Lost, Confused, Unkind (Sequel To "Freaked")
Chapter 23
We wandered around the shops for a while just to kill time while we waited for the phone to ring! Jeff bought a couple of shirts but I wasn't really in the mood for a shopping spree, I couldn't take my mind of Steve, or Mick for that matter! My mind wandered back to the conversation I'd had with mum, there was something she wasn't telling me & it was driving me crazy! I just had no idea what it could be! I was sitting in yet another shop waiting for Jeff who was trying on yet another shirt! My thoughts were interrupted when he came out of the changing room.
"Well, what do you think?"
I looked up to see him wearing the ugliest yellow shirt I'd ever seen! "Well um it's pretty disgusting actually!" I wrinkled my nose!
"Great!" Jeff smiled, "I'll buy it then!" he walked back into the changing room & I shook my head & smiled! I got up & wandered to the window, the street was full of people, most of them struggling with huge bags full of the latest bargains! I envied them! I wanted my life to be like that, carefree, nothing to worry about except the credit card bill! I sighed. I felt pretty damn sorry for myself at that moment! I also felt sorry for Matt & Jeff, once again they'd been dragged into my shit, whether they realized it or not! I folded my arms and leaned out so I could look up at the sky, it looked dark & rain drops started to appear on the window pane. I watched as the people outside began to quicken their pace & umberellas appeared everywhere! Great! And here was me without even a jacket! I continued to watch everyone go past the window, fascinated by each face that flashed into view, young, old and…….and Mick! I jumped back & blinked! But it couldn't have been! Without even thinking I rushed out into the street & looked around but I couldn't see him! People just seemed to bounce off me as they hurried past in the rain. I looked around me again and started to run along the street! He had to be out here I knew I'd seen him! Frantically I whirled around & around, rain dripping off my face & soaking my hair. I tried to wipe it out of my eyes, I couldn't see properly, couldn't focus on anything! Some people gave me strange looks & when I think about what I must have looked like, soaked to the skin in an over sized Jeff Hardy shirt, I don't blame them for staring! I must have looked like an escaped lunatic!
"BEC!" I looked to see Jeff running along the street towards me, "Bec! What are you doing?" He reached out & grabbed both of my arms.
"I……I saw Mick!" My teeth were chattering & water dripped off my nose! Jeff guided me through the crowds of people & into a shop doorway.
"Where? Where did you see him?"
"Outs…side the shop! Through the window!"
"Are you sure you saw him?"
"Y….yes! No….well…" I sighed, "I don't know!"
Jeff looked worried! He looked around at the people in the street & then back to me, "Look at you you're soaked!" He took off his jacket & put it around my shoulders, "Come on let's get back to the hotel before you catch pneumonia!"
"Wanna share?" I lifted the jacket up over my head & Jeff ducked underneath it & together we ran back to the hotel.
When we got into reception I stood back & let Jeff convince the manager to let us change rooms! I was soaked to the skin & shivering & I don't know how he did it but he even managed to get us a coffee while we waited for our stuff to be moved to different rooms! While we sat in the lounge drinking coffee he explained how he'd paid for the damage to both carpets & that seemed to sweeten them up a little!
"Well at least let me pay for half!"
"Hell no! Forget about it! It's done now, paid for, so lets just pretend it didn't happen!"
I smiled, "Thanks Jeff! I don't know how we're gonna explain the room change to Matt though!"
"Leave it to me I'll think of something!"
I took another sip of my coffee, my clothes were stuck to me & I was freezing! "God I'm cold! I wish they'd hurry up with the rooms! I can't wait to get in that shower!"
Jeff nodded, "Me too! I think I'm shrinking!" he laughed.
'Jeff, I just want to say thank you, for everything! I couldn't have done this on my own!"
"No worries! No need to thank me either! I want the bastard back in jail as much as you do!"
I nodded, "If it is Steve at all!"
"Are you sure you saw Mick out there today?"
