"Did I miss anything?" Lizzie asked Cinder taking her seat in the ice
arena next to her cousin. Cinder took the coke from her and took a sip.
She shook her head while swallowing and pointed to the ice. "Jindrak just got a penalty for hooking," she answered.
"Man, I'm freezing my ass off!" Jay whined.
"Oh shut up!" Amy yelled throwing a piece of pop corn at him. He made a face at her before sulking.
"COME ON CHRIS!!" Cinder screamed getting to her feet in excitement as he made a break for the goal. "YEAH!! KICK THEIR ASSES!!"
"Must be the cheerleader in her," Jeff smirked.
"Ha ha, funny Hardy!" she said nudging him as she sat back down. "HEY REF!! WHERE ARE YOUR GLASSES, HUH?! YOU CALLED JINDRAK ON THAT! CALL HIM!!" Cinder shook her fist at the obviously blind ref as Jindrak was released from the box.
"Do you think it's really wise to yell at the refs like that?" Jeff asked.
"I wouldn't be yelling at them if THEY KNEW HOW TO CALL A SIMPLE HOCKEY GAME!!" she finished in a scream as she stood up again.
"Remind me NEVER to come to another game with her," Lizzie muttered to Jay. He nodded in response.
"GOOD MOVE, IRVINE!!!" Cinder screamed once again as Chris scored for the tie. He looked up at her and punched his stick in the air at her.
"I don't think he heard you, C," Amy laughed rubbing her ear.
"Maybe not him, but I sure as hell heard her," Jeff joked.
"We go into overtime if we tie!" Cinder cried taking her seat again.
"Oh God forbid a tie!" Lizzie laughed clutching her chest in shock.
"Careful, I know where you live," Cinder smiled before checking her watch. "Oh shit!"
"What's the matter?" Jay asked.
"I gotta go," she rushed in response as she climbed across everyone to the isle.
"What?! Why?!" Amy exclaimed.
"Charlie should be wrestling any minute now," she answered.
"Fuck Charlie! If you're not here when this game ends, Chris is gonna be crushed! You're his support! It's the damn playoffs Cinder!" Amy yelled at her as she started running up the stairs.
"Tell him I'm sorry!" Cinder called back.
"That girl is seriously starting to piss me off," Amy said crossing her arms.
"I just feel bad for Chris," Lizzie said. "He was really looking forward to seeing her here tonite."
"Hey, what happened to her head? She's got a bump on her forehead," Jay asked.
"I guess she ran into a door," Amy answered. "At least that's what she told me."
"Yeah, a door named Charlie," Jeff muttered sipping on the rest of Cinder's coke.
*************
Cinder had just made her way into the gym as Charlie hit the mat. She sneaked in and sat on the bleachers towards the back, hoping he'd notice her, but not realize she'd just gotten there. Shane looked up at her from the bleachers and gave her a questioning look, asking, 'why aren't you at Chris's game?' She just shrugged at him and pointed to the mat as Charlie performed a simple fireman's carry and pinned his opponent, getting the meet win for Wakefield.
"Yeah! Good job baby!" she screamed as she applauded him. People slowly cleared the gym and she ran down to greet him. She kissed his cheek, although he was very reluctant about it.
"Where the hell were you?" he asked roughly.
"Right here, watching you," she answered with a false smile.
"That's a lie," he argued.
"No, I was here. The whole time," she insisted.
"You were at that damn hockey game, weren't you?" he asked gripping her shoulders tightly. She stood there, staring up at him in fear, her mouth open to respond, but no words came out.
"Man, nice job out there," Shane said patting Charlie's back. Charlie released Cinder and shook Shane's hand. She mouthed 'thank you' to him and smiled.
"Yeah, you too," Charlie replied.
"Cinder, I'm so glad you made it to see my match. I was afraid with the snow and stuff that Adam wouldn't have let you come," Shane smiled.
"Oh, yeah, I fought with him, but he finally gave in," she replied.
"You were here to see his match?" Charlie questioned.
"Yeah, she was here. You didn't hear her cheering for me?" Shane asked putting his arm around her shoulders.
"I guess I was just in the zone," Charlie nodded.
