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Chapter Eleven - "Green With Envy"

The following morning, Trish stared at her Special K cereal tiredly. She yawned and rubbed her eyes, careful not to smudge any of her makeup. Hearing footsteps coming from the stairs, both her and Mrs. Reso glanced over at that general direction.

"You're up late." Mrs. Reso smiled as she sat down at the table next to Trish. She raised an eyebrow at Adam, "Haven't seen you in a while." Adam smiled and plopped down next to Jay and took a piece of toast.

"Meh... Busy." He shrugged.

"I see you stayed the night?" Trish grinned at him. Adam chuckled.

"Yep." He started to butter his toast. Jay just rolled his eyes and smirked. Trish smiled at the two, thankful that they seemed to of have forgotten the whole fight. She stood up and put on her shoes.

"Well, I'm going to head outside. Hopefully you two'll be out there before we're all late." She winked and headed out the door. Jay took a gulp of orange juice.

"You ready to head off?" He asked Adam. Adam stuffed another piece of toast in his mouth.

"Yep." He grinned. Jay's face wrinkled into a frown.

"Ew..." He muttered. "Swallow before you open your mouth." He shook his head.

"Yes, mother." Adam swallowed his toast and grinned a toothy smile. The two boys got up and got ready to leave.


Trish sighed deeply as she leaned against the front of Jay's car. She ran a hand through her hair and crossed her arms, licking her lips quietly.

"Hey," John slide his arm around Trish's waist as he walked up from behind. Trish turned to him and grinned.

"Hey, John!" She giggled as he hugged her close to him. "What are you doing here?"

"I missed you." John winked and kissed her cheek. Trish giggled again.

"John, Jay's mom's right inside." She shook her head and pushed his head away from her.

"So? It won't kill her." He waved her off. Trish chuckled and shook her head, but quickly turned her attention back over to the front door as it loudly shut.

"Man, you're going to become a fat, lazy ass, y'know?" Jay shook his head as he walked out of the house. Adam followed close behind, munching on yet another piece of toast.

"But I'll be a sexy lazy ass..." Adam's face twisted down. "Except... Not in bed. I'm all non-lazy there... unless I'm sleeping." He tapped his chin in thought. Jay rolled his eyes and stopped walking, noticing John and Trish.

"Uhm... Hey, John?" He eyed Adam, who was also staring.

"Yo." John nodded towards him. "Trish, you hitching a ride with me or them?" He asked, focusing on Trish once again now. Trish chewed on her lip, staring at Jay and Adam for a bit. Adam looked puzzled while Jay just watched John's every move

"Trish, I really think you should come with us, I mean-" Jay was cut off.

"Jay, don't worry about it. John, I... I'll come with you." She smiled. "I'll see you in school, guys." She offered a tiny wave and headed over to John's car. John grinned, raised his eyebrows and went to follow her. Jay grabbed his arm and dragged him back a bit.

"Any funny business, Cena, and I'll personally come after you." He threatened.

"Aiight, aiight. Calm down, man." John chuckled, winked at Adam, and followed Trish. Adam just looked at Jay for a bit.

"Wow. So even Cena gets a girl, right?" Adam chuckled and got into the passenger's side of Jay's car. Jay swung open the driver's side and rolled his eyes.

"Yep."

"'Bout time you guys got here." Matt stretched out his back from his spot in the back seat, causing Adam and Jay to jump. Jeff yawned.

"Yeah, we've been sitting here for at least a half hour." The colorful boy agreed. Adam and Jay stared at the Hardys, Adam swallowing the shocked yelp he had been ready to let out before.

"Oh... my... God..." The long-haired boy breathed as his heart rate went back to normal and stared, green eyes wide. "WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM?" He shouted.

"Uhm...You two not being here on time?" Matt grinned innocently. Jeff chuckled alongside his brother.

"Where's Trish?" He asked and ran a hand through his pink hair. "Oh, and by the way, they jipped us. They said this crap glows in the dark, it doesn't." He pouted.

"Maybe we have to charge you, like a Ouiji board?" Jay turned back in his seat and started the car. Adam did the same and pushed his hair back out of his face.

"I am not holding my head under a lamp." Jeff glared and looked out the window as their neighborhood grew further away. Matt rolled his eyes but grinned.

"Trish is going with John to school, by the way." Jay shook his head and chewed on his lip.

"Why?" Jeff asked with disgust, eyes narrowing slightly.

"Because they're pretty much dating." Adam spoke up and stared out his window quietly. Matt furrowed his eyebrows together.

"Ugh." He rolled his eyes, glancing at Jeff curiously.

"Mm." Jeff closed his eyes. Jay eyed him curiously in the mirror, but let his eyes wander back to the road.


Jillian sighed deeply as she drummed her fingers boredly on her desk in homeroom. Trish shifted in front of her and she heard a sigh. Jillian sighed as well and leaned back, pushing her hair from her face.

"Brian, do you have the answers for last night's homework? I was kind of preoccupied." Trish leaned over to face the boy. Brian just sighed dreamily and continued doodling on his notebook. Paul rolled his eyes. "Brian?" She peeked over his shoulder and her jaw dropped. "Brian!" She exclaimed and ripped the notebook from him. It had just recently been covered in 'I Love Ashley', 'I Heart Ashley' and 'Brian and Ashley' among other things.

"What?" Brian asked innocently, grabbing the book from her and protectively hugging it to his chest.

"You guys are barely going out and you're already head over heels for her." Trish wrinkled her nose in disgust. Brian shrugged.

"Yeah, but we're meant to be." Brian grinned. Paul ran a hand through his hair at this and glanced at Jillian, who was gripping her desk as if trying to calm herself down.

"How can you tell?" Trish demanded, eyes narrowed.

