A/N: Okay, before I start this chapter I want to address some stupidity
that has happened recently. The WWE stupidly released Jeff. What the fuck
is the reason to that?! I'm VERY upset about this. Yes, I will continue
to support and love Jeff. And yes, I will continue to watch WWE. Because
unfortunately the WWE is the only that cheers me up most days. Plus I need
my dosage of Shane Helms. But I'm telling ya, the minute they decide to
release Jeff is the minute I stop watching WWE. This is the stupidest
fucked up thing I've ever heard and personally, I WISH they'd lose massive
amounts of ratings and money because of this move. I can not imagine that
it was a mutual feeling. Jeff loves wrestling, true he has other things to
pursue, but God damn it, they gave him time off for anything he needed!
Jeff is the whole reason I started watching wrestling..........okay so the
Hardy Boyz were the reason. And I personally have been dreaming about
becoming a wrestling. Hell my big thing was to walk down with them. BOTH
of them. Of course I'm not going to stop dreaming of being a wrestler, but
Jeff is the whole reason I wanted to become one. He just did some amazing
shit that inspired me greatly. I can NOT imagine wrestling without him and
he will be greatly missed. And what the hell was the point to them coming
out with all that Jeff shit if they weren't going to keep him around long
term?! Everyone, this is like the worst nitemare. This just adds to the
hellashis month I've been having! It's been the worst month possible and I
should have just stayed in bed ALL FUCKIN MONTH!!! I should have known it
was gonna suck when all hell broke loose between my friends. Oh man, can I
like kill someone?! Lol This house show better be off the hook! Cause
I'll probably go AFTER Vince. I'll hunt the asshole down!! And I can do
it too!! Headquarters are in the same town my sister lives in!! MOTHER
FUCKERS!! UGH Does this even express the aggravation I'm dealing with
this month. Just a week and a half left to school.............mmmmmm I
can't wait for move out! Oh and Unloco is my new favorite band! Lol Now
onto the story. And I thank you GoddessInBondage for the use of Lizzie.
You rock CHICA!! Check out her stories ya'll!! They kick ass!!! Oh, I
don't own the Lion King, although with as many times as I have seen it, I
should! Lol Well, I mean, I own the tape, I just don't own it. You get
what I'm saying! lol
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"So, now that Charlie and Cinder have called it quits for awhile, are you gonna go for her?" Shannon asked Jeff as they took off their dirt bike helmets simultaneously. Jeff blew a chunk of green and black hair out of his face. He shook his head as he hit the kickstand on the bike.
"No way. Our relationship isn't like that, man," Jeff answered as he leaned up against a tree that was out in his backyard.
"Oh come on. You want her," Shannon smiled. "Personally I think it'd be awesome if two of my best friends hooked up. I always hoped it'd be Amy and C, but obviously that's not gonna happen."
"Oh that's sick Shannon," Jeff laughed as he wiped the sweat off his forehead.
"Yeah, but I mean, picture it. How awesome would it be to see the two of them together?" Shannon smiled as he wiggled his eyebrows.
"Okay, so yeah, it'd be some hot action but it's still sick," Jeff responded.
"So anyways, about you wanting Cinder," Shannon said as he continued with the previous conversation.
"Okay, I admit it, when I first met her, I thought she was hot and I wanted her then and there," Jeff laughed. "But now that we've become friends I really don't see her like that anymore. I mean you're best friends with her and have been could you have pictured yourself with her?"
"Oh God no! Well, alright, in middle school I had a tiny thing for her, but I realized it was just my hormones racing," Shannon joked. "But you don't think you'd ever date her?"
"Nah, I don't think she's really my type anyways," Jeff said.
"Guess she's just too much of a cheerleader for ya," Shannon laughed as he pulled his friend up to his feet. "Well, since you can go out and shit now, how about we get out of this heat and raid Trish's. We could go swimming and just hang out."
"Sounds good," Jeff smiled as they walked into his house.
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"You must be psyched about Charlie and Cinder," Rob smiled as he and Shane sat in front of the tv playing the newest wrestling game.
"Why do you say that?" Shane asked as he tried to focus on the game.
"Oh come on. We all know you have a thing for her," Chris answered as he watched the game.
"Ah, that's old. That happened way back in Sophomore year," Shane shrugged as Rob went for the pin.
"Yeah, and when did that end? Like when you found out she was with Charlie?" Chris teased. "Face it junior, you've always had a thing for her."
"You bitch!" Rob yelled as Shane kicked out. Shane smiled triumphantly as he went to pause the game and turned to Chris.
"I used to have a thing for her. She doesn't see me that way anyways. Besides, she's a cheerleader and one of the popular girls. All they ever see me as is a dork," Shane frowned.
"Dude, you are a dork," Rob laughed.
"Oh and you're one to talk!" Shane said as he punched Rob's shoulder. "Anyways, can we stop with the talk about Cinder. I say we talk about the new X-Men movie."
"I get dibs on taking Cinder," Chris exclaimed.
"Excuse me?" Shane said.
"Well, if you're gonna be an ass clown and not go after her, than I'm gonna jump at the chance to be with her again," Chris smiled smugly.
"Whatever happened to the "we're just gonna be friends" deal?" Rob asked.
"I'll throw it out the window if she will," Chris replied.
"So basically you're all hard up for Cinder," Andrew said as he walked into Rob's house.
"Hey, I haven't said anything about getting into her pants," Rob replied.
"No, but I bet you were thinking it," Andrew laughed as he flopped down on the couch.
"Oh and like you haven't wanted her in the past?!" Chris exclaimed.
"I admit it, when she came out of her shell and stopped that whole tomboy act, I wanted her," Andrew replied.
"Yeah, and look who got her! The jackass that everyone thought was the golden boy!" Chris yelled.
"Okay, what happened to this no talk about Cinder?" Shane asked.
"TAKE THAT BIATCH!!" Rob yelled in excitement as Shane turned to the tv in time to see Rob's man doing a victory dance. Shane tackled him to the floor in which caused a massive wrestling match in the Szatkowsky household.
