Ever Fallen in Love

Ever Fallen in Love

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Chapter Twelve : By His Side

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The road back to the hotel was traveled in complete silence. Maria couldn't bring herself to talk: she still felt too taken aback by the way CM Punk had treated her. She'd never seen the darker side of him before. But instead of being angry, she just felt hurt. Jeff on the other hand was very angry. He hadn't said a word since she'd pulled him out of the club, because his blood was boiling too much for him to do so. He practically never got worked up that easily: his personality had always been very easy-going and patient. But disrespect was something he could never tolerate. He just couldn't stand the way CM Punk had talked to him, and he definitely couldn't stand the way he had talked to Maria.

Once they reached their hotel-room, Jeff Hardy finally snapped.

"That guy is an asshole!"

Maria sighed. She was hoping to not have to talk about what happened in the nightclub.

"He's not. He just-"

"He just nothing Maria! He was a total ass with you, with me and with everyone else!"

"It's because he got angry! It pissed him off to see us walk in together, and then-"

"Why the fuck are you defending him!!" Jeff yelled louder than he'd wanted to. The fact that Maria was still standing up for CM Punk made him even more furious. "You're always defending him! And what does he do in return? He treats you like shit!"

Maria felt tears forming in her eyes, because of the way Jeff was talking to her, and because of what he was saying. But she held them back and stood her ground. She didn't want to get pushed around twice in one night.

"You have no right to talk to me like that..."

"And neither does CM Punk. But that doesn't seem to bother you much now does it?"

Now Maria was angry.

"What is wrong with you Jeff? Who the hell do you think you are, telling me how I can and can't react with my ex-boyfriend?!"

"You're ex-boyfriend? You're ex-fuck friend I think you mean!"

Her jaw dropped. She couldn't believe Jeff had actually gone there. Too enraged to form words, she marched off towards her cupboard. She then turned around and walked back to the younger Hardy, anger written across her face.

"Not that's it's any of you're business, but me and Phil never slept together!" She yelled in his face, and walked back towards the cupboard before once again stomping back to Jeff. "But we would have if I wasn't stupid enough to have sex with you!!"

This time, she walked off and didn't turn back to face him. She violently started grabbing some of her clothes.

"What do you think you're doing?" Jeff asked rudely. The comment Maria had given him was like a slap to his face. "I don't know if you remember or not, but Vince is forcing us to stay in the same room! So I don't think you sleeping over somewhere else is a very good idea."

"I'll just tell him you had the flu or something, so I spent the night with Mickie and Candice." She replied coldly, her back still turned to him as she gathered her pajamas.

"Mickie and Candice are still clubbing. What are you gonna do: wait outside their hotel room 'til they get back?"

"That's exactly what I'm going to do!" She almost screamed, having had enough of Jeff Hardy. "I'd rather wait in the hallway than wait in your presence!!"

With that said, she gave him one long last glare and stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her.

As she walked off, she heard Jeff kick a chair to the floor.

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"Please welcome, from Chicago Illinois… Maria!" Lillian Garcia announced to the Raw crowd, as Maria appeared from behind the curtains.

She was greeted to a standing ovation, as she blew kisses to the fans and jogged down the ramp. Instead of entering the ring, she made her way towards the announcer's table, much to King and JR's delight. She was to sit through Jeff Hardy's match against Umaga.

"Maria! It's great to have you here with us for this match-up!" King exclaimed happily.

"It's good to be here King." She replied with a smile.

But in reality, Maria wished she could be somewhere else. She really didn't want to commentate on Jeff's match, and say nice things about him because their storyline asked her to. She hadn't seen him since their argument from the night before, and nor did she want to.

And now I have to act like I have a crush on him… Ugh, I hate Mr. McMahon!

Suddenly Jeff's music hit the speakers, and the fans went crazy. They got even crazier when he stepped on the ramp, and made his signature dance.

"…Another standing ovation for Jeff Hardy! There is not one fan Jeff doesn't get on his feet JR!"

Everyone cheered, as the Daredevil of the WWE climbed on the turnbuckle. He posed for the crowd, and then his eyes fell on Maria, sitting at ringside. He offered her a small smile: whether it was scripted or not, she didn't care. She smiled back, but in her case she knew she was only smiling at him for the sake of the storyline. If it was up to her, she wouldn't even be looking at him. She couldn't stand him at the moment; not after the things he'd said to her the night before.

"So Maria, a lot of talk has been going about you and Jeff Hardy these past couple of weeks… You've accompanied him to the ring on numerous occasions, and he's still feuding with Umaga. I don't think these two would still be battling each other if it wasn't because of that time he saved you from the Samoan Bulldozer-"

"In other words, JR wants to know if there's something going on between you and Jeff Hardy! We all want to know!"

She discretely looked at Jeff begin his match with Umaga, and gave the announcers a timid look, just like she was supposed to.

"No, nothing's going on between me and Jeff. We're just good friends…" She answered, remembering her script. Vince had made it clear what he wanted from them for this week's Raw: they couldn't admit to liking each other, at least not yet. But they had to show it, by giving each other cute looks, nice compliments, and all those icky things Maria did not want to do.

The match went on, as did the very animated discussions between King, JR and Maria. After about ten minutes, Umaga had Jeff cornered against the turnbuckle, ready to give him the Samoan Splash. Maria knew that was her cue. She got up and grabbed her chair. And to the crowd's surprise, as well as that of the commentators and Umaga, she crept up behind the Samoan Bulldozer and swung the chair against his head. Umaga was immediately knocked "unconscious", and Jeff crawled on top of him for the three-count.

"And you're winner, Jeff Hardy!!"

The crowd cheered for the Rainbow-Haired-Warrior, as the referee raised his arm up in victory. Maria waited in the corner for Jeff to come and give her their scripted hug… something she was really dreading.

Finally, he pulled her to the center of the ring and looked her straight in the eyes. Maria looked down, and wrapped her arms around him to get their "hug" done and over with. After a few seconds she tried to pull back, but only felt Jeff's arms tighten their grip around her. He drew his face closer to hers.

"I'm sorry…" He whispered to her ear.

Those two words were enough to make Maria's anger blow away. His apology came from the heart. And it had touched her. Her fake smile grew into a real one, as she let herself melt into Jeff's hug. They stayed in that position longer than what the writers had planned, but they didn't care. The fans were loving it, and so were they.

And that was not part of the storyline.

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Here you go Chapter 12 !! I hope you liked it )

By the way, do any of you know where I can find some nice fics about Maria and Jeff? Cause I've only read three good ones: The Wonder of You, The Seventh Circle and Like A Love Heart.

Where can I find some other Jeria fics :P HELP.

Anyways here's a little preview of what's next for my JERIA STORY

Jeff gives Maria some personal coaching…

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