Secrets Finally Revealed

"The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart."-Saint Jerome

"Good morning sweetie," Jeff said as he leaned over the bed and kissed his girlfriend.

"Hey boyfriend, how are you," she said sleepily.

"I'm great. Come on, we need to get ready to go."
"Go where?"
"You know where, it's Thanksgiving and we're going to dad's house."
"Are you sure he doesn't mind? Your dad doesn't seem to like me very much after that car accident."
"I know that he doesn't like the fact that his son got hurt but all of that's in the past now. We don't need to keep talking about it."
"Yeah but sometimes I want to. I mean, my wrist is doing better. I'm coming back on Sunday."

"Are you really," Jeff asked excitedly. "You get to be at ringside for our huge match. I'm really excited now."
"You should be. I'm going to be there to cheer on my pops and my boyfriend."
"Yeah, that sounds like it will work for me. Come on, why don't you go and take a shower and then we'll leave for daddy's house."
"I don't wanna go," Lexie said as she covered her head up with the sheets.

"Come on Lexie, get up."
"No, I don't want to," she said as if she was 4 years old.

"Don't make me call pops."
"But Jeffy, I don't wanna go, he doesn't like me."
"Sure he does but he just needs to get to know you is all."
"Alright," she said as she threw the sheets down to her side. "Do I at least get a kiss?" Jeff lied down on top of her and gave her a kiss on the lips. She smiled as he pulled away and said "Well boyfriend, I think you convinced me." He smiled and kissed her again. He then got up and grabbed her hands pulling her out of bed.

"Why do you call me boyfriend?"
"I don't know, I kind of like calling you that. I guess it's because I haven't had a boyfriend in so long that I want to make sure that everything is real you know?"
"Well can I call you girlfriend?"
"No, it's not the same. It just doesn't sound right."
"Fine. Get in the shower so that we can leave."
"Alright baby." She gave him a kiss and went into the bathroom to take a shower. After her shower she got into a dark blue knee length skirt with a long sleeved white button down shirt. She pulled her hair tightly into a high ponytail and went out to see Jeff in the living room.

"You know how I was mad at you for talking to Beth about a month ago?"
"Yeah, why, what happened?"
"I shouldn't have been so mean to you. I talked to Allyn a few days before that and I didn't want to make you upset so I just didn't tell you."
"So you made me crash my car for no reason other then you were over reacting."
"Yeah."
"Are you just telling me this so that you can get out of going to Daddy's for dinner."
"No."
"Lexie he will warm up to you eventually I promise but for now you just have to trust me that everything with him will be okay."
"Are you sure Jeffy?"
"Yeah I'm sure. Why did you bring up Allyn anyway?"
"Because he asked me if I wanted to go to Concord for Thanksgiving at his parents' house."
"Well I'll tell you what. Since we eat at like noon, we can hang out here for a while and then if you want to we can go to Concord and have dessert with them."
"Would you really do that for me Jeff?"
"Yeah I would really do that for you. You said that they were like your parents at one time and I think that you should see them."
"Thank you baby. I love you."
"You what," Jeff asked not quite getting what Lexie said.

"Oh nothing. Come on we should get going."
"Come on Lex, what did you say?"
"All I said was thank you."
"Are you sure that's all you said."
"Yeah."
"Alright, let's go see Daddy."
"I just wish that pops lived up here. He lives way too far away."
"Maybe he would move up here."
"I don't think that he would and I don't think Becca would like that too much."
"Oh how did meeting her go?"
"Umm, see was just like really mean to me. I can't believe how much of a bitch she was being to me."
"What did she say?"
"She told me to stay the fuck away from Shawn and her kids. Not their kids, her kids. And I don't think that she wants him to talk to me because he hasn't talked to me in like 4 days."
"That's not like pops. He really loves you honey; I don't know what's going on. Do you want me to call him?"
"If he doesn't call by the end of tonight I think that it would be great if you could call him tomorrow."
"Alright, I can do that."
"Do we need to bring anything?"
"Nope, daddy has everything taken care of."
"Come on, we should go."
"Now that's the spirit," Jeff said smiling as he held her hand and they walked outside to Jeff's brand new corvette.

"Come on, you can't honestly say you don't like this one better."
"I do love this one, it's so great but it's just not the same as the old one."
"I'm sorry honey."
"It's alright. I love you anyways."
"What did you say?"
"I said that it's alright. Now come on and get in."

They got in the car and drove off down the road to Jeff's daddy's house.

I can't believe I said that

I don't know why or how

That came to my mind

I didn't think I felt that way

Until the way my mouth opened

And the words were uttered out

Just like they were no big thing

I'm hoping that you didn't hear

What I was actually saying

And hopefully one day

I can say it honestly

I will love you one day

But I don't think now is the time
To be saying those 3 words to you

I know that in the future

Our love will blossom

But for now all I want

Is to not those things to you.

"Alright, we're here."
"I don't wanna go daddy," Lexie said as if she was a little kid.
"Come on, we should try to get through this. We need to go and see daddy. I'm sure that he's forgiven you for everything that you did. Plus it wasn't all your fault. I should have had pulled over when you asked me to but I was too stubborn to actually do it."
"Jeff we don't have to keep fighting about this. I was just kidding about everything. You've been dating me for just about a month now and you still can't figure out when I'm just joking."
"Come on Lexie, stop being mean and let's go in."
Jeff grabbed Lexie's hand and led her into his dad's house. Inside were Matt and his dad sitting in the living room watching football and drinking a beer.
"Hey son," Gil said as he got up off the couch and gave Jeff a hug.

