Disclaimer: I do not own any of the WWE superstars in this story. It is
purely a work of fiction, and the wrestlers used in the making of it own
themselves.
A/N: Okay so why do I thank thee? Let me count the ways. Seriously I thank you because for the last few chapters, you were the lone reviewer and you deserve thanks, LOL. Now I upped the rating, because it makes sense and maybe that was the reason my other story got my ass banned for two weeks? Anyway, thy will be done or something. So here goes next chapter, since it's been two days I think you all deserve it now, LOL.
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*~Hayley's POV~*
"So are you glad to be back girl?" Ariel asked me as we sat down in front of the television to watch Bridget Jones Diary on Lifetime.
"Feels like old times, so yes, it feels great. You still have to fill me in on everything that's happened since I left."
"Well we all graduated of course, and so did you, even though I think you were in Sacramento at the time."
"Actually I was in Calgary at the Saddle dome at the time that you actually graduated." I said laughing lightly.
I still thought about it all the time. All the traveling around and having fun with Brian and Zach. My time with the girls as well was something that I just didn't want to let go of now that I was home again. It felt great being back with my mother, who had, in time for my coming back, gotten a new boyfriend. Ariel was now seeing a guy, someone she met over the summer while I was away and although I missed having my best friend around all the time, I couldn't have been happier for her. Now I just had to get my own life back in order, and it would be like the WWE never existed.
"You're thinking about it again aren't you Hayley?"
"Hmm, thinking about what?"
There was no getting anything past this girl, since all the stuff with Brock went down. It was like he really opened her eyes to how much shit was out there and now she paid attention to everything, it was almost like she was in my head. I wasn't sure how much I liked that thought at this point.
"You're thinking about the WWE again. You know it's on right now if you want to watch it."
"No, I don't want to watch it, this movie rocks!"
"Oh it does not rock, and you do want to watch it. I'm sure Zach is on tonight and it's been awhile since you two spoke am I right?"
"Can we not talk about Zach?"
The look she threw me was totally off the wall. Yes, I did want to see Zach and sure there really was nothing wrong with just talking about the guy, but talking started thinking and with the way things ended with us, thinking was not an option.
"What the hell happened with you two? And Brian, that's the weird part. He told me he wasn't going to give up on you and then you call me to come get you at the airport and I hear you two split, and Zach admitted feelings. But here you sit, miserable and alone. What is fair about this?"
"Nothing is fair Ariel, but who cares. I am happy, and I am not miserable. Can we just either watch the movie or watch wrestling or get the hell out of the house and go for a walk?"
"You want to get out and go for a walk?"
"Actually I didn't until I said it, but yes, with my mother out and this movie blowing chunks, I think I just need to get out of here."
So she got up and grabbed me and we went out. It was weird walking down my street again. It wasn't in the safest part of town, but at that moment and thinking of all the stuff I had been through with people close to me, walking down my street didn't seem so bad anymore. Almost safer then what I was used too.
"Have you applied for college yet?"
"Yeah I did it last week, so it looks like I am going to school with you."
"They have a good journalism class, and don't forget all those months on the school paper, they did wonders for you girl. You're guaranteed a slot in the class."
She was right, I knew she was, but for some reason even though school should have been a thought in my head, it wasn't. I was tuning out on Ariel as I walked and for that I felt bad, but being out in the cold air and just looking around me and realizing this was my life now, well it just took me someplace that wasn't with Ariel.
"Do you think he thinks about me?"
Throwing me a look, Ariel smiled. "Yes I think he's going to think about you for the rest of his life. You are the one that got away."
The one that got away. No I think that assumption was wrong. I was the one that shouldn't have come in the first place. Being the one that got away could only be seen as a good thing. I didn't want to think about what happened that day in my house anymore, because every time I do, I think about the day after when he had to tell me that Jim didn't want me there anymore. He had been the bearer of the good news and the bad.
"You know, you were leaving anyway, firing you just covered their ass."
I looked up and laughed as Ariel smiled at me. She did have a point there, so maybe it wasn't half bad that I was home again. I hadn't had the ability to laugh in a really long time. I just couldn't help but think about how Zach was doing, and if he was as happy as I was.
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*~Zach's POV~*
"You ready to go on Zach?" the tech asked, popping his head into the locker room to check on me.
"I'm as ready as ever. It will be nice to make my comeback that's for sure."
"You're on in five. So head down to the gorilla position and await further signal."
I heard him tell me to head down, but it was like I was frozen in place. I had wanted to be a wrestler my entire life, and now that I was here, I couldn't be happier if I tried, but it seemed that since Hayley left and went home to Toronto without a word, that it didn't seem as worth it anymore. Meeting her had impacted my life as much as the cancer had so many years before, and without her, life seemed almost pointless.
