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Broken Trust:

CHAPTER FIVE:

"Paul?" Nicole questioned, feeling timid next to his 6'4'', nearly three hundred-pound frame.

"I'm going to tell you this once and once only, so listen up. Stay away from Randy. He's a good kid and he doesn't need anyone like you messing his career up."

Her jaw dropping in shock, Nicole would've laughed if she weren't afraid it would only piss Levesque off more. "Who said I was anywhere near Randy?" She questioned, finding a little bit of courage.

"First off, don't get smart with me." Paul snapped. "And I've seen you looking at him, and I've seen him looking at you."

Rolling her eyes, Nicole responded. "I can't help that he looks at me, as you put it. I haven't looked at him, I don't even talk to him."

"You know, for a little girl, you have a big attitude." Paul replied gruffly, backing her into the room, shutting the door behind him.

Taking a deep breath, Nicole wasn't sure what Paul was planning. She never felt safe near him when she was with other people, she realized now that the feeling was ten times worse when she was alone with him.

Advancing on her, Paul continued. "Now, you have Hardy, isn't screwing one guy enough for you? No, you're a slut, you need more then one, right?"

Fighting the urge to smack him, Nicole tried to keep calm, knowing that if she were to hit him, he could do much worse to her, and he probably would enjoy it. Looking away from him, she felt tears stinging her eyes. She wouldn't let him see her cry, that would just prove to him see that he had hurt her, that he had accomplished what he wanted to. "I don't want Randy." Nicole repeated, her voice shaky.

Rolling his eyes, Paul backed her up further, so she was against the wall. "I don't believe you." He told her, as they locked eyes.

Shooting him a look, Nicole was again tempted to smack him. For once, she wished she had Britney's temper. If Britney were in this situation, she would've smacked Paul long before now.

Turning her head, Nicole focused her eyes on the ground, not wanting to look at Paul. She let out a gasp as he roughly grabbed her chin and forced her to look at him. "Don't look away from me. I'm trying to teach you something."

Tears welling in her eyes, Nicole fought the urge to just break down. She didn't know what it was, but something about Paul scared her more than she had ever been scared before.

Grinning, Paul continued. "Now, all you have to do is promise me that you'll stay away from Orton. Do that, I'll leave you alone. If you don't, I'll make your life a living hell."

Glaring at him, Nicole just nodded, hoping he would back away from her. No such luck. Grinning, Paul leaned in a little closer, so their faces were almost touching.

"It's nice to know we understand each other. Randy will be much better off now. Whenever you see him, what will you do?"

Nicole looked away, not answering.

"I said, what will you do?!" Paul asked, louder than before.

"Walk away." Nicole replied timidly.

"Good. Let's just make sure you don't forget that." Smirking, Paul turned around and walked out the door, leaving a frightened Nicole behind.

*~*~*~*~*

*Later that night*

Nicole jumped when she heard the door to her locker room being opened. Looking up she watched as Stacy Keibler and Trish Stratus walked in the room.

"Hey Nic." Trish greeted.

"Hey Trish, hey Stace." Nicole replied, smiling. She had stayed in the locker room since Paul had left, she was afraid to do anything else.

"You okay?" Stacy questioned, looking down at Nicole's hands, which were shaking in her lap.

"Uh… yeah, I'm fine." Nicole replied, crossing her arms in front of her chest so they couldn't see her hands.

"Oh, Nicole I forgot to tell you…" Trish started.

Nicole looked up at her, waiting for her to continue.

"Even though we had our match already, you still have to valet."

Nicole's stomach dropped at Trish's words. If she had to valet, that meant she had to work with Jeff. They were a couple onscreen and off, until they broke up. No one knew, and she didn't feel like telling anyone. Sighing, she knew she had no choice but to go talk to Jeff.

"Thanks Trish." She replied, sending Trish the biggest smile she could manage, which wasn't much.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Stacy asked again, getting the feeling that something wasn't right.

"I'm sure." Nicole replied. "See you guys later." She said as she went to turn around. "Oh Trish…"

"Yeah?"

"What is the match tonight?"

"Um… Jeff with you versus… Randy Orton." Trish answered, smiling. "It should be an awesome match."

"Yeah… awesome." Nicole repeated, walking out of the room.

"Hey Nic."

