Chapter 48

Kitten and Dave began to travel on the road now, which was a good two hour drive now. The WWE superstars were doing a press conference for their European Survivor Series tour. Kitten had completely forgotten about the tour if it wasn't for a phone call from Shane McMahon as soon as they got off the plane. Kitten, who had never done such an event, was a little nervous. She was quiet since they got the call twenty minutes ago. Dave on the other hand was just fine. He had done press conferences before when he was facing Triple H earlier in the year.

"Dave, what exactly am I supposed to do at this conference?"

Batista looked from the road to his girlfriend in the passenger seat. "Well, we talk to the media about whatever they ask us about." He replied as he looked back to the road. "It'll be fun. Press conferences are always crazy. You never know what the media or our superstars will say." He chuckled.

Kitten turned to look out her own window. "That's it, you just talk?"

"Yeah, that's pretty much it…" he looked over at her and frowned. "You okay?"

"I've just never done this before."

"Aww, you'll be fine. You can sit next to me." Dave replied as a smile began to grow on his lips.

Kitten looked over at him and laughed. "Dave, who else would I sit by?"

"No one else." Dave growled. Kitten smirked as she recognized that tone. Dave was an Animal at heart and that meant he was territorial with her. She didn't mind it, now knowing what she knew. Back in Evolution, she wasn't aware just how much animal ruled over the man, and it cost her. Sure it was more of Hunter's planning that blinded Dave, but to blame Hunter entirely would mean she never learned her lesson. Dave was an Animal and she had to respect that, though it scared her when he went on one of his rampages, it was all worth it.

"I wouldn't sit next to anyone but you, Dave. Don't you worry about that." She smiled. Dave nodded curtly, the smile returning to his face.

"Good, last thing I need is for you to be on someone else's arm."

"Speaking of someone else, who else is going to be there?" she asked.

"Well I know Shane will be there and some Raw superstars. I don't know about the Smackdown side."

"Other than us, you mean."

"Right, other than us." Dave chuckled.

They had arrived in a building that looked to be very business associated. As kitten got out, she looked around. The WWE production semi truck was parked not too far from them. Dave fixed his leather jacket, and put his shades over on top of his head as he too scanned the area. He turned to Kitten on the other side of the car and nodded his head towards the building. She shut her door and walked over to the front of the car.

"Kitten, Dave, over here!" Shane called from behind her. Kitten turned to see the only son of Vince smiling and waving in their direction. Kitten waited for Dave before they made their way over to him. She gave him a hug after Dave and he shook hands.

"How was the flight?"

"Short, I mostly slept through all of it." Kitten responded.

"The flight was a couple of hours so she didn't really sleep that long." Dave added.

"Steph told me that you two spent the weekend at her place?"

"Yeah, their home is really something. We had a great time." Dave replied.

"You guys should stay over at my place one day."

"No we don't want to impose, Shane." Kitten said.

"No way, you could never impose." Shane laughed. Kitten shook her head. She froze when something caught her attention. Her eyes went wide when she was who was coming their way.

"John!" she called out. John Cena was walking towards the three of them, eyes on his cell phone, when he heard his name being called. Looking up, he found Kitten waving at him, a smile on her pretty face. He smiled back and put his phone in his pocket as he approached her. As soon as he got close enough to them, Kitten came towards him to close the gap. Seeing her coming, John opened his arms and hugged her tightly. Kitten returned the favor and laughed when she felt herself being lifted from the ground. John turned them both around so his back was to Dave and Shane.

Kitten pulled away from John as he set her back on the ground, a small smile appearing on her face. "You're not mad?"

"About what, you getting out of Bischoff's insane reign, no way." John replied.

Kitten smiled up at him. "Thanks, I know I did you wrong by not telling you but—"

"You did right by you. I know you're a spurt of the moment kind, Kitty. It'll be the death of me, if I try to guess when those moments happen, I'll be putting myself in deaths way." John laughed. Kitten smacked his shoulder playfully in response.

Dave was watching them closely from behind them. Shane, who could see Dave clenching and releasing his hands, patted the big man's shoulders. "Easy Dave, she's not doing anything wrong. You two are doing really well right now. Don't screw this up like you did the last time." Shane warned. Dave froze and snapped his eyes to Shane. He nodded and closed his eyes trying to relax himself.

John turned around to face Shane and Batista. He walked over to Shane and shook his hand before turning to the bigger man. "Dave, it's been a while."

"Sure has, how you been John?" Dave asked.

