Shane had already wrestled that night on Sunday night heat, and Kelly
wasn't booked to wrestle in the end, so after Jeff had gotten showered,
they left before the end of the pay-per-view, and went to a new restaurant
in New York.
"Jeff and I will have the stake, and our little vegetarian friend here will have the tomato and basil pasta, thank you" Shane told the waiter smiling at Kelly, he didn't see how you could be a wrestler and vegetarian, you dramatically cut the amount of protein that your body takes in. "Oh, sorry" Shane remembered, talking to the waiter once again "Can we also have another bottle of this wine?" The waiter nodded and walked away.
"...So" Kelly continued with her story "It's 5.30 in the morning and the hotel cancelled Jeff's room. We are both as tired as hell and we have this dunce at the door offering Jeff a free room at the Marriott, but the Marriott is all the way into town, it would take him like half an hour to get there."
"Well I hope you took it, the Marriott is a great hotel, I know I'd of taken it, I don't care how long it took me to get there." Shane said.
"Erm, actually, I couldn't be bothered to go all the way into town, so I stayed with Kel instead." Jeff informed him. Shane raised his eyebrows at him.
"Wait a moment here Jeff, just let me get this right. You passed up a night's free room at the Marriott hotel for a nights sleep on Kelly's couch?" The waiter came up to the table and refilled their glasses with the white wine that Shane ordered, he left the bottle in the middle of the table.
"Thank you," Jeff said to the waiter "Well not exactly... We shared the bed." Jeff took a sip of his wine like it was no big deal.
"Oh! I see! Well Jeff, I have to agree with you there... I too would give up a room at the Marriot to spend a night in bed with Kelly." He smiled at her.
"Aww, that's so sweet... I think," She said laughing. Someone's cell phone at another table went off, which reminded Kelly of a call that she was supposed to make. "Oh shit you guys! Can you just excuse me while I make a phone call, I won't be a minute" She said searching through her bag for her phone. With phone in hand she walked away from the table in search of a signal. Jeff watched her with keen eyes as she walked away. Ever since last night he had been looking at Kelly in a different way, and thinking about her too much too. Every time he found himself doing it though he fought it, telling himself to pull it together, but God she was beautiful!
"Err Jeff!" Shane said waving his hand in front of Jeff's face, awakening him from his thoughts. "So I bet you didn't get much sleep last night then?" Shane teased with a huge grin on his face, nudging and winking at him.
"Well no, actually I got a perfect night's sleep." Jeff told him in a matter of factly way, taking another sip of his wine. "I've told you before, I don't like Kelly in that way, we are just friends." Shane had always teased Jeff about his friendship with Kelly.
"Sorry! Jesus Jeff, I just thought that any straight man would give up his right arm to spend the night with Kelly like you did last night." Shane was right; Kelly was quickly becoming a fan favourite, especially with the male fans. Sometimes he forgot how lucky he was to be in her life. Jeff looked at Kelly across the restaurant.
"Do you think she likes me?" He asked, Shane grinned; knowing that he was finally right, and that Jeff did like Kelly in that way, even if Jeff didn't know it yet.
"As a friend, definably, but any more... I don't know. Why don't you ask her?"
"Because I'm asking you," He said, taking yet another sip of his wine as the waiter came with their food.
"Hi babe! My god I hate these answering machines! I bet your asleep anyway, it must be what? 2am over there? Whatever. Anyway, I just called to say that I'm fine, I didn't wrestle tonight anyway, and my flight to South Carolina is at 11am tomorrow. So I get a nice lie in, about damn time too! Good luck at your promotion interview tomorrow. I'm sure you'll get it. I've got to go, my food has arrived, speak to you soon, bye!" Kelly said before hanging up her phone and walking back to the boys' table. "Sorry about that guys. This food looks great." Shane nodded at her smiling.
"I was just telling Jeff about what happened to Paul this evening." Shane told her starting to tuck into his stake.
"Yea, it was a long time coming to him too." Jeff added. "It's about time that Stephanie came to her senses and dumped him, he has, and is putting you through hell, He deserves everything that he gets."
"Come on" Kelly said bring another fork full of food to her mouth "No-one deserves to be dumped like that by someone they love and have their personal life shouted about in public like that, even if that person is a huge bastard." Kelly sighed, "This is all my fault" Jeff took a deep breath and smiled.
