A/N: Oh wow, I'm sooo happy with the feedback. SO Happy you guys have no idea. Reviews are just so damn encouraging and I can't thank you guys enough. I find it interesting that John/Trish supporters all of a sudden start showing up on the reviews. haha. And that's cool. it's nice to know you guys are still reading the story and again thank you. it is almost finished! just maybe...uhh about four more chapters.

Heart2Handgun - yay, it's finally to hear from you again. and i agree, Randy is being a lil jerk.
ChainGangDiva54 - good. i'm so glad you're still sticking around for the story. and you're definitely not the only John/Trish supporter. there are plenty now ever since i mentioned it. lol.
Cenafaction.Stratusfaction13 - hey, i'm getting nervous too just reading all the reviews. haha. you'll just have to wait and see who Trish ends up with in the end...it could be John...it could be Randy..heck..it could even be Jeff...lol.
MissPhilippinesSuperStar - thanks for reviewing. i don't know what happens next...(well i do) you'll just have to read the next chapter. lol. hehe.
shawna: thanks for the review. hmmm..it could be Trish and John in the end. lol. who knows? I do! hah.
TrishStratusfan2007 - thanks! i'm glad you're liking it.
TrishOrton - wow i never thought of Melina as a horse face before. haha. i just had to have Trish tackle Melina in this story. heck, i would. lol.
VolcomStoneBabe - thanks for the review. you're not the only one that wants John and Trish together. hehe.
iloverandycena854 - are you sure Trish and Cena are dating in real life? hmmm...i heard it was just a rumor.
gtea-angel - yeah, i just have to make things more complicated. i love drama. lol.
Amyy - hopefully you get your questions answered in the next few chaps. thanks for the review.

okay so where the heck did all the Randy and Trish supporters went? lol. it's like you all of a sudden disappeared..and then John/Trish fans start showing up. lol. very interesting.alright, R&R. Enjoy.

Chapter 24

"Under My Skin"

Stacey left her hotel room the following morning to get ready for an upcoming houseshow that day. She walked down the hallway and inside an elevator. Once she reached the lobby, the elevator doors opened and there was Trish Stratus standing right in front of her, just about to head on upstairs. Stacey wrinkles her forehead and noticed the swelling in her eyes and the lost color on her face. She figured the Canadian native has been crying for whatever reason and drinking her sorrows away.

"Trish, what happened?" Stacey held her hand and led her to a couch nearby as the two sat down. "Trish?"

The blonde weakly looks up. "After I left your hotel room last night, I went to look for Randy." She struggled to speak as more tears came streaming down her cheeks. "He was about to tell me something that sounded really important till John called on my cell. That's when Randy walked off and so I went after him." Stacey stares at her worriedly. "So I kept looking and looking till I ran into Matt. And you wouldn't believe who was there with him."

She gives her a quizzically stare. "Who?"

"Jeff." Trish mumbled unclearly, making it hard for Stacey to understand what she was saying.

"Who?"

"Freakin' Jeff Hardy!" The blonde exclaimed impatiently as Stacey's eyes grew larger.

"No way." She shook her head in disbelief. "Are you sure it was him?"

"Yes! I saw him with my own eyes."

"What did you do?"

"Nothing I just left."

"And did he try stopping you?" Stacey questioned.

"No, Matt stopped him from going after me."

"What is Jeff doing here anyway?"

Trish nods her head. "I really don't know, Stace" She says with a deep sigh. "I just know I need to get away from it somehow."

"You look like a wreck. Let me take you upstairs so you could shower."

She groans. "Good idea."

As Stacey helped Trish back to her room, the leggy blonde puts the covers over her and slowly shuts the door behind to let her rest. Once outside the hotel room, Stacey turned around and gasped as Randy appeared out of nowhere. "Shit," startled she hits him on the shoulder, "don't do that!"

His eyes soften. "Is Trish okay?"

Stacey scoffs in response with her icy glare, "Like you care."

"I care!" He follows her as she started walking down the hallway.

She stops in front of an elevator and folds her arms across her chest. "Trish was looking all over for you last night."

"Why would she do that?"

"Well gee I don't know. Maybe because she wants to talk and yet again you just leave!" Randy rubs his eyes out of frustration. "You know, I wonder what you're hiding."

"What makes you think I'm hiding something?" The elevator doors open as the two walk inside.

