Disclaimer: Ownership of the WWE superstars in this story is purely
fictional. I am using them to make the story that much better. I own Summer
Ryan Hardy and Amanda from my other story and that is it. Everyone else as
I said is perfectly fictional and they own themselves. It is for the
greater good. But hell, if any of the superstars would like me to own them,
well come on down!
A/N: In trying to keep with updating all of the stories I have on the go still, which at total count is six, I am updating another chapter to this one. I hope it comes out better then that last one, because I am still not completely back on track with this story yet in terms of my love of writing it, and when I do write it I want it done right. So here is my feeble attempt at an update.
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The familiar music hit like an explosion, and if the fans in attendance were happy to see Summer, Shane and Shannon back in action, then they were even more happy to see this person, as he stepped out on the ramp, decked out in the usual war paint, dark lights.
"Oh my God King, it's Jeff Hardy!! We haven't seen him for months. What the hell is he doing back now?" Jim screamed into the microphone, completely playing up on the crowd's reaction. He was glad that Jeff had come back into his office and told him he would do anything to get back in the ring. Looking down to the middle of the ring though, Jim caught Summer's reaction, like a deer caught in the headlights of a speeding car.
Jeff ran down the ramp, not wanting to waste any time and slid into the middle of the ring, and walking around his wife, and his best friend, he jumped up on the top turn buckle and signaled to the crowd. He didn't want to admit it, but he really had missed the rush of being in the middle of the ring. He now understood why Summer had always wanted to get back into it and he hadn't. Just another reason their marriage went to hell.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Shane said grabbing the microphone gently but firmly from Summer, so he looked pissed off to the fans, and stared right at Jeff.
"Oh the same thing as you, but with a little more screaming it would seem. It's time Jeff Hardy came back and fought, and hearing you all out here rumbling about being back, I figured why not fight you!"
Shannon had moved around to the other side of the ring, sort of standing between the three of them, and for a split second Summer thought that he was going to throw another bombshell on them. Before she had a chance to question it any further, Jeff began talking again.
"As far as the new Team Extreme goes princess, there was only ever one, and you can never put yourself and Shane in the middle of it. Until Lita and Matt come back to me, it means there is no Team Extreme!"
Summer was hit by the words he was saying because knowing all of the issues they were going through, this was mostly being fueled on by them. She was trying to think of something to say, and not allow herself to break out in tears. Jeff hadn't mentioned wanting to come back to the ring to her, not once through their marriage, and now here he was, right in her face, ruining her comeback and making her either the bad guy or the even worse guy. She couldn't win no matter what she did. So she did the only thing she could think of.
Moving slowly and closer to Jeff, like she had always done when she wanted to get her own way from him when they first married, she swiftly grabbed the microphone from him while he was watching her move, and smiling sweetly, looked right into his eyes, and throwing the microphone down, she slapped him hard, leaving a red mark on his face.
Taking Shane's microphone, she smiled and turned to Shane. "He wants to take the new Team Extreme from me, well I say let him. Why don't you compile a group of three and next week, we meet here and we fight. You want your Extreme title back, and then you're going to have to kick my ass to get it."
Throwing the microphone down, to a loud crash to the mat, she walked over to the ropes and as Shane held them open for her, she slid out and started making her way up the ramp. Summer didn't want to admit it, but she had had enough of sitting in the middle of the ring and listening to Jeff steal her thunder. All she wanted to do now was get the hell out of the arena.
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"Did you have any idea that was going to happen Summer?" Shane asked, as he came into the locker room to check on her. She hadn't said a whole lot since coming backstage and she had been taking an awful long time in the locker room getting her shit together.
"I didn't, and that's what upsets me. He's been telling me for months that he needed to sort some things out with his career in music but that wrestling wasn't going to be a part of it. I guess it takes a damned divorce and my option of coming back to make him want a piece of the game again."
"I'm not sure that's his motivation." Shane said, sitting down beside her, and letting her lean her body into his. He didn't want to think about it, but it felt nice to be able to hold someone again.
"Then what could it be? Do you know how many times I asked him if he was going to come back to wrestling or if he wanted too?"
"He talked to Hayley about it Summer. She told me about it once, and she also told me that she told you that you needed to talk to Jeff about making your comeback because she didn't think you should hide it from him."
"I did tell him. I told him about three hundred times that I wanted to come back to the ring."
"Okay, well we don't have to talk about this now, do you want to get out of here and grab something to eat?"
"I'd like nothing more. This wasn't the comeback I was looking forward too."
