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"She better be glad she's pregnant." Ted fumed letting himself into Logan and Cody's room.

They had all gotten to the restaurant to have dinner with the rest of the bridal party when Logan remembered she had forgotten her gift for Sam. After a mini breakdown, he relinquished and made the trip back to the room for her.

"Second drawer on the left, under the clothes." he repeated to himself finding the wrapped present exactly where it was supposed to be.

He heard the shower running and thought it best to let Tyson know he was there.

"Ty, it's just Ted, I wanted…" he trailed off when he went to knock and pushed the door open.

The shower curtain wasn't drawn like it would be if she were actually bathing. He peered in further and found her shivering in the tub. He rushed to turn the chilly spray off. Her forearms were resting on her drawn knees; her face was buried in them.

"Tyson, what the hell happened?" he questioned up at him, the sadness on her face almost made him tear up, "Talk to me Ty, please? What happened?"

"I-I saw h-him." she chattered.

"You're freezing, lets get you out of here." he frowned.

She let him help her up to a standing position. He shook his head trying to organize and focus his thoughts.

"Take those clothes off. I'll find you something else to wear." he said leaving her to rummage around in her suitcase.

He handed her the dry outfit, shielding his eyes. He sat on the bed wondering who she could be talking about.

Only two names came to mind. Randy, he could deal with. Wade...words couldn't describe the anger that filled Ted when he heard that name.

He stood up when he heard the doorknob turn. She came out and fell into his arms sobbing.

"Who did you run into Ty?" he questioned, rubbing her back.

She pulled away from him so suddenly he struggled to maintain his balance. She wrung her hands, twisting them almost violently. Ted's brow furrowed. She had spaced out to another time and place. He could almost see her reliving the awful memory through her tear filled eyes.

"You ran into Wade?" he guessed.

She broke free from her trance hearing that awful name aloud. The way she froze and how the tears spilled from her eyes, he knew he had guessed right.

"I'm calling the cops. He violated the restraining order and he's going to pay for something finally." he said angrily.

"Teddy don't please." Tyson begged, latching onto his arm desperately, "I don't want to think about it anymore."

"Ty, I know you're scared but it's no excuse to let him off again." he argued.

"Please, Ted do this for me. Don't call them." she cried hysterically.

He debated for several seconds before dropping his phone, "Why do you do this? Why do you allow him to continue to hurt you?"

She sat on the bed exhausted from the whole ordeal.

"I ran into him accidentally. I wasn't paying attention." she admitted subconsciously wiping her palms up and down her thighs.

It didn't go unnoticed by him.

"That doesn't matter. He can 't be anywhere near you, regardless of whether you were paying attention or not." he snapped.

She lowered her gaze to the floor, lips trembling, hands still methodically running the length of her thighs.

Finally he stopped them and turned her chin up to face him, "What happened Ty?"

She thought about lying, she thought about brushing him off even, but she couldn't. The need to talk to someone, to vent and get it off her chest, overtook her mouth.

"He touched me…he talked to me…he blamed me for being so irresistible…" she sniffled as a grimace covered her features, "I kept waiting for Randy to step in, but I guess he doesn't want anything to do with me."

"Wait…Randy was there and didn't step in?" he asked, his anger returning.

Her eyes flashed fearfully to his, "He was having dinner with Sam…I'm sure he didn't want to be bothered with me."

"I don't care who he was with, when he saw Wade he should have punched his lights out." Ted fumed, "I'm going to talk to him. This is bullshit."

"It's not necessary. He was with his fiancé and probably didn't want to bother her by taking up for me.' she sighed.

She hated having to say that out loud. She hated having to admit that he didn't care about her anymore.

"That's a bullshit excuse. I've got to get back anyways. You're not talking me out of this." he flat out told her, "Just stay here and get some sleep. You look like you're about to fall out."

She crawled under the covers, her body responding to his suggestion. Hours of shivering and crying would fatigue anyone, she guessed.

"Don't go anywhere okay? I'll be back to check on you." he smiled seeing her eyes droop closed.

He stayed with her for a few minutes longer, reminiscing. When she had first joined them on the road with her dad over a year ago, she was so happy and confidant. When she was with Randy she was secure and stable and everybody thought they were going to be together forever. Now she was barely hanging on.

She never let on just how badly she had been affected by her rape and beating. He could see through her façade finally. He could see that it tormented her more than she could even realize. He was sure she hadn't been aware of her nervous twitching when she recanted running into Wade.