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"So what's goin on at the airport?" Cinder asked as she waved her hand out the open window of Adam's grand am.
"You'll see. Just trust me," Adam smiled.
"Ya know, the last time you smiled like that and said those words to me I went through the attic roof and almost broke my ankle," Cinder laughed.
"That was funny! You should have seen the look on your face!" he laughed.
"I'm so glad that my pain can amuse you, Adam!" she replied slapping his shoulder.
"Me too!" he smiled.
"So anyways, would you tell me what's goin on?!" she exclaimed as they got out of the car at the large airport.
"No, I'm not telling you. It's a surprise," Adam smiled as he took his sister's hand and they walked into the large building together. After studying the arrival monitors for quite sometime, he pulled her towards gate 10, up the stairs, on the second floor. She sat in one of the seats while he looked out the window and she sighed as she sat in the air conditioned terminal.
"Adam, I'm getting bored!" she exclaimed as she looked around the place, trying to find something to do as she spotted a little kiddie play area. "I'm 5 seconds from playing with the kid's toys!"
"Come on!" he yelled with a smile as he pulled her towards the gate.
"I wish you'd tell me what's goin on!" she whined as a girl about her height walked through the large amount of people. She wore a pair of blue flares and a black form fitting t-shirt. She had on a pair of sneakers and her long auburn hair was pulled up into a ponytail. Cinder squinted, trying to place where she had seen this girl before. Adam waved at her and she waved back, hoisting her carryon bag on her shoulder. The girl ran towards the two of them and into Adam's arms. Cinder's jaw dropped as her eyes went wide with shock as she looked at her cousin who she hadn't seen in years, since they were like 12. "LIZZIE?!"
"CINDER!!" she screamed as the two girls hugged tightly. "It's so good to see you!"
"Oh my freakin word!! What the hell are you doin here?!" Cinder smiled excitedly as Lizzie grabbed her hand and they walked over to grab her luggage. Adam followed them with a smile on his face, shaking his head slightly.
"My parents are gone to like central America to study the Aztec building or some shit like that. So I'm gonna be living with you guys!" Lizzie replied excitedly.
"AH!! That so totally rocks!!" Cinder smiled as she turned on Adam angrily. She slapped him hard and glared at him. "Why the fuck didn't you tell me?!"
"Cause mom wanted you to be surprised. Why do you think she's been cleaning up the spare room?!" Adam laughed as he rubbed his arm.
"Thank you so much for picking me up, Adam," Lizzie smiled.
"This is gonna be so great having you here! You get to meet all my awesome friends!" Cinder said as she and Lizzie linked arms, leaving Adam to carry all the bags.
"Is that cutie Shannon still your friend?" she asked.
"Oh hell yeah!" Cinder smiled.
"Yeah, attached at the hip like normal," Adam laughed.
"But there are so many others you have to meet! Like Jeff, he's the greatest. And Rob, you'll love him. And Chris, well, you heard about him. Shane's so funny. And then there's my boy............nevermind. But there are so many people that you're gonna love!" Cinder rambled on.
"Rewind. Were you gonna say boyfriend?" Lizzie asked sounding quite intrigued.
"Past tense there Lizzie," Adam sighed as he threw her stuff in the trunk.
"Hey, fragile!" Lizzie joked.
"Yeah, I was gonna say boyfriend. But like Adam said, that's a past tense," Cinder sighed.
"Now you've got me wondering girl!" Lizzie said as she hung over the front seat.
"Alright, I had been dating this guy, Charlie, since July, but we split up Monday. So I've been a single girl since two days ago!" Cinder laughed.
"What made you guys split up?" Lizzie asked curiously.
"She got hit in the head by some common sense," Adam chirped.
"Shut up," Cinder growled. "Um, he was, um, how do I put this?"
"He was abusive," Adam stated.
"Oh wow, that's not cool," Lizzie shook her head as she leaned back in the car.
"So, do you start school tomorrow?" Cinder asked.
"Yeah, I think so," Lizzie replied.
"GREAT! It'll be so awesome to have another one of me around," Cinder laughed.
"Oh Jesus, just what we need in that house. More of you," Adam laughed.
"So, are you gonna show me off to your friends tonite, or what?" Lizzie asked.
"Um, no. I'm kinda grounded," Cinder responded.
"Ooooo, for what?"
"She skipped a whole day of school with her new partner in crime Jeff Hardy," Adam answered for his sister.
"Are you serious!? You rebel!" Lizzie teased.
"Hey now, I had the best time! The punishment was well worth it!" Cinder laughed.
"So what did you guys do?" Lizzie wondered.
"We went into the city, walked around, hung out, went into the Capefield house, nothing to big," Cinder replied casually.
"You went into that creepy old house?! I could never get you into that place!" Lizzie laughed.
"We were also like 9 at the time and Jay had convinced me that there was a monster following me around. Little did I know at the time that he meant Adam," Cinder teased grinning sarcastically at her brother.
"Ah, fighting like normal," Lizzie joked as they pulled into the driveway. "Is Aunt Leeann home yet?"
"Nah, she's working late tonite," Adam answered. "Oh C, you forgot to tell Lizzie the most exciting thing you did."
"What's he talkin bout C?"
"Jeff got me to go bungee jumping," she answered biting on her lower lip shyly as she helped carrying Lizzie's stuff.
"YOU WENT BUNGEE JUMPING?!" Lizzie yelled in shock.
"Yeah."
"Oh my God! That's so awesome! I should have known that of all people you'd do something like that! You were always jumping off your roof and shit," Lizzie laughed.
"C, there's a message on the machine for ya," Adam called from upstairs, probably putting Lizzie's things in her room.
"What the hell are you doin in my room?!" Cinder yelled as she ran up the stairs.
"I saw the light blinking, chill out!" Adam laughed as he walked into his own room.
"You have one new message. Message one," the machine spoke.
