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A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed! Picture of Ty in my profile. The video of Moolah seriously brought me to tears on RAW tonight. She broke so many boundaries for female wrestlers. It's too bad all these stupid, useless sluts don't take advantage of that, with the exception of a few. RIP Fabulous Moolah.

Face Down by Cara Mascara

Chapter 3: Breaking The Rules Already

"Flight 516 to Tampa, Florida is now boarding," the loudspeaker at the airport announced. Adam stood up and slung his backpack over his shoulder.

"I'll see you in two weeks, okay?" I nodded and smiled up at him. He gave me a deep, slow kiss and smoothed some of my hair back. "That's a nasty bruise babe," he noticed, bushing his fingers over my cheek softly where Deuce accidentally got me a little too good in the match last night.

"Yeah. It'll be fine though," I assured him. "You need to go before you miss your plane."

"Yeah. I love you, okay?" he told me, holding my face gently so he was looking me in the eyes.

I swallowed and forced a smile. All I could think about as soon as those words came out of his mouth was how sore my body was from being thrown into the doorframe last night. "I love you too." He flashed me a toothy smile and kissed the top of my head. "Bye."

"Bye."

I walked out of my hotel room door, planning on finding Lisa-Marie, but instead, nearly running right into Shannon, who was speeding down the hall.

I jumped back a little and he came to an abrupt halt. "Whoa!" he gasped, not expecting me to come out of my room just as he was walking by.

"Sorry," I apologized and laughed a little, combing my fingers though my hair as Shannon grinned at me.

"'Ts okay. Where ya goin'?"

I shrugged and pushed my hair behind my ears. "I don't know. I was gonna walk around and find some food or something. I just got back from the airport."

"Ah, yeah. Heard about Adam gettin' suspended. Surprised he's actually lettin' you be alone." I pursed my lips at Shannon's words. His face fell slightly and he looked at his feet. "Sorry, that was outta line."

"Don't worry about it." There was an awkward silence between the two of us. Part of me understood what Shannon was saying, that there was a hidden meaning behind what he said and that he knew how Adam was, but the other part of me believed he was naïve to what was really happening. He could never understand my relationship with Adam.

No one could.

"Well, hey. A bunch've us're eatin' at a diner down the road. I can bring ya if you're hungry." I really shouldn't. Adam wouldn't like me going out with a bunch of the other wrestlers unless it was only Divas. But I'm lonely…

"Okay," I accepted with a small smile. I know Adam told me to stay away from Matt, and wherever Shannon went, Matt was bound to show up. But what Adam doesn't know won't hurt him.

I followed Shannon into the elevator and we stood in a bit of an uncomfortable silence. I stared down at my fidgeting hands and I heard Shannon clucking his tongue as we traveled to the ground floor. I let out a soft sigh when the door opened and we both went to step out, laughing a little when we realized we couldn't move out the door at the same time. "Ladies first," Shannon offered, stepping back and using his hands to gesture to the door. I stepped through, but added in a comment.

"Shouldn't you be the one going first then?" I tried to hide my smile as the North Carolina native jogged to catch up with me.

"Well… here I am,tryin' to be a gentleman. And ya go and make funna me." I glanced over at Shannon and saw the amusement on his face as we walked out the door and over to the rented SUV.

"Where's everyone else?" I wondered out loud.

"They're already there. I hadta come back and get my wallet." My body erupted with laughter and I saw a blush form over Shannon's cheeks.

"Sorry." He just grinned sheepishly and unlocked the vehicle. I climbed into the passenger's seat and Shannon drove towards the small restaurant.

There was another awkward silence like in the elevator, but luckily the radio was playing at least. "So…" Shannon began, then cleared his throat as he kept his eyes on the road. "Who're you travelin' with while Adam's home?" Our brand has house shows plus signings and TV shows so I won't be going home to stay with Adam for his suspension at all.

"Myself," I mumbled, not liking the idea of driving from show to show alone. But I know better then to try to travel with anyone because Adam's reaction would not be good if he ever found out.

"You're tellin' me you're drivin' to all those shows alone till he gets back?" Shannon peeked at me for a minute with his eyebrows raised, then turned back to the road as the light we were stopped at turned green. I shrugged, not sure of what to say. "You can't do that."

"It's really not a big deal."

"Sure it is! You'll tire yourself out! I mean I travel with Matt, Shane and Ash and even between the four of us drivin' still's tirin'." Shannon pulled into a small parking lot that was in front of a homey looking white diner and turned the car off. He looked at me fully and spoke again. "I think you should come with us."

"No. No way Shannon. Y-you don't get it. I can't." He scrunched his eyebrows and looked at me with an almost mad expression.

"Why? Cause of Adam? You're a grown woman! You can make your own decisions."

"I know I can. He just- never mind," I mumbled and opened the door, but Shannon reached over me and shut it before I could step out of the car. I looked at Shannon confused, my eyes being drilled by Shannon's piecing green ones. I don't normally make eye contact with people. It makes me uncomfortable.

"It's dangerous for you to drive that long alone. If he cares 'bout you at all, he'll understand that and get over it." I know what Shannon's sayingshould be true. "We won't mention it to him, okay?"

"I'll think about it." I had to say something to get out of this uncomfortable situation. And to escape his eyes. I reached for the door again and this time successfully made it out of the SUV. Shannon did the same and we headed into the diner.

