1Disclaimer: I don't own any WWE superstars or other employees (including Shannon Moore -cries-) I do however own my OC and several other created characters. Nicole is a character based off my lil sis!

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A/N: Ok so I am skipping about two months a head here. Lila and Shannon have been together ever since the end of chapter six... Anyway, onward!

"Thanks for coming with me guys." Lila said with a smile to Nicole and Mike. Nicole turned around and smiled back at Lila, who was sitting in the back seat of Mike's Explorer.

"It's no problem chica!"

"Yeah, I want to see the Hardy's anyway." Mike said not taking his eyes off of the road. They had been driving for a couple of hours headed towards Cameron, North Carolina. Matt was having a party at his house and Lila decided to bring along Mike and Nicole, after talking to Matt of course. Her heart was beating as they passed a sign saying, 'Welcome to Cameron.' She hadn't seen Shannon in a few days, and she missed him terribly. As hard as it was for her to believe, let alone her family, she had fallen head over heels for him. Lila wasn't one of those people to fall for someone easily. Stemming from a bad "first love" type of relationship she pretty much was terrified of it.

"So, did Matt say who all was going to be there?" Nicole asked.

"Umm, well the normal gang, also I think Chavo, Rey-Rey, and a bunch of Matt's Indy friends... Other than that I'm really not too sure." Lila said shrugging her shoulders. She could swear her heart was about to jump right out of her chest. She still got those excited butterflies when she knew she was going to see Shannon. Granted, Nicole said she got the same feeling around Mike still, so she knew it couldn't be all bad.

"Should we stop at a hotel first?" Mike asked slowing down as they hit the main town.

"No, I talked to Matt earlier. He said we could stay there. He has a few extra beds to spare." Lila said now anxiously looking out the windows. The town couldn't have been more beautiful, especially at sunset. Lila had been to Matt's house a few times when she stayed with Shannon, but for some reason this time just felt different. They pulled up to the beautiful house and parked among the various cars in the driveway and front lawn. They had only gotten lost three times before Mike finally took Lila's advice on how to get there. Lila climbed out of the car and slammed the door.

"If you would have told me, 'shut up I know where I'm going' one more time I would have slapped you." She said rubbing her neck.

"Hey, I thought I knew where I was going." He said with a defensive tone. Nicole just stepped back with a slight laugh, she knew not to get between these two.

"Well next time how about taking the directions from the girl who was here less than 3 weeks ago rather than acting all macho!" Lila took a deep breath and narrowed her eyes, glaring daggers at Mike.

"Next time I will ask you, alright?" he said giving up.

"See, it's not so hard for you two to get along." Nicole said throwing an arm around both of the people beside her. "Let's just get our butts in there and have a good time." Mike and Lila both laughed slightly.

"Do you think we should take our bags in?" He asked changing the subject.

"Nah, we can just come back and get them a little bit later." Lila said, mostly because she was anxious to get to Shannon. No one was out front, so they suspected Matt had most everyone in his new pool out back. They knocked on the door and it was opened almost immediately by the rainbow haired warrior.

"Jeff!" Lila screamed jumping into his arms. He returned the hug and carried her backward allowed Mike and Nicole into the house.

"How are you doing darlin?" Jeff asked finally putting her down.

"Oh, I'm doing pretty damn good, especially now." Lila replied smiling. "Where's Shannon?" Jeff quickly scanned the room.

"You know I'm not actually sure. He might be outback with Matt." Jeff was never a good liar, but Lila figured she'd check it out anyway.

"Ok, I'll be right back guys." She said before making her trek through the house.

"Ok man..." Mike said rasing an eyebrow. "You've never been a good liar. What's going on." Jeff's kept darting around the room before finally coming to rest on Mike. He gave a small sigh.

"Crystal is here."

"Who's Crystal?" Nicole asked looking more towards Mike. She could tell from the tone of Jeff's voice that it wasn't a good subject.

"Crystal is Shannon's ex wife." Mike said, almost the same tone. "What is she doing here?"

"She said she wanted to talk to Shannon." Jeff said leading the two of them into the kitchen. He handed both of them a beer and grabbed one for himself. "They went to 'talk' and I haven't seen either of them yet."

"That doesn't sound good." Nicole said staring intently at Jeff.

"Trust me it's not." He replied taking a sip of his own beer.

