| A Suprise.... A Secret |
Jade is a twenty-three year old female wrestler of the World Wrestling Federation. She's just recently joined, she's mysterious in the way that nobody knows much about her, or her past for that matter. Until recently, nobody would've figured that Jade and HHH were related, much less that they were brother and sister. It all started with Jade's match against Ivory for the Women's championship.
Jade walked out to the ring, for her match.... she did a five minute promo telling Ivory and the rest of RTC how much of a bunch of losers they are, and that they have no right to do what they've gotten away with for the last several months, and that it was time that she put a stop to it.
The Right to Censor's annoying theme played out, and Ivory entered with the Right to Censor, not only did Steven Richards follow behind her, so did, Goodfather, Val Venis and Bull Buchanan. Ivory knew that she had the upper hand in this one, because she had the entire Right to Censor behind her, she knew there was no way she'd lose her title to a newcomer.... but she underestimated Jade, she had NO idea just how damn good she was.
The match started, and Jade got the upper hand with a spear to Ivory, she thought she had Ivory down, when she turned away from her opponent to taunt the audience, that's when she made her mistake, Ivory was up and she ran at Jade and used the bulldog on her, when she was down, Ivory delivered a bunch of kicks to her side. Ivory did a flying elbow off the top rope, and went for the cover.... it was a two count.
Jade retaliated by kicking her in the gut and delivering a DDT. She got on the top rope and did a moonsault, when she went for the cover. The refree counted, one.... two.... just then, Steven Richards interferred in the match. He had the refree distracted while Val Venis got into the ring and delivered a piledriver to Jade, moments later, Steven got out of the ring and Ivory covered Jade, she got a three count.
Jade got up and realized that she was cheated out of winning the title, she went outside and grabbed a microphone, and went back into the ring.
"Is that all you got?" she asked angrily into the microphone. "All of you are nothing but a bunch of losers, who have to cheat to win.... I want you in this ring right now, ALL of you! I don't give a fuck who I have to take on, I know I can beat every single one of your pansy asses!" she yelled.
Steven grabbed a microphone from an official standing on the outside.
"So let me get this straight, you think that you could take us ALL on, at once?" he asked.
Jade just nodded.
"Your on!!!!" Steven yelled as he motioned for the rest of the Right to Censor to get in the ring and beat the hell out of Jade.
Every single member of RTC slid into the ring, Jade went after Val Venis with a spear, and soon she went after Bull Buchanan, but he was too much for her, and soon, they had her down and they were delivering multiple kicks and punches to her.... Bull and Goodfather pulled Jade up to her feet and held her as Ivory grabbed her Women's Championship and delivered a hard blow to Jade with the title.... Bull and Goodfather threw Jade onto the mat, she was full of blood.... just then, everyone heard HHH's entrance theme, they turned their heads to see HHH, Shane and Stephanie McMahon run to the ring to help Jade.
HHH went after Val Venis, he delivered a few punches to him, and then set him up for the pedigree, he did the same to Bull Buchanan and Goodfather. Shane went after Steven Richards, he delivered a bunch of punching combinations, grabbed him, threw him to the corner turnbuckle and went for the bronco buster. Stephanie speared Ivory, and threw her out of the ring.
The fans of the WWF were silent for a few moments, they didn't know what to do or say, they were shocked. Not only at what they saw HHH do, but what they saw Shane and Stephanie McMahon do, they never knew they were this damn good. They started to cheer. HHH helped Jade up, she looked up at him with a smile on her face and hugged him. She picked up the microphone once again.
"Now fans, you tell me.... is my brother that damn good?" Jade said with a smirk.
The fans were in aw, they would've never expected anything like this to happen in the World Wrestling Federation. They would've never thought that HHH and Jade were related, much less, brother and sister. Jade was beautiful, she stood 5'6'', weighed at 105 lbs., she had long dark brown hair and eyes, and a dark complexion. Her features were perfect. While HHH, well.... he didn't look anything like his sister, he had a blondish color of hair, his figure was, indeed, perfect, but that nose.... it was so big. One thing was for sure though, the one thing that Jade and HHH had in common, was their egos. They would always come out to the ring, do a five to twenty minute promo telling the fans how damn good they are, and that they could beat anyone who had the gull to face them.
