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Tyson trudged into the hotel room and fell backwards on the bed.

"What to do, what to do…" she muttered aloud.

Ted came bumbling in the room a few seconds later. She looked over at him standing in the doorway and had to smile. He was never good at dealing with situations like the one she was in. He either sat in silence letting people vent to him or he blundered through advice that usually made no sense. His ears were a bright red. His boyish face watched her in concern.

"Uhh…you're not gonna cry are you?" he asked tentatively.

Tyson snickered, "No."

Relief washed over him, "Thank God! Tears are like my kryptonite."

"Nope, that's Logan." Tyson laughed.

He nodded, "Good to know. Mind if I sit with you?"

She shook her head patting beside her.

They laid side by side for several minutes before he finally spoke up, "Just forgive him. He did everything he could for you, and he could have lied about a lot of worse things than being in love with you."

"I feel like it's all been a game, like some scene out of 'She's All That.'" She sighed.

"He planned AND paid for a trip to Hawaii, he planned dinner on the roof, he paid for you to sit beside him on the plane, took a glass of wine to the face, and a verbal beat down to be with you." Ted pointed out.

""Guys will do anything to get what they want." She shrugged.

"He just wants a chance, don't you see that?" he asked.

"He got it and he blew it. It was all for sex anyways right." She asked.

Ted sat up to look in her eyes, "If that's all it was about, not to be a jerk, but he would have gotten it a long time ago. You had already made up your mind before you even got back to leave him. I just don't get why."

Tyson sighed, "I'm just not good with relationships."

He scoffed, "I think that's a front, we have a relationship and you do fine with it."

"We don't sleep together either do we? Friendships I can do, not actual relationships." She said.

Teddy bit his lip as he shook his head, "I gotta call bullshit on that too. You and Randy were very much 'dating' before you went to Hawaii. I just don't think you realized it. It's not like you had an awful time, you looked the happiest I've ever seen you."

"I was acting that way because I wanted to have sex with him." She lied.

Ted smirked, "Bullshit."

Tyson glared at him, "I feel like we should have cards in our hands."

"Wasn't it nice to be taken care of? Wasn't it nice to be wanted for more than your body? Wasn't it nice to not feel used?" Ted asked seriously.

Tyson sat in silence, not answering. He was right and she knew she was just being stubborn.

"Would you be upset if you saw him with someone else?" he asked catching her off guard.

She tried to be indifferent but jealousy reared its ugly head from deep inside of her. She was normally so good at not caring about girlfriends but picturing Randy with another woman made her want to fly into a tantrum.

"He'd be upset to see you with somebody else too." He said quietly.

"And what am I supposed to do when this doesn't work out?" Tyson questioned.

"At least you tried. Who's to say it will all fall apart anyways?" he asked.

They were interrupted by Tyson's ringing phone.

"Hello?" she answered.

Ted could hear sobbing on the other end.

He watched as Tyson's features hardened.

"I'll be home tonight." She said hanging up, her voice low and scratchy with emotion.

"What's wrong?" Ted asked.

He almost had her convinced he couldn't give up now. She shook her head, her jaw clenched tightly. She pushed off the bed and threw her suitcase on the bed and began shoving clothes into it.

"Tyson?" Ted asked softly.

She ignored him as she viciously slammed drawers and stuffed clothes into her bag. He didn't know what to do. She was obviously angry but he didn't know how to not make the situation worse.

When she came stomping back from the bathroom with her toiletries he caught her shoulders with his hands, "Come on Ty Ty, talk to me."

She stood there as cold as ice, her stony demeanor never faltering. He couldn't decide if she was overly focused or spaced out as she stared at the middle of his chest.
"Come on baby, don't shut me out." He pleaded pulling her chin up to look into her wintry blue eyes, "Please?"

"What nobody understands is that I am destined to always mess up relationships, I'll never be good enough for anybody and nobody will be good enough for me. It's in my blood to always be in meaningless relationships, I've accepted that." She said.

Ted looked at her with confusion, "What does that mean honey?"

"Exactly what I said." She stated.

"Where is this coming from?" Ted asked.

He saw her shutting down again.

He shook her shoulders, "Talk to me Ty."

"My mom just called and she'll be filing for divorce number three. My dad's on his third marriage, and I'm just not going to do it. It's not worth it." She stated pulling out of his grasp.

She zipped her suitcase closed and left the room without another word. Ted dropped into the chair by the window taken by surprise at her confession. Several minutes later Cody and Logan came into the room.

"Where's Tyson?" Cody asked looking around the room.

"She's gone." Logan said knowing her friend well enough to realize she wouldn't stay, "What happened?"

"Her mom called and told her she was filing for a divorce and she flipped out." Ted relayed.

"I'll call Ric he'll know what to do." Logan said.

CHARLOTTE

Tyson had been home for three weeks packing all of her things to move into a house that Dean had sprung for in order to keep Barbie as happy as possible. She'd also kept herself busy avoiding any and all contact with her friends. She had just pulled up to the new house and had begun unloading her car when she saw her father's Mercedes pull up.

