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Jeff seen the heartbroken look on Trish's face as her hazel eyes began to overfill with tears, he pulled the blonde into his arms as she buried her head in his chest.

"I'm going to make him pay for his actions Trish…" Jeff promised as he squeezed the crying blonde in his arms. "...I promise you."

Trish began to shake her head frantically. "I can't be here… I need to get away!"

"I'm right here… nothing is going to happen you!" Jeff insisted as Trish pulled away from his grasp and ran into her room, he followed the blonde who began packing her suitcase.

"No Hardy I can't do another day in New York… I need to get away… just for a couple of days… this penthouse is making me feel like a prisoner!" Trish explained as she began to pack her LV suitcase and she began to raid her closet, randomly placing different items of clothing and shoes in the case. "Let's just go away for a few days… I don't remember the last time I wasn't in New York… I feel like I'm drowning… please…"

Jeff looked at his lover, her eyes looked sad and the stress from the recent weeks began to take effect on her normally vibrant face. As the male let out a small sigh, he reluctantly nodded in agreement with the bombshell. How could he say no to her?

"Fine if you want to get away to clear your head then I've got just the place we can go." Jeff stated as he gave Trish a kiss on her lips, as their lips touched he could feel her smile return, he loved when she smiled and he wanted her to keep smiling for as long as possible - if that meant they take a few days away from the concrete jungle then so be it.

The Next Day

Trish and Jeff awoke from their sleep, they had finally gotten out of New York and Trish couldn't be happier. Jeff had chose to take her to Cameron, sure Trish was thinking of going to the The Caribbean to clear her head yet she had always wanted to see the town that Jeff had grew up in. She had heard him talk so highly of his hometown and she felt privileged that she was finally getting to see his roots.

The two had spent the previous night at a hotel they booked just outside of Cameron, they spent the night watching romantic comedies and ordering room service as they tried to forget the terrible news that had been revealed - Shane McMahon was returning to New York.

Trish had been awake for over an hour, she had a nightmare that she couldn't shake out of her head.

Trish had finished work, she walked into her penthouse as she called Jeff's name. The atmosphere was moody, the power had gone out and there was an eerie feeling lurking in the air. She walked into her bedroom as she saw Jeff lay in the middle of his bed during a pool of his own blood.

"Jeff!" The blonde shrieked as she shook his lifeless body.

She heard the door shut behind her causing her to jump, scared to turn around, she slowly spinned as she could feel the presence of evil behind her.

"Boo!" Shane screamed in her face with a metal crowbar in his hand.

The blonde gazed at the enigma who was sleeping peacefully, he was crashed face down with his arm rested on his pillow before he tossed over and placed his arm over Trish's legs who was sitting up against the headboard watching the news which was on low volume. Trish and Jeff's reunion was still fresh and the media was eating it up as they questioned what this would mean for the former couple.

"What time is it?" Jeff asked, his voice tired as he was still unable to open his eyes.

"6…" Trish replied softly.

"Did you have a bad dream again?" Jeff asked sleepily, his eyes opening slowly as he saw the lack of sleep evident on the blonde's face.

Trish looked down at Jeff, nodding sheepishly.

Jeff pulled himself up so he was level with the blonde. "Why didn't you wake me?"

"You were sleeping…" Trish shrugged as Jeff put an arm around her shoulders, she moved her head onto his shoulder as they snuggled back down into the covers.

"You should've woke me…" Jeff yawned as his eyes struggled to stay open.

"I couldn't you look so peaceful when you sleep." Trish stated as she traced a finger over the arm he had wrapped around her protectively. "You should go back to sleep…"

Trish looked at Jeff when she had no response from the enigma and chuckled as she saw his eyes closed and his head hanging of his neck as she switched positions so he could rest his head on her chest instead, she felt his arm around her waist as he drifted into a deep sleep once again, Trish stroked his hair as she continued to watch the news, seeing a report about Shane being spotted in New York - the headline read 'Shane McMahon returns to New York after not being seen since his miscarriage with Trish Stratus… Trish Stratus seen reunited with ex-boyfriend Jeff Hardy… could the two sightings be linked?'

Trish switched the channel to an old sitcom - the reason she got out of New York was to clear her head but how could she clear her head when the whole world reported her life? It didn't matter where she went, she would still be Trish Stratus, daughter of Alice Jericho and John Stratus, ex girlfriend of Shane McMahon, CEO of StratusFashion… the world would always know who she was and the world would always want to report on her life.

-x-x-x-x-

After Jeff got another couple hours of sleep, the two finally got up and ready. Jeff had a whole day planned with Trish in his hometown, he had been waiting for the chance to take her to Cameron but she had always had a busy life even before she was CEO of a multi-million dollar business.