Jade's entrance them played on. HHH, Jade, Steph and Shane all went back to the McMahon-Helmsley locker room.
"I have to give it to you Hunter, that was good." Jade said smiling towards her brother. "I mean, I knew that coming here to the WWF, that I'd probably end up facing you one time or another, but I never thought you'd come out and help me when I was in trouble."
"Well, you are my little sister, and even if we did have a falling out the last time we saw each other, I still have to protect you." he replied. "I love you, your my little sister."
"Aw, that's so sweet." Stephanie smiled. "I'd have to say that within the last year and a half working with you Hunter, I've never heard you say anything like that."
"That's because a situation like this has never come up." he said. "I couldn't just sit back here and watch the Right to Censor beat the shit out of her the way they were...." he trailed off as he looked up at the cut on my head, and how much blood I've lost. "Hey Shane, could you get a wet wash cloth, so we can clean this up."
"Yeah, I'll be back in a sec." he replied as he flashed a smile Jade's way, and she couldn't help but smile back.
"So big brother, are you and Stephanie really married, or is it all just for show?" she asked curiously.
"Oh, our marriage.... it's all for show." Hunter and Stephanie laughed together.
"That's all my father's brilliant plan." Stephanie laughed.
"Vince isn't at all like what everyone else makes him out to be." Jade replied.
"One thing you need to learn about this business, Jade, it's all a show." Hunter said.
"So, if you and Steph aren't married.... are you still with Joanie?" Jade asked, referring to the Ninth Wonder of the World, Chyna.
"Yeah, we're still together." he smiled.
"If I remember correctly, before you had a storyline with HHH, you were with Test, right?" Jade asked turning to Stephanie.
"Yeah, Andrew and I were really together."
"Are the two of you still together?"
"Yep, we're engaged to be married next summer."
"Aw, I always thought the two of you made a cute couple." Jade said with a smile.
"Thanks." Stephanie returned the smile.
Shane walked back into Hunter and Stephanie's locker room with a wet wash cloth in hand, and he walked over to Jade.
"May I?" he asked.
"Yeah." she answered feeling as if the sight of him took her breath away.
Jade has always had a secret love for Shane McMahon. Ever since the first time she saw him on the WWF.... she didn't know how to explain what she felt for him, but she knew it was love, and the feel of his touch, it made her whole body shiver. She knew that what she felt for him was one sided though, and that a McMahon, ecspecially Shane could never feel anything for a wrestler like her, much less love. She would never tell him what she felt, she couldn't.... it just didn't feel right, her love for Shane was something that could never be, it was forbidden. Shane wasn't the reason Jade came to the World Wrestling Federation, she had two reasons for showing up in the WWF, the first, of course, would be her brother, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, and the second, was to become what she always dreamed of becoming, a superstar.
Hunter and Stephanie just looked at each other, they both had worried expressions on their faces, because, well, they could tell that Shane and Jade were attracted to one another, and that meant trouble, because Shane was a married man, and Hunter.... well, he didn't feel right having his sister get romantically involved with a McMahon.
Shane lifted the the wash cloth to Jade's forehead and genly wipped away the blood that she had lost from the blow to her head from Ivory.
"Is that better?"
"Yeah. Much better." she smiled. "So Shane, you and Stephanie are siblings, huh?"
"Yep, how'd you ever guess?" he asked with a smile.
"Hmmm, well, it's your chin.... anybody could tell that your Vince McMahon's children with that chin." Jade laughed.
"What is that suppose to mean?" Shane looked as if he were gonna blow at just about any moment now.
"I don't mean for this to sound rude or anything like that, but, you've got a butt chin." Jade replied, trying not to laugh.
"WHAT!?!?" Shane practicually yelled, he was now losing his cool as Vince would when he got angry.
"I'm sorry, it's just... I don't.... well, you do!" Jade laughed.
