Chapter 8
The room was silent except for some small sounds from Amy and Matt.
All of a sudden there was a loud moan and Corinne and Jeff immediately
turned away.
"Umm, hey, Corinne you wanna take a walk?" Jeff asked.
"Uh, sure. Let me just grab a coat." And she walked out of Amy's room
to her room
"Hey guys. Guys!" Matt and Amy stayed occupied, "Hey Matt, would you
come up for air please, I need some advice."
Matt pulled away, but Amy continued pecking his face and neck. "What
Jeff?"
"Okay, Ames stop, I can't concentrate when you're trying to eat my
brothers face! Come on she'll be back soon!"
"Wait!" Amy said, "Oh my god, YOU like Corinne. Ah! That's so cute!"
"Ok, we're just gonna go for a walk, I'm not proposing or anything I
just wanna hang out with her like in the future ya know."
"Jeff, um why are you so nervous? You're not usually like this with
girls."
"She's not like the other girls I go for, but she seems really nice
and..."
"Her hair's one color and she actually has a brain?" Amy said,
laughing out loud when Matt tried to shut her up.
"And I need a shirt," Jeff said, he looked at Amy who immediately
jumped off of Matt and ran to her closet, blocking him from it.
"No Jeff, Matt gave that to me, it has his smell, it's the only way I
can sleep! I love that shirt! You're not using it." Jeff picked her up
and threw her back to Matt who just laughed and said, "It's alright
Aims, I'll give you another shirt." Jeff went into the closet and took
out a worn, long sleeved hardy boys shirt. He knew that Amy never went
anywhere without it.
"Anyways, what should I do?" Jeff asked running his fingers through
his currently blue hair as he pulled on the shirt
"What should you do about what?" Corinne said pulling on a long
sweater jacket.
"Oh nothing." Jeff said, "Let's go." Walking towards the balcony.
"Umm, Jeff where are you going?" Corinne said, "Let's go through the
front door."
"Why?" Jeff asked, "The lake is closer if we just jump the balcony."
"Ah, umm, ok, umm, I'm scared of heights."
"Really? You're kidding me right?"
"No really Jeff, I'm scared of heights."
Amy laughed, "Don't worry about it Cori, Jeff'll take care of you.
He'll ummm hold your hand.."
"You do realize that if ya'll hadn't been arguing about which way you
should go, you could have just used the front door?" Matt said.
"Well we didn't so come on, let's go through the balcony." Jeff
retorted.
"Um, okay" Corinne said reluctantly, "But I swear if I die..."
"You won't die, come on!"
"Fine."
"Have fun guys." Amy said waving at them as they went into the
balcony.
Ten minutes later and only a few shrieks from Corinne, they were on
the ground. "See now that wasn't all that bad was it?" Jeff said,
holding her hand, he felt terrible, he could feel her hand shaking and
knew that she had been genuinely scared.
"Uh huh, yeah it wasn't so bad. Right." Corinne answered, tightly
holding his hand.
They walked slowly, still holding hands towards the lake shining from
the moonlight.
As they sat down on the grass, Jeff said, "You know, I'm really glad
we're alone here. I feel like I haven't seen you since the first day
we got here."
"Umm you haven't seen me since the first day."
"Oh yeah, true." Jeff looked down on the grass, thinking, I guess I
shouldn't tell her that I've watched her jogging outside everyday
since they had gotten there. Yeah idiot, she'll think you're a
freaking stalker. "So, what have you been up to since we got here."
"I've been going to the Stamford office. Just trying to familiarize
myself with everything. I only have five more months of school, and
then I'm going straight into what Stephs' been doing all her life. I
just wish that she had more time to train me, but I think she's
staying a month and then that's it, Kyle and her wanna have kids as
soon as possible." She shook her head. "I guess I'm nervous. What
about you? What have you been doing since we got here?"
"Jumping off of anything and everything they can bring to the ring."
"Really?" Corinne asked smiling at the disgruntled expression on
Jeff's face.
