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: Okay a few hours have passed since I worked on that last chapter and now since I am in a wrestling kind of mood, here comes another one in this series. Thank you for any reviews that I have received on this last chapter. I haven't seen them as of yet because I do not have net access at the present moment. Which is good at this point anyway because I need the time alone to do these right and make them so that you guys keep coming back for more. I hope that you are still enjoying it as I'm doing it and remember that I owe you a complete and utter thank you for this when I'm done!
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Knocking on the door he waited a few minutes for someone to answer and then when they didn't he opened the door and peered in. Almost afraid at what he would find when he entered the room he went cautiously.
"Guys are you in here? Can I come in?"
"Matt, you might want to get the hell out of here now. She doesn't want to see you right now."
"Jeff she's my girlfriend! She can't just decide not to see me. That's not how a relationship works."
He looked up as he saw her exit the bathroom and make a beeline right for him, with her arms raised ready to hit him if need be. Jeff jumped in front of her and grabbed her holding her back and shot his brother a look of death.
"What part of not wanting to see you don't you get Matt? We can talk about this later but for your own well being and for Rory's I think you should really get the hell out of this locker room and let her prep for her match."
"I learned something, and its going to matter to the both of you, so please give me five minutes and if you don't like what you hear I'm gone and you don't have to worry about anything ever again alright?"
Jeff looked to Aurora and she just let her arms go limp in his and he took that to mean that Matt saying his piece was going to be allowed, at least for the five minutes he asked for. Nodding to his brother and releasing his hold on Aurora, Jeff took a seat on the stool in the corner of the room and waited what Matt was going to say to dig him out of this mess.
"I just came from Stephanie's office and there's something not right with her."
"Yeah she must be paying you pretty good to come here and give me this line of bullshit right now right Matt?"
"Aurora you granted me five minutes here, so can you please just shut up and listen to me?"
Shutting her mouth closed but not looking any happier then she had when he walked through the door she figured she would let him continue. It was obvious whatever he had to say he did believe in, so the least she could do was do what he asked.
"Angel and her planned this Aurora. Don't you see that? I just came from Stephanie's office and she was talking to Angel. She said that their mission was accomplished in the way that they are keeping us apart. Do you know any reason why they would want to do that?"
"Not a one Matt, but it seems you think you know why."
"I actually don't have a clue and I don't want to know either. What I do want to know is why us being together is such a big deal to Steph that she had to call in Angel to help her. I know Angel from the past a little bit; her being Shawn's sister and all, and I just want to know what they think they are doing by splitting us up."
"You weren't in on what happened in the ring then?"
"What do you mean what happened in the ring?"
"Your attacking me is what I mean Matt. You got Shannon to lay into me and then did the rest yourself and didn't bother to warn me at all that it was coming!"
"Why did you come out there anyway Rory?"
"Angel told me to get out there because it seemed like you were about too, oh God Matt your right. She wanted me out there for a reason, and she knew that if you didn't ask me to marry you that you were going to ask for a rematch and have to adlib!"
"Now you're getting it princess. None of what I did was totally intentional and it wasn't something I went out there planned for. I had something else in mind but I decided at the last minute to change it and make the crowd get into it more. She had you come out because she knew I would end up changing my mind once I saw the look of shock on your face. This was all a stupid trick and I need to know why."
"Angel came to me a few weeks ago and told me she saw a lot of herself in me, and that she wanted to see me go far without you and without any issues in my way you know? I didn't think about anything at the time because it seemed pretty basic but Jesus she was trying to make me hate you then too and we weren't even together!"
"Okay now that I've convinced you of what I heard what do we do about it?"
"I'm going to wrestle my match and get the hell out of here like planned on, and then you can meet me and we can talk this over and decide then alright?"
Matt looked at his brother and saw the look in his eye. Jeff might not work for the company anymore but he damn well knew what it was like to be screwed with, and it was obvious to Matt that Jeff didn't want to let it go either. So with a look of silent agreement, they mapped out what they would do.
"Of course. I will come back to the house and we can go over all of this then, word for word if you like and then figure out what you want to do with it, if you want to do anything. I mean this isn't on TV or anything, but it is someone that is meddling in my life and I won't stand for that, not when it's involving you as well."
"Okay look guys get out of here and let me get ready for the match, and I will see you later Jeff alright?" Aurora said with one last look towards Jeff as he stood and walked to the door with Matt.
"Yeah of course."
"And guys, stay out of it. I know the two of you enough by now to know that your stubborn and when you don't have the answers you want you go looking to make your own, and I don't need that right now. Those women think I trust them, and I want to make them think that I do and that nothing has changed. So please for now stay away from them."
With a kiss to Matt's cheek as he walked out the door, Aurora pushed the locker room door shut and leaned against it, sighing openly. Nothing was ever this bad when she was working in the independent scene, and she didn't know if any of this money and power was worth being treated like dirt. All she knew was that something weird was going on and she had to get to the bottom of it and quickly.
