Chapter Forty Seven
The next day at work Allie went to Vince's office to thank him. She knocked on the door and heard a voice saying, "Come in" so she entered. She walked towards the desk and said,
"Vince I just wanted to thank you for allowing me to go on the trip with Mark to New York" There was silence for a few minutes before Allie said, "Mr McMahon?" The chair in front of her swung around so that the person was facing her.
"Sorry wrong McMahon" Shane said
"Where's Vince?"
"Haven't you heard? I'm taking over this department from Vince while he works on other important areas"
"No ... why didn't he tell me or anyone else for that matter?"
"It was decided upon yesterday after he sent you home ... it means we'll be spending more time together ... working really close ... like originally"
"This was your idea wasn't it? You got daddy to change everything just so you can be closer ... and ... you're pathetic"
"That's so untrue ... well not exactly. I just thought it would be good to work with you again ... like before"
"Sure, sure I believe you"
"Come on Allie is it so bad that I want to spend time with you?"
"Yes because you only care about yourself and no one else ... you just can't stand it that I walked out on you the other day..."
"You're still angry about that I take it"
"Still angry ... what do you think smart ass?" Allie said coldly
"Allie I..." Shane started
"I really don't care. Now if you'd excuse me I've got lots of work to do" Allie started to walk to the door when Shane grabbed her arm and stopped her. Allie looked at him and said, "let got of my arm"
"Allie why are you acting like this?" Shane asked
"Why am I acting like this? ... I'm not the one that was an inconsiderate bastard ... you should really look at yourself you know that McMahon"
"Hey I'm not that one that would prefer to go to a bloody football match then away for a romantic weekend"
"Hey if you'd actually listen to me once in a while you'd have known about the bloody football game ... after all I've been talking about it for weeks. Shows how much you listen to me"
"Yeah likely story ... I know the only reason you like going to the game is because you have a thing for Mark ... you obviously have gotten advise from Mandy about how to best fool around behind my back"
"Where the fuck do you get off? ... I have never cheated on you and would never have ... and leave Mandy out of this ... You have one wild imagination there ... and can you please let go of my arm before you regret it."
"Or what? You're going to attack me? It's not like you know any wrestling moves or anything" Shane laughed. Allie then looked at Shane before trying to pull her arm with no luck so she flipped Shane onto his back and put her foot on his chest.
"Sorry what were you saying?" Allie laughed
"How..." Shane started
"If you ever listened to me you would have known I could do that ... and some other moves. You'd know a lot more but obviously I'm not important enough to you because you don't listen to me. I can't go out with someone that doesn't listen to me Shane ... I just can't. It's over ...We're over ... Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to get my work and take it home ... I can't work here while you are here" Allie said walking over Shane's body and throw her promise ring on the floor at Shane before walking out the door to her desk. She grabbed some files off her desk and headed to the lift and subsequently her car.
On her drive back to Mark's place she stopped off at Shane's place and packed up all her clothing and most of her belongings. She packed them into her car before driving off. When she got to Mark's she let herself in before taking all her stuff to the guest room she was staying in. After she's carried all her belongings from the car she flopped onto the bed and broke down in tears. She couldn't believe how much things had change in the past few days.
At the arena Mandy, Matt and Jeff were training hard in the weight room before it was their turn for the ring. While working out they discussed the show and how best to execute their maneuvers. When it came time for their turn in the ring, they practiced with Mark and Devon as they were their opponents that evening. During the ring time Mandy noticed Shane sitting in the stands. It seemed like he was a million miles away. Once she and the others had finished she went and sat next to him and said,
"Hey Shane, the rings free for you now" Shane didn't respond
"Shane" Mandy said again, "are you ok?"
"Allie ... she's left me ... for good" Shane said showing Mandy the ring
"Oh Shane I'm sorry. I'm sure if you give her some space thing will improve"
"I shouldn't have been such a bastard ... I've lost my best friend ... my girlfriend ... my future wife. You know the funny thing. I was going to propose to her at the cabin. I guess I won't be able to now"
"Oh Shane" Mandy said wrapping her arms around him to comfort him. They were interrupted after a few minutes later by Adam who said,
"Hey Shaneo ready for our practice session?"
"Yeah ok ... I'll just get ready ... I'll just be a minute." Shane said getting up and walking off to his dressing room. After Shane left Mandy and Adam talked for a bit before she left to get showered and changed. On her way she bumped into Mark and told him that Allie had gone back to his place. He thanked her and said he'd go and check on her and see if she was ok. Mandy they continued onto her locker room. After changing she packed up all her stuff and put it in her locker. She then grabbed her handbag and headed down the corridor to meet up with Matt and Jeff. The three of them went down the road for lunch and talk about the show.
