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Chapter 26

I marched back and forth in the parking place for a moment, until Chris came out of the arena and when he saw me, he approached me carefully. Maybe he thought that I was going to rip his hair off, or something. It was pretty close, I can tell you. I was still mad and mostly worried about that, if Paul would start to think, that there was something going on between Chris and Stephanie. Well, it looked like there was indeed something between those two, but in the other hand, Chris might have said the truth, that it was only a friendly hug.

"Tinnie, I was serious when I said that the hug was just hug between friends." Chris said when he was standing infront me. I watched him closely, and sighed then.

"I know that you still like Steph really much. And I have nothing against her, but you have to be careful. If Paul hears about this, he will beat you to death. There is no doubt about that." And just to make to my point, I added. "And she's the boss' daughter, for heaven's sake!"

"I know that." Chris sighed when he unlocked the car and we got in.

I didn't want to talk anymore about him and Steph, because I knew that there was no point to do that. Chris is just as stubborn sometimes as I am.

"Oh yeah, did you know that Maria has crush on AJ?"

Chris' reaction was pretty much same as mine, but there almost was more serious consequences, because he was just pulling out of the parking place and we near on crashing to road sign. Chris managed to avoid the accident though.

"AJ? As Allen Jones? Styles? The Phenomenon?" Was all what Chris managed to say and I started to laugh.

"Yeah. Our own AJ. I was as surprised as you are." I finally said, when I got myself together.

"God damnit." Chris blew out. And had still some difficulties in stearing the car.

"And you tell me how bad driver I am. You almost drove to road sign." I grinned.

"You shouldn't tell things like that when someone is driving. It's totally your fault."

"Everything is always my fault." I sighed grinning.

On the next morning I flew to Winnipeg and when I got there I found out that Caitlin had taken her first steps, with a little help of course. I was a little sad that I hadn't been there then, but I guess it is partly my jobs fault, I can't be always there when my daugher does something 'big'. I just hope that I will be there, when she says her first words, of course she did talk already, but that was her own baby language and no one understood it.

A day before I and Caitlin went back to road again, AJ called me and told, that he had a minor injury, nothing serious, but he would be out of the action for couple of weeks. When I heard this, I got a big smile to my face, because AJ told also that he would be travelling four days with us. He pointed out that he had nothing else to do and he wanted to spend some time with his goddaughter and with his friends in RAW. It was just perfect. Now I could try to get him and Maria together, but only if AJ liked the sweet brunette. Dave actually called me right after I had disconnected with AJ and it was a small surprise, considering we hadn't talked after the fight. It was a weird call, either of us didn't say what we really wanted to say, we just used some weird and twisted sentences, which had two meanings. At least I did, and I had learned to know Dave pretty well, so I knew that he did the same. But at least he sounded like he wasn't really angry at me, maybe Jay or Benoit had told him how things really were between me and John. Jay being one of my best friends knew the truth, and he is the kind of guy, who tells how things are leaving nothing out.

When I and Caitlin got back to work, or I got back to work to be more precise, we flew to Washington DC, where Summer Slam was held. Of course I knew that Dave was living there, but still I and Caitlin went to the hotel, where were rooms booked for the whole WWE crew. Either of us hadn't mention of the possibility for my and Caitlin's staying at Dave's place. So, I went to the hotel with my daughter. We got to the hotel and when I found out that I and Caitlin were staying in the same room with Chris and AJ, I stared at the receptionist for a moment and asked her to check it again. She did, and the result was same, we were in the same room with my brother and AJ. Don't get me wrong, I love them both really much, but sharing the room with them was a little too much, but there was nothing I could do, at least I wouldn't have to think, who was watching Caitlin, her godfathers would do that without even asking…

When we got to our room, I found out at both, AJ and Chris were already there. Chris had arrived an hour before us and AJ early on the morning. Both of the men were immediately all over me and Caitlin, and when I finally got the change to say something, I turned to AJ, who was holding Caitlin.

"So, darling. Are you happy of being here?"

"Of course. I haven't seen you and Caitlin for ages." AJ had that cute smile on his face. "You look both absolute gorgeous."

"Thanks. You don't look so bad either."

"So, how's things with Dave?" I know, I should have seen that question coming. AJ is always so concerned about my relationships, that there was no change to expect that he would let that thing just go.

"I'm not sure. He called me two days ago and we talked, but..."

"You didn't solve this misunderstanding?" AJ asked.

"No."

"He is living here in DC, but you know that, don't you?" Chris intervened.

"Of course I know that." I raised my eyebrows.

"Why you are staying here in the hotel then?"

"Dave didn't ask us to stay at his place, and I don't want to intrude." I explained.

"You are so stubborn." Chris sighed.

I didn't answer anything to him, I just glared and went to my and Caitlin's bedroom to change my clothes. After I had done that I went back to livingroom, where Caitlin were just taking few steps with AJ holding her hands.

"Chris told me that she has taken few steps already." AJ said, when he saw my amused expression.

"Yeah, she has. But she still needs some help."

"That's obvious. And she is quite a cahtterbox already, although I don't understand a word she says." AJ grinned.

"Either do I." I smiled and then there was knock in our door.

Chris went to open the door and let Chris Benoit and Jay in. I went immediately to hug them both and admitted that I had missed them.

