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The drive to the house went much slower than I anticipated. I was stuck behind a tractor that was going an estimated ten miles an hour. Thankfully I wasn't the only idiot stuck, there was a whole lane full of cars. This was going to be FUN! This right here is probably the only good thing about living in North Dakota. All the tractors there actually stayed on farm land and off of the roads thankfully preventing an exceptionally slow lane. I wonder how long I have been sitting here. I groaned as I looked at the clock on my radio. I had left my dad's house 15 minutes ago and judging by the long lane of cars ahead of me I was going to be awhile. There was about five cars ahead of me and they all had to drive an estimated five miles an hour to avoid hitting each other. I groaned once again. I was defiantly going to be here for awhile. This was going to call for some good music. So the endless dig through my car began. I started to hum to pass my time but that only made it drag on. I finally found an old mix cd I made about two years ago. .. I smiled as I looked at the name of it 'Carolina Mix'. It was full of the songs I used to listen to with my best friends. 'Footsteps' by Pearl Jam filled my car and it didn't take long for me to start singing along with it. Especially when my favorite part came on. I didn't bother to check around me or notice the fact that my window was down as I started to show off my rock star skills.
"OOOHHH I GOT SCRATCHES ALLL OVERRR MY ARMS. ONE FOR EACH PAIN SINCE I FELL APART. OOOOHH I DID WHAT I HAD TO DOOOOO IF THERE WAS A REASON. IT WAS YOU!" I was pretty proud of myself until I looked in my rear view mirror and the guy behind me was staring at me like I was some kind of weirdo. I slouched down in my seat trying to avoid the hard gaze of the vehicle behind me. Just then the song changed and I was thankful until I heard the familiar beginning bars of 'Picture'. I sighed. I downloaded this song when I was in North Dakota on August 31st. It was Jeff's birthday. He's always been a couple years older than me so he was turning 21 the year I turned 17. I cried my eyes out that day because all I had of him was a picture. Mom refused to get a computer, maybe that was so she could ensure Michael wasn't cheating on here since that's the way they met. We had a house phone but I think she purposely didn't allow long distance calls. She meant well but all she did was make me miserable. I think she just wanted a fresh start so no one knew she had an ex husband. She was just Loretta Anne Charleston now. She wasn't the woman who left a broken hearted Jesse Charleston back in Carolina. I sighed as I thought of my mother now, she was still the wonderful woman I had known all of my life. Maybe she just wanted more than what the small town of Cameron could give her. I shrugged and my thoughts went back to that certain rainbow haired man. I was still in shock over my last conversation with Jeff. He had admitted he had feelings for me which I wasn't sure if that was a good or bad thing. He really hurt me when he said I would use Shannon to get back at him. Had his opinion of me lowered that much? I sighed once again to myself. I missed the old days where I would go to him and tell him everything that was wrong and he would try and make it better no matter what it was. I grabbed my cell phone out of the console and went through my contacts and MATT lit up. I automatically hit call. It rang three times before he answered.
"Hardy sex shop we supply it so you can fantasize it. Can I get your last name?" I chuckled and rolled my eyes. Always the jokester.
"Yes sir its Charleston, I was callin to check on my order of a thick 12 and a half inch dildo." I could tell he was trying hard to keep a straight face by his reply.
"Well yes ma'am it said its being shipped from New York so it will be here in prescisly three days." I laughed out loud on that one.
"Just wanted to let you know that I am stuck behind a tractor. Good ole Carolina farmers."
"Yeah I know. So you gonna take a guess at who's here?" I debated a minute.
"Lets play 20 questions. Did we grow up with them?" He made an eehhhh sound.
"Yes and no. I can't go into too many details on that one. " I nodded in consideration.
"Um is it a him or her?" He made that eehhh noise again causing me to laugh.
"I can't answer that."
"Well is it Uncle Jason or Uncle Jim?" He chuckled.
"Most defiantly not," I sighed and changed the subject knowing that I wasn't going to get very far on that subject.
"I wish Jeff would apologize so we can be okay again." I heard him sigh.
"Me too Faith, he's been in a daze since you too started arguing. What was all that about anyway?" Now it was my turn to sign. My fingernails became extremely interesting.
"Well he admitted he had feelings for me and..." Matt cut me off.
"That's why you two knuckle heads are fighting. Wow."
"No he accused me of using Shannon." Silence filled the telephone. I knew I was going to get this reaction. How do you react to something like that?
"What is going on between you and Shan Faith?" I chuckled.
"I'm really starting to like him despite my better judgment. He's fully aware of the situation between Nero and I." I could see him bobbing his head in thought. I looked ahead of me instead of down at my nails and saw that the tractor had turned off onto one of the back roads.
"YES! He's gone na na na nahhh. Gone back to his farm na na na nah. Alrighty Matteo I'm on my way now that the tractor has turned I'll be there shortly." I heard an 'alright' then I hung up. After the tractor turned off it took ten minutes to see the Hardy land.
