Chapter 21
9:56 PM
Raw live event
Shawn and I flopped on the couch in mine and Randy's locker room. We just had an impromtu match against Santino and Tamina. This time, Santino actually put up a fight for Shawn. Tamina wasn't that hard to deal with. It was like they switched places or something. "Well, partner, I'm going to go take a shower. Seen you in 30 minutes or so."Shawn said. I nodded and he walked out of the room. I decided it would be a good idea to also take a shower. I gathered up some clothes to change into and walked into the bathroom.
*Twenty Minutes Later*
I sat on the couch, brushing my hair. I heard someone knock on the door as I had thrown my hair over my face and started brushing the underneath part. "Come in!" I yelled, still brushing my hair. I heard the door open. It was probably Shawn or Mikey. "You have a lot of hair." Someone observed. I froze. That was not Mikey or Shawn's voice. Not even Randy's or Chris'. I swung my hair back and looked at the doorway in awe. "Are you going to just sit there with your mouth open or are you gonna come give me a hug?"Jeff asked.
I smiled and went and hugged him. "What are you doing here?" I asked. Jeff smiled. "Am I not allowed to make visits to Raw to see my girlfriend?"He joked. I grinned. "Of course you are. Come sit. I just got out of the shower."I said, sitting back on the couch. Jeff sat next to me and I started brushing my hair again. "So what have you been up to the last month? I barely talked to you."I asked. Jeff shrugged.
"Eh, I didn't do much. Just fought with Shannon a lot and sulked."
"Why'd you fight with Shan?"
"Well, he kinda took your side about things. I'd get mad and yell at him and he'd yell back. One time it almost came to blows."
"What'd Matt do?"
"He just let me get my yelling out and then he sat me down and talked to me about things. It really helped. Without him, I probably would've never made up with you."
"I'll have to think him later."
"I'll have to thank Jay too."
"Why Jay?"
"If he hadn't of started talking to me, you wouldn't of thrown yourself at me. I saw you and Mike. I got so mad, seeing him wrap his arm around your waist. I thought I was too late and I had lost you."
"Mikey just did that to get Jay off my back."
I set my brush down and grabbed one of Jeff's hands. "You never lost me Jeff. I don't think you ever will. You're stuck with me baby."I said winking. He smiled and squeezed my hand a little. "I can live with that. So what'd you do during our time apart?" He asked. I shrugged.
"Hung out with Mikey, Shawn and Randy. Let's see, I was almost forced on a date. You're lucky you got to me when you did. Um...I spent a lot of my time hating the crap out of Jay. At night, I cried alot."Jeff's eyes widened. "Not trying to make you feel bad. I swear I'm not. But for the longest time, I'd just lay in bed wearing your Pearl Jam hoodie and cry."I said. Jeff had a guilty look on his face. "Don't feel guilty. It's fine. I have you now and that's all I care about." I said, patting his leg. "Oh by the way, I'm gonna need you to wear your hoodie for a little bit. It doesn't smell like you anymore. It just smells like me."
Jeff laughed and nodded. Another knock sounded on my door. "Come in!"I yelled. In walks Mikey. I smiled at him. "Hey Mikey." I greeted. Jeff nodded in acknowledgement. He's still jealous, I bet. I rolled my eyes at the thought and hoped Jeff was over being jealous of people. Mikey sat down next to me. Not too close, though. "What's up Ness?"He asked. I shrugged.
"Just got outta the shower."
"I can see that."
"Yep! Then my Jeffy came to visit me. And then my Mikey came to visit!"
Was that a bad idea, calling Mikey my Mikey? I guess not, because no one said anything. Then I got an idea. I smirked internally. "Guys, I'm going to go see what the hell happened to Shawn. He was supposed to be here like 20 minutes ago."I said. They nodded, and made to follow me. "You guys can stay here. Have some male bonding time. I'll be back in like 5 minutes." I said. They sat back down. I grinned and walked to the door. I looked back to the. "If one of you kills the other, I'm not talking to the survivor ever again." I warned before leaving.
*Jeff's POV*
I watched Vanessa leave, as did Mike. She thought she was being slick. I knew what she was doing, despite what some people think, I'm not stupid. I looked at Mike and he looked at me. "You're lucky, you know that?" He said. I raised a brow. "How do you mean?"I asked. "Vanessa would do anything for you. She loves you with all her heart. That's how you're lucky."He clarified.
"Yeah, I know I am. Don't know why she loves me so much."
"I do."
