A.n.: WOW! You guys kick ass! I love y'all! Your reviews have prompted me to write another chapter and here it is! There'll be more after I study and take this test on Tuesday. *sigh * DAMN TESTS! Ah well I'll prolly try to post another chapter to day cuz now I'm in the mood. Lol I hope you enjoy this chapter. It deals with a heavy theme. Song is by Puddle of Mudd "Blurry."



//Everything's so blurry

and everyone's so fake

and everybody's empty

and everything is so messed up//





"Edge!" Stacey called out wandering the halls backstage. She'd been wandering for what seemed like hours. She was sure the first leg of the tournament was done and the second one to start within the hour. She'd decided to find Edge and talk to him. She hated like hell to admit that she couldn't stand to be without him. Most people would cast disowning glances at him. But Stacey just smiled. She needed him. Without him there was an aching hollowness that threatened to swallow her whole.



//pre-occupied without you I cannot live at all

My whole world surrounds you

I stumble then I crawl//



"Stay away." A gentle voice raged at her. The breathing was rough and the sound was petrifying. There was a shaky laugh and the sound of feet pounding up steps. Stacey followed them. Her eyes wide when she reached the roof she winced as the cold air blasted a whipped at her.



//You could be my someone

you could be my scene

you know that i'll protect you

from all of the obscene//



"I thought I told you to stay away." The voice again raged and she turned to her left to see Edge sitting on the ledge of the building. He was rocking dangerously back and forth. A cold pit of horror twisted in to knots within her. She was shaking with fear as she cautiously padded over to him.



//I wonder what you're doing

imagine where you are

there's oceans in between us

but that's not very far//



"I SAID STAY AWAY!" Edge turn violently at her. His beautiful gray eyes were filled with sadness. They glassed over with tears that he refused to let fall. Stacey took a step back afraid of him. His breathing increased and he went back to his ledge. He looked over before judging his jump. Stacy drew her breath in sharply. The realization dawned on her. He WANTED to die. And he WANTED to die right there. Her heart began to pound hard like a jackhammer in her chest. She hardened. She loved this guy and she'd be damned if she'd let him jump to his death. She hesitated to go near him. She had no clue exactly where his mind was. She knew he was at the end of his rope but was he really? Was there just enough to hang on to? Was there enough to pull him back?



//Can you take it all away

can you take it all away

well ya shoved it in my face

this pain you gave to me//



Stacey moved to the ledge and sat next to him. Her body shivered as the cold snow seeped through her clothing. She reached for his hand and was given a cold glare. Instead she looked at him forcing him quietly to look into her eyes. He peered at her and for a moment just a flicker of a moment she saw him. She saw her Edge. She saw Adam. He licked his lips and turned away from her shielding his face as if he were hideous. She touched his shaking arm and he lowered it. Touching his cheek gently she opened her mouth to see cold air in front of her in a hazy smoke. She did it again this time with her mind together and her thoughts collected.



//Can you take it all away

can you take it all away

well ya shoved it my face//



"Edge ever since I saw you that day at the race I've been attached to. I've felt something I've never had before." She pursed her lips tears coming out. "I always hate to admit when I need something. I'm not like the other girls. I don't belong here. I'd felt that way for a long time until I saw you. Until you saw me. It wasn't just you Edge or you Adam. It was you looking at me across those grounds with such an intense feeling. I was happy that night when I went home. I didn't know you but I could stop the twisting in my gut. And after our first time together I knew I was in love."



//Everyone is changing

there's noone left that's real

to make up your own ending

and let me know just how you feel//



"I hurt you." He whispered pitifully into the dark space in his head. He hadn't realized he'd spoken alive. "I could have killed you."



//cause I am lost without you

I cannot live at all

my whole world surrounds you

I stumble then I crawl//





"I know baby." Stacey felt tears slip from her eyes and she choked back a sob. "But I need you."



"Why?" He asked.



//You could be my someone

you could be my scene

you know that i will save you

from all of the unclean//



"Because you don't see me like they do." She said. Inside she began screaming when he started rocking back and forth again.



//I wonder what you're doing

I wonder where you are

There's oceans in between us

but that's not very far//



"You saw me not as a pitiful wrestler or just another piece of ass. You saw me as Stacey Kiebler. A girl with so many faults inside her that it hurts to think of them. You saw me as me. And then you told me I was beautiful." She couldn't stop the sobs that erupted from her.



//Can you take it all away

can you take it all away

well ya shoved it in my face//



Her slim body began to tremble and she hugged herself in an effort to stop the pain. It was useless. At this time she felt the clock was ticking. She was down to only a few moments and she saw that he hadn't changed his mind in the least. Leaning her head on his shoulders she cried into his shirt. She was surprised when he wrapped a muscular arm around her sobbing shoulders. He kissed her forehead and then her cheek. Tilting her head upwards he then kissed her lips sending her into a dreamland. He loved her and now he'd die. He removed his lips from hers leaving the heavy scent of him around her. Then his eyes hardened. He didn't want to see her falling. Shoving her back he watched her fall out of her dreamland and look at him through tears. Standing on the ledge he took a deep breath and without looking back he leapt.



//this pain you gave to me

Can you take it all away

can you take it all away

well ya shoved it my face//



"NO!!!" She screamed in a gush of adrenaline she reached the ledge and without thinking she swung her legs over the sides.



//Nobody told me what you thought

nobody told me what to say

everyone showed you where to turn

told you when to runaway//



She gasped as she plummeted to the ground. Her body felt weightless. She had some how caught up with Edge seeing as her body was lighter than his was. He looked at her realizing they were both going to die. She mouthed three words to him and something inside him snapped. Reaching with all his strength he gripped one of the other ledges and then caught her arm in his grasp. She looked up at him wide eyed and felt herself being swung up on to the ledge.



//nobody told you where to hide

nobody told you what to say

everyone showed you where to turn

showed you when to runaway//



She reached it and pulled herself up into a kneeling position. Catching her breath she looked at Edge's fingers beside her. They were slipping against the cool slick snow. She reached and held on to his hand helping him up. Checking the window beside them Edge nodded when he found it unlocked. Slipping inside he helped her in shortly after. The moonlight spilled in and he looked at her face. She was breathing heavy and he expected a slap. He expected her to leave him. He expected anything and everything except her arms around him and the warmth she brought.



"I love you Edge." Stacey looked up at him finally. "Do you hear me? I LOVE YOU"

//nobody told you where to hide

nobody told you what to say

everyone showed you where to turn

showed you when to runaway//



He held her tightly against him afraid to let go, "I hear you Stace. I love you too."

//Can you take it all away

can you take it all away

well ya shoved it in my face

this pain you gave to me

Can you take it all away

can you take it all away

well ya shoved it my face//



He rubbed soft circles in the small of her back making her sigh with contentment. "I." He struggled to get the words out.



//This pain you gave to me//



"I really do." Edge whispered kissing the top of her head. He breathed in her scent and just felt at peace. He needed her but it was ok because she needed him just as much.



//You take it all

You take it all away...

This pain you gave to me

You take it all away

This pain you gave to me

Take it all away

This pain you gave to me//