*Eastside are completely fictional so if there is a band out there called Eastside very sorry!! Once again i don't own any WWE (grr) chracters even if i wish i did*

Chapter 8

Zoë jumped up off the sofa and ran to her room, Liz thinking she was upset ran after her. The rest of the group sat stunned looking at Ally not quite knowing whether to believe her or not, Joei finally broke the silence

"Erm.. Al i know you like to win arguements but thats going a little too far! I mean you look nothing like Sally the only likeness is your great at doing hair and stuff!"

Ally didn't really know where to start, it didn't help that it seemed none of them believed her! Before she had chance to reply Zoë emerged from her room carrying a pile of magazines, Liz followed her carrying a few more. Zoë sat on the floor and started frantically flipping through magazines, Joei, Liz and Jo started doing it too. Ally guessed that they were looking for pictures of her from when she was still with Mark so she sat queitly and waited. Tj sat watching the four girls not quite believing what they were doing, then again he could see that it would have been quite a shock for them, it was for him and he wasn't a fan of the band when he found out. Andy also sat watching the girls flicking through the magazines, he didn't care about looking for proof, if the girls bothered to look they would have seen the proof in Allys eyes, all Andy could think about was what must have happened for her to run away and change her identity so dramatically. Siân was watching Ally, she couldn't really remember what Sally looked like but just looking at Ally she knew she was telling the truth, she understood now why no one knew about Allys past, she also realised that Tj knew about this, a fact that didn't surprise her but the one thing that Siân could see the most was the pain that was so evident in Allys eyes. Siân stood up and went over to where Ally and Tj were sat, she sat at the other side of Ally and simply said

"I believe you"

Allysa smiled she knew that Siân would be there for her, after Tj she was probably closest to Siân.

By now Zoë had found pictures quickly followed by the other girls. Zoë, Joei and Jo all had found pictures with Ally with her hair down and hanging in her face but Liz had found a rare picture of Ally with her hair pulled back in a high ponytail. All the girls sat staring at Ally intently none of them being able to see that they were looking at the same girl. Allysa noticed the picture Liz had and without saying anything grabbed a band which was round Tj's wrist and pulled her hair up as high as she could without a brush and secured it with the band then looked directly at Liz.

"Oh my god!" Liz gasped

The other three girls looked at Ally confused then at Liz and then the picture in front of Liz.

"Jesus!" Joei whispered

"Whoa" Jo added

"wha?....huh?....why?" Zoë managed to get out.

" I think what shes trying to say Ally is why did you feel you had to leave and change you appearance so much" Andy said

Ally smiled at Andy, she could tell by looking at him that he didn't doubt what she had said. She was beginning to see that she hadn't given some of this group enough credit.

"It's a long story, but i can promise all of you now that what Mark just said was complete garbage."

"Ally we'd really like to know! Give us the short story at least, the if we have any questions we'll ask" Liz pleaded

" Ok just bear with me then! I guess you all know the basics i was dating Mark, Cammie my best friend and 'sister' was dating Bryan and we all lived together and Cammie and myself owned a salon! Well anyway i was insecure, self conscious whatever you want to call it and Mark really didn't help matters. How i dress now, this is me but back then he'd go mad if i dressed like this when i was with him. That was another reason why my hair was always long and hanging in my face, i wanted to hide i hated the attention. Cammie was an attention seeker and just attracted it and she was always with me, i got used to the fact that she was so pretty and everyone liked her, i didn't even mind that i just wished that i didn't have to be there and feel so..........out of place"

Ally looked around at the group Tj seemed amused, Zoë, Joei, Jo, Liz, Andy and Siân were all watching Ally open mouthed, he knew why! The girl that appeared on the tv with Mark seemed so different to what Ally was saying and also that the Ally they know is the complete opposite. Ally continued

"To get to the main part of the story, the lads were back from a tour somewhere and had been nagging Cammie and I to go to a club with them,Cammie got mad at Bryan but agreed to shut them up. Now when Cammie got annoyed with Bryan she would do anything to annoy him and make him jealous so she was giving him the silent treatment. When we got to this club Cammie spotted a group of mostly guys and she was attracted to one of them so of course she went off flirting and dancing with him to make Bryan jealous. The lads had left me by myself and so i went over to Cammie and this guy and met one of his friends"

Tj was still amused with the rest of the groups reactions he knew that he would be more amused with their reactions later into this story if he didn't get mad hearing it again, he also figured that this group of people were wrestlers but he didn't say anything and let Ally continue

"This guy was really sweet and i liked him and he dragged me out onto the dancefloor with him! I wouldn't dance so he just swung me around until i danced with him and when i did i just felt i don't know.... at ease like that was who i was and not the shy little insomniac i was"