Hunter and Stephanie couldn't help but laugh also, Stephanie knew that what Jade said was directed towards her also, but she knew that it was only a joke, and unlike Shane, she knew how to keep her cool. Shane looked over to see Hunter and Stephanie laughing, he gave them a look that could kill.
"Stephanie! Stop laughing.... this isn't funny."
"Yes it is," she started. "Jade is only kidding, and you.... well, your taking it too seriously. Your so like our father." she bursted out in laughter.
"I do take it seriously, I hate it when people make fun of the way my chin looks." Shane pouted.
"Shane, it's alright buddy.... not everyone can be blessed with a chin like yours." Hunter laughed.
"Hunter, your an ass!" Shane stated.
"At least my chin doesn't look like an ass." Hunter cracked up at his own joke, as did Jade and Stephanie.
"If you don't mind me asking, if you and Jade are siblings, then why doesn't she have a big gonzo nose like yours." he said with a smile.
"Hey!" Hunter cried out. "If that was suppose to be funny, I'm telling you right now.... it wasn't."
"I'm sorry Hunter, I just couldn't help myself." Shane said laughing. "It's just.... the two of you, your so different.... you don't look anything alike."
"Hunter takes after our father's side of the family, while I take after our mother's side." Jade replied.
Shane took a couple of steps towards Jade and he leaned a little closer to her.
"Well then, your mother must be perfect, because you.... your perfect." Shane whispered in her ear as Hunter and Stephanie just looked on.
Jade smiled.
"Thanks Shane." Jade replied.
"Hunter, Jade.... do the two of you have any plans tonight?" Stephanie asked.
"Nope." Hunter and Jade said in unison.
"What did you have in mind?" Jade asked.
"I was thinking that maybe the three of us, and Andrew could go out dancing." Stephanie replied.
"Wait a second!" Shane interrupted. "What about me? Aren't you going to invite your big brother along for this little get together?"
"Um.... I thought you had plans with Marissa tonight....." Steph replied, not really wanting Shane to come along, knowing of the possibilities of something happening between Shane and Jade.
"I do?" Shane asked dumbfounded.
"Yeah Shane, you do." Stephanie answered feeling annoyed with Shane by the way he was acting with Jade, she has never seen her older brother act this way around another female wrestler. "You said that you were going to take her out for dinner tonight." she added, hoping that Shane would forget about it, not knowing he never planned on taking Marissa to dinner.
Shane looked at Stephanie as if she'd grown ten heads and shrugged.
"I don't remember saying anything like that, how could I forget?" he asked Stephanie feeling angry with himself. "I gotta go, I'll talk to you guys later." he added.
"Bye Shane." Jade smiled, knowing that Stephanie made up everything that she had just told Shane, and she found it quite funny.
"Bye." Shane said smiling back at her as he left the locker room.
"Jade," Hunter started. "I need to talk to you, right now."
"Alright," she hesitated at first, knowing that he was mad at her for some reason, but she couldn't figure out why or what for.
"What was that all about?" he asked.
"What?" she asked innocently.
"You were flirting with Shane.... why?"
"Oh Hunter, I was only having a little fun, it's not like I hurt anyone in doing so." she smiled.
"He's a married man!" Hunter yelled through gritted teeth.
"Exactly." Stephanie said as she entered the conversation.
"I didn't know that.... not until you said something about it." Jade replied looking at Stephanie.
"Well, now you know." Hunter answered.
"Yeah, now I know." Jade replied mocking her brother.
"I'm serious about this Jade.... stay away from Shane."
"Alright, alright, I will." Jade answered her brother, annoyed with him. "I'll stay away from Shane, if it makes you happy."
"Good." Stephanie answered. "Now about tonight..... would the two of you like to go out dancing with Andrew and I?" she smiled.
"Sure." Jade smiled, she could hardly wait to go dancing. She loved to dance.
"Alright, then you two will meet Andrew and I at my place?" Stephanie asked.
"Oh that's right. We're in your hometown for this show." Jade smiled.
"I live here too you know." Hunter smiled.
"Really?" Jade asked suprised. "I've got to see your place!"
