Thank you guys so much for the reviews all the last chapter! I would have had this chapter up yesterday, but my internet crashed. So, here's the next one and i hope you like it =)
Adam searched the backstage hallways for a familiar face that he had been searching for the past couple of days. It was killing him that he had yet to find her. She had to be here, she just had to. If there was one thing that she hated it was not being in that ring and not being in front of the thousands and thousands of cheering fans. He missed her so much and couldn't stand the fact of not knowing where she was and if she was okay.
"Looking for something? Or should I say someone?" John asked from behind Adam. Adam spun around to look at John in his bright purple and yellow shirt.
"Uh, yeah. Have you seen Alexis anywhere? I haven't seen her since….." Adam trailed off looking away from John, remembering the day that he felt his heart shatter. He tried to hide it as best he could, but he knew that some could tell how much he was hurting inside. He hoped that the next day he would have been able to talk the whole thing out with Alexis and explain it was a ploy put together by Randy and Amy, but he never got the chance.
"No, sorry man. She's not scheduled to be here tonight." John wanted nothing more then to find his close friend and help Adam and her resolve all of this. He, along with a majority of the people backstage, knew Randy had something to do with it and that Adam would never cheat on Alexis. Just the thought of when he and Randy had been good friends made him sick. How could he have been friends with such a terrible person?
"What? That doesn't make any sense. The only time Alexis ever missed a show was if she was injured. The doc looked over her and said she would be really to get back in the ring tonight." Adam was clearly confused.
"I wish I would help, but you know just as much as I do. But you're right. She never missed a show. Try talkin' to the big boss man. Maybe he can give you some answers." John gave Adam a reassuring smile and then headed down the hallway.
Adam took John's advice and headed to Vince's office. He gave a swift knock before he heard his boss tell him to come in.
"Hey, Adam. What can I do for you?" Vince asked, looking up from is many stacks of papers.
"I hate to bother you, but I was wonder why Alexis isn't scheduled to be on the show tonight?"
"I thought she would have told you." As far as Vince knew, Alexis and Adam were still in a relationship.
"We kinda had a little falling out a couple days ago and I haven't been able to reach her to clear things up." Vince never really got involved with Superstars personal lives unless it affect the company in some way.
"Oh, well she call me a couple of days ago and asked for some time off. I said it was fine a gave her till TLC. And before you even ask, no, she didn't mention where she was going."
Adam took a second to soak up what Vince and told him and then brought his attention back to his boss. "Okay, thank you Mr. McMahon."
"Not a problem Adam." Adam turned for the door and was about halfway out before Vince called, "I hope you two sort it out Adam."
"Me to sir, me to." Adam then walked off down the hallway trying to figure out what to do now. As far as he knew he would have to want till TLC to talk to Alexis. One thing was for sure thought…..he couldn't wait that long. He need to find a way to get to her.
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"Hey, Lex you gonna watch Raw with me or what?" Jeff asked from his position on the couch.
"Yeah, I'm comin'." Alexis walked from the kitchen with a bottle of Pepsi in her hand and sat down next to Jeff. She knew that there was a very good chance of her seeing Adam, but she was going to watch anyway.
The show started out with Mike, or 'The Miz' as most people know him, cutting a promo on Randy about their tables match at TLC. She was hoping that he wouldn't come out, but of course he did. As he walked down the ramp, she refrained herself from hurling something at the TV screen. After that there was a couple mid-card matches. Nothing that was anything big. Then she heard Michael say that the next match would be a rematch from the Friday before on Smackdown. She heard the oh, so familiar theme song sang by Alter Bridge blast through the arena. She braced herself for when he would come down the ramp.
Jeff felt Alexis tense up next to him. He put his arm around her shoulder and brought her a bit closer to him. As Adam, or now Edge, walked through the smoke with the World Heavy Weight Championship title around his waist all Alexis could do was smile. She could feel her heart beat faster and faster and she looked at him on the screen. She missed him so much. His voice, his touch, the security she felt when she was in his arms.
When the camera zoomed in on his face while he was on the turnbuckles, Alexis could see that there something different. She could tell he hadn't been getting much sleep even through he had an energetic look on his face. When she looked at his green eyes that she missed so much, she saw nothing but pain. Not that of physical pain, but emotional. Her heart began to ache and she instantly regretted watching Raw.
Alexis pushed off the couch and out of Jeff's grip and ran up the stairs to her room. Jeff got up off the couch and followed her. He gave a light knock on her door and waited for a reply. Instead of a reply he heard Alexis start to cry. It broke his heart to hear such a thing and walked into the room.
Alexis had her knees pull up to her chest and her head was resting on her knees. Jeff sat on the bad next to her and without saying a word, Alexis leaned into Jeff and continued to cry. Jeff wrapped his arms around her and tried to calm her. "Its okay, Alexis. It'll all be okay…."
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Alexiswalked quietly down the stairs. It had been 3 or so days since she broke down while watching Raw. She had never cried that much before. Not for Randy or anyone else. It was about 2 in the morning and see didn't want to wake Jeff. She couldn't sleep and needed some fresh air. Alexis pulled on of Jeff's jackets and a pair of shoes. She made sure she had her phone and then, as quiet as possible opened the back door. It gave off a squeak, but Alexis continued to do as planned. She exited the house being greeted by the chilly North Carolina air. At the back of Jeff's house was a huge wooded area. Alexis walked through the dark till she found Jeff's studio. She leaned against the outside of it and slid down so she was sitting on the ground. Her and Jeff would always come here to talk and just hang out. They never really went in unless Jeff want to show her something.