When Mark arrived home be dropped his sports bag by the front door before looking around the house for Allie. He firstly looked downstairs with no luck and decided that she must be upstairs in her room. He knocked on her door before opening it slightly and said,
"Hey Al are you in here?"
"Yeah hey Mark, please come in" Mark then opened the door and found Allie sitting on the bed working, with files all around her. He looked at her before saying,
"Sorry I don't mean to interrupt but I just wanted to make sure you were ok"
"Yeah I'm fine," Allie said trying to hide her feelings
"You sure?"
"Yeah why wouldn't I be?"
"I heard that you had a run in with Shane"
"Oh ... umm yeah ... that..."
"Do you want to talk about it? I mean you don't have to but it might make you feel better".
"No it's ok ... it wasn't anything serious ... I just broke up with him..."
"What?" Mark said with a pause, "sorry I'm not trying to do a Stone Cold ... its just a bit of a shock. I'm really sorry Allie."
"Thanks ... it's for the best though"
"Are you still up for the game tonight after the show?"
"Yeah of course I am ... you know I wouldn't miss it for the world and I wouldn't want to give Shane the satisfaction..."
"Excellent ... I'm just going to make myself a cup of coffee before heading back to the arena, would you like one?"
"Yeah I'd love one thanks. I'll just finish up the last of my work before coming down to join you."
"Ok see you soon" Mark said before heading downstairs to the kitchen.
Once Allie had finished her work she collected all her work files and put them in her bag before heading downstairs to join Mark in the kitchen. She thought seeing as she was heading back to the arena she might as well drop off her finished work and see if there were any messages or work for her.
After the coffee the two of them grabbed their stuff before going to Mark's car. On their trip to the arena they made arrangements for that evening after the show. They worked out that Allie would meet Mark in his locker room after his match or whenever she'd finished with her work.
When they arrived at the arena Allie wished Mark good luck in his match in case she didn't she him before hand. Mark thanked her before he walked down the corridor towards his locker room. On his way he saw Mandy, Matt and Jeff who were just arriving back from their late lunch together. He stopped and talked to them for a while and Mandy asked him about Allie. Mark filled her in on the latest news and also mentioned that she'd gone upstairs to get some work done. Mandy thanked him and wished him luck in their match later before let time him go and get ready. She then followed the guys to their looker room.
When Allie got to her desk she was shocked to see so many files. It was almost like Shane was punishing her which really annoyed her. Before starting on the new files she put her bag on her chair and took out her finished file. She then walked over to Shane's office to put them on his desk. She didn't bother knocking because she thought he'd be downstairs preparing for his match. However, when she opened the door he was in the middle of getting changed. She immediately thought coming back upstairs was a big mistake. Shane looked over at her standing at the door with a questioning look on his face.
"Oh I'm sorry Shane..." Allie's voice trailed off before she turned to leave
"What are you doing here?" he asked coldly
"I umm came to put these finished files on your desk"
"Haven't you heard of knocking before?"
"Sorry I use to do this all the time"
"What walk in on Vince changing?"
"No that isn't what I meant and you know it"
"So what did you mean then?"
"I use to always drop off files before the show ... and there never use to be anyone in here because Vince would be downstairs. So I guess I just thought you'd be downstairs also ... seeing you have a dressing room down there and all."
"You guessed wrong didn't you"
"Gee Shane I've tried my hardest to apologies ... what do you want me to do? Get down on hands and knees?"
"Yeah ... that wouldn't be to bad"
"How did I guess he was going to say something like that?" Allie thought to herself before saying, "Look I'm just going to put these on your desk and let you get back to changing" She then started walking towards the desk when Shane moved blocking her path.
"Shane I don't want any trouble ... I just want to put these on your desk."
"Oh don't play games with me Allie. I know you came here tonight to see me. You wanted to apologies about this morning"
"Umm not quite"
"It's ok Allie. I forgive you." Shane said moving closer and kissing her. She pulled away and slapped him before dropping the files on the floor and running out of the office crying. She was so upset that she forgot about her bag.
Mandy had finished getting changed and told the guys she was just going to go up and see how Allie was doing. They said that was cool but to make sure she was back in time fore their match. Mandy promised she would before leaving the room. She headed up the corridor until she reached the lifts. She looked up to see which level it was on presently. When she saw it was on the 38th she decided it would be quicker for her to use the stairs. She figured it would be a good warm up and anyway Allie was only on the 10th floor so it wasn't too far up. Mandy was so busy concentrating on the stairs that she didn't notice Allie running down the stairs towards her. They collided mid flight and were both knocked to the ground. They were both shaken but with no serious injuries. Mandy got up to check on Allie and noticed that she was crying and said,
"Hey are you ok?" Allie still didn't look up and was unaware that it was Mandy and flinched when Mandy put her hand on her shoulder and backed away slightly.
