Chapter 14
On Friday I flew to Los Angeles and signed to my hotel room. There was already some of WWE staff, so I went first to my room and chanced clothes and then I went to hotel bar. I met there Matthew and some other backstage workers. I spoke with them for a moment, until my mobile chirped and AJ told that he was just coming to hotel from the airport with a cab. I waited him in the bar and when he came he signed in same room with me. AJ asked everything possible what it came to Caitlin and we catched up with everything possible what came to our minds before we started to sleep.
On the next morning we both woke up on the loud banging on our room door. I stood up cursing in my mind and when I was going to the door, AJ came from his own bedroom and stated laughter in his voice.
"I'm sure that it is your brother."
I opened the door and saw that AJ was right, because I was instantly on my brothers tight hug.
"Chris, you are choking me." I hardly got a breath, because he was squeezing me really hard against his body. He let me go with wide grin on his face, then he entered the room and said hello to AJ, who muttered something like "Don't you Canadians sleep at all?" I guess he was referring to that fact, that it was eight a clock on that morning and Chris had come to the hotel an hour before.
We spoke a while and when I and AJ were properly dressed, we went for breakfast. After that I forced both of them to come shopping with me, though I noticed that either of them didn't really want to come with me. We shopped for three hours, until I saw painful expressions on their faces and decided that it was time to go back to hotel. Both of them looked so happy when I said that to them, that I just had to take few minutes and laugh before we continued our way towards hotel.
On Saturday night was WWE Hall of Fame ceremony and after I had lunch with Chris, AJ and Amy I started to get ready for it. When I was ready to go, it stepped to livingroom, where Chris and AJ turned to look at me from the couch.
"Wow Tinnie, you look amazing!" AJ yelled. "That dress looks absolutely stunning on you!"
I just smiled and thought that I had chosen the right dress. I had a dark blue dress, with thin shoulder straps and quite open collar. Dress streched to my ankles and it clinged tightly my curvy figures. On my neck I had a beautiful golden necklace, which Chris had given me as a birthday present.
"You look great, sis." Chris said glancing to his wrist watch. "We don't have to hurry yet. Do you want to go say hello to Dave before we leave? He came couple of hours ago."
"Nah, I don't think so. I'll meet him at the ceremony anyway." I answered hesitantly. I wanted to see him, but I wasn't ready to go knock on his door. My answer caused smiles appear on faces of both guys, but they didn't say anything, which probably was wisely done from their side.
Trish came with us to Hall of Fame ceremony and almost immediately when we arrived there, I saw John and we talked for a moment before the actual ceremony started. Just when we were going to sit to our places, I saw Dave. He was with beautiful brunette and I thought that she might be his sister, thought she didn't look like she would be Greek-Phillipino. I looked at them for a while in my deep thoughts, or actually I watched Dave, who looked really handsome in his dark suit. He was so concentrated on speaking with Mark Calloway, that he didn't notice me.
"Tinnie, what are you staring?" Chris asked suddently and when he followed my gaze, he grinned. "Ah, don't answer. Now I know."
"Who is that woman? Is she Daves sister?" I asked turning to my brother.
I saw that he changed a bit worried glance with AJ before he answered.
"It's no point to say yes, because in that case I would be lying." He looked serious.
"Who is she then?" I looked at him a bit flustered.
"I don't know. But she isn't Sarah or Angie."
"Do you mean that she's his date?" I was a bit panicking, which also ashamed me. Dave had the right to be with women he wanted to be, we weren't even together, but I still felt a small stab on jealousness.
"I don't know, Tinnie. Dave didn't say that he would take a date here. And Sarah is coming tomorrow…" Chris answered when AJ took my arm.
"Come on Tinnie, let's go sit to our places."
We went to sit and my toughts were quite messed up. I had planned that I would clear things out with Dave finally during this weekend, because we had been playing to be or not to be – game almost for a year with him, and I was getting tired for it. But it seemed that I had no need to speak with him after all.
Just when we had sat down, I saw Dave and his date going to their places and I couldn't help that I watched closely what he was doing. Before I had time to turn my gaze, Dave locked his eyes with me. I nodded hardly visibly and he did answer to my greeting, but turned right after that to talk to his date. At the same time when I turned my eyes away from them, I saw that AJ watched at me worry in his eyes.
The whole ceremony was great and I thought, that it was great that Rowdy Roddy Piper was finally taken to Hall of Fame, though I wasn't so happy when Randys father, Bob Orton was taken too, I have never liked him. I tried to follow the ceremony, but my eyes turned once in a while almost without wanting it myself to Dave and his date. I also noticed that he looked me seriously few times.
After the dinner half of our group decided to go to nightclub and we joined them, though we knew that we couldn't be there for long, because on the next day would be the main event of the year. The nightclub was in the same building with our hotel though. Also Dave and his date and Randy came to the club. When we were going in, Dave stood suddently next to me and AJ.