Looking up, Nicole started to smile as she saw Chris Irvine (Jericho) approaching her, but then she saw who was with him… Randy Orton. Keeping her eyes focused on Chris, she kept repeating Paul's words over in her head.

"What's the matter, you look upset." Chris stated, his blue eyes concerned.

Smiling, Nicole shook her head. "I'm fine, just going to look for Jeff, we have a match later."

"Yeah." Randy spoke up. "We were going to find him too."

"Yeah, we'll come with you to find him." Chris offered, placing his arm around Nicole's shoulder.

"Okay." Nicole replied quietly, praying that Paul Levesque wouldn't see them together. He might assume things and that scared her.

As they were about to turn the corner, Nicole heard someone calling her name again. Turning around, she smiled at the person that had called her. "Hey Brit." She called, meeting her friend halfway with a hug.

"What's up?" Britney questioned.

Shaking her head, Nicole smiled at Adam Copeland, who was standing next to Britney, holding her hand. "Nothing." She replied, not wanting to explain anything at the moment. She knew Britney would find out later, because they couldn't keep secrets from each other very long.

Britney nodded, not believing her friend. "Okay, so where you going?"

"To find Jeff. We have a match later."

"Against who?" Adam asked.

"Me." Randy called, waving to the two.

"Cool. It sound be a really good match." Britney responded. "Come on, we'll go with you."

Silently nodding, Nicole followed behind her friends.

"Hey Hardy!" Randy called as they approached Jeff.

Sighing, Nicole walked up to Jeff slowly, smiling at Jay Reso (Christian) and Shane Helms (Hurricane) who were with him.

"Hey Orton." Jeff greeted, not looking at Nicole.

"Do you want to practice for the match?" Randy questioned, stretching his arms.

Nodding, Jeff responded. "Yeah, I'll be out there in a minute."

Randy just nodded and walked out towards the ring.

"Hey Nic, I'll see you later." Britney said, turning to her friend. "I have to go talk to Trish, we have a match later."

"Yeah, and Jay, we have a match later too." Adam reminded Jay, who nodded. Nicole looked up at Jay as he went to leave, noticing the sympathetic look her gave her. She just smiled, knowing what he meant. The three walked away, leaving Jeff, Nicole, Chris and Shane.

"Oh, Helms, we have a match later too."

"We do? Oh, the tag match." Shane answered, nodding. "We should go over that for later."

Nodding Chris turned to Jeff and Nicole. "See you guys later."

"Bye." Shane said, walking away.

Nicole sighed, not sure of what to say now that her and Jeff were alone for the first time in nearly twenty-four hours.

Jeff looked over at her finally, their eyes meeting for a second before Nicole turned away. Clearing his throat, Jeff finally spoke. "I… uh… I have to go get ready for my match. I'll just see you out there."

Looking down at her still-shaking hands, Nicole just nodded.

Jeff looked at her, not wanting to leave, but knowing that he didn't want to stay there in an awkward silence either. Giving her one last glance he turned around and walked away. "It's over." He whispered to himself, fighting away the tears that stabbed at his eyes. He had noticed that she had taken off her Hardyz necklace, the one thing she always wore. That was his proof. There wasn't anything left of their relationship. Shaking his head, he walked to his locker room, still fighting back tears.

Nicole watched as Jeff walked away, wishing that she had said something. But, she didn't know what to say. She didn't understand how things could go so bad in a matter of a day. The one person that meant more to her than anything couldn't even have a normal conversation with her. And now, she was being threatened by Paul Levesque to stay away from Randy, even though Randy always seemed to try to talk to her. "How did everything get so screwed up?" Nicole questioned out loud, sighing. Shaking her head, she turned, heading back to her locker room to get ready for her match, and avoid Paul.

"Nicole, wait!" Pausing for a second, Nicole started to turn around. Until she saw who it was that called her.

"Randy, I have to go."

"Wait!" He said, running to her. "I have to ask you something."

"What?"

"What did Paul say to you?" Randy asked. Looking up at him with wide eyes, Nicole shrugged, not sure of whether or not she should tell him the truth.

Looking away, she gasped when she saw Paul watching her, an angry expression on his face.

A/N: Did I accomplish my job of making you hate Triple H? Or, it Brit's case, hate him more? LOL Anyways… R&R and let me know! :)Nicole***