Illyria woke up a while later and found herself sandwiched in between two male bodies, it took a moment for her brain to register where she was but once it did she shot up in bed and looked back and forth between the two men on either side of her. "Holy shit...it wasn't a dream this time."

"No, no it wasn't." Scott mumbled and she jumped.

"Jesus Scotty!"

"Sorry." He chuckled.

"How long have you been awake?"

"Since you shot up off the bed like something bit you."

"Well, technically..." Illyria trailed off, looking down at her body that was covered in bite marks and hickeys. "Something or rather some people did bite me."

"Yeah but you loved every minute of it didn't you baby?" Jim spoke up and she giggled.

"Damn straight I did." She giggled. "I'm hungry now though...got anything to eat in this gorgeous house Scotty?"

"Let's go downstairs and find out." The three of them got out of bed and after getting dressed they went downstairs to see what Scott had to eat.

"Hey Scotty, you work with Terry Gerrin (Rhino) right?" Illyria asked.

"Yeah, why?"

"You wouldn't happen to have his number would you? I haven't talked to him in forever."

"Sure." Scott walked over to the refrigerator and got Terry's number then grabbed the phone and took them to Illyria. "Here you go." Illyria dialed his number and waited for him to answer.

"Hello?"

"Terry?"

"Yeah? Who's this?" Terry asked.

"Illyria Szatowski."

"Little Lyria? Oh my lord! How are you girl?"

"I'm doing good actually. What about you?" She questioned.

"I'm good, my god it's been forever since I last heard from you! How did you get my number?"

"Well, my boyfriend and I are in Atlanta visiting Scotty and I got it off him...you don't mind do you?"

"No, of course not! Your boyfriend huh? Who are you dating?" He asked and Illyria giggled.

"Are you sitting down?"

"Yeah, why?"

"I'm dating Jim Fullington." Illyria stated.

"You're what?" Terry questioned, shocked.

"Jim and I are dating, we have been since the Monday before One Night Stand when Rob had the contract signing on Raw."

"Wow! I wasn't expecting you to say him at all. So, are you happy?"

"Very." She replied, watching Jim and Scott as they looked through the cabinets, refrigerator and pantry for something to eat. "Any luck finding me some food boys?"

"Steaks sound good?" Scott asked.

"Sounds great." The other line on Scott's phone beeped and Illyria sighed. "Terry can you hang on? Scotty's got another call."

"Sure."

"Go ahead and answer it Lyria." Scott told her.

Illyria pulled the phone away from her ear long enough to see what she was doing and switched lines. "Hello?"

"Who's this?" A male voice asked.

"Illyria Szatowski."

"Oh! Lyria it's Michael (Manna)." Michael said and she gasped causing Jim to turn and look at her, immediately noticing how pale her face was. "Is Scott there by chance?"

"Yeah...hang on." She muttered and held the phone out to Scott. "It's Manna." Illyria whispered and heard Jim growl.

Scott snatched the phone out of her hand and she looked at him in confusion. "Manna?...No, shut the fuck up! I don't want to hear your bullshit right now. I know what you did to Lyria and Jim so if you value your life I suggest you not call me again." He switched the line over without saying another word. "Gerrin? Yeah, hang on...it was Manna. Stupid fucker...You don't know? No, not that. Something else happened. I'll let Lyria explain it to you." He handed the phone back to Illyria who growled at him.

"Asshole." She hissed. "Terry?"

"Yeah? What was Levy talking about? What did Manna do now?"

"When Jim and I got back to the hotel after One Night Stand we had sex and well...I was a bit loud. I found out from John Rechner the next day that practically the whole floor we were staying on heard me and that Manna stood outside our door and recorded me on his cell."

"That motherfucker! I'll kill him." Terry growled.

"No you won't, Jim already took care of it. I had to find out from Beulah about what happened the first time he ever saw me because no one else would tell me."

"We didn't want to worry or upset you and besides that...Jim was already taking care of it back then too."

"Yeah I heard about that, makes me happy too." Illyria got up and walked into the other room while Jim and Scott had their backs to her. "I love him Terry...I think I have for a long time. I've had a crush on him for eleven years but I think I was too young to realize that it was actually more than just a crush."

"Does he know?"

"No, it's too soon. We've only been dating for a week and I don't want to rush into anything." She explained, turning around to make sure neither of them could hear her.

"Give him the phone."

"What? Why?"

"I'm going to see how he feels about you." Terry stated.

"Okay. Jim! Terry wants to talk to you."

"Whatever it was, I didn't do it." Jim said, smirking as he walked into the room.

"Not what Terry said." Illyria teased him, giving him a quick kiss before handing him the phone. She went back into the kitchen and saw Scott getting ready to go outside to grill the steaks. "Scotty hang on, I'll go with you."

"What did Terry want to talk to Jim about?" Scott asked once she caught up to him.

"I don't know. He just said he wanted to talk to him about something." She lied, hoping he wouldn't see through her.

"Did you enjoy yourself?" He questioned, smiling evilly.

"Yeah, I did. I've dreamed about that for so long I never thought that it would actually happen."

"Well Jim told me not to get used to, that it was only going to last while you guys were here. I've got to ask you though...have you really had a crush on me for nine years?"