"Yeah, probably. Well, I'm gonna go shower and get home. See you tomorrow at practice man. And Cinder, I'll see you on Monday," Shane waved to them as he walked into the locker rooms.
"Sorry that I accused you of not being here," Charlie said reluctantly.
"That's alright. You were just too busy with being ready for your match that you didn't notice me. The downside to being a wrestler's girlfriend I suppose," she smiled at him. He suddenly brought his lips down roughly on hers. She squirmed a bit before he finally pulled back. He smiled at her as he ran his tongue over his lips.
"Coke. You shouldn't be drinking that stuff. Makes you fat," he remarked before walking off to the locker rooms. She sighed deeply and started to walk out of the gym, but stopped once she heard him calling to her. "Be at my house tomorrow morning at 7. Don't knock. I'll be waiting for you." She nodded at him and left for the hockey rink.
**********
He rolled off her and she snuggled up to him, pulling the sheets over them more protectively. She sighed as a smile crossed her face, resting her head on his bare chest and circling her fingers over his stomach. He laid there, straight faced, and not holding her as he should have.
"I have to get to practice," he spoke roughly as he stood and wrapped his robe around him. She sat up with a frown on her face and watched him move to the door. She held the sheet to her chest and tilted her head to the side.
"Um, o, okay. Do you want me to just wait for you to come back?" she asked with a smile.
"No, you can leave now. Go home. I'll call you later," he said opening his bedroom door.
She looked over at the clock as it flipped to 8:05 am. She nodded at him, "Okay then."
"Hurry and get dressed. Be gone by the time I get out of the shower. My mom will be in to get my dirty clothes for laundry and I don't want her seeing you in my bed naked," he said leaving her.
"Great Cinder. You've become his sex slave," she said to herself with a heavy sigh as she pulled on her clothes. She looked in his mirror, trying to fix her mess of hair, but shook her head in shame instead. 'Why don't you just leave his ass?' her thoughts asked her. "Because he loves me," she answered herself. 'If this is love, then you don't need it!' they pointed out. "I do need it. I need it from him!" she argued. 'Great, you're having a war with your thoughts. You've completely lost your mind Cinder!' her thoughts yelled to her before she stormed out of his room.
She walked through her door as the winter winds blew stronger. Throwing her keys on the table by the door as she rushed through, she ran up the stairs. Stopping just as she entered her room, seeing that a certain blonde was sitting on her bed.
"And you're in MY room because?" she asked Shannon the moment she saw him.
"Ah, well, thought I'd give ya a wake up call while Lizzie was making me some breakfast, but you weren't in here. Now, where we you young lady?!" he exclaimed with a smile.
"Lizzie's making you breakfast? Am I dreaming?" she asked.
"Yes she's making me breakfast," Shannon snapped.
Cinder sniffed the air and smiled. "So THAT'S that burning smell," she nodded at herself. Shannon started smelling the air and glared at her.
"There's nothing burning," he said.
"No, that must just be you that I smell. Ever heard of a shower?"
"Mmm, joke all you want. Don't ask why I came to give you a wake up call. Don't ask about the gig I got us. Don't ask me anything. Just stand there and joke," Shannon said moving for the door.
"Whoa, a gig? You got us a gig?!" she yelled.
"Shh, your brother is asleep," Shannon smiled. "And yes, I got us a gig."
"Oh my God! Doing what?!" Cinder yelled more quietly as an excited smile crossed her face.
"Doing Paul's party next weekend," Shannon answered.
"You talked to Paul?! And you live?!"
"Well, okay, I didn't get the gig," Shannon confessed.
"No, I did," Lizzie smirked walking in the room with a plate of dry bread.
"Um, what's this?" Shannon asked staring at the plate.
"Your breakfast," Lizzie said as Cinder started laughing.
"This is just bread honey," Shannon said irritably.
"It's breakfast," Lizzie and Cinder said nodding together.
"Hey, I got here as fast as I could. Amy's on her way. What's this about a gig?" Jeff asked breathing heavy from running into the room. He looked at the plate of bread and smiled. "Oh, breakfast." He grabbed the plate from Shannon and bit into the bread.
"Breakfast," Shannon muttered rolling his eyes. "Breakfast for inmates."
