Down And Out Down Under Chapter Fifteen: Life's Xtreme Ways.
Disclaimer: I still own Neo I don't care what she says.
Two months later and Neo had just started getting use to traveling with the WWE, barely. The last nights, early mornings, long flights and little if any sleep. She felt like she had been doing it for years.
She hadn't done that much drawing lately and felt really bad. So she decided to at least put down some ideas.
"Hey Chris," she called out as he walked in the room.
"Yo Tex," Chris smiled as he looked over her shoulder at what she was drawing.
Neo grumbled. Chris and Shane had decided to start calling her their little 'Texas Tornado' or 'Tex' for short because of her middle name and the fact that she had the energy of a tornado.
"I thought I would get some sketches down. Sorry I haven't done that much lately," she said softly.
"Hey it's okay, I know it's hard to adjust to this, plus it had been wild here lately," he smiled.
Chris was right. Stephanie and Eric Bischoff had been signing each other's talent like crazy and it was becoming hard to know who was working for whom.
"That still no excuse I shouldn't be affected by that. I feel like I have let you down," Neo said angrily. Not at Chris but herself for not doing her job.
"Chill Neo," Chris said, giving Neo a reassuring hug, "we aren't even releasing the next song for at least a month, so relax there is no rush."
Neo smiled back feeling at ease.
"Now we had sorted that out I will have to ask you to leave," Chris said simply.
Neo looked up at him with both a shocked and confused look on her face.
"Just for an hour I have to do some promos,"
She sighed in relief then jokingly glared at him as she packed up her stuff and walked towards the door.
"Have fun," Chris said before kissing her on the forehead.
Luckily it was a pay per view so she could go see Stephanie in her dressing room. She knocked on the door with 'McMahon' on it
"Hey Neo" Stephanie said when she opened the door
"Hey Stephanie I have been kicked out again is it ok if I hang with you for a while?"
"Yeah sure, I will only be here for a little while but you can chill with Shane".
"What Shane's here cool," Neo said walking in and hugged Shane.
"Hey Tex."
"I haven't seen you in a few weeks, so how's your new baby boy going?" Neo smiled at the new dad.
"He is going great," he beamed.
"Well since you're here," Stephanie said smugly, "you could help me decide what to wear."
"What did you have in mind?" Neo asked.
"Something like what you are wearing but more girly."
"What, are you trying to say I am not girly?" Neo laughed, looking down at her square cut top, bootleg jeans and Steph's knee-high boots. A cowgirl hat covered her faded red dreads.
"Hey girls break it up. I don't want to had to put you in a pudding match, ' Shane joked.
Both Stephanie and Neo glared at Shane and threw fruit at him from the platter they were eating.
Neo and Stephanie decided on a peasant blouse, low-cut, sand blasted jeans with vine embroidery and Neo's hip new sandaled heels, for Stephanie to wear that night.
Stephanie kissed them both on the cheek and walked out.
"So Neo, how are things with Chris working out?" Shane asked casually.
Neo shot him a slightly confused look.
"With the job and stuff,' he said correcting himself.
"Oh fine," Neo said relaxing into her chair, "but I think Chris is side tracked by home."
"What do you mean?"
"Well every time he gets off the phone with either Jessica or her sister, he seems to be kind of distant," Neo said sincerely.
"I'm sure it is nothing. Just newlywed bumps," Shane said positively.
They both sat there in silent not sure what to say or how to change the subject.
Suddenly Neo heard a strange but familiar melody.
Shane looked down and pulled out his cell phone that was actually ringing his theme song.
"That is seriously corny," Neo joked.
"Zip it Tex," he snared as he answered it.
"Hey Shane McMahon...Yes...Aha...What...Really...I will be right there."
"So?" Neo asked wanting to find out the news.
"It looks like I'm going to have to love you and leave you Neo. There has been an emergency I have to get to," he said grapping his bag and kissing her on the top of the head before running out the door.
"I must smell really bad to have everyone run off on me," she thought herself as she made her way back to Chris' dressing room.
When she got in there she saw a note on her desk, 'Gone to make some money (and get my ass kicked) be back soon, Chris'.
Neo knew she had an hour to kill so decided to do something about her fading hair colour.
She had just finished putting her fudge dye in when there was a knock at the door.
"Neo Sinclaire right?" a country accent called out.
"Yep," Neo turned around, "I don't think I have had the please of meeting you,' she said shaking the hand of the purple-haired, scantily clad man in front of her.
"No, I have been out for the last few months. I'm Jeff Hardy by the way."
