The Promo

Shannon got a mic.

"I have a problem. Two superstars have been running around, treating everyone like crap. I am going to put a stop to it. I..." Beautiful hit and Ari came to the top of the ramp.

"Shannon, I thought about what you said. You are wrong. I believe in you, man. One hundred percent. I got your back" She came down the ramp and looked Shannon in the eyes. He nodded and brought the mic to his mouth.

"It ends now. Matt Hardy, JBL, get your asses out here!" Matt came out, followed by John. They made their way to the ring. They grabbed mics and began to yell at Shannon. Shannon held up a hand.

"I don't want to hear it. There are two others I would like out here. Come on out guys." APA music played as Ron came out to an ovation. He slid into the ring and stood next to Shannon. The Hardy Boyz theme played and Jeff came out bobbing his head and jumping up and down. The already loud crowd got, if it was possible, even louder. He got into the ring, to Matt's "amazement". Matt and Jeff got in each others faces yelling. Ron just gave John a disappointed look.

Ari's POV

John looked from Ron to Jeff and Shannon, and then to me. He grinned and clocked Ron in the head with his belt. Jeff and Matt were beating each other. Shannon tossed a look to me, and we ran at John. I did a baseball slide into John's legs and Shannon dove into his chest. We got him down, but he threw Shannon off. Both John and I stood up, exchanging punches. Ron rolled out of the ring clutching his head. Shannon helped him up off of the floor as Mark climbed into the ring. John went for the Clothesline from Hell. Mark grabbed him and chokeslammed him. I sent him a look of gratitude and saw Jeff fall to the mat. He got on all fours and I ran, bounced off of the rope and jumped off of Jeff's back and did a cross body block into Matt. As we fell he whispered that I was going to get tossed over the ropes, and Rob is going to come and help me to the back. I looked up to see John approaching me. He picked me up and threw me over the rope into the barrier. I moved my arms in front of my face and bounced off of it. Rob rushed over to help me up. He helped me to the back where Liz and Meg were waiting for me. Liz said that my baseball slide was awesome.

Shannon's POV

After Arianna got thrown out of the ring, I climbed up the turnbuckle, waiting for John to turn around. Matt, who had just gotten hit with a Swanton Bomb, lay in the middle of the ring. Jeff got up and lured John towards me. When John turned, Jeff ducked. I sailed over Jeff, twisting my body for a corkscrew moonsault. I hit John and knocked him down to the mat. Matt, who had just gotten up, got hit in the head with a chair by Ron. After hitting John with it, Ron's music began to play. He climbed up the turnbuckle and threw his arms up, still holding the chair. Jeff climbed the turnbuckle as the Hardy Boyz theme hit and flashed the Gunz I climbed the third turnbuckle and threw up my arms. Jeff, Ron and me met in the middle of the ring and put our fists in. We walked out of the ring, leaving Matt and John in the ring. As we passed through the curtain, Ari jumped on my back.

Narration

"I swear, that was so damn awesome. I wanted to stay longer, but Matt and John kicked me out." Shannon laughed at her, and received another whack in the head.

"Dammit. What have I said about whackin' me in the head?" Ari slid off of Shannon's back. She giggled.

"You said not to do it before. I'm gonna end up brain-dead." She laughed some more. He shook his head.

"Alrigh' alrigh'. Just don't do it anymore." Ari saluted him.

"Aye aye Captain." She said, trying to keep a straight face. Shannon rubbed her back.

"You still want to go to dinner, or do you just want to stay in and watch a movie?" Ari took a deep breath and sat down on the floor.

"That sounds good. We can order a pizza and watch a movie. I can make my famous wine cooler slushies." Ari stood up. Megan climbed of off Rob's back.

"You ready to go?" Rob shook his head.

"I gotta change, and tell Dwayne, Jay, Torrie, and Paul that we are leaving. Wanna help me pick something? I can't decide between my ying yang tee and my Geico Gecko." Meg linked arms with him.

"Wear the gecko. Your ring gear has a ying yang on it." Rob nodded his head and pulled his pony tail out. His hair cascaded down his back. Ari smiled at him

"You should wear your hair down. It looks cool." Rob flipped Ari a thumbs up and strolled down the hall, Megan at his side. Ari turned to Shannon.

"Ready to go?" Shannon nodded.

"Let me just throw on a tee. Can I change at your place?" Ari smiled at him.

"No prob. I just need to stop quickly at the Locker room and then we can go." Ari waved goodbye to everyone and walked down the hall. She dashed into the room and grabbed all her stuff. Somehow, it ended up everywhere. She left a note for Torrie that she would call her tomorrow and walked out of the locker room. Shannon was all ready. Ari lead him to her car. Shannon whistled.

"Nice car. How old are you?" Ari smiled at him.

"I'll be 24 on Saturday. Megan, Liz and me are going shopping for my birthday." Shannon smiled at her. Just like a girl to go shopping on her birthday. Ari slid a cd from the console into the player. Orgy's Stitches began to play. Shannon shook his head.

"You like this?" Ari nodded.

