Chris and I were walking down the hallway to his room talking about how my ring skills were going. We had just come back from the gym. I looked up and seen Jess standing outside his door. "Well well if it isn't the little brat." She said. "Don't start with her Jess." Chris said. "Hey bitch you look real good with them two black eyes." I said laughing. " I know Mark beat your ass looks like you still didn't learn your lesson." She said looking really pissed. "It was worth it to punch you in the face bitch." I said. "Hailey go to your room." Chris said. "No. I'm staying right here." I said. "Hailey." Chris said in a warning tone. "Be a good girl and run along." Jess said in a smart ass tone. "Screw you." I said. "Chris I got divorce proceedings started. You'll be hearing from my lawyer soon." She said. Chris looked crushed. "You know bitch you don't deserve some one like Chris. You are a selfish slut. You're doing him a favor." I said. Jess laughed. "Yes Hailey dear now the way is clear for you isn't it. Does dear old Chris know how you feel about him? He always was kind of dense. Does he know a 13 year old kid is in love with him? Huh? Did you tell him that? Do you actually think he would ever want you? He likes his women blue eyed and blonde hair like him. Sorry dear you're just a little dark for his taste. Even if he is single when you get older do you think he would ever want you? I don't think so. You're just some little bastard he feels sorry for." Jess said. I hate to admit the words hurt and I couldn't look at Chris cause now he knew how I felt. I stood there trembling in humiliation. "Jess shut the hell up and get the fuck away from me." Chris said. She laughed and walked off. I couldn't even look at Chris. "Hailey…" He started. But I couldn't face him. I turn and ran off to go back to my room.
I went in my room and slammed the door. God Chris must think I'm a total loser. How could I ever face him again? Mark walked in. "What's wrong Hailey?" He asked. "Nothing." I said. He sat down on my bed. "Ya can talk to me about anything Hailey." He said. "Daddy I just can't talk about this now." I said. There's no way I could deal with telling anyone else what had happened. It was bad enough just thinking about it. I couldn't talk about it. "Okay baby." He said. "If ya want to talk later let me know." He said and got up and left. I put on my Cd headphones and decided to just vibe for awhile to clear my head.
Chris went back to his room. He didn't even know how to begin to deal with this. Hailey's reaction told him that Jess's words were true. He didn't know what to say to her. He knew anything he said now would probably make her feel worse. He needed to talk to someone. He got up and left to go find Scott.
Chris found Scott in the gym working out. "Hey Scott. I need to talk to you." Chris said. Scott grabbed a bottle of water and came and sat down. "What's up?" he asked. Chris told him what had happened with Jess and Hailey. "I mean usually Hailey would hit her or said something smart back. But she turned pale and was shaking like a leaf and she turned and ran off." Chris said. "You know her as good as anyone. Does she …I mean...Oh hell." Chris said. "You want to know if she's in love with you? In her mind yes. Is it real? Yes." Scott said. "Oh damn." Chris said. "What the hell am I supposed to say to her?" Chris asked. "Do you love her? Is she your friend?" Scott asked. "Well yea I do love her. You know that. And she's been a good friend to me. She's a great kid." Chris said. "Well go tell her that. If you keep avoiding her you're going to lose a friend. She will keep avoiding you because she's embarrassed. She's afraid of what you think" Scott said. "What about the way she feels about me?" Chris asked. "Good lord she's 13 Chris. Love to her is holding hands. What are you so scared of? She's not thinking in adult terms right now. Now you might have some worries when she's 18. Hell you might give her some worries when she's 18." Scott said grinning. Chris just looked at him. "Get your ass out of here and go talk to her." Scott said. Chris got up hopefully when he seen her he would have the right words to say.
Mark called me out of my room. "Honey I had dinner plans tonight. You had said you were going to eat with Chris." Mark said. I frowned. "Who you having dinner with?" I asked. "Doc." He said. "Doc?" I was surprised. Doc was Anna Reeves. She was the behind the scenes Doctor for WWE. She had been working here about a year. Everybody called her Doc. She had treated me several time for cuts and bumps and sprains. She was really nice everyone liked her. She was young and had black long hair and hazel eyes. She was drop dead gorgeous. All the single guys were after her. I had a really bad feeling about this. "You want to come with us?" Mark asked. "Uhh no. So what's up you two dating?" I asked. Mark sighed. I could see he really didn't want to get into this. I didn't really need this tonight. I wish I hadn't asked now. "Come here and sit down for a minute Hailey." Mark said. I went over and sat beside him. "Me and Doc have been out a couple of times. I really like her. We been friends every since she came here, we just sort of hit it off." He said. I really liked Doc she had always been nice to me but inside I was in a turmoil. Feelings hit me like a ton of bricks. I was jealous, mad and angry. I had only had my dad for a short time I wasn't ready to share him. On the outside I remained calm. I didn't want to upset Mark. I mean hell he deserved to be happy. "Hailey I'm in love with her." Mark said. The words hit me hard. He was telling me this to get me ready to prepare me. I knew Mark he was going to marry this woman. I wanted to scream but I just sat there. She was taking my dad away from me. I knew I was being silly I tried to tell myself that but that's how I felt. "Hailey are you okay?" Mark asked. I looked at him. I could see he wanted me to be fine with this. "Uhh yea I'm fine, just surprised." I said. "I mean you like Doc right?" he asked. I did like Doc but that wasn't the point right now. It could have been any woman it didn't matter. I felt like he was going to start a new life and forget all about me. "Yea I like Doc." I said quietly. There was a knock at the door. Mark went over and answered it. It was Chris and Doc standing there. Oh yeah this is turning into a real shitty day I thought.