Two weeks later Ashley entered the hair salon. The past two weeks had been hard for her not being able to spend as much time as she used to with her sons. Ash and the twins were back in Tampa with their mother and she had felt bad because she had only spent one whole day with them. She sighed and took off her sunglasses. "Hey Ashley!" The woman who usually cut her hair said with a smile.

"Hey Sammy." She said with a smile.

"How are you?" Sammy asked.

"Um okay." Ashley said.

Sammy smiled and escorted Ashley over to the chair. "The usual cut?" Sammy asked.

Ashley shook her head. "No I want to shave it off." She said quietly.

"Are you sure? I mean…" Sammy began.

"Please just do it Sammy." Ashley mumbled.

Sammy nodded slowly and soon enough Ashley was bald. With tears in her eyes she paid for the hair cut and raced to her hummer. She had her hummer since she was sixteen years old and it always been her comfort zone. Her own place to grieve. Now the floor was scattered with toys, and cheerios.

Ashley cried and rubbed her head, her bald head. She hated it but Dr. Tanchak had told her to get it shaved off before it started to fall out. Dr. Tanchak was her psychologist. She had been seeing him once a week along with a Dr. Ragsdale and a nutritionist named Jacob Blaze. That's all her life was anymore, doctors, hospital room, and ivs.

With a small sigh she drove back to her house. She knew that her new hairstyle would be a shock for Chris. She hadn't discussed it with him when she left; she had stated she needed some air. She donned the Houston Astros cap and walked into the house. She heard the boys in the den so she rushed upstairs to her bedroom. A few moments later Chris walked in. "Hey baby girl." He said.

Ashley nodded at him, and couldn't find the words to say what she had done. So instead of saying anything she took off the cap. Chris' jaw dropped. "Ashley you shaved your head." He said.

Ashley nodded slowly. "Yeah, Dr. Tanchak thought it would be best." She said holding back her tears.

Chris saw them and raced to his wife side. "Baby don't cry." He said.

Ashley's tears spilled over. "I am ugly!" She cried.

Chris shook his head. "No you're just as beautiful as ever. It's just hair sweetie. It'll grow back."

Ashley groaned and shook her head. "How are the boys going to take this?" She asked.

"How about I shave my head so they think it'll be normal?" Chris asked.

Ashley shook her head and smiled a bit. "You won't be my Chris without your hair." She said with a smile.

Chris smiled and with mock hurt asked. "So when I am 70 and bald I won't be your Chris anymore because I don't have hair?"

"Well when your 70 baby, I'll still only be in my 50's so I'll just marry another guy who's younger then you with hair." Ashley cracked.

Chris shook his head. "Do you remember about five years ago when you couldn't get enough of me?" He asked.

Ashley nodded. "I still can't get enough of you." She said with a wink.

Chris smiled and kissed her deeply. "God I love you."

"I love you too." She said with a smile and kissed him.

Ashley lay in a lounge chair wrapped in a blanket it was early February and it was cool but the boys still insisted on being outside. Chris came out with his keys in hand. "Hey!" He said and kissed Ashley's forehead.

"Where you going baby?" Ashley asked.

"To the store. I was wondering if either of the boys wanted to come?" Chris asked.

Austin shook his head. "No thanks daddy."

"I do! I do!" Noah cried.

"Alright then come on buddy." He said holding out his hand. Chris planted a kiss on Ashley's head and said. "I love you."

"I love you too baby." She said as the left.

Ashley smiled and looked at Austin. "Hey bubba!" She called.

"Yeah mama?" He asked.

"Let's go inside and bake some chocolate chip cookies!" Ashley said with a smile. Austin always loved to help his mother bake cookies.

"Yay!" Austin yelled and ran inside. Ashley followed slowly behind, by the time she got into the kitchen Austin had already gotten out the flour and sugar.

"You in a hurry bubba?" Ashley asked with a smile.

Austin looked up at her with a wide grin. That grin was what made her know he was Chris' child. It was the exact grin that had made Ashley fall in love with Chris. "I wanna eat 'em mama!" Austin cried.

It didn't take long for the cookies to be placed in the oven. Ashley and Austin played on the floor with Chris' action figures. "Hold on mama!" Austin screeched. He rushed out of the room and returned with her action figure. "Look it's you!"

Ashley smiled and took the little action figure out of his hand. "Yup that's me." She said with a grin.

Austin nodded and set the action figure on the top rope of the little play ring. He made it do a moon-sault onto Chris' action figure. With a giggle he looked up at her and said. "I am gonna be just like you one day!" He said happily.

"Oh yeah what about Daddy?" She asked.

"No he's boring! I wanna do moon flips!" He cried.

Ashley smiled and hugged her son closely. "Daddy does them too!" Ashley said with a smile.

"But yours are cooler! Is it okay if I am a wrestler too?" He asked with a smile.

Ashley smiled and kissed his forehead. "You can be whatever you want bubba."

Chris walked into the supermarket and placed Noah in the seat of the cart. He had just turned the corner when someone bumped into him. "Oh I am so sorry." The women's voice said.

"It's okay." Chris said with a smile and looked at the woman. Her hair was fiery red and she had the greenest eyes Chris had ever seen.

"Aw look at that cutie!" She said and pointed at Noah. "How old are you big guy?"

Noah giggled and smiled. "Three!"

"Really? My son Helios is three!" She said with a smile.

"Austin's five!" Noah cried.

"Austin?" The woman asked.

"My oldest son." Chris said.

"I have a six year old son, named Apollo." She said.

"I'm Chris Jericho." He said extending his hand.

"Karen Riley." She said shaking his hand. "You've lived in Victoria long?"

"Five years." Chris said.

"Well I just moved here from Ohio and my boys don't know anyone. I was just wondering if we could exchange numbers so we could set up a play date?" She asked.

Chris smiled and nodded. "Um sure." He said and they wrote their numbers down.

As Chris handed her the slip of paper she frowned. "You're married?"

Chris nodded and smirked. "Yup, it'll be six years in a week." He said with a smile.

"Well congrats." She said and they walked away from each other. Karen pouted a bit she had finally found a sexy man and he was married. She shrugged it was no big deal to her she would have him either way.