"Hey Allie it's me ... Mandy" Allie looked up at her and didn't say anything but wrapped her arms around Mandy saying,
"I thought you were..." Allie's voice faded
"Are you ok?"
"Can we go somewhere more private to talk?"
"Yeah sure .. come on" Mandy said putting her hand out to help Allie get to her feet. They then walked down the stairs silently with only the occasional muffled cries of Allie were heard. Once at the bottom of the stairs they went into Adam's locker room because Mandy knew he wouldn't be there as he was in the weights room. They went in and sat down on one of the benches.
"I'll get you a damp cloth to wash your face. It'll make you feel better." Mandy said getting up and walking over to Adam's locker. She searched through Adam's bag for the cloth before going over to the sink and wetting it, while she did so Allie sat continuing to crying silently.
"Here you go" Mandy said handing her the cloth
"Thanks" Allie said before using it
"Does that feel better?"
"A little thanks"
"Do you want to talk about what's made you so upset?" Allie started to tell Mandy about what had just happened when Adam arrived after his warm up. He was surprised to see the girls. He walked over to Mandy and wrapped his arms around her waist before kissing her on the neck. He then turned to Allie to say hello when he noticed she wasn't looking to happy.
"Hey are you ok?" he asked
"Actually Adam we were just in the middle of something"
"Oh do you want me to leave you to it?"
"Y..." Mandy started before Allie cut her off
"No please don't ... I mean after all it is your locker room"
"I'm glad someone realises this" Adam joked before continuing, "I don't mind leaving you two to talk ... I can always go down to see Matt and Jeff and change there"
"No really I want you to stay" Allie said
"Ok but I'll keep out of it ... I've really got to finish getting ready anyway."
Allie continued telling Mandy about everything that had happened. Mandy was shocked to hear what Shane had done. Even Adam who'd over hear the conversation thought so. He told Allie that he'd make Shane wish he'd never been such a bastard towards her tonight in his match against him. Adam also said he was going to go and see if he could change their match into a Street Fight to make things a little more interesting.
"But Adam you know how Shane loves his street fights" Allie said
"I had to agree with Allie. Are you sure this is the best idea?"
"Yeah it's all part of the plan. This way Vince and Shane can't say no to the change in match format. But don't you guys worry. I'll be well prepared and equipped.
"Ok but only if your sure" Allie said
"If you need any help I'll come and interfere if you'd like"
"I'm sure and I don't think you interfering would really work ... sorry to say Mandy. Anyway if you two will excuse me I'll go and organise everything"
"Good luck in your match ... and thanks" Allie said
"No probs. See you guys later and good luck babe"
"Thanks Adam. See you after the show ... and please try not to get to hurt"
"Ok I'll try" Adam said before leaving the room. Mandy then remembered that she had to go and meet the guys.
"Hey I have to go back to my locker room. Why don't you come and watch the show with Lily..."
"Yeah ok that sounds like fun. I don't really feel like being alone at the moment"
"Ok cool ... we have to hurry though coz I'm late and the guys are going to kill me" Mandy, said grabbing Allie's hand and guiding her quickly down the corridor. When they reached the locker room they found Matt and Jeff impatiently waiting,
"Gee what took you so long?" Matt asked
"Sorry I lost track of time ... I'll explain later ... after the match"
"Come on lets go" Jeff said
"Wait where's Lily?"
"She's still working but will be down later" Mandy turned to Allie and said,
"Will you be ok by yourself? Otherwise Chris should be next door ... his match isn't until much later on as you know ... maybe you could convince him to wear something sensible tonight"
"Don't worry about me I'll be fine but thanks for all your help. Good luck in your match"
"Thanks b" Mandy started before Matt and Jeff dragged her out the dorr and towards the curtain backstage.
When Mandy, Matt and Jeff retuned from their match they found Allie sitting watching the show with Chris. The two turned around and congratulated them on successfully retaining their titles. They all thanked them before they went off to shower and change. When they returned they all joined Allie and Christ to watch Adam's match against Shane. Just before the match started Lily arrived and joined the others. She apologised about being late but work had been rather hectic and sat down next to Jeff. The match turned out to be quite brutal with both guys getting busted open. Adam ended up winning the match with help from Jay. After the match the EMT's came down and stretched Shane to the backstage are because he'd been knocked out cold. It wasn't to bad because he wasn't required to go to hospital. The EMTs cleaned him up and put 10 stitched in the back of his head. Adam had hit Shane with a chair caused this and was also the reason why Shane got knocked out.
