Title: Our Kind Of Love
Rating: T - M
Pairings: Jeff Hardy / Original Character
Summary: After her fiance leaves her, losing her job, losing her apartment, Ella Morris thinks her life can't get any worse. A late night call to her best friend sends her to North Carolina, for what she thinks is a much needed vacation from the busy, hellish life she'd been leading. Little does Ella know that her life is about to take an unexpected turn.
Disclaimer: I only own my own characters. That's all.
Prologue
"Get caught in the race of this crazy life
Tryin' to be everything can make you lose your mind"
Those lyrics had never seemed so true than right now, thought Ella Morris as she sat in her apartment, looking at the clock. She had only two more hours to get all of her belongings out before the landlord kicked her out, but yet here she sat. She looked at the crumpled paper in her hand, one that she had tossed in the trash over and over in the last hour, but she always ended up digging it out, just to make sure what was written there was really true.
Everytime she looked at the stark white paper, those words seemed to be gettng darker, and bolder. They weren't fading, or faltering with each tossing. Ella sighed deeply, a single tear rolling down her already tear stained cheek as she read those words over again.
"Ella, I am sorry I'm doing this, but it's just not working out.
I thought us being together would be amazing, and it was.
But, I have realized I just don't love you anymore.
You can keep the ring, do what you want with it, I left mine on the kitchen table.
If you want to pawn them both off, you can do so. I'm sure Henry will give you a good deal.
I'm going back home, I'll call and check on you from time to time, I think this is for the best.
I am sorry, I hope you won't hate me.
Kenny."
Ella just stared at the last line, I hope you won't hate me. What was she suppose to do? Love him still? Was he really that selfish? Ella, in her sudden fit of angry took the letter, soaked it in a glass of whiskey that had been left on the counter, threw it in the kitchen sink and lit it on fire. She stood there and watched it burst into flames, a slow smile crept onto her face, as if every ounce of pain, anger and hate was gone. She looked at the clock again, she rushed to the bathroom and took a quick shower and then began packing up anything she would absolutely need.
After an hour, she had her most prized pocessions in her car, she went to the main office and left her apartment key, smiling brightly as the landlord looked at her quite strangely. She waved to him and then practically ran to her car, hopping in. She checked the time again, she rushed off to her office building to pick up her last paycheck. She walked in, wearing her Kentucky WildCats jogging pants, a white tank top and running sneakers, everyone on her floor looked at her oddly, they were so used to seeing her in a suit or an A lined skirt and blazer.
Ella walked up to her old boss, he looked her over once, slowly handing her the last paycheck. She looked at it, then up at him and smiled brightly again, just as she had to her landlord. As she was walking out, her co-worker stopped her.
"Ella," Mary Gomez slowly began. "Are you okay?"
Ella just smiled at Mary. "Yes, Mary, I am. In fact, I am amazing! I feel like a weight's been lifted off my shoulders!"
"Well..." Mary smiled. "That's great! What are you going to do?"
"I'm leaving!" Ella laughed.
"What? Leaving?" Mary gasped. "What about Kenny? Your apartment?"
"Kenny left me this morning! And I got evicted from my apartment too!" Ella laughed again, hugging Mary tightly. "I'll keep in touch, don't over work yourself!"
Mary and the rest of Ella's co-workers watched her run out the door, looking after her like she had lost her mind. Mary shook her head and went back to work, slowly smiling to herself, she hadn't seen Ella that happy in a long time.
After cashing her check, pawning off the two rings and filling her car up with gas, Ella was cruising down the interstate, she pulled out her bright blue cell phone and dialed her oldest and dearest friend that she had known since grade school. She listened to the music play on the other end of the line, she laughed silently as her listened to the lyrics. Heather had picked the song out when she'd learned of the troubles Ella and Kenny were having.
"Lover, lover, lover
you dont treat me no good no more,
no, no, more more more
Lover lover lover
You don't treat me no good no more
Yeaaaaah
Well I'd wait up for you almost every night
and I'm hurtin' so bad cause you dont treat me right
oh woman oh woman you know I love you so
but you're so mean to me baby Im walkin out the door"
"Hello?" A female's voice answered the phone.
"Heather, it's Ella." Ella smiled as she spoke.
"Hey girl! It's been awhile! What's up?" As Heather spoke Ella could tell she was smiling.
"Alot, actually. Kenny left me, I lost my job, I lost the apartment and now I'm on my way to North Carolina." Ella explained in one breath.
There was a long pause on the other end of the line, Ella heard something fall and then a loud scream of excitement and shock erupt from the tiny speaker on her phone. Ella laughed hard, almost dropping her phone in attept to save her ear drum.
"YOU'RE COMING HERE?" Heather squealed.
"Yes! Kenny just left me this morning," Ella started to explain. "I woke up this morning after having stayed up all night waiting on his sorry ass to get home from his "job" and found a note under his engagement ring, saying that he just didn't love me. So, I pawned our rings off, got what I needed from the apartment, got my last paycheck and I'm on the interstate as we speak."
"Oh my god, that's insane Ella! But you have no idea how happy I am that you are coming here! What time do you think you'll be here?" Heather sqeaked.
"I'm not sure...um," Ella paused and checked the time on her radio. "It's 12pm right now, and it takes a good 8 hours to get there, not counting rest stops and such...So, probably around 10pm, or so."
"Sounds really good! Because I was just fixing myself some lunch, I have to go to work in about 45 minutes, but I'll be off work by 6:30pm," Heather said, smiling from ear to ear.
"Sounds good, I'll call you when I hit Cameron." Ella smiled.
"See you in a few hours!" Heather smiled.
Ella and Heather both hung up and Ella turned her radio on, laughing out loud when she heard the song that was playing, singing along and almost wanting to call the radio station and thank them for playing this song. She turned it up and started singing along with Carrie Underwood's "Undo It".
I should've known by the way you passed me by there was something in your eyes and it wasn't right. I should've walked but I never had the chance everything got out of hand, and I let it slide. Now I only have myself to blame for falling for your stupid games. I wish my life could be the way it was before I saw your face.
You stole my happy, you made me cry, took the lonely and took me for a ride and I wanna uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-undo it. You had my heart now I want it back, I'm starting to see everything you lack, boy you blew, you put me through it and I wanna uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-undo na nana na na na na nana na na na na nana na na.