John nodded. "Been well, you know how it is, being champ and all." John smirked.

Dave did the same. "Yeah, it's not easy."

"I don't envy you though man. You got it worse than I do."

Dave frowned. "What do you mean?"

John moved his eyes over to Kitten on his right "It couldn't be easy having a girl like that on your arm."

Dave laughed. "No its not, between men eyeing her and trying to flirt with her, it sure isn't easy." Dave chuckled. Dave turned when he heard someone call his name. He froze when he say who it was.

"Dave, how are you honey?" Melina Perez asked as she came to hug him. Before Dave could react, she had him around his waist. He looked down to find the Diva has her face pressed into his shirt, her eyes closed and her grip tightening.

"I have missed you so much. When I heard you were going on a little vacation without me, my heart just broke." she started. She opened her eyes to look up at Dave, giving him a seductive smile. However, Dave had had enough and grabbed her upper arms before forcefully prying her from his waist. He made sure that her attention was on him before he spoke.

"Melina, I want nothing to do with you. Kitty and I are together and I will not have you screwing this up." he growled.

"How can you pick that slut over me?" Melina shrieked as she flung her arms in the air, causing Dave to let her arms go. "I don't understand it. She was raped by God knows how many men and you two fall all over her. You love her for a reasons I could never understand, and don't even get me started on Cena."

"Hey who you calling a slut, bitch." Kitten growled from Dave's right. She heard enough and would put an end to the woman's ranting if it meant punching her out right there.

Melina's gaze went dark as she saw the other woman. "I'm not the one who's fucked dozen's of men."

"Is that right?" Kitten laughed, "That's not what the Diva's locker room says." She took a step closer to Melina, as her eyes darkened and her gaze intensified. "I was raped, meaning I had no say in the matter, but that doesn't mean I can't get over it. Dave is mine, and I will not have your hands let alone your eyes on him. You come near my man again, I will put you in the ground." she growled.

Dave watched the women's altercation and was prepared to stop Kitten if the time called for it. Sure, he would like nothing more for Kitten to shut Melina up, but he knew Kitten was strong for a woman and could seriously hurt Melina if she wasn't careful. That brought a smile to his lips. Kitten was a female version of the Animal which made his heart swell up in pride. She was his and she had claimed him for herself.

Shane watched in shock as Kitten let her words do the fighting for her. She was known to go in swinging other than having her words fight for her, but here she had done the opposite. Shane was surprised in the fact that she could hold it together for such a long time. He remembered a time where Sable had tried something with him and Kitten had just happened to walk by. She attacked Sable like a wild cat. Sable had to have stitches in her lip, forehead and elbow. That was the last he had seen the other Diva. She had left the company entirely after that event. He chuckled at the memory as he watched Kitten's calm demeanor.

John was smiling the entire time. He was proud that she had overcome her nightmares. When they were both on raw, she was a little skittish about being in a relationship with him, not for the fear of Dave, but for the fear of being with a man. Her couldn't blame her though. How could she after what she had endured with her rape and then having Evolution attack her. He never succeeded in getting through her defense and that saddened him a bit. However, to know that Dave had done what he couldn't, bothered him more than he would ever had admitted. He liked her and cared for her in a way he had never cared for a person before. But she loved Dave and it wasn't his style to try to take her away from Dave. He treated her well and he loved her. He would have to live with that.

"I want you to leave us be, Melina. You are not to contact, see or meet with Dave. If I do find out you have been around Dave or even thinking about him, I will come after you with hell's fury." Kitten warned. She turned to Dave and pulled his arm away from the woman, making him follow her in silence. His smile was still present and it was hard to get off when she looked back at him.

"Why are you smirking?" she asked as she stopped and turn to face him.

"You kidding me, right? You claimed me as your own."

"Like you have done on countless occasions."

"It's just it feels nice to have the favor returned." Dave chuckled as he crossed his arms.

Kitten smile returned to her lips and she nodded. "Don't let it go to your head, big man. You should already know I will defend you if I have to, but you're the man, don't expect me to fight your battles for you. That's not what a man does."

"Yes, ma'am."

"Oi! It's yes miss. I ain't that old." she laughed.

Dave chuckled and put his hands on her hips before pulling her to him. He kissed the top of her head before hugging her tightly. When he felt Kitten's arms around his torso his heart fluttered a bit. He was happy that she was happy, thought he seriously thought she was going to duke it out right then and there with Melina.

