The couple had gone on ahead to the arena, as the SmackDown roster was all already there.  The others would meet up with them later, when they received their rentals.

Adam had one arm protectively around the redhead's waist as they searched for Stephanie McMahon's office.  As they made their way down the hall, he noticed Paul Heyman with his "client," Brock Lesnar.  The two men were conversing, and evidently, Heyman was prepping The Next Big Thing for his upcoming match.

As they were nearing the two men, Paul suddenly called out to the diva.

"Amy - hello there...How are you?"

The redhead turned her head in his direction, actually stopping to regard her former ECW boss.  The tall blond man at her side stopped along with her.

"Hey, Paul...I'm...okay," she said, managing a weak smile.

"I hope you are," the man said as he looked her over.  He briefly glanced at Adam before shifting his gaze back over to Amy.  "Word around here is that you've suffered a miscarriage..."

Adam arched an eyebrow as he eyed Heyman suspiciously.  Although that was not what had happened, it was still in the vein of what had occurred, and it made him none too happy that rumors and gossip were spreading about his fiancee's and his situation.  On top of that, he didn't like Paul Heyman and never had.  Instinctively, he found the man a sleazebucket - and he didn't trust him.  Heyman definitely possessed a sly, slimy and sneaky quality.

"Sorry to hear that," Paul was saying.

The redhead turned to the Canadian by her side, looking up into his face silently.  Adam was actually relieved when she didn't say anything to correct Heyman in his mention of a miscarriage.

"Thank you, Paul."  She glanced at Lesnar, giving him a small smile as he was looking at her questioningly, an actual look of sympathy on the big man's face.

The tall blond started to lead Amy away when Heyman's voice spoke again.

"So, you're coming to SmackDown?"

The couple stopped in their tracks, and Adam turned to glare at the man over his shoulder.  Although Heyman had said nothing wrong nor menacing in any way, he still didn't like him asking the redhead questions - not even one as innocent as that.

"I'm hoping to," Amy replied as she turned back to meet Paul's eyes.  "We'll see..."

"Yes, she is moving to SmackDown," the tall blond Canadian man said firmly, confidently, putting an end to this.  He turned back to the diva, gesturing that they should walk on.

Heyman and Brock watched as Adam and Amy continued on their way down the hall.

As Lesnar turned toward his agent, he couldn't help wondering about the odd expression on the other man's face.  If someone had asked, he wouldn't know how to describe that look.

*

Stephanie McMahon looked up at the knock on her office door.  She put the pen she was holding down on the small stack of papers on her desk.

"Come in!"

When the brunette saw Adam and the popular redheaded diva in the doorway, she stood up and instantly made her way to them.

"Hi!"  She faced the other woman.  "Amy, Adam called me the other night, as I'm sure you know, and told me what happened..."  The brunette grabbed hold of the redhead's hand as she gazed sympathetically into her eyes.  "I am so sorry.  How...how are you doing?"

"I'm...feeling a bit better - thanks."

"If you need anything...anything at all, just let me know."  Stephanie glanced up at the blond man as well.  "Both of you..."  She winced as she thought about what these two had gone through, the heartache they'd experienced.  She couldn't imagine the pain they were feeling at the loss of their unborn baby.  When Adam had called her with the news the previous night, she'd been near tears over the tragedy after she'd hung up.

The blond man held fast to his fiancee, his arm going around her waist protectively.

"What's the verdict on Amy being moved to SmackDown?" he asked.  "Have you spoken with Bischoff yet?"

"Yes, I have, as a matter of fact," the young woman answered.

"And?"

Amy gazed up into the face of the man she loved, taking note of the intensity in his green eyes as he anticipated Stephanie's response.

"And...Everything's arranged," the General Manager stated.  "Eric Bischoff doesn't understand the value of female wrestlers, so he was perfectly willing to part with Amy as well as Trish Stratus.  I even made him a trade deal, although I didn't have to go that far - he's getting the Big Show."

"Great..." the blond man said.  "I was afraid I was going to have to go pay Mr. Bischoff another visit and make him change his mind if he wasn't willing to part with Amy."

The redhead bit her lip, relieved that it didn't have to come to that.  She knew Adam would have done what he'd just said, too.

After awhile, Stephanie said, "You've got yourself a match against Kurt Angle tonight.  You," she said as she shifted her gaze to Amy, "are welcome to go out there to ringside with him if you want."

Amy gave her a surprised look.

"It's up to you - I'm not going to put you in any storylines for now if you're not ready for that.  But if you want to accompany your man to the ring, feel free to do so."

The redhead exchanged glances with Adam, who offered her a gentle smile and a wink of encouragement.

"Okay.  Thanks, Stephanie," she said gratefully.

The brunette smiled at both of them, and, that done, the couple departed the GM's office to go to Adam's locker room.

They didn't notice Paul Heyman standing in a corridor nearby, a smirk on his ugly face as he kept his eyes on the redhead.