Chapter 33
"Hello?"
"Hey!" Matt said smiling as he heard her voice. He had been waiting for this moment all day.
"Matt? Hey! How are you?" Corinne asked elatedly. Work had been harder than usual in the past few days and her nightly phone calls with Matt was usually the highlight of her day.
"Oh you know, a little sore but I'm good."
"Oh yeah, I saw that stiff bump that you took." Corinne said wincing as she remembered the Shane Helms doing a bad tornadoe DDT.
"Oh no, that wasn't a bump, that was Shane screwing up. Anyways, how was your day?"
"Same old, same old. I'm back to inputting data and presenting it in a pretty package for the public. Oh but one good thing happened today, they posted my article on the website."
"The one on house shows and stuff? Awesome, I'll have to take a look at that." Matt said enthusiastically.
"Not like you haven't read it before." Corinne smiled since she had actually emailed the article to him a few times before allowing the webmaster to place it on the site.
"Yeah, but you may have dropped some surprises in there. Can't have that now can we?"
"No I guess not, so where are you guys headed next."
"I think Kentucky and then I'm off for a few days. How about you?"
"Oh you know...work is work. I have a meeting with Stephanie tomorrow though, I think possibly another writing assignment so you never know..I might just be on the road with you soon."
"Good deal, Jeff and I miss you a lot."
"Aww, I miss you guys too! How is Jeff anyways?"
"Ah...he had a little mishap with the razor last night...I believe he was trying to write Beth on the side of his head...I don't think the razor liked the h on her name so Jeff's got a decent cut on his head."
"Poor thing, tell him I hope she appreciates his ummm show of love for her?"
"Yeah, I guess you could call it that, I'll tell him though." Matt said.
"Tell me what? I want to talk to her Matt! You're always monopolizing her on the phone!" Jeff whined in the background.
"Get away Jeff. She said she hopes Beth appreciates your show of love. So Cor, how's everything else other than work?"
"Um, everything's great. I talked to Mrs. Swann the other night, she wanted to thank me for making sure that Mr. Swann's name wasn't going in the records as a killer, but as defender instead."
"Oh that's good. How is their family?" Matt asked concernedly.
"Well considering everything that's happened, she said that the family has really come together. She's living with her sister right now in Georgia. I'm sure it's hard for her but all things considered, I think she's gonna be fine."
"Yo Matt, I'm gonna go over to Jay and Adam's hotel room. Bye Corinne!" Jeff yelled in the background and then Corinne heard the door slam.
"Jeff says bye. Wow, I can't believe I haven't seen you in almost a month. I seriously miss you." Matt said lying back on the pillows of the hotel bed.
"I miss you too. After Taylor and Julie left it got insanely quiet here. I never realized how much I missed having people around."
"Yeah, and I never realized how relaxing it was to wake up in the same house for a few days in a row. Even back home I was either at my dad's or Jeff's. It gets bothersome sometimes." Matt replied, in his mind he thought about the fact that if he had even been less than ten hours away from where she was, he would have driven over there in a heartbeat.
"Yeah, but it must be great to have all your family. My relatives are just all spread out now. I mean my parents are only like two hours away but who wants to drive that much just to spend the night and go back the next day. Way too much trouble for me and not to mention the gas...at least my friends live pretty near by. But even then, sometimes I'm just too tired to make the drive, all I wanna do is go straight home from work. I just wish there was someone here sometimes to come home to you know?" Corinne said twirling the phone cord around her fingers.
"Yeah, but it sucks coming home to my brother and my dad. I mean come on...it's not all that appealing."
"Hey, Jeff's pretty hot, Matt...what are you complaining about?" Corinne said jokingly.
"Yeah, right. You're doing okay though right?" Matt asked concernedly.
"I'm fine. I have to go to bed soon though, Jesus I totally didn't realize that it was almost 2. What time is there?" Corinne asked.
"Umm, almost 1. I forgot about the time difference."
"It's okay. I'll talk to you tomorrow okay?"
"You couldn't get the phone out of my hands even if you tried."
"Bye Matt."
"Bye." After he heard the phone click on the other line he laid back in his bed and smiled. After talking to her, he always got this warm cozy feeling. Somehow, it felt like home to him. He was just about to turn off the lights and go to bed too when a sudden knock came on the door.
"Jeff, you ass...did you leave the key here again." Matt said rising from the bed to open the door.
"Hey stranger."
"Amy!" Matt said in surprise.
