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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/N1: Okay Update day, since there is no work and I'm at a standstill with my original fiction. Thank you guys for the reviews on the last chapter seeing as it hadn't been updated in a really long time; at least some people are still interested. Here is the next chapter, although beware it might just be a filler or it might be more, I haven't decided yet.
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"You want me to leave Summer?" Shane asked after they were sure Jeff was gone and not going to be making a comeback for a repeat performance.
"I think that might be a good idea. I will just see you in Detroit when we get there next week. But Shane, there is something I need to ask you."
"You know you can ask me anything babe."
"Was Jeff right?"
Shane looked at her, trying to understand what she was asking about. Jeff had said a lot of things when they were all in the room together and he wasn't sure if any of it was completely right.
"Was he right about what?"
"He said that he hoped that if you were going to make a move on me you would wait until I was really over him, and if it was what I wanted. So now I am sitting here wondering if he was right about that."
Stalling for time, Shane looked around the hotel room, noticing the cracks in the ceiling and how dirty the curtains really looked when you got right down to it and stared at them. Turning his attention back to Summer, ready to finally answer her, he just shook his head.
"What does that mean Shane?" Summer pleaded.
"It means that you are my best friend, and you're the only I trust with a lot of my thoughts these days, even when they suck, so no other then that I do not want to get into your pants."
"Okay so he was wrong."
"He was wrong. I love you, but I love you for all the reasons that we are best friends. Don't read more into it then that alright?"
"Of course not."
"Well then I'm going to get out of here and explore the city before my flight out tonight. Are you sure you're going to be alright here by yourself?"
"Of course. I've got Shannon down the hall for some fun later if he's up for it. You go do your thing and have a good time, you need it more then me."
Shane smiled and hugged her close to him. He did love her so much, she was the best friend in the entire world and he was glad that she was his, but whatever he was feeling, it couldn't compare to the reality of what she was going through right now and if that meant staying silent for awhile then that's what it was going to take.
"You need fun too, so don't stay in the room all night alone alright? Get out and get some fun and I will see you in Detroit."
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"Can you put me through to room 1020 please?" Matt asked the lady that picked up the phone, probably doing her nails at the front desk. He had yet to see the women behind the counters who answered the calls, but he was sure they just loved their jobs so much.
"No problem sir. The Hardy Helms room right?"
"Can you say that again? It should just be the Hardy room."
"Sir on our list it's occupied by Summer Hardy and Shane Helms. Is there some sort of problem?"
Matt silently seethed. He didn't think that what Jeff was telling them before could be true, but now here he sat hearing that Shane and Summer were indeed sharing a room together with no disregard for how Jeff would feel.
"No there isn't a problem, just put me through to that room please."
While he waited, Matt tried to understand why Summer would even think of cheating on Jeff with one of his best friends. After what had happened to them in the past and how hurt Summer had gotten, and then giving him another chance and having him fuck it up too, he couldn't see her logic now. He had to know what was going on in that room and the waiting to have the call answered was now getting on his nerves.
"Summer here."
"Summer, its Matt."
"Oh hey Matt."
"I just wanted to warn you that Jeff might be coming there."
"He was already here."
The silence that followed after she said that irked Matt a great deal and he thought about getting her to open up. They hadn't really talked in detail since she served Jeff papers for the divorce, but it was obvious she wasn't happy about something.
"How did it go?"
"Well if it wasn't over before, it for sure is now. Why didn't you tell me Matt?"
"Why didn't I tell you what?"
"About him working the independent scene while I was in Toronto working on our careers and trying to forget about being in the ring?"
"How do you know about that?" Matt asked, genuinely surprised that she knew about what her husband had been doing in her absences.
"So it's true then? Oh wait I already know it's true because he told me about it after I already found out. Jesus Matt, is everyone in your family besides Gil a lying sack of shit?"
"Don't you dare start this and throw it on me Summer. You got problems in your marriage, then divorce him and get the hell out of town and away from us. But this has nothing to do with me or what happened with us years ago."
She got silent again and Matt was sorry he even opened his mouth this way. He hadn't called to piss her off, but at the same time he hadn't called to listen to her blame all of her issues around lies and deceit that happened when they dated. This had nothing to do with him and everything to do with something inside of Jeff.
"I'm sorry, listen, he was here, I found out that he was lying about more stuff and I told him that any chance of us getting back together was broken when he continued to lie to me. So the divorce is still on. I love you, and Gil and Amy like my own family, but if you want me to divorce him and get out of town, then that can be dealt with too. I will be having my stuff shipped to Toronto when I get home."
"Summer, that's not what I meant. I was just angry. Listen, just talk to me here."
"What do you want me to say?"
"If you need to vent about the past then go ahead."