Jeff was wearing a black wife beater shirt, a black hoodie and black jeans. His hair had been put in a bun at the back of his head while he finished his look off with a pair of black and white nike trainers.

Trish felt good wearing something that wasn't an evening gown, cocktail dress or work clothes. It had been a while since she had just been casual, she wore a pair of dark blue skin tight jeans that looked like they had been painted on her toned legs and highlighted her bubble butt. She matched the jeans with an 'ACDC' ripped, rock style tee and a pair of black knee high boots. Her blonde, shoulder length hair was poker straight. Her makeup was natural looking, her lips were a nude glossy colour, she had no eye shadow, just mascara and some bronzer.

Jeff looked at Trish with a smirk, impressed by her new get up. "You suit the rock chick style…"

"Well if I'm a rockstar's girlfriend I thought I'd try and look the part…" Trish joked not realising she had called herself his 'girlfriend' which caused Jeff to grin from ear to ear.

"So I get to call you my girlfriend again?" Jeff grinned as he stepped closer to the blonde and picked her up in his arms.

Trish's eyes widened when she realised what she said, they hadn't exactly had the talk with one another since they had been reunited, they were spending so much time together and even though they were together all the time, practically living together and practically in a relationship, hearing Jeff say she was his girlfriend, made her feel anxious, they had only been in each other's lives again for a short time and they were moving so quick.

Jeff placed the blonde back on the ground as he noticed the change in her facial expression. "What's wrong?" Jeff asked with a worried tone.

"I didn't mean to say that…" Trish attempted to laugh off the comment.

Jeff frowned at Trish as she attempted to take back the comment which didn't go unnoticed by the blonde as she placed her hand in his.

"...Look Hardy I love you, I'm enjoying spending time with you and I honestly don't know what I'd do without you but you've not long got out of rehab, I've not long suffered a miscarriage and a break up, you've just had a sex tape released, I've got my psycho ex returning to New York…. The last thing we need right now is to jump back into a relationship…" Trish tried to explain.

Jeff looked at her with a confused gaze. "We're practically in a relationship Trish…"

"I know so why can't we just let it be what it is without calling it a relationship… why do we have to label it? I know what I feel for you and you know what you feel for me? Why can't we just leave it at that?.. for now at least… we're moving so quick Hardy and we both have a lot going on… I just can't call it a relationship just yet… you understand right?" Trish replied delicately.

Jeff understood what she was saying, he did. Yet he couldn't help but feel disappointment. He didn't care if the world knew they was together and they had no reason to hide anymore, everything was all out in the open. Jeff released Trish's hand as he nodded reluctantly. "Yeah no worries… I'm going to get the rental car… I'll meet you downstairs in 10?"

Trish noticed the change in Jeff's mood as he walked out the hotel room without leaving a kiss on her cheek or forehead which he normally did. The blonde let out a sigh as she watched him leave.

-x-x-x-x-

The two sat awkwardly in the rental car, Jeff had hired out a mercedes for the two to ride in style and truth be told he had missed driving - he had learn to drive from a young and even got his license when he was old enough but never seen the point driving as it was always to busy to drive around New York that and most of the people he associated with had drivers including his uncle plus he didn't drive while he was on tour as he lived on airplanes and tour buses. Despite the tense atmosphere, he was enjoying the silence in the car, it helped him focus on the road.

Trish was mesmerised by the beauty of North Carolina, the forests, the trees, the greenery. It was all new to her, she had never been camping or summer camp or went swimming in a lake - that wasn't what you did in your childhood when you grew up on the Upper East Side and driving down the country roads, inhaling the country air; it was all new to her.

Jeff glanced at Trish from the corner of his eye as he watched her take in the scenery before placing his eyes back on the road in front of him.

"It's beautiful…" Trish broke the silence after feeling the enigma's emerald eyes on her. "I feel like I'm in a movie…"

Jeff chuckled. "Now you know how I felt when I arrived in New York…"

"I never realised how hard it must've been for you to adjust to the big apple." Trish admitted as she turned to look at the enigma, his eyes glued to the road in front of him as he steered with one hand. "How did you cope?"

"I met you…" Jeff replied as he turned to look at her, forcing a half smile on his face. He didn't want to argue with her, she had so much going on in her head and he didn't want add to her stress yet the conversation about her not being his girlfriend had gotten to his head. He wanted to be with her, he was ready to be the man she always wanted and he felt as if it was a blow to his heart. Even if she said she loved him and had so much going on in her life he couldn't understand completely why they couldn't get back together officially.

The silence creeped into the car again as they finally got into the town centre of Cameron, it was definitely different to what Trish was used to but she couldn't help but love it. They drove around as they finally arrived at Jeff's first spot on her tour around Cameron. It was a cute house just further out from Cameron centre.

"Where are we?" Trish asked as she looked at the house which was surrounded by fields, woodlands and lots of trees.

