Author's Note: Thanks again guys, for the reviews and everything an da
major thanks to JeffAndShannon for updating her story. It's wonderful, keep
up the great work. And I'M SORRY FOR THE CLIFFIE'S, it seems like every
time I write a chapter they end up like cliffies, even though I don't mean
to make it like that. ** is flashbacks // is thoughts, but I don't think
I'll use too many //'s in this chapter, if any. Also, let's pretend that
Shannon wasn't in WCW for the time he was.
Thanks for all the great reviews, especially from Jeff's Favourite Skittle. It's okay you haven't been reviewing. Also, I'll be out of town for the next, probably three days when you get this, going to a therapy place, so I wrote out the next chapter a head, there probably wont be a thank you for the reviews at the beginning, but I'm telling you ahead of time 'thanks'.
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Title: Undisputed chapter six Author: Hearts Desire Chapter Rating: PG-13 for language and slash, drugs, and alcohol
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Shannon stared at the tiny pills in his hand. Horrible. He actually thought about going back to these small pills that had ruined his life so many times without him knowing. He closed his eyes loghtly and thought back .. back to when this whole giant mess had started. The first time.
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Matt looked up as the front door opened and Jeff and Shannon came in. They had stayed after school, first for detention and then for football practice. The brothers had met Shannon about five years ago, when Shannon was 11 and Jeff was 14; also at football practice. Matt had taken an instant attraction to Shannon. Not sexually at first, but protectively. Then, ... then, something changed, Shannon did, Matt did.
One day, Matt didn't know, one day, Shannon came home with Jeff after school and there was something about him. Matt hadn't seen him since before the summer, three months ago since he was checking out colleges with some friends and working the whole time. Shannon had grown his blonde ahir out, a bit past his shoulders and brilliant black streaks shot through it. He had obviously been working out becuase he was almost rid of his baby-fat and it was replaced with hard muscle.
Not even Jeff looked that good. But then again, that could be just because Jeff is his brother and Shannon isn't.
Matt knew it was wrong to think this way of someone 6 years younger than him, and a minor, but he couldn't help it. And it certainly didn't help that Shannon always toyed with his feelings. Being loud and outrageous, Shannon would say anything. One time, Matt had walked into a party where, somehow, they ended up talking about men. Shane had said something about how kissing men was strange and Shannon, being him, got up, grabbed Shane, and kissed him straight on the mouth.
Shane was so shocked he couldn't do anything but stand there and take it for the whole minute or so it was. Maybe that was the day Matt started his obsession and from then on, it had only gotten stronger. That day, when Jeff and Shannon came home and Matt "saw" him for the verbial first time, oh, ... there was nothing he wouldn't do to get him.
Maybe Matt had been drinking too much, or maybe he was just still buzzed from teh night before, but he remembered that Shannon always took pain pills for his back when he got home from football practice. Seldom did he play, but he drilled and he did everything the other guys did, even though he was the lightest on the team ... 30 pounds from the lightest player. Shannon always joked that the coach just had him there because of pity.
Matt overheard Shannon say something about getting the pills (he had a bottle at Jeff's and a bottle at home, never knowing where he would be after practice) and Matt rushed in to make the save while he planned on the spot. In his pocket, he had some Oxycontin, he could switch the pills just as easily and hand Shannon the Oxys. Shannon always cut his pills anyways; having a problem swallowing them in the first place.
"Um .. Shannon, don't go in the bathroom, yet. I have to go really bad and I need to clear off my mess. Is that alright? I'll bring your pills out with me?"
Shannon gave Matt a strange look, but stoped walking towards the door. "Can't you just hand-"
"Really gotta go! I think I might be sick."
Matt hurried in to the bathroom. he always had his pocket knife with him incase of emergancies, and, at the moment, he was so grateful. If he kept Shannon on the pills long enough, there was no way he could turn him down.
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Shannon closed his hand around the pills. They were ready to be taken; cut. He still debated taking them. He had taken some Ketamine earlier and now he wanted to take Oxy. They had ruined his life, not once, but three times. Matt had kept him on them for months. It wasn't until Vince did his half- year drug tests that Shannon found out. Vince believed him right away that Shannon had no idea there were any drugs in his system. He kept Shannon off t.v for a month, just to be sure. he tested him again; nothing. It was strange.
If he had had an addiction, he would have withdrawn, but he showed no signs at all.
Shannon sighed, pulling himself to his feet and heading in to the house. He went in to the kitchen and got himself a glass of water, patting Sabbath's head in the process.