"Hey Cin, it's Jeff. Just wanted to say hey and that I'm not grounded anymore! Go me!" he said laughing.
"HEY C!!" Shannon yelled in the background. Cinder sat on her bed shaking her head at her friends' foolishness.
"Anyways, I'm gonna be around later tonite if you can call me back or maybe even come over. I have that picture that I have to draw for art and I'd really love to draw you. Ya know, the one of who you consider a true friend. I'd do Shannon, but he's a loser," Jeff joked. "Anyways, get back to me babe."
"You called her babe!" Shannon teased right before she heard a loud bonking noise and a dead phone.
"What a bunch of weirdos!" Cinder laughed as she fell back on her bed.
"So, was that Jeff that I heard?" Lizzie asked as she walked into Cinder's room.
"Yep, and Shannon. They've become really good friends," Cinder answered with a smile.
"C, Mom left a note. She's not gonna be home till late because of work. She doesn't think she'll be back till like early morning. And she says to go show Lizzie around, have fun, but be back by curfew, and Cinder, you're off groundation," Adam smiled.
"I'm free?!" Cinder exclaimed.
"Looks that way," Lizzie said.
Cinder jumped off her bed and did a back flip right in the middle of her room. She grabbed her car keys and Lizzie's hand as she ran passed Adam out of her room. "Where you goin?!" Adam exclaimed.
"Jeff's!" Cinder called just before she shut the door.
"Is it possible to have my hand back?" Lizzie laughed as she ripped her hand out of Cinder's grip.
"Sorry, but I'm so happy to be able to do normal things without being under the watchful eye of my mom!" she said as they jumped into her mustang. She sped out of the driveway, leaving tire tracks on the pavement.
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"Hey C, what's up?" Matt said opening the door.
"Jeff asked for me to come over so he could do his art project. So here I am. And this is my cousin Lizzie. Lizzie, this is Matt Hardy. Jeff's older brother," Cinder replied introducing the two.
"Hey," Lizzie said casually as Matt gave her a polite nod.
"Jeff and your dork of a friend, Shannon, are up in his room playing video games," Matt laughed stepping aside to let the two girls in. "Wait. Could you two smile for me?"
"What?" the girls asked together in confusion.
"Just smile. A big one, like you would if you got the best news ever," Matt requested. They did their best to smile like he asked and all he could do was laugh.
"What the hell was that all about?" Cinder asked.
"Your friend is a little bizarre, C," Lizzie whispered.
"Thank God he's really Adam's friend," Cinder replied.
"No, I'm not bein weird. It's just that your faces are so, similar. If it wasn't for the hair color and eye color, I'd say you were twins," he laughed. The two girls looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders before walking up to Jeff's room. They immediately heard the sounds of Marilyn Manson and knew their knocking wouldn't be heard so they walked right in. Sure enough, there were Shannon and Jeff, completely clueless to the outside world as they banged their heads to the music slightly and played a video game. Cinder looked around the weirdly decorated room, looking for anything to attack them with, as pay back for holding her down so Adam could tickle her feet. She looked at all the artificial plants, posters of Pearl Jam, various drawn pictures, and statues that were made of aluminum. That's when she realized that out of all the times she had been at Jeff's house, she had never once been in his room. Lizzie knew what was going on in her cousin's head and she also started searching the room. Then she saw a few unopened cans of Mt. Dew and smiled. She nudged Cinder's shoulder as she handed two off to her. They opened them up and walked up behind the two guys, still oblivious to the fact that the girls were in the room. Lizzie smiled at Cinder as she stood behind Shannon, ready to dump the two cans over his head. Cinder nodded and at the same time Jeff and Shannon were sticky and wet. They jumped up from their seats on the floor and turned, facing the girls who had match mischievous looks on their faces.
"What the fuck?!" Shannon yelled as he dripped with soda.
"Pay back's a bitch," Cinder laughed.
"Pay back?! For what?!" Jeff yelled.
"How about holding me to let Adam tickly my feet?" she asked.
"Oh," Jeff and Shannon replied.
"Right. Like I said, pay back's a bitch," Cinder said.
"And the dangerous cousin duo strike again!!" Lizzie laughed as she and Cinder high fived.
"Cousins?" Jeff questioned.
"Lizzie?!" Shannon exclaimed.
"In the flesh," she said flashing him that killer smile the Copeland's were known for.
"WHOA!!!" Shannon laughed as he hugged her tightly, in all his wet, soda, stickiness.
"Oh Shan!" she cried as he pulled away.
"Sorry," he replied trying not to laugh as Cinder didn't hold back on that laughter.
"Oh, you think that's funny?" Lizzie asked with her hands on her hips. "Ya know what? That's cool. Really, it's all in good fun?"
"Well, so you don't feel left out............." Jeff said with a grin that anyone would be afraid off. He held he soda can in his hand tightly as he approached Cinder.
"Nnnno, Jeff. Jeff, rethink this," Cinder pleaded as she backed up slowly.
"Like you said, pay back's a bitch," Jeff replied as he continued to stalk her.
"Jeffrey, don't do!" Cinder exclaimed in threatening voice. Jeff let out a laugh sounding as evil as Scar from the Lion King.
"So that's Jeff?" Lizzie asked Shannon as they observed the scene.
"Yeah, that's Jeff," Shannon smiled.
"He seems cool," she said.
"He's very cool," Shannon nodded as Jeff threw the can of soda on Cinder. Her eyes and mouth opened wide as she the yellow soda dripped off her.
"I don't believe you just fuckin did that!" Cinder exclaimed as she went on an assault on Jeff. He stood there laughing hysterically, taking all her hits. "And you stand there and laugh!"
"What's goin on?" Matt asked as he walked into the room. "Whoa, um, yeah, ya see the soda goes in the mouth."
"Shove it Matt!" Cinder yelled. Matt stepped back in shock, but started to laugh.
"C, you said it yourself, pay back's a bitch," Jeff laughed as Cinder stopped wailing on him.
