Rylan was on the tourbus reading "To Kill A Mockingbird". She had on her reading glasses and she was listening to her music trying to block out the sounds of later and joy from all around her. Then, she looked down at her left hand and she sighed. She gave Jon the engagement ring back. Well, more or less than she grabbed him by the hair and started kicking and beating on him after she had walked in on him with Renee Young together in bed. Then, she jumped on Renee and she started whooping on her. After she was done beating the hell out of the both of them, she threw the engagement ring at Jon, grabbed her things, and she left. That was over 4 months ago. She looked over to the side of her seat and she saw Jon and Renee holding hands together, still sporting the bruises she enflicted on them. She turned back to her book and she continued reading. Then, Randy walked up and he sat down next to her. Rylan looked at him and she pulled out her headphones and she said "Hey Orton"

"Hey Roode" Randy said with a smile. "You're looking cheery today" Rylan said with a smirk. Randy sighed and he said "Yeah well I'm not used to this cheeriness before"

Rylan gave Randy a weird look and she asked him "Why do you say that?"

Randy gave her a shrug and he said "I don't know. So where's Chris?"

"He's on his way back to the arena. He told me he just had to deal with some record deal stuff" Rylan said. "You know, Chris isn't that bad looking" Randy said. Rylan gave Randy a weird look and she said "Where are you going with this Orton?"

"Come on, Rylan" Randy said in an obvious tone of voice. "You're young, Chris is young. Come on it's a good deal"

"He's recently divorced" Rylan added. It's true Chris was 25 years of age and Rylan was only 21, but he had just gotten divorced from his wife of only 2 years. She could never do that to one of her closest friends that'd just be undecent of her. But could she see herself with him? She shrugged her shoulders and she looked at Randy and he said "Fives buck you were just thinking about the possibility of you and Chris together"

Rylan sighed and she said "You don't know what I'm thinking about"

"Rylan" Randy said in an obvious tone of voice. Rylan looked at Randy and she gave him a sheepish smile and blushing a bright crimson red. Randy laughed and then he said "Hah! I knew it!"

Rylan shoved him. Then Randy laughed at her and then they finally reached the arena. She looked out the window and she smiled at the sight of Chris' car. She grabbed her bag and other things and she quickly made her way out of the car and over to Chris. "Chris!" She shouted. Chris looked at her and he grinned. Then, Rylan ran to Chris and they hugged for the longest time. But then something caught her eye; Chris was wearing a U.S Army uniform. "Chris" she said speechless. "You're... You're not wearing your normal clothes"

Chris looked down at his uniform and he looked back at Rylan and he saw her heart shatter in her eyes. "Yeah, I enlisted" Chris said softly.

"So," Rylan said softly. Then she looked down and she said "So you're leaving again?"

Chris tucked his finger underneath her chin and he lifted her chin up and he said "I'm not leaving until a few weeks from now for deployment"

"So why are you here?"

Chris pulled his finger out from under her chin and he took off his bulldog tags and he put them around Rylan's neck. Then, he pulled out a ring and he placed it on her left ring finger. Rylan looked at the bulldog tags and then at the ring and then she looked at Chris and she asked him "Why did you give me your bulldog tags and this ring?"

"Because no matter how far away we are from each other, I need you to know that I'm always there. Even if I'm millions of miles away"

"That explains the bulldog tags, but the ring?" Rylan asked still confused. Then, Chris smiled and he said "I was kinda hoping you'd marry me once I'm back home from deployment"

Rylan looked up at Chris and she smiled at him and she said "If you'd have me as yours"

Chris smile and he said "Absolutely"

Rylan smiled and then Chris pulled her into a warm embrace. Rylan wrapped her arms around his neck as he wrapped his arms around her small waist and they hugged tightly. Then, Phil came up to them and he said "Come on Rylan lets get going"

Then Phil took Rylan by the arm and he pulled her away from Chris. Rylan looked back at him and then she turned to Phil and they continued walking to the arena. Once they were in there, Rylan yanked her arm out of Phil's grasp and she said "Phil what the hell is wrong with you?"

Phil turned to her and he said "I don't think you should get married to him"

Rylan scoffed and she said "Phil you may be older than me, but I don't need you telling me what you think I should or shouldn't be doing"

"You and Chris haven't even dated and you two are what? Engaged?"

