Chris stretched. His body hurt from the match the night before. Damn Stephanie, she made him lose again. He didn't really care anymore, he was used to it. For some reason she always got to him during the matches she was out, and he really only wanted to pay her back for all the trouble she caused him. Rhyno was just a distraction.
Honestly, Chris knew he didn't actually hate her any more then anybody else. However, due to circumstances such as the fact she was married to an idiot, she had McMahon as a last name, and the fact that she had tried to stop him from ever having chances of ever having a little Chris run around, she just tended to get on his nerves just a little bit more. Still, even he knew his past actions of the last few weeks were pretty bad, though he would never readily admit it. Vince wanted him to be mean, he was mean.
"Hey Chris!" Jeff grinned broadly. Chris looked up from the ground, his eyes stopping on Jeff who was standing in front of him. He gave a weak grin, then went back to lookingat the ground. "I know just what you need!"
"More ice?" Chris asked. Jeff smirked.
"You need a vacation!" he nodded. "Which is exactly why I'm here." Chris glanced up again, this time paying attention.
"What do you mean, Rainbow?" he asked. Jeff's grin was never-ending.
"Well, you see, me and Matt were going to go up to our nearby cabin for the week." Jeff explained. "But Matt has to stay with Lita for some reason. Girl problems or something." Chris let out a chuckle. "Anyway, I don't want to go up alone..so I was wondering..why don't you come?"
"Me?" he asked, raising a brow. "Why me?"
"Because you're my best friend." Jeff replied simply. "Duh."
"Thanks for the offer, Jeff," Chris replied. "But I don't think--"
"Vince's orders." Jeff chuckled. "Wanna see the note?"
"You went to Vince?" he asked, surprised. "That desperate for company, Hardy?"
"See for yourself." Jeff pulled a note out of his pocket and handed it to Chris. He opened it and read it over.
"Take a break, on me." he read. "I'm still not used to Vince being nice to me, you know."
"Yeah, it's weird to me too," Jeff agreed. "So, what do you say, Chris? We're leaving around 5 today."
"Orders are orders." he shrugged. "All right, I'll meet you outside the hotel. 5 PM."
"Great! We'll have a great time!" he clapped Chris's shoulder, then left the room.
Chris grinned when Jeff left. Yeah, he definitely wouldn't mind a week away from all the idiots in the WWF and Alliance. Away from HER. He heard about the Hardy cabin, it was equipped with everything, including a pool. And it was really elusive, real..hidden. Jeff bragged once that it was 40 miles away from civilization.
If only Chris knew he would be wishing the fact wasn't true very very soon.
****
"Stephy! Hey!" Stephanie looked up to see the young Shane Helms propped against the wall. He grinned widely at her, and she smiled back. Shane probably was the only person she talked too, well, really talked too. He was an all around friendly guy.
"Hi Shane." she replied. "What brings you around here?"
"Nothing much, I was hoping to bump into you, actually." he grinned. "I had a great idea you might want to hear."
"Oh really?" she asked, and he nodded.
"Yep." he grinned. "My uncle, bless his heart, died last year of a heart attack."
"I'm sorry to hear that." Stephanie blinked. "But what's that got to do with me?"
"Well, my uncle decided to leave me his lush, kick ass cabin in his will. Shane and Heyman said I could have the week off, so I was like 'Hey, Steph wanted a place that's quiet so she can get her work done..', and I remembered my Uncle telling me that the place is 40 miles from civilzation--"
"Are you asking me to come with you?" she smiled lightly. He nodded.
"Sure am." he chuckled. "It'd be good for you, Steph. You've been under so much stress."
"Well that's true but.."
"Shane and Heyman can hold up the ranks for just a week." he grinned. "Come on, please?"
"I don't know.."
"I won't take no for an answer." he gave a grin. She paused, then smiled back.
"All right. Let me tell Shane and Paul.."
"All ready done." he grinned. "I knew you'd say yes." She giggled.
"Thanks, Shane." she replied. He shrugged.
"What are friends for?" he asked. "Now then, we're leaving at 5 PM."
"How far is it from here?" she asked.