"And to think, I came over here to help you with your damn art project. Now I think I'm gonna take my cousin and go home," Cinder said as she stuck her nose up in the air and started out the door.
"Wait! Cinder, I'm sorry," Jeff apologized.
"It's alright, cause I wasn't really leaving," Cinder laughed as she turned towards him. "But I do have one request."
"What's that?" Jeff asked.
"Shower?" she asked as she tried to pull apart her stuck together chunks of hair.
"Yeah, alright. I think that'd be a good idea. I can get your clothes washed while you're posing for my drawing," Jeff smiled as he began to rummage through his drawer.
"I don't have any other clothes," Cinder pointed out.
"You guys can borrow some of my clothes if you'd like," Jeff said offering Cinder a pair of black jeans and a Stone Sour t-shirt. She smiled at him and took the clothes out of his hands. She took off for the bathroom and quickly jumped in. "Umm, Shannon, could you possibly go get her clothes?"
"Why me? Lizzie, you go do it," Shannon said. Lizzie was too busy kicking Matt's ass at Mortal Kombat to be paying any attention to Shannon and Jeff. "Jeff, you do it."
"Nnno. You've been friends with her a hell of a lot longer," Jeff stuttered.
"FINE! I'll go," Shannon caved as he walked out of the room.
"So, do you have a thing for my cousin?" Lizzie asked while her character did their victory pose.
"Who are you talking to?" Jeff asked.
"You, Mr. Skittle head," Lizzie joked.
"I don't have a thing for your cousin," Jeff answered calmly. Lizzie's eyes grew in shock as she saw the truth in his eyes.
"You seriously don't. Wow," Lizzie said.
"Cin, where's your clothes?" Shannon called over the running shower as he stepped into the bathroom. Cinder pulled the dark shower curtain over and stuck her head out. Her hair was soaked and her face dripped with water.
"They're over there. But I'd appreciate it if you'd leave me my underwear," she laughed.
"Yeah, no problem," Shannon chuckled. "Hurry up, okay? Cause I wanna jump in and I'm sure the others do too."
"Alright. Hey, what do you think about my cousin?" Cinder asked as Shannon heard the water turn off.
"Lizzie? She's pretty cool. Why?" Shannon wondered.
"Do you think she'd fit in with us?" Cinder asked as she stuck her hand out searching for a towel.
"Oh hell yeah. If Rob can, she certainly can," Shannon answered as he handed her a towel.
"Thanks," Cinder said as she wrapped the towel around her body and stepped out of the shower. She wrung out her hair and smiled. Shannon stared at her adoringly with a stupid smile on his face. She tilted her head to the side. "Shannon, are you okay?"
"Huh? Um, yeah. I'm fine," Shannon stumbled through his words.
"Okay, I'll be out in few," Cinder chuckled as she pushed him out of the bathroom. She shook her head and changed into the clothes Jeff had given her.
"Shannon, you alright?" Jeff asked as Shannon slowly walked into Jeff's room carrying Cinder's clothes.
"Dude, I swear, I just saw an angel," Shannon muttered.
"An angel?" Matt laughed. "I look around this room and see no one that could be considered an angel."
"She looked like one to me," Shannon mumbled once again.
"Let me take these clothes from you, you go sit down before you hurt yourself, and when you're ready to shower, go grab some of my clothes," Jeff laughed as he took Cinder's clothes to be washed. Just as he walked by the bathroom Cinder walked out, his Stone Sour shirt had been tied up above her navel, showing off her tan and perfect abs. His jeans sat low on her hips, showing her blue camo thong. He smiled at her as he passed. "I'm gonna throw everyone's clothes in together. Is that okay?"
"That's fine. Thanks for the clothes," she smiled as she disappeared into his room.
"So this is where the party is!" Amy yelled as she burst into the room. A bright smile grew on Matt's face as he paused his game with Lizzie and stood to welcome his girlfriend. "Whoa, what the hell happened to ya'll?"
"Soda fight," Lizzie laughed as Jeff returned.
"Lizzie?!" Amy exclaimed as she went to hug her, but stopped suddenly and shook her head. "I'm not getting all sticky!" She laughed and cocked her head to the side. "What are you doin here?"
"My parents are off on another one of their trips so I'm livin with Cin and Adam," Lizzie smiled.
"That's so awesome! You guys should have seen some of the crazy shit we all used to do when we were little," Amy laughed.
"Like what?" Matt asked intrigued.
"Oh like when we were 10, Shannon, C, Lizzie, and I went to the lake in the middle of winter and since it wasn't frozen yet, we jumped in," Amy said.
"That's nuts," Jeff laughed.
"Oh you're one to talk," Matt said.
"Cinder, did you shrink or what?" Amy joked.
"Nah, these are Jeff's clothes. I'm borrowing them so mine can be washed since they're covered in soda," Cinder growled playfully.
"I love that thong!" Amy exclaimed, being the expert on thongs herself. "Where'd you get it?!"
"Um, I think I got this one in...........Pac Sun?" Cinder guessed.
"What did Bischoff want to speak to you about after school?" Matt asked.
"Oh my God! That creep! He fuckin hit on me!" Amy yelled as she flopped down on Jeff's bed.
"Yes, you're welcome to sit on my bed," Jeff said sarcastically.
"What do you meant he hit on you?!" Matt exclaimed getting a bit hot.
"He told me that I'd better stop showing off my thongs cause otherwise I might have unwanted hands there. And then he goes, but after you've felt my hands, you won't want no others!" Amy said.
"That asshole!" Matt raged protectively. "I'm telling you, if he ever says anything like that to you again, or to any of you girls, or touches you in any way, I'll fuck him up!"
"Chill Matt. I'm sure he won't again," Amy said rubbing his arm softly and giving him a smile.
"Promise me that if he does, you'll tell me?" Matt asked.
"Yeah, I promise," Amy replied reaching up to kiss his cheek softly.