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"Jeff where the hell are you going? You heard her; she doesn't want us doing anything!"
"Since when did that stop you? I've got an idea and I can't believe I didn't think of it before. Angel is single right?"
"Yeah the last time I talked to Shawn he said she was yeah, but why?"
"Because I'm going to make a move on her Matt. I have to appeal to her instincts. And you know what they say right? Keep your friends close and your enemies closer? Well this is the only way I know that I can do that and make sure you and Aurora get the proper chance to make up and be together."
"Jeff I still think we should just let Aurora deal with it."
"Matt she's dating you, she has more then enough to deal with, let me take care of this and find out why she's doing it and what the motivation is. If I can't get back in the ring and wrestle with you, I might as well help you when I know I can."
"Okay Jeff, you do what you need too, but don't you dare let Rory find out or I won't be a worry of hers anymore, and neither will you."
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"Come on in."
Jeff opened the door to Stephanie's office and wasn't surprised to see Angel sitting across from her sharing a coffee and a laugh. This was just what Jeff wanted. He had to make sure this team didn't cause any more issues for Aurora or his brother.
"What can we do for you Jeff?"
"Actually I was just wondering if I could speak to Angel for a minute in the hall. There's something I wanted to ask her."
"If this is about Aurora then you can ask it here, we don't have secrets Jeff."
"Actually Stephanie it has nothing to do with Rory, I think what happened out there was only fair, this has to do with me as a man and her as a woman. Do you think it would be okay to talk in the hall for a second then?"
Jeff flashed his best easy going smile at her even though he was totally wanting to throw up at the two of them sitting there acting like what they did was the best thing on earth. But he had to remind himself that this was all for the greater good and once he found out the real motivation he would be rid of this company altogether again.
"Sure, I'll be back Steph."
As they made their way out into the hall Jeff could see the look of fright on her face, not knowing what he was going to ask her, and mentally going over in her head the right answers to the questions she thought he might ask.
"So I guess your wondering why I asked you out here."
"The thought had crossed my mind yes, so would you mind telling me what it is quick? There are still some business matters I need to talk over with Ms. McMahon."
"Okay well here goes nothing. I wanted to know if you would mind getting some coffee with me after the show tonight that is if you're free."
Wiping the look of worry off her face, she looked up at Jeff deep in his green eyes and with one shy smile she gave him the answer he'd been hoping for.
"I'd like nothing more Mr. Hardy."
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A/N: another one dead and buried LOL. Read and Review as always when you see this, and then I will continue with the second last chapter of the novella!
A/N: Okay a few hours have passed since I worked on that last chapter and now since I am in a wrestling kind of mood, here comes another one in this series. Thank you for any reviews that I have received on this last chapter. I haven't seen them as of yet because I do not have net access at the present moment. Which is good at this point anyway because I need the time alone to do these right and make them so that you guys keep coming back for more. I hope that you are still enjoying it as I'm doing it and remember that I owe you a complete and utter thank you for this when I'm done!
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Knocking on the door he waited a few minutes for someone to answer and then when they didn't he opened the door and peered in. Almost afraid at what he would find when he entered the room he went cautiously.
"Guys are you in here? Can I come in?"
"Matt, you might want to get the hell out of here now. She doesn't want to see you right now."
"Jeff she's my girlfriend! She can't just decide not to see me. That's not how a relationship works."
He looked up as he saw her exit the bathroom and make a beeline right for him, with her arms raised ready to hit him if need be. Jeff jumped in front of her and grabbed her holding her back and shot his brother a look of death.
"What part of not wanting to see you don't you get Matt? We can talk about this later but for your own well being and for Rory's I think you should really get the hell out of this locker room and let her prep for her match."
"I learned something, and its going to matter to the both of you, so please give me five minutes and if you don't like what you hear I'm gone and you don't have to worry about anything ever again alright?"
Jeff looked to Aurora and she just let her arms go limp in his and he took that to mean that Matt saying his piece was going to be allowed, at least for the five minutes he asked for. Nodding to his brother and releasing his hold on Aurora, Jeff took a seat on the stool in the corner of the room and waited what Matt was going to say to dig him out of this mess.
"I just came from Stephanie's office and there's something not right with her."
"Yeah she must be paying you pretty good to come here and give me this line of bullshit right now right Matt?"
"Aurora you granted me five minutes here, so can you please just shut up and listen to me?"
Shutting her mouth closed but not looking any happier then she had when he walked through the door she figured she would let him continue. It was obvious whatever he had to say he did believe in, so the least she could do was do what he asked.
"Angel and her planned this Aurora. Don't you see that? I just came from Stephanie's office and she was talking to Angel. She said that their mission was accomplished in the way that they are keeping us apart. Do you know any reason why they would want to do that?"
"Not a one Matt, but it seems you think you know why."
"I actually don't have a clue and I don't want to know either. What I do want to know is why us being together is such a big deal to Steph that she had to call in Angel to help her. I know Angel from the past a little bit; her being Shawn's sister and all, and I just want to know what they think they are doing by splitting us up."