"Yeah. I like mostly classic rock, but I like this too. I don't remember what's on this cd. My brother Jaylen made me this for my last birthday." As Ari turned onto Main Street, a familiar song played.

"Oh man. Tell me this isn't what I think it is." Ari just giggled and turned the corner, singing along.

"Shannon, just sing. We all know you can. We like the Backstreet Boys, N Sync too." She smiled. Shannon laughed.

"Britney Spears is kinda cute." Ari and Shannon sang all the way to her home on St James Place. Ari pulled into the garage and shut the car off. She slid out and clapped her hands. The lights came on, revealing a bass guitar and a keyboard in a corner. Posters for a band called Trystan were posted up on the walls. Shannon smiled.

"In a band?" Ari shook her head.

"No, my brother Derron is. I let them practice here. I help Derron work out the bass part. I do play though. Just not in a band." Ari opened the door and led Shannon into the house. Almost everything was black or silver. She led him through the living room towards the bathroom.

"Here ya go. I am going to shower and change in my room. See you in about 5 minutes. She strolled down the hall. Shannon walked into the bathroom. Towels were hung over a bar. He had shampoo and soap. He started the water and slid out of his clothes. He stepped into the water and let it run down his body.

Arianna was in her personal shower, letting the water hit her back at full force. She reached over to a rack on the wall and pulled off a bottle of lavender body wash. She poured some on the loofah and scrubbed herself clean. She turned the water off and stepped out of the shower, wrapping a towel around her. She shuffled into her room and pulled a pair of pants out of the bag. She slid on a tee and a pair of slippers and went downstairs. Shannon wasn't out of the shower yet. She went into the kitchen and got the stuff to make the slushies. Shannon came downstairs as she was pouring in the coolers. Shannon smiled.

"Strawberry Daiquiri? Smells good." He plopped onto the couch beside Arianna. She handed him the menu.

"Pick something. Just no anchovies." Ari shuddered and went over to the entertainment center to find a movie. She picked up the box and brought it over to the coffee table. She looked at Shannon and dumped it onto the table. He laughed.

"How about the ham and pineapple?" She nodded and grabbed the phone. Once she ordered, they dug through the mountain of movies. Shannon produced a copy of Finding Nemo. He raised an eyebrow at her.

"What? It's Derron and Jaylen's. They stay here on the weekends. Nemo is cool." She said simply and pulled a copy of 50 First Dates out of the pile. Shannon nodded, and she put it into the DVD player.

Shannon looked around the living room and spied a picture of Arianna's family. He picked it up. Ari saw him looking at the picture and came over. She took it and pointed to her younger brothers.

"That's Jaylen, Derron, Mom, Dad, and Tayler." Shannon looked at Tayler.

"Is he?" Ari shook her head.

"He was in a snowboarding accident about five years ago. He's a great guy. Megan and him like each other, but won't admit it. It's actually quite sad." Ari chuckled. Shannon smiled back.

"I think the doorbell just rang." Ari stood up and went to the door. She paid the delivery guy and grabbed two spoons on the way into the living room.

"The slushies are done." She handed him a spoon and settled next to him, the pizza box resting on her lap. Shannon opened it and handed her a slice. They settled back on the couch and watched Lucy hit the penguin. By the time the movie was over, there were two slices of pizza left, and no slushie.

"That was good. Aww shit." Shannon's cell rang. While he talked on the phone, Ari put the pizza away and set their dishes in the sink. Shannon came over to her.

"Arianna. I had a great time tonight. I'd love to stay longer, but unfortunately, Jeff is having some sort of crisis that he needs my help for. I'll see you at the airport tomorrow?" Ari nodded and smiled.

"Yeah. Let me call you a cab." She called the cab company as Shannon went and got his bag. The cab showed up and Shannon turned to say goodbye.

"See ya Arianna. I had a great time." He kissed her on the cheek and headed out to the cab. She waved as the cab took off down the street. She shut the door and squealed. Ari locked the door and ran over to the phone. She dialed the number Torrie had given her. She sat, impatiently waiting for the blonde to answer.

The Call

"Hello?"

"Hey Torrie. It's Arianna."

"I thought you were going to call tomorrow"

"I was, but I have to tell you something."

"Spill AD."

"Well, Me and Shannon watched a movie, got buzzed and he kissed me."

"On the lips?!"

"Well, no. On the cheek. But a kiss is a kiss right?""

"Yeah. You got buzzed on those slushies you talked about?"

"Hella yeah. Know what? I got an idea."

"Tell me."

"Party at the hotel tomorrow. Me and Amy are getting linking rooms, so we will have enough room for our crew."

"Sounds good. You making those slushies right?"

"Duh! Who should we invite?"

"Well, Me, Shannon, Amy, Matt, Jeff, Mark, Chris, Jay, Chrissy, Adam, Eddie, Michael, and Monty. "

"Those are the obvious guests. How about this instead. We take over the pool. That way more people can come."

"Okay. I'll pass the word on."

"Thanks Torrie. You're the greatest."

"I know. Aren't I?"

"You know it. Toodles. I gotta get some shut eye."

"Toodles."

Ari hung up and wandered into her room. She slipped under the covers and went to sleep.