It was a good twenty minutes before everyone was there from both brands. ECW wasn't going to be there since there wasn't any of it's brand members heading to Europe. On Raw's side, it was WWE champion John Cena, HBK, Carlito, and Torrie Wilson. Smackdown's side was World Heavyweight Champion Dave Batista, Kitten, Melina Perez, and JBL. Shane McMahon was the spokesman for the conference and the boss when it came down to it. He was there to make sure nothing got out of hand.

When they made their way to the conference room in the building, Kitten began to chat with Shawn asking how things were with everything. They laughed when the subject of Ric Flair came up.

"That old man is crazier than most, I'll tell you that right now, shawn." Kitten laughed.

"Oh no, you don't have to tell me, Kitty. I know exactly what you mean. Just last week, I give him a ring and he's going on about his socks!"

"Oh my, what happened with his socks?"

"One was shorter than the other and it wouldn't stay on his foot." Shawn chuckled. Kitten burst out laughing, catching most of the WWE personnel's attention. Dave turned back to see Shawn and Kitten laughing hysterically. He stopped and let everyone pass as he waited for the two to catch up.

"What are you two laughing about?" he asked once they caught up.

"Shawn was just telling me about Natch and his socks." Kitten said as she wiped her eyes of the tears that formed in her eyes. Shawn was doing the same as he nodded.

Dave chuckled, "Well you two need to get it together, we'll be there in a minute."

"Thanks, big man. I'll see you two later." Shawn said as he waved and walked a little faster to catch up with Cena.

"I miss that man," Kitten said.

"Who Shawn?"

"Him too, but I was talking about Ric." Kitten replied.

Dave nodded in agreement. He too did miss his mentor. "I know what you mean. We should check up on that man."

"Perhaps our next vacation we could do an Evolution reunion."

"Excluding Randy Orton of coarse."

"I think we should invite Randy. He's always been good to me."

"Well he's still a pain in the ass and I think the others will agree with me."

Kitty let out a huff as she crossed her arms over her chest while Dave just chuckled. It wasn't funny to her though. Randy was kicked out of evolution because he won the championship and Hunter didn't. Randy was, well he was Randy and Kitty knew that. She would definitely find a way to get Randy to come to their reunion. He was still a good friend to her and he was the only one who hadn't beaten her up now that she thought about it.

"Well, I don't care what you, Hunter, or Ric feel or say about him. I'm inviting him if we do have a reunion." Kitten said as she took her seat on Dave's right. He squinted at her and frowned. He had upset her when he didn't mean to. He honestly didn't care if Randy came or not, as long as he behaved.

"Kitty, I was just–"

"I don't care, he's coming." Kitten replied before turning to the media. Dave sighed and shook his head. He put his belt on the table to his left before folding his hands in front of him. He glanced back at Kitten, trying to see if her mood had changed a bit. To his surprise, there was a smile on her face and she was looking at someone. He frowned and followed her gaze to a man in a dark blue suit, white button up shirt and blue and white tie. Dave had never seen this man before, but he knew right away that he didn't like this one. He stared back at his girlfriend and saw that she was giggling.

"What are you giggling about?"

"Someone I know is here."

"That's specific," Dave replied sarcastically. "We're all people you know."

"I mean one of the reporters, Dave." Kitten said with a slight frown as she turned to him.

"Who is he?" Dave asked as he tried to suppress a growl.

"Believe it or not Dave, I did have a life before you and he's just a friend."

"Uh huh, I'm not buying it." Dave sneered.

Kitten turned to face him and smile. "David, don't go there. You know I love you and I wouldn't do anything to hurt you." she said softly. Dave searched her eyes and felt himself calm down. She was right and he was acting like an idiot right now. He smiled when she shook her head at him.

"Dave, his name is Tyler and he used to work with me back in that bar I used to work at. He always wanted to be a big time journalist and I'm happy that he's finally made it. If you want, I'll introduce you to him after the conference."

"I would like that. I wanna know the dirty secrets." Dave laughed. Kitten laughed at Dave's sudden mood change and hooked her arm around his bicep. Dave gave her a wink earning him a kiss on the lips from his girlfriend. He kissed her back before Shane interrupted them with the beginning of the conference.

A/N: Man that was a long ass chapter but I hope it was all worth it. Like always, I love response from my readers. It makes me want to write even more because I know my writing is being appreciated by not only me but you readers. I want to thank everyone who has read and reviewed this story. Anyways, thank you again for reading this. Until next time =)

-Assassin Queen