"This is the house where I grew up…" Jeff replied shrewdly.

Trish took a double look at Jeff who didn't take his eyes off of the house. Trish sat in silence not sure what to say, she knew being at his parent's house, the place he spent his childhood before his family was tore apart and his parents died would make the man feel emotional. Trish placed a hand over his hand which was on the steering wheel causing the enigma to meet her gaze. Trish gave him a concerned smile as he cleared his throat.

"Come…" Jeff said as he got himself out the car. "I want to show you something."

Trish unclipped her seatbelt as she gracefully exited the vehicle, she realised she may have wore the wrong shoes as she struggled to walk through the forest. Jeff who had been walking ahead of her turned his head and laughed.

"Okay so you could've told me to change my shoes!" Trish replied with an annoyed tone as Jeff turned back, still giggling to himself as he picked her up in his arms and carried her through the woods.

"Do you even own flats?" Jeff raised an eyebrow.

"I could've bought some…" Trish stated as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

The two walked through the forests when Jeff finally stopped and released Trish from his arms, she hadn't seen where Jeff was taking her as she had been facing into Jeff's chest while he carried her and as she turned around, she found herself by a huge lake. As she linked Jeff's arm the two walked down the wooden deck.

"I used to spend a lot of my summer's here… me, Matt and my dad used to go fishing on here then when I got older I'd go with my friends, we made a rope swing once, I fell off it alot, I even used to climb that tree…" Jeff pointed at a tall tree.

"Wow that's a big tree…" Trish gasped. "Please don't tell me you jumped off of it…"

"Yeah…" Jeff chuckled. "I used to do it all the time then one day I broke my arm…"

"So you stopped climbing the tree?" Trish asked. "That doesn't sound like you at all…"

"That's because I didn't…" Jeff laughed. "I let my arm heal then climbed another branch up and jumped off that one instead, I'm pretty lucky that this is a deep lake."

Trish giggled as she could imagine a young Jeff doing a somersault off of the tree. "I don't think I've ever been swimming in a lake… the pacific ocean… yeah… the gulf of mexico… yeah… never a lake…"

"Why don't I help you with that…" Jeff chuckled as he pretended to push Trish off of the edge of the deck but caught her before she had time to fall in.

"Don't ever fucking do that again!" Trish scowled furiously.

"Your face was priceless…" Jeff laughed at the infuriated Trish who pouted like a little girl, throwing her arms over her chest defensively. "Look it was a joke, don't get all stroppy."

"I'm not getting stroppy." Trish pouted, she was in fact getting stroppy.

Jeff continued to laugh as he picked Trish up in his arms. "C'mon princess…"

After a few minutes of silence, Trish looked up at Jeff who was carrying her back through the forest they had just walked through. "I bet it brings back a lot of memories coming to Cameron…"

"Yeah it does… I used to hide from the memories thinking they would cause me pain but now I look back on these memories and they make me happy…" Jeff explained. "I get my parents aren't here anymore, it's took me this long to accept it, there's no point blocking them out they need to be remembered…"

Trish smiled at the wise words that Jeff spoke as they continued to walk through the forest.

"I used to play hide and seek in these woods when I was a kid… I'd always be the last kid to be found and people would get worried and get my mom and dad to call me out… even then sometimes I committed to the role that much they'd send out search parties…" Jeff had a joyous glint in his eye as he talked about his childhood. "I loved growing up with so much land to explore…"

"Yeah I bet you had a really cool child… you got to be a kid… you don't get that privilege on the upper east side… all we had was brunch and nanny's…" Trish said, quite envious that Jeff got to grow up as a real kid and not groomed into the world of Manhattan's elite.

"C'mon there must've been something you enjoyed doing as kid…" Jeff raised an eyebrow.

"I loved going to fashion shows with my mom and being backstage… that was pretty cool." Trish shrugged. "Until she would scream at me that I was getting in the way…"

"Nice to know that Alice has always been a bitch." Jeff commented.

Trish nodded in agreement as her eyes widened to enforce her point, Jeff chuckled as they finally got out of the forest and he placed Trish gently back on her feet. The pair walked back down past the house that Jeff grew up as Trish could see a million memories flood into the mind of the enigma.

"I had a pretty good childhood." Jeff announced proudly as he made his way back into the car, Trish took one last glance at the house before walking round to the passenger seat.

"So where next?" Trish asked.

"You'll see…" Jeff replied.

-x-x-x-x-

"Trish I have something to confess…" Jeff said as he turned the radio down slightly interrupting Trish who was humming along to the song.

Trish turned to look at him as he continued to drive, not meeting her gaze. "What is it?"

"You know when you were in hospital and I went missing…" Jeff began.

Trish's heart beat rapidly as she could only imagine what he had been doing for twenty four hours, expecting the worse.