I was in the driveway within minutes. A large black escalade was already parked in the driveway. It had North Carolina plates so I know it must be someone I know. I put my car in park and slowly exited my car. I kept staring at the car trying to place it with one of the people from my past's taste. I scratched my head as I circled the car drawing a blank. I sighed and made my way to the front door. As soon as I made it to the top step the door swung open and I was greeted by a blonde with black highlights. Her hazel eyes were twinkling with excitement. She was approximately 5'7. Her body was very slim. There was only one girl I knew who had a body like that.
"Autumn?" She grinned and nodded at me then came running at me. I opened my arms and we embraced squeezing each other as we giggled. She backed up and stared at me with a grin that filled her entire face.
"Look at you Faith. How is Hallie?" I shrugged.
"Well she wasn't aware I was coming down. I think now that her and I have talked she wished she had came too but other than that she's great!" She smiled and hugged me again.
"I've missed you so much Faith. It hasn't been the same since you left. Maybe we should sit down and catch up." I nodded excitedly as she led to me to a place in the field. It was then I noticed an emerald ring on her left hand ring finger. She smiled as she noticed what had caught my eye.
"Well maybe I should start off with the obvious. I'm engaged to the last person I ever dreamed of but he's very amazing and I love him." I nodded and laughed.
"So who is it?" I asked with a smile. Her eyes lit up as they landed on a green crotch rocket. I squinted trying to catch a look at the guy on the cycle but he had a helmet on. He was also making his way over to us. I was staring intently at the way he walked and how he held himself, then it all clicked. That couldn't be...
"Hey baby," Autumn said as she stood up and he took off his helmet and she gave Shane a kiss. I stood there with my mouth gaping open like an idiot. Autumn was engaged to Shane Helms. They used to hate each other. Apparently when I left she found a different shoulder to lean on. Autumn pulled Shane down in the grass with her and wrapped her arms around his. He grinned down at me.
"If it isn't Faith Charleston. How ya been girl?" I laughed as I stared at the two in wonder. Of all of my old friends these two are the last ones I expected to be together. Shane had really changed from the scrawny comic book nerd I had remembered. His hair had a green tint to it and was now short. He had a slight 5 o' clock shadow but that was all that had changed in my old friend.
"I've been missing the hell out of you guys! But other than that I've been working on getting an associates degree in writing. I've always had a passion for it in case you guys forgot." Autumn smiled at me.
"How could we possibly forget you Faith? You were my best friend. We had secret plots against Shane and Shannon don't you remember?" I grinned even though my cheeks heated up at the thought of how Shannon and I used to be and how we are now. Things change I mean look at Shane and Autumn.
"So you're going to write novels or short stories?" I turned my attention back to Shane.
"Novels, I hate the idea of putting so much work into something and its not even long enough to jump into." He grinned at me.
"Then you can write 'Shane Helms :the man behind the mask' or 'The Hurricane Chronicles'." I laughed and nodded.
"Sure just let me get my recorder." He chuckled. We were so involved in conversation I didn't notice Jeff walk up. He was standing on the other side of Shane and staring directly at me.
"Hey guys do you mind if I borrow Faith?" Autumn looked at me before she said a word. I appreciated it but i shrugged so she nodded.
"Sure Jeff go ahead. We'll be inside when you're done talking Faith. It's so good that you're home." I hugged her and Shane then walked next to Jeff waiting on him to say something. He just stared ahead and we continued walking until we made it to the place where OMEGA was born. The old ring was still back here.
"You know Shannon and Matt have to hop on a plane tomorrow right?" I shrugged. I knew it was gonna happen eventually.
"Yeah I figured they have a show to do right?" He nodded.
"I was supposed to leave yesterday but they didn't need me for the RAW taping so I didn't. I may have to fly out Wednesday for a house show." I just nodded in response. I still hadn't received an apology so that's all the response he was getting out of me. He stopped walking and turned around so he was standing in front of me instead of beside me as he was before.
"I'm sorry I hurt your feelings Faith but I was just looking out for Shannon." I simply nodded again. I mean what more can I do?
"I understand you were looking out for Shannon but in the process you made me feel like shit. I'm not that type of girl and if you were any one else I would have decked you on the spot for saying such a thing about me." He nodded this time and we walked in silence until we reached the house. A black hummer pulled up right along side my Ford Taurus and parked. I squinted once again. Jeff looked at where my interest was.
"Oh that's just..." Shannon stepped out of the hummer and my smile lit up.
"Shannon!" He turned when he heard me yell his name and smiled at me.
"Do you have any feelings left for me any more Faith?" Jeff asked as he stared at Shannon, who was making his way over to us. My smile stopped. How do I answer a question like that?
"Yes and no, I'm always going to have feelings for you Jeff I love you but I respect that you are in a relationship." He nodded and Shannon made his way to us. I immediately engulfed him in a hug. He grinned and lifted me off my feet.
"I see you and Jeff made up, that's real good darlin'." I grinned.
"I missed you Moore!" He chuckled.
"Why don't we all go inside and get some drinks set up?" Jeff asked while staring at us both. I shrugged. I wasn't much of a drinker but the boys were all up for it. The gang was all here so I guess it was as good of time as any for a Hardy party.
"Lets get this party started," I hollered as all three of us made our way into the house. This was going to be one helluva night.