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"So...I'll see you back in the locker room?" John asked as he and Sienna walked away from the gorilla together.
Sienna nodded. "Yeah. I just need to talk to Matt and then I'll be right there. We can decide what we're doing tonight after the show."
John grinned. "I have to catch a flight later tonight, so I don't have much time...maybe an hour or two...but...I have some ideas..."
Sienna laughed. "I'm sure you do, Big Daddy."
John leaned over and gave Sienna a gentle kiss on the lips. "I'll see you in a few, baby."
"Okay." Sienna smiled watching John leave and then sighed as her thoughts switched to Matt. Turning down a hallway in the opposite direction of John, Sienna soon found herself standing outside of Matt's locker room. She was hesitant to go in. She wanted to talk to Matt, but at the same time...she also had to keep a lot of stuff from him too. Taking a deep breath, Sienna steeled herself to go in and knocked on the door. Matt looked up at the knock and gave a small terrified smile when Sienna popped her head around the door.
"Come on in...it's just me. I promise." he said.
Sienna laughed lightly and came into the locker room, then took a seat on the bench by Matt. Neither of them said anything for a few minutes.
"I saw your match." Matt finally said. "You okay?"
Sienna smiled. "Yeah. It doesn't hurt so bad now."
Matt nodded. "That's good."
Sienna nodded and the two fell into an uncomfortable silence. Finally, Sienna sighed and spoke quietly.
"Look, Matt...I'm not going to sit here and tell you that I know what you're going through...because I don't. All I know is that I have two of my best friends about to get married to eachother...and one of them isn't kissing just their fiance." she said quietly.
Matt nodded, looking down as he thought. "It wasn't meant to last...you know?" he said. "Me and Mickie, I mean."
Sienna looked at him as she listened.
"It happened about five months ago...Lita was home with an injury. Jeff wasn't around and I just wanted someone to talk to. I ran into Mickie after a show...her ride never showed up, so I offered to give her one. We went for coffee and we got to talking and I realized that it was the type of conversation that Lita and I had never had before. And I liked it." he said.
Matt looked up at Sienna, imploring eyes beseeching her to understand. "I didn't mean for it to happen, Sienna. It just did...and then...I didn't know how to stop it. And now...I'm not sure that I can. There's just something about her...she's addicting."
Sienna sighed softly and gave Matt a hug. "Listen...you and Lita are two of my closest friends, Matt. I don't want either of you to get hurt...but I don't want either of you to be unhappy either." she said.
Sienna looked into Matt's eyes. "I don't know if you're feeling pre-wedding jitters, if maybe you're not really in love with her, or what...but you need to figure it out and you need to do it soon."
"How do I choose? I love them both." Matt said.
Sienna couldn't help but smile at the question that she'd answered for all her other friends.
"You pick the one that makes you the happiest and you do it before you lose both of them."
John entered his dressing room with a smile on his face. Things were finally starting to feel right. He and Adam Edge were going to have a match tonight, a match that he was looking forward to. Why? Because right after it, he had plans with Sienna.
John couldn't help but smile at the thought of his girl. He had wagered everything when he had given her the ultimatum last week and he had been beginning to regret it, but now, after reading her note and seeing her, he felt like he had done the right thing. And hopefully, everything would be smooth sailing from here on out.
The West Newbury resident sat down on the bench and started taping his wrists. His match would be coming up in about ten minutes. When he was done taping his wrists, he put on his padding and wrist bands and then started to change his shirt. He was just pulling on a fresh t-shirt, his back to the door when he heard a voice behind him.
"Hello, John."
John turned, pulling the t-shirt over his head and down. His eyes grew wide at the sight of his visitor.
"Anna..."
Anna Harris. They'd been dating when John had gotten a contract with the WWE a few years back. When he got moved to Raw, John felt like he was about to hit it big and at that time, he thought all he needed for his life to be perfect was a family. So...one night he proposed to Anna. And Anna had said yes.
Shortly after their engagement had been announced, Anna was offered the chance of a lifetime. An organization wanted her to do her medical internship with them, traveling the world and helping the sick in other countries. John knew that it was one of Anna's dream and so unable to destroy her dreams, he urged her to go.
They had made a plan to call as often as possible and they wrote to eachother every week. John had even bought equipment for both of them to exchange videos back and forth. She was only supposed to be gone for six months, but one night, John received a call. The organization had offered Anna a full time position and she had accepted. She wanted him to leave the WWE and join her in Africa.
John had thought about it, but knew in his heart that he couldn't go. The WWE was his home and he wasn't ready to leave it just yet. So, she stayed in Africa with her organization and he stayed in the United States with the WWE. One month later, he received a letter at his dad's house. It was from Anna. Tucked inside the letter was the engagement ring that John had given her.