The door to the locker room opened and Randy sauntered in. It seemed that since Hayley had officially gone home, I had become better friends with him and although we were on different shows, he still took the time to come down and watch what his buddies were doing.
"You ready to kick some one legged ass?"
"You mean Brian has one leg too?"
Laughing for a brief moment Randy looked up and it seemed that when he caught my eye, we were on the same page. There didn't need to be any words.
"You miss her don't you?"
"Are you going to tell me you don't?"
"I'm not going to tell you that no. I've been doing really good with no lies between us, and why start now?"
"As long as she's safe and Brock has given up on her, then that's all that matters. She needed to be where she is. This job wasn't getting her anywhere."
"No it wasn't. So who is the winner tonight?"
"Brian is having his last match so I'm winning tonight."
"Wait a second here, he's what?"
"You didn't know?"
"No I didn't know. He's leaving the business?"
"Apparently Hayley got to him too, he just couldn't deal with it anymore and he's leaving to just go home to Washington and relax for awhile. Not quitting, just getting a lot of time off now."
"You need to call her Zach."
"What would I say to her man?"
"Tell her about Brian, maybe she can make him stay. He loves this business almost as much as you and I do. You can't let him do this."
"So I call the girl I love so I can tell her about her ex boyfriend leaving the business so that she can use whatever tactics she has to keep him here? Do you even hear yourself man?"
"No dumb ass, you call her and tell her about Brian and then get her ass back here so she can get together with me. Oh wait a second, that wasn't supposed to come out. So she can get back together with you, where she belongs."
"I've got my match; he's leaving once I beat him. Maybe this is for the best Randy. She doesn't need to worry about the WWE and its issues."
As I walked out the locker room door I heard him mutter something under his breath but figured he was just agreeing with me, and didn't want to admit it. He tended to do that a lot when he didn't think I could hear.
"No Zach, you're right about one thing, she doesn't need to come back, but someone does need to worry about your issues, and setting them right once and for all. I'll be damned if I'm not the one doing it."
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A/N: So there's the next chapter, it was mostly filling but its adding more information to more chapters so this thing doesn't die too quickly. What happened in that house with them in chapter 30 will be revealed and more will be added next chapter. So review your little tails off and let me know what you think.
A/N: Okay so why do I thank thee? Let me count the ways. Seriously I thank you because for the last few chapters, you were the lone reviewer and you deserve thanks, LOL. Now I upped the rating, because it makes sense and maybe that was the reason my other story got my ass banned for two weeks? Anyway, thy will be done or something. So here goes next chapter, since it's been two days I think you all deserve it now, LOL.
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*~Hayley's POV~*
"So are you glad to be back girl?" Ariel asked me as we sat down in front of the television to watch Bridget Jones Diary on Lifetime.
"Feels like old times, so yes, it feels great. You still have to fill me in on everything that's happened since I left."
"Well we all graduated of course, and so did you, even though I think you were in Sacramento at the time."
"Actually I was in Calgary at the Saddle dome at the time that you actually graduated." I said laughing lightly.
I still thought about it all the time. All the traveling around and having fun with Brian and Zach. My time with the girls as well was something that I just didn't want to let go of now that I was home again. It felt great being back with my mother, who had, in time for my coming back, gotten a new boyfriend. Ariel was now seeing a guy, someone she met over the summer while I was away and although I missed having my best friend around all the time, I couldn't have been happier for her. Now I just had to get my own life back in order, and it would be like the WWE never existed.
"You're thinking about it again aren't you Hayley?"
"Hmm, thinking about what?"
There was no getting anything past this girl, since all the stuff with Brock went down. It was like he really opened her eyes to how much shit was out there and now she paid attention to everything, it was almost like she was in my head. I wasn't sure how much I liked that thought at this point.
"You're thinking about the WWE again. You know it's on right now if you want to watch it."
"No, I don't want to watch it, this movie rocks!"
"Oh it does not rock, and you do want to watch it. I'm sure Zach is on tonight and it's been awhile since you two spoke am I right?"
"Can we not talk about Zach?"
The look she threw me was totally off the wall. Yes, I did want to see Zach and sure there really was nothing wrong with just talking about the guy, but talking started thinking and with the way things ended with us, thinking was not an option.
"What the hell happened with you two? And Brian, that's the weird part. He told me he wasn't going to give up on you and then you call me to come get you at the airport and I hear you two split, and Zach admitted feelings. But here you sit, miserable and alone. What is fair about this?"
