"You asked her to marry you, and she said yes?" Triple H said, trying to get a hold of the situation.
"Paul," Annalise said as she guided him to the couch, fearing he would collapse if he didn't sit down. "Dance and I love each other very much and are going to get married," she said in a very maternal voice. Dave and randy were having a hard time keeping the wide grins off of their faces. "And I'm sure that Dave would agree with me that we want you and Randy to be a part of the wedding." Triple H just looked at her, a huge smile appearing on his face. He hugged Annalise and picked her up off of the couch.
"Hey, be careful with her, man. She has to look good for the wedding, but she always looks good," Dave said as he kissed his soon to be bride.
"Aww, isn't that cute, Randy said and the four of them left to get something to eat.
It didn't take long for the news of Anna and Dave's engagement to circulate around the backstage area. While Annalise was taping Shelton's ankle, Mr. McMahon appeared in the training room.
"Ms. Howard, can I have a word with you when you are done?" He asked.
"Of course Mr. McMahon, I will be there in a few minutes," Annalise said. Even though she had put on a brave front for both Shelton and Mr. McMahon, she was shaking like a leaf on the inside. Had her engagement with Dave put his career in jeopardy? Sure being a trainer for the WWE was a dream job, but in all actuality, she could train for any professional sports team that she wanted, but Dave was on the verge of becoming a huge star. Thoughts and visions of her losing her job ran through Annalise's head as she made her way to Mr. McMahon's office.
"You wanted to see me sir," Annalise said as she opened the door.
"Yes Ms. Howard, please come in," Mr. McMahon said as she sat down in the chair in front of the desk.
"First, I want to congratulate you on your recent engagement. I am glad to see that someone took my advice."
"Excuse me sir," Annalise said, not sure what the Chairman of WWE was referring to.
"I saw what happened at Ric's birthday party, and I told Dave what to do."
"I'm glad he followed your advice."
"So am I, but that is not what I wanted to talk to you about. Do you know a Jacob Taylor?"
Annalise thought that she would never hear that name again. "Why does Mr. McMahon know his name" she though to herself.
"Yes, I do. He is my ex-boyfriend," Annalise said. If she came straight out with the truth, maybe this would blow over and she could go back to her new life with Dave.
"Apparently Mr. Taylor's lawyers have been trying to contact you, but since you are on the road a lot they figured that I could get in touch with you."
"Why would Jacob or his lawyers want to get in touch with me?" Annalise knew by the look in Mr. McMahon's eyes that this conversation was not going to have a happy ending.
"I don't know how to tell you this, but it seems that you ex is fighting for custody of your child." The room started to spin. Just when Annalise thought that she had gotten her life back in order, Jacob comes back into the picture.
"I don't understand, he didn't know about the baby. I never told him. He never gave me that chance to. How did he find out?"
"Apparently, he went over to your apartment looking for you a couple days after you came on the road and your doctor called while he was there. I guess he put two and two together."
"What am I going to do? He can't take the baby away from me, he had no right." Vince came from behind the desk and rubbed her back. He could see that she was close to hysterics and he couldn't blame her or even fathom what was going through her mind.
"Dave has been written out of the house show and Raw and Smack Down this week, why don't the two of you go home and figure this out. If you need anything, please know that I am the rest of the WWE family are here to help."
"Thank you sir, I appreciate it," Annalise said through the tears that she could no longer keep at bay. There is one thing; do you know that name of a good attorney?"
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Yes, I am back from the dead. I had a huge case of writer's block and my muse has not been on TV in forever, but both have been corrected. Can't wait you Batista to come back to Smack Down (I have tickets to the Super Show!) Well you know what to do, or if you have forgotten. Hit the purple button, you know the one that he sending messages to your subconscious right now telling you to review. Ok, I done ranting now!
