BOOM!!!!!!
I sat up in the bed and grabbed my Simba. I looked out the window in the hotel room and saw a white flash. BOOM!!!!
"I hate thunderstorms!" I said to myself. I looked over in the bed next to me as Trish continued to sleep. I don't know how she could sleep through this thunderstorm. It was the worst I've ever been in. I pulled the covers over my head gripped my Simba tightly. Normally this would make me feel better, but during this thunderstorm it failed. I threw the covers off of me and got out of bed. I grabbed my room key and walked out and across the hall. I stood in front of Jeff's door and knocked. I stood there waiting for an answer and I knocked again.
"I'm coming! Damnit!" he yelled. He opened the door and I looked at him. He wore plaid boxers and no shirt. His hair was ruffled and his eyes were barely open. "Casey? What are you doing here?"
I ducked as I heard more thunder. He looked at me curiously and pulled me into his room.
"Are you afraid of thunderstorms?"
"Yeah. I am. I'm sorry about waking you, its just Trish seems to be able to sleep through it and I was scared."
"That's alright. Why didn't you go to Shane's room?" he asked motioning for me to sit next to him on the bed.
"You're my best friend. Plus, you're not sharing with anyone and I would have felt stupid waking both of them up."
"I see. Are you alright?" he asked as cringed at a bright flash of white light. He put his arms around me when I shook my head. He held me close and I felt safe in his arms. "We're always gonna be best friends, right? No matter what happens?"
"Of course. But nothing is gonna happen. I'll always be here with you."
"Casey, things are gonna change for both of us very soon. I can't tell you what's gonna happen, but it's all gonna be different. I want to know that I can always count on you to be there for me. That I can always call you if I need to," Jeff said looking into my eyes.
"Of course Jeff. I'll be there. No one's gonna change that."
"Not even Shane? I know you both like each other and I want you both to be happy, I just don't lose you." "Jeff, you will never be able to get rid of me. Besides, it's just one date with Shane and I'll hardly ever get to see him so it probably wont work out in the end anyways." A cannon shot of thunder went off and I buried my head in Jeff's chest. I could hear his heart beating rhythmically and felt his chest heave with every breath.
"I can't believe you're afraid of thunderstorms. Here I am thinking I know you well enough to think that you weren't afraid of really anything. And then you come in here scared to death of a thunderstorms."
"Jeff, you don't know me as well as you think you do. When you do get to know me, you'll be surprised as to the kind of person I really am," I said pulling away. He sighed and smiled.
"Do you want to sleep in here with me?"
"Could I?"
"Yeah, come on. Let's get some sleep. It's 4:00 and we've gotta get up early for our trip to Smackdown in Raleigh." He crawled under the covers and I joined him. I faced him as he wrapped his loving, safe, strong arms around me. I forgot all about the storm and fell asleep in his arms.
"Jeff!!! Get up!!!" Matt yelled as he pounded on the door. I opened my eyes and looked at Jeff as he let his arms go from around me. I looked at my watch as he stood up.
"It's only 7:00. We can't be leaving yet," I said. He shrugged and opened the door. Matt was only wearing a pair of shorts and his hair was messed. He had obviously just woken up. Amy, Shane, and Trish stood behind him looking very similar to him. They all looked worried and tired.
"Matt, what's goin on? Is something wrong?" Jeff asked.
"Yeah, Casey's gone. Trish woke up and she wasn't in the bed, but her stuff is still in the room," Matt said.
"Matt, I'm right here," I said. Matt pushed his way into the room as I sat up with the covers still over me.
"What happened last nite?" Amy asked curiously. Jeff sat next to me as Shannon burst into the room.
"Dude, did ya'll find her?" he asked gasping for air. He looked at me then at Jeff and raised his eyebrows. "I guess so."
"I slept in here last nite. I, I, I."
"She had a bad dream," Jeff said smiling at me. "So, she came in here and I told her she could stay with me."
"Oh. You had us all worried. When Trish came into my room asking if I had seen you, it really scared me," Shane said embracing me in a hug. "You could have come to me if you had a bad dream."
"Well, Jeff is right across the hall from me, and I kinda felt weird waking both you and Shannon up over something so stupid as a bad dream."
"You could have woken me up about it," Trish said.
"I'm sorry. The next time I leave like that, I'll make sure to leave a note or something." They all nodded at me as Jeff put an arm around me.
