Chapter 17
Corinne didn't know what to do. Matt was still sitting on the bench with his headphones, his eyes closed, barely even moving. She walked over to him and gingerly tapped him on the shoulder.
"Jeff, I told you to leave me alone." Matt said, opening his eyes warily, "Oh...Hey."
"Hey, are you ok?"
"Oh, I'm fine...uh...did you just get here?" Matt said looking around confusedly.
"Yeah, I was looking for you and Jeff and Taylor told me that you would be in here, so I knocked on the door. Jeff said you were meditating or something..."
"Umm...he's weird..."
"Yeah, I can tell. Umm, but I just wanted to ask you if I could borrow one...oh excuse me," she said as her cell phone rang.
"Hello?"
"You little bitch, you know you wanted it..."
"Leave me the fuck alone, you asshole!" Corinne yelled into the phone vehemently and then hung up.
"Who was that?"
"I think it was Ben..."Corinne said shakily.
"Come on, let's get out of here and leave the phone in my bag." He said, hoping to god that the guy was just bluffing.
Matt stood up and took the phone away from her and stuck it into the pocket of his bag. "If he calls again and threatens you, I'm calling the cops, agreed?"
"Agreed." She said numbly.
"Now, let's both forget about him okay." He said, wrapping his arms around her as she placed her head on his shoulder.
"Why is he dong this to me?" She asked pulling away and looking straight into Matt's eyes. She didn't know what it was about him, but she felt safe around him. As long as he was near, she knew that she was going to be fine.
"I don't know sweetie, but I'm here for you alright, no matter what. I swear to you, I'll keep you safe." Matt said, he held her right hand in his and brought it up to his heart. They just stood there for a few minutes, holding her hand in a silent vow to keep her safe and staring down into her eyes.
"Matt? Oh, excuse me," Amy said as she walked into the locker room, saw a couple in an embrace and walked back out again. Then the door slowly opened again.
"Matt?" Matt, who had his back to the door so that Amy couldn't really see who he was holding in his arms, turned slightly and said, "Can you give us a minute please?"
"Umm...sorry." Said Amy as she turned around and walked quickly to the ladies dressing room. She sat down slowly on one of the benches away from all the other ladies, including Debra, Jackie, Torrie Wilson, and Stacey Keibler who were all gathered around Julia who was showing off her new parrot. Amy closed her eyes but couldn't get the image of Matt and some mystery woman out of her mind.
She sighed deeply and muttered to herself. "Seth, keep thinking about Seth." She looked down as she felt someone tugging on her jeans.
"Hi Amy," Julia said, "want to see my parrot."
"Umm, I will in a minute sweetie," Amy said, attempting to smile at the adorable four year old.
"Amy, are you okay?" Stacey asked.
"I'm fine, I've got to find Jeff." She said standing up from the bench.
"Can I come with you? I want to show Jeff my parrot too." Julia asked, wrinkling her forehead as she tried to remember what her mother always made her say.
"What do you say Julia?" Debra asked, remembering her conversation with Taylor about how Steve's daughters had impeccable manners.
"Please?"
Amy, who had been about to say no, couldn't at the look of adorable pride Julia had on her face when she remembered to say please.
"All right, come on let's go."
"Jeffy!" Julia squealed as she caught a glimpse of his purple hair.
"Julie!" Jeff yelled as he caught her in his arms and swung her around. Julia hugged him and showed him the parrot.
"Look what mommy got me...Matty!" She yelled as she caught a glimpse of Matt who was talking to Shane McMahon down the hallway.
"Stay right there, Julia." He said seriously in a tone of voice, Julia knew not to test.
"Jeff," Amy began after Jeff took Julia down the other side of the hallway, away from where Matt and Shane were.
"Um, Matt is taking the rest of the week off, I need to talk to you about the injury deal we have tonight."
"Wait...what? What's going on? What's wrong with Matt?" Amy asked concernedly.
"He's staying with Corinne..."Jeff started.
"Who?"
"She's nice." Said Julie innocently, distractedly placing the parrot on top of Jeff's head.