Grabbing her bag, and taking Shane by the hand, they made their way out of the locker room and down the hall towards the side exit. Shane knew that there were going to be fans when they stepped out the doors, and he didn't think Summer was in the mood for them, So steering her off to the side, he led them through the emergency exit to the warm air outside.
Summer turned around and watched as the door shut. She was really back in the WWE and she was going to make the most of it this time, even if she had to fight her soon to be ex husband.
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"So how was your first night back little brother?" Matt asked, taking a sip of his iced tea and glancing now and again at his girlfriend beside him and then his forlorn looking brother.
"Not what I had hoped. I really don't want to go up against my wife in a match. Summer and I were always so good and not getting into each others shit when we were here the last time, and now that's all it's based around."
"Well you have to take what you're given in this business, and I know I am not telling you something you don't already know."
"That's right I do know it, doesn't mean I have to like it though. Amy have you talked to her at all since RAW?"
"No, she doesn't seem to want to take any calls, or she's working really hard. She has been on a few house shows recently though, and with my neck the way it is, I am not being allowed to be on all of them like I want to be. Jeff even if I do talk to her what can I possibly say?"
"You can make her come home. I miss the hell out of her. I don't want this stupid divorce."
"I don't think she wants it either Jeff, you just have to give her time to realize it. For some reason or another, you hurt her pretty bad, worse then I did when I cheated on her."
"Let's pretend you didn't go there alright?" Jeff said, staring off at the plate in front of him and just wanting to pick it up and smash it. He had made a few mistakes, first one being not telling her about that kiss, but Hayley was dead, and Shane knew and he was fine with it now, so what was the big deal? Why couldn't Summer let go of what was bothering her?"
"Jeff listen to me bro, you kissed another girl and then when she wanted to deal with you, you turned her away because you were a freaking mess. I understand that right, but she doesn't. She thought that when you married her you guys would deal with everything together."
"You know she left the arena and she was holding Shane's hand. It should be my hand in hers."
Amy looked over at Matt and he rolled his eyes. Neither one of them had any advice for what Jeff was going through, because Matt was happy with Amy and for once didn't want to get involved in anything with his ex girlfriend.
"She was holding Shane's hand?" Amy asked quietly.
"Yeah, like they had been dating forever and the sick thing is, the only person Shane trusts to talk to about Hayley and her death has always been Summer. So maybe they did hook up and that's why she's getting rid of me."
"Jeff that's bullshit and you know it. Listen this will boil over. Did you sign the papers?" Matt asked, trying not to lose his temper on his brother. He understood that Jeff was going through some really hard stuff but to accuse his best friend of getting with his wife that was downright mental.
"Yeah I signed them. In a short while it should all be over, just the way she wants it."
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Summer stirred the next morning, out of a dream where things with her and Jeff were fine, and placing her arm over to the other side of the bed, she felt someone beside her, and bolted up in the bed. Was Jeff really here with her? Was everything finally okay?
Looking over, she noticed Shane, fully clothed, on the bed beside her, sleeping peacefully. She gently moved herself off the bed and went into the bathroom. Standing in front of the mirror, she tried to gain her composure back. For a split second there she was afraid that Shane and she had slept together, but seeing him clothed just meant that he was there for comfort, both for himself and for her.
They had gone out the night before and sat at a bar for hours and just kicked back with a few beers and relaxed. She had filled him in on everything with Jeff and the reason for the divorce and he has listened and then told her about the daily struggles of trying to get past Hayley and make changes in his life. He had driven them back to the hotel and when Shane had tried to get two rooms, Summer had told him that he could stay in hers. And now here they were the next morning, and they had been each others comfort zone.
Making her way out of the bathroom after splashing some water on her face, she saw Shane sitting upright in the bed with a huge smile.
"Thanks for agreeing to go out with me last night Summer. It was nice hanging out with you again like old times."
"Yeah well it was mutually as good for me Shane; you did help a lot by just listening and not reeling at me for divorcing Jeff."
"Are you sure that's really what you want at this stage Summer? I mean there is still time to go back to him and make it work. Don't give up on something that means the world to you."
"Shane, I don't know what is right anymore. Everything has just gotten turned upside down on me; all I know now is that I am glad I have you to work with, because I need my best friend again."
Shane smiled and patted the bed beside him. Summer came down and sat beside him and he pulled her into a hug. At that moment there was a knock on the door and Jeff's voice could be heard from the other side.
"Summer we need to talk. I know you're there, I can hear you talking in there. So can you open the door? We need to deal with this."
