It was the night of Sacrifice and Nessa sat in Joe's locker room with him waiting for Joe to come back and let her know if Brandon was going to be there or not. The door opened and Joe walked in with Chris and Allen following behind him. "Hey guys...Joe, what did you find out?"

"He doesn't have a match tonight so he shouldn't be here. I told Larry what happened and he said that if he does show up he'll let us know so we can keep you protected."

"How are you feeling Nessa?" Chris asked.

"Better. The painkillers the doc gave me have pretty much kept me out of it so I didn't feel any pain." There was a knock on the door and Joe opened it only to see James Storm standing there.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Joe snapped.

"I came to see Nessa." James said and Joe growled.

"Joe...it's okay." Nessa spoke up and he turned to look at her.

"It's what?"

"Let him in and I'll tell you." Joe sighed and moved to let James in.

"Hey darlin' how are you feelin'?"

"I'm okay now, the painkillers make me forget about everything that happened so that's one good thing."

"All right would someone please explain to me what the hell is going on here?" Joe demanded.

"The night that you told me we couldn't be together anymore I came to the realization that after losing you I wasn't going to lose my friends too. So, I called James and we talked everything out. I know why he made the deal with you and he knows how it made me feel. I forgave him for it and he forgave me for hitting him...you've forgiven me for what I did so do you think you could do the same for him?" Nessa asked Joe and he sat down next to her.

"I guess so, just so that he understands he better not pull that shit again." He said, looking at James.

"Don't worry man, I won't. I know she only likes me as a friend and I accept that now." There was another knock on the door and Allen opened it this time.

"It's time for Joe's promo." The voice of a stagehand said and Joe stood up.

"You ready Ness?"

"Yeah, let's go." She followed him out of the locker room to where Jeremy Borash was standing and they listened as he introduced them then Joe walked up to him with Nessa on his arm.

"Joe you heard Jarrett and Steiner's comments earlier so what do you have to say? Are you and Sting going to be able to coexist?"

"I was brought in to get a job done, not hold hands and sing Kumbayah so that's exactly what I'm going to do. As far as Steiner goes...he says he has a bad reputation...well, Scott tonight I'm going to make my reputation by killing yours." With that said the two of them turned around and walked away.

"Aww you're not gonna hold Sting's hand and sing Kumbayah with him?" Nessa teased once they were far enough away from the camera and Joe laughed.

"Liked that did you?"

"Yeah, it took everything I had in me not to bust up laughing." She giggled. They walked into Joe's locker room and Nessa went into the bathroom and changed into her modified 'Joe's Gonna Kill You' t-shirt and a blue skirt with black stripes. "Do I look all right Joe?" She asked once she stepped out.

"You look sexy. I like what you did with the shirt." Nessa smiled and blushed. "Aww am I making you blush Ness?" Joe teased her and she stuck her tongue out at him. "Don't stick that out unless you plan on using it." He growled. Nessa looked at him in shock and immediately put her tongue back in her mouth. There was a knock on the door and Joe opened it to reveal Steve Borden in his Sting gear.

"Hey Joe...you ready to do this tonight?" Steve asked, stepping into the room and he smiled when he spotted Nessa. "Hello Nessa, how are you?"

"Fine Steve, you?"

"I'm good. You going to be out there tonight?"

"No." Joe spoke up and Nessa looked at him.

"Excuse me?" Nessa questioned.

"It's too dangerous Ness. I don't want you going out there and getting hurt." Joe explained and Nessa shook her head.

"I'm going out there tonight Joe whether you like it or not. You're teaming up with one of my favorite wrestlers, not to mention the fact that you are going against Jarrett...someone who I cannot stand at all."

"Joe she'll be okay, when you're in the ring I'll keep an eye on her and you can do the same while I'm in the ring." Steve tried to reason with him.

"See Joe? Everything will be fine. Besides that, I want to be out there for you anyway." She told him.

Finally Joe sighed and nodded. "All right...just promise me that if anything goes wrong you'll come straight back here."

"I promise." There was another knock at the door and they knew that meant it was match time. "Now let's go so you can kick some Jarrett butt." The three of them laughed then made their way to the tunnel. Steiner's stupid siren music started up and Nessa watched in disgust as he walked to the ring, flexing his muscles. Then it was Jarrett's turn and he came out with Gail Kim which Nessa knew spelled trouble. "Great, he brought the broad with him."

"She'll stay out of it or she'll have me to deal with." Joe growled. His music started up and he turned to Nessa. "You ready?"

"Yep!" He took her hand and the two of them made their way out of the tunnel.

Joe stopped at the top of the ramp, wrapped his towel around Nessa's neck and pulled her close to his body. "Don't look shocked." He whispered and before she could ask what he meant he placed his hands on her hips and slid them around until they rested just below her ass. With ease he lifted her up and Nessa instinctively wrapped her legs around his waist as her fingers toyed with his hair. Deciding to take the lead Nessa brought her lips crashing down on his causing him to grunt in surprise. Joe broke the kiss and sat her down gently on her feet then they made their way to the ring with her walking a few steps ahead of him.

Nessa's head was still reeling from the kiss they had just shared but she was brought down off cloud nine when she felt someone slap her ass. She turned around quickly to find Joe standing there smiling at her evilly. Oh, you will so pay for that later! Nessa watched Joe get in the ring and turned to watch up the ramp for Sting. His entrance was amazing and the crowd was almost deafening. When he got to the ring, he winked at Nessa and climbed inside.

The match started off with Sting and Jarrett with Jarrett trying to prove he's stronger than Sting but Sting just blew him off. Finally Jarrett had enough and tagged Steiner and they locked up for a while until Sting pointed to Joe causing the crowd to chant Joe's name. Sting tagged Joe in and he got into a stare down with Scott Steiner who got in Joe's face only to have Joe shove him away. The two started chopping each until Steiner hit Joe with a over the head belly-to-belly suplex. They kept going back and forth between each other until Joe finally got the tag into Sting again.

"Joe!" Nessa yelled and he turned to look at her. "The next time you get in there you best get pissed, otherwise they're going to take advantage of you." Joe nodded and got another tag. When he did get in the ring, Joe did exactly what Nessa told him...he got pissed. Eventually it led him to getting the Musclebuster and the pin on Jarrett. The ref raised both their hands and Nessa jumped in the ring. Sting tried to raise Joe's hand but he pulled away, turning his back. She walked over to him and handed him his towel and belt. "He's holding his hand out Joe." She whispered and Joe turned to look at Sting. He stood there looking at him for a few minutes before turning his back again. "Joe, what are you doing? Shake his hand!" Nessa urged him.

Joe sighed and turned back around, shook Sting's hand then got out of the ring with Nessa following behind him. They walked up the ramp together when Nessa heard a sickening thud, she turned around to see Jarrett and Steiner attacking Sting with a chair. "What is it?" Joe asked.

"They're attacking him." Joe sighed and turned towards the ring. "Joe, don't. You did your job so let's just go." He just stood there staring at Steiner and Jarrett for a few minutes before finally taking Nessa's hand, turning his back and walking through the tunnel. "Let's get to the locker room so you can take a shower then we'll go home."

"You going to join me?" He flirted and Nessa giggled.

"Not tonight Joe." They went to his locker room where he took a quick shower then they left the arena to go to Nessa's apartment.