Disclaimer: I do not own any of the WWE superstars listed in this story. I
own the lead character and that is Aurora Rivers. Everyone else is purely
in it for fanatical fan purposes, and I do not want to be sued. The
characters are owned by the WWE and the personalities are owned by the men
and women themselves.
A/N: I wanted to give myself a few days away from writing this story and I think I succeeded in that, and now that I'm over the fact that for a hottie from Cameron, Matt is an asshole, I think I can write this without being biased. So basically here goes nothing. I also want to let you all know that my other stories will all be updated at some point today as well. I just want to put this one to bed. Which means I'm going to try to get two more chapters out of this, and then say goodbye? As always be aware that not a story goes by that I don't thank you all for, so look out for that as well. Well enough with the sadness at this ending! How about we get down to business with the chapters!
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"What are you going to ask me?" Aurora asked scanning Matt's face to find out what was really going on in his head. They hadn't come out publicly and admitted they were a couple. The only people that knew were the people they worked with and the people at home in Cameron. She didn't think that telling the entire world was going to be the best move for their relationship. Maybe he wasn't going to ask her that though, maybe he was out there in character, she just had to wait and find out.
"Well Aurora, you beat me fair and square for that belt around your waist and it seems that Shannon wasn't enough to stop you from gaining what you deserve, and through all of that, I admitted some pretty heavy things to you, and now that we've gotten everything sorted out, I know what I have to do."
"Okay, you're wasting everyone's time here Matt, what are you trying to say?"
"I'm trying to say this, and I hope its something that we both want at this stage."
"And this is what exactly?"
Matt thought about it for a second, and he couldn't tell if she did really not want to hear this or if she was in character. He was thinking seriously about not going ahead with this, when he caught something in her eye that told him exactly what he had to do. There could be no more time for questions. She was right as well that he was taking up precious Smack Down time.
"I want a rematch! And not just any rematch, I want a falls count anywhere, hardcore match."
Aurora knew she looked like she had just won the lottery and she didn't care. She had been so afraid that Matt was out here ready to confess his love in front of the world and now that she knew he wasn't well her heart could actually take a few minutes and calm down.
"You want a rematch? Is that all?"
"What do you mean is that all? I never got the chance to really show you what Matt Hardy could do in the ring, and now that I've got you out here, I think we should have this match, not a week from now, not a month, but right now. I want a shot to win back what's mine."
Aurora laughed meaning it as much in character as she did out of it, and looking up into Matt's eyes she turned her eyes to steel and allowed herself to get dragged right back into the storyline. As she was about answer Matt, she heard the familiar music of the GM hit and she turned to the ramp.
"Hold on just one second here Matt! The last time I checked I was the one running this show, and I don't think having a match of that magnitude is something I need on my show tonight. Not when I've got my father in a match with the number one contender for the title. So let's just say that this match will happen, but not tonight. You two will fight at summer slam and you will make it count then. Now if you guys don't mind, we have a show to continue here and Aurora you do have a match to prepare for."
Before Aurora had a chance to turn around to face Matt for an appropriate stare down, she felt her feet come out from under her, and Shannon fly from the ring. She looked up in pain as Matt laid his boot into her stomach a few times for show and he immediately jumped from the ring, laughing as he made his way up the ramp.
As the medics came down to the ring to make sure she was okay, she looked up as Matt went behind the curtain. This whole segment wasn't planned at all, and neither was that beating. This was something she was going to have to find out about; because there was no way in hell she was going to let her boyfriend walk over her like that without any warning at all. As she got helped to the back Aurora suddenly realized that this all could have been a set up to begin with and Angel was helping Matt out by having her go out there. That thought alone was enough to make her blood boil.
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"No Jeff, you know what? That was fucking wrong! I didn't see that coming and hell if I had then it wouldn't have gone down like that."
"Well you can't just walk out of the show babe, you do have a match."
"Are you listening to me at all here Jeff? Your brother just took advantage of me being vulnerable to him, there is no way in hell I'm going to go out there and face anyone tonight. I asked you in here so you can take me home with you. Are you going to do it or not?"
Jeff just stared at Aurora for a few minutes. He completely understood her feelings right now because that was how he felt when he was here in the same spot having to do things with Amy when he didn't want too. He knew he was going to leave with her tonight and take her home, and he also knew that Matt would make this right again, but right now he had to think that she had no idea what walking out of the show would mean for her.
