Hello again! ^_^ For those of you who read "My Happy Ending", and yes, I know that there was a lot of you, this is basically the same exact story. For those of you wondering why I canceled the sequel "If You're Gonna Jump" and am now doing this re-write, it's simple; MHE became a twisted mess and I knew that I could do better. When I started to write it, I didn't have the plot fully planned out, and in the end, it became my version of what happened on RAW and SmackDown each week with a few oddly placed flashbacks thrown in. That confused even me. This time around, I will be using the same method I have been using with other stories featuring Mary. I will start with what I now refer to as "canon" for Mary, which is the bio that I have written for her, and have linked in my profile. Then the story will begin with where things begin to change, and go on from there. I will be doing just that with this. Knowing this, for those of you familiar with MHE, this will start when Mary is very young, and I hope to do it all in chronological order. I hope that you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own the WWE, nor any of it's employees. I do, however, own Mary Williams, her family, and the plot of this story.

I also made a little soundtrack for the story. Instead of putting them in an order for a playlist, the tracks are listed in alphabetical order, by artist.

Bonnie McKee - Trouble

Brandy - Best Friend
Christina Aguilera - Hurt

Cults - You Know What I Mean
Emily Osment - The Game (The Cycle - Acoustic version)

Eminem ft. Sia - Beautiful Pain
Evanescence - Going Under
Fefe Dobson - We Went For a Ride
Flyleaf - I'm So Sick (Mary's Entrance Theme)
Jessie J - Do It Like A Dude

Jules Larson & AG - Girl With No Name

Ke$ha - Blind
Limp Bizkit - The One
P!nk - Don't Let Me Get Me
Paramore - The Only Exception
Taylor Swift - Haunted

The Rescues - Be My Cure

Young Summer - Fever Dream
ZZ Ward - Til The Casket Drops (PLL Version)
ZZ Ward - Better Off Dead (Chickbusters Entrance Theme)

Maryanne Alexis Williams was just five years old when she attended her first wrestling event. Her father had been a part of the WWE for a couple of years, but he was only managing with his friend, The Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase, at the second annual SummerSlam in August of 1989. It was agreed that everyone who had children, would be bringing them along for the event. Mary's younger brother, Alexander Levi, was the youngest among the group, being only three years-old at the time. She met a whole group of kids around her age that night, including Ted DiBiase, Junior. Mary and Ted got along extremely well. So well, in fact that their fathers joked that they may be getting married someday. A couple of days later, Mary was enjoying some time at home with her dad. Something that she didn't get often. As Mary and her brother were getting ready to watch a movie with their dad, they noticed that he had been taking an awful long time getting popcorn when they heard a loud crash.

Mary bit her lip, looking to her younger brother. "Stay here, Levi. I will be right back." Mary kissed her brother's cheek before walking toward the kitchen, seeing that the popcorn was ready, but her father was no where in sight. "Daddy?" The five year-old called out, beginning to look for him. She noticed that the door leading to the garage was wide open, which wasn't normal at all, seeing as how she and her brother weren't allowed in there without one of their parents. She bit her lip as she carefully stepped into the garage. "Daddy?" She began looking around, noticing that everything looked much bigger when she was alone in there. She kept looking, seeing that something had fallen over. She walked over to see that it was her father's work bench, and he was trapped underneath it, with a pool of red stuff around him. She knelt beside him, not realizing that she was kneeling in his blood, shaking him a little. "Daddy? Daddy, wake up!" She shook him a little more. "Daddy!" She got up, her dress covered in blood as she ran into the house. "Mommy!" she shrieked, looking for her mother. "Mommy, Daddy is hurt," she found her mother, standing in the doorway. "He won't wake up."

Kathryn looked up at her daughter, gasping. "Show me where he is baby."

Mary nodded as she lead her mother to where she had just found her father, starting to cry. Mary didn't quite understand death, but she somehow knew that she would never be seeing her father again.

Not wanting to deal with everything, the pregnant Kathryn sent her children down to stay with the DiBiase family for a couple of weeks, while everything was straightened out. In this time, Mary and Ted Jr. began to really bond. Seeing the bond, Ted Sr. offered to continue taking Mary and Levi to WWF events, to meet the children of other wrestlers, just like they had at SummerSlam. In doing this, life long friendships were forged. These kids understood each other. Their fathers being away for weeks, sometimes even months at a time really took a toll on them. At least this way, they knew that they weren't alone.

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By the next summer, Kathryn had married Scott Hall, and they welcomed Chelsea Riley Hall into the world. Mary loved her baby sister more than anything. So she agreed to move down to Atlanta with her new step-father to help raise her sister, as well as be closer to her best friends, Ted Jr. and Cody Runnels. Seveal years later, in the summer of 1997, thirteen year-old Mary and fourteen year-old Ted were sitting under a tree together, at his father's summer home. They had been talking for what felt like hours when Ted began fidgeting.

"Mary, I... I mean... I..." He let out a frustrated sigh, unable to find his words. Then, without even realizing what he was doing, he cupped Mary's cheek, gently turning her head to face him, quickly pressing his lips to hers. It was both of their first kiss, and they both knew it.

Mary laughed softly as Ted quickly turned away, blushing. "Teddy Bear, if you wanted to kiss me, why didn't you say so?"

Ted slowly turned to face Mary again, "you... you wanted to kiss me?"

"For at least a year now," Mary nodded with a soft smile. "Now how about we try that again?" She gently leaned in, lips slightly parted, making sure that his were as well. "Just relax," she whispered. "It's me, Teddy." Ted nodded, visibly relaxing as Mary leaned in once more, pressing a soft, chaste kiss to his lips. After a few moments, she pulled away once more. "See? Now that is what a kiss should be like."

"So... you like me?" Ted bit his lip. "Does this mean you'd like to be my girlfriend?"

Mary laughed softly with a nod. "I would love to be your girlfriend, Ted."

"Really?" Ted's eyes lit up.

Mary took his hand, lacing their fingers together. "Of course, Ted. It's not like I was going to date anyone else. I don't trust many people the way that I do you."

"I know, Mare Bear," Ted kissed her once again. "Nothing's been easy for you since..."

"It's okay, Ted," Mary took a deep breath. "It's been eight years. My dad is gone, and I can't stand Scott. At least I have you and..." she stopped mid-sentence, looking up to their twelve year-old best friend. "Hi Cody."

Cody looked down at his friends with a smile, noticing that they were holding hands. "So did Ted finally make the move, or did you have to, Mare?"

"He actually did it," Mary laughed softly.

"Wow, are we sure that's Ted?" Cody chuckled.

"Ha ha, very funny," Ted rolled his eyes, blushing once again.

"Of course it's Ted," Mary smiled. "Do you really think I'd kiss any other boy?"

"Wait... you two kissed?" Cody blinked. "So this is serious?"

"Yes," Mary laughed, squeezing Ted's hand. "We all know this is meant to be."

"So what does that mean about us?" Cody frowned, looking to each of his best friends.

"Ooh, Coddles," Mary pouted, pushing herself up to her feet. "You are still our best friend," she hugged him tightly. "Me and Teddy dating isn't going to change that."

"Promise?" Cody sighed as he returned the hug.

Ted stood up, "of course, man. This doesn't change anything."

Cody nodded as they did their handshake.

"Hey," eleven year-old Levi walked up, "what's going on?"

"I've got this," Mary smiled, walking over to her brother, explaining the new development of her first romantic relationship to him.