Glen woke up with a very unpleasant stiffness in his neck.He grumbled as he sat up and winced as he felt the pain in his back.

"That’ll teach me to sleep in a chair" he muttered.

Glen threw the blanket off him and got up,rubbing his neck.There was a reason why he slept on the chair and that reason was in his bed.He smiled as he remembered that Darla had finally left Taker. Glen got up quietly and walked over to the bed.

Darla was still asleep and her legs and arms were sprawled all over the bed.She looked so small and fragile,not to mention beautiful.Glen frowned,now where did that thought come from?.Glen mentally slapped himself,that was the last thing the girl needed.

Glen sighed as he stepped into the bathroom to take a shower,he realized that Darla’s ordeal wasn’t over yet,she still had alot of things to work through and she still had to be able to stand on her own two feet but she’d get there and Glen would help her if he could.

***

When Darla woke up,she half expected to see Taker standing over her,yelling at her to get up.But when she opened her eyes,he wasn’t there,instead she found herself all alone in a different hotelroom. Or atleast,so it seemed.The shower was running and Darla sighed with relief when she remembered that it wasn’t Taker,it was Glen.

Darla slowly got up,her body still hurt from the last beating Taker had given her and if Darla could help it that was just what it was,the last beating.She sighed as she got up,she needed a shower badly but she could wait,she wouldn’t get in her host’s way,not after everything he had done for her.

Darla frowned as she considered Glen,she had already figured out that he cared but why?.Why did he care?.It wasn’t as if they were friends,he hardly knew her.Darla knew that it didn’t really matter why he had helped her,she needed a knight in shining armor,now more than ever and if Glen would be that knight,then that was great.

Once Glen left the shower,Darla took one.Glen couldn’t help but notice how submissive and polite she was,he figured he would talk to her about it later.When Darla exited the shower,she felt refreshed,new. Almost,Darla thought as she winced.

Darla left the bathroom and stood in the doorway.Glen was sitting on the bed and he was now looking at her.Glen almost stopped breathing when he saw her.Her red hair was semi-dry,her blue eyes bright and wide.

She was wearing the pants she had been wearing the night before but she was wearing one of his t-shirts,it was much too large and she looked plain adorable in it.Darla became aware of his stares and looked at herself.

"I look a mess I know,at least I’m clean" Darla said.

Glen wanted to say that she didn’t look a mess,he wanted to tell her she was gorgeous but he didn’t, he knew it would only serve to make her uncomfortable.Instead he smiled and asked:

"Are you feeling a bit better now?"

"Yeah I am,I still don’t know what I’m going to do" Darla said.

"You’ll figure it out,just give it some time" Glen said.

Darla nodded and there was a comfortable silence between them.But even when Darla seemed comfortable,she still seemed to have doubts.

"Why are you so afraid of me?" Glen asked gently.

"I’m not" Darla said.

"Are you sure?" Glen asked.

Darla shifted her weight uneasily as she looked Glen in the eyes.

"Why would I be afraid of you?" she asked after a while.

"That’s what I’d like to know" Glen said softly.

Darla gawked at Glen after he said that.She was aware that she looked like a fool but she couldn’t help it.Glen couldn’t help but think she looked cute but he quickly shook the thought off.

"Are you going to work tonight?" Glen asked.

"I guess I should" Darla said.

"Do you want to?" Glen asked.

"Not really but I know what’ll happen if I stay away,it’ll become harder and harder to come back and I don’t wanna stay away forever" Darla said.

Glen nodded,she was very brave to want to go to work so soon.Over the next few days Darla fully recuperated.She was allowed to go back to work by Vince McMahon and she was glad.Taker stayed away from her as she did her job,though he stared at her whenever she passed.Glen and Darla grew closer as the days went by and it wasn’t uncommon to see them together,already rumours were flying about them and Darla didn’t mind.

Glen was a great guy and if people wanted to think they were together,that was fine.Only days after she had left Taker,she noticed the difference.The wrestlers and divas were no longer afraid to talk to her and they were really nice.It shocked Darla to see how much Taker had kept from her while she was with him and it made her even more determined to stay away from him.

At first Darla had told herself that she would get her own hotelroom as soon as possible and then she would be out of Glen’s hair but she was becoming reluctant.She was becoming more comfortable around Glen,especially after she found out that he was a sucker for dogs,puppies in particular.

Glen told Darla all about his own dogs and his house.When Darla asked him if he was married and he told her she wasn’t,she felt a strange sort of happiness come over her,although she didn’t quite know why.Glen didn’t really feel the need to see her getting her own hotelroom either.After spending so much time with her he found that he really liked her and he was beginning to fall for her.

People didn’t fail to notice that Darla was staying in Glen’s hotelroom and this caused slightly naughtier rumours to circle but again Darla didn’t mind.Taker,on the other hand,did mind,he was furious when he heard the rumours and he was determine to get her back.