Summer wiped the tears that were forming at the corners of her eyes away, and focused on the room around her, just as Shane had done earlier when she had asked him the question and he needed to stall for the answers.
"To save money I agreed to share a room with Shane. Jeff showed up here and heard Shane in the bathroom and well I can tell you how well that turned out, and now I'm an even bigger mess then I ever was before."
"Is there something going on there with you and Shane? I know that you two got close because of Hayley, but I don't think now is the right time to be dating your best friend."
"No Matt, we aren't dating and nothing is going on. I don't think of Shane that way, and I asked him the same thing tonight, but the answer he gave makes me even more confused. My loyalties and my love are forever with your brother, but I'm afraid that too many people are up in this mess and someone is going to get hurt."
"So you think Shane likes you even though he adamantly denied it right?"
"That's about it in a nutshell. I mean he had to turn away from me and look around the room and not focus on me for a good five minutes before he could look me in the eye, and sitting here trying not to cry I am doing the same thing. It's a tactic to force something out of your mind that you don't want there."
"Yeah Shane knows not to open his mouth about this right now, and he's not the kind of guy that will, but at the same time, he is the worst liar."
"I don't know what to do here Matt."
"Well I do. Come home with us. Stay here with me and Dad for a bit. It worked for you the last time, and you know you won't get any stress from me on this."
Summer thought about this for a few minutes, and allowed herself to be taken to the past and remembering the time that she had to choose between Matt and Jeff and what feelings were the right ones. Being out there with Gil had helped her enormously, and there would be nothing better then going back to that again. She missed Gil more then anything. She just hoped he didn't hate her because of what was happening with Jeff and her.
"You know what Matt? That sounds like the best idea I've heard all night."
"Then pack your bags, get Shannon and get down here. We'll be waiting."
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"So who do you think Jeff will want on his team?" Shane asked when Summer came out of the locker room and started walking towards the Gorilla Position to prepare for her match against Trish.
"I haven't the slightest idea, and that's what's fucking with me. Now that we had that whole hotel confrontation he is going to be going out of his way to get the best team to kick my ass."
"He's not that petty Summer and you know it. I just think this could be groundbreaking. We are fighting for Team Extreme to be made alive again."
'Now I can't take this, everything I know
I realized that I am nothing that I wanted to be
I can never change anything I've done
Because it's the only thing that I have left
Blame myself again, for what I didn't do
Never really knew it was coming from me
Change the way I felt
Because I have gone to far now
Nobody can change my mind
And it leads me to a new disease'
As her music hit, she grabbed Shane by the hand and walked through the curtain to the screaming girls for Shane and the uproar from everyone for their comeback. Running down the ramp, she slid into the ring, to await Trish's entrance, and Shane stood on the outside, just in case someone on Jeff's team were going to make a entrance themselves.
They had gone over everything in the back, and even what the person getting involved in the match was going to do. This was all a lead in for the pay per view where the 3 on 3 would take place. Vince said he thought the idea would sell a lot of tickets and it seemed by the recent revenues that it was indeed doing that. The fans had no idea what they were in for.
The arena went dark, and Trish's music started, which made Summer smile when she was sure that no one could see her. Since coming back into the WWE she and Trish had gotten closer then ever, and it was just like old times, when it was the two of them and then Hayley. Trish knew all about the divorce and hadn't said a word about how it was the wrong move. Now they had to fight each other, and both of them were looking forward to it.
The bell sounded after Trish played to the fans, and they locked up, exchanging wrist locks. Taking Summer down to the mat, Trish got onto the second rope to do an elbow as Summer was down. Shane sees what's happening and does what he was told too in pulling Trish down by her hair, giving Summer a chance to get up.
Summer gets to her feet and pulling Trish away from Shane, tries to put her into a sleeper hold, but Trish fights it, and Summer lands a clothesline on her knocking her to the ground. Picking her up Summer delivers a scoop slam, and before the match can continue the arena goes dark, throwing Shane and Summer off, as they knew that someone was going to come out, but not that the arena was going to go dark.
Looking up as best she could at the ramp, she made out the silhouette of the person on the ramp, and without thinking, she fainted in the middle of the ring, causing Shane to run in and come to her rescue. With Summer now unable to move, the referee hit the bell and decided to end the match with Trish as the winner.
The voice from the top of the ramp came through crystal clear as they spoke into the map.
"Can't wait to see you in the ring at the Pay Per View Summer, say hello to Team Extreme, the original."
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A/N2: Who was on the ramp and with the original team extreme coming back could it have been Lita or Matt on the ramp? Let me know what you think and it will be revealed next chapter. And yes the fainting was planned. LOL that wasn't just something I threw in there because she's good at it. What part will Trish play in all of this now? Review and let me know as always.
