"Hey… Summer? Summer you alright?" Randy asked as he watched Summer exit the toilets to join the party. But she looked pissed off and wouldn't even look Randy in the eye.

"Summer? Talk to me" Randy took Summer's arm but she yanked free, "Don't you dare talk to me" Summer replied in a low growl. She was pissed off with everything, she thought Randy was a friend but it turned out he was just Ashley's little decoy.

"What's wrong?" Randy asked puzzled with Summer's sudden anger,

"You that's what's wrong!"

"What have I done?"

"You're in this together with Ashley aren't you?"

"In what?"

"Stop acting all innocent!"

"Summer what's gotten into you!"

"You and Ashley plotting against me all this time!"

"Sum-"

"Don't okay… just don't! I've had all this before Randy and it almost killed me. Whatever plan you've got forming with Ashley just drop it okay! I'm not leaving Steve for you!" Summer choked back the tears as she turned around and headed deeper into the crowd of people. She couldn't let Steve see her crying, as he'd go on a rampage to find the asshole that caused her tears. So she breathed in and out deeply and eventually calmed herself down before she reached Steve and the gang.

"Summer, honey you alright?" Steve asked as he noticed Summer heading towards the group. She walked over to him and smiled as he put his arm around her and kissed her head.

"I'm okay Steve" Summer replied a little shaky and then cursed to herself.

"Doesn't sound like it, somebody hurt you?"

"No, honestly sweetie I'm fine" Summer smiled up at him, receiving a soft kiss in return.

Steve smiled down at her and said, "Enjoying the party so far?"

"Yes I love it, thank you for putting it together"

"It's no problem honey" Summer smiled but then heard Hunter clear his throat.

"Something stuck in your throat Hunter?" she asked with a smirk making Hunter smirk too, "No actually, I was just gonna let you know that Steve wasn't the only one who arranged this little get together"

Summer smiled and then walked over to Hunter and hugged him. "Thank you" Hunter was surprised by her kindness but then hugged her back,

"What's got into you tonight?"

"Nothing why?"

"No punches? No sarcastic comments? You hug me? That's not right"

"Yeah Sums what gives?" Shawn asked quizzically at Summer who looked slightly shaken by something.

"Nothing I'm fine honestly, I love the party and I love that everybody is together"

"Oh… well fair enough. Have you spoken to Mark yet?"

"Yes Shawn I have, he approached me and we chatted for a while and then he said he needed to circulate to greet everybody again"

"Well that's good, he seemed a lot brighter when we spoke to him"

"Really? What'd he say?"

"Not much, just said he'd spent some quality time at home resting and then said he couldn't wait to get back in the ring again" Summer smiled at that and was about to reply, but then heard a voice which she despised.

"Hi guys!" it was Ashley, who had tried to deliberately stand in-between Hunter and Steve, making Summer frown.

"Can we help you?" Summer almost growled out making everybody stare at her.

"What? Can I speak to my friends?" Ashley asked with a small nervous laugh making the small group of men look at both women in confusion.

"Sure" Summer said in a small voice making Steve nudge her and whisper, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing" Summer whispered back still staring daggers at Ashley.

"Right well I'm getting another beer, anybody want one?" Steve said to the group getting some small murmurs of response from the people who wanted another drink. "Honey you coming?" Steve asked Summer squeezing her hand softly, she was about to reply but heard Randy's voice behind her.

"Summer can I talk to you a minute please?"

Steve looked at Randy and then at Summer, "It's alright you go speak to Randy I'll manage the drinks"

"I'll help you!" Ashley piped up with a big grin making Summer almost snarl in disgust. Just great… what perfect timing for Randy to come over! Surely they planned that.

"What?" Summer growled out as Randy led her away from the group.

"What's gotten into you tonight?" Randy asked with worry as he noticed Summer was reaching boiling point.

"Oh yeah like that wasn't planned"

"What was planned?"

"The minute Steve asks me to help with the drinks is the same moment you come over so Ashley can slither into the scene"

"Summer for heaven's sake nothing was planned!"