"You don't think Shannon would... do anything with her would he?" Mike asked. Yeah, he and Lila might fight sometimes, but that doesn't mean he wanted anyone hurting her.

"I know he's head over heels for Lila. I mean, he's said that a couple of times I mean trust me... I know when Shannon loves someone..." Jeff said, seemingly having trouble forming words.

"Why do I feel a but coming on?" Nicole said getting more and more panicked.

"Because he's been drinking... for a few hours. He's pretty much gone."

"Oh great." Mike said setting his beer on the counter and heading back into the living room.

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"Hey lug-heads!" Lila said brightly as she found Matt and Shane.

"Hello there beautiful!" Matt said picking her up and spinning her around. "Ready for a swim?"

"No! Matt no!" She screamed as her carried her toward his pool. Shane was doubled over laughing behind them. "Matt you better put me down!" He finally released her near the edge of the pool, she just playfully swatted his arm.

"We've been wondering where you guys were." Shane said giving her a hug.

"Yeah, Mike decided to get lost three times before taking my directions." Lila said shaking her head. She smiled at Matt who returned it times ten. Aside from Shannon she had become the closest with Matt out of the North Carolina gang. He and John were always there when she needed them, looking out for her. She couldn't have been more grateful. Their was even an incident almost a month before when Shannon caught Matt and Lila sleeping in the same bed, but luckily Shannon was trusting. He knew that nothing happened. It was just the way Matt and Lila's relationship was, and she couldn't have been happier. "So where's Shannon? Jeff said he might be out here."

"Actually, I have no idea where Shannon is." Matt said seriously and Shane agreed. Neither of them had seen Crystal arrive at the party. "However he was hitting the juice pretty hard, he might be laying down somewhere."

"He was drinking already?" Lila asked raising her eyebrows.

"Yeah he was pretty much hammered." Shane said with a slight giggle to his voice.

"Listen, whenever he gets hammered he stays in the biggest guest room. You go upstairs, turn left down the hallway and it's the first door on your right."

"Thanks Matt." Lila said hugging him. She made her way back into the house and back upstairs. She didn't see Mike come flying out to the backyard to find her. Jeff and Nicole waited in the living room.

"I have no idea where she is." Mike said coming back in. Lila had only ever been upstairs at Matt's house one time so she was basically in new territory. Most of the walls were white with various pictures of his and Jeff's accomplishments hanging on the wall. She even passed a few pictures of Shan, Shane, and of course tons of family portraits. She turned left down the hallway and she saw that the first door was slightly ajar. She thought about fixing her hair, but decided against it. She just wanted to see him. She placed her hand on the doorknob and she heard some movement from inside the room. A bad feeling began rising in the pit of her stomach. She pushed open the door slightly and her breath caught in her chest. Shannon was laying on the guest bed, but someone was on top of him. She was a smaller girl with long blonde hair, basically she looked like the definition of a trophy wife. Her shirt was off displaying her hot pink bra and she was straddling Shannon, leaning down capturing his lips with hers. She stood in shock for a few moments, then as quietly and quickly as she could she made her way back down the stairs. Nicole spotted her immediately and she knew something was wrong. She grabbed Lila's arm making her stop and turn towards her.

"What happened?" She said concerned. Quickly both Mike and Jeff we standing beside Nicole.

"Mike I need your keys." Lila said as calmly as possible. In fact she was so calm it was almost frightening.

"I don't think that's a good..."

"Mike please just give me your damn keys." Her eyes were dark and Nicole let go of her arm.

"Lila what happened?" Jeff asked his hand taking the place of Nicole's. Mike had his keys out and he handed them to her. Lila tried to pull away but Jeff held onto his grip.

"Let's just say this Jeff... Upstairs in the guest bedroom Shannon always stays in..." Jeff nodded urging her to continue. "It's almost like that marriage never ended." Her voice began to shake a little as Jeff pulled her into a hug.

"He doesn't know what he's doing, he's drunk." He said softly to her. Lila pulled away from him and turned to the door without another word. She slammed it behind her and tension hung in the air.

"I should go after her." Nicole said handing her beer to Mike, but he grabbed her hand and pulled her close placing a kiss on her head.

