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Chapter 3- Smackdown/ECW

Candice sat there as she watched Jeff came running through the entrance. She couldn't help but remember all the memories from back in he high school days. Part of her wanted to hate the two for leaving her, but the other part was proud of them and how far they had come. She continued to watch as he did his dance number. That made her let out a little laugh. That was two things that Jeff was good at, dancing, and making people laugh. He walked over to the side she was sitting on and started slapping hands with his fans. Candice stuck her hand out and he hit it just like he did with everyone else. Her smile turned to a frown when she realized he didn't even notice her. "Of course he's not going to recogzie me... it's been 13 years since we last saw each other and i've changed a lot since then." she thought to herself. "And not to mention, he's met so many new faces that he's forgoten the old." She watched as he climbed in the ring and faced MVP. Several minutes later the match had ended and Jeff had won. He stepped out of the ring and started to make his way back to the entrance. "Good job Jeff!" Candice shouted. She didn't know why she did it. After she realized what she did she quickly ducked down. She closed her eyes and wondered why she was acting like a child. Everyone around her started screaming and jumping. She couldn't help and laugh because from where she was sitting it looked like they were going to jump over the wall.

"Candi?" she heard a familar voice ask.

She knew exactly who it was. There were only two people who ever called her that.

"I wonder what he's doing?" Jim Ross asked as everyone saw him leaning over the security wall.

Candice looked up. Her heart sank into the pit of her stomach. She was hoping she was dreaming but when someone accidently stepped on her foot she realized it wasn't.

"Candi is that you?" Jeff asked again.

"Yeah it's me Jeff." she said while she stood up.

"Who is he talking to?" Jim Ross kept saying.

"Your guess is as good as mine." Tazz told him.

Jeff didn't say anything else, he just held his hand out. Candice didn't know what else to do so she took his hand. He helped her over the security wall and made their way to the back. Candice's mind was racing with so many thoughts. She was not expecting this to happen. The two made their way into the locker room so they could get out of the way for the next fight.

"Candi?" Matt asked as he walked over to his brother to ask him what he was doing. Matt had a blank look on his face.

"Yeap." Candice said. That was all she could say.

There was a long silence between the three.

"How are you?" Matt said, finally breaking the silence.

"13 years. 13 years is how long its been. No phone call, no nothing. You know I stayed in Cameron for 2 years after I graduated, hoping maybe ya'll would call or visit me? I finally gave up and moved to Knoxville." she said, trying to fight back the tears.

"We're sorry. We didn't mean to disappear like we did, but." Jeff said but then was interrupted.

"But you did. Maybe I'm being selfish, maybe I should just be happy you left because if you hadn't you wouldn't be in the WWE. You made your dreams come true."

"No your not being selfish. You were our best friend. Best friends don't leave each other hangin' for 13 years." Matt said.

Candice just stared at the two who were staring at her. She didn't know whether they really were sorry. The tears she was holding back started pouring down her cheek. She fell down to the ground crying. Jeff and Matt looked at each other and then knelt down beside her. Matt wrapped his arms around her and Jeff rubbed her back.

"Candi what's wrong?" Jeff asked her.

Candice didn't know how to tell them. When she moved to Knoxville someone had begun stalking her. She had nightmares about it a lot, but she always kept to herself. There was only two people that knew about it and that was Susan and Lewie.

"Everything has happened." she said through her tears.

"Like what?" Jeff asked.

"When I moved to Knoxville a guy started stalking me. I'd see him looking through my window, so I had to move up a few floors. Wherever I went I felt like he was there." she said. Candice didn't know why she told them. She kept telling herself she'd never tell them, but within a split second, she did. She felt as Matt tensed up.

"If we hadn't left you would have never moved and then he would have never stalked you." Matt said, holding her even tighter.

Candice broke lose from the two and stood up. "Maybe your right." she said and turned around and left.

Jeff and Matt looked at each other, unsure on what to do.

"Do we go after her?" Matt asked.

"I think we should." Jeff said.

The two stood up and left to go find her. It didn't take long because she was so lost. Candice saw the two coming towards her.

"Your right, if we hadn't left, it wouldn't have happened." Jeff said as the two approached her.

"Ya'll I'm sorry for how I said what I said, but it really hurt when you two left. I am really glad you did follow your dreams, I just wished ya'll would call me every now and then."

"Candice, you don't have to apologize. We're the ones that need to be apologizing, and we're sorry."

Candice stood there for a minute. "Which hotel are ya'll staying at?" she asked, even though she knew.

"The Sheraton Raleigh Hotel." Jeff told her.

"That's where I'm at too. I'll meet you at the bar there after your show is over." she said and then started to walk away.

"Two things, one I'm not fighting so we can leave now, and second... your going the wrong way!" Matt shouted to her so she could hear him. They watched as she stopped, turned around and then started walking back towards them. Matt smiled at her, which caused a smile to creep across her face. The three left the arena and headed back to the hotel.