A/N: I bet you guys have no clue who the guy was, right?! lol
Yeah, right. Like I didn't make it obvious! lol
A/N 2: This is the first R-rated chapter. If ya'll think I should go back to PG-13, just let me know and I'll try and change things, but I don't think it'll work. I have plans for it to get a little more heated! But it won't go any higher than R. ENJOY!
"What are you going to do about Randy?" he asked as we walked down the hall of the hotel.
"I don't know. What do you tell someone when something like this happens?" I asked.
"I don't know kiddo. I've never been in this kind of situation. And I'm sorry for putting you into it." He kissed my check lightly as we stood in front of Randy's room.
"Don't be. I could have stopped the kiss. I could have stopped the feelings. Shane, it's not even close to being your fault. Trust me." I knocked on the door and waited for Randy. He threw open the door and pulled me into his arms.
"Baby! I was so worried about you. When you stormed off like that I thought something bad might have happened to you," he said tightening the hug. "Shane, man, what are you doing here?"
"Randy, I have something to tell you. Can we come in?" I asked.
"Of course. What's the matter?" he asked softly. He led us to the bed and sat down. He motioned for me to sit next to him, but I just shook my head and stood next to Shane. "I don't think I like what's goin on."
"Randy, I don't like what's goin on, but we have to deal with it," I said.
"Man, I just want to tell you that I'm sorry. I didn't mean for any of this to happen," Shane said. Randy raised his eyebrows and cocked his head to the side.
"Randy, I realized after our fight that our relationship isn't going to work. You obviously don't trust me and it was wrong that you would make me lose my best friend because you didn't like our relationship."
"No, it will work. I admit I was being an asshole. I don't think you should stop being friends with Jeff, but I do think you should break from him for a while." I chuckled and shook my head.
"No, Randy, it's not happening. I think we should break up."
"Why? There's something more here. I can sense it."
"Yes Randy, there is more. When I ran out of here, I ran into Shane, and he comforted me. Well, we kissed," I said softly. Randy lunged at Shane, but I jumped between the two of them. He stopped short when he realized he was going to hit me.
"What the fuck! This is ridiculous! I thought we had something going on! You are such a slut!" Randy yelled as he got in my face. I stood there with my face straight, showing no emotions. Shane jumped between us and pushed Randy away.
"STEP BACK! Don't you ever call her a slut!" Shane yelled. I gently put my hand on Shane's shoulder. He turned around and I looked at him pleadingly. He nodded slightly and moved out from between us.
"Casey, I don't know what kind of games you're playing, but I'm not playing. Now I want you both out of here!" Randy said roughly.
"Fine Randy. I just figured you needed to know what was going on! But obviously, you're too much of an asshole to try and work things out to be friends." Shane grabbed my hand and we started walking to the door.
"Why would I want to be friends with a whore!!!???" he yelled. I stopped and ran at him. Before I could reach him Shane wrapped his arms around my waist and carried me out the door.
"Case, he's not worth it!" Shane yelled as we went out the door. I struggled as he carried me to his room.
"Shane, kicking his ass would have been plenty worth anything!" I said as my face turned red with anger.
"Casey, don't bother. It's not worth it in the end. You have to also think about your job. You're going to be wrestling with him at some points. You need to chill out." He put his hand gently on my leg.
"Would you chill out if he just called you a whore?!" I exclaimed.
"I wanted to kick his ass just as much as you did just then and now. But you have to think about what that could do to your career. That match that you'll have with him could be destroyed because of something like this. He knows that too. Just don't waste your time with him right now." I sighed deeply and looked into his big brown eyes.
"Aight, I won't bother with it. But I won't be able to forget it either."
"Baby, I'm not asking you to. I wouldn't think you'd be able to anyways. But peace will be between you two if you don't fight with him right now."
"Only I would find away to make problems with a problem free work zone." Shane smiled and shook his head.
"There is no such thing as a problem free work zone in this business. You know it happens all the time. RAW always had problems."
"Yeah, but you guys didn't until I came. I should have tried to convince them to let me stay on RAW." He grabbed my hands tightly and shook them.
"No. That would have been horrible. I'm so glad you're here!!" he kissed me softly and lightened his grip on my hands.
"You didn't seem too impressed when I first got here. You hardly said one word to me."
"That's because I was upset about you and Randy. I thought we had something special goin on and then you decide that you wanted to be with Randy and not me."
"I'm sorry. You should have said something to me. If I had known that's what you thought then I would have never said that I wanted to be with him. The truth is that since that first phone call, I have always wanted to be with you. You're the type of guy that I want." He ran his hand through my newly died blonde and green streaked hair. He caressed my face with his other hand
"I want to be with you too. I could easily fall in love with you." He smiled before kissing me passionately. We kissed like that for what seemed like forever, when in reality it was only 5 minutes. We parted and smiled at each other. He took my hand and we gather our stuff for our trip to Cameron.
We arrived in Cameron and rode up the driveway to Gil's house. He and Amy sat on the front porch waiting for our arrival. The second Matt got out Amy ran into his arms. She had just seen him, but I'm sure she missed him anyways. Shannon looked around him and breathed in deeply and smiled. He gave Gil a hug and sat on the steps of the porch as the sun shined brightly. Shane and I started taking luggage out of the car as a four-wheeler rode past us stirring up dust and dirt. The driver stopped in front of the steps and gave Shannon a brotherly hug. He turned around and smiled at me. I quickly dropped my bags and screamed excitedly as I ran to him. He opened his arms for me and I jumped into them. I wrapped my arms around his neck and my legs around his waist. He squeezed me tightly and kissed my cheek.
"Casey!! I've missed you!" Jeff said in my ear.