"I came back here… to Cameron… I wasn't going to go back to New York…" Jeff admitted.

"Oh…" Trish replied, not sure how to take the confession. "Why?"

"It's complicated and if I told you you'd probably think I was back on drugs…" Jeff trailed off.

"Try me." Trish chuckled.

"When you were in hospital, I asked you to wake up and I didn't… then I started to pray-"

"Do you even believe in god?" Trish raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"Just listen…" Jeff replied. "I started to pray that you would wake up, even if it meant that I that I had to leave you alone and all of a sudden, you miraculously woke up."

"So… you were going to move back to Cameron… because you prayed to god… told him you would leave me alone… then I woke up…" Trish asked, double checking she had heard the enigma right.

"Right…" Jeff nodded, he knew how crazy he sounded but at the time he felt as if he had no other choice.

"So why did you come back?" Trish asked. "What made you change your mind?"

"I was staying at Rob's… my best friend from Cameron…" Jeff explained.

"RVD? I remember you telling me about him… you used to get in trouble with him a lot… he was like your partner in crime right?" Trish asked, ensuring that was the correct friend.

Jeff nodded. "Yeah… he took me to my mom and dad's grave… I hadn't been there since the funeral and he helped me deal with my emotions and stop running away from them… he also convinced me to stop running away from New York… to stop running away from you…"

"Well he's sounds smart…" Trish nodded in approval.

"Hard to believe he used to be a pothead right?" Jeff chuckled. "He was the biggest stoner I know, the amount of times he had been caught with pot… we're actually going to meet him and a few of the boys later…"

"I'm excited to meet them…" Trish grinned before her face took a serious turn. "Jeff?"

"Yeah?" He replied.

"I'm glad you came back to New York." Trish said with gratitude in her voice.

The car finally arrived at their destination as they drove through the cemetery, Trish couldn't believe he was actually bringing her to visit his parent's grave. She had a few conversations with him over the years about his parents, it was a touchy subject and she knew he didn't really like talking about it.

"You don't mind coming with me do you?" Jeff asked.

"I'd be honoured…" Trish smiled with pride in her eyes.

The two made their way out of the car as Jeff lead the way to his parents grave, Trish walking slowly behind him as she watched him bend down and clean up the grave slightly, the grave looked considerably clean, he just got rid of a few dead flowers.

"Rob comes and cleans the graves up for me…" Jeff said never taking his eyes off of the grave.

"He sounds like a good friend." Trish said softly as she kneeled down alongside Jeff.

"Yeah even after all this time…" Jeff chuckled. "He's still looking out me and my family."

"Loyalty is a good trait to have…" Trish responded as she took her eyes of Jeff and turned all her attention to the graves in front of her. The blonde noticed that Jeff was finding it awkward with Trish by his side, almost like he was holding back from conversing with his parents. Trish put on a huge grin as she looked directly at the gravestone and started talking. "Gilbert and Ruby Hardy… it's very nice to finally meet you… I'm Trish Stratus…"

Jeff looked at Trish who took him by surprise when she started to speaking to the headstone.

"It's a shame we never got to meet each other… I'm sure I would've loved you… your boys are doing great, they have their rocky moments but overall they have good hearts… I'm sure they learnt that from you…" Trish continued.

Jeff chuckled as he continued to watch Trish.

"I'm a bit biased but Jeff is definitely my favourite, he's been my rock, I've been going through some things recently and he came back into my life and gave me hope again, you would be super proud of your little boy, I know that I am…" Trish continued.

The words couldn't help but sting Jeff, if she felt this way, why couldn't they just get back together? Why couldn't they be a real couple?

As his emotions began to overwhelm him, perhaps it was Trish being at his parent's grave saying the things that she saying, he couldn't take it and jumped to his feet, storming back to the car leaving Trish confused as she followed him.

Jeff got into the car and turned on the engine, Trish slipped into the passenger seat.

"What's wrong?" Trish asked with a concerned look on her face.

"Just leave it… we're getting out of here…" Jeff replied bluntly.

"If something's wrong you can talk to me…" Trish attempted to make Jeff feel better but it backfired when he put his foot down on the peddle and began to speed through the cemetery on the maind. "Hardy…"

"I said leave it Trish!" Jeff snapped, causing the female to slide down in the passenger seat and stare out the window as the two continued the drive.

-x-x-x-x-

The tension was high in the car as they pulled up to some empty land, Trish had decided to stay silent since Jeff had raised his voice at her despite his numerous apologies which she would return with a weak nod.

"I'm sorry Trish…" Jeff apologised for the sixth time.

"I heard you the first time…" The blonde sighed. "What are we doing here?"

"We're meeting the guys…" Jeff replied as he could tell the blonde was still upset over his emotional outburst that he had took out on her.

