False Alarms, Fights, & Fun

During the night Cherish awoke and groaned as her stomach viciously and fiercely began to ache. She grabbed for Chris and he held her as she groaned even more. Thoughts began flying through Chris' head as he watched his girlfriend.

"Baby, what's wrong?" Chris was getting worried as he saw this display from Cherish and she looked at him for a second before shutting her eyes. She couldn't even understand this pain or why she was experiencing it.

"I hurt, Josh. I hurt." Cherish kept saying to him and she cried a little in his arms from the pain she was experiencing. This wasn't making any sense. Why would she be hurting for no reason? It could have been the stress from leaving all her friends in the WWE. Yeah that was definitely it. At least it had to be.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Alex was at her side with Eric at once. She began to sweat and so Alex got her some water and Eric got a wet cloth. She opened her eyes finally, as they had been closed, and they were bloodshot. She cried out and all of a sudden Jeff tumbled through the door with Matt and AJ.

"Cher, what's wrong, Cherry?" Jeff asked her as he kneeled down next her side and she looked at him in pain. She could barely speak let alone do anything else. She was in pure and unregistered pain. She grabbed for his arm and he caught her as she fell onto his chest. She cried as she tried to speak.

"I don't know, Jeff. I feel sick to my stomach. But I don't want to throw up. I just can't—" Cherish's words were cut off as she felt the pain shoot through her whole body and she fainted. This wasn't normal, but Jeff knew what Cherish would say to him. 'No doctor. Please Jeff, no doctors or hospitals.' He nodded to him self and understood this. He would only take her if she asked him to.

Almost immediately Chris and Matt helped Jeff place her back on the bed. Matt and AJ both convinced the group that she would be fine and finally everyone laid down for a much deserved and non peaceful sleep.

……. Later On That Night…….

Cherish awoke feeling better. She looked around at the sleeping troop and smiled as she looked around for Chris' figure. She saw the bathroom door open and got off of the soaked sheets and went to the bathroom. As she peeked inside she saw Chris sleeping in the bath tub. She crept inside and shut the door and carefully got into the tub with him. He woke and she put a finger to his lips and he understood.

"I feel fine now, Chris. It's just less confining in here." Cherish whispered to him as she got accustomed to the tub and Chris wrapped his arms around her and kissed her forehead. She had slept in a tub a few times to escape her step-father. But for now she wasn't going to try and dwell on the past, just on her future with Chris.

"I love you, Cherish Hardy." Chris whispered to her and she smiled at him and laid her head against his chest. He loved knowing that she was his. She had been through a lot and it seemed that through the trip, that took a while, they had gotten to know each other. It had been a lot longer than it seemed when they got to the TNA building in Orlando.

"I love you too, Josh Harter." Cherish then felt her eyelids go heavy and she fell asleep. Chris just kept stroking her hair and smiling softly to him self until Cherish to fell asleep. She was falling asleep happy again. That was a nice feeling to Cherish.

……. Later On………….

Cherish jumped up as she felt someone poke her and it was Jeff. Chris had gotten out of the tub and left Cherish to sleep while he waited along with the others. Cherish shook her head and stood. She smiled at Jeff and he helped her step out of the tub.

"Feeling better, Cher?" Jeff asked her and she nodded to him with a smile on her face. She knew it was time to go get ready for some promos. The night before she had read her promo script and so she knew what would be happening. This was going to be a long day in Cherish's eyes.

"Alright, Cherry, let's get going!" Matt yelled back but as Cherish came out from the back she saw outside and stopped in her tracks. She felt her heart melt and she ran out the door, flying past the guys who all followed her. She was running down the stairs at high speed and jumping into the opened arms of the one and only Tito Ortiz.

"Oh, god, how I missed you." Tito whispered into her ear. She wasn't in love with him, she didn't think, but she definitely was close to him. It hadn't been that long since she had been gone, but she knew that she missed. Tito let her down as the others appeared at the bottom of the steps. He knew better than to be all over her in front of her cousins. They would probably like to kill him, but Cherish wouldn't let them.

"Oh, guys, meet Tito Ortiz. Well most of you know him," Cherish looked to AJ, Matt, and Jeff who nodded, "And he knows you too. But Tito, meet Alex Shelley, Eric Young, and Chris Sabin."

