Chapter 34

"Hey Matt, have you seen Corinne?" Jeff said as he walked out to the
back of the curtain. He hadn't seen her since she had walked out his
locker room two hours before.

"Um...last I saw her she was walking out back with Keibs..."Matt said
with a raised brow.

"Keibs? Stacey? Cancer stick?" Jeff said.

"Yeppers...I didn't know she smoked."

"Corinne? Well yeah, only when she's stressed...Oh shit."

"Let me guess...you're the cause of the stress aren't you? Listen
Jeff, back off, Aims was telling me how much work she's got back in
the office. Steph wasn't really able to keep up with the work being
pregnant and all so all the backed up work is left for Corinne. Not
only that but Shane's sending her a lot of the London stuff cause he's
trying to finish up the new deal with MTV and TNN."

"Oh..."

"Hey guys!" Amy called out as she came back. Their match was in 10
minutes.

"Oh Jeffro, Cori told me to tell you that she's going to go pick you
both up some Chinese so you can just eat in the hotel."

"Oh, that's sweet." Jeff said scratching his head. He'd never known
Corinne to not watch the show from the back whenever she got the
chance.

"Yeah whatever, if you ask me she just didn't feel like hanging around
here. Matt, I let her borrow the car. God, you are such a... " Amy
mumbled as she sat on the floor and stretched.

"Whoa...what did you just say?" Jeff said leaning down to hear her.

"Oh nothing..."Amy said standing up and jumping up and down. "I just
said that you make me sick because you are being such a prick.... oooh
that rhymes...want to quote me on that poet boy?"

"What the hell.... what's your problem?"

"Umm...Aims we're going to go on in like two seconds. You shouldn't
have done that." Matt said quietly.

"I'm sorry...what? Are you going to defend him now Matt? I'm sorry
he's your brother...you know what...no...I'm sorry I ever told Corinne
that she should date your dumb ass.... ugh...forget it...." Amy said
turning away from both of them

"ARE WE ON YET?" She yelled at the stagehand who had never before
heard Amy yell.

"Um, five more minutes." The stagehand mumbled before ducking down to
get out of the line of fire.

"Aims calm down Hun." Matt said gently.

"No Matt...you want to know where Corinne is right now? She is out
back with Stacey having a cigarette and wondering why in god's name
she flew all the way over here so she could be with you just to be
yelled at and complained to about how she never has time for her
asshole boyfriend whose always supposed to support her in whatever she
did. I mean I just don't understand you, if you wanted someone to be
with you 24-7 then you should have dated one of those bitches you're
used to dating and who are happy to just follow you and sniff your ass
all day long." Amy took a break from her rant to glare heatedly at
Jeff.

"Amy, I'm sorry I missed my girlfriend, that's not a freaking crime
alright?" Jeff said defensively.

"Yeah, missing her is fine, but trying to make her feel like she's not
doing the right thing by doing her job which she has worked her whole
life for is a crime. You don't know what she's gone through to get
here."

"Don't tell me how well I know Corinne alright. I don't understand
what your deal is anyway, this has nothing to do with you..."

"Nothing to do with me? Nothing to do with me?" Amy yelled at him in
aggravation.

"Guys, please calm down." Matt inserted as a stagehand walked in to
tell them that they were up.

"You are unbelievable!" Amy said even as they walked out of the
curtain.

"Well you need to mind your own f*cking business." Jeff retorted.

"Alright! Will both of you shut the f*ck up? This is ridiculous." Matt
yelled. They stopped talking as soon as the match started up but both
knew that the discussion was far from over.

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"I had no idea you smoked Corinne."

"Yeah, umm, I don't. I'm just under a lot of stress right now."

"Well at least you have Jeff," Stacey said smilingly.

"Yeah, I have Jeff." Corinne sighed.

"What's that supposed to mean? You don't sound too happy about it."

"It's nothing...I'm just...I don't know...I'm just so tired Stacey.
I'm so tired."

"Look, I don't really know you or Jeff to well. All I know is that
when I saw you two together, you were happy. If you're not happy
anymore, then you shouldn't subject yourself to that."

"The problem is that I don't know what makes me happy anymore." She
said rising from their seat on the sidewalk and wiping the back of her
pants. "Thanks for the cigarette."

Stacey nodded in acknowledgment as she took another cigarette out of
her pack. "Well...if he can't make you happy, then I wonder if you can
make him happy..." She said to herself smirking at the night sky.

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