Sovereign Bank Arena

Jeff walked into the locker room at the Sovereign Bank Arena. He decided that he would go to the main locker room tonight. He wasn't really in the mood, but he was trying to avoid Matt at all costs. He was really mad at Matt for jumping to the conclusion that he had screwed things up for him and Matt because he got in a little argument with Brianna.

"Hey Jeff, you're here early." Jeff looked up from the book he was reading and saw John Cena approaching him.

"Yea, I was kind of bored and I figured I could work out or just get peace and quiet."

"Yea, I understand. Well, I guess I'll let you be. I'll talk…" Jeff cut in.

"Can I ask you something?" John shook his head.

"Yea, man, you can ask me anything." He paused for a second. "Well, almost anything."

"Okay, um, yesterday Brianna and I were talking a lot. I mean, we talked after my match for a couple hours and then she rode here with me. Well, when we were leaving D.C. this morning she wouldn't talk to me. I don't know what I did. One minute we were at Perkins and she was pretending to be my girlfriend because this waitress was hitting on me and the next she won't even talk to me."

"I don't know what to tell you Jeff."

"That wasn't my question." John looked a little embarrassed, but let Jeff continue.

"Well, when we got here, to the hotel, she was in a weird mood and when I told her we were neighbors at the hotel, she just practically slammed the door in my face. And then I asked her what was wrong and she said that it had nothing to do with me, but it had to have had something to do with me because she was the same way ever since we left Perkins. And then I heard her on the phone with someone and she was crying. I wasn't trying to listen, but the wall was really thin and she had the speaker phone on. I didn't hear too much, but I did hear this guy say something about her being scared that someone is going to turn into Gary or Jack. Do you know what that is about?" John looked at Jeff with wide eyes.

"You didn't hear anything about what happened?" Jeff shook his head. "Look, it really isn't my place to tell you, but I saw her talking to you before your match yesterday and she looked happy."

"Yea, we talked about her dad and her breaking up with her boyfriend." Jeff looked at John.

"Do you like her?" Jeff glanced at the floor and then back up at John before shaking his head.

"Look Jeff, Brianna is like my little sister. I don't want anything to happen to her."

"Well, obviously something has happened to her. I need to know what it is Cena or I won't be able to avoid whatever it is that made her mad this morning."

John didn't know if he should tell Jeff, but he knew that Brianna needed someone to talk to and Jeff might be that person.

"Okay, I don't know what happened between Jack and Brianna because I kind of told her dad some things that I had promised not to tell him when she was seeing this guy named Gary." Jeff listened intently.

"Well, she met Gary about 3 years ago. He was a wrestling fan and they ran into each other at a meet and greet. They started talking and things progressed. They had been 'seeing' each other for a couple months, well, it was mainly phone conversations and what-not, but they were still 'seeing' each other. Um, Brianna was with her dad for a week during Christmas and the WWE was in New York, which is where Gary lived. Well, Gary invited Brianna over to his house and she hadn't seen him for a while so she agreed. When she got over there, it was just her and Gary because his parents were at a Christmas party. They decided to watch a movie and about half way through Gary leaned in and kissed her. She kissed him back, but then pulled away to continue watching the movie. Gary, on the other hand, didn't want the kiss to end so he went in for another kiss. This time Brianna moved away and told him to watch the movie. He said that he didn't want to watch the movie, he wanted to have sex. Brianna told him that she didn't want to have sex with him. She didn't really have a reason, except for the fact that she wasn't in the mood. Well, Gary had heard all about Brianna's run in with the law and figured that she was just playing hard to get. Well, he told her he didn't care and she still said no. By then Gary figured out that Brianna was a virgin and he thought she wouldn't do it because she didn't know what she was doing. To make this long story shorter, he raped her." Jeff had been quietly listening with his eyes towards the ground, but when he heard the word 'rape' his head shot up.

"What did you just say? Did you say that Brianna was raped 3 years ago?" John shook his head. "Well, what happened?"