"I missed you too!" I kissed his cheek as he set me down on his four- wheeler.
"I heard about you and Randy. Adam called me about it. Why didn't you tell me?" he asked sitting next to me. Shannon, Gil, Amy, Matt, and Shane started bringing things into the house as we sat and talked.
"Dude, it just happened. I don't even know how Adam knew. Shane was there. He was my rock....he was you," I said as he put an arm around me.
"Well, Shane doesn't need to be your rock for the rest of the week. I'm your rock now!" he said with a smile on his face. I looked at him curiously and his smile faded. "What?"
"What exactly did Adam tell you?"
"He told me that you and Randy had a huge fight over me. That you wouldn't give up being friends with me for him. So, he got all pissed off and you got all pissed off and you two broke up."
"Um...that's not the whole story. That's not why we broke up. I mean that was one reason, but there was another."
"What are you talking about? Casey, you need to explain all this to me," he said removing his arm. I turned so I was looking at him and he took my hand.
"Well, Shane comforted me. He held me. He did what you normally would have done. But with an added bonus. Shane and I kissed. And when I said we kissed, I mean it. I guess we're together now. I know that it's a quick turn over from Randy. But I really am into him. He told me something today. He told me something that made me feel like the best person in the world. He told me that he could fall in love with me," I said with a bright smile on my face. Jeff smiled back and brought me into to a brotherly like hug.
"That's great Case. That's really great. You definitely deserve it. Shane will make you feel like a princess. Because that's the kind of guy he is." He kissed my cheek and started up his four-wheeler. He sat down and we started off down the driveway.
"Where are you taking me?" I asked as I situated myself better on the vehicle.
"First we're goin to my house to get Liger. He absolutely misses you. Then we are going to the lake. I wanted to show you something and I need your help." We stopped in front of his house and his gorgeous boxer ran out of the screen door. He jumped up on the four-wheeler and licked my face as I patted him.
"Jeff, you must have one of the best dogs in the world. I love him so much," I said giggling between licks. I held on to Liger as we rode to the lake Jeff had taken me to before.
Liger jumped off the four-wheeler as we stopped and jumped into the water. Jeff yelled at him to stop, but the dog seemed to ignore him. Jeff grabbed my hand as I laughed at Liger chasing the ducks and pulled me to the bench which had cans of paint sitting next to it. I examined the bench and realized that all the old paint had been stripped off of it.
"What happened here?" I asked looking at Jeff as he picked up a paint brush.
"Well, I got tired of seeing 'her' name on it so I took off all the old paint and thought that you and I could paint it over. Making it our bench, ya know?"
"Really? You want me to help?" He handed me a brush and opened a can of dark blue paint, black paint, purple paint, green paint, and baby blue paint.
"Of course. You are the only person besides Beth to be here. It's now your bench too." He smiled as he dipped a brush into the black paint. "Feel free to paint it however way ya want. It's OUR creation." I smiled and dipped the brush into the dark blue paint and we began making our wonderful creation.
It was 8:00 and starting to get dark when we finally finished painting the bench. He put his arm around my shoulders as we stood back, covered in paint, looking at the bench. We had painted it black and dark blue, then put little tribal designs on it in purple and green, and then wrote our names on it in the baby blue. We grabbed a very wet Liger and rode back to Gil's house. We walked into the entryway as everyone filed out of the living room. Shane ran to me and wrapped me in his arms, squeezing me tightly. Matt walked over to Jeff and slapped the side of his head.
"Bro, why didn't you tell us you two were leaving?" Matt yelled.
"Matt, if you hadn't noticed, we are adults, we can take care of ourselves," Jeff said shaking his head. He walked into the kitchen and Matt followed.
"Shane, you can let go of me now!" I said gasping for air.
"I was worried about you!! Where were you? Why didn't you tell me you were leaving? And more importantly, why the hell do you look like you got in a fight with a rainbow?" he asked gripping onto my arms. I laughed and kissed his lips.
"Jeff and I went for a ride. I didn't know we were leaving. And to answer your last question, we were painting and well, had some fun with it!" I smiled and waited for his response.
"Huh?!" he exclaimed. I shook my head at him and laughed. He wrapped his arms around me again and hugged me gently. "I don't understand what really happened. I'm just glad you're safe!"
"I'm perfectly fine. I was with Jeff. If neither one of us is around, you can be sure that we're together." I smiled and he nodded.
"Well, I thought we could go to my house? You haven't ever been there. And I wanted to give you your present from Australia," he said pulling me upstairs.
"You really didn't have to get me anything," I said as we walked into 'my' room.
"Of course I did. I wanted to. It's nothing special, didn't get to do too much."
"Why don't we just do this tomorrow so we don't have to come back here?"
"We're not coming back here until tomorrow. You're staying at my house. I hope that's okay?"
"Oh, um, yeah that's fine." I gathered some clothes together and we headed back downstairs. Jeff came out of the kitchen with a cup of coffee as we hit the bottom step. He took a sip and raised an eyebrow at us.
"Are you leaving?" Jeff asked putting his hand on his hip.
"Yeah, I'm spending the night at Shane's. I'll be back tomorrow." I kissed Jeff's cheek and yelled goodbye to everyone as Shane and I walked out the door.
We got in his car and headed for his home in Wendell. I fell asleep on the way there and he was nice enough to carry me into the house. He sat me down on his bed as I began to wake up.
"You should have woken me up," I said stretching.
"I thought you needed your sleep," he said softly. He left the room and came back shortly carrying his and my bags. I grabbed my bag from him and he showed me to the bathroom. I came back to his room wearing a pair of lounge pants that said Brooklyn Attitude on the top and a short tank top. He was already lying in his bed covered by his sheets. I had read his website and remembered that he said he slept naked.
