Dave and Annalise spent most of the afternoon looking for something for Anna to wear at Ric's birthday party that night. Throughout their trip, they had seen enough shoes, dresses, skirts and shirts to fill three SUVs, a mini-van and a tour bus, but nothing was right, and Dave had an idea why.
"How about we look in this store," Dave suggested. Annalise looked and sighed. Maybe should give in, maybe she should just except the fact that she this store would possibly have something that looked halfway decent on her. "Come on, kid don't be shy," Dave said as he gently guided her into the store. The sign above her taunted her, dared her to enter. Annalise would give anything to have a brown paper bag to put over her head as she entered Motherhood Maternity.
"See, that wasn't so bad," Dave said as he tried to stifle the laugh that we trying to escape from his lips.
"Keep it up big boy, and your bank statement will never be the same again," Annalise said as she perused the endless racks of empire waist shirts and pants with elastic waistbands. But she had to admit to herself that it would be nice to have clothes that fit.
"How about this dress," Dave asked as he held up a simple black dress with thin straps.
"I must admit, for someone whose closest relative may be the Neanderthal, you have great fashion sense." Annalise said as she took the dress from Dave and headed to the fitting room. He was looking forward to showing her off tonight at Ric's party. He knew what a lot of the guys in the locker room said, that he could have any diva that he wanted, especially Trish. But she wasn't his type. Sure she was strong, and beautiful, but she was a bitch, pure and simple. He saw the way that she treated Anna and others backstage and it made him sick. They also couldn't see why he would be interested in a woman who was pregnant with another man's baby, but that was secondary to him. She was a beautiful, strong and courageous woman. That was beautiful to him. As Batista became lost in his thoughts about Annalise, he did not notice her coming out of the fitting room.
"Hey caveman, what do you think?" Annalise said as she spun around so Dave could see the entire dress. He was speechless. Dave had spent days with Anna, but she was usually in wind pants and a polo shirt, now she stood before him, the epitome of beauty.
"You look beautiful" Dave said barely at a whisper as he admired the beautiful woman before him.
"Thank you," she said, the color beginning to rise in her cheeks. She noticed the way that he was looking at her, like she was an ice cream sundae and he was about to eat the cherry on top.
"You shouldn't think like that, some women my think that you are a playboy like that Orton kid you're always around," Annalise said with a smile on her face.
"I can't help it, you're gorgeous."
"I'm going to take this dress off before you try and take it off for me," Annalise said with a wink and went into the dressing room to change. When she returned, Dave insisted that she pick out a few more outfits since she had absolutely no other maternity clothes. When their shopping spree was completely they went out to lunch and back to the hotel for a quick nap before the evening's festivities.
Ok, much better chapter than the last one. On deck Ric's party and the return of the Woman's champion to the show; what will happen next? Tune in for the next installment. Oh and hit that little button. Please review, it fuels me, and not flames, I'm sensitive!
