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John left our house in Tampa on Saturday morning to head to Oklahoma for Smackdown house shows. He probably should have left the night before but he wanted one more night with me so we could try to make a baby. I was getting pretty tired of trying for a baby. I even tried to tell him that stressing it and focusing too much on making a baby could make sex seem like a chore. To be honest with John's baby making obsession sex did feel like a chore with him. I missed the days when sex was pleasurable and fun with him but it was starting to be a hassle and it was more like a chore than anything else. I also tried to tell him that focusing too much on making a baby could delay the process. I remember reading that somewhere. The best thing to do was let it happen when it happened. It would happen when the time was right. He didn't' want to hear it of course which was another problem I was starting to have with him. He just seemed not to listen to me when I talked. I was actually glad when he left for Oklahoma that morning and it wasn't just because I was going to spend the weekend with Dave but because I was irritated with John lately.
Later that morning after John was gone I headed to Dave's house so we could take Max to the zoo, then to the park and then to get some ice cream. I was really looking forward to meeting Max and to have my time with Dave when I didn't have to rush out in the morning. I was also looking forward to telling Dave how I felt about him. I just hoped he felt the same way but it was Batista. He didn't fall in love with anyone. I arrived at Dave's house and made my way to his front door. I rang the doorbell and waited a couple minutes before Dave answered the door. "Hey," he said as he opened the door. "Glad you could come," he said with a smile before he softly kissed my lips.
"Hey," I said, "it was hard to get rid of John. It was like he was stalling or something. I don't know."
"Figures," he said. "Come on in. Max is in the living room playing." He took my hand and welcomed me inside. I walked in and walked with him to the living room.
I looked around his house and it was very orderly for it to be a man's house. That was another fact I learned about Dave; he was a neat freak. I wish John could have been a neat freak but he was a pack rat and he wasn't organized at all. It was a good thing he had a girlfriend that believed in being organized because if not he wouldn't know where anything was. "You have a nice home."
"Thanks," he said with a smile as we entered the living room. Max was sitting on the floor playing with his cars and he looked so cute.
Max turned around at hearing our presence and looked at me. He studied me for a little bit and had the cutest look of concentration on his face. It was like he was trying to decide if he liked me or not. He continued to look at me before saying, "Daddy, who that?"
"Her?" asked Dave smiling at me.
"Yeah, Daddy. Who her?" he asked. He looked so much like Dave there was no way anyone could deny Dave was the father of that boy. He had Dave's dark hair, his eyes and his facial structure. I never met Dave's ex-wife but I knew Max had no features of hers. He was Dave 100%.
"This is Tessa. She's my friend. Is that okay?"
"I guess, Daddy. She pretty."
"She is very pretty isn't she?" asked Dave with a smile.
"Yeah," he said.
"Thank-you," I said as I felt my cheeks get red.
"Look, Max, we made her blush," he said with a smile before he kissed my cheek. "You're beautiful," he whispered in my ear. That made me blush even more. The heat from his breath made me shiver.
"You play with me?" asked Max handing me a car.
"I think he likes you, Tess," said Dave with a smile. "He's like any other guy and loves his cars. He only lets people he likes play with his cars. Just like his Daddy."
"Sure I'll play with you, Max," I said getting down on the floor so we could play with his cars. We sat and played for a little bit. Max was a fun kid. We played that we were driving on a race track and we were having a race with our cars. I let him win of course because he was only 3 years old. We even made the sounds of engines and everything. Dave stood back and watched us play. I caught him smiling at me a couple times as I played with Max. I wish I knew what he was thinking though. I had a good time playing with him.
"All right, Buddy," said Dave. "I think we should get going. I would like to go to the zoo before it's too late. Thank Tessa for playing with you."
"Thank-you, Tessa," he said to me as I handed him his car.
"You're welcome," I said with a smile. If anyone was going to have a kid Max was the kind of kid to have. He was too precious.
