Chapter 30:

"I really wish you weren't leaving." Haley sadly told her friend, as he came back from the tag match he had just done with his brother.

Sweaty, out of breath, and a little saddened by the changes in the rosters so far, Jeff Hardy reached out with one arm and hugged Haley to him. "You'll be all right, Haley." He assured her. "Hunter and Ken are still here and now you have Rey and CM Punk."

"I like Rey very much, but we're not close friends." She kept an arm around his waist as they headed down the hall towards his locker room. "I like Punk too, but I hardly know him."

Jeff gave her shoulders a squeeze. "So now you'll get to know him. Besides Hales, we'll see each other every Pay-per-view. And anyways, ECW travels with SmackDown, so I'll get to be with my brother again, so there are positives here. It's not like you'll never see me again, I'm only a phone call away."

"It's not the same though." She pointed out.

"Maybe not." He agreed. "But, you are one of my best friends Haley and that's not going to change, no matter which brand we end up on. And the night's not over, who knows, you might end up on SmackDown too."

She shook her head. "I don't think I'm ready to leave RAW yet, there's still so much here for me to do."

"Well that's not up to you, Sweetie, the computer picks." He gave her another hug. "Don't worry about it so much, we'll adjust and make it through this. We'll just have to hang out more at the PPVs."

"Yeah, and who's going to save me from the freaks like Umaga?" She joked.

"Triple H." Jeff chuckled. "He took on Jericho for you; I think he's got your back."

"Ooh, I hope Jericho goes to ECW and gets squashed by Big Daddy V." Haley bristled at the mention of her former friend.

Jeff full out laughed. "Cruel woman, warranted, but cruel."

She shrugged. "Y2Jerk has it coming anyway."

"I'm going to miss you, Haley." Jeff told her honestly.

She flashed him a sad smile. "I'll miss you too, Jeff."

Haley watched the monitor in the Gorilla position while her man attacked Edge after his match with John Cena. La Familia had beaten Dave to a pulp last week and the Animal was thinking revenge and Haley would be more than happy to exact her own on Vickie for all the crap she put her boyfriend through.

"RAW gets another Draft pick." Mickie James commented, stepping up beside Haley.

"Hey, how's Melina?" Haley asked, referring the Mickie and Melina's match earlier in the night against Victoria and Natayla. Victoria had thrown Melina down from the turnbuckle and Latina had hurt her ankle on the landing it seemed.

"Broken heel." Mickie snarled. "Those bitches were crazy out there. They continued to attack even after they knew Mel was seriously hurt."

"Since she's fighting alongside us now, I guess I should check on her before she leaves." Haley sighed. "That's so strange, we highly dislike each other."

"So did we, but Mel's trying to make an effort now." Mickie shrugged. "She'd probably appreciate you coming to see her."

"I'll get around to it before the night's over." Haley decided firmly. "She was my tag team partner a couple weeks ago anyway, a crappy one, but my partner nonetheless."

Mickie smiled. "Ooh, here we go!" She pointed to the monitor, which was once again flickering through the members of ECW and SmackDown.

"AHHH!" Haley scream of joy echoed off the walls once their pick was revealed. Batista drafted to RAW!

Mickie laughed as her friend proceeded to do a happy dance in the middle of the Gorilla position, still shrieking with happiness. "Congratulations Haley!"

"Dave's on RAW!" Haley exclaimed breathlessly, elated that her boyfriend had come home. "He's here, with me!"

"Go out there and get your man!" Mickie pointed to the corner, giggling as Haley flew past her to do just that.

In the ring, Batista stopped trash talking Edge as soon as his girlfriend appeared, shoving past his adversary and racing down to the ring. The reality of the situation hit him; he had been drafted to RAW. He'd be with Haley full time again, and the only person who wasn't smiling right now, was the other man in the ring, her former boyfriend, John Cena.

"You're home!" Haley cried, coming through the ropes and leaping into his arms.

"I'm home, baby." He hitched her up so that her legs wrapped around his waist and her arms circled his neck. "You may have lost Jeff, but you've got me instead."

She rubbed her nose against his. "I think that's a pretty fair trade." Her eyes glimmered with happy tears. "I dreamt this would happen, prayed for it too, but I didn't think it would."

"It did, Baby." He let one hand travel up to tangle in her hair. "I'm here now, on RAW, with you."

"Where you belong." She let her forehead rest against his. "I'm so happy right now."

"Me too." He agreed. "I love you, Haley."

"I love you too, Dave." And there, in front of a sold out crowd and her ex-boyfriend, Haley kissed her boyfriend for the world to see.

She had been disappointed by the loss of Jeff to SmackDown, but now that Batista was on RAW, nothing would bring her down from the high she was on tonight. No more long distance, no more rushed phone calls or lonely nights. They were free to be together all the time now, as a couple and as hopefully as partners on Monday Nights.

"I'm thinking Evolution reunion." She giggled, as they pulled apart. "I mean, I know Ric's retired, but Randy and Hunter are here too."

"Hunter and I hate Randy though." He chuckled. "Come on, we should go back there and celebrate. After all, it's become a very happy day for us."

"You've got that right." She only got off her boyfriend, so they could exit the ring. Once they were on the mats below, she leapt onto his back for a piggyback ride. "This is just what I wanted to happen tonight."

"Me too, Baby." He carried her up the ramp and towards the back. "Me too."