"Pretty sure, it was only for a split second but dammit Jeff he looked right at me!"
"Mr hardy, your rooms are ready sir!"
"At last!" Jeff smiled at the young girl in the hotel uniform. "Thank you very much!"
"It's rooms 205 & 206!" She said, smiling as she handed him the keys.
"Thanks!" he said, completely blind to the obvious flirting on the girl's part!
"So will there be anything else sir?" she smiled again.
"No, I don't think so! Thank you!" He walked right past her & to the elevator! As I passed her she looked a little deflated that her charms had appeared to have had no affect on him what so ever! I smiled & just shrugged my shoulders. She looked at me as if she didn't know what I could possibly mean!! I reached the elevator & shook my head at Jeff!
"What?" he said as he pressed the button for the second floor.
"You're hopeless you know that?" I laughed.
"Now what have I done?"
"Well, could you not tell she was about to throw herself at your feet there?"
"Oh that!"
"You mean you DID notice?"
"Sure I did! But well I guess I'm a little warey these days!"
"What do you mean?"
"Well I mean are they seeing me or the bright lights y'know?" The doors opened & we stepped out. "I tend not to pay much attention to it to be honest!"
I looked at him as we walked along the corridor. "That's a shame Jeff! Really maybe you shouldn't think like that!"
"HA! I didn't used to! I thought hey chicks think I'm a nice guy! But I quickly learned on more than one occasion that all they wanted me to do was take them to Wrestlemania along with 50 of their closest friends!!" he laughed, "Here we are!" He handed me the key to 205.
"Chicks do think you're a nice guy Jeff!" I smiled, "I think you're a nice guy!" I stretched up & kissed him on the cheek.
"Yeah well it doesn't exactly count when you're humping my brother!" he winked & went inside!
I turned the key & went into 205. I picked up one of the bags on the bed & looked inside then rolled my eyes & went back out into the corridor. Jeff was just coming out of the room next door, we laughed, swapped keys & I went into 206 instead!
Chapter 23
We wandered around the shops for a while just to kill time while we waited for the phone to ring! Jeff bought a couple of shirts but I wasn't really in the mood for a shopping spree, I couldn't take my mind of Steve, or Mick for that matter! My mind wandered back to the conversation I'd had with mum, there was something she wasn't telling me & it was driving me crazy! I just had no idea what it could be! I was sitting in yet another shop waiting for Jeff who was trying on yet another shirt! My thoughts were interrupted when he came out of the changing room.
"Well, what do you think?"
I looked up to see him wearing the ugliest yellow shirt I'd ever seen! "Well um it's pretty disgusting actually!" I wrinkled my nose!
"Great!" Jeff smiled, "I'll buy it then!" he walked back into the changing room & I shook my head & smiled! I got up & wandered to the window, the street was full of people, most of them struggling with huge bags full of the latest bargains! I envied them! I wanted my life to be like that, carefree, nothing to worry about except the credit card bill! I sighed. I felt pretty damn sorry for myself at that moment! I also felt sorry for Matt & Jeff, once again they'd been dragged into my shit, whether they realized it or not! I folded my arms and leaned out so I could look up at the sky, it looked dark & rain drops started to appear on the window pane. I watched as the people outside began to quicken their pace & umberellas appeared everywhere! Great! And here was me without even a jacket! I continued to watch everyone go past the window, fascinated by each face that flashed into view, young, old and…….and Mick! I jumped back & blinked! But it couldn't have been! Without even thinking I rushed out into the street & looked around but I couldn't see him! People just seemed to bounce off me as they hurried past in the rain. I looked around me again and started to run along the street! He had to be out here I knew I'd seen him! Frantically I whirled around & around, rain dripping off my face & soaking my hair. I tried to wipe it out of my eyes, I couldn't see properly, couldn't focus on anything! Some people gave me strange looks & when I think about what I must have looked like, soaked to the skin in an over sized Jeff Hardy shirt, I don't blame them for staring! I must have looked like an escaped lunatic!
