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Maeve left her bedroom and walked into the loft. It was completely empty, but by the laughter them a loud splash she could tell everyone was already in the pool. She went down stairs to the laundry room and grabbed towels for everybody.
"Need help?" She dropped them and jumped.
He's voice was familiar; she could automatically tell who it was. But when she turned around her face turned red. Jeff stood there with the usual bandanna except this time he didn't have a shirt on.
"Okay cool down girl, you've seen him before with out a shirt on, nothing's different form the last time." She thought, mentally smacking herself over her head.
"Yeah, you can take half if you want." She spoke after mentally gathering her courage up.
She handed him half of the towels and they left the room. The sun was bright out side and Maeve sneezed lightly when she looked up.
"God bless you." Matt laughed, grabbing the towels from her hands.
Maeve smiled and thanked him. Looking over Maeve stifled laughter. Aiden slowly sneaked Up under Dianna who was resting on a float completely above the water. He grinned up at her and then jumped up next to her. She stretched and fell of the yellow floating device. Maeve smiled and dived into the water. When her head broke the surface she turned just in time to shield herself from Mattie's canon ball.
"Come on Jeffro! The water's fine." He shouted.
Dianna was busy trying to catch and extract revenge on Aiden as Jeff jumped in she didn't notice Matt sneaking up behind her.
"I'm going to kill you kid! Get back her so I can-"
"Ewwww!" Jeff moaned.
Matt had caught Dianna's lips in a passionate kiss and they where now making out. Aiden cat called while Jeff and Maeve splashed them. They both let go and turned to them. That started a splashing war which turned in to chicken fights. As Maeve climbed on to Jeff's shoulders she laughed.
"You guys do know how High school this is."
"What can I say?" Matt laughed getting down so Dianna could get on his. "We're high school kind of people."
Dianna and Matt won the first round. Aiden was referee while Quince was content to read on the patio. Maeve and Jeff won the second.
"Okay guys, tie breaker!" Aiden shouted.
We headed strait toward them. I latched on Dianna's arms and we struggled.
"Matt, kick him or something."
"Isn't that cheating?"
"No, not-" Aiden started so Jeff took that time to kick Mattie hard on the leg.
"Ow!"
"Oh my God Matt are you oooooookkkkkkkkkkaaaaaokay-" They splashed back into the water and I shouted.
"Wahoo! Jeff we rock!"
He was laughing and I got off. Dianna came back up laughing and so did Matt.
"You guys suck." Maeve climbed on to the edge and smiled.
"I know, but you love us."
"Love you," Matt corrected, walking up the stars and grabbing a towel. "Unfortunately I'm related to that…thing, whatever it is." He said pointing to Jeff.
We all laughed and Jeff once again flicked him off.
I stood over the stove and stirred the chili. I grabbed the seasoning and poured the rest of it in slowly before grabbing a pot of water and putting it on to boil. Dianna was flipping through a catalog that had come into the mail and looked up as the phone rang. Maeve glanced over and grabbed it, pressing the talk button.
"Hello?"
"Maeve?"
"Billy, why are you calling me here?" She asked in a hushed voice.
She looked up and smiled to Dianna.
"Um…when the water starts to boil would you mind putting the spaghetti in it? And just stir the chili for me?"
Dianna looked confused but stood up and nodded. Maeve thanked her and rushed out of the room.
"Billy, I'll call you back in a second. I need to get up stairs to the office."
"Okay Maeve, but call back on this number okay? It's a secure line and I can't risk letting anything out okay?"
"Okay."
Maeve hung up and set the phone on the table in the foyer before marching up the stairs. Jeff and Quince were watching TV when Maeve passed them in such a hurry.
"Hey, what's the rush?" Jeff asked looking up.
She half turned before hitting her hip on the pool table.
"Shit!" She hissed, clutching her side.
"No rush I just need to go to the bathroom."
Jeff looked at her suspiciously.
"But…there's a bathroom down stairs." He said.
"I uh…like mine better. Bye!" She sputtered out a quick excuse and went down the hall.
Maeve had only given the guys one rule, besides breaking stuff, and it was that they couldn't go in the room at the end of the hall. She clutched the handle and opened the door, quickly shutting it behind her.