"We could head on over there right now." he replied.
"Sure, let's go."
"We'll be over at your place around, um, let's see...." Hunter trailed off as he looked up at a clock in the locker room. "How does eleven o'clock sound?" he asked.
"Eleven o'clock would be fine." Stephanie smiled. "I'll see you two later on tonight, alright."
"Yeah, bye." Hunter replied as he and Jade walked out the door.
*** Hunter's Penthouse ***
Stephanie went her seperate way from Jade and Hunter after they exited the arena, she decided to go home and set everything up for the dinner that would take place later that night. Hunter and Jade took a limo across town, and after about twenty minutes, they were at his penthouse. They got out, and walked inside.
"Wow Hunter, this is a nice place you have here." Jade replied as she looked around.
"Yeah, it is." he answered. "I have an idea, since you just joined the World Wrestling Federation, I doubt you have a place to stay....." he was cut off by the sound of her voice.
"You want me to move in here with you?" she asked already know what he was going to say.
"Well, I do have more than enough room, and this way, we'll be able to make up for lost time." Hunter smiled.
"There's definitely alot of lost time between us." Jade replied. "It's been what, about seven years?"
"Pretty much."
"God I've missed you." Jade said as she hugged her older brother. "I still wish you wouldn't have left the way you did."
"I had no choice." he said breaking away from the hug. "Dad left me no other alternitive, he didn't want a wrestler in the family, and the only way I could've achieved my dream was for me to leave, so I did.... and in doing so, I cut off all family ties." he added.
"Well, I guess that made two of us." Jade replied.
"Yeah, I guess it did.... why did you become a wrestler anyway?" he asked. "I always thought you hated wrestling."
"Well, it's a long story, but I'll give you the short version of it," she started. "After you left to become a wrestler, I'd watch all of the local wrestling television shows to see if you would ever make it, and when I noticed you on the WWF, I realized just how much I loved wrestling, and how much I wanted to become a wrestler, so what I did was I saved up every single penny of my allowance, and I even held three jobs at a time. When I realized that I had enough money to attend a wrestling school, I called up your old buddy from Texas."
"I have a couple of friends from Texas.... Steve, Mark, Shawn....." he trailed off.
"I called Shawn Michaels." she smiled.
"Shawn? Really?" he asked suprised with a laugh. "I didn't know that, ha, so he's the one who trained you?"
"Yep, Shawn Michaels trained me." she smiled. "It took alot of skill, and training, but I did it. I finally became a wrestler."
"And you did all of this for me, just so you could see me again?"
"Yeah, but I also did it for myself. I realized that I wanted to do what you do every night. Go out there, do what you do best, and please the fans."
"The fans think I'm an asshole." he laughed.
"Like you said Hunter, it's just a show.... you go out there, you do what you do best, you know that your pleasing the fans, otherwise they wouldn't call you an asshole." Jade replied with a laugh.
"You know, your right.... your beginning to sound alot like Stephanie." he chuckled.
"Oh my, look at the time," Jade stated. "It's almost ten thrity," she said as she got up off the couch and walked over near the door and grabbed her duffle bag which had some clothes in it. "Remind me to go shopping when Vince pays me." she chuckled as she started for the bathroom. "I won't be long, I'm just going to get ready alright." she said as she looked over to Hunter.
"Yeah, sure." he laughed.
About twenty minutes later, Jade walked out of the bathroom.... Hunter looked at her, and he could've sworn it wasn't his youngest sibling standing before him. It didn't even look like her, when Hunter knew Jade, she was always a tom boy, but now.... she's a grown woman, she's changed so much.
"So," she started as she spun around. "This doesn't look totally bad, does it?" she asked.
Jade was wearing dark purple dress with straps, that was just a little too short on her.... only in Hunter's opinion though. The length of her dress was no more than four inches past her thigh, she wore black boots, the type that had three-inch heels and went up almost to your knees and she had her hair curled in ringlets, and it was piled on top of her head, only a few strands of hair fell down over her face.
"Not too bad." Hunter answered her. "I'd say it took you long enough to get ready." he laughed.
