"Jeff! Stop it! Please!" I yelped as I laughed.

"No, not till you take back what you just said." Jeff demanded while he continued to tickle me.

We had been sitting backstage in the Rec. Room during the taping of Raw is War. I was joking around with him when I said I thought that Dwayne *The Rock* was a better wrestler then him. Which I honestly think is true, but we just wont tell Jeffy that.

"You mean when I said Dwayne was a better wrestler then you?" I questioned him with a puzzled look on my face.

"FINALLLY... The Rock has come back to the rec. room," Dwayne entered sarcastically.

"Dwayne! Help me!!!" I yelped as I burst out into another fit of giggles.

"Hands off Hardy! Ray Ray is all mine." Dwayne joked as he picked me up and swung me around his shoulder.

"HEY!! WHAT AM I????! A CHAMPIONSHIP BELT? I DON'T THINK SO!" I screamed as I lightly pounded on Dwayne's back.

"Oh sorry," Dwayne apologized as he put me down.

"Thankies. For putting me down and saving me from Jeffero over there." I said innocently hiding behind Dwayne as I pointed towards Jeff.

"I'll get you later tonight," Jeff joked.

"Ohh, I'm shaking in my little space boots," I replied in my best Dr. Evil voice.

"You guys are like two little kids. I swear. I just don't know what to do with you anymore Ray Ray. You become more like a 2 year old everyday," Dwayne laughed.

"Oh I know! Isn't it just so amazing. And that is why you love me soo much Dwayne. Just cant resist," I joked.

"Oh you know it. Listen I gotta go. Bye Ray Ray, Bye Jeff," Dwayne exited.

"Toodles Dwayne!" I yelled in his direction.

"And once again we are alone," Jeff smirked.

"NO....." I giggled, "Hey, your done for the night aren't you?"

"Yes'm, why?" Jeff asked with a look of stupidity on his face.

"Wanna go see if we can take off?" I asked.

"Umm, sure. Why don't you go see Vince. He seems to like you much better then me." Jeff stated.

"That's only because I'm better looking then you!" I teased.

"You wish!" Jeff laughed.

"Whatever goober! I'll be right back." I yelled from the hallway.

While walking down the halls to Vince's office I began to sing Savage Garden's Truly Madly Deeply. It was probably one of my favorite love songs ever. That and I Swear by All 4 One. I was getting really into the song not realizing how loud I was starting to sing. When I stopped to check and see if I was going in the right direction some of the crew workers had stopped and started listening to me. When they noticed I had stopped they started clapping. "Umm, thank you. I think." I said slight blushing as I did a small bow. When I turned to go down the hall towards Vince's office, I seen Adam *Edge*.

"ADAM!!" I screamed as I made a running jump towards him and jumped on his back.

"Hey Re! Take it easy on my back okay, got hit with a chair you know. But I'm taking it you didn't watch it on the monitor." Adam explained.

"Awe, my poor wittle ol' baby. Want me to kiss it better?" I joked.

"Hey man, you really didn't watch it did you??" Adam asked.

"Nope, I know, I'm a bad wittle gurl! Forgive me." I teased.

"Okay. I forgive you. Where you headed?" Adam laughed.

"To Vince's office. Me and Jeff wanna go see if we can leave earlier then norm." I explained. "Ohh, well good luck. He's kinda little upset today. Don't know why. But since he likes you so much, he'll probably let you go." Adam answered.

"Okay, well, see you later tonight. Your going to the club right?" I replied.

"More then likely. Save me a dance for later." Adam called from the hallway.

"Okay," I said turning towards Vince's office door and knocking on it.

"Come in," Vince said in a muffled voice. I opened the door to his office and noticed he was on the phone.

"One minute Marie," Vince whispered.

I took a seat in the chair across from Vince's desk. As I got settled down I fixed my white tank top that had Angel written across it in baby blue letters. I pulled on my short denim shorts that were frayed at the edges. As I crossed my legs, I let my white flip flops dangle from my feet. As I sat there I started singing Here's To The Night in my head.

"Yes, Ms. Rodriguez. I'll see what I can do. Bye." Vince said into the phone. "Okay Marie, what is it you need this time?"

