Author’s Note : I may be a little off timewise but I figured I shouldn’t let that stop me.

Taker caught up with Valerie before she could reach his dressingroom and turned her around to face him,gently yet insistingly.

"Joyful (his nickname for her),…" Taker said.

"Forget it dad,you were right,I was wrong,that’s how it always is isn’t it?" Valerie said.

Taker took a deep breath and thought of what to say,he knew this wasn’t going to be easy.

"I’m sorry if I upset you but I was upset too,I don’t want you to get hurt babygirl,can’t you see that?" Taker said.

Valerie didn’t say anything so he just hugged her and let her sob in his chest.Valerie didn’t sleep very well that night.

RAW Monday : 30-09-2001.

The following day Valerie came into the building carrying a normal sized travel bag,a huge travel bag and a suit-case caddy.She had yet to have breakfast,she hadn’t met with any of her friends yet and her father refused to let her go out by herself.She grumbled as she walked through the hallway with the bags.She walked in and ran into Lita (a good friend),she came walking towards Val along with Matt and Jeff Hardy.

"Hey Sister Golden Hair…" Lita said.

"Lolita" Valerie said while smiling.

Lita hugged Val and said:

"I didn’t know you were coming,why didn’t you call me?"

"Well you know my dad,he never bothers with other people much and he doesn’t let me either" Valerie said.

Lita looked at Matt and Jeff and said:

"Have you been introduced yet?" Lita asked.

"No" Both Matt and Jeff said.Valerie just shook her head making her curls bounce around her head.

"Well Val,this is Matt and this is Jeff,they are as you know the Hardy Boyz.Matt,Jeff this is Valerie Calloway,Taker’s daughter" Lita said as Matt and Jeff shook hands with Valerie.

"Hi" Matt said.

"Nice to meet you" Jeff said.

"Likewise" Valerie said.

"I don’t call her Valerie though,I call her sister golden hair.Because of that beautiful red hair of hers" Lita said.

"And Lolita here is always going out of her way to imitate it" Valerie said while smirking.

"If only I could.Where is your dad by the way?" Lita asked.

"Signing autographs out front,I got lumbered with all his bags" Valerie said with a pout.

Jeff was quick to say:

"Me and Matt could help you carry them"

"You know what?.That would be great" Valerie said.

"Tell your dad that next time he can carry his own bags" Lita said.

"I will" Valerie said.

Jeff and Matt helped Valerie carry the bags and dropped them off in the Undertaker’s dressingroom. Matt practically had to drag Jeff away from Valerie and scolded him for staring at her while they walked down the hall and Valerie chuckled while thinking : "We’re off to a good start".

She decided to go to the cafeteria.She walked to the door and looked in not knowing if she should go in.She saw familiar and unfamiliar faces.Than she met eyes with a very good friend of hers.The Rock was sitting in the cantina,he looked at her with a puppy face,tilted his head,raised that very familair eyebrow and smiled.Valerie ran to him and jumped into his arms,he whirled her around and said:

"My dearest Valerie,it has been too long" Rock said with a wide grin.

He set her back down on the ground and Val said:

"Tell me about it,I feel like I’ve been gone for years"

"Well it’s good to see you’re back" Rock said.

"Thank you" Valerie said with a big smile on her face.

The Rock had been her friend since he had first come to the federation 5 years earlier.She was 14 when she met him and they liked eachother right away,he was like a brother to her even though her father was against the friendship.Valerie had come to the federation in 1989 at the age of 6.

Someone came into the cafeteria,called out to the Rock and told him they wanted to do a promo with him.

"Ah damn I gotta go,we’ll have lunch tomorrow after noon and than we’ll catch up,okay?"

"Sure,see ya"

The Rock left after hugging Valerie again and she sat down at the bar.Not long after sitting down she got bored and she wondered what was keeping her father.She got up and walked into the hallway.In the hallway she ran into Shane McMahon,the owner of WCW himself.Shane stood in front of Valerie blocking her path and making her very uncomfortable.She tryed to walk by but he blocked her path again.Shane smirked and said:

"Well,well,well.If it isn’t Valerie Calloway.How you doing,babybird?" Shane said with a smirk.

"I’m fine and I’d appreciate it if you wouldn’t call me babybird"

"I would appreciate it if you would mind your own business,it doesn’t look good for either one of us"

"I suppose not".

Shane smiled and touched Valerie’s hair.Valerie hit his hand away and said:

"Don’t touch me"

"I was just imagining what it would be like to run my fingers through all that pretty red hair and what it would feel like to rip it all out"

"You’re sick"

"Am I?"

Shane stepped closer to Val and she tryed to get away but he stopped her.Valerie looked around in desperation but there was no one around.Valerie tried to hit Shane but he grabbed both her arms and held them tightly.She immediately began to struggle and tryed to kick him but he was holding her firmly in place and her legs were obstructed by his body.

"You should have stayed out of our business when you had the chance,now it’s too late" Shane said.

Shane started squeezing and he was hurting her.He smiled as he pressed her against the wall.She tried to kick him but he dodged her leg and opressed her with his weight.

"Let go of me"

Valerie got tears in her eyes because of the force Shane was using on her arms and Shane smirked.She scowled at him.

"What’s the matter Babybird?.Feeling a little uncomfortable?"

Shane put his nose in Val’s hair and sniffed.He closed his eyes in delight and said:

"Mmm,little Valerie Calloway you are gorgeous.What’s that perfume called?"

That’s when the Undertaker walked into the hallway and saw what was going on.He grabbed Shane from behind and threw him through the hallway.He walked to Shane who had landed on the other side of the corridor but Shane ran away.Then Undertaker walked to his crying daughter,he put his arms around her and comforted her.

"It’s okay,he’s gone.You’re safe now"

Undertaker took Valerie with him to his dressingroom,sat her down,gave her some water and made her feel safe.After she calmed down he asked:

"Are you hungry?"

"Starving actually"

"Good,a full and nutricious meal will do you good" Taker said with a frown on his face.

"What does that frown mean?"

"What frown?"

"The frown you had on your face when you said a full and nutricious meal would do me good.What does that mean?"

Undertaker got up and said:

"That frown means you’ve been getting too skinny lately"

"I have not been getting…ah shit"

Valerie got up and faced her father.

"I am not skinny"

"Come on joyful,look at yourself.You’re 6 foot and you weigh 110 pounds"

"First of all I weigh 115…"

"Oh and that makes all the difference"

"…and second I’ll have you know I’ve been gaining weight"

"It doesn’t show"

"It doesn’t have to,as long as I know I am"

"Look…forget I ever said that.Let’s just get a bite to eat"

"Fine"

Valerie walked out the room and to the cafeteria without waiting for her father.Undertaker decided to give her some time to cool down by not talking about her lack of weight for a while. He then followed her to the cafeteria.