"Just get lost Randy! I don't want to speak to yo- oh hell no!" Summer almost shouted as she saw Ashley at the bar with Steve, she was twirling her hair round her finger and edging closer to Steve who was smiling and chatting away.

"Summer calm down" Randy said cautiously as he watched her getting angrier and angrier, "Don't do something that could jeopardize your career and your neck" Summer just completely ignored him and then made her way through the crowds towards the bar where Ashley and Steve were.

"May we help you?" Ashley asked when she saw Summer approaching looking pissed.

"Sweetie what's wrong?" Steve asked with great concern, as Summer wasn't looking too happy.

"How many times do I have to make this clear to you" Summer said to Ashley completely ignoring Steve.

"Make what clear?"

"That Steve isn't yours!"

"Summer wha-" Steve tried to ask but he was cut off by both women arguing.

"You just don't like it that Steve is going to be mine"

"He's my boyfriend and you're not taking him away!"

"Oh that's great Summer cause a scene, throw a tantrum to show everybody what a baby you really are" Summer went for Ashley who screamed and cowered away, but just as she was about to throw a punch, Steve managed to step in between both women.

"Alright that's enough!" he shouted causing the whole room to fall silent and stare at the scene.

"Summer come with me" Steve said threateningly towards Summer who glared at him and then marched off towards the doors to head upstairs. Steve followed behind her feeling both angry and confused, what was all that about?

"Okay what the hell was that back there?" Steve asked as they walked into their hotel room. Summer just ignored him and carried on taking her boots off, "Showing yourself up in front of everybody, embarrassing me, snapping at your best friend"

"She is not my best friend!" Summer shouted as she walked over to the mini bar to get another drink.

"Oh no nuh-uh you've had enough" Steve said snatching the bottle out of her hand. She was only allowed to drink small amounts of alcohol, just to prevent any accidents whilst healing her neck.

"Says who?"

"Says me and the doctors who warned you"

"Jeez sorry dad"

"Summer what's wrong with you?"

"Stop acting like my dad!"

"I'm your boyfriend Summer I care about you a lot" Steve knew deep inside that he loved her, but now wasn't the time to say that. "I've been with you every step of the way during your neck injury and I'm doing my best to take care of you"

"It's only a drink"

"Summer we're getting off the subject, explain to me why you're acting like such a brat this evening!"

"I am not a brat!"

"Answer me properly about the situation in the bar!"

"I don't like it when Ashley talks to you"

"Why? What's so wrong with that?"

"I just don't like it"

"Why?"

"Because she wants to have you"

"Have me?"

"Yes as in steal you away from me"

"Honey that's nonsense"

"It's true!"

"How is it true?"

"I saw the way she was in the bar with you, twirling her hair round her finger and getting close to you! I don't like it"

"This coming from the person who speaks to Randy…" Steve replied coldly as he walked towards the bathroom.

"I knew you weren't okay with that"

"How can I be!"

"Because you're supposed to trust me!"

"I've seen the way he looks at you! You're always talking together!"

"I talk to Shawn and Paul all the time! Does that mean they like me too?"

"That's not the point!"

"Well what is the point!"

"I don't want you talking to Randy anymore!"

"You can't control me!"

"You can't control me either!"

"And I'm not speaking to Randy anymore anyway! Happy now!"

"Why aren't you speaking to him?"

"I overheard Ashley talking to Dawn on the phone, don't look at me like that, yes it was Dawn! They were plotting ways to break us up and use Randy as their decoy"

"See I knew it"

"Knew what?"

"That Randy wanted you"

"Did you not hear anything I've just said?"

"Yeah that Randy wants you!"

"And what about Ashley and Dawn!"

"What about them!"

"Ashley is after you!"

"That's ridiculous"

"No it's not ridiculous! They're trying to split us up and the first step is getting us to argue!"

"They're not plotting anything"

"Steve do you not trust me at all? I want you… not Randy… You. You need to trust me" Steve just turned his back on Summer and stared out the window. Hunter had warned her about Steve's mood swings, especially when it came to trusting people. But Summer just shrugged it off and thought that he wouldn't be like that with her, but now everything seemed different.

