Shannon looked around the airport carefully. It was very early in the
morning, but you just never knew when those fans would converge on you.
Seeing no one ready to chase him, he relaxed his shoulders and sat down in
the seat near his gate to wait for his plane. Matt and Shane were talking
not so far off in another row and Jeff, who was accompanying his brother on
this joint pay per view trip even though he was no longer wrestling, was
loping back from the snack bar with a bagel for himself and an English
muffin for Shannon. He grinned as he plunked down in the seat next to
Shannon and handed him the goods.
"No crazy fans yet," Shannon confirmed, taking a bit.
"See? Nothing to worry about flying this early."
Shannon smiled back and stared off while he munched on his snack. He was just about to ask Jeff about some new music he was writing when he heard the clicking of fingers on a keyboard from somewhere close by. He turned and noticed, for the first time, that they weren't alone in the waiting area. She sat in a seat almost directly behind him and was clicking away on her laptop, oblivious to those around her. Shannon smiled as he saw his site come up on her screen. She looked at a couple of the pages there, then left for another site. Shannon frowned deeply. He knew this site and didn't like it one bit. Fanfiction.net. Damn it! And she looked like a nice kid, too.
Click click some more and there she went to a story called "Through the Years." Shannon knew that story and it had him fuming! Jeff, hysterically laughing for some damn reason, had shown it to him one day not too long ago. Of all the stupid ideas, this one was the worst! Who would believe that he'd need to be saved from Evan and Juvi? They weren't his favorite people, but they weren't psychos either. And Evan was married for God sakes! For that matter, so was he! And that infuriating author was working on two more, too! One with Matt sexually using him and the other with him falling in love with Adam Copeland. He barely even knew the guy! What was her name again? JeffAndShannon. With a name like that, Shannon was bound to hate all of her work.
"Excuse me," Shannon heard himself say. Well there was no going back now. She'd looked up at him and her eyes widened.
"Shannon Moore?" she murmured in awe.
"Yeah," he smiled. "In the flesh. I couldn't help but notice the site you're on there. Are you familiar with that story your reading?"
She looked down at the screen, gasped and then blushed furiously as she clicked off the window and shut down the computer. She then nervously looked back up at him for a second before looking away again.
"I am so embarrassed," she muttered.
She should be. But Shannon couldn't help but take pity on her. He never did like to cause anyone discomfort. Turning to look at Jeff, he mouthed 'fanfiction' so that she couldn't hear him. Jeff nodded and moved to sit in the other seat next to Shannon. The one directly behind the guilty looking girl.
"You got a name?" Jeff asked, making the girl shriek and jump. The younger Hardy brother laughed for a second, until Shannon shot him a quelling glance. Jeff shrugged innocently before turning back to the girl. "So?"
She shook her head and looked down again. Shannon was feeling sorry he'd started this whole thing. Jeff could be a pain sometimes.
"No name?" Jeff asked teasingly. "You ain't got one, or you ain't telling?"
The girl shrugged.
"Please?" the younger Hardy Boy was relentless.
"You might as well tell him," Shannon grinned. "He ain't going to give up.
She looked up at him miserably then looked over at Jeff, who smirked maniacally back at her.
"Jas," she finally murmured.
"Jazz?" Jeff asked.
"Jas, with an 's'," she said, putting her computer away. Her blush had receded, much to Shannon's relief.
"An unusual name," Shannon replied.
"No more than 'Shannon' is for a boy," she said then clamped her hand over her mouth and looked down again.
"It's okay," Shannon smiled. "It's not like no one's ever mentioned it before."
She turned in her seat so that she was sitting sideways and looked at him appraisingly, almost as if she was trying to decide what to do about him and Jeff talking to her. Jeff, on the other hand, looked like he didn't care what she decided. She wasn't able to escape him now. And Shannon knew he was going to tease her mercilessly about the story.
"Reading 'Through the Years' on fanfiction?" Jeff asked nonchalantly.
Jas' eyes widened and she looked down again. Shannon decided to intervene on her behalf.
"Not like we haven't read it, too," he admonished Jeff, who grinned back like a Cheshire cat. "Though I was surprised to find a seemingly nice girl like yourself reading it. How old are you?"
"19," she said.
She didn't look older than 16 or so, so her answer surprised him.
"I know," she sighed. "I look like a high school kid. Without my make up, I can't help that."
"Always wear your make up," Jeff instructed as he applied his lip gloss. "You never know who you'll meet in an airport at 5:30 in the morning."
"Good point," she giggled.
"Now why would you read a story like that?" Shannon asked.
"You didn't like it, did you?" she asked.
