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One Week Later

- You are too nice - Natalya said Maryse. As it was Christmas, Natalya, Maryse and Milne had backed to Canada. The three girls were shopping in the mall - In fact, you have been too nice in the last week.

- I'm not nice - Maryse replied seeing a dress.

- You aren't nice, but you are being nice - Milena answered - Did happen something you want to tell us?

- No - Maryse answered very quickly. She didn't want them to know about her relationship with Jeff, yet. "Is it really a relationship?" Maryse thought to herself. They hadn't spent too much time together since the Winter Prom, because the first trimester of classes ended up and she had left to Canada and Jeff left to North Carolina.

- You said "no" too quickly - Natalya replied - It means something is going on. You are hiding something from us.

- Does it have something to do with the talk we had in the bathroom? - Milena questioned Maryse. Maryse who was with the dress on her hands, let it fall to the floor - Oh my God! I'm right!

- About what did you talk? - Natalya asked with curiosity.

- We didn't talk about nothing - Maryse said picking up the dress "Keep your mouth closed" Maryse thought looking to Milena.

- Yeah right - Natalya said with sarcasm giving all her attention to Milena - About what did you talk?

- I'm going to see how the dress fits me - Maryse told her friends and walked out from their side. "I need to call him" Maryse thought. She needed to ask Jeff what was going on between them.

- Tell me - Natalya ordered Milena.

- We talked about Jeff - Milena revealed Natalya - I told her she could go after him because he wouldn't send her to hell. I'm pretty sure she did it.

- Well, I don't remember see her in the prom when she said that was going to the bathroom - Natalya said remembering that day - She went to the bathroom and never more backed.

- I'm sure she went to meet Jeff - Milena said - Maybe something is going on between them.

- Well, it has always been something going on between them. They spend the last year and half acting as cat and mouse - Natalya replied and Milena looked her with a serious expression.

- You know very well about what I'm talking - Milena said.

- Yeah I know: You are trying to say that Jeff and Maryse are dating or something like that - Natalya said without noticed that Tyson was at her side. Milena, who saw him, tried to give her a sign, but it was already too late.

- They are dating? - Tyson asked surprised and Natalya turned around and stayed face-to-face with him.

- Didn't your mother tell you that you shouldn't hear other people conversations? - Natalya asked him a little mad.

- Maryse is dating Jeff, after everything that happened - Tyson said - Who knew...

- They aren't dating - Natalya said very quickly. "I need to do something or Maryse will kill me" Natalya thought to herself.

- Didn't you say that they were dating? - Tyson asked. Natalya tried to say something, but he didn't let her - Don't try to deny because I heard it.

The two friends looked to each other without know what to say. Tyson and Jack were friends, he could tell what heard to Jack and they knew that Maryse would get mad with them if someone started talking about her and Jeff being together.

- So, they are really dating - Tyson exclaimed looking to the two.

Jeff was reunited with Matt and Amy in their house's kitchen. Amy couldn't stop looking to Jeff. He knew something was going on. Before he had time to ask her something, his cell phone rang.

- Do you mind see who is? - Jeff asked Amy because his cell phone was in the balcony behind her. "What is going on with her?" Jeff thought to himself. Maybe she was mad with Matt.

- Sure - Amy said with a smile. Picking up the cell phone, she saw who was calling - Some Maryse is calling you.

Walking to her, Jeff took from her hands his cell phone and walked to the living room, so his brother and Amy wouldn't hear his talk.

- You are calling me. You told me that I was going to be the first calling, but you were the first one. Are you missing me? - Jeff said trying to annoy Maryse. For a moment he didn't hear a word from the other side - What do you want Maryse?

- What is going on between us? - Maryse asked Jeff. "Is better you give the answer I want" Maryse thought to herself.

- Why are you asking me it? - Jeff questioned her confused.

- I want to know what is going on between us - Maryse said once again - Are we dating or not? Are we in exclusive relationship?

- I thought we were - Jeff replied - Didn't you think the same?

- I only wanted to make sure you knew - Maryse said with a smile - Nice to talk with you...Au revoir...Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas) - with those words Maryse hung up her cell phone.

"Where did you get yourself into?" Jeff asked himself walking to the kitchen. He didn't know why, but he had the feeling that his relationship with Maryse wouldn't be easy.

- Because she is a...- he heard Amy saying, but when he entered in the kitchen she interrupted herself.

- Who is what? - Jeff asked looking to his brother and Amy - About what were you talking?

- Nothing - Amy answered very quickly - I'm going to take a walk.

- What did you do to her? - Jeff asked when the sound of the main door being closed - She will kill someone.

- And you have no idea who is - Matt whispered to himself - So, where is Shannon? I thought you two came home together.