"Oh I know," Neo said.
Jeff looked over to her raising his thin eyebrows covered in face paint.
"I'm a long time fan of Team Xtreme," she blushed.
"Cool," Jeff said kind of nervous and scratched the back of his head, "so you're Chris' artist right?"
"Well I am a friend of Chris and am doing some designs for him if that's what you mean?" Neo said more confident.
"Ah yeah," he said staring at the ground.
Neo noticed Jeff's nervousness and wondered why he would be nervous, he was a big wrestling superstar and she was just a chick from OZ, who was standing there in nothing but an old singlet and a pair of Chris' pants, with her hair covered with dye.
"So, I don't mean to sound rude but are you here for a reason? It's just I have to get this stuff out soon," she said politely.
"Umm yeah, I was wondering if you could do some body painting for me, I feel like something different and heard you were quite good."
"I'm alright I suppose," Neo was beginning to blush again and Jeff was becoming more confident.
The two stood there smiling at each other until an egg timer went off.
"If you would excuse me I have to go wash this stuff out."
"I will be right here waiting," Jeff grinned.
Neo returned 30 minutes later with her hair in a red stained towel and wearing a pair of overalls and a ¾ top.
"Chris will be pissed when he sees that towel and the bathroom, trust me I know Matt is when I do my hair."
"I'm not worried about Chris, he's just a pussycat," she smiled.
"I don't mean to sound nosey, but is there anything going on between you and Chris?" Jeff asked softly.
"No," Neo laughed, "we are just friends, his wife and I are good friends too. No, I'm as single as."
Jeff smiled slightly but hid it from Neo.
"Yeah I'm newly single, my girlfriend of two years and I just broke up while I was away."
Jeff and Neo sat there flirting with each other, while discussing his body art ideas.
"So I will meet you in your locker room at about nine thirty next Monday?" Neo asked, opening the door so Jeff could leave.
"Yeah cool," he said as he walked out.
As he did Neo subconsciously kissed him on the lips.
They both stood there, mid-kiss for a minute before Jeff quickly walked off red faced.
Neo leant against the door stunned for a while until she was interrupted by Chris.
"Hey Tex, you ok?" he said standing face to face with her.
"I just kissed Jeff Hardy," she said without blinking, "and I think he kissed me back."
Disclaimer: I still own Neo I don't care what she says.
Two months later and Neo had just started getting use to traveling with the WWE, barely. The last nights, early mornings, long flights and little if any sleep. She felt like she had been doing it for years.
She hadn't done that much drawing lately and felt really bad. So she decided to at least put down some ideas.
"Hey Chris," she called out as he walked in the room.
"Yo Tex," Chris smiled as he looked over her shoulder at what she was drawing.
Neo grumbled. Chris and Shane had decided to start calling her their little 'Texas Tornado' or 'Tex' for short because of her middle name and the fact that she had the energy of a tornado.
"I thought I would get some sketches down. Sorry I haven't done that much lately," she said softly.
"Hey it's okay, I know it's hard to adjust to this, plus it had been wild here lately," he smiled.
Chris was right. Stephanie and Eric Bischoff had been signing each other's talent like crazy and it was becoming hard to know who was working for whom.
"That still no excuse I shouldn't be affected by that. I feel like I have let you down," Neo said angrily. Not at Chris but herself for not doing her job.
"Chill Neo," Chris said, giving Neo a reassuring hug, "we aren't even releasing the next song for at least a month, so relax there is no rush."
Neo smiled back feeling at ease.
"Now we had sorted that out I will have to ask you to leave," Chris said simply.
Neo looked up at him with both a shocked and confused look on her face.
"Just for an hour I have to do some promos,"
She sighed in relief then jokingly glared at him as she packed up her stuff and walked towards the door.
"Have fun," Chris said before kissing her on the forehead.
Luckily it was a pay per view so she could go see Stephanie in her dressing room. She knocked on the door with 'McMahon' on it
"Hey Neo" Stephanie said when she opened the door
"Hey Stephanie I have been kicked out again is it ok if I hang with you for a while?"
"Yeah sure, I will only be here for a little while but you can chill with Shane".
"What Shane's here cool," Neo said walking in and hugged Shane.
"Hey Tex."
"I haven't seen you in a few weeks, so how's your new baby boy going?" Neo smiled at the new dad.
"He is going great," he beamed.
"Well since you're here," Stephanie said smugly, "you could help me decide what to wear."
"What did you have in mind?" Neo asked.
