Disclaimer: I don't own The Characters.

This is one I wrote a few months ago, and just finished and made some changes, not sure if it'll stay a one-shot, or if I'll continue.....

Jeff Hardy was backstage at Raw fot two reasons,. Seeing as he'd already taken care of one, which was to see Lita, and make sure she was okay, well, as okay as she could be considering everything she'd been going through, He was on to reason number two for being here.

He quickly walked down the halls, in search of Christian's locker room, H e hoped that Christtian wouldn't be around. He also hoped ' The Problem Solver' wasn't anywhere around either

He smirked at that. Problem Solver? What a joke. He came to a stop in front of the room he was looking for. He hesitated, listening for signs of the two men, He heard footsteps nearing the door., and ducked behind some boxes. He watched as the two men walked away from the locker room. " Must be my lucky day" He thought to himself. He once again walked to the door, this time not hesitating before entering, As soon as he was inside, he turned and locked the door. He was determined to get this done, and no inturruptions would make it go alot easier.

Trish looked up at the sound of the door locking, then stared in shock as she saw the man standing in front of her, she recovered quickly and smirked. Not before Jeff saw the flash of hurt and lost love in her eyes.

" Well, well. Look who decided to make an appearance." she said nastily

" Save it Trish, I know you. The real you. So just drop the act." He said

She was slightly taken aback, but refused to show how much his presence affected her.

After a few minutes of silence, he continued.

" Lita told me you two talked once, right after you turned your back on Chris."

"And?"

"And you told her you didn't need or want to be protected, that's why you turnd your back on a man that truly loved you."

She raised an eyebrow at that, then though back to their conversation.

"Li, I don't need to be protected, I don't need a knight in shiny wrestling gear. I won't be with a man who thinks he needs to take care of me."

"But Trish, he loved you!" the red headed diva had said earnestly trying to convince the blonde

" Leave it Li, just leave it alone." Trish had said, but the other diva had seen the look on her face, the hurt, and the anger.

" So? I meant what I said to her." If he was going to pry, she was surely not going to make it easy on him.

"Ok, fine, you don't want some one to help you, whatever, but He loved you, Christian doesn't, You know it I know it, And I know you at least cared for Chris.. Tish, I just have one question." he said

" And that would be?" She felt those walls she'd so carefully built around her heart, crumbling, She knew Jeff was right, She had, had feeling for Chris, and it had scared her to death. After Jeff had left, she'd done everything she could to cut herself off from love. To never experience heart break again. Damn him for getting to her, again.

" You don't want some one to protect you, right? That's why you betrayed Chris?"

" I thought we already covered that?" she tried to sound indifferent, but knew she failed.

Jeff sighed, he knew this wouldn't be easy,. But he also knew he had to, because deep down, he knew he was partly responsible for her actions.

"Why'd you turn away from him because he wanted to love and protect, and help you, when you fell in love with me for all those same reasons. I did everything I could to help you in and out of the ring, so did he. So how could you have loved me for that, and hate him for it?"

The knowledge that he knew her well enough to know that she'd cut herself off from love, because of him broke her resolve. That was one thing she'd loved about him, he knew her as well as she knew herself, he'd always been able to read her like a book.

" Because Jeff when you left, you broke my heart, I loved you for everything you did for me, and you walked away from me like I was nothing, I let my self fall for you, let you protect me, and you still left, even though I loved you with all of my heart, So I turned away from Chris, because if you could leave me as much as you said you loved me, I knew he could too, and I wans't willing to take that chance." she said, with tears streaming down her face.

Jeff opened his mouth, unsure of what to say. Trish cut him off.

" I can't take that chance again."

" I see. Trish, I',m sorry for hurting you like that." he said, then walked to the door, unlocking, and opening it, he turned to face her again.

" You weren't the only one hurting when I left, but the difference is, I didn't cut myself off from love." And with that he walked away

Trish watched as Jeff walked out of her life for the second time, only this time, she was left wondering if she'd made the right choice.