Chapter 17
The next morning bright & early I took a cab to Steve's place as we were going to pick up Mick at the airport! My stomach was in knots at the thought of seeing him again, but I suppposed it was better to get it over & done with!
I knocked on the door & heard Steve shout 'come in!' Once inside I couldn't find him!
"Steve?!"
"In here!!"
I followed the sound of his voice into a room that looked like an office/den! Steve was talking to a computor screen!
"What are you doing?!" I smiled.
"Come here!" he gestured, "Come & meet my sister Charlotte!"
"A video phone?! Mick has one of these at work! " I waved, "I think they are brilliant! I want one!!"
"Charlotte this is Bec, Bec this is Charlotte!"
I squeezed my head next to Steve's & smiled, "Hi Charlotte!"
She smiled & waved back! "I hope he's not leading you astray!"
"Oh dont worry, I can handle him! Nice to meet you!" I waved & stepped back, pointing at my watch.
Steve said his goodbyes to his sister.
"Ok we ready to go then?"
"Um I guess so! Steve do you always leave everything to the last minute?!"
"Usually!" he laughed, "Just ask Jeff! I always have him hanging around waiting for me if ever we're going anywhere!" He started to switch off several gadgets.
"So, where's your sister then?"
"Croatia, she lives there!"
"Croatia? Cool!"
He grabbed his keys & we went to the car.
"So are you looking forward to seeing Mick again?" He said as he drove.
"Um yeah....Steve where are we going?"
"Oh I said Id give Matt a ride to the airport! His flight wont leave for a couple of hours but it saves leaving his car in the lot over night!"
I gulped! I hoped to God Matt had gone by the time we met Mick off the plane, I just couldn't stand the two of them together!!
When Matt got in the car things were a little strained between us & I was actually glad to get to the airport! We had to hang around for a while & Matt stayed with us!! I couoldnt take my eyes off him yet I wished he'd just go!!
"There he is!" Steve said pointing through the crowd.
"Steve how would you know man!?" I laughed.
"Oh I er...I saw your photograph remember?!"
I looked & sure enough there was Mick pushing his way through the crowd of people that just got off his flight!
"Steve that photo was taken ages ago!!"
"What can I say? I have a thing with faces, once seen never forgotten!"
"What a guy!!" I laughed.
"Well...I'll erm go then!" Matt picked up his bags but it was too late, Mick was upon us! He swept me up into his arms & twirled me around! "Bec I've missed you so much!"
"Yeah me too!" I said & suffered the kiss that landed on my lips!
"Are you....naaah it couldnt be!" Mick looked Matt up & down, "Are you erm.....are you Matt Hardy?!"
I rolled my eyes. Trust Mick to recognise him, he was such a bloody kid!! It irritated me that he acted like such a......such a fan!! It was embarassing!!
"Um yeah hi!" Matt extended his hand & Steve shook it vigourously.
"Wow! Cool!! You never told me you knew Matt Hardy!!"
"Didnt I?" I turned away.
"Have you told Jake yet? He'll be over the moon!"
"No I....erm...I must have forgotten!"
"Well I have to go & catch my plane! Nice to meet you Mick! Bye Bec!" Matt smiled sweetly at me, "See you soon!" I watched him walk away while Steve & MIck sorted out his bags, he didnt look back!
Once we were back at Edbrook & Mick had a shower & got changed, he told me he wanted me to show him the 'sights'! I told him there wanst much to see but he insisted we go somewhere! As a matter of fact he hadnt shut up since he got off the damn plane & he was driving me crazy!! I wanted to scream at him! Tell him to shut up & just go home, but Matt had been right, I shouldnt rush into anything, and I couldnt let the guy come all the way to America just to get dumped!! So I bit my tongue, dragged my best sweet smile out of the closet, put up with the verbal onslaught & took him out!
We ended up in a cafe & after that went for a walk in the woods, which quite frankly terrified me, but I hadnt told Mick anything that had been going on & I couldnt be bothered to start explaining now!
We got back to Edbrook a couple of hours later, had a polite cup of tea with Mary & then headed up to my room as Mick said he was tired from the long journey!
"There's the bed! Help yourself!"
"Why dont you come with me?!" he grabbed me from behind & started kissing my neck! I should've realised this would happen but I had so much on my mind I just hadnt thought about it, or how to deal with it!!
"Mick, I thought you were tired!?" I gulped.
"Not too tired for you! Ive missed you so much!"
I closed my eyes, of course he was going to want this!! What did I expect?! Any normal couple in this situation would have been at it as soon as the plane landed! But I couldnt! The very thought of it turned my stomach!! Then I remembered something Mary had said....'Cracks in the celing...a woman's job....but surely I couldnt, could I? Maybe once it started all the old emotions Id felt for Mick before would come flooding back!? Maybe this is what I needed to jolt me back to reality?! So I did!! I went along with it & had sex with Mick! It wasnt bad...well it wasnt the same as it used to be...or so I told myself! Truth was it was exactly like it always was, only I thought it was supposed to be that way! But it didnt make my heart race or my legs go weak! Neither did it take my breath away! Someone else I knew did that without us even getting undressed!!
Afterwards Mick fell asleep, as he always did and as he lay there, snoring, I carefully slipped out of bed, got dressed & sat at the window. I stared into space for quite a while before I relaised tears were flowing down my cheeks. All I could think of was Matt.....it was crazy!! I hardly knew the guy & he had said himself what we had meant nothing to him! Well he hadnt said it in so many words but I was beyond kidding myself that this was anything more than a fling that meant shit to him!! As I wiped my face on my sleeve I began to realise something that terrified me more than any psychopath ever could.......I realised I was falling in love with matt Hardy!!
