Chapter Forty Six

Seeing Shane hadn't been spending that much quality time with Allie in recent weeks, he decided that he'd organise a romantic getaway for the two of them. They'd leave after the recording of Smackdown and head off to his family's log cabin where they'd spend every waking moment together. When Shane told Allie about what he'd organised he expected that she'd b over the moon about the idea or at least happy. However, it was quite the opposite. She was annoyed because Shane knew that she had plans to go to the game with Mark. She'd been talking about it all week and Shane should have known how much the game meant to her. This statement angered Shane. He replied by saying,

"What's more important to you, me or your bloody game?"

"I'm starting to wonder myself"

"Obviously I don't mean nearly as much as the game ... and Mark for that point. Seeing you've been spending all your free time with him. If you want him so bad tell me now and we'll break it off."

"Shane that's not fair ... or true. Don't put words into my mouth. You know ho much you mean to me..."

"Then miss the game and come away with me."

"But Shane"

"No buts. Either you come away with me or we're through"

"Well fine" Allie said grabbing her coat and bag before storming out of Shane's house. She jumped into her car before driving off. Shane just sat stunned at what had just taken place.

Allie drove around for a while. She finally stopped so that she could make a phone call and grab a cup of coffee. She was going to ring one of the girls to see if she could stay with them, but decided against it because she thought she'd be in the way, so she gave Mark a call.

"Hello" Mark said

"Mark its Allie, do you think I could come over?"

"Sure but Allie are you ok?"

"I'll tell you all about it shortly"

"Ok I'll wait out the front for you"

When Allie finished talking to Mark she bought a coffee before driving on to Mark's place. She arrived at his place around 10 minutes later and sure enough he was waiting for her out the front with open arms.

Allie ended up telling Mark all about the fight she'd had with Shane. She was so upset and couldn't stop crying. Mark sat comforting her until she felt better. After making her some hot cocoa and giving her a T-shirt to sleep in, Mark showed Allie to the spare room which was across the hall from his room. Allie thanked Mark for everything before saying goodnight. Mark said,

"If you need anything I'm just across the hall. I hope you sleep ok"

"Thanks! I'll keep that in mind"

At work the next day, Allie did her best to avoid Shane because she didn't feel up to seeing him. He on the other hand was dying to see her. He bumped into Lily on his way to his office and asked her if she'd seen Allie. She replied by saying,

"No but didn't you drive into work together"

"We had a umm fight last night and I haven't heard from her since"

"Oh my gosh ...I haven't heard from her but she probably stayed with Mandy"

"If you do could you please let me know"

"Yeah sure thing Shane"

"Thanks Lily"

When Lily left Shane, she headed to her desk. There she tried calling Allie on her mobile to see if she was ok. All she got was the message bank so she left a message before trying to call her at work however the phone was engaged. Lily decided that she'd call Mandy to see if she'd heard from Allie.

"Hello"

"Gee took you long enough to answer"

"Sorry Lily the guys and I are working out before heading to the ring. Is everything ok?"

"Have you seen or heard from Allie lately?"

"No, not since we all went out to lunch together the other day. Why ... what's wrong?"

"I jus t saw Shane and he told me they had a fight yesterday night and she left or something..."

"Oh dear that's not good. I'll ask the guys and see if they know anything and I'll give you a call back after the training sessions over ... in about 2 1/2 hours"

"Ok thanks ... I'll leave a message if I find anything out"

"Cool ... thanks ... sorry gotta get back to it ... the guys are getting a bit annoyed ... well actually a lot"

"Ok talk to you soon. Bye"

"Bye"



"That better have been important" Matt said when Mandy returned

"Sorry guys, Lily needed to ask me something."

"Couldn't it have waited till after training?" Jeff asked

"It was important ... she wanted to know if I'd heard from Allie because she and Shane had a fight last night and she left..."

"Oh umm ... sorry" Matt said

"You guys haven't seen or heard from her have you?"

