I walked over to Stephanie's room. "Steph, it's me, Dave!" I said as I knocked on her door.

"Hold on!" Stephanie screamed. "What do you want?" She asked as she opened the door.

"Hunter told me that I was supposed to take the limo to the press conference with you since I was running late." I responded as I shoved my hands in my pockets.

"Come in then." She said with a bit of a sigh. I walked in and closed the door behind me. As I looked around, I could tell why Steph was taking a later limo. Normally she just rides in with us to things like this. This time, there was food all over the place, which I assumed was from room service, a couple of broken lamps, and some clothes strewn around the room.

"Did he do this?" I asked her as I looked around the suit still taking all the damage in.

"Most of it." She said with a hint of annoyance in her voice as she was picking up some of the clothes.

"Here." I said as I handed her a shirt that was near me. She grabbed it out of my hand and looked at me with what looked like confusion in her eyes. "I'm not like him, you know."

"Whatever." She mumbled as she put the shirt in her bag and zipped it up. "You want to go now or what?"

"After you." I said as I walked over to the door and held it open for her. She walked out and I closed the door behind us then followed her down to the main lobby and out into the waiting limo. "So...are you looking forward to the days off this week?" I asked her, trying to break the ice and get her talking.

"You really don't have to talk to me you know. I know why you are here. Hunter made you come so you did. You don't have to try and make this enjoyable or anything." She huffed as she picked a piece of lint off her pants.

"Just because Hunter made me come doesn't mean that I didn't want to. I'd much rather go to this thing with you than with Hunter and Ric." I responded.

"Sure." Steph replied. The one thing that Hunter says about her that's true is that she's always hardheaded.

"Look Steph, I know we aren't the best of friends or anything, but at least I'm making an effort here. I know that you don't have many friends because of Hunter. Don't you just want to talk to somebody sometimes?" I asked her. As soon as I said that I could see the change in her face, I could tell what I said was dead on. "Why don't we just start all over. If we both are going to have to be around Hunter for a while, we might as well at least be cordial with each other." She remained silent for a few moments. "Fine, just forget-"

"Sorry, I guess it would be nice to have someone to talk to again. Trying to talk to Hunter and Ric isn't all that entertaining." She said as she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.

"Yeah, I know what you mean." I said with a bit of a chuckle. And for the first time in a long time, I caught a hint of a smile on her face.