He walked to her and pulled her into his arms.

"Hey sweetheart." He greeted.

"Hey daddy." She smiled sadly.

"All of your friends have been worried sick about you." He stated helping her with a large box, "Why haven't you answered your phone?"

"You know why daddy. I just need to re-group and deal with her." she answered.

Ric stopped and sat down with her on the porch swing.

"Why do you punish yourself for our mistakes? Our problems are not because of you and certainly no reason for you to worry your sweet little head over." He smiled, "If anything, I would think you would have stayed on the road to keep your mind off of all of this drama."

Tyson shrugged, "Drama there too."

"Randy?" Ric asked with a sly grin.

Tyson nodded, "Yeah, him."

Ric inhaled deeply, "I don't think I've ever had a genuine discussion with you about any of the boys you've dated."

Tyson laughed, "I haven't dated any of them."

His face grew pensive, "I blame your mother and myself for that."

Tyson was silent. She never discussed her inner most feelings with anybody. She always hid behind her random hook ups. The next time she looked at her father his eyes were clouded with tears. Tyson quickly had to swallow the lump of emotion that was threatening to choke her.

"I remember when Barbie and I were together and we would argue all the time, one or either both of us would be liquored up and we would scream and yell the most horrible things back and forth at each other. Whoever was the most insulting would win. I remember you crying in your little play pen, clinging to your stuffed animals. I could see you wishing the noise would stop. And then one day you stopped crying. You just sat there watching us go at it. You were only two, but it was like you'd come to the realization that that was the way things were going to be. You'd made up your mind that you weren't going to shed anymore tears about it. That is honestly the last time I saw you cry. I think that's when you made the decision that you were never going to be like us. You were never going to allow yourself to love anybody or to have them love you because that was what love got you. Heartache, loneliness, shouting matches, damaged self-esteem… I think of all the times you've shut yourself off because of our stupidity and it makes me sick. Physically ill Tyson." He paused wiping his tears away as new ones fell, "I watched you grow up and saw how you interacted with men and all I could ask myself is why is she selling herself so short? Why would my beautiful baby think that nobody could love her? I would catch you every so often looking at some happy couple and see the longing, the loneliness in your eyes…" he trialed off, needing a minute to collect himself.

"I'm sorry daddy." She whispered.

Her stomach was killing her. Seeing him cry made her want to do absolutely anything to see him smile again. She clutched her abdomen as a spasm of pain tore through her.

He turned to her quickly, "Don't you dare apologize to me Tyson. This is my fault, do you understand me? You are the way you are because of me and I can't tell you how sorry I am for that."

She rested her head on his shoulder, "I try to imagine myself in a relationship, but it's like something blocks any form of happiness. All I see are all the things that could go wrong."

"That's all you know. Happiness in a relationship is like a fairy tale to you; something that only happens to other people." Ric answered, "I found a doctor that is really interested in talking with you about all of this."

Tyson's head snapped up, "A psychiatrist?"

Ric could sense her aversion immediately, "I've been going to him for over a year now, and he's really helped me Ty. He made me realize all of the damage I've done to myself and to you."

She shook her head, "I don't talk about stuff. Thanks but no thanks."

He took her hands and kissed the backs of them, "Please think about it. Please consider it for me. I can't watch you grow up and be alone because of me. I would never forgive myself. I think about it everyday, what if something would happen to you and you didn't get the chance to be in love? I just can't stand to think about it, I couldn't live with myself."

She kissed his cheek, anything to take the sadness from him, "I'll think about it I promise."

He smiled at her, "Thank you sugar. Now that you've seen an old man cry…I wanted to ask you something."

"What now…" she laughed.

"Wrestlemania's in two weeks and Logan, Cody and Ted all want you to come to the Hall of Fame ceremony and everything. You haven't answered your phone and they've been dying to know if you would go." He stated.

"And Randy?" Tyson asked, reading between the lines.

Ric grinned, "He was interested too. He hasn't been himself since you left."

"He stopped calling last week." She said.

Ric nodded, "Persistent. Would you consider giving him another chance?"

Tyson shrugged, "I don't know. There are a lot of things I haven't come to terms with yet."

"I'll make you a deal." He bartered.

"Okay." She smiled.

He was notorious for giving the best deals around.

"If you go and have the time of your life at Wrestlemania week, I'll buy you your very own house. As big as you want, wherever you want it." He said.

Tyson screamed, "Are you serious?"

He nodded.

"Oh thank you daddy, thank you, thank you, thank you!" she repeated.

"My friend, the doctor said the only way you could begin to heal is to be away from your mother and her bad relationships. He said the same about me, but we're going to disregard that part." He joked.

"I could never be away from you." She admitted, "You're the only man I've ever loved."

Sorry about the deepness...I thought that Ric and Tyson needed to have a heart to heart :) Let me know!! xoxo