Author's Note: Okay, I said that I wasn't going to update until after
holidaes,but I finished the chapter sooner than expected. I wanted to get
this up right before Christmas, and I did! I'm happy about it. Thank you
for all your thoughs, I am much better now ... except busy. I know that I
won't update this before Christmas, so what ever hlidaes you celebrate, I
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Title: Undisputed chapter 15
Author: Hearts Desire
Chapter Rating: PG-13 for language, slash, adult themes
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Jeff settled back against the couch and picked up the remote. He had about another hour to go until Shannon got out of class. They had started him in control classes almost a week after he had gotten home. Shannon had protested at first, when reality must have set in that he'd be doing them, but then he had gone off.
Both of them had taken to staying in lately. Shannon just didn't feel up to going out again and Jeff was pretty sure that he would be back to a quieter self if he had started going out again. Jeff on the other hand, just wanted to stay with Shannon. He felt like he had a weight lifted off his shoulders after deciding to stop wrestling, but telling Shannon still weighed on his concious.
He sighed and flipped the television off. There was nothing on but the news. News on bad stuff ... news on good stuff ... news on absolutely NOTHING. Jeff got up and headed in to the kitchen for a glass of water. Adam hadn't called since the two had talked right after Shannon had come home. It kinda set him off a bit, but maybe Adam was still trying to get through to Jay.
He must have been too busy thinking about something because the next thing he knew, he had poured water all over the table and there was a knocking on the door that jarred him from his thoughts.
"Who is it?"
"Adam. Can I come in?"
"Yeah, it's unlocked."
A minute or so later, Adam's brightblonde head had peeked through the door, followed by his lanky blonde body. He was starting to look a lot better than he had when he had first gotten on the injury list. He tisked and shook his head when he noticed the puddle of water on the floor.
"Just like ya, Hardy. Forget you had the wter jug in hand?"
"You could say that, I guess."
"Well, no use crying over spilled water ..." Adam joked, grabbing a hand towel from the oven and tossing it to the Hardy.
"Nice pun there, Copeland. So, you talk to Jay lately?"
Adam sighed and leaned back on the counter top. "I was hoping that the topic WOULDN'T turn to this."
"Why? What's wrong?" Jeff asked slowly, turning to face the Canadian.
Adam shook his head. "Jay's not talking."
"What?!"
"He says he doesn't want to get in to it."
Jeff sat at the table and placed his head in his hands, "How are we supossed to find out about Matt, then? He's the closest one to Matt lately."
"Listen, don't go overboard. I asked him out to dinner tonight. He'll come straight from Matt's house to dinner with me."
"What's that have to do with anything?"
"I'm pretty sure I can get him to talk tonight. I've given him time and I think I've come up with an idea to get him to talk. Jay's known me forever. I think he was just tired when I tried the first time. He's always grouchy when he's tired. And his ankle was hurting him pretty badly that night."
"Are you sure that you can?" Jeff asked, biting his lip.
"Almost positive."
Jeff tapped his foot nervously under the table, nearly making the glass tip over on it and spill again. "Alright. If you think you can do it. I gotta go pick up Shannon from class. You have to call me right after you get back from dinner."
"Don't worry. I will. I'll talk to ya later, then."
Adam went out and left first since his car was parked in front of Jeff's. As soon as Adam was gone, Jeff climbed in his car and headed downtown to where they had the classes Shannon was taking. It must have taken more time than ezpected when he got down there, because the building was clearing out already.
He sat in his car and waited for Shannon right out front of the building, but there was no sign of Shannon. Jeff had told him to meet him right out front and he wasn't there. He waited a couple more minutes, but by the time everyone had cleared, Shannon still hadn't showed up. Jeff's heart rate sped up and he got out of his car and went to the front desk on the inside of the building.
"Excuse me, is this the place for the corrective classes?"
The woman behind the counter looked up and smiled at Jeff. "Yes, sir, can I help you?"
"Yeah, I'm looking for someone who was in the class today. Shannon Moore?"
"Could you describe him to me?"
"About this tall, blonde hair, green eyes."
"Oh, Shannon Moore. The wrestler, right?"
Jeff sighed, "Yeah, that's it."
"Um, he left already. Another blonde came in and picked him up."
"What?!"
Jeff's eyes went wide. No one had told him anything about anyone else picking up Shannon. He hadn't told anyone else to pick up Shannon.
"Did they give you a name?"
The woman thought for a minute, "Ray ... Rey ... Reso ... Richards? I'm sorry, something like that?"
"Reso? Did you say Reso?"
"I only caught a few words as they were going out."
"Reso." Jeff whispered to himself, "Thanks."
Jeff hurriedly got back in his car. Why would Jay have come and picked up Shannon? How did he even know that Shannon had classes here, at this time, this day? Who had told him? Adam? No, Adam wouldn't do that. At least Jeff didn't think that Adam would do that.