"Well, we might as well get ready to leave. We're all up now so how about we meet in the hall in about an hour?" Amy suggested we all agreed as they left Jeff's room.
"A bad dream?" I asked when the door shut.
"Yeah, well, I thought that would be better than them all knowing you're afraid of thunder."
"Thanks. That was really sweet of you." I kissed his cheek and got out of the bed. I walked out the room and to mine.
"So, what were you really doing in Jeff's bed last nite?" Trish asked.
"Nothing. He was comforting me and that's it." I walked into the bathroom to take a shower and left her in the room to pack her things.
I put on a pair of my new jeans and a dark blue tank top. My pulled on Shane's hat and tied my shoes. I gathered all my stuff and put it by the door.
"I guess I'll see you Friday at the house show," Trish said giving me a hug.
"Actually, I'm going to Ozzfest with Jeff. But I'll see Sunday. And I'll call you Thursday to tell you about my date with Shane."
"You better!!! I'll see you later!" I walked out of the room and stood in the hall waiting for everyone else to join me. I sat on the floor next to my bags and started listening my headphones.
"Is this seat taken?" Shane asked placing his bags next to mine. I pulled my head phones around my neck and stopped the c.d.
"Nope. It's free." I smiled as he sat down.
"So, what was your bad dream about?" he asked.
"I don't really want to talk about. It would be like reliving it." He shook his head understandingly. "Can I ask you something?"
"Yeah of course."
"What do I have to do to have people come visit me on the show? I want to fly two of my friends out to one of the shows to see me."
"Call Vince and get it arranged for them to be on the guest list. That's it. He's very understanding about these types of things. You should have them come out to Seattle so I can meet them. RAW and Smackdown are both there the week after next. When I get back from Australia."
"That's a good idea. Then they can meet all my friends!" I said taking out my phone. "I wish I was going to Australia. I've always wanted to go there. You'll have to tell me all about it."
"You bet!"
Jeff came out of his room and joined us on the floor. For once he wasn't late. Shannon was the next to join us. We were just waiting on Matt and Amy. I called Vince and spoke to his secretary about Jessy and Jesse coming to see me. She said that she'd make sure they were on the guest list and that passes would be ready for them for both shows. I didn't know why they would need passes for both shows, but I figured I'd go along with it. Maybe I could get Jessy to meet Edge that way. As I was getting off the phone Amy and Matt joined us and we checked out of the hotel. I rode with Jeff for the ride to Raleigh. During the long ride I took a short, but helpful nap. He even answered my phone when it rang while I slept.
"Case, wake up. It's Jessy," Jeff said nudging me softly. My eyes fluttered open as I sat up and stretched. I took the phone out of his hand and yawned.
"Hello?"
"Hey!"
"Hi Jess. What's up?"
"Not much. I just saw Shane's picture. How do you get to be lucky enough to be around all those hot guys?"
"I don't know. I'm probably meeting Edge tonite." I looked over at Jeff as he laughed.
"I hate you!! So who was that that answered the phone? That certainly was not Matt."
"Nope it was Jeff. Hey, are you busy August 11-14?"
"No, why?"
"What about Jesse?"
"I doubt it. You know him. He's never doing anything except hanging out at Ben's. Why?
"How would you like to come out and see me in Seattle? We're gonna be there for RAW. I thought that would be a good place for you to visit because you'd get to meet Shane since Smackdown will be there too."
"I would love to, but I don't have any money and I know Jesse doesn't either."
"That's okay. It's on me. I'll reserve the seats for the plane. You're gonna have to take a plane."
"Casey, I hate planes."
"Jessy, they're not that bad. I've been flying to a lot of places and you really get use to it. I really want to see you and I want you to meet my friends. PLEASE!!!"
"Well, since I want to see you so badly, okay. So what days should I take off?"
"Probably fly out here on Saturday so you can be all rested up Sunday. Then fly back home on Wednesday and take the day off Thursday. I know it's a lot of time off."
"That's alright. What about a hotel? I can't afford to do that either."
"This whole trip is on me. Trust me. Just get back to me about Jesse."
"Okay. I'll call you tonite. Are there any specific times I can't call you?"
"Nope. You can call me whenever!"
"Alright. I gotta get ready for work. I'll talk to ya later!" We hung up and put my phone next to Jeff's on the dash.
"So, I'm finally gonna get to meet Jessy and Jesse?" "Yep. Everything is gonna be arranged by Vince's secretary. She said she'd reserve the plane tickets and hotel room. I'm really excited to see them."
