Authors Note: I don't own anything except Ixchel. I wish I had a Peroxwhy?gen shirt, but I don't think I'll have all my bank info sorted out in time to buy one. *scowls*

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The Rainbow Lady

Chapter Two

And she Wears Them Around her Hips

Ixchel glanced at herself in the mirror for a moment, examining what she looked like. She wore a black and tartan skirt, and she'd found a simple black, formfitting singlet to go with it. It showed a bit of cleavage, although she didn't have a huge amount, and it dipped low enough at the back to show off her tattoo of two swallows. Her shoes were rather simple black heels, but they were good enough for her. She wasn't really girly, and shopping didn't appeal to her, the fact that she had heels was good enough. Her hair was left natural, and out. It was straight with only the slightest curl at the end and her eyes were rimmed with the slightest amount of black eyeliner, and made up to look smokey, lashes long with a coat of mascara. She didn't bother with colour for her lips, just glossed them with some clear balm.

There was a knock on her door at exactly 7:30, and when she opened it Beth was standing there in a formfitting black dress that finished just above her knees. She whistled at her new friend before letting her in "Damn Beth…"

Beth laughed at her, and looked her over "Thanks. You look good too, especially for your first time going out with us." Ixchel blushed a little, and shrugged.

"I'm not so good with the whole… girly thing."

"You'll do fine 'Chel" Beth assured her, leaning into the mirror to fix her mascara before turning back to Ixchel. "So what now? I know we were going to fix each others outfits, but I don't think there's anything that needs fixing."

"Maybe we should go down to the hotel bar and have a warm up round? Or something small to eat."

"Sounds good to me." Beth agreed, and Ixchel grabbed her purse and made sure her room key was inside it before the two left the room together. They headed down the hall and waited for the elevator together. When the doors finally opened they stepped in, and were met by Matt and Jeff. Jeff was wearing his usual Baggy black pants and a jacket was covering whatever shirt he was wearing, and Matt was wearing a dark pair of jeans, and a white button up shirt that was partly unbuttoned.

Ixchel smiled at Matt, Jeff too, though she was much warmer to the older brother. Matt smiled at the two females, "looks like you two are already thick as thieves" He commented about them, and they smiled at each other.

"Maybe." Ixchel said sort of teasingly, "You two are ready early."

"Decided on a warm up round." Matt said casually and Beth started laughing, making him look confused. "What's so funny?"

"That's what we decided to do." Beth said after her laughter had ceased, and Matt smiled now, nodding a little. He glanced over at Ixchel.

"You going to be dancing tonight?" He caught sight of Jeff scowling a little beside him, but ignored it.

"Maybe…" The woman said, grinning mischievously from Matt to Beth, who looked away to hide her own grin.

"Well, if you do decide to dance, can I have the pleasure of dancing with you?"

"I guess you'll just have to find out." 'Chel said, still grinning at him, and Matt grinned back. The doors soon dinged and opened, and all four people walked out, Beth casually taking Ixchel's arm.

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Matt stood right outside the elevator with a grin on his face, Jeff glancing at him and shaking his head a little, "What on earth are you doing?"

"What, I can't get to know my brother's valet?" Matt asked, causing Jeff to raise a brow at him and Matt chuckled. "I'm not stealing her, don't you worry."

"You can have her," The younger Hardy mumbled, glaring over at the two women sitting at the hotel bar, laughing about something.

"You really should get to know her Jeff. Don't just rebel against McMahon."

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The two women had been giggling together when Maria tapped Beth's shoulder. She beamed at them "So you're gonna come out tonight with us?"

Ixchel grinned and nodded as Maria gestured towards a large group in the lobby "Well then lets head out, we're going to flag a few cabs, don't need anyone driving drunk, and I doubt Phil would want to drive anyone home. I don't even think he's coming." She automatically turned on her heel and started to lead them over, so Beth put down some money and stood up, Ixchel following over to the group.

'Chel leant over to Beth and whispered "Phil is CM Punk, right?" and the older woman nodded a little with a relaxed smile. She hooked her arm through Ixchel's and gave her a look that said to relax. She did her best, just looking around the group.

-

She looked around the club, sitting at the bar and feeling very uncomfortable with the pulsating music and the flashing lights. She could see Beth out on the dance floor with someone, but she wasn't sure who, and most of the other girls were out there dancing too. She didn't feel comfortable enough with any of the superstars to go and sit down with any of them and she didn't really want to dance. So here she sat with a mudslide in her hands, staring into the bottle and thinking.

Ixchel jumped slightly when she felt a hand on her shoulder, turning and relaxing only slightly when she noticed it was the older Hardy. "You surprised me…" She said as casually as she could, watching as he laughed softly and sat next to her, beer already in his other hand.

