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"...And this is my room." I said as I walked into the 2nd master bedroom in my father and step mothers house with my arm looped through Zack's.

His eyes roamed over my light blue walls covered with books and wrestling posters to the shelves of wrestling action figures and pictures of me with various superstars and divas. Then it moved toward my closet door.

I moved my arm from his and walked over to shut the door "It's just my closet Ryder, so what do you think of the house?"

He shrugged his shoulders "It's alright, your room is as well but its missing something."

I took a quick glance around me; nothing was out of place so I was confused. "What?"

He dropped the United States belt from his shoulder and onto my king size bed. Then his arms darted out and pulled me into his strong hold. "This," then his lips was attacking mine. My arms wrapped around his neck as I tried to close the gap between us.

"Za…Zack." I whispered as his lips moved to my neck. "Zack don't, my dad." His teeth dug into my skin and I forgot how to talk.

His hand roamed over my body more expertly then I could ever imagine. A squeak left my mouth when I found myself being lifted into the air and thrown on my bed. My blue eyes searched his as a grin spread across his face. With a small nod toward him telling him I wasn't frightened or that I didn't want this, Ryder shrugged off his shirt and climbed onto the bed beside me.

"You're simply beautiful; there are no other words to describe you." Zack whispered as he ran a hand across my stomach a few hours later.

I snuggled under the blankets more and closer to his chest as I tried to pretend that we could stay just like that for the rest of our lives. "You're not that bad yourself Mr. United States champion."

I was so focused on Zack and me I nearly had a heart attack when my bedroom door slammed open. My eyes bolted upward and they clashed with those of a very surprised Elizabeth, my step mother.

"I'm not telling your father about this, next time please tell me that you're here then make sure the door is locked." I nodded slowly before she quickly left the room, the door slammed shut behind her.

My face was beat red as I pulled the blanket and sheet over my head. I felt the bed shift and looked up to find Zack pulling on his pants. "Where are you going?"

"To the arena, I was supposed to have been there five minutes ago. Paul is going to murder me." With a quick kiss to my cheek, Ryder grabbed his belt and his shirt and bolted from my bedroom.

I sighed and pushed the covers away from my body. "Well, what just happened?" I whispered to myself as I walked into my bathroom. After a quick shower and a look in the mirror I realized I would have to wear make up for the first time in months; right there on the left side of my neck was a huge hickey.

"Ryder," I cursed softly as I pulled my case from under the sink.

About twenty minutes later I was walking down the stairs toward the front door. I had just opened the door when I heard my dad's voice from behind me.

"Why was Ryder here?" he asked curiously as he stood leaning up against the door frame.

I shrugged "He's a friend; I was showing him my collection of wrestling figures."

Dad seemed to buy it as he rolled his eyes then said "I'll drive you to the Arena,"

"Ok," I said nervously as I followed him to the garage. "Zack's really nice dad, don't you think?"

Dad looked back at me and nodded "Yeah, he's a good kid."

"Dad he's not that much younger then you are." I reminded him

He laughed and said "Neither are you and I still call you kid."

"Dad do you ever regret me being around?" I whispered as I got into the passenger seat of his car.

"No," he said as if I should've been sentenced to hell just for suggesting the crazy idea. "You are my daughter and I love you more then anything in the world. Why would you ask me such a stupid question?"

"So, say I did something that you didn't approve of. Would you forgive me?" I asked as guilt began to fill my gut.

Dad looked at me and reached over to touch my forehead "You're not sick, honey what's going on?"

I shook my head "Nothing daddy, I was just wondering."

He sighed and started the car "No matter what you do In your life I will always love you." He pulled me into a one armed hug "Always,"

I had just walked past catering when I heard Natalya and Beth Phoenix saying something mean to Alicia Fox. I had heard enough from them and couldn't stop myself from pushing both of them. "What the hell is your problem?" I growled "you two think you're so good because you look like a wanna be Chyna, well you're not. All you are are idiots who will someday get your asses handed to you."

Beth stepped closer to me "Do you want a piece of us?"

"Bring it," I growled "I'll take both of you on, handicap match tonight live."

Natalya laughed "You want to be seen crying live all over the world?"

"If I win, I get Beth's championship." I added "And if you win, I will never say another word against you. I will even carry your bags for you."

