Chapter 7
As we were in the elevator going down to Jeff's car, there was an uncomfortable silence. So me being me decided to break the silence.
"So…umm…Jeff how long have you known Adam?"
"Well I've known him since Matt and I started wrestling. He's a really nice guy. I've never knew he had such a beautiful…umm… car."
"Oh" I said looking at the floor.
"Um… yea so I think that you're really gonna like where we are going today." Jeff said smiling
"Yea how do you know?"
"Well from what your brother has told me and from what I've seen I definitely know."
"Well I'm sure I'll love it. Thank you Jeff"
"No problem Savannah…anything for you."As we walked to the car I looked across the street and saw a dog park.
"Oh Jeff look, there's my favorite kind of dog." I said pointing to a harlequin Great Dane.
"Wow Savannah, that's a really big dog."
"Yea I would love to have one some day…I would name him Malachi I think.""Oh yea why's that."
"Well Malachi means 'god's messenger" in Hebrew. I dunno I've always loved that name."
"Well that's good to know." Jeff said with a smirk on his face.
We finally got on the road and Jeff was driving and I was typing away on my laptop.
"So whatcha' typing?" Jeff said while he was changing CD's
"Oh I'm typing a paper on the life cycle of the Coatimundi. A Coatimundi is a…"
"A South American raccoon." Jeff said "Yea I know I have one!"
"Wow really?"
"Yea his name is Imagi. He's great. He has his own little room in my house.""Wow do you have any other animals?" I said
"Yea I have a boxer named Liger and a prairie dog named Witty.""Wow that's really cool. Hey Jeff?"
"Yea Savannah?"
"I'm really glad I met you."
"So am I Savannah… but you already know how I feel about you."
"Yea Jeff I do I just hope that you understand that I'm not saying no I'm saying not right now."
"Yea Savannah I know. Listen, are you starting to come down from that caffeine? Because I am and I could really use another infusion."
"Yea totally. Plus I need to stretch my legs."
I turned off my laptop as we pulled into a Starbucks parking lot. I tried to get out of the car, but I found out that my ass fell asleep.
"Hey Jeff could you help me? It seems that my ass has fallen asleep."
"Yea no problem Savannah."
As he helped me out of out the very low corvette, I tripped and landed in his arms. I looked up and I was caught in a strange trance. It was as if Jeff was looking into my soul and I into his. He smelled so good I almost didn't want to let him go as he helped me to my feet. I had felt something that I hadn't felt in a long time…a wave of happiness washed over me that I didn't want to end. Finally after what seemed like an eternity of gazing into his eyes, I broke the trance.
"Umm…thank you Jeff."
"Anything for you Savannah."
We walked into the coffee shop, got our coffee and tried to head back to the car. Before we were out the door of the coffee shop, Jeff was bombarded by people wanting an autograph and pictures with him. I politely stood off to the side, patiently waiting for him to finish. Finally he said that he had to go, and he walked up beside me, put his arm around my waist and let me back to the car. People followed us out to the car wanting more of Jeff's time. Jeff gave me the keys and told me that I could get in the car if I wanted. As I was getting into the car a girl, maybe sixteen or seventeen years old, came up to me.
"Are you Jeff's girlfriend?"
"No, we're just friends…that's all"
"Well if I were you, I would never be just friends with Jeff Hardy."
"Well I guess it's a good thing that you're not me right?" I said with a bit of an attitude as I got into the car and slammed the door shut.
Jeff finally got into the car after about 10 minutes.
"Wow Savannah I'm really sorry about that. But I guess that you know what it's like…what with your brother being famous and all."
"No Jeff I don't know what it's like. I hadn't seen Adam since he became really big. I always made excuses not to see him because I knew that my mom would compare me to him…and I didn't want that."
"Oh I see." Jeff said "Well lets drop this conversation. Hey I'll tell you what. I'm going to give you're a really special privilege…I'm gonna let you pick out the music we listen too on one condition."
"Ok what's the condition?" I asked
"Well after you pick out the music, you have to put this blindfold on.""WHAT??!!"
"Well we're almost there and there's gonna be signs advertising the place and I don't want you to know until we're actually there."
"Ok fine. I guess if it'll make you happy I could put it on." I said
"Good" Jeff said smiling
I ended up picking out Vol:3 the subliminal verses by slipknot. When Jeff asked me why I picked out that CD I told him that no matter how ugly something could be there's always some beauty inside somewhere. The band may look scary, but he has such a beautiful voice when he want it to be, that it really makes you think. Plus it's great music to charge you up and get you excited. Needless to say that Jeff was impressed with my answer and like I said I would I put on the blindfold. After about twenty minutes of driving, I felt the car come to a stop.
"Can I look yet?" I asked Jeff
"Nope not yet" Jeff said
Jeff got me out of the car and let me down a gravel path. I could hear the rocks crunch underneath my feet. Then I smelt a smell that was familiar yet I couldn't think of what it was. It reminded me of when I was young and Adam would take me to the zoo to see the animals. We walked for a little bit then Jeff stopped me and told me to wait right where I was for him.
"But Jeff I don't want to stay here by myself." I said
"Well… ok fine but you can't listen to what I say to someone."
"Yea ok whatever."
Jeff put my hand in his and let me somewhere.
"Yea Hi My name is Jeff Hardy and this is Savannah Copeland, I had called and talked to a Dr. Moon. He told us that we could see him today."
"Oh yea sir Mr. Hardy. Dr. Moon is expecting you and Miss Copeland. The event has started sooner than Dr. Moon had anticipated. Follow me quick!"
Jeff said that I could take off my blindfold because we had to run. I took off the blindfold and realized that we were at bush gardens and that we were following an employee into a back room.
"Dr. Moon? This is Jeff Hardy, he said that he had called and talked to you?"
"Oh yes, thank you Kevin. Mr. Hardy, Miss Copeland, My name is Darrius Moon. Very nice to meet you"
"Savannah, please, very nice to meet you too."
"Jeff, so Dr. Moon…I heard that she's ready sooner than you expected?"
"Yes Jeff she is so that means that we have to get you all scrubbed and gloved stat."
I looked over at Jeff, he looked at me with a huge smile.
"You're gonna love this Savannah."
I followed Dr. Moon into an operating room. I looked on the table and saw a massive 800-pound golden tabby tiger on the table purring.
"Savannah, Jeff…this is Jade and she is going to have a cesarean today. She's a very rare breed of tiger that only comes from…"
"Western Mongolia and only breed once every two year with an 85 miscarriage rate." I said without even realizing it, while staring at the big cat.
"Yes that's correct Savannah. It seems like Mr. Hardy was right."
"Right about what?" I asked
"Your extensive knowledge of big cats" Dr. Moon said
I looked over at Jeff and smiled. "Thank you." I whispered to him
"Anything for my Savannah"
