I'd like to thank everyone for all of the follows and reviews. It really means a lot to me. I do tend to enjoy torturing my characters, but I promise that I won't drag anything too much.

Also, to therealchamps: she will tell him very soon. I considered dragging that out longer, but I just couldn't do that to my poor character. It's already written, so try not to scream at me too much in the mean time? LOL This chapter starts the sequence of events leading up to her finally telling him.


November 15th, 2011 – Smackdown tapings.

Mary made her way to ringside during a mid-card match between Heath Slater and newcomer "Billy Alexander". She took a seat next to Josh Matthews, putting on a headset and shook the hands of the three men on commentary. She sat back and smiled as her presence was announced.

"Well, well look at who we have here," Booker T started with a chuckle.

"Ladies and gentleman of the WWE Universe, joining us at ringside, the former two time Women's Champion, Mary Williams," Michael Cole continued the introduction.

"And may I ask why are you here, exactly?" The ever clueless Josh Matthews looked to the woman beside him.

Mary just smirked, rolling her eyes. "Take a good look at the new guy, Josh."

After a few minutes of silence from commentary, Josh finally spoke up again. "Same hair, same eyes... definitely a lot of the same moves... By chance, are you somehow related to this guy?"

"Yes," Mary smiled proudly, "he's my little brother." She cleared her throat as she saw the match begin to dip into Heath's favor. Which was something she just simply could not have. "Excuse me boys," Mary got up to "get a closer look" at the match. She smiled at Heath Slater in a flirtatious manner in hopes of distracting her brother's competitor. She continued in her actions as Heath noticed and walked over to the ropes, starting to show off for her. She stepped away with a smirk as Billy took advantage and grabbed Heath from behind for a roll-up and a quick win. She laughed as her music began to play, seeing as how Billy didn't have his own yet, and entered the ring to congratulate him. They left the ring, still laughing and walked up the ramp. She raised her brother's hand one more time at the top before slipping backstage. They were soon met by Cody, who wasn't looking all too happy.

"What the hell was that?" the Intercontinental Champion snapped at his girlfriend and grabbed her hand, roughly pulling her away from her brother.

"Hey, she was just helping me! Chill out man," Billy defended his sister.

"Shut up, no one cares what you think, new guy. Do you know who I am?" Cody continued to mistreat Mary, yanking her back and forth a bit and obviously causing her pain and discomfort.

"Cody, stop!" Mary pleaded, a very scared look in her eyes. "I do the same for you all of the time. C'mon, baby. You know I only have eyes for you," she desperately pulled herself out of her boyfriend's hold and grabbed his face, kissing him passionately.

Once he broke away from the kiss his patented devious smirk returned to his face. "Okay... Well maybe I'll allow it. But just this one time."

Mary sighed as she nodded, slipping an arm around Cody's waist and leading him down the hall with Billy close behind, ending the segment.

After reaching the locker rooms, they stopped, the "couple" turning to look at the young man beside them. Mary hugged her brother. "Damn Alex, when I said maybe we'd meet in the ring someday, I didn't mean a lifetime later."

"Sorry, sorry. We both know that I'm not nearly as good as you are, sis. I needed just a few more years in the minors before being called up," The younger Williams sibling chuckled as he returned the hug for a moment before turning to shake Cody's hand. "I hear that you've been taking care of my sister."

Cody smiled, taking the slightly older man's hand and nodded. "Well, I've been one of a few. Your sister is truly a great woman."

Just then they heard the sound of two men applauding as they walked up to the small group. Mary looked up to see Randy and Ted joining them. She smiled, "speaking of the devils. Guys, this is my brother, Alex. He finally made his way here."

Each of the men shook Alex's hand with a nod. "Great job out there," Randy smiled at the newcomer. "Maybe it won't be so long until you face me out there if you keep that up."

This caused Cody and Ted to roll their eyes as Mary giggled. "And these are only half of the guys I normally surround myself with. I just... haven't spoke to the other half lately." She bit her lip, looking down.

