Chapter 3

It was as if time had stood still. Trish couldn't believe what she was seeing.

Is he really here? I'm dreaming, I must be! This is just a figment of my imagination! She thought as she just stared at Dwayne who stared back at her. His eyes never leaving hers.

Vince looked at the two and sensed a slight uneasiness. "I'll um, I'll just let you two get reaquianted." Vince replied as he hastly cut across the room and out of the door. Once he was outside he let out a breath.

Thank God it's not me she mad at! He smiled slightly and stepped away from his door but keeping a close watch on his office as he didn't want anything or anyone interrupting the two occupants of his office.

It had been 2 or 3 minutes since Vince left and Trish still hadn't moved nor had she said a word. Dwayne sighed, figuring it was up to him to make the first move.

"Trish, I understand that-" He walked towards her and was about to take her hand but he reeled backwards, clutching his cheek.

Trish just glared at him. She had just gave him a sharp backhander that Stephanie McMahon herself would have been proud of.

"You have no idea how I feel! Don't you dare try and imply you know how I should be feeling!" She hissed at him.

Dwayne's heart sank as he rubbed his cheek. Well what did you expect? Nearly 2 months and not one phonecall? He ignored the sarcastic voice that just happened to appear in his head.

"Trish, you have every right to be mad at me...I should have called you..." He attempted to try again but her bitter laugh cut him off again.

"Why thank you! I know I should be mad! You should have called but guess what Dwayne you didn't!" She replied and he mentally winced at the emphasis she placed on certan words.

"I wanted to...believe me I did!" He announced his gaze fixed firmly on her whereas before he avoided looking directly at her. She scoffed at him but she didn't say anything so he guessed he could go on. "I was messed up, I wasn't even sure if I was coming back and I didn't want to hurt you." He said sincerly.

Trish just stared at him and sighed. "I just wanted one call. One measley little call to know that you were all right..." Her voice was beginning to crack as she spoke. "it's funny that you cared about my feelings yet by not calling you hurt me even more!" She finished her voice full of sadness. She turned away from him, her eyes filling up with tears.

Her gentle sobs filled the room and before Trish could say or do anything she felt his strong arms wrap around her. Her head rested against his shoulder as sobbed uncontrollably. He closed his eyes as he stroked her hair.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do anything to hurt you. If I could take it back I would. I love you so much Trish." Dwayne whispered as he held her close to him.

Trish sniffed and moved her head from his shoulder, she looked up at him with sad eyes. "I-I...how will I know you won't leave me again?" Trish asked him her voice barely above a whisper.

Dwayne just looked at her. They were now standing at arms length but he still held onto her. He wanted nothing more to pull her close again and declare that he would never leave her. But what if he got injured again? What if it was more serious than last time...career threatening? He didn't want Trish to risk her career for the sake of looking after him.

Trish just pulled away and shook her head. She had mistook his unsure silence about his feelings as a sign that he couldn't promise her what she wanted.

"So much for the I love you!" Trish spat at him. Her sadness was now replaced by bitterness.

"Trish..." Dwayne began snapping to the present to reassure her he was thinking about her feelings. If you hurry up and tell her then she'll know you care about her!

She didn't give him a chance to speak. "Just let me know when you're planning on leaving so I can come and wave you off this time!" She yelled at him before turning sharply on her heel and exiting Vince's office.

Vince stared at Trish who just glared at him before swiftly walking back to the locker rooms. He sighed and ran a hand through his hair before trudging back into his office. That didn't look promising...when he saw Dwayne's stony expression he knew things didn't work out as planned.

"Well, it could have been worse." Vince remarked but quickly shut his mouth as Dwayne glowered at him.

Trish didn't care that she was receiving looks from both her fellow WWF co-workers and Alliance members as she headed to the Hardy's locker room. She opened the door and frowned when she realised the room was empty.

Where are they? Matt and Jeff's match isn't until the middle of the show... Trish's worried thought was soon wiped out of her head when she heard voices coming from the bathroom.

"I told you not to do it and what did you do? You did it! Seriously you act like children sometimes!" Amy could be heard reprimanding someone.

"I didn't think this would happen!" Jeff cried in protest.

Trish figured the younger Hardy must have been the one the red head had just told off.

"I can't believe you let him do that! You're his older brother! It's your job to make sure he doesn't hurt himself due to his own stupidity." Amy had now turned on Jeff.

