Disclaimer: I only own Elizabeth. WWE is owned by Vince McMahon.
Chapter Seven:
It was the next Monday, the Raw before Summerslam and Elizabeth was sitting thru some boring meeting between JR, Stephanie, Shane, Paul, and Linda. They were chatting about new talent and different developmental territories.
"I think you should hire Santino back." Elizabeth said after some time.
"What?" Stephanie asked. "No way. He poured coffee on you."
"So? I dropped coffee on myself before and I never fired myself. People fuck up, but come on. I'm going to be leaving the company soon and if I am, I want to at least hire some talent. So, gah, just let me hire him."
"I think it's a good idea." Linda agreed.
"Fine." Shane said, he glanced at Elizabeth. "Are you sure about this?"
"Yes, I am. Besides, I think it may do Maria some good. She really likes him."
"Okay, if you're sure…" Shane wasn't too sure, but he would trust Elizabeth on this. "Elizabeth, can we meet up before the show? You, me, Paul, Steph and Mom?"
"Uh…" Elizabeth looked at him confused. "Sure."
Once the meeting was over they had all decided to go for an early dinner, considering they had three hours before they had to be at the arena.
"Okay, so what's up?" Elizabeth questioned bluntly.
"What do you plan on doing once your GM job is over?" Linda asked.
"I don't know," Elizabeth paused. "Find somewhere to live, go to college I guess."
"You don't want to do this?"
"Do what?"
"The business. Do you want a career in wrestling?"
"No, when I first agreed to do this…no, I didn't want a career and I still don't. Is this why you wanted to talk? I don't want anything to do with wrestling."
"But you said it was awesome, you like it."
"But I don't love it. I want to get away from the McMahon thing, from the family thing. It was great for the time when we did get along. But it's getting old really quick."
"Does this have anything to do when you ended things with Jeff?"
Elizabeth's eyes widened. "Oh, no it doesn't! How do you know about that?"
"Everyone knows about it."
"Oh, yeah…things get around fast here."
"Look at the bright side." Linda replied.
"The bright side? The only thing bright I can think about is that what happened with me and Jeff was spread around and not a STD."
"Elizabeth, you slept with Jeff. You both like each other."
"Correction: liked. What happened was a mistake! I didn't mean to sleep with him. I wanted to take things slow but we slept together. That's hurts. Sleeping with someone and then knowing you're going to leave them soon and never come back. I had to end it. Before we both got hurt."
"Too late. You both are hurt."
"Well, then. That's something we have to deal with, something we'll soon get over."
"Hopefully."
"Once I'm gone and get my McMahon money, I'm out of here for good. There's no coming back, I'm not going to be a McMahon for life."
"But you are."
"No, it's temporary, it's just while I'm running the business. Then once it's done I'll be Elizabeth Zyler again."
"You already are."
"Funny, because I lost sight of who I was when I slept with Jeff. I'm not easy, he and I weren't even official. It had to end when it did. And it did, so it's over…let's drop it. Let's forget."
"Forget?"
"Yes, forget like I'm going to forget all of this once it's over."
"You're closing up." Shane told her. "You let us in and now you're knocking us out, just because…"
"Because of why, since you think you know me so well."
"Because you're scared that you've got too close." Stephanie answered for Shane. "You feel love for us, and you can't admit that. You're not woman enough." Stephanie stood up and walked out of the restaurant, Paul followed.
"What the hell? I'm not a woman, I'm a young lady, she's like 30something and I'm 18. She can't say that shit!" Elizabeth stood up. "I can't wait until this thing is over. I may not be Shannon, the sister you wanted, but I'm Elizabeth and this is what I do. This is what you got. Disappointed?" Elizabeth asked as she turned to walk out of the restaurant.
"What is up this her?" Shane asked his mother.
"I don't know, but something is very wrong. Shane…how does she know about Shannon?"
Shane was silent. "I'll tell you that another time."
Linda sighed. "When ever you're ready."
"You know, mom. I do want Shannon here. Does that make me a bad person?"
"No, it doesn't. Why would you think that?"
"I'm starting to love Elizabeth, and she shuts us out, all the time. Shannon wouldn't have done that. I'd rather have Shannon here than Elizabeth, mom. I hate to say that because they're very different and Shannon…she was so."
"Shane!" Linda spoke annoyed. "Shannon isn't here, she died. She was only an hour old, you know that. Don't compare Shannon and Elizabeth because they're incomparable. Shannon didn't have a life, she was a present that came to change things and then leave. To make us think differently about stuff and get our priorities together. She was simply just passing by, so stop dwelling on those what if and what she could've been. Shannon could've been just like Elizabeth, just like me or your father. Nobody knows, baby. Don't wonder, just don't. Elizabeth needs an older brother, not an older brother that compares her to someone who's long gone."