When we were at the zoo Max chose to hold my hand as we walked to look at the animals. As we walked through the zoo Dave slipped his hand into mine. I looked at him and smiled. Everything felt so right and we looked like a real family. It was fun to see Max get excited over the animals and he pointed to every one he saw. His favorite were the tigers. He would have stayed for hours to watch them and they weren't doing anything but laying there. He was still so intrigued with them so it was no surprise that when we went to the gift shop he wanted a tiger stuffed animal. Once Max got what he wanted Dave asked me, "what do you want, Tess?"
"Nothing," I said. "I'm all right."
"Well, I'm going to get you something."
"And how would I explain that to Romeo?"
"Just say a friend got it for you while they were at the zoo. Not a big deal," he said. "So what do you want? What is your favorite animal?"
"Monkeys," I said. "I love monkeys."
"Okay," he said looking at the monkey stuffed animals. He picked out the cutest monkey he could. "How about this one?"
"It's perfect," I said with a smile. "Thank-you."
"You're welcome," he said as he paid for the stuffed animals and then we left the zoo to get some dinner and then we were off to the park.
Our time at the park was just as enjoyable as the zoo but this time I got to see Dave be a dad. He was a good dad at that. Everything Max wanted to do Dave was there to do it with him. When Max wanted to swing on the swings; Dave pushed him. When Max wanted to go down the slide I helped him up the ladder and Dave was down at the bottom to catch him. We went on the jungle gym with him and then his favorite thing was the moving bridge. I stood on one side and Dave stood on the other side as Max ran back and forth. We tried to catch him and each time we got close he would run across the bridge laughing. He had the cutest laugh and he had the same dimples his father had. Dave finally caught him and told him it was time to leave. Like most kids Max didn't want to leave but when he brought up ice cream Max was more than ready to leave.
When we got to the ice cream parlor Dave carried Max inside and held my hand. "So Max, what kind of ice cream would you like?"
"choc-o-lot," he said.
"Chocolate," said Dave. "You want chocolate?"
"I love choc-o-lot, Daddy. It's yummy!"
"All right we'll get you choc-o-lot," said Dave mocking the way Max said chocolate. "I'll have one scoop of chocolate ice cream in a waffle bowl," he said to the man behind the counter. "And for you, Miss Tessa?"
"I don't know," I said looking at all the options.
"Let me guess; Vanilla? You're a vanilla type of person," he said. He was so wrong. I was not vanilla.
"No," I said, "Mint Chocolate Chip."
"All right; Mint Chocolate Chip," he said with a smile. "Two scoops of Mint Chocolate chip in a waffle cone."
"Two scoops? I can only eat one," I said.
"We can share," he said with a smile as he paid for the ice cream.
"Okay," I said as the man handed me the ice cream. We walked to find a table and took a seat to eat our ice cream before it melted in the hot sun. Dave and me shared the cone of mint chocolate chip ice cream as Max ate his chocolate ice cream. I wasn't sure how much of it actually made it into his mouth but he was covered in chocolate ice cream. It was all around his mouth and on his shirt but he seemed to enjoy it.
When we went home Dave gave Max a quick bath and then got him ready for bed. Dave tried to tuck him in but Max asked Dave if I could come kiss him goodnight before he went to sleep. I didn't mind at all so I sat in the room as Dave read him a bedtime story. He read him Toy Story and Dave's impression of Buzz Lightyear made me want to laugh but I held it back. He was way too good at it. Dave was a really sweet guy and he was amazing with Max. As Dave finished reading to Max he kissed him goodnight and said, "goodnight, Buddy."
"Goodnight, Daddy," he said. "I love you."
"I love you too," said Dave as I walked over to kiss Max goodnight.
"Goodnight, Max," I said as I leaned down to kiss him. "Sleep tight."
"Goodnight, Tessa," he said with a smile. Dave turned out the light after giving him one last hug and then Dave and me walked out together.
Dave wrapped his arm around my shoulders and said, "you seemed to have a good time today."