"That goes for you two girls too," Matt said.
"Thanks Matt, but I've got my own protective brother," Cinder laughed.
"I'm serious C," Matt responded.
"Alright, I will," she said seriously.
"NEXT!" Shannon smiled as he walked into the room wearing a white wife-beater and baggy blue jeans. Lizzie's cheeks blushed a bit as she stood to jump in the shower, herself.
"Okay, I gotta know. What the hell happened at the end of the phone message?" Cinder asked as she sat next to Jeff on his bed. She rested her head on the wall and crossed her legs.
"I don't know," Shannon answered sounding fairly confused.
"The last thing I heard was Shannon yelled, "you called her a babe" and a bonking noise," Cinder laughed. Jeff's face turned bright red as he scratched his head.
"OH! That! Jeff nailed me in the head with the damn phone!" Shannon exclaimed. Cinder burst out laughing as did Amy.
"You hit him with the phone," Amy laughed.
"Yeah," Jeff replied shyly.
"That's priceless! I wish I could have seen that!" Cinder laughed.
"I did! It was pretty good. I laughed," Matt chuckled as he placed his arm around Amy's shoulders.
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"So, now that Charlie and Cinder have called it quits for awhile, are you gonna go for her?" Shannon asked Jeff as they took off their dirt bike helmets simultaneously. Jeff blew a chunk of green and black hair out of his face. He shook his head as he hit the kickstand on the bike.
"No way. Our relationship isn't like that, man," Jeff answered as he leaned up against a tree that was out in his backyard.
"Oh come on. You want her," Shannon smiled. "Personally I think it'd be awesome if two of my best friends hooked up. I always hoped it'd be Amy and C, but obviously that's not gonna happen."
"Oh that's sick Shannon," Jeff laughed as he wiped the sweat off his forehead.
"Yeah, but I mean, picture it. How awesome would it be to see the two of them together?" Shannon smiled as he wiggled his eyebrows.
"Okay, so yeah, it'd be some hot action but it's still sick," Jeff responded.
"So anyways, about you wanting Cinder," Shannon said as he continued with the previous conversation.
"Okay, I admit it, when I first met her, I thought she was hot and I wanted her then and there," Jeff laughed. "But now that we've become friends I really don't see her like that anymore. I mean you're best friends with her and have been could you have pictured yourself with her?"
"Oh God no! Well, alright, in middle school I had a tiny thing for her, but I realized it was just my hormones racing," Shannon joked. "But you don't think you'd ever date her?"
"Nah, I don't think she's really my type anyways," Jeff said.
"Guess she's just too much of a cheerleader for ya," Shannon laughed as he pulled his friend up to his feet. "Well, since you can go out and shit now, how about we get out of this heat and raid Trish's. We could go swimming and just hang out."
"Sounds good," Jeff smiled as they walked into his house.
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"You must be psyched about Charlie and Cinder," Rob smiled as he and Shane sat in front of the tv playing the newest wrestling game.
"Why do you say that?" Shane asked as he tried to focus on the game.
"Oh come on. We all know you have a thing for her," Chris answered as he watched the game.
"Ah, that's old. That happened way back in Sophomore year," Shane shrugged as Rob went for the pin.
"Yeah, and when did that end? Like when you found out she was with Charlie?" Chris teased. "Face it junior, you've always had a thing for her."
"You bitch!" Rob yelled as Shane kicked out. Shane smiled triumphantly as he went to pause the game and turned to Chris.
"I used to have a thing for her. She doesn't see me that way anyways. Besides, she's a cheerleader and one of the popular girls. All they ever see me as is a dork," Shane frowned.
"Dude, you are a dork," Rob laughed.
"Oh and you're one to talk!" Shane said as he punched Rob's shoulder. "Anyways, can we stop with the talk about Cinder. I say we talk about the new X-Men movie."
"I get dibs on taking Cinder," Chris exclaimed.
"Excuse me?" Shane said.
"Well, if you're gonna be an ass clown and not go after her, than I'm gonna jump at the chance to be with her again," Chris smiled smugly.
"Whatever happened to the "we're just gonna be friends" deal?" Rob asked.
"I'll throw it out the window if she will," Chris replied.
"So basically you're all hard up for Cinder," Andrew said as he walked into Rob's house.
"Hey, I haven't said anything about getting into her pants," Rob replied.
"No, but I bet you were thinking it," Andrew laughed as he flopped down on the couch.
"Oh and like you haven't wanted her in the past?!" Chris exclaimed.
"I admit it, when she came out of her shell and stopped that whole tomboy act, I wanted her," Andrew replied.
"Yeah, and look who got her! The jackass that everyone thought was the golden boy!" Chris yelled.
"Okay, what happened to this no talk about Cinder?" Shane asked.
"TAKE THAT BIATCH!!" Rob yelled in excitement as Shane turned to the tv in time to see Rob's man doing a victory dance. Shane tackled him to the floor in which caused a massive wrestling match in the Szatkowsky household.
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"So what's goin on at the airport?" Cinder asked as she waved her hand out the open window of Adam's grand am.
"You'll see. Just trust me," Adam smiled.
"Ya know, the last time you smiled like that and said those words to me I went through the attic roof and almost broke my ankle," Cinder laughed.
"That was funny! You should have seen the look on your face!" he laughed.
"I'm so glad that my pain can amuse you, Adam!" she replied slapping his shoulder.
"Me too!" he smiled.
"So anyways, would you tell me what's goin on?!" she exclaimed as they got out of the car at the large airport.
"No, I'm not telling you. It's a surprise," Adam smiled as he took his sister's hand and they walked into the large building together. After studying the arrival monitors for quite sometime, he pulled her towards gate 10, up the stairs, on the second floor. She sat in one of the seats while he looked out the window and she sighed as she sat in the air conditioned terminal.
"Adam, I'm getting bored!" she exclaimed as she looked around the place, trying to find something to do as she spotted a little kiddie play area. "I'm 5 seconds from playing with the kid's toys!"