As the guys each stepped forward and shook hands with Tito, Chris spoke as Tito stopped in front of him and delivered a huge blow to Tito's current happy state. A really big blow in fact. So much it killed the 'happy vibe.'

"Hi, I'm Chris Sabin, Cherish's boyfriend." Chris saw the color drain from Tito's face and saw Cherish's jaw hit the floor. Matt, Jeff, and AJ all shook their heads. They could already see what was going to happen.

"Bad, bad idea, dude. I mean really bad idea." AJ said to Chris who looked back to Tito's face to see it coloring a deep shade of red. Before Tito could do or say anything, Cherish was at his side and calming him down.

"T, why don't you come with us to the building?" Cherish asked him calmly as she could. She saw Chris look to her in shock and she shook her head slowly. Tito nodded and moved towards the car.

"You guys," Cherish pointed to Jeff, AJ, and Alex, "Will go with Tito, while I go with Chris, Matt, and Eric." Cherish then saw Tito at first hesitate but get into his SUV and with the other boys piling inside, Cherish got in the back of Eric's truck with Matt and Chris, while Eric drove. Cherish tried to calm her self down. This was too much all at once. Matt took her hand and rubbed it.

"It'll be okay, you know that. Come on, let's go." Matt said as he helped Cherish out of the truck and with Eric and Chris following led her to the front door of the arena. She turned and smiled as the others pulled up and parked.

"Alright, boys! Let's go have some fun!" Cherish yelled to them as the rest of the men exited Tito's SUV. They all nodded and cheered with Cherish. Jeff grabbed Cherish around the waist, threw her over his shoulder, and ran inside with her giggling and laughing the whole way. Inside they could hear the voices of the wrestlers. Suddenly, Jeff stopped and placed Cherish on the ground and spoke to her quickly.

"Alright get ready. Remember what you read a little while ago?" Jeff asked her and she nodded and he nodded back. "It's time." She smiled as he kissed her forehead before he walked away from her. Cherish then turned to face the infamous "King of the Mountain".

"Well, well, if it isn't the Hardy Boyz' cousin. Little Miss Cherish Hardy." As he spoke, Cherish moved and could see Chris Harris and James Storm standing behind him. Cherish saw a camera and realized the promo had started.

"I would like it if you didn't call me little, Jarrett." She said to him and then felt people standing behind her and turned to see Sonjay Dutt and Jay Lethal standing protectively behind Cherish. Team USA was part of her beginning in TNA.

"You boys want something?" Jarrett asked the two members of Team USA. They both nodded and Cherish took a step forward. She looked up at Jarrett and smirked. She had a way of making her self feel smarter and taller even when someone was taller than her.

"You don't scare me. No not at all Mr. Jarrett." Cherish said to him, putting an emphasis on Mr. and he shook his head. AJ, Matt, Jeff, and Tito had gone to go do their own thing and Alex and Chris would come up in a bit with her later on. She watched as Jarrett flared his nostrils at her.

"Well then if I don't then scare you, why don't you have a match with me?" Cherish's eyes went wide at his statement. Jarrett saw the fear in her eyes, but it faded almost instantly and Cherish was back to her smirking again.

"Why not?" Cherish said to him and he nodded to her with that evil smirk on his face. Then he reached out to touch her hair and Cherish flinched. This caused Jarrett to ball his fist up and she moved back a few small steps. "On one condition, you ugly red neck."

"What?" Jarrett asked her through gritted teeth and she smiled at him. She looked like she was in thought for a moment and then she smiled to the men behind her and they both smiled back. They were both amazing and already being sweet to her.

"I get to pick two people to be in the match for me." Jarrett's nostrils flared again and she smirked at him. He nodded after a few seconds and then he spoke, getting in her face and pointing at her.

"Fine, I'll bring someone and you bring two people. Just remember this. You watch your back. I have eyes everywhere." Cherish moved back into the arms of Sonjay and held on tight to him. She felt him tighten his grip for second to give her a reassuring hug and she gave him a small smile of acknowledgement.

"Goodbye, Jarrett." Jay said to him and Jarrett moved back as Jay moved in front of Sonjay and Cherish. At first it seemed as though Jarrett was going to try and do something, but he took one look at Cherish with a look of complete disgust. Cherish frowned and Jarrett looked behind him and said severely, "Harris, Storm, let's go."