A/N1: Okay Update day, since there is no work and I'm at a standstill with my original fiction. Thank you guys for the reviews on the last chapter seeing as it hadn't been updated in a really long time; at least some people are still interested. Here is the next chapter, although beware it might just be a filler or it might be more, I haven't decided yet.
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"You want me to leave Summer?" Shane asked after they were sure Jeff was gone and not going to be making a comeback for a repeat performance.
"I think that might be a good idea. I will just see you in Detroit when we get there next week. But Shane, there is something I need to ask you."
"You know you can ask me anything babe."
"Was Jeff right?"
Shane looked at her, trying to understand what she was asking about. Jeff had said a lot of things when they were all in the room together and he wasn't sure if any of it was completely right.
"Was he right about what?"
"He said that he hoped that if you were going to make a move on me you would wait until I was really over him, and if it was what I wanted. So now I am sitting here wondering if he was right about that."
Stalling for time, Shane looked around the hotel room, noticing the cracks in the ceiling and how dirty the curtains really looked when you got right down to it and stared at them. Turning his attention back to Summer, ready to finally answer her, he just shook his head.
"What does that mean Shane?" Summer pleaded.
"It means that you are my best friend, and you're the only I trust with a lot of my thoughts these days, even when they suck, so no other then that I do not want to get into your pants."
"Okay so he was wrong."
"He was wrong. I love you, but I love you for all the reasons that we are best friends. Don't read more into it then that alright?"
"Of course not."
"Well then I'm going to get out of here and explore the city before my flight out tonight. Are you sure you're going to be alright here by yourself?"
"Of course. I've got Shannon down the hall for some fun later if he's up for it. You go do your thing and have a good time, you need it more then me."
Shane smiled and hugged her close to him. He did love her so much, she was the best friend in the entire world and he was glad that she was his, but whatever he was feeling, it couldn't compare to the reality of what she was going through right now and if that meant staying silent for awhile then that's what it was going to take.
"You need fun too, so don't stay in the room all night alone alright? Get out and get some fun and I will see you in Detroit."
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"Can you put me through to room 1020 please?" Matt asked the lady that picked up the phone, probably doing her nails at the front desk. He had yet to see the women behind the counters who answered the calls, but he was sure they just loved their jobs so much.
"No problem sir. The Hardy Helms room right?"
"Can you say that again? It should just be the Hardy room."
"Sir on our list it's occupied by Summer Hardy and Shane Helms. Is there some sort of problem?"
Matt silently seethed. He didn't think that what Jeff was telling them before could be true, but now here he sat hearing that Shane and Summer were indeed sharing a room together with no disregard for how Jeff would feel.
"No there isn't a problem, just put me through to that room please."
While he waited, Matt tried to understand why Summer would even think of cheating on Jeff with one of his best friends. After what had happened to them in the past and how hurt Summer had gotten, and then giving him another chance and having him fuck it up too, he couldn't see her logic now. He had to know what was going on in that room and the waiting to have the call answered was now getting on his nerves.
"Summer here."
"Summer, its Matt."
"Oh hey Matt."
"I just wanted to warn you that Jeff might be coming there."
"He was already here."
The silence that followed after she said that irked Matt a great deal and he thought about getting her to open up. They hadn't really talked in detail since she served Jeff papers for the divorce, but it was obvious she wasn't happy about something.
"How did it go?"
"Well if it wasn't over before, it for sure is now. Why didn't you tell me Matt?"
"Why didn't I tell you what?"
"About him working the independent scene while I was in Toronto working on our careers and trying to forget about being in the ring?"
"How do you know about that?" Matt asked, genuinely surprised that she knew about what her husband had been doing in her absences.
"So it's true then? Oh wait I already know it's true because he told me about it after I already found out. Jesus Matt, is everyone in your family besides Gil a lying sack of shit?"
"Don't you dare start this and throw it on me Summer. You got problems in your marriage, then divorce him and get the hell out of town and away from us. But this has nothing to do with me or what happened with us years ago."
She got silent again and Matt was sorry he even opened his mouth this way. He hadn't called to piss her off, but at the same time he hadn't called to listen to her blame all of her issues around lies and deceit that happened when they dated. This had nothing to do with him and everything to do with something inside of Jeff.
"I'm sorry, listen, he was here, I found out that he was lying about more stuff and I told him that any chance of us getting back together was broken when he continued to lie to me. So the divorce is still on. I love you, and Gil and Amy like my own family, but if you want me to divorce him and get out of town, then that can be dealt with too. I will be having my stuff shipped to Toronto when I get home."
"Summer, that's not what I meant. I was just angry. Listen, just talk to me here."
"What do you want me to say?"
"If you need to vent about the past then go ahead."
