"They're… promise rings I guess you could call them. They're to show you how much I love you." Wade mumbled, blushing profusely. Wade was never the one who blushed, that was always Justin. As cute as Justin though that was, he decided to put Wade out of his misery.

Justin grabbed Wade and kissed him, hugging him tightly, cuddling to Wade's chest.

"Oh my god. I love you Wade."

"I love you too." Wade whispered, wiping a happy tear off Justin's face.

Three days later Justin was getting ready for his match for the WWE Tag Team Championships with Heath. Wade and Ezekiel were going to be accompanying them to the ring (obviously).

"This is ridickerious!" Riley yelled as she stomped up to the four of them just behind the curtain.

"Ridickerious, huh? I wasn't aware that was a word."

"Shut up Heath!" she said as she punched his shoulder.

"Ridickerious? Girly, you need to take some vocabulary lessons." Ezekiel said, ruffling her hair with his gigantic hand. She stuck her tongue out at him. "Oh, hush Basketball Neck,"

Wade laughed, "Basketball Neck, it fits."

"What's ridickerious, Riley?" Justin asked.

"She's not happy that next week she has to tag team with me." Heath said putting his arm around her shoulder.

Riley looked up at him, an annoyed expression on her face, "When'd they tell you?"

"Yesterday,"

"Well thanks for letting me know!"

"It'll be the start of our 'relationship' storyline."

She groaned "Shoot me now."

"Aw, you know you can't wait to hold my hand."

"Nah, I'm not big on the Malachi look-a-likes."

"Malachi from Children of the Corn? I don't look like him! His hair is a lot darker… and seriously have you seen his teeth, nah mean?"

Riley giggled "Not that one, dummy! The one from the 2009 version. It was on SyFy. You guys look almost exactly alike, hair is the same shade, and you're both tall. Hell, he even walks like you."

"Dummy? I don't feel loved…"

Riley laughed and hugged him.

I'll be your end of days!

"Bye guys." Riley said, as Heath's arm slipped off her shoulders.

"See ya later." Justin said heading up the stairs after Wade and Ezekiel, he was the only one who noticed Heath kiss Riley's head before he left. He sighed and rolled his eyes as Heath moved past him, grinning a little, kinda like a ginger moron. Were he and Wade that bad? Probably not, on account of the fact that they were trying to keep their relationship a secret (Riley being the only one outside their families who knew). Oh well.

11:30 Friday night.

Wade sighed and stared at the lightening flashing above Riley's barn. This really sucked. He knew what was going to happen. Justin's behavior the last few days gave him away. He had been distant. Wade had to be completely blind if he thought this wasn't going to happen.

"Wade?"

Sure enough; here he was. He put a smile on his face. "What, baby?"

Justin's eyes filled with tears. "Wade, I... I think we… need a break. I'm so confused. I don't know what's going on with me! I've never even been attracted to another man before… and, I'm sorry!"

Wade laughed a sad sound. "I understand Justin. It happened with me too. With my first boyfriend. I was so confused. I didn't know if I was gay or if it was a phase. I realized I was gay. I also realized I didn't love him. Justin, don't worry about hurting me. I don't hate you. I never will."

Justin let out a sob. "Wade… what have I ever done to deserve you? Please, yell at me, something! I feel so bad for this!" This was quite possibly the hardest thing Justin ever had to do. He didn't know if he loved Wade or not. He was confused. Hopefully, everything would turn out right and he and Wade would end up together. Right now, he just needed to sort everything out.

Wade smiled sadly but didn't answer.

"What about Riley?"

"What about her?" Justin asked quietly, eyes still full of tears.

"Well, do we do this like parents? You stay with her one week and I stay with her one week? I mean, seriously, I love the girl and all…but I don't trust her living by herself. She gets bored easily and there is no telling what she'd get up to."

Justin nodded and laughed a little. "That'll work. If she doesn't hate me."

"She won't hate you. I don't hate you either."

"I'm sorry Wade."

Wade touched Justin's face softly. "Can I have one thing before you leave me Justin?"

"Anything," Justin whispered, tears shimmering on his face.

"Kiss me one last time."

Justin leaned into Wade, pressing their lips together. Their mouths melted into each other. Wade pressed Justin to him as hard as he could, one last time. This was hurting him more than he would let anybody know

Wade knocked on Riley's bedroom door. "Riley?"

"Yeah?"

Wade slipped inside the door; Riley was sitting on her bed with her computer in her lap.

"What's going on?"

Riley shook her head. "Nothing, what's going on with you?"

Wade took a deep breath, and moved to sit beside Riley on her bed. "Justin…broke up with me."

"What? Why?" Riley asked sitting bolt upright, a look only a concerned best friend could have.

"He," Wade licked his lips, looking out the window, "said he needed a break. He was confused. He kept saying he didn't want to hurt me." A single tear fell.

Riley moved over on her bed so that she could hug Wade. "I'm sorry. Maybe he'll figure out he is gay, cause he certainly looks the part. Ya know, stereotypical queer. Maybe, he'll find that he does love you."