John had tried getting in touch with her, to work things out, but she refused to answer his calls and never returned any of the messages he left. All the letters he'd writted had been returned as well, unopened. After awhile, he just stopped trying. That had been over a year ago and he hadn't heard a word from her since then.
"How are you, John?" Anna asked.
"Good." John said quietly. "And you?"
"The same." Anna replied with a small smile.
The two fell into an uncomfortable silence. Neither of them looking at eachother. Neither of them moving, they simply stood still as if thier legs were rooted to the floor, trying to focus on anything except eachother. After a few minutes of silence, John finally lifted his head.
"What are you doing here, Anna?" he asked.
Anna walked over to him and set her purse on the bench. She took a moment, choosing her words carefully, then decided there was no use beating around the bush.
"I made a mistake, John. I shouldn't have stayed in Africa..." she said looking up at him. "I should have come back home...to you."
John was shocked. "What?"
"I want you back, John." Anna said, more determined. "I want to start where we left off."
John shook his head, not quite believing what he's hearing. "Anna..." he started, then broke off. He didn't know what to say.
Anna looked at him imploringly. "John...this will work...all we have to do is try. It might be rocky, but we can get to where we were. I'm sure of it."
"You didn't even call me or send me a letter, Anna. You just sent the ring back. I don't hear from you for over a year and now you show up while I'm at work and tell me you want me back. How can you expect to just pick up where we left off?" John asked in disbelief.
"John please..." Anna said. "I know we can figure this out. You loved me once. And if you look deep down inside, I'm sure you'll find that part of you still does. We can make this work."
"Anna...I did love you, but that was a long time ago." John said quietly, taking a step back. "I'm in love with someone else now, Anna."
Anna took a step back. "Someone else?" she asked softly.
John nodded, a smile coming to his lips as he thought of Sienna. "Her name is Sienna."
"You love her?" Anna's eyes began to tear as John nodded.
Anna knew she was losing this battle. She needed to try anything to make John remember what it had been like between them and so, in an act of desperation, Anna stepped forward, taking John's face in her hands and pressed her lips to his. It was that moment, that Sienna walked up to the open door and stopped dead in her tracks. Neither John, nor Anna saw Sienna standing in the doorway. Sienna eye's teared at the sight of John kissing another woman and before either noticed her, she turned and walked away.
When Anna pulled back from John, she knew she had lost. John hadn't even responded to her kiss.
"I feel so stupid." Anna said as she turned from him.
"I'm sorry, Anna." John said quietly.
"Me too." Anna wiping the tears from her eyes. After a moment to collect herself, Anna grabbed her purse from the bench and went to the door. When she got there, she stopped and turned back to John.
"Good bye, John." she whispered softly.
As John watched Anna leave the room, he felt in his heart that the Anna Chapter was finally closed...for good. He didn't get too much time to think on it though. Jeff entered his locker room and from the look on his friends face, John knew the younger Hardy had something puzzling on his mind.
"What's up, Jeff?" John asked.
"I just ran into Sienna." Jeff said puzzled. "She has this crazy notion that you've been kissing another woman besides her."
John looked at him, just as puzzled. "What? I would never do that to her."
Jeff nodded. "I know. That's what's so weird. She was like...enraged."
"Shit." John said. He'd forecasted the next couple of days without thunder storms, but according to Jeff, Sienna was proving the predictions wrong. "I'd better go talk to her."
Jeff shook his head. "She's pissed at you...and I mean like...majorly pissed. If I were you, I'd let her calm down before I try to talk to her."
John nodded and Jeff motioned to the door. "So who was that?"
John shrugged. "That was Anna...my ex."
Jeff's brows rose. "Your ex?"
John sighed and told Jeff the whole story of him and Anna. Jeff sat down, mouth open.
"Wow...no word for over a year and then bam...she just shows up?" he asked, shaking his head in amazement.
"It gets better..." John said sarcastically. "She comes in here and proceeds to tell me that she wants me back...that she wants to pick up where we left off."
"What?" Jeff asked. "What did you say?"
John gave him an outraged look. "What do you think I said? I told her no. I told her that there was someone else..."
"So you told her about Sienna?" Jeff asked.
John nodded. "Yeah...that's when she kissed me..."
Jeff shot to his feet at that. "Wait...what? She kissed you?"
John nodded again. "Dont' worry...I pushed her away."
"So that's what she was talking about!" Jeff said under his breath.
John looked at him puzzled.
"Don't you see?" Jeff asked. "Sienna must have seen her kiss you! That's why she's so pissed."
John's eyes widened as it all sank in. In two words, he summed up the entire situation.
"Oh shit."