"I'll tell you about her later, but we need to talk about the match tonight."
"Where's Taylor?" Asked Amy.
"She's with Chris in the locker room. Hey Jules, wanna go to your mommy?"
"Yup...I'm hungry Jeffy-roo," Julia said as she played with his hair.
"Alright, lets go." Jeff said walking towards the locker room with Amy following close behind.
As soon as they entered the locker room Julie jumped down from Jeff's arms and ran to Chris who was standing beside Stephanie McMahon, and Taylor.
"I missed you daddy!"
"Missed you too baby, listen we need to have an adult talk, can you go with Stephanie to the other room?"
"Okay," Julie said sulkily, but nevertheless followed Stephanie.
"Where's Corinne?" Jeff asked.
"The matches are starting and she still needs to write that article," Taylor said.
"Did he call back?"
"Jeff, the asshole called 10 times in the last half an hour and left obscene messages. Matt wouldn't let her hear the messages though," Chris said angrily.
"He's staying with her until the cops know where he is and the restraining order is definite."
"Restraining order...would someone please tell me what the hell is going on here? Who the hell is Corinne? And why is Matt staying with her?"
Jeff and Chris didn't know what to say, both knowing full well the relationship that Amy and Matt had, but at this point, Taylor who was worried about her new friend, didn't think about how Amy would feel about Matt and another girl.
"We all met Corinne yesterday at the house show and she was attacked by some guy in the parking lot. Luckily Matt and Jeff were there and were able to stop it from going to a full-blown rape. Now the guy is threatening her."
"Oh my God! That's horrible." Amy said, unsure of how to respond and she felt awful for having been so jealous before.
"So Amy, umm Matt's injury is going to happen during the poetry in motion, I think I'm gonna land on top of him cause I'll get pushed back."
"Oh, okay. Where is he?" Asked Amy.
"He's probably still talking to Shane about the week off. You know Matt, he has to have everything set up and organized before he does anything."
"Hey, guys let's go...our match is starting..." Matt said, sticking his head in the door quickly.
Corinne didn't know what to do. Matt was still sitting on the bench with his headphones, his eyes closed, barely even moving. She walked over to him and gingerly tapped him on the shoulder.
"Jeff, I told you to leave me alone." Matt said, opening his eyes warily, "Oh...Hey."
"Hey, are you ok?"
"Oh, I'm fine...uh...did you just get here?" Matt said looking around confusedly.
"Yeah, I was looking for you and Jeff and Taylor told me that you would be in here, so I knocked on the door. Jeff said you were meditating or something..."
"Umm...he's weird..."
"Yeah, I can tell. Umm, but I just wanted to ask you if I could borrow one...oh excuse me," she said as her cell phone rang.
"Hello?"
"You little bitch, you know you wanted it..."
"Leave me the fuck alone, you asshole!" Corinne yelled into the phone vehemently and then hung up.
"Who was that?"
"I think it was Ben..."Corinne said shakily.
"Come on, let's get out of here and leave the phone in my bag." He said, hoping to god that the guy was just bluffing.
Matt stood up and took the phone away from her and stuck it into the pocket of his bag. "If he calls again and threatens you, I'm calling the cops, agreed?"
"Agreed." She said numbly.
"Now, let's both forget about him okay." He said, wrapping his arms around her as she placed her head on his shoulder.
"Why is he dong this to me?" She asked pulling away and looking straight into Matt's eyes. She didn't know what it was about him, but she felt safe around him. As long as he was near, she knew that she was going to be fine.
"I don't know sweetie, but I'm here for you alright, no matter what. I swear to you, I'll keep you safe." Matt said, he held her right hand in his and brought it up to his heart. They just stood there for a few minutes, holding her hand in a silent vow to keep her safe and staring down into her eyes.
"Matt? Oh, excuse me," Amy said as she walked into the locker room, saw a couple in an embrace and walked back out again. Then the door slowly opened again.
"Matt?" Matt, who had his back to the door so that Amy couldn't really see who he was holding in his arms, turned slightly and said, "Can you give us a minute please?"
