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The chairs in Stephanie McMahon's office were always the most comfortable. Plush, usually leather bound, and reeking of expensive. Kayley was pretty positive that Steph had them brought to every different RAW with her. Sitting in them now, it was hard to notice the comfort. Vince was in the room with them, which never was good news. Vince usually handed the Diva's off to Steph for all decisions, so this must have been big.

"How are you feeling, Kayley?" He asked as he sat on the edge of Steph's desk.

"Good, strong."

"I'm glad to hear it." He covered his arms across his chest. "We're aware that you know Phil Brooks will be coming back to the company." Kayley sighed.

"I do. I saw him at the training center on Christmas Eve." Vince nodded. "There won't be any problems between the two of us, if that's what this is about. We're both adults and we can work together."

"Good!" Vince's voice boomed, a large smile on his face. "That was a part of why you're here, but not the only part." Kayley stayed quiet. Best to let Vince say what he wanted to say. "With the story line that happened before he left, we want to keep it up."

"No." Kayley didn't even hesitate. Her eyes were suddenly set on her boss, her jaw clenched.

"Kayley.." Steph's voice was soft, but Vince interrupted her.

"This will be a huge story line. It will be great for you and his career."

"Has he agreed to this?" Kayley asked and it was Steph who answered.

"We wanted to talk to you first." That made sense.

"I'll say it again, no."

"We'll make the writing really classy." Vince pushed.

"Listen, before he left you made us doing a remake of Matt, Amy, and Adam. It was bullshit originally, it was bullshit when we did it, and it will be bullshit again."

"It made you a lot of money." Vince argued and Kayley turned her attention to Steph.

"Come on, please." She finally begged. "I put everything I had on the line, mentally and physically, for you guys when we did this before. I can't do it again."

December 2013

There was no sound in Vince's office as Kayley sat uncomfortably, wishing she could run. In the chair beside her was Phil, avoiding eye contact. They hadn't talked since she moved her stuff out of his house two weeks earlier.

"Well, it's leaked to the fans that you're broken up and that Phil is now with AJ." Paul Levesque said, his voice tired.

"It was bound to." Kayley finally spoke.

"It leaves us with the question of how to handle it." Vince said.

"It's nobody's fucking business." Phil answered with a growl.

"Well, fans will react no matter who's business it actually is." Paul answered quickly, a small scowl playing in his face. Phil and Paul never really got along.

"What exactly are you guys suggesting?" Kayley asked.

"A story line." Vince answered and she heard Phil scoff beside her. "A love triangle with you two and AJ."

"What, are you going to change my name to Matt Hardy?" Kayley asked, annoyed.

"I'm not doing this." Phil insisted.

"The story is already being written." Vince was already annoyed, his eyes were on the paper in front of him. The decision was made and he wasn't going to change his mind. "You can do it or you can leave the company." Even Paul turned around to eye him. She could feel Phil's anger rising. "You have until the end of the day to decide." Kayley was up and out of the door first. It was idiotic. The story line was tired and had been done before. She went to the only person she wanted to see at that moment.

knock knock

"Come in!" Nicole called and Kayley opened the door, immediately the announcer knew something was wrong. "What happened? Was it Phil? I'll kick his tattooed ass."

"No, not exactly." Kayley closed the door to Nicole's small office behind her. "I just came from Vince's office. He wants to do a love triangle story line."

"Not the Matt and Lita thing."

"Oh pretty damn close." Kayley confirmed and Nicole rolled her eyes.

"That was the dumbest thing ever."

"Yeah, but it brought in 'huge ratings.'"

"Screw the ratings. Tell Vince you're not doing it."

"Oh, well, I could." Kayley answered as she leaned against the door. "If I do that I'm out of the WWE." Nicole eyed her friend looking for any sign that she was joking.

"You're serious?"

"Yep. I have until the end of the day to decide."

"What are you going to do."

"I don't know." Kayley answered truthfully. "I love my job, Nicole. I love the WWE. I just don't want to have to live through this story line for the next however many months."

"At least you'll get to beat on AJ. Plus, you're guaranteed to be the face in this." Kayley didn't answer. "You could call Matt, see how he handled it."

"He was depressed for half a year, that's how he did it." Kayley answered with a sigh.

