Disclaimer: I own Angel Michael's, and for that I am grateful, otherwise the other guys and girls listed in this purely romantic wrestling story all own themselves and the WWE owns whatever characters they have created for them.

A/N: Wow two chapters in one-day god damn it. I feel like its old times again, and remember as always review and read, and all that sweet shit. I thrive off it.

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As soon as Angel had gone out with Shawn, who wanted to take her out on the town since they hadn't seen each other in the two weeks she'd been back in Carolina, Matt went to find his brother and his best friend. It was time they had this time alone and got everything in the open so that their new living arrangement wouldn't start crumbling before it even began.

"What do you want Matt, can't you see I'm in the middle of something here?" Jeff asked as his brother burst through his room door. Putting down his guitar he looked up at Matt, completely frustrated.

"You work on your music all week long, and then come back and work on it some more? I thought you wanted the time off from the ring and the music to relax and figure out where you want to be in your life?"

"I do Matt, you just don't get it I guess. I had this wicked idea for a song like five minutes before you stormed in here, and now it's lost. So now that I cant think straight, what was all the slamming doors and straight faced looks about?"

"Come downstairs. There is something I want to talk to you and Shane about before Angel gets back. I warned you this was coming all right? So just humor me and get the hell downstairs or else."

Walking out of the room Matt walked down the hall to Shane's room and pausing a moment before knocking, he took a moment to think about what he was really doing here. He didn't want to get involved in Angel's life, but they were as close as two people could get, and the reason for her running off before was still very much on everyone's mind. He had to make sure that the same thing didn't happen again at any cost. He had her in his life again and he wasn't about to lose her because of the actions of two men that couldn't get their emotions in check when she was around them.

"Come on in Matt, I can hear you stewing in your own shit out there, and it's bothering me." Shane called from the other side of the closed door.

Opening the door and smiling a little smile he made his way into the room. Shane liked to keep most of his stuff neat, but that's because more then half of it was memorabilia and he didn't want the clutter to ruin it. Sitting down on the bed he raised his head to speak.

"I need you to come downstairs and have a chat with me and Jeff, can you do that buddy?"

"Yeah, sure I can, but what is this all about? You sound so serious. I mean you're always serious, but this time it's like manic or something."

"You'll know everything when you come downstairs alright? I don't want to get into it up here."

"Yeah, I'll be right down, I just want to finish this commentary for my site. It's been like forever since I did one, and the fans are starting to lose it with anticipation on what their Sugar is doing."

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" So have you heard from Lindsay?"

"Yeah about six times since I left, which would mean almost like once every two days. Shawn he sounds so pathetic it's unbelievable. I don't feel bad for leaving him anymore because it had to happen for me to be alright, but damn it, he doesn't think he did a damn thing wrong."

"Yeah I got that impression when I spoke to him the day we came for you. He just needs help, so whatever you do, or whatever he says, stay the hell away. I like the fact that you're back with Matt because I know when I cant be there, he will be."

"Yeah he loves me, and he wont let me get hurt anymore."

"Actually there's something else I wanted to talk to you about. Please feel free to tell me to butt out if its totally off base, but have you ever thought about being with Matt?"

Angel blushed and pushed her hair behind her head. This was a topic she had only thought about once before, and at the time it was really awkward because of her and Jeff at the time, but thinking on it now, it didn't seem that out of place. She had thought of Matt at one time like the brother she'd never had, but lately, there was something there, and she focused more on the friendship and the closeness not the brother sister hood they had going.

"It's been thought about and that's as much as I can say at this point Shawn. We stayed in touch the entire time through everything, and I'll admit, there have been points when I look his way and he's just about the sweetest thing I've ever seen, but not since me and Lindsay split. After the hell I went through saying I didn't have a thing for Matt and making Lindsay understand we were friends, it would seem retarded to just change my mind on it now."

"Have you actually ever broached the subject with him? I mean he's been single this entire time too. Maybe he's waiting for you to decide what you want to do."

"Matt wait for me? You've completely come off your rocker Shawn. He thinks of me the way I should be thinking of him, as my best friend and like family."

