Chapter 27
When I got back to our room with Dave and Maria, I noticed that Benoit and Jay weren't there anymore. I have to give both, AJ and Chris credit for the fact, that they had already changed Caitlin to her nightdress, and my daughter did look very tired.
"So, you two made up?" Chris asked immediately when we entered the room.
"Yeah. It was just a big misunderstanding." Dave grinned.
"So I have been telling to this sister of mine, but did she listen to me? Of course not." Only then Chris seemed to noticed that there was a third person, who had entered the room. "Maria, what are you doing here?"
I have to tell you , that I actually understood, that the whole 'who's fooling around with who' thing was just a misunderstanding caused by nasty rumours, but Chris is Chris...
I made different faces and it made Chris to realize why the beautiful brunette was in our room.
"Ah, yes. Maybe I should introduce you two, I guess you haven't met yet." Chris grinned a little. "AJ, this beautiful brunette is Maria Kanellis. Maria, Allen Jones. Or AJ, like we all know him."
"I've seen you when I've watched RAW." AJ shaked hands with Maria. "Your character is... Hmmm... Interesting."
"Yeah, it is a bit naive..." Maria smiled and blushed slightly. "Nice to meet you."
"Hmmm... I think I'll go see Jay..." Chris muttered directing towards the door.
I just smiled, because it was so obvious that he wanted to leave me and Dave alone with Caitlin. And the fact was, that Jay had been just in our room. AJ took also the hint and smiled to Maria.
"Do you want to come for coffee or something with me?"
"Sure." Maria smiled and followed AJ to door, where he turned back to me.
"Take all the time you need." With that I, Dave and Caitlin, who almost slept at Dave's lap already, were left in the room.
"I guess Chris and AJ want us to solve this once and for all." Dave grinned.
"You guess? I know it for sure, they are both so obvious." I giggled and took Caitlin from Dave.
"But first we have to get this little girl to bed."
Dave followed me to bedroom, where I put Caitlin to bed and she was asleep almost immediately. When we went back to living room, Dave sat on the couch and I decided to put my skinny ass - like Chris would say – to his lap.
"So. How are things really in RAW?" Dave said serious expression in his face.
"Well, I guess quite same. Except I miss you, Benoit and Jay enormously, and it's weird that Randy isn't around, but I'm doing fine." Then I sighed. "And I am good friend with John, but there isn't anything else. He is just a great guy and I love him, but I'm not in love with him."
"I know it now. John told me it also." Dave admitted.
"He is a great guy." I repeated. "Oh yeah, I have to tell you something... You know that our Chris and Steph McMahon have a... hmmm... Past."
Dave just nodded and I could see he got interested.
"Well, I catched them hugging in Chris' lockerroom and I got a bit worried. You see, I think Chris has still a crush on Steph and..."
"You are worried what Paul might do to him, if he hears about this." Dave ended my sentence.
"Yeah. That's basically it." I sighed. "Paul is now on leave and Steph isn't so often travelling with us, but still I can't be without worries."
"Chris is a big boy." Dave commented.
"I know that, but he doesn't always think with his head. Maybe it would be best that he doesn't resign, when his contract expires."
Chris' contract was indeed expiring soon and he had told me that he wasn't sure, if he would resign, because he needed a little break from WWE and he had his band, Fozzy. If he wouldn't resign he would have more time for his band also.
"He isn't sure about resigning?" Dave asked.
"No. Of course I hope that he does, RAW would be really boring place to work in without him and I'm used to him being around, but in the other hand I do understand him... He wants a break."
"I see. This travelling could get quite tiring, specially when you are constantly on road, like Chris has been." Dave stated.
"Yeah, it is. I know it by personal experience. But I would be missing him enormously, if he decides to quit." I sighed.
"But he is your brother. It isn't like you wouldn't see him at all." Dave stroke gently my arm when he said this.
"Yeah, he is, but still... It would be weird not having him around." I said.
"You get used to it."
"Maybe. And perhaps it would be good for me also, when I don't have to be constantly worried about him." I grinned now a little.
"Yeah, it would be nice break for you too." Dave laughed. "And you have a lot of friends in RAW anyway. If Chris quits, there is still people looking after you and Caitlin."
He had a good point there, there was still a lot of people taking care of me and my daughter in case Chris wouldn't be with us for long anymore.