"If you walk out tonight, you lose that belt automatically Aurora, is that what you want?"
"No I don't want to lose the belt, but you know what Jeff? I don't think going out the ring to stop your boyfriend from asking for your hand in marriage is the wrong thing either, and then getting beat up for your troubles? Your brother is just so fucking infuriating. I can't handle it anymore. I need to get the hell out of here to keep a level head."
There was a knock on the door and Stephanie stuck her head in. She didn't have to say anything to know how Aurora was feeling about what had just happened.
"You can do your match now, and then go home; we've made room in the card. If you still want to that is. I know you want to get the hell out of here right now."
Aurora spun on her heel to face her boss. This was a time that Aurora wanted nothing more then to just walk away from it all and do what Jeff was doing now. It would seem better if she did.
"How much of that was a plan made by you?" she asked Stephanie while Jeff looked on standing behind Aurora for support.
"It was all a plan. He knew that you wouldn't want him to announce you being together on air, and he used that to his advantage. I'm sorry Rory; it was something that had to be done for the betterment of the show." "For the betterment of the fucking show? You make me sick and you know what Stephanie, you can take this belt and shove it. If I have to play by these rules and have no warning about when I'm getting my ass kicked then I don't want anything to do with it. Go out there and make me forfeit it."
"You will do nothing of the sort. I know you're angry with me, Matt and Angel too, but there is no need to make it this serious. Go defend the belt and keep it with you and then we can discuss this at another day when things aren't so harsh."
Grabbing her bag and just leaving Stephanie there with one last glare, Aurora stormed out of the room and right into Matt and Shannon who were obviously coming to check up on her to make sure she was alright. The two people she didn't want to see right now.
"Aurora, let me explain this to you!" Matt yelled as Aurora just kept on walking, Jeff just trailing behind her.
"Matt, you told me you were going to ask her to marry you, and then you go and do this? How do you think she's feeling right now? The least you could have done was warn her." Jeff said and with another glare at Shannon he jogged down to catch up with her.
"Shannon, there's something going on here, and I don't like it. I thought she didn't want me to ask her, so when Stephanie came out to stop us; I took the idea that you should do something to her, and then I should. I thought that adlib would be understood with her. What went wrong?"
"I don't know man, but I think you should find out and then fix this, because your girlfriend is right here man, what we did wasn't right."
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"I only did what was right Matt. It was done for business."
Matt was getting tired of hearing this run around. He had run into Angel in the hallway and he had had nothing to say to her anyway, but now that he knew that she was part of the reason Aurora had come down to the ring, it made his blood boil. There was something going on with these two women under the surface and it had something to do with him and Aurora and their being together, he just couldn't figure out why.
"What do you mean just for business, she wouldn't have come out there to stop me if it hadn't been for you two?"
"Don't use that tone with me Matt. I'm the one that pays you remember?"
"Oh yes, how could I ever forget about that. You know what Stephanie? When you hired me over here to work on your show you told me you saw something in me that wasn't there with Jeff, and I think I know what it is now."
"Oh and do tell, what would that be?"
"You think because I like the money that you can control me, and you couldn't get that with my brother. Well let me make something really clear to you right now, you will not control this Hardy either, and not at the expense of hurting some other team players."
"So what are you telling me?"
"I'm telling you that if I cant fix this and make her see that wrestling is worth it here, I'm not coming back either. You can find yourself another scapegoat who likes the money." With that last comment said he stormed out of her office and was about to make his way down the hallway when he saw Angel enter and the door start to close. Grabbing a pen out of his pocket, he slid it in the door, leaving it ajar just enough to hear what was being said.
"It's done Angel; we did what we set out to do. I don't think Aurora's going to want to be with him now. She's better off anyway don't you think?"
"Oh yes totally. You said she was a talent and one much like me and well I am in total agreement. It's the best thing we could have done to get her away from him. They will both be better off."
Hearing all that he needed to, Matt made his way slowly away from the door and down the hall to find his brother and his girlfriend. She might hate him right now but when she got a chance to hear what was really going on around this place, she might forgive him. There was no way she couldn't.
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A/N: LOL okay so you didn't see any of that coming did you? And that my friends was the point and now that I've done that I've added another element into this story that could make it that much longer. These two will find a way to be together its obvious by all the shitty issues they have had, but they also need to work together to find out what the hell those two women are up too. So as always read and review and let me know what you really think, good or bad!