"But he's not family is he?"

Angel slapped Shawn gently and tried to change the subject, but as they got into a conversation about music, she couldn't help feeling herself floating back to Matt and what he actually did feel for her, and the possibility that it could be more then it was on the surface. Shawn was right, he wasn't family, and there was nothing stopping them. She thought about it for a second more and decided that when she got home that night, she'd sit down and have a heart to heart with Matt, and then decide where she was going to go next.

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"So what is this about Matt?"

"Yeah bro, I've got some stuff that really needs my attention right now."

Matt sighed and sat down in the chair next to the stairs. He knew they didn't know what he was going to say to them about Angel and that it confused them but he had to make sure they knew what their place was in her life now. He didn't want her to run away again.

"Shane, what are your intentions towards Angel now that she's back?"

"Um, what?"

"I want to know what you plan on doing with her now that she's back and single."

"Matt, you know how I feel about the girl, the way I've always felt. I mean you were the one that threw me in her direction in the first place weren't you? I like her, there might even be a possibility of loving this girl, no matter what shit she goes through and how many times she runs away from us."

"Okay, I see, and Jeff, your turn."

"Matt you want us to stay away from her right now right? So what the hell do you care what we feel, we just have to tell you right now that we don't want to be with her and we can wait for her to make the moves."

"I don't want you to tell me what I want to hear, I want to hear what you mean and what your intentions are where our pretty new houseguest are concerned."

"It doesn't matter. The past has come and gone, and I don't want to look back on it. She left me, went to Shane and then in turn left him. She's messed up, well damn good for her but I don't want any part of it anymore. That's how I feel, so you guys can do whatever the hell you want where she is concerned. If she lives here I will talk to her, but other then that, I don't want to sleep with her or date her, or do anything with her other then be her buddy."

Matt sat back in the chair in shock. After all the time he had known his brother, Jeff had never been that vocally against something with someone in his entire life, which made Matt wonder what he was really hiding and how much he wasn't telling the guys. For now though, he had to accept what Jeff had said and just roll with it. If Jeff had said he wouldn't make a move, then Matt knew in his heart that he wouldn't.

Jeff's thoughts were running a mile a minute in his head. He was the better guy for Angel and he knew it, just from the way they always were together before everything went down the way it had. He just knew that Matt was fishing for information and he didn't want to be the one to give it to him, so he had said the first mean and hurtful thing that had come to his mind, and that was to lie. He did want to feel what he felt every time she was around him again, but not at the cost of the house. So for argument sake, he didn't want anything to do with her, and eventually it would be all right just the way it was.

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"Thanks for the night out Shawn, it was fun catching up with you like old times. Thanks for the advice too, I will keep it in mind." She hugged her brother close and walked up the front steps to enter the house. She heard voices coming from the inside so she decided to just creep in and not go noticed. Opening the door without a sound, she stepped in and saw Matt standing in front of Shane and Jeff, and they all wore serious faces. This didn't look like something she wanted to interrupt.

"Is that how you really feel Jeff? Can you be that trivial towards everything that's happened with her in your past?"

"Yeah I think I can. Yes I kissed her that day and Shane found out, and we weren't talking for awhile because of it, but it wasn't our faults. She took off and left us to deal with the fallout alone, so you know what Matt? Anyone who wants this girl can have her, because like I just said, she hurt me and hurt Shane, and even you. I don't want any part of someone that could do that and not show one bit of remorse."

Angel felt the tears start to fall and she didn't hold back. She just didn't expect that she would have made a small sob sound and had all three guys turn towards the door and see her standing there. With one quick movement she ran past Matt and into the kitchen, running up the stairs to her room. She heard them calling after her, but after what she'd just heard come out of Jeff's mouth, she knew she had heard enough. Slamming the door she just lay down on her bed and sobbed. Coming home was a mistake, one she would never make a third time.

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A/N: There's chapter nineteen, and like I said before, two in one day is my new record, so read and review, and don't worry the secret about who really ruined the brakes will be coming out soon. I just had to make a lead in for the next chapter to start and this was the best I could work with.