Chapter 14 – Moonlight Rendezvous
Jeff rolled off his bed with a thump. Upon getting beneath the covers many hours ago he had been curious as to whether thoughts of the woman named Tyana would plague his dreams. But instead they left his dream world and stayed with him in his sleep deprived state. His mind kept churning, churning, churning with images of her face, flashes of her smile, beams of her eyes, and all he could do was lie back and let himself drown in her, too tired and too curious to do otherwise. He knew she was staying on his floor, just a few doors down, but he knew her not, meaning it would be dreadful to disturb her at such an hour to ask such a ridiculous question as 'why is it I can't stop thinking about you?'. It was a stupid idea, he was aware, but it turned over inside his head time and again.
Jeff sighed at his stupidity and clambered up off the floor. Maybe a breath of fresh air would do him good. Within a minute he had pulled on a pair of pants and tied back his hair, already annoyed with it even though he had not yet stepped outside into the cool breeze of the night. He left his room, locking it as he went, then shuffled past Tyana's room and down the stairs. When he came to the lobby Jeff looked about, trying to decide whether to take a dip in the pool or walk around the grounds of the hotel. He opted for the cool water of the pool and headed out back to take a swim. But when Jeff stepped out onto the cold floor of the pool area he found he wasn't alone. Sitting by the pool, basked in the light of the moon, was the reason he couldn't fall asleep. Unaware of it, Jeff's lips curved up as he looked upon her, swishing her bare feet back and forth in the dark night water, her back to him. Ever so quietly Jeff walked across to join her.
He stood behind her, noting that she was still unaware of his presence as she gazed down into the pool at it's reflection of the black sky, and asked quietly, "Mind if I join you?" Instead of jumping, as he had thought she might, Tyana mildly broke her gaze away from the waters and then slowly turned her head so that she looked up at him. A smile crept onto her perfectly formed lips.
"By all means" then she gestured at the bare spot next to her. Jeff sat down next to her, only then realizing he had been so preoccupied with thoughts of her that he had forgotten to put on some shoes, and rolled up his pants before dipping his feet into the pool. Tyana looked down at his turned up jeans and giggled, "That's a good look for you, nice legs"
Jeff chuckled at her comment then nodded towards her rolled up pants, "you too, very fetching" She giggled at him again then let her eyes drift back towards the water that ripped twice over with the swinging of his legs and hers. They sat in silence for a long while, their legs bumping against one another's beneath the water on occasion, until Tyana sighed deeply and looked back over to him with big beautiful violet eyes that shone in the moonlight. For a long moment Jeff couldn't concentrate as he felt her stare penetrating his, her eyes studying his tired face, but he regained all sense of being when her lips parted irresistibly.
"You've been having trouble sleeping haven't you? I mean, not just tonight, for a while now" Jeff looked undeniably taken aback by her comment. She was right on the nose, but how was it that a woman who seemed like such a stranger to him could read him so well?
"How did you know?"
Her face was somber, serious, "You have bags under you eyes" and then she laughed. Jeff rolled his eyes but laughed too.
"Gee, thanks" Tyana ducked her head as she giggled again, as if she was embarrassed, and stared at her swishing feet with a smile. It was at that point Jeff felt a deep suppressed need to kiss her. He fought it. It was no secret to him that he found this woman attractive, one would have to be blind not to, but to act on it was something new altogether. It wasn't something Jeff Hardy would do. It wasn't something a gentleman would do. So he fought ever so hard to stop himself from acting on the impulse. He averted his eyes from her face, finding it only made him like her more. Slowly the desire faded, but slower than he would have hoped as he felt her breathing evenly beside him.
"So, you're on the road a lot, right?" she asked, trying to play it as if they had only seen one another, as apposed to knew one another well. There was no need to confuse the man.
"Yeah, most of the year" he confessed, shrugging a little then looking back over at the woman of turquoise hair.
She smiled, "how much do you miss Cameron then?"
Jeff made a small noise that was a half scoff, half sigh. Tyana thought it was adorable. "More than you could know. But at the same time it's ok, 'cause I'm traveling around doing something I love and seeing the world…well, maybe not right now"
Tyana's brow creased, "Whatcha mean?"
