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Cameron:
Six weeks had gone by since Christina and Jeff had last seen each other. They had talked almost every day to each other over the phone. Jeff kept hinting that Cameron was a great place for someone who was looking for a small town feel. He really wanted to see her again, yet he couldn't understand just why.
Christina had not yet told him that she had already bought a place and that she would be moving in within the next week. She wasn't moving there just because Jeff was there, but because she just wanted to start something new, to leave her past behind her. She wanted to leave what had happened to her in L.A. in L.A. and she wanted to never think about it again.
Christina wanted to go down there and set up her new place and surprise Jeff. So every time he had brought it up during their conversations she made it sound like she was not as ready as she thought she was to leave the big city and that she was leaning towards moving to New York instead. Other than this repeating subject, their conversations were always very interesting. They weren't always sure exactly what they talked about; they just enjoyed being able to talk to each other.
Christina hung up the phone and heard, "Was that rainbow again?" coming from the kitchen.
"No," giving Nicole a look, "it was Jeff."
"Jeff the 'Rainbow' haired warrior."
"You are so funny." Christina said in a very sarcastic tone. "We should get to bed early tonight, the drive from LA to Cameron is gunna take a while."
"True," replied Nicole, "but I can sleep while you drive."
"Again very funny," again being sarcastic, "I'm off to bed."
The next morning Christina woke up bright and early. Today she would begin her journey to her new home in Cameron, North Carolina. Nicole was going to come with her and help her set up her new place and get settled in.
As promised the night before, Nicole slept while Christina began the first shift of driving. They drove straight stopping only for gas and to use the washroom. They took turns driving so they didn't have to stop to sleep as who ever wasn't driving slept in the passenger seat. Even with such minimal stopping they're journey still took nearly two days.
Jeff desperately wanted to see her again, he pictured her every time they talked on the phone. Matt and his long time girlfriend Heather were getting sick and tired about always hearing about Christina. They had never seen Jeff so worked up about a girl in their lives. 'This better be some amazing girl,' They often though to themselves, 'cause if not I'm gunna to regret letting Jeff sound like a complete idiot about her.'
Christina and Nicole arrived in Cameron and crashed on the floor of Christina's new place. They woke up a few hours later and began to unpack the moving truck with all her furniture would be arriving soon. They worked for two days straight, during which Christina didn't get a chane to talk to Jeff at all. Both her and Nicole had been working so hard they hadn't heard Christina's phone ringing once.
"Thanks for coming all the way over here to help me get settled."
"Hey, no problem. You'd have done the same for me."
"Absolutely." They sat in Christina's new living room exhausted from all their hard work.
Suddenly Christina realized that they had been working non-stop since they arrived and she hadn't spoken to Jeff sice she had arrived in Cameron. "Shit, Jeff!"
"I thought you liked this guy."
"Fuck you! I mean I haven't talked to him in two days."
"Oh no, the world has come to a screeching halt." she grinned.
"You're hilarious." Catching Nicole's sarcasm and rolling her eyes, "I'm gunna go give him a call."
"Does this mean I get to meet him?"
"Haha, that's the real reason you came to help me isn't it?"
"No... but it was an added plus." She gave Christina the most pathetic smile Christina had ever seen.
"Wipe that off your face, you look ridiculous." She went off to find her phone and call Jeff.
Jeff was beginning to worry. He had called Christina several times the last two days and she hadn't answered once. It wasn't like her not to answer. Could something have happened to her? His mind was filled with questions, and thoughts of Christina.
He sat at his favourite coffee shop in Cameron, wondering if he should try calling her again, even though he had already left her four messages. His phone began ringing, 'Could that be Christina?' He answered before it had a chance to ring again.
"Hello?"
"Hey, it's me. Sorry I haven - "
"Hey, I was trying to call you, where have you been?"
"I've been really busy the last few days."
"Doing what?"
"Where are you right now?"
Jeff was confused, why did it matter where he was right now? And why was she avoiding her question? As confused as he was he still answered, "The best coffee shop in Cameron. Are you avoiding my..."
"Is that what it's called?"
"Well no, but it's the only one in Cameron so it's clearly the best one. But why does it matter? Why are you acting so wei…"
"Ok, stay there. Bye." She hung up the phone.
Jeff sat there more confused about Christina than he had been before she had called. 'Why does she want me to stay here? Why does it matter where I am? She's all the way in L.A.' He wasn't really sure what was going on, yet he still followed her request and stayed where he was.