"Why aren't you out there dancing?" He inquired.

"Oh I'm… not much of a dancer." She told him, shrugging a little as her eyes flittered over the dance floor, and back to her drink, before they settled on him. "Why aren't you out there?"

"I was trying to see if you were there, but then I realised you were over here at the bar all by yourself. We don't bite you know."

"I don't know. I didn't feel comfortable enough to find out" She said, offering him a small smile.

"Care to dance now?"

Again she looked over at the dance floor, and then let her eyes settle on him. He was smiling at her, body language relaxed, and he certainly didn't seem to expect anything more from her. He offered her his hand after a moment and she smiled a little more, hesitantly placing her hand in his- it was much smaller, and cooler. "Okay… Just let me finish this first." She told him before tipping her head back and easily drinking the rest of her mudslide.

"I'm impressed" He said and she laughed softly, sliding off her stool and standing up. He stood up, drinking the last of his beer before he placed it down on the counter and then started to pull her out towards the dance floor. She followed without a fight, blushing when she heard a wolf whistle from the table Matt had been sitting at. He pulled her closer, "Don't worry about them. They're just teasing you, they don't really mean anything by it."

She nodded slightly, and blushed more when he pulled her closer to start dancing with her, but she slipped in against him anyway, quite comfortable with his touch.

"Enjoying yourself yet?" She heard him talking loudly in her ear. She doubted anyone else could hear though, she could barely hear him and he was right next to her.

With a soft laugh she replied, "Yes! Thank you."

-

She slid into the seat next to Matt with a soft sigh and massaged her ankle. "You alright?" He asked her, and she smiled sweetly at him, nodding.

"I'm fine, just not used to all this." She told him, glancing up as Beth joined them at their booth. Ixchel then glanced over at Jeff who was drawing on a napkin, a beer on the table in front of him, to Beth Phoenix who was also massaging her ankles, and then finally to Matt.

"You want to head home?" He asked her, and she automatically glanced at Beth who smiled a little.

"I'll catch a cab back with Jeff here, I'll see you tomorrow 'Chel."

"I guess that's a yes" Ixchel said, smiling some and standing up, taking Matt's hand as it was offered to her. "See you tomorrow Beth, bye Jeff."

"Yeah, bye you two." Matt said casually, getting a goodbye from Beth and a grunt from Jeff. He led Ixchel out, still holding her hand and waited for a cab. While waiting he noticed that she was shivering. "Cold?" He asked.

"A little…" She said softly, and promptly blushed when he wrapped his arm about her shoulders, drawing her in close to him. She automatically placed her head on his shoulder, biting her lip as she forced the blush to die down. Soon enough they were in a cab and on their way back, Matt's arm still wrapped securely about her shoulder. Ixchel felt safe, but she didn't feel a spark, however she decided that could be addressed later. When they arrived at the hotel Matt paid the fare, despite Ixchel's insistence's she should pay half and then he offered to walk her up to her hotel room.

Once they were outside the room she leant against the door, and Matt leant in rather close to her. "Ixchel…" He said softly, and she smiled.

"Call me 'Chel… Either that or Rainbow… or some kind of variation on that. All my friends do."

He smiled at this and nodded a little "'Chel it is." He told her, and place one hand beside her head, leaning in to place a gentle kiss on her lips. When he pulled away and they looked at each other they both laughed.

"Well that was awkward." Matt commented, and she laughed a little more. "Like kissing a little sister."

"Just friends then?" She asked him with a small grin, and he nodded.

"Friends. And little sister like" He said, reaching out to ruffle her hair, and she slapped his arm. Another person she seemed to just get along with. Ixchel was glad to be making friends.

"You know, Beth is going to be so disappointed." She said with a small laugh, and he shrugged a little.

"Ah, she'll be happy you've got another friend, even if disappointed by the lack of gossip."

"Thanks for a good time tonight big brother," She teased him and he laughed.

"You too. Goodnight little sister" He teased back, kissing her forehead as she fished out her room key. She unlocked the door and waited in the doorway a moment, waving at Matt as he turned and walked down the hall to the elevator.

"Goodnight Matt!" She called after him, and he waved before he got onto the elevator. Then she turned and walked into her room, sighing as she kicked off her heels and grabbing up something to put on before she went to shower. She came out with a flannelette shirt on, as well as some underwear and slipped into bed, pulling the covers up around her and smiling as she shut her eyes. Her first day had been better than she'd ever imagined, even if she didn't have a romance blossoming.

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Authors note: I dunno. It's the second chapter in any case. Sorry, I know, some of you want some Matt love, and I promise you will get it, just not in this story. They're only destined to be friends, and feel brotherly/sisterly love. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the update. Either another chapter to this or the beginning of another story will be up soon.

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