"Come on!" he yelled with a smile as he pulled her towards the gate.
"I wish you'd tell me what's goin on!" she whined as a girl about her height walked through the large amount of people. She wore a pair of blue flares and a black form fitting t-shirt. She had on a pair of sneakers and her long auburn hair was pulled up into a ponytail. Cinder squinted, trying to place where she had seen this girl before. Adam waved at her and she waved back, hoisting her carryon bag on her shoulder. The girl ran towards the two of them and into Adam's arms. Cinder's jaw dropped as her eyes went wide with shock as she looked at her cousin who she hadn't seen in years, since they were like 12. "LIZZIE?!"
"CINDER!!" she screamed as the two girls hugged tightly. "It's so good to see you!"
"Oh my freakin word!! What the hell are you doin here?!" Cinder smiled excitedly as Lizzie grabbed her hand and they walked over to grab her luggage. Adam followed them with a smile on his face, shaking his head slightly.
"My parents are gone to like central America to study the Aztec building or some shit like that. So I'm gonna be living with you guys!" Lizzie replied excitedly.
"AH!! That so totally rocks!!" Cinder smiled as she turned on Adam angrily. She slapped him hard and glared at him. "Why the fuck didn't you tell me?!"
"Cause mom wanted you to be surprised. Why do you think she's been cleaning up the spare room?!" Adam laughed as he rubbed his arm.
"Thank you so much for picking me up, Adam," Lizzie smiled.
"This is gonna be so great having you here! You get to meet all my awesome friends!" Cinder said as she and Lizzie linked arms, leaving Adam to carry all the bags.
"Is that cutie Shannon still your friend?" she asked.
"Oh hell yeah!" Cinder smiled.
"Yeah, attached at the hip like normal," Adam laughed.
"But there are so many others you have to meet! Like Jeff, he's the greatest. And Rob, you'll love him. And Chris, well, you heard about him. Shane's so funny. And then there's my boy............nevermind. But there are so many people that you're gonna love!" Cinder rambled on.
"Rewind. Were you gonna say boyfriend?" Lizzie asked sounding quite intrigued.
"Past tense there Lizzie," Adam sighed as he threw her stuff in the trunk.
"Hey, fragile!" Lizzie joked.
"Yeah, I was gonna say boyfriend. But like Adam said, that's a past tense," Cinder sighed.
"Now you've got me wondering girl!" Lizzie said as she hung over the front seat.
"Alright, I had been dating this guy, Charlie, since July, but we split up Monday. So I've been a single girl since two days ago!" Cinder laughed.
"What made you guys split up?" Lizzie asked curiously.
"She got hit in the head by some common sense," Adam chirped.
"Shut up," Cinder growled. "Um, he was, um, how do I put this?"
"He was abusive," Adam stated.
"Oh wow, that's not cool," Lizzie shook her head as she leaned back in the car.
"So, do you start school tomorrow?" Cinder asked.
"Yeah, I think so," Lizzie replied.
"GREAT! It'll be so awesome to have another one of me around," Cinder laughed.
"Oh Jesus, just what we need in that house. More of you," Adam laughed.
"So, are you gonna show me off to your friends tonite, or what?" Lizzie asked.
"Um, no. I'm kinda grounded," Cinder responded.
"Ooooo, for what?"
"She skipped a whole day of school with her new partner in crime Jeff Hardy," Adam answered for his sister.
"Are you serious!? You rebel!" Lizzie teased.
"Hey now, I had the best time! The punishment was well worth it!" Cinder laughed.
"So what did you guys do?" Lizzie wondered.
"We went into the city, walked around, hung out, went into the Capefield house, nothing to big," Cinder replied casually.
"You went into that creepy old house?! I could never get you into that place!" Lizzie laughed.
"We were also like 9 at the time and Jay had convinced me that there was a monster following me around. Little did I know at the time that he meant Adam," Cinder teased grinning sarcastically at her brother.
"Ah, fighting like normal," Lizzie joked as they pulled into the driveway. "Is Aunt Leeann home yet?"
"Nah, she's working late tonite," Adam answered. "Oh C, you forgot to tell Lizzie the most exciting thing you did."
"What's he talkin bout C?"
"Jeff got me to go bungee jumping," she answered biting on her lower lip shyly as she helped carrying Lizzie's stuff.
"YOU WENT BUNGEE JUMPING?!" Lizzie yelled in shock.
"Yeah."
"Oh my God! That's so awesome! I should have known that of all people you'd do something like that! You were always jumping off your roof and shit," Lizzie laughed.
"C, there's a message on the machine for ya," Adam called from upstairs, probably putting Lizzie's things in her room.
"What the hell are you doin in my room?!" Cinder yelled as she ran up the stairs.
"I saw the light blinking, chill out!" Adam laughed as he walked into his own room.
"You have one new message. Message one," the machine spoke.
"Hey Cin, it's Jeff. Just wanted to say hey and that I'm not grounded anymore! Go me!" he said laughing.
"HEY C!!" Shannon yelled in the background. Cinder sat on her bed shaking her head at her friends' foolishness.
"Anyways, I'm gonna be around later tonite if you can call me back or maybe even come over. I have that picture that I have to draw for art and I'd really love to draw you. Ya know, the one of who you consider a true friend. I'd do Shannon, but he's a loser," Jeff joked. "Anyways, get back to me babe."
"You called her babe!" Shannon teased right before she heard a loud bonking noise and a dead phone.
"What a bunch of weirdos!" Cinder laughed as she fell back on her bed.
"So, was that Jeff that I heard?" Lizzie asked as she walked into Cinder's room.
"Yep, and Shannon. They've become really good friends," Cinder answered with a smile.
"C, Mom left a note. She's not gonna be home till late because of work. She doesn't think she'll be back till like early morning. And she says to go show Lizzie around, have fun, but be back by curfew, and Cinder, you're off groundation," Adam smiled.
"I'm free?!" Cinder exclaimed.
