Chapter 8

They managed to get out of the bus station the next day. They chatted as they rode the final leg of their journey. The bus was stopping for a bathroom break.

"You coming?" Shane asked.

"Naw, I'm good." She answered. She watched as he walked up the aisle. He was a wonderful guy. He was going to make some lucky girl very happy someday. She heard a phone ring. It took her a minute to realize Shane had left his cell phone behind. She leaned down and found it lying on the top of his bag.

"Shane Helms' answering service. Shane isn't available right now. May I take a message?" She heard the deep male laughter on the other end.

"Where is Sugar?"

"Using the little boy's room, I imagine."

"Well who's this?"

"Destiny. Who's this?"

"Jeff Hardy. You must be the new friend..."

"And you must be the Skittle Man!"

Jeff groaned "Told ya that did he? Well remind me to tell you the 'Sugar' story sometime!"

She laughed. "I will Skittle Man. Can I give Shane a message for ya?"

"We were just wondering how much longer he was gonna be!" Jeff said laughing.

"They said we'd be in Cameron at 6:15."

"Coolsville! So do we get ta meet ya when ya'll get here?"

"If you really want to..."

"Oh yeah! Amy says we need another girl around! She hates being the only one!" Destiny looked up to see Shane coming down the aisle, carrying a cup of coffee. She smiled up at him. "Ah sweet boy! You brought me coffee!"

She was still holding the phone, Jeff listening to her. "He back? Okay, act like I've been tellin' ya all kinds of funny stuff about him... he hates it when I do that." She giggled, playing along.

"Jeff! Did he really?" And she burst out laughing hysterically. Shane made a face

"Oh God! Not Jeff! Anything but that."

"You want to talk to him?" She asked Jeff.

"I'd rather keep talking to you, your voice is much nicer than his!" She laughed again.

"Give me that!" Shane took the phone from her.

"Jeffery Nero Hardy I swear if you have been telling her embarrassing stuff, I will kick the crap out of you!" All the while Destiny was sliding him little glances and snickering behind her hand. Shane groaned.

"Look Skittle Head, I'll be there soon. Yeah, I will. Bye."

"Jeff says you have to come to dinner with us when we get to Cameron. Amy's orders. Oh, and don't believe anything he told you, Jeff Hardy is a chronic liar!"

"Ok Just Shane, whatever you say..." she acted like she was trying not to laugh.

Destiny managed to fall asleep again an hour later. Shane waited until he was sure she was asleep. He picked up his phone and found an unoccupied seat at the back of the bus. He called Matt. Amy answered.

"Hey Amy. It's Shane. I wanted to talk to you guys about Destiny"

"Sure Shane, what's up?"

"Am, this girl is so sweet. We have become friends very fast. She has no clue who we are by the way..."

"Really? That's cool. Someone who just likes you!"

"Yeah she doesn't watch wrestling, yet..."

"We'll fix that!" Amy laughed.

"Anyway my whole point is, this girl has had it rough. She just left an abusive relationship, her parents died a couple of years ago in a car accident. She has no other family or friends. I'm just about betting she is low on funds and has no where to go when we get there..."

"And..."

"And I don't want to freak her out by asking her to stay with me, I would love to but I don't think she would. So I was wondering, if you like her as much as I do, and I am sure you will, would you offer to let her stay with you guys? I'm sure having another girl around would make her feel more comfortable."

"Hey no problem Shane. We have an extra bedroom or two" Amy laughed, so did Shane thinking of the huge house the Hardy brothers shared.