I sat in the middle of the ring on one of the metal chairs, with my
arms crossed, waiting for Rey, Adam, Matt, and John to show up. I was
either early or they were late. I'm not sure which one. One of them must
have been there earlier. There were stop signs, sticks, tables, ladders,
chairs, and trash cans all over the place. Someone must have set them up
for us to work with. 'Where the hell are you guys!?' I thought to myself.
I sighed deeply and was struck in the back of the head with something hard
and metal.
"What the fuck!?" I yelled as I struggled to my feet. I turned to look at my attacker. Standing there holding a stop sign was Matt.
"You have to be ready for anything. Always be alert!" Matt said as he lowered the sign. I glared at him and quickly spun around to super kick Rey. "Good. That's what I'm talking about."
"Alright where are the other two?!" I exclaimed as Adam ran at me with a chair. I drop kicked the chair into his face and he stumbled backwards. "Come on out John! I know you're here!"
I stood in the middle of the ring as Adam and Rey stood. I looked around me. John wasn't there. He didn't attack me or anything. He just wasn't there. "AAAAAARRRRRGGG!!!!!" I heard a yell from behind me. John was running at me with a ladder and fast. I quickly ran towards him and slid under it and between his legs. I quickly got up and as he turned I did a cartwheel, hitting the ladder into him.
"Good job. Quick thinking. That would make the match interesting to the fans," Matt said with a smile as he helped John to his feet.
"Thanks. I try. I think that stop sign to the back of the head knocked some sense into me," I said with a laugh as I rubbed the back of my head.
"Ladders?" Adam asked. My eyes grew wide in excitement as I ran out of the ring to grab the painter's ladder.
"Casey Lee, you put that down. We are starting with a smaller ladder!" Matt yelled brotherly.
"Yes, Matty!" I exclaimed as I put the ladder down on its legs. I opened it up and slid back in the ring.
"Okay, we're gonna pair up. John and Rey versus Case and Adam," Matt instructed. "I'm gonna be ref."
"YES!!" I exclaimed excitedly. "But how is that gonna work?"
"It's a tag team ladder match. You must get to the top of the ladder and grab the rope that's hanging in the middle of the ring. No pins, submissions, count outs, or DQs. Anymore questions?" Matt asked. We shook our heads. "Alright. Then let's go!"
Matt jumped out of the way as we went at each other. Adam tried to hold off John and Rey so I could grab a ladder, but Rey grabbed my waist and threw me into a German suplex. I got up quickly and threw a couple punches at him. He blocked my last punch and threw me into the ropes. On my return he locked his legs around me and pulled me into a hurricarranna. I quickly got up and locked up with Rey. Adam got out of the ring and quickly slid a ladder in. I pushed Rey towards the ladder and pushed him down hard. He landed right on the ladder. I turned around and a ladder was being set up in the ring by John. I watched as he began to climb. I ran and slid into the bottom of it. The ladder toppled over, throwing John out of the ring. I lifted up the ladder, closed it, and ran at Rey as he stood. I knocked him over the ropes and opened the ladder up. I climbed it and stood at the very top. I flew through the air as I landed the perfect moonsault on Rey. We laid on the ground for quite sometime when I heard Adam yelling to me to get another ladder. I struggled to my feet and grabbed the painter's ladder. As I turned around I saw Rey flying off the apron in a cross body. I fell to the floor with the ladder on top of me. He laid next to me, trying to stand. I pushed the ladder off of me and stood as quickly as I could. Rey had already gotten into the ring and was double teaming Adam. I grabbed the ladder and slid it into the ring. I jumped onto the apron and climbed inside. I ran to help Adam and elbowed John in the head. He turned around to receive a drop kick to the chest. I got on the post and did a corkscrew on to him. I quickly stood as I went to double team Rey. Adam got away and grabbed the painter's ladder as John got up and preformed a snap suplex into another ladder. I got up in pain and grabbed John's arm, pulling it far behind his back. He screaming out in pain and was ready to tap out, even though there were no submissions, but Rey came behind me and nailed my back with a ladder. I instantly let go of John and grabbed at my back. John grabbed me into a belly to belly suplex and injured his own neck. I got up and saw Adam give Rey the Edgecution. I opened the painter's ladder in the middle ring and climbed as fast as I could to the top. I reached for the rope and grabbed it just as John pushed the ladder down. I began to swing on the rope as Matt rushed into the ring.
"Casey, hold on! We'll get you down!" he yelled up to me. I glanced down at him and smiled.
"Don't worry. I can always just do a flip down or something!" I yelled back.
"HELL NO!!!" The four of them screamed at me.
"Okay, okay. Crimany," I exclaimed. I continued to hold on, even through all the pain that was going through my body. "If I ever get down from here, I'm goin to charge a massage to you guys from the hotel!!!!"
"That's fine! Just hold on!!!" Rey yelled as I watched him run off.
"Rey is goin to go find Mark!" Adam yelled.
"Why don't you just set the damn ladder up?!" I yelled back.
"Well, we would, but that hit kinda bent the leg inward and it won't stand properly!" John yelled.
"Well thank you John!" I exclaimed sarcastically. "Dudes!!! I can't hold on any longer!!!"
"What the hell are we gonna do?!" Adam asked.
