Smackdown : 19-09-2002.

Valerie sighed as she made her way to the parking-lot.Her father still hadn't arrived and she wanted to wait for him plus she needed some fresh air.Valerie considered herself to be one lucky individual.The reason she felt that way was because of what had happened the previous Smackdown.After her father and stepmother had been taken to the hospital and she had told Brock Lesnar to stay away from her,she had collapsed in the hallway and she had been picked up by someone and taken away.

It was Edge that carried her away and made sure she was alright but she now realized that it could have been anyone and if it had been someone like the Big Show,Chris Benoit or worse Christian,she would have been in alot of trouble.That was why she considered herself lucky,lucky enough anyway.Sara had only recently been released from hospital and her father was absolutely livid.

Valerie didn't know what was going to happen but she was worried,worried about her father and about Sara and worried where this whole thing left her and her father.She attempted to shrug it off when she spotted an ice stand close to the entrance of the buildingin the back.Her eyes widened and a smile planted itself on her face.She walked to the icestand and smiled brightly at the man attending it.

"Miss Calloway,how may I help you?" the man greeted.

"I'll have one of those delicious ice creams if you don't mind" Valerie said with a big smile on her face.

The man chuckled as he made her an ice cream.Valerie knew she was acting like a five year old but she didn't care.The man gave her the ice cream and after paying the man Valerie sat down outside.

Valerie sighed in delight as she ate her ice cream.She hadn't had any candy or sweets in days and she had been just about ready to go insane,thank god for the ice stand.Valerie smiled as her tongue flicked across the icecream.Suddenly Valerie's appetite rapidly disappeared when she saw Nidia and Jamie Noble walking towards her.Nidia looked disgusted as she watched Valerie eat.

"Do you have any idea how bad that stuff is for you?" Nidia asked.

"Yep.And your point is…?" Valerie asked.

"My point is that you shouldn't eat that stuff.You are what you eat" Nidia said.

"You know what that makes you?" Valerie asked.

"No" Nidia said.

"Fast,cheap and easy" Valerie said.

"What?" Jamie Noble yelled.

Noble roughly pushed Nidia aside and stood in front of Valerie.He looked down at her in rage.

"Who the hell do you think you are,you little bitch?" Noble snarled.

"Would you be so kind not to spit in my hair?" Valerie said in a snooty voice.

Jamie Noble was on the verge of slapping her but someone grabbed hold of his arm and stopped him.Kurt Angle stood in front of Valerie and got in Noble's face.

"What do you think you're doing,you little punk?" Kurt angrily asked.

"I was going to beat the snot out of that little bitch over there" Jamie snapped.

"That little bitch happens to be my friend" Kurt said.

Valerie looked at Kurt in disbelief.

"You need a lesson in respect.You and me,in the ring tonight" Kurt challenged.

"You got it" Noble said.

Nidia and Jamie left and Kurt stayed behind.Valerie looked at him and pulled her eyebrow up.

"That little bitch is my friend?" Valerie asked in disbelief.

"What?" Kurt asked.

"You confirmed that I'm a…never mind" Valerie said.

Valerie walked away and left a bewildered Kurt Angle behind.Valerie seethed as she walked into the hall. She knew Kurt didn't mean anything by it and she also knew she was overreacting but she just couldn't help it.

Tears stung Valerie's eyes as she tried to blink them back,she didn't know if she had well and truly broken up with Brock but she did know things were bad between them and judging by Paul Heyman's plans and Brock's refusal to walk away from Heyman they were only going to get worse.

***

Valerie made her way to her lockerroom not long after,she didn't have a match for that night but she was going to valet for Edge and Rikishi in their match against Eddy and Chavo Guerrero and she was going to watch Kurt take on Jamie Noble.Valerie scowled when she saw the fat man walking towards her.Heyman smirked as he saw Valerie.

"Ah beautiful Valerie,what's the matter?.Oh that's right,Sara had to go to the hospital" Heyman sneered.

Valerie clenched her fists and gritted her teeth.Let it go,dad will take care of it,let it go,Valerie thought as she looked at Heyman's gloating face.

"Now Valerie,I know you're upset about your stepmomma having to go to the hospital but you have to understand…it's what they call collateral damage" Heyman mocked.

That was it,something inside Valerie snapped at that point and her vision turned red.Heyman turned away from Valerie and went to walk away but Valerie wasn't going to let him.

"No" was all she said as she attacked him.

By the time Valerie calmed down enough to see properly again,she was being held back by Edge and Rikishi,who had been on their way to meet her,and tons of referee's were trying to help Heyman.In the end Heyman had to be taken to the hospital for several gashes in his face and a concussion.

***

Valerie hung her head as she sat on a chair in Stephanie McMahon's office.Stephanie had scolded Valerie for her actions but Valerie could tell that Stephanie wasn't all that angry with her.Valerie was very ashamed of what she had done but she hadn't been able to stop herself.Valerie knew Heyman deserved it but she didn't think she'd ever get over having to go to jail.

She had seen police officers in the hallway as she was escorted to Stephanie's office and she was really worried.Stephanie was standing outside her office talking to someone when suddenly a gruff Texan voice rang through the hallway.

"Where's my daughter?" Taker yelled.

Valerie's head shot up and her eyes widened as her father barged into the office.Taker stood there staring at his daughter for a second,not saying a word.Tears flooded Valerie's eyes,she thought her father was angry at her.Taker surprised her by spreading his huge arms and saying:

"Come here Joyful"

Valerie got up and walked to her father.She stepped into his embrace and he held her close as tears ran down her face.After a while Valerie finally calmed down.

"Dad?" Valerie asked.

"Yeah babygirl?" Taker said.

"Am I going to jail?" Valerie asked softly.

"What?" Taker asked.

"Well,there were police officers in the hallway and I did put Heyman in the hospital" Valerie said,breaking the hug.

Taker looked at Valerie in disbelief for a second.

"You put Heyman in the hospital?" Taker asked,when he was finally able to find his voice again.

"You didn't know?" Valerie asked.

"No,all Stephanie told me was that something happened and that you were involved.I was scared to death as I drove down here,I thought maybe you were hurt or something" Taker said.

There was a short silence during which Valerie looked at her father,trying to figure out what he was thinking about.

"You put Heyman in the hospital?" Taker asked again.

"That depends" Valerie said.

"On what?" Taker asked,playing along.

"Are you angry with me?" Valerie asked.

"Angry with you?.Why would I be angry with you when you put that disgusting son of a bitch in the hospital?" Taker asked.

"I did do a terrible thing,I mean it's not every day that your daughter puts someone in the hospital" Valerie said as her father put his arm around her.

"Oh I don't know" Taker said as he and Valerie walked out of Stephanie's office "Putting somebody in the hospital isn't always a bad thing.Don't tell your mother I said that, I'd rather keep my head"

Valerie giggled and Taker chuckled as they left the office behind.

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