How Everything Changed (Book 4)

Chapter 73

*Jeff*

So since the whole EC3 thing, I've pretty much avoided everyone. I'm sure EC3 was going to spread the word around and I was going to be laughed at. Not to mention Morgan probably wouldn't talk to me after I basically punched someone that was like family to her. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't regret hitting Zack. It wasn't his business anyway. Morgan will find out, I'm sure, and I'm going to tell her that I don't feel bad. It will hurt her feelings, but she already hurt mine by walking away from me again.

I was currently watching the KnockOuts Segment. Honestly, I miss doing this, I really do. But there is nothing I can do about it right now. I shook my head from my depressing thoughts about being afraid of not being able to do what I do, along with these feelings about Morgan leaving me again. I lied to her, that was probably the final straw. Ryah convinced me to lie to her.

"Seriously!" I heard Taryn yell. "If any of you pathetic, worthless excuses for a Knockout think that you have a chance against me, then come on!!"

Someone's theme started up and I saw Morgan walk out with a hood over her face. Then Avril and Alexis stepped out, each standing on either side of her. Morgan pushed her hood back to reveal her beautiful smiling face. The smile that was there was a far cry from what I saw when Matt dragged her out of the room.

"No!" Taryn screamed, while Marti, Jade and Rebel were trying to stop them. "No, no, no, no, NOOO! You are NOT supposed to be here! You're supposed to be gone! No one likes you, so leave!" Avril, Alexis, and Morgan got up onto the ring apron as Taryn was screaming at them go away. When they got into the ring, Taryn got into Morgan's face, screaming her head off. Taryn then shoved Morgan back. Big mistake there, Taryn!

She stared at her, laughing, before swiftly punching Taryn across the face. Avril punched Marti while Alexis jumped on Jade and this big brawl came about. Rebel had hid somewhere and that interested me for some reason. Avril got Marti up and hit her with a face buster before rolling her out of the ring. Alexis got Jade up and she hit her with a choke slam before tossing her out of the ring as well. Taryn and Morgan stood face to face, while Avril and Alexis stood on the ring apron on the outside. Taryn tried to clothesline her but she missed. Morgan grabbed her hair and yanked her back, wrapping one arm around her neck and put her other arm around her chest. She screamed, "I'm baaack!" before hitting Taryn with a sunset split.

Avril, Alexis and Morgan stood in the middle of the ring celebrating and Rebel took that opportunity to jump in. Morgan turned around and didn't react quick enough to see Rebel clothesline her. Taryn, Jade and Marti beat down Avril and Alexis, and I really couldn't stand to see my wife and daughters getting beat by the bitches. Whether or not they liked me at this current time, they needed saving by someone.

I know I wasn't supposed to be involved in the World Title Series, and technically I wasn't involved in it since it was just a promo. I wasn't breaking that order made by Dixie and Billy Corgan, right? Ehh, I don't care I'm saving their asses anyway.

I ran out there and jumped in the ring before pulling Rebel off of Morgan before she could do any more damage to her. Once she saw me, she tried to struggle out of my grip as Morgan slowly got up and jumped on her. I moved out of the way before she could make contact with me, thank god. I didn't want anything else broken on me, even though Morgan was probably gonna break my balls after this one.

Me and her had this awkward staredown before she shook her head and started to leave the ring, with Avril and Alexis in tow. I grabbed her arm and made her look at me. She grabbed me by the throat and my eyes went wide. "Keep your motherfucking, goddamn hands off me!" she screamed before kicking me in the gut and holding my hands behind my back, standing behind me.

Alexis came and punched me, followed by Avril slapping me. "You're a dick for what you did to Zack!..." I didn't hear the rest of what she said from me being groggy from Alexis punching me. Next thing I knew, I was laying in the middle of the ring from where Morgan had sunset split me.

When they left I counted the seconds that they left in my head before getting up, slowly. I ran my hand over my mouth and seeing blood. Perfect. I could find Alexis later. Right now, I had to go see the trainer. Hopefully Dixie wont chew me out for being out there.

*Matt*

I shook my head as Morgan came back stage with Avril and Alexis. They both had pretty pissed off emotions on their face and I didn't understand why Morgan did what he did. It wasn't my fight, and I wasn't about to question Morgan on it. I didn't know why Jeff even went out there either, he knew what was gonna happen. Hey, he can have a heart from time to time. Just no brain most of the time.

"Morgan!" I jogged up to her and wrapped her in a hug. Morgan kind of jumped and tensed up at the touch, but then relaxed when he saw it was me. "Are you three alright?" I asked, looking at her, Avril and Alexis.

"Yea we're fine, Matt," Morgan said. "Just keep that jackass away from me, and we'll be all square."

"It's really none of my business Morgan, but he's really hurt by the fact that you left him."

"And I care why?"

"Because," I said letting her go. "I know, deep down, that no matter what he does, he always has your best interests at heart. He may not show it half the time, but he really does care for you. No other man would try to help you like he tried to."

"As in help you mean driving me completely insane? Yes Matt, that makes Jeff motherfucken Superman!" she said sarcastically.

"No, help, as in you not looking like a fool in front of everyone that isn't this roster."

She placed her hands on her hips, nodded and then slapped me across the face with a loud WHAM!

"You wouldn't understand Matt! You've never had issues like I have!" she screamed at me.

"Yea," I said. "You're right. I haven't had issues like you had. But you never communicated those issues with us. All you ever do with us when we try to help you out with those issues is fight us. I don't know what to do here Morgan! Tell me what's wrong so I can help you!"

"I can't!"

"Why's that?" I asked, grabbing her arm gently.

Morgan looked down before she whispered, "I-....." she stopped before looking back at Avril and Alexis.

"You...what? You can tell me Morgan," I said running my hand up her arm. "Tell me. I wont judge."

"We won't either" Alexis said as Coby and Zack turned the corner.

"I.....I just.....I sometimes feel like y'all would be better off without me......" Morgan trailed off as she started to cry a little. "I don't really know why...but I just get these feelings and I just feel like you would be better off if I weren't here."

"Morgan..." I said, wrapping my arms around her, feeling her body wrack with sobs. "No, we love having you around. I don't know what WWE did to you, and whatever they did, I know that some of us here didn't really make it better. But you make our little family complete. And I know that Jeff is lucky to have someone like you in his life. As are Avril and Alexis."

"D-do you really believe that you're the ONLY one that feels l-like that?" Coby asked with some shyness in his voice. "Well, you're wrong."

Zack looked over at him, raising an eyebrow. "Coby?"

"Zack, I-I think it's time for me to tell you and everyone else the truth .........a-and you know that I-I'm not the best s-speaker a-and all.....but it's what I need to do."

Coby then pulled the sleeve of his jacket up on his right arm to reveal several cuts. And we all stood there with a look of shock on our faces.

Ryah walked up as Coby pulled his sleeve down. "Matt we have a problem." She locked eyes with Morgan for a few minutes.