"Here? It looks abandoned…" Trish raised an eyebrow at the barren land, it was full of wore down grass and dirt tracks.

"It is." Jeff replied as he got out of the car and walked to the boot, Trish looked uninterested as she sat in the passenger seat using the wing mirror to watch Jeff pull out what looked like protective clothing. Curiosity got the better of Trish as she decided to step out the car and watched as Jeff began to place the clothing over himself and had a helmet held in his arm.

"What are we doing out here Jeff…" Trish asked.

"Jeff Hardy in the flesh and blood…" A husky southern voice got their attention, Trish turned around to find a muscular man with a mohawk and the same protective clothing as Jeff. "...it's been years man!"

"Shannon Moore!" Jeff smiled as the two guys came in for a hug.

"You know when Rob told me you were going to be here today I didn't believe him." Shannon chuckled as he then took his attention the blonde bombshell stood behind Jeff with a confused look on her face. "And this must be Trish Stratus… you're even hotter in person."

"Shannon…" Jeff warned. "I'm sure Crystal wouldn't be happy to hear that…"

"Are you kidding she'd agree with me!" Shannon scoffed as he welcomed Trish with a warm hug. "It's nice to finally meet the girl who inspired Jeff's music career…"

Trish couldn't help but laugh at the comment as Jeff rolled his eyes playfully.

"Rob's on his way now, he's running late, I think Beth didn't like the idea of him getting on the bikes again…" Another man pulled up, this man was smaller and tanned with blue contacts that contrasted against his tanned skin and dark hair. "Jeff man what's up, it's good to see you!"

"What you sayin Rey!" Jeff chuckled as the two fist bumped. "Still not got any taller…"

"Fuck you man!" Rey scowled playfully as he made his way to Trish. "Rey Mysterio, it's nice to meet you…"

Trish smiled politely as they shook each other's hand. "Trish Stratus…"

"I know who you are… I think everybody in the world knows who you are… even if you weren't Jeff's girlfriend." Rey chuckled.

"Don't say girlfriend, she doesn't like that word…" Jeff said as a sly dig to Trish.

Trish pierced her eyes in annoyance but forced out a chuckle. The guys could sense the tension between Trish and Jeff as their wide eyes stared at one another.

"Sorry I'm late guys, Beth was on my case, I told her it's a one time thing I mean c'mon when is the next time we're going to be altogether?" Rob chuckled. "Don't see you for years and then I see you twice in a few months!"

"How did you get so lucky?" Jeff joked.

"And you brought Trish it's about time!" Rob grinned as he went to shake her hand.

"I'm guessing you're Rob, I've heard a lot about you!" Trish smiled as she returned his hand shake.

"Oh god… did you tell her I was a pothead?" Rob raised an eyebrow at Jeff. "Why've you always gotta bring that up man…"

"Hey I didn't just say that!" Jeff replied innocently.

"It's true though…" Rey shrugged.

"I smoked as much as he did!" Shannon frowned.

"Falling asleep after doesn't count." Rey rolled his eyes at Shannon.

"So we ready to ride or not?" Jeff chuckled attempting to change the subject.

"Yeah you're in for a real treat Trish…" Rob smiled. "You get to see me wipe the smile of your boyfriend's face!"

"Dude don't say boyfriend or girlfriend around Trish…" Shannon slapped Rob on the head.

"Yeah…" Rey confirmed. "Trish doesn't like it apparently…"

Trish glared at Jeff who decided to ignore her.

"Helmets on!" Jeff shouted as he threw his helmet on and ran over to the bikes that were on the back of Rob's truck.

The boys all ran off leaving Trish stood watch them goof around with each other, barge into one another and act like teenage boys for the first time in what she predicted was years. Despite her annoyance at Jeff and the tension that had been felt throughout the day, seeing him with his friends and watching how happy he was being reunited with them, lifted her heart.

As they all got on their bikes, Trish watched how they sped around the tracks of the fields, Jeff was in the lead, follow by Rob, Rey then Shannon.

"Eat dust Shannon!" Rey screamed out with an evil laugh.

Shannon revved his engine as he overtook the small man as he threw his middle finger up and began driving extremely fast past Rey who soon stopped laugh as Shannon attempted to catch upto Jeff and Rob, Jeff was in the lead but Rob was catching up behind him. As Jeff tried to cut Rob off, the move backfired as Jeff went up the hill and off of the back, tumbling back down and bouncing of the floor a few times before he skid across the field.

"Hardy!" Trish called out as she watched the events that had just occurred, she ran over to him as quickly as she could as the other boys turned round and rode their bikes to where Jeff had fell. Trish finally got over to him as she heard him moaning with pain and coughing as he took his helmet off.

"I guess I'm a bit rusty…" Jeff chuckled while Trish looked at him with a disapproving expression.

