Hey guys! Another chapter for ya :) I only own the two OCs present in the story. I like the ideas that are forming. Read and Review. Read and Enjoy...

Jessie stared at the picture in her hands. It had been taken months earlier while Randy and she was on vacation. They seemed like they were the perfect couple. They seemed have it all, at least that is what she thought.

"What happened?"

"Life happened."

Jessie jumped at the sudden voice to see Shelby standing in her door way.

"Can I come in?" asked Shelby with a smile.

"Your house." replied Jessie as Shelby just shook her head.

Closing the door to the bedroom, Shelby turned and looked at her.

"Did you know?" asked Jessie as Shelby raised an eye brow. "Did you know that Randy cheated on me more than this one time?"

"Honestly, I didn't know til about ten minutes ago when I blacked mailed Jon to tell me." Shelby said as she sat down on the end of the bed.

Jessie brought her knees up to her chest as Shelby remained quiet.

"What is wrong with me?" asked Jessie looking over her knees. "Why am I the only one who gets hurt?"

Shelby crawled over to the other side of Jessie and pulled her best friend to her.

"Don't talk like that." Shelby said as she put Jessie's head on her shoulder. "There is nothing wrong with you, It's the guys fault. They are scared of a successful woman. You have so much going for you. A title run soon. A nice long story line."

Jessie just took a deep breath as Shelby played with her hair.

"Don't think about Randy." Shelby said as she gave her friend a little squeeze. "Think of this as a fresh new start. You have a chance to remember what it is like to have fun. You aren't under his thumb."

Jessie pulled away from Shelby's grip and sighed.

"I don't know what to do honestly Shel." Jessie replied as she turned to see her friend get off the bed. "I have only been Randy's girlfriend for so long, I don't know where I start and he ends anymore."

"That's ok." Shelby said as she walked around the bed. "You have to learn. It isn't going to happen over night. I plan on helping ya. I will try my best not to get ya drunk."

Jessie laughed at the end of the comment

"I love you." Jessie said with a smile.

Shelby smiled at her friend and hugged her once more.

"Are you going back on the road with us or are you off this week?" asked Shelby as she let her friend go. "Joe is going to meet us in New Orleans."

"I am going back but it's going to be interesting to tell Stephanie and Paul about how I'm no longer with Randy." Jessie said as she looked out the window.

Shelby remained silent knowing that her friend was hurting in her own way. She wished she had words to say that could take her pain away and make her life better.

"If you don't want to handle it, I can tell them." Shelby said with a smile. "They love me." She added with a cheeky grin.

"I'll handle it." replied Jessie. "Go call Joe."

Shelby laughed at the comment as she walked out of the bedroom leaving her friend alone. Jessie took a deep breath as she grabbed the picture once more.

"Goodbye Randy."

She dropped the picture frame into the trash can beside her bed and sat down it without looking down at it.

"He come back in yet?" Shelby asked as she got to the bottom of the stairs to see Jon sitting on the couch with his cell phone to his ear.

All he did was shake his head no as he kept talking.

"Hello Chelsea." shouted Shelby as she walked towards the kitchen.

"She says hi!" shouted Jon.

Shelby looked out the window over the sink to see her brother sitting in the grass staring towards the woods. She walked out the sliding doors causing him to turn around.

"Go away Shel, I don't want to talk to you." Colby said as he turned back around.

"Too bad brother of mine. You are at my house my rules." Shelby said with chuckle trying to get him to smile or laugh.

She sat down beside him and looked forward as she linked her arm around his.

"When are you going to stop trying to play knight in shining armor with her?" Shelby asked as she put her head on his shoulder. "She has to learn how to be her own fighter."

"She is our friend Shelby." Colby said looking down at his younger sister. "I won't just sit back and watch her come undone."

Shelby just remained silent as he just stared at her.

"We have always been there for her." Colby said as he looked towards the woods once more. "I know she can stand on her own, but every once in a while everyone needs a little help."

"You help her a lot." Shelby said looking up at him. "When she cries, you are always there to wipe the tears and try to make things better. When are you going to just give up and tell her you are in love with her?"

Colby rolled his eyes at his sister comment.

"I am not in love with her." Colby said as Shelby laughed.

"What ever you say Colby." Shelby said as she patted his arms. "Just like I am not in love with Joe huh?"

He shook just his head as his sister grinned up at him.

"I'll drop it for now." Shelby said with a sigh. "I am going to go back and start packing for work. I'll meet you inside. You are cooking tonight."

All he did was nod as his sister got up from the ground brushing the grass off her body.

"I love you Colby I do, just don't sell your self short." Shelby said as she looked down at him. "Remember, things happen for a reason."

Without another word, Shelby walked towards her house leaving him alone sitting on the grass with the quietness. Unaware to the both of them, Jessie was staring at them from the window.

"There you are."

Shelby closed and jumped at the sudden voice and turned to see...