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Chapter 2

At the arena...

He sat at the back of the meeting room not saying a word. He had said very little since last night. He needed her and she left. He had been receiving strange looks. It was strange to see him walking alone instead of with her. Hell, it felt strange to him as well.

The meeting droned on until he heard…

"…will be taking an extended leave of absence," Vince said causing a stir among the Superstars and crew members. He felt everyone's eyes on him. He knew why. He should know why or where she is, but he didn't.

"Now," Vince continued a little loudly bringing focus back to him. "I know some of you are concerned but I am going to respect her wishes. So no questions please. That is all for today." Vince turned and left the room. Slowly followed by the wrestlers' still throwing glances his way. He stayed seated until it was just him and his core friends still sitting in the room.

"Why did she leave," Greg asked.

"Where did she go," Shannon wanted to know.

"Why didn't she talk to me," Jeff pondered leaning his face on his chin and looking at his brother.

"She just left," Matt said looking back down.

"When did she leave," Jeff asked.

"This morning," Matt replied. "She left a note. We are not to look for her. When she wants to see any of us she will contact us. She needs her space."

Jeff looked at Matt. His brother looked like a lost puppy. He told him he needed to treat her better. He told him that so many times.

"It's your fault," Shannon said glaring at Matt.

"I know," Matt said sadly.

"You treated her as if she didn't matter," Greg continued.

"We are all to blame," Jeff said suddenly standing up causing confused looks. "We could have stopped this. She cried for you man. We all saw what you were doing to her and we let it happen."

"I didn't mean to," Matt said emotionally.

"Whether you did or not, she is still gone," Jeff said softly.

Matt finally had enough. Sure he could be an asshole but seeing his three best friends glaring at him over a girl pushed him over the edge. He stood up and turned over a chair startling his friends.

"Get over it," he yelled. "She left. Sasha left. She left me and she left all of you. No forwarding address, no contact information. You all are so twisted over some piece of pussy that doesn't care about what she left behind. You all are so content to blame me for everything cause God forbid the little princess did any wrong. Why are you all upset, going to miss your fuck buddy?"

Matt knew he stepped over the line with that last comment by the anger he felt radiating off of them. Suddenly he was slammed up against the wall by his brother.

"You listen you arrogant fuck," Jeff growled angrily. "Sasha was the best thing to happen to you. If she felt she had no choice but to leave then I blame you." He slowly let Matt sink to the floor. Without a glance back he left the room.

"She loved you and you treated her like shit," Shannon seethed. "Why she stayed with you as long as she did, I'll never understand." Matt looked up as he was left with Greg.

"You got something to add," he choked out as he rubbed his throat from where Jeff grabbed him.

Greg just shook his head in disgust and left him alone.

Tampa, FL, three days later…

Sasha looked out across the beach and out into the ocean. She actually felt peaceful for the first time in a long time. She looked back at the beach house. She was glad she told no one about her secret place.

Her phone rang again. She looked at it with a groan. Jeff, Shannon and Greg have not given up calling her. They each seem to be taking turns with the calls. She was shocked when the screen read McMahon. She decided that was one she needed to answer.

"Hi Vince, how can I help you?"

"Thank God you answered."

Sasha was amazed. She never heard him so concerned before.

"What's up?"

"What's up? She has the nerve to ask what's up. Do me a favor and call Jeff, Shannon or Helms. If they don't stop bothering me about you, I may have to fire them!"

Sasha laughed. Her boys were tenacious if nothing else.

"Glad you find this amusing."

"Sorry Vince. I just can't believe you let those three get under your skin." She let out a sigh. "I will call them today to let them know I'm okay."

"Are you okay?"

"I will be. Thank you for everything." Sasha said her good bye and hung up. With a groan she headed back to her house, part of her inheritance from her parents. She looked at her phone and scrolled her missed calls. Pressing send, she knew she wouldn't have to wait long for the call to be answered.

"It's about time," the person growled into the phone.

