I was walking down the hall of the hotel towards the gym. I was by myself, as usual. Ever since the whole thing with Jeff, I had become quite the loner. Shane offered to come with me, but I told him no and to stay in bed. I opened the doors to the hotel gym and sighed. The place was packed with fellow wrestlers. I just wanted to get on a tread mill, listen to my walkman, and workout by myself. But with all these people around, it wouldn't be happening this time.

"Casey!" Victoria waved to me from one of the benches she sat on lifting weights. I waved back and nodded at her.

"Hey kiddo. Ya wanna spot me?" Chris asked placing some weights on a metal bar.

"Nah, not really. I'm just gonna go run on the tread mill," I answered walking by him.

I stepped onto the tread mill and set if for the pace I wanted it at and began to run. I was in the middle of three, between Marc and Rob. They left for some weight machines and I was left to run in peace and quiet. I had been running for about 15 minutes when I had the sudden urge to look up at the door. When I did, Jeff walked in, wearing a white wife- beater and pair of netted shorts. His blonde hair was pulled back in a messy ponytail and he carried a bottle of water in his hand.

"Oh fuck. Maybe he won't come near me," I hoped as I looked down. I closed my eyes and continued to run when I heard the machine next to me start up. I took a deep breath and knew I didn't want to look next to me, but I did anyways. Jeff was running next to me, watching my every movement. "Shit." I shook my head at him and stopped the machine. I gathered my stuff and began to walk out.

"Come on Case. It's been a month! Aren't you over this yet?" Jeff yelled after me causing everyone to stare at us.

"Jeff, fuck off!" I yelled back as I walked out.

"Hey, Case. What's goin on?" Andrew asked running up behind me.

"I'd rather not talk about it," I replied as I continued walking.

"Did you and Jeff get into a fight or something?" he asked.

"Andrew, just leave me alone. I don't want to talk about it," I repeated as I sped up my walk. Andrew stopped and watched me walk away, shaking his head slowly.

I walked into my hotel room and Shane was fast asleep. I smiled at him and crawled in next to him. He instinctively wrapped his arm around me tightly, pulling me close to his body.

"That was a short workout," he whispered.

"I got there, started running, and then just decided I didn't want to anymore."

"Oh, I see. So Jeff walked in?" he assumed.

"Yeah, he did."

"What did he do that was so bad baby?"

"He loved me," I muttered.

"What?"

"He just pissed me off. Don't worry about it," I said turning over in his arms. I faced him and kissed his lips tenderly. "Why don't we go shopping or something? To get out of this room."

"Nah, why don't you go ask Trish? I bet she'd love to go with you," Shane suggested.

"Fuck that," I said getting up.

"Not liking Trish now?" he asked propping himself up on his elbows.

"I'm gonna go see with Amy and Matt are doin," I said as I walked out the door.

"Hey Case," Matt said hugging me tightly. I looked around the room and smiled as he led me to the bed. "No, the asshole's not here."

"Why do you hate him? Matt, you have no reason to," I said.

"He fucked with your emotions. No one messes with my baby sister," he smiled.

"He was your baby brother before I ever thought of bein your sister," I said.

"Let's not talk about him, okay?" I nodded and laid down on the bed.

"Where's Ames? I thought maybe we could go shopping or something," I said.

"She's at the hotel restaurant with Trish. Why don't you go talk to them about it?"

"Trish and I aren't on speaking terms," I said softly.

"I noticed that you two have been keeping your space. What's up with that?"

"She thinks I'm bein a bitch about this whole Jeff thing," I answered.

"Looks like we've got sides goin here, huh?"

"Looks that way."

"I'm on your side the whole way."

"Well, I guess she's on his. Whatever, ya know? I just don't care," I replied.

"Hey Matt. Trish and I are goin shopping," Amy said as she slowly walked into the room. "Oh, hey Case."

"Hi Amy," I replied as Trish walked in after her.

"Oh, hey, Matt," Trish said. Matt nodded angrily at her and put his hand on my knee.

"Ya wanna come with us Case?" Amy asked.

"No," I said roughly. I glared at Trish as she gave me a dirty look.

