Hey everyone! So I touched up the last chapter and realized that I really liked how it's panning out. Even though the reviews aren't up to par, here's another update. Enjoy!
Jeff finished off another slice of pizza and gave the remaining crust to Lucas as he channel surfed. His phone rang on the table and he picked up
"Hello?" he answered
"I got your voicemail." Matt said "What was so important that I had to call you back immediately?"
Jeff had almost forgotten why he called his brother. It had taken him long enough to cal him back "Yeah. Harleen is trying to leave the house. I told her that you said not to. She isn't listening to me." he said, nonchalantly, eating the last slice of pizza
Matt sighed heavily. He hadn't been gone twenty four hours yet and Jeff and Harley were already going at it. He was getting to old for this shit. Jeff was an adult, but acted like he was on age with a sixteen year old girl "Where is she? Put her on the phone." he told him
"She's upstairs getting whorified." Jeff snorted
"Jeff." Matt grunted, annoyed
"Alright, alright" Jeff said "Hold on."
He heaved himself up from the couch and mounted the stairs and pounded on her bedroom door "Harleen! Matt's on the phone!" he yelled. There was no sound coming from the other side of the door, so he knocked again, louder this time.
"What the hell is taking her so long to answer?" Matt asked. All he wanted to do was set Harley straight and go to bed. He had a long day ahead of him and all the driving had tired him out
"I don't know. Hold on a second." Jeff said, going back downstairs into the kitchen. He yanked the junk drawer open and shuffled through until he found Matt's spare set of keys for the rooms. He climbed the stairs again. Finding the right key, he stuck it in and unlocked the door. It swung open and Jeff turned his eyes to her bed where he expected her to be, but found it empty. He entered the room and stuck his head in her bathroom. Nothing.
"What the hell?" he muttered as he checked her closet. Empty. He looked around and his eyes landed on the window, which was wide open
"What?" Matt asked
"She's not here, man. She climbed out of the window."
"You let her leave out of the house and you didn't even notice? Damn it Jeff-" Matt started
"Woah woah woah! You're seriously gonna blame me? I told the little bitch you said not to leave the house!" Jeff intercepted. He did not appreciate him giving him the third degree
"I know you Jeff. You didn't even try to stop her! You didn't want her around in the first place, I'll bet you practically kicked her out of the door!" Matted yelled
"I told you I didn't want to watch her! You should have just took her to Shane's!" Jeff told him "She doesn't listen to a damn thing I tell her!"
"Jesus Jeff! You're the fucking adult! You mean to tell me you can't even handle a sixteen year old! I'm going to try her cell, I'll call you back." Matt barked
"Whatever." Jeff muttered as he hung up. Why the hell was Matt angry with him. He did his job. If the little skank got hit by a fucking train or mauled by a fucking giraffe, it was her own fault, but of course Matt would blame him. A buzzing noise sounded through the room. Jeff followed the sound, noticing it was coming from the bed, shifting through her covers, he found her phone, Matt's name flashing on the screen. He hit the answer button
"She left her phone." he said
Matt cursed to himself "Do you at least know who she's with?"
"Yeah. That Georgia girl." Jeff said
Matt let out another string of curses "You don't know where she went?"
"All I know is that she went to some party." Where had he heard they were going while he was eavesdropping? Some club? Shit, why couldn't he remember? "I can't remember."
"Fucking great. I hope your fucking satisfied Jeff. You got rid of her just like you wanted."
"I don't see why that's a problem. She always comes back doesn't she?" Jeff scoffed
"And if she doesn't come back this time, then what? What if something happens to her Jeff? She's sixteen years old!"
"Nothing is going to happen to her. She can take care of herself." Jeff said, growing irritated
"I'm coming back home, this is fucking ridiculous." Matt growled
"No, Matt. You can't just ditch. You could get fined and suspended."
"I don't give a shit. I have to find her. I know you sure as hell won't do it."
"For fuck's sake Matt! I'll do it. I'll go look for her!" Jeff said, running a frustrated hand through his hair. He knew he was going to regret this one way or another
"You sure?" Matt asked
"Yeah" Jeff forced himself to say. He couldn't believe he was doing this. He just couldn't let Matt skip out on work and get suspended.
"Let me know if you find her. If you don't call me back in four hours, I'm driving back, okay."