"Oh! The Lizzie special!" Amy said walking in and grabbing a piece of bread off the plate in Jeff's hand. Shannon just stared at them as if they were nuts while they ate the dry bread.
"Anyways, I got the gig. Paul's having a party and I heard him talking to Randy about wanting to get a live band to play. So I told him about Peroxwhygen and he said he'd love to have you guys play. But he won't pay you all until after the party because if ya'll suck, he's not wasting his money. But if he deems you worthy, you'll get paid like 100 bucks. I hope it's okay," Lizzie explained.
"That's great! Welcome to the band!" Cinder said putting her arm around Lizzie's shoulders. "I deem you our new manager!"
"So practice today and tomorrow and everyday after school until Saturday nite, the nite of the party," Shannon ordered.
"Well, help me move my drums to your house and we'll do it now. Cause I kinda broke through the bass on Tuesday when Jeff and I were working on some stuff," Cinder said shyly biting on her lip.
"Fine, come on. It's not snowing yet. So we can move them to Amy's blazer," Shannon said as he and Jeff started taking it apart.
"Can't. I took Matt's car. My blazer died again. Matt's looking at it right now. We'll have to put it in Jeff's truck," Amy said.
"Well, hurry then," Cinder ordered as the two guys got to work on her drum set. The girls sat in Cinder's room chatting as they watched the guys move the drum set piece by piece.
"Ya know, you three could help here!" Jeff said wiping his forehead.
The three looked at each other and nodded, rising from the bed and walking over to the spot where the drums had sat. They picked up the one symbol that was left and carried it out together in a team effort. "Done." They announced lying it down in the bed of the truck.
"You girls suck," Jeff and Shannon agreed.
They stood next to each other, their arms almost touching, the site sending Lizzie and Cinder into fits of giggles as they began to sing, "There's a hole in my butt, dear Jeffery, dear Jeffery, there's a hole in my butt, dear Jeffrey a hole"
Jeff and Shannon looked at each other then at the cousins. The two girls held onto each other for support as their laughter became harder and harder. "What the hell was that?" Jeff asked.
"There's a hole in my butt, dear Jeffery, dear Jeffery, there's a hole in my butt, dear Jeffery a hole," they sang again, this time pointing at Jeff and Shannon. Jeff and Shannon looked at each other and jumped apart like they'd electrocuted each other. This caused Cinder and Lizzie to laugh harder.
**********
"Good practice everyone. We'll do it again tomorrow," Shannon announced as everyone started packing up, but Cinder. She continued to sit behind her drums and started playing "Voodoo" by Godsmack. Jeff took out his guitar again and began playing with her. Shannon bounced his head and motioned for Amy to play along. Amy shrugged, not knowing the bass cords for the song, but Shannon encouraged her to play what she thought was right. When they had finished playing an instrumental version of the song Shannon clapped and a light bulb went off in his head.
"Oh no, Shannon's got an idea," Cinder announced placing her sticks on the snare and ducking down.
"Get up and pay attention to your fearless leader," Shannon smiled.
"He's joking right?" Jeff muttered in question to Amy.
"Unfortunately, probably not," she replied. Cinder sat on the back of the ratty old couch that sat in Shannon's basement.
"So, fearless leader, what is it that we're supposed to pay attention to you for?" Cinder asked.
"Do you think you guys could learn "Voodoo"?" he asked.
"Yeah, sure. It's not that difficult," Jeff answered leaning against the back of the couch, causing it to wobble.
"Good, cause I think we should do that song," Shannon said.
"But we're more about our own songs," Amy pointed out.
"True, but I think it'd be cool to play a song that they could sing along with," Shannon said.
"I think it's a good idea, but then again, I'm only the manager," Lizzie smirked leaning against the couch on the other side of Cinder. The couch wobbled more and lifted a bit off the floor causing Cinder to fall backwards onto the floor. She laid there with her arms crossed over her chest and her legs resting on the seat. She started laughing as everyone huddled around her.
"You okay?" Shannon asked starring down at her.
She continued to laugh, almost as if she couldn't stop. "Oh God. She's been knocked silly," Lizzie joked.
Jeff rolled his eyes and helped her to her feet. "You alright?" he asked.
