Dave saw her mouth move, but he didn't hear a word that she said.
"I knew I shouldn't have done this; put my heart and my feelings out there for her to just turn me down," Dave thought to himself. As he looked up, feeling like a wounded dog, he noticed the huge smile on Annalise's face.
"What are you smiling about kid?"
"Did you hear what I said?" Annalise asked obviously confused by the look on Dave's face. "I thought that you would be happy."
"You said yes?" Dave asked, the sparkle returning to his eyes like a little boy running down the steps on Christmas morning. All she did was nod. Dave leaped from his feet and brought her into a tight embrace.
"Dave, let me go, I can't breathe," she mumbled into his shoulder.
"I'm so sorry, kid. I couldn't help myself. Did I hurt you?" He asked.
"No, I'm fine. You surprised me. You move pretty fast for a big guy." Anna said. She was still trying to get over the shock of Dave's proposal.
"You have made me the happiest man in the world. I love you Mrs. Batista," Dave said as finally placed the diamond ring on her finger.
"Dave, it's beautiful," Annalise said as she stared at the sparkling jewel. "This is too much."
"Nothing is good enough for you, kid." Dave said as he climbed back into bed and into a peaceful sleep.
The next few days were a whirl wind. Dave and Anna spent the days as any couple would; going out to dinner, movies, just hanging out. This was Anna's first glimpse at what Dave was like outside of the ring; people constantly asking for an autograph or a picture with him. Their fun soon was over, for Wednesday night came faster than they expected.
"What are we going to do tomorrow?" Annalise asked, realizing that they still had to tell their friends of their engagement.
"Well, we can flat out tell them, or the can figure it out themselves. The choice is yours," Dave said as he brushed some hair out of Anna's face.
"They're adults. I'm sure they'll get it sooner or later," Anna replied with a smile on her face.
"You're an evil woman," Dave said as he placed a kiss on her cheek.
"No just hormonal." Annalise and Dave both fell into a fit of laughter as they thought about what was going to take place to following day.
Anna and Dave tried to hide the excitement on their faces, but it was hard to do. As the walked around the backstage area and to Evolution's locker room, they noticed the many strange looks they were getting.
"I'm pretty sure they are wondering how you forgave me."
"Well, if they heard you sing they would understand why," Anna said, trying not to laugh in Dave's face.
"I really think you missed your calling. I can see you on stage doing stand up comedy."
"I can't say that I can see you on stage in a Broadway musical. Oh wait, that's more like a nightmare."
"Keep this up and I will start singing."
"I'm shutting up now." Dave and Annalise ended their conversation as they entered the locker room.
"Dave, whatever you did must have been pretty damn big for Anna to be standing next to you." Triple H said
"You could say that," Anna replied while trying not to laugh.
"So what did he do?" Randy asked. All eyes were on Anna, and she was sweating bullets. "How am I going to tell them what happened without cracking up?" She thought to herself.
"Well, I was watching Raw and I guess I fell asleep because the next thing I know I was hearing something coming from my front yard."
"What was it," Randy asked, fully engaged in the story.
"At first, I thought that it was some sort of wounded animal," Anna said. Dave just glared at her. "But when I went to the window, I saw that it was Dave. He was singing. He was singing Barry Manilow. So, to save my ears, Dave's reputation, and to stop the neighbors from calling the police, I told him come in. He explained what happened and his feelings and I forgave him and here we are." Annalise finished. As she talked, she didn't notice Randy staring at her hand.
"Anna, were did you get that ring?" Randy asked.
"Dave gave it to me," she answered, wondering if he was going to figure it out.
"Dave is there something you want to tell us Dave?" Triple H asked trying to get to the bottom of the situation.
"Well if you must know, after Annalise was so kind as to take me back, I stayed at her place. Nothing happened, Orton so get your mind out of the gutter." Dave said glaring at the younger man. "Anyway, the next morning I made Anna breakfast and asked her to marry me, and she said yes." Dave said as he caught his breath. Triple H and Randy just stood in shock at what they had just heard. Randy was the first to break the silence.
"Oh snap."
A/N: There you have it, another chapter after a little bit of a break. I needed it after the holiday; too much eating and cooking for me. Anyway, you know what to do yada yada yada.
