Jimmy Uso began the match against Seth who started a beatdown then tried to irish whip him into the Shield's corner but Jimmy slid and ran back towards his own corner, catching Seth in a headlock and walking him so Dolph could tag himself in. Dolph started off with a headbutt and Seth staggered to a neutral corner before Dolph irish whipped him into the opposite corner and Seth fell to his hands and knees. Ziggler pulled him to his feet but Seth punched him in the ribs a few times and tagged in Dean and the two double-teamed Dolph in the Shield's corner before Seth stood on the apron next to Haley. Dean proceeded to beat down Dolph in one of the neutral corners then dragged him back to tag in Roman.
"You know I could take him right?" Haley asked.
"Sorry, not yet" he replied. Roman beat down Dolph in their corner and tagged in Seth but just as he stepped into the ring Haley tagged herself in and the Shield all watched her duck between the bottom and middle ropes and start kicking Dolph in the corner. She let him get to his feet before jumping up to hit an enzuigiri to Dolph's head which landed flush. She got to her feet and the guys were smiling. Haley pulled Dolph away from the corner but barely got a two count so she dragged him back to her corner and tagged in Seth and held Dolph still so Seth could kick him in the ribs before she stood beside Dean on the apron. Dolph ducked between Seth's legs and reached for a tag but Seth held him still and dragged him back to the Shield's corner and tagged in Dean who slid around to face the former world champ and stomped on his fingers. He pulled Dolph to his feet and went for a clothesline but Dolph reversed it into a dropkick and both men were down on the mat until Dolph was able to tag in Rob. Rob came in strong and fast with clotheslines then a nasty kick before attempting rolling thunder but Dean rolled out the way and Rob landed on his feet. Dean punched Rob in the ribs then attempted to shove his face into the turnbuckle but Rob got his foot up just in time and back-elbowed Dean before hitting him with a springboard kick. When Dean stood in the opposite corner Rob charged him with his shoulder and thrust him into the corner twice but on the third try Dean moved and shoved Rob shoulder-first into the ring post. Dean pulled him out of the corner and hit his finishing headlock driver for the pin and elimination of Rob Van Dam. Dean backed up to his corner and the Shield smiled at the fact that they had eliminated their biggest threat, or second biggest depending.
Kofi Kingston was in the ring next and Dean tagged out to Seth to let the high-flyers go at it but Kofi was quickly in control and got Seth into an armbar submission but Seth got to his feet and reversed it by slamming him into the mat. Seth quickly dragged Kofi to his corner and tagged in Dean who wrapped Kofi's injured arm around the ring rope and held it there until the referee's four count. Dean punched Kofi back to the Shield's corner and offered his hand out to Haley who smiled and tagged herself in. She kicked Kofi in the head with a Trish Stratus-like kick and put Kofi into the anaconda vice and he soon tapped out, Haley had forced her first elimination. Titus O'Neil snuck in behind Haley as she stood and shoved her hard into the turnbuckle and she winced, she didn't quite have enough time to avoid the impact of Titus' body crushing hers into the corner and she fell to the mat.
"Come on Haley" the Shield called out to her. They were all cheering her on, waving out for a tag or clapping to try and get the crowd involved. She got to her feet and dropkicked Titus in the knee causing him to stumble before running to her corner to tag in Dean. Dean got a quick beatdown by Titus then tagged in Roman who wasn't so easy to take down. The two men tried to out-muscle each other but Roman got the better end of that deal pushing Titus to the Shield's corner where Seth tagged himself in and started punching Titus from the second rope on the outside. While Seth rolled into the ring Dean and Haley held onto Titus until Seth continued the beating before tagging in Roman. Roman started punching Titus but once he started talking trash Titus backed him up and began punching back, knocking all members of the Shield off the apron in the process he turned to kick Roman but he ducked and hit Titus with a spear for the elimination. It was down to 8-on-4 and Justin Gabriel got in the ring next landing his fair share of kicks before getting some momentum which was quickly stopped by a spear for another elimination. Zack Ryder was the next daring enough to try his luck against Roman hitting him with punches but when he tried to irish whip Roman to the corner Roman reversed it and ran at Ryder who got his knees up just in time to daze Roman enough for a dropkick to land flush. Ryder then went for the Broski boot but was hit with a spear for the pin. Daniel Bryan got in the ring next and landed a few kicks before Roman irish whipped him into the corner but Bryan climbed the turnbuckle and Roman ran into the corner and turned to get hit with a running clothesline. Bryan knocked the Shield off the apron again then when Roman missed with a body splash in the corner Bryan got him with a running knee then a dropkick. He tagged in Jey Uso who landed a hard kick before tagging in his brother with the splash for the pin. Dean, Seth and Haley looked in the ring in shock.
"Did he just…" Seth pointed to the ring.
"Plan B?" Haley asked looking to the two.