"I don't know man! Hopefully Rey can find Mark," Matt said.
"Guys, he's not here. We're the only one's here right now," Rey said gasping for air.
"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?!" I screamed.
"What are we gonna do?" Rey asked.
"Catch her," Adam said as he stood under me.
"Excuse me?" Rey said.
"Catch her," Adam said again holding his arms out.
"That's a long way down man!" Matt exclaimed.
"Well, what else are we gonna do?!" Adam yelled.
"Alright, alright. Just be careful and don't drop her!" Matt yelled.
"Oh gees, what's the fun in that?!" Adam replied sarcastically. "Okay, Case, sweetie, I need you to fall down! Let go!"
"LET GO!? You're gonna catch me?!" I exclaimed struggling to hold on.
"YES!!!!" Adam yelled back.
"Oh please God! Let me live!" I prayed as I let go. I fell threw the air and when I thought I wouldn't ever land, I felt arms under me.
"I got ya!" Adam said excitedly.
"Oh thank you God!" I exclaimed as I opened my eyes. "Are you okay?" Adam asked as he set me on my feet.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I looked at each of the guys and smiled as I saw the worry on their faces. "Why didn't you just let me flip off in the first place?"
"Because," Matt replied.
"That's not a reason," I said putting my hands on my hips.
"I was afraid you'd get hurt. I didn't wanna see you hurt," he said turning away from me.
"Awe, Matty, do you actually have a heart?!" I joked.
"Case, come on. I would have been crushed if you had been hurt. I love you. You know that," he said with a sad expression on his face. I tilted my head and smiled.
"You really do care." I wrapped my arms around him and kissed his cheek.
"Of course I do. I wouldn't have rescued you from Jim if I knew there wouldn't have been something between us. I always had a feeling about you. A special one. I knew we'd be tight, ya know? You're the little sister I never had. I have to look out for you. It's my brotherly instinct," Matt said seriously.
"I know. And you're the older brother I never had and always wanted. I know you care about me and don't wanna see me hurt, but I'm 18."
"Almost 19," John piped in.
"Yeah, that's a month away and we don't need to discuss that," I said glaring at him. "Anyways, I can take care of myself. If I get hurt, I get hurt. That's my own problem. It comes with the business. I've learned to live with the pain. Plus, you're not always gonna be there. So, if you stop worrying about me now then maybe you won't worry about me later in time."
"I can't help but worry about you. I love you kid," Matt said kissing the top of my head.
"I love you too."
"AWE!" Rey, John, and Adam exclaimed, snapping us out of our little moment. We looked them and we all broke into laughter.
"Let's get out of here and get you that massage!" John said putting his arm around me. I smiled as we climbed out of the ring.
"Case, calm down. He'll be here!" Matt said as we stood in the airport. I looked at the screens to see when Shane's plane was going to land and it wasn't listed.
"His plane isn't listed, Matt. What if it was cancelled or something?" I worried. He put his arm on my shoulder as Shane's plane flashed on the screen.
"Well, see, look there. He'll be landing in a half hour. It was just a little late!" Matt said. I sighed deeply as we sat in chairs by his gate.
"Thank you for coming with me."
"Not a problem. I was glad too. He's my best friend after all," Matt said with a smile. I relaxed into the seat and closed my eyes. "I'm gonna go get some coffee. You want anything?"
"Yeah, could you get me a French vanilla cappuccino?" He nodded and walked away. I crossed my arms and looked out the window.
"I'm sorry to bother you, but are you Angel?" I looked at a tall teenage girl and raised my eyebrows.
"Ummmm, no sorry. My name's not Angel," I replied politely.
"Oh. You're not Mystic Angel? The Hurricane's girlfriend? The Hardy Boyz valet? The new WWE Diva? The flier?" she questioned. I sat up straight and stared at her.
"OH!!" I exclaimed as the light bulb went off. "Yeah, sorry about that. Total brain block!"
"That's okay," she said with a laugh. "I'm Mandy and I'm a huge fan. I think you're awesome."
"Well, thank you. I'm glad to hear that," I said shaking her hand. I motioned for her to sit down and she did without hesitation.
"Are you waiting for your plane to arrive?" she asked curiously.
"No, actually, I'm waiting for my boyfriend to get here," I replied with a smile.
"Wow. Are you really dating Shane Helms?" she asked with her eyes wide. "Yes, I am," I said with a laugh.
"Wow, you're really cute together. I'm a big Shane fan as well. There's this website that says it's an official website of you all. I believe it's like extremecarolina.com or something like that. Is it really the official website?" she asked. I laughed and nodded.
"Yeah, it's official. It's the website I created. Do you like it? I mean, it's still got a lot of work to be done on it, but I'd love to hear what you think of it."
"I love it. I think it looks great! It's really cool that you're taking time to do something like this. Us fans really appreciate it," she said softly.
"Here ya go!" Matt said handing me my cappuccino. Mandy looked up at him and had a deer caught in headlights look on her face. I laughed as Matt looked from her to me.
"Am...Am....am I in your seat?" she stuttered, starting to stand.
"No, that's okay. Sit there. I can sit right here," Matt replied sitting in a seat across from us.
