The next day Nessa was sitting in Joe's locker room with her arms crossed over her chest and an angry expression on her face. "I don't see why you just won't tell me what the fuck is going on Joe."
"Because I know if I do, you'll just get all pissed off and try to come out to the ring and stop it."
"And you think I'm not pissed now?" She snapped, glaring at him and Joe sighed, sitting down beside her.
"Babe you know I love you but dammit, you're just going to have to trust me when I say it's better that you don't know just yet. How many times have I trusted you on stuff like this?" Joe asked.
"A lot...I'm sorry Joe, if you think it's best that I don't know then I won't ask you about it anymore." Nessa relented, knowing he was right. "It just seems strange because you won't even let me look at the schedule for tonight."
"I know." He looked over at the monitor and smiled. "Chris and Allen's match is starting."
"Nice changing of the subject there baby." Nessa giggled and turned to watch the match. Chris and Allen ended up winning the match against the Diamonds in the Rough despite the fact that Gail Kim interfered. "You know, I'm glad that Chris and Allen finally found someone to take care of that dumb broad." She said, talking about the big blonde woman that helped them the previous night and again that night.
"It was bound to happen sooner or later." Monty's match was up after that and Nessa scowled until she saw the guy he was going against and laughed.
"Isn't that the guy you were supposed to face before the whole feud with Steiner started?"
"Yeah I think so." The match didn't even last a minute and Monty got the pin. "Well, I see what would've happened had I faced him." Joe chuckled. "I need to get ready." Nessa watched him intently as he stood up and stripped his jeans and t-shirt off. "Stop looking at me like that Ness."
"Like what?"
"Like you're going to tackle me to the floor at any minute and screw my brains out." He said, smiling evilly at her.
"I'm sorry, I can't help it." Nessa replied, watching as he pulled his trunks on. "Dammit! You just had to go and wear my favorite ones didn't you?" She teased him. Before he could say anything there was a knock on the door and he went to open it.
"Hey, come on in." Joe stated, stepping aside.
Nessa smiled when Chris Harris and James Storm walked into the room. "Hey guys! Here to babysit?"
"Somebody has to watch ya darlin'." James said, laughing when she stuck her tongue out at him.
"Joe I already told you that I wasn't going to do anything."
"You told me that last night too and you tried to get out the door anyway didn't you?"
"Well, yeah but...he hit you in the face with a steel chair!" Nessa exclaimed, trying to defend her actions.
"And he would've done worse to you had you come out there."
"Since when did you become all logical?" She asked.
"I always have been, I just don't like to let it show. I've got to go now...stay back here and don't try to get out of the door again."
"Yeah, yeah." Nessa grumbled, falling back against the couch.
"I love you Ness." Joe whispered, leaning down to kiss her.
"I love you too Joe." She replied and watched him walk out of the locker room. "All right you two...what the fuck is going on out there tonight?" Nessa demanded to know but Chris just shook his head.
"We can't tell you."
"You both suck!" Nessa turned her attention to the monitor and her mouth fell open when she saw Brandon making his way down the ramp. "Motherfucker! I'm gonna kill him for not telling me this." She waited for Joe to come out but her anger only intensified when instead of Joe coming out, Sonjay Dutt came out. "Oh hell! A triple-threat match?"
"Nessa he'll do fine." Chris spoke up and she glared at him.
"He's in there with a guy that hates the both of us with a passion and another one who's one of the best this X Division has ever seen and the only thing you can tell me is that he'll do fine? Chris, something's going to happen out there I just know it." Nessa said, looking back at the monitor. The match seemed to be going normal at first except for a few stiff shots that she noticed Brandon used on Joe when suddenly Steiner came out of nowhere and hit Joe over the head with a steel chair. "Fuck, not again!" She yelled and watched in horror as Brandon hit the Warrior's Way on Sonjay allowing him to get the pin and Joe's title. "I fucking knew this shit was going to happen! Dammit!"
"Darlin' you need to calm down." James said.
"Don't tell me what I need to do! My husband just lost his title to a man I fucking hate more than anything else and to top that off he didn't even tell me about the damn match!" Nessa pulled her cell phone out of her purse and dialed Chris Daniels' number.
"Hello?"
"Chris? Meet me out in the hall now, I'm leaving."
"All right." He replied.
Nessa hung up her phone and turned to Chris and James. "You can tell my husband that I went home because there's no way I'm sticking around here." There was a knock on the door and she got up to open it, revealing Chris. "Hey, let's go." She walked out of the locker room before Chris Harris or James could do anything to stop her.
"So what are you so pissed about?" Chris asked once they were in his car and on the road.
"Joe losing his title but more importantly him not telling me that he was in a damn match with Brandon." Nessa growled.
"He didn't?" Chris questioned, shocked.
"No..." Her cell phone rang and after digging it out of her purse and checking the caller id she saw it was Joe. "You can keep on calling asshole cause I'm not answering." Nessa put the phone back in her purse just as Chris pulled in the driveway of her and Joe's house.
"Do you want me to stay with you?"
"Nah, it's all right. I'll just set the alarm." She replied and he nodded.
"I'll see you later then. Call me if you need anything."
"I will." Nessa gave him a kiss on the cheek and went in the house, locking the door and setting the alarm. She opened the curtain a little and watched Chris as he pulled out of the driveway. Once Nessa knew that she was truly alone she allowed tears to flow from her eyes that she hadn't even realized she was holding back. She slid down the wall and collapsed on the floor as the tears continued to flow, not knowing if they would ever stop or where the hell they even came from. The phone in the house rang and Nessa lifted her head a little, waiting for the machine to pick it up.
"Ness? Babe it's me...pick up the phone. I know you're there." Joe's voice rang through the air.
She sighed and after a brief struggle she got up off the floor and raced to pick up the phone. "What?" Nessa whispered, sniffling.
"Why did you leave?"
"Why did I leave Joe? Why the hell do you think I left? You were in a match with someone we both hate, you lost your title to him and you didn't even have the balls to tell me...your wife about the damn match! That's why I left."
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you but the baby..." He trailed off.
"No! You can't keep using our baby as an excuse to keep secrets from me Joe. I know you're worried about upsetting me and I can understand that but when you don't tell me shit like this and I have to find it out the hard way it only upsets me more then if you would've just been honest with me."
"I'm sorry babe I've got to go, the meeting's about to start. We'll talk about this some more when I get home."
"All right." She stated.
"I love you."
"I love you too." Nessa stood there staring at the phone for a minute before she finally decided to do something and dialed a familiar number.
"Hello?"
"Nicky?" She whispered.
"Aness? What's wrong?"
"I don't want to talk about it right now. I just wanted to call and tell you that I...I'm coming to visit you."
"You are?" Nick asked and Nessa could hear the shock in his voice.
"Yeah, I'm leaving now."
"Okay, call me as soon as you get in and I'll come pick you up at the airport."
"I will." They said their goodbyes and Nessa went upstairs to quickly pack her clothes. She piled her bags into the car and pulled out of the driveway, tears falling from her eyes.