"We don't have one" Dean breathed. Seth got in the ring against Darren Young and Darren started the punches while Seth was stuck at the turnbuckle but Seth dropped him face-first into the turnbuckle and kneed Darren before tagging in Dean. They knew they had to be more careful now because if they both were eliminated then Haley would be stuck on her own. Dean got Darren to the corner and climbed the turnbuckle to punch him before jumping back down to the mat and slapping him around a bit which Haley always found amusing. Dean dragged Darren to the corner and Seth tagged himself in continuing the beatdown until Seth hit him in the side of the head with his knee for the eliminating pin but Dolph was quick to sneak into the ring and Dolph had a flurry of activity before Seth dropped him face-first into the turnbuckle and tagged in Dean who was doing really well until Ziggler hit the Zig-Zag and got the pin. Haley's jaw dropped but Seth was quickly into the ring and attacking Dolph before ha had a chance to get to his feet. Seth tried his best to keep Ziggler from his corner but was ultimately in need of a tag. Haley's hand was extended but Seth was hesitant to tag, she was a woman and Dolph was at his corner to tag in a fresh man.
"Dammit Seth, trust me" Haley snapped and Seth tagged her in. Haley ran at R-Truth, knocking him down and laying in the punches before standing up and hitting a springboard back elbow and then a tornado DDT from the second turnbuckle. She was on a roll. She lifted R-Truth to his feet and hit the Fake-Out for the elimination. Dolph was in quicker than Haley could get to her feet and hit the Zig-Zag for the pin. Seth got into the ring and Daniel Bryan directed the Usos and Dolph to surround the ring Shield style. The four began beating down Seth but just as they did, Dean and Roman ran form the back to help him out but were taken down. Haley was still down and out from her elimination but Seth was okay for the time being. That was until Bryan hit him with the knee for the win.
Backstage (Offscreen)
Haley and the rest of the superstars that had competed in the match were all complimented by Paul Levesque, Vince McMahon and Stephanie for the match.
"To be honest I wasn't really sure about having Haley in the match. It was a last minute decision that we allowed her to choose, but I'm glad you were in there. You were amazing, you sold the moves perfectly" Stephanie smiled and hugged the younger woman.
"She was so light to throw around" Titus smirked and Haley punched him playfully.
"You're so funny" Haley said shaking her head.
"Are you okay with doing more inter-gender matches?" Vince asked and Haley nodded.
"Okay then" Paul smiled and Haley walked in the direction of the Divas locker room but stopped when she saw Eva talking to Jane and Mark.
"Well if the Shield says no then you can't force yourself into the group. Haley's back now anyway and the three men have told us that the only women allowed in the group are Layla and Haley. No means no" Mark told her. Haley knew Jane was scarier than Mark, she'd figured that out on her second day when she had her in-ring debut and was so nervous she botched a back body drop and nearly planted Michelle McCool on her neck.
"Jane, Mark" Haley greeted with a smile that was returned by the two authority figures.
"Haley, welcome back" Jane said and hugged the woman.
"Thankyou. So what's going on with Red Devil over here?" Haley asked with a smirk while motioning to Eva who looked offended by Haley's nickname for her. Jane and Mark couldn't hold back the smile.
"She was wanting to take your place in the Shield" Jane informed her and Haley chuckled and turned to Eva.
"Well I'm back now and so there's no space in the Shield for a vindictive little tramp like you" Haley smirked and Eva scoffed before walking towards catering.
"We're going to put you in a feud with AJ, you'll be in a triple threat match against Brie and AJ at Battleground to reclaim the championship but we're still not sure how we want that match to end just yet" Mark said to Haley.
"That's okay, right now I just want to get back into the swing of things. The title will come home with me soon enough" she smiled and walked up to catering and tapped on Jon's shoulder, he turned in his chair to face her.
"Hey, I was just about to get up and find you" Jon told her. Haley slid down into the seat next to him and then followed Jon's gaze to Eva who was watching them. Jon turned and kissed Haley's cheek and Haley giggled when he followed with a few kisses down her neck, he knew it tickled her and he loved that.
"Okay, okay, stop it" Haley giggled, shrugging Jon off gently. He smiled at her and she kissed him. Right now was perfect, she didn't want it to end but she knew eventually he'd want to talk to her.
"We're gonna give the two of you the hotel for the night. Joe and I are gonna stay with Cesaro" Colby told the couple and Haley but her bottom lip to try and hide her smile.
"Thanks man" Jon smiled. As soon as they'd eaten they walked to the parking lot and saw Eva standing with JoJo by the exit.
"Bye lovebirds, I broke you once I can do it again" Eva smirked as Jon and Haley passed them, Haley stopped and Jon knew that look in her eye. She turned and walked up to Eva planting a hard right hand to her jaw.
"I think you need to be taught a lesson" Haley growled and punched Eva again. Eva grabbed Haley's hair and tugged hard causing Haley to cry out. Jon dropped his bags and walked towards the fight just as Haley kneed Eva in the gut and slapped her in the face.
