Sorry thats its been a little while since i posted. I would have had this up yesterday but my computer refused to cooperate with me lol. Thank you for the reviews on the last chapters and for all the favorite and alerts. I hope you like this one even though i don't think its one of my best.

Back off Orton!"

Randy's expression went from sinister to a mixture of anger and annoyance. 'Every fucking time….' Randy backed up slightly, not enough for Alexis to make a quick escape, but enough to that he could make eye contact with one of the men he hated the most.

"This is none of your business, Copeland. Last I check you two weren't an item anymore so you can just go back to your mopping and little pool of self-pity." Randy snapped back at him.

"I don't care if we're together or not, you touch her and I'll do much worse than I did last time." Adam had heard Mike say 'Anderson' and the first thing that came to mind was Alexis. He figured it must be his mind playing ticks on him because Alexis wouldn't be back for another week or so, but he decided to see anyway and he was glad he did. He saw Randy corner Alexis and he knew he had to step in as he felt the familiar sense of anger run through him.

Randy eyes flickered to the ground as he remembered the previous fight with Adam. As much as he hated to say, Adam had him beat. He wanted to avoid another confrontation with Adam at all cost at the moment.

"Okay, Okay." Randy backed up from Alexis and put his hand in the air as if surrendering. The sly smile returned to his face and his made his last remarks before departing, "You won this one, but believe me on Sunday, there's nothing you're gonna be able to stop it." With that, he disappeared around the corner.

Alexis snapped back to reality at the last comment by Randy. What was going to happen Sunday? What was he planning? She was trying to control the many thoughts going threw her head. Should she make a quick getaway or stay and talk with him? He just saved her Randy, once again, it was least she could. Alexis avoided eye contact, but stepped closer to Adam.

Adam tried to figure out what Randy could have possibly meant when he focused on Alexis. All the anger washed away and was replaced by emotions Adam had tried to bury the last few days; sorrow, pain, love. It all seemed too much to handled, but the one thing that dominated must was joy. He had been dying to get to see her for the past week and a half.

Alexis finally looked into his green eyes that seemed so different then the eyes she had last seen before she left. They were dim and clouded with sadness. That shine in the eyes of the man she had known for nearly a decade was gone. It hurt her even more to know that she caused it…

"Thanks….uh, for that." She moved a little closer to him, now being at about arms length. She quickly looked over him and saw he looked the same as he always would; Chuck Taylors, jeans and a t-shirt.

"I kinda wish he wouldn't have backed off so I could beat his ass again." Adam rubbed the back of his neck nervously and tried his best at a smile.

Alexis smiled as the she saw a flash of the old Adam in his eyes. "Now that you mention it, that woulda been a hell of a way to start the night."

"So…ah…how was your week at the Hardy's?" Adam didn't want to jump right on the subject so he was doing his best to somewhat ease into in.

Alexis slightly cringed, hoping Adam didn't notice. "It was…..eventful to say the least. How'd you manage to keep this place run'in without me here?" Alexis said jokingly, trying to divert off the subject of her week in North Carolina.

Adam chucked and slipped his hands into his pockets. "Well, ya know, it was pretty difficult. Place nearly burnt down, but luckily yours truly was here to pull it all back together and save the show."

Alexis laughed as she tried to imagine the WWE actually going up in flames. John running from the building with his title and brightly colored shirt, Cody probably trying to save a mirror, Zack recording the whole thing for his web show…. "I knew it! You guys need me to keep this place up and running!"

"Some need you more than others…," Adam's faced then turned somewhat serious.

Alexis looked away and down at the ground. She knew what he meant. She was hoping, as much as she knew it wouldn't happen that this wouldn't come up. Now she was face to face with him and it was going to be harder to avoid this subject. She still loved him. She wanted it to be back to the way it was before, but now…..after what happened just the night before, she couldn't even imagine him even wanting to consider being with her again if he found out.

Alexis looked back up and a loose strand of hair fell across her face. Adam, as if by instinct, reached out and brushed the strand behind her ear, just like he always did. As his and grazed across her check, she felt the familiar warmth and spark that she missed. Before he pulled his hand back, Alexis grasped his hand in her hands and just held onto it.

"I've done some things I won't ever be able to forgive myself for and things that I'm not proud of…."

Adam took in the feeling of her skin in contact with his. "What do you mean?"

"I've become the thing I hate the most. I became someone that not worth of your pain. Like I said before, you deserve someone better. " Alexis felt her eyes begin to sting as water started to fill them. She blinked and they began to fall slowly.

Adam wiped away her tears with his free hand. He didn't care about what she did, what she didn't do, what she became or what she didn't become; he just wanted her back….

"I….I, uh, have to good. I have to cut a promo later and uh…. get ready and everything." Alexis dropped his hand and stepped back. She turned to walk away, but Adam grabbed her hand so he would turn and face him.