Mandy left the group to go and check on Adam who was in one of the EMTs rooms getting his injuries checked and attended to. She was so happy to see that he was in one piece yet at the same time annoyed that Adam had gone through with the match. Mandy walked into the room and hugged him tightly.
"Please never do that to me again. That match was so brutal and very difficult to watch" Adam winced as Mandy touched his sore and tender back which Shane had attached during their match with a leather belt.
"After that match I'm in no rush ... but really I'm fine"
"It sure doesn't seem like it" Mandy laughed
"Hey that's not fair. I wanted to teach Shane a lesson ... which I might add I did rather well."
"Yeah with help from Jay"
"Well what can I say? It was all part of the plan and it worked quite well if I do say so myself"
"Of course you'd say that" Mandy laughed, "but either way I'm so proud of you. You did such a good job and I love you for that. Now what do you say we get out of here?"
"Sounds good to me." Adam smiled before getting the final once over by the EMT officer before they headed for their respective locker room to collect their gear.
Mandy got her stuff before saying goodbye to everyone in locker room and told them she was taking Adam home as he was sore and tired from his match. She wished Chris luck for his match which was coming up shortly and told Allie to have a good time at the NFL with Mark. Before she left she checked with Jeff and Matt on their training time for the next day. They told her they'd meet her at 10am in the ring.
As she left the locker room she bumped into Mark who was looking for Allie. He asked,
"Is Allie in there?"
"Yeah she is. By the way, great match tonight"
"Thanks, your little fight with Stacy was impressive and a great break."
"Thanks ... anyway Adam and I are off home so have a great time tonight"
"Thanks see you tomorrow"
"Yeah definitely bye" with that Mandy left Mark and went down the corridor to find Adam. Mark opened the door and walked in. as he did so he said hello to everyone before sitting down next to Allie. They all talked for a while before Chris left for his match against Dwayne. After he left Mark asked Allie when she wanted to head off. She said that she'd be ready whenever he wanted to go. All she had to do was grab her bag. As soon as she mentioned that she remembered where her was.
"Damn" Allie said
"What's wrong? Your not turning into Ron (Faarooq) are you?" Mark said jokingly
"No I left my bag upstairs earlier"
"Al do you want me to go up with you?" Lily asked
"No it's ok. Shane shouldn't be up there so I'll just go and get it now. I shouldn't be to long. If I am you can send out a search party"
"Ok we'll keep you to that." Mark laughed, "I'll wait for you here then"
"Ok see you all soon" Allie said before leaving
While Allie was away Lily filled Mark in on the Shane incident earlier that night. Mark was angered when he heard about it and started to wish he'd gone with Allie but figured if he followed her up there now she wouldn't be to happy with him. So he sat with the others watching the show, trying not the think about Allie.
When Allie got off the lift all the lights were turned off, well all except for one, which seemed to be coming from Shane's office. Allie walked over to her desk in the dark and was shocked that her bag wasn't on her chair. She decided to walk over to Shane's office to see if he was in there to ask about her bag. Sure enough when she poked her head around the door and saw him sitting on his couch with his head in his hands. She knocked on the door and waited for him to respond. Shane got to his feet and walked over and opened the door.
"Hey what do you want? Come to apologies" he asked coldly
"Hey don't think for a minute I came back here to see you because I didn't. I just want to know if you've seen my bag coz it's not where I left it."
"Yeah I have actually. You left it in a pretty dumb place. Someone might have come along and taken it."
"Thanks for the advise. I'll remember that next time I run out of your office and leave my bag behind ... where is it?"
"Hang on I'll just get it for you" Allie stood in the doorway while Shane when to get her bag. He had locked it into the filing cabinet so that it was safe. When he returned he handed it to her and said,
"Here you go"
"Thanks ... now if you'll excuse me I have to go Mark's waiting for me downstairs" with that Allie quickly left Shane's office because she was starting to feel really uncomfortable.
Allie returned to the locker room to meet Mark but didn't mention her encounter with Shane to anyone. She thought it would be best to keep it to herself. She and Mark then said goodbye to the others before leaving the arena for the stadium, which was close by. Jeff and Lily followed close behind deciding to have the rest of the evening to themselves. Matt on the other hand hung around until the show had ended and went out with the guys afterwards to party, as he had nothing else to do.