She took a deep breath, taking in the fresh air. She couldn't get her mind off Adam. Ever since she saw him on Raw she couldn't get his face out of her mind. Alexis was ripped from her thought as her phone vibrated. She pulled it from the jacket pocket and saw that it was a text from John. Usually she would just ignore them, but for so reason decided to read it.
John: "Alexis, you probably aren't gonna pay any attention to this, but if there was one thing you could ever do for me, its to call. Im worried sick about t you. I just need to know you're ok. Please call me. xxJohn
Alexis thought for a second. If there was one person she would want to talk to it would be him. John was the sweetest, most down to earth guy in that whole locker room. He always knew what to say. She scrolled through her contacts and found his name. She pressed the call button and waited for an answer. One the first ring he picked up.
"Alexis! You actually called me. Are you okay? Where are you?" John was ecstatic to have Alexis' name pop up on his phone screen.
"Physically, yes, I'm fine. Emotionally….not so much. I'm real sorry for pretty much blocking you and everyone else out. I just needed to get away."
"What's wrong? And where the hell are you?"
"That's a stupid question, you know that right? You should know what's wrong. And lets just say I'm with on of the most famous tag teams in the WWE and a reject." Alexis pulled the hood of the jacket and the wind started to pick up.
John took a second to figure out who it was before he got it. "The Hardy's and Shannon?" It shouldn't be a surprise to him. He knew the three of the them were as close you could get.
"Yup. Cameron, North Carolina." She smile as she said the name. There was so many great memories here. "But do me a favor and keep that mouth of yours shut and don't tell anyone."
"Yeah sure. No problem. I want to get back to the 'Ok physically, but not emotionally' part. I'm going to ask you a very simple question. Do you still love Adam?" John knew the answer to the this question. Well, at least he hoped he did.
"Yes. I still love him with all my heart, but everything is so fucked up right now." Alexis said without even thinking. She knew she still loved him and that it was never going to change.
"Okay then. So why won't talk to him? Things wouldn't be so fucked up anymore. The past couple of days, he hasn't been himself. Either he becomes real quiet and doesn't talk to anyone or he just snaps at people and get real pissed real easy. His heart is broken and all because you won't realize the obvious. That being that he didn't cheat on you and never will."
"John, I-"
"No, shut it. I'm not done. After all the shit Randy has put you throw, you're really gonna let him trip you up like this? He did this. All of it. Randy got Amy signed back. He put her up to it. Amy stole Adam's phone and key card. That's the only way she would have gotten them. Amy is just Randy's little puppet and they're doin' everything in their power to destroy you two. An old saying, that I'm sure you've heard, says that love conquers all. Adam loves you, you love him. Just sort things out with him. Please." John took a deep breath. She needed to hear that. He knew she was hurting and he knew that she didn't want anything to do with another cheating boyfriend, but she need to realized what was really happening.
Alexis let everything that John soak in. He was right. About Randy, Amy, their little plan, everything. Their was just one problem. How could she even think about talking to Adam. She believed Amy over him and broke his heart. Alexis didn't think he would ever forgive her for that.
"I believe you, but I just can't face him right now." Alexis heard the crunch of leaves off in the distance. She tensed, but focused on John.
"Are you kidding me? Just talk to him." She was so stubborn sometime.
"I'll talk to him when I'm good and fucking ready, okay? Stop trying to push the fucking matter." Alexis snapped. She didn't mean to. She knew he was just trying to help.
"You know what? That's fucking fine by me. Drown in your sorrows and misery for all I care. I guess this is what I get for trying to help." He was clearly pissed off. All he was trying to do was help and she gets mad and snaps at him? He was done. She knew the truth and still wasn't going to a damn thing about it.
"John, I'm sorry. I-" She didn't get to finish when the line went dead. "Damn It John!" She threw her phone into the darkness of the woods. Why could' he get the she need some time? Sometimes he really pissed her off.
Alexis leaned her head bad against the wall and closed her eyes. She didn't know how long she had been sitting like that before a voice broke her from her thought.
"Lose something?" Alexis' eyes snapped open as she nearly jumped out of her skin. Her heart felt like it was about to pound right out of her chest. She looked up at the dark figure in front of her, just barely being able to make out his facial features.
"Jeff, you scared the living shit out of me." Alexis was relived that it was him though.
"Sorry. I found this though." He handed her back her phone and took a seat next to her. "So what's up?"
"First of all, thank you for finding my phone. Second of all, how did you know I was out here?" Alexis inspected her phone after before placing back into her jacket pocket.
"I heard the back door squeak. I knew that the only place you would come to would be here. That and the fact the you talk extremely loud. Especially, that last part where you yelled 'Damn it John'."
"I snapped at him when he was just trying to help. I didn't mean to though." Alexis shivered as the cold was starting to get to her. Jeff noticed this and got up. He reached his down to her.
"I know you probably didn't. How 'bout you say we get back to the house?" Jeff knew that she hadn't been getting that much sleep and that it was definitely getting to her.
"Okay." Alexis took his hand and he pulled her up. They began to walk back to Jeff's house and Jeff put and arm over her shoulder and pulled her closer. Alexis rested her head on his shoulder and they continued to walk. She was going to talk to Adam, but she just didn't know when.
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