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Chapter 21
On the next week Matthew was offered a permant contract to RAW and after talking with me, he accepted it. I was actually relieft, because there would been too much work for only me, and now there was two trainers taking care of wrestlers. I thought also, that when I would take Caitlin on the tour also, I would have easier when I didn't have to tape everyones ankles and knees, clean everyones cuts and tend every more serious injury. Paul missed one show after the steel cage match, but then he was back again. I got the feeling that Dave was constanty observing me, when Paul was near and when he wasn't present, someone else was, like Chris, Jay or Trish. Paul didn't try to approach me and went always to Matthew, when he needed something from us. I knew that he wouldn't do anything to me physically though, he wasn't that kind of guy, who goes around backstage beating people up, he does that in the ring. But I have to admit, that I was still a bit scared of him, though I knew that he just talks trash a lot... I tried to say that to both, Dave and Chris, but were they listening me? Of course not!
Few days before I had a couple of days off, I was just cleaning the first aid room after the show, when Randy came in.
"Randy?" I turned to him in amaze. He hadn't tried anything towards me after I had come back to work and now he was standing in the room that look in his eyes, which I knew.
"So, you are still so in love with Dave." He sounded a little sarcastic.
"Yeah, I am. He is a great man."
"Isn't he a bit too old for you?"
"Randy." I sighed. "Just let it go. I'm not interested of anyone else. Certainly I'm not interested of you." Well, there is was, I had finally said it myself straight to his face and he didn't look so happy about it.
"I thought that there was something between us."
"I consider you as a friend. Nothing else." I smiled weakly. " You aren't really my type."
"And Dave is?" Randy asked.
"Yeah, he is."
"We'll see about it." Randy said and for my surprise he grapped my arm, pulled me to him and crashed his lips to mine. I was flustered, but at least I had a little sense in my mind, and tried to push him away. Have you ever tried to push a man, who is much taller, more muscular and much more powerful than you, away? Yeah, then you get my meaning, he didn't even budge. I guess I could have get him off me, I used to be one of the top kickboxers in America, when I was younger and I still did practice it, but I didn't want to hurt him. So, there I was in his tight grip, waving my hands and trying to get a breath, when I heard a voice behind me.
"For heavens sake, Randy. What I have told you many times? Don't touch my sister!"
Randy let me go and we both watched to door. We didn't see there only Chris, there was also Dave. My heart almost stood still, but I saw immediately, that Dave didn't think that I really had wanted to kiss Randy, maybe he had seen my attepts to push him away. Before anyone did or said anything else, I took few steps and stood infront Dave, who was glaring at Randy. He seemed a bit pissed to him...
"Dave, let it go. He did something he shouldn't have done, but don't give him a hard time for it."
"He really did something he shouldn't have done." Dave said with a bit hoarse tone.
"Just leave, it." I said with a serious tone. I didn't want any Randy beating happening there. "I'm ready to leave, come on." I took his arm and I felt him hesitating a little, but then he came with me after he had given the last death glare to Randy.
When we were at the car, Dave watched at me.
"Isn't Chris coming with us?"
"Oh shit." I watched him my eyes wide. "He stayed with Randy." How could have forgotten my dear brother? Dave smiled a little and I turned and run back inside, only to almost bump to Randy, who came from first aid room holding his nose.
"Your brother is a nut case." He stated when he passed me.
I watched after him in amaze and when I saw movement by the first aid room door, I turned my eyes to Chris, who was grinning.
"I so don't want to know what happened." I sighed.
"Don't worry, Tinnie. He's not going to bother you anymore."
I gave out another sigh.
"Are you coming with us to the hotel?"
Chris nodded and followed me to the car, Dave looked at him amused.
"I saw Randy just. He was holding his nose. Do you know something about it?"
"He ran to my fist." My brother grinned.
Dave bursted to laugher, when I in the other hand didn't feel so amused about it.
"You know, violence isn't always the answer to everything." I said dryly.
"Sometimes that is the only way to get someone to realize, how things are." Chris grinned "Like in Randy's case."
"What I have done to deserve a brother like you." I muttered rolling my eyes when I sat to the car.
"You are the lucky one." Chris stated.
I just gave him a death glare, when Dave started the car.
Couple of days later I flew to Winnipeg and spent there two days. When I saw Caitlin, I had missed her so much and was so happy to see her, that I bursted to tears. She had learned to crawl and my parents told me, that she was just like me, when I was at her age, always going somewhere. I discovered this fast myself also, I had to really do my best, that I could keep myself in her speed. When I was going back on tour again, Caitlin was with me, despite that my parents were first against it. I got them convinced though, that there was always someone watching after her and Chris was there too. My parents gave up and after all Caitlin is my daughter and I wanted her with me.
When I arrived to the next show town with Caitlin, we took the cab from airport to arena, because the show was on that same evening. When we got to the arena, we were just gotten inside, when I saw Dave, I had called him, when we landed and he was expecting us. He lifted Caitlin up from her stroller and I could see that he was really happy to see her.
"Gosh, she is grown." Dave said smiling.
"Yes, she is." I admitted.
"And she is so beautiful. I missed her."
I just nodded and turned to go to first aid room. Dave followed me with Caitlin and when I opened the door, I saw that Matthew had put the room ready. I smiled to him.
"Everything seems to be ready here. Thanks, Matthew."
"It's my job." He smiled. "I knew that Caitlin is coming with you, and I thought that I can make your job a bit easier."
