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I got used to waking up in Zack's arms pretty fast. Over the next few weeks I couldn't believe how close we got and how easy it was to deceive my father into believing nothing was happening; that Zack stayed in the hotel rooms with me to protect me if Runnels tried anything.

It was finally the royal rumble; we were in St. Louis and at Randy's house until it was time to go to the arena.

"You are getting so big Lany," I said hugging the almost four years old "Oh, your mommy and daddy are so lucky to have a pretty little girl like you."

I turned around as dad, Zack, and Randy came inside. "Hey Zack, wanna meet the Viper's little girl?"

Zack threw a look at Randy, which I found highly adorable, before walking up beside me. "Hi Alanna, I'm Zack."

"WOO WOO WOO!" Alanna yelled throwing her little fist into the air.

Zack copied her motion as Randy and dad rolled their eyes and dad whispered "Ryder shows up and I'm no longer naked baby (AN Orton was on George Lopez show and said that Alanna calls Cena Naked Baby)."

"Daddy," I said rolling my eyes at him. "Randy, can Zack and I take Lany outside to play in the snow?"

Randy nodded as he sat down in his recliner; where he was supposed to have been the entire time seeing he had a real injury.

I got Alanna into her snow suit and pulled Zack out into the snow just as the WWE bus pulled up that transports the superstars and divas from the airports to the hotels and to the arenas. I waved at Ted as he got off the bus.

"Come on Rach," Alanna giggled as she bent down to pick up a handful of snow, or that was until she spotted Ted. "Uncle Teddy!" and she dropped the snow on my shoe and took off running toward the son of the Million Dollar Man.

"Lany!" Ted yelled as he lifted the girl into his arms and into a hug. "How would you like to have a little cousin running around here?"

Alanna frowned as everyone looked at Ted. He grinned and said "Kristin and I are expecting our first child; I found out on Christmas."

I squealed and pulled him and Alanna into a hug "That's great Teddy bear; oh you're going to make a great daddy."

Ted looked past me at Zack then grabbed my arm and pulled me onto the now empty bus. "RJ, I hope you're not getting into a relationship with Ryder to fast." He said as he sat Alanna down on the couch.

"Ted, how did you know about me and Zack?" I whispered in confusion as I watched Alanna messing with the mini fridge that sat in the corner.

Ted laughed "Rachel, Cody hits you and the person you prefer to be with is Zack
Ryder instead of your father or your best friend; it's pretty obvious."

"Who else knows?"

"Everyone but your father, Cody, and Randy." Ted answered

I groaned and sat down on one of the chairs "We've been going out since the day Cody hit me; Ted I don't know how to tell my father."

Ted shrugged "Just tell him," ha yeah; he said it like it was the easiest thing in the world.

"I'm going to tell my dad about us after the show." I whispered as I stood with Zack in the guerilla as he stood waiting to enter the royal rumble match.

"Camera rolling in five…" a cameraman beside us began to count down as Zack went to answer me. I held my hand up to silence the matter, signaling we had to say our script and continue the talk later. "Action,"

My hand shot to run down Zack's arm "I know you have your match later, but maybe later we can get together again. You know, have a rerun of last night." I whispered

Zack cleared his throat "What about your father?" he whispered as his hands grabbed my waist.

"What he doesn't know," my hand ran down his chest "Won't hurt him." Just then the lights went out and all that could be seen was a red light at the end of the hall. I knew it was Glenn playing his role of Kane, but it still freaked me out.

Glenn's scary, creepy Kane laugh filled the hall as Zack wrapped an arm around my waist.

"Come on you ass! Let's go!" Zack yelled as a figure appeared at the end of the hall.

Then the hall went completely dark. I could hear commotion behind me and the sound of someone going through a table, then Glenn's laugh and his voice in my ear. "Hatred is a powerful thing, it is bred from fear." Then he pulled me through the door to the left.

The lights would come on and the fans would wonder what happened and where we went; that's what the script was suppose to be like, but instead the moment Glenn and I stepped into the closet Cody was there and beating the crap out of the big red monster.

"Cody stop it!" I yelled grabbing his arm "Cody stop!"

Cody grabbed my arm and pushed me into the wall "Its Ryder isn't it! That's who your new boyfriend is?"

I shook my head as he slammed Glenn face first into the glass case in the corner. "Cody stop," I yelled as I heard pounding on the door. I turned to find it locked just as Cody wrapped an arm around my neck.

"You want Ryder? You can have him in hell." Cody growled just before he put me into the cross Rhodes. My face landed hard into the cement floor. Through hazy eyes I watched him walk out the other door as the locked one was slammed open and in ran my dad, Ryder, Big Show, and Dolph.

"Rach," dad yelled as him and Zack ran over to me. I reached for Zack as he got to me first. His strong arms wrapped around me as medics showed up.

"The rumble match," I whispered as I could finally make out the figure of Ted kneeling beside me.

"We're up soon," dad whispered as Ted hurried over to check on Glenn. "Who did this sweetheart?"

"Cody…it was Cody Rhodes." I managed before flinching and turning into Zack's hold.

I could feel Zack getting angry and could hear Cody's music start playing signaling he was entering the rumble. "I'll kill him," Zack whispered before I was in dad's arms and Zack was gone.

"Damn," dad whispered as he lifted me onto the gurney "Rachel listen, I'm up next but Paul is here along with Mark and they're going to make sure Cody can't get to you."

I nodded "Go dad, make sure Ryder doesn't kill himself." I took in a deep breath then whispered "Please daddy watch out for Zack, I love him."

Before the pain got too much I could see dad's surprise look before it turned to disbelief and understanding. He kissed my head then was gone.

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