The next day at work Allie went to Vince's office to thank him. She knocked on the door and heard a voice saying, "Come in" so she entered. She walked towards the desk and said,
"Vince I just wanted to thank you for allowing me to go on the trip with Mark to New York" There was silence for a few minutes before Allie said, "Mr McMahon?" The chair in front of her swung around so that the person was facing her.
"Sorry wrong McMahon" Shane said
"Where's Vince?"
"Haven't you heard? I'm taking over this department from Vince while he works on other important areas"
"No ... why didn't he tell me or anyone else for that matter?"
"It was decided upon yesterday after he sent you home ... it means we'll be spending more time together ... working really close ... like originally"
"This was your idea wasn't it? You got daddy to change everything just so you can be closer ... and ... you're pathetic"
"That's so untrue ... well not exactly. I just thought it would be good to work with you again ... like before"
"Sure, sure I believe you"
"Come on Allie is it so bad that I want to spend time with you?"
"Yes because you only care about yourself and no one else ... you just can't stand it that I walked out on you the other day..."
"You're still angry about that I take it"
"Still angry ... what do you think smart ass?" Allie said coldly
"Allie I..." Shane started
"I really don't care. Now if you'd excuse me I've got lots of work to do" Allie started to walk to the door when Shane grabbed her arm and stopped her. Allie looked at him and said, "let got of my arm"
"Allie why are you acting like this?" Shane asked
"Why am I acting like this? ... I'm not the one that was an inconsiderate bastard ... you should really look at yourself you know that McMahon"
"Hey I'm not that one that would prefer to go to a bloody football match then away for a romantic weekend"
"Hey if you'd actually listen to me once in a while you'd have known about the bloody football game ... after all I've been talking about it for weeks. Shows how much you listen to me"
"Yeah likely story ... I know the only reason you like going to the game is because you have a thing for Mark ... you obviously have gotten advise from Mandy about how to best fool around behind my back"
"Where the fuck do you get off? ... I have never cheated on you and would never have ... and leave Mandy out of this ... You have one wild imagination there ... and can you please let go of my arm before you regret it."
"Or what? You're going to attack me? It's not like you know any wrestling moves or anything" Shane laughed. Allie then looked at Shane before trying to pull her arm with no luck so she flipped Shane onto his back and put her foot on his chest.
"Sorry what were you saying?" Allie laughed
"How..." Shane started
"If you ever listened to me you would have known I could do that ... and some other moves. You'd know a lot more but obviously I'm not important enough to you because you don't listen to me. I can't go out with someone that doesn't listen to me Shane ... I just can't. It's over ...We're over ... Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to get my work and take it home ... I can't work here while you are here" Allie said walking over Shane's body and throw her promise ring on the floor at Shane before walking out the door to her desk. She grabbed some files off her desk and headed to the lift and subsequently her car.
On her drive back to Mark's place she stopped off at Shane's place and packed up all her clothing and most of her belongings. She packed them into her car before driving off. When she got to Mark's she let herself in before taking all her stuff to the guest room she was staying in. After she's carried all her belongings from the car she flopped onto the bed and broke down in tears. She couldn't believe how much things had change in the past few days.
At the arena Mandy, Matt and Jeff were training hard in the weight room before it was their turn for the ring. While working out they discussed the show and how best to execute their maneuvers. When it came time for their turn in the ring, they practiced with Mark and Devon as they were their opponents that evening. During the ring time Mandy noticed Shane sitting in the stands. It seemed like he was a million miles away. Once she and the others had finished she went and sat next to him and said,
"Hey Shane, the rings free for you now" Shane didn't respond
"Shane" Mandy said again, "are you ok?"
"Allie ... she's left me ... for good" Shane said showing Mandy the ring
"Oh Shane I'm sorry. I'm sure if you give her some space thing will improve"
"I shouldn't have been such a bastard ... I've lost my best friend ... my girlfriend ... my future wife. You know the funny thing. I was going to propose to her at the cabin. I guess I won't be able to now"
"Oh Shane" Mandy said wrapping her arms around him to comfort him. They were interrupted after a few minutes later by Adam who said,
"Hey Shaneo ready for our practice session?"
"Yeah ok ... I'll just get ready ... I'll just be a minute." Shane said getting up and walking off to his dressing room. After Shane left Mandy and Adam talked for a bit before she left to get showered and changed. On her way she bumped into Mark and told him that Allie had gone back to his place. He thanked her and said he'd go and check on her and see if she was ok. Mandy they continued onto her locker room. After changing she packed up all her stuff and put it in her locker. She then grabbed her handbag and headed down the corridor to meet up with Matt and Jeff. The three of them went down the road for lunch and talk about the show.