Christina ran out the door and hurried into her car, "I'm going out be back in a bit." She called to Nicole on her way out the door. Nicole sat and smiled to herself.
Christina drove into town, which was about five minutes away, and she had no problems fining the coffee place, as it was right on the main road. She parked the car and slowly made her way to the front of the building. She peered in through the window and saw Jeff sitting there alone facing the back wall. She didn't see his face but his bright yellow and orange hair gave him away.
She walked in and slowly came up behind him. He didn't see nor hear her as he was still in deep thought about the conversation he had just had on the phone. She reached around and covered his eyes with her hands, "Guess who." Jeff jumped and was taken back taken back to the real world. If he had been in his right state of mind whoever it was would have been sorry for sneaking up on him like that. But because he hadn't been paying attention it was too late, to try to know them down. He had also realized that he recognized the voice, except he couldn't place where he had heard it before.
"I don't know." he responded, hoping they would catch the annoyance in his voice. He was not in the mood for games right now, he just wanted to find out why Christina had been acting so weird.
"Guess." Christina said her smile widening.
"I really have no idea, can't you just tell me?" He was getting more and more annoyed at whoever it was.
"I'll give you a clue, stand up"
"Look, I don't know who you are can you just tell me. I'm really not in the mood for games."
"Just please stand up and if you still can't figure out who it is, I'll tell you. I promise."
"Alright." he said, standing up.
"Now close your eyes and I'm gunna trust you not to open them when I take my hands down."
"Ok, I won't open them." She slowly took her hands down. Jeff had an urge to turn around and open his eyes, but he decided against it. He wasn't sure what kind of a hint he would be getting that involved him having to stand up.
"Now turn around."
He did, "How is this a cl..."
His words were interrupted by an electrifying kiss. He instantly knew who it was, but what was she doing here. He wanted to open his eyes and see her face. A face he hadn't seen in nearly two months, but he kept his promise and kept them shut.
Christina pulled away, "Now do you know who it is?"
"Christina I can't believe it what are you doing here?" He opened is eyes, he couldn't believe what she was doing here. 'Am I dreaming?' he pinched himself on the arm.
"This isn't a dream, it's really me." she giggled. She looked even more beautiful than he had remembered.
"Surprised to see me?"
"Yes, in fact…" He leaned in for another kiss, but was stopped by Christina's hand.
"There's plenty of time to do that later. C'mon there's something I want to show you."
"What else could you possibly surprise me with?"
"You'll see."
She walked him over to her car. "Let me drive, you drove while we were in LA."
"Ah, but you don't know where we're going."
"You could just tell me." he smiled innocently.
"But where would be he fun in that? Just get in the car." she said with a smile. He reluctantly got in the passenger side, not sure if he could handle any more surprises.
"What happened to no more games?"
"This isn't a game, we're just going to a drive and I know he destination and you don't." she flashed him a smile.
"What made you such an expert on Cameron anyway?"
"If you know your way around LA, you know your way around anywhere. Here we are." She said as she pulled into the driveway of her new house.
"What's here?" Jeff asked clearly confused.
"For having to think fast on your feet in the ring you sure are slow and putting puzzles together."
'What is she talking about? Who are we going to go visit?' He went along with her and followed her up the steps to the front door. Christina made it look like they were visiting someone and she lifted up her hand as if she was going to knock. She was just messing with Jeff's head now. She was just about to knock and then she pulled a set of keys out of her bag and shook them smiling. Jeff finally put all the pieces together.
"You didn't," he said in amazement, "what about New York?"
"I had decided on Cameron that first night, not necessarily because you live here, but because of what you said about Cameron being an awesome small town, you are just my cherry on top." He laughed at her last comment and wrapped his arms around her shoulders and kissed her on the top of her head.
"Sorry again for not answering your calls the last few days. I was busy setting up the house."
"You should have called me I could have helped."
"I wanted to call you, but I also really wanted to surprise you with the whole picture."
"Well I definitely am surprised"
"So do you want a tour, or are we just gunna stand here on the front porch?" Jeff laughed, he honestly didn't care, he was just so happy to be with her again. He stood there looking at her gorgeous curves. She couldn't stop looking at his muscular figure. After a minute or so they both realized they were staring.
"I've missed you Jeff." Christina said softly moving her gaze up to Jeff's eyes. He looked back into hers, "I've missed you too." They both leaned in and shared their most passionate kiss. They moved in closer together, Christina pressing her body against Jeff's. He wrapped his arms around her running his hands slowly up and down her back. Christina moved her hands up and around Jeff's neck and through his bright hair.