"Hunter was right" Summer said slowly as she went back over to her boots and put them back on. She couldn't be around him right now; she needed some space to think. "I was told about your mood swings but I never believed a word they said because you were always so sweet to me"

"I thought I could trust you"

"And you can, I don't want Randy, he's nothing compared to you. You're my everything and I thought you knew that" Steve just continued to stare out the window making Summer sigh. She never thought it'd come to this, but if Steve was gonna behave like a child, she couldn't be with him anymore.

"I can't do this" Summer said to herself quietly as she grabbed her keys and headed out of the room to get some air.

Summer was sitting in the hotel restaurant nursing her orange juice, she was stressed out but couldn't sleep. It was reaching 3am but she couldn't go back upstairs, as she couldn't face Steve. He had been completely ridiculous tonight, saying he couldn't trust her. That had hurt Summer deeply, she loved this man and wanted to spend her life with him but if he didn't trust her she just had to move on. She never ever thought she'd leave Steve, but this was the only option she could think of.

Steve did have a hard time trusting women, but Summer would never do anything to jeopardize their relationship. Randy was just somebody she could talk to like a brother, but now hearing Ashley's plan; she was hurt and hurt deeply. Randy knew some personal things about Summer and she hoped that he'd keep them secret. Summer ran a hand through her hair and carried on pushing her orange juice carton around the table, but jumped when she heard a voice, "Summer?" she looked up and was surprised to see Mark.

"Hey Mark"

"Are you okay?"

"I've been better, you?"

"I'm okay, just surprised to see you down here at 3am"

"I could say the same for you"

"I can never sleep really"

"Oh right"

"So what are you doing down here?"

"Me and Steve had a fight"

"Oh I see" Mark shifted and then motioned towards the empty seat in the booth, "Mind if I sit down?"

"No go ahead"

Mark squeezed himself into the booth and then said "Mind telling me what happened? Maybe I can help"

"How?"

"I've been around Steve for years, all the way through the 'Stone Cold Era' so I know how his mind works"

Summer sighed and then rested her head on her hand as she spoke, "It's a long story"

"I don't mind kiddo, we've got another couple hours until daybreak and then we can sleep on the plane, so we can talk for hours"

"Remember that kid Randy Orton?"

"Yeah"

"Well he was new here a couple weeks back and we became instant friends, we just clicked right from the start"

"Let me guess… Steve doesn't like it?"

"That's partly it yeah, but then Ashley and Dawn are coming back into the picture again"

"Oh boy"

"I overheard Ashley in the toilets on the phone to Dawn, they've been plotting all this time about how to break me and Steve up. Randy was just their little decoy to use on me so he'd make me fall for him, then he'd whisk me away from Steve"

"So that's what that little scene was about in the bar"

"Which one?"

"Both really, I saw you storm out the toilets and snap at Randy, then I saw the little scene with Ashley"

"Steve just can't see it, he doesn't believe me that Ashley's trying to flirt with him. Yet he went completely ice cold and mentioned he hated me being around Randy"

"Steve's always had trust issues when it comes to women"

"But why though?"

"Well 3 divorces might be the cause of that, every woman he's been with has hurt him, plus having his children in another country is also the problem why he's so grumpy"

"I just never really listened to Jeff when we said that Steve did get over protective"

"Steve cares deeply about you"

"I know that, and I feel the same way too"

"Do you love him?"

"Mark that's getting a little personal"

"Summer we've been speaking about personal issues from the start, you opened up to me, you could have easily said no"

"I didn't want too"

"Why? You said we weren't friends remember"

"Mark if you're gonna behave like this then piss off okay? I don't need this"

"Okay I'm sorry, but you did say that"

"I know I did, hell Mark you broke my neck"

"You don't have to remind me kiddo, it plays on my mind everyday"

"It does?"

"When you nearly paralyse somebody, yeah it stays with ya"

"But you were so cruel"

"I know but I've said I'm sorry, and we seem to be building a bridge here so that's a good sign"

"I gotta admit it does feel comfortable talking to you"

"Same here, anyway kiddo we're off the topic now, what are you gonna do about Steve?"

