Mary had heard about the reuniting of Ted and Cody after the public display of affection she had put on with Jeff in front of the school on Monday, as well as the joining of Cody with their new friend, Jeff's younger sister, Alex. A couple of days had gone by, and things were starting to go back to normal in the school. Ted and Cody were sitting together at lunch again, the only difference was that Mary had still been a few tables away with Jeff on Tuesday. By Wednesday, Mary realized just how much she missed her best friends, and she wanted the silence to end once and for all. She was late for lunch, after being held up by Mr. Douglas in Trigonometry. She was dashing down the hall when she ran into someone, causing both to fall over.

Mary looked up to see one of her old friends and cracked a half smile. "My bad."

Seth Rollins got up, tucking a strand of two toned hair behind his ear. He quickly looked around before holding his hand out to help Mary up. "You okay, Mare?"

Mary nodded. "My ass is a little sore, but I'll be fine."

"I could always add to that," a voice came up to them from the shadows.

"Orton wouldn't like it much," a second voice joined in. "But between the three of us, we could do worse damage than he could."

"I'm not touching her," Seth stood in front of Mary protectively.

Dean Ambrose stepped out of the shadows, rubbing at his nose, just as if he had done a couple lines of cocaine. "You know she deserves it, Rollins."

Roman Reigns followed behind Dean, shoving Seth away from Mary. "Believe that," he grunted.

Mary sighed, "seriously Dean? Still hung up on the fact that I barely let you feel me up while we were together? I was thirteen."

Just as the words escaped Mary's mouth, Dean's open palm came in contact with her cheek. "Shut up, bitch!" He then kneed her in the gut, while holding her up. "Just let it happen. I promise that you'll like it."

Mary whimpered loudly as Dean continued to hit her, struggling as he tried to remove her clothing. Watching as Seth was helplessly held back by Roman. Just as Dean almost successfully undid her pants, she saw a familiar face at the end of the hall, seeing relief in sight. "Edge!" she screamed out with her last good breath before nearly succumbing to Dean.

The school's security guard, Adam Copeland, turned toward the desperate scream. "Hey!" he charged toward the scene and pulled Dean off of Mary. He looked up as Roman ran away, leaving Seth to be able to pick Mary up. "Get her to the office. I'll find Reigns after getting Ambrose to Principal Hart."

Seth nodded, carrying Mary to the office. Just as they walked in, Nattie walked out from talking to her uncle, who happened to be the principal. Just as the blonde was about to ask what happened to her friend, Edge walked in with a struggling, enraged Dean. She shook her head, patting Seth on the shoulder with a nod before heading to the cafeteria.

As Nattie walked into the room where the group of friends had been waiting on both her and Mary, Ted and Cody slowly looked to each other, then over to Nattie. They could sense that something was wrong, and they knew that it had to do with Mary.

Nattie walked over to the table where Ted and Cody were sitting, chewing on her bottom lip. "Ambrose attacked Mary. She looks worse than..." she let her sentence float in the air, knowing that everyone knew she was referring to when she had been attacked by Randy.

After taking a moment for the news to sink in, the group all sprang to their feet heading out to their cars. They made their way to the hospital to check on Mary. They waited for nearly an hour before the doctor came out, walking up to Levi. After speaking for a minute, Levi nodded before turning to Ted and Cody, motioning for them to follow him. The three teens walked into the room where Mary was recovering in.

When they walked in, Mary looked up with a soft smile. "Just be careful with the hugs," she lifted up her shirt to show the bruising.

Ted and Cody made their way around to either side of the bed, gently hugging Mary. It was almost like everything was forgiven and forgotten without a single word. Ted sat on the bed as Cody stood beside the other side.

"I really missed you guys," Mary smiled, taking Ted's hand.

"It's been too long," Ted smiled as Cody nodded in agreement.

"Just so long as I've got you back," Mary stated weakly.

"You never really lost us," Ted leaned over, kissing her cheek.

Meanwhile, all of the rest of Mary's friends were all sitting together in the waiting room. They were all silent until Matt looked up. "This almost seems unexpected."

"Yeah, those three have never really bothered us," Dustin nodded.

"Actually, Seth carried her into the office. I don't think that he was a part of it," Nattie looked up.

"It's just odd that it took Dean this long," Mike shrugged.

After pausing for a moment, Jeff shifted awkwardly. "She dated him, too?"

"Yeah, both Seth and Dean, actually," Daniel nodded. "Seth used to be a part of our group."

"Dean recruited Seth after Mary broke Seth's heart last year," Zack finished the explanation.

Jeff looked around the room, realizing that Mary had made out with just about every guy in there, and a few more. "What have I gotten myself into?"

"You don't love her, do ya bro?" Matt looked over to his younger brother.

"I care about her, but..." Jeff heaved a sigh. "Yeah, you're right. I guess that I felt like I was protecting her from guys like Orton and Ambrose."

Trish got up and walked over to the seat next to Jeff. "I think that you know what you need to do."

Jeff nodded with a sigh, getting up and walking down the hall in the direction that Levi, Ted, and Cody had just went to visit Mary. He looked up to see them just after leaving the sight of the group.

"Oh hey, we were just coming to get you," Levi took a deep breath, pointing to one of the rooms. "She's in there, she wants to talk to you."

Yes, ending that one on a bit of a cliffhanger. I just felt like that was the perfect place to end that one. I'm a little torn on what story to write next, so if you could drop by my profile and do the little poll that I put up, that would be great. The options are the titles of the story, with brief description. Thanks for your help! Please R&R!