"Matt, I want you to meet Mandy. Mandy this is Matt Hardy," I said introducing them. They shook hands and Mandy smiled brightly. I laughed as I sipped my drink
"Nice to meet you Mandy. Fan?" Matt asked with that cocky smile of his. I rolled my eyes as I saw her begin to drool.
"Yeah. A big fan. I love you guys. All of you. Jeff, Shane, Lita, Angel, Shannon, and of course you!" she exclaimed. I shook my head as Matt's smile got bigger.
"That's great. We love to hear those things," Matt said as a plane landed.
"SHANE!!!!" I screamed happily as I jumped up and ran for the gate exit.
"Well, looks like we lost her," Matt said moving next to Mandy.
"Damn and I wanted her autograph too!" she said upset.
"Well, if we can pry the two of them away, we'll get you that autograph!" Matt said politely.
"Thank you so much! Do you think Shane would give me one?" she asked curiously.
"Of course! He would love to give you one, I'm sure of it," Matt said as she pulled out a pen and pad of paper out of her book bag.
"Can I have yours?" she asked shyly, holding out the pen and paper. Matt smiled more and took the pen out of her hand.
"I would be happy to," he said as he began to write a note on the paper.
"Come on Shane! Where the hell are you?!" I exclaimed to myself as I searched through the crowd of people. I moved past a couple people, to get closer to the doors, and saw a man in dark sunglasses, black wife-beater, black leather coat, and blue jeans. His wavy green hair made him recognizable and he looked for someone. I gasped as we ran at each other. He dropped his bag and picked me up into his arms. I wrapped my arms around his neck and we shared a passionate and much awaited kiss.
"I missed you!" he exclaimed as he set me on the floor.
"I missed you too," I said softly. I looked at his face and took his sunglasses off to see his beautiful and missed brown eyes. "I love you."
"I love you too." He kissed me once again and picked his bag back up. He kept his arm around my waist as I led him to the seats where I had been sitting. Matt looked up and smiled at us.
"Hey bro!" Matt exclaimed hugging his best friend.
"Hey man!" Shane replied looking at Mandy. "Who's your friend?"
"This is Mandy. She's a fan," Matt said as she stood to shake Shane's hand.
"It's nice to meet you," Shane said sweetly.
"Nice to meet you too!" Mandy replied excitedly.
"Mandy was wondering if she could have your autographs," Matt said nicely.
"Yeah, of course!" Shane and I exclaimed as she smiled. She pulled out her pen and paper and we signed it happily.
"Mandy!" a man yelled.
"Coming Nick!" she yelled back. "That's my older brother. Thank you so much for this!"
"No problem!" I said as we all gave her a hug. She smiled as she walked to her brother. "Well, that was nice," Shane said as he took a sip of my cappuccino.
"Yeah it was. She was a very sweet girl," Matt said as we walked to luggage claim. We waited while Shane grabbed his bags and suitcases. Matt and I helped him carry his stuff out to the car and we drove to our hotel.
"It's so good to see you," Shane whispered in my ear as he slipped his hand up and down my leg. He kissed my cheek lightly as Matt drove down the road.
"It's good to see you too. What do you wanna do tonite?" I asked. Shane winked at me as he continued to rub my leg. I bit on my lower lip and smiled.
"I've got some plans," Shane whispered.
"Oh you do?!" I smirked. He nodded as he took his hand away. "Driver...step on it!!!!"
"Yeah, right. As if I'd do something like that," Matt replied.
"Evil man!" I exclaimed.
"So, how was your nite back with Shane?" Nidia asked as I placed my bag on the bench in the locker room.
"It was excellent. We had an excellent time," I said with a smile.
"I thought so. You just have that smile. You both do!" she laughed.
"It was the best sex we've had together since the first time. Seriously. It was just great!" I exclaimed with a dreamy smile.
"CASEY?!" a woman yelled from the showers.
"Bet you're not used to a woman screaming out your name!" Nidia joked.
"Well, that was uncalled for!" I laughed. "Yes?"
"Casey!" the woman screamed again. All I saw was a flash a blonde and arms being wrapped around me. "Oh my God!!! I've missed you so much!!!"
"TRISH!? AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!" I screamed. We stood in the middle of the room hugging for what seemed like forever. Then she pulled back and slapped my shoulder.
"Hey!! What was that for?!" I exclaimed rubbing my arm.
"You never called me!" she yelled with a frown on her face. Then she suddenly broke into a smile. "But I still love you!"
"I know!" I laughed as we embraced again.
"I've been watching Smackdown and Velocity and some of the house show tapes. You are kickin some ass girl!" she said with a proud smile.
"I try."
"You don't need to try too hard to kick our asses!" Nidia joked as she walked out the door.
"So, are you close with Nidia and Torrie?" Trish asked as we sat down.
"Not really. I mean, they're great girls and all, but they're not you and Nora. You two are my girls!" I smiled.
"Do you have a lot of friends over there?" she asked.
"Yeah, I'm close with the guys. You should see me. Normally I would be in the Diva's locker room with you and Nora, but not there. I'm always in the guy's locker room. I hang out with Shane, John, Adam, Matt, Rey, and all the others."
"And they don't have a problem with you being in there?"