"Whaddaya think, Sabbath? Should I do it?" he asked, laughing slightly at the fact he was talking to a dog about a life-changing decision.
The dog just stared at him and blink. Shannon grunted and took a drink of water before sliding the pills in. If there was one way for him to forget about everything, it was these pills. He had found them again in Matt's jacket; a coat he had left in his car the other day. He was pretty sure that Matt was slipping them to him without his knowing again and that was why he couldn't remember things as easy. But it didn't matter now.
He could feel the drugs start to take effect, and after four and some Ketamine, who was to think it wouldn't so fast. He could feel his stomach clench and his head start to lighten. The room, however got darker, and it started to spin. He felt like he was falling and he hit something hard, flat on his back. He groaned, jerking slightly. He was cold, he was hot, sweating and shivering. He could feel his nose start to bleed., or was that just sweat? He couldn't tell anything any more. Shit, these things were really moving fast, and suddenly, his world was plunged in to darkness.
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Jeff looked around his room quickly, as if something was there. He laughed slightly at himself, he knew that no one else was there ... He hadn't seen Shannon in two weeks, he had called in and talked to Vince, obviously, because he was taken off t.v and house shows. Jeff just hoped he wasn't fired or had quit. He knew Matt wasn't there because ... well, he didn't know how he knew, he just assumed. He sighed to himself, leaning back in the bed and going back to sleep. he would go to Shannon's tomorrow, even though he hadn't been there the previous times he had visited.
He woke up around eight the next morning. Having gone to bed around nine, he was wide awake. He quickly showered and dressed. This was probably the best time to catch Shannon if he had stayed at his house that night. Shannon was a late sleeper, normally up until 3 and waking up around 11. jeff got in his car and drove down a couple of blocks to Shannon's. He had a key and could get in any time he wanted anyways.
He knocked a couple of times at Shannon's door and waited a few minutes, but there was no answer. He obviously hadn't woken up Shannon, so he just walked in.
"Shannon?" he asked, stepping into the living room just a bit, "Shann, are you there?"
He glanced around, but didn't see Shannon, figuring he was still sleeping, Jeff took a seat on the couch. Maybe he would just wait until Shannon woke up. He brushed some type of power off of the table and picked up the t.v remote. After flipping through the channels a couple times and finding nothing wrong, he went in to the kitchen to get a drink of water. He stepped over the short gate to the kitchen and stopped in his tracks, his eyes wide open. He rushed over to where Shannon was laying on the kitchen floor.
"Shannon, wake up."
Jeff skidded to his knees and quickly elevated Shannon's head by putting an arm underneath it. He leaned in close to see if Shannon was breathing. He was, thank God.
"Shannon, get up." He repeated.
He searched around for his cell phone, but he didn't have it on him. He looked around. He really didn't want to leave Shannon, even to get the phone from the living room, but he had to get someone. he looked to the door as it opened.
"Shannon?" someone called.
"Matt! Come here!"
"Jeffry?" Matt asked, stepping over the gate, "What're -- What'd you do? Knock him out?"
There was a hint of sarcasm in matt's voice, but Jeff shrugged it off. "I don't know what happened. I got here and I found him like this."
"Here." Matt said calmly, "You go to your car and get me the first aid kit, just to be sure there isn't a head injury. I'll stay here with Shannon."
Jeff chewed his lip, turning the idea over in his head. he really didn't want to leave Shannon, especially with Matt since he always seemed so scared of him.
"My keys are on the table, go to my car and get it. It's in the glove compartment."
"No, Jeff. You go. He's been doing this every couple of days for a while and I know what to do. Trust me, go get the kit." Matt said, walking over.
Jeff still debated, but got up anyways. Matt took his place and even went so far as to wipe the blood from Shannon face. //"Jeff .. please, I don't like having you this close"// repeated in Jeff's head. If Shannon woke up an dJeff was holding him, he'd probably freak like the other day. Jeff nodded and headed to his car.
Meanwhile, Matt got up quickly, and locked all of the doors in the house as fast as he could. If they were locked from the inseide and he did all the clasps, Jeff couldn't get in and he wouldn't have to worry about his little brother getting in the way of things. Especially not when he's gotten so far in to it already. He grinned as her heard the screen door open and Jeff try and work the handle. He heard Jeff gaspa nd jangle the handle more quickly.
"Matt! Matt, let me in! Let me in! You lied to me!"
"That's right, little brother. And there's nothing you can do. If you call the cops, I'll tell them this is all your fault. I'll tell them you slipped him the drugs."
"Drugs?! You put him back on drugs?!"
"I put him back on the drugs? He put himself back on the drugs. I only supplied them."