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A/N: What is Jeff going to say when he finds Summer and Shane together in the same room? Can this marriage ever be saved? And who should be on Jeff's team when they go against Shannon Summer and Shane? All this and more will be revealed in the next chapter. Read and Review as always and you know I love hearing from you. For those of you that reviewed the last chapter, thank you all so much!
A/N: In trying to keep with updating all of the stories I have on the go still, which at total count is six, I am updating another chapter to this one. I hope it comes out better then that last one, because I am still not completely back on track with this story yet in terms of my love of writing it, and when I do write it I want it done right. So here is my feeble attempt at an update.
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The familiar music hit like an explosion, and if the fans in attendance were happy to see Summer, Shane and Shannon back in action, then they were even more happy to see this person, as he stepped out on the ramp, decked out in the usual war paint, dark lights.
"Oh my God King, it's Jeff Hardy!! We haven't seen him for months. What the hell is he doing back now?" Jim screamed into the microphone, completely playing up on the crowd's reaction. He was glad that Jeff had come back into his office and told him he would do anything to get back in the ring. Looking down to the middle of the ring though, Jim caught Summer's reaction, like a deer caught in the headlights of a speeding car.
Jeff ran down the ramp, not wanting to waste any time and slid into the middle of the ring, and walking around his wife, and his best friend, he jumped up on the top turn buckle and signaled to the crowd. He didn't want to admit it, but he really had missed the rush of being in the middle of the ring. He now understood why Summer had always wanted to get back into it and he hadn't. Just another reason their marriage went to hell.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Shane said grabbing the microphone gently but firmly from Summer, so he looked pissed off to the fans, and stared right at Jeff.
"Oh the same thing as you, but with a little more screaming it would seem. It's time Jeff Hardy came back and fought, and hearing you all out here rumbling about being back, I figured why not fight you!"
Shannon had moved around to the other side of the ring, sort of standing between the three of them, and for a split second Summer thought that he was going to throw another bombshell on them. Before she had a chance to question it any further, Jeff began talking again.
"As far as the new Team Extreme goes princess, there was only ever one, and you can never put yourself and Shane in the middle of it. Until Lita and Matt come back to me, it means there is no Team Extreme!"
Summer was hit by the words he was saying because knowing all of the issues they were going through, this was mostly being fueled on by them. She was trying to think of something to say, and not allow herself to break out in tears. Jeff hadn't mentioned wanting to come back to the ring to her, not once through their marriage, and now here he was, right in her face, ruining her comeback and making her either the bad guy or the even worse guy. She couldn't win no matter what she did. So she did the only thing she could think of.
Moving slowly and closer to Jeff, like she had always done when she wanted to get her own way from him when they first married, she swiftly grabbed the microphone from him while he was watching her move, and smiling sweetly, looked right into his eyes, and throwing the microphone down, she slapped him hard, leaving a red mark on his face.
Taking Shane's microphone, she smiled and turned to Shane. "He wants to take the new Team Extreme from me, well I say let him. Why don't you compile a group of three and next week, we meet here and we fight. You want your Extreme title back, and then you're going to have to kick my ass to get it."
Throwing the microphone down, to a loud crash to the mat, she walked over to the ropes and as Shane held them open for her, she slid out and started making her way up the ramp. Summer didn't want to admit it, but she had had enough of sitting in the middle of the ring and listening to Jeff steal her thunder. All she wanted to do now was get the hell out of the arena.
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"Did you have any idea that was going to happen Summer?" Shane asked, as he came into the locker room to check on her. She hadn't said a whole lot since coming backstage and she had been taking an awful long time in the locker room getting her shit together.
"I didn't, and that's what upsets me. He's been telling me for months that he needed to sort some things out with his career in music but that wrestling wasn't going to be a part of it. I guess it takes a damned divorce and my option of coming back to make him want a piece of the game again."
"I'm not sure that's his motivation." Shane said, sitting down beside her, and letting her lean her body into his. He didn't want to think about it, but it felt nice to be able to hold someone again.
"Then what could it be? Do you know how many times I asked him if he was going to come back to wrestling or if he wanted too?"
"He talked to Hayley about it Summer. She told me about it once, and she also told me that she told you that you needed to talk to Jeff about making your comeback because she didn't think you should hide it from him."
"I did tell him. I told him about three hundred times that I wanted to come back to the ring."
"Okay, well we don't have to talk about this now, do you want to get out of here and grab something to eat?"
"I'd like nothing more. This wasn't the comeback I was looking forward too."
Grabbing her bag, and taking Shane by the hand, they made their way out of the locker room and down the hall towards the side exit. Shane knew that there were going to be fans when they stepped out the doors, and he didn't think Summer was in the mood for them, So steering her off to the side, he led them through the emergency exit to the warm air outside.