"Hey daddy, how are you?"
"I'm good I'm good. It's nice to see you again Lexie."
"It's nice to see you too," she said as he embraced her in a hug.

"How are you doing Lexie? How are the injuries?"
"Almost healed. Thank you for asking."
"You're welcome. Do you mind watching football?"
"No I love to watch football. Who's playing?"
"The New England Patriots facing the San Diego Chargers."
"Who's favored to win?"
"The Chargers."
"Man that sucks. I love the Patriots."
"So do we," Matt chimed in as they sat down on the couch.

"I can't believe you watch football," Jeff whispered quietly to Lexie.

"There are a lot of things that you don't know about me," she responded with a smile on her face."
"Wow, you shouldn't be saying those things," Jeff whispered as he took a deep breath.

"So Jeff, son, how has work been going?"
"It's getting a little bit easier being back."
"Yeah I know that you were having problems when you first went back."
"Did you really," Lexie asked seeing if the statement was true.

"Yeah. I felt so out of place, like I no longer belonged there and it just really sucked. It was like because I turned my back on everybody else and now it was time for their payback. It just seemed really insane for me to have to deal with all of that."
"And people are treating you better now," she asked unsure of herself.
"Yeah and my old friends are my friends again. I think Shawn not talking to me for a little while was a little difficult because he was one of the first people I met when I came in as a jobber back in the day and I think it was cool that we got to tag up a while ago and now we have our tag match on Sunday."
"Are you excited about that?"
"Yeah I am and you should be too. You get to come back and be with all of us at ringside and you get to keep your feud going with Amy by helping Casey win the title."
"Casey's going to win," Matt yelled in excitement.

"Yeah she is. Where is she anyways?"
"She's gonna be here in about 20 minutes. She woke up late because she was up really late last night."
"Doing what," Jeff asked in a perverted manner.
"She was writing and she was thinking about this Sunday and not knowing what to do or if she's going to be good enough."
"She'll be fine, she just has to believe in herself."

"Yeah that's what I keep on telling her but she doesn't believe me."
"Oh guys, the game is starting," Lexie pointed out as she saw the kickoff. Matt, Jeff, Gil and Lexie sat in the living room and watched the underdog Patriots get off to an early lead over the Chargers. A half an hour later Lexie got up to get water and saw Casey coming up the walkway. She put her water down on the counter and went outside to greet Casey.

"So Matt," Jeff asked. "Is there anything going on between you and Casey?"
"No man, it's been a month since everything happened and her and Shannon are doing fine."
"Are you okay with that?"
"Not really. It was like I had a taste of what I could have and it was all taken away from me. She teased me and it makes me so pissed off."
"So are you still hung up on her?"
"Yeah I really don't think that I could get rid of the feeling even if I tried."
"Everything will work out eventually."
"I really hope so. I'm just so sick of being alone."
"I know how you feel."
"What do you mean? You have Lexie."
"No, I meant before I started dating her. I was just so sick of everything and how girls treated me but once I found her it was great."
"Sorry Jeff, I know that's how you felt. It feels like you two have been dating forever, not just a month."
"28 days actually. Our one month anniversary is on Sunday."
"That just corresponds great. It's the night that she returns."
"I know. It just scares me that people won't remember who she is."
"Trust me Jeff, they will. Everywhere I go people ask me if she's okay and if she's coming back."
"Do they really?"
"Yeah because the fans really care about Lexie."
"Well it's probably a good thing that she is sticking around then."

"Honey, where's Shannon," Lexie asked not seeing Shannon anywhere.

"I told him what happened between me and Matt and told him that I just couldn't be with him anymore because of the feelings that I have for Matt."
"So you're finally over." Casey shook her head yes and started crying as Lexie gave her a hug. "Are you sure you want to do this?"
"What?"
"Breaking up with Shannon to date Matt and now having to go in there to see him."
"Yeah I'm sure about both of them. I mean, Shannon made me so happy but I think that the feelings I have for Matt are greater."
"Do you want some good news?"
"Yeah sure."
"I'm coming back on Sunday."
"You are," Casey screeched as she just into Lexie's arms.

"Yep and I'm helping you win that title from Amy."
"I feel bad about that though."
"Why?"
"Because it's her last match." Lexie stood in astonishment. "She's retireing."
"Why? That doesn't make any sense."
"She said that nobody appreciates her enough and nobody truly cares about how good of a competitor she is anymore."
"Dude this sucks. I leave for a month and look what happens. This isn't good, there aren't any strong females left."
"There's a new girl coming in on Monday."
"What's her name?"
"Vince wouldn't tell us but he said that she has revenge to seek on somebody."
"I just don't see what I'm going to do now that Amy is leaving. We were supposed to keep feuding with each other through the royal rumble."
"I'm sure the writers will come up with something they always do."
"Yeah I know. Do you want to go inside, I'm freezing?"
"Sure."
"Are you going to be alright?"
"Oh yeah, don't worry about me. I'll be fine."
"Are you positive?"
"Yeah I'm positive." Lexie and Casey smiled as they walked into the living room.

"Hey look what I found," Lexie proclaimed as she walked in. Casey smiled as she saw the Hardy men sitting and watching the game.

"Where's Shannon," Matt asked cruely.

"Actually Matt," Casey said quietly. "I kinda need to talk to you."
"Do you want to go to my room?"
"Yeah." Matt got up and smiled at Casey as he led her down the hall. Lexie went and sat next to Jeff, seeing that the game was 7-10 in favor of the Chargers.

"So what's going on Missy?"
"Well Casey broke up with Shannon."
"She finally broke up with him?"
"Yeah she did. She couldn't hide her feelings anymore."
"For who?"
"Matt…"