"You slipped him them!" Jeff screamed, continuing to jerk the handle.
"It's not working, Jeff!" Matt grinned.
The screen door slammed shut and Jeff's footsteps could be heard running to the next door. Locked. Back door, locked. Othe side door, also locked. Jeff went back around front and bashed his hand against the door.
"Let me in, damnit!"
"Mmm," Matt thought mockingly, "NO. Go home so I can take care of Shannon."
"Take care of him my ass!" Jeff screamed, "Let me in!"
"What was it he said to you, Jeff? What was it, a couple of weeks ago? That .. oh, I remember what he told me he said to you .. That he was scared of having you so close. Yes, that was it. I remember that. That's why he ran from your house and came directly to mine. Cause he's scared of you."
Jeff stopped pounding on the door and stood straight up. "He said that to you?"
"Damn straight he did. He told me that he couldn't handle having you so close right now. You remind him of so many bad things that have happened."
"Like what?"
Matt just smirked on the other side of the door even though Jeff couldn't see it.
"What'd you do to him!?!"
"I didn't do anything, Jeffry. He thinks YOU did."
"What do you mean?"
"He's always been scared of you, Jeff. You were so intimiadting. Always sticking up for him and protecting him. That scared him. What if he did something that the perfect Jeffry didn't approve of? Would you beat him up, too? What about in the ring, Jeff? He was a messs on there, admit it. And every time he messed up you pushed him farther."
"You did it too." Jeff said softly.
"No, I told him he could do better and I had him do it again. What'd you do, Jeff?"
"I-I ... I .. hit him." Jeff stammered.
"That' right, Jeff."
"But, I thought that's what I was supossed to do!"
Matt laughed quietly to himself; Jeff sounded close to tears, if not there already.
"He used to come to me, Jeff."
"Stop."
"He would show me his bruises and his cuts-"
"Stop it!"
"He would cry and ask me what he did wrong-"
"STOP IT!" Jeff cried, pounding a hand on the door so hard that it cracked slightly under the pressure.
The screen door slammed and Matt could hear Jeff running away again. His car started and it skidded down teh street. Matt smiled and turned back in to the kitchen, picking up Shannon and putting him on the couch. He walked over to the drawer underneath the phone. The sifted through the bags until he found the open one that he knew Shannon had taken something out of. He looked at it throughly. There was quite a bit of the ketamine gone. He laughed again slightly and sat back on the chair. It wouldn't be too long until Shannon woke up and Matt could feed his next story to him.
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..... TBC .....
Thanks for all the great reviews, especially from Jeff's Favourite Skittle. It's okay you haven't been reviewing. Also, I'll be out of town for the next, probably three days when you get this, going to a therapy place, so I wrote out the next chapter a head, there probably wont be a thank you for the reviews at the beginning, but I'm telling you ahead of time 'thanks'.
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Title: Undisputed chapter six Author: Hearts Desire Chapter Rating: PG-13 for language and slash, drugs, and alcohol
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Shannon stared at the tiny pills in his hand. Horrible. He actually thought about going back to these small pills that had ruined his life so many times without him knowing. He closed his eyes loghtly and thought back .. back to when this whole giant mess had started. The first time.
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Matt looked up as the front door opened and Jeff and Shannon came in. They had stayed after school, first for detention and then for football practice. The brothers had met Shannon about five years ago, when Shannon was 11 and Jeff was 14; also at football practice. Matt had taken an instant attraction to Shannon. Not sexually at first, but protectively. Then, ... then, something changed, Shannon did, Matt did.
One day, Matt didn't know, one day, Shannon came home with Jeff after school and there was something about him. Matt hadn't seen him since before the summer, three months ago since he was checking out colleges with some friends and working the whole time. Shannon had grown his blonde ahir out, a bit past his shoulders and brilliant black streaks shot through it. He had obviously been working out becuase he was almost rid of his baby-fat and it was replaced with hard muscle.
Not even Jeff looked that good. But then again, that could be just because Jeff is his brother and Shannon isn't.
Matt knew it was wrong to think this way of someone 6 years younger than him, and a minor, but he couldn't help it. And it certainly didn't help that Shannon always toyed with his feelings. Being loud and outrageous, Shannon would say anything. One time, Matt had walked into a party where, somehow, they ended up talking about men. Shane had said something about how kissing men was strange and Shannon, being him, got up, grabbed Shane, and kissed him straight on the mouth.