Jeff was confused. What was wrong with the bathroom downstairs? He stood up and Quince's eye's followed him.
"Where you going?" He asked.
"Just to the library. I saw a book in there yesterday that looked interesting." He lied, heading for the "forbidden door".
He put his ear to it and heard a muffed Maeve. She sounded angry.
"No Billy…I told you I retired. Yes it's perfectly normal to retire from the CIA when you're 26." She snapped.
Jeff was a little shocked. CIA?
"No, I will not come back Billy. I have a life now. I'm not some puppy who will fallow you around like I did when I was 18…yes I get it Billy, I have talent. But my talent in art is far more important then how well I can do Tai Kwon Doe or Tai Jutsu okay? No, Billy, and that's final."
Something slammed, than something else, then something else.
He took his chance and dashed down the hall.
Maeve looked at the tipped over book case fuming.
"I will not be bossed around by an old man." She hissed to herself.
She reached over and grabbed the bottle of Advil and popped three into her mouth. She dry swallowed the turned to the door. Looking over at the gun case on the wall she sighed. That was her old life. She didn't spy anymore. She had enough money plus more to last three lifetimes. She would, under no circumstances, go back to the way everything was before. She wouldn't have to kill another man in her entire lifetime. She threw the door open and walked down the hall, rubbing her side. She stopped before the loft and pulled her shirt up. There was already a large bruise developing on the hip.
"Damnit."
"Maeve? You okay?" She heard Mattie call.
"Coming."
They all sat in the living room around the fire place, eating the chili Dianna and Maeve had prepared.
"This is really good you guys." Matt said from his spot next to Dianna on the plush carpet.
"Thanks, but really, Maeve basically did everything. I just stuck the oodles in the water and stirred it."
"Well it's delicious, thank you Maeve." Jeff spoke up, sticking another cracker with butter ion his mouth. She smiled.
"You guy's are welcome. I just hope you're enjoying yourselves."
Aiden nodded.
"Yeah…even though I just live here."
Maeve rolled he eyes at him and took another bite of her food.
"Hey Maeve, let's go on a picnic tomorrow, just you and me. Girls day out you know?" Dianna chattered.
Maeve smiled and nodded.
"Sounds good. I'll make some snacks."
Jeff listened to Maeve and Dianna talk and plan out there day. He watched her laughed, her eyes lit up every time she did, and he couldn't help but wonder what it might me like if…if they were together. He took another bite and sighed. That would be amazing. But she didn't like him like that any way. He was just Jeff to her. The best friend's little brother.
Dianna rattled on and Jeff engaged in a conversation with the guys. Maeve just let her talk, nodding when it seemed appropriate and smiling also. What she was really doing was watching Jeff. She loved his hair for one. He almost always had it a different color every week for RAW, but right now it was dark purple and green, her favorite colors along with black. He talked, god his voice was gorgeous, with his little southern accent. She wondered what he might sound like with out it. She wondered if he was thinking about his dogs, or maybe about Shane and Shannon. He probably didn't even know she was a fan of the Hardyz or that she watched wrestling ever Monday, Wednesday, and Friday night. She wondered if it was obvious she liked him.
"What? Oh uh sorry what did you say?" She asked when Dianna stopped talking.
"I said we could make these little deviled ham sandwiches my mom taught me how to make."
They all talked late in to the night until Maeve noticed the time.
"Maybe we should get some rest for tomorrow Dianna. We don't want to stay up to late. We'll have to wake up early and get the food ready."
Dianna nodded.
They all stood up; and like good little boy's the guys helped them take the empty dishes to the kitchen. They all stayed and helped put the clean stuff away and the dirty stuff in the dish washer. As Maeve put the soap in Jeff was the last to leave. She shut the door and turned it on normal wash. As she left the kitchen the flipped the lights of. She went up the stairs and looked down the hall. She saw Jeff's back as he walked. She turned but stopped when she heard him speak.
"Hey Maeve?"
She turned and saw him, smiling at her with his hand on the door knob.
"Sweat Dreams."
She smiled and nodded.
"You too Jeff."
That's the last chapter for today. It's a little late here in the Hell hole i live in and i have to wake up early tomorrow. I will probably get another one out tomorrow too. So kept a look out for it.
Kitty
