Disclaimer: If I seriously owned anything in this story, do you think I'd be writing it? Exactly. I own Charity Burns, her family members, and all the other OCs. Nothing else. Zip. Zero. Nothing. Nada. Notadamnthing. :) Kapeesh? :)

A/N: Hey Hey! Glad to see fanfiction is fixed now! It drove me up the wall that no one was getting the alerts and such. I can't stress how mad it made me, lol. Well, this chapter says some important stuff, and sort of sets the stage for the night and what's gonna happen. Mainly the last chapter and this chapter do that. Anyway... thank you to all my readers and reviewers... did I mention y'all are AWESOME?! Because you are. :) Enjoy!

Minutes later… still Jeff's POV.

"I can't believe he did that!" Matt screams inside our lockerroom for the night. He's pacing around it, screaming and yelling about anything possible, as Beth and Charity watch on, not stupid enough to interrupt him. No, they leave that to me. "He can't talk to you like that," he tells Charity. "HELL! He can't talk to any of us like that! Who does he think he is? Just because he's champion doesn't make him better than anyone else!"

"Matt... try to calm down, it's over now. I know he's been an ass, but staying mad at him and letting him have that feeling of victory over you isn't going to help us any. We need to focus on tonight, and the plans we have," I state carefully to my still pacing brother.

"I KNOW! But I can't believe he has the nerve to say that to me, Jeff! And to say it in front of Charity no less! For all he could know, she could be some fan that we'd been taking to and… if that got out on the internet, it'd happen all over!" Matt rants, and sits down, head in his hands.

"Matt… breathe, breathe, you have lungs," I instruct, and run a hand through my hair. He is completely pissed, eyes still dark with anger. Beth and Charity don't dare to speak now.

I go to speak again, but someone knocks on the door in a rough and hurried pattern. Matt eyes it like its poison. "If that's Adam, please let him in so I can kick the hell out of his stupid ass!"

I cringe, and open the door slightly, not wanting to give Matt the chance if it is indeed Adam. Because even though I'm pissed too, going off and getting fired would not be a good idea. It's not Adam at the door though, but it might as well be. Its one of the guys that come out with him, but I forgot his name.

"Can I help you?" I mutter, looking over at Matt, and shaking my head. Matt sort of sighs in relief, and continues to look pissed.

"Uh… I need to talk to you guys," he states, and tries to peer into the lockerroom. I close the door a little more, and narrow my eyes. "Listen, Adam already has caused enough trouble. Please just leave."

I slam the door in his face and lean against it. Matt just scowls at the wood behind me and sets his head into his hands. Beth raises her eyebrows at me, while Charity just looks around the room awkwardly, as if she wasn't sure what to do. I don't blame her. Everyone has probably pretty much figured that what happened between Matt, Amy, and Adam was primarily in the past.

You know? That they can be in the same room or hallway and not kill one another. I thought so too, until tonight. Adam just had to start up for something stupid, and try to ruin a night that should forever lay in Charity's mind as one of the best nights of her life.

Thanks Adam, thanks a lot.

"Hey… Matt… we gotta go see if we'll be able to make Charity coming out during the match possible for tonight," I whisper, deciding that taking Matt out of the room would be the best bet. If we're alone, maybe I can calm him down a bit more. He doesn't even protest, which surprises me, since it's usually his way or the highway, and he seems to be a-okay with sitting on the couch and mumbling curse words about Adam under his breath. "You guys gonna be okay here?" I ask Charity and Beth, as we exit through the door.

Beth nods for the both of them. "We'll be fine, hun."

"Alright," I answer smiling and head out of the room.

-Charity's POV-

I don't think I'm an Edge fan any longer after seeing what he did to Matt, Jeff, Beth, and I before. That was horrible, how could he just say that to Matt, who was merely just sticking up for us? He was totally in the wrong and just… ew. Why would anyone like him after hearing that? Better yet: what did Amy see in him at all? I wouldn't have believed any charming word that came out of his dirty mouth.

I guess that leaves me sitting in the lockerroom with Beth now, in silence. We chatted for a few minutes, merely about a couple things that Adam said, but then it grew quiet.

"Hey… I'm gonna go get a soda from the vending machine," Beth states suddenly, standing up. "Do you want anything, hunny?" I shake my head no, and she smiles. "Alright. Be back in like five minutes."

"Kay." Now I'm even more bored in the lockerroom. There isn't much to look at, after all, just some small lockers and the guys' gym bags on the floor. So instead, I loop my eyes toward the door and stare out it.

As I'm staring, I see a blur of blonde hair walk by… Shannon? Quickly, I head out of the room, and look out. Yep, I was right. "Shannon?" I call out to him, to which he flips around quickly, eyes wide when he sees me.

"Charity… hi," he whispers. My heart jumps around in my chest at his hello, and I feel myself wobble from my nerves about the entire day, and my two most recent situations.

I study him quickly though. "What are you doing here?"

Stupid question, I quickly realize, he works for the WWE. They're taping Smackdown/ECW tonight, of course. "I uh… work here?" he asks slowly, looking around nervously.

"Right," I reply, and feel the awkwardness rise around us. I stare down at my flats in default. When I look up, he's already heading down the hallways, walking quickly, his voice mumbling words about a plan. "Shannon – wait," I whisper, but he doesn't hear me.

I walk back in the lockerroom, and sigh. How could my heart totally jump around like that? I was so mad at Shannon for what he did to me; he wasn't allowed to make my heart jump without my permission! Okay, so that sounds stupid. He probably had no idea that my heart was doing flip-flops along with my stomach when I saw him.

I guess it's my fault then, since suddenly, I feel like I need to talk to him, to demand the answer of why he told me no, especially after I admitted that I was very attracted to him after all. Shannon's sort of that person you hate at first, and then find yourself fall for. You hate that he doesn't take anything seriously, but at the same time, it makes you feel fuzzy and giggly.

He's sort of like a Teddy Bear too, the one you just want to cuddle up with and not let go. Sort of kiddish and annoying, but you can't help but smile when he kids around. Damn… why didn't I just let him in when he wanted to… but then again, maybe he'd pull what he's pulling now?

I sigh once more, just as Matt comes back in the room again, alone though. He seems less pissed and flustered too, which makes me happy. I smile warmly at him and wave. "Everything okay?"

Matt smiles back at me, just as warmly. "Everything is fine." He sits next to me on the couch and turns directly to me. "I have good news. Wanna take a stab at it?" His smile turns to a full out playful grin as his awaits my answer.

"I'm gonna be appointed general manager of Smackdown! and never have to hear Vickie's voice ever again?" I say as a joke, as I had met Vickie only about a half hour ago, and she was a very nice woman.

"No…" Matt laughs, while rolling his eyes. "We were able to arrange it so you'll announce my match tonight on Smackdown!" he tells me with a wider smile than before.

"OH MY GOD!" I squeal, standing up, and nearly feeling my knees collapse from under me. "You're not serious!" Matt stands up too, and I wrap my arms around him and into a large hug. "Thank you!"

I plant a light kiss on his cheek, but it kind of comes out on his lips, because he juts suddenly at something at the door. I turn around, and see nothing there. "Matt… is everything okay?" I ask, suddenly worried. The smile from his face is gone, and he now looks worried. "Matt?"

Matt quickly replaces his smile. "Everything is fine," he says quickly, but the look in his eyes states otherwise.

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