"Yeah." Jeff begrudgingly agreed
"Four hours Jeff." Matt repeated
"Alright!" Jeff said, hanging up.
Harley fanned herself with her hand. The abandoned warehouse was packed with people of all ages. Music blasted loudly and people were dancing. She had lost Georgia an hour ago when some hottie asked her to dance with him. She had specifically told the red head to wait by the bar for her to come back and of course she was not there when she returned. People were scattered about doing various activities. Some were drinking, others smoking weed. She watched as a few girls did lines of coke off of a mirror with a dollar bill. As she got closer, she recognized the red head doing a line as Georgie, who looked up at her with a wobbly smile. She was sitting on some guy's lap, his hand practically up her dress.
"Harley!" Georgia yelled, waving her over
She approached cautiously. The random guy openly eyed her and licked his lips, making her uncomfortable
"You want a hit of this?' the red head asked, indicating the mirror where a fresh line was waiting
"Nah, I'm good." she declined.
Georgia shrugged and passed the mirror to the brunette next to her, who greedily snorted it up, sniffing and rubbing her nose. A guy with a tray full of shots walked by and Harley snagged two shots, downing them. She hadn't expected the party to be this wild. She had seen some scarring things going down while she was looking for her friend. Harley was known to party hard but this party wasn't exactly her cup of tea. If she was going to get through this, she was going to need the alcohol. She welcomed the burn with a slight grimace and stood awkwardly as Georgia swapped spit with that creepy dude. Gross
"I'm going to go get some air." she yelled
Georgia waved her off. She weaved through the crowded building, relieved when she made it out the door and outside. She breathed in the fresh air. The temperature had dropped and she wrapped her arms around her bare arms. A girl was leaning against the building, smoking a cigarette
"Hey can I bum one of those from you?" Harley asked
The girl offered the pack to her and she took one out. The girl offered her a light and she accepted it gratefully, taking a long drag. She didn't know how long she stood out there after she stubbed her smoke out, ignoring sleazeball after sleazeball who hit on her until she had enough and went back inside, eventually bumping into Georgia
"Hey! I'm going back to Brian's house. We need a little privacy. You comin'?" she asked
Creepy dude, or Brian, grinned at her. There was no way in hell she was going anywhere with him. From the look he was giving her, she could practically hear his thought screaming "Threesome!" at her
"I don't think so." Harley said "I'll find my way home."
"Okay" Georgie said a little too happily "Call me when you get home." she said, dragging sleazy Brian off
Great now she was stuck. She opened her clutch in search of her phone, not finding it. The image of her phone on her bed popped into her brain "Fucking fantastic." she muttered.
"Free shot?" a guy said, offer her a glass
What the hell? She might as well enjoy herself before she found a way home.
An hour later she was drunk off her ass and dancing on top of the bar. She managed to climb down with the cute bar tender's help and stumbled in her heels to the dance floor. She danced until she worked up a sweat, stumbling and tripping all over the place. She actually managed to take someone down with her
"Watch where the fuck you're going, you sloppy bitch!" the guy barked at her
"Fuck you, asshole" she said, drunkenly, failing epically at getting back up
"Harley?" the guy asked
Harley straightened her dress as she looked up, surprised "Holy shit. Shannon?"
Busted
"What the hell are you doing here?" Shannon asked, helping her to her feet
"The same thing as you. Partying." she told him. A cute guy walked by and sized her up. She sent him a flirtatious grin "Now if you'll excuse me, my future husband is getting away!"
Shannon watched as the teen went chasing after a guy. He was pretty sure Matt was out of town and had no idea that Harley was out partying this time of night and would throw a fit if he know she had been drinking. Wasn't Jeff suppose to be watching her? Pushing his way through the crowd, he went outside and pulled out his cellphone, dialing the youngest Hardy's number
Jeff slammed the door of his car and growled in annoyance. He'd been out for hours looking for Harley and he was exhausted. He was on the brink of giving up when his phone rang
"Hello?" he snapped into the receiver
"What's got your balls in a twist?"
Jeff palmed his face "What the fuck do you want Moore, I'm busy."
"Calm your nerves Jeffro. You sound tense. What's got you so bent out of shape?" Shannon asked, pressing his friend's buttons
"Fucking Harley, that's what. She fucking left the house and if I don't find her in the next... " he checked the clock "two hours, Matt is going to skin me alive, burn it to a crisp and feed it to his fucking dog. So if you can't help me, get the fuck off of my phone."
