DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the 9O21O characters, or the background storylines, etc etc. All rights go to The CW. However everything else is original idea, with a little leverage from the show.

Notes: For those of you not tennis literate; ATP is the Association of Tennis Professionals. And the title is a play on words. In tennis a score of zero is love. When you don't win any games, sets or matches, it hurts. Love hurts..get it? Oh, and possible SPOILER ALERT. I have a friend who gives me spoilers every couple weeks, and the whole ATP thing was a spoiler, but I made up this storyline for it. Anyone freaking out it hasn't happened on the show YET.

Love Hurts
Chapter One

Silver strode happily into West Bev on that sunny Tuesday morning. With her laptop bag slung over her shoulder she headed up the front steps towards her locker. As she turned her lock back and forth with the correct numbers to her combination, Silver found herself humming a song. A love song. A Taylor Swift song. She hated Taylor Swift; far too bubbly for the witty cynical Erin Silver, so why was she humming it? The answer, was sitting in the media lab. Teddy Montgomery. Silver was genuinely happy, which was a huge deal for her. When she first met Teddy, Silver found him repulsive, and too cocky for his own good and besides he wasn't her type at all, not to mention that fact that he was the one who told Dixon about Ethan's text messages. But after spending time, bonding over the state of her mother, Silver learned that underneath player, ego-maniac was actually a decent guy.

It had been three months since the two of them started dating officially, and the two were pretty well inseperable. They'd become the couple, Silver would regularly and openly trash before they got together. Silver checked her make-up in her locker mirror, and closed it, turning around. She scanned the school for any sign of her boyfriend and finally caught a glimpse of him in the media lab. She smiled childishly to herself and nearly skipped down the hallway to see him. Silver walked inside the media lab grinning from ear to ear. "Hey!" She said as she got closer.

Teddy looked up at her briefly and smiled. "Hey." He said, then looked back at his laptop.

Silver squinted at him and walked over to where he was sitting, then proceeded to wrap her arms around his neck loosely and sit on his lap. Teddy couldn't help but to smile at her, and finally tore his eyes away from the screen. He wrapped his arms around her waist and looked up at her.

"How are you?" He asked, finishing with a kiss.

She smiled against his lips and closed her eyes for a moment, opening them to look at him. "I'm really good, now." Her saphire eyes sparkled in the fluorescent lighting as she kissed him again. "How are you?"

Teddy grinned, staring into her eyes. "I'm great."

"Whatcha working on?" Silver shifted her weight so she could see Teddy's laptop screen.

"Uh nothing." He said quickly as he attempted to close it.

Before Teddy could get his laptop closed, Silver swiftly put her hand in the middle of the screen and keyboard to stop it from closing completely. She looked at him and grinned childishly. "Oh come on let me see..." Her the corners of her mouth gradually curled into a confused frown as she read the contents of the page. In front of her was an online sign-up for the ATP World Tour. Silver didn't know much about the game, but she did know Teddy was good. Great even. He'd won all kinds of tournaments and had a whole room at his house dedicated to his achievements in tennis. Silver stared at the screen dumbfounded unable to speak or move. Teddy finally closed the laptop and pushed it to the side. "Silver..?" He said softly when she didn't say anything.

When she finally found her voice she said, "What uhm...what's that for?"

He could see Silver was extremely troubled by this so he played it down. "It's not a big deal. Coach wanted me to take a look at it, before I make any major decisions.."

She cleared her throat and shook her head. "Uhm, what kind of decisions?" She asked cautiously, fearing she already knew the answer.

Teddy glanced at his hand that was now resting on Silver's legs and spoke softly. "Me, maybe joining the ATP."

Silver felt a grapfruit sized lump grow in her throat as she replayed Teddy's words in her head. Teddy watched her eyes, and rubbed her legs gently. "You okay?" He asked softly.

She glanced at him and stood up, forcing a smile. "Of course. I mean.. wow! ATP? That's.. great! Really great! I mean, duh, you're great, obviously. That's just...great!" She rambled on and on, trying to sound as supportive as possible, while inwardly, she felt like curling up and pouting. Teddy wasn't sure if he was completely convinced by Silver's congratulations, if that's what you'd call it, but he stood up and smiled anyway. "Great!" He said. He gathered up his laptop and kissed Silver's lips softly, before walking out the door and into the halls of West Bev.

Silver's phony smile, gradually faded into a confused and hurt frown. She let her shoulders slump as she let out a saddened sigh. "Great."