Disclaimer: Anyone you recognize I do not own. I only own Lily, Sydney, Vincent and Laura. Everyone else owns themselves.

A/N: I know I shouldn't be posting a new story, when I haven't finished Never Gone, but I am working on that. Look for a new chapter of it in the coming days.

Chapter 1

"How come you're picking me up?" I asked, seeing my oldest brother Mike and his wife Laura, inside the principals office.

"Sweetie, we need to get you and Sydney home." Laura said gently, as my younger sister walked into the office then.

"Did something happen to mom and dad?" I asked, as that was the only logical explanation I had, as to why Mike and Laura were here.

"Let's just go." Mike said, signing the paper to take us out, before pulling his sunglasses over his face.

When we finally got home, I knew something had happened, when I saw Teddy and Brett standing outside. Teddy is a wrestler for the WWE and should be at some arena, getting ready for tonight's Raw house show. Brett is working in WWE's training camp, FCW, and is living in Florida now.

"Okay, what's going on?" Sydney asked, as we got out of the car, and walked up to the door.

"Yeah, why are you guys home?" I asked, looking up at Brett and Teddy.

"Let's go inside." Teddy replied, wrapping his arm around me, while Brett opened the door, letting me and Sydney inside.

Going into the living room, I saw my dad standing up and talking quietly on the phone. "Daddy, what's wrong?" Sydney asked, hoping he would tell us something. Hearing her question, he hung up quickly, before turning around and walking over to us.

"Girls, let's sit down." He said, wrapping his arms around us, and guiding us over to the couch, before sitting across from us on the coffee table. "Lily, Sydney. There's been an accident. After your mom dropped you girls off at school this morning, she stopped by the bank before going to the store. Well when she pulled out of the bank lot, this other car came speeding toward her, they lost control and hit your mom head-on." Dad said, his voice cracking a bit.

"Is she going to be okay?" I asked softly, trying to process everything.

"Can we go to the hospital and see her?" Sydney asked, tears already flowing down her face.

Before dad could answer her question, realization dawned on me and I blurted out. "She's dead, isn't she?"

Glaring over at me, Sydney snapped. "This is all your fault! If you hadn't been so rude to her on the way to school, she'd still be alive!" She screamed, as she hit me in the jaw, completely catching me off guard.

"I wasn't rude you little brat. I just didn't feel like talking!" I yelled back, smacking her across the face, forcing dad and Brett to separate us.

"Girls, that's enough." Dad said sternly, looking back and forth between us. "Syd, it's not Lily's fault. Do you understand me?"

"Yes sir." She sniffled, laying her head on Brett's shoulder.

"I think I'm going to get sick." I mumbled, getting up and running upstairs to my bathroom. Locking myself in, I started violently throwing up. Sliding down against the wall, I allowed myself to cry.

By the time the sun set that night, just about everyone that knows my family had either called us, or stopped by. I had finally unlocked the bathroom door and went back downstairs, where Teddy, Kristen and Sydney were talking to someone, but I couldn't make out the persons voice. Rolling my eyes, I walked into the kitchen then, hoping to get something to drink. Seeing my dad sitting out on the back porch by himself, I grabbed two bottles of water and went outside.

"Hey daddy." I said softly, not wanting to startle him.

"Hey sweet pea." He replied, smiling at me weakly.

"I brought you a water. Wasn't sure if you had something out here or not." I said, as I went over to sit by him on the swing.

"Thank you." He replied, wrapping an arm around me.

"It seems so weird that she's gone. Like I can't seem to let myself believe it." I mumbled, laying my head on his shoulder, as he pushed us lightly.

"We'll make it through this darlin'." Dad said, kissing the top of my head. We sat out there talking for a few more minutes, when Teddy came outside to get dad.

"Um dad, there's a police detective here to talk to you." He said quietly, it was apparent he had just been crying.

"Thank you son." Dad replied, as he stood up to go inside.