"Nah, I've been trying a few different kinds of jumps and flips, you
know. It's kinda cool that we have this week to just do whatever we
want to each other. I mean I got to wrestle Shane and Shannon, I
haven't done that in years. It's been fun. But I'll be glad when we
get back on the road. I miss that rush I get when you hear people
screaming for you and stuff."
"Well, we're all leaving tomorrow so..." She let the sentence lie, not
knowing what to say.
"So are you gonna go to any shows or anything?" He stood up and held
out his hand for her and she stood up as well to walk around.
"Yeah, there's a show in Chicago in like three weeks. I'll be there
for that one."
"Good. I feel like I've known you for so long, I mean I just feel
really comfortable with you ya know."
"I feel really comfortable with all of you guys. It's funny, cause I
never would have thought you guys would be the way you are. You're so,
real."
"Real? What'd you think we'd be like?"
"Well, I don't know. Just somehow different than the way you are. Not
that I don't like the way you are, but just different."
"Ok. I guess I get you. It's funny. I guess because I'm around
wrestlers so much, I never really think about what it's like for other
people looking into our world. When I was going out with my last
girlfriend, I though she really understood what it would be like to go
out with a wrestler. We went out for almost three years."
"And then what happened?" Corinne asked, feeling guilty since Amy had
already told her.
"Well, I proposed. And at first she said yes, but I told her that I
was thinking of quitting wrestling so we could be together more. I
mean I had money. But she didn't want me to. I know Amy thinks that it
was all about the money, and maybe she was right. Amy and Matt still
don't know that I told her that I was gonna quit wrestling for her."
"I'm sorry, Jeff. You must have really loved her."
"I know, and in some ways I still do. I just feel betrayed ya know. I
mean I thought that she would be happy."
"I would have been." She blushed, unsure if she had said the right
thing.
"Thanks." Jeff said, squeezed her hand and smiled.
"Wanna head back inside?" he asked, and she nodded her head before
walking back.
The room was silent except for some small sounds from Amy and Matt.
All of a sudden there was a loud moan and Corinne and Jeff immediately
turned away.
"Umm, hey, Corinne you wanna take a walk?" Jeff asked.
"Uh, sure. Let me just grab a coat." And she walked out of Amy's room
to her room
"Hey guys. Guys!" Matt and Amy stayed occupied, "Hey Matt, would you
come up for air please, I need some advice."
Matt pulled away, but Amy continued pecking his face and neck. "What
Jeff?"
"Okay, Ames stop, I can't concentrate when you're trying to eat my
brothers face! Come on she'll be back soon!"
"Wait!" Amy said, "Oh my god, YOU like Corinne. Ah! That's so cute!"
"Ok, we're just gonna go for a walk, I'm not proposing or anything I
just wanna hang out with her like in the future ya know."
"Jeff, um why are you so nervous? You're not usually like this with
girls."
"She's not like the other girls I go for, but she seems really nice
and..."
"Her hair's one color and she actually has a brain?" Amy said,
laughing out loud when Matt tried to shut her up.
"And I need a shirt," Jeff said, he looked at Amy who immediately
jumped off of Matt and ran to her closet, blocking him from it.
"No Jeff, Matt gave that to me, it has his smell, it's the only way I
can sleep! I love that shirt! You're not using it." Jeff picked her up
and threw her back to Matt who just laughed and said, "It's alright
Aims, I'll give you another shirt." Jeff went into the closet and took
out a worn, long sleeved hardy boys shirt. He knew that Amy never went
anywhere without it.
"Anyways, what should I do?" Jeff asked running his fingers through
his currently blue hair as he pulled on the shirt
"What should you do about what?" Corinne said pulling on a long
sweater jacket.
"Oh nothing." Jeff said, "Let's go." Walking towards the balcony.
"Umm, Jeff where are you going?" Corinne said, "Let's go through the
front door."
"Why?" Jeff asked, "The lake is closer if we just jump the balcony."