"No. Not at all. They don't even notice me anymore. They're so used to me being in there!" I laughed as Jeff burst into the room. I jumped up and so did Trish. We both ran to him at the same time, but he embraced Trish first. I stood back and stared at them, hurt and confused. I watched as Jeff placed a soft kiss on Trish's lips. I looked at the floor and felt very uncomfortable around them for the first time.
"Hey Trish," Jeff said as they parted. Trish looked at him with a dreamy smile.
"Hey," she said softly. I looked up as Jeff looked over Trish's shoulder.
"Hey Case," he said casually. He didn't even move. He didn't go to give me a hug, or a kiss, or anything.
"Hi," I said as I moved passed them and out the door. I crossed my arms as I walked through the halls depressed.
"Casey?!" a voice yelled from behind me. I turned around and saw the rock star himself.
"Hey Chris!" I said as he walked up to me. He hugged me and kissed my cheek.
"How are you doin?" he asked.
"Aight. I guess. I'm just, I don't know. Jeff isn't as welcoming as he used to be," I said as I lowered my head.
"Hey, don't worry about it. He's been like that since he and Trish got together," Chris said. I nodded and looked at him. His hair was loose and the red ends hung off his shoulders. He wore a sleeveless Fozzy shirt and loose blue jeans. He had dirty old sneakers on and carried sunglasses in his hand.
"It's good to see you Chris," I smiled.
"You too. Hey, I have something for you. Something I know you'll love." He grabbed my hand and dragged me to the guys' looker room.
"What is it?" I asked curiously. I sat down on one of the benches and watched him dig through his duffle bag.
"Aha!" he exclaimed pulling out a small wrapped gift.
"Chris, what did you get me?" I asked as he handed it to me.
"Open it!" he said excitedly. I sighed and ripped the paper off of the gift.
"Chris! You shouldn't have!" I laughed as I examined the gift that was in my hands.
"So? What do you think? I know you love rock music and I figured this would be the best group for you to have added to your collection," he said with a huge smile.
"I love it Chris. Thank you so much," I said wrapping my arms around his neck.
"I knew you'd like it! Jeff tried telling me that you wouldn't like my band. But I'm like, listen Jeff, there isn't a person in this world that doesn't like Fozzy!" he exclaimed as I laughed.
"Casey!!! I can recognize that laugh anywhere's," Rob said walking in from the back. "Yeah, it's me," I said as I backed away from Chris. I walked to a wet Rob and hugged him. "Did you see what Chris gave me?"
"Yeah I know. He was so excited to give it to you!" Rob said with a laugh.
"Did I hear that Casey was here?!" Scott yelled as he walked into the locker room.
"Yeah, I'm here! Can't keep me away for too long," I joked as I hugged him.
"I want to read some more of your poetry!" Scott said as we broke away.
"I'm gonna start posting all my poetry on the website that I'm making," I said as I sat on the bench.
"Oh right. Jeff told me about that," he said as he set his gear down. "Ya know, I don't know why I come to the damn pay per views anymore. I haven't had a match on here for, well, I don't remember the last time!"
"Dude, we all have to be here!" Shane said as he walked in the door. "Whether we have a match or not!"
"Yeah, I mean, when do you actually think I'm gonna get on one of these?!" I complained. Shane kissed my cheek and grabbed a bottle of water.
"You'll get on one. Ya never know. Maybe at the next pay per view, which also happens to be on your birthday, you'll have a match," Shane said sitting next to me.
"I doubt it. I'm too new. They're not gonna do that yet!" I said as I sipped some of his water.
"Have faith, kiddo. You've got a lot of talent. Vince knows this. You'll get on it soon," Rob said.
"Casey, wait up!" Jeff yelled as I walked into the parking garage.
"What Jeff?" I asked turning towards him.
"I heard the news," Jeff said happily.
"Yeah, I'm really excited too, I guess," I said sadly. He wrapped his arms around me and kissed my cheek.
I pushed back and looked at him. "Shouldn't you be heading back with Trish right now?"
"What's the matter? I mean we never got to give each other a proper hello," he said with a slight smile.
"Yeah, well, everything's fine. I gotta go. Shane's waiting for me in the car. Tell Trish bye for me," I said as I picked up my bags and continued to walk.
"I missed you Case!! I love you baby! I really do!" Jeff yelled after me. I stuck my hand up and waved him off. I continued on my way to the car and left Jeff standing in that same spot watching me walk away. I got to the car and slammed the door once I got in.
"Whoa. Chill out. What's wrong?" Shane asked as we pulled out of the garage.
"Nothing. People just piss me off!" I exclaimed as I crossed my arms.
"Ya know, I never really saw you with Jeff today. In fact, I never once saw you with Jeff," Shane said as I slipped Fozzy into the cd player.
"Asshole," I muttered.
"Did you just call Jeff an asshole?" Shane asked shocked as the rock sound of Chris's band sounded throughout the car. I cranked the volume up and Shane immediately turned it down.
"What?!" I yelled.
"What's goin on with you and Jeff?" he asked.
"I don't wanna talk about him."
"Case, please, tell me."
"Ya wanna know?" Shane nodded and I sighed deeply. "The ass totally ignored me today. He went right for Trish, who he sees all the damn time, and ignored me who he barely sees. How would you fuckin feel about that?!"
"Alright. I'm sorry. I'm sure things will get better. Did you say goodbye to Mark tonite?" Shane asked.