"What if I told you I could help you?"
"Don't fuck with me Shannon, not right now"
"I'm serious. What if I told you I'm looking at her right now?" Shannon mused. He was indeed looking at her. From his post outside, he could see Harley grinding all over some guy who had to be Matt's age
"Where is she?" Jeff asked, thanking his lucky stars.
Shannon gave him the address to the warehouse
"I fucking love you man. You don't even know how much I owe you for this. You saved my life."
"I'll hold you to that" Shannon laughed. He knew how much of a hard time Harley gave Jeff
"Watch her until I get there." Jeff told him
"You might want to hurry." Shannon told the Enigma as he watched Harley shove her tongue down the guy's throat "or you'll be crashing a live porno."
Jeff hung up and made a U-turn, ignoring the blare of horns honking as he dialed Matt
"You found her?" Matt answered
"Shannon did. I told him to watch her until I got there."
"Thank god. Call me when you guys get home. And thanks Jeff. For going to find her. I'm proud of ya."
"Yeah yeah." Jeff grumbled, hanging up
He breathed a sigh of relief. His brother wasn't mad at him and that's all that mattered. If it was up to him, Harley would have been shit out of luck
He pulled up in front of the warehouse fifteen minutes later and got out. Shannon met him at the door
"Where is she?" he yelled over the loud music
Shannon pointed over to the bar
He found her immediately, sitting on an older guy's lap. He pushed his way to the bar. When she saw him, her eyes went wide
"What the hell are you doing here?" she asked
"Get up." he growled, yanking her off of the guy's lap
"Hey man? What the fuck is your problem?" the guy asked
Jeff didn't have to answer him. From the look on Shannon's face, he'd been waiting to put his foot in his ass all night, but he had mercifully waited for Jeff to arrive.
Shannon grabbed the punk by the collar "She's a fucking kid."
"You told me you were twenty two" the guy said to Harley
She only let out an embarrassed giggle
"She's fucking sixteen, asshole." Jeff sneered
"Beat it!" Shannon said, shoving the guy
He scurried away
"Fucking snitch!" Harley spat at Shannon as Jeff dragged her to the door
"You'll thank me when your sober." Shannon told her.
He walked with them to the car and helped Jeff put her in the passenger seat
"Thanks again, Shan." Jeff said, slamming the passenger door
"No problem. Get her home."
Jeff got in on the driver's side and started up the engine, waving at Shannon as he pulled off.
"Do you have any fucking idea how much trouble you've caused?" Jeff finally said when they were halfway home
"Leave me alone, Nero." she muttered
"You fucking got me chewed out over your bullshit!"
"I don't give a fuck Jeff. I'm simply too drunk to care." she told him
Jeff started to snap at her but bit it back as they turned onto the dirt road leading to Matt's house. His phone rang as he was getting out of the car. Harley got out without a word as he picked up
"Did you get her home?" Matt asked
"Yeah and she's fucking hammered." Jeff said watching as she stumbled up the driveway to the back door. He unlocked the door and she pushed past him, kicking off her heels
"Put her on the phone." Matt demanded
Jeff smirked at his brother's tone. He was beyond pissed and he was glad that he was not going to be the one on the receiving end of it. He extended the phone out to her "It's for you." he said
She took the phone and cautiously put it to her ear and said hello, pulling it back when Matt's yelling met her eardrums. Jeff leaned against the counter and watched as her face softened
"I know..." she said softly "I know.." she repeated "I'm sorry Matt.."
He could hear his brother yelling at her from her post next to the kitchen table
"I'm sorry Matt." she apologized again
Jeff rolled his eyes at the sight of hers filling with tears. Oh, now she wanted to start with the water works? This could have all been avoided if she would have just listened to him for once. He actually found it pretty funny, seeing badass Harley cry at being chewed out by his brother.
"Okay..." she said "Goodnight Matt." she finally said. She wiped her tears and handed Jeff his phone back before retreating up the stairs
"Yeah." Jeff said cooly.
"Put a nail in her window tomorrow morning. And for the love of god, don't fucking let her out of the house."
"Alright." Jeff said
"Okay. I'm going to bed. Goodnight."
"Night." Jeff said, hanging up
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