After sitting outside for another hour, I decided to go up to bed. Luckily for me, nobody stopped to ask how I was feeling. Going up to my room, I saw Sydney blowing up the air mattress to sleep on my floor. "Who'd you lose your room to?" I asked, going over to my dresser to get my pajamas.

"Teddy and Kristen." She replied, glancing over at me. "I'm sorry for punching you earlier."

Nodding my head, I answered softly. "It's okay, everyone's emotions are on edge.

The next few days were emotional at best. We had to get ready for the funeral, and the visiting friends and family. Sydney and I went to the mall with Teddy and Kristen, to get new outfits for the funeral. We had just walked out of Forever 21, when Sydney spoke up. "Lils, isn't that Vincent over there with that girl?" She asked, pointing over at Auntie Anne's, where my boyfriend of two years was kissing and hanging over Allison McDougal, the junior class slut.

"Yeah, that's him." I replied, forcing back my tears. Handing my bags to Kristen, I made my way over there, and tapped him on the shoulder. "Hi Vincent." I said, smirking at him when he pulled his face away from Allison's.

"Lil...Lily, what are you doing here?" He stammered, in total shock of seeing me.

"I could ask you the same thing, but at this point, I really don't care. If you want to screw around with Allison, risk getting an STD, more power to ya." I started, I could feel Teddy watching me, incase things got out of hand. "I guess it would be asking for too much for my boyfriend to be by my side, as I go through the worst thing in my life, so let me be the first to thank you for wasting two years of my life on a loser like you." I finished, as I turned to walk away, he grabbed a hold of my arm, turning me around and causing Teddy to walk up to us then.

"I think you best be letting go of her." He said calmly, as Vincent let go of my arm, Teddy pulled me behind him. "Now stay away from my sister."

Walking back over to Sydney and Kristen, Sydney was cracking up. "That was great Lils. I loved how you put him in his place and the skanky hooch." She laughed, as I took my things back from Kristen.

"Glad I could entertain you." I replied, as we walked out of the mall."Li Li, are you alright?" Teddy asked, wrapping his arm around me.

"Yeah I'm fine, why wouldn't I be?" I asked, putting up walls around me.

"Well with mom dying, and then finding out Vincent cheated on you." He said, making me roll my eyes.

"I'm fine Teddy, just let it go. I don't even care that Vincent was screwing around with Allison, it means nothing to me. I'm so over him, I can move onto someone totally better than him." I said, getting into the car then. Finding my iPod in my purse, I put the earphones in and blocked everyone out.

The next day, I was in my room with Sydney getting ready to go to the viewing, when a knock came on the door. "Come in." I called out, as I was helping Sydney to curl her hair.

"You know, you shouldn't invite random guys into your room like that." I heard the familiar Georgian lisp behind me, making my head turn.

"Cody!" Sydney and I exclaimed. Seeing Teddy's tag team partner, and dad's best friends son, Cody Runnels.

"I can't believe you're here. How long are you here till?" I asked, going over and hugging him tightly.

"I've got the shows off for a couple more weeks. They're playing up that Randy really did give me a concussion at Mania." He replied, returning my hug, before going over to hug Sydney.

"I'm glad you are here." I said, leaning against him, as he wrapped his arm around me.

"You know I thought of your mom as another mother." He replied, smiling at us softly.

"Can you come back after the viewing tonight?" I asked, wanting to spend more time with him.

"Sure." He replied, kissing the top of my head. "I'll leave you guys alone, so you can finish getting ready."

When he left, Sydney looked up at me with a smirk. "Now I see why you weren't upset when you caught Vincent at the mall." She said, before adding. "You want to date him, don't ya?"

Rolling my eyes, I unplugged the curling iron and put it away. "Syd, we've known Cody all of our lives. He's like another big brother to us. I am just glad to have someone to talk to and hang out with, that won't force me to discuss my feelings." I replied, looking over at her.

"Alright, if you say so. However I still think you like him, in more than him being like a brother to us." She said, before heading downstairs.

Once we got to the funeral home, it finally hit me that my mom was gone. Of course, I wasn't going to cry or let anyone see me as weak. Running up to Mike and Laura, I ducked my head under his arm. "Do you know if mom's casket is open?" I asked, not sure I could see her like that.