"I'm sorry, ma. I just…I never seen it like that."
"Its okay, Shane. We just need to make sure Elizabeth is okay."
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Elizabeth was running to her office and as she turned the corner she bumped into someone. Making them both fall to the floor. Elizabeth looked up and moved a stray brown hair from her face. Tension was soon in the air.
"Well, isn't this awkward." Elizabeth replied breaking the silence.
"Very." The person spoke. "Elizabeth, I was thinking maybe since you didn't want to do the romance thing, we could be friends."
"Jeff, we can't." Elizabeth told him as she stood up. She watched him stand up. "I'm so attracted to you, you just don't know."
"Then why'd you break it off, especially after we slept together?"
"There's so much you don't know, and I'm leaving in a week. My job here will be over and I will just go back to being Elizabeth. No Elizabeth McMahon. Just being me, again. No fancy last name."
"What is your last name then?"
"I don't have one. At least, I don't know. Hello, I've been to foster homes all the time. You kinda forget after awhile. Ya know, lost in the system. Oh wait, you don't know. This makes us so completely different."
"You want someone to get you. I thought I did."
"I thought you did too, you know the whole 'to be loved' thing." Elizabeth smiled at the memory. "It touched me. Jeff, you're 29, going to be 30 at the end of this month. I'm just a crazy, pathetic 18 year old who got lucky because of a will and soon, my 15 minutes of fame will be over. And plus, I don't want Randy to be right."
"Right about what?"
"He said when my 15 minutes of fame are over, that I will be crushed in the process. I don't want him to be right."
"From the way you sound, he already is right."
"I'm not crushed."
"You just don't realize it yet. Me and you ending things, you pushing away Shane and Stephanie, your family. Everything, you've only had for two months, a very little time, something you never had until then, and loved is going to be slipping away."
"Just like me. Just like who I already was. I lose one thing, but I get me back."
"And who are you?"
Elizabeth was silent so Jeff spoke again.
"Still haven't figured that out yet, huh?" Jeff shook his head. "You're right, I'm 29 and you're 18. When you grow up, and accept things how they are…then look me up. But I bet I'll have moved on by then. But I'm sure I won't want to be your friend, because I don't take pity on you. So, ya know, just don't bother looking me up." Jeff walked passed Elizabeth walked away from her.
A tear fell down Elizabeth's cheek, she leaned against the wall and then slid down to the floor. She hated to admit it, but she had to…Randy was right. These two months of having something that she never had and was beginning to love and then having it taken from her in such a short time was beginning to take its toll on her.
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Elizabeth sat down in the catering area after Raw was over. She was once again listening to her iPOD. The song playing was Everybody's Fool by Evanescence. She related to the song, she felt just like she was Everybody's Fool.
She felt a shadow over her and looked up to see Lilian. Elizabeth pulled off her ear buds.
"Wow, don't you hate me to?"
Lilian sat down across from Elizabeth. "Mad that you broke Jeff's heart for an unknown reason, yes, most people are. But, I'm your friend and I'm not going to turn my back on you."
"Wow, Lil. You are too kind."
"I know, but you're a good person. It just sucks that you can't see that."
"Yeah, so you say. I just don't believe it."
"What I don't believe is that in a week you'll be leaving."
"I know, Linda said that she wanted the superstars around the ring when I go. So I could make a speech at the end of the show."
"Wow, that's weird."
"Tell me about it. One of the strangest thing's Linda's done."
"Well, she's a very respectable woman, has her head screwed on right, not nearly as strange as the rest of the McMahons."
"Good point."
"So, you're not longer Z McMahon?"
"Nah, just Z now. The girl who's been accepted into NYU." Elizabeth whispered.
"Oh my God!" Lilian screamed. "That's so great!"
"Shh…I don't want anyone to know. Soon as this GMing thing is over I'm going to get a house in New York, close to the campus and then wait until next semester starts."
"I live in New York. I'll have to come visit when I'm there."
"Of course." Elizabeth smiled at Lilian. "Thanks for making me feel better."
"Anytime," Lilian spoke. "That's what friends are for."
"Yeah. I miss him."
"Jeff?"
Elizabeth nodded. "He hates me, and well since he does then I hate him too."
"I'm sure he doesn't hate you."
"Yeah, but if he did…it would make things so much easier."
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A/n: This chap is confusing because it skips a lot. But, basically, Z broke it off after they (she and Jeff) slept together. She feels like she lost herself because thats not something she usually does. Not to mention she's becoming close to her family and she didn't want that.