Laura had got backstage with a small round of applause by the ring crew who had been watching on the monitors. "Great segment Lau, that looked awesome"

"Yeah you really showed the deadman you can wrestle" Laura smiled at their comments but then said "I don't think he's too happy, and for that reason I'm gonna run because I know he's gonna be after me" with that said she smiled once more but then turned to head down the hallways to head to the lockers.

That wasn't as bad as I thought it was gonna be. The adrenaline rush she got when she went through that curtain was amazing. In her hometown in front of 20 thousand people she had gone out there and was just blown away by the response she got. "But the look in the deadmans eyes told me a different story" she said quietly as she got to the locker room to change into her street clothes. "It wont be long before he's banging on my door demanding answers" with that in mind she got all her things together and decided to head back to the hotel quickly before Mark hunted her down.

"Dammit! What the hell was all that about!" Mark shouted as he got backstage and saw all the frightened looks on people's faces. "Where is she!?" he shouted to them all but they were too scared to answer him.

Luckily Glen was standing not to far away when he saw his brother marching with a purpose to go and find somebody. He had been watching the match so he knew it was Laura he was after. Feeling angry and protective, he went over and grabbed his brother by the arm to stop him.

"Let go Glen" Mark said fiercely but Glen remained calm "No"

"Let me go" again Glen just stood there and said, "No, you're coming with me" then he dragged his brother forcefully down the hallway until he found an empty room.

Once he found one, he yanked Mark inside and slammed the door "Jeez and I thought I was the stronger one" Mark said holding the spot on his arm where Glen had grabbed him.

"Let me outta hear Glen"

"Why?"

"Because I need to go and find Laura"

"What for?"

"What for? She interrupted my damn match that's why!"

"So getting angry at her will help you in what way?"

"Because I'm gonna go and knock some sense into her"

"You put one finger on her and I'll weave your head into the canvas" Mark looked at his brother completely outraged,

"Why are you sticking up for her!"

"If we're playing that game Mark, why the hell are you so scared about working with her!"

"Hey Lau wait up" Laura turned to see Jeff Hardy running towards her, "What's up Jeff?" she said with a small smile to her good friend

"You haven't bumped into Taker since the match have you?" he said with concern in his voice.

"No I haven't seen him since the match, why?"

"Erm, when he came backstage after his match he went crazy demanding that people should tell him where you are" Laura's eyes widened a little bit and she said "Well where is he? Where's he gone?"

"He's alright now, he's with Glen but he was quite pissed"

"I don't see why he's behaving like this, it's only a damn storyline and if he can't seem to get over his fear of women then that's his own problem. But treating me like shit when he doesn't even know me is ridiculous" with that said she turned around and carried on walking down the corridors towards the exit. Jeff looked on at her and sighed, Laura was right. Mark needed to grow up and face the facts that it was only a storyline.

Laura was walking down the corridor where all the superstars had their own dressing rooms. Most of them were pretty quiet but she had heard movement from inside one of them and carefully approached it. She stood outside the door that was still open a little bit so she could hear what was going on. But he stomach nearly did summersaults when she heard it was Mark and what sounded like Glen arguing about someone or something.

"I am NOT scared about working with her! She means nothing to me and always will mean nothing. She's just another diva who wants to jump into bed with everybody on the roster, complete trash that I don't want anything to do with! She can't even wrestle just like all the others!"

Laura had heard enough, finding it difficult to decide whether to be angry or to cry, She walked down the corridor with her head hung low to make her way back to the hotel, Mark's words still ringing in her ears.

When Mark had said that, Glen lost it and punched his brother square in the jaw. Mark went down and held it "What the hell man!" he groaned and checked to see whether he was bleeding. Thankfully he wasn't but looked back up at his brother who was fuming.