"You weren't in on what happened in the ring then?"
"What do you mean what happened in the ring?"
"Your attacking me is what I mean Matt. You got Shannon to lay into me and then did the rest yourself and didn't bother to warn me at all that it was coming!"
"Why did you come out there anyway Rory?"
"Angel told me to get out there because it seemed like you were about too, oh God Matt your right. She wanted me out there for a reason, and she knew that if you didn't ask me to marry you that you were going to ask for a rematch and have to adlib!"
"Now you're getting it princess. None of what I did was totally intentional and it wasn't something I went out there planned for. I had something else in mind but I decided at the last minute to change it and make the crowd get into it more. She had you come out because she knew I would end up changing my mind once I saw the look of shock on your face. This was all a stupid trick and I need to know why."
"Angel came to me a few weeks ago and told me she saw a lot of herself in me, and that she wanted to see me go far without you and without any issues in my way you know? I didn't think about anything at the time because it seemed pretty basic but Jesus she was trying to make me hate you then too and we weren't even together!"
"Okay now that I've convinced you of what I heard what do we do about it?"
"I'm going to wrestle my match and get the hell out of here like planned on, and then you can meet me and we can talk this over and decide then alright?"
Matt looked at his brother and saw the look in his eye. Jeff might not work for the company anymore but he damn well knew what it was like to be screwed with, and it was obvious to Matt that Jeff didn't want to let it go either. So with a look of silent agreement, they mapped out what they would do.
"Of course. I will come back to the house and we can go over all of this then, word for word if you like and then figure out what you want to do with it, if you want to do anything. I mean this isn't on TV or anything, but it is someone that is meddling in my life and I won't stand for that, not when it's involving you as well."
"Okay look guys get out of here and let me get ready for the match, and I will see you later Jeff alright?" Aurora said with one last look towards Jeff as he stood and walked to the door with Matt.
"Yeah of course."
"And guys, stay out of it. I know the two of you enough by now to know that your stubborn and when you don't have the answers you want you go looking to make your own, and I don't need that right now. Those women think I trust them, and I want to make them think that I do and that nothing has changed. So please for now stay away from them."
With a kiss to Matt's cheek as he walked out the door, Aurora pushed the locker room door shut and leaned against it, sighing openly. Nothing was ever this bad when she was working in the independent scene, and she didn't know if any of this money and power was worth being treated like dirt. All she knew was that something weird was going on and she had to get to the bottom of it and quickly.
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"Jeff where the hell are you going? You heard her; she doesn't want us doing anything!"
"Since when did that stop you? I've got an idea and I can't believe I didn't think of it before. Angel is single right?"
"Yeah the last time I talked to Shawn he said she was yeah, but why?"
"Because I'm going to make a move on her Matt. I have to appeal to her instincts. And you know what they say right? Keep your friends close and your enemies closer? Well this is the only way I know that I can do that and make sure you and Aurora get the proper chance to make up and be together."
"Jeff I still think we should just let Aurora deal with it."
"Matt she's dating you, she has more then enough to deal with, let me take care of this and find out why she's doing it and what the motivation is. If I can't get back in the ring and wrestle with you, I might as well help you when I know I can."
"Okay Jeff, you do what you need too, but don't you dare let Rory find out or I won't be a worry of hers anymore, and neither will you."
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"Come on in."
Jeff opened the door to Stephanie's office and wasn't surprised to see Angel sitting across from her sharing a coffee and a laugh. This was just what Jeff wanted. He had to make sure this team didn't cause any more issues for Aurora or his brother.
"What can we do for you Jeff?"
"Actually I was just wondering if I could speak to Angel for a minute in the hall. There's something I wanted to ask her."
"If this is about Aurora then you can ask it here, we don't have secrets Jeff."
"Actually Stephanie it has nothing to do with Rory, I think what happened out there was only fair, this has to do with me as a man and her as a woman. Do you think it would be okay to talk in the hall for a second then?"
Jeff flashed his best easy going smile at her even though he was totally wanting to throw up at the two of them sitting there acting like what they did was the best thing on earth. But he had to remind himself that this was all for the greater good and once he found out the real motivation he would be rid of this company altogether again.
"Sure, I'll be back Steph."
As they made their way out into the hall Jeff could see the look of fright on her face, not knowing what he was going to ask her, and mentally going over in her head the right answers to the questions she thought he might ask.
"So I guess your wondering why I asked you out here."
"The thought had crossed my mind yes, so would you mind telling me what it is quick? There are still some business matters I need to talk over with Ms. McMahon."
"Okay well here goes nothing. I wanted to know if you would mind getting some coffee with me after the show tonight that is if you're free."
Wiping the look of worry off her face, she looked up at Jeff deep in his green eyes and with one shy smile she gave him the answer he'd been hoping for.
"I'd like nothing more Mr. Hardy."
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A/N: another one dead and buried LOL. Read and Review as always when you see this, and then I will continue with the second last chapter of the novella!