Disclaimer: I don't own Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Shane Helms, Crystal Moore, or Shannon Moore. The only one I own is Kaeleigh.

A/N: Long long time no update. I'm sorry about that, but I guess you could say I hit a major writers block with this story and I had some other things going on at the time of the last update in October 02. I actually had a couple of reviews come in for this story within this last month so, it encouraged me to finish the chapter I had written up. Here it is, and I apologize now if it's rusty or not that good, but I wanted to get this out. It may be the last chapter but I'm not sure. If it is, I will post an epilogue to it.

Chapter 7

While Crystal was looking in yet another store, I couldn't help but think about Jeff. With everything I've been through in my life he's the one constant, aside from my mom and Jake, I've always had. I've never had to wonder whether or not he'd be there for me, he just always has. "Hey girl!" Crystal shouted, breaking me from my thoughts.

"Yeah."

"What are you thinking about?" Crystal asked, with a stupid ass grin on her face.

"I was thinking about how I'm being dragged from store to store, and you haven't bought anything yet." I told her. "That and I was thinking about Jeff." I finished, noting the look on Crystal's face.

"You really do love him don't you?" Crystal asked, as we walked back into the mall.

"I think so. I mean my entire life, at least as long as I can remember, I've been with him in some way, shape, or form. I was just so damn afraid to say anything to him. Now that he knows, I couldn't be happier." I told her, smiling the first real smile in a long time.

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"Jeff. How did you manage to get her to go along with all this?" Matt asked his younger brother, when he arrived at his house that afternoon.

"I called Crystal this morning, before Kae even woke up, and she called back and told Kaeleigh that she wanted her to go shopping with her." Jeff said, as he was putting some dishes away.

"What do you think she'll say. I mean, it did take her forever to admit that she loves you." Matt said, helping Jeff with the dishes.

"Matt, we've loved each other since we were four years old. I can remember being in kindergarten, and the teacher would always try to separate us, and we would never let her. Then when we got to Jr. High and she would get her heart broken, who would she turn to? She knows I would never hurt her. She didn't even go to the prom, she didn't think she would have a good time since I wasn't going to be there. Matt, when we went inside her apartment that day, my heart just shattered. The girl that I fell in love with all those years ago was gone. Last night Matt, I swear I saw a glimpse of the old Kaeleigh coming back. When she kissed me last night, I saw a spark in her eyes that has been missing for awhile now." Jeff said quietly, the pain he felt still showing a little bit.

"Bro, I just want to tell you that I'm happy for you both. You know I love Kaeleigh like a sister, and I want nothing more that to see you both happy." Matt said, giving Jeff a hug.

"Thanks Matt." Jeff said back.

"I'm still surprised that you let Kaeleigh leave your side and go to the mall without you." Matt said, jokingly.

"Well Shane and Shannon are kind of following them." Jeff mumbled.

"What did you say Jeff?" Matt asked, not sure if he heard him right.

"I said, Shane and Shannon are following them." Jeff replied, looking his brother in the eye.

"The girls don't know, do they?" Matt asked, already knowing the answer.

"No they don't. Shane didn't want Kaeleigh to be by herself. When I told him about it this morning, he said he'd play superhero bodyguard." Jeff said, laughing lightly.

"Well you better hope they don't see them, otherwise heads will roll." Matt told him with a grin.

"I know, but since you're here, you can help me finish cleaning." Jeff said, throwing a dust rag at him.

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Crystal and I had just walked out of the mall, when she handed me a package from Wet Seal. "Crystal, what in the world is this?" I asked, not knowing why she handed it to me.

"It's your outfit that you are wearing to dinner tonight with me and Shannon." Crystal informed me, as we got in the car.

"So you bought me a new outfit, which I'm paying you back for, to have dinner with you and Shan. Crystal, I've known you forever, what's going on?" I asked, knowing she knew something.

"I can't tell you. What I can say is, you are going to love it." With that said, Crystal drove us to her house.

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"Knock knock." Shane yelled through Jeff's house.

"We're in the kitchen." Matt yelled back.

"How did it go?" Jeff asked, as he looked up from the chicken he was getting ready for the grill.