"I'm not exactly an idiot, Randy." Stacey presses the lobby button, the elevator doors closing. "I know you're hiding something because you're always running away from it."

"What happened last night?" He avoided the subject not only because he didn't want to tell her what he is really hiding but because his main concern is Trish. "Stacey!"

"She was looking for you and she happened to bump into Matt who was with Jeff."

His eyes grew larger. "She saw Jeff?"

"Isn't that what I said?"

"And?"

"Nothing, she left and pretty much got drunk over it."

Randy pursed his lips and sighs. "Poor, Trish." His eyes turned into an icy glare. "I swear to God if I ever see his face--"

"Cool it, Randy." Stacey tells him. "You still haven't answered my question."

"What question?"

"Are you running away from something?"

He groans reluctantly when suddenly the elevator doors opened. Randy faces the leggy blonde and sighs. "I gotta go." He stepped out as Stacey follows and watches him leave the hotel.

"Don't do anything stupid, Randy!"

Just an hour away before Smackdown starts as Randy slips into his wrestling gear and gets ready for his tag team match with Batista against MNM. Just moments later, his tag team partner enters his locker room as Randy got up from the bench he was previously on and share a one-arm hug with Dave. "What's up, man? You psyched about the match?"

Randy just shrugged his shoulders as he puts on knee pads. "Whatever."

"Come on, man. You gotta cheer up." Dave pats him on the back. "I don't know if you noticed, but lately you're wrestling hasn't been all that great like it should. When you're out there you gotta put all that shit behind you."

Randy deeply sighs as he sits back down and covers his face in hand. "I know."

"You know what you need, man?" Dave takes a seat next to him on the bench. "You need some down time. John has invited us to his crib at Massachusetts this weekend. You should go. Just us guys."

"Nah, man." Randy nods his head. "Count me out of it."

"What? Why?"

"I'm going back home to St. Louis that's why."

"What's there?"

"My house." Randy groans irritably as he begins to put on his wrestling boots. Dave sighs in disappointment.

"Alright, suit it yourself." There was a small pause. "Anyway, I think we'll be getting a new superstar here soon." Randy just shrugged his shoulders. "I think I've seen him before. He has that multi-colored hair thing going on."

Randy shot him a look. "You mean Jeff Hardy?" Dave's eyes widen at the name. "You're telling me he's here?"

"Well I just saw him leave Vince's office. I didn't think it was Trish's Jeff." Randy shot him a look. "I mean Trish's former Jeff."

He groans, "That son of a bitch…"

"Whoa, whoa now," Dave steps in front of the door, blocking Randy's way as soon as he headed for the door. "Where do you think you're going?"

"What? I'm going out there."

"What for?"

"I simply just want to talk to the guy."

"I don't think that's a good idea."

Randy narrows his eyes at him. "Why not?"

"Because you have a hot head right now and I know what you're capable of doing when you're angry." The self-proclaimed legend killer groans out of annoyance. "You need to stop worrying about him and focus on our match tonight."

"Alright, just please let me out."

"You gotta promise me you won't hurt the guy. You could get into serious trouble with Vince."

Randy bit his lip. "Not even a punch?"

"Dude, I know how much you care about Trish but beating the crap out of her ex who left her with a broken heart won't help solve anything."

"Okay, Dr. Phil." Randy says jokingly as Dave sends him a glare for the comment. "Just move already." Batista reluctantly steps aside, allowing Randy to finally walk out. Once he stepped out, he spotted Matt and Jeff Hardy talking nearby.

"Hey, Matt." Randy greeted as he casually walks by.

"Hey, man. How's it going?"

Randy looks from the elder Hardy to the younger one "Didn't think I'd see you here." Randy groans as he gives him the cold glare.

Matt darted his eyes between the two nervously. He knows how much Randy hated his brother's guts after what he did to Trish. "So how's your music career?" Randy suddenly questioned with his arms crossed. "It didn't go so well did it?"

"How do you know?"

"Why else would you be here?"

"Listen, Randy." Matt groans before he goes any further. "This was actually Vince's idea. He thought it would be a great comeback to reunite the Hardy Boys instead of having Jeff move to TNA. The fans will love it and ratings would go up."

Randy looks down and chuckles. "So you're return has nothing to do with Trish?"