"No! Fuck!!!" I screamed as I slammed my fist on the glove compartment.
"Casey! Don't do that! Jesus, you'll hurt yourself," Shane said putting his hand on my knee. I cranked the volume up again and Shane sighed.
"What the fuck!?" I yelled as I struggled to my feet. I turned to look at my attacker. Standing there holding a stop sign was Matt.
"You have to be ready for anything. Always be alert!" Matt said as he lowered the sign. I glared at him and quickly spun around to super kick Rey. "Good. That's what I'm talking about."
"Alright where are the other two?!" I exclaimed as Adam ran at me with a chair. I drop kicked the chair into his face and he stumbled backwards. "Come on out John! I know you're here!"
I stood in the middle of the ring as Adam and Rey stood. I looked around me. John wasn't there. He didn't attack me or anything. He just wasn't there. "AAAAAARRRRRGGG!!!!!" I heard a yell from behind me. John was running at me with a ladder and fast. I quickly ran towards him and slid under it and between his legs. I quickly got up and as he turned I did a cartwheel, hitting the ladder into him.
"Good job. Quick thinking. That would make the match interesting to the fans," Matt said with a smile as he helped John to his feet.
"Thanks. I try. I think that stop sign to the back of the head knocked some sense into me," I said with a laugh as I rubbed the back of my head.
"Ladders?" Adam asked. My eyes grew wide in excitement as I ran out of the ring to grab the painter's ladder.
"Casey Lee, you put that down. We are starting with a smaller ladder!" Matt yelled brotherly.
"Yes, Matty!" I exclaimed as I put the ladder down on its legs. I opened it up and slid back in the ring.
"Okay, we're gonna pair up. John and Rey versus Case and Adam," Matt instructed. "I'm gonna be ref."
"YES!!" I exclaimed excitedly. "But how is that gonna work?"
"It's a tag team ladder match. You must get to the top of the ladder and grab the rope that's hanging in the middle of the ring. No pins, submissions, count outs, or DQs. Anymore questions?" Matt asked. We shook our heads. "Alright. Then let's go!"
Matt jumped out of the way as we went at each other. Adam tried to hold off John and Rey so I could grab a ladder, but Rey grabbed my waist and threw me into a German suplex. I got up quickly and threw a couple punches at him. He blocked my last punch and threw me into the ropes. On my return he locked his legs around me and pulled me into a hurricarranna. I quickly got up and locked up with Rey. Adam got out of the ring and quickly slid a ladder in. I pushed Rey towards the ladder and pushed him down hard. He landed right on the ladder. I turned around and a ladder was being set up in the ring by John. I watched as he began to climb. I ran and slid into the bottom of it. The ladder toppled over, throwing John out of the ring. I lifted up the ladder, closed it, and ran at Rey as he stood. I knocked him over the ropes and opened the ladder up. I climbed it and stood at the very top. I flew through the air as I landed the perfect moonsault on Rey. We laid on the ground for quite sometime when I heard Adam yelling to me to get another ladder. I struggled to my feet and grabbed the painter's ladder. As I turned around I saw Rey flying off the apron in a cross body. I fell to the floor with the ladder on top of me. He laid next to me, trying to stand. I pushed the ladder off of me and stood as quickly as I could. Rey had already gotten into the ring and was double teaming Adam. I grabbed the ladder and slid it into the ring. I jumped onto the apron and climbed inside. I ran to help Adam and elbowed John in the head. He turned around to receive a drop kick to the chest. I got on the post and did a corkscrew on to him. I quickly stood as I went to double team Rey. Adam got away and grabbed the painter's ladder as John got up and preformed a snap suplex into another ladder. I got up in pain and grabbed John's arm, pulling it far behind his back. He screaming out in pain and was ready to tap out, even though there were no submissions, but Rey came behind me and nailed my back with a ladder. I instantly let go of John and grabbed at my back. John grabbed me into a belly to belly suplex and injured his own neck. I got up and saw Adam give Rey the Edgecution. I opened the painter's ladder in the middle ring and climbed as fast as I could to the top. I reached for the rope and grabbed it just as John pushed the ladder down. I began to swing on the rope as Matt rushed into the ring.
"Casey, hold on! We'll get you down!" he yelled up to me. I glanced down at him and smiled.
"Don't worry. I can always just do a flip down or something!" I yelled back.
"HELL NO!!!" The four of them screamed at me.
"Okay, okay. Crimany," I exclaimed. I continued to hold on, even through all the pain that was going through my body. "If I ever get down from here, I'm goin to charge a massage to you guys from the hotel!!!!"
"That's fine! Just hold on!!!" Rey yelled as I watched him run off.
"Rey is goin to go find Mark!" Adam yelled.
"Why don't you just set the damn ladder up?!" I yelled back.
"Well, we would, but that hit kinda bent the leg inward and it won't stand properly!" John yelled.
"Well thank you John!" I exclaimed sarcastically. "Dudes!!! I can't hold on any longer!!!"
"What the hell are we gonna do?!" Adam asked.
"I don't know man! Hopefully Rey can find Mark," Matt said.
"Guys, he's not here. We're the only one's here right now," Rey said gasping for air.
"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?!" I screamed.
"What are we gonna do?" Rey asked.
"Catch her," Adam said as he stood under me.