"Oh take a pill Nero," Sasha said with a sigh.

"Take a pill," Jeff asked. "You disappeared on us Sash. Aren't we allowed to be concerned?"

"Yes, but if you would have waited I would have called," Sasha said. She knew how upset her friends would be but she needed to do what she did.

"Where are you," he asked. "I want to see you."

"I'm not telling."

"Why not?"

Sasha wanted to laugh at the whine in Jeff's voice. No matter how bad Matt treated her, Jeff was the shoulder she leaned on. It was killing her not to be able to tell him everything but she knew what she had to do.

"I need to get my head together Nero," she said almost in a whisper. "I need to get back to being who I was before him."

"Sash, he misses you."

"What does he miss," she asked huffily. "Does he miss me doing his laundry, cleaning his house? Does he miss being able to walk all over me? I loved him but he didn't love me. He wouldn't love me. I know where I ranked in his life. I was just there for the satisfaction factor. I gave him what he needed and I got squat in return."

"Sash, he misses you." She sighed as Jeff repeated his earlier statement.

"He can't miss what he never really wanted," Sasha said with tears in her voice. "I was a warm body in a cold bed. All he had to do was love me just a bit. I am not greedy. But he couldn't even do that. This time away is what my head and heart need to heal."

"What about your friends," Jeff asked.

"You're his brother," Sasha said wiping the tear that ran down her face. "Shannon and Greg are his friends as well. Is it fair to make you all choose sides? Because you know that's what's going to happen. Please respect my decision. I will phone you guys to let you know that I am alive. I really can't see you all again because I will not be able to leave again. I love you all so much."

"We love you too Sash," Jeff said. "I will respect your wishes even though I don't agree with you. I expect a phone call once a week."

"You got it Nero," Sasha said letting out a breath. "I love you guys too. I will call you in a week." With a click of the phone she let her best friend go. Placing a hand on her stomach she let out an even bigger breath.

At another arena...

Jeff closed his phone and looked at the three faces staring at him. Jeff had the phone on speaker from the moment she answered. Shannon turned and glared at Matt. Greg looked like he wanted to be anywhere but there right then. Matt, well Matt knew an argument was brewing.

"At least we know she's okay," Jeff said trying to play diplomat. He looked at his brother."Are you happy now?"

"What do you mean Jeffro," Matt sat leaning against the wall.

"What he means," Shannon said still upset. "Are you happy with the way you treated her? That she saw no other way to leave you than to have to leave us as well?"

"Calm down Shannon," Greg said slowly. "Matt isn't all wrong, you know. I love Sasha just like you guys do but she chose to let him treat her however he wanted. She turned the blind eye to his extra activities. She chose to stay and take care of him. How can Matt be totally at fault if her choices kept things they way they were."

Shannon started yelling at Greg and Greg started yelling back. Jeff tried to get between them to stop but he was being pushed between them. Suddenly Matt let out a roar.

"ENOUGH!!"

The three of them turned to the quiet Hardy. "You three are doing exactly what she said you would. You are choosing sides."

Shannon and Greg sat down but still stared daggers at each other. Jeff flopped into his chair exhausted over the past few days.

"I know I was wrong in not showing her how I feel about her," Matt said running a hand down his face. What's that expression? You don't know what you had till it's gone. "I do love her and because of that, we need to respect her wishes just like Vince said."

"At least she is going to call every week," Jeff said trying to find the middle ground.

"Calling isn't the same as seeing," Shannon grumbled. He thought of Sasha as his little sister. Knowing she was hurting was hurting him.

"It's something," Jeff replied. "We have a house show to do. Why don't you and Greg go grab a bite to eat? Matt and I need to go over our match."

"Fine," Greg said pulling Shannon up from the chair. With a wave, they left the two brothers alone.

"I fucked up," Matt said after a few moments of silence.

"Yes you did," Jeff said grabbing tape out of his bag. "You fucked up real big."