Chapter 13
Next Monday Amy walks into the arena hosting Raw & sees Zach talking to John Morrison. She walks up to them & says, "Hey Blondie, hey Morrison.". They both look at Amy & Morrison walks off while Zach continues to stare at her, anger & hurt in his eyes. He finally asks, "So, now you're gracing me with your presence? You leave while I make us breakfast without so much as a goodbye; you ignore my calls, my texts, all of my messages & emails; YOU WERE GONE FOR 2 WEEKS & YA MISSED OUR MATCH & ALL YA GOTTA SAY WHEN YA SHOW UP IS 'HEY BLONDIE'!?". Amy looks at him, feeling ashamed but she knows she had a good reason & she she tells him, "John's alive. I was trying to find him.". Zach scoffs & looks at her in disbelief before blowing up, "THAT'S YOUR FUCKING EXCUSE?! TRYIN' TO PIN IT ON MY DEAD BEST FRIEND, YOUR DEAD HUSBAND?! RIGHT, & SANTY CLAUS CRAWLS UP MY CHIMNEY EVERY YEAR & EATS MY RANCID SHIT! I get it, we said what we said, we did what we did & things got weird to ya & ya got scared. Ya could've said somethin' & trusted me but no, ya ran away. So that's how ya deal with shit? Fine, hope you enjoy this.", Zach walks off angrily.
Amy gets a message to go into the General Manager's office as Raw starts. When she gets there Stephanie McMahon is in the GM's chair, looking at Amy with the calm sense of power she usually holds. She points at the chair, motioning for Amy to sit down & she does. "Amy, we've known each other for awhile now, worked together a little longer & I've always thought we were pretty cool. I know I'm your boss, but I told you that when shit happens if you can't take care of it yourself, come to me & I'll see what I can do. When John died, I helped you get the time off you needed, even though you didn't take it. When you injured Beth, Zach & I helped you keep your job & made sure your punishment wasn't too bad. Maybe we shouldn't have done that, because you no-showed last week when YOU HAD A MAIN EVENT MATCH! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING AMY?!", Stephanie says, sounding very upset. Amy takes a few deep breaths & replies, "I was looking for John. He's alive, I know it. I don't care if you don't believe me, I know it.". Stephanie sighs, presses her fingers to her eyebrow & closes her eyes for a moment. The room sits in silence as the young McMahon thinks, eventually she opens her eyes & looks at Amy, resuming her former stance & stating, "Zach told me about this earlier. Amy, at Night of Champions in 3 weeks you have a match against Beth Phoenix, both of the titles will be on the line. I'm not changing that, but if you lose you will be suspended indefinitely & if you miss 1 more appearance in that time you will be fired. I'm sorry, but I can't have you running around on some psychotic goose chase because you want John back. Now you have a match tonight against Rosa Mendes, so go get ready.". By now Amy is crying silently, upset that no one believes her. She runs out of the office, slamming the door behind her.
Later that night, Amy walks out to the ring, Rosa & Beth already there. To her the crowd's roars are muted, the lights are dimmer, everything is different. She steps in the ring & as Rosa charges at her, she throws a punch. She leaves the ring, Rosa Mendes laying on the mat, knocked out. It's 3 weeks until her match, to the world she's ready, but in reality, Amy couldn't care less.
Amy walks through the back & goes into Zach's locker room. He spins around to see Amy standing there, staring at him as he changes & yells, "WHAT THE FUCK AMY?! HAVEN'T YOU HEARD OF KNOCKING?!". Her emotions charge through her, she can't help but cry, & as she runs to Zach her tears flow faster than ever. She grabs him & through sobs she cries, "Please Zach, I don't wanna be alone anymore. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.....". Zach closes the door & locks it before taking Amy over to the couch. They sit down & he wraps his arms around Amy. She looks up at him & says, "I saw him Zach, I know I did. I even went to Florida, they knew I knew their friend. It's John, I know it.". Zach looks down at her & wipes away her tears slowly before responding, "Amy, I care about you, I honestly do. We saw John, he was dead. We saw him get lowered into the grave. I'm not doin' this Amy & you shouldn't either. All it's gonna do is hurt ya more. I know it's hard to accept, but John Cena is dead. Maybe we shouldn't've admitted we have feelings for each other.". Zach lets go of Amy & gets up, going to grab his clothes when Amy grabs him.
He looks back to see Amy's arms around his waist & he asks, "What are ya doin' Amy? Let go.". She shakes her head & holds on tighter, pulling him to her. "Zach, please.", she quietly begs him. He manages to turn around in her arms & states, "Amy, I can't do this. Ya still aren't over John, & I get that but I can't, I won't do this. I won't let ya do this. Ya aren't alone, but I'm not gonna be caught up in this. You need to get past everythin' with John before we can even begin to try this.". She unlocks Amy's arms & gets dressed for his match.
Tonight Zach Midas faces The Brian Kendrick in a qualifying match for the #1 contender tournament. At 1 point Kendrick sets up Midas for The Kendrick when Amy pops up on the apron, smiling slyly. She motions for Brian to come to her flirtatiously & when he does, she slaps him viciously, making Kendrick turn into a Superkick from Zach. He pulls Kendrick to the middle, locks in a Triangle Choke & makes Brian tap. Instead of celebrating though, he looks at Amy as she walks up the ramp. Amy smiles at Zach & winks before leaving him to wonder why in the world she did that.