"Kayley..." Nicole's voice was soft. "I hate that they're doing this to you, but don't give up your dream and a job you love because of those two assholes."

"I don't know if I can do it." Nicole walked to her friend placing a hand softly on her shoulder.

"You're incredibly strong, sis. Chris and I will be here for you, no matter what you decide." The room was quiet for a few moments as Kayley contemplated her options. Sure she could go to TNA. Jeff was there, not that Beth would even want them around each other. However, Kayley worked hard to stay where she was.

"Shit." She opened the door and started to leave. Nicole called after her.

"Where are you going?!"

"Vince's office!" As she walked through the hallways several people eyed her. Some looked at her with pity, others didn't seem to want to make eye contact. The door to Vince's office was closed and she knocked.

"Come in!" His gruff voice answered. As she opened the door she noticed Phil was still there, but in the chair she had left empty was AJ.

"Kayley. Nice to see you again." Vince said, annoyed. Phil's knuckles were white from clenching his fists so hard. AJ threw a smirk over her shoulder at Kayley. For a second Kayley had to stop herself from tackling the talent-less Diva right then and there. "Something you wanted to say?"

"I'm in." Kayley answered simply.

"Glad to hear it. AJ and Phil are too."

"As long as my condition is met." AJ's voice filled the room and even Paul rolled his eyes.

"What condition?" Kayley asked.

"I don't want you anywhere around us when we're not on camera." She answered, not bothering to turn around.

"Excuse me?" Kayley crossed her arms over her chest, her eyebrows raised in surprise. AJ turned around and spoke slowly.

"When we're not on camera, you aren't to talk to myself or my boyfriend." Kayley saw red. Sensing trouble Paul moved in between the two diva's.

"Well Phil, what a nice mom you have here." Kayley answered through gritted teeth. He didn't look at her. Kayley turned her focus to Paul because if she looked at the couple any longer she knew she would start crying. "They got their wish."

Even playing the story line for one RAW proved to be difficult. Nicole had been right. The fans immediately made Kayley the face. Vince's idea had worked again. AJ and Kayley's matches were huge with every major move (almost always done by Kayley) receiving a big pop. However, it was difficult. Phil was able to hide if it bothered him at all. Throwing himself into the story, and into AJ, seemed the simplest thing in the world to him. To Kayley it was hell. She had to work every second to keep her emotions in check during segments, especially during matches. After one particular match things boiled over.

"And you're winner: AJ Lee!" Nicole announced, barely hiding her scowl as the crowed booed so loudly Nicole had to yell to be heard. AJ had cheated with the help of Punk and hit Alexis with a chair. Kayley sat in the middle of the ring, holding the back of her head as she watched AJ jump into Punk's arms and start kissing him. They were suppose to kiss several more times then walk to the back, followed slowly by Kayley, but she could feel her blood boiling. It was too much. She stood as the boos changed to cheers. Running toward them she slid under the ring, her boots connecting with AJ's back and sending the couple to the ground. The roars were deafening as Kayley slid out of the ring. Phil and AJ were on their feet in and instant, AJ immediately in Kayley's face, screaming. Kayley whipped her hand back and slapped AJ as hard as she could. AJ fell to the floor and Kayley's eyes connected with Phil's before he leaned down to help his girlfriend. Security was on Kayley fast, hauling her to the back as the fans cheered louder. They brought her immediately to Vince's office. Steph was sitting on a black leather couch, her face disappointed as Vince paced back and forth behind his desk. Kayley sat next to Steph and Vince was quiet for a second, his face red.

"What the hell were you thinking?" He finally exploded and Kayley couldn't help but jump slightly. "I should fire you!"

"If you're going to do it, then just do it!" Kayley screamed surprising the father and daughter. "Vince, I can't do this anymore. It's been two months since my fiance left me and he broke me. I can't heal like this."

"Dad, maybe she's right." Steph said before standing and walking over to her father, who had stopped pacing, and whispered in his ear.

"Okay." He answered the question Kayley couldn't hear before walking over to the Diva. "Kayley, I know this is hard for you. I'm sorry. How about, no more of this until Wrestlemania?"

"What?"

"One last match. You vs AJ Lee in a steel cage match at Wrestlemania." His eyes were shining in anticipation of her answer. She could practically hear the cash register sound echoing in his mind.

