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*~The Next Morning~*

"Ryan...Ryan. Come on I know your body hurts but you have to get up. We've gotta be at the arena by 11:00." Jeff said gently shaking Ryan's shoulder.

"The show doesn't start till 9:00, why do we need to be there at 11:00?" She questioned, pulling a pillow over head. Jeff sighed.

"Ryan, you know Vince always wants us early so he can have a meeting to go over the paper-view from the night before." He said pulling the pillow off of her head.

"But my back hurts!" Ryan whined, pulling the blankets over her head this time.

"Where are the pain killers that the EMT's gave you?" Jeff asked getting up and walking over to her bag. She replied but it was muffled by the blankets. "I can't help you if I can't understand you." Ryan pushed the blankets over her head.

"There in the front pocket of my bag." She said slowly sitting up. Jeff went through the pocket and found them.

"I'll be right back." He said going into the bathroom. A few moments later he came back out with a cup of water. "Here these will kick in, in about half an hour." He said handing her the pain killers and the cup of water.

"Thanks." Ryan said taking the pills and slowly limping over to her bag searching for some clothes.

"I'm gonna go back to my room to shower and stuff. You want me to pick you up?" Jeff asked.

"Yea, how about in an hour."

"Sure. I'll be back in a little while." He said picking up his bag and heading out the door. Ryan walked into the bathroom and turned on the hot water.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow." She said as she slowly pulled off her shirt. Getting her pants off was a much easier task. Ryan stepped under the hot spray of the water and sighed in contentment. As the water ran over her body, she thought about the night before. Jeff had shown her just how much he cared about her by making sure she was alright and helping her when she really needed it. And she had to admit, kissing him last night felt sooooo good and she really wanted to make it an everyday occurrence, but could she really trust him? Deep down in her heart she knew that the past would not repeat itself and she could trust Jeff, but what her mom had done to her and her family over 8 years ago still affected her today and caused her to doubt her trust for him. "I have to talk to him." She said to herself.

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Ryan was still trying to get dressed when Jeff knocked on her door. "Is that you Jeff?" She called through the door.

"Yea" Came the reply. Ryan swung open the door and quickly pulled him in.

"Thank God you're here. I really need you're help." She said and Jeff noticed she was only wearing a pair of flare hip huggers and a lacy red strapless bra.

"Umm...what can I...what do you uhh...need help with?" He finally managed to stutter out. Ryan gave him an amused look.

"Well...it took me forever to get my bra on and it hurts like hell when I try to get this damn halter top on." She said holding up a red halter top. "So...can you help me?"

"Oh, yea sure." Jeff said taking the halter top from her. He pulled it over her head and let her straighten out the front. "Turn around." Ryan quickly did as she was told. Jeff tied the back of her halter top. "Nice bruise." He said referring to the large bruise that took up about half of her back. He gently ran his hand over it. She winced slightly. "Sorry."

"I'm alright, it still hurts like hell but I'll live." She said picking up a few gold rings and putting them on. "Jeff, do we have anytime to talk?" She asked almost nervously.

"Yea sure." He said sitting down on the bed. Ryan slowly sat down next to him.

"I need to tell you something." Jeff gave her a nervous glance. "It's not really bad, well at least the part where you come in." Jeff nodded his head, urging her to go on. "I need to tell you about my mom. I know your probably thinking 'what the hell does her mom have to do with me?' she's actually the reason why I have trust problems. When I was about 13, my mom cheated on my dad and left my family to run off and be with her little boyfriend. It screwed up all of our lives. Gillian, she was like 10 years old, and I had to raise her. I mean my dad did what he could, but I was the one who helped her when she first got her period, when she went on her first date, when her heart was first broken, and I was the one who had to give her the whole sex talk. Those are all things that a mother should be doing for her daughter not her sister. I mean, I couldn't even have a normal life growing up 'cause I had to always think 'how is this gonna influence Gillian?' I rarely went out to those wild parties or did the normal teenage thing because I was always watching out for her. I've hated my mom since the day she left us." Ryan said as Jeff wiped away a few tears that had escaped her eyes. "You see this is where you come in. Last night you really showed me how much you care about me, and I know deep down that I can trust you, but my brain just keeps reminding me of what my mom did and it just scares me because I don't want to get hurt again. When I kissed you last night, it felt right and it just made me realize how much I miss you and how much I want to be with you again." She said resting her head on Jeff's shoulder.

"I don't want you to do something you're not comfortable with Ry." She looked up at Jeff.

"But if I feel comfortable with it you don't mind."

"Of course not, as Amy would say just do what feels right." He said brushing a stray strand of hair away from her eyes. *Well, here goes nothing* Ryan thought before pulling Jeff's face towards hers, crushing their lips together. When she pulled away, Jeff looked just as shocked as he did when she had kissed him last night. He put his hand up and softly caressed her cheek. "Are you sure about this?"

"Yea, I know you love me and I know I love you, but I swear to God if the past EVER repeats itself, you will NEVER, EVER see me again." She said trying to get her point across.

"Believe me babe that will never happen again. These past months without you have been a torturous hell for me."

"Alright, well then we better get our asses moving before we are late and Vince kicks both our asses." She said giving him a quick kiss as she slowly got up.

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A/N: I'm soooooo sorry that it's short. I'm not sure when the next chapter will be up. If it's not up by 2morrow then it most likely won't be up 4 at least the next week. I'm sorry but, I've gotta try & write @ least another chapter 4 my other story b4 X-mas break is over. I know a lot of ppl wanted Jeff & Ryan back 2gether so I decided 2 get them back 2gether. Thanx 2 JLloyd chris lover, chipmunkdani, & Jeffs-NC-BabyGurl (I'm crossing my fingers 4 ya gurl) 4 reviewin'!!! That's all I have 2 say 4 now so as always plz, plz, plz review!!!!

Laterz

*~Aimie~*

(aka:*~lilmizzxtreme~*)