Wade chuckled "We can always hope, right?"

Riley nodded.

"So how's your crush on Heath coming along?"

Riley huffed playfully; she curled up under her gigantic white down feather comforter and lay down. "I'm forever done talking to you; you butthead! I don't like him!"

Wade laughed. "You're not a very good liar."

"Shut up!" Riley laughed, burying her face in her blanket.

Wade lay down beside her. "Do I have to?"

"Yes, you're so mean!"

"You think I'm mean now, you're really going to hate me in a second."

"What did you do?"

Wade smirked. "Justin and I are going to trade off weeks staying with you."

"The two of you have a custody agreement? Like you two are my parents?" she shrieked, voice rising three octaves.

Wade laughed. "Yep. Oh and, as your parent, I don't think you should be IMing Heath on Facebook at 11:50 at night."

Riley snapped her computer shut as she blushed.

"Why, may I ask, are you so attracted to him?" Wade asked.

"Okay, have you seen him?"

"Yes I have. And, in passing, I've seen him naked. Not too bad to look at, he's got a pretty nice ass."

"That," she held up her hands, "was more than I needed to hear."

Wade laughed "Any other reasons?"

"He's nice. He's funny."

"It has nothing to do with your obsession with his hair?"

"I don't have an obsession with his hair! I think it's an awesome color! Any other questions; or can I go back to IMing him?"

"Riley, do you mind if I sleep with you tonight?" Wade whispered, looking down. "I don't want to be by myself."

"Of course I don't mind." She reached out to him, hugging him.

He hugged her back then kissed her cheek. "Thanks,"

"No problem." Riley was tremendously upset on behalf of Wade. She knew how much he loved Justin. Wade must be brokenhearted. She was going to have to give Justin a first-class smack upside the back of his head next week.

Justin's hotel room 15 minutes after leaving Riley's house.

Justin picked himself up off the floor. He had to stop crying. He didn't deserve Wade. Wade was too sweet for him. Wade deserved somebody who knew that he was what they wanted. Justin…well, Justin wasn't sure whether he was in love with Wade, or if he still had feelings for Kelly Kelly. Justin half laughed as he thought about Riley's blatant dislike for Kelly. Riley always said 'if that bitch gets anymore Barbie-like, we're gonna have to find her a freaking Ken doll.' Well, scratch that, he didn't like Kelly, I just…I don't even know what I want. Being with Wade, I'm confused as hell. With Kelly, I was unhappy as hell. God! I hate life. Tears made their way down Justin's face again as he remembered Wade chastising Riley for being so mean to Kelly.

It was 2:38 in the morning. Justin still couldn't sleep so he grabbed his cell phone. Hitting the speed dial button for Riley's number, he pressed the phone to his ear. Her groggy voice answered. "Hello?"

"Hey, Riley I'm sorry to wake you up." Justin whispered.

"It's okay. What did you need?"

"Just to talk; um, when you get a chance later today, do you mind coming over?"

"I don't mind. Did you want me to come over now?"

"You don't have to yet; you can get some sleep."

"That's okay, I was going to go to the aquarium with Wade later and I'm not going to have much time." She clapped her palm to her head. Dummy! Don't mention Wade!

"Oh, well…yeah, c-can you come over now then?"

"Sure, I'll be over in a few minutes. Where are you staying?"

"Best Western, room 119, first floor.

Twenty minutes later Riley was knocking on Justin's hotel door. He opened it slowly, "Hey Riles, how ya been?"

Riley chuckled "I just saw you a few hours ago, but I'm good, you?"

"I've been better," Justin mumbled, grabbing her wrist and pulling her inside.

"So… what'd you want to talk to me about?" Riley asked settling on the floor across from Justin who was on the couch.

"Do you hate me?" Justin asked looking at the floor.

"No," she chuckled, "why would I hate you?"

"Because I left your best friend." Justin buried his head in his hands.

Riley sighed, and moved beside Justin on the couch, putting a comforting arm around him. "I don't hate you for breaking up with Wade. Yes, he's my best friend. But so are you and little though I like it, I respect your decision."

"So, are you at least mad at me?"

"No, I just think you'd be happier with Wade." she said shrugging her shoulders.

"Why do you think that?" Justin mumbled.

"Well, you're calling me at three in the morning to come talk to you, I have a feeling you've been crying and you just really seemed happy with him."

Justin sighed "I know, but, I just…I don't know."

"Everything is gonna work out how it's meant to, Justin."

"You really think that?"

"Yes. I wouldn't say it if it weren't true. Wade loves you."

"I know. I just hope he will forgive me."

"He will; I know it. Hey, I gotta go. I love ya though."

"Love you too, kid."

Riley hummed "Southern Voice" by Tim McGraw happily as she yanked the door of her beloved old pickup open. Riley liked cars. She had a pickup she drove and an old 1965 mustang convertible that she was working on in her garage. She was thinking about whether or not to put a white stripe on the hood, when a big blue van pulled out in front of her. Riley slammed on the breaks, but she didn't slow, they just went straight to the floor. With a sickening crunch, the blazing headlights of the vehicles around her and squeak of squealing tires, Riley's truck hit the van. Her head snapped forward and bounced, hard, off the steering wheel and cracked on the window. Riley reached up and felt the side of her head. When she brought them back down, her fingers were covered with sticky blood. "Ow." She muttered. Then the world went black as she fainted, slumping down into her seat.