"Ooookay," Amy said slowly as she turned to Trish. "Well, let's go."

"Matt, I think I'm gonna talk to Vince about getting switched to Smackdown," I said with a sigh.

"WHAT?! No, Case, you can't. Think about Shane, think about Amy, think about me! I don't want you to switch. Please stay here," Matt said wrapping his arms around me tightly.

"But how can I be here with both Jeff and Trish hating me?" I asked tearfully.

"Fuck them! We need you here!" Matt said.

"I just don't know how long I can deal with them," I said.

"I know, listen, we'll get through this together."

"I really don't wanna tear you Jeff up. You two were so close until this shit happened. Please, just be with him. Apologize for whatever and get over it. I don't want you two to hate each other because of me!"

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"Seriously Jeff, I can't believe she's bein such a bitch," Trish said as she walked next to him into the gym.

"I don't think she is. It's all me. I know I'm causing her pain, but I'm causing myself pain too. Vince threatened to not resign me when the time comes. I've been late to every single show."

"Then stop bein late and get your ass in gear."

"Even my performance in the ring is suffering because of all this."

"Jeff, get over her. There are better girls out there. She doesn't deserve to have a great guy like you in her life if she's gonna act this way."

"It's hard for me to get over her cause she's the one I always pictured myself with. I really love her Trish. I have a Christmas present for her," he said softly.

"Why? Jeff, just forget about her."

"I'm gonna send it to her. If she keeps it, I'll know she truly does love me. If I get it back, then I'll try my hardest to forget about her."

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"Merry Christmas baby," Shane whispered leaning over me and kissing me softly. I took a deep breath and looked into his deep brown eyes smiling dreamily.

"Merry Christmas," I replied into his mouth. He smiled at me and held me tightly.

'Yeah, this is where I belong. Right in Shane's arms. Just like this. Could life get any better?' I thought as I snuggled into his body. We continued to lay there with each other till the doorbell sounded through out the house. Shane sighed and pulled on his boxers and a pair of pants. I watched him walk out of the room scratching his head and couldn't help but chuckle. I leaned against headboard and waited for his return. I looked around the room and felt very content in my new home. I had completely moved out of Matt and Dad's house and into Shane's.

"Baby, did you know they did fed ex on Christmas?" Shane asked setting a package down on my lap.

"I do now," I smiled.

"It's from Jeff," Shane frowned as I rolled my eyes at the package. I opened it slowly and sighed. "Is it a Christmas present?"

"Looks that way. I can't believe this. Why would he get me something?" I questioned as I unwrapped the gift that was wrapped in a silver paper.

"I don't know honey. Maybe he's tryin to make amends for whatever he did," Shane replied as he walked into the bathroom.

"A CD. Damnit Jeff, this is how this whole fuckin mess started," I muttered to myself. I slipped it into my walkman and hit play as I slipped the headphones over my ears. I knew immediately that I was gonna have a hard time listening to the cd with Shane around. It was gonna make me cry and I knew it right from the first beat of the first song, "Angel" by Aerosmith. I hit the stop button just as Shane walked out.

"So, what's on it?" Shane asked as I blinked back my tears.

"Don't know. I don't really wanna listen to it right now. Maybe later," I smiled as I put the walkman on the nitestand next to me.

"Well, then since we have to be at my parents' house at 3, we might as well get up and get to our own gift giving," he smiled as he pulled out of the bed. I held onto his arm tightly as we walked down into the living room. I sat on the couch and curled my legs underneath me as he handed me a gift.

"AHHH!!! Oh my fuckin word!!! I love you so damn much right now!!! I can't believe you got me this!!!! You are the best boyfriend ever!!!!" I exclaimed as I threw the gift down next to me. I wrapped my arms tightly around his neck and attacked him with kisses.

"Whoa, I didn't know you'd love it so much!" he laughed as he set me back on the couch.

"Can we listen to one of them right now?" I asked with an excited grin on my face.

"Sure, which one?" he asked as he walked over to his stereo.

