Bri walked into the house. There was a note on the fridge from Karen saying that they were out of town for the weekend. Bri sighed as she tossed her things on the stairs. She opened the fridge and grabbed a beer and plopped down on the couch. She turned on the TV and flipped through the channels. She turned the TV off and walked into the kitchen. There was a picture hanging on the wall of her, Shane, and Bret. It was taken on her thirteenth birthday. She groaned and took the picture down. She tossed the bottle in the trash. She was headed towards the fridge when the phone rang.
"What?" she said answering it.
"Bri?" said the voice.
"Matty!" she said. "When did you get home?"
"Yesterday. I was calling everyone to let them know I was having a party tonight," he said. "What are you doing home. Shane said you had a new job that had you traveling."
"He didn't tell you?" asked Bri.
"Tell me what?" asked Matt.
"Nothing. I'll be at your place in about an hour," said Bri.
"Okay," said Matt chuckling.
Bri hung up the phone and grabbed her keys and jacket.
"Hello!" shouted Bri as she walked in the front door.
"Kitchen," said Matt.
Bri tossed her bag on the couch and walked into the kitchen.
"Hey," she said.
"Hey!" he said hugging her. "So what is this new job that you have?"
"I'm a pro now," she said sitting on one of the bar stools.
"Pro? Pro what?" asked Matt.
"Wrestler," said Bri. "WWE signed me."
Matt turned around to face her.
"Look, I know you've had your problems with them and I know how you feel about them, but some of your best friends you met there," said Bri. "Besides, if I worked with Jeff I would get into a lot of trouble."
Matt chuckled. "That's true. So, how was the first day?"
"Lots of interviews," chuckled Bri. "Day two was better. I got to beat up on Vicky."
"Nice," said Matt. "You hungry?"
"A bit, yeah," said Bri.
"Right. I've got nothing in the house. I'm going to run to the store and grab a few things. You wanna go or stay here?" he asked.
"I'll stay here," she said.
"Okay. Be back in a bit," said Matt. "Jeff will probably stop by."
"Okay," said Bri.
Matt nodded his head and headed out the door. Bri ran to the front window and watched him pull out of the driveway. She waited a few minutes to make sure he didn't come back for something. She smiled as she ran into the kitchen. She opened the cabinet and pulled out the Grey Goose. She walked over to the fridge and grabbed a beer and went into the living room and started to watch TV.
"Hello!" shouted Jeff walking into the house.
Bri froze on the couch. She capped the bottle and rolled it under the couch. She grabbed the beer bottles and rolled them under the other couch. She stood up and walked into the kitchen.
"Hey," she said.
"What are you doing here?" asked Jeff.
"Came to see Matt," she said.
"Where is he anyway?" asked Jeff.
"Store," she said.
"Right," said Jeff eyeing her.
'What?" she asked.
"There is something different about you," said Jeff.
"Nope. Nothing different," she said. "Nothing at all."
"You feeling okay?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine," she said. "Why?"
"You just see a bit off," said Jeff walking towards her.
"Really, I'm fine," she said slowly stepping away from him.
Jeff eyed her for a second. Bri thought he was going to give up, but she was wrong. Jeff lunged forward towards Bri. Bri shrieked and tried to run away. She tripped over her own two feet and fell to the ground with Jeff on top of her. She tried to push him off of her but to no avail. Jeff gripped her arms and pinned them to the ground. He frowned at her.
"You reek," he said. "Have you been in Matt's beer?"
"No?" she said.
"Seriously?" said Jeff rolling off of her. "What the hell are you doing drinking anyway?"
"Doesn't matter," said Bri sitting up.
"Like hell it does," said Jeff grabbing her arm. "You used to be able to tell me anything, why stop now?"
"Because I don't want to talk about it," said Bri.
"Let me guess, it has something to do with your mom," said Jeff.
Bri didn't answer him.
"That would be a yes," said Jeff. "What happened? Did she call or something?"
"Nope," said Bri.
"Then what happened?" asked Jeff.
"I don't want to talk about it," said Bri.
"Please tell me," said Jeff.
"No," said Bri.
Bri grabbed all the empty beer bottles and took them outside to the big trash can. Jeff grabbed the Grey Goose bottle and put it back in the kitchen. He watched Bri from the kitchen window. She was sitting in one of the deck chairs watching the clouds in the sky.
"What are you looking at?" asked Matt.
"Bri," said Jeff.
"Why?' asked Matt.
"You've got half a bottle of Goose left and you're missing three beers," said Jeff.
"Why'd you drink so much?" asked Matt.
"I didn't," said Jeff. "She did. Came over and found her."
"What? You're kidding right," said Matt.
"Nope. Something about Lyllian set her off," said Jeff. "She won't tell me what, though."
"She won't tell you? She tells you everything," said Matt.
"Yeah, I know," said Jeff. "I will be back. I've got to make a few calls. Hope you don't mind a few extra people."
Matt shook his head as his brother disappeared from the room. He knew Jeff was making some calls to old WWE friends. He didn't mind it, he was just curious as to who would show up."
Bri heard the door open and close. Matt sat down across from her and crossed his arms. Bri ignored him and kept looking at the sky.
'Why?" asked matt.
"Because I can. I'll give you the money to replace it," she said.
"That's beside the point, Bri," said Matt. "You were raised better than that."
"Let's not talk about my raising," said Bri.
"Shane has been nothing but good to you," said Matt.
"I haven't done anything to hurt him or Karen," said Bri. "In the five years that I've been here I have done nothing to them."
"I know that, Bri," said Matt. "But drinking your problems away doesn't work."
"I didn't say it did," said Bri. "I'm not going to talk about it anymore, Matty. I love you to death, but I just don't want to talk about it."
Bri stood up and walked off the porch. Matt knew where she was going, so he wasn't worried when she disappeared into the woods. She knew those woods as well as him and Jeff. He sighed and walked back into the house. He could still hear Jeff on the phone. He was worried about Bri, but if he'd learned one thing in the past five years it was that she would talk when she was ready.
