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Late Saturday morning, Dave was hanging out in his hotel room in St. Louis, MO watching TV, waiting until it was time to head over the arena, when all of a sudden the connecting door flew open.

"Did you know that The Killers were going to be in town tomorrow night?" Kadence threw herself on to the bed next to Dave. "They're, like, my absolute favorite! I tried to get tickets but they're already sold out. I'm so bummed!" Kadence sighed dramatically.

"Ah…poor baby." Dave teased. "What do you want me to do about it?"

"Magically make two tickets appear, please." Kadence looked at Dave with puppy dog eyes. Dave laughed at her and held up his hands in a helpless gesture. "I suppose it was too much to hope for." Kadence sighed sadly. "Okay, well since we aren't going to the concert, what do you want to do on our day off?"

"Now why would you assume that I don't already have plans?" Dave inquired.

"Please!" Kadence rolled her eyes. "Since when did you get a life?"

"Hey! I resent that." Dave tried to look offended but failed miserably when Kadence started making faces at him and he couldn't help but laugh at her. "Okay, so I don't have any plans. How about I come up with something to do and surprise you?"

"Hmmm…" Kadence tapped her chin as she pretended to think about his offer. "I trust you with my life but I'm not sure I can trust you with my entertainment." Kadence leapt off the bed, laughing as Dave tried to attack her. "I suppose I can allow you to plan this one time. Don't let me down!" She threw over her shoulder as she headed back into her room. Ten minutes later she poked her head back into his room and asked if he was ready to head over to the arena.

"Sure am." Dave grabbed his bag and followed Kadence out of the room and down to the lobby.

"Why do we always have to take the stairs?" Dave whined, starting up a familiar argument between them but Kadence wasn't paying attention to him. He turned his head to see what had caught her attention.

"Dillon!" Kadence squealed, dropping her bag and running towards him just as Dave spotted him. Upon reaching him, she threw herself into his arms, almost knocking him over. Dave watched in jealousy as Kadence practically glowed at the man holding her.

"Hey there Kady girl! Did you miss me?" Dillon laughed as he spun his sister around.

"What are you doing here? Does Dad know you're here? Did Sara come with you? How's mom?" Kadence gasped as she realized that her brother could be there with bad news. "Is she okay? Nothing's happened to her, has it?" By this time Dave had picked up Kadence's bag and moved over to a section of chairs to wait for her. He couldn't hear what was being said, but he saw Kadence's eyes fill up with tears and he was immediately concerned for her. Before he could decide if he wanted to go to her, Dillon pulled her into another hug.

"Mom hasn't gotten any worse." Dillon was quick to reassure Kadence. "I'm in town for business and noticed that Raw was in town also. I figured this would be the perfect time to watch you live."

"Don't scare me like that again!" Kadence hit Dillon in the arm, relieved that her mom was okay. "I think that the show is sold out tonight, which is kind of amazing considering this is just a house show. Hey, how long are you in town for? Any chance you're going to get to come to the show Monday night?"

"Unfortunately I leave early tomorrow, so I won't be in town. Plus, I figured it might not be safe for me to go to a televised event, due to the fact that we now know dad watches them.

"True." Kadence nodded her head. "So did you get tickets for tonight or are you planning on just crashing the party?"

"I got tickets when I first learned I would be coming out here. With a little help from by friend, Benjamin Franklin, I was able to get in the front row." Dillon rubbed his fingers together, using an old sign that they had used as children to refer to money, causing Kadence to burst out laughing.

"Shit son! I gotta run or I'm going to be late!" Kadence said after catching a glimpse of the lobby clock.

"Promise you'll come find me after the show." Dillon hugged Kadence, making sure she agreed before letting her go. Smiling back at her brother, Kadence hurried towards Dave, who stood up when he spotted her coming. When she reached him, she grabbed his arm and started skipping towards the door. Dave, not expecting the sudden movement, stumbled before catching up with her.

"What has you so happy?" He smiled down at her, glad to see that whatever she had been talking to Dillon about hadn't ruined her day. Actually the more he thought about it he realized that she seemed to be in to good of a mood. Frowning, he wondered yet again if she wasn't having an affair with Dillon Blankenbiller.

"It's just a wonderful day." Kadence continued to the door, starting to hum, without noticing the frown that was darkening Dave's face. Upon exiting the hotel, they ran into Mickie, Hunter, and Shawn. The five of them decided to travel in the SUV that Shawn had rented since they would all be coming back to the hotel after the show. On the trip to the arena, Dave was quiet as he listened to Kadence and Mickie exchange celebrity gossip. Hunter and Shawn would occasionally through in a comment about certain people, but most of the time they were arguing over what type of music to listen to.

"Did either of you see Dillon Blankenbiller when you were in the lobby. Mickie asked as they arrived at the arena. Dave, who was watching Kadence, noticed her pale at Mickie's words.

"Yeah we saw him." Kadence replied stiffly.

"I would love to be able to take him home for a night." Mickie said dreamily, continuing on with their pervious conversation about which famous people they would like to sleep with.

"I'm pretty sure his married and aren't you engaged anyway?" Kadence sniped, getting out of the SUV and quickly disappearing into the arena, leaving behind a car full of very confused friends.

"What was that all about?" Hunter turned in his seat to look at Mickie and Dave. Both of them raised their shoulders in confusion.

"I'd probably better go find her and make sure she's okay." Mickie started to get out of the car but was stopped by Dave.

"Why don't you let me go talk to her?"

Mickie nodded feeling miserable that she had obviously upset her best friend. Dave climbed out of the SUV and headed towards the arena.

Seeing Mickie's face Shawn placed his arm around her. "Things will be okay between you."

Mickie looked at Shawn and gave a weak smile before nodding. "Yeah, I know but I hate making people upset."

The three members of DX walked slowly towards the arena each lost in thought. Once inside the found their locker room and started getting ready for that nights performance. Since it was a house show, the backstage area was more relaxed, helping Mickie to feel calmer about what had happened in the SUV.

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"You okay?" Dave asked when he caught up with Kadence, who was sitting just inside the arena on the floor.

"Yeah." She smiled apologetically at him. "Is everyone upset with me for taking off like that?"

"I don't think that anyone is upset, just confused and worried. Want to talk about it?"

"Not really. It's pretty personal and I really don't want to share right now. Thanks for being willing to listen though."

Dave watched, hurt, as Kadence stood up and walked towards their locker room. Why won't she open up to me? I really don't care if she is having an affair with a married man. I just want to be able to help her deal with the pain. With those thoughts swimming in his head, Dave joined Kadence in their locker room so they could go through their pre-match rituals.