A/N: I make no claim to the new person added to this story though I wouldn't mind owning him for a while! I hope you enjoy this chapter and the new twist to the story as much as I enjoyed writing it. On a completely off topic note: I have been a fan of Abyss for as long as I've been watching TNA which has been about a year or two now (I think in the beginning it had something to do with how well the man could and still can fill out a pair of leather pants) and I always thought that underneath the mask was probably a very sexy man. Well, the other night I was doing some photo searching of him and found what seems to be a pretty recent photo. After seeing it I realized that what I thought all along was true. So, to make a long story shorter the reason I'm telling this is that if anyone has ever been curious and unable to find a photo of him just e-mail me and I will gladly send you the photo I found. Enough of my ramblings about Abyss and on to the story! Please review!
"Jay Lethal again?" Nessa muttered, looking over the schedule and Joe laughed.
"He wants a shot at my title." She continued looking over the schedule until a name caught her eye.
I'm gonna kill Chris for not telling me he's here again. "Baby I have to go talk to Chris about something real quick."
"All right, you want me to go with you?"
"Nah...I shouldn't be too long." Nessa replied. Just long enough to kill Christopher Daniels. She finished silently. Nessa gave Joe a kiss then walked out of his locker room. She arrived at Chris' locker room, took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
"Come in!"
"Chris did you know..." Her question was cut off when she saw him sitting on the couch next to Chris. "Brandon." Nessa whispered his name as her breath hitched in her throat. There sitting next to Chris was Brandon Silvestry better known in TNA now as Senshi.
"Vanessa, it's been a while." He said, standing up and walking over to her.
"Since ROH." She stated once her breathing returned to normal. Nessa and Brandon had met while Chris was doing a show for ROH and hit it off immediately, dating until he decided to go back to Japan. When he left it broke Nessa's heart in two and that's when Chris and Allen took it upon themselves to find her the right man.
"You still look the same...as good as you always have." Nessa looked away quickly, trying not to let him see that he still had an effect on her.
"I...I gotta go. I'll talk to you about this later Chris." She said and practically ran out of the room.
"You okay babe?" Joe asked when she got back inside his locker room.
"Huh? Oh yeah, I'm fine." Nessa replied, distractedly.
"Wanna try that again?"
She took a deep breath and flopped down on the couch. "He's back."
"Who is babe?"
"Brandon."
"Silvestry? What's he got to do with you?" Joe questioned, confused.
"We met during one of Chris' ROH shows and started dating...we were together for a while but then one day he came to me and stated that he was going back to Japan. It broke my heart in two because I knew there was nothing that I could do to change his mind. I never thought that I would see him again, hell I had forgotten all about him...until Lockdown. He showed up and I wanted to run and hide, then I found out he was going to be here tonight."
"That's what you went and talked to Daniels about." He concluded and she nodded.
"He was in Chris' locker room and he acted...the fucker acted like nothing had happened." Nessa growled.
"Do you still love him?" Joe whispered.
"I guess a part of me always will but...I'm not in love with him anymore, I know that for a fact."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. I'm not gonna deny that he still doesn't have an effect on me because I don't want to lie to you but my heart isn't with him, my heart is with you and it always will be." She told him and he smiled.
"I love you, you know that right?" He asked, pulling her in his lap.
"I know and I love you too." There was a knock at the door and Joe looked confusingly up at the clock.
"It's not time for my match yet. Who is it?" He called out.
"Brandon." Nessa's breath hitched in her throat for the second time that night and she clung tightly to Joe's shirt.
"You want me to tell him to go away?" Joe whispered and she shook her head. "Come in." The door opened slowly and Brandon stuck his head in.
"You sure it's okay if I come in?"
"Yeah, come on in." Nessa spoke up for the first time and he nodded, walking the rest of the way in the room. "What did you need Brand?" She asked, calling him by the nickname she had given him when they first met.
"Look..." He began, staring straight at Joe. "I know that you and Vanessa are together and I respect that but I came here to ask you and her if I could take her to dinner tonight after the show. There's a lot of things that we need to discuss and work out since I'm going to be around here for a while it seems."
"I'm her fiancee, not her keeper...she's allowed to do anything she chooses." Joe stated, Brandon smiled and turned his attention to Nessa. "Babe do you want to?" He questioned and Nessa could tell by his voice that he had no problem with it.
"Just this one time Brand because you're right, there are something's that we need to get worked out."
"I know...I'll see you after the show then." As quick as he showed up, he was gone again.
"Ness are you sure you want to do this?"
"I have to Joe. There's questions I have that only he can answer." She explained and he smiled.
"If you have any trouble you know that I'm just a phone call away, right?"
"I know baby." Another knock came on the door and Joe checked the clock again.
"It's match time." She stood up allowing him room to take his shirt off then they walked out of his locker room.
The match lasted a bit longer than his last meeting with Jay Lethal but in the end he still won and kept his title. They made their way back to his locker room with Nessa not saying very much because she was too nervous about her dinner with Brandon.
"You know you don't really have to do this." Joe whispered, pulling her close to his sweaty body and she sighed, leaning her head against his chest.
"I do have to do this Joe. I'm just nervous to find out some of the answers." She admitted and he nodded.
"That's normal...he's waiting on you." Joe said, nodding slightly down the hall and Nessa lifted her head to see Brandon standing there.
"I'll see you at home tonight baby." Nessa stated, kissing him passionately.
"It'll be fine. I love you."
"I love you too Joe." She kissed him one last time and walked down the hall towards Brandon and the answers of her past.