"Excuse me?" Rey said.
"Catch her," Adam said again holding his arms out.
"That's a long way down man!" Matt exclaimed.
"Well, what else are we gonna do?!" Adam yelled.
"Alright, alright. Just be careful and don't drop her!" Matt yelled.
"Oh gees, what's the fun in that?!" Adam replied sarcastically. "Okay, Case, sweetie, I need you to fall down! Let go!"
"LET GO!? You're gonna catch me?!" I exclaimed struggling to hold on.
"YES!!!!" Adam yelled back.
"Oh please God! Let me live!" I prayed as I let go. I fell threw the air and when I thought I wouldn't ever land, I felt arms under me.
"I got ya!" Adam said excitedly.
"Oh thank you God!" I exclaimed as I opened my eyes. "Are you okay?" Adam asked as he set me on my feet.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I looked at each of the guys and smiled as I saw the worry on their faces. "Why didn't you just let me flip off in the first place?"
"Because," Matt replied.
"That's not a reason," I said putting my hands on my hips.
"I was afraid you'd get hurt. I didn't wanna see you hurt," he said turning away from me.
"Awe, Matty, do you actually have a heart?!" I joked.
"Case, come on. I would have been crushed if you had been hurt. I love you. You know that," he said with a sad expression on his face. I tilted my head and smiled.
"You really do care." I wrapped my arms around him and kissed his cheek.
"Of course I do. I wouldn't have rescued you from Jim if I knew there wouldn't have been something between us. I always had a feeling about you. A special one. I knew we'd be tight, ya know? You're the little sister I never had. I have to look out for you. It's my brotherly instinct," Matt said seriously.
"I know. And you're the older brother I never had and always wanted. I know you care about me and don't wanna see me hurt, but I'm 18."
"Almost 19," John piped in.
"Yeah, that's a month away and we don't need to discuss that," I said glaring at him. "Anyways, I can take care of myself. If I get hurt, I get hurt. That's my own problem. It comes with the business. I've learned to live with the pain. Plus, you're not always gonna be there. So, if you stop worrying about me now then maybe you won't worry about me later in time."
"I can't help but worry about you. I love you kid," Matt said kissing the top of my head.
"I love you too."
"AWE!" Rey, John, and Adam exclaimed, snapping us out of our little moment. We looked them and we all broke into laughter.
"Let's get out of here and get you that massage!" John said putting his arm around me. I smiled as we climbed out of the ring.
"Case, calm down. He'll be here!" Matt said as we stood in the airport. I looked at the screens to see when Shane's plane was going to land and it wasn't listed.
"His plane isn't listed, Matt. What if it was cancelled or something?" I worried. He put his arm on my shoulder as Shane's plane flashed on the screen.
"Well, see, look there. He'll be landing in a half hour. It was just a little late!" Matt said. I sighed deeply as we sat in chairs by his gate.
"Thank you for coming with me."
"Not a problem. I was glad too. He's my best friend after all," Matt said with a smile. I relaxed into the seat and closed my eyes. "I'm gonna go get some coffee. You want anything?"
"Yeah, could you get me a French vanilla cappuccino?" He nodded and walked away. I crossed my arms and looked out the window.
"I'm sorry to bother you, but are you Angel?" I looked at a tall teenage girl and raised my eyebrows.
"Ummmm, no sorry. My name's not Angel," I replied politely.
"Oh. You're not Mystic Angel? The Hurricane's girlfriend? The Hardy Boyz valet? The new WWE Diva? The flier?" she questioned. I sat up straight and stared at her.
"OH!!" I exclaimed as the light bulb went off. "Yeah, sorry about that. Total brain block!"
"That's okay," she said with a laugh. "I'm Mandy and I'm a huge fan. I think you're awesome."
"Well, thank you. I'm glad to hear that," I said shaking her hand. I motioned for her to sit down and she did without hesitation.
"Are you waiting for your plane to arrive?" she asked curiously.
"No, actually, I'm waiting for my boyfriend to get here," I replied with a smile.
"Wow. Are you really dating Shane Helms?" she asked with her eyes wide. "Yes, I am," I said with a laugh.
"Wow, you're really cute together. I'm a big Shane fan as well. There's this website that says it's an official website of you all. I believe it's like extremecarolina.com or something like that. Is it really the official website?" she asked. I laughed and nodded.
"Yeah, it's official. It's the website I created. Do you like it? I mean, it's still got a lot of work to be done on it, but I'd love to hear what you think of it."
"I love it. I think it looks great! It's really cool that you're taking time to do something like this. Us fans really appreciate it," she said softly.
"Here ya go!" Matt said handing me my cappuccino. Mandy looked up at him and had a deer caught in headlights look on her face. I laughed as Matt looked from her to me.
"Am...Am....am I in your seat?" she stuttered, starting to stand.
"No, that's okay. Sit there. I can sit right here," Matt replied sitting in a seat across from us.
"Matt, I want you to meet Mandy. Mandy this is Matt Hardy," I said introducing them. They shook hands and Mandy smiled brightly. I laughed as I sipped my drink
"Nice to meet you Mandy. Fan?" Matt asked with that cocky smile of his. I rolled my eyes as I saw her begin to drool.