"I hate all stories about me being gay," he replied. "I'm a married man."
Jeff threw him another of his smirks and added, "And I'm in a committed relationship. Besides, who would believe that I have the hots for him?"
Jas shrugged but cocked a brow. Shannon was beginning not to like her again.
"Well, why would you like the story?" he demanded.
"It's a romance piece," she replied. "I love romance."
"But it's about GUYS," Jeff pointed out.
"But that doesn't matter," Jas turned to him. "It's about true love that spans across years and it has a happy ending."
"It's ended?" Shannon cried. "Thank the Lord! That thing went on for chapters and chapters. I blushed like a virgin when I read those sex scenes!"
"What sex scenes?" Shane asked as he and Matt came back over to them and sat down on either side of Jas. She looked uncertainly between the two and shrank back down into her seat.
"The ones in that fanfiction story about all of us?" Jeff growled. "Through the Years."
"Well, at least I'm not some obsessive psycho in that one," Matt remarked.
"Yeah, but you are my twink," Shane laughed. Matt, unamused, swatted him on the head, reaching around Jas, who shrank further down.
"Why are we discussing that particular opus?" Matt asked.
"Jas here was reading it when Shannon happened upon her," Jeff replied.
"Oh, you were?" Shane asked sweetly. "Would you like a demonstration of how not-gay I am?" He waggled his brows suggestively.
Jas recoiled in terror and tried to jump out of her seat, finding her arms restrained by Matt.
"Hey, leave her be, perverts," Shannon admonished. "You're terrifying the poor thing!"
"Sorry," Shane smiled kindly. "Usually I don't get that reaction from girls."
"I'll bet," Jas shook off Matt's grip. "I don't know what kind of fan you're used to, but I'm not that easy!"
"Yes, I see," Shane was amused.
"Sorry," Matt offered. Jas straightened her jeans out and looked from one to the other. They looked back innocently enough so she glanced once at Shannon before cautiously resuming her seat.
"Besides, we're gay in her world," Jeff said.
Jas closed her eyes and sighed. Shannon was really feeling bad for her now.
"We're sorry, but we just don't understand your affinity for that genre," Matt said quietly.
"Look," she replied, keeping her eyes closed. "As I was telling Shannon and Jeff, it's nothing personal. I like the writing and it's about romance. It didn't even need to be about you all for me to like it. It's the emotion in the story that draws me to it. I like that the characters were all too afraid to tell each other how they felt. I liked that they overcame that and saved each other from villains. I like stories. I'm very sorry that I was reading that particular one when Shannon looked over. Can I go now?"
"Why would you want to go?" Shannon asked.
"Because I'm mortified about this and Shane is still ogling me, that's why."
"I just appreciate a good looking girl, is all," Shane grinned.
"Well, I don't enjoy having gay stories written about me," Shannon said. "And I'm sorry for embarrassing you. You weren't the one I was mad at."
"You're mad at the author?" Jas asked.
"Wouldn't you be?"
She thought for a moment before shaking her head. "Nope. I don't think I would be."
"You wouldn't," Matt asked skeptically.
"No," she said definitively.
"Why not?" they all asked her at once.
"Because you're all in the business of making a name for yourselves," she smiled. "It doesn't matter what they write, just that they're writing about you at all is a good sign."
"How do you figure?" This came from Matt.
"Look at Triple H," Jas pointed out. "There aren't that many flattering stories about him up there, but he's a popular character. Any mention means people are taking notice of you."
She shrugged as a flight to Minnesota was announced. "Well, back to school," she announced picking all of her stuff up. She pulled out a notebook and opened it up to a clean page. "It was nice to meet you all. Can you just scribble your autographs down before I go?" She pegged them all with a pleading look and they all laughed and took turns signing. "Bye!" she grinned, hugging her notebook to her and running up to her gate.
"Cute kid," Matt laughed as he waved to her one last time before she handed her ticket to the attendant.
"Good thing Shannon noticed her before Jeff kissed him!" Shane laughed.
"You should talk," Jeff shot him a look.
Shane laughed and grabbed Matt to kiss him behind one of the potted plants in the corner. Shannon and Jeff snickered before they gave each other a quick peck themselves. None of them heard the slight gasp of the girl who hadn't yet made it into the plane.
Once in her seat, Jas powered up her computer again really quick before the plane finished boarding. She clicked over to her Yahoo mail and logged in.
"Welcome, razzle_girl_2000!" the screen read as she quickly dashed off an email:
To: Hearts Desire, Kazzaxtreme, Cat Lea Takersdarkone, xtremediva, kandiland, Ravensgurl41 From: JeffAndShannon Subject: You are NOT going to believe this!