"Shane...um, I don't know how to say this. Well, yeah I do. I'm not sleeping in the same bed as you if you're naked!" I said as he grinned mischievously. He slowly removed the sheets to show that he was wearing a pair of plaid boxers. He laughed as I jumped on the bed. He pulled me close and pushed a stray strand of hair out of my face before kissing me.
"Oh, you're gift!" he said rolling out of the bed. I propped myself up on the pillows of his king sized bed. I watched him as he dug threw his closet and pulled out a gift wrapped box.
"You really didn't have to!" I smiled as he handed it to me. I took the bow off and placed it on the nite stand. I then began to rip off the off the blue paper and opened the box. I threw aside the tissue paper and pulled out a medium sized stuffed Kangaroo. I laughed as Shane took the box off my lap.
"Well? What do ya think?"
"I love it! Thank you!" I hugged it tightly and kissed his cheek.
"Now you can get rid of that ratty old stuffed Simba," he said with a chuckle. My smile faded as my eyes grew way. He looked at me and shrugged. "What's wrong?"
"I would never get rid of that. Nothing could make me get rid of that. It'll always be around!" I said defensively.
"I'm sorry. I didn't realize it meant that much to you. I would never tell you to get rid of something that meant that much to you," he said climbing back into bed. I sighed and looked into his big brown eyes.
"I know. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to jump all over you for it. Of course you didn't know. I mean I never told you. I just get really upset if anyone tries to take it away from me. It's been there for me through everything."
"Don't worry. It's not a problem. But now you have this to help you out as well!" He smiled and I smiled back. He pulled me close to him and I held onto the kangaroo as we fell asleep.
I rolled over as the sunlight hit me threw the curtains. I groaned and pulled the covers over my head. I heard the door creak open and felt the bed move as a hand was placed on my leg.
"Kiddo, it's time to get up." The covers were ripped off of me and I could smell French toast with a hint of bacon. I sat up and looked at Shane as he held out a tray with a plate of French toast and plenty of syrup on it. At the top of the try was a single red rose.
"You did this for me?" I asked as he placed the tray on my lap.
"You bet. I have bacon cooking right now. Plus, there's more French toast on the stove, if you want more." He kissed my forehead before heading out the door again.
"Thank you Shane!" I yelled after him. I sat in the bed and ate my breakfast as I watched t.v. Shane came in and added bacon to my plate before bringing up his own food to eat. We laughed as we watched Scooby Doo together and finished our breakfast.
Around 12:00 we decided it would be a good idea to get motivated and we jumped in the shower and got dressed. I wore a low v-neck short black shirt and light blue flares with a pair of Nikes. I threw my hair into a ponytail and put some foundation on. I gathered all my stuff together and we started back to Cameron. As we pulled up the driveway, I saw Jeff's bike and Shannon's mustang sitting there. Liger ran out of the house as we got out of the car and jumped up on me. I smiled as Shane grabbed my stuff and brought it in the house. I followed him shortly with Liger right behind me. We heard a loud crash come from upstairs and Jeff ran down. He quickly grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the house.
"What the hell is going on?" I asked as I pulled my arm out of his hand.
"Nothing. Why don't you sit in Amy's car and wait for her? She wants to take you shopping," Jeff said smiling. I had no idea what was goin on, but I knew something was up.
"Well, I'll go sit in the car, IF you tell me what that crash was all about," I said crossing my arms. He tried to pull me along, but I stood my ground.
"Nothing, Matt's just rearranging his room and the bookshelf fell over. No biggie," he said as I reluctantly let him pull me to the car. He opened the door and I sat in the passenger's seat. Jeff threw me my bag and shut the door. He ran off for the house as Amy ran out. She strapped on her neck brace and got in the car.
"Hey girl!" she said reaching over to hug me.
"What's up?" I asked as we started down the driveway.
"What are you talking about?" she asked with a fake smile.
"Something is going on! I almost got whip lash as Jeff pulled me into the car. Now tell me what's up!" I said sternly.
"Nothing. They're just trying to get Matt's room rearranged." She continued to smile as I rolled my eyes. We pulled onto the highway and headed for Raleigh.
We pulled into the mall parking lot after a long ride of silence and got out. Amy ripped off her brace and threw it into the backseat before we walked into the mall. We went right for Hot Topics and looked at the clothes.
"Case, you should get this shirt." Amy held up a red tank top with a fairy on it that said Temptation under the picture. I laughed and grabbed it from her as we continued to walk around the store.
By the time we left the store I had bought 2 tank tops, 3 fitted shirts, 2 pairs of pants, 2 belts, and a sweat shirt. Amy even talked me into buying a skirt. I also bought a pair of knee high combat boots. I had never been in that store for that long or bought that much from there. But I guess that's what you get for hanging out with Lita!
"Jeff told me that he tried talking you into getting your belly button pierced," Amy said as we tired to combine our hot topic bags into a bigger bag.
"Yeah, he did. So?"
"Well, I think you should do it. We could go right now. I know you'll look awesome with one," she said smiling as she started to drag me to a piercing place.
"I don't know. I mean, won't it hurt?" I asked worried.
"Oh come on!! This coming from the girl who did a perfect swanton off of a ladder the first time on one!" I looked at her shocked and she nodded. "Yes I heard about that!"
