Denver, Colorado
Pepsi Center
8:56 PM

WrestleMania 25's theme song rang out in the arena as the fans entered the stands. Everything seemed to be running smoothly in the stands for RAW, so far, but backstage was mass chaos. I didn't even want to be a superstar at the moment.

Hunter was pacing like a rabid animal and Shawn steered clear of him for most of the night, hiding out in catering so he would have witnesses if Hunter went off the deep end. Which, he wasn't far from doing so. Tonight, Hunter would confront Randy in the ring but with one look from Randy, I knew he had something else planned.

I was currently shoving a chair under the door knob of Hunter's locker room to make sure he didn't come out until he was scheduled too. Shawn had told me to do this and here I was doing his dirty work. This was just what I needed to start off my day, trying to contain my uncle in a locker room.

I need a hobby.

Ted and Cody were hesitant to go out to the ring with Randy at first, but a flying lamp in the hotel room changed their minds. I would be backstage until I was called out by Hunter, if he called me out. Randy destroyed yet another hotel room. It seemed to be a trend.

Oh yes, it was on the rage. Everyone needed to have flying lamps in their hotel room.

I could have lived without having my head nearly taken off with a coffee machine, though. I know I liked coffee but that was going a bit too far. Thank God no coffee was in the process of making, what a mess that would have been to clean up. Imagine what we would've had to explain to the hotel cleaning staff as to why there was a brown stain on the carpet.

Awkward.

But besides the near misses of coffee machines and brown stains, everything seemed to be running smoothly. The chair blocking Hunter's locker room was holding up very nicely and Shawn felt safer, but he stayed in catering just in case something caused a fault in the plan, like someone taking down the chair. Oh, the havoc that would break loose. No one would be safe.

Speaking of safe, Jeff Hardy had gotten his ass handed to him by Mark, who finally found in the trashcan on his way out. Jeff had just managed to get his bearings about 4 hours ago and was met with a splitting headache that Matt and I laughed at. Jeff just didn't know when to quit, but that is why he is one of the most entertaining superstars on and off screen. If only the fans could see what he is really like.

"You know, walking around the hall ways can be dangerous, especially for you Kayley."

I turned around. "I think I'm alright John. I've handled myself for a while now, no thanks to you."

"Kayley, don't be like that." He begged.

"Be like what John? How do you expect me to act after you throw me aside? Best friends are supposed to be there for you." I said.

"Kayley, I just had to rethink some things, I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt you."

"You hurt me more than you can imagine." I replied back as I picked lint off my shirt.

"You don't think you hurt me? Kayley, I love you like my own sister, granted, we had a relationship but those were the happiest days of my life and just having a friendship is what gets me through the day. You don't think it killed me to hear that you were dating Orton? Plus, the fact that you didn't tell me, I found out through Glenn Jacobs, is what hurt the most."

I sighed and leaned against the wall. "I didn't tell you because I knew how you would respond. I knew you would get mad and blow up. I wanted to tell you-"

"But you didn't." He said as he locked his blue eyes on my own reflecting ones. "You didn't trust me enough-"

"John, you know I trust you. I trust you more than Hunter and that's a lot coming from me. I don't trust people easily, you know that. Do you think I still fully trust Randy? I don't. I trust Ted and Cody to an extent but it takes a while for me to warm up, you know this John."

"I'm just hurt Kayley." He said.

"I am too. Instead of pushing me away, you should have came and talked to me. Friends stick with each other, through everything, no matter how hard things are."

"I just wish you never said yes to Randy."

"If he keeps this attitude up, I won't be with him for much longer, his anger is getting worse."

"Is he hurting you?" He asked.

I sighed.

He already knew the answer to his question; he just wanted to hear it from me. John was always like that and he would never stop it. Slowly, our friendship would heal itself from the inside out. It would start with our hearts and work its way through out our body. My mind would need the most healing.

"Kayley, I am so sorry. Please, let's go back to the way things were." John begged.

"John, it's just so hard to go back to that."

He sighed and walked away, leaving me to stare after his retreating form. I sighed. I think I messed up. Did he really think I could drop something like that? Granted, he is my best friend but I couldn't just go back to the way things were, it wasn't that easy. It was never easy.

"Kayley, cree me, John te ama, solamente dale tiempo para recuperarse. Dale ese tiempo.*" Rey's voice carried.

I turned around. "Rey, sweetheart, I'm from Texas; I'm not that good with Spanish."

Rey smiled. "You need to learn chica. There are a lot of Mexican's in Texas."

I smiled. "Yeah, but that's why I have my own personal walking Spanish translator."

