Author's Note: Thank you all for the reviews! Sorry about the pairing, Jessy . . I've tried my hand once or twice at that pairing, but it just won't come to me. Anyway, glad you still like it! There will probably be about three more chapters, and then I'm going to fast-forward into the future. Please review!

Chapter 4

RAW 8/23

Edge versus Kane for the Intercontinental Championship: Eric Bischoff's "wedding gift" to Kane. Lita scowled to herself as she made her way out to the ring, eyes focused completely on Kane. The redhead wanted nothing more than to enter that ring, and throttle the larger man. She sighed, running a hand over her hair as she watched the match progress. Kane's words at the beginning of the match-that he was dedicating this match to his bride-to-be-ran through her head. 'Go back to hell, Kane,' Lita thought, glaring down the large man in the ring. She ran a hand through her hair, hating the smile that Kane gave her when he saw her.

How many times had she cried in the past four months? How many times had the cause been his? The questions rang through her mind, feeding her anger for Kane. Oh, how she wanted to throttle him. To hurt him...to kill him. The thought was vicious and immoral, but it occurred to her all the same. She knew she'd never do it, but at the moment, the thought seemed quite appealing.

Damn alluring, actually.

The redhead made her way to the side of the ring furthest from the entrance ramp, watching the match all the same. Edge was losing the little momentum he had gained. Kane mouthed something toward the crowd, and then moved to bounce off of the ropes. Lita, however, grabbed his boot. He froze, and looked down at her slowly. Fear rose from the pit of her stomach, but she tried desperately to quell it, raising her hands in the air in surrender. Behind him, Edge was regaining his footing.

"Take him down!" Lita suddenly screamed, remembering the role that she had chosen to play on the screen. Kane whirled around, and gave a massive big boot to Edge, leveling the other man out. His laugh seemed to echo through the arena. Lita fought the urge to cringe, and instead clenched her hands at her sides.

Out of nowhere, Matt Hardy slid into the ring. Lita took a step back, horror written on her face. 'No, no, no!' she chanted in her head. 'Leave Kane alone! I don't want you to get hurt anymore, Matt!' she thought, as if he could hear her. She bit back a cry. 'Stay away from him for your own good.' Matt, surprise on his side, gave Kane a Twist of Fate. As he slid out of the ring, Edge went for the cover. Lita looked at Matt, and he met her eyes. She stared at him for a moment, unmoving. He stepped back, and then strode up the steel ramp, not giving her a second glance. Moments later, the ring bell rang, signifying Edge the winner of the match. As Edge made his way up the ramp, Kane sat up, and rolled out of the ring, grabbing a microphone and walking toward Lita.

Lita forced the fear out of her expression and refused to look at him as he guided her into the ring by her elbow. She held her breath when she entered the ring, and as Kane stopped in front of her. "You think that losing the Intercontinental Championship was going to upset me, Matt Hardy?" Kane asked slowly, turning away from Lita, his breathing heavy. Lita stared at him, her eyes not quite seeing him. She didn't acknowledge his words. "Nothing can upset me, because next week...Next week, Lita and I...we're getting married." He laughed, stepping away from her, the microphone hitting the canvas as he dropped it.

The redhead felt her hands begin to tremble, and she tried to stop them unsuccessfully. Her eyes moved to Kane as he walked backwards up the ramp, staring at her, still laughing. Lita closed her eyes softly, listening to the hollow sound of her own breathing. Slowly, she put a smile on her face. It was forced, nevertheless, but it was there. 'I'm so sorry, Mattie,' she thought to herself as she opened her eyes. 'If I play along to him, it will be so much easier. I don't want to play with the life of my baby. This is the safest path for me to have it...and I'm so sorry I had to choose it...' her thoughts drifted away. She slid out of the ring quickly, making her way backstage. 'One month down, eight more to go,' she thought sadly, running a hand through her hair. 'Once I have the baby, how can I get Kane away from me? I'll take the baby and go to Matt... That is, if he still wants me,' she thought immediately, but there was a nagging instinct deep inside of her that told her that it would never work. Her plan couldn't work.

Kane would never leave her alone.

Baby or not, Matt or not. No matter what she did, he would always be there. As the truth began to sink in, tears rolled down Lita's face.

She would never be able to be with Matt Hardy...never.

Author's Note: I had this chapter written a long time ago, and I stupidly posted it under "Inside of Me", another story of mine. So here is the long over-due chapter 4! Sorry about the confusion, guys!