Chapter 29
When they arrived at the next arena for SmackDown, they immediately went to find Vince and Stephanie for a security briefing and to discuss the rumors over the internet. Matt had went online briefly that morning to see read if anything else was posted. Of course there was. People had posted comments and lies about Jessica, but most of them were just blaming Jeff for her breakdown. Matt knew that this was something that Vince didn't want to just ignore. He understood that what was being said would affect the story lines and people perceptions. Jeff was being blasted on most of the websites.
"We're going to figure out who this source is." Vince told them all after they had settled.
"When did you find this?" Stephanie asked Matt.
"I didn't Jess did."
"Since when did you start reading gossip sites?" She asked her.
"I usually don't but when room service came, there was a website address on a napkin so I went to it." She told them.
"Wait what? You didn't say anything about a napkin." Jeff looked to her.
"Well, after what I read I kind of forgot about it."
"Jess, that was important, it was evidence. Someone wanted you to see that site." Jeff yelled.
"I'm sorry. I got a little preoccupied with the fact that my entire breakdown was reported to the world. I got distracted." She said defensively.
"Okay, do you have the napkin?" Vince asked her.
"I threw it out." They looked at her exasperated. "I'm sorry!"
"All right. There's nothing we can do about it now. What we need is to figure out what to do next." Vince said. "I think you're going to need to make a statement."
"Why?"
"Honey, they're blaming Jeff." Matt told her.
"What do you mean they're blaming Jeff?" She asked.
"I looked at the site again this morning. Most people are blaming Jeff for your suicide attempt."
"That's ridiculous." She said. "Do they really think that I'm that weak; that I would actually try to kill myself over that?"
"Based on what was written that's how they feel."
"So what do I do?" She looked to Vince.
"We'll post a response on our website." He told her.
"Yea but I don't want to talk about why I really did it. He's not getting any press out of this." She said.
"I agree with Jess, especially since he was probably the one that leaked the story to begin with." Stephanie said.
"Do you think?" She asked her.
"Yea, I do. He must have left the address on the napkin because he wanted you to see it. My guess is that he thought he could hurt you by telling everyone your secret."
"Yea, well I'm not hurt. I'm pissed off." She paused. "Fine, I'll write the statement. I'll do it when we're done here."
"Okay, moving on. You have the next three days off. I need to know what you want to do about it? Do you want to go home?" He looked to Matt and Jeff who nodded then looked to Jessica.
"What about you?"
"I want to go with Jeff and Matt." She said.
"What about New York? You haven't been to your house since he broke in." Vince said.
"Not yet, maybe I'll be ready next week." She told him.
"Okay. I'm going to let you go but on one condition. I want the guards to go with you. They're trained for this and I know they will keep you safe. This is not negotiable." He sternly warned them. "And if there are any problems what so ever. You're on the first flight out." They all agreed.
"All right. You guys go get settled. You have one more promo to shoot then you can prepare for your match." Stephanie said. "Jess, you can hang out here for a little bit first and write your press release. We'll get it up on on the site immediately."
Jeff gave Jessica a quick kiss then he left with Matt. Jessica looked to Stephanie and she could tell that she wanted to talk to her but was waiting for her father to leave. They both stared at him expectantly.
"What?" He asked.
"Dad, you don't have to stay you know. I can take it from here."
"Girl Talk." Vince mumbled and Stephanie nodded. "I'll be around." He said and left.
"So?" Stephanie asked.
"So what?" Jessica looked to her amused.
"You know what I want, details. How are things going with Jeff?"
"Good."
"Oh come on Jess. Spill."
"All right, things are better than good. It's almost like we never left off you know. I mean, with everything that's going on, it's strange, he just always seems to know what I need."
"Look, I'm your friend so I have to say this. I know how you feel about him and I also know that you never stopped loving him. I just want you to be careful. You know, don't move to fast. Don't rush anything, take it slow." Stephanie said and Jessica looked away. "Oh my god. You already had sex!" She yelled.
"Do you wanna be a little louder? I'm pretty sure there are some people in the parking lot who didn't hear you."
"Jess, it's only been a couple of weeks."
"I know but it just felt right."
"What about everything that happened?" Stephanie asked her.
"We didn't just rush into it, at least not in my eyes. Jeff and I had a very long conversation. We put everything out there, you know. We both made mistakes in the past but I want to move on and so does he. So be happy for me okay?"
