Whispers In The Wind

PikaDarkness

Chapter 7

Shaking Things Up.

Andrea hung up the phone, she was stunned, she never thought he'd call.

Jeff came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her "Who-?" The rest of his sentence was drowned as Andrea screamed and pushed him away where he hit the table holding the phone and fell to the ground, wide eyed from shock.

"NEVER DO THAT TO ME AGAIN!" Andrea screamed at him, and he flinched.

"I-I-I'm sorry! W-what-whatever I did I'm s-sorry." Jeff stuttered, very scared, she looked like she just came from out of a horror movie and gained a lot of experience in how to frighten people. "Who-who was on the phone?"

"None of your business Jeff Hardy!" She snapped, then stalked up the stairs, banging each one with deliberate force.

Jeff stayed where he was, unable to move or speak, not even think.

Emma came through the door. "Dad? Why are you down there? Are you ok?" that jolted him out of his reveree, and he jumped to his feet, rightened the table and phone then fixed himself up.

"Yes everything is ok." He assured, pulling an unconvincing smile. Not wanting to be asked anymore questions, he bolted up the stairs. He reluctantly went into his room. He was met by a harsh glower when he was in her full view. "I'm not here to cause trouble." but he backed out anyways.

"Jeff." Andrea said softly, but he managed to hear her. "Wait. Come back."

He walked back into the room, his shoulders hunched. She beckoned him to lay down next to her on the bed. "Yeah?"

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that to you. It's just- there was this guy from another Team calling, well he switched Teams from Rocket to Magma in the Hoenn region and-" but she broke off, she couldn't say the rest: she didn't want to hurt him.

"And?" Jeff urged.

Andrea took a deep breath. "I used to date him for information."

Jeff didn't utter a word, he appeared to mad to even do anything. He closed his eyes. He then found his tongue. "You what?"

"It didn't go as far as you may think-"

He silenced her. "You dated him? You dated him?!" His voice was now raised to a shout. "I cannot believe you Andrea! I-I-I... Man just- fuck you! Goddamn it fuck you!" he completely lost contro and got up, pacing around the room once then smashed his fist into the wall, cracking it.

Andrea was in tears at his reaction, honestly she knew it had to happen, but it was still hard to watch. "I'm sorry!"

"Oh your sorry?" Jeff asked sarcastically. "And everything that's happened will magically disappear because of two stinking and meaningless words? Is that what you think? Well it won't- your just a foul loathsome cheater!" and with that he walked out of the room slamming the door with so much force the whole room shook and the window threatened to break.

Now Andrea started to cry loudly. Jeff had never said anything so bitingly cold.

Jeff stomped down stairs, angry tears in his eyes. Emma looked up. "Dad what's wrong?" but he acted as if he never heard her. "Dad?"

"Please I don't want to talk about it." He just needed to get away. He burst out the front door making a beeline for the car, maybe he could drive to Cerulean and spend the day there. As soon as he started the car, Andrea ran out.

"Wait Jeff! Please! Please! Lets just talk!" She ran behind the car and Jeff threatened to run her down by revving the engine alarmingly. She threw open the passenger door and jumped in, before leaning over to take the keys from the ignition. "Please... I wanna talk." she said more calmly now she knew he couldn't go anywhere.

"Get lost and give me back my freaking keys." He muttered, looking out the windshield.

Andrea shook her head. "No Jeff."

"I said give them back!" and he lunged forward and ripped them from her grip, his expression fierce. Andrea was now seriously scared of him. "Now get out of my car, out of my house and out of my life!"

"Please Jeff... please lets just talk about this." Andrea said calmly, she knew this wasn't him talking, he was blinded by pain. "Look we can solve everything if we talk. I know what I did was wrong and I regret ever making that decision. But I only did it to get information, it never went far and I never kissed him."

"Yeah right, how do I know you didn't? I thought you were deceased at the time, so I have to no proof to believe you." Jeff said, still staring forwards, his voice calm but cold. One word and he'd snap again.

"Because I love you and you know that." Andrea said just as calmly.

"Do I? How many men did you date for information?" There was a long pause. "Tell me Andrea Hardy or you'll become Andrea Campbell again."

Andrea was shocked, he would divorce her! "I'm so sorry Jeff but seven."

"SEVEN?!" Uh oh now he snapped.

"I'm sorry!"

Jeff was breathing heavily, then he started beating the steering wheel, random honks came from the horn when he hit it. When he was done he buried his face in it and shook from tears. Andrea curled into a ball as far from him as possible. Hesitantly she reached forwards to touch his back but her hand was slapped away. "Don't touch me." he whispered hoarsely.

"I'm sorry." Andrea said a final time.

Jeff shook his head. "Were they all mistakes?"

She nodded "Yes, yes they were Jeff!"

"All eight of them?"

That confused her. "Eight? I only dated seven, who's the other person?" Jeff just stared at her. It clicked. "No, your not a mistake! You never were and never will! Please, your not a mistake!"

"How can I believe you? How do I know that I'm not another one of your mistakes? How do I know that you didn't just use me? How do I know that I'm not just a piece of rubbish to you?"

Andrea grabbed his chin and pulled his face to hers and cupping it between both hands. "Remember what we said at our wedding? Remember?"

"Forever and Always." Jeff murmered. His voice just a little bit high as he fought the urge to cry again just saying those words was a pain.

"Exactly! That's how you know. If you were a mistake I would never have said it. So there is your answer."

Jeff shook his head. "I don't want to believe you."

"But you do. You do because you love me." Andrea said calmly, then placed a hand on his heart, smiling as she felt the steady pounding of life on her palm. "And your heart tells you that too."

Jeff knew he was losing the fight- again. But this time, he couldn't help it, she sucked him in. He closed his eyes and pulled his face from her grip and rested it on the steering wheel. Andrea touched his back again but he didn't stop her this time.

"Do you trust me?" She whispered.

Jeff sniffed, he had his mind made up. "I trust you."

"Do you trust me so much to know I won't do this again?"

"I trust you to know that you won't"

Andrea smiled. "Thank you."

Jeff looked up and smiled, there was some grief and mistrust in his eyes, but it looked as if he were overcoming it now. "Your welcome."

To Be Continued...

Another healthy fight haha. I might make them more frequent, they are juicy to read- but listen to soft sad music when you do, it makes it more interesting.

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