A/N: Hey Guys!! This is my first story, and I'm really proud of the outcome, and I hope you like it too.

Dislclaimer: I own nothing, Cody Rhodes, Kelly Kelly and other all belong to the WWE

One, two, three! Ding, ding, ding!

That was the ring bell calling for the end of the match. Cody Rhodes had just won one of the biggest matches of his career. He just became the number one contender for the WWE championship. He couldn't believe it. "I'm going to be competing for the WWE Title." He thought to himself. Cody left the ring, his win still not sinking in. He made his way up the ramp. After shaking the hands of some of his fans and waving to them, he disappeared behind the curtain. Backstage, everyone was clapping for him. As he made his way back to his dressing room, Triple H his idol growing up shook his hand and slapped him on the back. "Great job." He said. Cody beamed. Ever since he was a little boy he idolized Triple H. And now he was congratulating him. "Thanks" Cody said grinning sheepishly.

That's when he saw her. Cody's eyes were fixated on her. She was Kelly Kelly. Cody has had a crush on the blonde diva ever since he debuted in the WWE a while back. Dressed in a low cut black long sleeved top, a short denim miniskirt and black knee high boots, Kelly looked beautiful and Cody couldn't take his eyes off of her. "She's gorgeous" Cody thought to himself. Kelly approached Cody. "Hey Cody. Great match." She said to him. He was lost for words. Cody racked his brain for something to say. "Thanks a lot. That means so much to me, especially coming from you." He finally said. Kelly flipped her long blonde hair behind her shoulder and smiled. "You're going to be competing for the title. That's so exciting." She told him. He nodded. "I know. I still can't believe it." He replied. They shared a moment of silence between them.

Just then an arm wrapped around Kelly's waist. That arm belonged to John Morrison, the current ECW champion and Kelly's boyfriend. "Kelly, where the hell have you been? I've been looking all over for you?" He asked, slightly angry. She looked up at her boyfriend of a year. "I was just congratulating Cody on capturing his number one contender spot." Kelly responded. John grew visibly angry, and grabbed Kelly by the arm. "Kelly, what the hell did I tell you about talking to other guys?" He asked, fuming. Kelly rolled her eyes. "John, I was just talking to him." She replied. The ECW champion tightened his grip on the beautiful blonde diva. "We're leaving." He ordered. Kelly sighed, "I'll see you around, Cody. Congrats again." She said before disappearing around the corner.

Cody just shook his head. He couldn't believe that John treated Kelly like that. He also couldn't believe that Kelly lets him treat her like that. What he wouldn't give to show her how a real man treats the woman he loves. The clapping of his shoulder interrupted Cody's train of thought. He turned to face the person who had done as such. Standing in front of him was John Cena, one of his closest friends. "Bro, let me just say that I'm super proud of you." Cena said. Cody smiled and shook hands with his best friend. "Dude, I know. It's so surreal. I still can't believe that I'm going to face Orton for the title." Cody responded as he ran his fingers through his raven black hair. John laughed. "I know that feeling, trust me." Said the three-time WWE champion. Just then, Torrie Wilson, John's fiancée came up behind John. "Hey beautiful." John said kissing his bride to be. Torrie kissed John back. "Hey handsome. Hey Cody." Torrie greeted. Cody nodded acknowledging John's fiancée. John turned from Cody to Torrie, and looked at her. "Did you remember that tonight is our three year anniversary?" She asked. John nodded. "Of course I remembered. I booked a reservation at Little Italia." Torrie kissed John again. "This is why I love you." She told him. Torrie then turned to look at Cody who was looking a little uncomfortable. "Cody, you can totally come with us." Torrie offered. Cody shook his head. "Nah, it's alright. I've got plans already. I've got a date with my hotel room tonight. I'll talk to you guys later." Cody said, excusing himself from the conversation.

Minutes later, Cody was in his locker room. He took a moment to just let everything to soak in. Here he was a second generation WWE Superstar who had to prove to every one that he wasn't just the son of "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes. Cody wanted to prove that he was a capable wrestler in his own right, and he had done just that with his win tonight. Cody then shifted his attention from becoming the number one contender to Kelly. Watching the girl of his dreams constantly getting berated by that cocky arrogant ECW trash John Morrison burned him up inside. Kelly looked so upset when John was yelling at her. It just made him want to hold Kelly in his arms and kiss all of her problems away. Kelly was too beautiful of a girl to deserve to be treated like that, and Cody was going to make sure that she knew that.

At that moment, Cody's gym bag started to vibrate. He took out his silver RAZR and flipped it open. He had received a text message from John. "Still thinking about Kelly?" It said. Cody shook his head and replied, "Yeah. I still think it's kinda messed up that Morrison treats her like shit, ya know?" He sent. Cody then snapped his phone closed and placed it back into his bag. He then peeled off his white wifebeater and headed to the shower. After a quick shower, Cody changed into a pair of gray sweatpants and a black tank top. He placed his iPOD headphones into his ears. Nickelback's "Figured You Out" blared through his ears as he swung his gym bag across his shoulder and left the dressing room. As he left, Cody came across some fans; he took some pictures and signed some autographs.

After arriving at his hotel room. Cody plopped on the big comfy king sized bed. He closed his eyes and began to dream. His dream consisted of Cody watching Kelly get abused by John Morrison. Cody's teeth clenched, and he balled up his fists at this display of despicable behavior. Through her tears, Kelly said "Save me, Cody." Watching her beautiful face tear stained was more that Cody could handle. Before the dream could go on any further, Cody shot up out of bed. He couldn't let his dream come true. He couldn't let Kelly get hurt. From that moment on, Cody made a vow to protect Kelly from John Morrison.