Shane was so shocked he couldn't do anything but stand there and take it for the whole minute or so it was. Maybe that was the day Matt started his obsession and from then on, it had only gotten stronger. That day, when Jeff and Shannon came home and Matt "saw" him for the verbial first time, oh, ... there was nothing he wouldn't do to get him.
Maybe Matt had been drinking too much, or maybe he was just still buzzed from teh night before, but he remembered that Shannon always took pain pills for his back when he got home from football practice. Seldom did he play, but he drilled and he did everything the other guys did, even though he was the lightest on the team ... 30 pounds from the lightest player. Shannon always joked that the coach just had him there because of pity.
Matt overheard Shannon say something about getting the pills (he had a bottle at Jeff's and a bottle at home, never knowing where he would be after practice) and Matt rushed in to make the save while he planned on the spot. In his pocket, he had some Oxycontin, he could switch the pills just as easily and hand Shannon the Oxys. Shannon always cut his pills anyways; having a problem swallowing them in the first place.
"Um .. Shannon, don't go in the bathroom, yet. I have to go really bad and I need to clear off my mess. Is that alright? I'll bring your pills out with me?"
Shannon gave Matt a strange look, but stoped walking towards the door. "Can't you just hand-"
"Really gotta go! I think I might be sick."
Matt hurried in to the bathroom. he always had his pocket knife with him incase of emergancies, and, at the moment, he was so grateful. If he kept Shannon on the pills long enough, there was no way he could turn him down.
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Shannon closed his hand around the pills. They were ready to be taken; cut. He still debated taking them. He had taken some Ketamine earlier and now he wanted to take Oxy. They had ruined his life, not once, but three times. Matt had kept him on them for months. It wasn't until Vince did his half- year drug tests that Shannon found out. Vince believed him right away that Shannon had no idea there were any drugs in his system. He kept Shannon off t.v for a month, just to be sure. he tested him again; nothing. It was strange.
If he had had an addiction, he would have withdrawn, but he showed no signs at all.
Shannon sighed, pulling himself to his feet and heading in to the house. He went in to the kitchen and got himself a glass of water, patting Sabbath's head in the process.
"Whaddaya think, Sabbath? Should I do it?" he asked, laughing slightly at the fact he was talking to a dog about a life-changing decision.
The dog just stared at him and blink. Shannon grunted and took a drink of water before sliding the pills in. If there was one way for him to forget about everything, it was these pills. He had found them again in Matt's jacket; a coat he had left in his car the other day. He was pretty sure that Matt was slipping them to him without his knowing again and that was why he couldn't remember things as easy. But it didn't matter now.
He could feel the drugs start to take effect, and after four and some Ketamine, who was to think it wouldn't so fast. He could feel his stomach clench and his head start to lighten. The room, however got darker, and it started to spin. He felt like he was falling and he hit something hard, flat on his back. He groaned, jerking slightly. He was cold, he was hot, sweating and shivering. He could feel his nose start to bleed., or was that just sweat? He couldn't tell anything any more. Shit, these things were really moving fast, and suddenly, his world was plunged in to darkness.
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Jeff looked around his room quickly, as if something was there. He laughed slightly at himself, he knew that no one else was there ... He hadn't seen Shannon in two weeks, he had called in and talked to Vince, obviously, because he was taken off t.v and house shows. Jeff just hoped he wasn't fired or had quit. He knew Matt wasn't there because ... well, he didn't know how he knew, he just assumed. He sighed to himself, leaning back in the bed and going back to sleep. he would go to Shannon's tomorrow, even though he hadn't been there the previous times he had visited.
He woke up around eight the next morning. Having gone to bed around nine, he was wide awake. He quickly showered and dressed. This was probably the best time to catch Shannon if he had stayed at his house that night. Shannon was a late sleeper, normally up until 3 and waking up around 11. jeff got in his car and drove down a couple of blocks to Shannon's. He had a key and could get in any time he wanted anyways.
He knocked a couple of times at Shannon's door and waited a few minutes, but there was no answer. He obviously hadn't woken up Shannon, so he just walked in.
"Shannon?" he asked, stepping into the living room just a bit, "Shann, are you there?"
He glanced around, but didn't see Shannon, figuring he was still sleeping, Jeff took a seat on the couch. Maybe he would just wait until Shannon woke up. He brushed some type of power off of the table and picked up the t.v remote. After flipping through the channels a couple times and finding nothing wrong, he went in to the kitchen to get a drink of water. He stepped over the short gate to the kitchen and stopped in his tracks, his eyes wide open. He rushed over to where Shannon was laying on the kitchen floor.
"Shannon, wake up."
Jeff skidded to his knees and quickly elevated Shannon's head by putting an arm underneath it. He leaned in close to see if Shannon was breathing. He was, thank God.