Illyria groaned as she began to blush. "He told you that too?"

"Yeah. So, it's true then?"

"Yes." She replied. "What else did he tell you?"

"Not much other than that and asked me how I felt about doing what we did earlier. Why did you never say anything to me?"

"Because I was too shy and by the time I had worked up the nerve to tell you, you had already left." Illyria explained and he nodded. "I wanted to tell you a lot but I just couldn't bring myself to do it so I never did. Finally I got tired of hiding it and decided that I was going to tell you the next time I saw you but when I got to the arena to tell you Beulah told me you were gone. I thought I must have done something wrong in my lifetime somewhere because here I was with this major crush on a man who was married at the time and I thought saw me as nothing more than one of his friend's little sister then you came along two years after my crush on Jim started." Illyria said.

"And you developed a crush on me."

"Yeah, pretty much but you sometimes treated me as if though I didn't even exist then one day out of the blue we just struck up this friendship and it blew my mind. My crush on you continued until it almost drove me insane and finally I told Beulah that I was going to tell you. Well, she had gotten to the arena that night before me and when I did get there she met me at the door with this look on her face and was like 'Scott's not here.' I thought she was just saying you weren't there yet so I told her I'd just wait until you did get there and she goes 'No, he's not coming here...he doesn't work here anymore.' I almost hit her because I thought she was just messing with me until I realized she was telling the truth."

"What about Jim?" Scott asked.

"Oh, my crush on him never went away but like I told you before I felt as though I'd never get the chance with him so I tried moving on with my life. When you left and things didn't work out with Adam because of Rob I pretty much just said 'fuck it' and didn't bother trying to find anyone."

"So what caused you and Jim to get together?"

"Well I went with Rob to last week's Raw because I wanted to see everyone again as much as he did and I saw Jim in the parking lot talking with Tom. When I saw him it was like my crush had never even faded, only gotten stronger. Terry Funk came up to us and I gave him a hug, Jim teased me about not getting one when I went up to him and again in my mind I said 'fuck it' and just jumped on him. That night after Raw we went out for a beer and he ended up having me pinned against the wall, kissing me and it just took off from there." Illyria explained.

"Baby? Terry wants to talk to you again." Jim spoke up and she turned to see him leaning against the door.

"Okay." She walked over and took the phone from him, gave him a kiss then went inside the house. "Yeah Terry?"

"Well, after much threatening of bodily harm I finally got him to admit his feelings for you..."

"And?" She questioned, suddenly very nervous.

"That man is head over heels for you no matter how hard he tries to deny it." Terry stated and she gasped.

"Terry if you're joking around, I'm not finding this very funny."

"I'm not joking Little Lyria. Haven't you noticed something about him lately?" He asked and she began to think until it suddenly hit her.

"Oh my god."

"Figure it out?"

"He's not drinking like he used to...why?" Illyria questioned, sitting down on the couch.

"Because he says he doesn't need it as much anymore like he used to, says he has you now and he wants to be able to remember the things that happens while you're together. Lyria I know what happened there today with you, him and Scott." Terry informed her and she groaned. "Jim only did that because he wants to see you happy, he doesn't want to lose you."

"My god Terry! He didn't have to let me sleep with Scotty to make me happy and he's sure as hell not going to lose me. I'm happier now since I've been with him then I have been in a long time."

"Tell him that, not me. He knows that you have a crush on him and that you want to be with him but he's not completely sure how you feel." Terry said and she sighed.

"I've got to go Terry, I'll call you back soon."

"All right. Bye."

"Bye." Illyria replied and hung up the phone. She walked back into the kitchen and watched Jim through the window as he talked and laughed with Scott, taking a deep breath to calm her nerves she walked over to the door and opened it. "Jim? Can I talk to you alone for a few minutes?"

"Sure baby." He agreed and followed her into the house.

"We'll be out in a little while Scotty." She took Jim's hand once they were inside and led him upstairs to the guest bedroom. "Sit down." Illyria watched him as he sat down on the bed and then sat down beside him. "Baby it's time for me to confess something to you."

"Okay..."

"Before we got together I was miserable, I felt like I was going to be alone for the rest of my life because I knew how overprotective Rob was of me no matter who I got with. Then when he and I got to the arena last week and I saw you standing in the parking lot talking to Tom...I fell for you all over again only this time I fell harder then before. It scared the hell out of me because I figured it was going to be the same as last time, me with a huge crush on you and you treating me like I was no one more than Rob's little sister but then the way you looked at me in the parking lot I thought maybe this time was going to be different. That night when you kissed me it shocked the holy hell out of me! I was never expecting you to do something like that even though I had wanted it for so long. Now that we're together...I haven't been this happy in a very long time." She stopped, trying to judge his reaction and when she saw he was listening intently Illyria took a deep breath and continued. "As far as today went...you didn't have to do that just to make me happy or to try to keep from losing me. I'm not going anywhere, I'm going to be right here by your side for as long as you'll let me. You make me happy, I don't need anyone else to do that and I never will."

"Lyria I..." He began to say but she held her hand up to cut him off.

"I have one more thing to say and I need to say it before I lose all my nerve."

"What is it?" Jim asked.

Illyria took a deep breath and looked into his eyes. "Jim I...I love you."