Jarrett then left with the two members of AMW behind him. "Thanks for that you guys. Are you sure that you want to be protecting me?" Cherish asked them after Sonjay had let go and he stepped back towards her and shook her hand.

"Yeah, we really hate him anyways. Welcome to TNA, Ms. Hardy." Jay said and she smiled at him. Jay had a nice look to him. He was just as kind hearted as Sonjay and Chris, which didn't shock Cherish in the least.

"Please call me Cherish." Cherish then let go of his hand and smiled at the two men who in turn smiled at her. This was so nice to be loved by so many people all at once. Cherish loved that feeling and didn't want it to ever go away.

"Hey, Chris, Alex! Over here! Come meet the new addition to Team USA and your new manager Chris!" Jay began to yell at the two figures as they walked to the locker room and they both ran over to them. "Alright, Cherish meet Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley. Alex and Chris meet Cherish Hardy." Jay finished and as he did Chris gave her a wink which was clearly supposed to open up their love storyline. She blushed and everyone in the crowd could be heard yelling and whooping and whistling. As Cherish shook Alex's hand and Chris', the crowd was going even more insane.

"Nice to meet you, Cherish." Chris said to her and Cherish smiled widely and blushed again, but this time a deeper shade of red. She grinned and he grinned back. Of course they would have a storyline together. Neither Cherish nor Chris wanted it any other way. She then turned and began to walk away, but stopped and turned back to face the men.

"Go kick some ass tonight." She said and they all nodded to her and she sauntered off to her room. That was the end of the first promo, scene, skit, or whatever you call it. When she entered she saw an empty room. This surprised her.

It wasn't literally empty, but it had no one there. She had thought that at least Matt, Jeff, or Chris would be there, but she didn't see anyone. She got dressed in a blue short skirt and a blue and white t-shirt that was cut short. When she came out of the bathroom where she had changed, she saw the smiling eyes of Christian Cage (AKA Jason Reso). He leaned against the doorway and made his way slowly towards Cherish.

"Jay Jay! My Reese's Pieces!" Cherish laughed loudly as she jumped into his arms and hugged him tight. He twirled her around for a few seconds before stopping and trying to regain his balance with her in his arms.

"What's up, mini-me?" Jason asked Cherish and she made him put her down and she smiled again. She had known him from a while ago. Once more she realized that her life was wrestling. Everything about it screamed wrestling. She knew more wrestlers than she had originally thought or even remembered.

"Nothing, really. Just getting ready to go announce who will be in the match against Jarrett and his partner and what about you? What are you doing?" Cherish said to him and he nodded at her in understanding.

"Well, just wanted to stop and see my girl." Jason said as Cherish exited the room with him behind her. Cherish nodded and walked with him to the interview area and grabbed a microphone. She whirled around and grinned at Jason with a smile that would light up a dark room or make someone feel good when their day had been bad.

"Well, wish me luck." Cherish said to him and he nodded at her. He gave her one of legendary smiles and made her laugh again. She did love that smirk an awful lot. She remembered him visiting Matt and Jeff and Gregory. She missed Gregory. She would have to get him to visit her or visa versa.

"Luck." He simply said and stood off to the side as Cherish came on the screen in the arena. The crowd was cheering and Cherish waited a few seconds and smiled. She really kind of missed the WWE crowd, probably because it was louder and larger, but she loved these people just he same. She would adjust, she always did.

"Alright, I've made my decision, Jarrett. The two people you will be wrestling tonight will be 'Captain Charisma' Christian Cage and my cousin 'The Charismatic Enigma' Jeff Hardy!" Cherish then saw Jason smirk again and she nodded as he came forward. Jeff came running and walked calmly next to Cherish. "Alright Jarrett, if I were you I'd go and get ready for my match."

The scene was done. Now it was on to the one with Alex and Chris. "Okay you two. I'll see you both later." She said as she gave them each hugs and went down the hall a little ways until she found Alex. The camera immediately went on and she realized she was standing in their locker room.

"Hey, you're the new girl, Cherish, aren't ya?" Alex asked her as he laced up his boots and Cherish nodded to him. Alex had a small grin appearing on his face. Cherish pretended to tense up as he spoke again, "Well, what are ya doing in here?"

"I'm looking for Chris. Have you seen him?" Cherish asked and Alex shook his head and stood walking over to her and making her back up until she hit the wall. She felt the cold wall and prepared her self for what was coming. This had been planned before and so Cherish wasn't really scared, just a little nervous.