"Yeah sweetie, it is." He replied, hugging me gently.

"Okay, well I won't be going up there then." I replied, as I walked in and found a place to stand, close to my family, but not too close to have to see my mom like that.

After going through the mundane process of people hugging me, and telling me that they were sorry for my mom's death and how wonderful she was, I was finally able to go home. Walking upstairs, I quickly changed into my pajamas, and pulled my hair up in a ponytail. Going downstairs, I went out to mine and Sydney's old tree house at the back of our property. Sitting inside, I fought back the tears that threatened to fall. I don't know how long I had been sitting there, so when Cody climbed up, he startled me.

"Hey Cody." I said softly, looking up at him.

"What are you doing out here by yourself?" He questioned, sitting down beside me.

"Just wanted to get away from everyone for awhile. I don't want them bugging me, asking me if I'm okay." I replied bluntly. "Of course I'm not okay, I lost my mom for God's sake. They all lost her too, I'm sure my feelings aren't that different than theirs."

Nodding his head lightly, he took off his hoodie jacket and wrapped it around me when he saw me shiver.

"I know sweetie, but your dad and brothers just want to make sure you and Sydney are fine. It makes them feel like they have control on something, since your mom is gone. They don't want to admit their own feelings. You DiBiase's are stubborn people." He joked, trying to make me laugh.

"It's a nice trait to have." I replied, smiling faintly. Staring into his eyes, I was searching for something to say, when my body reacted before my brain could kick in, as I leaned in and kissed him. When neither of us pulled away, I wrapped my arms around his neck loosely. Moaning softly, I felt him pull me onto his lap, making me straddle his waist. Running my fingers through his hair, is when he pulled away from me.

"Lil Belle, we can't do this." He panted, pushing me gently away from him."Why not?" I asked, looking at him incredulously.

"One, you just lost your mom. Two, you just broke up with your boyfriend. Three, I don't want to take advantage of you." He said, looking at me intently.

"Cody, you can't take advantage of someone who knows what they want. I've liked you since I was a little girl. Please, can't we just see where this ends up going?" I asked, grabbing his hand in mine. "You help me forget all the hurt I've gone through this week. When we were kissing just now, I felt all kinds of explosions in me, something I never felt with Vincent. Please Cody, won't you give us a chance?"

Instead of saying anything, Cody pulled me to him again, staring into my eyes intently, almost as if he was searching for something to show that I didn't mean my words. Tucking a piece of hair behind my ear, Cody ran his fingers down my cheek, making me close my eyes and bite back a moan. Bringing his hands down to his jacket, he pushed it down my shoulders, rubbing his hands up and down my bare arms gently.

"When did you grow up on me?" He whispered, a now husky tone in his voice.

"About the time you became a huge star." I replied, opening my eyes to look at him then.

"Are you sure this what you want Lil Belle?" He questioned, using his old nickname for me.

"Cody, I want to be with you." I replied. "I love the feeling of your hands on my skin, the way your lips taste on mine." Once I was finished, Cody leaned in and captured my lips with his once again, causing the same fireworks to explode inside me. "Mmmm." I moaned, pushing him back lightly, as he pulled me to lay on top of him. Getting lost in the kiss, I almost didn't hear Teddy yelling for me. "Cody, we need to stop." I mumbled pulling away from his lips, and pushing my shirt back down, as he had been rubbing my back. "Teddy would kill us if he caught us."

"Yeah, you're right." He agreed, as we both tried not to appear to disheveled.

"Li Li!" Teddy yelled, walking up to the tree house.

"Hey." I said softly, as he climbed up to where we were.

"You alright sweetie?" He asked, hugging me to his side. "You didn't eat any dinner."

Nodding faintly, I looked up at him. "I'm fine Bubba, I just don't have much of an appetite." I told him honestly, before adding. "There's something I need to tell you."

Looking at me worriedly he asked. "What's the matter?"

Taking a deep breath, I just blurted out. "Cody and I are dating now."