"Nope sorry" Jeff said

"Are you talking about Allie?" a voice behind them said. They all turned around to find Mark lifting some weights.

"Yeah"

"She's fine ... she stayed at my place last night ... in the spare room"

"Oh that's so good ... I'm so glad she's ok. She is ok isn't she?" Mandy asked

"Yeah but I'm sure she'd love to talk to you ... I'm not the best in the advice department"

"Ok ... thanks so much Mark"

"It's ok ... any time"

"So can we get back to our training now? After all we have a big match this week"

"Yeah sorry Matt"

After training Mandy gave Lily a call to fill her in on the Allie situation. They both decided to pay Allie a visit and see how she was. They organised to meet each other by the lift on Allie's level before going to visit her. Around 30 minutes later Lily and Mandy met. They went to Allie's desk but were disappointed not to find her. They bumped into Vince who informed them that he sent her home because her mind wasn't on the job. The girls thanked Vince before heading to the car park. On their way Lily tried calling Allie with no luck, so she decided to give Mark a call. While she did so Mandy got a call from Adam seeing if she needed a lift home. Mandy told him of her plans to see Allie and that she'd see him back at the house later that afternoon. Once Mandy had finished talking to Adam she asked Lily what Mark had told her. Lily simply replied,

"We're heading over to Mark's"

Allie and Mark where sitting in the kitchen eating lunch together when the door bell rang. Mark got up from the table and went and answered the door. He returned moments later with Lily and Mandy following him. Mark then picked up his lunch and told the girls he'd let them talk in private and told them all to make themselves at home. The three girls thanked him before he headed out of the room and upstairs.

"Hey Allie" Mandy started before getting cut off by Allie

"What are you two doing here?"

"We heard about the fight ... and thought you might like to talk" Lily said

"And we wanted to make sure you were ok" Mandy added

"Oh I'm fine," Allie said standing up and making herself another cup of coffee, "Do you guys want anything?"

"Yeah I'd love a drink," Mandy said

"Yeah me too ... if it's no trouble"

"No that's cool. Why don't you guys go and sit in the lounge room while I get the drinks ready"

"Do you need any help?" Lily asked

"No thanks I'll be fine. The lounge rooms just through there" Allie said pointing to the door to her right.



A few minutes later Allie walked though the lounge room door carrying a tray of goodies. She placed the tray down and handed the girls their drinks.

"I hope I got your drink orders right" Allie said jokingly

"Yeah ... how did you guess that I wanted water?" Mandy asked

"After knowing someone for as long, you get to know what they like" Allie laughed

The girls spent the rest of the afternoon together talking. Allie told them all about the fight. She told them how angered she was and still is with Shane. They spent so much time talking together that they didn't realise how late it was. It wasn't until Mark came to see if Lily and Mandy would be staying for dinner. They both looked at their watches before gasping in shook.

"Geez I hadn't realised it was so late" Lily said

"Neither had I ... I think we better be off. I hope your feeling better Allie"

"Me too and we'll have to do dinner another time Mark"

"Thanks guys. I'll see you out"

The girls said their final farewells before Lily and Mandy got into Lily's car. They then drove off.

When Allie returned to the kitchen, Mark had started to cook dinner.

"Mmm something smells good"

"I hope you like Stir Fry"

"Yeah it's one of my favourites. Would you like some help?"

"Do you think you could go down to the cellar choose a nice wine to go with the meal? ... Seeing you're so good at choosing and all"

"Yeah sure I'd love too" Allie said before walking off towards the cellar

When she returned Mark had finished cooking and was in the process of dishing out the meal. While he did so Allie went and got wine glasses before opening the bottle. They then went over to the table to enjoy their dinner together. After the meal they were cleaned up together. Mark was about to say something when the phone rang. Mark picked up the phone and not surprisingly it was Shane asking to speak to Allie. Mark looked at Allie who was signaling that she didn't want to talk. So he made up an excuse, saying that she was in the shower. Shane was disappointed to hear this and thanked Mark for his time before hanging up. When Mark hung up he turned to Allie and said,

"Are you sure you don't want to talk to him? You could try and talk things through"

"I'm sure. I think I just need some time away from Shane for a bit. I hope you don't mind me staying with you. Otherwise I could go and stay somewhere else"

"I'm sure. I love having you here. I mean it gets pretty lonely living by yourself at times."

