Ryder lay comfortably next to Randy as he was fast asleep, he had been out for a while but Ryder couldn't bring herself to leave. All she ever wanted was life to be like when they first met; Just Randy Seb and her. Ryder pulled her sleeves up and traced the scars along her arms, they were the only thing she had left of Seb, and there was nothing she wouldn't give to have him back.

She considered going back to live in Missouri and working at the hospital again, but she would still miss her new found friends, and what's to say Randy would even visit her again. Ryder sighed and lay on her back; it would never be the same no matter how badly she wanted it to be.

Randy's alarm went off and he groaned. His head pounded and all he wanted to do was sleep, but he grabbed his phone and turned the alarm off. Sitting up Randy turned around in the hopes that Ryder just happened to have stayed, his hopes dropped when he faced an empty bed. With a sigh Randy stood up and began to get ready for what would be a long day.

Ryder's alarm went off, but instead of turning it off she just pulled the covers over her head, to her surprise it worked and her alarm turned off. Pulling the covers off her face, to see why she found the complete opposite of Randy; someone was sitting on her bed, it was John.

"Where were you last night" John questioned.

"None of your business" Ryder yawned in return, sitting up.

John didn't like the sound of that answer, he cared a lot about Ryder and her safety but he was glad she made it home safe. "I'm about to leave for the arena to go and meet some of the fans and stuff, but I have a favor, would you be able to give me a massage today?" John asked with a grin on his face.

Ryder rubbed her eyes. "Yeah I should be able to fit you in."

"Well you better, because I've got my championship match tonight." John smiled as he picked up his bag and headed for the door.

"You're the one going up against Randy?" Ryder stood up trying not to sound surprised.

"I made a deal with Hunter, and he's going to scratch Barrett and put me in." John grabbed his keys off the coffee table and looked over to Ryder. "It's going to surprise the hell out of that Pretty boy, after the way he's treated you I'll take his title off him; just for you." John smiled and left Ryder's room. Ryder all of a sudden felt like she was in the middle of a war and she didn't know who's side to take.

Ryder sat in the trainer's room waiting for John to show up, it was 10:30am and he said he would be here by 10, the lack of sleep was making her eyes heavy; she closed them just for a second and then heard John barge through the door.

"Sorry Ry! I got caught up." John apologized again and again but Ryder wasn't that interested, it just sounded like white noise.

"It's fine, just lie down and I'll get started." Ryder said bluntly, John took his shirt off and lay down, he could tell Ryder was pissed off with him being late; he kept quiet and just enjoyed the heavenly feeling she was giving him.

After about half an hour Ryder stopped, she was too tired and sore to keep going.

"Sorry John, that's going to have to do for now." Ryder sighed rubbing her hands on a towel.

"That was amazing Ry, your better than all the trainer's here." John smiled from ear to ear. "I want you to be my personal physio."

Ryder smiled, she wanted to but she had already made a deal with Randy. "I'll let you know ok, I want to but I just have to make sure that's okay with Hunter."

John went over and hugged Ryder. "Thanks again; now ill defiantly go and beat that cocky ass for you ok beautiful?"

Ryder pulled a fake smile and nodded at John. He left and Ryder lay down on the massage table and closed her eyes. This was the last place she wanted to be.

"Come on sleepy wake up." Randy came through the door holding his arm, he was in a lot of pain.

Ryder shot up. "What did you do?" She hopped off the table and started to look over Randy's arm.

"That fucking wannabe Cena attacked me for no reason!" Randy winced as Ryder tried to move his arm.

Ryder couldn't believe that John would do that just to get an upper hand over Randy; she thought he was better than that. "Lay down Randy I'll do my best, even if it's just long enough for you to beat him."

Randy looked up from his arm over to her. "What do you mean? My match is with Wade."

Ryder pulled Randy over to the table and got him to lie down; she started to run her hands over his shoulder. "Hunter is trying to set you up, he wants John to have the title back because he brings more money, so he thought surprising you with him tonight would throw you off."

Randy kept quiet, ever since Hunter took over as COO Randy knew he didn't have much time left as champ. Ever since their old Evolution day's Hunter still couldn't bare to see Randy hold the championship. Randy wasn't about to let an injury stop him from losing to Cena, he had worked too hard to get back on top.

Ryder could tell that Randy was boiling with anger, that's the only time he became quiet. Her hands started to hurt but she knew Randy wasn't even close to being fit enough. It had just been over an hour and he still hadn't said a word, eventually Ryder couldn't take any more and she had to stop, Randy snapped out of his train of thought and looked over to Ryder who was obviously in a tonne of pain.

"Ry you should have stopped ages ago you know that." Randy stood up and took one of her hands.

Ryder looked down to see Randy holding her hand, her eyes slowly moved up towards his face, and she could see the look of shock on his face; it was the first time Randy had seen the scars properly.

Randy's eyes traced every single scar she had it was worse than what he had first thought, even though they had faded over time, he could still see how many there had been. He let go and Ryder crossed her arms and looked away.

"I'm Sorry." Randy began to apologies but Ryder stopped him.

"It's in the past Randy, and that's where I want it to stay; just forget it ok." Ryder looked him dead in the eye with tears welling in her eyes and begged him to not bring it back up.

Randy nodded and held her hand again, but this time he just pulled her into his chest and wrapped his arms around her. He could feel her sobbing and he didn't want to let go, he wanted her and only her; he didn't care if she needed protecting he wanted to protect her.

Ryder pulled away with a smile on her face, wiping away her tears. "Go and get ready, I know you can do it."

Randy smiled back down to her. "I'll do it for you, and for Seb; I know he's still rooting for me." Randy laughed.

"Good luck." Ryder hugged Randy one last time before he left to prepare for his match.