"Oh, me and Jeff were just wondering if we could leave early." I explained.

"I'd love to let you go, but, I cant. We're going to have you escort Y2J out tonight," Vince continued.

"WOAH, wait a minute here. When did me and Chris have a story line together. I thought we hated each other?!" I said shocked.

"Well, you never had a story line. But we want to see how the crowd would react to a Jade/Jericho story line. He's up against Rob tonight. Steph is going to be out there with him. She's going to be doing her little interferences and she's going to land up costing Chris his match. When she's in the ring trash talkin Chris. You get in get a couple of hits, manage to do the hurricana of the top rope and roll out of the ring and help Chris up the ramp. Got it?!" Vince explained in detail what was going to happen tonight.

"No problem, it's simple. Just support Chris and hurt Steph. That's easy. When's Chris on?" I repeated in my laymen's terms of what was supposed to happen.

"He's up in 20. Once the match is over, you and Jeff can take off," Vince continued.

"Okay. Thanks Vince. See you in Albany." I said as I got up to leave.

I had no time to waste. I had to change my shorts, do my hair and make up. I grabbed my sandals and started running back to the rec. room. Once I was there I explained to Jeff what was about to happen. Also told him to put my stuff in the car while I was at ringside. So that way we could just leave. Once I explained everything to him I started running again to my dressing room. As soon as the door shut behind me I grabbed my flight pants *pants like Lita's* pulled out my shoes and turned on the curling iron. While that was heating up I started with my make up. Just as soon as I finished putting my shoes on Chris knocked on the door.

"Come in," I said loud enough for Chris to hear me.

"Hey Re. Come on lets go, we're going to be late," Chris said dragging me out of the dressing room. Chris practically dragged me down the hallway. Just as we got up to the curtains Steph and Rob were making they're way towards the ring. Chris told me to wait about 2 seconds after him to walk out. As soon as Steph and Rob were in the ring Chris' music hit. I did as I was told.

"And the opponent, making his way to the ring being accompanied by Jade, Chris Jericho!" Lillian announced.

As we made our way down the ramp the crowd started roaring. I guess seeing me with him surprised them, as much as it did Stephanie. She couldn't believe I was out there. To tell you the truth, neither could I. I made my way to other side of the ring by the announcers booth where I overheard JR and Paul talking.

"What the hell is Jade doing out here?" Paul exclaimed.

"I don't know Paul. I'm just as shocked as you are. I thought she hated Chris Jericho," JR said in a shocked tone.

"Oh forget the explanations, Jade is a beautiful young woman and a great athlete. Jade would be an awesome member of the Alliance and if she would just realize who the better team is, she would see that the Alliance is a better team." Paul stated.

Hearing that I turned around and shook my head and gave Paul a dirty look. I turned back around as the match got under way.

"Well Paul, I think she was trying to tell you that her loyalty is with the WWF." JR laughed.

"Oh shut up JR and watch the match." Paul yelled.

"Fine," JR said still laughing.

The match went on as planned. Steph did what she was supposed to do. Jericho had The Walls of Jericho on Rob when Steph came into the ring hitting Chris in the back of the head with a steel chair and rolled right out dropping the chair on the canvas. Jericho holding his head didn't see Rob go up for the 5 Star Frog Splash. Rob executed the move perfectly and got the pin. Rob rolled out of the ring in pain as Steph stood in the ring pointing her finger at Jericho. She was like a sitting duck. I climbed in behind her and tapped her shoulder. As she turned around I slapped her, she looked to return the slap but I grabbed her arm and stopped her. I then pushed her back and Bulldogged her. I climbed up to the top turnbuckle and waited for Steph to get up. Just as she turned around I jumped off and did the Hurricana and rolled out of the ring. I made my way up the ramp and caught up with Chris, helping him make his way up. Once we got backstage I asked him if he was alright.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Awesome Hurricana back there." Chris complimented.

"Thank you. Well, I'm gonna be heading back to the hotel, need a lift?" I asked.

"No thanks. Thanks for the offer though. You'll be at the club later tonight though right?" Chris smirked.

"You know it," I responded.

"Save me a dance. K?" Chris said.

"Okay. Laters Chris." I yelled from the hallway.