Alex tilted his head as he looked to the other men in question. "Mare, you've got to quit doing these things to yourself. It's not healthy."

She sighed, "I know, bubba. Just... go shower off. We'll talk after the show." She shook her head as she pushed her way past the four men and ran off down the hall.

"I'm sorry guys," Alex sighed. "You've probably already been dealing with a lot from her."

"You're heart is in the right place, man," Cody placed a hand on Alex's shoulder. "She just..."

"She's been extra fragile lately. I'm sure she'll fill you in eventually," Randy finished before turning and heading into the direction that Mary had just went in, Cody and Ted close behind him.

Mary had managed to keep herself away from her friends and brother for the rest of the night, eventually leaving with AJ and Celeste before the guys even knew the girls had left. She hated relying on these men so much because it had gotten to the point where she began to feel weaker because of it. As much as she loved her boys and adored the caring nature of her relationships with them, she was still an independent woman. She longed for the feeling of standing on her own two feet. Once the three women were securely in Mary's hotel room, they all sat on the bed. Mary sighed, having a feeling that she knew what was coming.

"Why didn't you tell us that you were in love with John?" AJ finally spoke up after a few minutes of silence.

Mary hung her head as Celeste blinked a few times. Celeste mouthed "Cena" to her best friend, who nodded in confirmation.

The eldest Diva in the room bit her lip as she slowly looked up to her friends in shame. "Because that would involve admitting to it. Which... I never have," she shrugged, taking a deep breath.

"So he really doesn't know how you feel?" AJ ran her fingers through her hair.

Mary just shook her head, not knowing what to say.

"Because um... I think he's starting to regret his marriage after what happened a couple of months ago," AJ finally decided to get a little harsh with her friend, sensing that the older girl needed it.

Mary swallowed hard, looking to the girls on either side of her. She felt her blood grow cold and her heart grow warm all at the same time with a mix of emotions from the thought of getting another chance with John. "I just can't do it. I can't be with anyone. No one will understand. I'm not good enough for anyone. I'm nothing."

Both girls frowned, not knowing how to react to the confession from their friend. In that moment, they knew it was going to take a lot more to fix things for Mary, and they couldn't do it alone.

November 21st, 2011 – Monday Night RAW

She knew that she had taken a huge risk in coming that night, but she was booked for a match. She couldn't exactly back out of it if she didn't want to explain why. At one point in the time leading up to the event, Mary considered going straight to Stephanie McMahon-Hemsley, and telling her friend the truth about wanting to avoid going to the main show in the company, but she didn't. There were a lot of people there that night backstage, so she knew that she could easily slip away and lose herself into the crowd, avoiding anyone she felt that she needed to avoid. Or well, she had hoped at least.

It was that night when fans really began to question whether she had actually made a heel turn, or if she was taking out her aggression from the way that Cody was treating her on her opponents. It had literally gotten to a point where some of the other Divas began to show fear when facing the twenty-nine year-old veteran. She could have even swore she saw a rather burly looking gentleman holding up a sign that said "Leave Cody for me, I'll treat you right." during her match, which only made her want to vomit. After securing the win in a six Diva tag match, Mary was making her way to the locker room when she was stopped by a familiar face. She bit her lip, slowly looking into his eyes. "Hi John," she whispered.

"Mary..." he nodded, slowly bringing his arms around her, hoping for a simple hug.

The Diva sighed, unable to deny the man she loved something as little as a hug. She slipped her arms around his waist, trying not to cry right out there in the hallway.

"I've missed you Mary. I'm sorry for whatever I said to hurt you." The former champion kissed the top of her head.

"And I'm sorry that I lied to you," she whispered as she pulled away and slipped into the Diva's locker room. She simply hated the thought of being the reason his marriage was possibly ending, and she didn't want to show any signs of how she felt in the least.