"I thought I heard someone out here." Nicole had come to the door and opened it. She had heard Christina's car drive in and she had heard them come to the front door, but she hadn't heard them come in. Christina and Jeff didn't break apart, like they had when Chis Irvine had walked in on them, this moment was perfect.
"Well hello to you too." Nicole joked "Ok then, I'll just be in the living room." feeling a little awkward.
Just as she had turned to leave, the two broke apart. "Nicki wait." Nicole turned back to them. "Nick as you know this is Jeff, and Jeff this is Nicole. She was my roommate in L.A., and will be returning tomorrow. She came all the way out here to help me get settled."
Jeff held out his hand for Nicole to shake, "Nice to meet you Nicole."
Nicole took it, "Nice to meet you too Mr. Har…"
"Jeff, call me Jeff please."
"Jeff, nice to meet you too, Jeff." she said correcting her mistake.
"Well let me show you around Jeff." Christina was eager to show him her new space.
"And I'll go get us some drinks."
"K we'll be there after the tour, it shouldn't take too long."
"Lead the way." Jeff added as Christina entered the house.
Christina went ahead of Jeff showing all the rooms, the house was huge. If she had decided to move to New York City she would have maybe been able to afford a tiny 1 bedroom apartment for the same price as this.
Jeff was impressed, "And you fixed this whole place up in two days?"
"I told you I was busy." she smiled.
"You weren't kidding." Jeff added, also smiling.
"Are you guys coming down anytime soon?" they heard Nicole yelling from downstairs.
"Be there in a minute." She grabbed Jeff's hand and led him down the stairs to the kitchen.
"Took you guys long enough, I thought you had forgotten about me."
"How could we with all that singing?" Jeff was confused, he hadn't heard any singing. Then he looked at Nicole, she was bright red so she must have been singing. He could tell that Christina was probably just trying to embarrass her friend.
"I didn't think you guys would be able to hear that."
"Oh we didn't, but the colour of your face says it all. Oops, did I just embarrass you, and in front of the Jeff Hardy, gasp." Christina gave her friend the most cheeky grin Jeff had ever seen. Nicole knew it was all good fun but wanted to embarrass Christina back.
"You bitch! Well at least I don't full out dance in the car."
"Nice try, but he already knows I do that. That's why he talked to me in the first place, remember?"
"DAMMIT." Jeff stood there laughing at them.They reminded him of some of the stupid embarrassing things he had done with his brother.
"That's nothing, I have done way more embarrassing things."
"Which are…?" Nicole was surprised that Jeff could be embarrassed, she had watched him as Itchweeed in Itchweeed's Crib and other episodes of The Hardy Show, and if that wasn't embarrassing, what was?
"Yeah, I'm not gunna say though, so you can forget about it. If you must know then you should talk to Matt." Jeff grinned.
"And when will I be able to speak to Matt? I'm going back to LA tomorrow." Nicole crossed her arms across her chest.
"Well why don't you both come over for dinner tonight, I'll get whoever's available to come and you can meet the gang, or at least whoever ends up coming."
"Sounds like a plan." Nicole replied. Christina wasn't sure if she was entirly ready to meet 'the gang' yet.
They sat in the kitchen chatting a while longer. It was 2:00 before Jeff got up, "Well I guess I better get going, so I can see who's available and so I can start cooking. It won't be anything spectacular, just to let you know in advance."
"That's not a problem." Christina and Nicole replied together.
Jeff laughed, "Great," they had no gathered by the front door he turned to Nicole, "it was nice meeting you Nicole."
"It was nice finally meeting you too." Nicole had been wanting to meet him, not only because she had been a fan of his for years, but also because he was all he heard about from Christina.
Jeff and Christina got into Christina's car as she had to take Jeff back to the coffee shop, where his car had been left before. Before Jeff was dropped off at his car he had warned Christina about Matt and his girlfriend Heather. And how they were often overprotective of him, and that they might try to intimidate her, especially since she was a fan. "I think it'll be fine." Christina said but inside she was worried that Matt wouldn't like her hanging around Jeff.
"I'm sure it will be, just be yourself and he'll have to see how great you are." Christina just smiled sheepishly.
They arrived back at the coffee house and shared a quick kiss before Christina watched Jeff get into his car and drive off. She sat for another moment or so thinking only of Jeff. Could it be possible that she was falling for him?