"I can see it in her eyes. She was made for me." Brian sighed and stared at his notebook. Trish opened her mouth to talk but stopped herself, not knowing what to say.

"You know, I saw her chatting up Matt Hardy earlier." Jillian spoke up and leaned forward so that Brian could see down her shirt a bit. "They looked pretty cozy."

"You saw that too?" Trish asked, playing along. Jillian nodded. Brian raised an eyebrow at the two blondes.

"They're friends, she would never cheat on me." Brian waved the two off.

"Really? Do you know their history together?" Trish raised an eyebrow, a look of disbelief crossing her face. Brian just stared at her.

"What... history?" He asked cautiously, eyeing them unsurely.

"You don't know?" Jillian gasped and put her hand to her lips.

"You poor guy! Brian, it's an endless chase. She's just trying to get Matt jealous. They went out and he cheated on her with Stacy a while back. Now that he's single and she's single, she wants to get him back." Trish shook her head slowly, putting all of this crap together as she went along. Paul just continued to watch, obviously knowing what was up.

"How do you know?" Brian asked uneasily, letting his grip loosen on the book.

"Jay told me and you know how close he is to them." Trish frowned at him. Jillian nodded in agreement. Brian turned silent as he studied the desk, brows furrowed together as he contemplated his thoughts. He went to open his mouth but the bell rang. He sighed in defeat, deciding he had to speak with Ashley first.

Paul then ripped out a piece of paper from his own notebook. Scribbling something on it, he passed it over to Trish as Jillian sat back in her seat, semi-satisfied now. Trish took the note and untrustingly eyed the dark-haired boy.

Jealousy

Was all that was written on the paper. Trish turned and glared at him.

"I am not jealous." She mouthed, glaring some more as she whirled back in her seat and stared at the board. Paul chuckled, shaking his head slowly. Jillian watched the two quietly, blinking a few times. Trish was jealous?


"Jay, can you clean the car? It's getting a little dirty."

Was the first thing Mrs. Reso said as Trish, Jay, and the group walked into the house later that afternoon. Jay nodded uneasily, shrugging slightly.

"Uhm, yeah." He looked at Adam blankly, who grinned back.

"Amy, you helping out?" He winked at her. Amy rolled her eyes while Ashley giggled. Trish shook her head slowly, smirking.

"I call sponge!" Jeff yelled out suddenly, looking at the others suspiciously.

"Of course you do." Jay headed out the door, closely followed by Adam. Jeff pushed his way past Amy and Ashley and ran to the car. Matt groaned, not being a big car-cleaner person. Trish smiled at Mrs. Reso before following the group. Hearing a honk, everyone looked over and saw a familiar car pull up.

"Hey, guys!" Stacy grinned as she parked her car and stood up.

"You're just in time." Adam grinned and held up a sponge. Stacy just stared at him for a bit.

"Uhm...?" She eyed the car.

"You helping to wash the car?" Matt asked just for the hell of it.

"Oh..." Stacy nodded. "I knew that." Her eyes narrowed at Matt. She walked up to Adam and pecked him on the cheek. "You're helping out, I see?" She winked and wrapped her arms around his waist.

"Yeah." Adam nodded and wrapped his arm around her shoulders.

"Then I'll help, I guess." She shrugged and turned to face Trish. "Oh, John's there too. He was just finishing up a phone call." She shrugged. Hearing a car door open, Trish turned and spotted John getting out of the car.

"John!" Trish yelled happily as she ran up and jumped into his arms, smiling. John stumbled back but greeted her with a kiss.

"Hey, babe." He grinned and placed her back on her feet, closing the car door and heading up to the others. "What are you all doing?" He asked blankly, wrapping his arm around Trish's waist.

"Washing a car." Jeff put his sponge into a bucket of water as if this were the most obvious thing in the world. John just looked at him weirdly.

"Interesting..."

"You staying to help? I'm helping out." Trish winked at him. John grinned widely at this.

"Ooh, then I'll definitely stay." Trish giggled at hearing this. Jay just glared at John as he leaned against the car, arms crossed. He watched the other boy for a bit more.

"Dude, I'm going to push you if you don't move." Matt declared jokingly as he grinned. Jay just glared at him.

"Then push me." He mumbled.

"What's up with you?" Matt asked, raising an eyebrow. Jay shrugged and let his gaze wander back to John and Trish. Matt's eyes following him and he slowly nodded. "Ooh..." He looked at John for a bit and then at Jay. "Dude, chill. He's a good guy, even his ex-es say he was awesome." He shrugged.

"I just don't want her to get hurt... or end up like you-know-who." Jay said quietly as he watched Trish laugh at something John whispered to her as they washed the car. Matt ran a hand through his hair.

"Don't worry, she's a smart girl, don't sweat it." Matt said reassuringly. "And I think Jeff's kinda helping you out without knowing it." Matt smiled unsurely as he pointed out the younger Hardy. Jay also glanced and spotted Jeff 'innocently' getting John wet so that he would jump back. Each time John jumped back, Jeff would move closer to Trish without her seeing.

"I guess you're right, but... I can't help but keep remembering it. You know Adam's cousin was never the same after that." Jay pointed out. Matt nodded.

"I know, man, I know. But, just try and forget it, okay? Adam seemed to of have." Matt looked at Adam, who was watching Stacy wash the car intently. Jay wrinkled his nose at the two but sighed.

"Yeah, I guess you're right..." He mumbled and pushed himself up off the car. Matt smiled half-heartedly, hoping he got Jay to lay off of Trish some-what.


A/N: Okay, sorry if this chapter was a bit crappy. I meant to update sooner, but I was really into Oops, He Did It Again, since it just ended. Ugh. But I'll try and update soon.