Wade glanced at the clock (it read five fifteen) as the phone rang shrilly, waking him from his troubled sleep. "Hello?" he mumbled into the phone.

"Hello, this is St. Louis hospital, is this the residence of Riley Miranda Orton?" a perky voice asked.

"Yes…" Wade said slowly, a knot forming in the pit of his stomach.

"Well, sir, she's been in a two-car wreck. The damage wasn't that bad. She fainted, because of the collision when she hit her head. She's fine now though. Riley has stitches in her head and arm. You can come pick her up about two this afternoon. We just have to make sure there isn't any more damage."

Wade sighed in relief. "Okay… can I come see her now?"

"I don't see why not. She's wide awake and alert. She's quite perky isn't she?"

Wade chuckled "Yep, that's Riley."

Wade rushed into the hospital, approaching the desk; he said "I'm here to see Riley Orton."

The young lady behind the desk looked up at him and blinked in surprise. "Um…she's in room…127, just down there." she said hesitantly, intimidation in her eyes and voice.

Wade made sure to smile at her as he thanked her and hurried down the hall. As he entered Riley's room, she looked up at him. "Wade! How are ya, ya big lug?" she said grinning at him.

He frowned as he stared at the stitches along her hairline from her temple to the top of her ear and the ones stretching from the inside of her right wrist to the crease of her arm, she had a smaller cut just above her left eyebrow, her lip had been busted, probably when it hit the steering wheel. "Riley, sweetheart, are you okay? What happened?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." She shrugged, "I don't know what happened. The brakes were out but they worked just fine before." She frowned. "My truck is totaled. I'm gonna miss it."

"Riley, why were you out driving anyways?"

"Um, I went to see Justin. He called sounding all sad, so I went to see him."

"Oh…" Wade's face darkened. The more he thought about Justin, the angrier he got.

"Yeah…he's coming here."

"Riley!" Wade exploded.

"What, Wade! He's just as much my friend as you are! Grow up!"

"Riley, he hurt me. A lot."

Riley bit her busted lip. "I know. And I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking about it."

"It's alright." He sighed.

"I'm serious Wade, I'm sorry."

"I know you are. I'm not mad at you. I'm just…kinda mad at Justin."

Riley nodded, "That's understandable. But Wade, don't be too hard on him. He's hard enough on himself already."

"I won't. You'll never believe this, but I think the nurse out there is afraid of me."

Riley laughed.

Wade was getting ready to leave so Justin could stay with Riley. It was the day of her accident. She was her normal, annoyingly perky self. She was purposely singing loudly and badly off-key to the song on the radio.

"Riley," Wade laughed as she waved her arms above her head like a moron, "Riley, would you shut up for five seconds, please?"

She looked at him. "Well, since you said please." She stopped her obnoxious singing, but she continued to wave her arms around.

Wade laughed as he grabbed her left wrist in his right hand. "Would you listen to me?"

"Whaaaaaaaat?" She dragged the word out so it was a question.

"Behave for Justin this week, okay?" he said seriously.

She nodded "Okay."

"Please, please promise me there won't be any more accidents." He said looking at her worriedly.

"Promise."

"Okay," he kissed her head and hugged her like any good big brother would.

At the door, before he left Wade grabbed her chin between his index finger and thumb, forcing her to look at him. "Remember, no accidents."

"No accidents." She repeated.

Riley watched Wade back out of the driveway. "Demon, get out of his way! If he runs you over, your butt better not come whining at me!" she called to her bear sized dog (of course he was bear sized, he was a Great Dane, Pitbull, and Black Lab mix! He was a sweet heart though). He ran toward her she knelt down beside him "How's my baby?" she crooned. "Aw! Man, Demon!" she groaned as he left muddy paw prints on her favorite pair of jeans. "Oh well. I guess I'm a have to give you a bath. But first, I'm freaking starving."

Sighing, Riley locked her dog in the basement as she walked into the kitchen. She cranked the radio up loud. She didn't hear the door open and didn't know anybody was in the room with her until she felt a sharp crack on the back of the head. Riley fell forward onto her knees. She turned around and looked up into the face of…her ex boyfriend: Abuser and stalker extraordinaire. "Corey…" she breathed… he raised his fist again.

Justin walked in Riley's front door and sat his bags down. "Riley?" he called softly. He heard the sliding door in the kitchen slide open hastily. Justin rounded the corner into Riley's kitchen.

"Riley!"

Riley was lying on the floor in a small pool of blood.

A/N: Yay! The damn thing's finally up! Sorry it took so long. My parents are using my laptop until they buy their own computer. So... yeah. Sorry this chapter is so dramatic. I didn't want to break them up...but it made for a good story. I know, a lot of Riley in this chapter. So... what'd you think?

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