We talked still about half an hour and before Dave left, he wanted to see say goodnight to Caitlin, so we went to my bedroom, where she was sleeping. We both watched her for a moment in silence and then Dave stroke gently her cheek without waking her. When we went back to livingroom, he turned to me.
"Would you like to come to my place for this night?"
Oh, how I wanted to do that, but...
"I don't think so. Or I do want, but I don't want to wake Caitlin..." Way to go, Con! You really know how to handle this kind of situations!
"You don't have to wake her. I'm sure Chris and AJ would look after her for this night and tomorrow morning."
"I know they would, but I don't know... I am really tired and I need the sleep." I said knowing that if I would go to Dave's place, I wouldn't get enough sleep.
"If you don't want to come..." He seemed a little disappointed.
"I do, believe me. But tomorrow is a busy day, for both of us. And I'm sure we'll see hours before the show actually starts."
"That's alright. You are actually right." Dave smiled weakly.
"Are you mad at me?" I watched him closely.
"Of course not. I know that you need the sleep, you do look very tired." Now he had that smile on his face, which I was used to see.
"See you tomorrow." I stretched to give him a kiss before he opened the door.
"Geez, Chris and AJ. How long have you been standing there?" Dave asked when he opened the door and we both saw my brother and AJ standing on the corridor.
"Not so long..." Chris said but I saw that he looked a little bored.
"Chris..." I said.
"Well, about fifteen minutes. AJ came few minutes after me." He grinned.
"Why didn't you come in?"
"We didn't want to intrude." AJ said.
"So you two morons decided to stand here in corridor?" Dave asked trying hard not to laugh.
"Who are you calling moron?" Chris snapped.
"You two." Dave said and couldn't keep straight face anymore and made also me to laugh, while Chris and AJ just glared at us.
"I don't see anything amusing in this." Chris stated when I and Dave tried hard to get ourselves serious again.
"I know, honey. But it is. Think about it; you two standing here in aisle waiting that you can go to your own room" I grinned.
"We didn't know what you two were doing. We didn't want to march in the middle of something." Now AJ was grinning also, so maybe he had found the funny side about it.
"Well, now you two can go to your room. I'm going home to have some sleep. Tomorrow is a busy day." Dave stated.
"Aren't you going with him?" Chris turned to me and I saw that he was a little surprised.
"Nope. We both need sleep and Caitlin is already sleeping and..." I rambled.
"I see." AJ grinned. "You think that you wouldn't have too much sleep if you'd go to Dave's..."
"Oh, shut up." I snorted. "So, how it went with Maria? Did you have nice time?" I watched my good friend, who clearly was a little surprised of my sudden change of subject.
"Well, yeah. She's a nice girl... But we were talking about you and Dave..." Clearly he didn't want to talk about Maria at that moment.
"Don't push her, Jones." Dave said seriously. "We'll see tomorrow and we made things clear. That should satisfy you two. It centainly does me and Con, and by the way this doesn't even concern you two."
"Tinnie is my sister and..." Chris started, but I decided to push him in our room.
"Let it go already. I'm tired and want to go to bed." I yawned.
AJ felt that it was also best to follow us to the room and before I closed the room door, I gave a tight hug to Dave.
"Sleep well and see you tomorrow."
"You too, honey." He smiled and turned to go.
Before I closed the door, I watched after him and I guess he sensed it, because just before he got to the elevator he turned to me and waved. I waved back and then I closed the door.
AJ and Chris were sitting on the couch and I sat between them turning to AJ.
"So, what do you really think of Maria?"
"Like I sad she's a nice girl... But you shouldn't get that kind of ideas on your head, that there will something romantic between us." Like I have said AJ knows me pretty well...
"I... I don't." I stammered, because frankly I got that kind of ideas on my head. "I just thought that you would look nice together and she likes you already, and..." I stood up fast, because the expression on AJ's face didn't promise anything good and then I backed couple of steps.
"She's right, AJ. Maria likes you." Chris grinned, he wasn't helping me at all.
"Bollocks." AJ snorted.
"She does." I assured him. "She told me herself."
"And you decided to hook us up?" AJ glared at me.
"Y...Yeah." I decided that it was time for me to retreat and I almost ran to my bedroom room. "Good night guys." Then I closed my bedroom room and started to undress quietly knowing that AJ wouldn't come to room, because Caitlin was sleeping and I knew he didn't want to wake her up.
When I had chanced my nightdress on, I lowered myself carefully on the bed next to my daugher, and before I fell asleep I thought that everything seemed to be fine in my life at last.