I chuckled and groaned as I sat in the seat and Amy went to get someone to do this. I thought about running out many times, but in all true ness, I did want it done. Amy came back with a young woman with a small nose ring and an eyebrow piercing. I swallowed hard as she brought me into the back where there was a bench to lay on. I pulled up my shirt a little ways as she got the needle ready. Amy had picked out a silver hoop with a crystal blue ball on it. Amy held my hand and I squeezed it tightly as the woman put in the needle. I winced as I felt it slid through. But it really wasn't all that bad. She put the hoop in the hole she had made and I carefully sat up. I sighed as I looked at the ring in a full length mirror. I paid for it and Amy and I left to get some food.
"I'm glad you talked me into this. I absolutely love it already!" I said as we sat eating our salads and she smiled.
"I knew you would!" Her smile faded as she switched into a serious mode. "But you have to remember to tell everyone you wrestle that you have it and it's brand new. Just be careful."
"Ames...I think I can take care of myself and my own piercings."
"I know. I just don't want you to get hurt or anything. That could be killer!" I laughed as I rolled my eyes. We threw our trash away and continued on our shopping spree.
By the time we left the mall, I had 5 bucks left and very red hands from carrying all the bags. We packed her car and headed back to Cameron. We were back around 7:00 and decided to get one of the guys to bring in all the stuff we bought. We walked through the door and were instantly greeted by Shannon, Shane, Matt, Jeff, and Gil. Matt walked over to Amy and whispered something in her ear as she nodded. Jeff grabbed my hand and smiled. I gave him a half smile and looked at Shane. He had one of the biggest smiles on his face. His braces showed up so much. I chuckled as Shannon tied a blindfold over my eyes. I tried to break from Jeff's hold to rip it off, but I failed. Shan finished tying it and Jeff carefully led me upstairs. I tripped a couple times, but Jeff was there to catch me each time. We stopped at the top and turned towards the spare room, where I was staying. I heard the door being opened and someone ripped the blindfold off. I quickly directed my attention to everyone who was standing behind me. Jeff sighed and smiled as he moved my head to look into the room. My jaw dropped as I looked into a room that looked nothing like how I had left it. The room had been painted baby blue and had dark blue and black tribal patterns painted on it. The ceiling was covered in glow in the dark stars and moons. On the walls, there were glow in the dark butterflies and posters of Linkin Park, Rob Zombie, and Vin Diesel. There was a flat screen tv hung on a wall with a playstation 2 and VCR hooked up to it. All my stuff had been found a home and looked to be in the right places. My clothes were put away neatly and had been washed. My bed had black sheets on it with a comforter that matched the walls. By the head of the bed on the wall was a dragon a dark blue one. I walked into the room and turned to look at them all.
"What's all this?" I asked choking back tears. Gil came forward and wrapped me into a hug.
"You've been with us for almost two months now. You need a home. And although I can't give you what you may need, I can give you a loving home. You are a wonderful girl. I, we, want you to live with us Hardys. Is that something you'd be interested in?" Gil asked. I looked at him as a tear rolled down his cheek. I smiled as the tears flooded out of my eyes.
"I would love that. Thank you so much. You are the best family, a girl could have!" I hugged Gil tightly as Jeff and Matt joined us. I heard Amy start to sob so I pulled away and grabbed her hand as well as Shannon's. I pulled them into the huddle and we all hugged each other tightly.
"So, you're really like my little sister now!" Matt said ruffling up my hair. I laughed as we stood in the middle of the room hugging.
"Um...I really don't mean to disrupt the family get together ya'll are having, but Jeff, you still have one more thing to show Case," Shane said as we all split apart. Most of us had tears in our eyes. I wiped my face as Jeff grabbed my hand and walked me over to a tall dark blue cabinet. He opened one of the doors and sitting on the middle shelf was a massive stereo system. On the top shelf were two hug sub-woofer speakers and on the bottom were all my c.d.s and some I didn't recognize.
"This was one of my old stereos. It's still in awesome shape and I know how much you love your music so I figured you should have it." I kissed his cheek and felt that it was wet. I looked into his eyes and tears lightly streamed down his face.
"Thank you so much. You know me too well." I smiled as I wiped his cheek with my hand.
"And I burned some special c.d.s for you. I thought you would love the some of the songs that I put on em. Listen to them alone. When you get a chance. And just remember that I love you baby. You're my girl and you'll always be my girl!" he whispered to me as he kissed my forehead.
"Why don't we leave Casey alone to get used to her new room?" Gil suggested.
Amy and Matt walked out with Gil and Jeff hugged me one last time. Shannon kissed my cheek and followed Jeff out before Shane shut the door behind them. He looked at me and smiled. He slowly walked over to me and pulled me into him. I put my head on his shoulder and he caressed the back of my head. He pulled away and looked deeply into my eyes. He kissed my lips softly and walked out of the room. I watched as the door closed behind him and I instantly turned on one of the c.d.s Jeff made me. I flopped down onto my bed and laid there next to my Simba. I listened as the c.d. played mostly 80's rock love songs. Knowing most of them I sung along with them all. I listened to all three c.d.s and absolutely loved them all. I was on the last song of one of them and it was one of my favorite Janet Jackson songs, "If". I instantly stood up and started dancing and singing in my room. I was completely oblivious to what was going on in the world and didn't notice Shane walk in. It wasn't until he started mimicking my moves and dancing next to me that I noticed he was there. I immediately stopped and turned off the stereo. I looked at him as he smiled at me.
"I never knew you could sing and dance so well."
"I don't let many people know. I like to keep it to myself at times." He put his hands on my waist and I put my arms around his neck.
"You really should. Maybe you should work something out with Vince and Stephanie or something like that. You deserve to be out there singing!" he said as he kissed me.
I smiled and let him compliment me on my singing and dancing. When I walked downstairs Jeff had gone home. I kissed Shane goodbye and watched him leave. I said goodnite to Gil, Matt, and Amy and went to sleep in my new room. In my new home.
