The next day, Chris and Jeri walked into the arena hand in hand,
acting all mushy the whole day. After Lita and Jeri had walked off
giggling, Chris went to find Rock. He was in a big group of guys, including
Hunter, Chris Benoit, and Kurt Angle. "Hey, Rock, can I talk to you?" Chris
asked pulling Rock out of the big circle.
"Oooh, Rocky has a boyfriend!" Kurt yelled as Hunter hit him in the ribs with his elbow. Kurt had a few more drinks than everyone else the night before.
"Yeah Chris?" he asked.
"Thanks for setting that up last night. I guessed what you were up to. Anyway, it worked." Chris told him.
"Anything for a good friend." Rock said as he patted Chris on the back. Chris walked away to go find Jeri.
"Hey, where's Angle?" Chris heard Rock ask the group as he left. "I'm going to kick is roody-poo candy ass." Rock laughed.
~~~
"Kurt, stop!" Jeri yelled to Kurt, who was trying to kiss her.
"Come on, baby. You know you want me to kiss you." He said, bringing his face closer to hers.
"You have alcohol on your breath. Get away you creep!" she yelled, trying to push him off. He put his lips up against hers and shoved his tongue down her throat.
"Jeri!" Chris yelled, walking out to find her and Kurt. She pushed off Kurt and ran to Chris. "How could you do this to me?" he said before stomping off, leaving Jeri there crying.
Ten minutes passed, with her sobs being heard by no one. Then twenty minutes. Then thirty. Finally, Rock realized she was missing and went to look for her. He found her in the parking lot, sitting on the ground crying. "What wrong, Jeri?" he asked, sitting beside her.
"Kurt, he--- and then--- Chris," she said, not able to talk because of her constant sobbing.
Rock wiped her eyes. "You're going to have to stop crying if you want to tell me." He sat there waiting for her to stop.
"Kurt was drunk and he forced me to kiss his ugly face. Then Chris showed up and jumped to conclusions." She told him. "I've lost too many men I loved. I mean, there was my dad, which doesn't hurt me as bad anymore; then my ex, and now Chris. I loved Chris the most out of all of them." She said, starting to cry again. "I really think he's the one." She said, after she had calmed down a little.
"I'm sure that if you try and talk to him about it, he'll understand." He reassured her.
"I don't think he'll even talk to me anymore." She said. She got up and walked away, heading to Chris' locker room.
~~~
Rock got up after sitting there for a few minutes, looking for Chris. He found him in a corner near the coke machines. He looked like he had been crying, but not much. Rock grabbed his shoulder and turned him around.
"What do you want?" he said in a harsh voice.
"Why the fuck did you leave Jeri there, crying like that?" Rock asked him.
"She was sitting there making out with Angle! What the hell else was I supposed to do?" he said, getting pissed.
"You still love her, right?" he asked. Chris nodded. "Then you should have stayed there and listened to her. Kurt was drunk. We all went out to the bar last night, and he drank too much. She tried to push him off, but he was way too strong for her." He said, explaining the whole situation.
"And I left her there crying.." he said in disbelief of what he had done. "Where'd she go?" he asked.
"I don't know Chris. She just got up and left." He said. Chris ran off, going to check his locker room. Once he got there, he looked around. He couldn't find her. Then he started to hear sobs from the back of the room, near the showers. He found her in the corner, scrunched up in a ball and leaned near her. She recoiled, seeing the pissed look on his face.
"I'm sorry." He said, bringing his hand up to her face, wiping away tears. She started to ease up. "I should have heard you out." He hugged her, and she gripped tight to him.
"I was scared he was going to hurt me, Chris. And then he finally left when you came. I ran over to you, I wanted to hold you and never let go. But then you were mad." She said, still sobbing. She looked up at him, straight into his eyes. Her eyes were red and puffy. When Chris looked into him, he felt as if a bullet had gone straight through his heart.
"Baby, I'm so sorry. Will you please forgive me?" he asked. Her grip on him tightened as she whispered a faint 'yes'.
"Oooh, Rocky has a boyfriend!" Kurt yelled as Hunter hit him in the ribs with his elbow. Kurt had a few more drinks than everyone else the night before.
"Yeah Chris?" he asked.
"Thanks for setting that up last night. I guessed what you were up to. Anyway, it worked." Chris told him.
"Anything for a good friend." Rock said as he patted Chris on the back. Chris walked away to go find Jeri.
"Hey, where's Angle?" Chris heard Rock ask the group as he left. "I'm going to kick is roody-poo candy ass." Rock laughed.
~~~
"Kurt, stop!" Jeri yelled to Kurt, who was trying to kiss her.
"Come on, baby. You know you want me to kiss you." He said, bringing his face closer to hers.
"You have alcohol on your breath. Get away you creep!" she yelled, trying to push him off. He put his lips up against hers and shoved his tongue down her throat.
"Jeri!" Chris yelled, walking out to find her and Kurt. She pushed off Kurt and ran to Chris. "How could you do this to me?" he said before stomping off, leaving Jeri there crying.
Ten minutes passed, with her sobs being heard by no one. Then twenty minutes. Then thirty. Finally, Rock realized she was missing and went to look for her. He found her in the parking lot, sitting on the ground crying. "What wrong, Jeri?" he asked, sitting beside her.
"Kurt, he--- and then--- Chris," she said, not able to talk because of her constant sobbing.
Rock wiped her eyes. "You're going to have to stop crying if you want to tell me." He sat there waiting for her to stop.
"Kurt was drunk and he forced me to kiss his ugly face. Then Chris showed up and jumped to conclusions." She told him. "I've lost too many men I loved. I mean, there was my dad, which doesn't hurt me as bad anymore; then my ex, and now Chris. I loved Chris the most out of all of them." She said, starting to cry again. "I really think he's the one." She said, after she had calmed down a little.
"I'm sure that if you try and talk to him about it, he'll understand." He reassured her.
"I don't think he'll even talk to me anymore." She said. She got up and walked away, heading to Chris' locker room.
~~~
Rock got up after sitting there for a few minutes, looking for Chris. He found him in a corner near the coke machines. He looked like he had been crying, but not much. Rock grabbed his shoulder and turned him around.
"What do you want?" he said in a harsh voice.
"Why the fuck did you leave Jeri there, crying like that?" Rock asked him.
"She was sitting there making out with Angle! What the hell else was I supposed to do?" he said, getting pissed.
"You still love her, right?" he asked. Chris nodded. "Then you should have stayed there and listened to her. Kurt was drunk. We all went out to the bar last night, and he drank too much. She tried to push him off, but he was way too strong for her." He said, explaining the whole situation.
"And I left her there crying.." he said in disbelief of what he had done. "Where'd she go?" he asked.
"I don't know Chris. She just got up and left." He said. Chris ran off, going to check his locker room. Once he got there, he looked around. He couldn't find her. Then he started to hear sobs from the back of the room, near the showers. He found her in the corner, scrunched up in a ball and leaned near her. She recoiled, seeing the pissed look on his face.
"I'm sorry." He said, bringing his hand up to her face, wiping away tears. She started to ease up. "I should have heard you out." He hugged her, and she gripped tight to him.
"I was scared he was going to hurt me, Chris. And then he finally left when you came. I ran over to you, I wanted to hold you and never let go. But then you were mad." She said, still sobbing. She looked up at him, straight into his eyes. Her eyes were red and puffy. When Chris looked into him, he felt as if a bullet had gone straight through his heart.
"Baby, I'm so sorry. Will you please forgive me?" he asked. Her grip on him tightened as she whispered a faint 'yes'.