"Deal."

Wrestlemania 2014:

Kayley stood backstage her mind focused. Next to her was Jericho. His eyes fixated on her as her head was down, deep in thought. Neither of them spoke.

"Kayley." A tech called. "We're ready." Kayley nodded and turned to Jericho. He kissed her softly on the forehead as her music began blaring through the arena.

"Introducing first... From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania... Alexis!" Nicole's voice was shaking. The steel cage was already around the ring and as the diva made it down the ramp her hand brushed along the steel mesh before climbing through the door. She locked eyes with Nicole as her music stopped before moving into one of the corners and resting against it. AJ's music hit.

"And the Diva's champion.. from Union City, New Jersey... AJ Lee!" Nicole's voice echoed again and was quickly replaced by boos. She skipped to the ring, the Diva's championship in hand. One thing that wasn't with her was CM Punk. He had left the company suddenly two months earlier. The fans still chanted his name. Nicole quickly climbed out the ring and the cage before AJ climbed in and the door was locked behind her.

"This match is a STEEL CAGE MATCH for the Diva's Championship!" Nicole announced to cheers. "A diva can only win by pinning her opponent or escaping the cage." As the ring bell hit Alexis and AJ Lee stared at each other. The fans were salivating. The story lines had been kept separate since Alexis attacked AJ and Punk. The fans only saw the two diva's talking shit about each other in backstage segments. They were ready for this. Running at each other the Diva's locked up and Alexis forced AJ into the corner. The ref began to count and Alexis broke the hold at three. It was only a second before AJ was back on her, the diva's now trading punches. Stiff ones. AJ got the upper hand as she threw Alexis into the rope and performed a clothesline. She quickly went for the door, but Alexis stood and grabbed AJ's hand turning the champion around and performing her own clothesline. Leaning down, Alexis picked AJ and and performed a DDT. Quickly covering her she received a two count before AJ kicked out. As Alexis stood in frustration and AJ shot her leg out, tripping the diva before getting her into AJ's classic submission hold.

"TAP!" AJ screamed as the crowd booed. The ref was on his knees in front of Alexis asking her if she wanted to quit.

"No!" Alexis' voice echoed. Slowly she stood up, AJ still attached to her as Alexis ran backwards and slammed the champ into the ring post which caused AJ to lose her hold and they both fell to the mat. Standing simultaneously AJ grabbed Alexis and through her through the ropes so she connected hard with the steel mesh. As Alexis came back through the ropes AJ went for the cover. Another 2 count. AJ let out a frustrated scream before picking up the other diva and slamming her head into the cage.

"Oh my god, King!"

"Not Alexis' face!" Jerry "the King" Lawler lamented. AJ turned Alexis back around before performing another clothesline and going for the cover.

"Two!" The ref screamed as Alexis kicked out again. The diva's champ stood and began untying the top turn-buckle cover, leaving exposed metal. Picking Alexis up she whipped her into the exposed metal, making Alexis cry out. AJ backed off before turning around and running at Alexis who picked up her foot, landing a kick to AJ's jaw. As AJ stumbled backward Alexis stepped onto the second turn buckle and performed a hurricanrana and the fans went wild.

"I think AJ might be out, Cole!" Standing next to AJ Lee she looked down at her before looking to the cage.

"She's starting to climb!" Cole screamed as Alexis climbed to the third turn-buckle then hosited herself up onto the top of the cage. "Alexis is about to win the women's championship!" Alexis got to the top then stood looking out into the crowd, but she didn't start climbing down the other side. Turning she looked at AJ Lee, laid out in the ring and a smile crossed her face. She turned away from the ring and took several steadying breaths.

"Oh my god! Don't do it Alexis!" King screamed. The audience was on their feet as Alexis jumped and performed a moonsault onto the Diva's champ ten feet below.

"Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!" The crowd chanted. Alexis went for the cover.

"1...2...3.." The bell rung and the crowd went insane.

"Here is your winner and NEW Diva's champion, ALEXIS!" Nicole's voice echoed. The cage began to come up as the ref handed Alexis the championship before quickly going to check on AJ Lee. Alexis remained on her knees staring at the championship in her hand, not bothering into hold back tears. When the cage was up she went to the ropes and standing on the second one held her championship high into the air as the fans chanted her name.