A/N : This isn't a very happy chapter,lots of tension and arguments,sorry about that lol.
Raw : 06-05-2002.
Pittsburgh,PA at the Mellon Arena.
Valerie looked around the parking-lot as her father gently manoeuvred his bike inside.She had her hands on her father's shoulders as she absently looked behind her.Valerie yelped when her father stepped on the gas and she quickly wrapped her arms around her father's waist as tightly as she could.Taker chuckled and Valerie scowled.
"That wasn't funny,I could have fallen off" Valerie snapped.
"But you didn't" Taker said,still smiling.
"It still wasn't funny" Valerie said.
Valerie rested her head on her father's back as he finally approached his parking space.She jumped off the bike and waited for her father to park his bike.Taker parked it and turned his attention to a security guard and tells him to watch his bike.He scares the guard and walks to his daughter.Valerie shook her head at her father and Taker pulled his eyebrows up.
"What?" he asked her innocently.
Valerie chuckled and Taker smiled.Taker looked at his daughter and saw the bruise on her cheek,every time he saw it his eyes darkened.She still hadn't told him how she had gotten it and it worried him.
"Any chance of you telling me how you got that bruise?" Taker asked.
"I already told you,it doesn't matter" Valerie said.
Taker gently grabbed Valerie's arm and turned her to face him.
"It does to me,I want to know" Taker said.
"Dad..." Valerie said.
"Tell me joyful" Taker said.
Valerie looked up at her father and saw the determined look on his face.
"It was an accident.He didn't mean to do it" Valerie said.
"Jeff Hardy" Taker snarled,starting to walk away.
"No" Valerie cried,holding onto his arm "not Jeff,it wasn't Jeff"
"Then who?" Taker asked.
"He was fighting Jeff in the hallway,I walked up to them to break them up and I shouldn't have,I should have known better..." Valerie said.
"Who joyful?" Taker asked.
"Promise you wont freak out?" Valerie asked.
"I'm not promising anything" Taker said.
"Then I can't tell you" Valerie said "No matter what happens I still care for Ro..."
When Valerie realized what she had said she clasped her hand over her mouth.She swore softly as she saw her father's face contort in fury.
"Rob Van Dam" he growled as he walked away from his daughter.
"Dad" Valerie called after him.
But Taker ignored her,he walked on and Valerie whimpered.I have to warn him.She ran into another hallway and made her way to RVD's lockerroom,the path she took was longer than the one her father was taking but she knew she'd be faster.She found the room and banged on the door.The door opened and Valerie barged in.RVD looked confused as he looked at Valerie standing in his room.
"Valerie..." RVD said.
"There's no time to explain,my father's on his way down here,he knows you hit me and he's pissed off" Valerie said as fast as she could.
"About me hitting you,it was an accident,I would never hurt you on purpose" RVD said.
"I know you wouldn't,that doesn't ma..." Valerie said,stopping when there was a loud banging on the door.
"Van Dam" a harsh voice yelled.
"Shit" Valerie swore.
"We'll talk later" RVD said to Valerie.
Taker barged into the room and went straight for RVD not even noticing his daughter standing there.Valerie wisely left the room and listened to the noise with sadness written all over her face.Referee's and Guards streamed into the room to break the two men up but Valerie didn't stick around to see it.She felt sick to her stomach and she needed to go see Jeff.
She made her way to Jeff's lockerroom and walked in without knocking.Jeff got up when he saw her come in and wrapped his arms around Valerie as she stood in front of her with a sad look on her face.
"Hey,what's wrong baby?" Jeff asked.
"Please just hold me" Valerie whispered.
Jeff kissed the top of Valerie's head and held her tightly.After a while she broke the hug and sniffled.
"What are you so upset about?" Jeff asked gently.
"My father just beat the shit out RVD or the other way round" Valerie said softly.
There was a short silence until Jeff said:
"And you're worried about your father"
"Yes but..." Valerie said.
"But what?" Jeff asked frowning.
"Rob's my friend,Jeff" Valerie said.
Jeff scowled and said:
"That son of a bitch hit you,how could he be your friend?"
"It was an accident" Valerie argued.
"Accident my ass,he did it on purpose and you're denying it" Jeff yelled.
Valerie looked taken aback by Jeff's outburst.
"You wanna see that bastard,go on but don't come crawling back to me" Jeff continued.
"Jeff..." Valerie started.
"Go" Jeff yelled.
Valerie's face hardened as she looked at Jeff Hardy.
"Fine,you wanna be childish about this,I'll go but don't you come crawling back to me" Valerie spat.
She opened the door and stormed out.That bastard,she didn't have eyes for anyone but him,how dare he suggest otherwise?.She stormed into her lockerroom and slammed the door.Taker winced at the sound.
"Angry about something?" he asked.
Valerie whirled around and scowled at her father,who was sitting on her bench.
"What are you doing here?.Shouldn't you be beating my friends?" Valerie snarled.
"How could you be friends with him?" Taker asked.
"You sound like Jeff Hardy" Valerie spat.
Taker frowned but didn't get the chance to ask or say anything.
"Who the hell does that bastard think he is?.I don't love anyone but him and he's too fucking blind to see it" Valerie ranted.
"What happened?" Taker asked.
"I told him RVD's my friend and he freaked out" Valerie spat.
"Maybe he doesn't like seeing you being friends with another man" Taker said.
"I'm friends with Edge,he doesn't mind that" Valerie said.
"Maybe he does" Taker said.
"Where is this pro-Jeff attitude coming from all of a sudden and where was it when I needed it?" Valerie asked.
Taker didn't say anything and Valerie huffed as she picked up her bag and stepped into the bathroom.When she came back out she was wearing her wrestling gear.Her scowl had disappeared and she sat down next to her father.She crawled into his arms and sighed as Taker stroked her hair.She didn't need to apologize,he knew she was sorry.
Valerie thought long and hard as she waited for the stagehand to show up.She thought about her friendship with RVD,her relationship with Jeff and her...whatever the hell it was she had with Brock Lesnar.In the end she found that she had no way out of any of the situations.
A/N : Okay people,the next chapter will contain more action and less talking,I think.Please review and tell me what you think.Your reviews help me alot.