"Thanks." Then I turned to Dave. "Shouldn't you start get ready for the show?"
"Yeah." He gave Caitlin to my arms. "I'll come to see you soon."
Then he was gone and I put Caitlin back to her stroller and started to help Matthew keeping eye on my daughter at the same time. It didn't take long, when the first aid room door was thrown open and Chris stormed in Trish right behind him.
"Where is my goddaughter? I want to see her!"
Before I had time to answer, he saw her and took her to his arms hugging her.
"Chris, don't choke her." I smiled. At least Caitlin didn't burst to tears, like last time, when she had seen her uncle.
"I've missed you so much, little one." Chris said to Caitlin, who watched him her blue eyes wide. Then he grapped my brothers hair.
"She has missed you too." Trish giggled, when Caitlin pulled his hair and he grimaced a little.
"Of course, I am her uncle."
"Yeah, I think she missed you. She doesn't know better yet. But just wait for year or two, she runs away always when she sees you." I grinned.
Chris just glared at me and Trish took Caitlin from him.
"It looks like she isn't shy towards strange people."
"No, she isn't. And that is good. I think it would make things harder if she would be shy." I said.
During that night almost everyone came to see Caitlin, not only those ones who actually needed patching. After Dave had had his match, he spent the rest of the show with us, and when the show was almost over for that night, I noticed that Caitlin had fallen asleep in his lap. I smiled a little when Dave put her carefully to her stroller without waking her up.
"She had an exciting day." Dave said quietly, when he saw that I was watching them.
"Yes, indeed she had."
When we were at the hotel, I checked in to the room, which I had booked for me and Caitlin. Dave suggested, that we can sleep in his room, but I thought that it would be better at first that I was alone with Caitlin.
When we flew to the next city, Dave kept telling me during the whole flight, that I and Caitlin should share the room with him, and finally I gave up laughing. When that man makes his mind about something, he does everything he can, that things go the way he wants. And frankly, I didn't have so much anything against that...
I noticed quickly, that I didn't have to be worried about Caitlin while I was working. Some of the guys almost argued about whose turn was to look after her, and of course Chris was the one, who stated, that he should be taking care of her always when I wasn't around.
When Caitlin had been almost two weeks on the tour with us, we were having a houseshow and I was just patching Trish, when Glen entered the first aid room carrying my daughter. I looked at him a bit amazed, Caitlin was supposed to be with Chris.
"Have you seen Chris?" Glen asked.
"No... But Caitlin should be with him." I answered.
"Yeah, I figured so." Glen said and when he saw that I was more amazed, if just possible, he continued. "I heard her crying on Chris' lockerroom and when I went there, she was alone."
"What do you mean, alone?" I certainly didn't like what I heard, if Chris had left her alone, he would never, ever be watching after her again.
"Yeah, all alone. She was sitting middle of the floor crying. And I didn't see Chris or anyone else nearby."
"I'll kill that idiot." I stated and strapped Trish's wrist. "You are ready. Now, if you excuse me, I have some yelling to do."
"Of course we excuse you." Trish answered and before I left the room, I turned to Glen.
"Can you keep eye on her for a moment?"
"Of course."
I was pissed, because I had never thought that Chris would leave Caitlin alone, not even for a minute. There hadn't happened anything to her, but she was quite energetic little girl and I didn't even want to think, what could had happen, specially now when she fast on her moves, even she didn't walk yet. I went straight to Chris' lockerroom door, which was open and he saw me, when I stood by the door.
"Have you lost something, or rather someone?" I said dryly.
"Ah, Tinnie..." He hesitated a moment when he saw that I wasn't happy. "Do you know where Caitlin is?"
"Yes, I know where she is. But I think you should't ask that. You were supposed to watch after her."
"I know... I was away just couple of minutes and when I came back, she was gone." Chris looked a bit worried and I understood that he was sorry, I just wasn't ready to let him go so easilly.
"You shouldn't have left her. If she had been asleep, it would been different." I said. "Glen heard her crying and when he came here, he saw her alone."
"So, she's now with Glen?"
"Yeah, she is." Then I raised my voice a little. "I don't know, if I can leave her with you anymore." I really didn't want to say that, but I wanted him realize that he couldn't just leave her alone like that.
"I'm so sorry, Tinnie." Gosh, he looked so sad, that I almost gave up, but just almost.
"I have to think about this, Chris. But if I'll leave her with you, you have to promise, that you won't do anything like this anymore."
"Of course I won't, I made a bad decision, I know."
"Yeah, you did." With that I turned from the door and left my brother to his lockerroom. I knew that I would let Chris still watch after Caitlin, he wouldn't do anything like that anymore.
When I went back to first aid room, I saw Dave sitting there on the bench Caitlin on his lap and Glen was just explaining him, what Chris had done.
"So, did you get your yelling done?" Glen grinned slightly.
"Yeah. But I wasn't too harsh on him. He's my brother after all."
"Glen told me what happened. "Dave said. "I hope that Chris understands that something might have happened to her."
"I'm sure he does. He is just sometimes a little careless." I defended my brother.
The rest of the night I patched some cuts and taped few ankles and when the show was over, I, Dave and Caitlin drove together to hotel. Dave had been great help to me with Caitlin, and sometimes at night when she woke up crying, Dave asked me to lay down and he took care of her. Chris seemed to be so sorry about what had happened, that I gave him a second change and he spent a lot of time with Caitlin.
