Chapter 1

We had walked all over Axxess trying to find any of the wrestlers that we could interview. We were so tired that the three of us didn’t notice that we had stepped outside into the dark and had walked around the trailers till we got lost.

I met up with Charlene. She was a contact of mine who had arranged for me and my camera crew to come to Axxess and have complete access to all of the areas. She told me that she knew most of the wrestlers and that she would arrange for me to meet and be able to interview at least one of them. She told me to bring my crew and meet her in her apartment in half an hour.

I found Sandra and Angel leaning against one of the big rigs smoking cigarettes and told them that we would be going to Charlene’s place in a while. They left before me towards Charlene’s place as they were exhausted. They figured they could rest a bit before the interview.

I made it to Charlene’s a little while after them as I was walking very slow and enjoying my smoke.

When I knocked on the door Charlene opened it and ushered me inside. I was so tired that I really didn’t look into the living room until I heard a noise from there. I looked in and there sitting on a recliner was The Rock. I fell to my knees in shock and could not utter a word. He came over to me as I started crying, because I couldn’t believe that he was there in front of me. He put his arms around me as he helped me to my feet and I clung to him for dear life.

He looked me tenderly in the eyes as he brought his lips to mine. I couldn’t believe that after not having seen him for over 4 months there he was and I was in his arms again. I returned his kiss expecting to wake up from this dream at any minute. I was crying, kissing him and clinging to him all at the same time.

He finally broke the kiss. He hugged me to him as he whispered in my ear "I’ve missed you". "Why did you leave?" I asked as I squeezed my body closer to his. "I had no choice, but I"m back now and I don’t plan on leaving you again, if you’ll take me back" he said into my hair.

I turned to look at him and our lips met again in a needful kiss that answered all his questions.

Chapter 2

Angel had the video camera going and was taping the whole scene as Sandra sat back with her two cameras in her lap and wiped a stray tear from her eyes.

Duane held my hand as, once again, he went to sit down to do the interview. He pulled me by the hand to try to make me sit down next to hm, but I felt as if I was choking on my unshed tears and I knew that if I didn’t step outside to get some air I would suffocate or become a blubbering idiot. "I have to go get some fresh air" I said through my tear strained throat. "Sandra, Angel. You guys know what to do" I added. "I’ll come with you" Duane said. "No please. I need a few seconds to myself" I said as I let his hand go and stumbled towards the door.

I stepped outside and let the sobs that were constricting my throat come out. I hugged myself, trying to slow down the flood of tears as I stood there thinking of what had transpired and brought me to this point in time.

8 MONTHS PRIOR

Angel, Sandra and I had all graduated from Broadcasting School the previous year and we all lived together. We were fortunate in that the local t.v. station was in need of a crew to send to events to do live interviews and we had applied and been hired.

After being shown the ropes, they kept us together since they saw that the 3 of us all worked well as a team. Either Sandra or I would do the interviews while the other snapped the pictures. Angel was always the cameraman behind the live feeds or tapings as he was excellent behind the lens. Yes, Angel is a man. He tried to put the hit on both myself and Sandra, but we put him in his place and showed him we could all be friends, but it would not go any further. Angel was now in a pretty stable relationship with Lita and Sandra was seeing Christian steadily. The four of them saw each other as much as they could, but most of the time the three of us would be together.

I had met Duane during a local autograph signing that we had been assigned to cover. He was very pleasant and we hit it off. We went out several times to dinner and drinks. I’ll never forget that first night we stayed at his hotel room. We had just come back from one of his wrestling events that myself and my crew were covering. The station had made arrangements for the crew to have a room, but of course Sandra was staying with Christian and Angel with Lita, so I was to have the room all to myself.

After Raw was over we all headed to the hotel. There were several of us who had not had a chance to check in earlier in the day. The other’s didn’t have a problem getting their rooms but apparently the hotel had over booked and the room that I was supposed to have was no longer available. "This is great" I muttered under my breath as Duane and I stood at the counter. "Maybe I can get a room at another hotel" I said to him as I grabbed my bag. "Why bother? I have a huge bed all to my lonesome that I wouldn’t mind sharing with you" he said with a sly smile. "You mean, you won’t take advantage of me?" I replied in a teasing voice. He looked at me and coming close to my ear whispered "I won’t do anything you don’t want me to do" he said. I could feel his breath on my cheek and that sent shivers up and down my spine. As he pulled away from my ear he looked at me with that famous Rock smirk.

As I looked at him I think I finally realized that I was in love with the man standing in front of me. Don’t ask me how I knew, I just knew. "Well since it looks like I have no other choice . ." I replied, but I never got to finish as he grabbed my bag from my hand and led the way to the elevator bank.