Summer turned around and watched as the door shut. She was really back in the WWE and she was going to make the most of it this time, even if she had to fight her soon to be ex husband.
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"So how was your first night back little brother?" Matt asked, taking a sip of his iced tea and glancing now and again at his girlfriend beside him and then his forlorn looking brother.
"Not what I had hoped. I really don't want to go up against my wife in a match. Summer and I were always so good and not getting into each others shit when we were here the last time, and now that's all it's based around."
"Well you have to take what you're given in this business, and I know I am not telling you something you don't already know."
"That's right I do know it, doesn't mean I have to like it though. Amy have you talked to her at all since RAW?"
"No, she doesn't seem to want to take any calls, or she's working really hard. She has been on a few house shows recently though, and with my neck the way it is, I am not being allowed to be on all of them like I want to be. Jeff even if I do talk to her what can I possibly say?"
"You can make her come home. I miss the hell out of her. I don't want this stupid divorce."
"I don't think she wants it either Jeff, you just have to give her time to realize it. For some reason or another, you hurt her pretty bad, worse then I did when I cheated on her."
"Let's pretend you didn't go there alright?" Jeff said, staring off at the plate in front of him and just wanting to pick it up and smash it. He had made a few mistakes, first one being not telling her about that kiss, but Hayley was dead, and Shane knew and he was fine with it now, so what was the big deal? Why couldn't Summer let go of what was bothering her?"
"Jeff listen to me bro, you kissed another girl and then when she wanted to deal with you, you turned her away because you were a freaking mess. I understand that right, but she doesn't. She thought that when you married her you guys would deal with everything together."
"You know she left the arena and she was holding Shane's hand. It should be my hand in hers."
Amy looked over at Matt and he rolled his eyes. Neither one of them had any advice for what Jeff was going through, because Matt was happy with Amy and for once didn't want to get involved in anything with his ex girlfriend.
"She was holding Shane's hand?" Amy asked quietly.
"Yeah, like they had been dating forever and the sick thing is, the only person Shane trusts to talk to about Hayley and her death has always been Summer. So maybe they did hook up and that's why she's getting rid of me."
"Jeff that's bullshit and you know it. Listen this will boil over. Did you sign the papers?" Matt asked, trying not to lose his temper on his brother. He understood that Jeff was going through some really hard stuff but to accuse his best friend of getting with his wife that was downright mental.
"Yeah I signed them. In a short while it should all be over, just the way she wants it."
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Summer stirred the next morning, out of a dream where things with her and Jeff were fine, and placing her arm over to the other side of the bed, she felt someone beside her, and bolted up in the bed. Was Jeff really here with her? Was everything finally okay?
Looking over, she noticed Shane, fully clothed, on the bed beside her, sleeping peacefully. She gently moved herself off the bed and went into the bathroom. Standing in front of the mirror, she tried to gain her composure back. For a split second there she was afraid that Shane and she had slept together, but seeing him clothed just meant that he was there for comfort, both for himself and for her.
They had gone out the night before and sat at a bar for hours and just kicked back with a few beers and relaxed. She had filled him in on everything with Jeff and the reason for the divorce and he has listened and then told her about the daily struggles of trying to get past Hayley and make changes in his life. He had driven them back to the hotel and when Shane had tried to get two rooms, Summer had told him that he could stay in hers. And now here they were the next morning, and they had been each others comfort zone.
Making her way out of the bathroom after splashing some water on her face, she saw Shane sitting upright in the bed with a huge smile.
"Thanks for agreeing to go out with me last night Summer. It was nice hanging out with you again like old times."
"Yeah well it was mutually as good for me Shane; you did help a lot by just listening and not reeling at me for divorcing Jeff."
"Are you sure that's really what you want at this stage Summer? I mean there is still time to go back to him and make it work. Don't give up on something that means the world to you."
"Shane, I don't know what is right anymore. Everything has just gotten turned upside down on me; all I know now is that I am glad I have you to work with, because I need my best friend again."
Shane smiled and patted the bed beside him. Summer came down and sat beside him and he pulled her into a hug. At that moment there was a knock on the door and Jeff's voice could be heard from the other side.
"Summer we need to talk. I know you're there, I can hear you talking in there. So can you open the door? We need to deal with this."
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A/N: What is Jeff going to say when he finds Summer and Shane together in the same room? Can this marriage ever be saved? And who should be on Jeff's team when they go against Shannon Summer and Shane? All this and more will be revealed in the next chapter. Read and Review as always and you know I love hearing from you. For those of you that reviewed the last chapter, thank you all so much!