"Are you okay? We should get you to the hospital!" Trish fussed over the injured enigma who just laughed at her concern. "This isn't funny Jeff!"

"He'll be alright!" Rob chuckled reassuringly. "He's had worse falls!"

"Nothing's broken right?" Rey asked as Jeff shook his head and shrugged.

"Dude… you almost had him!" Shannon laughed at Jeff. "Rob is the winner, again!"

"What better way to go into retirement!" Rob grinned as he helped Jeff up.

Trish got up from the floor as she looked at Jeff who didn't seem fazed that he had just gone flying across a field and could've possibly seriously injured himself or worse.

"Next time you want to to try and lose the feeling in your legs or break your neck can you not bring me to go and watch it?" Trish said to Jeff as she stormed back over the field to the rental car.

"Bruh did you not tell her why we were meeting?" Rey asked.

Jeff shook his head, oblivious.

"You could've at least warned her…." Rob gave Jeff a questionable look.

"I thought she would be cool with it…" Jeff shrugged.

"Do you see any of our ladies here?" Shannon laughed. "C'mon bro… dumb move."

"Well I've just realised that…" Jeff replied sarcastically. "I'm going to go and speak to her I'll catch you guys later, we still on for dinner?"

"Yeah reservations are at 8…" Rob nodded. "We'll all be there, the wives too… well apart from Rey… he'll be on his own as usual."

"Hey what if I told you I have a date?" Rey frowned.

"Do you?" Shannon raised an eyebrow.

"Well no…" Rey replied sheepishly.

"Point proven…" Rob chuckled.

"Right well I'll see you guys then… I gotta do some damage control." Jeff chuckled weakly as he patted the guys on the back before he made his way back to the car.

-x-x-x-x-

As they drove back to the hotel to get a shower and get ready for dinner with Jeff's friends and their partners, the atmosphere was severely tense. Trish was furious with Jeff, she couldn't believe he could be so reckless, well she could, what she couldn't believe is that he would bring her to watch him almost get himself killed. Jeff still had his own feelings that he was hiding, he was hurt that she (in his eyes) rejected him by telling him she didn't want a relationship (yet).

"Look I've said I'm sorry…" Jeff sighed as Trish sat giving him the silent treatment. "Trish will you just talk to me…"

"Shall we count how many times you've said sorry to me in the last twenty four hours?" Trish raised an eyebrow, as she began to grow bored with hearing the words come out of his mouth. "I wanted to come away to clear my head and it seems like it was a bad decision to come here with you…"

Jeff winced as if in physical pain when he heard he say those words, he had dreamed of this moment since he had first began dating Trish and it seemed it had not gone to plan. He wanted this to be special, she was in his hometown, the place he held close to his heart almost as close as her.

"Trish I'm-"

"Yeah… I know you're sorry…" Trish replied in a disappointed tone as they pulled up to her hotel and she made her way out the car into the entrance.

Jeff sat alone in the car as he hit the steering wheel in frustration.

-x-x-x-x-

The two barely spoke to each other since they had returned the hotel and gotten changed, Jeff wore a patterned oversized shirt with a pair of black jeans and trainers while Trish wore a black polo neck jumper dress with a pair of black strappy heels. Trish had slightly more make up on than before and her hair was still straight.

The two got out of the car as they approached what looked to be a family owned restaurant, it looked cosey and wasn't anything too fancy but it was a Cameron speciality, if you came to Cameron you had to eat at this restaurant - it was a place Matt and Jeff shared many meals with his parents as well as the rest of the residents of Cameron.

"I know you're sick of hearing it, but I am sorry you've not enjoyed your day, I didn't want it to be like this…" Jeff announced sincerely as he looked at the blonde with apologetic eyes.

"I know Jeff…" Trish smiled sadly. "Let's just go and have a nice meal with your friends…"

Jeff and Trish were the last couple to arrive, Jeff frowned when he seen an unexpected face sat at the table - Phillip Brooks or as he remembered him CM Punk. They hadn't spoke since the fight he had with him on the night of his parent's death, Phil came to the funeral but stayed clear of Jeff and you couldn't blame him. The last thing he would want to do is be on the receiving end of Jeff's anger.

"Don't look too happy to see me!" Phil chuckled sarcastically, automatically pushing Jeff's buttons.

"Come on guys… we've all grew up since the last time you two seen each other…" Rey said in attempt to keep the peace.

"Trish… this is… Phil…" Jeff introduced Trish to Phil who she smiled and waved at, pushing his feelings towards Phil to the back of his mind, he couldn't deal with anymore drama.

"It's nice to meet you, can I ask what's a girl like you, doing with a guy like him!" Phil half-joked knowing how to annoy Jeff. "I'd like to introduce you to my fiance AJ Lee…"

Trish smiled politely at the tanned raven-haired beauty sat next to Phil. "Hi it's nice to meet you!"