"I'm fine," she laughed. "That was a wild ride."
"Of course it was," Amy laughed throwing her hands in the air.
Amy had left shortly after Cinder's little fall. Shannon and Lizzie had retreated to his room to "study" and Cinder and Jeff stayed in the basement. Jeff sat on the floor with a pad of paper and a pencil drawing a few tribal designs while Cinder sat at the drums banging away.
"Hey, what are you drawing?" she asked sitting next to him.
"Just a few designs I thought we might be able to use for the band. What do you think?" he asked handing her the pad. She flipped through them, making little mmhmm noises until she stopped on one.
"This one. I like this one," she said. "We should paint it on my drums."
"That'd be cool. Do you think the others would go for it?" he asked.
"I don't see why not. Wanna do it now?" Cinder asked standing up.
"Shouldn't we talked to them first?"
"Nah, Shannon and Lizzie are busy "studying" and Amy's fucking your brother," she smiled.
"Something I didn't need to know," Jeff responded following her up the stairs and out of the house.
"How come you haven't been spending more time with Trish lately?" she asked.
"She hasn't told you?" he asked shocked as he pulled out of Shannon's driveway. She shook her head. "We broke up. We just weren't happy with each other anymore."
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"No, don't be. I'm not. I'm not really the cheerleader type. She's too, too, what am I looking for here?"
"Prissy? High maintenance?"
"High maintenance will work. I'm just not into someone who's so worried about their looks," he said.
"That's understandable," Cinder sighed. "Jeff, can I ask you a question?"
"Sure, go for it."
"Do you cuddle after sex?"
"Um, yeah, sure. If the girl wants to, why?"
"Charlie won't."
"Have you asked him to?"
"No, I just figured he would say no."
"Just ask. Can't hurt, right?"
"You do realize we're talking about Charlie, right?" He laughed at her comment as he pulled into the craft store parking lot.
"I would ask. You may be surprised."
"Maybe I will. Thanks."
After getting the supplies they'd need they rushed back to Shannon's and started painting. It was close to midnite before they ended and Jeff drove Cinder home. Many times during the drive she wanted to ask about his father and her mother, but didn't really have the courage to.
"Cinder, what happened between our parents?" he asked looking down at the wheel before she had a chance to get out of the truck.
"I don't know. I was gonna ask you that myself," she replied.
"All he told us was that they had a fight."
"Yeah, that's the story we got too."
"One of the mysteries of the world, huh?"
"Guess so," she smiled reaching for the handle.
"Wait, one more question."
"Sure, shoot."
"What was with that song earlier?"
She laughed at him and opened the door. "I'll never tell."
"Cinder!" he yelled as she slammed the door shut.
"BYE JEFFREY!!" she yelled waving to him before walking into the house.
"If Charlie calls here one more time, I'm going to kick his ass and I don't care about the little agreement we have!" Adam growled the second she opened the door.
"He called?" she asked hanging up her jacket.
"Um, yeah, about 40 times every hour since like 6," he replied as she joined him on the couch.
"That's not good," she said softly biting on her lower lip.
"Ya know, I haven't really seen you a hell of a lot lately. How are you?" he asked slipping his arm around her. She rested her head on his shoulder smiled.
"Better now that I'm with my big brother."
"Good answer," he laughed. "Gonna call Charlie back?"
"Nah, I'm gonna spend the rest of my nite right here with you," she smiled up at him. He nodded and kissed her forehead.
"Love ya Cinderella."
"Love ya too, ADD."
*************
A/N: Hey all, just a quick note. If ya'll remember the high convo in one of the previous chapters you'll understand the song. So if you don't remember it, go back and read it again. Also, us Jeff Hardy fans have been lied to. Lol It's a really bad lie too. We've been fooled to believe that his fave candy and nickname is Skittlez. THAT'S FALSE!!! Neither is true. Lol How horrible is that? He has no clue who started it either. I suggest you fans go to jeffnerohardy.com and click on the link that goes to the puppies website and look at the questions and answers from Jeff and Beth. They're hilarious some of them. He's a very bizarre person sometime. Lol Anyhow, I also figured out what I'm getting for a tattoo thanks to my older sister. So hopefully I'll be getting that soon. Well, I think that's all. LATA!!
