Disclaimer: I own nothing affiliated with the WWE or Jeff, Maria or any other of the wrestlers mentioned in this story.

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AN: I just want to thank those who reviewed the last chapter. Here goes another one…

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There was a knock on the connecting door and Maria jumped and let out a small quiet squeak. She knew it was Jeff. She looked at Hunter and Shawn. Shawn motioned for her to hide in the bathroom. They waited until Maria closed the bathroom door before walking over to the connecting door and opening it.

"Why Jeff I didn't know that you were here. What can I help you with?" Shawn said when he opened the door trying to act like he was surprised to see him at the arena tonight.

Jeff has a feeling that Shawn knew what was going on but decided to brush it off. "Yeah actually you can help me. Have you seen Maria?"

Instead of Shawn it was Hunter who spoke up getting off the couch and walking towards Jeff. "Even is we did why would we tell you Hardy."

Jeff knew that whenever Hunter refereed to anyone by his or her last name he was in a bad mood and it was best to stay clear of him. Jeff thought of turning and leaving but he needed to talk to Maria so he would ignore the tone of voice in which Hunter spoke.

Jeff sighed, "obviously you have seen her by your tone. That must mean that you also know what happened and probably want to kick my ass. All I can say is that I'm sorry I said what I did. That being said just tell me where Maria is. I have to talk to her and apologize. Before you say you have no clue where she is I know that she had to have come in here since she didn't exit the women's locker room."

"Well she did come in a while ago but left shortly after coming in and talking to us. She said something about going back to the hotel to be alone and think." Shawn felt bad for lying but knew that Maria would thank him later.

Jeff shook his head in disbelief. "How did she get past me? I have been outside the locker room and when I entered she was already gone. I would have seen her exiting your door since the rooms are next to each other."

"Well Hardy, if you have noticed our door is on the opposite side of the women's locker room. Maria knew this and perhaps that's why she left knowing that you were in the opposite hallway and wouldn't' run into her." Even though Hunter was upset at Jeff right now he felt the need to give him some kind of explanation if only to make him feel more like shit since Maria went through all the trouble to avoid him.

"Okay well thanks for telling me. I'm going to go and find her, but if for any chance you see her before I get a chance to talk to her will you please tell her that I need to talk so that I can apologize for having my head up my ass." With that said Jeff began to make his way towards the door leading down the other hallway in search of Maria. Jeff waited to listen to what Hunter and Shawn would say but all they did was nod their heads. Jeff thanked them once more and headed out the door.

Shawn waited for a while before going to the door and opening to look to see if the coast was clear. He looked both ways and didn't see Jeff anywhere. He went back inside shutting the door behind him. Shawn motioned to Hunter that the coast was clear.

Hunter walked over to the bathroom and knocked on the door. "Maria, Jeff just left. Before you ask Shawn checked outside the hall and there is no sign of Jeff. He's probably on his way to the hotel looking for you."

Maria opened the door smiling at them. They knew her so well. "Thanks guys. I heard everything that Jeff said and I promise that I will talk to him later." Shawn and Hunter both gave her a look. "I promise that I will talk to him."

Maria went to sit back down on the couch. She grabbed her bag and pulled out her laptop and turned on the television. She looked up when Shawn cleared his throat. Obviously they were wondering why she wasn't on her way back to the women's locker room or heading to the hotel.

"Do you think that maybe I could hangout here in your room for awhile? I promise not to bug you." Hunter snorted in disbelief. "Well at least not a lot. I just want a chance to relax and calm down before I have to face the music."

Hunter just laughed. She can be so melodramatic at times. "No it's okay if you want to hangout here."

"Yeah we'll keep you company until our segment. Then after our segment is over we'll take you back to the hotel so that you can talk to Jeff or at least so that you have a ride with someone who won't ask you a million questions." Shawn was the one who tried to cheer her up the most.

Maria smiled and looked up at them. Hunter could tell that something was troubling her. "Don't worry so much. Nobody will find you here. If someone comes looking for you we will tell them the same thing we told Hardy that you left for the hotel and want to be left alone."

"Thanks guys. Did I mention lately how much I love you guys?" Maria giggled and got up off the couch and hugged them both.

"So while we wait for our job to be over before we head to the hotel let's brainstorm on ideas on how to get back at Santino and Jillian," said Hunter. After all he was the one who came up with most of the pranks played on their friends on and off of camera.

Maria couldn't help but laugh at Hunter and Shawn. She even giggled when she noticed how they lit up at the thought of playing pranks on people. Even though they were older than her they reminded her of little kids.

Maria let Hunter and Shawn 'brainstorm'. She pulled out her headphones and plugged them into her laptop to listen to music while working on something.

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AN: What sort of prank should the guys play on Santino and Jillian?