"You try having hair as long as mine, and trying to curl all of it and putting it on top of your head." she replied as she punched him playfully.
"Well, are you ready?"
"Of course, let's go."
Hunter and Jade left his penthouse, not knowing what was in store for them on this night.
*** The McMahon Estate ***
Hunter and Jade showed up at the McMahon Estate, ready for a night full of fun, but what they were about to encounter, wasn't what either of them, ecspecially Hunter would expect. They knocked on the front door, and Vince answered.
"Hunter, hey, how are you?" he smiled.
"I'm fine Vince, it's good to see you." Hunter returned the smile.
"Your the new girl I just hired, um.... Jade, right?"
"That would be me." she smiled.
"That would be my sister." Hunter added.
"Your sister?" Vince asked dumbfounded. "I never knew you had a sister, this definitely is a shocker." he added.
"You didn't see my match with Ivory from the Right to Censor?" Jade asked.
"No, I'm sorry, I wasn't at the taping tonight. I had a business meeting with Ted Turner, I just purchased World Championship Wrestling." he smiled.
"Really?" Jade and Hunter asked in unison.
"That's wonderful news Vince." Hunter stated.
"Why don't you two come in, Stephanie should be here with Andrew at any moment now." Vince said as he gestured for them to walk inside, as they did, he shut the door behind them.
"So what do you plan on doing with the wrestlers from WCW?" Jade asked.
"I'm not exactly sure yet, I know I don't want to fire them, I'm not that evil." he laughed. "I'll probably just give the company to Shane, he'll know what to do whith it, besides, it's always been his dream to own a business like that."
"Oh Vince, we know your not evil." Linda said as she walked into the room and kissed her husband on the cheek.
"I... ah, I thought you two hated each other..... I thought you had her committed to a mental hospital, or something like that.... this is strange." Jade said as she put her hand on her head.
Hunter, Vince and Linda just laughed.
"Like I told you earlier little sis, it's all a show." Hunter said.
"So the two of you... your not really getting a divorce? You don't hate each other?"
"No." Vince and Linda answered in unison.
"We don't hate each other." Vince said.
"We love each other more than any married couple could possibly love one another." Linda smiled.
"Aw, that's so sweet." Jade replied, still shocked.
Vince and Linda just smiled as they kissed each other.
No more than ten minutes passed. Vince, Linda, Hunter and Jade were talking about the Federation when Stephanie quietly walked through the door. She looked as if she'd been crying, immediately, as any father would, Vince walked over to his daughter to see what was wrong.
"Honey, what's wrong?" he asked concerned.
"It.. it's Andrew.... daddy, he... he cheated on me." she sobbed.
"WHAT?!?!" Vince asked shocked. "He what!?!"
"He cheated on me. He cheated on me with that BITCH, Trish Stratus!" she continued to cry as multiple tears slid down her cheeks.
"That bastard! I'll kill him!" Vince shouted. "I'll fire his ass! Trish too!"
Hunter and Jade walk over to Vince and Stephanie.
"Andrew?" Jade asked. "Isn't that Test?"
"Yes! And if I have anything to say about it, his ass is fired!" Vince spat.
"Please daddy, no, don't fire him.... we both knew that something like this was going to happen, it was just a matter of time before we grew apart." Stephanie stated.
"Are you sure?" Vince asked. "I mean, I could fire his ass right now, just give me the word, and I'll do it."
"I'm sure."
Jade looked at Stephanie, and noticed how brave she was acting with this whole ordeal. Stephanie reminded her alot of herself, she didn't know much about this woman, but she knew that when she looked at her, she saw herself.... and what happened with her life just five years ago.... she felt herself coming to tears, but she forced herself to stop them.
"Um, Hunter.... I'll be right outside, alright." she choked through tears.
Hunter looked at Jade, and he knew immediately that something was wrong.
"What's wrong?" he asked in a concerened voice.
"It's nothing, I, I just need some air." she lied.
"I know your not being honest with me, but I'll leave it at that.... we'll talk about this later. Just not right now." he replied as he turned towards Vince and Stephanie.