She shook her head while swallowing and pointed to the ice. "Jindrak just got a penalty for hooking," she answered.
"Man, I'm freezing my ass off!" Jay whined.
"Oh shut up!" Amy yelled throwing a piece of pop corn at him. He made a face at her before sulking.
"COME ON CHRIS!!" Cinder screamed getting to her feet in excitement as he made a break for the goal. "YEAH!! KICK THEIR ASSES!!"
"Must be the cheerleader in her," Jeff smirked.
"Ha ha, funny Hardy!" she said nudging him as she sat back down. "HEY REF!! WHERE ARE YOUR GLASSES, HUH?! YOU CALLED JINDRAK ON THAT! CALL HIM!!" Cinder shook her fist at the obviously blind ref as Jindrak was released from the box.
"Do you think it's really wise to yell at the refs like that?" Jeff asked.
"I wouldn't be yelling at them if THEY KNEW HOW TO CALL A SIMPLE HOCKEY GAME!!" she finished in a scream as she stood up again.
"Remind me NEVER to come to another game with her," Lizzie muttered to Jay. He nodded in response.
"GOOD MOVE, IRVINE!!!" Cinder screamed once again as Chris scored for the tie. He looked up at her and punched his stick in the air at her.
"I don't think he heard you, C," Amy laughed rubbing her ear.
"Maybe not him, but I sure as hell heard her," Jeff joked.
"We go into overtime if we tie!" Cinder cried taking her seat again.
"Oh God forbid a tie!" Lizzie laughed clutching her chest in shock.
"Careful, I know where you live," Cinder smiled before checking her watch. "Oh shit!"
"What's the matter?" Jay asked.
"I gotta go," she rushed in response as she climbed across everyone to the isle.
"What?! Why?!" Amy exclaimed.
"Charlie should be wrestling any minute now," she answered.
"Fuck Charlie! If you're not here when this game ends, Chris is gonna be crushed! You're his support! It's the damn playoffs Cinder!" Amy yelled at her as she started running up the stairs.
"Tell him I'm sorry!" Cinder called back.
"That girl is seriously starting to piss me off," Amy said crossing her arms.
"I just feel bad for Chris," Lizzie said. "He was really looking forward to seeing her here tonite."
"Hey, what happened to her head? She's got a bump on her forehead," Jay asked.
"I guess she ran into a door," Amy answered. "At least that's what she told me."
"Yeah, a door named Charlie," Jeff muttered sipping on the rest of Cinder's coke.
*************
Cinder had just made her way into the gym as Charlie hit the mat. She sneaked in and sat on the bleachers towards the back, hoping he'd notice her, but not realize she'd just gotten there. Shane looked up at her from the bleachers and gave her a questioning look, asking, 'why aren't you at Chris's game?' She just shrugged at him and pointed to the mat as Charlie performed a simple fireman's carry and pinned his opponent, getting the meet win for Wakefield.
"Yeah! Good job baby!" she screamed as she applauded him. People slowly cleared the gym and she ran down to greet him. She kissed his cheek, although he was very reluctant about it.
"Where the hell were you?" he asked roughly.
"Right here, watching you," she answered with a false smile.
"That's a lie," he argued.
"No, I was here. The whole time," she insisted.
"You were at that damn hockey game, weren't you?" he asked gripping her shoulders tightly. She stood there, staring up at him in fear, her mouth open to respond, but no words came out.
"Man, nice job out there," Shane said patting Charlie's back. Charlie released Cinder and shook Shane's hand. She mouthed 'thank you' to him and smiled.
"Yeah, you too," Charlie replied.
"Cinder, I'm so glad you made it to see my match. I was afraid with the snow and stuff that Adam wouldn't have let you come," Shane smiled.
"Oh, yeah, I fought with him, but he finally gave in," she replied.
"You were here to see his match?" Charlie questioned.
"Yeah, she was here. You didn't hear her cheering for me?" Shane asked putting his arm around her shoulders.
"I guess I was just in the zone," Charlie nodded.
"Yeah, probably. Well, I'm gonna go shower and get home. See you tomorrow at practice man. And Cinder, I'll see you on Monday," Shane waved to them as he walked into the locker rooms.