Chapter 3

We arrived in his room several minutes later. It was a nice room with a king sized bed in it. Nothing too fancy since he would only be staying there for one night. He put his bag and mine down by the bed and went into the bathroom to shower. I heard the water start and heard him say something. "I can’t hear what you’re saying" I said as I went into the small dressing area. He had left the door ajar and curiosity got the best of me. I couldn’t help but peek in and what I saw almost made me have a heart attack. I brought my hand to my mouth to stifle the gasp that threatened to escape. I could see him through the glass doors standing there with his hands against the wall and the water running down his lean body. It took all the will power that I had not go into the shower with him.

"What did you say?" I asked once I found my voice and was able to step to the side of the door. "I asked if you were hungry?" he said from the shower. "No, not really" I replied with an unsteady voice. "Would you mind calling down to room service and having them send me up a steak and potato?" he asked. "Anything else?" I asked. "Yeah, tell them to send me several bottles of water" he said.

I stepped away from the door and went into the bedroom again. I placed the call to room service and also ordered a salad for myself. He came out a few minutes later with a towel wrapped around himself. The water still glistened on his hair, shoulders and chest and I wanted so much to run my fingers over his caramel colored chest, but turned away from him instead so that he wouldn’t see the lust raging in my eyes.

"Think I’ll take a shower also" I said as I grabbed a few things from my bag and without looking up at him went into the bathroom. When I had closed the door behind me, I lowered the toilet seat and sat down. I put my head in my hands and said to myself "Cut it out. He’s still married and this is going to bring you only problems". I took a deep, steadying breath and undressed. I stood under the steaming jets of water until I heard him knock on the door. "Food’s here" he said. I finished washing up and wrapped a huge fluffy towel around myself. I grabbed my hairbrush and brushed out my hair as I stepped out of the bathroom.

Duane was already sitting at the table eating his dinner. "Didn’t know how long you would be so I started without you. Hope you don’t mind" he said through a mouthful of food. "It’s okay" I said as I sat across from him and starting eating my salad. He looked so good sitting there in just that towel, I had all I could do not jump on him.

Once we were done, he turned on the t.v. and went and got under the covers. "Come here" he said as he tapped the bed next to him. I climbed onto the bed and under the covers with the towel still on. He pulled me towards him and I laid my head on his chest. He draped his arm around my shoulder and starting running his fingers on my shoulder and down my arm in lazy circles as we watched t.v.

During a commercial he ran his fingers down my cheek and brought my head up so that I could look at him. "See, I don’t bite" he said with a teasing grin on his lips. "I know, but that’s not what I’m worried about" I replied softly. "What are you worrying about" he asked as he brought his lips closer to mine. "I don’t know" I replied as his lips got closer still. "I would never do anything to hurt you" he said. as he finally brought his lips to mine and kissed me softly.

His lips on mine was all it took. I kissed him back as I molded my body to the side of his. As he kissed me he pulled me on top of his body. I loved the feel of his soft skin against mine, the way he gently ran his hands up and down my back, but never went past my lower back. The way he would spread his fingers on my back and softly kneed the skin. It was more than I could stand. I pulled my lips away from his and looked into his eyes. The lust was evident in his gaze as I once again lowered my lips to his.

The next couple of minutes are a blur, but I do remember how he turned me over until I was under him and how gentle he was as he entered me. How long we were at it, I don’t remember, but I can tell you I was one satisfied female by the time we both went to sleep.

After that evening we started seeing each other exclusively.

The next morning he took me to breakfast and everyone did a double take when they saw us together. We looked so happy, we appeared to be glowing. We spoke over breakfast and he informed me that he was still married, but that he was going through a bitter divorce. He said that once he was through with the divorce he wanted to speak to me. He wouldn’t tell me about what, but just said for me to be patient. That when the time was right he wanted to have a serious talk with me.

He also told me that he was in discussions for several movie deals with a movie studio, but was apprehensive about signing any papers for them because he knew that his soon to be ex-wife would try to put a hold on those earnings too and he didn’t want to make his break up more difficult than it had to be.

Chapter 4

We had been seeing each other for about 3 ½ months when one day she showed up at the arena and started a ruckus in the back because Duane would not let her into his dressing room. She was escorted out of the premises, but not before she made a nuisance out of herself. She screamed and bitched all the way out the door yelling that he would pay dearly for having her thrown out of the arena.

