Love, Friendship and Pain

Disclaimer: I own only Terri, Shirley and Tom. Everyone else is owned by the WWE.I would love to own Shane Helms, but as of yet, he won't let me!! LOL

Chapter 3 - Shacking up!

'She looks so small' Shane thought as he looked at his girlfriend lying in the hospital bed. He quietly walked to her bedside, careful not to wake her in case she was resting.

He sat down and took her had softly in his. "You are o.k. baby. I love you and I am so sorry!" he said quietly.

"I love you too!" she said groggily scaring the hell out of him. "But what do you have to be sorry for?"

"I didn't save you this time. Guess I am not much of a hero after all!" he said

"Shane, you will always be my hero! You didn't know what was going to happen, I don't even think Trish knew she was gonna do it until moments before she grabbed me for the Stratusfaction." Terri replied.

Shane looked at her puzzled. "Are you trying to tell me that it wasn't an accident? That Trish did this on purpose?" he asked, anger starting to seep into his voice.

"Calm down baby, I don't think she planned it or anything. I think she got mad when I connected hard with the forearm. Maybe it was payback for me breaking her nose.I don't know. But I don't think she was out to seriously hurt me or end my career." She answered giving Shane's hand a reassuring squeeze.

In reality Terri wasn't so sure that wasn't Trish's plan all along. She knew Shane was upset enough about her injury, he didn't need anything else on his mind.

"The doctor told you everything I presume?" He asked.

"Yeah! Three months, I don't know what I am going to do with myself. The break might be nice, but I am going to miss you like crazy while you are gone!" She replied

"Well I might be able to do something about that!" he smiled, "Vince has given me the month off, excluding RAW tapings of course. Hopefully by then you'll be able to travel a bit and we won't be apart much!"

"That was so nice of Vince!" she answered, "Wow what are you and I going to do with a month off?"

"Well I was thinking, maybe I could bring your stuff from Matt's over to my place and you could recuperate there." He said blushing slightly.

"Shane Helms! Are you asking me to move in with you?" She asked playfully.

"I guess I am! What do you think?" he asked

"I would love to live with you baby! I love the idea! I love you!" she replied

You could have lit up the room with the smile that broke out on Shane's face. This couldn't be better. He was originally going to purpose in two weeks on RAW, but now Terri was out of action for 3 months, so he would wait! But her agreeing to move in with him was a step in the right direction.