"Sorry that I accused you of not being here," Charlie said reluctantly.
"That's alright. You were just too busy with being ready for your match that you didn't notice me. The downside to being a wrestler's girlfriend I suppose," she smiled at him. He suddenly brought his lips down roughly on hers. She squirmed a bit before he finally pulled back. He smiled at her as he ran his tongue over his lips.
"Coke. You shouldn't be drinking that stuff. Makes you fat," he remarked before walking off to the locker rooms. She sighed deeply and started to walk out of the gym, but stopped once she heard him calling to her. "Be at my house tomorrow morning at 7. Don't knock. I'll be waiting for you." She nodded at him and left for the hockey rink.
**********
He rolled off her and she snuggled up to him, pulling the sheets over them more protectively. She sighed as a smile crossed her face, resting her head on his bare chest and circling her fingers over his stomach. He laid there, straight faced, and not holding her as he should have.
"I have to get to practice," he spoke roughly as he stood and wrapped his robe around him. She sat up with a frown on her face and watched him move to the door. She held the sheet to her chest and tilted her head to the side.
"Um, o, okay. Do you want me to just wait for you to come back?" she asked with a smile.
"No, you can leave now. Go home. I'll call you later," he said opening his bedroom door.
She looked over at the clock as it flipped to 8:05 am. She nodded at him, "Okay then."
"Hurry and get dressed. Be gone by the time I get out of the shower. My mom will be in to get my dirty clothes for laundry and I don't want her seeing you in my bed naked," he said leaving her.
"Great Cinder. You've become his sex slave," she said to herself with a heavy sigh as she pulled on her clothes. She looked in his mirror, trying to fix her mess of hair, but shook her head in shame instead. 'Why don't you just leave his ass?' her thoughts asked her. "Because he loves me," she answered herself. 'If this is love, then you don't need it!' they pointed out. "I do need it. I need it from him!" she argued. 'Great, you're having a war with your thoughts. You've completely lost your mind Cinder!' her thoughts yelled to her before she stormed out of his room.
She walked through her door as the winter winds blew stronger. Throwing her keys on the table by the door as she rushed through, she ran up the stairs. Stopping just as she entered her room, seeing that a certain blonde was sitting on her bed.
"And you're in MY room because?" she asked Shannon the moment she saw him.
"Ah, well, thought I'd give ya a wake up call while Lizzie was making me some breakfast, but you weren't in here. Now, where we you young lady?!" he exclaimed with a smile.
"Lizzie's making you breakfast? Am I dreaming?" she asked.
"Yes she's making me breakfast," Shannon snapped.
Cinder sniffed the air and smiled. "So THAT'S that burning smell," she nodded at herself. Shannon started smelling the air and glared at her.
"There's nothing burning," he said.
"No, that must just be you that I smell. Ever heard of a shower?"
"Mmm, joke all you want. Don't ask why I came to give you a wake up call. Don't ask about the gig I got us. Don't ask me anything. Just stand there and joke," Shannon said moving for the door.
"Whoa, a gig? You got us a gig?!" she yelled.
"Shh, your brother is asleep," Shannon smiled. "And yes, I got us a gig."
"Oh my God! Doing what?!" Cinder yelled more quietly as an excited smile crossed her face.
"Doing Paul's party next weekend," Shannon answered.
"You talked to Paul?! And you live?!"
"Well, okay, I didn't get the gig," Shannon confessed.
"No, I did," Lizzie smirked walking in the room with a plate of dry bread.
"Um, what's this?" Shannon asked staring at the plate.
"Your breakfast," Lizzie said as Cinder started laughing.
"This is just bread honey," Shannon said irritably.
"It's breakfast," Lizzie and Cinder said nodding together.
"Hey, I got here as fast as I could. Amy's on her way. What's this about a gig?" Jeff asked breathing heavy from running into the room. He looked at the plate of bread and smiled. "Oh, breakfast." He grabbed the plate from Shannon and bit into the bread.
"Breakfast," Shannon muttered rolling his eyes. "Breakfast for inmates."