The next morning bright & early I took a cab to Steve's place as we were going to pick up Mick at the airport! My stomach was in knots at the thought of seeing him again, but I suppposed it was better to get it over & done with!
I knocked on the door & heard Steve shout 'come in!' Once inside I couldn't find him!
"Steve?!"
"In here!!"
I followed the sound of his voice into a room that looked like an office/den! Steve was talking to a computor screen!
"What are you doing?!" I smiled.
"Come here!" he gestured, "Come & meet my sister Charlotte!"
"A video phone?! Mick has one of these at work! " I waved, "I think they are brilliant! I want one!!"
"Charlotte this is Bec, Bec this is Charlotte!"
I squeezed my head next to Steve's & smiled, "Hi Charlotte!"
She smiled & waved back! "I hope he's not leading you astray!"
"Oh dont worry, I can handle him! Nice to meet you!" I waved & stepped back, pointing at my watch.
Steve said his goodbyes to his sister.
"Ok we ready to go then?"
"Um I guess so! Steve do you always leave everything to the last minute?!"
"Usually!" he laughed, "Just ask Jeff! I always have him hanging around waiting for me if ever we're going anywhere!" He started to switch off several gadgets.
"So, where's your sister then?"
"Croatia, she lives there!"
"Croatia? Cool!"
He grabbed his keys & we went to the car.
"So are you looking forward to seeing Mick again?" He said as he drove.
"Um yeah....Steve where are we going?"
"Oh I said Id give Matt a ride to the airport! His flight wont leave for a couple of hours but it saves leaving his car in the lot over night!"
I gulped! I hoped to God Matt had gone by the time we met Mick off the plane, I just couldn't stand the two of them together!!
When Matt got in the car things were a little strained between us & I was actually glad to get to the airport! We had to hang around for a while & Matt stayed with us!! I couoldnt take my eyes off him yet I wished he'd just go!!
"There he is!" Steve said pointing through the crowd.
"Steve how would you know man!?" I laughed.
"Oh I er...I saw your photograph remember?!"
I looked & sure enough there was Mick pushing his way through the crowd of people that just got off his flight!
"Steve that photo was taken ages ago!!"
"What can I say? I have a thing with faces, once seen never forgotten!"
"What a guy!!" I laughed.
"Well...I'll erm go then!" Matt picked up his bags but it was too late, Mick was upon us! He swept me up into his arms & twirled me around! "Bec I've missed you so much!"
"Yeah me too!" I said & suffered the kiss that landed on my lips!
"Are you....naaah it couldnt be!" Mick looked Matt up & down, "Are you erm.....are you Matt Hardy?!"
I rolled my eyes. Trust Mick to recognise him, he was such a bloody kid!! It irritated me that he acted like such a......such a fan!! It was embarassing!!
"Um yeah hi!" Matt extended his hand & Steve shook it vigourously.
"Wow! Cool!! You never told me you knew Matt Hardy!!"
"Didnt I?" I turned away.
"Have you told Jake yet? He'll be over the moon!"
"No I....erm...I must have forgotten!"
"Well I have to go & catch my plane! Nice to meet you Mick! Bye Bec!" Matt smiled sweetly at me, "See you soon!" I watched him walk away while Steve & MIck sorted out his bags, he didnt look back!
Once we were back at Edbrook & Mick had a shower & got changed, he told me he wanted me to show him the 'sights'! I told him there wanst much to see but he insisted we go somewhere! As a matter of fact he hadnt shut up since he got off the damn plane & he was driving me crazy!! I wanted to scream at him! Tell him to shut up & just go home, but Matt had been right, I shouldnt rush into anything, and I couldnt let the guy come all the way to America just to get dumped!! So I bit my tongue, dragged my best sweet smile out of the closet, put up with the verbal onslaught & took him out!
We ended up in a cafe & after that went for a walk in the woods, which quite frankly terrified me, but I hadnt told Mick anything that had been going on & I couldnt be bothered to start explaining now!
We got back to Edbrook a couple of hours later, had a polite cup of tea with Mary & then headed up to my room as Mick said he was tired from the long journey!
"There's the bed! Help yourself!"
"Why dont you come with me?!" he grabbed me from behind & started kissing my neck! I should've realised this would happen but I had so much on my mind I just hadnt thought about it, or how to deal with it!!
"Mick, I thought you were tired!?" I gulped.
"Not too tired for you! Ive missed you so much!"
I closed my eyes, of course he was going to want this!! What did I expect?! Any normal couple in this situation would have been at it as soon as the plane landed! But I couldnt! The very thought of it turned my stomach!! Then I remembered something Mary had said....'Cracks in the celing...a woman's job....but surely I couldnt, could I? Maybe once it started all the old emotions Id felt for Mick before would come flooding back!? Maybe this is what I needed to jolt me back to reality?! So I did!! I went along with it & had sex with Mick! It wasnt bad...well it wasnt the same as it used to be...or so I told myself! Truth was it was exactly like it always was, only I thought it was supposed to be that way! But it didnt make my heart race or my legs go weak! Neither did it take my breath away! Someone else I knew did that without us even getting undressed!!
Afterwards Mick fell asleep, as he always did and as he lay there, snoring, I carefully slipped out of bed, got dressed & sat at the window. I stared into space for quite a while before I relaised tears were flowing down my cheeks. All I could think of was Matt.....it was crazy!! I hardly knew the guy & he had said himself what we had meant nothing to him! Well he hadnt said it in so many words but I was beyond kidding myself that this was anything more than a fling that meant shit to him!! As I wiped my face on my sleeve I began to realise something that terrified me more than any psychopath ever could.......I realised I was falling in love with matt Hardy!!