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Lillian walked back into the apartment. "Shawn's gone."

Trish, nodding her head silently with appreciation that Lillian had made Shawn leave.

"Lil – I didn't know you had it in you…to be…so forceful!" Maria said impressed with her best friends actions.

Looking to Maria, then to Trish, Lillian replied, "Yeah…well, when you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us…4 musketeers, right?"

"Till the end." Maria replied.

"Trish, I don't know if you heard outside, but Matt is out there." Lillian said, as she gently touched Trish's shoulder.

"It's fine…he's Amy boyfriend…and this is her house too." Trish replied before leaving to back to her bedroom, and to bed.

Leaning over the condo's porch railing looking out to the ocean, Matt asked Amy, "So, just how bad is the damage?"

"It's pretty bad Matt. I have never seen her like this – I don't think she is ever going to recover from it. Jeff was her life." Amy said.

"She should have thought of that before she slept with Michaels." Matt replied.

"Matt! Are we really going to argue over this again?" Amy asked.

"Dammit Amy – I know she is your best friend, but how can you defend her knowing what she did to Jeff, who is practically your best friend too. You know what she did was wrong." Matt demanded.

"I am not saying what she did was right, Matt. But she is my best friend, and I am just not going to abandon her, or trash her, and not be her friend anymore because she made a mistake." Amy said.

There was silence between the two.

"You know…what Jeff is doing is wrong too." Amy said.

"Jeff? What the hell has he done?" Matt asked.

"HELLO? Candice. He knows Trish hates her and him taking her with him on his motor cross tour, was a twist in the heart with an extremely sharp knife." Amy said.

"There just friends, Ames." Matt said. "Last time I checked, it was not a crime for a man and woman to be friends." He continued.

"It is, if the woman is Candice Michelle. If I find out that Candice has put the moves on Jeff or has intentions to, to stick it to Trish, I promise you, I will kick her ass from her to China, and I won't stop until she is permanently rooted in China." Amy replied.

"Look – can we just drop this? Okay? Let's just go to school." Matt said.

"You know, go without me. I don't feel like being a college student today." Amy said, as she left Matt on the porch before going into the condo alone.

Frustrated, Matt left.

"Where is Trish?" Amy asked.

"In her bedroom." Maria replied.

There was a knock at the door. Amy rolled her eyes irritated. She opened the door while screaming "I told you I wasn't going today! OH, sorry!"

"Bad time?" Chris Jericho asked.

"Uh…." Amy said before being cut off by Maria.

"Actually….I think it's been the best timing yet this morning." Maria said, as she smiled.

"Last night's show was awesome, man," Shannon said.

Cracking a half smile, Jeff responded, "It was pretty sick, wasn't it?"

"So, after the party last night, where did you and Candice go?" Shannon asked.

"I went back to my room – as for Candice, I don't know where she went." Jeff said.

"I thought, after this summer – you two would be….progressing…" Shannon said before he was cut off.

"Into what? A relationship? A couple?" Jeff asked. He continued, "Nah, man. I am done with relationships." Jeff said.

"Jeff Hardy done with relationships? Nah, I'm not buying that. You're a relationship kind of guy – Shannon Moore – not so much." Shannon said.

Jeff sarcastically laughed, "What do you want me to say?"

"Look man – As your friend….your best friend, sometime or another you are going to have to deal with what happened." Shannon said.

"I have." Jeff shortly replied.

"How? By running off to come on this tour and bringing Candice along? You haven't seen her or talked to her since that night, man…and I think you should." Shannon said.

"For what?" Jeff asked.

"Closure, dude." Shannon replied.

"She did what she did, and it's over. That's all the closure I need." Jeff replied.

Before Shannon could respond, they were interrupted by Candice to the annoyance of Shannon.

"Hey." Candice said.

"Hey." Both Shannon and Jeff replied.

"You ready to go to the airport?" Jeff asked.

"Yeah." Candice replied.

"Okay – let me finished getting dressed and I will take you." Jeff responded leaving Candice and Shannon alone. Before he left, Jeff turned to Shannon and mouthed, "Be nice."

Shannon continued to sit in his chair putting his feet up on the table eyeing Candice. He hated Candice. He felt that she was only trying to use and take advantage of Jeff during this difficult time in his life. He knew the two were sleeping together during the tour, but he also knew it was just sex for Jeff, to ease his pain over his break-up with Trish and nothing more. Trish, now Shannon loved her. She was good for Jeff – and despite what she had done, he knew that Jeff had to hear her out, and nothing was going to get in Shannon's way of making that happen – not even Candice Michelle.

Candice's feelings for Shannon were the same as his for her. She knew what he thought about her, and she did not care. Her logic was if his feelings had any influence over Jeff, Jeff would have sent her packing a long time ago. Little did she know, Jeff was not interested in a relationship with her.

"Why don't you take a picture, it'll last longer!" Candice hissed at Shannon.

"Well, then my camera would break – and you're not even worth that." Shannon rebutted.

"I'll be out in second!" They heard Jeff say.

Shannon took this opportunity to get up and approach Candice with a warning. "You may think in your little warped mind, that the two of you are couple and that he loves you – but the reality is, you're not, and he doesn't – because you'll never be….." Shannon said.

Irritated, Candice replied, "Be what?"

With a smirk, Shannon responded, "Trish Stratus."

Jeff emerged from his room, "Okay – I think we're set."

Jeff left the room, and Candice followed – with a "Have a nice flight" remark from Shannon.

On the way to the airport, things were quiet with Jeff and Candice. Sure, she was a friend to Jeff, but over the summer their friendship developed into "friends with benefits" something was telling Jeff that he would regret it, especially after the conversation he had with Shannon this AM – even Jeff had to admit that he had to deal with the break-up from Trish. Trish. That was all he ever thought about this summer. Why did she sleep with Shawn? What did she do this summer? Had she moved on? Deep down, he hoped that she was hurt as much as he was.

"You seem so deep in thought." Candice stated.

"Just thinking about the new tour that is coming up this fall." Jeff replied.

Candice nodded, and stared at Jeff.

"What?" Jeff asked.

"What are we, Jeff? You and I?" Candice asked.

Jeff totally did not expect her to ask that, and did not want to talk about it either.

"People." He stated trying to make a joke.

"You know what I mean." Candice said in a low voice, almost hurt like.

"Friends." Jeff responded.

"I thought by now, that you and I would be a little more than just friends, though. I mean I spent my whole summer with you, and we slept together, more than once." Candice said.

"Candice, you have been a really good friend to me this summer. I appreciate the friendship that we have, but I am just not ready to be in a relationship with anyone. I was in a really bad place with everything that happened, and I know you were with Randy – we were just two friends trying to console each other. I hope you can understand where I am coming from?" Jeff asked.

"You're right. I shouldn't have read too much into it. I feel so stupid." Candice said.

"Don't be." Jeff said.

"Here we are." Jeff said, as he parked at the airport.

"Well, thanks for having me this summer. I had a lot of fun." Candice said.

"Sure, no problem. Have a safe flight home." Jeff said.

As Candice got out of the car, and Jeff pulled away, she realized that what Shannon said was true. She was no Trish Stratus. If she were, Jeff would be all over her – having her stay on the entire tour with him – and then probably a stop into Vegas, to marry her. Trish Stratus was the girl of Jeff Hardy's dreams – something that Candice was not willing to accept, just yet.