"Ah, eso es cierto*. But, mi amor*, John just needs his time. He is a man and when we see the main woman in our life being hurt, we don't take kindly to it. Randy used to be his best friend but you replaced him, chica, you've made John a much happier man when you came into his life. When he first got here, he didn't care about anything, he just did his job and went home, and he never made friends until you came into his life. You made him who he is today."

"Is that a good thing or bad thing?" I asked.

Rey motioned for me to sit down. "Eso es algo bueno"

"Huh?" I looked confused as I sat down.

He laughed. "It's a good thing."

"You need to stop speaking Spanglish."

"Sorry, chica, it comes with the territory of knowing me."

"Eddie used to do that to me all the time. Though, he used to pick on me."

Rey smiled sadly at the mention of Eddie's name. "He loved you though. He thought very highly of Shawn and even higher of you. You were part of the family, mi corazon. He never spoke badly about you, he thought of you as his daughter. He's still watching though, he'll help you get through this whole thing with John and Randy. All you have to do is believe."

"I think I lost my faith."

Rey looked up at me. "Eddie wouldn't want you to do that. Eddie prayed for you every night he was alive and he would be disappointed in you if you lost your faith."

"Why would God put me in this position?"

"Eddie always said; "You are put through tough times so God can test you." God is simply seeing if you are ready, chica."

I sighed. "Ready for what?"

He shrugged. "I can't answer that because I don't know. He works in very weird ways."

"Try annoying ways." I mumbled.

Rey smiled. "Si, but he'll give you a bigger prize in the end. Just keep looking forward."

"What if I can't? What if I don't want to, that I don't have anything left in me?"

"Mi amor, you always have something left in you. You are Shawn Michaels' daughter, you don't give up."

I groaned. "The thing is people always compare me to my father. I'm not as strong as him."

"Kayley, listen to me and you listen well, chica. You are very strong, you are one of the strongest women Eddie and I have ever known. You are more like your father than you realize." Rey said sternly. "Eddie would want you to keep your faith in God."

"I can't-"

"If you can't keep your faith in God than please, Kayley, please keep your faith in Eddie. He wouldn't want you to be hurt."

"Would Eddie be proud of me? Would he be proud of who I have become?" I asked him.

He looked up with sad eyes. "Eddie would be the most proud man in the world. He would love you no matter what you did."

I nodded. "Thanks Rey." I wiped my tears away. "For everything."

"It's no problem Kayley. I always love talking to you."

I smiled. "I'm sorry we lost touch for so long."

"We were busy but in the end we are still thicker than thieves."

I laughed softly. "That we are."

"One more thing before we go our separate ways."

"Anything." I said as I looked at him.

His face changed to serious. "Nunca te rindas, en cualquier cosas."

I looked at him confused.

"You'll figure it out. You're smart." Rey smiled and got up off the bench, walking down the hall way.

"I hate how you talk in riddles! You are just like Jeff!" I screamed at him. I heard him laugh. "Asshole."

"I heard that!" He shouted back.

"You were meant to!" I yelled in response.

Rey, or Oscar, was a sweet man. He may be short but he is full of heart. Nothing can stop him. Whenever Eddie was mentioned, Rey gets sad, which is understandable. Eddie was pretty much his family along with Bautista, though he and I never got along.

"I miss you Eddie." I said to the ceiling.

I walked to my locker room to meet up with Ted and Cody before they went out but as I looked at the monitor, I realized they were already out there. Just my luck. Ted and Cody were standing behind Randy as he talked on and on about Legacy and himself.

That was until Hunter's music hit and he came out.

Oh what a ride this was going to be.

Important;

School has just started back so I will be slow on updating, but with the help of one of my friends who is willing to help me in Spanish, I will get some out more often. Sonia also translated Rey's sentences for me. So please, thank her. I am forever grateful to you. She gets FULL credit for everything that is Spanish in this chapter.

I refuse to translate the last sentence he says in Spanish for you. You'll figure it out in a few more chapters, though you could just Google it.

Translations below;

* "Kayley, cree me, John te ama, solamente dale tiempo para recuperarse. Dale ese tiempo" means;

"Kayley, believe me, John loves you, he just needs time to heal. Give him that time."

* eso es cierto means; very true

* mi amor means; my love

Now, I will be on going to the SmackDown/ECW taping Tuesday (Jan. 19) so I will be on ECW, WWE Superstars, and Smackdown this week. Look for an "I'm A Hardy Show Mark" sign near the front of the ring. It'll be green with white writing.

So thank you to everyone who has understood and I will try to get the next chapter out before the taping. Finally, the story is moving in the direction I want it to. So thank you once again and I love you from the bottom of my heart.