I looked at him. "You do? How?" I asked. He shrugged. "Well...as I'm almost positive you know, I wanted to date Vanessa when you guys broke up. I asked Adam if I could, and he said get to know her first. So that's what I did. I learned a lot. Not everything, but a lot. We talked for four hours once on the phone. We talked about her obsession over WWE, Adam, Amy, Shannon, Shawn, Mark, and everything else like that. Then we discussed you."He said, pointing to me. "She told me pretty much everything about you. That she could share. She said she wouldn't tell secrets that weren't hers to tell. She told me how your relationship got started, and mostly everything that occured within it. She told me how much she loved you, and why she loves you."He finished.
I took all that in. Vanessa talked about me to a poentential boyfriend. I couldn't help but smirk a little. I looked to Mike. "So what are her reasons?" I asked. He smiled. "I can't tell you. You'll have to ask her." He replied. Damn it, walked right into that one. We were silent for a second. "Why do you love her?"He asked suddenly. I sighed.
"She's just an amazing person, y'know? She's sweet and nice, but she can be vicious if she needs to be. She's a strong willed person. If you tell her not to do something, chances are she'll do it. She gets along so easily with other people. Most everyone loves her. You included. She's hilarious, as I'm sure you know. She's beautiful. She's definitely the most beautiful person I've ever seen. Inside and out." I smiled. "I love the way she can make any tense situation light hearted. I love the way she's attached to Adam. It's so cute. We have so much in common. I love Vanessa, because she's Vanessa."I finished.
"Well that was about the corniest thing I've ever even heard. But I know it's true."Mike said, chuckling. I gave him a brief smile.
"You know what she did right?"I asked.
"Oh yeah. She thinks she's slick huh?"
"Yeah she does. Too bad that last warning gave her away."
"Yepp."
"So let me tell you something Mike."
"Alright."
"If you touch my Vanessa in any kind of sexual way, I'll kill you."
"Calm down, I don't do that stuff. If a girl's taken, I don't touch."
"Smart man."
"I've been told that a few times."
"Now why you gotta lie Mike?"
"Oh shut up."
I chuckled and we drifted into a silence. I heard Mike sigh. "What?" I asked. "I feel I should warn you..."He trailed off. "Warn me about what?"I asked. He looked at me pointedly. "If you ever make her cry like she has this past month again, I swear I will tear you limb from limb."He threatened. I held my hands up defensively. "I get it." Then a thought struck me. "How did you know she cried so much?"I asked suspiciously.
"I was there. I wasn't trying to move in on her or anything. I was just being a friend."
"Go on."
"I remember the first night was terrible. We were just sitting there and all of sudden she bursts into tears. I was confused. I didn't know what was wrong. So, I just held her as she cried. She would cry your name sometimes. I didn't say anything, just held her. I think that's what she wanted. Someone to hold her while she cried over losing you. She got up suddenly, got in her suitcase, pulled out a hoodie and slipped in on. Then she came back and started crying again. I assumed the hoodie was yours. She fell asleep and I put her in her bed. Then I left. It became routine. She would grab the hoodie and cry herself to sleep. I would put her to bed and leave." He said.
I looked at my feet. "And now I feel like an ass." I said softly. I had no idea I'd hurt Vanessa so much. "Yeah well you should. But from what Vanessa told me earlier today before Raw, you weren't really at fault. You got lucky. She blamed Jay for your break up. She never said one bad thing about you."He said. I nodded. We were silent again. This time it was interupted by the door being opened.
"Woo!" Vanessa cheered. She was on Shawn's back and he was giving her a piggy back ride. Mike and I laughed at them. "Quick! Jeff take a picture with my phone!" She demanded. I grabbed her phone and took the picture. Vanessa slid off of Shawn's back and came over to see how the picture turned out. "New wallpaper!" She declared. Her fingers moved rapidly over her phone. "Wahlah!" She exclaimed, showing the new wallpaper she had to all of us. Her and Shawn high fived. "It's amazing! Because I'm so good looking!" He stated.
Vanessa rolled her eyes. "Yeah. That's totally it, Shawn."She said. "You would be the most attractive person in this room, if I weren't in here." She stated. Shawn looked at her incredulously. "Are you kidding me? I'm the orignal Sexy Boy. Much more sexier than you."He retorted. Vanessa scoffed. "Uh-huh. Whatever helps you sleep at night Shawnie."
"Wait a second! I just figured something out!"
"What's that Shawn?"
"You're my Mini Me right?"
"Indeed I am."
"That means we're on the same level of sexy!"