"Something like what you are wearing but more girly."
"What, are you trying to say I am not girly?" Neo laughed, looking down at her square cut top, bootleg jeans and Steph's knee-high boots. A cowgirl hat covered her faded red dreads.
"Hey girls break it up. I don't want to had to put you in a pudding match, ' Shane joked.
Both Stephanie and Neo glared at Shane and threw fruit at him from the platter they were eating.
Neo and Stephanie decided on a peasant blouse, low-cut, sand blasted jeans with vine embroidery and Neo's hip new sandaled heels, for Stephanie to wear that night.
Stephanie kissed them both on the cheek and walked out.
"So Neo, how are things with Chris working out?" Shane asked casually.
Neo shot him a slightly confused look.
"With the job and stuff,' he said correcting himself.
"Oh fine," Neo said relaxing into her chair, "but I think Chris is side tracked by home."
"What do you mean?"
"Well every time he gets off the phone with either Jessica or her sister, he seems to be kind of distant," Neo said sincerely.
"I'm sure it is nothing. Just newlywed bumps," Shane said positively.
They both sat there in silent not sure what to say or how to change the subject.
Suddenly Neo heard a strange but familiar melody.
Shane looked down and pulled out his cell phone that was actually ringing his theme song.
"That is seriously corny," Neo joked.
"Zip it Tex," he snared as he answered it.
"Hey Shane McMahon...Yes...Aha...What...Really...I will be right there."
"So?" Neo asked wanting to find out the news.
"It looks like I'm going to have to love you and leave you Neo. There has been an emergency I have to get to," he said grapping his bag and kissing her on the top of the head before running out the door.
"I must smell really bad to have everyone run off on me," she thought herself as she made her way back to Chris' dressing room.
When she got in there she saw a note on her desk, 'Gone to make some money (and get my ass kicked) be back soon, Chris'.
Neo knew she had an hour to kill so decided to do something about her fading hair colour.
She had just finished putting her fudge dye in when there was a knock at the door.
"Neo Sinclaire right?" a country accent called out.
"Yep," Neo turned around, "I don't think I have had the please of meeting you,' she said shaking the hand of the purple-haired, scantily clad man in front of her.
"No, I have been out for the last few months. I'm Jeff Hardy by the way."
"Oh I know," Neo said.
Jeff looked over to her raising his thin eyebrows covered in face paint.
"I'm a long time fan of Team Xtreme," she blushed.
"Cool," Jeff said kind of nervous and scratched the back of his head, "so you're Chris' artist right?"
"Well I am a friend of Chris and am doing some designs for him if that's what you mean?" Neo said more confident.
"Ah yeah," he said staring at the ground.
Neo noticed Jeff's nervousness and wondered why he would be nervous, he was a big wrestling superstar and she was just a chick from OZ, who was standing there in nothing but an old singlet and a pair of Chris' pants, with her hair covered with dye.
"So, I don't mean to sound rude but are you here for a reason? It's just I have to get this stuff out soon," she said politely.
"Umm yeah, I was wondering if you could do some body painting for me, I feel like something different and heard you were quite good."
"I'm alright I suppose," Neo was beginning to blush again and Jeff was becoming more confident.
The two stood there smiling at each other until an egg timer went off.
"If you would excuse me I have to go wash this stuff out."
"I will be right here waiting," Jeff grinned.
Neo returned 30 minutes later with her hair in a red stained towel and wearing a pair of overalls and a ¾ top.
"Chris will be pissed when he sees that towel and the bathroom, trust me I know Matt is when I do my hair."
"I'm not worried about Chris, he's just a pussycat," she smiled.
"I don't mean to sound nosey, but is there anything going on between you and Chris?" Jeff asked softly.
"No," Neo laughed, "we are just friends, his wife and I are good friends too. No, I'm as single as."
Jeff smiled slightly but hid it from Neo.
"Yeah I'm newly single, my girlfriend of two years and I just broke up while I was away."
Jeff and Neo sat there flirting with each other, while discussing his body art ideas.
"So I will meet you in your locker room at about nine thirty next Monday?" Neo asked, opening the door so Jeff could leave.
"Yeah cool," he said as he walked out.
As he did Neo subconsciously kissed him on the lips.
They both stood there, mid-kiss for a minute before Jeff quickly walked off red faced.
Neo leant against the door stunned for a while until she was interrupted by Chris.
"Hey Tex, you ok?" he said standing face to face with her.
"I just kissed Jeff Hardy," she said without blinking, "and I think he kissed me back."