"Ah, umm, ok, umm, I'm scared of heights."
"Really? You're kidding me right?"
"No really Jeff, I'm scared of heights."
Amy laughed, "Don't worry about it Cori, Jeff'll take care of you.
He'll ummm hold your hand.."
"You do realize that if ya'll hadn't been arguing about which way you
should go, you could have just used the front door?" Matt said.
"Well we didn't so come on, let's go through the balcony." Jeff
retorted.
"Um, okay" Corinne said reluctantly, "But I swear if I die..."
"You won't die, come on!"
"Fine."
"Have fun guys." Amy said waving at them as they went into the
balcony.
Ten minutes later and only a few shrieks from Corinne, they were on
the ground. "See now that wasn't all that bad was it?" Jeff said,
holding her hand, he felt terrible, he could feel her hand shaking and
knew that she had been genuinely scared.
"Uh huh, yeah it wasn't so bad. Right." Corinne answered, tightly
holding his hand.
They walked slowly, still holding hands towards the lake shining from
the moonlight.
As they sat down on the grass, Jeff said, "You know, I'm really glad
we're alone here. I feel like I haven't seen you since the first day
we got here."
"Umm you haven't seen me since the first day."
"Oh yeah, true." Jeff looked down on the grass, thinking, I guess I
shouldn't tell her that I've watched her jogging outside everyday
since they had gotten there. Yeah idiot, she'll think you're a
freaking stalker. "So, what have you been up to since we got here."
"I've been going to the Stamford office. Just trying to familiarize
myself with everything. I only have five more months of school, and
then I'm going straight into what Stephs' been doing all her life. I
just wish that she had more time to train me, but I think she's
staying a month and then that's it, Kyle and her wanna have kids as
soon as possible." She shook her head. "I guess I'm nervous. What
about you? What have you been doing since we got here?"
"Jumping off of anything and everything they can bring to the ring."
"Really?" Corinne asked smiling at the disgruntled expression on
Jeff's face.
"Nah, I've been trying a few different kinds of jumps and flips, you
know. It's kinda cool that we have this week to just do whatever we
want to each other. I mean I got to wrestle Shane and Shannon, I
haven't done that in years. It's been fun. But I'll be glad when we
get back on the road. I miss that rush I get when you hear people
screaming for you and stuff."
"Well, we're all leaving tomorrow so..." She let the sentence lie, not
knowing what to say.
"So are you gonna go to any shows or anything?" He stood up and held
out his hand for her and she stood up as well to walk around.
"Yeah, there's a show in Chicago in like three weeks. I'll be there
for that one."
"Good. I feel like I've known you for so long, I mean I just feel
really comfortable with you ya know."
"I feel really comfortable with all of you guys. It's funny, cause I
never would have thought you guys would be the way you are. You're so,
real."
"Real? What'd you think we'd be like?"
"Well, I don't know. Just somehow different than the way you are. Not
that I don't like the way you are, but just different."
"Ok. I guess I get you. It's funny. I guess because I'm around
wrestlers so much, I never really think about what it's like for other
people looking into our world. When I was going out with my last
girlfriend, I though she really understood what it would be like to go
out with a wrestler. We went out for almost three years."
"And then what happened?" Corinne asked, feeling guilty since Amy had
already told her.
"Well, I proposed. And at first she said yes, but I told her that I
was thinking of quitting wrestling so we could be together more. I
mean I had money. But she didn't want me to. I know Amy thinks that it
was all about the money, and maybe she was right. Amy and Matt still
don't know that I told her that I was gonna quit wrestling for her."
"I'm sorry, Jeff. You must have really loved her."
"I know, and in some ways I still do. I just feel betrayed ya know. I
mean I thought that she would be happy."
"I would have been." She blushed, unsure if she had said the right
thing.
"Thanks." Jeff said, squeezed her hand and smiled.
"Wanna head back inside?" he asked, and she nodded her head before
walking back.