Vanessa thought for a moment. "I can accept that." They high fived again and sat down in between Mike and I. I threw my arm around Vanessa and she leaned into me, still giggling a little. "I found Shawn guys!"She declared. Mike and I laughed. "We can see that Ness." Mike said. She grinned and patted Shawn's knee. "Yeppers. He wasn't hard to find. Cafeteria eating cookies. Randy was there, telling him he was gonna get fat."She stated, giggling. Suddenly her phone rang. I didn't recognize the ringtone. I guess Shawn did though, because he got excited. "Hurry! Answer it!"He demanded.
"Hello!" Vanessa said. She listened for a second. She looked at Shawn. "Do you like Michael Cole?"She asked. Shawn shook his head no. "No we don't...Alright Bye." She pressed the end button. "That was GM. Says we're going to have a segment with Cole next week."She passed the message onto Shawn. He nodded, excited.
*An hour later*
I was currently beating Mikey in Tetris on the playstation one. It was amazing. I have no clue how Randy got ahold of this, but I loved him soooo much right now for it. I was sitting on the floor by Jeff's feet and Mikey was kneeling not too far away from me. Jeff, Shawn, and Randy were on the couch, watching us in amusement. They knew about Mine and Mikey's obsession with Tetris. Mikey thought he was good, but I was kicking his ass. He had 845,644,368 points as of right now, and I had 967,224,996. It was a marathon, to see who could last the longest. Like I said, I was kicking ass.
"She's beating the shit out of you Mike." Randy said.
"No shit sherlock. But watch this!"he said.
He pushed me a little and the controller fell out of my hands. "SHIT!" I exclaimed and raced to get it back before any real damage was done. Too late. I had a combnation of different blocks stacked up in awful positions. "Damn it! This'll take forever to rectify."I complained. "I hate you Mikey." I said, trying to get my blocks straightened out. He laughed.
"Whatever you love me."
"True. But let's see if you love me after I do this!"I said, yanking his controller out of the system. He no longer had control of the quickly falling blocks. He scrambled to plug it back in, but by the time he had, he little Prospector dude was buried beneath the blocks. I smirked at him."I believe, I just beat you." I said happily. "You cheated!"He said, pointing a finger at me. "You cheated first!"I told him. He glared at me. I glared back. "Would you idiots just look at the scores?"Randy complained. We looked at the T.V I'd just barely beaten Mikey. The Screen Read: Vee-Vee:999,657,367, and Miz: 999,657364. I grinned. "I whupped your ass!"I declared. He continued glaring at me. I pinched his left cheek. "Don't worry, I still love you." I said like a mother. Everyone laughed, including Mikey and I.
*Later that night, Jeff's POV*
Vanessa and I laid in bed, with her resting her head on my chest, using me for a pillow. Also stealing my bodyheat. I chuckled at that memory. "What's so funny Mr. Jeff?" She asked. I chuckled again. "I was just thinking about how you're stealing my bodyheat right now."I told her. She giggled and snuggled closer. "That's exactly what I'm doing Jeff." She replied.
"Hey Vanessa?"
"Yeah?"
"Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure, Jeffy."
"I wanted to know..."
"Know what?"
"Why you love me so much. MIke said he knew, but he said to ask you."
Vanessa chuckled. "Smart man, Mikey."She said. "Any way, back to your question. There are so many reasons why I love you Jeff. You're easy going and easy to get along with. You're amazingly talented at whatever you do. You can make me smile when no one else can. You can calm me down just by your touch. You make me feel like I'm the only person in the world to you. I'm not gonna lie, you're absolutely gorgeous. We have so much in common, it's like we're one person." She stopped. She sat up on her elbow and looked me in the eyes. "You want to know the main reason, why I love you so much?"I nodded. "Because you're the first person to stand up to Adam to be with me. Everyone else just backed down when Adam said to. Not you. You fought to be with me. You weren't going to not be with me just because my brother said you couldn't. You're the only person that's truly fought for me."She said.
I couldn't help it. I kissed her deeply, pulling her small frame to my much larger one. "I love you so much." I whispered against her neck. She tightened her grip on me. "I love you more than you can imgine Jeff."
:D Awwww! I love the way this chapter ended. I apologize if some things don't make sense. It's like 6:20 in Utah...I'm from Michigan so it's like 8 there. I'm running on nothing but my inspiration adrenaline, and brisk tea. Soooooo I hope you guys liked this! And Reina all IS well. For now...*Cue evil mad scientist like laugh* And Cassie, I'm glad this made you smile! Review my amazing people! Please? I'll love you for the rest of my life!