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NOTE: Sorry I haven't updated in a couple of days. I'm working on them! I just couldn't resist writing this one shot, though. It came out crappy, but cute. Flame me, if you must! Just review!
"No crazy fans yet," Shannon confirmed, taking a bit.
"See? Nothing to worry about flying this early."
Shannon smiled back and stared off while he munched on his snack. He was just about to ask Jeff about some new music he was writing when he heard the clicking of fingers on a keyboard from somewhere close by. He turned and noticed, for the first time, that they weren't alone in the waiting area. She sat in a seat almost directly behind him and was clicking away on her laptop, oblivious to those around her. Shannon smiled as he saw his site come up on her screen. She looked at a couple of the pages there, then left for another site. Shannon frowned deeply. He knew this site and didn't like it one bit. Fanfiction.net. Damn it! And she looked like a nice kid, too.
Click click some more and there she went to a story called "Through the Years." Shannon knew that story and it had him fuming! Jeff, hysterically laughing for some damn reason, had shown it to him one day not too long ago. Of all the stupid ideas, this one was the worst! Who would believe that he'd need to be saved from Evan and Juvi? They weren't his favorite people, but they weren't psychos either. And Evan was married for God sakes! For that matter, so was he! And that infuriating author was working on two more, too! One with Matt sexually using him and the other with him falling in love with Adam Copeland. He barely even knew the guy! What was her name again? JeffAndShannon. With a name like that, Shannon was bound to hate all of her work.
"Excuse me," Shannon heard himself say. Well there was no going back now. She'd looked up at him and her eyes widened.
"Shannon Moore?" she murmured in awe.
"Yeah," he smiled. "In the flesh. I couldn't help but notice the site you're on there. Are you familiar with that story your reading?"
She looked down at the screen, gasped and then blushed furiously as she clicked off the window and shut down the computer. She then nervously looked back up at him for a second before looking away again.
"I am so embarrassed," she muttered.
She should be. But Shannon couldn't help but take pity on her. He never did like to cause anyone discomfort. Turning to look at Jeff, he mouthed 'fanfiction' so that she couldn't hear him. Jeff nodded and moved to sit in the other seat next to Shannon. The one directly behind the guilty looking girl.
"You got a name?" Jeff asked, making the girl shriek and jump. The younger Hardy brother laughed for a second, until Shannon shot him a quelling glance. Jeff shrugged innocently before turning back to the girl. "So?"
She shook her head and looked down again. Shannon was feeling sorry he'd started this whole thing. Jeff could be a pain sometimes.
"No name?" Jeff asked teasingly. "You ain't got one, or you ain't telling?"
The girl shrugged.
"Please?" the younger Hardy Boy was relentless.
"You might as well tell him," Shannon grinned. "He ain't going to give up.
She looked up at him miserably then looked over at Jeff, who smirked maniacally back at her.
"Jas," she finally murmured.
"Jazz?" Jeff asked.
"Jas, with an 's'," she said, putting her computer away. Her blush had receded, much to Shannon's relief.
"An unusual name," Shannon replied.
"No more than 'Shannon' is for a boy," she said then clamped her hand over her mouth and looked down again.
"It's okay," Shannon smiled. "It's not like no one's ever mentioned it before."
She turned in her seat so that she was sitting sideways and looked at him appraisingly, almost as if she was trying to decide what to do about him and Jeff talking to her. Jeff, on the other hand, looked like he didn't care what she decided. She wasn't able to escape him now. And Shannon knew he was going to tease her mercilessly about the story.
"Reading 'Through the Years' on fanfiction?" Jeff asked nonchalantly.
Jas' eyes widened and she looked down again. Shannon decided to intervene on her behalf.
"Not like we haven't read it, too," he admonished Jeff, who grinned back like a Cheshire cat. "Though I was surprised to find a seemingly nice girl like yourself reading it. How old are you?"
"19," she said.
She didn't look older than 16 or so, so her answer surprised him.
"I know," she sighed. "I look like a high school kid. Without my make up, I can't help that."
"Always wear your make up," Jeff instructed as he applied his lip gloss. "You never know who you'll meet in an airport at 5:30 in the morning."
"Good point," she giggled.
"Now why would you read a story like that?" Shannon asked.
"You didn't like it, did you?" she asked.
"I hate all stories about me being gay," he replied. "I'm a married man."
Jeff threw him another of his smirks and added, "And I'm in a committed relationship. Besides, who would believe that I have the hots for him?"
Jas shrugged but cocked a brow. Shannon was beginning not to like her again.