"I'm not sure really, I can't be with him if he's being like this. I'm new to relationships and I don't know what to do in these situations"

"You want to stay with him?"

"Of course I do"

"So are you gonna answer my previous question?"

"About what?"

"You love him?"

"Yes"

"Then fight for him kiddo, this Ashley girl is a no good blonde bimbo who only wants him because she's jealous of you"

"Jealous?"

"Yeah"

"Why?"

"I hate to bring it up, but when this whole mess thing started they were always bitching about your looks, I could see it was pure jealously. You hang around with the guys, you're easy going and fun and they didn't like it"

"Oh"

"So Ashley may want Steve, but she wouldn't stay with him. If you give up and let her have him, she'll just use him out of spite to gloat because she won and you gave up. She won't love him like you do kiddo, I can see it in your eyes that you're crazy about him"

"I am crazy about him"

"You wanna stay with him forever?"

"Yes"

"You want kids and everything?"

"If the time is right and if my wrestling career falls to pieces then yeah"

Mark smiled a little and said "Well if you know what you want, go and see him to straighten this all out"

Summer smiled at him and said "Thanks Mark"

"No problem kiddo"

"Is that my new nickname?" Summer asked with a grin getting Mark to smile again,

"I guess it is yeah"

"You're not a bad person after all"

"That rarely ever gets said to me, thanks kiddo"

"Well maybe you haven't shown people this side before"

"And ruin my reputation of being a badass?"

"That's only your ring character, my guess is that you have a hard time separating who Mark is, and who the Undertaker is"

"That's exactly what I find difficult"

"Well you're showing me Mark now right?"

"Yeah"

"So be friendly to everybody the way you're friendly with me, people will love you then for being Mark as well as respect you as being the Undertaker"

"I'll have to try that soon kiddo thanks" Summer smiled and then started to shift herself out of the booth with Mark still staring at her.

"You not wearing a neck brace anymore then?"

"I have to wear it from time to time, like going out to public places but I don't need it anymore. I can't really feel anything now, it's like there's nothing wrong with me. But there's still months left of recovery"

"It'll go quickly now that you're a commentator, it seems to suit ya" Summer smiled brightly making Mark smile back.

"Anyway kiddo you should go and see Steve, he may not show it but he'll be worried about you" Summer nodded then and watched as Mark slid out of the booth and stood to his full height, making Summer have to look up to him.

"Wow you're tall"

Mark chuckled and said "You catch on quick I'm impressed"

Summer smiled and then nudged him playfully, "That didn't come out the way it was supposed to, now it looks like I'm dumb"

Mark laughed again but then said "Want me to walk you to your room?"

"Nah I'll be okay, unless you're heading back to your room, I saw you earlier so I know we're on the same floor"

"I probably should get some rest"

"Good, you're already cranky enough and a deadman without sleep is not something I want to see" Mark laughed again making Summer smile, he was so handsome when he laughed, it showed his younger and playful side.

"Thank you for the advice and everything Mark, it means a lot"

"Not a problem kiddo, I've been around the block a few times so any questions you just come and ask" Summer smiled and then leant forward to give him a hug. It surprised Mark at first, but he soon wrapped one arm around her and smiled. But they were interrupted when somebody cleared their throat.

"Steve" Summer said quite surprised as she pushed away from Mark.

"We have a small fight and you end up in his arms?" Steve asked coldly as he glared at Mark.

"It's nothing like that okay, I was just giving him a hug that's all" Steve just continued to glare so Summer walked over to him and tried to touch his arm but he pulled away.

"Steve what's gotten into you lately? Do you even trust me?" Summer asked as she looked deeply into his eyes and sighed when all she could see was anger.

"I can't do this anymore" Summer said making Steve look at her suddenly, "I just can't" then she walked off towards the elevators to go back upstairs, leaving Steve alone with Mark.

"Nice one jackass" Mark said as he frowned at Steve,

"All she did was hug me just to say thank you"

"Thank you for what?"

