"Josie, you know Wrestlemania isn't the end of all this." Jeff stated as he watched her in the gym. He'd met her there after he and Matt finished at Axxess. Meanwhile he'd already finished up and had a shower, but Josie was still going.

Her debut was the next night and she had been working herself into the ground to be ready for it all week. As much as Jeff admired her for all the hard work she'd been doing, he was worried that she was going to burn herself out.

It had been ten minutes since he had come back to check if she was still there and Josie still hadn't given a sign that she was anywhere near finished. Jeff kept his gaze steadily upon her, hoping that she'd take the hint and wrap it up. Josie took a deep breath, trying to fight off the dizzy spell that was suddenly threatening to overwhelm her and put the weights she was using down.

"What do you mean by that?" She grabbed her bottle and took a gulp of water.

"I mean that you shouldn't burn yourself out concentrating on just Wrestlemania. We have a house show tonight, Raw the night after Wrestlemania and then Smackdown. This is going to be happening every week for however long you stay here! You have to save a little bit for everything else too. You know the time we spend travelling from place to place doesn't give much time for rest. If you burn yourself out now..." He sighed, and Josie smiled at him.

"Jeff, I know you worry, but I know what I'm doing. I know my limits and I won't push myself past them." She told him gently, wishing that he understood where she was coming from. Far from being reassured, he seemed annoyed.

"It doesn't look that way to me. You're beginning to look literally sick Josie." He said more sharply than he intended to. Josie looked at him with a confused frown.

"Just leave it alone Jeff." She sighed as she raised a hand to her temple. Jeff started to panic as Josie's eye's seemed to lose focus for a second and she turned deathly pale.

"Josie!" He cried out as he rushed forward and grabbed her arms gently to steady her. "Josie, what's the matter? What's wrong?" She shook her head and looked up at him, forcing a smile.

"Nothing...nothing Jeff. I'm fine. Just a little tired." She assured him taking a step back, and Jeff let her go. He didn't say anything, just watched her as she looked around uncomfortably. If anybody had noticed what just happened, they weren't letting on. "Maybe you're right Jeff. I think I need to slow down just a bit." She made a face. "I hate it when you're right!" She hit him on the shoulder, trying to look annoyed. "You drive me crazy."

Jeff laughed and took a step toward her. "I know what you mean."

Josie looked away to avoid his eyes, "you do?"

Jeff smiled and gently lifted her face up to look at him. "Yeah, I do."

"Do you think I could interrupt for a second?" Matt asked dryly from behind Josie.

They jumped apart, both flushing bright red. "We'll have to leave soon if we're going to make the house show. Are you guys ready?" Matt tried to conceal an amused smile as Josie looked at her watch.

"Yeah, I'll grab a shower there I suppose." She was wrestling there against Jackie as a warm up to Wrestlemania.

"Okay, grab your stuff and we'll go then." Josie nodded and left the room. Matt looked sharply at Jeff. "Let's go outside, I want to talk to you alone."

'What have I done now?' Jeff wondered, rolling his eyes as he followed his brother out the door.

"What is your problem Matt?" Jeff demanded as they reached the car.

"Nothing. I just wanted to talk to you about Josie." Matt leaned against the car with a worried look on his face.

"What about her?"

Matt sighed. "You know she's not like all the other girls you've screwed around with."

"You think I don't know that?" He snapped and started pacing. Matt was surprised, Jeff rarely reacted this way unless something was really bothering him.

"I just want to make sure you know what you're doing with this girl. I don't want to see her get hurt." Matt stated gently. Jeff stopped pacing.

"And why do you care so much?" He asked, a note of accusation in his voice.

Matt laughed. "Wow! You have got it bad!"

"Got what bad?" They looked up to see Josie standing there, looking suspicious.

"Nothing. Let's go. We're late." Jeff threw his bags into the trunk and hopped in the driver's seat. Matt just winked at Josie and opened the door for her.

They got to the arena a half an hour later. The time flew by and before Josie knew it, her match with Jackie was over and she was backstage again talking with Shane McMahon.

"That was a great match kiddo, you and Jackie blew them all away!" He grinned and gave her a pat on the back.

"Who's 'them all'?" She asked before taking a gulp of water. She couldn't believe how thirsty she was. They hadn't even had that long a match. Shane laughed.

"Anyone who saw the match. You could tell at the start they thought it was just going to be one of those typical women's matches, but then, WHAM!" Josie nearly jumped out of her skin as he smacked his fist into the palm of his hand. "You guys hit them with something amazing." Josie laughed nervously.

"It wasn't that good." Shane just stared at her in open disbelief.

"Josie, I don't think you quite understand what this means!"

"What, what means?" She looked around and saw Matt, Jeff and Amy standing a few feet away, trying not to laugh at Shane's theatrics.

"Now that you and Angel are here we have, one, two, three, four, five, SIX women, not counting Chyna, who can actually not just wrestle, but wrestle WELL! Of course, we still have to have some T&A matches to please the guys. But now the women's division might start to earn more respect! Doesn't that excite you?" He threw his arms up as he asked the question and Josie had to giggle.

"Obviously not as much as it excites you, but I see where you're coming from. Thanks for the vote of confidence." She grinned and he started laughing.

"Good girl." He gave her a quick hug and went to find his next victim. Josie walked towards her friends, looking dazed.

"Is he...always like that?" She asked no one in particular and Amy, Matt and Jeff all cracked up.

"Yes, he's very excitable. But he's a great guy. He'd do anything for you if you asked him. He's a lot like you in that way, apparently." Matt grinned and Josie rolled her eyes.

"Who have you been talking to?" Jeff pointed behind her, but before she could turn around she heard a familiar voice greet her.

"Hello Kitten."

She spun around to see Shawn Michaels standing there with Paul behind him, giving Josie a helpless look. "Hell of a match you just had out there. You do know your Daddy's gonna freak when he sees you on TV don't you?" He raised his eyebrow as her expression changed from shock to annoyance.

"Honestly Shawn, I don't give a damn." She took a deep breath to calm down. "What are you doing here?" She looked at him again and was surprised to see a look of pride on his face.

"When I first heard about your plans, I came here to tell you how stupid it is for you to get back in the ring after what happened last time, and how worried Bec and I are about you." He said slowly, trying to pick the right words. "Well, none of that's changed, I still think you're damn stupid to be doing this and Bec and I are worried about you. But, after seeing that match, I think, that even though it may not be the best thing for you, it's where you belong. If you've really thought this through, I'll support you one hundred percent, no matter what your Dad says." He smiled as Josie squealed and hurled herself into his arms.

"Thank you Shawn. You have no idea what this means to me."

"I think I do, Kitten."

"You know what?" She stepped back and looked him in the eye.

"No, what?"

"No matter what happens, I'll always think of you as my Dad." She told him sincerely and Shawn's eyes filled with tears.

"No. That's not right. Your father is a good man, he's just made some mistakes, that's all." Josie sighed.

"That may be true, but he wasn't there for me when I needed him. You were. He may be my Father, but he's never been my Dad." Shawn saw the hurt in her eyes as she said this and stepped forward to hold her again.

"It'll be okay Jose. I promise." When they finally stepped apart, they realised that everyone else had gone back to the locker room. "Come on Kid, why don't we go and get something to eat. We can catch up while we celebrate your dream coming true over a beer."

"That sounds nice."

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