Now there she was, sleeping peacefully, looking like an angel. He wasn't going to let the memories consume her. The first thing on his to do list was confront Randy about not standing up for her. She needed all of them more than ever now, and he was determined to get everyone to rally around her. He grabbed the present for Logan and slipped out the door.

A sharp knock woke Tyson up from the nightmare she was having. She threw the covers off. Her skin was balmy from the escalating fear she was experiencing. She moved to sit up, still groggy from having just woken up. She winced at the lamp when it was flicked on. She must not have been asleep for very long.

She trudged to the door hearing another sharp rap on it. She checked the peep hole and her blood froze. What the hell was going on? She opened the door, her brow furrowed in confusion.

"Aren't you supposed to be at your party?" Tyson questioned.

She wasn't in the mood to argue. She didn't have any fight left in her.

Sam all but snarled, "This won't take very long."

She brushed past her almost hatefully.

"Please, come in." Tyson muttered sarcastically.

"That's cute." Sam laughed angrily, "Tell me what you're doing here Tyson."

The two women stared each other down.

"Trust me, I didn't want to come." Tyson said.

"So what are you doing here then?" Sam asked, not skipping a beat.

"Logan basically forced me to come out here. I fought coming for as long as I could trust me." Tyson assured her.

"Why do I just not believe that?" Same threw her hands up.

Tyson shrugged indifferently, "It's the truth."

Sam wet her lips, trying to corral her temper and collect her thoughts.

"Regardless of your intentions, I feel that I should remind you of mine." she began, "Tomorrow is my wedding day…to Randy."

"I know that believe me." Tyson rolled her eyes.

"No, I don't think you do." she interrupted, raising her hand for Tyson to eye her ring, "He's mine. He's been mine for over a year now and tomorrow will be the start of the rest of our lives together."

Tyson's eyes darkened at Sam's statement. To say Sam was kicking her when she was down was an understatement. It didn't take much for Tyson to feel defeated nowadays. If she were honest with herself, she hadn't been the same since she broke up with Randy and her life had fucking snowballed downhill from there. She simply had not been the same confident girl she used to be.

Her self image was shattered, but at least it had been easy to stay away from Randy. Why would he ever want, used and abused goods like her? Sam was the obvious choice for very obvious reasons. Tyson was no fool.

Sam ran a hand over her brow, "I've been waiting for tomorrow my whole life, and I'm very serious about that."

Tyson shrank back slightly, "Is that a threat?"

Sam smirked, "I would never, but I would like to give you a friendly warning. You are not welcome at the ceremony. You were never invited and I do have people who know your face and name and have been instructed to not allow you inside. Just in case you had any lingering feelings my fiancé."

Tyson's lip trembled, "If you're so sure with your relationship what's with all of the precautions?"

"Oh I'm very sure about Randy and me, don't get the two confused. You're the psycho, unstable, variable I'm worried about." she replied haughtily, "I would love for you to be sitting front row so you can finally realize that he's done with you. You can't be trusted. If you would like to come to the reception, you are more than welcome. There should be plenty of your two favorites to keep you satiated."

Tyson narrowed her tear filled eyes in question.

Sam pursed her lips, "Booze and boys Ty, booze and boys. God, you're blonde."

A small sob escaped her as she buried her face in her hands. None of this was fair, and she didn't know how much more she could handle. Sam stepped closer to Tyson who looked up at her warily.

"Maybe we can be friends a few years from now after Randy and I have settled into our marriage and had a few kids. Until then we need our distance from you." Sam said sickly sweet, "You should take the time to work on yourself honey. It definitely couldn't hurt."

Her dark eyes roamed Tyson's visage one final time before she left to return to her party. Tyson slumped back onto the bed, quiet sobs surrounding her.

After tomorrow her life would practically be over. There was no bouncing back after Randy and Sam's nuptials. There would be no hope of reconciliation. Not that she had ever thought there was. Randy had pretty much made that clear to her earlier that night.

She pulled the covers up to her chin and closed her eyes saying a tiny prayer that maybe her dreams wouldn't turn into nightmares on the eve of perhaps the worst day of her life.

SEVERAL HOURS LATER

"This is a little ridiculous." Randy repeated for the tenth time.

"No its not. Stop saying that." Ted hissed.