"I did," I said with a smile. "I had a really good time."
"I could tell," he said. "And Max really likes you."
"I can tell," I said as we walked downstairs. "And I really like him too. He's so cute."
"Thank-you. You're awesome with him, Tess."
"Thanks," I said with a smile.
"When you and John have a baby it will be the luckiest kid in the world to have you for a mother. You're awesome."
"Thanks," I said. I could tell I was blushing again as we made our way into the living room. We took a seat on the couch and he wrapped his arm around my shoulders.
"I know this weekend isn't what you expected but I need to see my son. I hardly see him anymore with wrestling and everything."
"It's not a problem. I'm enjoying myself. I really like Max and I really like you too."
"You really like me?" he asked.
"Yeah," I said. "I don't know what it is about you, Dave but you make be the person I want to be. I don't know everything seems so right with you. I really do like you, Dave."
"You know, Tess, I never thought I would feel this way about another woman but I really like you. I know we're not in the best situation but I really do like you."
"You do?" I asked. I was shocked.
"Yeah. I love being with you and spending time with you. I think you deserve better than what you're getting, Tessa. You deserve a man that is going to treat you right and let you make your own decisions. A man that will respect what you want and don't want. You deserve a man that will make you the happiest you can be and not just happy enough. Being happy enough isn't much being the happiest is everything. Does John really make you happy?"
"I don't know," I said. "I really don't know."
"And I think you need to live for you and not for John. You deserve to do what you want and have what you want. You don't always have to settle for what John wants. You know like the whole baby thing? If you don't want a baby why should you have to settle for that. It hurts me to see the way he treats you. It's like you never have a say. You deserve so much better."
"I may deserve better but I love John. We've been together for 16 years and I don't want to give that up."
"So you want to be miserable?"
"I don't know. I don't know what I want."
"Because, Tess, I can't keep doing what we're doing. I really like you and I don't want to just have casual sex with you. I want so much more but you don't know what you want."
"I know," I said. "I wish I knew what I wanted but I am so confused. What are we doing exactly?"
"It started out as just sex, Tess, but honestly I want more than that. I want you. I told you I really like you. I think you're beautiful, intelligent, you have a good sense of humor and you're just amazing, Tessa. I really like you. I've been trying to fight these feelings for so long but I can't. I like you and that's all there is to it."
"I've been trying to fight these feelings too but I can't anymore. Dave, I like you too but everything is so complicated."
"I know but I like complicated. And I like the challenge," he said with a smile.
"You would like the challenge," I said, "and us doing what we're doing could cause me to lose my job. I don't know. Sometimes I think it's worth losing things for but I'm not a risk taker, Dave. I don't take risks."
"Maybe you should. You should take a risk. You should do what your heart tells you to do."
"My heart is conflicted. It doesn't know what it wants," I said, "but does this mean we have to stop what we're doing till I figure out what I want?"
"No. Not at all but you do need to make a decision soon."
"I know," I said, "I know."
"Good," he said with a smile. "So tell me are your eyes real?"
"Are my eyes real?" I asked looking at him as if he had two heads.
"Yeah. They're so perfectly deep blue they seem like they're from contacts. Are they your real eyes or contacts?" he asked looking me in the eyes.
"They're real," I said. "My perfectly deep blue eyes."
"They're so beautiful," he said as he continued to look into my eyes.
"Thanks," I said with a smile.
"So beautiful," he said before pressing his lips against mine and kissing me passionately. His hands began to wander my body and he slowly slipped his hands under my shirt and quickly removed it. He laid me down on the couch and began to lay soft kisses around my breasts. "You wanna go upstairs?"
"Absolutely," I said before he picked me up and carried me upstairs. He entered his room and kicked the door shut behind him and carried me to the bed. He softly laid me down on the bed and continued kissing me softly from my chest down to my stomach as his hands massaged my breasts. I helped him remove his shirt and rubbed my hands on his firm chest. The passion built as we kissed and touched each other. Dave smiled and quickly removed my shorts after I removed his. He slid my panties off and threw them to the side as I helped him out of his briefs.