- He decided to stay at school - Jeff said grabbing an apple "He is too afraid of his father's reaction when he finds out about the car" Jeff thought to himself - If you need me, I'm in my room painting.

- Sure - Matt said and watched Jeff leaving to the bedroom. "What the hell Amy wants me to do?" he thought to himself.

- I need your advice - Brie told Eve. She had left to her house with her twin sister when the first trimester finished.

- My advice? - Eve asked confused - What happened?

- Well, I heard one of my sister's talks and I don't know what to do - Brie explained to Eve. Looking around, to make sure Nikki wasn't hearing her, Brie revealed Eve what was going on - I heard that Jeff and Maryse are dating.

- What? - Eve said very surprised - Are you sure about it?

- I don't think someone would say Maryse was dating Jeff without her being dating him. It would be the same thing as suicide - Brie replied - What should I do? Should I tell Michelle what I heard?

- Michelle likes Jeff - Eve said sitting in her bed - She only did what she did because she was hurt with him. Jeff didn't tell her about what happened between him and Maryse in the Halloween Party.

- I know that! I need you to tell me what should I do - Brie said a little mad - Should I tell Michelle what I heard or let her find by herself?

- Are you sure of what you heard? - Eve asked once again. There was no reason to tell such thing to Michelle without be true.

- Yes! I heard pretty well what Nikki said - Brie exclaimed.

- You have been hearing my conversations - Nikki yelled and Brie turned to her. Her twin sister had just entered in the bedroom they shared - You so going to pay for it - Nikki said and attacked Brie.

When Maryse backed to her friends, she saw them looking to her in a very strange way. "What did they do?" Maryse thought to herself and then saw Tyson at Natalya's side.

- Can we go? - Maryse asked her friends. She had the feeling that she didn't want to know what her friends had done.

- Yes - Milena said and a smile crossed her face. "They really did something" Maryse thought.

- Great - Maryse said without smile and walked out of the store. The other two changed looks, and Milena followed Maryse.

- Keep your mouth closed - Natalya advised Tyson - Don't tell a word about what you heard to Jack.

- I thought you said that they weren't dating - Tyson replied - If it isn't true I can open my mouth. It would be just a rumour. Maryse is very good denying things. Everyone would believe in her words.

- Just keep your mouth closed - Natalya said once again.

Jeff was in his room painting, when someone knocked to the door. Turning to the door, he saw Amy.

- Can we talk? - Amy asked Jeff entering in the room and closed the door.

- Did happen something between you and Matt? - Jeff asked Amy when she sat on his bed. "She is mad" Jeff thought to himself looking to her.

- No - Amy answered confused - Why are you asking me it?

- Because of what happened in the kitchen some moments ago - Jeff explained to Amy - So, what is going on between you and Matt?

- There is nothing wrong going on between me and Matt. I'm worried with you - Amy told Jeff, surprising him - I'm concerned with your relationship with that girl.

- This is the moment where I stay without know what to say - Jeff replied without understand why Amy was concerned - Why are you concerned?

- Because she isn't good for you. She is one of those girls who only get happy when they have what they want and then they get tired and decide that want another thing - Amy tried to explain to Jeff - I'm older than you, believe in what I say.

- Do you know Maryse? - Jeff asked Amy.

- She went in a date with one of my friends without know him. She went in a date with him because two other guys convinced her to go. It was in the summer, before you go to WWE for your first year - Amy told Jeff.

- So, it was long ago - Jeff replied - People change.

- People as her, don't change - Amy advised Jeff.

- Well, I know she is a French Bimbo and I'm ready to handle her - Jeff said putting his eyes on his paint - Even if you think that I'm doing a mistake, can you support my decision?

- You are as a brother to me - Amy replied - I don't want that chick to hurt you.

- Believe in me Amy, I know how to handle her - Jeff said thinking in everything that happened between them since the day they meet - Just believe in me. You don't have to like her; you just have to understand my decision.

- When she ends up showing you, her true colours, don't tell me that I didn't advise you - Amy said and put on her feet - I'll try to trust in you.

- Thanks - Jeff said and then Amy walked out of his bedroom. "Why women always have problems with each other?" Jeff thought to himself. Amy's opinion was always important to him, but this time, he wasn't going to hear it - Women - Jeff whispered and continued painting.

Sorry for the grammar and spelling mistakes....I hope you liked this chapter.

Now, Amy told Jeff about a date Maryse had with one of her friends. If you want to know more about it read "Troubles: The Next Year", Chapter 6 ("Maryse"). If you want to know about what Amy and Matt were talking about before Jeff entered in the kitchen read "Troubles: The Final Year", Chapter 16 ("Not a So Happy New Year"). WARNING: A lot of grammar mistakes!!!!

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