Still, Jay had no reason to do it. What would he need with Shannon? jeff angrily started the ignitioin up and sped off down the street. He didn't know exactly where he was heading, but he dug his cell phone from his pocket and dialed Shannon's number.
It just rang ... and rang ... and rang. Maybe he hadn't taken it ... no, Jeff had made sure right before they left that Shannon had it on and with him. Maybe he had turned it off or something? They didn't allow them in the class?
Jeff sighed angrily and hung up. He had Jay's cell number, he knew it, but he couldn't remember it. He pulled over in to a parking lot and parked the car. He searched through his cell phone book. Then he looked through his glove compartment and under the chairs. He didn't have too good of a feeling about Shannon being with Jay.
Finally, he found his little black book and got Jay's number. He just hoped it was his recent one. It rang a few times before someone picked up.
"Hello?"
"Jay?"
"Yeah. Who's this?"
"This is Jeff."
Jeff heard Jay mumble something on the other side
"Do you have Shannon with you?" Jeff asked, cutting right to the point.
"Shannon? No, why would I have Shannon with me? He has class today, right?"
"Yes, but when I went to pick him up, the woman at the counter said that you had picked him up already."
"Me? No, I didn't pick up Shannon."
Jeff shook his head even though Jay couldn't see it. Jay sounded completely serious; very convincing. But the woman had said Reso, had she not?
"I have a hard time believing that to be honest."
"Jeff, what would I need with Shannon? I hardly know the kid."
"I don't know." Jeff sighed, "Maybe I'm just jumping to conclusions."
"That's understandable. After all you and Shannon have been through, it's only natural that you would be worried about where he was. Maybe ... have you called your hous? Maybe he got dropped off or something? Maybe he took the bus?"
Jeff sighed, "Maybe. Well, I'm gonna try calling around. Have a good dinner wtih Adam."
"Sure thing, Jeff. Good luck."
"Thanks, bye."
Jeff hung up the phone and sighed, leaning his head back. Maybe Adam had picked up Shannon and maybe he had taken the bus, but there still was someone that Jeff was going to call first ... Matt.
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Jay sighed and hung up his cell phone.
"Who was that?" Matt asled from across the room.
"That was Jeff. He wanted to know if we'd seen Shannon. Apparently the woman at the counter caught my name when I picked him up and told Jeff it when he came."
"Great, so he knows you're in on it?"
"No. I told him I had no clue where he was."
"Good. If there is any way to get Jeff to admit what he did, it's to take Shannon away from him." Matt said, settling back in his chair.
He looked over at where Shannon was sitting on the bed. He had curled in to himself. His knees were up against his chest with his arms around them and his head resting on his knee caps. His bright green eyes were wide as he just looked at the wall across from him.
Matt laughed slightly to himself. He couldn't have said anything when Jeff called if he wanted to. Matt had him scared shitless. Of course, Jay didn't know that. he just though Shannon was scared of Jeff and of everything that had happened to him. It was as easy to convince Jay what had "happened" than to keep Shannon quiet.
He had protested a bit when Jay had first gone in there, insisting that jeff was going to pick him up, but that had all stopped when Jay said that Jeff had called and told him to pick him up. The finale was most likely when Jay said that Jeff wanted Shannon with Matt.
Matt was snapped out of his thoughts when his ccell phone rang. He headed over to the counter and picked it up. Hardy, J. Just figures he'd call.
"Hello?"
"Matt, it's Jeff."
"I have caller ID, little bro, I know who it is."
"Is Shannon with you?"
"You're quite blunt, little bro."
"Will you stop and just answer me?" Jeff asked, his temper rising quickly.
"Yeah, Shannon's with me."
"What?! What's he doing with you?!"
"He called me about half way through his classes and wanted me to pick him up. You should have known that they would be too much so soon."
"Well, where are you? I'm coming to get him."
"No, you aren't. Shannon wants to stay here. He feels bad around you. Guilty, you know."
"I'm coming to get him, Matt. he needs to stay with me."
"Why? Are you afraid I'd do something? It's you he's got to worry about." Matt smirked
"What?"
"Didn't you realize that everything bad started happening once he started staying with you?"
Matt heard Jeff shift on the other end of the line. He always did when he was thinking.
"Listen. You can come pick him up tonight. Jay's going to dinner with Adam. Why don't you come over and we'll all talk then?" Matt bargained.
Jeff was quiet for a few seconds.
"Jeff?"
"Alright. If he really wants to stay till then. I'll be over around seven."
"That sounds good. We'll see you then."
Jeff didn't even say goodbye to him brother, just hung up. Matt smirked. Thsi was proving easier than he thought. Jeff would come over tonight and Matt would get him to "admit" what he did. He laughed lightly and patted the bag of pills in his pocket. This was way too easy.
