Chapter 1

He stared at the open road in front of him and sighed to himself. Out of the corner of his eye he could see Ted stir in his slumber. He adjusted the sound of the music playing on the radio incase it was what was disturbing him. 'Sell My Soul' by Our Lady Peace played softly, his head nodding to the lyrics. He had been out of sorts as of late as if he was out of place, but this is where he'd always wanted to be. Actually living his life long dream working for the WWE but something was missing from his life and he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

"Don't you ever get tired of listening to that CD?" Randy asked from the backseat as he repositioned himself.

Cody glanced at him in the rearview mirror, even though he really couldn't make out anything more than a shadow in the dark. "You know I like to listen to it when it's my turn to drive." His eyes moved back to the road, a couple more hours and they would be at the hotel.

Her nerves were so shot that she couldn't sleep and instead she paced the lobby of the hotel. She'd checked in this afternoon because she wanted to make sure that she was on time the next day. She'd finally hit the big time. She was being moved up from FCW and having her debut on national live television tonight on RAW. Part of her knew that she shouldn't be this nervous, but she couldn't help herself. For the last five years she had worked so hard for this goal that now that she was going to achieve it, she was sick to her stomach.

Stopping in her tracks she looked out the window and watched the cars drive by on the street. She broke out of her trance by the door sliding open and out of the corner of her eye she could see people coming in. Looking down at the floor she tried not to look, to be nosey as to who it was, especially if it was other wrestlers she didn't want them to mistake her for a fan.

"Check in. Sleep time." One of the guys said.

"You slept for two hours on the drive," another one said.

"So, it was two hours. It's almost three a.m., most normal people are sleeping now." The first guy retorted.

She closed her eyes. The voices were unmistakable to her. When she opened her eyes again she felt that undeniable feeling that someone was staring at her. That's when she decided to look; she needed to know if she was right. As she turned to look she saw one of them looking at her. A smile formed on her face and she turned back as fast as she could to look at the cars going by.

"You guys check in. I'll catch up to you in a bit." Cody Rhodes. Her whim had been right. After all the years of watching him wrestling and she had this inane ability to recognize certain people's voices.

"Where are you going?" Ted asked him.

He never answered him and instead she saw him sit down in the seat next to her as he put his bags down in front of him. It was silent for a few minutes and than he spoke to her. "So, are you going to acknowledge that I am sitting here?"

"Cody," she said, looking down at him and smiling.

He smiled up at her. "Shouldn't you be sleeping?"

"Well, I should be but these butterflies in my stomach are being persistent." She said sitting down next to him.

"Mary, you shouldn't be nervous. You are amazing in the ring and out of the ring."

She knew he was grinning even as she looked up at him, "Mr. Rhodes, we promised to never speak of that."

"Seriously, nothing to worry about," he said still with the grin on his face.

"Than why do I feel like I am going to fall apart?" She said her eyes filling with tears.

He pulled her close to him as her tears flowed freely into his shoulder. "Mary, you are better than 95% of the woman in the locker room now. It's okay. You will be fine. I promise."

After a few minutes her tears subsided, she pulled away from him and looked into his eyes. "How is it that you have this knack of making all my problems go away?"

"Does that mean we are going to go up to your room?"

"You are such a pig, Cody." She scoffed as she made sure he wasn't touching her at all anymore.

"Well, I didn't mean we had to have sex. Mary, the truth is, I've missed you. I think about you a lot."

"We spent one day together. How could you miss me?"

"You had this interesting effect on me." He said.

"You mean your penis?"

"Ha. Ha. Always a comedian," he said as he shook his head. "I know you felt it too. You can't deny it."

"Hey, Romeo," they looked up to see Ted standing there. "Are you coming to the room?"

"Are you insinuating something?" she asked him.

He smiled at her as he came and stood in front of her. "Well, you too look kind of cozy and you were lying on his shoulder. Honestly, I didn't think he could work that fast."

"If you think-"

"Whoa!" Cody yelled cutting her off. He looked between Mary and Ted. "She isn't a rat. This is Mary Stevens from FCW; she is premiering on RAW tonight."

"Oh, well I just assumed-"

"Do you know what happens when you assume?" she hissed.

"I'm sorry. Can we just start again?" He said extending his hand for her to shake it, "Ted Dibiase nice to meet you."

She glared at his hand. Cody pushed her softly. "Fine," she said shaking his hand, "but I don't forget easily."

"I really am sorry, I swear." He looked at Cody, "Are you coming up soon?"

"Why are you going to miss me?' Cody teased him.

"Funny Rhodes, funny," he said scowling.

"I will be there in a little while. Right?" he said looking at her and smiling brightly.

"I'd feel better if you came to my room with me," she said.

"How do you guys know each other and why don't I know about it?" Ted inquired.

"You don't know everything about me."

"I'm surprised; you never leave me alone even when I go home." He paused, "Tell me later. I'm exhausted I am going to head up to the room. It was nice to meet you, Mary."

"Yeah," she grumbled at him, "you too." She watched him walk away towards the elevator. When she looked at Cody, he was watching her still smiling. "What?"

"You do want me."

She rolled her eyes, "Boy, you completely have me figured out don't you. Let's go up to the room already."