"I gave her some tips and advice on how to handle your sorry ass when you're moody like this"

"I'm not moody"

"You can't fool me Steve, I've known you for years, going all the way back to when you were Stunning Steve. I know you've got a problem trustin' women but that little lady loves ya and wouldn't do anythin' to hurt ya" Steve just looked at Mark in surprise, Summer actually loved him?

"She loves me?"

"Well I suppose it's not the way she wanted you to find out but yeah she loves ya, and she said she doesn't know what to do because you're givin' her grief about talkin' to this Randy kid"

"He just gets so close to her and it bothers me"

"Why? Summer loves you enough to want to stay with you forever; she's got a lot of guy friends from what I've seen. Yet it's you who she fell for"

Steve sighed and then sat himself down on one of the chairs, "I've really screwed this up haven't I?"

"Looks that way"

"What should I do?"

"Well you have two choices son, you can go and fight for her, or give her some space to clear her mind. And by the looks of it, you need to clear your head too, otherwise you'll never be able to trust her when she's around Randy and then she'll regret ever bein' with ya" Steve sighed and ran a hand over his head, he'd certainly screwed this up for sure, all because of his stupid trust issues.

"Why do I always do this?"

"Because you've been hurt in the past, granted I was hurt too by Sara and Jodi but I learnt from that and just moved forward"

"But don't you ever get a small feeling in the back of your mind that the next girl you're with might hurt you too?"

"Nope not one, if I'm with a girl it just comes natural to me. I don't dwell on my past relationship problems and neither should you, times runnin' out son. Surely you don't want to end up alone?"

"No"

"Then sort yourself out boy" Steve sighed and realised Mark was right, he couldn't keep dwelling on the past as it was messing up his future. Summer hadn't hurt Steve once in the time that they'd been together, she'd been nothing but loyal to him. And now he'd just screwed up the best thing that ever happened to him all because of his past.

"Oh man" is all Steve said letting Mark know he'd come to his senses. "There ya go" is all he said as he watched Steve look helpless.

"So what do I do now?"

"Its up to you, if it were me I'd give her some space to think for a while. But go easy on her okay? She's got 2 brothers and 2 very loving best friends who would kick your ass if she got hurt"

"How much time do you think she needs to think?"

"As long as necessary I suppose, you need to open your eyes and focus on this Ashley girl"

"What about her?"

"Are you blind or somethin' boy? I saw her at the bar with ya earlier"

"That's how this whole mess started"

"Exactly! Which is what she wanted from the start"

"What?"

"Didn't Summer explain this to ya?"

"She mentioned somethin' about hearing Ashley on the phone to Dawn"

"And getting Randy in on their plan, so that he'd take her away so Ashley could come and get you"

"They planned this the whole time?"

"Looks that way, but Randy seems different"

"How'd you mean?"

"He's not after Summer I don't think, they're just friends"

Steve sighed and then said "I just don't know what came over me to be so jealous and possessive"

"Well you just gotta learn to control it, Summer hangs out with a lot of guys"

"I know and I'm gonna do whatever it takes to make her see I'm gonna change, even if it means giving her some space"

"Good man, now why don't you head upstairs to bed and sleep on it. You might feel better in the morning"

"I guess so, thanks Mark"

"No problem" Steve got up from his chair and walked over to the elevators with Mark to go upstairs and grab a few hours sleep. Hopefully things would be a little bit better in the morning.

When Summer got back to the room she couldn't stop the tears from falling. She didn't know whether she was still with Steve or whether they were broken up. But what hurt the most was that she loved him and never wanted them to argue.

Ashley was supposed to be her best friend; Summer had told her all about her relationship with Steve and how happy she was. But she never thought that Ashley would be jealous and try to split them up.

"I should have known I can't trust anybody in this business" she said to herself as she stuffed her clothes into her bag. She couldn't stay in the same room as Steve, so she decided to stay with her brothers for a while. They'd love her and support her decision.

Once she'd packed her bag she headed over to the door to go and find which room her brothers were staying in. "Eugh where are they?" she said to herself as she strolled down the corridors slowly, her suitcase wheeling behind her. She felt like shit and she needed a hug.