A/N 2: This is the first R-rated chapter. If ya'll think I should go back to PG-13, just let me know and I'll try and change things, but I don't think it'll work. I have plans for it to get a little more heated! But it won't go any higher than R. ENJOY!
"What are you going to do about Randy?" he asked as we walked down the hall of the hotel.
"I don't know. What do you tell someone when something like this happens?" I asked.
"I don't know kiddo. I've never been in this kind of situation. And I'm sorry for putting you into it." He kissed my check lightly as we stood in front of Randy's room.
"Don't be. I could have stopped the kiss. I could have stopped the feelings. Shane, it's not even close to being your fault. Trust me." I knocked on the door and waited for Randy. He threw open the door and pulled me into his arms.
"Baby! I was so worried about you. When you stormed off like that I thought something bad might have happened to you," he said tightening the hug. "Shane, man, what are you doing here?"
"Randy, I have something to tell you. Can we come in?" I asked.
"Of course. What's the matter?" he asked softly. He led us to the bed and sat down. He motioned for me to sit next to him, but I just shook my head and stood next to Shane. "I don't think I like what's goin on."
"Randy, I don't like what's goin on, but we have to deal with it," I said.
"Man, I just want to tell you that I'm sorry. I didn't mean for any of this to happen," Shane said. Randy raised his eyebrows and cocked his head to the side.
"Randy, I realized after our fight that our relationship isn't going to work. You obviously don't trust me and it was wrong that you would make me lose my best friend because you didn't like our relationship."
"No, it will work. I admit I was being an asshole. I don't think you should stop being friends with Jeff, but I do think you should break from him for a while." I chuckled and shook my head.
"No, Randy, it's not happening. I think we should break up."
"Why? There's something more here. I can sense it."
"Yes Randy, there is more. When I ran out of here, I ran into Shane, and he comforted me. Well, we kissed," I said softly. Randy lunged at Shane, but I jumped between the two of them. He stopped short when he realized he was going to hit me.
"What the fuck! This is ridiculous! I thought we had something going on! You are such a slut!" Randy yelled as he got in my face. I stood there with my face straight, showing no emotions. Shane jumped between us and pushed Randy away.
"STEP BACK! Don't you ever call her a slut!" Shane yelled. I gently put my hand on Shane's shoulder. He turned around and I looked at him pleadingly. He nodded slightly and moved out from between us.
"Casey, I don't know what kind of games you're playing, but I'm not playing. Now I want you both out of here!" Randy said roughly.
"Fine Randy. I just figured you needed to know what was going on! But obviously, you're too much of an asshole to try and work things out to be friends." Shane grabbed my hand and we started walking to the door.
"Why would I want to be friends with a whore!!!???" he yelled. I stopped and ran at him. Before I could reach him Shane wrapped his arms around my waist and carried me out the door.
"Case, he's not worth it!" Shane yelled as we went out the door. I struggled as he carried me to his room.
"Shane, kicking his ass would have been plenty worth anything!" I said as my face turned red with anger.
"Casey, don't bother. It's not worth it in the end. You have to also think about your job. You're going to be wrestling with him at some points. You need to chill out." He put his hand gently on my leg.
"Would you chill out if he just called you a whore?!" I exclaimed.
"I wanted to kick his ass just as much as you did just then and now. But you have to think about what that could do to your career. That match that you'll have with him could be destroyed because of something like this. He knows that too. Just don't waste your time with him right now." I sighed deeply and looked into his big brown eyes.
"Aight, I won't bother with it. But I won't be able to forget it either."
"Baby, I'm not asking you to. I wouldn't think you'd be able to anyways. But peace will be between you two if you don't fight with him right now."
"Only I would find away to make problems with a problem free work zone." Shane smiled and shook his head.
"There is no such thing as a problem free work zone in this business. You know it happens all the time. RAW always had problems."
"Yeah, but you guys didn't until I came. I should have tried to convince them to let me stay on RAW." He grabbed my hands tightly and shook them.
"No. That would have been horrible. I'm so glad you're here!!" he kissed me softly and lightened his grip on my hands.
"You didn't seem too impressed when I first got here. You hardly said one word to me."
"That's because I was upset about you and Randy. I thought we had something special goin on and then you decide that you wanted to be with Randy and not me."
"I'm sorry. You should have said something to me. If I had known that's what you thought then I would have never said that I wanted to be with him. The truth is that since that first phone call, I have always wanted to be with you. You're the type of guy that I want." He ran his hand through my newly died blonde and green streaked hair. He caressed my face with his other hand
"I want to be with you too. I could easily fall in love with you." He smiled before kissing me passionately. We kissed like that for what seemed like forever, when in reality it was only 5 minutes. We parted and smiled at each other. He took my hand and we gather our stuff for our trip to Cameron.
We arrived in Cameron and rode up the driveway to Gil's house. He and Amy sat on the front porch waiting for our arrival. The second Matt got out Amy ran into his arms. She had just seen him, but I'm sure she missed him anyways. Shannon looked around him and breathed in deeply and smiled. He gave Gil a hug and sat on the steps of the porch as the sun shined brightly. Shane and I started taking luggage out of the car as a four-wheeler rode past us stirring up dust and dirt. The driver stopped in front of the steps and gave Shannon a brotherly hug. He turned around and smiled at me. I quickly dropped my bags and screamed excitedly as I ran to him. He opened his arms for me and I jumped into them. I wrapped my arms around his neck and my legs around his waist. He squeezed me tightly and kissed my cheek.
"Casey!! I've missed you!" Jeff said in my ear.
"I missed you too!" I kissed his cheek as he set me down on his four- wheeler.