"You are way too nice for your own good Kelly" Jeff told her, while Shane nodded in agreement. "As I said, that son of a bitch deserves everything he gets, and more..."
"Sorry to interrupt your meals" The waiter said, talking to the table "but there is a call for a Mr. Helms" Shane nodded and finished his mouthful of food, and held his hand out for the phone to be handed to him.
"Hello Stacy," he said rolling his eyes, it was well known that she was a shit stirrer. All she ever seemed to do was spread rumours and make out with Andrew, but Andrew was their friend, so it didn't matter however much they hated her, they had to be nice to her, for Andrew. There was a long pause as Jeff and Kelly listened to one half of the conversation. "Oh... Okay" he said. Kelly guessed he couldn't get a word in edgeways with the way that Stacy went on most of the time. "Oh my God, is he Okay? There was another pause "hospital?" Shane and Kelly were getting more worried by every word that Shane said. "Wait... now come on, that isn't fair, your just making this shit up now" Kelly relaxed in her seat. "What?! You can't blame that on Kelly!" Kelly immediately sat back up. What had she done now? "Yea, whatever stace... bye" He said handing the phone back to the waiter. Shane went back to his food.
"Well?" Jeff asked impatiently
"Paul has been taken to hospital, Something to do with his throat, he can't breath or something" Kelly let out a surprised gasp and she went pale, she didn't really listen in biology at school, but she knew that being able to breath was pretty important if you wanted to stay alive.
"What's that got to do with Kelly?" Jeff asked.
"Erm..." Shane hesitated. "Stace has this stupid idea that it is Kelly's fault because his mind was not on the match rather on Octavia Stephanie and Kelly, but it's stupid," Shane said eating some more. Kelly just looked mortified.
"Oh my gosh" she said in a whisper "this is terrible, and you were just talking about how he deserves everything he gets" she said putting down her knife and fork. "I'm not hungry"
"Kelly your being silly, come on, this is nothing to do with you, Paul got himself into this mess, stop worrying ok? How were we supposed to know that this was going to happen?" Jeff tried to reassure her.
"Ok," She agreed "I guess your right... this is nothing to do with me."
"That's my girl!" Shane chimed in "Freak injuries happen in the ring, it's all apart of wrestling, you can't blame it on anyone," Kelly nodded; just hoping that Paul would be OK.
"Jeff and I will have the stake, and our little vegetarian friend here will have the tomato and basil pasta, thank you" Shane told the waiter smiling at Kelly, he didn't see how you could be a wrestler and vegetarian, you dramatically cut the amount of protein that your body takes in. "Oh, sorry" Shane remembered, talking to the waiter once again "Can we also have another bottle of this wine?" The waiter nodded and walked away.
"...So" Kelly continued with her story "It's 5.30 in the morning and the hotel cancelled Jeff's room. We are both as tired as hell and we have this dunce at the door offering Jeff a free room at the Marriott, but the Marriott is all the way into town, it would take him like half an hour to get there."
"Well I hope you took it, the Marriott is a great hotel, I know I'd of taken it, I don't care how long it took me to get there." Shane said.
"Erm, actually, I couldn't be bothered to go all the way into town, so I stayed with Kel instead." Jeff informed him. Shane raised his eyebrows at him.
"Wait a moment here Jeff, just let me get this right. You passed up a night's free room at the Marriott hotel for a nights sleep on Kelly's couch?" The waiter came up to the table and refilled their glasses with the white wine that Shane ordered, he left the bottle in the middle of the table.
"Thank you," Jeff said to the waiter "Well not exactly... We shared the bed." Jeff took a sip of his wine like it was no big deal.
"Oh! I see! Well Jeff, I have to agree with you there... I too would give up a room at the Marriot to spend a night in bed with Kelly." He smiled at her.
"Aww, that's so sweet... I think," She said laughing. Someone's cell phone at another table went off, which reminded Kelly of a call that she was supposed to make. "Oh shit you guys! Can you just excuse me while I make a phone call, I won't be a minute" She said searching through her bag for her phone. With phone in hand she walked away from the table in search of a signal. Jeff watched her with keen eyes as she walked away. Ever since last night he had been looking at Kelly in a different way, and thinking about her too much too. Every time he found himself doing it though he fought it, telling himself to pull it together, but God she was beautiful!