"You know damn well that what you just said isn't true at all! Laura came here 5 years ago to wrestle and that's what she has done every single night, just like all of us she puts her body through hell and devotes her life to making every single fan happy! She has only dated 1 person throughout her time here and has never implied she wants to sleep with anybody! She is not trash at all and even somebody as idiotic as you can even see that! What the hell are you so fucking afraid of!"

Mark just stared up at his brother listening to everything he had said. "Think before you say something else, otherwise I will definitely break your jaw this time" Looking down at the floor Mark tried not to cry, finally admitting defeat to his little brother is something he hated doing. But Glen knew instantly he had won this battle "You gonna say something?" Mark still looked at the floor but then said "I feel so alone Glen, ever since Sara left me its like a huge hole has been punched in my chest"

Glen had to lean down to listen closely to what Mark had said, being tall did have its disadvantages sometimes, especially hearing some people talk. So he sat himself down on the couch near his brother who was still sat on the floor after Glen had punched him so hard he had fallen.

"She's gone and took everything away"

"But I thought you'd moved on from all of this Mark, some days when I see you you're smiling and look happy"

"That's only when I fake it, I've got nothing to smile about anymore"

"Mark you've got plenty of things to be happy about, you're successful career, your fans around the world"

"I always think about that, but it doesn't fill the hole in my chest"

"Well, what or who will?"

Mark sat on the floor and thought about it, then he thought of Laura. Glen watched his brother and could tell who he was thinking about, "Laura" Mark looked up and tried to be all defensive "No" he said quickly and Glen rolled his eyes.

"You can't lie from me you dork I'm your brother, plus you don't exactly hide it well when you think about her, your eyes light up with a sparkle" Mark fell quiet again getting angry to admit defeat again.

Glen looked smugly at his brother for winning again but said "Mark, how do you really feel about her?" he was asking cautiously in case Mark went berserk again, instead Mark remained calm and said "I don't know"

"That doesn't help, did you really mean all the things you said about her?" Mark looked back down at the floor and said quietly "No"

"Well then there must have been a reason for it"

"I suppose there is"

"So would you care to tell me, or would you like another punch?" Glen hated bullying his brother to get him to admit things, but sometimes it was the only way to do it.

"Also, why haven't you spoken to her for the past 5 years. Is there a reason for that too?"

"Glen there's reasons for all of this" Mark said suddenly snapping and rising from the floor. He started pacing and Glen said "Well we're not getting any younger sitting here, in fact I can feel myself aging waiting for your answers so please just go right ahead"

"The reason I haven't spoken to her since she's been here is because from day one I thought she was the most beautiful young woman I have ever laid my eyes on and I still do now"

"Okayyyyy but what's that got to do with avoiding her?"

"I avoided her because I was married, the more I avoided Laura the more I could live happily with Sara"

"So let me get this straight, you love or loved Laura for all of these years but never told anybody?" Mark opened his mouth to say something but nothing came out. Was Glen right? Did he love Laura?

"Mark if you leave your mouth hanging open any longer bats will soon start to think it's a new home" Mark closed his mouth and glared at his brother for all of the silly comments he was making.

"Oh come on lighten up bro, now that we've cleared this all up you can go and speak to her and apologise for being such an ass"

"I guess"

"Be more positive"

"Come on man I just wanna forget this, forget everything I admitted" Glen smiled a little and said "And what did you admit to again?"

"That I have been and still am crazy about Laura" Glen laughed and shook his head heading towards the door.

"And you're laughing at?" Mark said testily hating when people laughed at him.

"Well all you said was that you thought Laura was beautiful, you never admitted that you were crazy about her, it was me that pointed that out to you. Now if you can pull yourself together and get your head out your ass I suggest you go and apologise to Laura for treating her like crap these past few years, because whether you like it or not, this storyline has officially begun and you're either in or you go and tell Vince the truth. I suggest you make your decision soon"

Authors Note: Hurrayyy we finally got there! The soft side to Mark has finally come out. He isn't a robot afterall.. now he finally has feelings :) lol I shall be posting more up soon, but for now enjoy! :)