-1Disclaimer: Anyone you recognize, I don't own. The nobody's your never heard of... yep them bitches is mine lol.

Xytne's off the hook... even though i want to know what happened to Petey now... sheesh, such a meenie lol. But all angry mobs will have to wait until she stops updating again.

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I didn't know where to go. I wasn't really close to any of the Japanese wrestlers and all I really had were Ki and Steve, and I couldn't run to them. I think I was still somewhat in shock at the fact Matt had followed me from Phili. It was true, I did like him, but I had turned him down. And then when I had tried to apologize, and tell him I wanted to be with him, he turned me down. I knew after that it wouldn't end up well. Matt and Jack where like brothers to me. I had met them through Austin when he started wrestling in ROH, and had been friends ever since. I didn't want to risk losing them, because in all honesty they were all i had. Why I was so mad that they had come to Japan, I wasn't sure.

Everything at once was just to much for me to take. I couldn't handle it. I walked around backstage until i found a secluded enough hallway and sat down against the wall. I wrapped my legs up to my chest and laid my head on my arms, and did something I normally didn't do.

I cried.

I don't know why, but ever since I was little, I never cried. I guess I never let anything get to me. I spent almost all of my time with Austin, so I guess I felt like I had to always appear unbreakable.

Oh god, Austin. I hadn't even said goodbye to him before I left. I fished my phone out of my pocket and quickly dialed his cell phone.

It rang six or seven times before he finally picked up.

"Hello?"

"Oh god, Austin, i am so sorry." I sobbed into the phone.

"Laine? Lainy sweetie what's wrong?" He said, concern dripping from every word he spoke.

"I...I'm a horrible sister." I said, before a fresh wave of tears came on.

"Lainy, where are you?" Austin asked

"Japan." I sniffed.

All I heard was Austin's steady breathing on the other end of the line.

"Austin. I'm sorry. Just say something. Please." I begged, tears flowing more steadily

"What do you want me to say Laine? I thought you were coming home? I thought I was finally gonna be able to spend some real time with my sister. But I get hurt, you leave me in a parking lot and then call me three days later and tell me your halfway across the world. What the hell do you want me to say Laine?"

"Austin, I'm sorry." I cried, trying to control myself.

"Sorry doesn't cut it Laine. I'll see you in three years." He said gruffly, before the line went dead.

I let the phone drop from my ear to the floor, and cried harder than i think i ever have.

"Laine is that you?" A voice came from down the hall, along with the loud sound of running footsteps.

I looked up slightly to see a worried Jack Evans running towards me.

"Laine sweetie, what's wrong?" He said, leaning down next to me and placing a hand on my back.

"Everything." I sobbed, wrapping my arms around his neck and crying into his chest.

"He hates me." I mumbled through tears.

"Who? Ki? Matt?"

I shook my head, sniffing back my tears slightly.

"Austin." I said, before i broke down again, crying even harder than before.

"Shh, sweetie, your fine." He said, rocking me back and forth.

"No Jack. I'm not. Everything's ruined. I screwed it up with Matt. I screwed it up with Ki. I screwed it up with Austin. Steve is leaving. I cant do this anymore Jack. Just make the pain stop." I cried, clinging tightly to him.

"Sweetie, look at me. You will never ever lose us. Ki still loves you, God knows Matt does, and Austin is your brother. He will forgive you. And Steve may be leaving Japan, but he isn't leaving you. You will always have us. You will always have me."

"It still hurts Jack. Make it all stop. Make it go away."

"I cant sweetie. I wish I could but I cant. Now come on sweetie. You have to get ready. You got your big return tonight." He said, trying to cheer me up. I just cried harder.

"Laine, you cant run from him forever. You have to face him."

"I know." I cried, my tears beginning to slow.

"Now come on. Lets go get you beautiful." He said, picking me up and standing me on my feet.

He looked at me and smiled, and wiped away a few tears from my face and tucked a piece of hair behind my ear.

"Its going to be okay sweetie. I promise." He said with a reassuring smile.

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As we neared the locker room door I stopped.

"I cant go in there Jack."

"What why not?" Jack asked, stopping next to me.

"I cant go in there. Not while Matt's there."

Jack sighed.

"Your going to be working with him tonight you know that right?"

I sighed. "Yah, but that's different. Out there, I'm not me. I'm in character. It's different. Everything that happens out there doesn't mean anything."

Jack sighed as well. "Okay come here." He said, leading me into the nearest locker room, where Steve was sitting on the bench inside.

"Laine! There you are, you have Ki worried sick." He said, jumping up and wrapping me in a hug.

"Just stay here for a minute Laine, I'll be right back." Jack said before walking back out of Steve's locker room.

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"Dude, out." Jack said, as he came walking back into Matt and his locker room.

"What?" Matt asked confused.

"Get out. I found Laine, and i got her to come back, but she wont if your in here."

"Uh, fine. Tell her I'm really sorry okay. And I'll see her tonight."

"Whatever man just get out, she needs to get ready!" Jack pressed, shooing Matt out.

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(A/N: I don't know how to type in Japanese lol, so for this, yes they are speaking in Japanese, but this is the English translation)

"LADIES AND GENTLEMAN! MAY I INTRODUCE TO YOU, MAKING HIS RETURN TONIGHT, LOW...KI." The announcers voice boomed.