A half hour later, Mary stealthily made her way down to her dressing room, not running into anyone she didn't wish to see. Only to open the door to see the newly crowned WWE Champion, making himself comfortable on her couch. She rolled her eyes in disgust, "what the hell do you want?"

"Close it," he stated simply, motioning to the door behind her.

Mary raised an eyebrow as she cautiously closed the door, keeping her distance from the man, who was a virtual stranger to her.

"Mary, Mary, quite contrary. How does your garden grow?" He started out in a sing-song, taunting voice.

She rolled her eyes, "again Punk, what do you want?"

"I'll tell you how your garden grows, Mary. With lies and deceit and misgivings... or at least that's the story of someone I used to work with in Ring of Honor." He stood up, taking a few steps toward the Diva.

Mary tensed up, "what are you talking about?"

"Oh you know, your dear ol' step-dad. The one you got fired from this company. I'd have to say that was the best thing that happened to him. He did so much better when he was placed in a non jobbing role." Phil chuckled.

"Look, I don't know what he said to you, but..." Mary clenched her fists, trying to push away memories from the summer of her fourteenth year.

"He told me that you were a lying slut, trying to claw your way to the top before you were even old enough to understand what was going on," Phil stated coldly.

Mary took a deep breath, swallowing hard. "Phil... how many fourteen year-old girls willingly give themselves to twenty-two year-old men?"

Phil blinked, taking a step back. "Wait, you were how young and what happened?"

Mary just shook her head, "just... be surprised you were allowed to do that promo with Mysterio's kids in the ring. They've taken many lengthy precautions after what happened to me." She pointed to the door, "now get out of my room, Punk."

The champion held his hands up in surrender, "hey Mary, I'm sorry. I didn't know."

She nodded slowly, "thank you for not bringing this up publicly. I'll handle it."

Phil swallowed hard as he quickly left Mary's dressing room, running into Alex as he walked out the door. "I can't believe that guy," he muttered as he walked down the hall.

Alex walked into the room, immediately closing the door behind him. He saw the look on his sister's face, which caused him to frown. "Mare?"

"Anthony has been spreading lies about me in Ring of Honor," she turned to her brother.

Alex balled up his fists in anger, "I'll kill him."

"Get in line, little brother. This has officially gone too far." Mary shook her head as she looked around and quickly began to gather her things. "I want to leave now."

Her younger brother nodded, "want me to see if any of your friends are ready to go?"

She nodded, "please." She took a deep breath as she finished up and Alex disappeared from the room.

Fifteen minutes later Mary was heading out of the arena with Alex, AJ, Cody, and Ted, only to be stopped by John Laurinaitis, the interim general manager for Monday Night RAW, with cameras in tow. They hadn't expected for their leaving the show early to become a kayfabe situation, but they were professionals, so they ran with it. This meaning that Ted had to quickly get out of the view of the cameras, being that he was no longer friends with Cody in storyline.

"Hey, you people can't leave yet. The show isn't over," the senior vice president of talent relations was obviously trying to throw his weight around with his new on air role.

The group of friends sighed, rolling their eyes.

"What makes you think you can tell us what to do?" Cody shot at the authority figure, roughly wrapping his arm around Mary's waist.

"Because I'm the..." the hoarse gentleman began to spout off his title just as another face joined the scene.

"You aren't allowed to tell them when they can and can't leave after they've done their part for tonight's show. Technically, they're all on the SmackDown roster, and not under your authority," CM Punk shot a wink to Mary, who responded with a small smile. "They have nothing else to do here tonight, so they have every right to choose to leave. They may have an emergency situation to attend to."

"You know what," the show's general manager waved the group off, "just go."

As Laurinaitis and the cameras left the group, they all turned to the WWE Champion in question, except for Mary. She had a feeling that she knew why he had stood up for them, and she was grateful for it. This just didn't fully absolve him for his actions barely twenty minutes earlier.