"Cool it, Randy." The self-proclaimed legend killer looks over his shoulder as he comes face to face with Trish Stratus. Her gaze then shifts from Randy to Jeff. So much history between them as Matt, Randy, and Dave who just appeared from the locker room to make sure Randy doesn't do anything stupid, watches on as the former couple finds themselves in an awkward situation, their eyes fixated on each other.

"Trish…" Jeff breathed heavily. "Are you okay?"

She furrowed her eyebrows. "Yeah, I'm fine."

"I got worried last night. You just walked off."

"Matt made sure I came back to the hotel safely." Trish turns to the elder Hardy and mouthed him a thank you. She shook her head and faced Jeff. "So what are you doing here?"

He weakly smiles. Trish was not being the sweet woman he used to know, but Jeff completely understood her behavior. She wasn't going to give him a warm welcome after all the shit he put her through. "Vince re-hired me." He nervously replies.

"Yeah we got that." Randy retorts as the blonde shot him a look.

"Can you guys leave us please?" She forgot that the three of them were still there, listening to every word of their conversation. "I'd like to talk to Jeff alone."

Matt nods his head, wanting to get away from it all. "Yeah, sure thing. Come on guys." Dave follows the elder Hardy, but noticed Randy staying behind.

"Hey," he hissed to the young WWE Smackdown superstar, "let's go."

Randy looked at Trish with concern in his eyes. He didn't want to leave her alone with Jeff after all the pain he has caused her and certainly didn't want to see her hurt again. There was a lot of history between the two and the thought of Trish wanting to be alone with Jeff sickened him. On his way towards the corner of the hallway, trailing behind Dave and Matt, he looked at their way from a good distance, frustration getting the best of him as he aggressively punched a wall and walks off.

As soon as Jeff and Trish were alone in the hallway, awkward silence fell upon them as Jeff's eyes wandered on the floor nervously, unsure of what to say or what to expect now being alone with the woman he still loves after all this time. They haven't seen each other for a couple of years now and being in the same building has alreadycreated a lot of tension between them.

"That Randy guys cares a lot about you." Jeff observed as a small smile crept over her face.

"Yeah, well he's been there for me ever since you left."

He nods his head as the guilt that's been haunting him for awhile now took over his emotions. Jeff didn't intend to hurt Trish, but thepain he could see in her eyes showed how much damaged he caused and the mistake he has made."I missed you, Trish." Jeff says softly, his eyes expressing sincerity and honesty. "I thought a lot about you."

Tears begin to collect in her eyes as she fails to fight them back. The memory of Jeff leaving clouded her mind and the pain that it caused her brought painful memories. She bit her lip as tears came streaming down her cheeks. "I--" Trish struggles to speak as she stares deeply into his eyes, "I missed you too, Jeff."

"What do you mean Jeff Hardy is back?" John questioned Amy in disbelief as soon as she informed him the news.

She drew in a few nervous gulps as soon as she noticed the fury in his eyes at the sound of his name. "Vince for some reason re-hired him and put him in Smackdown." The redhead replies. "That's what I know..."

"But Trish is in Smackdown."

Amy bit her lip and watches John rub the back of his neck out of frustration. "You got nothing to worry about..." She reassures him as the champ scoffs in response.

"Jeff is Trish's first love, Ames. What if she decides to get back with him?"

"Jeff also left her with a broken heart, John. I know Trish and trust me, she's not very forgiving."

"But what if she is huh?" He asks worriedly. "She's been waiting for the day of his return like forever. You can't just say they'll never get back together because with the history they have, they can."

Amy rolls her eyes. "Stop being pessimistic and think positive, John. You need to relax."

"How can I relax when I'm finally getting somewhere with Trish and all of a sudden the love of her life waltz back into her world just so he could be with her?"

"We don't know that for sure."

"It doesn't matter, Amy. As soon as they lay eyes on each other, they're gonna forget about everything and start again."

The redhead crosses her arms. "What makes you think that's going to happen?"

"Believe me, I've seen alot of chick flicks and it always ends that way."

She rolls her eyes. "Whatever, I really don't think you have anything to worry about."

"I hope you're right." John says with a sigh. Although he is aware of how Trish felt about him, he fears that Jeff's return may ruin a future relationship he could have with the Canadian bombshell. "I hope you're right..."

A/N: Dun. Dun. Dun. Oh what's going to happen next? Stay tune for more...