"Look who I recruited," Shannon announced as we walked through the door of the diner, draping his arm over my shoulders and leading me over to a table where Lisa, Ashley, Matt, Shane, Matt Cardona, Brian Myers were sitting. The full table behind that one held Drew Hankinson, Ray Gordy, Jimmy Reiher, Cliff Compton, Kara Drew, Alvin Burke, Jamie Gibson and Jimmy Yun. My body tensed at the physical contact and Shannon must've noticed because he pulled his arm away. Everyone greeted the two of us and Brian stood and pulled out the empty chair across from him.

"M'lady," he offered me, gesturing to the seat. I laughed and Ashley scoffed, smacking him in the arm playfully.

"Oh god, would you sit down please? Spare us, really," she muttered, shaking her head and sipping her soda. Brian made a face at her, which she missed and sat back in his seat.

"Here's some menus for ya'll. Can I getcha a drink?" a waitress with graying hair and thick glasses asked Shannon and I, passing us each a laminated menu.

"Oh, just a Coke is fine thank you,' I smiled up at her before looking at the menu.

"Sweet tea please," Shannon ordered.

"A Coke and a Sweet Tea. Alight, you kids just wave me over when yall're ready to order," she said with a warm smile before walking off behind the counter.

"Hey sweetie, how are you?" Lisa asked from he spot next to me. I smiled at her and looked away from the food selection.

"Okay I guess. I had to go see Adam off pretty early this morning," I told her, then glanced back down at the menu.

"Oh." Yeah, I'm a horrible person to hold a conversation with. Every time Adam comes up, everyone I talk to seems to shy away from me. It's probably better that way. Adam's all I need.

"You know whatcha want yet?" the waitress came back over a few minutes later with Shannon and my drinks.

"Can I get a BLT, light mayo please?" I asked, smiling up at the woman who jotted my order down and took my menu with a smile.

"How 'bout you son?" she asked Shannon.

"Steak burger, medium, no tomatoes, extra pickles please." Shannon handed her his menu. She wandered off again and I listened to everyone else talk, not really saying much.

Halfway through eating, my phone rang. "Sorry, be right back," I mumbled and went outside of the diner, then pulled out my phone. I looked at the caller ID and saw 'sXe'. That's Phil, if you didn't catch on. It's my code for him. Just in case Adam checks my phone. Adam doesn't like Phil, just because we dated. Adam has a tendency to think eve guy that talks to me wants me. So naturally, a guy that's dated me and still talks to me is not cool. I don't make it known I still talk to Phil. And just in case Adam checks my phone, I have this little code name for him. He hasn't cracked it yet thankfully.

"Hey," I said into my phone.

"Hey Anny. How'd last night go?" Phil asked from the other line.

"Not bad. I'm fine Phil."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. I'm sure." I assured him, brushing my fingers lightly over my bruised side.

"I'm gonna call up Matt and ask him."

"Phil. I'm fine!"

"Alight, alight. I just worry about you."

"There's nothing to worry about. Just enjoy your time with Maria and stop thinking about what I'm doing, please?"

"Well it's hard when she sighs and says 'you should make sure Ty's okay' every five minutes."

"Tell her I'm fine. Adam went home for two weeks this morning."

"So, who're you, traveling with, Lisa?"

"Not exactly…"

"You're not traveling alone."

"Phil, I have-"

"You can travel with me."

"He'd kill me if he found out."

"How the hell will he know?"

"Dave will probably open his huge mouth." Yeah, Dave as in Batista. He's like Adam's eyes when he's not around. I wish he'd get sent back to RAW, the stupid bastard.

"Fuck Dave!"

"Phil, listen, I'm eating with a bunch of people right now. Give me a call later on."

"Okay, fine. Please just don't drive alone."

"Phil, I ca-"

"Promise."

"No I-"

"Promise me Anny."

"Fine. I'll ride with someone, alight?" I caved.

"Thank you. Take care of yourself, okay?"

"Yeah. Bye."

"Bye."

I walked back into the diner, seeing Shane smack Shannon's hand away from his plate as he reached for a few of Shane's fries. It made me laugh. I can't believe Shannon already scarfed that he burger down and all his fries.

Shannon turned to me and a small smile came across his face. "You know, the only time you ever seemta laugh is at my expense." I just shrugged and he reached over to Lisa's plate.

I noticed Matt (Hardy) glancing at me as he chewed a mouthful of pasta. "It was Phil. He was just making sure I made it to the hotel last night." Matt just nodded and continued to eat.

"You used to date him, right?" Matt (Cardona) asked. My cheeks flushed a bit.

"Yeah. Only for a little while."

"That's cool."

"Much cooler then Adam," Ashley muttered, but it was loud enough for me, Lisa, Shannon and Matt (Cardona) to hear.

"Ash!" Lisa hissed at the blonde.

"Sorry," she apologized to me. I just shrugged and stared down at my half eaten plate of food.

"I don't see what's so bad about Adam. He's cool to me," Matt C said as he bit into his sandwich. No one said a word and it was soon forgotten as he and Brian started talking.

"Nice one," I heard Shane mutter and I knew it must've been directed at Ash. Letting out a sigh, I bit into my sandwich and kept my eyes on my plate for the rest of lunch.

It's not like I don't know everyone thinks he's bad for me. They have their suspicions and all, but they just don't get it. He's everything. He's all I have. I don't have a family. I don't have a house. I live with Adam, and he takes care of me. So we have a few fights. If I wasn't so stupid, they wouldn't happen. It's not like I don't know what makes him mad. I just need to smarten up.

A/N: Sorry to all of you who love Batista, but he's gonna suck in this fic because I despise him. He's a jerk. He gets people fired because he has arguements. coughArielcough Plus he's a nasty steroid freak.