"Well, why would you like the story?" he demanded.
"It's a romance piece," she replied. "I love romance."
"But it's about GUYS," Jeff pointed out.
"But that doesn't matter," Jas turned to him. "It's about true love that spans across years and it has a happy ending."
"It's ended?" Shannon cried. "Thank the Lord! That thing went on for chapters and chapters. I blushed like a virgin when I read those sex scenes!"
"What sex scenes?" Shane asked as he and Matt came back over to them and sat down on either side of Jas. She looked uncertainly between the two and shrank back down into her seat.
"The ones in that fanfiction story about all of us?" Jeff growled. "Through the Years."
"Well, at least I'm not some obsessive psycho in that one," Matt remarked.
"Yeah, but you are my twink," Shane laughed. Matt, unamused, swatted him on the head, reaching around Jas, who shrank further down.
"Why are we discussing that particular opus?" Matt asked.
"Jas here was reading it when Shannon happened upon her," Jeff replied.
"Oh, you were?" Shane asked sweetly. "Would you like a demonstration of how not-gay I am?" He waggled his brows suggestively.
Jas recoiled in terror and tried to jump out of her seat, finding her arms restrained by Matt.
"Hey, leave her be, perverts," Shannon admonished. "You're terrifying the poor thing!"
"Sorry," Shane smiled kindly. "Usually I don't get that reaction from girls."
"I'll bet," Jas shook off Matt's grip. "I don't know what kind of fan you're used to, but I'm not that easy!"
"Yes, I see," Shane was amused.
"Sorry," Matt offered. Jas straightened her jeans out and looked from one to the other. They looked back innocently enough so she glanced once at Shannon before cautiously resuming her seat.
"Besides, we're gay in her world," Jeff said.
Jas closed her eyes and sighed. Shannon was really feeling bad for her now.
"We're sorry, but we just don't understand your affinity for that genre," Matt said quietly.
"Look," she replied, keeping her eyes closed. "As I was telling Shannon and Jeff, it's nothing personal. I like the writing and it's about romance. It didn't even need to be about you all for me to like it. It's the emotion in the story that draws me to it. I like that the characters were all too afraid to tell each other how they felt. I liked that they overcame that and saved each other from villains. I like stories. I'm very sorry that I was reading that particular one when Shannon looked over. Can I go now?"
"Why would you want to go?" Shannon asked.
"Because I'm mortified about this and Shane is still ogling me, that's why."
"I just appreciate a good looking girl, is all," Shane grinned.
"Well, I don't enjoy having gay stories written about me," Shannon said. "And I'm sorry for embarrassing you. You weren't the one I was mad at."
"You're mad at the author?" Jas asked.
"Wouldn't you be?"
She thought for a moment before shaking her head. "Nope. I don't think I would be."
"You wouldn't," Matt asked skeptically.
"No," she said definitively.
"Why not?" they all asked her at once.
"Because you're all in the business of making a name for yourselves," she smiled. "It doesn't matter what they write, just that they're writing about you at all is a good sign."
"How do you figure?" This came from Matt.
"Look at Triple H," Jas pointed out. "There aren't that many flattering stories about him up there, but he's a popular character. Any mention means people are taking notice of you."
She shrugged as a flight to Minnesota was announced. "Well, back to school," she announced picking all of her stuff up. She pulled out a notebook and opened it up to a clean page. "It was nice to meet you all. Can you just scribble your autographs down before I go?" She pegged them all with a pleading look and they all laughed and took turns signing. "Bye!" she grinned, hugging her notebook to her and running up to her gate.
"Cute kid," Matt laughed as he waved to her one last time before she handed her ticket to the attendant.
"Good thing Shannon noticed her before Jeff kissed him!" Shane laughed.
"You should talk," Jeff shot him a look.
Shane laughed and grabbed Matt to kiss him behind one of the potted plants in the corner. Shannon and Jeff snickered before they gave each other a quick peck themselves. None of them heard the slight gasp of the girl who hadn't yet made it into the plane.
Once in her seat, Jas powered up her computer again really quick before the plane finished boarding. She clicked over to her Yahoo mail and logged in.
"Welcome, razzle_girl_2000!" the screen read as she quickly dashed off an email:
To: Hearts Desire, Kazzaxtreme, Cat Lea Takersdarkone, xtremediva, kandiland, Ravensgurl41 From: JeffAndShannon Subject: You are NOT going to believe this!
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NOTE: Sorry I haven't updated in a couple of days. I'm working on them! I just couldn't resist writing this one shot, though. It came out crappy, but cute. Flame me, if you must! Just review!