When Mark arrived home be dropped his sports bag by the front door before looking around the house for Allie. He firstly looked downstairs with no luck and decided that she must be upstairs in her room. He knocked on her door before opening it slightly and said,
"Hey Al are you in here?"
"Yeah hey Mark, please come in" Mark then opened the door and found Allie sitting on the bed working, with files all around her. He looked at her before saying,
"Sorry I don't mean to interrupt but I just wanted to make sure you were ok"
"Yeah I'm fine," Allie said trying to hide her feelings
"You sure?"
"Yeah why wouldn't I be?"
"I heard that you had a run in with Shane"
"Oh ... umm yeah ... that..."
"Do you want to talk about it? I mean you don't have to but it might make you feel better".
"No it's ok ... it wasn't anything serious ... I just broke up with him..."
"What?" Mark said with a pause, "sorry I'm not trying to do a Stone Cold ... its just a bit of a shock. I'm really sorry Allie."
"Thanks ... it's for the best though"
"Are you still up for the game tonight after the show?"
"Yeah of course I am ... you know I wouldn't miss it for the world and I wouldn't want to give Shane the satisfaction..."
"Excellent ... I'm just going to make myself a cup of coffee before heading back to the arena, would you like one?"
"Yeah I'd love one thanks. I'll just finish up the last of my work before coming down to join you."
"Ok see you soon" Mark said before heading downstairs to the kitchen.
Once Allie had finished her work she collected all her work files and put them in her bag before heading downstairs to join Mark in the kitchen. She thought seeing as she was heading back to the arena she might as well drop off her finished work and see if there were any messages or work for her.
After the coffee the two of them grabbed their stuff before going to Mark's car. On their trip to the arena they made arrangements for that evening after the show. They worked out that Allie would meet Mark in his locker room after his match or whenever she'd finished with her work.
When they arrived at the arena Allie wished Mark good luck in his match in case she didn't she him before hand. Mark thanked her before he walked down the corridor towards his locker room. On his way he saw Mandy, Matt and Jeff who were just arriving back from their late lunch together. He stopped and talked to them for a while and Mandy asked him about Allie. Mark filled her in on the latest news and also mentioned that she'd gone upstairs to get some work done. Mandy thanked him and wished him luck in their match later before let time him go and get ready. She then followed the guys to their looker room.
When Allie got to her desk she was shocked to see so many files. It was almost like Shane was punishing her which really annoyed her. Before starting on the new files she put her bag on her chair and took out her finished file. She then walked over to Shane's office to put them on his desk. She didn't bother knocking because she thought he'd be downstairs preparing for his match. However, when she opened the door he was in the middle of getting changed. She immediately thought coming back upstairs was a big mistake. Shane looked over at her standing at the door with a questioning look on his face.
"Oh I'm sorry Shane..." Allie's voice trailed off before she turned to leave
"What are you doing here?" he asked coldly
"I umm came to put these finished files on your desk"
"Haven't you heard of knocking before?"
"Sorry I use to do this all the time"
"What walk in on Vince changing?"
"No that isn't what I meant and you know it"
"So what did you mean then?"
"I use to always drop off files before the show ... and there never use to be anyone in here because Vince would be downstairs. So I guess I just thought you'd be downstairs also ... seeing you have a dressing room down there and all."
"You guessed wrong didn't you"
"Gee Shane I've tried my hardest to apologies ... what do you want me to do? Get down on hands and knees?"
"Yeah ... that wouldn't be to bad"
"How did I guess he was going to say something like that?" Allie thought to herself before saying, "Look I'm just going to put these on your desk and let you get back to changing" She then started walking towards the desk when Shane moved blocking her path.
"Shane I don't want any trouble ... I just want to put these on your desk."
"Oh don't play games with me Allie. I know you came here tonight to see me. You wanted to apologies about this morning"
"Umm not quite"
"It's ok Allie. I forgive you." Shane said moving closer and kissing her. She pulled away and slapped him before dropping the files on the floor and running out of the office crying. She was so upset that she forgot about her bag.
Mandy had finished getting changed and told the guys she was just going to go up and see how Allie was doing. They said that was cool but to make sure she was back in time fore their match. Mandy promised she would before leaving the room. She headed up the corridor until she reached the lifts. She looked up to see which level it was on presently. When she saw it was on the 38th she decided it would be quicker for her to use the stairs. She figured it would be a good warm up and anyway Allie was only on the 10th floor so it wasn't too far up. Mandy was so busy concentrating on the stairs that she didn't notice Allie running down the stairs towards her. They collided mid flight and were both knocked to the ground. They were both shaken but with no serious injuries. Mandy got up to check on Allie and noticed that she was crying and said,
"Hey are you ok?" Allie still didn't look up and was unaware that it was Mandy and flinched when Mandy put her hand on her shoulder and backed away slightly.
