Fighting For Nothing

Maria was in that horrid hotel room again tending to Aj who was having a bad hangover. She couldn't help but to smile every time she heard him retching in the bathroom. It warmed her heart knowing he was in pain. She also couldn't stop thinking about last night with Jeff. One of his arms might have been in a cast, but that didn't make him any less of an amazing love maker. As she thought for a moment about the way his lips traced her body she couldn't help but smiling happily. The way their sweat ridden bodies pressed together made her toes curl. She closed her eyes and exhaled before erasing the memories from her head. She decided it wasn't safe thinking about them here.

"Maria!" Aj yelled.

"...Yes Aj?" Maria said waiting to answer.

"What'd you do last night?" Aj asked coming up close to her. She stared at him hesitantly for a minute before answering.

"I was here...all last night I promise." She lied.

"Really? Then how come when I saw Hardy last night..he seemed happy." He said his eyes looking her over.

"..He did?" She breathed trying to hide her excitement.

"Yea...he did...maybe he slept with some broad." He suggested.

"..Oh...maybe." Maria said trying her hardest to sound genuinely hurt.

"Aw." He said believing her. "Don't be hurt sweetheart. You don't need Jeff. He's an asshole. I saw the way he talked to you that day. He doesn't care anything about you he's a pathetic excuse of a boyfriend. You need a real man in your life." He said. "I can be that man." Maria stared at him for a second she was so angry. She could punch him in the side of his throbbing head and rip out his throat. How dare he talk about Jeff that way. He didn't know him at all. Nobody knew Jeff better than Maria other than his family of course.

"Aj Styles...you will never be half the man that Jeff Hardy is. He is sweet and he is kind. Yes, he has made his mistakes in life, but that doesn't matter, because that's is the present. He's not the one forcing a woman that wants nothing to do with him to live with him, take care of him, sleep with him. He's not the one who has his friends coming out and sabotaging his matches so that he wins. Jeff loves me so much. He loves me in a way that you Aj Styles will never be able to understand!" She shouted tears streaming. Aj's face cringed a little. His head felt like a thousand men were stomping inside of it.

"Maria." Aj said.

"And you know what! Jeff wasn't smiling because he screwed some broad last night...he was smiling because he was screwing me last night." She said. His head snapped painfully towards her. Maria's hear was racing she was terrified, but she knew in her heart that she had done the right thing so she mentally prepared herself for the next thing.

Jeff's Room

Shannon, Daphne, Alex, Christy, and Madison all sat in Jeff's room with him tonight. They decided to have a little get together.

"Okay guys, Alex and I have some big news!" Christy smiled happily.

"What is it?" Daphne and the others asked.

"...We're having a baby!" Alex and Christy exclaimed together.

"Oh my God!" Madison screamed. "This is so exciting! We have so many great things going on right now! The wedding and now the baby!"

"Congratulations guys!" Shannon exclaimed.

"Yea, that's really amazing guys." Daphne agreed.

"I'm happy for you guys...but I have one question Alex...who's gonna be the Godfather?" Jeff asked smirking.

"Yea..that's a damn good question!" Shannon said interjecting himself.

"Ohh no! You guys are not doing this to me!" Alex chuckled.

"Haha alright, maybe not tonight, but we will find out soon enough." Jeff laughed. "I want skittles...you guys wanna go to the vending machine?"

"Yea sure." Alex said. Shannon nodded in agreement and the three men left the room. They all walked down the hall around the corner and to the vending machine, but before they reached the machine they noticed a bunch of people crowded around whispering. There were men in uniforms in the center.

"Hey...isn't that Aj's room?" Jeff asked. He began walking slowly towards the crowd.

"Jeff man, maybe it- maybe it isn't. C'mon let's just go back to the room." Shannon said tugging Jeff's arm. Ignoring his friends advice he walked over to the crowd peering through them. There was a stretcher with the uniformed men. On that stretcher he saw his beautiful Maria. She looked so different. Her wonderful face was covered in bruises. Her bottom lip was busted, her cheeks darkened by the bruises that hid them. The side of her eye was swollen. Her throat had a hand print that closed itself around it.

"Maria." He said his voice shaking wildly. Two other uniformed men came out of the room as they took her away. Aj was in handcuffs being led out. "You son of a bitch!" Jeff howled. Anger flashed in his eyes as he attacked Aj. Spearing him into the wall and beating him relentlessly. He didn't hesitate to use his cast on him either. All he could think about was how much he wanted to hurt this man as bad as he hurt Maria.

"Jeff!" Shannon yelled running with Alex grabbing Jeff trying to control him. "Jeff c'mon man don't do this!"

"Let it go man! We'll deal with him later!" Alex shouted holding one of Jeff's arms as Shannon restrained the other.

"No! I'll fucking kill you if you ever lay another hand on her Aj! I'll kill you sick son of a bitch!" Jeff yelled as the police hurried to get the now groggy and injured Aj out. The people crowding around were talking louder now they were rooting for Jeff. They praised him for whooping Aj's ass, but Jeff didn't care. Right now he just wanted to be with Maria. He wanted to hold her. He needed to hold her and let her know that everything was going to be okay.