"Err Jeff!" Shane said waving his hand in front of Jeff's face, awakening him from his thoughts. "So I bet you didn't get much sleep last night then?" Shane teased with a huge grin on his face, nudging and winking at him.
"Well no, actually I got a perfect night's sleep." Jeff told him in a matter of factly way, taking another sip of his wine. "I've told you before, I don't like Kelly in that way, we are just friends." Shane had always teased Jeff about his friendship with Kelly.
"Sorry! Jesus Jeff, I just thought that any straight man would give up his right arm to spend the night with Kelly like you did last night." Shane was right; Kelly was quickly becoming a fan favourite, especially with the male fans. Sometimes he forgot how lucky he was to be in her life. Jeff looked at Kelly across the restaurant.
"Do you think she likes me?" He asked, Shane grinned; knowing that he was finally right, and that Jeff did like Kelly in that way, even if Jeff didn't know it yet.
"As a friend, definably, but any more... I don't know. Why don't you ask her?"
"Because I'm asking you," He said, taking yet another sip of his wine as the waiter came with their food.
"Hi babe! My god I hate these answering machines! I bet your asleep anyway, it must be what? 2am over there? Whatever. Anyway, I just called to say that I'm fine, I didn't wrestle tonight anyway, and my flight to South Carolina is at 11am tomorrow. So I get a nice lie in, about damn time too! Good luck at your promotion interview tomorrow. I'm sure you'll get it. I've got to go, my food has arrived, speak to you soon, bye!" Kelly said before hanging up her phone and walking back to the boys' table. "Sorry about that guys. This food looks great." Shane nodded at her smiling.
"I was just telling Jeff about what happened to Paul this evening." Shane told her starting to tuck into his stake.
"Yea, it was a long time coming to him too." Jeff added. "It's about time that Stephanie came to her senses and dumped him, he has, and is putting you through hell, He deserves everything that he gets."
"Come on" Kelly said bring another fork full of food to her mouth "No-one deserves to be dumped like that by someone they love and have their personal life shouted about in public like that, even if that person is a huge bastard." Kelly sighed, "This is all my fault" Jeff took a deep breath and smiled.
"You are way too nice for your own good Kelly" Jeff told her, while Shane nodded in agreement. "As I said, that son of a bitch deserves everything he gets, and more..."
"Sorry to interrupt your meals" The waiter said, talking to the table "but there is a call for a Mr. Helms" Shane nodded and finished his mouthful of food, and held his hand out for the phone to be handed to him.
"Hello Stacy," he said rolling his eyes, it was well known that she was a shit stirrer. All she ever seemed to do was spread rumours and make out with Andrew, but Andrew was their friend, so it didn't matter however much they hated her, they had to be nice to her, for Andrew. There was a long pause as Jeff and Kelly listened to one half of the conversation. "Oh... Okay" he said. Kelly guessed he couldn't get a word in edgeways with the way that Stacy went on most of the time. "Oh my God, is he Okay? There was another pause "hospital?" Shane and Kelly were getting more worried by every word that Shane said. "Wait... now come on, that isn't fair, your just making this shit up now" Kelly relaxed in her seat. "What?! You can't blame that on Kelly!" Kelly immediately sat back up. What had she done now? "Yea, whatever stace... bye" He said handing the phone back to the waiter. Shane went back to his food.
"Well?" Jeff asked impatiently
"Paul has been taken to hospital, Something to do with his throat, he can't breath or something" Kelly let out a surprised gasp and she went pale, she didn't really listen in biology at school, but she knew that being able to breath was pretty important if you wanted to stay alive.
"What's that got to do with Kelly?" Jeff asked.
"Erm..." Shane hesitated. "Stace has this stupid idea that it is Kelly's fault because his mind was not on the match rather on Octavia Stephanie and Kelly, but it's stupid," Shane said eating some more. Kelly just looked mortified.
"Oh my gosh" she said in a whisper "this is terrible, and you were just talking about how he deserves everything he gets" she said putting down her knife and fork. "I'm not hungry"
"Kelly your being silly, come on, this is nothing to do with you, Paul got himself into this mess, stop worrying ok? How were we supposed to know that this was going to happen?" Jeff tried to reassure her.
"Ok," She agreed "I guess your right... this is nothing to do with me."
"That's my girl!" Shane chimed in "Freak injuries happen in the ring, it's all apart of wrestling, you can't blame it on anyone," Kelly nodded; just hoping that Paul would be OK.