A/N: I wanted to give myself a few days away from writing this story and I think I succeeded in that, and now that I'm over the fact that for a hottie from Cameron, Matt is an asshole, I think I can write this without being biased. So basically here goes nothing. I also want to let you all know that my other stories will all be updated at some point today as well. I just want to put this one to bed. Which means I'm going to try to get two more chapters out of this, and then say goodbye? As always be aware that not a story goes by that I don't thank you all for, so look out for that as well. Well enough with the sadness at this ending! How about we get down to business with the chapters!
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"What are you going to ask me?" Aurora asked scanning Matt's face to find out what was really going on in his head. They hadn't come out publicly and admitted they were a couple. The only people that knew were the people they worked with and the people at home in Cameron. She didn't think that telling the entire world was going to be the best move for their relationship. Maybe he wasn't going to ask her that though, maybe he was out there in character, she just had to wait and find out.
"Well Aurora, you beat me fair and square for that belt around your waist and it seems that Shannon wasn't enough to stop you from gaining what you deserve, and through all of that, I admitted some pretty heavy things to you, and now that we've gotten everything sorted out, I know what I have to do."
"Okay, you're wasting everyone's time here Matt, what are you trying to say?"
"I'm trying to say this, and I hope its something that we both want at this stage."
"And this is what exactly?"
Matt thought about it for a second, and he couldn't tell if she did really not want to hear this or if she was in character. He was thinking seriously about not going ahead with this, when he caught something in her eye that told him exactly what he had to do. There could be no more time for questions. She was right as well that he was taking up precious Smack Down time.
"I want a rematch! And not just any rematch, I want a falls count anywhere, hardcore match."
Aurora knew she looked like she had just won the lottery and she didn't care. She had been so afraid that Matt was out here ready to confess his love in front of the world and now that she knew he wasn't well her heart could actually take a few minutes and calm down.
"You want a rematch? Is that all?"
"What do you mean is that all? I never got the chance to really show you what Matt Hardy could do in the ring, and now that I've got you out here, I think we should have this match, not a week from now, not a month, but right now. I want a shot to win back what's mine."
Aurora laughed meaning it as much in character as she did out of it, and looking up into Matt's eyes she turned her eyes to steel and allowed herself to get dragged right back into the storyline. As she was about answer Matt, she heard the familiar music of the GM hit and she turned to the ramp.
"Hold on just one second here Matt! The last time I checked I was the one running this show, and I don't think having a match of that magnitude is something I need on my show tonight. Not when I've got my father in a match with the number one contender for the title. So let's just say that this match will happen, but not tonight. You two will fight at summer slam and you will make it count then. Now if you guys don't mind, we have a show to continue here and Aurora you do have a match to prepare for."
Before Aurora had a chance to turn around to face Matt for an appropriate stare down, she felt her feet come out from under her, and Shannon fly from the ring. She looked up in pain as Matt laid his boot into her stomach a few times for show and he immediately jumped from the ring, laughing as he made his way up the ramp.
As the medics came down to the ring to make sure she was okay, she looked up as Matt went behind the curtain. This whole segment wasn't planned at all, and neither was that beating. This was something she was going to have to find out about; because there was no way in hell she was going to let her boyfriend walk over her like that without any warning at all. As she got helped to the back Aurora suddenly realized that this all could have been a set up to begin with and Angel was helping Matt out by having her go out there. That thought alone was enough to make her blood boil.
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"No Jeff, you know what? That was fucking wrong! I didn't see that coming and hell if I had then it wouldn't have gone down like that."
"Well you can't just walk out of the show babe, you do have a match."
"Are you listening to me at all here Jeff? Your brother just took advantage of me being vulnerable to him, there is no way in hell I'm going to go out there and face anyone tonight. I asked you in here so you can take me home with you. Are you going to do it or not?"
Jeff just stared at Aurora for a few minutes. He completely understood her feelings right now because that was how he felt when he was here in the same spot having to do things with Amy when he didn't want too. He knew he was going to leave with her tonight and take her home, and he also knew that Matt would make this right again, but right now he had to think that she had no idea what walking out of the show would mean for her.
"If you walk out tonight, you lose that belt automatically Aurora, is that what you want?"