"Well, I think Kae was bored after awhile. Crys, had to yell at her one time just to get her attention." Shannon laughed.

"Well how many stores did Crystal have her in before that?" Jeff asked, with a smirk playing at his lips. They all knew how Crystal got when she was in the mall.

"Quite a few actually. I swear I think they were in every store in the mall." Shannon said, sitting down on a bar stool.

"I didn't know your wife could shop that much Shan." Shane said, grabbing a couple of beers out of the refrigerator.

"Yeah I didn't either, until my credit card bill showed up one day." Shannon replied, taking a sip of his beer.

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"Crystal, why can't you just give me a little hint." I whined, as we pulled into her driveway.

"Cause if I do, I'll be killed. Just stop whining and go get ready." She answered, as she headed for the phone. Once Crystal was sure I was out of ear shot, she called over at Jeffs. "Yeah Jeff. She's upstairs getting ready right now. Yeah I'll call you before I bring her home." Crystal said, before hanging up and going upstairs, to 'get ready' herself.

"Okay guys. Crystal and Kaeleigh are getting ready right now. Shan, your truck is at Shane's right?" Jeff asked, as his nerves started kicking in.

"Yes Jeff, don't go getting all nervous on us now." Shannon joked, as he, Shane, and Matt got ready to leave, so Jeff could finish getting ready.

"Good luck Jeff." Matt said, giving his little brother a hug.

"Thanks man." Jeff answered, as he shut the door behind Matt.

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A couple of hours later, I was ready to go have dinner with Jeff, Shannon, and Crystal. At first I was afraid to see the outfit that Crystal picked for me, but it actually looks like something I would have picked myself. She had picked a baby blue top, that was open from the shoulders down to the top of my elbows. The skirt was your basic denim, although it was the lighter color. "Hey Crys." I called, as I walked out to the hallway.

"Yeah." She replied, coming out of her room.

"You actually did pretty good picking out my outfit, it's kind of shocking." I joked, as I made my way downstairs.

"Ha ha funny. Let me get my purse and we'll get over to your place." When she said that, it sounded nice. I mean I know I've been living there for awhile, but I guess I never really though of it as my place. While I was thinking of this, Crystal was calling Jeff and letting him know we were on our way.

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15 minutes later, we finally get there, as Crystal "notices" Shannon's truck isn't there. "Go on ahead and go in. I'm going to try and get ahold of Shan and find out where he is." Crystal said, getting her cell out of her purse.

"Okay." I replied, getting out of the car. When I walked into the house, shocked couldn't even begin to describe what I was then. Jeff had candles lit all over the house, and a trail of rose petals leading to different rooms. I noticed a letter sitting on the table by the door, when I opened it, Jeff's distinctive handwriting jumped out at me.
Kaeleigh,
Follow the rose petals, and find your surprise.

Love,
Jeff

'What is he up to?' I thought to myself, as I started following the trail. Each room I went into, there was a different note. When I got to the bedroom, the last note simply said, 'turn around.' When I turned around, Jeff was standing behind me, with a dozen roses in his hand. "Jeff, what is all this for?" I asked, slightly confused.

"Kaeleigh, you know how I feel about you. I know we only told each other last night, but I think I've always known you were the one for me. We've shared alot and been through just about everything together. What I'm trying to say is, I love you more than my next breath. I'd give up my own life for you." Jeff said, as I stood there with tears slowly running down my cheeks.

"Kaeleigh Marie Williams." Jeff started, as he got down on one knee. "Will you marry me?" He asked, as he held out a beautiful princess cut diamond ring. I couldn't think of my answer, I knew I wanted to say yes, but it was forming the word that caused the problem for me. I just kept looking from the ring to Jeff. Finally after what seemed like forever, but was only like a minute I gave him my answer.

"Yes Jeff. Yes I'll marry you." I said, as he picked me up and spun us around, before kissing me as he slid the ring on my finger.

A/N 2: Like I said at the beginning, I'm not sure if this will be the last chapter. It all depends on how many ideas I can get for another chapter, if any. Hope this chapter didn't suck that bad, I know it's not the greatest but I wanted to get something out there.

*Amanda*

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