"I don't want 'someone better'. For me, you're the best it gets. People make mistakes and I just want you to know that I'll love you no matter what's happened….," At that, Adam let her hand go and let her go on her way. Alexis paused for a moment, but knew she should keep going. Before she turned the corner she looked back in his direction to see him walking in the other direction. She was doing the right thing, right?

XXXXX

"Where is she? I thought you said she'd be here by now." John said as he walked around Phil's locker room. He hadn't seen Alexis in a while and was dying to see her. Phil said she would be here in 5 minutes. That was 20 minutes ago. Monday Night Raw was going to start soon and not only would John have to go and get ready, but Alexis was going to open the show so this might be his only time to see her before Raw started.

"I don't know. She texted me and said-" Phil didn't get the chance to finish as his locker room door opened.

Alexis stood there with her head down and doing her best to avoid eye contact. It wasn't because she didn't want to see the guys; it was because she was afraid if they got the chance to see them they could read her like a book. John didn't need to see her eyes to know something was wrong, though. Something had happened within those 20 minutes she was absent.

"What's wrong, Alexis?" John grew up with all brothers and never had a sister. Alexis was like the sister he never had and he always made sure that if something was wrong, he did his best to solve the problem and make her smile again.

Alexis wiped her cheek with the sleeve of Phil's hoodie and looked up towards John. Her eyes were red and puffy and her face was stained with tears. After Alexis had turned and started walking to Phil's locker room after her confrontation with Randy and talk with Adam, she began to cry. That out of the 20 minutes she'd been gone, 10 were with Randy and Adam while the rest she spent crying. She had tried her best to stop before she reached the locker room.

"I….I ran into Randy…." Alexis managed to say. She stepped further into Phil's locker room and closed the door behind her.

John thought the worst when she told them this. With all the shit Randy had done in the past, there was no telling what he could have done this time. John glanced at Phil, and the look on Phil's face told john that Phil was thinking the same thing. John felt a little guilty, being as it was Alexis' first day back and she was left to wonder the hallways alone where 'The Viper' could be anywhere, along with his little sidekick Amy.

"What happened? Are you okay? Did he hurt you?" John asked, going into big brother mode. He was going to make Randy suffer if he had put another hand on her.

"N, No. Adam kept him from doing anything" Alexis looked between the two superstars in front of her. She saw emotions flash across their face; the first being shock and the second being concern.

"You talked with Adam?" Phil was the one this time to look at John. The two made eye contact an without a word, they came to the same conclusion; Adam and Alexis had yet to get back together and that their little talk might not have went so well.

Alexis nodded her head and both men could see tears welling up in her eyes. John reached out and pulled Alexis to him. He wrapped his arms around her as she began to sob with her head buried in his chest.

John did his best to soothe her while rubbing her back. John herd Santino's theme sounding that the show was starting for the live crowd and in only 30 minutes they were going to begin the broadcast of Raw to millions of people. Just as Santinio's theme died down, another theme began to be played, unknown to John, seeing that it was probably an FCW rookie trying to gain a contract to live their dream.

Phil came over and placed a comforting hand on Alexis' shoulder and said, "I'll go tell Vince to push your promo back to later in the show." He didn't get a remediate response from Alexis, but slowly she lifted her head off John's chest and wiped away the remaining tears. She took a deep breath and did her best to pull herself together.

"No, I'll go get ready. It won't have the same effect if I come out later. I have to kick off the show." John and Phil stood in awe at her dedication to the company and to her storyline. No matter how much she was going through at the moment, she was still thinking of what was best for the show.

"I'll, uh…..see you guy after the promo with Amy, okay?" Both men just nodded and watched her walk from the locker room, closing the door behind her.

"You think she'll be able to hold it together out there with Amy?" Phil was somewhat positive she would be able to keep it together, but he still wanted to hear John's opinion.

"She'll have to." John looked down at his semi-wet shirt. "I need to go change; I'll meet up with you later."

Phil was then left alone, thinking about what might have been said between Alexis and Adam. He knew one thing; Adam was going to find out about Jeff sooner or later. He was sure of it. He also knew that he sure as hell wasn't going to be the one to tell him. It was none of business getting involved in the relationship issues.

As strange as it seemed, Phil would put money on it that Alexis would be the one to tell him. Phil knew Alexis better than most people. He knew that she couldn't handle the guilt. That's why she had been crying. Not because she had a 'traumatic' encounter with Adam and Randy, but because when she saw Adam and Randy she saw what she 'became'; being Randy, and who she betrayed; obviously being Adam.

All Phil could be sure of in this crazy mess was that he would certainly not want to be Alexis.

Like i said, not my best work, but i really wanted to get this posted before i went away for the weekend because that's usually when i write. I hope you all liked it and don't forget to review. =)