Jade quietly walked outside and took a seat on a fancy type bench, that rich people usually buy for their yards.... she smoothed her skirt and crossed her legs. She looked up at the dark sky, which was filled with beautiful stars..... she loved the stars, she'd look up at the stars whenever she was outside at this time of night and she'd start talking, you know, looking to them for answers.... she's done this ever since she was a kid, but nobody ever knew about it, they'd probably think she was crazy, Hunter didn't even know about it, and he knew everything about his little sister, almost everything..... As she looked up at the stars, she immediately broke down in tears.... she was alone now, Hunter was inside with Vince, Linda and Stephanie, she knew there was no chance of anyone seeing her cry.
"Why Brian, why?" she asked herself through small cries.
Shane and Marissa McMahon lived just across the street from Shane's parents. Shane was getting sick of Marissa as of late, all she talked about was the federation, and he was just sick of it, she never wanted to talk about anything else, whenever he'd call after a long nights work, she'd ask him "So honey, how's everyone doing in the business." She'd never ask him how he was doing, everything they talked about now, it was all about the federation.... sometimes, he'd lay in bed and think about his life, and how much he'd give to NOT be Shane McMahon. He despised the way his life was headed, and he feared the worst.... which would be living in a loveless marriage. Yes, he loved Marissa at one time, but now he was having second thoughts about his love for her, he felt as if he didn't love her, and that scared him. He desperately needed to talk to his father, he knew that Vince would help him out with this.... he could always count on his father.
As Shane was walking across the street to talk to his father, he stopped dead in his tracks.... he saw her, and the sight of her took his breath away. From the first moment that Shane saw her on RAW, he felt an attraction to her, but he knew that it was just lust.... of course, any guy would want her, she looks like an angel. Shane was a married man though, and he knew that he must keep his distance, so he turned to walk away, but something stopped him. He turned around and looked over at her once more, she looked as if she was crying.
"Why would she be crying?" he asked himself.
Shane slowly walked over to the woman that he hasn't been able to get his mind off of all night, and he put his hand on her shoulder.
"Oh my god!" Jade practicually screamed. "Shane?"
"Yeah." he smiled.
"You scared the hell out of me!" she punched him playfully.
"Ouch! That hurt!" Shane laughed.
"Well you deserved it." she smiled. "Shane, about earlier, when I made fun of your chin,"
"Yeah?"
"I didn't mean anything by it, I was only kidding."
"Yeah, I know." he replied. "I wasn't totally mad about it, only a little."
"Yeah right!" she laughed. "You looked so like your father when I said you had a butt chin."
"Why does everyone say that?" he shrugged.
"So why did you come here?" she asked. "I mean, I know this is your parents house, but what I want to know, is why your here talking to me."
"I.... I came over her to talk to my dad, and I saw you sitting all alone on this bench, and you were crying."
Jade got a look of sadness on her face as she then turned away from him.
"Jade? What's wrong? Why were you crying?"
"It's nothing, really.... it's not." she replied through little cries.
"Something is wrong, why won't you tell me?" he asked.
"Alright." she said as she turned towards him. "I'll tell you."
Shane looked at Jade, and he saw how much she was hurting, her eyes were so beautiful, yet so sad. He hated the fact that she was sad, he wanted to know what was wrong so he could help her with what was bothering her.
"Hunter and I came over here, because we were suppose to meet your sister, Stephanie and her fiancee, Andrew, we were going to go dancing tonight," she started. "We were talking to your parents when Stephanie showed up, she was in tears, from what I heard, Andrew cheated on her with someone, I think she said it was Trish Stratus or someone, I'm not sure."
"Oh my god!" Shane said in shock. "I can't believe this."
"I know, neither could your father. He wanted to fire Andrew and Trish, but Stephanie said something and I guess she talked him out of it."
"I see." was Shane's only response. "So where do you come into this?"
"Well, this is kind of hard to explain," she stopped in mid-sentence.
"It's alright, take it slow.... you don't have to tell me if you don't want to."
"That's the thing, I want to tell you.... I don't know what it is, I guess I, I guess I just feel as if I can trust you with anything. I've only known you for like a day, and I know that I can trust you."