"Finally" she sighed in happiness when she found the room her brothers were staying in. She knocked on the door and sighed knowing that they probably wouldn't answer as it was heading up to 4am. Summer knocked the door a little bit harder this time, feeling bad about the cursing on the other side of the door coming from what sounded like Matt. He opened the door and blinked to get used to the light.

"Sums?" is all he said as he rubbed his eyes. "What's wrong?" Summer just sighed and tried to stop the tears from forming and soon Matt was fully alert.

"Summer what's happened?" Summer just cried and dropped her bags, making Matt pull her into a hug. He just stroked her hair as she cried into his chest; "Summer let's go inside" Matt slowly pulled Summer inside and then picked up her bags and dropped them next to the wall.

Then he flicked the lights on causing some cursing from Jeff "What the hell man! I'm sleeping here!"

"Shut up Jeff"

"What's your problem man? It's 4am!"

"We've got a problem"

"What problem?" Matt gently pulled Summer forward and then Jeff instantly sat up, "Summer what's happened?"

"Yeah Summer what's wrong?"

Summer sniffed and then wiped her eyes, "Me and Steve had a fight"

"What happened?"

"We were arguing about the whole bar scene with Ashley and I don't think he trusts me"

"So what did you do?"

"I think we've broken up" then Summer started crying again making Matt and Jeff go over to her and hug her.

"Summer baby it'll be alright" Jeff said stroking her hair.

"No it won't Jeff"

"Why?"

"I love him" Jeff sighed but then glared at Matt when he said "Are you pregnant?"

"What! Matt how could you think that!"

"Sorry my bad"

"Matt do you even care?"

"Of course I do Summer"

"I love him so much, I can't stand that we're fighting over this"

"Who started all this?"

"Ashley"

"Ashley?"

"Yes Matt"

"Why?"

"I overheard her on the phone with Dawn making plans to split me and Steve up"

"Oh"

"Yeah so I went a little crazy in the bar as you saw"

"I knew there was something up"

"I tried to hide it but she's getting under my skin, and Steve can't even see it!"

"Is that why you broke up?"

"I'm not sure if we have, I just told him I couldn't do it anymore and walked away"

"Why?"

"I met Mark down in the restaurant and he gave me some advice and then Steve jumped to the wrong conclusions when he caught us hugging"

"He jumped to the wrong conclusions?"

"Why doesn't he trust me? I've never done anything to hurt him"

"I don't know Summer the man just needs to learn what a jackass he's been"

"So what do I do now?"

"It's up to you, you could go and speak to him"

"Or?"

"Or you can give him some space to think about his mistakes, then he'll slap himself in the face and come running back to you"

Summer sighed and then said "I suppose I'll give him some space"

"That's a strong decision"

"Will you guys help me?"

"Of course we will Summer we're your brothers" Jeff said pulling his baby sister into a tight embrace. He sighed when he heard her crying once more, "Summer you need some sleep"

"I can't sleep"

"We're up in another couple hours to catch our flight for this house show in LA, so you need some sleep"

"I'm too worried"

"Why?"

"What am I gonna do about all my stuff? It's at Steve's Ranch back in Texas"

"Oh crap I forgot about that"

"What am I gonna do?"

"I'm not sure Summer I'm too tired to think straight"

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have barged in on you at this stupid time, I'll go find another room"

"Summer that's ridiculous it's late, so just get some sleep"

"You got any spare blankets?"

"Yeah there's one on the couch"

"Okay I'll take that"

"Nuh-uh I'll have the couch"

"Jeff no I'll have it"

"I'm not arguing about this"

"Fine"

"Good now get some rest" Summer sighed and then went over to Jeff's bed, feeling really bad that she had to make him sleep on the couch. She couldn't be bothered to change into her sleep clothes, it was late and she was suddenly feeling sleepy.

"Night guys" Matt said as he flicked the light switch off making the room fall into complete darkness. "Night" both Summer and Jeff mumbled as they all drifted off to sleep.

Tonight had certainly been eventful and Summer hoped that tomorrow would be a better day.