"Yeah. A big fan. I love you guys. All of you. Jeff, Shane, Lita, Angel, Shannon, and of course you!" she exclaimed. I shook my head as Matt's smile got bigger.
"That's great. We love to hear those things," Matt said as a plane landed.
"SHANE!!!!" I screamed happily as I jumped up and ran for the gate exit.
"Well, looks like we lost her," Matt said moving next to Mandy.
"Damn and I wanted her autograph too!" she said upset.
"Well, if we can pry the two of them away, we'll get you that autograph!" Matt said politely.
"Thank you so much! Do you think Shane would give me one?" she asked curiously.
"Of course! He would love to give you one, I'm sure of it," Matt said as she pulled out a pen and pad of paper out of her book bag.
"Can I have yours?" she asked shyly, holding out the pen and paper. Matt smiled more and took the pen out of her hand.
"I would be happy to," he said as he began to write a note on the paper.
"Come on Shane! Where the hell are you?!" I exclaimed to myself as I searched through the crowd of people. I moved past a couple people, to get closer to the doors, and saw a man in dark sunglasses, black wife-beater, black leather coat, and blue jeans. His wavy green hair made him recognizable and he looked for someone. I gasped as we ran at each other. He dropped his bag and picked me up into his arms. I wrapped my arms around his neck and we shared a passionate and much awaited kiss.
"I missed you!" he exclaimed as he set me on the floor.
"I missed you too," I said softly. I looked at his face and took his sunglasses off to see his beautiful and missed brown eyes. "I love you."
"I love you too." He kissed me once again and picked his bag back up. He kept his arm around my waist as I led him to the seats where I had been sitting. Matt looked up and smiled at us.
"Hey bro!" Matt exclaimed hugging his best friend.
"Hey man!" Shane replied looking at Mandy. "Who's your friend?"
"This is Mandy. She's a fan," Matt said as she stood to shake Shane's hand.
"It's nice to meet you," Shane said sweetly.
"Nice to meet you too!" Mandy replied excitedly.
"Mandy was wondering if she could have your autographs," Matt said nicely.
"Yeah, of course!" Shane and I exclaimed as she smiled. She pulled out her pen and paper and we signed it happily.
"Mandy!" a man yelled.
"Coming Nick!" she yelled back. "That's my older brother. Thank you so much for this!"
"No problem!" I said as we all gave her a hug. She smiled as she walked to her brother. "Well, that was nice," Shane said as he took a sip of my cappuccino.
"Yeah it was. She was a very sweet girl," Matt said as we walked to luggage claim. We waited while Shane grabbed his bags and suitcases. Matt and I helped him carry his stuff out to the car and we drove to our hotel.
"It's so good to see you," Shane whispered in my ear as he slipped his hand up and down my leg. He kissed my cheek lightly as Matt drove down the road.
"It's good to see you too. What do you wanna do tonite?" I asked. Shane winked at me as he continued to rub my leg. I bit on my lower lip and smiled.
"I've got some plans," Shane whispered.
"Oh you do?!" I smirked. He nodded as he took his hand away. "Driver...step on it!!!!"
"Yeah, right. As if I'd do something like that," Matt replied.
"Evil man!" I exclaimed.
"So, how was your nite back with Shane?" Nidia asked as I placed my bag on the bench in the locker room.
"It was excellent. We had an excellent time," I said with a smile.
"I thought so. You just have that smile. You both do!" she laughed.
"It was the best sex we've had together since the first time. Seriously. It was just great!" I exclaimed with a dreamy smile.
"CASEY?!" a woman yelled from the showers.
"Bet you're not used to a woman screaming out your name!" Nidia joked.
"Well, that was uncalled for!" I laughed. "Yes?"
"Casey!" the woman screamed again. All I saw was a flash a blonde and arms being wrapped around me. "Oh my God!!! I've missed you so much!!!"
"TRISH!? AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!" I screamed. We stood in the middle of the room hugging for what seemed like forever. Then she pulled back and slapped my shoulder.
"Hey!! What was that for?!" I exclaimed rubbing my arm.
"You never called me!" she yelled with a frown on her face. Then she suddenly broke into a smile. "But I still love you!"
"I know!" I laughed as we embraced again.
"I've been watching Smackdown and Velocity and some of the house show tapes. You are kickin some ass girl!" she said with a proud smile.
"I try."
"You don't need to try too hard to kick our asses!" Nidia joked as she walked out the door.
"So, are you close with Nidia and Torrie?" Trish asked as we sat down.
"Not really. I mean, they're great girls and all, but they're not you and Nora. You two are my girls!" I smiled.
"Do you have a lot of friends over there?" she asked.
"Yeah, I'm close with the guys. You should see me. Normally I would be in the Diva's locker room with you and Nora, but not there. I'm always in the guy's locker room. I hang out with Shane, John, Adam, Matt, Rey, and all the others."
"And they don't have a problem with you being in there?"
"No. Not at all. They don't even notice me anymore. They're so used to me being in there!" I laughed as Jeff burst into the room. I jumped up and so did Trish. We both ran to him at the same time, but he embraced Trish first. I stood back and stared at them, hurt and confused. I watched as Jeff placed a soft kiss on Trish's lips. I looked at the floor and felt very uncomfortable around them for the first time.