"So what's this obsession you have with Edge?"
"I don't have an obsession with Edge. Okay, so maybe he has a hot body and really nice hair and an awesome smile, but really it's Jessy."
"I see. You think he has nice hair?"
"Oh yeah! I wish I had hair like his." I smiled as he laughed at me. "What? It's not funny."
We continued to drive to Raleigh and I fell asleep again along the way. When we finally reached the arena we were all starving. We never ate anything for breakfast so we all went to McDonalds where I was introduced to John Cena, Rey Mysterio, and Adam Copeland.
"Dude, Case, has a thing about your hair," Jeff said to Adam.
"What do you mean?" he asked as we all decided to pull tables together to eat.
"I mean, she thinks you have awesome hair," Jeff said.
"Jeff, I am never telling you anything EVER again," I said.
"You think my hair is awesome?" Adam asked.
"Yes, I do. And your smile. And your body. Okay, you're just awesome."
"Well, thank you!" he said. I blushed a little and smiled sweetly. He smiled back and we continued eating.
After we ate, we went to the arena and I met more people. Everyone on Smackdown was just as nice as the people on RAW. Jeff, Matt, Amy, and I stayed in the back and watched the show. When it was over we were all really too tired to go to Dennys so we decided to get to our hotel.
"Who am I staying with?" I asked as we walked up to the desk. "I mean, I don't have Trish here.
"I'll stay with you. Matt and Jeff can share a room," Amy offered.
"Are you sure? You don't get to see Matt a lot, so don't you want this time to be with him?"
"Too much of a good thing can be bad for you," Amy smiled.
Amy and I said goodnite to the guys and went into our room. We changed and fell asleep quickly. In the morning we gathered our stuff together and brought it all to the cars.
"Well, I'll see you tonite Case. I'll pick you up at the Hardy's around 6:00," Shane said giving me a hug.
"Where are you going?" I asked.
"Home. I gotta exchange some clothes. But I'll definitely see you tonite." He got into his car and left.
Shannon and I rode with Jeff and followed Amy and Matt home. We dropped Shannon off at his house and continued to the Hardy house. Jeff followed me inside to say hello to his dad then left to relax. I retreated to the spare bedroom to get some much needed sleep before my nite with Shane.
I sat up in the bed and grabbed my Simba. I looked out the window in the hotel room and saw a white flash. BOOM!!!!
"I hate thunderstorms!" I said to myself. I looked over in the bed next to me as Trish continued to sleep. I don't know how she could sleep through this thunderstorm. It was the worst I've ever been in. I pulled the covers over my head gripped my Simba tightly. Normally this would make me feel better, but during this thunderstorm it failed. I threw the covers off of me and got out of bed. I grabbed my room key and walked out and across the hall. I stood in front of Jeff's door and knocked. I stood there waiting for an answer and I knocked again.
"I'm coming! Damnit!" he yelled. He opened the door and I looked at him. He wore plaid boxers and no shirt. His hair was ruffled and his eyes were barely open. "Casey? What are you doing here?"
I ducked as I heard more thunder. He looked at me curiously and pulled me into his room.
"Are you afraid of thunderstorms?"
"Yeah. I am. I'm sorry about waking you, its just Trish seems to be able to sleep through it and I was scared."
"That's alright. Why didn't you go to Shane's room?" he asked motioning for me to sit next to him on the bed.
"You're my best friend. Plus, you're not sharing with anyone and I would have felt stupid waking both of them up."
"I see. Are you alright?" he asked as cringed at a bright flash of white light. He put his arms around me when I shook my head. He held me close and I felt safe in his arms. "We're always gonna be best friends, right? No matter what happens?"
"Of course. But nothing is gonna happen. I'll always be here with you."
"Casey, things are gonna change for both of us very soon. I can't tell you what's gonna happen, but it's all gonna be different. I want to know that I can always count on you to be there for me. That I can always call you if I need to," Jeff said looking into my eyes.
"Of course Jeff. I'll be there. No one's gonna change that."
"Not even Shane? I know you both like each other and I want you both to be happy, I just don't lose you." "Jeff, you will never be able to get rid of me. Besides, it's just one date with Shane and I'll hardly ever get to see him so it probably wont work out in the end anyways." A cannon shot of thunder went off and I buried my head in Jeff's chest. I could hear his heart beating rhythmically and felt his chest heave with every breath.