"I saw Dave just few minutes ago." Jay said watching me a bit strangely.

"I... I thought that he is staying at his own house..." I stammered.

"He is. But he came to see the guys from RAW, but I read between the lines, that person who he really wants to see is you, and Caitlin naturally." Jay said and added. "He is still here."

I guessed that it was some kind of command for me to go look for him, but I still hesitated.

"Tinnie, honey. You should go and see if you can find him. We'll keep eye for Caitlin." AJ stated.

Well, AJ has always said the things directly to my face, he doesn't bother to use any covered meanings in his words. But still I hesitated a little.

"I don't know..."

"Con, come on. Dave had been absolutely intolerable after you fight. You should think us too and resolve this thing." Benoit intervened. When I saw the expressions on faces of all four men, I just sighed, put my shoes on and opened the door. Before I left the room, I heard my brother saying to others.

"I can't understand from who she has inherited that stubborness."

I decided to let it go, though I feel like I and Chris are alike, sometimes we just can't admit that we are wrong and we can start a fight from the smallest things.

I got to the hall area of the hotel, when I saw Amy and Adam going to the elevator. I changed few words with them and Adam told that he had seen Dave on the bar. I went to that direction and when I got to the door, I saw Dave sitting in the bar in the same table with John, Maria, Shawn and Trish. At least it seemed for me that there was no hard feelings between Dave and John, actually they were both just laughing for something.

Shawn noticed me just before I got by their table and I guess he mentioned about my arrival to Dave, because he turned and locked eyes with me. I had to take a deep breath, because my heart was jumping up and down. I hadn't prepared for that kind of feeling, but I guess it was just natural. After all I did love him and we hadn't seen for ages, or at least I felt like it was ages.

"Hey guys." I said a little shyly, when I finally reached their table.

"Hey, Con." Everyone else except Dave said.

"Hey." I turned to the man, who I had been missing so much.

"How are you?" He asked watching still to my eyes.

"I'm alright." Then I did what I had to do. "Can we talk somewhere in private?"

"Sure." Dave said standing up and before we left the table, I saw John and Trish grinning at me, which I passed with wave of the hand.

"Can we go to your room?" Dave asked when we had gotten out of the bar.

"I doubt that. Chris and AJ are there with Caitlin. And when I left also Benoit and Jay were there."

"Alright. Then we can go out and sit there somewhere." Dave said. "How is Caitlin, by the way?"

"She is doing very well. She is learning to walk already." I said and I could heard the pride in my voice.

"That's good to hear. I hope that I'll see her today."

"You will." I said following him out to the garden of the hotel.

We found a bench and sat on it.

"I'm sorry..." We both started exactly same time.

"Go ahead." Dave smiled.

"I'm sorry that I was such a bitch on the phone. I do trust you, but I just heard that kind of rumours..." I started to explain fast.

"You know, there is nothing going on between me and Candice. We have strictly a working relationship." Dave looked me on the eyes.

"Yeah, I know. But I'm just used in jumping to wrong conclusions." I sighed. "I hope you know, that I and John are just a friends."

"I do. It's just when Randy told me that you are really close with Cena, I got pissed."

"Randy told you that?" I watched him in amaze, why in the earth Randy had told him such a thing? After all, he was a very good friend to John and he should know that I wasn't fooling around with him.

"Yeah, he did. I shouldn't have believed him. When Chris told me that you two were friends, nothing else, I got to my senses."

"Chris? Do you mean our Chris?" I should have guessed, that my brother would meddle in this too.

"Actually I mean Benoit. And Jay told me the same things." Dave seemed a little amused, maybe he guessed that I was again planning to kill my brother.

"Oh." Was all I could say.

"Specially Jay seemed very concerned about our realtionship."

"He is a good friend." I said. "I guess Chris told him to talk to you." I still wasn't ready to believe that my brother had nothing to do with this.

"That you have to ask from them." Dave came really close to me and put his hand to my cheek. "So, are we cool?"

"Yeah, we are cool."

Then Dave kissed me so that I got almost breathless, that was one thing what I had been missing so much. When he pulled back, he smiled and took my hand.

"Shall we go back inside? I want to see Caitlin."

I couldn't say anthing, so I just nodded and stood up, then we went back inside. When we passed the entrance to hotel's bar, I remembered Maria.

"Can you wait a sec?" I turned to Dave, who just nodded and I went to see if Maria was still in the bar. I found her and whispered to her, that now she had the change to meet AJ. Like I had suspected, Maria stood up fast and followed me out of the bar. I saw the question in Dave's face and explained.

"I want to introduce Maria to AJ."

"Why?"

"Well, she wants to know him better, and..." I stopped in the middle of the sentence and turned to brunette, who had blushed a little.

"I like him." I saw that it wasn't easy for her to say it, but she did it anyway.

"You mean, you have a crush on him?" Dave grinned.

Maria just nodded.

"Good for you. AJ is a great guy." Dave said after he saw my expression. I guess he would have said something totally different, if I hadn't been present. But he knows that, if I hear a one bad word concerning AJ, there is hell to pay. I'm the only one, who is allowed to speak bad about him... And frankly those occasions are rare, when I have something bad to say about my best friend.