"Doesn't matter, any of them is fine," I smiled as I heard the wonderful sounds of Disney music come from the stereo. "Thank you so much! I missed my tapes. I had to leave them back at Maine."

"I know. That's why got em for ya. I know how much you love your Disney stuff," he said as he sat next to me.

"Now all I need is the movies to go with the cd set," I laughed as I handed Shane a present. He opened it and smiled at me as he placed it over the both of us. I frowned at the Redskins fleece I had gotten him. "One of these days we will be goin to a football game to see your precious little team lose!"

"Oh in your dreams!" he laughed nudging my shoulder with his. "This one's from Matt and Amy."

I smiled as I opened the gift to reveal the new Spyro playstation 2 game. "Tonite, we play the game!" I handed him another gift. It was the second video in the Lord of the Rings series.

"Thank you baby!" he said ecstatically. "Tonite we'll be havin a Lord of the Rings marathon. Only without the third movie, obviously!"

"Oh gees......can't wait," I laughed sarcastically as Shane slid a huge box over to me. "What the hell is this?!"

"Just open it!" he said excitedly. I gave him a side ways skeptical glance and went at the box. Inside owned every single Disney movie that I could ever want. My eyes grew wide as my jaw dropped to the floor.

"Shane! Oh my God! This is totally awesome!" I said joyously.

"I got whatever I could in DVD and the rest had to be in Video. But I think pretty much all of them are there. The Lion King included," he smiled. I jumped into his arms and held onto him tightly as tears of happiness fell down my cheeks. I pulled back and kissed his lips passionately. His tongue massaged mine as he moaned into my mouth. When we broke apart, I smiled at him and let out a sigh.

"Is Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty in there?" I asked biting on my lower lip.

"Yeah, they are," he said letting out a quiet chuckle.

"I'm sorry. I must sound like a little kid," I said shaking my head at myself.

"No, not at all. You just have that innocence about you. That's one of the many things I love about you. But do you seriously like em?"

"They're great. I really love em! I can't wait to watch em all," I laughed as I lifted through the pile of movies in the box. "Do we really have to go to dinner at your parents' place?"

"Yeah, why?" he asked.

"Well, I thought maybe we could try out your gift here," I giggled as I handed him a box.

"Why? What's in it?" he asked.

"Open it and find out," I smiled as I watched him open the gift cautiously.

"Whoa," he said as he stared into the box full of various sex objects. "You are the best girlfriend ever!"

"I know, I try," I laughed as he took out each thing to examine it. There were glow in the dark sex dice, flavored condoms, regular condoms, massage oil, and other things that would make for an interesting nite.

"Tonite, baby. Definitely tonite," he said with a wiggle of his eyebrows.

"Well, let's get ready to go," I said with a pout as I pulled him up the stairs with me.

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"Hey, Jeff, Merry Christmas bro," Matt said walking into his father's house. Amy smiled at the two of them as they embraced in a hug. "I'm sorry. You must think I'm an asshole right now."

"Nope, I always knew you were," Jeff joked as they all walked into the living room. "Do either of you know if Casey got my gift or not?"

"No, you got her something?" Amy asked.

"Yeah, well, I mixed a cd for her. But I don't know if she got it," Jeff sighed.

"Well, uh, here," Matt said handing him a small box.

"What's this? Is it from you guys?" he asked curiously as they shook their heads.

"No, it's from Casey. It was sitting on our dresser after she moved out with direction for us to give it to you today," Matt explained.

"She got me something? See! She does love me!" Jeff said excitedly as he ripped apart the box. Inside was a multi-colored stringed friendship bracelet. Under it was a note on rainbow paper.

'Dear Jeff, Oh God! I don't know how to express this. Of course I love you man. Ya know you've always been there for me. Any time I was down, you were there to pick me up again. I guess a confession of love couldn't keep our friendship together, huh? We've been able to withstand any other trials and tribulations, but not that. I just wanted to make you this bracelet. So that you know that I'll always love you, even though I'm not with you. I just wish things could have been different. I love you Jeff. I love you so much. Love always, Casey'

Jeff smiled and tied the bracelet around his wrist. Matt gave him a pat on the back as he walked towards the tree.