"BEC!" I looked to see Jeff running along the street towards me, "Bec! What are you doing?" He reached out & grabbed both of my arms.
"I……I saw Mick!" My teeth were chattering & water dripped off my nose! Jeff guided me through the crowds of people & into a shop doorway.
"Where? Where did you see him?"
"Outs…side the shop! Through the window!"
"Are you sure you saw him?"
"Y….yes! No….well…" I sighed, "I don't know!"
Jeff looked worried! He looked around at the people in the street & then back to me, "Look at you you're soaked!" He took off his jacket & put it around my shoulders, "Come on let's get back to the hotel before you catch pneumonia!"
"Wanna share?" I lifted the jacket up over my head & Jeff ducked underneath it & together we ran back to the hotel.
When we got into reception I stood back & let Jeff convince the manager to let us change rooms! I was soaked to the skin & shivering & I don't know how he did it but he even managed to get us a coffee while we waited for our stuff to be moved to different rooms! While we sat in the lounge drinking coffee he explained how he'd paid for the damage to both carpets & that seemed to sweeten them up a little!
"Well at least let me pay for half!"
"Hell no! Forget about it! It's done now, paid for, so lets just pretend it didn't happen!"
I smiled, "Thanks Jeff! I don't know how we're gonna explain the room change to Matt though!"
"Leave it to me I'll think of something!"
I took another sip of my coffee, my clothes were stuck to me & I was freezing! "God I'm cold! I wish they'd hurry up with the rooms! I can't wait to get in that shower!"
Jeff nodded, "Me too! I think I'm shrinking!" he laughed.
'Jeff, I just want to say thank you, for everything! I couldn't have done this on my own!"
"No worries! No need to thank me either! I want the bastard back in jail as much as you do!"
I nodded, "If it is Steve at all!"
"Are you sure you saw Mick out there today?"
"Pretty sure, it was only for a split second but dammit Jeff he looked right at me!"
"Mr hardy, your rooms are ready sir!"
"At last!" Jeff smiled at the young girl in the hotel uniform. "Thank you very much!"
"It's rooms 205 & 206!" She said, smiling as she handed him the keys.
"Thanks!" he said, completely blind to the obvious flirting on the girl's part!
"So will there be anything else sir?" she smiled again.
"No, I don't think so! Thank you!" He walked right past her & to the elevator! As I passed her she looked a little deflated that her charms had appeared to have had no affect on him what so ever! I smiled & just shrugged my shoulders. She looked at me as if she didn't know what I could possibly mean!! I reached the elevator & shook my head at Jeff!
"What?" he said as he pressed the button for the second floor.
"You're hopeless you know that?" I laughed.
"Now what have I done?"
"Well, could you not tell she was about to throw herself at your feet there?"
"Oh that!"
"You mean you DID notice?"
"Sure I did! But well I guess I'm a little warey these days!"
"What do you mean?"
"Well I mean are they seeing me or the bright lights y'know?" The doors opened & we stepped out. "I tend not to pay much attention to it to be honest!"
I looked at him as we walked along the corridor. "That's a shame Jeff! Really maybe you shouldn't think like that!"
"HA! I didn't used to! I thought hey chicks think I'm a nice guy! But I quickly learned on more than one occasion that all they wanted me to do was take them to Wrestlemania along with 50 of their closest friends!!" he laughed, "Here we are!" He handed me the key to 205.
"Chicks do think you're a nice guy Jeff!" I smiled, "I think you're a nice guy!" I stretched up & kissed him on the cheek.
"Yeah well it doesn't exactly count when you're humping my brother!" he winked & went inside!
I turned the key & went into 205. I picked up one of the bags on the bed & looked inside then rolled my eyes & went back out into the corridor. Jeff was just coming out of the room next door, we laughed, swapped keys & I went into 206 instead!