Nothing That I Feel
Chapter 5
"So what do you say, Lita?" Trish Stratus asked the redheaded woman in front of her. "Will you go along with it?"
Lita wasted barely a second thinking about it. "No." Trish shrunk as if all of the air had been deflated from her.
"Lita, please, rethink this," Jackie started, stepping forward, an earnest look on her face.
"He'll come after me; he'll come after you," Lita replied.
"Lita," Victoria said firmly, stepping forward. The redhead looked at her friend, taken aback by her stern tone. "I want to tell you some things about why you should leave Matt and stay with us, and I don't want you to interrupt by saying that you won't until you hear it out, okay?" Lita was silent, and Victoria took that as her assent. "Number 1: If you're concerned about Matt attacking us, don't be. We're not the only ones in on this plan. Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, and Rob Van Dam are by the locker room-they made sure that Matt didn't come back. Kurt and Christian agreed to help us if you agreed to stay with us and away from Matt." The raven-haired beauty didn't mention the fact that Jeff Hardy denied Matt's involvement with it, and downright refused to play any part. "If we stick together, we can handle Matt…" she paused. "You agree?"
Lita pursed her lips. "I don't want to put any of you in danger."
"We're willing to put ourselves in danger for you, Lita."
"I guess I'd agree with you, then," she whispered, her voice soft.
"Number 2: If you stay with Matt, he's just going to keep hurting you and beating you down… And who is to say that the next time he does, you'll get up?"
"He…He didn't hurt me," the redhead looked away.
Molly took the redhead's hand, looking into her eyes. "Lita, we know he's been hurting you. You're longer his, or under his control. You can say what you want, and you won't be punished. He hurt you." Lita bit her lip and looked away.
"Maybe."
"Number 3: Lita, you've said you'd do anything to protect us from getting hurt." Lita nodded. "It hurts us to see you with Matt, and know that he's been hurting you," Victoria told her, blinking furiously. "Lita, we need to get you away from him, for your own good and ours."
"What do you say, Li-Li?" Stacy asked from her spot behind Molly. "Will you go with us on this one?" Lita closed her eyes and looked down at the floor. "Li?" Stacy asked again.
There was a collective sigh of relief as the redhead nodded.
"HEY! GET HIM!" Chris Jericho's cry from outside of the room turned their attention to the door as it opened, revealing a disheveled Matt Hardy. Hair stuck out at random places from his ponytail, and he was out of breath. Anger twisted his features as he saw Lita, tear tracks down her face, curled into a ball, bandages all over her.
"You bitch!" he howled, stepping forward. Molly Holly and Victoria immediately stood in front of Lita, eyes narrowing at the man.
"Get out of here, Matt," Trish snapped at him, hatred in her eyes.
"I do what I want, when I want!" Matt screamed. "And right now I want Lita!" he took a leap forward. Trish, Victoria and Molly grabbed him, shoving him backward.
"Get out!" Trish yelled once more. The door to the room opened, and Chris Jericho came in, eyes settling on Matt. Chris Benoit and Rob Van Dam followed close behind.
"You sanctimonious son of a bitch," he hissed, grabbing him by the collar of his shirt and slamming him into a nearby wall. "We're taking Red, and there's nothing you can do about it, so I suggest you leave her, and all of us, alone…or else," he warned.
Matt stared at him for a moment, and then looked at Lita. "Keep thinking you have friends and that you're worth something, but you aren't. You're nothing but a cheap little whore!" he screeched. Chris pulled him forward, and then shoved him back into the wall, knocking the other man's head against the brick.
"Lita is everything but a whore," he hissed, and jerked Matt toward the door. "Get the hell out of here, Hardy, and stay out of her life!" Benoit rushed toward the door and opened it as Jericho pushed him out.
"This isn't over!" Matt called as he was forced into the hallway. He struggled to get back in the room. "You'll pay for this, Lita!" Jericho gave him a ferocious right hook, sending Matt staggering backward. Benoit closed the door firmly, pulling Jericho back inside.
"He'll get what's coming to him soon enough," the Canadian said, trying to calm Jericho.
Lita looked around the room, her eyes frightened as she tried to hold back tears, and failed. The redhead bowed her head and succumbed to the sobs that racked her body once more. What was the difference, she asked herself, between being here with them and being with Matt? Both ways he got to her, and reduced her to tears each time. It took her nearly five minutes to get the answer as the girls hugged her tightly.
Here, she had friends.
Here, she had someone to comfort her.
Here, she had a chance to heal.
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