"No I don't want to lose the belt, but you know what Jeff? I don't think going out the ring to stop your boyfriend from asking for your hand in marriage is the wrong thing either, and then getting beat up for your troubles? Your brother is just so fucking infuriating. I can't handle it anymore. I need to get the hell out of here to keep a level head."
There was a knock on the door and Stephanie stuck her head in. She didn't have to say anything to know how Aurora was feeling about what had just happened.
"You can do your match now, and then go home; we've made room in the card. If you still want to that is. I know you want to get the hell out of here right now."
Aurora spun on her heel to face her boss. This was a time that Aurora wanted nothing more then to just walk away from it all and do what Jeff was doing now. It would seem better if she did.
"How much of that was a plan made by you?" she asked Stephanie while Jeff looked on standing behind Aurora for support.
"It was all a plan. He knew that you wouldn't want him to announce you being together on air, and he used that to his advantage. I'm sorry Rory; it was something that had to be done for the betterment of the show." "For the betterment of the fucking show? You make me sick and you know what Stephanie, you can take this belt and shove it. If I have to play by these rules and have no warning about when I'm getting my ass kicked then I don't want anything to do with it. Go out there and make me forfeit it."
"You will do nothing of the sort. I know you're angry with me, Matt and Angel too, but there is no need to make it this serious. Go defend the belt and keep it with you and then we can discuss this at another day when things aren't so harsh."
Grabbing her bag and just leaving Stephanie there with one last glare, Aurora stormed out of the room and right into Matt and Shannon who were obviously coming to check up on her to make sure she was alright. The two people she didn't want to see right now.
"Aurora, let me explain this to you!" Matt yelled as Aurora just kept on walking, Jeff just trailing behind her.
"Matt, you told me you were going to ask her to marry you, and then you go and do this? How do you think she's feeling right now? The least you could have done was warn her." Jeff said and with another glare at Shannon he jogged down to catch up with her.
"Shannon, there's something going on here, and I don't like it. I thought she didn't want me to ask her, so when Stephanie came out to stop us; I took the idea that you should do something to her, and then I should. I thought that adlib would be understood with her. What went wrong?"
"I don't know man, but I think you should find out and then fix this, because your girlfriend is right here man, what we did wasn't right."
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"I only did what was right Matt. It was done for business."
Matt was getting tired of hearing this run around. He had run into Angel in the hallway and he had had nothing to say to her anyway, but now that he knew that she was part of the reason Aurora had come down to the ring, it made his blood boil. There was something going on with these two women under the surface and it had something to do with him and Aurora and their being together, he just couldn't figure out why.
"What do you mean just for business, she wouldn't have come out there to stop me if it hadn't been for you two?"
"Don't use that tone with me Matt. I'm the one that pays you remember?"
"Oh yes, how could I ever forget about that. You know what Stephanie? When you hired me over here to work on your show you told me you saw something in me that wasn't there with Jeff, and I think I know what it is now."
"Oh and do tell, what would that be?"
"You think because I like the money that you can control me, and you couldn't get that with my brother. Well let me make something really clear to you right now, you will not control this Hardy either, and not at the expense of hurting some other team players."
"So what are you telling me?"
"I'm telling you that if I cant fix this and make her see that wrestling is worth it here, I'm not coming back either. You can find yourself another scapegoat who likes the money." With that last comment said he stormed out of her office and was about to make his way down the hallway when he saw Angel enter and the door start to close. Grabbing a pen out of his pocket, he slid it in the door, leaving it ajar just enough to hear what was being said.
"It's done Angel; we did what we set out to do. I don't think Aurora's going to want to be with him now. She's better off anyway don't you think?"
"Oh yes totally. You said she was a talent and one much like me and well I am in total agreement. It's the best thing we could have done to get her away from him. They will both be better off."
Hearing all that he needed to, Matt made his way slowly away from the door and down the hall to find his brother and his girlfriend. She might hate him right now but when she got a chance to hear what was really going on around this place, she might forgive him. There was no way she couldn't.
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A/N: LOL okay so you didn't see any of that coming did you? And that my friends was the point and now that I've done that I've added another element into this story that could make it that much longer. These two will find a way to be together its obvious by all the shitty issues they have had, but they also need to work together to find out what the hell those two women are up too. So as always read and review and let me know what you really think, good or bad!