"No, I haven't. But what would a gorgeous dame like you want with a stupid little thing like him when you could have me?" Alex pushed a piece of hair out of her face and got really close to her face. 'If you even try to kiss me or think about, you will die a horrible death, Alex.' Cherish thought to her self and Alex smirked even more and nodded, almost as if he had read her mind.

"Hey, Shelley, wanna get off of my manager?" Chris' voice could be heard and the camera panned around to show Chris in his wrestling attire. Cherish took this opportunity of Alex turning to look at Chris to move from in front of him and over to Chris' arms.

"Whatever dude. She ain't that pretty anyways." Alex said to him in anger and Chris just laughed as he stroked Cherish's hair. Chris was really attaching to this girl fast. Little did he know, anyone who came into contact with Cherish attached to her and loved her almost immediately.

"You're just jealous that you can't get anyone as beautiful as this girl." Chris saw Alex smirk and laughed sarcastically at him. Alex could definitely be a bastard on screen, but off screen he could really be a sweetheart. You just had to get to know him. And by 'getting to know him' you really had to be able to understand him and his ways.

"Whatever. I'll see you out there late, Captain!" Alex once again was being sarcastic. Cherish let Chris hold her for a while and then the scene was done. Cherish looked to Chris and gave him a long passionate kiss and then she saw the clock.

"Bye, baby. Got to go!" She yelled giving him another kiss and heading towards the 'face' tunnel. At her arrival she saw both Jeff and Jason standing at the entrance way. She gave them hugs and then looped one arm through Jeff's and another through Jason's arm. She let them lead her through the tunnel as Jason's music hit. When they came out on the other side Cherish gave them free movement and let go of their arms. She ran up to the ring while they walked behind. She grabbed the top rope and did the same move she had done in the WWE.

"Jarrett, I really don't think you want to come out here. The match is already over according to who's in the ring right now." Cherish had a microphone and the fans were cheering her name. She loved that sound above anything else. Suddenly the cheering was interrupted by the sound of Jeff Jarrett's music. Cherish threw the microphone down and watched as Gail Kim shoved Jackie Gayda out in front of her and Jackie reluctantly waited while the fireworks went off and Jarrett came down to the ring. Cherish was standing on the bottom ring and was pointing at Gail and yelling pretty loud. Gail kept hitting Jackie and pushing her. Cherish knew that part of her storyline had to do with her making it that the 'tape' of Jackie was gone and all the copies were and it was due to Cherish.

"Leave her alone, Gail!" Gail ran up and tried to grab at Cherish's feet but Cherish jumped up and did a 360 splash on Gail. Once Cherish was up she ran away from Jarrett and his partner, Chris Harris. That wasn't much of big surprise though. TNA had yet to get a lot of wrestlers, but they were working on it and from what Cherish heard they were already talking to some big names.

"Good luck boys!" Cherish yelled to them as she moved away from the ring a little bit. She watched as Jason got in the ring and then Jarrett. Cherish watched through the match as Jason and Jeff got dominated but suddenly as Jeff got his momentum back while getting a breather in the corner and jumping up and missing the spear and sat on the top belt buckle. Just then Gail ran over to where he was sitting and as he was standing up, Gail began to reach up for his foot. And just as she was about to pull Jeff down, Cherish ran over and yanked her hair, causing her to fall down and Jeff to land a Swanton bomb on Harris. She moved away and didn't try and do anything. Then about two seconds later, Cherish heard yelling and saw Jackie running at her with a chair.

"Duck! Duck!" She yelled and as she did she saw Jackie smash a chair into the head of Gail Kim who was about to try and handcuff her. Jackie dropped the chair as Jeff pinned Harris for the win and then out of the 'heel' tunnel Cherish spotted Storm running out and kneeling next to Gail. As Gail came to, Cherish grabbed Jackie by the wrist and pulled her and at first Jackie was confused and looked at her. Then Cherish mouthed to her about the tape and Jackie nodded. With that Cherish, Jason, Jeff, and Jackie all ran to the 'face' tunnel and went in the back. But not before Cherish held up Jeff's arm and then Jackie held up Cherish's and Jason's. This was far from over.

Alright new chapter! Got some inspiration back, yeah! Here you guys go! Hope you like it! I will try and get to my other stories as soon as possible! Until then, review please!

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