"She needs to be alone right now babe." He said softly. Jeff walked outside and they were alone for a few moments before Matt Hardy came flying by them and up the stairs. "This is not going to be good." He made it to the top of the steps in a matter of seconds with Jeff, Nicole, and Mike on his heels. He threw open the guest room door and this time Shannon was on top of Crystal. He was shirtless and she was wearing nothing but her underwear. Matt saw red. He grabbed Shannon by the shoulders and pulled him off of Crystal with all his might making Shannon slam into the back wall.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing?" He roared. Shannon sat still for a moment looking between Matt and Crystal.

"What's going on?" He asked his voice laced with confusion, he was slurring horribly. He turned to the door and saw Nicole staring at him. Mike's hands were firmly grabbing her arms so she wouldn't kill both Shannon and Crystal.

"Lila?" He said aloud more to himself. He stood up as quickly as possible leaning on the wall for support. "Where's Lila?"

"She's gone." Matt said through clenched teeth.

"What do you mean he's gone?" Shannon asked loudly, the shock of what he was doing finally hit him and he seemed to sober up quickly.

"She's gone you stupid son of a bitch! She left! And I swear to God..." Nicole said turning toward Crystal. "If you do not get the fuck out of here I am going to beat the living hell out of you!" Mike looked pleadingly at Jeff. Nicole was damn strong and if she wanted to kick someone's ass nothing was stopping her.

"I think I'm here with Shannon and you really can't dictate what I do." Crystal said crossing her arms over her chest. Nicole lunged at her, but both Mike and Jeff stopped her.

"I want you out of my house!" Matt screamed looking at Crystal.

"Fine, come on Shannon." She said pulling on her skirt and tank-top. She made a move towards the door, but Shannon stayed still. "Come on Shan, obviously you want me. That point was evident before we were interrupted."

"Get out Crystal." He said his voice stern but quiet.

"Oh come on Shan, we have history. You have been with this other tramp for not even three months..."

"GET OUT!" He finally screamed. Crystal turned on her heels and quickly left the room dodging another attempt by Nicole to attack her. The five people left in the room stood in silence. Until Matt pushed Shannon back up against the wall. Ever since Amy had cheated on him with Adam Copeland, who was suppose to be one of his best friends, he thought the entire idea of cheating was extremely repulsive.

"What the FUCK is wrong with you?" Matt's voice echoed through the room.

"I... I don't know what I was thinking." Shannon replied, his eyes red. "I don't even remember Crystal getting here."

"Well guess what she was here! And Lila saw the two of you and I have no idea where she is, and you deserve to get your ass kicked!" Nicole said still being held back by Mike. Shannon put his head in his hands.

"I have to find her." He said stumbling toward Jeff who stopped him.

"Yeah no." He said pushing Shannon back towards Matt. "You aren't going anywhere."

"I have to find her, I have to explain... I have to say I'm sorry."

"I'll find her." Matt said his voice still scathing. He refused to look directly at Shannon. "You just stay here and sober up. You better have a good excuse IF I can get her to come back." Matt left the room without another word and Shannon slid to the floor silently sobbing.

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Lila held off the tears until she pulled into a park at the opposite end of town. She slammed the front door shut and walked a few hundred yards into the woods where a small spring was. Shannon had brought her here before, and not many people knew about it so hopefully she would be alone. She sat down in the grass and stared at the water, suddenly everything came flooding to the surface and she began sobbing. She sat shaking, rocking back and forth, trying to make her body calm down, but it didn't want to listen to her. She pulled her phone out of her pocket and flipped through her numbers. She didn't want to call Matt, assuming Jeff hadn't talked to him, she didn't want to ruin his party, and she knew John had his first date tonight with some girl named Allie so she didn't want to bother him. She just put her phone on silent and back into her pocket. The sun was completely down and the air was slightly chilly, but Lila didn't care. She laid down on the grass and cried for what seemed like ages. When she finally sat back up and walked over towards the water she dipped her hand in, just for something to do. She didn't really have anywhere to go. She supposed she could go to Gill's, he loved her like a daughter, even told her so. However she worried it was too late. She pulled out her phone seeing three missed calls from Nicole, two from Jeff, three from Matt, and five from Shannon. She closed her phone again and sighed. Well, Matt found out, and she felt bad for ruining his party. Suddenly she heard some twigs snap from behind her and turning quickly she lowered herself into the grass then sat incredibly still.

"Lila?" A voice with a thick southern accent said softly. She knew he could see her.

"Hey Matt..."