"Um, around midnight, Brianna called my cell phone crying and asking to come pick her up. We all knew that she was at this guy's house for the night because she didn't really get to see him. I figured that they had just broken up, but when she got in my car I could tell it was worse than that. When I tried to give her a hug she kind of shied away from me and that was when I realized that something else had happened in that house. I asked her what was wrong and she asked if she could crash in my room. At this point Randy was out with his girlfriend and they were sharing a room so I had an extra bed, so I said yes. When we got to the room I went into the bathroom to give her some privacy and when I came out she was already sleeping. The next morning I asked her what was wrong and she told me every little detail. I was shocked and pissed as hell. I told her that that kid wouldn't get away with this and she told me that I couldn't tell anyone. She told me that she had been asking for it and it was her fault. For some reason I promised her that I wouldn't tell her dad. But by the middle of the week I couldn't handle it anymore so I told him. They tried to press charges, but it was he said versus she said and he was a big football player in this little town and so guess who they believed. She now wears a ring on her right pinky finger that has the word 'LOVE' in Chinese on the top and the translation underneath to remind herself that she is going to wait until she is married and in love before she will have sex." Jeff was amazed.

He couldn't believe that she had felt comfortable about the night before. She had agreed to sleep in the same bed as a guy after what happened to her.

"Wow, I had no idea."

"Yea, she has done a good job of putting that night behind her. The thing that she hasn't been able to put behind her is me telling her dad. She is still mad at me for that one, but I keep telling her it was for her own good." Jeff nodded.

"You did the right thing John. I'm pretty sure she isn't too mad at you, she really does love you like a brother." John smiled.

"Well, I better go get some food before I starve. I'll see you later."

"Bye" Jeff said as John walked away.

"I can't believe it. I need to talk to her." He walked out of the locker room only to run into his brother.

"We need to talk." Matt said without even looking at his brother. Jeff started to protest, but decided to try and explain the situation. Jeff followed Matt into an empty room and watched as Matt shut the door behind them.

"I think you have some explaining to do Jeff." Matt said staring intently at the younger Hardy. Jeff couldn't take his eyes off the floor. He knew that he hadn't done anything wrong, but he couldn't get what John had said out of his head.

"JEFF!" Matt yelled bringing Jeff back to reality.

"Look, you have nothing to worry about Matt. It wasn't anything that is going to get you, or us, fired. Brianna wouldn't talk to me and I thought I did something wrong. And so, I kind of tried to push her into telling me and when she wouldn't I kind of blew it out of proportion. I was such a jackass! I don't know what was going through my mind."

"I do." Jeff looked at his brother curiously.

"What are you talking about?"

"I mean that you like this girl don't you?" Jeff looked at his brother and smiled.

"Yea, I think I do. I mean, Brianna isn't like any other girl that I have ever met. She is beautiful and smart and funny. We were having a great time talking and when we went to Perkins the waitress was hitting on me and so I asked Brianna to do me a favor."

"What do you mean the waitress was hitting on you?"

"She was hitting on me. She spilled some water on Brianna and when Brianna went to go dry off, she sat right down. She asked me to marry her." Matt, who had been looking very serous, cracked a smile and then broke into laughter.

"Are you serious?" he asked. Jeff just looked at him. He couldn't laugh at it anymore. Yes, it was funny, but he had just realized why Brianna wasn't talking to him.

"So what happened after that?"

"Well, when Brianna came back I asked her to do me a favor. I asked her to pretend to be my girlfriend. She said yes and we sat next to each other talking and holding hands. Then when we left, we were still hanging onto each other's hand and right when we got to the car she quickly pulled away and she hasn't said anything since. I didn't know what was wrong, but I finally realized that I had pushed her too far and too fast. Now, if you will excuse me I should go find her and explain…"

"Jeff, we have a meeting in like 10 minutes. You can talk to her after the meeting." Matt said blocking the door so Jeff couldn't get out. Jeff looked at his brother and then nodded his head.

They walked into the conference room where all the other wrestlers were waiting to hear about the night's matches. Jeff tried to concentrate on what Eric was saying, but his mind kept wandering to what he was going to say to Brianna.

"The final match will be Matt and Jeff Hardy verses The Acolytes. Um, Acolytes are going to win this match. Just make sure that it is good. We need the Hardys to become more likeable with the crowd, so make the match start going in favor of the Hardys and then you guys need to turn it back around. I'll let you guys decide how this will work. All right now let's have a good show!" All the guys got up to talk about their upcoming matches and Jeff, Matt, and the Acolytes did the same.

Jeff had a hard time concentrating on what his friends were talking about because he was too anxious for the match to be over so he could talk to Brianna. It was going to be a long night for him and he was hoping that he could get Brianna to talk to him before they left for the night.