"Hey Allie it's me ... Mandy" Allie looked up at her and didn't say anything but wrapped her arms around Mandy saying,
"I thought you were..." Allie's voice faded
"Are you ok?"
"Can we go somewhere more private to talk?"
"Yeah sure .. come on" Mandy said putting her hand out to help Allie get to her feet. They then walked down the stairs silently with only the occasional muffled cries of Allie were heard. Once at the bottom of the stairs they went into Adam's locker room because Mandy knew he wouldn't be there as he was in the weights room. They went in and sat down on one of the benches.
"I'll get you a damp cloth to wash your face. It'll make you feel better." Mandy said getting up and walking over to Adam's locker. She searched through Adam's bag for the cloth before going over to the sink and wetting it, while she did so Allie sat continuing to crying silently.
"Here you go" Mandy said handing her the cloth
"Thanks" Allie said before using it
"Does that feel better?"
"A little thanks"
"Do you want to talk about what's made you so upset?" Allie started to tell Mandy about what had just happened when Adam arrived after his warm up. He was surprised to see the girls. He walked over to Mandy and wrapped his arms around her waist before kissing her on the neck. He then turned to Allie to say hello when he noticed she wasn't looking to happy.
"Hey are you ok?" he asked
"Actually Adam we were just in the middle of something"
"Oh do you want me to leave you to it?"
"Y..." Mandy started before Allie cut her off
"No please don't ... I mean after all it is your locker room"
"I'm glad someone realises this" Adam joked before continuing, "I don't mind leaving you two to talk ... I can always go down to see Matt and Jeff and change there"
"No really I want you to stay" Allie said
"Ok but I'll keep out of it ... I've really got to finish getting ready anyway."
Allie continued telling Mandy about everything that had happened. Mandy was shocked to hear what Shane had done. Even Adam who'd over hear the conversation thought so. He told Allie that he'd make Shane wish he'd never been such a bastard towards her tonight in his match against him. Adam also said he was going to go and see if he could change their match into a Street Fight to make things a little more interesting.
"But Adam you know how Shane loves his street fights" Allie said
"I had to agree with Allie. Are you sure this is the best idea?"
"Yeah it's all part of the plan. This way Vince and Shane can't say no to the change in match format. But don't you guys worry. I'll be well prepared and equipped.
"Ok but only if your sure" Allie said
"If you need any help I'll come and interfere if you'd like"
"I'm sure and I don't think you interfering would really work ... sorry to say Mandy. Anyway if you two will excuse me I'll go and organise everything"
"Good luck in your match ... and thanks" Allie said
"No probs. See you guys later and good luck babe"
"Thanks Adam. See you after the show ... and please try not to get to hurt"
"Ok I'll try" Adam said before leaving the room. Mandy then remembered that she had to go and meet the guys.
"Hey I have to go back to my locker room. Why don't you come and watch the show with Lily..."
"Yeah ok that sounds like fun. I don't really feel like being alone at the moment"
"Ok cool ... we have to hurry though coz I'm late and the guys are going to kill me" Mandy, said grabbing Allie's hand and guiding her quickly down the corridor. When they reached the locker room they found Matt and Jeff impatiently waiting,
"Gee what took you so long?" Matt asked
"Sorry I lost track of time ... I'll explain later ... after the match"
"Come on lets go" Jeff said
"Wait where's Lily?"
"She's still working but will be down later" Mandy turned to Allie and said,
"Will you be ok by yourself? Otherwise Chris should be next door ... his match isn't until much later on as you know ... maybe you could convince him to wear something sensible tonight"
"Don't worry about me I'll be fine but thanks for all your help. Good luck in your match"
"Thanks b" Mandy started before Matt and Jeff dragged her out the dorr and towards the curtain backstage.
When Mandy, Matt and Jeff retuned from their match they found Allie sitting watching the show with Chris. The two turned around and congratulated them on successfully retaining their titles. They all thanked them before they went off to shower and change. When they returned they all joined Allie and Christ to watch Adam's match against Shane. Just before the match started Lily arrived and joined the others. She apologised about being late but work had been rather hectic and sat down next to Jeff. The match turned out to be quite brutal with both guys getting busted open. Adam ended up winning the match with help from Jay. After the match the EMT's came down and stretched Shane to the backstage are because he'd been knocked out cold. It wasn't to bad because he wasn't required to go to hospital. The EMTs cleaned him up and put 10 stitched in the back of his head. Adam had hit Shane with a chair caused this and was also the reason why Shane got knocked out.