Shane couldn't help but smile at what Jade had just told him, nobody has ever said anything like this to him before, he didn't know how to explain it, but he felt the same way with her.
"You see, what happened with my life, nobody knows about it, not even my brother, so I'd greatly appreciate it if you kept it just between us."
Shane grabs Jade's hands and holds them in his.
"I promise you, whatever you tell me, it stays between us." he smiled.
"Alright," she returned his smile. "This happened about five years ago, I was only eighteen years old at the time, and I was dating some guy who was a sophmore in college, his name was Brian, and I loved him so much." Jade said through cries.
"It's alright, Jade, please, don't cry."
"Well, he was the type in college that always held those sorority type of parties, well, one night him and his buddies invited me to one of their parties, I knew I shouldn't of gone, my gut instinct told me not to go, but I did anyway, just to please Brian."
Shane tried to speak, but Jade put her finger on his lips.
"Please, don't say anything until I finish, please?"
He just nodded.
"So, I went to this party, I was the only female there and I felt highly uncomfortable, there had to be at least four of five of Brian's sorority brothers there, including him. They all got drunk off their asses, while I just sat back and watched them act like the immature assholes they really were." she forced a laugh.
Shane looked at her, he noticed how hurtful this was for her, to bring up these memories that she held deep in her heart for so long, he didn't know what to say or do, so he just sat back and listened to her story.
"I knew I should've never went to that damn party! I should've just stayed home.... but did I listen to my gut instinct? No, I was to fucking stupid!" she scolded herself.
"Don't say that, Jade, your not stupid." Shane interrupted.
"You don't know the whole story yet.... you see, I sat back and watched these guys get wasted. I should've left that damn dorm sooner, rather than later. You see, these guys were so drunk, they hadn't a clue what they were really doing, no sooner did one of Brian's friend start touching me." she said as her facial expression showed so much disgust.
"What did Brian do about it?" Shane asked.
"He did nothing, and that's what hurt the most.... but Shane, you don't know exactly what happened," she cut herself off with sobs.
"Please, tell me."
"As Brian's friend, Jason, was touching me, I forced him off, not knowing how mad he would get at this, I slapped him in the face and ran for the door, but no sooner than that did he catch up with me. When he grabbed me, he started to rip my clothes off and he kissed several parts of my body, he even forced his tongue down my throat..... he dragged me over to the table and threw me on it, his other friends started chanting 'FUCK HER!!! FUCK HER!!!' and my boyfriend did nothing about it, he just stood back chanting the very same things his friends were...." she trailed off as she looked up at the stars with tearful eyes.
Shane was speechless, he never knew that people could be so cruel. Of course, he knew that there were people out there like that. People that killed there children, raped their children, children that brought guns to school and killed their classmates. He looked over at Jade, how hadn't said anything for minutes, she just gazed up at the stars with tearful eyes, just then, she looked at Shane and continued on.
"What happened wasn't your fault, you didn't have any power of them." Shane stated.
"I tried to make them stop, but they wouldn't.... I kicked at them, screamed, I did everything I could, but they were too strong." she told him. "Not only did Jason force himself on me, but so did the rest of his friends, including my boyfriend. While one of them was on top of me, there would be another holding my hands, so I couldn't get away." she cried.
"I'm so sorry." was all Shane could say. "I'm so sorry." he repeated himself as he embraced her.
Jade cried in Shane's arms for about ten minutes, then they broke apart.
"I was so scared Shane, I didn't know what to do. After everything that had happened, I really didn't know what I was going to do.... for god sake! I was only eighteen years old!" she yelled angrily. "They threatened me, they told me that if I ever told anyone about what happened, they'd come after me, and that they'd kill me.... so I didn't tell anyone, not even Hunter, because I knew that nobody would believe me even if I did tell them. I went to therapy for weeks, and I was starting to get better, but then, but then...." she trailed off with sobs again.
"What?" Shane asked concerned.