"I heard about you and Randy. Adam called me about it. Why didn't you tell me?" he asked sitting next to me. Shannon, Gil, Amy, Matt, and Shane started bringing things into the house as we sat and talked.
"Dude, it just happened. I don't even know how Adam knew. Shane was there. He was my rock....he was you," I said as he put an arm around me.
"Well, Shane doesn't need to be your rock for the rest of the week. I'm your rock now!" he said with a smile on his face. I looked at him curiously and his smile faded. "What?"
"What exactly did Adam tell you?"
"He told me that you and Randy had a huge fight over me. That you wouldn't give up being friends with me for him. So, he got all pissed off and you got all pissed off and you two broke up."
"Um...that's not the whole story. That's not why we broke up. I mean that was one reason, but there was another."
"What are you talking about? Casey, you need to explain all this to me," he said removing his arm. I turned so I was looking at him and he took my hand.
"Well, Shane comforted me. He held me. He did what you normally would have done. But with an added bonus. Shane and I kissed. And when I said we kissed, I mean it. I guess we're together now. I know that it's a quick turn over from Randy. But I really am into him. He told me something today. He told me something that made me feel like the best person in the world. He told me that he could fall in love with me," I said with a bright smile on my face. Jeff smiled back and brought me into to a brotherly like hug.
"That's great Case. That's really great. You definitely deserve it. Shane will make you feel like a princess. Because that's the kind of guy he is." He kissed my cheek and started up his four-wheeler. He sat down and we started off down the driveway.
"Where are you taking me?" I asked as I situated myself better on the vehicle.
"First we're goin to my house to get Liger. He absolutely misses you. Then we are going to the lake. I wanted to show you something and I need your help." We stopped in front of his house and his gorgeous boxer ran out of the screen door. He jumped up on the four-wheeler and licked my face as I patted him.
"Jeff, you must have one of the best dogs in the world. I love him so much," I said giggling between licks. I held on to Liger as we rode to the lake Jeff had taken me to before.
Liger jumped off the four-wheeler as we stopped and jumped into the water. Jeff yelled at him to stop, but the dog seemed to ignore him. Jeff grabbed my hand as I laughed at Liger chasing the ducks and pulled me to the bench which had cans of paint sitting next to it. I examined the bench and realized that all the old paint had been stripped off of it.
"What happened here?" I asked looking at Jeff as he picked up a paint brush.
"Well, I got tired of seeing 'her' name on it so I took off all the old paint and thought that you and I could paint it over. Making it our bench, ya know?"
"Really? You want me to help?" He handed me a brush and opened a can of dark blue paint, black paint, purple paint, green paint, and baby blue paint.
"Of course. You are the only person besides Beth to be here. It's now your bench too." He smiled as he dipped a brush into the black paint. "Feel free to paint it however way ya want. It's OUR creation." I smiled and dipped the brush into the dark blue paint and we began making our wonderful creation.
It was 8:00 and starting to get dark when we finally finished painting the bench. He put his arm around my shoulders as we stood back, covered in paint, looking at the bench. We had painted it black and dark blue, then put little tribal designs on it in purple and green, and then wrote our names on it in the baby blue. We grabbed a very wet Liger and rode back to Gil's house. We walked into the entryway as everyone filed out of the living room. Shane ran to me and wrapped me in his arms, squeezing me tightly. Matt walked over to Jeff and slapped the side of his head.
"Bro, why didn't you tell us you two were leaving?" Matt yelled.
"Matt, if you hadn't noticed, we are adults, we can take care of ourselves," Jeff said shaking his head. He walked into the kitchen and Matt followed.
"Shane, you can let go of me now!" I said gasping for air.
"I was worried about you!! Where were you? Why didn't you tell me you were leaving? And more importantly, why the hell do you look like you got in a fight with a rainbow?" he asked gripping onto my arms. I laughed and kissed his lips.
"Jeff and I went for a ride. I didn't know we were leaving. And to answer your last question, we were painting and well, had some fun with it!" I smiled and waited for his response.
"Huh?!" he exclaimed. I shook my head at him and laughed. He wrapped his arms around me again and hugged me gently. "I don't understand what really happened. I'm just glad you're safe!"
"I'm perfectly fine. I was with Jeff. If neither one of us is around, you can be sure that we're together." I smiled and he nodded.
"Well, I thought we could go to my house? You haven't ever been there. And I wanted to give you your present from Australia," he said pulling me upstairs.
"You really didn't have to get me anything," I said as we walked into 'my' room.
"Of course I did. I wanted to. It's nothing special, didn't get to do too much."
"Why don't we just do this tomorrow so we don't have to come back here?"
"We're not coming back here until tomorrow. You're staying at my house. I hope that's okay?"
"Oh, um, yeah that's fine." I gathered some clothes together and we headed back downstairs. Jeff came out of the kitchen with a cup of coffee as we hit the bottom step. He took a sip and raised an eyebrow at us.
"Are you leaving?" Jeff asked putting his hand on his hip.
"Yeah, I'm spending the night at Shane's. I'll be back tomorrow." I kissed Jeff's cheek and yelled goodbye to everyone as Shane and I walked out the door.
We got in his car and headed for his home in Wendell. I fell asleep on the way there and he was nice enough to carry me into the house. He sat me down on his bed as I began to wake up.
"You should have woken me up," I said stretching.
"I thought you needed your sleep," he said softly. He left the room and came back shortly carrying his and my bags. I grabbed my bag from him and he showed me to the bathroom. I came back to his room wearing a pair of lounge pants that said Brooklyn Attitude on the top and a short tank top. He was already lying in his bed covered by his sheets. I had read his website and remembered that he said he slept naked.