"Ooh, a good 2-3 hours." he shrugged. "It's real hidden away. You'll love it. Pool, big screen TV, the works!"
"Sounds like your uncle was rich." Stephanie commented. Shane nodded.
"Filthy rich. Probably had more then me." he grinned. "He owned a company back in North Carolina. Forgot what it was called.."
"Your family was a bunch of overachievers too, huh?" she chuckled.
"Yeah, I think I'm adopted." he grinned.
"You're sucessful." she chuckled.
"Yeah, at the same time I'm hitting people in front of millions." he winked. "Not exactly what my mom had in mind."
"Most parents don't, but I think it's something to be proud of." she smiled. "Well, I have to go get ready."
"I'll come by your room around five, so be ready." he replied. "See ya later, Steph." He waved and walked the other direction.
She didn't notice the odd grin on his face as he left.
****
Chris groaned. The ride was just too damn long. Hours had passed, and now he was in the car, Pearl Jam blasting through the radio speakers, and him with a huge headache. He loved rock, but right now..it was annoying the hell out of him.
"Can you turn it down?" he asked, trying to be heard over the speakers.
"What?" Jeff asked, not understanding him.
"I said can you turn down the music?" Chris asked, louder.
"Hold on, let me turn this down, I can't hear you." he turned it down, then glanced to Chris. "What were you saying?"
"I said that you have been hanging around your brother too much." Chris said. "And if you try to turn that dial up, I will personally put a fist through your radio."
"Touchy." Jeff grinned. Chris rolled his eyes.
"So, this is the cabin you and your brother bought, right?" he questioned. Jeff nodded.
"Our home away from home. No girl could find it..well, unless I brought her that is.." Jeff gave a sly grin.
"Yeah yeah, girls dig you." Chris sniggered.
"It's true." he answered simply. Chris let out a laugh. "And what about you? You need to date more, Chris."
"There's no girl I would want to go out with." he retorted.
"Or there is one and you just won't admit it." Jeff mumbled under his breath.
"Whatcha say Hardy?" Chris asked.
"Nothing." he quickly said, grinning innocently. Chris went silent, and Jeff went on driving. Shane had better keep up his end of the bargin..
Honestly, Chris knew he didn't actually hate her any more then anybody else. However, due to circumstances such as the fact she was married to an idiot, she had McMahon as a last name, and the fact that she had tried to stop him from ever having chances of ever having a little Chris run around, she just tended to get on his nerves just a little bit more. Still, even he knew his past actions of the last few weeks were pretty bad, though he would never readily admit it. Vince wanted him to be mean, he was mean.
"Hey Chris!" Jeff grinned broadly. Chris looked up from the ground, his eyes stopping on Jeff who was standing in front of him. He gave a weak grin, then went back to lookingat the ground. "I know just what you need!"
"More ice?" Chris asked. Jeff smirked.
"You need a vacation!" he nodded. "Which is exactly why I'm here." Chris glanced up again, this time paying attention.
"What do you mean, Rainbow?" he asked. Jeff's grin was never-ending.
"Well, you see, me and Matt were going to go up to our nearby cabin for the week." Jeff explained. "But Matt has to stay with Lita for some reason. Girl problems or something." Chris let out a chuckle. "Anyway, I don't want to go up alone..so I was wondering..why don't you come?"
"Me?" he asked, raising a brow. "Why me?"
"Because you're my best friend." Jeff replied simply. "Duh."
"Thanks for the offer, Jeff," Chris replied. "But I don't think--"
"Vince's orders." Jeff chuckled. "Wanna see the note?"
"You went to Vince?" he asked, surprised. "That desperate for company, Hardy?"
"See for yourself." Jeff pulled a note out of his pocket and handed it to Chris. He opened it and read it over.
"Take a break, on me." he read. "I'm still not used to Vince being nice to me, you know."
"Yeah, it's weird to me too," Jeff agreed. "So, what do you say, Chris? We're leaving around 5 today."
"Orders are orders." he shrugged. "All right, I'll meet you outside the hotel. 5 PM."
"Great! We'll have a great time!" he clapped Chris's shoulder, then left the room.