"Looks that way," Lizzie said.
Cinder jumped off her bed and did a back flip right in the middle of her room. She grabbed her car keys and Lizzie's hand as she ran passed Adam out of her room. "Where you goin?!" Adam exclaimed.
"Jeff's!" Cinder called just before she shut the door.
"Is it possible to have my hand back?" Lizzie laughed as she ripped her hand out of Cinder's grip.
"Sorry, but I'm so happy to be able to do normal things without being under the watchful eye of my mom!" she said as they jumped into her mustang. She sped out of the driveway, leaving tire tracks on the pavement.
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"Hey C, what's up?" Matt said opening the door.
"Jeff asked for me to come over so he could do his art project. So here I am. And this is my cousin Lizzie. Lizzie, this is Matt Hardy. Jeff's older brother," Cinder replied introducing the two.
"Hey," Lizzie said casually as Matt gave her a polite nod.
"Jeff and your dork of a friend, Shannon, are up in his room playing video games," Matt laughed stepping aside to let the two girls in. "Wait. Could you two smile for me?"
"What?" the girls asked together in confusion.
"Just smile. A big one, like you would if you got the best news ever," Matt requested. They did their best to smile like he asked and all he could do was laugh.
"What the hell was that all about?" Cinder asked.
"Your friend is a little bizarre, C," Lizzie whispered.
"Thank God he's really Adam's friend," Cinder replied.
"No, I'm not bein weird. It's just that your faces are so, similar. If it wasn't for the hair color and eye color, I'd say you were twins," he laughed. The two girls looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders before walking up to Jeff's room. They immediately heard the sounds of Marilyn Manson and knew their knocking wouldn't be heard so they walked right in. Sure enough, there were Shannon and Jeff, completely clueless to the outside world as they banged their heads to the music slightly and played a video game. Cinder looked around the weirdly decorated room, looking for anything to attack them with, as pay back for holding her down so Adam could tickle her feet. She looked at all the artificial plants, posters of Pearl Jam, various drawn pictures, and statues that were made of aluminum. That's when she realized that out of all the times she had been at Jeff's house, she had never once been in his room. Lizzie knew what was going on in her cousin's head and she also started searching the room. Then she saw a few unopened cans of Mt. Dew and smiled. She nudged Cinder's shoulder as she handed two off to her. They opened them up and walked up behind the two guys, still oblivious to the fact that the girls were in the room. Lizzie smiled at Cinder as she stood behind Shannon, ready to dump the two cans over his head. Cinder nodded and at the same time Jeff and Shannon were sticky and wet. They jumped up from their seats on the floor and turned, facing the girls who had match mischievous looks on their faces.
"What the fuck?!" Shannon yelled as he dripped with soda.
"Pay back's a bitch," Cinder laughed.
"Pay back?! For what?!" Jeff yelled.
"How about holding me to let Adam tickly my feet?" she asked.
"Oh," Jeff and Shannon replied.
"Right. Like I said, pay back's a bitch," Cinder said.
"And the dangerous cousin duo strike again!!" Lizzie laughed as she and Cinder high fived.
"Cousins?" Jeff questioned.
"Lizzie?!" Shannon exclaimed.
"In the flesh," she said flashing him that killer smile the Copeland's were known for.
"WHOA!!!" Shannon laughed as he hugged her tightly, in all his wet, soda, stickiness.
"Oh Shan!" she cried as he pulled away.
"Sorry," he replied trying not to laugh as Cinder didn't hold back on that laughter.
"Oh, you think that's funny?" Lizzie asked with her hands on her hips. "Ya know what? That's cool. Really, it's all in good fun?"
"Well, so you don't feel left out............." Jeff said with a grin that anyone would be afraid off. He held he soda can in his hand tightly as he approached Cinder.
"Nnnno, Jeff. Jeff, rethink this," Cinder pleaded as she backed up slowly.
"Like you said, pay back's a bitch," Jeff replied as he continued to stalk her.
"Jeffrey, don't do!" Cinder exclaimed in threatening voice. Jeff let out a laugh sounding as evil as Scar from the Lion King.
"So that's Jeff?" Lizzie asked Shannon as they observed the scene.
"Yeah, that's Jeff," Shannon smiled.
"He seems cool," she said.
"He's very cool," Shannon nodded as Jeff threw the can of soda on Cinder. Her eyes and mouth opened wide as she the yellow soda dripped off her.
"I don't believe you just fuckin did that!" Cinder exclaimed as she went on an assault on Jeff. He stood there laughing hysterically, taking all her hits. "And you stand there and laugh!"
"What's goin on?" Matt asked as he walked into the room. "Whoa, um, yeah, ya see the soda goes in the mouth."
"Shove it Matt!" Cinder yelled. Matt stepped back in shock, but started to laugh.
"C, you said it yourself, pay back's a bitch," Jeff laughed as Cinder stopped wailing on him.
"And to think, I came over here to help you with your damn art project. Now I think I'm gonna take my cousin and go home," Cinder said as she stuck her nose up in the air and started out the door.
"Wait! Cinder, I'm sorry," Jeff apologized.
"It's alright, cause I wasn't really leaving," Cinder laughed as she turned towards him. "But I do have one request."
"What's that?" Jeff asked.
"Shower?" she asked as she tried to pull apart her stuck together chunks of hair.
"Yeah, alright. I think that'd be a good idea. I can get your clothes washed while you're posing for my drawing," Jeff smiled as he began to rummage through his drawer.
"I don't have any other clothes," Cinder pointed out.
"You guys can borrow some of my clothes if you'd like," Jeff said offering Cinder a pair of black jeans and a Stone Sour t-shirt. She smiled at him and took the clothes out of his hands. She took off for the bathroom and quickly jumped in. "Umm, Shannon, could you possibly go get her clothes?"
"Why me? Lizzie, you go do it," Shannon said. Lizzie was too busy kicking Matt's ass at Mortal Kombat to be paying any attention to Shannon and Jeff. "Jeff, you do it."
