"Why didn't you tell me?" Nessa asked Allen when she spotted him after walking Joe to the entrance tunnel.
"Tell you what?"
"Don't fucking do that Allen! You didn't tell me that you and Chris were going to be in a triple threat match with Joe...why?"
"It slipped my mind." Allen shrugged and Nessa stood there shocked.
"It slipped your mind? Allen what the fuck is wrong with you? What did I do?"
"Nothing." Allen snapped and walked away towards the entrance tunnel.
The fuck? Nessa thought as tears formed in her eyes.
"Ness? Babe?" Joe questioned bringing her out of her thoughts. Nessa quickly wiped away the tears and turned to face him with a fake smile.
"Yeah baby?"
"You okay?"
"I'm fine. Why do you ask?" She wondered, a fake cheeriness in her voice.
"Babe don't pretend with me...I was coming to tell you that it was time for me to head out and overheard you talking to Allen." That was all Nessa needed to hear and the tears flowed from her eyes as she collapsed on the floor.
"Oh Joe, what did I do? Why does he hate me?" Joe bent down and lifted her up into his arms.
"I don't know Ness, I really don't. I'm not about to leave you alone while I have this match...I'll take you to Harris." She nodded against his chest and he carried her off to AMW's locker room.
"What happened?" Chris Harris asked when he opened the door.
"Allen's being an asshole. She asked him why he didn't tell her about our match tonight and he said that it slipped his mind. When she asked what was wrong he got snappy with her by saying nothing was wrong and walked off, Ness is tore up about it." Joe explained, sitting her on the couch next to James Storm.
"Nessa darlin' you okay?" James whispered, brushing a strand of hair out of her face.
"No."
"Ness, babe...I have to go do my match now but I'll be back as soon as it's over. You want me to bring Chris with me?" Joe questioned, kneeling down in front of her and she nodded. "Okay I will, I'll be back soon. I promise." He kissed her then walked over to Chris Harris. "Take care of her for me."
"I will, don't worry man. She's safe here." Joe nodded, looked over at James Storm who was currently stroking Nessa's hair then looked back at Chris questioningly. "He has feelings for her but it's nothing for you to worry about. She's made it clear to him that she has absolutely no interest in him at all so James has decided to take it upon himself to protect her any time he's around. He knows that you two are together and wouldn't try anything with her to jeopardize their friendship or his with you." Joe nodded again and with one last look at Nessa he left the room.