I tried to talk to him after that incident, but he wasn’t in the right frame of mind. To spell it out, he was majorly pissed that she had been able to get into the arena and into the back. I left him alone, but I found out later that after the event was over Vince had called him to his office. We had to leave and go back to the studio to check out the tape of the interviews we had done, but the guys told me later that when they saw Duane come out of Vince’s office he didn’t look too happy.

I tried calling him at the hotel but was told by the front desk that he had checked out and the guys didn’t know where he was.

He was given time off from the shows and the story line made it appear as if he was injured. Of course we knew better, but it still hurt that I wasn’t able to speak to him before he left.

I walked around dejected and in a daze for the next few weeks after he left. Sandra and Angel did their best, but there was no bringing me out of the depression that I felt. It was as if my heart had been removed and an empty shell put in it’s place.

I went to Vince (who knew about us) and pleaded with him to tell me where Duane was. Vince refused, saying it was best for both of us if I didn’t contact him just yet. He told me that Duane would contact me when the time was right.

The days turned into weeks. The weeks into months and by the time I realized it 2 months had gone by with no word from him. I would ask the guys if they had heard from him, but no one had. It was as if he had just fallen off the face of the Earth.

Chapter 5

By the third month I threw myself into my work. I traveled more than usual, sometimes with different crews. I was so involved with work, that Duane seemed like an apparition. But of course like all good things I was brought back to reality once again when the station assigned me to cover the Wrestlemania Axxess in Houston Texas.

In a way I was excited because I was hopeful that I would see him again and find out what had happened even if we didn’t get back together again, but in a way I didn’t want to see him because I knew how I felt about him and what would happen if I were to see him again. I tried to get out of it, but the station wouldn’t have it.

Angel and Sandra were excited because they would get to spend time with their loved ones, but I was dreading it more and more.

Upon our arrival in Houston, Sandra would stay with Christian and Angel would stay with Lita. When I checked into my room I found flowers sitting on the small dining table, but there was no card. I put it down to either the hotel hospitality or one of the guys playing a joke on me.

I went down to the front desk to pick up the all access passes that Charlene had left for the three of us for the first nights Axxess and I could have sworn that I was being watched. I looked all around me and saw no one, so I put it down to a hyperactive imagination as I once again went to my room.

I took a long hot bubble bath and almost fell asleep in the tub. Before I knew it it was time to get ready to go to Axxess. Sandra and Angel were waiting for me downstairs when I arrived. We headed out to the event and tried to get some interviews with the wrestlers, but it was difficult because they were either going or coming from one event or another.

We walked all around ready to interview people. The sound of all those people there drowned out the audio several times as we interviewed some of the older wrestlers. We then tried going behind the curtains to tape some interviews but weren’t really able to catch anyone. At one point it was so dark behind the curtains that we lost our way and wound up going out a door, winding up on a parking lot. We looked at each other and laughed as we lit up cigarettes and worked our way back to the entrance to Axxess where Charlene was greeting the media.

Chapter 6

BACK TO THE PRESENT

I stood there taking huge gulps of air to try to stop my sobbing when I felt a strong pair of arms go around me and he nuzzled my neck. "I’m so sorry that I just disappeared and we didn’t have a chance to talk, but I wanted to make sure that you weren’t involved in any of that mess" he said as he turned me around. He kissed me tenderly again as he wrapped his arms around me. I tried not to give in but found my arms wrapping themselves around his neck as I molded my body to his.

As we kissed, Sandra and Angel came out of Charlene’s place. "Hey, if there is nothing else, we are going to go find Lita and Christian and spend some time with them. Angel and Sandra said. "No I think we are done" I said as I looked Duane in the eyes.

Sandra and Angel started walking back to the hotel where they knew that Christian and Lita would be waiting. I knew they hadn’t spent time together for a while and didn’t want to rain on their parade.

I pulled away from Duane as he said "We have to talk. I need to explain to you everything that has happened in the last several months so that you know that what I did was not intentional but something that I had to do. I just hope that when you hear what I have to say you will find it in your heart to forgive me".

At that moment Charlene came out of her apartment. "Duane, why don’t you guys stay at my apartment tonight? I have a big date after Axxess and I won’t be home for the night. You know where the spare room is and no one knows you are here except Vince and he doesn’t want you at Axxess until tomorrow evening, so you guys will have all that time to get things worked out". Turning to me she said "Listen to him. And don’t be too harsh". With that she walked down the steps and along the same path that Angel and Sandra had taken.

Duane put his arm around my shoulders as he led me back into the apartment.