"Thanks Punk," Mary smiled sweetly with a sigh. "We were really hoping to avoid that."

Phil nodded, "consider it my first act of retribution. Whatever you have planned for that prick, I want in."

Mary continued leaning into Cody's now embrace and nodded, smirking at the way that the champion and her female friend were looking at one another. "If he really thinks that he can ruin me, he has another thing coming. Enjoy the rest of the show, Phil. I'll let you know when we get the ball rolling."

CM Punk saluted the group of friends before heading back to the main part of the arena, getting ready to make his next appearance in the episode.

The friends all piled into one rental car, Alex in the driver seat as the rest turned to Mary. Alex pulled out of the parking lot as Mary swallowed visibly.

"Talk, Maryanne," Cody ordered as AJ got comfortable in between the fake couple.

Mary nodded, taking a deep breath. "Punk met the step-dad back in Ring of Honor. He's been doing nothing but try to smack talk me there for years. We have to put an end to this."

"Whatever you want to do, you know we'll all be more than willing to do whatever we can to help you with this," Ted smiled at the brunette behind him.

"I'm ready to tell John everything," Mary stated with complete confidence. "After that, I think I may be ready to go ahead and go public with it. Marcus is enough proof to run Anthony, as well as that TNA wannabe, into the ground for good." She didn't want to actually say Daniel's name, but she knew that everyone in the car knew exactly whom she was referring to.

"I'm in!" AJ grinned, proud of her friend. "By the way, we get to be friends on camera now, too."

"We do!" Mary giggled. "We may as well start a new stable now. Wait... wouldn't that mean you'd have to turn heel, too?"

"Oh, you didn't know?" Cody spoke up with a laugh. "You may not be a heel, Mare. You may just be taking out your aggression out on the other Divas."

"Who's fault is that?" Mary spoke softly as she loosely brought her arms around the younger girl next to her.

Cody nodded in defeat, "I'm probably the biggest dick boyfriend they've seen in the WWE in a while. I'm beginning to not like it, personally."

"Well deal with it," the twenty-nine year old stuck her tongue out at her friend.

Later that night John sat in a bar with Zack, Stephen, and Rey Mysterio, drunker than any of the men had ever seen him. "She said that she lied to me. What could she have possibly lied about?"

"I don't know, bro," Zack slowly reached over to take the bottle that his friend was currently nursing. "But drinking yourself into oblivion won't help you figure it out."

"Yeah man," Rey chimed in. "You know how stubborn she is. If she wants to tell you what she lied about, she'll tell you."

"That's easy for you to say, Rey. At least you know more about her than I do. Your wife is taking care of her son," John slurred, obviously having hit his limit for the night.

"Just because I'm being a good friend, that doesn't mean I know why she left you. There could be a number of reasons. Some people just have really screwed up lives." Rey sighed, fearing he may have said a bit too much.

"But I'm a grown man!" He slammed his fist onto the table, "I could have handled her issues. I want to handle her issues. And I think that Liz may be starting to see that..." John started to get up. "I want another beer. Someone get me another beer."

Stephen quickly stood up, rushing to his friend's side and steadying him. "Looks like it's time for us to call it a night."

The other two men nodded, paying the tab and ushering John out of the bar. They helped him to his hotel room and got him into bed. The three friends shook their heads as they watched the face of the company pass out in front of them.

"I'll stay," Zack volunteered, to which the other two men nodded.

"Check and see if he has any appearances in the morning and figure out something to do about them if he does," Rey suggested. There was no way that John Cena would be able to face the public in the morning, and they all knew it. He looked to the other two men before slipping out to make his way to his own hotel room, "I'll talk to her. He's only going to get worse."

Zack and Stephen nodded as the latter followed Rey out, needing to get some rest before filming SmackDown the next day.


Drama, drama, drama! And this is only the climax for the first part of the story. I'm no where near done with the whole thing. Thanks for reading! Please review?