Ted's eyes began to slowly flutter open as rays of sunshine woke him from his peaceful slumber. Stretching his arms out, Ted felt a smile play on his lips as he turned onto his side, expecting to see his fiancé lying beside him. Ted's smile soon dropped when he noticed an empty bed beside him. The Florida resident sighed before pulling the bed spread off of him and swung his legs over the side of the bed. His first morning back and his fiancé wasn't even there to greet him. Ted was granted 2 weeks off of work since Creative had nothing for him to do, so he was ecstatic to spend it with his family and friends – mainly his fiancé.

Running his hands over his face, Ted rubbed his eyes and ruffled his hair slightly before standing on the balls of his feet. A shirtless Ted walked out of his master bedroom that he shared with Kristen and made his way downstairs. The house was completely silent, well almost. The only sound that was heard was Riggs' shuffled along the tiles at the end of the staircase as he played with one of his toys. Ted grinned as he stepped off the end step and gave Riggs a pat on the head.

"I'm glad someone is here to welcome me home." Ted murmured before shaking his head prior to walking into the kitchen, Riggs in tow. The dark haired wrestler began brewing a hot cup of coffee when he noticed a white piece of paper lying on the kitchen counter. Once the coffee brewer began brewing the coffee Ted turned and picked up the paper and let his blue hues run over the text.

The note mentioned that Kristen had to go off to work for the day and wouldn't be home until later that afternoon. Ted stuck his tongue into the inside of cheek before throwing the paper down on the counter. It was 8:30AM in the morning, on his first day off and his fiancé was at work? Perfect.

Ted dropped his head slightly and realized how insensitive he was being. Ted was away for months and months on the road, away from his fiancé and he was complaining about his fiancé being at work for the day? Talk about being hypercritical. Ted let all the negative thoughts about his fiancé leaving him at the present time and decided to focus on what to do for the day.

Once his coffee was done Ted poured it into a mug and made his way onto the couch. He began channel surfing while he began to drink the contents of his coffee. The dark haired man sighed when he realized the only thing that was on at 8:30 AM on a Wednesday morning was children programs – and not the cartoons that Ted and fellow wrestlers secretly enjoyed watching, no he was talking about the Dora the Explorer and Sesame Street crap. There were also a couple of news programs on too but Ted didn't find them all that interesting.

Deciding that maybe he should go for a run, the Florida native pushed himself off of the couch and attempted to swallow as much of the hot liquid as possible. Ted made his way up stairs and changed into a pair of adidas pants and a wife beater. Ted made his way down the stairs again and back into the kitchen and made himself a protein shake. As he was blending all the ingredients, he glanced towards the digital clock on the oven. It was only 9:00AM. He still had plenty of time to go for a jog and clear his mind.


"What do you mean I have to be there in 10 minutes? I live like 15 - 20 minutes away! I can't get you your coffee and make it there on time. You know Starbucks is hectic at this hour. Not to mention I don't have a car! You know it's in the shop." Piper explained to Andrea as her Blackberry rested against her ear while she attempted to hold it into place with her shoulder. "Yes, of course this means a lot to me." She muttered in response as Piper attempted to put one earring into her ear while accidently pocking her earlobe. "Ouch." She mumbled as the brunette attempted again, thus being successful this time.

Upon putting both earrings into her ears, Piper was still listening to Andrea lecturing her. Piper just rolled her eyes as she tilted her body slightly while she put her Jimmy Choo black heels on. "Yes I did use to be a great track runner but that was high school and it's a little different in heels and a tight pencil skirt, especially considering your office is right in the city." Piper argued at how ridiculous her boss was sounding. "No! I will not hitchhike! You never know who lives in this city, Andrea! Why don't you send one of your drivers over to my house?" Piper suggested as her tone softened.

Piper grabbed her bag that contained her purse, phone, keys, paper work for Andrea's clients and numerous of Piper's school books. "Oh, yes Andrea, I'm the one being ridiculous." Piper rolled her eyes as sarcasm wreaked in her tone. "Look, I'll get there as soon as I can." Piper said as she waited for her boss to reply instead getting the dial tone. Piper had the door open and was about to walk out when her boss had hanged up on her. Using her left hand, the brunette pulled the phone in front of her and exited the screen as she glanced at the phone in shock.

"You've got to be fucking kidding me!" Piper shouted at the phone as she angrily stomped her heel against the cement. Piper ran her fingers through her long locks and shoved her head back. What was she supposed to do now? Throwing her phone in her bag the Florida native sighed in frustration, unsure of what to do.

"Is everything alright?" A voice asked the younger woman. Piper took a deep breath and lifted her head forward. She noticed Ted, the guy she meet the day before when she returned his dog, standing at the end of her driveway in workout attire and sporting a concerned look on his face.

Piper walked towards him and forced a small smile. "Yeah, everything's just peachy." Piper told him unconvincingly. "Just a small set-back, nothing major." Piper lied. Ted narrowed his eyes at the brunette standing a couple of feet away from him.

"Are you sure? Because if you need some kind of help I'm more than happy to help." Ted responded. He could tell by the look in her eyes that it was more than just a "small set-back". Piper also didn't seem like the kind of person who used that kind of language that often, even if it was just the f-word. Ted studied her. It was almost as if she was transparent to him.

Piper lightly shook her head, feeling her eyes slowly water. It was stupid to cry over something like this, she knew it was. She was just so mad at Andrea and she knew she couldn't take it out on her. She also knew that if she didn't make it to Andrea's office soon, she could kiss her dreams of being a Lawyer goodbye and all the studying and all the slavery at the hands of Andrea she had suffered would all go down the drain. "Really Ted its fine. I appreciate the offer and all, but I doubt you could do anything." Piper told him with a genuine smile. Piper blinked a few times trying to push away her tears as she tilted her head back a bit again.

"Try me." Ted simply said to the brunette. "I mean it. You never know, I could save you from whatever crisis you're in. Besides it really is the least I could do for you." Ted smiled at her, hoping she would just accept his offer to help her. It really would make him feel better after what she did for him.

The woman sniffed and shrugged her shoulders as she looked directly at the man. "Do you think you could get me into the city in 5 minutes?" Piper asked quietly, knowing that her request was almost impossible. Ted couldn't help but laugh. What she was asking was impossible. Ted looked at the brunette to see that she was as amused. Piper crossed her arms and shook her head. "Forget I asked." She muttered before walking off down the path.

Ted ran after her and grabbed her arm gently. "Whoa. Wait up. I wasn't laughing because I wasn't going to do it. I'm more than happy to drive you into the city; I just can't do it in 5 minutes. I couldn't do that if I had a Ferrari on me. I might however be able to get you there in 15 or so minutes, and that's if we miss most of the traffic." Ted said as he glanced up into her green hues.

"You don't have to. It's fine. I can just walk." Piper said as Ted gave her a 'you can't be serious look'. Piper shrugged."… really, really fast."

Ted chuckled. "In those shoes and that skirt? I'm a guy and even I can tell that's impossible. Come on, I'm not taking no for an answer." Ted said as he began walking down the path in front of her towards his house. "Piper. If you don't follow me and get into my car voluntarily, I will grab you and carry you in there. That's a promise." Ted told her playfully, causing the woman to smile.

"Fine." Piper gave in and followed Ted, much to his delight.