Chapter 36
Corinne stepped out of the rental car she had gotten from the airport. She glanced down at the piece of paper containing Jeff's address and made sure she was in the right place. She had just pulled out her suitcase from the trunk of the car when a medium height blonde girl ran out of the house.
"Hey Corinne! I'm Beth, I'm so glad to finally meet you in person." She said shaking her hand vigorously. "Here let me help you with that."
"Oh, thanks. I've got it. Wow, Jeff has an amazing house."
"Yeah...he doesn't spare any costs for it or anything. You've got to see the "scene" by the pool. I've been given very specific orders by Jeffro, from the position of the very last candle." She said hyperactively as they walked up to the house.
"Candles? That's sweet. I'm so nervous."
"Aww, don't be hun, believe me, you've got Matt wrapped around your little finger." Beth said consolingly.
"Really? I don't know about this, I mean Jeff said that..." Corinne began.
"Oh forget about what Jeff said. Let me tell you from a girls perspective okay? I've seen him when he gets off the phone with you and like the look on his face....it's amazing...he just has this little smile on his face and it stays with him the whole day. Like I remember one night when I think you had to go to one of your friends house or something for dinner, and he tried calling you when he thought you'd be home. He tried the office and you weren't there and he paced around like an animal for the rest of the day. Believe me...Matt wants this to happen, and I think it's so sweet, that you're going to surprise him like this." Beth sighed.
She was always a little protective of Matt since she had known Jeff and him for so long. The few of her friends whom she had deemed worthy to even date him had come back utterly in love with him and yet unable to capture anything more than the friendliness he gave everybody. Of course then there was Amy...
"So it's so weird to meet you, I mean I've heard so much about you already." Beth said, dismissing the thought from her mind as she smiled at Corinne.
"Yeah, same here. Honestly, I still can't believe that I'm friends with Matt and Jeff. This whole thing is pretty surreal."
"Yeah, I'm sure. I met Jeff a while ago and we've been together for a really long time, sometimes I watch their matches and I just think, god, that Jeff is not my Jeff. He's like a completely different entity. Oh crap, I have to go in like an hour, let me show you around." Beth said as she looked at her watch.
"So you're going to parent's house right?"
"Yeah, it's my grandpa's 90th birthday. Jeff's probably going to come the tomorrow cause I mean I'm sure after tonight Matt and you will want to spend sometime alone."
"Umm, I hope so." Corinne said, feeling a little like she was celebrating much too soon.
"Oh you will." Beth said as she led her to the back of the house. They walked through the kitchen and out the glass doors overlooking the pool.
"Wow..." Corinne said as she looked around. A small round table was placed a few spaces near the pool. Magnolias floated in the water and different sized candles were placed all around the pool, the wall around the area and the ground with just one path leading from the door of the kitchen to the back entrance of the pool area.
"Jeff and I started planning this on the phone last week and a few of their friends helped me set this up last night. It'll look even better at night. "
"Beth, this is amazing."
"Thanks. Now come on, I want to see the dress you're going to wear when we pull this off and I've got to show you the spare bedroom. Don't worry about the cooking too. A friend of mine is a caterer and Jeff's going to pick up the food from her place and bring it here."
"Thank you so much. You guys are amazing."
"Well, Matt deserves the best and Jeff thinks he found it in you. He's rarely ever wrong about these things you know..."
"I'm sure. He found you didn't he."
They both smiled at each other, with complete understanding of how those two brothers could capture a heart so deeply that they knew nothing would ever the right without them there.
Corinne stepped out of the rental car she had gotten from the airport. She glanced down at the piece of paper containing Jeff's address and made sure she was in the right place. She had just pulled out her suitcase from the trunk of the car when a medium height blonde girl ran out of the house.
"Hey Corinne! I'm Beth, I'm so glad to finally meet you in person." She said shaking her hand vigorously. "Here let me help you with that."
"Oh, thanks. I've got it. Wow, Jeff has an amazing house."
"Yeah...he doesn't spare any costs for it or anything. You've got to see the "scene" by the pool. I've been given very specific orders by Jeffro, from the position of the very last candle." She said hyperactively as they walked up to the house.
"Candles? That's sweet. I'm so nervous."
"Aww, don't be hun, believe me, you've got Matt wrapped around your little finger." Beth said consolingly.
"Really? I don't know about this, I mean Jeff said that..." Corinne began.
"Oh forget about what Jeff said. Let me tell you from a girls perspective okay? I've seen him when he gets off the phone with you and like the look on his face....it's amazing...he just has this little smile on his face and it stays with him the whole day. Like I remember one night when I think you had to go to one of your friends house or something for dinner, and he tried calling you when he thought you'd be home. He tried the office and you weren't there and he paced around like an animal for the rest of the day. Believe me...Matt wants this to happen, and I think it's so sweet, that you're going to surprise him like this." Beth sighed.
She was always a little protective of Matt since she had known Jeff and him for so long. The few of her friends whom she had deemed worthy to even date him had come back utterly in love with him and yet unable to capture anything more than the friendliness he gave everybody. Of course then there was Amy...
"So it's so weird to meet you, I mean I've heard so much about you already." Beth said, dismissing the thought from her mind as she smiled at Corinne.
"Yeah, same here. Honestly, I still can't believe that I'm friends with Matt and Jeff. This whole thing is pretty surreal."
"Yeah, I'm sure. I met Jeff a while ago and we've been together for a really long time, sometimes I watch their matches and I just think, god, that Jeff is not my Jeff. He's like a completely different entity. Oh crap, I have to go in like an hour, let me show you around." Beth said as she looked at her watch.
"So you're going to parent's house right?"
"Yeah, it's my grandpa's 90th birthday. Jeff's probably going to come the tomorrow cause I mean I'm sure after tonight Matt and you will want to spend sometime alone."
"Umm, I hope so." Corinne said, feeling a little like she was celebrating much too soon.
"Oh you will." Beth said as she led her to the back of the house. They walked through the kitchen and out the glass doors overlooking the pool.
"Wow..." Corinne said as she looked around. A small round table was placed a few spaces near the pool. Magnolias floated in the water and different sized candles were placed all around the pool, the wall around the area and the ground with just one path leading from the door of the kitchen to the back entrance of the pool area.
"Jeff and I started planning this on the phone last week and a few of their friends helped me set this up last night. It'll look even better at night. "
"Beth, this is amazing."
"Thanks. Now come on, I want to see the dress you're going to wear when we pull this off and I've got to show you the spare bedroom. Don't worry about the cooking too. A friend of mine is a caterer and Jeff's going to pick up the food from her place and bring it here."
"Thank you so much. You guys are amazing."
"Well, Matt deserves the best and Jeff thinks he found it in you. He's rarely ever wrong about these things you know..."
"I'm sure. He found you didn't he."
They both smiled at each other, with complete understanding of how those two brothers could capture a heart so deeply that they knew nothing would ever the right without them there.