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"So we are actually going to go out and do something later chica?" Melina asked her after their match that night. "I was hoping you might come out and join me and Joey. He has this friend that I think would be perfect for you."

"'I don't know..I was kind of thinking I would go back to the hotel and vegetate before our flight to the next city." Ashley said, knowing that wasn't at all what she wanted to do but knowing at the same time she couldn't tell Melina about Johnny. If there was a her and Johnny.

"Oh there is no fun in that! You are coming and I am not taking no for an answer comprende?"

Ashley laughed and shook her head in acknowledgment. If it meant that Melina would keep off her back for awhile she might as well agree to going out with her and her new boyfriend. What was the worst thing that could happen?

"So can I hook you up?"

"You can tell the guy to come, but there is no definite thing here alright? I don't know if I am in the mood to date anyone right now."

Melina hugged her tight and ran from the locker room, no doubt to go and tell Joey that they were all on for later that night when all was said and done. Just who was this guy that Melina thought was so perfect for her? Was there any way that Melina really didn't care about Johnny anymore and thought they would be good together? Were Johnny and Joey even speaking now?

She sat down, looking at her packed duffel bag but at the same time looking through it. She couldn't get her mind off kissing Johnny, and how good it had felt. Like pent up aggression releasing itself. She hadn't known what she was going to do when she got to the locker room. She had so much she wanted to say but all of it had sounded stupid. Why she had chosen to kiss him was beyond her, but when it was over, hearing him say the words she had really wanted to hear had made her happy.

Happier then she had been in months. She had loved Matt Hardy. No one really thought they would last and to be honest she hadn't thought so either, but the longer they dated, the more attached she became so that the day that Matt had broken it off to be on his own, well he had taken a huge chunk of her heart with him. Was it possible that after so much time apart she was ready to fall in love again? Or was what she felt for Johnny just a crush?

She heard the locker room open and saw Melina and Mickie enter together, laughing about something. When they saw Ashley they clammed up and smiled at her.

"Is there something you guys aren't telling me?" she asked them both.

"We know who Joey wants you to go out with, but like I told Melina, I don't think in a million years this is going to be more then just a one night thing. Not that you would sleep with him, I mean in terms of hanging out. This person just isn't right for you." Mickie said, grabbing her towel and getting ready to head to the showers after her match.

"Well who is it Lina?"

"Uh-Uh, I am not telling you that now. You are going to have to wait until we go out. Thats the way the guy wants it. He told Joey as much earlier."

What were the odds this was Johnny? The more secrecy around the date meant there was an even better chance it was Johnny. There was no harm in probing a little more.

"So, are Johnny and Joey talking to each other yet?" she asked casually.

"No and it is really stressing me out chica. You know, they have been friends since the tough enough days. Joey is messed up over it. He loves me, he tells me so all the time but he never wanted to hurt his best friend this way and neither did I. We just grew apart. People do it all the time. I guess I thought it would be easier then it is."

"God I'm sorry to hear that hun. Well hopefully we can all go out tonight and have fun and just forget our troubles for awhile." Ashley said, hurt by what she heard from her friend and also hurt for Johnny even more. If Matt had left her for her best friend, she would have felt the same way as he did now. It just made her want to be with him even more.

"So what are we waiting for, we've got one hour to meet the guys at Gretchen's Diner."


"So you wanna go out and get a beer or something man?" Jeff asked Johnny as he was packing the rest of his case. The show had been over for about an hour now and all the other guys had left. Johnny just seemed to want to take his time. Jeff knew about Melina and figured he was hiding out until he knew they were all gone.

"Sure why not. Where you got in mind?"

"Well a bunch of us are getting together at Gretchen's, so how about we go there?"

"When you say a bunch of people, Joey and Melina wouldn't be going would they?"

Jeff cracked a small smile and then turned away from him. He had wanted to mention that earlier but he figured Johnny was going to turn him down. "Yeah they are, but dude, I need you there for moral support. Joey is hooking me up with one of the Diva's and I need all the backup I can get. Even though I do know this girl pretty good."

Johnny rolled his eyes. So he was going to have to hang with his ex and his shitty best friend? Did not sound like an evening he was looking forward too. But Jeff was his friend and if he wanted help with this new girl of his, it was the least he could do. Maybe if he was lucky, Ashley wouldn't be breaking into any department stores and they could even get together.

"Yeah alright, I'm in, but if things get too messy I'm out of there."

"Fair enough man, so I'll meet you there then?"

Johnny nodded and Jeff grabbed his duffel and headed out the locker room door. The best thing that could happen is he could run into Ashley, the worst thing would be he would go home alone, the story of his life these days. He was hoping though that it was the first option.


"Oh no way, you can't possibly think that I am going to hook up with Matt's brother after all I went through with him. Jesus Melina, what drugs are you on these days that you thought that would be alright?" Ashley snapped, knowing now why Mickie had been laughing in the locker room. The two of them had been laughing at her and her luck.

"Just give it a chance alright? Jeff is a really nice guy and he came all this way just for you."

"Of course he is a nice guy. If I had had my luck he would have been my brother in law. Damn, anyone but Jeff would have possibly been fine but my break up with Matt is still fresh and the last person I want to have a 'date' with is Jeff Hardy."

"You know what Ash? I'm so sick of hearing about you and Matt. If you remember I just ended it with Johnny and you don't see me sitting around crying over spilled milk. My advice to you is get over this Matt thing and quick because if you don't, your only hope of a date will be Jeff Hardy."

Melina walked away then, not giving Ashley a chance to say what was on her mind. The reason Melina was able to walk away so easily is because she wasn't the one that had the broken heart, she had been the one giving it. How could she have believed that her and Melina could ever be friends? She would never have done something so callous as this.

All that was left now was to get the hell out of there before Jeff showed up. She made her way to the door, walking as quickly as she could and when she opened the door she found herself face to face with her ex's brother.

"Where are you going in such a hurry?" Jeff asked, a smile playing on his lips.

"Any where but here Jeff." She tried to push her way past him but he held her back.

"Look I know you didn't expect me to come tonight, and to be honest, I like you, but I know the past is between you and me and I just want to hang out with you as friends. When you were with Matt, we were close, and I want that back again. No strings attached. I only agreed to this for Joey anyway. Melina told him you needed to get out."

Ashley rolled her eyes but at the same time couldn't help but smile. Her and Jeff had been pretty close friends only a few short months ago. It wouldn't be so bad to get that back again without worrying about a date would it?

"One dance Ash, for me so I can write about it in my journal tonight?" Jeff asked dying to crack up laughing.

The music hit then, a song she happened to like so she placed her hand in Jeff's and headed to the dance floor. One dance surely couldn't hurt with an old friend.

Could it?