"Then I found out that I was pregnant. I didn't know what to do, I was only eighteen years old, I'd just graduated from high school. There was no way that I was going let my parents find out of my pregnancy, so I had a baby out of wedlock, then I gave her up for adoption, never knowing who her father was, and denying her the chance to know her mother." she cried.
"I'm so sorry Jade, I didn't know.... you didn't deserve to go through that, nobody does."
"I never got to know my baby girl, she's five years old know, and she doesn't even know her real mother." she sobbed as she got up off the bench. "Why!?!? Why did this have to happen?!?! Why me!?!?" she yelled up to the sky as she let herself fall to the ground, she couldn't cry anymore, she was fresh out of tears, and she was too exhausted to do anything else.
Shane got up off the bench and knelt down by Jade, he grabbed her and held her in his arms.... they broke from their gaze as they felt a shock of electricity run through their bodies. They looked deeply into one another's eyes and Shane leaned in closer to her and kissed her with every ounce of energy that ran through his body.
As Shane and Jade were caught up in each other, Hunter opened the door to walk outside and look for Jade. He thought she'd been out here for rather a long time, and he began to worry about her, as he stepped outside, he came across Shane and his little sister.... kissing.
"What the hell is going on here?!?!" Hunter demanded from the two.
Shane and Jade broke away from their kiss.
"Oh my god! Hunter!" Jade said in a state of shock. It wasn't because her brother had caught her kissing Shane, it was because Shane had been the one to kiss her, and she was still not believing it had actually happened.
"What the hell is going on?" Hunter demanded from his sister. "Why the HELL were the two of you kissing? And Jade, why do you look like you've been crying?"
"I, um..... I," she stuttered, not wanting to tell Hunter everything that she had just told Shane minutes before.
"Shane?" Hunter asked turning towards him.
"It's not what it looks like, Hunter." Shane admitted. "It's just, I, I was comforting her, and one thing just lead to another."
"Comforting her?" Hunter asked. "Why?"
"It's not my place to say anything," Shane stated. "Why don't you ask her about it." he said as he turned away from Hunter and headed towards the house.
Hunter walked over towards Jade, who was sitting on the bench, she was crying.
"Jade?" Hunter asked in a comforting voice. "What's wrong?"
She looked up at him with tearful eyes.
"It's nothing, Hunter...." her voice trailed off.
"Come on Jade, there's no way you can fool me now, I know something is wrong, and I want to know what it is."
"I'm sorry Hunter," she started. "I can't, not here, not now." she cried as she ran off.
Hunter just stared at his little sister in disbelief. He couldn't believe the things that were happening. Something was wrong with Jade, he knew that something was eating at her, but he couldn't figure out what it would be.... then it hit him, Shane knew about it, Jade had told Shane everything that was bothering her.... so he got up and head for the house, as he let himself in.
He walked towards Vince, Shane, Linda and Stephanie. Stephanie was still in tears over what Andrew had done, and he felt for her. Over the past year and a half, Hunter had grown quite close to Stephanie, in some ways, he felt closer to her than he did with his girlfriend of eight years, Joanie. He didn't know why he felt this way, it was just something that he couldn't explain. He shook the feeling off and walked towards Shane.
"Hey Shane, buddy, can we talk?"
"Yeah... sure." Shane hesitated at first, he knew that Hunter was going to ask him about what happened with Jade.
"I know that Jade told you something. I know that she told you what was bothering her...." his voice trailed off. "Please Shane, you have to tell me what's wrong with her!" he begged.
"I can't." was all that Shane could say.
"Why?" Hunter asked. "Why won't you tell me?" he added. "Something is wrong with Jade, and I want.... no, I NEED to know what it is."
"I'm sorry Hunter, but this is something that Jade needs to do on her own." Shane stated. "She confided her deepest, darkest secret to me, and I promised her that I wouldn't tell anyone, I'm not going to betray her trust in me."
"This is bad, isn't it?" Hunter asked worriedly. "Is she in trouble?"
"No, she's not in trouble.... not at the moment anyway." Shane replied. "I'm not going to say anything else, she'll tell you when she's ready.... and when she is, you need to be there for her."
THE END