"Ugh, I've got some sort of health issues right now" he explained. Tyana's eyes flew wide open in alarm but eased as he continued to explain, "Not so much health issues really. It's weird, I've sort of been blacking out, and, well, having pains too"
"What sort of pains?" she quizzed curiously.
"Headaches, stomach aches, that sort of thing. But it's not just that; they're really intense, agonizing in fact. And eventually they always make me black out"
Sounds a lot like the ones I get as a side effect of the jumps, Tyana thought. "Have you seen a doctor about it?"
"Yeah, a couple actually. But they don't know what's wrong. And they've tested me for plenty of god awful things and they're still clueless. So I've been banned from any wrestling or activity concerning it really. Not just for my safety actually, I have a feeling they don't want to alarm the fans"
Tyana nodded in understanding. "So what do you do all day, watch everyone else do what you love?"
"No way, that'd drive me insane. Although I can't say I have many other options. No one will let me go out alone in case I black out or something. So it's go with them and get jealous or stay at the hotel and get bored"
"In other words you sit on your ass all day and do frail all?" she concluded, laughing.
Jeff chuckled too but his brow creased as he did so, "Frail? I've never heard that before"
Tyana blushed, for whatever reason, "No, um, you'll have to excuse me, I come out with some stupid stuff sometimes"
Jeff only smiled, "I wouldn't call it stupid; cute actually"
Feeling herself glowing red Tyana backed up a step onto their previous subject, "So do you want to go out and do something then? Because if they don't want you to go alone I'm sure I could find some spare time to go around with you, you know, get you out of this place" she gestured at the hotel around them.
"I'd like that"
"Cool…d'ya want to do something today? I don't think I have anything important to get on with"
"Yeah, sure, we'll sort something out" he smiled at her widely, obviously very happy with the idea, and Tyana blushed again. "Actually, I have a question"
"Ok, shoot"
"If you spent time in Cameron last year does that mean you were visiting someone—say, a relative or boyfriend—or did you live there?" At that point in time he wished he was a lot smoother with the opposite of sex because his question of her availability was either likely to go right over her head or he would end up being embarrassed for asking.
"No, I travel a lot; I like to spend quite a while in each place I go. So I just passed through Cameron as I went but I liked it so much that I stayed a while" He realized his question had in fact gone over her head. Although he was curious to know why he hadn't seen—or couldn't remember seeing—her around the small town, he was far more interested in knowing if she was with anybody.
"Travelling, huh? Where are you originally from?"
She hated lying to him but she continued to tell herself that it was only for the time being; only until he could remember. "New York. I've been traveling since I got out of high school"
"Interesting"
She just nodded. Jeff's mind was suddenly drowning him with questions to ask her. Unfortunately he could only ask one at a time. But Tyana some how knew he was getting very curious about her and decided that she should probably leave his questions until they went out later that day so that she could still remember all the lies she had told him. Tyana got to her feet, drawing the conversation to a close while she thought of a new word to use other than lies; temporary untruths sounded nicer. She picked up her boots,
"Oh, you leaving?" Jeff asked, watching her with sad eyes.
Tyana grinned, knowing they must have been there for quite some time, "Yeah, I'm in room 85 by the way, stop by when you decide you're ready to go out and do something" Jeff didn't mention that he had seen what room she went into. He just nodded,
"I will do. Any specific time?" Tyana considered it for a moment as she unrolled her pant legs. It was probably 4am now, maybe later. And Shadow was someone that seemed to like her lay ins.
"Anytime later than 10 is cool with me. I'll see ya around Jeff" She waved a little, with a gorgeous smile, then turned on her heel and headed back towards the lobby. Jeff watched her hips switch as she walked off, her boots in hand. He hadn't expected her to turn back to face him when she reached the doors. He could see her eyes twinkling with mystery as she spoke, "And Jeff, just so you know, I wasn't visiting a boyfriend back in Cameron." She winked, finally answering his question. He beamed at her, wished her goodnight, then watched her disappear inside. He nearly fell into the pool backwards when he replayed her wink. She was perfect.
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*A/N* See, I dunno why, I just liked this chapter. Maybe it's just me *shrugs* Shadow, as always, thanks for reviewing girl, I'm glad you're enjoying this story.