He reached into his nightstand drawer for a condom and I heard him say, "shit."
"What?" I asked.
"I'm out of condoms."
"You have got to be kidding me," I said.
"I wish I was but I'm not. I guess that's over," he said sitting down beside me.
"Or not," I said.
"And that means what?"
"We can still do it. You can just pull out.. You can do that right?" I asked. I am not sure what I was thinking at that moment but it didn't matter. I wanted to have sex and I was considering using the pull out method to get it. I mean if something accidentally happened what would be the odds of me getting pregnant. John and me have tried numerous times and I haven't gotten pregnant so what was one incident.
"Are you sure? That's risky," he said looking at me.
"I'm sure," I said. "I don't care. Let's just do this," I said pulling him on top of me.
"All right," he said with a smile before he slowly and gently entered me. I let out a moan of pleasure as I felt his hardness inside of me. He began to make love to me and it was the passionate sex that I had been lacking with John. This sex felt good and it didn't feel like a chore and for once while having sex I didn't have to think about getting pregnant or having a baby. Dave made his movements slow at first but as the passion built the harder and faster he went. I let out moans of pleasure with each movement he made and as the passion reached its highest point he brought me over the edge causing me to let out a bigger moan of pleasure as I said his name and dug my nails in his back. He continued to move harder and faster until that one moment that he couldn't stop himself and released himself inside of me. He tried pulling out but it was already too late. He softly kissed my lips before removing his body from mine. "Shit," he said. "Damn it. I should have stopped."
"It's okay," I said sitting up next to him. "Don't' beat yourself up over it."
"Do we need to get you Plan B or something?" he asked
I thought for a minute because that was a good idea but I said, "no. Don't worry about it. It was one time, Dave. If John and me tried multiple times and nothing happened I doubt one time is going to let something happen." I wasn't too sure of that because something did feel different than it had the many times I had unprotected sex with John before that. I wasn't sure what but it just felt weird. Maybe the Plan B wasn't such a bad idea at that moment but as always I pushed those feelings away and ignored them.
"It only takes one time, Tess," he said.
"Well, then.. If that was the one time then I guess you'll be a daddy again."
"Tess, this is getting way too complicated for me right now. Don't say stuff like that. If you got pregnant and John found out it was mine he would kill me. I'm not doubting that for one second."
"Would you calm down? I didn't get pregnant. Just relax. Okay."
"Okay," he said wrapping his arms around me. "I'm sorry. Just got a little worried. That couldn't have been that one time."
"Exactly," I said before I quickly kissed his lips, "and you know what you're going to do tomorrow?"
"What?"
"Get condoms so that doesn't happen again and we're not in that position again."
"Absolutely," he said with a smile. "But could you imagine if I did get you pregnant… John's face would be priceless."
"I'm not imagining anything because you didn't get me pregnant. And I don't want to think about that stuff anyway. I Just want to lay with you and enjoy the night with you."
"All right. Fair enough," he said as we laid down in his bed. He kept me wrapped in his arms as he kissed my neck and soon we were making love again as if we hadn't just learned our lesson. We were definitely playing with fire the second time and then the third time. I don't know. I could have stopped it at anytime but I think I was trying to prove a point that it wouldn't happen. It was probably a stupid assumption but that's what I was thinking.
After the third time we stopped and just laid in bed together talking and soon I fell asleep in his arms. The next morning when I woke up I didn't have to rush out and it felt good. He even made me breakfast in bed and then we spent the day with Max again. Then sadly Sunday night our weekend came to an end, Max went home, I spent the night with Dave again and the next day we both headed out to Louisiana for RAW in separate cars of course but that was one of the best weekends I had in a long time.
*A/N: So what did you think? Please review and thank-you all for taking the time to read. = )