"Nothing is fair Ariel, but who cares. I am happy, and I am not miserable. Can we just either watch the movie or watch wrestling or get the hell out of the house and go for a walk?"
"You want to get out and go for a walk?"
"Actually I didn't until I said it, but yes, with my mother out and this movie blowing chunks, I think I just need to get out of here."
So she got up and grabbed me and we went out. It was weird walking down my street again. It wasn't in the safest part of town, but at that moment and thinking of all the stuff I had been through with people close to me, walking down my street didn't seem so bad anymore. Almost safer then what I was used too.
"Have you applied for college yet?"
"Yeah I did it last week, so it looks like I am going to school with you."
"They have a good journalism class, and don't forget all those months on the school paper, they did wonders for you girl. You're guaranteed a slot in the class."
She was right, I knew she was, but for some reason even though school should have been a thought in my head, it wasn't. I was tuning out on Ariel as I walked and for that I felt bad, but being out in the cold air and just looking around me and realizing this was my life now, well it just took me someplace that wasn't with Ariel.
"Do you think he thinks about me?"
Throwing me a look, Ariel smiled. "Yes I think he's going to think about you for the rest of his life. You are the one that got away."
The one that got away. No I think that assumption was wrong. I was the one that shouldn't have come in the first place. Being the one that got away could only be seen as a good thing. I didn't want to think about what happened that day in my house anymore, because every time I do, I think about the day after when he had to tell me that Jim didn't want me there anymore. He had been the bearer of the good news and the bad.
"You know, you were leaving anyway, firing you just covered their ass."
I looked up and laughed as Ariel smiled at me. She did have a point there, so maybe it wasn't half bad that I was home again. I hadn't had the ability to laugh in a really long time. I just couldn't help but think about how Zach was doing, and if he was as happy as I was.
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*~Zach's POV~*
"You ready to go on Zach?" the tech asked, popping his head into the locker room to check on me.
"I'm as ready as ever. It will be nice to make my comeback that's for sure."
"You're on in five. So head down to the gorilla position and await further signal."
I heard him tell me to head down, but it was like I was frozen in place. I had wanted to be a wrestler my entire life, and now that I was here, I couldn't be happier if I tried, but it seemed that since Hayley left and went home to Toronto without a word, that it didn't seem as worth it anymore. Meeting her had impacted my life as much as the cancer had so many years before, and without her, life seemed almost pointless.
The door to the locker room opened and Randy sauntered in. It seemed that since Hayley had officially gone home, I had become better friends with him and although we were on different shows, he still took the time to come down and watch what his buddies were doing.
"You ready to kick some one legged ass?"
"You mean Brian has one leg too?"
Laughing for a brief moment Randy looked up and it seemed that when he caught my eye, we were on the same page. There didn't need to be any words.
"You miss her don't you?"
"Are you going to tell me you don't?"
"I'm not going to tell you that no. I've been doing really good with no lies between us, and why start now?"
"As long as she's safe and Brock has given up on her, then that's all that matters. She needed to be where she is. This job wasn't getting her anywhere."
"No it wasn't. So who is the winner tonight?"
"Brian is having his last match so I'm winning tonight."
"Wait a second here, he's what?"
"You didn't know?"
"No I didn't know. He's leaving the business?"
"Apparently Hayley got to him too, he just couldn't deal with it anymore and he's leaving to just go home to Washington and relax for awhile. Not quitting, just getting a lot of time off now."
"You need to call her Zach."
"What would I say to her man?"
"Tell her about Brian, maybe she can make him stay. He loves this business almost as much as you and I do. You can't let him do this."
"So I call the girl I love so I can tell her about her ex boyfriend leaving the business so that she can use whatever tactics she has to keep him here? Do you even hear yourself man?"
"No dumb ass, you call her and tell her about Brian and then get her ass back here so she can get together with me. Oh wait a second, that wasn't supposed to come out. So she can get back together with you, where she belongs."
"I've got my match; he's leaving once I beat him. Maybe this is for the best Randy. She doesn't need to worry about the WWE and its issues."
As I walked out the locker room door I heard him mutter something under his breath but figured he was just agreeing with me, and didn't want to admit it. He tended to do that a lot when he didn't think I could hear.
"No Zach, you're right about one thing, she doesn't need to come back, but someone does need to worry about your issues, and setting them right once and for all. I'll be damned if I'm not the one doing it."
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A/N: So there's the next chapter, it was mostly filling but its adding more information to more chapters so this thing doesn't die too quickly. What happened in that house with them in chapter 30 will be revealed and more will be added next chapter. So review your little tails off and let me know what you think.