Trish grinned and decided now was the time to make her presence known. "Hey guys..." She began a bright smile on her face, masking her true feelings from her friends, she soon frowned however, when she noticed Jeff leaning over a sink, whining in agony as he clutched at his head. Matt was trying his hardest not to laugh-probably at his brother- and Amy was glaring at both of them, her arms folded. "what's up?" Trish added confused as to what was going on.

Amy turned to her friend and sighed. "I left them alone for 5 minutes!" She cried in exasperation, throwing her hands up in the air.

Trish turned to Matt as she sensed Amy was going to moan at her about the two men before informing her as to what had happened.

Matt looked at Trish and smiled. "It's nothing really...Amy's just being a tad over reactive!"

This statement caused another whine to come from Jeff and Amy to scoff at her boyfriend. "Oh so you think daring your little brother to crush up Skittles and then snort them up his nose is funny?"

Matt giggled. "Ames how do you not think it is? Jeffro didn't taste the rainbow...he smelt it instead!"

This caused Matt to burst into hysterical laughter. Even Jeff chuckled even though his head was hurting. Trish even managed a smile and Amy couldn't help but grin at her boyfriend.

"Will he be okay?" Trish asked as she and Amy walked out of the bathroom.

Amy looked over her shoulder as Matt laughed while making sure his younger brother was okay.

"He'll live, compared to crashing through tables, a few snorted candies shouldn't do any harm...how did your meeting with Vince go?" Amy asked as they sat down one the bench.

Her question caught Trish off guard as she realised that she hadn't even had the chance to give Vince her answer about whether or not she was going to stay.

This didn't go unnoticed by Amy who frowned at her friend. "What happened?"

Trish's eyes widened. "Oh! Um nothing, he was just concerned about me not answering his calls earlier." Trish waved her hand in an attempt to pass the situation off as nothing important.

"Trish, you can't bullshit me! I live with Matt and Jeff!" Amy rolled her eyes. "Something went on in that office and it must have been pretty big because you look like Bambi caught in headlights right now." Amy remarked.

Trish sighed and looked at her friend. "I really don't want to talk about it right now..." she glanced at the bathroom door which drew Amy's attention away from her friend. "I'll talk later, when we get back to the hotel." Trish finished as she didn't want to be over heard from the two brothers because if they found out Dwayne was back they might not take it lightly.

Amy smiled and gently squeezed her friend's shoulder. "When you're ready, let me know."

"Is everything alright?" Matt asked which caused the two women to look at him. Jeff stood silently beside him.

"We're fine...girl stuff." Amy said with a grin which made them grimace slightly.

"Are you feeling better?" Trish asked Jeff who nodded.

"My head isn't as sore but I'll live, I can't wait to get out there and face Rob and Billy Kidman! Hopefully I'll be able to shut that asshole up for once!" Jeff said with a grin. He was referring to Rob Van Dam the ECW wrestler who happened to take his Hardcore title from him at InVasion.

"I'll be rooting for you, seen as I have the night off." Trish teased.

"Well you need all the rest you can get, what with having to deal with Jazz." Jeff shuddered.

"Please! Trish will be fine! Jazz is all talk believe me." Amy said dismissively.

"Oh, so how come she beat you on RAW a couple of months ago?" Matt teased.

Amy smirked at her boyfriend. "I was too busy staring at that young Alliance referee." She remarked which wiped the smile off Matt's face. She turned to Trish (who along with Jeff was trying to keep a straight face) "You know that hot brunette with that cute little ass!" Amy joked but squealed when Matt playfully grabbed her and mock threatened to fling her in the shower.

Trish laughed at her friend's antics but she couldn't forget the incident in Vince's office. She got what she wanted yet she still felt like shit.

At least he's here...once Shane finds out he won't be pleased...You need to let Vince know what you're planning to do. She would speak to Vince after the show. That would give her time to calm down.

Later that night, RAW was in full swing. The show started with Stacy Keibler going one on one against Lita which the red head won as she managed to outsmart Torrie who rushed down to help her friend. Matt and Jeff were also successful as they beat Billy and Rob.

Booker T the current WCW Champion had accepted a challenge (made earlier that night) from Kurt Angle to a title match. Kurt had managed to make Booker tap when he hit him with an ankle lock which resulted in him becoming the new Champion.

This had caused Shane and Paul to head to the ring and announce that although Kurt been successful it was simply a one off and that the Alliance would put an end to Kurt and the other WWF Superstars careers.

They were both stunned when Vince's music hit and he appeared at the top of the ramp with a huge grin on his face.