Both woman smiled "Deal,"

I watched them both walk away and turned to look at Alicia "I'm sorry, I should've let you handle that." She waved her hand around "Don't worry about it, we need to get you some gear." Then she grabbed my hand and pulled me toward the Diva's locker room.

With a quick DDT, I planted Beth face first into the floor outside the ring. I slid into the ring as the ref got to nine. I got to my feet and speared Natalya to the mat. I was just about to pin her when I got a better idea. I rolled her onto her stomach and put her into a submission; into a STFU.

The sound of her hand slapping into the mat was awesome as I got to my feet and threw my hands into the air. I leaned over the female Hart family member and waved my hand in front of my face 'you can't see me'. I grabbed the Diva championship from the ref and rolled from the ring. I high fived a few fans as I made my way up the ramp. The moment I walked through the curtain I found myself being hugged by all the diva's that had been classified as barbie dolls.

"That was awesome," a voice whispered in my ear.

My skin began to scrawl as Kelly said "Cody's right Rach, in your first ever match you beat two of the toughest diva's and got the diva championship."

I nodded and gave her a small smile "I'll talk to you guys later, I need to have a word with Cody." Then I grabbed his wrist and pulled him down an empty hallway. "You have got to leave me alone," I hissed as I turned to stare at the intercontinental champion.

I could see the anger before it actually appeared. I felt myself being slammed into the concrete wall then his body was pressing hard into mine. "You don't get it, do you Rachel? I will never leave you alone, you are mine forever."

"No I'm not," I whispered "I'm his,"

Cody pulled away and titled my head up to look at my face "Whose?" he growled in warning

I closed my eyes "Leave him alone Cody, please leave him alone."

A fist slammed into the fall behind me "Who?"

"Am I interrupting?" My eyes darted to Glenn Jacobs (Kane) who stood a few feet away from us.

Cody gave me a cold stare before muttering "No of course not," and walking away.

Glenn reached out for me and I found myself wrapping my arms around his waist. Tears welled up in my eyes and I squeezed them shut in hope the hot balls wouldn't fall.

"Did he hurt you?" Glenn whispered softly as we walked down the hallway.

I shook my head "No," I prayed he couldn't tell that I was lying. His eyes looked over my face and he whispered "You don't have to be afraid to tell me kid, has Rhodes ever laid a hand on you?"

I voted to not tell him, but sometimes I do things I have no control of. My head fell downward in a nod and I looked anywhere but at the big red monster.

I hadn't noticed we were outside my dad's locker room until I heard a door open and my dad's voice "Rachel, what's wrong? Glenn what happened?"

"Rhodes, I'll deal with him though." And then Glenn was gone.

I walked past my father and into his locker room to find Randy, Paul, and Ted playing Smackdown vs. raw 2012. I sat down on the bench and tried to wipe away the tears.

"What did Glenn mean when he said Rhodes?" dad asked

I shrugged "I ran into him after my match and I said something mouth, I think." I got to my feet and headed for the door.

"Where you going young lady?" dad asked

"To find Zack, I have to tell him something." The moment I was out of his sight my walk broke into a run. I busted into the men locker room and crashed right into Zack.

"What's wrong?" Zack asked as he wrapped his arms around my shoulders.

"Rhodes hit me," I admitted as Vickie came over to try and comfort me.

Dolph looked at the door then at me "Want me to kick his ass for you babe?"

I laughed; on TV Dolph was an evil bastard, but in reality he was the sweetest guy in the whole world. "No thank you Dolph, Glenn has it under control." Zack grabbed his bag from behind him.

"Come on, Dolph and I already had our match. I'm going to take you home." I nodded as he moved his arm and grabbed my hand.

More then once I had to pull gently on his hand to get him to keep walking and not try to go hunt down Cody Rhodes. "I only want to protect you Rachel," Zack whispered as he got into the driver seat of his rental car.

I nodded "I know that, but Cody doesn't fight fair Zack."

He leaned over and pressed his lips to mine "Neither will I when it comes to you."

My heart swelled as his statement "Take me home Zack, I just want to go to bed."

He nodded and pulled away to start the car. He grabbed my hand as he pulled the car from the parking lot. "I mean it Rachel Cena, if I have to go to war with Rhodes over you, I will."

I nodded knowing he was being completely honest, and flinching because he had no idea just how mean, nasty, and talented Rhodes could be.

Hehe I am on a roll tonight apparently. Maybe its due to lack of sleep. Anyway you know what to do, Review and tell me what you think!