Disclaimer: Don't own them. Never have never will, if I did I wouldn't be writing this I would be living it.

WARNING: I TEND TO SWEAR A LOT. JUST BE PREPARED.

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" God I missed you guys" I mused as we walked down the hall towards Larry's office.

My heart beat quickened as we neared Larry's office. I had wrestled at TNA before, but I had walked out on them 2 years ago, and not been heard of since. I didn't know how well this meeting was going to go. That and the fact I was a stupid idiot that didn't know when to keep my mouth shut.

That's why I loved having Petey around me. He was my guardian angel, my best friend, my drinking buddy, my roommate (or at least before I left) and my shut up before you say something stupid filter all rolled into one.

I stopped right before we got to the door.

"I cant do this" I muttered, grabbing Petey's waist tighter looking for some comfort.

He returned the gesture and then stated "Yes you an sweetie, everything is going to be all right."

"Yeah, of course it will be!" Chase piped in, giving my shoulder a gentle squeeze.

"Petey." I mumbled just above a whisper.

"What sweetie?" He asked, looking down at me, straight into my eyes.

"Will you go in there with me?" I asked.

"Of course sweetie.: He answered.

"No offense Chase its just….." I started to say before he cut me off

"None taken sweetie, I have to go find Andy anyway." He smiled and kissed me on the top of my head.

"Good luck" He yelled as he jogged out down the hall.

"Alright kiddo, its time" Petey said after Chase was out of view.

I took a deep breath, stepped forward, and knocked on the door.

"Come in!" I heard Zbyszko say from behind the door.

Petey reached down and opened the door for me, and then pushed me still unmoving feet through the door.

"Phili!" Larry said in a happy voice.

"Its so great to see that your okay! You had everyone here worried sick!"

"Yah, I… I'm really sorry about that Larry." I said, extending my hand to shake.

Larry shook my hand and then eyed Petey.

"If its okay with you Larry, I just lost her for two years, right now I really don't want to let her out of my sight." He said, he cheeks turning a little red.

Larry smiled "Sure, I have no problems with that. Now please, both of you have a seat."

"Well Phili, you contract ran out sometime ago, but we would really love to resign you, to help us get our woman's division up and ready."

I bit my tongue to keep myself from breaking down like I did with Petey.

"I…I cant sir. Every part of me wishes that I could, but I cant."

"Why not?" Larry said with a frown, and began twiddling with a pen.

"Um.. Long story, but the night I left I got hurt pretty badly. I had to have 4 screws put into my wrist, and pretty much completely shattered my ankle. I have to wear a brace on it 24/7, and I am just getting back to a stable position. I am finally off those god damn crutches, and I don't want to risk my health anymore. Now maybe in a years time, if I get some serious training in, I might be able to wrestle again someday, but right now I don't want to take that risk."

"Hmm…. I', sorry to hear that." Larry said.

"But Larry, please, I still do want to work here. I missed this more than anything. I missed this family. God, it got to the point that I actually missed Jarrett!" I finally said, causing both of the men in the room to gasp.

"I was thinking maybe a manager. Or even just working backstage, what ever you want me to do Larry, I'll do it. If its cleaning toilets, then fine. I need to be here." I said, finishing of my plea.

Larry didn't answer but instead started flipping through some papers on his desk. He opened a few drawers before he finally found what he was looking for. He pulled out a clipboard from the bottom drawer and handed me a contract.

"One year contract. I wont make you wrestle or put you in any position that you could hurt yourself further until you tell me that you are absolutely ready. And I am going to need doctors clearance too. But until then I have the perfect client for you." Larry said handing me a pen. I quickly read through the contract before signing at the bottom.

As I was reading Larry went back to searching through papers on his desk. He found the sheet he was looking for, placed it on the empty spot of his desk and slowly ran his finger down it till he found the ine he was looking for. Then he picked up the phone and started dialing.

"I need to see you in my office now" He said flatly, and then hung up.

I handed him back the clipboard and he shook my hand.

"Glad to have you back Phili."

"Glad o be back." I smiled

"You need us to hang around or can I take her to go meet up with the boys?" Petey asked

"I need you to stay for a few more minutes, so Phili can know who she will be managing" Larry said with a fake smile.

Deep down, Larry and Petey hated each other, but neither wanted to show it at work. So they tried to act civil, and most of the time succeeded.

There was a knock at the door, and then it opened without waiting for an answer.

"Whats up Larry?" AJ Styles asked from the doorway.

"AJ, I want you to meet your new manager." He stated with a smile.

I stood up from my chair to greet my long time friend AJ Styles.

"Miss me?" I said with a smirk.

AJ's jaw dropped at the sight of me.

"PHILI!" He screamed and ran toward me with open arms. Before I could react he had me picked up off the ground in the tightest hug I had ever recived. I didn't fight him though. Next to Petey he was my best friend.

When he finally put me down, I was facing Petey who was now standing as well. He had a weird look on his face, a coldness in his eyes I had never seen before.

"Petey? Are you okay?" I asked

"Yah, great!" He smiled.

"Can we go?" Petey turned and shot at Zbyszko.

"Sure" Zbyszko answered through gritted teeth.

Petey walked out of his office, followed by me and AJ.

When we got outside the door, AJ grabbed me by my shoulders and looked me square in the eyes.

"I missed you so much." He said, before pulling me into another life sucking hug.

If I could have breathed at that moment I would have answered him, but his grip on me was so tight I just held on to him.

"Look, I'm sorry sweetie I got to go, I promised Daniels I'd eat with him today, but after the tapings tonight, your gonna come out with me. We'll get a bunch of people to come, catch up and all that stuff!" He said, almost bouncing up and down with excitement.

Sounds good A, I'll see you tonight!" I said with a smile.

He hugged me one last time and ran off.

I turned back around to Petey, Only to see the same weird expression on his face.

"Petey?" I asked again

"Yah, sorry sweetie, I just kind of spaced out sorry." Petey said through a fake smile. I shook it off though.

"So where you want to go next?" Petey asked putting his arm back around my waist like he always did.

"I'm not sure" I shrugged

"Well we should probably go find Chase. I know Andy will be dieing to see you again." He said, leadig me down the hall.

I spun out in front of him and put both of my hands on his chest.

"No" I almost yelled.

Petey looked at me with a confused look.

"I mean, I want to go see Scott."

"Are you sure, I know Andy will want to.." Petey started to say but I cut him off.

"Petey, no! Just…. Please…. Take me to go see Scott."

Petey's POV

I looked down into her light green eyes, that were almost begging with me. Ir cut at my heart to see her look at me like this. She had never ever, looked that scared, or alone. I had no choice but to oblige

Regular POV

"Alright sweetie" He finally said.

"But tonight when we go out, you are explaining all this to me."

I smiled a little and nodded, and turned around to stand right beside him, our arms again resting on each-others waists.

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