"Oh what were you going to say before the phone rang?" Allie asked curiously

"I was going to ask if you're still up to going to the game tomorrow night"

"Yeah of course I am. I wouldn't miss it for the world. I mean it's the last game played at the stadium for the season ... before the Superbowl"

"How would you feel about going to that?"

"What the Superbowl?"

"Yeah"

"I've always wanted to go ... ever since I can remember"

"So are you free that weekend?"

"Yeah as far as I know ... why?"

"Because if you're up for it, I've got us front row tickets for the game ... the only problem its being played in New York."

"Oh my gosh tell me your not serious ... Oh my gosh ... this is like the best thing ever ... thank you so much Mark" Allie said before throwing her arms around him, "Oh but what about work?"

"It's all under control. I've talked to Vince and I'll be hosting the SmackDown party at WWF New York which is the day before the game and he's letting you come with me because ... you know the guy that is usually in charge of the live events and guest stops ... I think his names Johnny ... well anyway, he's on holidays at the moment ... so you'll be in change and doing his job"

"Wow that's amazing. How did you talk Vince into letting me go?"

"Actually it was his idea. You know how much he loves your work"

"I can't wait to thank him tomorrow ... but tonight I think I better thank you ... feel like one of my special desserts?"

"I probably shouldn't because of the show tomorrow"

"Oh come on ... just a little bit"

"Yeah ok you've talked me into it"

"Excellent. Why don't you go and sit down and I'll bring it to you in a minute"

"Ok I can't wait" Mark said

Lily drove Mandy off before driving home. As she walked in the front door she was so happy to see Jeff and Liger because she'd been missing them both. She walked over to where they were sitting and through her arms around Jeff.

"Are you ok?" he asked

"Promise we'll never fight ... I don't want to end up like Allie and Shane"

"I promise ... but Lily you do realise that most couples go through rough spots ... including us ... it just depends how willing the couple are on fixing the problem"

"I love you so much Jeffy"

"I love you too ... why don't we have an early night" Jeff said starting to walk of towards their bedroom.

"Oh Jeffy ... you bad boy you" Lily laughed following close behind.

When Mandy returned home she found Adam in their work out room lifting some weights. She walked in and sat down on a bench along the wall. Adam spotted her and stopped his work out and went and sat on the floor in front of her.

"Is something wrong?" Adam asked concerned

"I'm worried about Allie"

"I'm sure she and Shane will work everything out ... eventually"

"Yeah but it's got me thinking"

"What about?"

"You ... me ... us ... everything. I mean I think we should talk"

"That sounds serious"

"Well ... kinda ... I want to make sure that you are happy with everything between us at the moment."

"Of course I am. You know how much I love you ... and how I hate being apart from you" Adam said sincerely

"I know ... but I just had to make sure ... like are you ok with the current story line between Matt and I aren't you? I mean it must get a little uncomfortable and a bit close to home at times"

"I won't deny that I have found it hard but I understand that it's just for the show ... and you and Matt are just good friends ... right? ... You're not seeing him behind my back again are you? ... Because I don't know what I'd do if you were."

"Of course I'm not. I ... I couldn't do that to you again. All the pain I caused ... and I love you so much."

"Mandy we've been through this like a hundred times before ... are you sure there isn't anything wrong? You don't seem your normal bubbly self"

"I don't know ... I think things are just starting to pile up on me ... and I guess I just wanted to make sure you still felt the same way..." Adam got up and moved next to Mandy and said gently,

"Come on, let me take you to bed ... I think you could do with a good night sleep." He then put his arms around her waist and guided her to their bedroom.