"Trust me, I am. It's good to see you smiling again. Of course it's probably just the after sex glow." She teased.
"Steph! You know maybe we should that in the press release. Jessica acknowledges her suicide attempt but don't worry she okay. She getting sex now." They both laughed.
"Just get writing, but keep it simple. We got a lot of work to do tonight." Stephanie handed her some paper and a pen, then went to her desk to take care of some business.
Jessica stared at the paper not quite knowing what she wanted to say.
"Just let it flow out of you." Stephanie said to her. Jessica picked up the pen and wrote.
'I'd like to take a moment to thank all my fans for their support in my return to the WWE. However it has recently come to my attention that there have been certain articles and comments posted about my absence from the wrestling world, so I feel compelled to address them. As the pictures that have surfaced show, I did indeed attempt to take my own life while I was away from the WWE. While I know that there are many people wondering why, at this time I do not feel I am ready to discuss the full circumstances around it. I do want to stress that contrary to any reports, Jeff Hardy was not responsible. I hope that people will respect my privacy on this very personal matter and know that eventually the whole truth will come out. In the mean time I would like to thank Jeff and Matt Hardy, as well as the WWE in a whole for their continuous support in my attempt to reclaim my life.'
Jessica re-read her statement and was happy with how it turned out. She gave it to Stephanie who quickly read it then smiled back at her.
"It's good. I'll get it posted right away. Oh and here." Stephanie handed her a cell phone.
"What's this for?"
"So that maybe you can call me and actually keep me up with what is going on in your life."
"Steph, I'm sorry. I know I haven't called a lot but there's always a Hardy around. I can't talk to you about my boyfriend when he's right in the room."
"Well, now you have a cell. So you can go into the bathroom and tell me all about it."
"So wait you want all the intimate details?"
"Get out of here." She said as Jessica laughed. "I'll catch up with you later." Jessica stepped out of the office and with her guards went to the locker room to get dressed.
When she got into the room, all the Diva's stopped talking. By the looks on their face she could tell that she had been their topic of conversation. Ignoring them all she placed her bag down and started to change. As she was changing her top she could feel all eyes were on her. She turned her head and saw one of them trying to get a look at her arms.
"Okay. Let's get this over with. Here you go." She turned her arms to reveal her scars to everyone. "And yes, they are what everyone says they are. So now that everyone's seen them we can move on. Any questions?" She looked around the room and no one said anything.
"Good. I'm going to finish getting ready." She finished changing and took a quick look in the mirror then walked out. Matt and Jeff were waiting outside.
"All set?" Jeff asked coming over to her. She gave him a hug. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, it's was just a little cold in there but it's all better now that you're here." She said leaning into him.
"I'm glad I could help. Let's get going. You're gonna love this next promo."
"What is it?" Jessica asked.
"It just us walking to the ring." Matt said joining them.
"I could do that." She said laughing.
After filming, they had their six person inter gender tag team match with Edge and Christian teaming with Maryse. The match went back and forth until all of them were fighting inside the ring. The ref rang for the bell signaling an end to the match but the six of them continued to fight. While Jessica was taking out Maryse, and Jeff was sprawled outside the ring, Edge and Christian went for the chairs and hit Matt with a conchairto; leaving only Jessica alone in the ring with them. As she turned around she was speared by Edge. Laying motionless in the ring Edge leaned over and kissed her and then the two of them went off celebrating. Jeff ran over to her and carried her off.
"You know you can put me down now?" She said to Jeff when they got off.
"I don't know, I kind of like this." He told her then started to spin around.
"Jeff, you're making me dizzy." She complained and he finally put her down. "Thank you."
"So was it as good for you?" Adam said coming over to them.
"Yea, you know you could have went a little easy there." She said rubbing her ribs.
"Sorry babe but you can say you've been speared by the best." He joked to her.
"Well now you know you're getting the knee." She said.
"Can't wait." He said sarcastically. "We'll see ya guys in a few days." He and Jay went off leaving the three of them.
"You okay?" Jessica said to Matt.
"He's fine. He's got a big head." Jeff said .
"Yea, you know next time how about I'm the one laying outside the ring and you get smacked with metal." Matt told him.
"Come on you guys. Let's get out of here." Jessica said linking her arms with them.