"I'm a huge fan, I love StratusFashion, your new line is amazing, lucky I have Phil so I'm able to afford it…" AJ giggled as she kissed her partner on the cheek.

"You remember the guys right…" Jeff said as the guys waved at Trish.

"How could I forget…" Trish muttered to herself, memories of Jeff tumbling off of his motorbike still vivid in her mind's eye.

"Well this is Rob's wife Beth Britt…" Jeff introduced Trish to the pregnant brunette sat next to Rob who smiled at the blonde.

"Don't worry you're not the only one who doesn't approve of the boys reckless behaviour today," Beth smiled sarcastically at Rob.

"We said we wasn't going to do this here." Rob whispered to his wife's ear.

"And this is Crystal Moore… Shannon's wife… they got hitched when they were in high school…" Jeff introduced Trish to Shannon and his raven-haired wife who looked perfect for each other.

"Nice to meet you Trish," Crystal smiled.

"Hi… sorry we were late…" Trish chuckled nervously.

"I'm starving…" Jeff stated as he pulled Trish's chair out for her to sit down and took the seat next to her as they both began scanning over the menu.

"Let's not pretend you're not going to get anything other than the BBQ ribs…" Beth chuckled at Jeff as Trish raised an eyebrow at her lover.

Jeff laughed at the gesture. "I'm that predictable right…"

"I can see you look confused Trish…" Phil smirked seeing a perfect opportunity to mess with Jeff. "You see before Rob and Beth got married or even dated, Jeff and Beth dated I believe they lost their virginity together, it's crazy if he never went to New York he'd probably be the one married to Beth right now…"

Trish's eyes widened at the news, she couldn't hide the surprise on her face. Jeff let out a sigh as he couldn't believe what Phil had said to cause trouble.

"Yeah well if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle…" Rob laughed off.

"No she'd be transgender." Rey pointed out.

"Tomato, tomato…" Shannon shrugged.

"I didn't tell you because it's not a big deal." Jeff said to Trish.

"Yeah I know… it's cool… it was before we even met… besides she's happily married now." Trish tried to her best to act cool but she wasn't simply because he had never mentioned Beth or mentioned he had dated anyone before her, was there a reason he never told her?

"Somewhat happily married…" Beth said as a dig to Rob.

"You're really doing this aren't you?" Rob said as he grew annoyed with his wife.

"Hey Jeff… how's your brother?" Phil smirked continuing to antagonise the enigma.

"Phil…" Rob sighed. "Drop it."

"Jeff and Phil had a fight the last time they saw each other…" Rey whispered to Trish as he tried to fill her in on the situation. "The night his parents died."

"He's good actually he's got his own record label…" Jeff replied matter-of-factly.

"Well tell him I was asking for him…" Phil smiled slyly. "...I still owe you a broken nose you know that right Hardy…"

"For god sake…." Shannon said as he gulped down his beer.

"You're lucky I didn't rip you smug little head off…" Jeff hissed as his anger began to build up.

"Jeff…" Trish placed a hand on his leg as she gave him a look of disapproval as she shook her head, she had seen Jeff angry and she didn't like to see that side to him, even if it was clear that Phil was doing it on purpose and had it coming, she hoped Jeff wouldn't rise to it.

"So...guys… I'm thinking of going for the steak!" Crystal said as she tried to ease the tension.

"Yeah I'm torn between the steak and the BBQ burger…" Beth replied to Crystal hoping it would get the rest of group talking about the food instead of the past.

"I wonder if Trish here knows that you're the reason for your parents death…" Phil blurted out.

The rest of the table froze as they couldn't believe Phil even had the nerve to mention Jeff's late parents, Trish turned to look at Jeff and could see his face turning red as he gripped onto his fork.

"Phil that's enough…" Rob shouted causing the rest of the restaurant to turn and the face the group. "I think we all agree that it'd be best for you to leave."

"You gotta be fucking kidding me right?" Phil scoffed. "The guy hasn't been here in years and your picking him over me when I was the best man at your wedding!"

"You picked him as your best man!" Jeff hissed with bitterness.

"Yeah he did!" Phil yelled back. "While you were busy doing cocaine and living with the rich kids I was here where was you! You've not bothered coming back to Cameron once and you think you can just come back here and everything would be the same!"

"Phil leave!" Rob demanded.

"Come on AJ…" Phil signalled his wife as they began walking towards the door before he turned around and walked back over to Trish.

"You can do better than a murderer…" He whispered in the girls ear.

Enough was enough, Jeff had let him get away with too much throughout the night. He clenched his fist, uppercutting Phil and knocking him to the floor.

"Jeff!" Trish screamed.

