Hero

Author: Midnite

Summary: Jeff Hardy does the right thing when he saves a young woman from being raped. Through this encounter, a friendship (or more) is forged between the two, until some secrets from the past come back to haunt them.

Disclaimer: I own no part of the WWE or anything that has to do with it. The only thing that I own in this story is Kiki and the storyline.

Chapter 2

Jeff woke up late the next morning. Sometime, somehow during the night, Kiki had managed to move herself so that she was practically right on top of Jeff in her sleep and without waking him up. He tried to move her off without waking her up but to no avail.

Jeff got up and stretched, Kiki just rolled over and tried to get back to sleep.

"Come on, get up, keep me company." Jeff said.

"I'm tired, leave me alone." Kiki replied.

"Well, if you won't keep me company, I'll have to get Matt in here." Jeff threatened.

"But I'm tired." She whined.

"Lazy." He commented.

"I'm not lazy." She stated.

"I'll order you breakfast if you get up." He said.

She looked at him. "Anything I want?"

He shrugged. "Sure, why not."

She thought for a second. "Ok, I'll get up then."

"Good." He said. "What do you want?"

Kiki sat up. "Eggs and French toast."

"Ok." Jeff said.

"Mind if I use the shower?" Kiki asked.

"Nope, go ahead." Jeff replied. "Hey, do you have any other clothes?"

"Not exactly." She said, getting up.

"Ok." Jeff said. "Go have your shower, but don't take too long or you'll miss the food."

"Yeah, right." She entered the bathroom and shut the door.

Jeff picked up the phone and someone knocked on the door. "Come in." He yelled.

Matt entered and closed the door. "Hey."

"Hey, I'll be just a second, Matt." Jeff replied, then dialled and ordered the food. He hung up.

"Is that weird woman still here?" Matt asked.

"She's not weird, she just doesn't like you." Jeff answered. "And she is still here, she's in the bathroom."

"Why doesn't she like me, what did I do?" Matt asked.

Jeff thought for a second. "Ya know something, she didn't say. She just told me that she didn't like you."

"Wait a minute." Matt said. "Where did you meet her?"

"I told you." Jeff said. "I saved her from"

"No." Matt interrupted. "Where? Where did you save her?"

"Behind the restaurant that I went to last night." Jeff told him. "Why?"

"Uh-oh." Matt said.

"Uh-oh?" Jeff repeated. "Uh-oh what?"

"Oh, um, I just remembered that I left the water running in my room." Matt said and walked to the door. "I should go turn it off."

"Are you coming back?" Jeff asked.

"No." Matt answered, he opened the door and left.

Kiki left the bathroom. "Food here yet?"

"No." Jeff said. "But if you're coming with me tonight, you're shopping for new clothes."

"But I have no money." She said.

"And I have lots." Jeff said. "I'm paying."

"But I don't like shopping." Kiki whined.

"You'll thank me when you see the other women that walk around in the WWE." Jeff informed her.

"Do I have to?" Kiki asked.

"It won't be that bad." Jeff said. "Actually, a female friend of mine is flying in today, so you can go with her."

"Your girlfriend?" Kiki asked.

"No, Matt's." Jeff answered. "My girlfriend is at home."

"Oh." Kiki said.

Their food came and they ate.

"Matt was in here earlier." Jeff said, after they finished eating. "And he had a good question."

"Oh really?" She said. "And what was that?"

"Why don't you like him?" Jeff asked. "He asked where I found you then he got all weird, do you know why that is?"

Kiki snapped her fingers. "Then I was right about who he was."

"What do you mean?" Jeff asked.

"Last night, while I was walking and that guy jumped me, there was someone else that was standing around too." Kiki told him.

"And which one was Matt?" Jeff asked. "I didn't get a good look at the guy."

"That wasn't him." She said. "He was the one that was standing around."

"So, what happened?" He asked.

"The guy jumped me, Matt saw and didn't do anything." She said. "I begged him to help me, but he just turned and walked away."

"Matt did that?" Jeff asked, astonished.

She nodded.

He thought for a second. "I'll be right back." He said, then left the room. He entered Matt's. "Hey, Matt." He said.

"Hey." Matt greeted.

"Kiki just told me something that was very interesting." Jeff said.

Matt sighed. "Look, I didn't know if the guy had a weapon or something and if I tried anything, he might have killed me. I know it was wrong and I'm sorry. I know that I should have helped."

"Yeah." Jeff said. "You really screwed up."

"Big time." Matt agreed. "Can you forgive me?"

Jeff shrugged. "I'm not the one that should forgive you, I'm just happy that I can do the right thing where you can't."

"I'm feeling guilty enough as it is." Matt said. "You don't need to say things like that. But I'm just hoping that she doesn't try to get some revenge on me, I have a bad feeling about her."

"Why would you have a bad feeling about her?" Jeff asked.

"Well, last night, she almost acted like someone was out to get her." Matt said. "You should have saw her when room service knocked on the door."

"Why?" Jeff said.

"She looked alarmed." Matt replied. "I don't trust her, and you shouldn't either."

"Oh, come on, Matt." Jeff said. "She hasn't done anything to me yet, so why shouldn't I trust her?"

"Think about it." Matt said. "Just how much do you know about her?"

"Not that much." Jeff confessed. "I didn't pry."

"And there you go." Matt said. "She could be, like, an axe-murderer or something, how would you know?"

"I'm not gonna listen to this." Jeff said and opened the door.

"Remember, don't be too trustful." Matt said.

"You're being ridiculous, Matt." He said and left the room. "I hope." He muttered.