"Shane...um, I don't know how to say this. Well, yeah I do. I'm not sleeping in the same bed as you if you're naked!" I said as he grinned mischievously. He slowly removed the sheets to show that he was wearing a pair of plaid boxers. He laughed as I jumped on the bed. He pulled me close and pushed a stray strand of hair out of my face before kissing me.
"Oh, you're gift!" he said rolling out of the bed. I propped myself up on the pillows of his king sized bed. I watched him as he dug threw his closet and pulled out a gift wrapped box.
"You really didn't have to!" I smiled as he handed it to me. I took the bow off and placed it on the nite stand. I then began to rip off the off the blue paper and opened the box. I threw aside the tissue paper and pulled out a medium sized stuffed Kangaroo. I laughed as Shane took the box off my lap.
"Well? What do ya think?"
"I love it! Thank you!" I hugged it tightly and kissed his cheek.
"Now you can get rid of that ratty old stuffed Simba," he said with a chuckle. My smile faded as my eyes grew way. He looked at me and shrugged. "What's wrong?"
"I would never get rid of that. Nothing could make me get rid of that. It'll always be around!" I said defensively.
"I'm sorry. I didn't realize it meant that much to you. I would never tell you to get rid of something that meant that much to you," he said climbing back into bed. I sighed and looked into his big brown eyes.
"I know. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to jump all over you for it. Of course you didn't know. I mean I never told you. I just get really upset if anyone tries to take it away from me. It's been there for me through everything."
"Don't worry. It's not a problem. But now you have this to help you out as well!" He smiled and I smiled back. He pulled me close to him and I held onto the kangaroo as we fell asleep.
I rolled over as the sunlight hit me threw the curtains. I groaned and pulled the covers over my head. I heard the door creak open and felt the bed move as a hand was placed on my leg.
"Kiddo, it's time to get up." The covers were ripped off of me and I could smell French toast with a hint of bacon. I sat up and looked at Shane as he held out a tray with a plate of French toast and plenty of syrup on it. At the top of the try was a single red rose.
"You did this for me?" I asked as he placed the tray on my lap.
"You bet. I have bacon cooking right now. Plus, there's more French toast on the stove, if you want more." He kissed my forehead before heading out the door again.
"Thank you Shane!" I yelled after him. I sat in the bed and ate my breakfast as I watched t.v. Shane came in and added bacon to my plate before bringing up his own food to eat. We laughed as we watched Scooby Doo together and finished our breakfast.
Around 12:00 we decided it would be a good idea to get motivated and we jumped in the shower and got dressed. I wore a low v-neck short black shirt and light blue flares with a pair of Nikes. I threw my hair into a ponytail and put some foundation on. I gathered all my stuff together and we started back to Cameron. As we pulled up the driveway, I saw Jeff's bike and Shannon's mustang sitting there. Liger ran out of the house as we got out of the car and jumped up on me. I smiled as Shane grabbed my stuff and brought it in the house. I followed him shortly with Liger right behind me. We heard a loud crash come from upstairs and Jeff ran down. He quickly grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the house.
"What the hell is going on?" I asked as I pulled my arm out of his hand.
"Nothing. Why don't you sit in Amy's car and wait for her? She wants to take you shopping," Jeff said smiling. I had no idea what was goin on, but I knew something was up.
"Well, I'll go sit in the car, IF you tell me what that crash was all about," I said crossing my arms. He tried to pull me along, but I stood my ground.
"Nothing, Matt's just rearranging his room and the bookshelf fell over. No biggie," he said as I reluctantly let him pull me to the car. He opened the door and I sat in the passenger's seat. Jeff threw me my bag and shut the door. He ran off for the house as Amy ran out. She strapped on her neck brace and got in the car.
"Hey girl!" she said reaching over to hug me.
"What's up?" I asked as we started down the driveway.
"What are you talking about?" she asked with a fake smile.
"Something is going on! I almost got whip lash as Jeff pulled me into the car. Now tell me what's up!" I said sternly.
"Nothing. They're just trying to get Matt's room rearranged." She continued to smile as I rolled my eyes. We pulled onto the highway and headed for Raleigh.
We pulled into the mall parking lot after a long ride of silence and got out. Amy ripped off her brace and threw it into the backseat before we walked into the mall. We went right for Hot Topics and looked at the clothes.
"Case, you should get this shirt." Amy held up a red tank top with a fairy on it that said Temptation under the picture. I laughed and grabbed it from her as we continued to walk around the store.
By the time we left the store I had bought 2 tank tops, 3 fitted shirts, 2 pairs of pants, 2 belts, and a sweat shirt. Amy even talked me into buying a skirt. I also bought a pair of knee high combat boots. I had never been in that store for that long or bought that much from there. But I guess that's what you get for hanging out with Lita!
"Jeff told me that he tried talking you into getting your belly button pierced," Amy said as we tired to combine our hot topic bags into a bigger bag.
"Yeah, he did. So?"
"Well, I think you should do it. We could go right now. I know you'll look awesome with one," she said smiling as she started to drag me to a piercing place.
"I don't know. I mean, won't it hurt?" I asked worried.
"Oh come on!! This coming from the girl who did a perfect swanton off of a ladder the first time on one!" I looked at her shocked and she nodded. "Yes I heard about that!"
I chuckled and groaned as I sat in the seat and Amy went to get someone to do this. I thought about running out many times, but in all true ness, I did want it done. Amy came back with a young woman with a small nose ring and an eyebrow piercing. I swallowed hard as she brought me into the back where there was a bench to lay on. I pulled up my shirt a little ways as she got the needle ready. Amy had picked out a silver hoop with a crystal blue ball on it. Amy held my hand and I squeezed it tightly as the woman put in the needle. I winced as I felt it slid through. But it really wasn't all that bad. She put the hoop in the hole she had made and I carefully sat up. I sighed as I looked at the ring in a full length mirror. I paid for it and Amy and I left to get some food.