Jeff noticed the fright in Trish's eyes as he released his clenched fist and stormed out of the restaurant, Trish looked at the rest of the group as they gave her a sympathetic look. The blonde ran after Jeff who was outside on the street as his arms rested against the wall as she saw the tortured soul crying.

Trish cautiously walked over to him, placing a hand on her back as Jeff turned around hastily, causing Trish to jump back slightly. He looked at her and she saw the pain in his eyes.

"It's okay…" She whispered as she placed her arms around him. "It's okay…"

As if she was an angel sent from above, he fell into her arms like a scared, little boy as he began to break down, tears streamed down his face as the blonde just sat with him and hugged him, feeling the pain he was feeling as if they were linked.

-x-x-x-x-

After an eventful day and night, Jeff and Trish finally arrived in their hotel room. Trish took out her earrings and placed them on the dressing room side as Jeff darted straight into the bathroom. Trish had never seen him cry before, not the way he had just broke down to her, it shown his vulnerability, she didn't know what Phil had meant when he called Jeff a murderer. She knew she needed to talk to him, she was also worried about how he would react.

As Jeff came back out the bathroom, now wearing sweatpants with no shirt revealing his bruised body from the bike accident he had before.

Trish walked over to him as she delicately traced the deep purple bruises around his body. "I wish you went to the hospital… that looks really painful."

"I'm fine." Jeff replied, his voice was weak as he locked eyes with Trish.

"We need to talk about today Hardy…" Trish said, her tone was compassionate as she gave him a concerned look, she didn't want to argue with him, she wanted to find out what was going on in his mind.

Jeff let out a sigh as he sat on the edge of the bed, Trish sat next to him.

"What was all that about… with Phil…" Trish asked.

"He's an asshole…" Jeff hissed. "We never got along…"

"When did you break his nose?" Trish raised an eyebrow.

"He was trying to pick on Matt!" Jeff replied defensively. "I was protecting my brother…"

"I'm not judging you Jeff, I'm trying to understand you…" Trish sighed. "I dated you for 5 years and I feel like I don't know anything about you after tonight!"

Jeff sat in silence as he still refused to look at the blonde.

"You told me your mom and dad were in a car accident… you never told me what happened…" Trish mentioned as Jeff finally looked at her, anger in his eyes.

"You want to know what happened to my parents Trish?" Jeff shrieked. "I broke that punk's nose, defending my brother, I got grounded and I ran away like I always fucking do and do you know what happened next, my parents went looking for me… you want to know why my parents were in a car accident?! They were out looking for me!"

Trish was taken back by the hostility in Jeff's voice but it didn't scare her. She placed a soft hand on Jeff's cheek as he closed his eyes, an automatic sense of calm radiated from her touch.

"It's not your fault Hardy…" Trish said forcefully. "Look at me! It was an accident, a terrible, tragic, devastating accident, it's not your fault…"

"If I didn't run away then my parents would still be alive Trish…" Jeff's angered tone now crippled with sadness. "It is my fault."

"It's not your fault." Trish repeated. "It was an accident."

Jeff looked back at his feet as memories of that dreaded night flooded back to his head.

"So you lost virginity to Beth…" Trish changed the subject, cattiness was evident in her tone.

"It was before I met you…" Jeff reminded the blonde.

"I just always figured… I don't know… we lost our virginity together…" Trish sighed.

"Look Beth is a great girl, if I would've stayed in Cameron who would've known what might have happened but I didn't, I moved to New York and I met you!" Jeff spoke softly. "I love you Trish, you're the only girl I ever have and ever will love…"

"I love you too…" Trish replied as she held his face in her hands. "I love you more than you will ever know Hardy…"

"Then why are you so against being my girlfriend?" Jeff hit back.

Trish sighed as she released his face from her hands. "Hardy we were together for five years and we have been through so much, why do you want to rush this, why can't you just let it be…"

"Because if two people love each other they should be together!" Jeff snapped.

"We are together… we've never been apart… you have always been in my heart and there's not a day in the last two years I didn't think about… I know I dated Shane but you are the only person I ever want to be with I just can't rush back into this…" Trish explained. "The minute that the world knows about us and it becomes official, it becomes real, we become headline news, we become the hot topic and it also means we'll be in the spotlight, I'm not hiding you and I'm not ashamed to be in love with you, I just don't want to ruin what we have now for a label… it doesn't mean anything… we know this is real and when the time is right we will get the ending we deserve until then we have so many other issues that we need to resolve on our own and as a couple… just trust me on this… please?"

"So you just expect me to wait until you say you're ready?" Jeff asked.

"Why can't you just let it be…" Trish sighed. "You own my heart Jeff Hardy… is that not enough?"

Jeff looked at the blonde as he sighed in defeat, he placed a gentle kiss on her forehead.