"Insomniac?" Liz questioned

"yeah i had problems sleeping, i don't know why i just didn't seem to feel secure enough to sleep i guess i was scared to go to sleep i used to have nightmares and stuff so i spent half my time on the sofa! Well i'd had fun with this guy but i just wanted to go back to Mark so i went looking for him and found him wrapped around some blonde skinny girl, he loved blonde girls he was always trying to get me to dye my hair blonde but i wouldnt!Anyway i left by myself and Kya followed me to tell me Mark loved me blah blah blah. After that i just put it to the back of my mind but it was always there that thought that i wasn't good enough for him, and i couldn't get the other guy out of my head, there was something about him that made me feel different. The lads went on tour again the day after and the guy that Cammie met and my guy showed up on the doorstep they talked us into going out with them for the day and it was great i felt almost like a completely different person"

"This guy sounds magic!" Siân stated

"He is! During that day i got a phone call from a girl telling me that Mark didn't love me coz i always shyed away from the spotlight and that he was sleeping with her, didn't want me and wouldn't be coming back. That really upset me and i ran to Cammie and she went crazy so i just went into the bathroom that was there and stayed there. Cammies guy was trying to calm her down and while that was going on my guy locked himself in the bathroom with me and i was just there for me. Cammie left me with him and he took me home and for the first time in a long time i slept because he stayed with me, when i woke up he had gone."

"did Mark really cheat on you?" Liz asked

"Don't know maybe not with her but i'm sure he did at some point"

"Jerk can't believe i liked him" Zoë muttered

"Did you see the other guy again?" Joei asked obviously enthralled in the story

"Yeah three months later, Cammies guy, my guy and their friend came to the salon, i did his hair and we talked and kissed" Ally smiled at the memory not at all the girls gasping

"That night Cammie told me she was going out with girls from work, she never lied to me and she wasn't acting strange so i thought nothing of it. I spent most of that night on the phone to the other guy and when i finally went to bed i slept. When i woke up Mark and the guys where back and Bryan was going mad coz Cammie wasnt home. I hadn't been speaking to Mark since the incident on the phone and he was getting frustrated. Then Cammies guy and my guy show up and Cammies guy tells us she was with him the night before and had cheated on Bryan, of course Bryan went mad and turned on me as Cammie normally told me everything he basically threw me against a wall and pinned me there. I don't know what else he would have done Mark wasn't helping he just stood there and watched! It was my guy that pulled him off. Not long after Cammie showed up and told us she hated us, me the most, packed her bags and left! This left Bryan and Cammies guy fighting the other lads had gone upstairs and i was in the living room with Mark" tears had started to roll down Allys cheeks at the memory.

Tj squeezed her hand "want me to continue?" he whispered

Ally smiled and shook her head "Mark accused me of cheating on him and i said something back like no thats what you do and he went crazy and ......pinned me down on the sofa he...he kept.... telling me that.... he could do whatever he wanted to me.. and..... and i couldn't do anything about it"

"oh my god" Zoë said and grabbed Allys hand thinking the worst

"It was then my guy came in and saved me, he told me if i wanted to leave to go and get my things and no one would stop me leaving. So i did, i didnt even say goodbye to Simon, Nathan and..." Ally choked back a sob "Kya"

"So what then you just came here? What about the other guy?" Jo asked

"He followed me to the airport, he asked me to go and live with him but i said no"

"WHY??????" Siân, Zoë, Joei, Jo and Liz all screamed while Tj and Andy laughed at them

"Because i had to do something for myself and be myself! He had shown me that! I told him he would find me again and that i would contact him then i came New York as soon as i got here i changed my image and found a job! In the clothing store where i met ol blondie here" Ally smiled at Tj " then i met you guys and here i am"

"So did you contact him?" Siân asked

"No"

"Why the hell not??" Liz snapped

"I didn't want Mark trying to find me and hassling him"

"Did you contact any of the band?" Joei asked

"I asked Tj to let Kya know i was ok"

"Why Kya?" Jo asked

"I was closest to him! I miss him like crazy actually"

"What happened with the salon?" Andy asked

"I still own half! A girl called Faye manages my half for me"

Liz was processing all of this information in her head, then she remembered this morning with Ally and Jeff and she started to put two and two together.

Tj noticed Liz looking puzzled so he rushed Ally along "Ally why don't you go get ready for work?'

"I'm not working but i do have somewhere to be" infact all she wanted to do was get out of here before everything processed in their heads and they went mad at her.

"Hang on a minute Ally?" Liz said

Ally who was putting on her jacket turned round slowly "Yeah"

"There's still something that doesn't make sense"

"What?" Ally questioned

"Did he find you again?" Liz asked

"What?"

"Did the other guy find you again?"

"Er........"

"It's Jeff Hardy isn't it? The other guy is Jeff?" Liz announced

Everyones heads snapped round to Ally, none of them knowing how to take all this information. Ally panicked and rushed to the door whispering "I'm sorry" before she left.

Once out of the apartment Ally only knew of one person she could turn to now........her guy!!!