"Nnno. You've been friends with her a hell of a lot longer," Jeff stuttered.
"FINE! I'll go," Shannon caved as he walked out of the room.
"So, do you have a thing for my cousin?" Lizzie asked while her character did their victory pose.
"Who are you talking to?" Jeff asked.
"You, Mr. Skittle head," Lizzie joked.
"I don't have a thing for your cousin," Jeff answered calmly. Lizzie's eyes grew in shock as she saw the truth in his eyes.
"You seriously don't. Wow," Lizzie said.
"Cin, where's your clothes?" Shannon called over the running shower as he stepped into the bathroom. Cinder pulled the dark shower curtain over and stuck her head out. Her hair was soaked and her face dripped with water.
"They're over there. But I'd appreciate it if you'd leave me my underwear," she laughed.
"Yeah, no problem," Shannon chuckled. "Hurry up, okay? Cause I wanna jump in and I'm sure the others do too."
"Alright. Hey, what do you think about my cousin?" Cinder asked as Shannon heard the water turn off.
"Lizzie? She's pretty cool. Why?" Shannon wondered.
"Do you think she'd fit in with us?" Cinder asked as she stuck her hand out searching for a towel.
"Oh hell yeah. If Rob can, she certainly can," Shannon answered as he handed her a towel.
"Thanks," Cinder said as she wrapped the towel around her body and stepped out of the shower. She wrung out her hair and smiled. Shannon stared at her adoringly with a stupid smile on his face. She tilted her head to the side. "Shannon, are you okay?"
"Huh? Um, yeah. I'm fine," Shannon stumbled through his words.
"Okay, I'll be out in few," Cinder chuckled as she pushed him out of the bathroom. She shook her head and changed into the clothes Jeff had given her.
"Shannon, you alright?" Jeff asked as Shannon slowly walked into Jeff's room carrying Cinder's clothes.
"Dude, I swear, I just saw an angel," Shannon muttered.
"An angel?" Matt laughed. "I look around this room and see no one that could be considered an angel."
"She looked like one to me," Shannon mumbled once again.
"Let me take these clothes from you, you go sit down before you hurt yourself, and when you're ready to shower, go grab some of my clothes," Jeff laughed as he took Cinder's clothes to be washed. Just as he walked by the bathroom Cinder walked out, his Stone Sour shirt had been tied up above her navel, showing off her tan and perfect abs. His jeans sat low on her hips, showing her blue camo thong. He smiled at her as he passed. "I'm gonna throw everyone's clothes in together. Is that okay?"
"That's fine. Thanks for the clothes," she smiled as she disappeared into his room.
"So this is where the party is!" Amy yelled as she burst into the room. A bright smile grew on Matt's face as he paused his game with Lizzie and stood to welcome his girlfriend. "Whoa, what the hell happened to ya'll?"
"Soda fight," Lizzie laughed as Jeff returned.
"Lizzie?!" Amy exclaimed as she went to hug her, but stopped suddenly and shook her head. "I'm not getting all sticky!" She laughed and cocked her head to the side. "What are you doin here?"
"My parents are off on another one of their trips so I'm livin with Cin and Adam," Lizzie smiled.
"That's so awesome! You guys should have seen some of the crazy shit we all used to do when we were little," Amy laughed.
"Like what?" Matt asked intrigued.
"Oh like when we were 10, Shannon, C, Lizzie, and I went to the lake in the middle of winter and since it wasn't frozen yet, we jumped in," Amy said.
"That's nuts," Jeff laughed.
"Oh you're one to talk," Matt said.
"Cinder, did you shrink or what?" Amy joked.
"Nah, these are Jeff's clothes. I'm borrowing them so mine can be washed since they're covered in soda," Cinder growled playfully.
"I love that thong!" Amy exclaimed, being the expert on thongs herself. "Where'd you get it?!"
"Um, I think I got this one in...........Pac Sun?" Cinder guessed.
"What did Bischoff want to speak to you about after school?" Matt asked.
"Oh my God! That creep! He fuckin hit on me!" Amy yelled as she flopped down on Jeff's bed.
"Yes, you're welcome to sit on my bed," Jeff said sarcastically.
"What do you meant he hit on you?!" Matt exclaimed getting a bit hot.
"He told me that I'd better stop showing off my thongs cause otherwise I might have unwanted hands there. And then he goes, but after you've felt my hands, you won't want no others!" Amy said.
"That asshole!" Matt raged protectively. "I'm telling you, if he ever says anything like that to you again, or to any of you girls, or touches you in any way, I'll fuck him up!"
"Chill Matt. I'm sure he won't again," Amy said rubbing his arm softly and giving him a smile.
"Promise me that if he does, you'll tell me?" Matt asked.
"Yeah, I promise," Amy replied reaching up to kiss his cheek softly.
"That goes for you two girls too," Matt said.
"Thanks Matt, but I've got my own protective brother," Cinder laughed.
"I'm serious C," Matt responded.
"Alright, I will," she said seriously.
"NEXT!" Shannon smiled as he walked into the room wearing a white wife-beater and baggy blue jeans. Lizzie's cheeks blushed a bit as she stood to jump in the shower, herself.
"Okay, I gotta know. What the hell happened at the end of the phone message?" Cinder asked as she sat next to Jeff on his bed. She rested her head on the wall and crossed her legs.
"I don't know," Shannon answered sounding fairly confused.
"The last thing I heard was Shannon yelled, "you called her a babe" and a bonking noise," Cinder laughed. Jeff's face turned bright red as he scratched his head.
"OH! That! Jeff nailed me in the head with the damn phone!" Shannon exclaimed. Cinder burst out laughing as did Amy.
"You hit him with the phone," Amy laughed.
"Yeah," Jeff replied shyly.
"That's priceless! I wish I could have seen that!" Cinder laughed.
"I did! It was pretty good. I laughed," Matt chuckled as he placed his arm around Amy's shoulders.