Title: The Reason

Rated: M (Mature)

Genre(s): Romance/Drama

Pair(s): Big Show/Cody, Randy/Adam, Mark/Phil, Kane/Zack, etc.

Summary: Because of the GM, Cody now has to balance life on the road with life as a new father. The GM took his boyfriend from him, and now, he's all alone…

Disclaimer: I don't own anyone, besides my OCs.

Warning(s): Slash, Mpreg, Violence

Part: 8/? – Natalya's Idea

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"You want me to do what, exactly?" Daylee asked. Most of her nose was covered, as it was still swollen from the incident with Paul a few days earlier. Natalya flinched. That looked like it hurt.

"I want you to kiss Cody." Natalya said it as if it was an obvious solution to all of their problems and wouldn't shove Daylee into the line of fire. "I want you to kiss him in front of Phil."

Daylee nodded as if she understood. "So… you want me to kiss my ex-boyfriend in front of my current boyfriend. Do you know how many ways this could backfire, Nattie? Phil won't hesitate to kill Cody."

"That's exactly what we want him to do." Natalya said confidently.

"Okay." Here, Daylee looked a little more uncertain. "Tell me, Natalya, when did you become so sadistic?"

Natalya shook off the comment. "No, sweetie. I'm not sadistic. The idea is for Phil to rough Cody up a bit, scare him, and then I run off to tell Paul that Cody is in trouble. Of course, Paul doesn't know what we do, and rushes in."

Daylee finished for her, "He rushes in to totally kill Phil. Which, in turn, will reignite the feud between Mark and Paul… this is a really, really bad idea."

"Hey – it may not be the best idea in the world, but it's the only one that we have." Natalya tried to defend herself.

Daylee huffed out an exasperated sigh. "Okay, fine. But after all of this is over, I'll have to tell Phil the truth. I wouldn't want Paul to win Cody bask, only to rest in pieces."

Natalya smiled. "I knew that I could count on you, Day!"

Cody was extremely pissed off after he had lost his qualifying match thanks to Otunga's idiocy. If it weren't for him, then Cody would be in that MITB Ladder Match. He decided that he would have to take drastic measures if he wanted into that match, so he would have to take it to the Board of Directors and have them overturn the decision of the GM. He stormed into the back, a flurry of red and white following behind him. That was when he saw Daylee. He hadn't really talked to the Diva since the incident with Paul, but he still flinched when he saw her nose.

However, Daylee didn't waste any time. She hooked her arm in his and together they walked down to catering, where little baby Cayden was being watched by several Divas who didn't have matches tonight. Cody looked down at her oddly. It wasn't that he didn't like the physical contact, but that he knew that it wasn't in Daylee's nature to be all touchy-feely. In fact, it unnerved him a little bit. When they finally arrived at the back of the cafeteria, she sat them both down at a secluded table. Phil sat a few tables away, his attention occasionally drifting to them. Perfect.

And then, without further adieu, Daylee leaned in and kissed him harshly. Several startled gasps filled the cafeteria and soon an uncomfortable silence settled throughout. Cody wasn't sure whether or not he should kiss her back or shove her off. But, all of a sudden, a heavy hand landed on the table and Daylee quickly shoved Cody off. She summoned a few tears to her eyes and turned to Phil with the most heart wrenching expression on her face. Phil didn't wait to ask questions. He only acted on his first impulse – to beat Cody into mince meat.

"What the hell was that, huh? You think that you can just put your hands on someone else's girl?" Phil fumed before he landed a swift punch to the side of Cody's face. It discolored the pretty alabaster skin.

"Phil… Phil… I didn't even know that she was about to kiss me! She was the one who initiated it! I swear!" Cody tried to defend himself but Phil didn't want to listen. Daylee wasn't that kind of woman.

"Daylee wouldn't do that!" Now, Phil had his head down on the table and was slowly crushing it. "Apologize to her!"

"I didn't do anything wrong!" Cody continued to insist.

"Apologize to her!" Phil screamed it this time.

And then, out of nowhere, a strong WMD hit Phil in the temple and knocked him out cold. Cody, breathless, didn't even realize what had occurred until he heard Daylee's soft sobs as she knelt down beside her injured boyfriend. And then, his frightened blue eyes flickered over to Paul. Paul looked between Cody and Phil, unsure of what to make of this entire situation. All he knew was that, when Natalya had come to him and told him that Cody was in danger, he hadn't hesitated to rush to his boyfriend's aid. At the very least, he had saved him from some nasty bruises.

Phil was slowly rolling over now as he regained consciousness with the assistance of some potent smelling salts. Once he rejoined the world of the living, Daylee helped him to his feet and they left. Cody was a little worried that he would be back for more later, but after that harsh WMD, Phil would be lucky if he remembered his own name. Cody turned to look at Paul, about to thank him for what he had done, when he realized that The Giant was slowly walking away from him with his head bowed low. Cody chased after him with a look of determination on his face.

"Hey, Paul! Paul, wait a minute!" It took Cody a few seconds to reach him, but when he did, he hooked his hand around The Giant's meaty wrist and refused to release him. "Wait a minute."

"Look, I'm sorry if I upset you. If you want to yell at me and insist that you could have taken care of yourself, go ahead. I won't argue." Paul said blandly. "I just… I saw that you were in trouble and I wanted to help you."

"Because you love me." Cody said almost hesitantly.

"I never stopped." Paul insisted.

"Then what is all of this." Cody motioned to the 'new and improved' Big Show. "You sold out, Paul. A few more weeks, and whoever replaced John Laureinitis would have re-hired you."

Paul looked down at the floor, even though Cody continued to search for his eyes. "You don't know that for sure, Cody. No one can say for sure that I would have been re-hired."

"Even so, it doesn't make sense to return to the man who humiliated you like that." Cody insisted viciously. "There had to have been another way, Paul."

Paul continued to look down at the floor. "Can we talk about this somewhere that's a little bit more… private? How about, after the show, you come to my hotel room and we can talk about this like two civilized adults?"

Cody was silent for a moment, before he said, "okay."

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