Jeff grinned as he got off the phone with Chris. 'I can't believe Chris got Lita to join up...again,' Jeff thought excitedly. He had also said something else, something that genuinely bothered both of the men. 'Lita was attacked by Randy Orton.' The thought of Lita getting hurt angered him and he knew he'd get revenge on Orton.
"What's with the grin?" asked Edge as he walked into the locker room and Jeff smiled.
"Lita's joining up again," said Jeff happily and Edge nodded.
"Well that's good...I guess," said Edge, saying the last words rather quietly.
"Why do you say that? Of course it's good!" exclaimed Jeff and Edge shrugged.
"Yeah... Until she can't stand Matt anymore. I'm telling you man, Matt lost every ounce of trust Lita ever gave him, and he's never going to get it back," said Edge and now it was Jeff's turn to shrug.
"Maybe it'll be different. Maybe they'll learn to get along or-"
"Yeah, and maybe pigs will learn to fly tomorrow. Jeff, those two are never going to get along again," said Edge and Jeff thought for a moment.
"Unless we do something about that," said Jeff, a smirk coming to his lips and Edge groaned. Things never turned out good when Jeff Hardy had an idea.
Chris paced angrily around the hotel room, Lita sitting at the edge of the bed. She sighed as Chris once more began muttering incoherent words.
"You know, it won't help if you wear a hole into the ground," said Lita softly and Chris rolled his eyes.
"Orton is going to pay," he growled out and Lita flopped down on her stomach.
"Yeah, and Evolution is going to tear you apart if you challenge him yourself," said Lita logically and Jericho sighed.
"I hate Evolution. They think they run the show," snarled Jericho and Lita remained silent. She wasn't sure what she could say to calm Jericho down.
"So now you want to kill Evolution? Well that's fine with me but I suggest you plan your funeral before you do," said Lita, smiling just a bit and Jericho just glared at her.
His eyes softened when he was once more reminded of the small bruise forming just below her eye. It made him want to hurt Randy even more. Though, she did have a point. He couldn't really get Randy without Evolution sticking their noses in it. Maybe he could challenge all of them at once!
"That's it! I'll challenge him to a 6-person tag match!" said Jericho and Lita nodded.
"And he's finally talking reasonably," said Lita, sounding amazed. He smiled and went over to the bed. She lifted her head just a bit before placing it back on his lap.
"How's your eye?" he asked softly and she looked down at the blankets on the bed.
"It's fine," she said and Jericho nodded.
"I promise Li, I'll get revenge on him for you," he said and she nodded.
She didn't usually trust people when they said that to her. Then again, the last person she ever trusted completely was Matt. God, just the name made her want to punch something. He had destroyed her. Now, just as she was climbing back up, she had to work with him again. She wasn't sure how this was going to work but she was going to figure out a way, if only for Jeff's sake.
Lita watched from the monitor in the back as Jeff, Edge, and Chris went out to the ring. They were going to challenge Evolution to a match and all three-more like Jeff and Edge-had said it'd be safer if Lita stayed in the back. She couldn't figure it out but she really didn't care. She'd already had a match against Trish that night anyway.
The door opened and she quickly turned to see who it was. Her breath caught when she realized it was Matt.
"I, I'll, um, leave if you want," he said softly, not looking her in the eye.
"No, you can stay. I guess we have to learn to at least tolerate each other anyway," she said, trying not to break down or let him notice the hesitance in her voice.
"Yeah," was all he said.
The two stayed in silence for a moment before a thud snapped them both out of their thought. Matt turned around to realize the door had shut. 'That's weird. We're in an arena; there's no wind around. Maybe someone just bumped into it,' he thought to himself. His eyes widened when he quickly tried to open it and couldn't.
He turned to Lita, surprise in his eyes. "It's locked."