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A/N- Well, it's almost over ... maybe two or so more chapters.
Title: Undisputed chapter 15
Author: Hearts Desire
Chapter Rating: PG-13 for language, slash, adult themes
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Jeff settled back against the couch and picked up the remote. He had about another hour to go until Shannon got out of class. They had started him in control classes almost a week after he had gotten home. Shannon had protested at first, when reality must have set in that he'd be doing them, but then he had gone off.
Both of them had taken to staying in lately. Shannon just didn't feel up to going out again and Jeff was pretty sure that he would be back to a quieter self if he had started going out again. Jeff on the other hand, just wanted to stay with Shannon. He felt like he had a weight lifted off his shoulders after deciding to stop wrestling, but telling Shannon still weighed on his concious.
He sighed and flipped the television off. There was nothing on but the news. News on bad stuff ... news on good stuff ... news on absolutely NOTHING. Jeff got up and headed in to the kitchen for a glass of water. Adam hadn't called since the two had talked right after Shannon had come home. It kinda set him off a bit, but maybe Adam was still trying to get through to Jay.
He must have been too busy thinking about something because the next thing he knew, he had poured water all over the table and there was a knocking on the door that jarred him from his thoughts.
"Who is it?"
"Adam. Can I come in?"
"Yeah, it's unlocked."
A minute or so later, Adam's brightblonde head had peeked through the door, followed by his lanky blonde body. He was starting to look a lot better than he had when he had first gotten on the injury list. He tisked and shook his head when he noticed the puddle of water on the floor.
"Just like ya, Hardy. Forget you had the wter jug in hand?"
"You could say that, I guess."
"Well, no use crying over spilled water ..." Adam joked, grabbing a hand towel from the oven and tossing it to the Hardy.
"Nice pun there, Copeland. So, you talk to Jay lately?"
Adam sighed and leaned back on the counter top. "I was hoping that the topic WOULDN'T turn to this."
"Why? What's wrong?" Jeff asked slowly, turning to face the Canadian.
Adam shook his head. "Jay's not talking."
"What?!"
"He says he doesn't want to get in to it."
Jeff sat at the table and placed his head in his hands, "How are we supossed to find out about Matt, then? He's the closest one to Matt lately."
"Listen, don't go overboard. I asked him out to dinner tonight. He'll come straight from Matt's house to dinner with me."
"What's that have to do with anything?"
"I'm pretty sure I can get him to talk tonight. I've given him time and I think I've come up with an idea to get him to talk. Jay's known me forever. I think he was just tired when I tried the first time. He's always grouchy when he's tired. And his ankle was hurting him pretty badly that night."
"Are you sure that you can?" Jeff asked, biting his lip.
"Almost positive."
Jeff tapped his foot nervously under the table, nearly making the glass tip over on it and spill again. "Alright. If you think you can do it. I gotta go pick up Shannon from class. You have to call me right after you get back from dinner."
"Don't worry. I will. I'll talk to ya later, then."
Adam went out and left first since his car was parked in front of Jeff's. As soon as Adam was gone, Jeff climbed in his car and headed downtown to where they had the classes Shannon was taking. It must have taken more time than ezpected when he got down there, because the building was clearing out already.
He sat in his car and waited for Shannon right out front of the building, but there was no sign of Shannon. Jeff had told him to meet him right out front and he wasn't there. He waited a couple more minutes, but by the time everyone had cleared, Shannon still hadn't showed up. Jeff's heart rate sped up and he got out of his car and went to the front desk on the inside of the building.
"Excuse me, is this the place for the corrective classes?"
The woman behind the counter looked up and smiled at Jeff. "Yes, sir, can I help you?"
"Yeah, I'm looking for someone who was in the class today. Shannon Moore?"
"Could you describe him to me?"
"About this tall, blonde hair, green eyes."
"Oh, Shannon Moore. The wrestler, right?"
Jeff sighed, "Yeah, that's it."
"Um, he left already. Another blonde came in and picked him up."
"What?!"
Jeff's eyes went wide. No one had told him anything about anyone else picking up Shannon. He hadn't told anyone else to pick up Shannon.
"Did they give you a name?"
The woman thought for a minute, "Ray ... Rey ... Reso ... Richards? I'm sorry, something like that?"
"Reso? Did you say Reso?"
"I only caught a few words as they were going out."
"Reso." Jeff whispered to himself, "Thanks."
Jeff hurriedly got back in his car. Why would Jay have come and picked up Shannon? How did he even know that Shannon had classes here, at this time, this day? Who had told him? Adam? No, Adam wouldn't do that. At least Jeff didn't think that Adam would do that.