"You said you and Cody wouldn't stand up for me tomorrow if I didn't apologize to Tyson. That's a little fucking ridiculous." Randy gritted his teeth.

"You won't think that when you see her." Ted mentioned lightly.

He unlocked the door and went inside to the dark room. The bedside lamp was on and Tyson was covered completely by the blankets.

Ted sat down on the empty side of the bed, "Ty, will you wake up please?"

He rubbed her back through the covers.

"I don't feel like talking." she hiccupped.

Her muffled voice was barely audible.

"Please?" he added again hoping that would help his cause.

Randy crossed his arms; he should be enjoying his bachelor party at the strip club right now, not bothering to apologize to his ex. If Sam found out he was here right now she'd go ballistic.

Movement from beneath the covers drew them all in. Tyson sat up slowly, brushing her long bangs from her tear stained eyes.

"Oh God, what are you doing here?" She cried out when she spotted Randy, "Ted, what the fuck? I don't want to see him!"

Randy snorted his disapproval.

Teddy meanwhile tried to contain the situation, "He wants to apologize for earlier today."

"N-No." she choked out.

Randy's arms fell to his side, "Tyson, I'm sorry."

He knew this was fucking pointless. Tyson was as stubborn as she could be. That was the only consistent about her.

"Just don't…I don't w-want you to s-say you're sorry." she stuttered out between gasps of air.

She blew out a long breath, trying to calm down. Ted looked up at Randy pointedly. Randy, however, was honed in on Tyson.

The way she was shaking, the stifled sobs, it all reminded him of the night she came stumbling downstairs after her attack. Her external injuries had healed; inside he saw that she was broken. He felt the murderous heat flare up in his body, exactly as it had that night. Today's interaction, hadn't stirred any emotion out of him. From what he saw, the run in with Wade had only been mildly didn't realize how badly it had hurt her though.

He ran his tongue along his teeth as he took several silent footsteps around the bed.

"Hey…" he said, gently touching her bare shoulder.

He closed his eyes when she flinched. Ted wasn't joking that she was in bad shape. He sat beside her, watching her cry into her arms.

"Ty, I can't tell you how sorry I am for today. I didn't know about all of this." he said, his voice taking on an entirely different timbre.

"I-It doesn't m-matter." she stammered, coughing slightly.

"It does matter…you matter Ty." he told her sternly, "Hey, look at me."

She shook her head.

He wet his lips, still fighting his anger at Wade, "If I had known what you were going through I would have never let him anywhere near you."

"It doesn't make any difference now." she whimpered.

"Will you let me help you get through this please?" he asked, hoping that if he switched up his strategy she would reconsider.

She looked up at him then, Sam's words running rampant in her head, "You really want to help me Randy?"

His eyes darted across her pitiful frame, her red swollen eyes, she looked like hell and it was all because of him. He stood by and let Wade violate her again. Everything that bastard had done this afternoon in their brief encounter replayed through his head. He was seeing the altercation in a completely different light now.

"I want to help you Ty, we all do." he answered with a quick glance at Ted and Cody.

"Then leave me alone. Don't bother me anymore." she whispered.

"You're not going to get better all by yourself. You're going to need our support." he brushed off her statement.

"I want you to leave…now. I need you to leave. I don't want your help. I don't want anything from you. I want to be left alone…please." she said.

Randy looked at Ted and Cody for some kind of assistance. They both looked just as dumbfounded as he was. His jaw flexed as he looked Tyson dead in her eyes, "I want you to know how sorry I am. If you really want me to leave, if it helps you in anyway for me to go, I will."

In that instance her eyes went dead. He saw everything leave her just before she opened her mouth to speak.

"I want you to leave me alone." she droned eerily.

She lay back down and covered herself with the blankets again. He stared at them and the broken girl beneath them. Every now and then he would hear her sniffle and it tore at his heart like barbed wire.

Ted cleared his throat breaking Randy's trance. Cody nodded his head to the door indicating that they should in fact leave. Randy stood to his full height and followed them out of the room.

"I appreciate you doing that." Ted spoke up as they went to the elevator.

"Yeah, sure." Randy mumbled.

His heart was heavy. He may not have known how bad off Tyson was, but he was going to be there for her from now own.

Getting Sam on board was going to be tough. He was determined that this would not become Tyson.

He would save her one last time.

Seems like Randy's coming back around the mountain huh? And I'm sure ya'll just LOVED Sam's convo with Tyson right? lol Review and let me know!

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