"Shannon, get up." He repeated.
He searched around for his cell phone, but he didn't have it on him. He looked around. He really didn't want to leave Shannon, even to get the phone from the living room, but he had to get someone. he looked to the door as it opened.
"Shannon?" someone called.
"Matt! Come here!"
"Jeffry?" Matt asked, stepping over the gate, "What're -- What'd you do? Knock him out?"
There was a hint of sarcasm in matt's voice, but Jeff shrugged it off. "I don't know what happened. I got here and I found him like this."
"Here." Matt said calmly, "You go to your car and get me the first aid kit, just to be sure there isn't a head injury. I'll stay here with Shannon."
Jeff chewed his lip, turning the idea over in his head. he really didn't want to leave Shannon, especially with Matt since he always seemed so scared of him.
"My keys are on the table, go to my car and get it. It's in the glove compartment."
"No, Jeff. You go. He's been doing this every couple of days for a while and I know what to do. Trust me, go get the kit." Matt said, walking over.
Jeff still debated, but got up anyways. Matt took his place and even went so far as to wipe the blood from Shannon face. //"Jeff .. please, I don't like having you this close"// repeated in Jeff's head. If Shannon woke up an dJeff was holding him, he'd probably freak like the other day. Jeff nodded and headed to his car.
Meanwhile, Matt got up quickly, and locked all of the doors in the house as fast as he could. If they were locked from the inseide and he did all the clasps, Jeff couldn't get in and he wouldn't have to worry about his little brother getting in the way of things. Especially not when he's gotten so far in to it already. He grinned as her heard the screen door open and Jeff try and work the handle. He heard Jeff gaspa nd jangle the handle more quickly.
"Matt! Matt, let me in! Let me in! You lied to me!"
"That's right, little brother. And there's nothing you can do. If you call the cops, I'll tell them this is all your fault. I'll tell them you slipped him the drugs."
"Drugs?! You put him back on drugs?!"
"I put him back on the drugs? He put himself back on the drugs. I only supplied them."
"You slipped him them!" Jeff screamed, continuing to jerk the handle.
"It's not working, Jeff!" Matt grinned.
The screen door slammed shut and Jeff's footsteps could be heard running to the next door. Locked. Back door, locked. Othe side door, also locked. Jeff went back around front and bashed his hand against the door.
"Let me in, damnit!"
"Mmm," Matt thought mockingly, "NO. Go home so I can take care of Shannon."
"Take care of him my ass!" Jeff screamed, "Let me in!"
"What was it he said to you, Jeff? What was it, a couple of weeks ago? That .. oh, I remember what he told me he said to you .. That he was scared of having you so close. Yes, that was it. I remember that. That's why he ran from your house and came directly to mine. Cause he's scared of you."
Jeff stopped pounding on the door and stood straight up. "He said that to you?"
"Damn straight he did. He told me that he couldn't handle having you so close right now. You remind him of so many bad things that have happened."
"Like what?"
Matt just smirked on the other side of the door even though Jeff couldn't see it.
"What'd you do to him!?!"
"I didn't do anything, Jeffry. He thinks YOU did."
"What do you mean?"
"He's always been scared of you, Jeff. You were so intimiadting. Always sticking up for him and protecting him. That scared him. What if he did something that the perfect Jeffry didn't approve of? Would you beat him up, too? What about in the ring, Jeff? He was a messs on there, admit it. And every time he messed up you pushed him farther."
"You did it too." Jeff said softly.
"No, I told him he could do better and I had him do it again. What'd you do, Jeff?"
"I-I ... I .. hit him." Jeff stammered.
"That' right, Jeff."
"But, I thought that's what I was supossed to do!"
Matt laughed quietly to himself; Jeff sounded close to tears, if not there already.
"He used to come to me, Jeff."
"Stop."
"He would show me his bruises and his cuts-"
"Stop it!"
"He would cry and ask me what he did wrong-"
"STOP IT!" Jeff cried, pounding a hand on the door so hard that it cracked slightly under the pressure.
The screen door slammed and Matt could hear Jeff running away again. His car started and it skidded down teh street. Matt smiled and turned back in to the kitchen, picking up Shannon and putting him on the couch. He walked over to the drawer underneath the phone. The sifted through the bags until he found the open one that he knew Shannon had taken something out of. He looked at it throughly. There was quite a bit of the ketamine gone. He laughed again slightly and sat back on the chair. It wouldn't be too long until Shannon woke up and Matt could feed his next story to him.
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..... TBC .....