Summer wiped the tears that were forming at the corners of her eyes away, and focused on the room around her, just as Shane had done earlier when she had asked him the question and he needed to stall for the answers.
"To save money I agreed to share a room with Shane. Jeff showed up here and heard Shane in the bathroom and well I can tell you how well that turned out, and now I'm an even bigger mess then I ever was before."
"Is there something going on there with you and Shane? I know that you two got close because of Hayley, but I don't think now is the right time to be dating your best friend."
"No Matt, we aren't dating and nothing is going on. I don't think of Shane that way, and I asked him the same thing tonight, but the answer he gave makes me even more confused. My loyalties and my love are forever with your brother, but I'm afraid that too many people are up in this mess and someone is going to get hurt."
"So you think Shane likes you even though he adamantly denied it right?"
"That's about it in a nutshell. I mean he had to turn away from me and look around the room and not focus on me for a good five minutes before he could look me in the eye, and sitting here trying not to cry I am doing the same thing. It's a tactic to force something out of your mind that you don't want there."
"Yeah Shane knows not to open his mouth about this right now, and he's not the kind of guy that will, but at the same time, he is the worst liar."
"I don't know what to do here Matt."
"Well I do. Come home with us. Stay here with me and Dad for a bit. It worked for you the last time, and you know you won't get any stress from me on this."
Summer thought about this for a few minutes, and allowed herself to be taken to the past and remembering the time that she had to choose between Matt and Jeff and what feelings were the right ones. Being out there with Gil had helped her enormously, and there would be nothing better then going back to that again. She missed Gil more then anything. She just hoped he didn't hate her because of what was happening with Jeff and her.
"You know what Matt? That sounds like the best idea I've heard all night."
"Then pack your bags, get Shannon and get down here. We'll be waiting."
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*~! Monday Night Raw - Detroit Michigan! ~*
"So who do you think Jeff will want on his team?" Shane asked when Summer came out of the locker room and started walking towards the Gorilla Position to prepare for her match against Trish.
"I haven't the slightest idea, and that's what's fucking with me. Now that we had that whole hotel confrontation he is going to be going out of his way to get the best team to kick my ass."
"He's not that petty Summer and you know it. I just think this could be groundbreaking. We are fighting for Team Extreme to be made alive again."
'Now I can't take this, everything I know
I realized that I am nothing that I wanted to be
I can never change anything I've done
Because it's the only thing that I have left
Blame myself again, for what I didn't do
Never really knew it was coming from me
Change the way I felt
Because I have gone to far now
Nobody can change my mind
And it leads me to a new disease'
As her music hit, she grabbed Shane by the hand and walked through the curtain to the screaming girls for Shane and the uproar from everyone for their comeback. Running down the ramp, she slid into the ring, to await Trish's entrance, and Shane stood on the outside, just in case someone on Jeff's team were going to make a entrance themselves.
They had gone over everything in the back, and even what the person getting involved in the match was going to do. This was all a lead in for the pay per view where the 3 on 3 would take place. Vince said he thought the idea would sell a lot of tickets and it seemed by the recent revenues that it was indeed doing that. The fans had no idea what they were in for.
The arena went dark, and Trish's music started, which made Summer smile when she was sure that no one could see her. Since coming back into the WWE she and Trish had gotten closer then ever, and it was just like old times, when it was the two of them and then Hayley. Trish knew all about the divorce and hadn't said a word about how it was the wrong move. Now they had to fight each other, and both of them were looking forward to it.
The bell sounded after Trish played to the fans, and they locked up, exchanging wrist locks. Taking Summer down to the mat, Trish got onto the second rope to do an elbow as Summer was down. Shane sees what's happening and does what he was told too in pulling Trish down by her hair, giving Summer a chance to get up.
Summer gets to her feet and pulling Trish away from Shane, tries to put her into a sleeper hold, but Trish fights it, and Summer lands a clothesline on her knocking her to the ground. Picking her up Summer delivers a scoop slam, and before the match can continue the arena goes dark, throwing Shane and Summer off, as they knew that someone was going to come out, but not that the arena was going to go dark.
Looking up as best she could at the ramp, she made out the silhouette of the person on the ramp, and without thinking, she fainted in the middle of the ring, causing Shane to run in and come to her rescue. With Summer now unable to move, the referee hit the bell and decided to end the match with Trish as the winner.
The voice from the top of the ramp came through crystal clear as they spoke into the map.
"Can't wait to see you in the ring at the Pay Per View Summer, say hello to Team Extreme, the original."
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A/N2: Who was on the ramp and with the original team extreme coming back could it have been Lita or Matt on the ramp? Let me know what you think and it will be revealed next chapter. And yes the fainting was planned. LOL that wasn't just something I threw in there because she's good at it. What part will Trish play in all of this now? Review and let me know as always.