"Oh! The Lizzie special!" Amy said walking in and grabbing a piece of bread off the plate in Jeff's hand. Shannon just stared at them as if they were nuts while they ate the dry bread.
"Anyways, I got the gig. Paul's having a party and I heard him talking to Randy about wanting to get a live band to play. So I told him about Peroxwhygen and he said he'd love to have you guys play. But he won't pay you all until after the party because if ya'll suck, he's not wasting his money. But if he deems you worthy, you'll get paid like 100 bucks. I hope it's okay," Lizzie explained.
"That's great! Welcome to the band!" Cinder said putting her arm around Lizzie's shoulders. "I deem you our new manager!"
"So practice today and tomorrow and everyday after school until Saturday nite, the nite of the party," Shannon ordered.
"Well, help me move my drums to your house and we'll do it now. Cause I kinda broke through the bass on Tuesday when Jeff and I were working on some stuff," Cinder said shyly biting on her lip.
"Fine, come on. It's not snowing yet. So we can move them to Amy's blazer," Shannon said as he and Jeff started taking it apart.
"Can't. I took Matt's car. My blazer died again. Matt's looking at it right now. We'll have to put it in Jeff's truck," Amy said.
"Well, hurry then," Cinder ordered as the two guys got to work on her drum set. The girls sat in Cinder's room chatting as they watched the guys move the drum set piece by piece.
"Ya know, you three could help here!" Jeff said wiping his forehead.
The three looked at each other and nodded, rising from the bed and walking over to the spot where the drums had sat. They picked up the one symbol that was left and carried it out together in a team effort. "Done." They announced lying it down in the bed of the truck.
"You girls suck," Jeff and Shannon agreed.
They stood next to each other, their arms almost touching, the site sending Lizzie and Cinder into fits of giggles as they began to sing, "There's a hole in my butt, dear Jeffery, dear Jeffery, there's a hole in my butt, dear Jeffrey a hole"
Jeff and Shannon looked at each other then at the cousins. The two girls held onto each other for support as their laughter became harder and harder. "What the hell was that?" Jeff asked.
"There's a hole in my butt, dear Jeffery, dear Jeffery, there's a hole in my butt, dear Jeffery a hole," they sang again, this time pointing at Jeff and Shannon. Jeff and Shannon looked at each other and jumped apart like they'd electrocuted each other. This caused Cinder and Lizzie to laugh harder.
**********
"Good practice everyone. We'll do it again tomorrow," Shannon announced as everyone started packing up, but Cinder. She continued to sit behind her drums and started playing "Voodoo" by Godsmack. Jeff took out his guitar again and began playing with her. Shannon bounced his head and motioned for Amy to play along. Amy shrugged, not knowing the bass cords for the song, but Shannon encouraged her to play what she thought was right. When they had finished playing an instrumental version of the song Shannon clapped and a light bulb went off in his head.
"Oh no, Shannon's got an idea," Cinder announced placing her sticks on the snare and ducking down.
"Get up and pay attention to your fearless leader," Shannon smiled.
"He's joking right?" Jeff muttered in question to Amy.
"Unfortunately, probably not," she replied. Cinder sat on the back of the ratty old couch that sat in Shannon's basement.
"So, fearless leader, what is it that we're supposed to pay attention to you for?" Cinder asked.
"Do you think you guys could learn "Voodoo"?" he asked.
"Yeah, sure. It's not that difficult," Jeff answered leaning against the back of the couch, causing it to wobble.
"Good, cause I think we should do that song," Shannon said.
"But we're more about our own songs," Amy pointed out.
"True, but I think it'd be cool to play a song that they could sing along with," Shannon said.
"I think it's a good idea, but then again, I'm only the manager," Lizzie smirked leaning against the couch on the other side of Cinder. The couch wobbled more and lifted a bit off the floor causing Cinder to fall backwards onto the floor. She laid there with her arms crossed over her chest and her legs resting on the seat. She started laughing as everyone huddled around her.
"You okay?" Shannon asked starring down at her.
She continued to laugh, almost as if she couldn't stop. "Oh God. She's been knocked silly," Lizzie joked.
Jeff rolled his eyes and helped her to her feet. "You alright?" he asked.
"I'm fine," she laughed. "That was a wild ride."