Mandy left the group to go and check on Adam who was in one of the EMTs rooms getting his injuries checked and attended to. She was so happy to see that he was in one piece yet at the same time annoyed that Adam had gone through with the match. Mandy walked into the room and hugged him tightly.
"Please never do that to me again. That match was so brutal and very difficult to watch" Adam winced as Mandy touched his sore and tender back which Shane had attached during their match with a leather belt.
"After that match I'm in no rush ... but really I'm fine"
"It sure doesn't seem like it" Mandy laughed
"Hey that's not fair. I wanted to teach Shane a lesson ... which I might add I did rather well."
"Yeah with help from Jay"
"Well what can I say? It was all part of the plan and it worked quite well if I do say so myself"
"Of course you'd say that" Mandy laughed, "but either way I'm so proud of you. You did such a good job and I love you for that. Now what do you say we get out of here?"
"Sounds good to me." Adam smiled before getting the final once over by the EMT officer before they headed for their respective locker room to collect their gear.
Mandy got her stuff before saying goodbye to everyone in locker room and told them she was taking Adam home as he was sore and tired from his match. She wished Chris luck for his match which was coming up shortly and told Allie to have a good time at the NFL with Mark. Before she left she checked with Jeff and Matt on their training time for the next day. They told her they'd meet her at 10am in the ring.
As she left the locker room she bumped into Mark who was looking for Allie. He asked,
"Is Allie in there?"
"Yeah she is. By the way, great match tonight"
"Thanks, your little fight with Stacy was impressive and a great break."
"Thanks ... anyway Adam and I are off home so have a great time tonight"
"Thanks see you tomorrow"
"Yeah definitely bye" with that Mandy left Mark and went down the corridor to find Adam. Mark opened the door and walked in. as he did so he said hello to everyone before sitting down next to Allie. They all talked for a while before Chris left for his match against Dwayne. After he left Mark asked Allie when she wanted to head off. She said that she'd be ready whenever he wanted to go. All she had to do was grab her bag. As soon as she mentioned that she remembered where her was.
"Damn" Allie said
"What's wrong? Your not turning into Ron (Faarooq) are you?" Mark said jokingly
"No I left my bag upstairs earlier"
"Al do you want me to go up with you?" Lily asked
"No it's ok. Shane shouldn't be up there so I'll just go and get it now. I shouldn't be to long. If I am you can send out a search party"
"Ok we'll keep you to that." Mark laughed, "I'll wait for you here then"
"Ok see you all soon" Allie said before leaving
While Allie was away Lily filled Mark in on the Shane incident earlier that night. Mark was angered when he heard about it and started to wish he'd gone with Allie but figured if he followed her up there now she wouldn't be to happy with him. So he sat with the others watching the show, trying not the think about Allie.
When Allie got off the lift all the lights were turned off, well all except for one, which seemed to be coming from Shane's office. Allie walked over to her desk in the dark and was shocked that her bag wasn't on her chair. She decided to walk over to Shane's office to see if he was in there to ask about her bag. Sure enough when she poked her head around the door and saw him sitting on his couch with his head in his hands. She knocked on the door and waited for him to respond. Shane got to his feet and walked over and opened the door.
"Hey what do you want? Come to apologies" he asked coldly
"Hey don't think for a minute I came back here to see you because I didn't. I just want to know if you've seen my bag coz it's not where I left it."
"Yeah I have actually. You left it in a pretty dumb place. Someone might have come along and taken it."
"Thanks for the advise. I'll remember that next time I run out of your office and leave my bag behind ... where is it?"
"Hang on I'll just get it for you" Allie stood in the doorway while Shane when to get her bag. He had locked it into the filing cabinet so that it was safe. When he returned he handed it to her and said,
"Here you go"
"Thanks ... now if you'll excuse me I have to go Mark's waiting for me downstairs" with that Allie quickly left Shane's office because she was starting to feel really uncomfortable.
Allie returned to the locker room to meet Mark but didn't mention her encounter with Shane to anyone. She thought it would be best to keep it to herself. She and Mark then said goodbye to the others before leaving the arena for the stadium, which was close by. Jeff and Lily followed close behind deciding to have the rest of the evening to themselves. Matt on the other hand hung around until the show had ended and went out with the guys afterwards to party, as he had nothing else to do.
