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Summary: Jeff Hardy had made a successful comeback after years away from the WWE, and he should be on cloud nine but he finds himself lost with no direction. Can a person from his past come back and change him for the better or will he be lost forever?

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Series: Mended Hearts Series

Authors Notes: The John mentioned in the last chapter is not the WWE Champion but that of the writer that is just below Stephanie in the head writing and Creative department of the WWE. I hope that clears up any confusion you might have with that last chapter.


So I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,

"Hey baby. How would you feel about me kissing another woman on camera?"

He had been standing in the locker room for what felt like forever and he was no closer to getting up the nerve to tell her about what the WWE had now planned for him then he had been when he had finally heard the news. Of course Maria had been telling the truth and he had known it deep down, but he had had held out hope that it wouldn't be true.

How was he going to explain this to her without her getting worried even more then she had been? The only other woman he had ever kissed on WWE programming was now his girlfriend and the last thing he wanted to do was make her think that something might go on with Maria the way that it had them back when it all took place on air.

"She is going to think I'm crazy for not being honest with her. She has to know that this is just work."

The locker room opened behind him then and a few of his fellow roster mates walked in, one of which was his brother Matt.

"Who is going to think you're crazy Jeff? I thought everyone on Raw already knew you were certifiable."

Jeff smacked his brother and went back to figuring out the best time to tell Trish just what the writers had planned for him that night. He knew he had to do it before they saw it on television because if he didn't she would definitely take it the wrong way. The last thing he wanted was her actually thinking he wanted to go down and help Maria out and kiss her in the process. It was the furthest thing from his mind.

Not to mention that Punk was his best friend and he knew that Maria and him had been dating for a few months now. He would never even want to get between the two of them.

"Let me guess little brother, you are thinking about Trish again." Matt said matter of factly. He was sure in fact that he didn't even ask if in the form of a question, he already knew the answer. He also knew that Jeff was being pulled from any tag work tonight and instead would be saving one of the Divas so he knew it must have something to do with that.

"Matt don't worry about it."

"I'm not worried about it. I just hope you realize that while you have been standing in here talking to yourself, your girlfriend just finished her match and you have to go out there and save Maria next. So if you haven't gone and told her the storyline change, then I would you say she is going to have to see it for herself."

As soon as Matt said the words he looked at the time on the wall above him. His brother had been right and there was only a few short minutes for him to be ready and waiting at the Gorilla spot. Saying a quick goodbye to his brother he ran like a bat out of hell to get where he needed to be. The entire time hoping that Trish would not see what happened out there and think it was anything but planned.


"Maria is down King, and Nitro is about to do a number on her already injured leg." JR screamed through the microphone by ringside. The crowd was going wild around them, wondering what was going to happen next when finally Jeff made his entrance. His music hit and he came running with a mad dash down to where Nitro had just slammed Maria with the chair.

Just as Johnny was about to lift the chair up for a second shot to her knee cap, Jeff grabbed the chair, throwing it away from them both and shoved him against the ring post. As Johnny's head hit the bar, the hollow sound of his skull hitting hard metal sounded throughout the arena. The shot was planned and once Jeff was satisfied he hadn't really hurt his friend he turned and knelt down to the injured Maria.

He swept her up then, into his strong arms, much to the crowds enjoyment and proceeded to carry her to the back. She started becoming more lucid at that moment and just as planned she looked into his eyes as they reached the top of the ramp. Laying her down, she reached up to him and in a gesture of gratitude she kissed him.

Before he had a chance to step into his role, he realized that she was taking the kiss more seriously then was intended. She had pushed her tongue into his mouth and doing the only thing he could he responded in kind. He knew that it might end up with him in the doghouse later but he had to make the scene look more real then if he had just stood there and took it.

She broke away from him then and with a slight smile she allowed him to help her back the locker room area.

As soon as he was sure the cameras were off of him, he put her down on the floor and turned to go in the other direction. What was supposed to be an innocent kiss had just turned into something more and he knew that before he showered and changed to take off for the night, he had to talk to Trish. He only hoped that she hadn't been watching at one of the monitors in the back and that he would have time to explain everything to her.

"Just what the hell was that?" a voice yelled from behind him.

Jeff turned and then came face to face with one of his best friends in the company, and the boyfriend of the woman he had just spent almost five minutes out there kissing. None other then CM Punk.

"It was part of the script man, i just had to do what they told me too." was all Jeff could muster, hoping his friend believed him. But judging from the look on Punk's face, he knew that wasn't going to be the case now.

"So it was mandatory for you to stick your tongue down her damn throat? Jesus Jeff I think that went above and beyond acting. If you wanted her that bad all you had to do was be a man and tell me."

"You have no idea what you're talking about and for the sake of stopping an argument right now I suggest you ask your girlfriend why she decided to switch the routine and jam her tongue down my throat first."

Jeff pushed his way past his friend, even more determined now to get to Trish before Punk could. Not everyone knew that Trish and him were an item again but since he had only talked to the man a hundred times that week, he knew that Punk did.

One story line move and the entire locker room was going to be in an uproar. Jeff couldn't believe it and only hoped that it wouldn't be a weekly routine for him now. He liked his tag belts too much to want to deal with this any more. It looked like the writers wanted to take him back in time four years and do what they had with Trish and him and he did not like it one bit. The only person he wanted that story line with was Trish.

He saw her then, exiting the locker room, what looked like tear stains on her face and he knew instantly that she had seen what had just gone down and he had more then his share of explaining to do. While she knew that what he probably had to do out there was business, she didn't know that Maria had gone off script and went a little too far, causing him to do the same.

"Trish wait." he yelled as she turned away from him and made her way down the hall in the other direction. When he had caught up with her he grabbed her by the arm and tried spinning her around, only to have her spit in his face when she did.

"How could you? I heard CM just now and he was completely right. You went too far Jeff, and here I was thinking that you were different. Shame on me."

She quickened her pace now, making sure she was out of his grasp when he finally got the chance to rub the saliva from his eyes. As he glazed down the walkway and saw that she was gone, he knew he had no one to blame but himself. He should have went and told her right away instead of waiting until the last minute and having it be too late.

Just what was he going to do now?