"I can't believe you're afraid of thunderstorms. Here I am thinking I know you well enough to think that you weren't afraid of really anything. And then you come in here scared to death of a thunderstorms."
"Jeff, you don't know me as well as you think you do. When you do get to know me, you'll be surprised as to the kind of person I really am," I said pulling away. He sighed and smiled.
"Do you want to sleep in here with me?"
"Could I?"
"Yeah, come on. Let's get some sleep. It's 4:00 and we've gotta get up early for our trip to Smackdown in Raleigh." He crawled under the covers and I joined him. I faced him as he wrapped his loving, safe, strong arms around me. I forgot all about the storm and fell asleep in his arms.
"Jeff!!! Get up!!!" Matt yelled as he pounded on the door. I opened my eyes and looked at Jeff as he let his arms go from around me. I looked at my watch as he stood up.
"It's only 7:00. We can't be leaving yet," I said. He shrugged and opened the door. Matt was only wearing a pair of shorts and his hair was messed. He had obviously just woken up. Amy, Shane, and Trish stood behind him looking very similar to him. They all looked worried and tired.
"Matt, what's goin on? Is something wrong?" Jeff asked.
"Yeah, Casey's gone. Trish woke up and she wasn't in the bed, but her stuff is still in the room," Matt said.
"Matt, I'm right here," I said. Matt pushed his way into the room as I sat up with the covers still over me.
"What happened last nite?" Amy asked curiously. Jeff sat next to me as Shannon burst into the room.
"Dude, did ya'll find her?" he asked gasping for air. He looked at me then at Jeff and raised his eyebrows. "I guess so."
"I slept in here last nite. I, I, I."
"She had a bad dream," Jeff said smiling at me. "So, she came in here and I told her she could stay with me."
"Oh. You had us all worried. When Trish came into my room asking if I had seen you, it really scared me," Shane said embracing me in a hug. "You could have come to me if you had a bad dream."
"Well, Jeff is right across the hall from me, and I kinda felt weird waking both you and Shannon up over something so stupid as a bad dream."
"You could have woken me up about it," Trish said.
"I'm sorry. The next time I leave like that, I'll make sure to leave a note or something." They all nodded at me as Jeff put an arm around me.
"Well, we might as well get ready to leave. We're all up now so how about we meet in the hall in about an hour?" Amy suggested we all agreed as they left Jeff's room.
"A bad dream?" I asked when the door shut.
"Yeah, well, I thought that would be better than them all knowing you're afraid of thunder."
"Thanks. That was really sweet of you." I kissed his cheek and got out of the bed. I walked out the room and to mine.
"So, what were you really doing in Jeff's bed last nite?" Trish asked.
"Nothing. He was comforting me and that's it." I walked into the bathroom to take a shower and left her in the room to pack her things.
I put on a pair of my new jeans and a dark blue tank top. My pulled on Shane's hat and tied my shoes. I gathered all my stuff and put it by the door.
"I guess I'll see you Friday at the house show," Trish said giving me a hug.
"Actually, I'm going to Ozzfest with Jeff. But I'll see Sunday. And I'll call you Thursday to tell you about my date with Shane."
"You better!!! I'll see you later!" I walked out of the room and stood in the hall waiting for everyone else to join me. I sat on the floor next to my bags and started listening my headphones.
"Is this seat taken?" Shane asked placing his bags next to mine. I pulled my head phones around my neck and stopped the c.d.
"Nope. It's free." I smiled as he sat down.
"So, what was your bad dream about?" he asked.
"I don't really want to talk about. It would be like reliving it." He shook his head understandingly. "Can I ask you something?"
"Yeah of course."
"What do I have to do to have people come visit me on the show? I want to fly two of my friends out to one of the shows to see me."
"Call Vince and get it arranged for them to be on the guest list. That's it. He's very understanding about these types of things. You should have them come out to Seattle so I can meet them. RAW and Smackdown are both there the week after next. When I get back from Australia."
"That's a good idea. Then they can meet all my friends!" I said taking out my phone. "I wish I was going to Australia. I've always wanted to go there. You'll have to tell me all about it."
"You bet!"
Jeff came out of his room and joined us on the floor. For once he wasn't late. Shannon was the next to join us. We were just waiting on Matt and Amy. I called Vince and spoke to his secretary about Jessy and Jesse coming to see me. She said that she'd make sure they were on the guest list and that passes would be ready for them for both shows. I didn't know why they would need passes for both shows, but I figured I'd go along with it. Maybe I could get Jessy to meet Edge that way. As I was getting off the phone Amy and Matt joined us and we checked out of the hotel. I rode with Jeff for the ride to Raleigh. During the long ride I took a short, but helpful nap. He even answered my phone when it rang while I slept.