"Of course it was," Amy laughed throwing her hands in the air.
Amy had left shortly after Cinder's little fall. Shannon and Lizzie had retreated to his room to "study" and Cinder and Jeff stayed in the basement. Jeff sat on the floor with a pad of paper and a pencil drawing a few tribal designs while Cinder sat at the drums banging away.
"Hey, what are you drawing?" she asked sitting next to him.
"Just a few designs I thought we might be able to use for the band. What do you think?" he asked handing her the pad. She flipped through them, making little mmhmm noises until she stopped on one.
"This one. I like this one," she said. "We should paint it on my drums."
"That'd be cool. Do you think the others would go for it?" he asked.
"I don't see why not. Wanna do it now?" Cinder asked standing up.
"Shouldn't we talked to them first?"
"Nah, Shannon and Lizzie are busy "studying" and Amy's fucking your brother," she smiled.
"Something I didn't need to know," Jeff responded following her up the stairs and out of the house.
"How come you haven't been spending more time with Trish lately?" she asked.
"She hasn't told you?" he asked shocked as he pulled out of Shannon's driveway. She shook her head. "We broke up. We just weren't happy with each other anymore."
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"No, don't be. I'm not. I'm not really the cheerleader type. She's too, too, what am I looking for here?"
"Prissy? High maintenance?"
"High maintenance will work. I'm just not into someone who's so worried about their looks," he said.
"That's understandable," Cinder sighed. "Jeff, can I ask you a question?"
"Sure, go for it."
"Do you cuddle after sex?"
"Um, yeah, sure. If the girl wants to, why?"
"Charlie won't."
"Have you asked him to?"
"No, I just figured he would say no."
"Just ask. Can't hurt, right?"
"You do realize we're talking about Charlie, right?" He laughed at her comment as he pulled into the craft store parking lot.
"I would ask. You may be surprised."
"Maybe I will. Thanks."
After getting the supplies they'd need they rushed back to Shannon's and started painting. It was close to midnite before they ended and Jeff drove Cinder home. Many times during the drive she wanted to ask about his father and her mother, but didn't really have the courage to.
"Cinder, what happened between our parents?" he asked looking down at the wheel before she had a chance to get out of the truck.
"I don't know. I was gonna ask you that myself," she replied.
"All he told us was that they had a fight."
"Yeah, that's the story we got too."
"One of the mysteries of the world, huh?"
"Guess so," she smiled reaching for the handle.
"Wait, one more question."
"Sure, shoot."
"What was with that song earlier?"
She laughed at him and opened the door. "I'll never tell."
"Cinder!" he yelled as she slammed the door shut.
"BYE JEFFREY!!" she yelled waving to him before walking into the house.
"If Charlie calls here one more time, I'm going to kick his ass and I don't care about the little agreement we have!" Adam growled the second she opened the door.
"He called?" she asked hanging up her jacket.
"Um, yeah, about 40 times every hour since like 6," he replied as she joined him on the couch.
"That's not good," she said softly biting on her lower lip.
"Ya know, I haven't really seen you a hell of a lot lately. How are you?" he asked slipping his arm around her. She rested her head on his shoulder smiled.
"Better now that I'm with my big brother."
"Good answer," he laughed. "Gonna call Charlie back?"
"Nah, I'm gonna spend the rest of my nite right here with you," she smiled up at him. He nodded and kissed her forehead.
"Love ya Cinderella."
"Love ya too, ADD."
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A/N: Hey all, just a quick note. If ya'll remember the high convo in one of the previous chapters you'll understand the song. So if you don't remember it, go back and read it again. Also, us Jeff Hardy fans have been lied to. Lol It's a really bad lie too. We've been fooled to believe that his fave candy and nickname is Skittlez. THAT'S FALSE!!! Neither is true. Lol How horrible is that? He has no clue who started it either. I suggest you fans go to jeffnerohardy.com and click on the link that goes to the puppies website and look at the questions and answers from Jeff and Beth. They're hilarious some of them. He's a very bizarre person sometime. Lol Anyhow, I also figured out what I'm getting for a tattoo thanks to my older sister. So hopefully I'll be getting that soon. Well, I think that's all. LATA!!