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John POV

I was sitting at gorilla position when Ryan (Skip Sheffield) and Tyrone (Michael Tarver) walked up. They were getting ready for their match against Ron (R-Truth) and John (Morrison). I wasn't trying to listen to their conversation, but it was hard when they started to talk about Ed.

"Is she going to be ok?" Tyrone asked Ryan.

"I don't know; he slapped her pretty hard." Ryan said and I started to get annoyed.

"Is she in the locker room?" Tyrone asked him.

"Yeah, Wade wanted her to stay there until they figured out if she was alright. They are all pissed at him." Ryan said and I had no idea who it was that hit her.

"Have you noticed how they all want her around?" Tyrone asked Ryan.

"Yeah, but she is really nice. Wade, Justin, and Heath are really close to her. I like having her around because she doesn't look at us as rookies." Ryan said and I smiled at that comment. I remember when Randy and I were rookies; we got hell from everyone, but Ed always told us that one day we would be giving the new ones hell. I knew that she was right, but I realized that we had been way more mean to them than anyone ever was to us. I finally got up and walked over to them.

"Who hit Eden?" I asked them and they both looked at me.

"She doesn't want anyone to know." Ryan said and I sighed.

"Is she ok?" I asked them and they looked at each other.

"Come on, I know that I have given you hell, but I want to know about my friend." I pleaded with them.

"Yeah, Matt did it and she is in our locker room. I don't think that she wants Randy to know because she knows how he is going to react." Tyrone said and I nodded.

"Thanks, guys." I said and they nodded.

I walked back to Nexus locker room. I didn't know where Randy was, but I also knew that after the conversation we had earlier that I wasn't going to be the one to tell him that she was with them. I knocked on the door and Heath opened it.

"What?" he asked me.

"Let me talk to Ed." I said and he looked at me strange.

"What are you talking about?" he asked me and I sighed.

"Tyrone and Ryan told me what happened after I overheard them talking… I am not going to tell Randy; I just want to see if she is ok." I said.

Eden POV

I was sitting with Wade, Heath, Paul (Justin), and Fred (Darren Young) as I put ice on my face and hoped the swelling went down and no bruise appeared. I was sitting there when there was a knock at the door. I looked at Heath and he walked over to the door.

"Let me see." Wade said and I moved the ice. He carefully ran his hand over my cheek and I winced. I didn't realize how hard Matt had hit me until we were in the locker room and I was dizzy.

"It looks like you are going to have a bruise." Paul said and I sighed. I put the ice back on it. I heard Heath talking to John and realized that someone had told them what was going on.

"Eden, It's just John." Heath said and I stood up. Paul and Wade stood up with me because I was wobbly.

"I'm ok." I said and sat the ice on the table as I walked to the door. I stuck my head out and looked around; I looked up at John.

"Are you ok?" he asked me and I nodded.

"Yeah, Matt slapped me, but they helped me." I said and smiled.

"I'm glad someone did… sorry I wasn't around." John said and I shrugged.

"It's ok, John, I know you were busy being sexy for the camera." I said and John laughed at me.

"Have you told Randy?" I asked him and he shook his head no.

"No, but I wanted to talk to you about something." He said.

"Come get me after your match?" I asked him and he smiled.

"No problem, and if I run into Randy; I haven't seen you." he said and I stepped out to hug him.

"Thanks, good luck." I told him and he smiled at me.

I walked back inside when dizziness hit me and Wade caught me. I just looked up at him and smiled.

"Thanks. John is going to come back and get me after his match" I said as he carried me back to the couch. He nodded and laid me down gently.

"He hit you pretty hard, Ed, just lay here while we have our match." Paul said and I nodded.

"Heath, remember you are banned from ringside this week." Wade told him and he nodded.

"Looks like you're my company." I told him and he smiled at me.

"Good luck." I told them as they left and I was sitting on the couch; leaning on Heath.

Heath POV

I was glad that Eden was ok and I was mad that she got hit.

"Do you need more ice?" I asked her as Nexus music hit. I didn't like being banned from ringside, but it was part of the storyline.

"No, I don't honestly think it's doing anything." She said and I looked at her; she was a little swollen and the bruise was already there.

"I don't know… I'm sorry that he hit you." I told her and she nodded.

"Thanks." She whispered as I saw tears collect in her eyes.

"No, don't cry." I said and pulled her to me. I held her as she cried and I hated it that she was crying.

"It's ok, Matt isn't going to get near you." I told her and she nodded.

"We aren't going to let him." I said and she looked at me.

"Thanks, Heath… I wish that it would have worked for us." She said and I sighed.

"Me too, but I think you will find someone who isn't an idiot like me." I said and she gave me a small smile. She kissed my cheek and put her head back on my chest. I was holding her as the guys won their match and I knew they would be back in a few minutes. I looked down and realized that she had fallen asleep in the few minutes since they had won. They all came in the door and I motioned for them to shut up.

"Shut up, she's sleeping." Wade said and they all came in quietly.

I was holding here when someone knocked on the door. Paul opened it to find John. He looked over and me and Eden; I carefully shook her and she opened her eyes.

"John is here." I told her and she nodded.

"Thanks, guys." She said as she walked to the door, but Wade stopped her.

"One of us is going to check on you later." He told her and she hugged him.

"Thanks." She said and waved bye to us. The door shut and we all looked at each other.

"So, we have a new member of Nexus?" Fred asked and we looked at Wade.

"Guys, she is the one person who has helped up… I think we should help her." He said and we agreed.

John POV

I walked with Eden back to my locker room and I knew that Randy was looking for her. I denied knowing where she was and hoped that he didn't come looking any time soon.

"Are you ok?" I asked her and she just looked at me. She looked tired and upset.

"I'm sorry." I said and hugged her.

"Thanks for the sweaty hug." She said and I laughed at her.

"You know you liked it." I said.

"No comment." She said with a smirk.

"Randy is looking for you." I told her and she sighed.

"I don't know what to do." She said.

"Tell him the truth… leave out the Nexus part." I said and she looked at me.

"You know something." She said and I sighed.

"Yeah, that's what I wanted to talk to you about… Randy doesn't like that you are hanging around them… he actually hates it. He doesn't want them around." I said and she sighed.

"I know that after Sam's death that he would go back to who he was before her." She said and I looked at her with a questioning look.

"Look, before Sam, Randy and I were always together… we did everything together and I convinced him that dating Sam would be good for him. He did, they fell in love or whatever, and got married. I had more freedom, but Randy has always been very protective and jealous over me. I knew that once she went away; he was going to cling to me again." She said and I nodded. I wouldn't like it if I was Eden either.

"I just don't want you or anyone else to get hurt by him." I said and she nodded.

"Thanks, John, but I am just going to have to show Randy that I have friends other than him." She said.

"I know that a couple of us will help you out." I said and she smiled as someone banged on the door.

"What?" I yelled.

"It's Randy..." he yelled back and I looked at Eden. She nodded because we knew that she had to talk to him eventually.

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