"Case, wake up. It's Jessy," Jeff said nudging me softly. My eyes fluttered open as I sat up and stretched. I took the phone out of his hand and yawned.
"Hello?"
"Hey!"
"Hi Jess. What's up?"
"Not much. I just saw Shane's picture. How do you get to be lucky enough to be around all those hot guys?"
"I don't know. I'm probably meeting Edge tonite." I looked over at Jeff as he laughed.
"I hate you!! So who was that that answered the phone? That certainly was not Matt."
"Nope it was Jeff. Hey, are you busy August 11-14?"
"No, why?"
"What about Jesse?"
"I doubt it. You know him. He's never doing anything except hanging out at Ben's. Why?
"How would you like to come out and see me in Seattle? We're gonna be there for RAW. I thought that would be a good place for you to visit because you'd get to meet Shane since Smackdown will be there too."
"I would love to, but I don't have any money and I know Jesse doesn't either."
"That's okay. It's on me. I'll reserve the seats for the plane. You're gonna have to take a plane."
"Casey, I hate planes."
"Jessy, they're not that bad. I've been flying to a lot of places and you really get use to it. I really want to see you and I want you to meet my friends. PLEASE!!!"
"Well, since I want to see you so badly, okay. So what days should I take off?"
"Probably fly out here on Saturday so you can be all rested up Sunday. Then fly back home on Wednesday and take the day off Thursday. I know it's a lot of time off."
"That's alright. What about a hotel? I can't afford to do that either."
"This whole trip is on me. Trust me. Just get back to me about Jesse."
"Okay. I'll call you tonite. Are there any specific times I can't call you?"
"Nope. You can call me whenever!"
"Alright. I gotta get ready for work. I'll talk to ya later!" We hung up and put my phone next to Jeff's on the dash.
"So, I'm finally gonna get to meet Jessy and Jesse?" "Yep. Everything is gonna be arranged by Vince's secretary. She said she'd reserve the plane tickets and hotel room. I'm really excited to see them."
"So what's this obsession you have with Edge?"
"I don't have an obsession with Edge. Okay, so maybe he has a hot body and really nice hair and an awesome smile, but really it's Jessy."
"I see. You think he has nice hair?"
"Oh yeah! I wish I had hair like his." I smiled as he laughed at me. "What? It's not funny."
We continued to drive to Raleigh and I fell asleep again along the way. When we finally reached the arena we were all starving. We never ate anything for breakfast so we all went to McDonalds where I was introduced to John Cena, Rey Mysterio, and Adam Copeland.
"Dude, Case, has a thing about your hair," Jeff said to Adam.
"What do you mean?" he asked as we all decided to pull tables together to eat.
"I mean, she thinks you have awesome hair," Jeff said.
"Jeff, I am never telling you anything EVER again," I said.
"You think my hair is awesome?" Adam asked.
"Yes, I do. And your smile. And your body. Okay, you're just awesome."
"Well, thank you!" he said. I blushed a little and smiled sweetly. He smiled back and we continued eating.
After we ate, we went to the arena and I met more people. Everyone on Smackdown was just as nice as the people on RAW. Jeff, Matt, Amy, and I stayed in the back and watched the show. When it was over we were all really too tired to go to Dennys so we decided to get to our hotel.
"Who am I staying with?" I asked as we walked up to the desk. "I mean, I don't have Trish here.
"I'll stay with you. Matt and Jeff can share a room," Amy offered.
"Are you sure? You don't get to see Matt a lot, so don't you want this time to be with him?"
"Too much of a good thing can be bad for you," Amy smiled.
Amy and I said goodnite to the guys and went into our room. We changed and fell asleep quickly. In the morning we gathered our stuff together and brought it all to the cars.
"Well, I'll see you tonite Case. I'll pick you up at the Hardy's around 6:00," Shane said giving me a hug.
"Where are you going?" I asked.
"Home. I gotta exchange some clothes. But I'll definitely see you tonite." He got into his car and left.
Shannon and I rode with Jeff and followed Amy and Matt home. We dropped Shannon off at his house and continued to the Hardy house. Jeff followed me inside to say hello to his dad then left to relax. I retreated to the spare bedroom to get some much needed sleep before my nite with Shane.