Still, Jay had no reason to do it. What would he need with Shannon? jeff angrily started the ignitioin up and sped off down the street. He didn't know exactly where he was heading, but he dug his cell phone from his pocket and dialed Shannon's number.
It just rang ... and rang ... and rang. Maybe he hadn't taken it ... no, Jeff had made sure right before they left that Shannon had it on and with him. Maybe he had turned it off or something? They didn't allow them in the class?
Jeff sighed angrily and hung up. He had Jay's cell number, he knew it, but he couldn't remember it. He pulled over in to a parking lot and parked the car. He searched through his cell phone book. Then he looked through his glove compartment and under the chairs. He didn't have too good of a feeling about Shannon being with Jay.
Finally, he found his little black book and got Jay's number. He just hoped it was his recent one. It rang a few times before someone picked up.
"Hello?"
"Jay?"
"Yeah. Who's this?"
"This is Jeff."
Jeff heard Jay mumble something on the other side
"Do you have Shannon with you?" Jeff asked, cutting right to the point.
"Shannon? No, why would I have Shannon with me? He has class today, right?"
"Yes, but when I went to pick him up, the woman at the counter said that you had picked him up already."
"Me? No, I didn't pick up Shannon."
Jeff shook his head even though Jay couldn't see it. Jay sounded completely serious; very convincing. But the woman had said Reso, had she not?
"I have a hard time believing that to be honest."
"Jeff, what would I need with Shannon? I hardly know the kid."
"I don't know." Jeff sighed, "Maybe I'm just jumping to conclusions."
"That's understandable. After all you and Shannon have been through, it's only natural that you would be worried about where he was. Maybe ... have you called your hous? Maybe he got dropped off or something? Maybe he took the bus?"
Jeff sighed, "Maybe. Well, I'm gonna try calling around. Have a good dinner wtih Adam."
"Sure thing, Jeff. Good luck."
"Thanks, bye."
Jeff hung up the phone and sighed, leaning his head back. Maybe Adam had picked up Shannon and maybe he had taken the bus, but there still was someone that Jeff was going to call first ... Matt.
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Jay sighed and hung up his cell phone.
"Who was that?" Matt asled from across the room.
"That was Jeff. He wanted to know if we'd seen Shannon. Apparently the woman at the counter caught my name when I picked him up and told Jeff it when he came."
"Great, so he knows you're in on it?"
"No. I told him I had no clue where he was."
"Good. If there is any way to get Jeff to admit what he did, it's to take Shannon away from him." Matt said, settling back in his chair.
He looked over at where Shannon was sitting on the bed. He had curled in to himself. His knees were up against his chest with his arms around them and his head resting on his knee caps. His bright green eyes were wide as he just looked at the wall across from him.
Matt laughed slightly to himself. He couldn't have said anything when Jeff called if he wanted to. Matt had him scared shitless. Of course, Jay didn't know that. he just though Shannon was scared of Jeff and of everything that had happened to him. It was as easy to convince Jay what had "happened" than to keep Shannon quiet.
He had protested a bit when Jay had first gone in there, insisting that jeff was going to pick him up, but that had all stopped when Jay said that Jeff had called and told him to pick him up. The finale was most likely when Jay said that Jeff wanted Shannon with Matt.
Matt was snapped out of his thoughts when his ccell phone rang. He headed over to the counter and picked it up. Hardy, J. Just figures he'd call.
"Hello?"
"Matt, it's Jeff."
"I have caller ID, little bro, I know who it is."
"Is Shannon with you?"
"You're quite blunt, little bro."
"Will you stop and just answer me?" Jeff asked, his temper rising quickly.
"Yeah, Shannon's with me."
"What?! What's he doing with you?!"
"He called me about half way through his classes and wanted me to pick him up. You should have known that they would be too much so soon."
"Well, where are you? I'm coming to get him."
"No, you aren't. Shannon wants to stay here. He feels bad around you. Guilty, you know."
"I'm coming to get him, Matt. he needs to stay with me."
"Why? Are you afraid I'd do something? It's you he's got to worry about." Matt smirked
"What?"
"Didn't you realize that everything bad started happening once he started staying with you?"
Matt heard Jeff shift on the other end of the line. He always did when he was thinking.
"Listen. You can come pick him up tonight. Jay's going to dinner with Adam. Why don't you come over and we'll all talk then?" Matt bargained.
Jeff was quiet for a few seconds.
"Jeff?"
"Alright. If he really wants to stay till then. I'll be over around seven."
"That sounds good. We'll see you then."
Jeff didn't even say goodbye to him brother, just hung up. Matt smirked. Thsi was proving easier than he thought. Jeff would come over tonight and Matt would get him to "admit" what he did. He laughed lightly and patted the bag of pills in his pocket. This was way too easy.
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A/N- Well, it's almost over ... maybe two or so more chapters.