"He's getting deployed overseas in a few weeks. I guess he was thinking it's now or never. And honestly, at least I know he'll be faithful to me"

"You won't even be able to see him for like what, 6 or more months?" Phil asked. "I think it's a bad idea"

"You're not my father nor my brother" Rylan said bluntly. "I can take care of myself. Besides I don't need you bossing me around like I'm some sort of toddler I'm an adult"

"Yeah well maybe I don't want to see people bashing you online like you're some kind of tramp" Phil said as he clutched his fists together. "You're like a sister to me, and the fact that you're willing to put yourself out there like this is going to paint you out like a slut and like I said I'm not going to watch people bash on you for it"

Rylan laughed evilly. Phil's head titled a bit and he was now concerned for his friend. Then she looked up at him and she said "Do you really think that you can just tell me what to do and what not to do? If anything what I do in my love life is absolutely none of your concern. You were so gunho about me and Jon getting married that once you found out I left him after I caught him cheating on me with Renee, you told me to forgive him and still get married to him. You know damn well I don't deal with cheaters. Chris is an honest man. A loving man. He's there for me when no one else was-"

"Was he there for you when you were in the hospital?" Phil snapped at her.

"He wrote to me every day" Rylan said. Phil's heart started pounding out of his chest and he saw that Rylan was serious about this. "You really truthfully and honestly want to get married to Chris?"

Rylan nodded her head 'yes'. "Then don't expect me to be there for you" Phil said and then he stormed off, leaving Rylan stunned, heartbroken, and furious. "Rylan!" She heard Seth say. "Don't talk to me right now Seth I am not in the mood" she said angrily.

"I saw what happened with Phil" Seth said sympathetically. "Some friend he is, willing to forgive the man who cheated on you but won't be happy for you because you found a much better suitor"

Rylan growled as she said "He's no friend of mine anymore"

"I know," Seth said as he placed a hand on Rylan's shoulder and he looked on. "Look around you Rylan; no one here is your friend. They laugh at you, inflict pain on you, harass you, say evil and vile things about you on a daily basis. You're all alone. All you have is yourself, Chris, and your big brother who is in another wrestling promotion."

"So what?" Rylan asked. "You're telling me that I NEED The Authority?"

"No no no no no on the contrary," Seth said. Then he leaned in and he whispered in her ear "The Authority needs YOU"

Rylan looked up at Seth and then she looked around her. All of the so called 'friends' she had were gone. All she saw was enemies. "If you don't believe me, watch what happens tonight in your match against Naomi"

Then, Seth moved his hand away from her shoulder and he left leaving Rylan to conflict in her thoughts. That night, Rylan was lacing up her black combat boots in preparation for her match against Naomi. She was wearing a Pink Floyd t-shirt with a baby blue, long sleeve fishnet shirt underneath it, black jeans and black athletic tape. She looked down at her engagement ring and she smiled. She figured Chris was watching back in his hotel room and he would be waiting for her to get back there. She looked out and she saw Naomi preparing for their match. Rylan ran her fingers through her hair and she started to walk over to her, but she stopped herself in her tracks. Then, she left for gorilla position. Her theme music came on, which she changed to 'Slow Chemical' by Finger Eleven. She made her way to the ring and she waited for Naomi. Once Naomi came out, as soon as the bell rang, Rylan was distracted by Cameron leading Naomi to ambush her from behind. Naomi kept repeatedly kicking her in the chest when she was on the floor, but Rylan pushed Naomi off of her. She bounced off the ropes and hit Naomi with a clothesline. Then, as she started to hit Naomi repeatedly she didn't see the entire cast of E!'s Total Divas come running down the ramp and into the ring. All she felt from behind was kicking and her hair being grabbed and people punching her in the face. It was almost as if she was reliving the night she was gang raped. She didn't hear or see much as she blacked out in the middle of the attack.

She gained consciousness though when she saw Seth and Randy surrounding her, trying to wake her. Seth helped her sit up and the two men put each of Rylan's arms around their necks and they carried her to the locker room. She was fading in and out of consciousness fast, she felt the world spinning. Then, everything went black.

When she woke up, she looked around and saw Chris, Seth and Randy there with her along with Bobby. She groaned and Chris' head snapped up. He went to her bedside and he said "Are you alright?"

"Yes" she said weakly. "I'm fine"

Chris took her hand into his own and he kissed the back of it. "The doctor said that you'll need to stay here for a few more days so me, Randy, Seth and your brother will all stay here with you"

Rylan gave him a small smile. She felt so sore and her entire body ached. "What even happened?" She asked her future husband.

"The Authority came out and chased the Total Divas' out of the ring so that they could get you out of the ring and into the trainer's area safely. If it wasn't for them, I think the girls had full intentions of committing murder in the middle of the ring"

"It sure the hell felt like it" Rylan groaned. The, Chris kissed her forehead softly and he said "Don't worry. They're just spiteful"

"They hold grudges" Rylan said simply. "I'll be fine though, nothing a girl like me can't handle"

"You're not a girl" Chris said seriously. Rylan looked at him confused and then he leaned in and said "You're a woman"

Rylan blushed. Then, Chris climbed into the hospital bed with her and wrapped his arms gently around her. She smiled as she rested her head on his chest and falling to sleep in his arms.

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