"Shane! Paul! Once again your naivety never ceases to amaze me!" Vince declared.

Shane frowned at his father. He leaned against the ropes and glared at him. "Naivety? You honestly think I'm being naïve? Oh dad you have no idea how wrong you are! You see Kurt was lucky tonight..."

He was cut off by the roaring cheers of the crowd. "Shut up! You people have no idea how strong and dominating our Alliance is! Like I said...dad, tonight was simply a fluke and believe me, we will get that belt back and we will be the ones that destroy your-" He was cut off by Vince who rolled his eyes at his son.

"Company." Vince finished for him, his voice full of sheer boredom. "How many times are you going to keep convincing yourself before you actually believe that that's going to happen." He stated with a smirk which enraged the two men in the ring even further.

"We don't have to convince anyone Vince!" Paul yelled into his mike in an attempt to divert attention back to him and Shane. "After all, you haven't heard from your precious Chosen One in months! Chris Jericho is injured and we all know Taker and Kane simply cannot defeat Stone Cold, Booker T and Rhyno on their own!" Paul added grinning malevolently whilst Shane now smirked at his father who appeared to look defeated.

Okay, keep it together, remember the plan...look as defeated as you can...any minute now Vince kept his cool. While RAW was going on he and a reluctant Dwayne put the misfortunate altercation with Trish behind them and came up with a plan to show Shane who was the boss. They came up with this brilliant plan which was going well so far.

Suddenly the crowds were stunned as to why the lights shut off and the arena was now plunged in darkness.

The lights then came back on and both Shane and Paul were still staring at Vince, confused as to why he was now smiling at them and why the crowd was now making as much noise as possible.

Oh you have no idea how long I have been wanting to do this... Dwayne waited for the two to turn around and face him. He wanted to see the shock in their eyes-especially Shane McMahon's.

Shane looked at Paul who gulped and the two slowly turned around to face The Rock who grinned at their stunned reactions.

When the hell did he- Shane was cut off as he and Paul both received a Rock Bottom. The crowd went nuts and J.R. and the King were both screaming with excitement.

Dwanye walked over to one of the microphones that dropped when he attacked the two men. He picked it up and looked at the crowd and then to his boss.

He brought it to his lips and emphatically declared, "Finally, The Rock has come back...to the WWF."

Everyone was stunned as RAW went to a close. Amy shot Trish a look as she along with the rest of the WWF had packed into Taker's locker room as they were confused as to why Vince walked out alone into an arena where he could get attacked by Alliance members.

Trish mouthed "Sorry" at her friend and squeezed past the crowd to get out of the room. Amy watched her leave and was about to follow her but someone gripped her arm, holding her back.

"Let her go, she'll be back." Jeff reassured her as he had seen the whole thing.

Amy sighed and nodded and the two listened to the many conversations that were taking place in the room.

Both Vince and Dwayne had managed to get back to Vince's office unscathed. They were just inside when Trish entered.

"I realised that I hadn't told you about my decision." She got straight to the point.

Dwayne looked at her but she avoided looking at him. Her gaze was fixed on Vince.

"I take it you've reached a decision." Vince replied in a serious tone.

Trish nodded. "I thought about what you said and I've decided that I'm going..." She paused to take a deep breath and for one second Dwayne was afraid she was going to tell Vince she was leaving. "to stay."

Vince looked at her and back at Dwayne. A small smile formed across his face. "I am happy that you've overlooked your decision to leave Trish but after tonight I fear that things are going to get worse."

"I can assure you, I think I can handle myself against Stacy and Torrie." Trish replied confidently.

Vince chuckled. "I'm not saying you can't but I wasn't referring to them. I feel that after tonight who knows what those assholes will come up with. That is why I am placing you (he pointed at Trish) under his protection." Vince indicated to Dwayne.

Trish opened her mouth to protest but Vince's piercing glare shut her up. "Fine!" She said in a defeated tone.

She turned on Dwayne and narrowed her eyes at him. "If you think this means you're off the hook you're wrong."

"I didn't expect it." He said in a cool voice. He could play her at her own game. Sooner or later she would crack and he would be there to pick up the pieces.

A.N. This is totally irrelevant but I had to end here because I am sitting on the floor typing (random I know!) and my bum has gone numb! I was hoping to post this yesterday but my stupid Internet was playing up! I hope you enjoyed it, I was writing it while listening to the Germany v Spain Semi final match so I apologise if its not that great!

The next chapter will be up next week and once again thank you for all the reviews so far!