Smackdown seemed to drag on that night. I had tried to get Terry to tell me what he wanted to talk about, but he just smiled and said that I'd find out. I couldn't even weasel it out of Jason. Whatever was going to happen tonight was a closely guarded secret.

We all were leaving and I looked around for any of the guys, especially Terry, but they weren't around.

" Oh, they all left a little earlier, no biggie. Said something about Pizza and porn..I don't remember." Steph said.

" Did Terry say anything?"

" He said he had something to do…he didn't say what." She said. I sighed and walked out to the car that I was shareing with Nora, Jazz and Jackie.

" He left already?" Nora said from the back as I got in the passenger side.

" Yeah, that's okay. It's only….OH FUCK, IT'S ALMOST 10:30!!" I yelled as I looked at the clock on the dashboard.

" Shit. Girls, I hope you got all your stuff cause we're out of here." Jazz, who was driving, said as she peeled out of the parking lot.

We managed to get back to the hotel at 10:25. I got out of the car and looked at the three women still inside.

" GO!!" They all screamed. I took off on a dead run into the hotel and found the entrance to the resturant.

" Oh, hello Ms. McPhearson, your table is ready." The host said. I tried to slow my breathing as we walked to the table, hoping I wasn't to sweaty. I didn't see Terry anywhere around and I began to get a little nervous. Maybe this was a prank set up by Jay to get me back from last week when I dumped the bucket of ice water on him at the pool. Then I thought about it some more and realized that Jay wasn't smart enough to set up an elaborate trick like this.

" Here we are Ma'am." He said, holding my chair out for me.

" Thank you." I said, sitting down. There were already menus on the table, and a half drank glass of water sitting across from me, so I just sat there, catching my breath for a minuet. I saw a piece of paper sticking out from my menu so I opened it to see what it was.

For Thora:

"I still think about you

I still dream about you

I still want you, and need you by my side

I'm still mad about you

All I ever wanted was you

You're still the one

You're still the one

If you love me, look into my eyes

And say you do

I've been waitin all my life for someone

Just like you

Baby after all we've been through

Girl I'm still in love you"*

I've always loved you Thora, no one else. I want you to know that I'm sorry for everything I've ever put you through. All the shit before in ECW, all the shit with Annie. Ever since that kiss in your hotel room that night that I found her and Chuck, I've known that you were the one I was meant to be with forever. Paul was right when he said we'd eventually find our way back to each other, and I'm glad he was. I love you Thora McPhearson, and I'm never going to hurt you again. I promise.



I looked up with tears in my eyes. I heard someone come up from behind me and I turned around to see Terry. I wiped my eyes dry and he smiled at me. He walked around beside me and got down on one knee.

" Thora, will you marry me?" he asked, taking out a ring and holding it out to me.

" Yes." I said, crying more. He put the ring on my finger and we hugged. We heard clapping from a back booth and I looked over to see Adam, Jason, Rob, Scott, Chris, Tommy, Jazz, Nora, Jackie and Amy were all cramed into the same booth, hiding behind menus. Terry and I started laughing as all of them tried to un-cram themselves out of the booth. We all celebrated all night and into the morning. I looked over at Terry and smiled.

" I've always loved you." I whispered into his ear.

" I've always loved you too." He said, kissing me. I knew at that moment, that we really were meant to be together forever, no matter what.

THE END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



(*-excerpt taken from the Brian McKnight song "Still")

Author's note: Well that's it…I hope you enjoyed it!!!!! Till next time……~Heather~