"I'm glad you talked me into this. I absolutely love it already!" I said as we sat eating our salads and she smiled.
"I knew you would!" Her smile faded as she switched into a serious mode. "But you have to remember to tell everyone you wrestle that you have it and it's brand new. Just be careful."
"Ames...I think I can take care of myself and my own piercings."
"I know. I just don't want you to get hurt or anything. That could be killer!" I laughed as I rolled my eyes. We threw our trash away and continued on our shopping spree.
By the time we left the mall, I had 5 bucks left and very red hands from carrying all the bags. We packed her car and headed back to Cameron. We were back around 7:00 and decided to get one of the guys to bring in all the stuff we bought. We walked through the door and were instantly greeted by Shannon, Shane, Matt, Jeff, and Gil. Matt walked over to Amy and whispered something in her ear as she nodded. Jeff grabbed my hand and smiled. I gave him a half smile and looked at Shane. He had one of the biggest smiles on his face. His braces showed up so much. I chuckled as Shannon tied a blindfold over my eyes. I tried to break from Jeff's hold to rip it off, but I failed. Shan finished tying it and Jeff carefully led me upstairs. I tripped a couple times, but Jeff was there to catch me each time. We stopped at the top and turned towards the spare room, where I was staying. I heard the door being opened and someone ripped the blindfold off. I quickly directed my attention to everyone who was standing behind me. Jeff sighed and smiled as he moved my head to look into the room. My jaw dropped as I looked into a room that looked nothing like how I had left it. The room had been painted baby blue and had dark blue and black tribal patterns painted on it. The ceiling was covered in glow in the dark stars and moons. On the walls, there were glow in the dark butterflies and posters of Linkin Park, Rob Zombie, and Vin Diesel. There was a flat screen tv hung on a wall with a playstation 2 and VCR hooked up to it. All my stuff had been found a home and looked to be in the right places. My clothes were put away neatly and had been washed. My bed had black sheets on it with a comforter that matched the walls. By the head of the bed on the wall was a dragon a dark blue one. I walked into the room and turned to look at them all.
"What's all this?" I asked choking back tears. Gil came forward and wrapped me into a hug.
"You've been with us for almost two months now. You need a home. And although I can't give you what you may need, I can give you a loving home. You are a wonderful girl. I, we, want you to live with us Hardys. Is that something you'd be interested in?" Gil asked. I looked at him as a tear rolled down his cheek. I smiled as the tears flooded out of my eyes.
"I would love that. Thank you so much. You are the best family, a girl could have!" I hugged Gil tightly as Jeff and Matt joined us. I heard Amy start to sob so I pulled away and grabbed her hand as well as Shannon's. I pulled them into the huddle and we all hugged each other tightly.
"So, you're really like my little sister now!" Matt said ruffling up my hair. I laughed as we stood in the middle of the room hugging.
"Um...I really don't mean to disrupt the family get together ya'll are having, but Jeff, you still have one more thing to show Case," Shane said as we all split apart. Most of us had tears in our eyes. I wiped my face as Jeff grabbed my hand and walked me over to a tall dark blue cabinet. He opened one of the doors and sitting on the middle shelf was a massive stereo system. On the top shelf were two hug sub-woofer speakers and on the bottom were all my c.d.s and some I didn't recognize.
"This was one of my old stereos. It's still in awesome shape and I know how much you love your music so I figured you should have it." I kissed his cheek and felt that it was wet. I looked into his eyes and tears lightly streamed down his face.
"Thank you so much. You know me too well." I smiled as I wiped his cheek with my hand.
"And I burned some special c.d.s for you. I thought you would love the some of the songs that I put on em. Listen to them alone. When you get a chance. And just remember that I love you baby. You're my girl and you'll always be my girl!" he whispered to me as he kissed my forehead.
"Why don't we leave Casey alone to get used to her new room?" Gil suggested.
Amy and Matt walked out with Gil and Jeff hugged me one last time. Shannon kissed my cheek and followed Jeff out before Shane shut the door behind them. He looked at me and smiled. He slowly walked over to me and pulled me into him. I put my head on his shoulder and he caressed the back of my head. He pulled away and looked deeply into my eyes. He kissed my lips softly and walked out of the room. I watched as the door closed behind him and I instantly turned on one of the c.d.s Jeff made me. I flopped down onto my bed and laid there next to my Simba. I listened as the c.d. played mostly 80's rock love songs. Knowing most of them I sung along with them all. I listened to all three c.d.s and absolutely loved them all. I was on the last song of one of them and it was one of my favorite Janet Jackson songs, "If". I instantly stood up and started dancing and singing in my room. I was completely oblivious to what was going on in the world and didn't notice Shane walk in. It wasn't until he started mimicking my moves and dancing next to me that I noticed he was there. I immediately stopped and turned off the stereo. I looked at him as he smiled at me.
"I never knew you could sing and dance so well."
"I don't let many people know. I like to keep it to myself at times." He put his hands on my waist and I put my arms around his neck.
"You really should. Maybe you should work something out with Vince and Stephanie or something like that. You deserve to be out there singing!" he said as he kissed me.
I smiled and let him compliment me on my singing and dancing. When I walked downstairs Jeff had gone home. I kissed Shane goodbye and watched him leave. I said goodnite to Gil, Matt, and Amy and went to sleep in my new room. In my new home.