+Chapter 7+

Hazel stared at her brother and Michelle feeling unable to move in any direction. What was this plan that Taker had concocted and why did she have to leave Jeff for the plan to work? Taker looked at his sister and smiled.
"Don't you have somewhere to be?"

"I don't know. Do I?" she snapped back without thinking.

Jericho looked at Hazel wondering if Taker would become irate with her for her reply. She didn't care really. She'd walked away from Jeff for no reason. Broken his heart for a plan that her brother had thought up. She'd hurt him too badly to even try to take it back now. Taker grinned at his sister. "Why are you upset? You left Jeff. You didn't even know why you were supposed to but you did without question. That's what I love about you; you do what needs to be done with no questions. It either makes you incredibly stupid or loyal."

Hazel's frustrations boiled over. "But why did I have to leave him?!" she demanded.

"Jeff is one of the most talented superstars in the WWE…"

"…So why'd you want me to leave him?!" she cut her brother off.

Taker's laughter had been replaced by a slowly brooding anger. "You will learn eventually…"he said pushing past her with Michelle.

Hazel glared at Jericho. She knew he knew more than she did about the plan. He looked at her and shrugged his shoulders. "You'll learn to live without Jeff… I promise you it will get easier. If you follow the plan, everyone will be happy. You were fine with leaving Jeff yesterday." He muttered before walking away from her.

"I wasn't fine with anything! I thought things would be ending differently." She called after him but he never responded.

She twirled a piece of her long brunette hair around her finger trying to figure out what she should do next. She heard someone approach her and looked up to see Punk standing before her.

"Your brother said I'd find you here." He announced looking at her as she glared back at him. Her green eyes focused on him.

"What are you looking for me for?" she snapped.

Punk chuckled as he sensed her anger towards him. "We need to talk about the match tonight."

"What match?"

"Jeff verses me." Punk replied smiling.

"And how do I fit into this?" she demanded.

He looked at her with surprise on her face. "You don't know?" he laughed as she shook her head. "You left Jeff… to align with me."

Hazel's eyes shot up in rage as she looked into the eyes of a man she hated for everything he'd done to Jeff. She shook her head violently as Punk looked on.

"Are you insane?! I'd never side with you!" she screamed feeling like she was in a nightmare she couldn't wake up from.

"It's part of the plan. You need to be ringside with me tonight." He demanded.

"I'd rather be shot." She snapped feeling powerless to the insanity.

Punk laughed at her as he passed her. "That could be arranged. Be out there or else we'll see if I'm bluffing."

She watched as Punk walked away from her. She couldn't react to what was going on around her. It was impossible. She thought back to the first time anyone mentioned the 'plan' to her. When this all originally started, she didn't know that her brother was involved or that she'd have to leave Jeff. 'Maybe this was a big mistake.' She thought to herself. She ran her hands through her hair as she replayed the past few days in her head over and over. It seemed that a small plan had grown into a huge web of deceit and now, she didn't know who to trust and who to watch her back around. Before she knew it, she was face to face with her brother. Fire burned in his eyes as he stared at her. "Punk said you're being difficult! I told you, do what I say and you'll have everything you want!" he spat at her.

She looked at her brother. She wanted to cry. Wanted to scream. "What do I have to do?" she asked softly.

Taker noted her change and backed off of her a bit, "Go to ringside and cheer for Punk. That's all." He stated as he walked away from her. "Get dressed." He called back to her.

Hazel stood in the hallway trying to wrap her mind around the situation. She saw someone standing to her far right. She glanced up and saw Jeff standing there looking at her oddly. He approached her and looked at her, even though she tried not to look into his eyes.

"Hazel… what's going on?" he pressed.

"How long have you been there?" she questioned.

"I saw your brother. What is he making you do? Is this why you left me?" he pressed reaching out for her hands but she pulled away from him. "Hazel, let me help you." He added seeing the tears streaking down her cheeks.

She wiped the tears and adjusted her loose hair away from her face. "I never meant to start a war. You know I never wanna hurt you." She muttered sadly before turning to walk away from him.

He reached out and caught her hand in his. She turned around and stared at their interlocking hands. She knew that if she wanted 'everyone to be happy' she would have to play by her brother's rules and couldn't be close to Jeff. She sadly pulled her hand away from his. 'I'm sorry' she mouthed to him as she walked away.

+Later the Show+

Hazel looked at herself in the mirror. She was trying a new look for the show tonight. She figured she was miserable and she wanted everyone to know she was miserable. Her once golden brown hair was now a jet black color and was messily wrapped into a bun. She had dark, smoky eye makeup. She pulled on her tight, black jeans and buttoned the button at the waist. She sighed as she slipped on a white halter top and laced up her boot laces. There was a knock at the door. She rose to her feet and walked to the door. Punk stood there grinning ear to ear when he saw her.

"It's time."

She grabbed her title and followed him to the ramp. Jeff was in the ring when Punk's theme music hit. Hazel walked out with Punk with little enthusiasm. The crowd booed wildly as they realized Hazel was with Punk. As they approached the ring, Jeff eyed Hazel with wide eyes. She couldn't look at Jeff. She knew she'd betrayed him so badly that she just couldn't face him. Punk entered the ring and tried to rally the fans but they were against him. He motioned for Hazel to enter the ring. Even though she didn't want to, she knew that she had to do exactly what the plan was, and as much as she hated it, she had to keep up the charade. Punk held the ropes for her as she walked into the ring. Jeff stared at her in disbelief as Punk wrapped his arms around her and kissed her lips. Hazel never agreed to this. She fought Punk's arms and pushed him off of her quickly. She wiped her lips in disgust as Jeff looked at her, realizing that this was part of what her brother wanted her to do. Jeff wiped Punk into the ring post and began wailing into him as Hazel exited the ring. She stood outside the ring, not cheering either competitor. She showed no emotion and it was obvious she wasn't happy being with Punk. The match raged on as Hazel stood on the outside. The crowd began booing as Michelle McCool charged the ring and began attacking Hazel on the outside of the ring. Punk smirked as Jeff became distracted by McCool's interference. Punk set Jeff up for the GTS and nailed it perfectly and pinned Jeff for the 3 count. McCool and Hazel were still battling on the outside of the ring when a loud explosion occurred on the stage. When the smoke cleared, everyone was shocked to see an unexpected visitor had entered the arena.