"Hello?"
"Hey!" Matt said smiling as he heard her voice. He had been waiting for this moment all day.
"Matt? Hey! How are you?" Corinne asked elatedly. Work had been harder than usual in the past few days and her nightly phone calls with Matt was usually the highlight of her day.
"Oh you know, a little sore but I'm good."
"Oh yeah, I saw that stiff bump that you took." Corinne said wincing as she remembered the Shane Helms doing a bad tornadoe DDT.
"Oh no, that wasn't a bump, that was Shane screwing up. Anyways, how was your day?"
"Same old, same old. I'm back to inputting data and presenting it in a pretty package for the public. Oh but one good thing happened today, they posted my article on the website."
"The one on house shows and stuff? Awesome, I'll have to take a look at that." Matt said enthusiastically.
"Not like you haven't read it before." Corinne smiled since she had actually emailed the article to him a few times before allowing the webmaster to place it on the site.
"Yeah, but you may have dropped some surprises in there. Can't have that now can we?"
"No I guess not, so where are you guys headed next."
"I think Kentucky and then I'm off for a few days. How about you?"
"Oh you know...work is work. I have a meeting with Stephanie tomorrow though, I think possibly another writing assignment so you never know..I might just be on the road with you soon."
"Good deal, Jeff and I miss you a lot."
"Aww, I miss you guys too! How is Jeff anyways?"
"Ah...he had a little mishap with the razor last night...I believe he was trying to write Beth on the side of his head...I don't think the razor liked the h on her name so Jeff's got a decent cut on his head."
"Poor thing, tell him I hope she appreciates his ummm show of love for her?"
"Yeah, I guess you could call it that, I'll tell him though." Matt said.
"Tell me what? I want to talk to her Matt! You're always monopolizing her on the phone!" Jeff whined in the background.
"Get away Jeff. She said she hopes Beth appreciates your show of love. So Cor, how's everything else other than work?"
"Um, everything's great. I talked to Mrs. Swann the other night, she wanted to thank me for making sure that Mr. Swann's name wasn't going in the records as a killer, but as defender instead."
"Oh that's good. How is their family?" Matt asked concernedly.
"Well considering everything that's happened, she said that the family has really come together. She's living with her sister right now in Georgia. I'm sure it's hard for her but all things considered, I think she's gonna be fine."
"Yo Matt, I'm gonna go over to Jay and Adam's hotel room. Bye Corinne!" Jeff yelled in the background and then Corinne heard the door slam.
"Jeff says bye. Wow, I can't believe I haven't seen you in almost a month. I seriously miss you." Matt said lying back on the pillows of the hotel bed.
"I miss you too. After Taylor and Julie left it got insanely quiet here. I never realized how much I missed having people around."
"Yeah, and I never realized how relaxing it was to wake up in the same house for a few days in a row. Even back home I was either at my dad's or Jeff's. It gets bothersome sometimes." Matt replied, in his mind he thought about the fact that if he had even been less than ten hours away from where she was, he would have driven over there in a heartbeat.
"Yeah, but it must be great to have all your family. My relatives are just all spread out now. I mean my parents are only like two hours away but who wants to drive that much just to spend the night and go back the next day. Way too much trouble for me and not to mention the gas...at least my friends live pretty near by. But even then, sometimes I'm just too tired to make the drive, all I wanna do is go straight home from work. I just wish there was someone here sometimes to come home to you know?" Corinne said twirling the phone cord around her fingers.
"Yeah, but it sucks coming home to my brother and my dad. I mean come on...it's not all that appealing."
"Hey, Jeff's pretty hot, Matt...what are you complaining about?" Corinne said jokingly.
"Yeah, right. You're doing okay though right?" Matt asked concernedly.
"I'm fine. I have to go to bed soon though, Jesus I totally didn't realize that it was almost 2. What time is there?" Corinne asked.
"Umm, almost 1. I forgot about the time difference."
"It's okay. I'll talk to you tomorrow okay?"
"You couldn't get the phone out of my hands even if you tried."
"Bye Matt."
"Bye." After he heard the phone click on the other line he laid back in his bed and smiled. After talking to her, he always got this warm cozy feeling. Somehow, it felt like home to him. He was just about to turn off the lights and go to bed too when a sudden knock came on the door.
"Jeff, you ass...did you leave the key here again." Matt said rising from the bed to open the door.
"Hey stranger."
"Amy!" Matt said in surprise.