A/N: I want to thank everyone for the positive reviews I've received so far for this story! Irishblue69: Thanks! I'm glad you like it so far and I hope you enjoy this chapter as well! Perfect Imperfections: Thanks for being with me again, it's always a joy to hear from you! Foolishangel87: You're with me again and I love it, thanks so much! Be prepared for a different ride with this story though because with my Joe stories I just started liking him a few months ago but as far as Sandman goes, I've liked him for 7 years and he's just so much fun to write about (not to mention the fact that I think he's hot as hell lol)! Enough ramblings now and onto the next chapter, please review and let me know what you think!

Illyria woke up the next morning to the phone ringing and groaned softly, she reached over on the night stand and picked up the phone. "Hello?" She whispered, sleepily.

"Illyria Ann! What are you doing answering Jim's phone?" Terry Brunk's (Sabu) voice came over the line and her eyes shot open at the realization of what she had done.

Shit! "I...uhm, well..." She stammered, trying to come up with a good lie in her head but couldn't.

"Who is it?" Jim spoke up and she jumped a little.

"Brunk, I think we're caught Jim." Illyria giggled and he chuckled, holding his hand out for the phone. "Here he is Terry...I'll let him explain things to you while I go take a shower."

"I doubt he has to explain things but all right." Terry laughed and she blushed. Illyria tried to sit up and hand him the phone behind her back so she wouldn't get caught up in the cord but he held her in place.

"Let go."

"Not yet." He growled and gave her a passionate kiss. "Now you can go." Jim said after he ended the kiss. Illyria shook her head and sat up, handing him the phone. "Yeah?" She heard him say to Terry before she grabbed her bag and went into the bathroom.

"Men." Illyria grumbled as she turned the shower on and got inside. She hadn't been in the shower all of five minutes before the curtain was ripped back. Illyria screamed and turned around to find Jim standing there wearing nothing but a smile. "Dammit Jim! You scared the hell out of me." She growled, watching him as he climbed in the shower behind her. "What did Terry want?"

"We have a flight out to Dayton, Ohio in two hours so he called to make sure I was up, little does he know..." He trailed off, smiling evilly at her. "Also told me to take good care of you and that he'd meet us downstairs."

"That was all he said?" Illyria questioned and he nodded as he reached out and ran his hands over her body. She moaned at his touch and moved closer to him, reaching out to run her own hands over his body. "I want you."

An hour and both their showers later they were walking to the lobby of the hotel where Terry was waiting for them. "Illyria Ann!" Terry said from behind her and she turned her head to see him standing there with a smile on his face.

"Terry!" She let go of Jim's hand long enough to hug Terry, happy that he was back where he belonged. "You're home, how does it feel?"

"Great...I'm really glad that we're all back together again, I see you got what you always wanted." He commented, pointing to Jim and she looked at him in shock.

"How did you know about that?"

"Honey, everyone knew except for Jim and your brother." Terry laughed and she blushed. "All we had to do is watch you during one of his matches."

"What do you mean?" Illyria asked, confused.

"Yeah, what do you mean?" Jim questioned, stepping up beside her and wrapping his arm around her shoulders.

"Every time she'd watch one of your matches and you took a hard bump she wince and silently mouth words of encouragement for you to get up, it was quite funny actually because when she knew Rob was looking she'd pretend her hardest not to care what happened to you but you could see in her eyes how much she really did care." Terry explained and by the time he was finished Illyria's face was beet red.

"Okay...can we go now?" She mumbled, wanting to get off the subject.

"Lyria!" Rob called out and she groaned.

"What Rob?" Illyria questioned when he ran up to them.

"Are you riding with me to the airport?" He asked then noticed Sara and Mark weren't around but she had her bag. "Did you stay with Sara last night?"

"No, I'm riding with Jim and Terry and no...I didn't stay with Sara and Mark last night."

"Who'd you stay with then?"

"She stayed with me." Jim stated and Rob turned to him, his face a mask of anger.

"You son of a bitch!" Rob yelled and lunged for him but Terry caught him. "Let me go dammit!"

"No! Illyria Ann is a big girl now Rob and she likes Jim, you're just going to have to deal with it. Everyone else can so why can't you?" Terry questioned him.

"Because he's not good enough for her!"

"That's bullshit and you know it Rob. The only reason you don't want me to be with Jim is because you know he's not one you can intimidate and make him go running away with his tail tucked between his legs. When I was with Adam you said the same exact thing and ran him off...now that I'm with a real man and not some little boy, you can't handle it." Illyria told him, tears welling up in her eyes and Jim pulled her closer to his side. "Rob I love you dearly because you're my brother but I will not...I cannot deal with this anymore, I'm sorry. Please don't come around me until you decide to grow up and accept the fact that I am a grown woman and can make my own decisions." She stated and looked up at Jim. "Can we go now?"

"Yeah, come on Terry." Jim said and the three of them left the hotel to head for the airport, leaving a stunned Rob standing in the lobby staring after them.

"Are you all right Illyria Ann?" Terry asked once they were in the car.

"No but I will be, I'm sorry that you had to get involved in this shit." She apologized to him and he reached up from the backseat and gave her shoulder a gentle squeeze.

"It's fine. I see you as a part of my family and you know I would do anything to help you, all you have to do is ask me."

"I know and you'll never understand how much that means to me...I just wish Rob could accept that I'm an adult now and not some little girl."

"He will, it'll just take time because he's not used to you standing up to him or having someone who will stand up for you." Terry assured her and she smiled over at Jim.

"Yeah well, he better fucking get used to it because I'm not going anywhere." Jim growled, reaching over and squeezing Illyria's thigh.

They arrived at the airport and walked inside where the immediately spotted Tom Laughlin and Terry Funk so they walked over to them. "Hey Terry, hey Tom." Illyria greeted them both with a hug.

"Where's mine?" A male voice spoke up that she recognized right away and she turned around to see Paul Heyman standing there.

"Paulie!" Illyria raced to him and gave him a huge hug as he laughed. "It's about time you show up here, what were you doing? Hiding from me?" She teased him.

"Now why would I do something like that?" Paul joked with her. "Where's Rob?"

"Don't know, don't care." Illyria shrugged.

"Uh oh...what happened?"

"He's treating me like a little girl again all because of who I'm with now."

"Who you're with? You have a man?" Paul asked, a little shocked because he too knew how overprotective Rob was of her.

"Yeah and he's one Rob can't scare away this time." She stated, smiling brightly.

"Who?"

"I'll give you a clue..." Illyria trailed off and leaned over to whisper something in his ear. "Enter Sandman."

"Jim?" Paul questioned, surprised.

"Damn straight." Jim said, walking up behind her and wrapping his arms around her waist.

"Holy shit!" He exclaimed and was getting ready to say something else but their flight number was called. "We'll talk some more about this later Lyria." Paul stated as the six of them walked to the gate.

"Looking forward to it." Illyria replied.