Low Ki's music began to play as he made his way to the ring looking ready for a fight.

"AND HIS OPPONENT FOR THE EVENING, MAKING HIS DEBUT, MATT SYYYYYYDAL."

Matt's music also began to play, but he stopped on the ramp with a mic in hand.

"Cut the music." Matt said into the mic

"Now now now Ki, don't you look eager?" Matt said, smirk firmly played across his lips as Ki paced back and forth across the ring.

"You see, I have every intention of fighting you tonight. But you know me, I'm just a confused little American, all alone in Japan. But you, you have help. So I thought hey, why not even up the score a little?" Matt laughed, as Ki stopped pacing and stared straight at him.

"So, ladies and gentleman, put your hands together, for Miss. LAINE ARIES!" Matt said, as Ki's face dropped.

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I walked out to the roar of the crowd. It was electrifying. One of those moments I will probably never forget. I hadn't been away for that long, but stepping out there on that stage, made it seem like an eternity since i was last there.

I smiled over at Matt who twirled me in front of him, until my back was turned to his chest, when he pulled me into him. I hung onto his hand and wrapped it around my waist, as he kissed my neck. I hadn't expected that. It was a strange sensation. Like coming into a warm house after playing in the snow. I felt oddly, safe in his arms. I quickly shook those thoughts away from my mind. This wasn't real. This wasn't me. This was just a promo.

"Now Ki, you didn't think after what you did to me, I would just go and forgive you and come running back to your side did you? No, that wasn't gonna happen. See, I went out and found myself a real man." I paused as i ran my finger down Matt's exposed chest.

Matt just smiled down at me.

"See Ki, I went out and got me a man who knows how to get the job done. Inside the ring….. And out, something you know nothing about." I smirked, as I laced my fingers in Matt's.

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"Jesus Christ, Laine are you okay?" Matt asked, leaning down over me as Ki struggled to get to his feet.

"Do I look like I am okay?" I screamed, clutching my knee in pain. I had tried to go off the top rope for a hurricanrana, but I landed completely wrong. I knew immediately something was wrong.

"Can you straighten it out?" He asked, placing a hand on my back helping me sit up a little.

I tried to straighten my leg but pain shot all through my body as I did, making me immediately grab my knee again.

"Shit, Laine this isn't good."

"No shit Sherlock!" I yelled back.

Matt stood up and motioned towards the entrance ramp. A few seconds later Jack slid into the ring next to me.

"Dude, she is hurt. Bad. You got to get her out of here man." Matt told Jack, who quickly nodded, and began easing me to of the ring. I screamed loudly as my whole body shook with pain. After some maneuvering from Jack and Matt, I finally got out of the ring, and Jack carried me towards the back. As we did, I heard Matt's music playing through the arena. They had ended the match early.

Jack took me back to the locker room, and laid me down gently on the couch. As soon as he did, Matt Ki and Steve all came bursting into the locker room.

"We need to get her to a hospital man." Jack said to Matt.

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"Hey sweetie, how you feeling?" Jack asked as he came slowly into my hospital room.

"How the fuck do you think I feel?" I shot angrily.

"Look, sweetie, its not that bad…" He started to say

"Not that bad? Not that bad? Jack I tore my ACL and my MCL.. I'm gonna have to have surgery, I have no insurance and no money, and my doctor doesn't even speak English. This is pretty damn bad Jack."

"Laine chill out. Your gonna be fine. I called Austin. He has you on his insurance still so you don't have to worry about that."

"You called him? What the hell Jack."

"Okay seriously Laine, I am trying to help you. Knock off the attitude already, its getting old." Jack spat.

"Now, Austin's problem is, his insurance will only cover the surgery back in the states. You have to go home."

"I am home Jack." I said quietly, still a little in shock at how he had blown up at me.

"No Laine your not. You know it. Now get over what ever shit you have going on in your head, because you are coming back."

I didn't answer.

Jack took a step closer and took my hand in his.

"Laine. We care about you. We all do. But our homes are lives, everything is back in the states. Ki is going, Steve is too, Me and Matt wont stay long, and we need you with us Laine." He said, before using his free hand to pull something out of his back pocket.

"Two tickets to Phili. One for you and one for your leg." He said with a slight smile, before giving my hand one last squeeze and walking away towards the door.

I let him leave. I wasn't sure what to say. A part of me knew he was right. Japan wasn't my home. It was a place to run away to. Nothing else. And even then, Japan wasn't really my place to run to, Ki was. He was always there for me, and he was always in Japan.

But another part of me knew this wasn't going to end well. Not after I had fucked it up with Matt, and Austin. Roddy was probably pissed off at me too. I don't think Colt's ever been mad at a person in his life, but I might be an exception. What I did was wrong. I lied to them, I left them, not once but twice. I didn't think i could even look them in the face again.

And what was I supposed to do after my surgery? I was going to be in bed for at least 2 months, and there was no way I was stepping into the ring for at least 6. I wouldn't have any money, so even if they let me back into the house I couldn't pay rent. Sure they were my family, but they were also just barely making it by.

This wasn't going to be a fun flight home.

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AH! Sad day, Laine is hurt! But happy side, She is going home! More updates to come soon!

-PA6