Chapter 7

We went back into the living room and we sat on the sofa. Duane draped his arm around my shoulders and pulled me closed to him until my head was resting on his chest. "God, I’ve missed you" he said. "Not one day has gone by that I haven’t thought about you and what you must have been going through" he said as he kissed the top of my head and squeezed me to him.

I pulled back from his embrace and sat a few feet away from him. "Now, there is something you have to explain to me, so I’m listening" I said.

He took a deep breath and looked me straight in the eyes. "Okay. This is what happened that night’ he began. By the time he was finished I was back in his arms and I knew that I would never have to go through that again.

You see, it all started when he was on the road. She refused to go with him and upon his return one night unexpectedly, he found her with someone else in their bed. Duane packed his things and moved out without putting up a fight. He knew their relationship was over even before he had gotten home. She on the other hand wanted to keep him because of his fame and fortune. He wasn’t having any of it.

That’s when she started calling him to harass him. She took to showing up at the arenas where she knew he would be and making a total fool of herself. It appears that she wanted to get him fired from the WWF, but when Vince found out what was really going down, Vince had his attorneys get involved and they advised Duane to get out of the limelight until everything could be straightened out and he could get divorced. He had told Vince and the attorneys about us and they had advised him to keep me out of it, this way she wouldn’t be able to use our relationship against him.

They also advised him to get as far away from wrestling for a few months as he could, this way she wouldn’t be able to photograph him with any females that might be misconstrued as women he was seeing. Vince had put him up in his house in Connecticut until the court dates and decisions were over. He was advised by the attorneys to not have any contact with me so that I would not show up and throw a wrench into the situation.

Try as she might, she wasn’t able to find anything that she could use against him. He on the other hand had witnesses to the harassment and embarrassments that he had been put through. The judge had granted him the divorce on the basis of her infidelity and harassment, and since she was working, decided that what she had was enough so he didn’t have to give her alimony. Duane had given her the house and the car, but that was all he was willing to give her.

When he returned last week he had contacted Vince and had asked for me. Vince had told him that he had made arrangements for me and my crew to cover Axxess through Charlene, but he didn’t want me to know that Duane would be around because he knew what I had gone through and he wasn’t sure if I would want to see Duane again. Aside from that, Vince didn’t want me put into a situation where I would be hurt again. "She’s been through so much lately. You’re leaving so suddenly really hurt her. For a while there I thought she would need medical attention" Vince had told Duane.

Hearing this, Duane put his head in his hand as he held the phone to his ear with the other one. "What would you advise me to do, Vince?" Duane had asked him. "I don’t know, Duane. That’s up to you, but I really don’t want to see her hurt again" Vince had replied. "I don’t think she could take it" he added. "I don’t want to hurt her and I know she may be better off if I don’t come back into her life, but I can’t stay away. I love her, Vince" Duane said. "Well then, just go have a talk with her and if she still feels the same way, I know things will work out for both of you" Vince replied. "I’ll be careful" Duane replied before he hung up the phone.

Chapter 8

We stayed at Charlene’s place that night and things picked up where they had left off. The only difference was that now Duane was free of her and free to pursue what he really wanted to do. Which brings me to the present. Here I sit in 95 degree weather in a place where it is constantly hot and muggy. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t mind. I get to see my husband walk around in a loin cloth with extensions in his hair. He looks good enough to eat (but that’s another story).

Husband you say? Yep, we were married 6 months after his return. His career with the WWF went into full swing again. She tried to come back into his life once after that, but he put a restraining order on her and she was carted off to jail once. After that she got the hint and left him alone.

Duane was offered 2 movie roles in the Mummy movies which he accepted and he’s even been offered another role in a movie patterned after a video game, but it’s unsure wether he will accept that one due to his pressing WWF commitments. I on the other hand will continue to work when we return for as long as I can. I will then take time off and travel with Duane and our son.

Son? you say. I haven’t told him yet, but I’m sure he kinda has an idea since I’ve had morning sickness now for 2 weeks. In about 6 more months there will be a little person joining us. I know Duane will be excited about it when I tell him since he has always wanted kids. I plan on telling him tonight when he wraps up the shoot and before we head back to meet up with the WWF. I’ve already been told by the doctor that it’s gonna be a boy. Wonder if he will want to follow in his dad’s footsteps and become a wrestler? Hmmmm. He would be the only 4th generation wrestler ever. Anyway, Sandra married Christian a year ago and they purchased a house in Canada that they spend all of their free time in and Angel is the proud daddy of twin boys with Lita who will be 2 years old in a month. They too were married a while ago and things couldn’t be better for them. Me? I’ll just keep on going and know that my bad times are way behind me. I’ve got a good husband who adores me and a little one on the way. What could be better?

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