"Hey, Con:"
"Hey Dave." I smiled weakly.
"Constantine, this is Mary Hillier." Dave introduced us and we shaked hands.
When we entered the club, I sat in same table with Chris, Randy, Stacy and Christy. We got our drinks and talked for a while, thought I watched quite closely what Dave and Mary were doing, for my own little ashame.
I wanted to dance because I hadn't been dancing after I got Caitlin, and during my pregnancy I didn't dance so much either... I took AJ by his arm and pulled him to floor with me. We danced few songs and I saw AJ looking me amused when my eyes turned to Daves direction once in a while, but he didn't say anything, he knows me too well to say anything in situations like that. When we got back to our table, I had hardly sat down, when I heard the first sounds of La Tortura by Shakira and I jumped up. Randy was sitting next to me and I grapped his arm and pulled him to dance floor with me.
We had been on the floor for a moment, when I saw Daves date push her lips on his. I was a bit dumbfounded, but I managed to hide it so that Randy didn't notice. Then started a slow song and for our both small surprise I rounded my hands arounds his neck, and after hesitating few seconds Randy lowered his hands to my hips. I saw the question in his eyes, but we danced the song in silence. Just before we left the floor, I gave him kiss to his lips surprising him totally. Actually I don't know what went into me, I hadn't planned it and I still wasn't interested of him. Randy looked at me confused, took my hand then and led me to our table, where we got amused and questioningly looks, probably they had seen what happened on the dancefloor... When I sat down AJ looked at me question in his eyes and then Chris appeared to stand next to and bent down to whisper to me.
"What are you doing?"
So, he had seen that too…
"I…"
"Let's not talk about it here." Chris took my arm and I stood up." Let's go to hotel side, I think it's our time to go to bed."
I followed Chris and AJ a bit sheepish look in my face to hotel and in entrance hall they both stood to watch me.
"Tinnie, I tought that you want Dave." Whoa, my brother got right to the point and amazingly quick.
"Things aren't always like you think." I answered dryly. "And it seems like he has a new woman already. I'm not competing with anyone."
AJ's face lightened like he would have figured out something.
"That what you did with Randy was then some kind of revenge to Dave, because he has some woman here with him."
I didn't say anything to that, but both guessed that he was right, at least someway.
"I think that she is just an old friend to him, or relative. I would have heard, if Dave has some new woman." My brother looked seriously to my eyes. "And he likes you too much to do something like that."
"Chris is right, Con. This time you should listen to your brother." Trish came to us.
"But I saw her kissing him." I said quietly.
Judging expressions what AJ and Chris had on their faces, they hadn't seen it, but Trish said.
"Yes, I saw that too. So, that counts out the relative thing. Though, I do sometimes give a kiss to my cousins too..."
"That's not the point here" I started to be pissed and I was also tired, when I'm not usually in my best mood. "Obviously Dave has no interest in me, I think that has become quite clear. He hasn't been in Toronto after your show there, he didn't even hint to me what he was going to do concerning Smackdown, he hasn't said me anything what would make me believe that he cares about me."
"But Tinnie, you had such a good time together, when he was at your place. And he stood up for you when Ryan came to see you." Chris tried to make his point.
"It was few months ago. Things can change during that time." I answered, because I wasn't going to give up in this. "It's all the same for me, what Mr. Bautista does, I just don't care anymore, and I have to think..." I saw that AJ, who was standing next to Chris, started suddently wave his hands, like he would tried to get me silent, and Chris was looking somewhere behind me. I ignored them though and carried on.
"I have to think Caitlin. And my relationship with Ryan was so awful, that I learned my lesson."
"Con." Trish interrupted me a bit warning tone of voice, but because I wanted to get them understand what I tried to say, I still carried on ignoring them.
"Maybe Randy is the best man for me after all. Seems like he cares about me and he likes Caitlin. I have learned to like him too..."
"Constantine, shut up." AJ said with a tone of voice, which finally got my attention. He had never talked to me in tone like that, and I couldn't remember when he had used my whole first name, when he talked to me. Chris and AJ were still watching behind my back and when I glanced Trish next to me, she was watching to same direction. When I turned around, I closed my eyes for few seconds. 'No, this can't be true. Good God, don't let that man to be Dave, this has to be a dream, please...' I prayed in my mind and opened my eyes again. Naturally my praying was useless, and I found myself staring to Dave, who had totally unreadable expression on his face. Then I felt a hand on my shoulder.
"Tinnie…" My brother started, but I didn't want to know what he was going to say. I jerked myself off and ran towards open elevator door. I heard that both, AJ and Trish yelled after me, but I ignored them. When I was in our room, I locked myself to my bedroom and sank to bed burrying my face against a pillow.