"Umm...sorry." Said Amy as she turned around and walked quickly to the ladies dressing room. She sat down slowly on one of the benches away from all the other ladies, including Debra, Jackie, Torrie Wilson, and Stacey Keibler who were all gathered around Julia who was showing off her new parrot. Amy closed her eyes but couldn't get the image of Matt and some mystery woman out of her mind.
She sighed deeply and muttered to herself. "Seth, keep thinking about Seth." She looked down as she felt someone tugging on her jeans.
"Hi Amy," Julia said, "want to see my parrot."
"Umm, I will in a minute sweetie," Amy said, attempting to smile at the adorable four year old.
"Amy, are you okay?" Stacey asked.
"I'm fine, I've got to find Jeff." She said standing up from the bench.
"Can I come with you? I want to show Jeff my parrot too." Julia asked, wrinkling her forehead as she tried to remember what her mother always made her say.
"What do you say Julia?" Debra asked, remembering her conversation with Taylor about how Steve's daughters had impeccable manners.
"Please?"
Amy, who had been about to say no, couldn't at the look of adorable pride Julia had on her face when she remembered to say please.
"All right, come on let's go."
"Jeffy!" Julia squealed as she caught a glimpse of his purple hair.
"Julie!" Jeff yelled as he caught her in his arms and swung her around. Julia hugged him and showed him the parrot.
"Look what mommy got me...Matty!" She yelled as she caught a glimpse of Matt who was talking to Shane McMahon down the hallway.
"Stay right there, Julia." He said seriously in a tone of voice, Julia knew not to test.
"Jeff," Amy began after Jeff took Julia down the other side of the hallway, away from where Matt and Shane were.
"Um, Matt is taking the rest of the week off, I need to talk to you about the injury deal we have tonight."
"Wait...what? What's going on? What's wrong with Matt?" Amy asked concernedly.
"He's staying with Corinne..."Jeff started.
"Who?"
"She's nice." Said Julie innocently, distractedly placing the parrot on top of Jeff's head.
"I'll tell you about her later, but we need to talk about the match tonight."
"Where's Taylor?" Asked Amy.
"She's with Chris in the locker room. Hey Jules, wanna go to your mommy?"
"Yup...I'm hungry Jeffy-roo," Julia said as she played with his hair.
"Alright, lets go." Jeff said walking towards the locker room with Amy following close behind.
As soon as they entered the locker room Julie jumped down from Jeff's arms and ran to Chris who was standing beside Stephanie McMahon, and Taylor.
"I missed you daddy!"
"Missed you too baby, listen we need to have an adult talk, can you go with Stephanie to the other room?"
"Okay," Julie said sulkily, but nevertheless followed Stephanie.
"Where's Corinne?" Jeff asked.
"The matches are starting and she still needs to write that article," Taylor said.
"Did he call back?"
"Jeff, the asshole called 10 times in the last half an hour and left obscene messages. Matt wouldn't let her hear the messages though," Chris said angrily.
"He's staying with her until the cops know where he is and the restraining order is definite."
"Restraining order...would someone please tell me what the hell is going on here? Who the hell is Corinne? And why is Matt staying with her?"
Jeff and Chris didn't know what to say, both knowing full well the relationship that Amy and Matt had, but at this point, Taylor who was worried about her new friend, didn't think about how Amy would feel about Matt and another girl.
"We all met Corinne yesterday at the house show and she was attacked by some guy in the parking lot. Luckily Matt and Jeff were there and were able to stop it from going to a full-blown rape. Now the guy is threatening her."
"Oh my God! That's horrible." Amy said, unsure of how to respond and she felt awful for having been so jealous before.
"So Amy, umm Matt's injury is going to happen during the poetry in motion, I think I'm gonna land on top of him cause I'll get pushed back."
"Oh, okay. Where is he?" Asked Amy.
"He's probably still talking to Shane about the week off. You know Matt, he has to have everything set up and organized before he does anything."
"Hey, guys let's go...our match is starting..." Matt said, sticking his head in the door quickly.