"Hey Trish," Jeff said as they parted. Trish looked at him with a dreamy smile.
"Hey," she said softly. I looked up as Jeff looked over Trish's shoulder.
"Hey Case," he said casually. He didn't even move. He didn't go to give me a hug, or a kiss, or anything.
"Hi," I said as I moved passed them and out the door. I crossed my arms as I walked through the halls depressed.
"Casey?!" a voice yelled from behind me. I turned around and saw the rock star himself.
"Hey Chris!" I said as he walked up to me. He hugged me and kissed my cheek.
"How are you doin?" he asked.
"Aight. I guess. I'm just, I don't know. Jeff isn't as welcoming as he used to be," I said as I lowered my head.
"Hey, don't worry about it. He's been like that since he and Trish got together," Chris said. I nodded and looked at him. His hair was loose and the red ends hung off his shoulders. He wore a sleeveless Fozzy shirt and loose blue jeans. He had dirty old sneakers on and carried sunglasses in his hand.
"It's good to see you Chris," I smiled.
"You too. Hey, I have something for you. Something I know you'll love." He grabbed my hand and dragged me to the guys' looker room.
"What is it?" I asked curiously. I sat down on one of the benches and watched him dig through his duffle bag.
"Aha!" he exclaimed pulling out a small wrapped gift.
"Chris, what did you get me?" I asked as he handed it to me.
"Open it!" he said excitedly. I sighed and ripped the paper off of the gift.
"Chris! You shouldn't have!" I laughed as I examined the gift that was in my hands.
"So? What do you think? I know you love rock music and I figured this would be the best group for you to have added to your collection," he said with a huge smile.
"I love it Chris. Thank you so much," I said wrapping my arms around his neck.
"I knew you'd like it! Jeff tried telling me that you wouldn't like my band. But I'm like, listen Jeff, there isn't a person in this world that doesn't like Fozzy!" he exclaimed as I laughed.
"Casey!!! I can recognize that laugh anywhere's," Rob said walking in from the back. "Yeah, it's me," I said as I backed away from Chris. I walked to a wet Rob and hugged him. "Did you see what Chris gave me?"
"Yeah I know. He was so excited to give it to you!" Rob said with a laugh.
"Did I hear that Casey was here?!" Scott yelled as he walked into the locker room.
"Yeah, I'm here! Can't keep me away for too long," I joked as I hugged him.
"I want to read some more of your poetry!" Scott said as we broke away.
"I'm gonna start posting all my poetry on the website that I'm making," I said as I sat on the bench.
"Oh right. Jeff told me about that," he said as he set his gear down. "Ya know, I don't know why I come to the damn pay per views anymore. I haven't had a match on here for, well, I don't remember the last time!"
"Dude, we all have to be here!" Shane said as he walked in the door. "Whether we have a match or not!"
"Yeah, I mean, when do you actually think I'm gonna get on one of these?!" I complained. Shane kissed my cheek and grabbed a bottle of water.
"You'll get on one. Ya never know. Maybe at the next pay per view, which also happens to be on your birthday, you'll have a match," Shane said sitting next to me.
"I doubt it. I'm too new. They're not gonna do that yet!" I said as I sipped some of his water.
"Have faith, kiddo. You've got a lot of talent. Vince knows this. You'll get on it soon," Rob said.
"Casey, wait up!" Jeff yelled as I walked into the parking garage.
"What Jeff?" I asked turning towards him.
"I heard the news," Jeff said happily.
"Yeah, I'm really excited too, I guess," I said sadly. He wrapped his arms around me and kissed my cheek.
I pushed back and looked at him. "Shouldn't you be heading back with Trish right now?"
"What's the matter? I mean we never got to give each other a proper hello," he said with a slight smile.
"Yeah, well, everything's fine. I gotta go. Shane's waiting for me in the car. Tell Trish bye for me," I said as I picked up my bags and continued to walk.
"I missed you Case!! I love you baby! I really do!" Jeff yelled after me. I stuck my hand up and waved him off. I continued on my way to the car and left Jeff standing in that same spot watching me walk away. I got to the car and slammed the door once I got in.
"Whoa. Chill out. What's wrong?" Shane asked as we pulled out of the garage.
"Nothing. People just piss me off!" I exclaimed as I crossed my arms.
"Ya know, I never really saw you with Jeff today. In fact, I never once saw you with Jeff," Shane said as I slipped Fozzy into the cd player.
"Asshole," I muttered.
"Did you just call Jeff an asshole?" Shane asked shocked as the rock sound of Chris's band sounded throughout the car. I cranked the volume up and Shane immediately turned it down.
"What?!" I yelled.
"What's goin on with you and Jeff?" he asked.
"I don't wanna talk about him."
"Case, please, tell me."
"Ya wanna know?" Shane nodded and I sighed deeply. "The ass totally ignored me today. He went right for Trish, who he sees all the damn time, and ignored me who he barely sees. How would you fuckin feel about that?!"
"Alright. I'm sorry. I'm sure things will get better. Did you say goodbye to Mark tonite?" Shane asked.
"No! Fuck!!!" I screamed as I slammed my fist on the glove compartment.
"Casey! Don't do that! Jesus, you'll hurt yourself," Shane said putting his hand on my knee. I cranked the volume up again and Shane sighed.