Chris grinned when Jeff left. Yeah, he definitely wouldn't mind a week away from all the idiots in the WWF and Alliance. Away from HER. He heard about the Hardy cabin, it was equipped with everything, including a pool. And it was really elusive, real..hidden. Jeff bragged once that it was 40 miles away from civilization.
If only Chris knew he would be wishing the fact wasn't true very very soon.
****
"Stephy! Hey!" Stephanie looked up to see the young Shane Helms propped against the wall. He grinned widely at her, and she smiled back. Shane probably was the only person she talked too, well, really talked too. He was an all around friendly guy.
"Hi Shane." she replied. "What brings you around here?"
"Nothing much, I was hoping to bump into you, actually." he grinned. "I had a great idea you might want to hear."
"Oh really?" she asked, and he nodded.
"Yep." he grinned. "My uncle, bless his heart, died last year of a heart attack."
"I'm sorry to hear that." Stephanie blinked. "But what's that got to do with me?"
"Well, my uncle decided to leave me his lush, kick ass cabin in his will. Shane and Heyman said I could have the week off, so I was like 'Hey, Steph wanted a place that's quiet so she can get her work done..', and I remembered my Uncle telling me that the place is 40 miles from civilzation--"
"Are you asking me to come with you?" she smiled lightly. He nodded.
"Sure am." he chuckled. "It'd be good for you, Steph. You've been under so much stress."
"Well that's true but.."
"Shane and Heyman can hold up the ranks for just a week." he grinned. "Come on, please?"
"I don't know.."
"I won't take no for an answer." he gave a grin. She paused, then smiled back.
"All right. Let me tell Shane and Paul.."
"All ready done." he grinned. "I knew you'd say yes." She giggled.
"Thanks, Shane." she replied. He shrugged.
"What are friends for?" he asked. "Now then, we're leaving at 5 PM."
"How far is it from here?" she asked.
"Ooh, a good 2-3 hours." he shrugged. "It's real hidden away. You'll love it. Pool, big screen TV, the works!"
"Sounds like your uncle was rich." Stephanie commented. Shane nodded.
"Filthy rich. Probably had more then me." he grinned. "He owned a company back in North Carolina. Forgot what it was called.."
"Your family was a bunch of overachievers too, huh?" she chuckled.
"Yeah, I think I'm adopted." he grinned.
"You're sucessful." she chuckled.
"Yeah, at the same time I'm hitting people in front of millions." he winked. "Not exactly what my mom had in mind."
"Most parents don't, but I think it's something to be proud of." she smiled. "Well, I have to go get ready."
"I'll come by your room around five, so be ready." he replied. "See ya later, Steph." He waved and walked the other direction.
She didn't notice the odd grin on his face as he left.
****
Chris groaned. The ride was just too damn long. Hours had passed, and now he was in the car, Pearl Jam blasting through the radio speakers, and him with a huge headache. He loved rock, but right now..it was annoying the hell out of him.
"Can you turn it down?" he asked, trying to be heard over the speakers.
"What?" Jeff asked, not understanding him.
"I said can you turn down the music?" Chris asked, louder.
"Hold on, let me turn this down, I can't hear you." he turned it down, then glanced to Chris. "What were you saying?"
"I said that you have been hanging around your brother too much." Chris said. "And if you try to turn that dial up, I will personally put a fist through your radio."
"Touchy." Jeff grinned. Chris rolled his eyes.
"So, this is the cabin you and your brother bought, right?" he questioned. Jeff nodded.
"Our home away from home. No girl could find it..well, unless I brought her that is.." Jeff gave a sly grin.
"Yeah yeah, girls dig you." Chris sniggered.
"It's true." he answered simply. Chris let out a laugh. "And what about you? You need to date more, Chris."
"There's no girl I would want to go out with." he retorted.
"Or there is one and you just won't admit it." Jeff mumbled under his breath.
"Whatcha say Hardy?" Chris asked.
"Nothing." he quickly said, grinning innocently. Chris went silent, and Jeff went on driving. Shane had better keep up his end of the bargin..