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CHAPTER 16

Morning came and Elena jumped in the shower her mind racing, she hoped that today they sorted out more of the plan and Vince agreed and that she could talk to Dave.

Throwing on some loose jeans, chucks, a tank top and pulled her hair into a loose ponytail before leaving the bathroom and moving over to the bed where Dave was sound asleep.

She crept to the side and smiled, she would probably pay for this but the moment was too good to pass up, she grabbed her phone from her back pocket and snapped a photo before she jumped onto the bed and flopped on top of him unceremoniously.

Her escape was thwarted when Dave's arms secured itself around her waist and held her close to him, she squealed and wriggled but his arm was not budging.

"Lovely wake up call Lena" Dave yawned

"I know, I thought so…and Lena?" She grinned; Dave had a name for her that only he called her. she wanted him to admit it.

"Everyone calls you Elena, your mine so I'm calling you Lena, a tag of sorts" he answered with a cheeky smile

"Tag? Oh man your asking for another wake up call aren't you, or should I deprive you of something?" she poked her tongue out and shifted so she was lying on top of him. His grip loosened as her lips met his in a fiery kiss; his hands ran up her back and into her hair as the kiss deepened.

Elena smiled against his lips, he had fallen hook line and sinker and now all she had to do was leave for breakfast.

She quickly broke the kiss and slid off him and onto her feet, standing by the bed. Grinning she blew him a kiss and skipped from the room.

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Elena called room service and ordered 6 breakfast meals, she proceeded to ring Dave and ask him to come to their room for breakfast. Inviting him would show that she indeed wanted to pursue their relationship and put any doubts out of his mind.

Dave arrived moments later and grinned, Dave came out of his room throwing a mock glare at Elena and Dave, Randy and Hunter were sitting at the table eagerly waiting for their breakfast to arrive.

Dave and Dave Joined the others at the table as a knock on the door sounded, Elena rolled her eyes.

"Don't get up I'll get it" she called sounding long suffering, she tipped the man with the breakfast and rolled the trolley into the room.

"Thanks babe" Dave grabbed one of the plates of the trolley and smiled, she had ordered a large breakfast for all of them, just what they needed.

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Elena grabbed Shawn's arm before he joined the others on the couch and pulled him to the side, her stomach had butterflies in it and she was nervous as hell, what if he didn't want to?

"Uh, can I ask you a question?" she stuttered, cursing her nervousness

"Sure honey" Shawn seemed clam and happy to oblige so Elena went for it.

"Can we…hang out…you and me…sort of a bonding session I guess" She waited for him to reject her and blow the idea out of the water but as beyond surprised when he pulled her into a big hug

"Of course! We can go today, and the guys can plan with us tonight" Shawn was overjoyed, she wanted to spend time with him outside of work, have a life outside of work.

"I'll go tell Dave and then we can go. Yeah?" Elena smiled, it was nothing to worry about he had said yes!

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The mall was packed, Shawn and Elena walked through stores just looking and mucking around, and it was like they had known each other all along. Shawn chose clothes for her and she rejected them because they were WAY too conservative. Shawn's defense was he didn't want his daughter looking like a skank and Elena laughed at him.

"Dave would kill me if I dressed in most of the clothes here but I know what I feel comfy in and what he likes, nothing will be to out there" Elena had to grin, she had missed out on a protective father her whole life and now she was loving having one around, she was loving teaching him about her life and how she viewed things.

"Rightio, BUT if he doesn't like it I'm going to say I told you so" Shawn stated with a cheeky grin.

"Okay Mr. Fashionista lets go grab a bite to eat and chat" Elena led him to a nice café and pulled up a seat in the back corner, surprisingly no one had annoyed them for autographs and photo's but Elena wanted to be safe from it all and not have interruptions.

"So, anything you want to know?" Elena asked looking at the menu in front of her

"Ok tell me about your child hood" Shawn wanted to know about her from the start to present

"It wasn't the picture perfect childhood, mom beat on me, and I was the one thing that reminded her of you so it was hard for her. I guess it helped her, when she died, I was passed onto a neighbor…they loved me but their friends and friends of mom's hated me." Elena sighed

"I don't blame mom for a lot of things, the fact that she beat me yes, no one should beat a child for any reason. She did what she knew how to do and that was that, I dealt with it and moved on. I grew up and moved out into the world, just over two years ago I started working in the WWE, Vince has been keeping an eye one me and now here we are" Elena left out the details of the beatings that MNM gave her she was sure he knew about them already.

"Wow, I wish I could have taken you away from that, and I don't condone what your mother did. I want to know one thing… Do you blame me for what you went through?"