"Okay, enough Haley" Jon told her calmly as he snaked his arm around her waist. Eva got to her feet and ran at Haley but Jon shoved Haley aside and towered over Eva. "Enough is enough you little skank. Stay away from me and stay away from Haley" Jon snapped. He was sick and tired of the little redhead wannabe diva. He walked back over to where Haley as standing and took her hand, leading her to the car, only stopping to grab their bags.
"Man Eva, that was really nasty. This isn't the way to get on the main roster" JoJo told her while shaking her head.
Back at the hotel Haley didn't know what to expect and quite frankly, neither did Jon. It was awkward as they put their bags in his room and just sat on the end of the bed.
"So…" Haley sighed.
"We have the place to ourselves, what do you wanna do?" Jon asked. Haley knelt next to her suitcase and pulled out her pyjamas.
"Right now, I want to get out of these jeans" she told him and began kicking them off, Jon couldn't help but stare.
"DO you want me to wait outside?" he asked, Haley turned to face him.
"Why? It's nothing you haven't seen before" she stated as she pulled on the pyjama shorts she had pulled out of her suitcase.
"Good point but yet again if that's how you feel then would you get changed in front of Randy?" Jon asked. Haley stopped and turned to him.
"Are you kidding me? Hell no. Jon, you're my boyfriend that's why I'm okay with getting changed in front of you" she told him.
"Well if that's the case" Jon stood up and pulled off his shirt then kicked off his jeans, leaving him in just his boxers. Haley smiled then walked over to him and kissed him. She knew sex wouldn't resolve anything but she needed him. He pulled her closer to him and let his hand slide under her top to grab at her side while she ran her hands through his messy hair. He moved her over to the bed and hovered over her.
"I love you" Haley told him as he began to trail kisses down her neck.
"I love you Haley" Jon said back but it was muffled against her skin.
The next morning Jon rolled over in bed and shot upright when he realised he was alone.
"Dammit" he grumbled and got up, pulling on a pair of jeans as he did so and opened the door. The room was empty. Jon picked up his phone and called Haley's number but it went straight to voicemail, he threw the phone at the bed and ran his hands through his hair trying to figure out where she was. Had she left him again? The door opened and he heard laughter.
"Okay, yeah. See you soon Layla." It was Haley. Jon walked into the main room and Haley could tell from the look in his eyes that he wasn't impressed with her.
"Where the hell have you been?" he asked.
"With Layla, we went down the street for breakfast. I wasn't gone that long" Haley replied.
"You couldn't have left me a note or answered your damn phone?" Jon almost yelled.
"My phone went dead and I couldn't find a pen" Haley replied with a hint of snappiness. "Look I'm sorry, I didn't think it would be a big deal. Layla and I haven't spent any time together for a while and I just needed some girl time" she said softly as she walked towards Jon.
"Well I hadn't seen you for two months and after last night" he hesitated. "I just thought that you'd be next to me when I woke up, not missing because you wanted to hang out with Layla" Jon told her.
"She's my friend Jon. What, am I supposed to just stop talking to them because we're dating? Because if that's how it is then I won't be around much longer" she snapped.
"No, but at least tell me where you're going" he returned with just as much anger. "Just like you should've told me about the miscarriage" he yelled. Haley shook her head.
"Is that what this is about? You didn't even want the baby" she said narrowing her eyes.
"I was warming up to the idea but not really, no. I wasn't ready to be a father" Jon confessed. "But I was gonna try my best for you and you walked away because some little whore got in your head" he told her.
"I'm sorry that I have trust issues but you know when-"
"When you're cheated on and left you expect it, I know. You've only said it a million times but I'm not them. When have I ever given you a reason not to trust me?" he asked. Haley sighed, he was right.
"I'm sorry" she whispered.
Yeah, well sorry isn't gonna fix everything because now it's me that doesn't trust you" Jon told her with a sigh.
"Please, let me try to fix this. I love you and it killed me to be away from you" she said. Jon saw the tears forming in her eyes and nodded.
"It killed me to. Just don't leave again Haley, I don't think I could deal with it happening a second time" he told her and she nodded, letting a tear slide down her cheek. She knew she was in the wrong and now she had to fix it, she had to prove to him that it wouldn't happen again.
A/N – So Jon and Haley have now dealt with what happened and now comes the time to try and fix it. Thankyou to the reviewers and Bella315 I'm not mad or upset at your review, I appreciate knowing what is good and bad. We all know that relationships aren't that easy to get back on track again! So let me know anything you'd like to see in this story and I'll try to incorporate it into what I already have planned.
NEXT CHAPTER – Haley competes in a match against AJ who brings Tamina out as her official bodyguard which causes Dean to come to ringside and even the odds for Haley. The Shield cause Dean's US title match to end in a no contest and then the COO makes a six-man tag for the match. After the show Jon and Haley catch their flight back to Tampa but when Jon bumps into Dave, things go as Jon would've expected…badly.