Chapter 4:
"Man, that was...I don't know what today was, but this is really messed up," Jeff said, at a complete loss for words.
"I agree," Matt said, nodding. "I had no idea that things had gotten that bad, but then again, it's not like we've been around for her either. We've been touring for so long, and it's really hard to keep in touch with people who have regular sleeping schedules since we don't get done with tapings and shows until really late."
"Yeah," Jeff agreed. "But I still feel like we should have been there for her. She's so small that it's easy just to throw her around, and I hate that she's been exposed to that. No one should have to deal with that at her age. She's with us now for good, you know that right?"
"Oh, she's definitely staying with us because she's never going back there, but where exactly is she going to stay?" Matt asked.
"I'll talk to Vince and see if we can write me an injury into the script so that I can take a couple weeks off and get her settled into my house," Jeff offered.
"Why your house?" Matt wanted to know.
"Because Amy is living with you, and I really doubt that Jean wants to watch you two be lovey-dovey all the time," Jeff said, rolling his eyes.
Matt laughed. "Okay, I can understand that, but why not with Mom and Dad?"
"Because I have a feeling that she'd rather be with us right now since we'll be able to keep her away from Frank if he were to try and come after her. Not to mention the fact that it makes me a lot more comfortable to know that she'll be with one of us at all times," Jeff explained.
Matt nodded. "Alright, that works for me," he agreed.
"I'll call Vince as soon as we get back, and that way we can figure out the best way to write me out for a few weeks," Jeff said.
"Why don't you pick a fight with the Dudley Boys?" Matt suggested. "You could make a couple comments about how we're a better tag team and have them pretend to beat you up."
"That'd work," Jeff agreed. "It's believable, and it'll give us a storyline to continue with when I come back. That's what I'll suggest to Vince then, and hopefully he'll go for it."
"I'm sure he will," Matt said. "If we explain the situation I'm sure he'll give you some time off."
"Yeah, hopefully," Jeff said as they pulled up at the hotel. "Here, I'll take these and you can take what's left," he said as he grabbed a suitcase and two of the duffle bags and headed for the hotel.
"God, today has freaking sucked," Matt said as they got into the elevator and headed for their room. "Hey babe," he said as he kissed Amy when they walked in the room.
"Hey," she replied, focusing on him.
"What were you thinking about?" Matt asked.
"Jean," Amy said simply. "I'm so worried about her. She's being so tough through all of this, but I'm scared it's going to end up backfiring on her and she'll break down at the worst possible moment."
"Well, we're going to make sure that we'll be there for her when it happens," Jeff said. "Where's she at?"
"The shower," Amy answered as they heard the water switch off in the bathroom. "She should be out shortly."
Matt and Jeff nodded and settled down to watch TV with Amy.
"Hey guys," Jean said as she came out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her hair. "Did you get everything?" she asked nervously, biting her lower lip.
"We took everything from your room basically," Matt said. "We emptied out the dresser, the closet, and your desk and we took all the knick knacks."
"Okay, cool," Jean said. "That's everything then."
"Alright, now that you're here, we wanted to tell you about our plan," Jeff said, bouncing up and down.
"Chill out Skittles," Jean said rolling her eyes. "I'm listening."
"We're going to go back on tour on Monday, and get Vince to write me out of the script for a few weeks after I get into a fight with someone, probably the Dudley Boyz, and we're going to move you in to my house," Jeff started to explain.
"Great, so I'm going to get left behind when you go on tour? Thanks Jeff, that'll be exciting," Jean said, rolling her eyes.
"Excuse me missy, I wasn't finished yet!" Jeff pouted.
"Oh, sorry," Jean apologized.
"As I was saying, before I was so RUDELY interrupted," Jeff said, looking at Jean, who stuck her tongue out at him. "We're going to talk to Vince after that about writing you into the script and giving you a position on the show as somebody's valet."
"Really?!" Jean's face lit up. "That's awesome!"
Matt laughed at her face. "Wow, someone's not excited or anything are they?" he teased her.
"Damn straight I'm excited!" Jean said, jumping up and down, and then running over to hug Jeff. "I love you Jeff!"
Jeff laughed. "Alright hun, nice to know that it has your approval."
"So does this mean I get to become a wrestler somewhere down the road?" Jean asked eagerly, glancing back and forth between the three of them.
"That's up to Vince, not us," Matt told her. "Although, I'm sure if you tell him that you want to be one, he'll be fine with it as long as you can find someone to train you."
Jean looked at Amy and pouted her lip. "Aaamy?" she begged.
Amy laughed. "Don't look at me hon, I don't have the final answer on that one. If Vince says that he'll let you wrestle, then I'd be happy to help train you."
"YES!!" Jean cheered. "I love you guys!"
"Well, on that note," Matt said, laughing at her enthusiasm. "Let's order dinner."
"PIZZA!" Jean and Jeff yelled together.
"Wow, we can tell who the youngest ones are," Amy said, rolling her eyes at them.
"Hey!" Jeff said. "I can still act like a kid – I'm the younger Hardy Boy, remember?"
"It's not like we could forget," Matt joked.
Jeff stuck his tongue out at him as Matt called to order the pizza.
"Here, give me the phone," Jeff said as Matt hung up. "I'm going to call Vince." Jeff talked to Vince quickly while they waited for the pizza delivery guy to arrive, and then about fifteen minutes later he got off the phone. "He said that's fine, but he wants Jean to come see him tomorrow when we show up for RAW so that he can talk to her and decide where to place her."
"Awesome," Jean said happily.
The pizza delivery man showed up after that, and the four spent the rest of the night watching TV and eating pizza.
"Man, that was...I don't know what today was, but this is really messed up," Jeff said, at a complete loss for words.
"I agree," Matt said, nodding. "I had no idea that things had gotten that bad, but then again, it's not like we've been around for her either. We've been touring for so long, and it's really hard to keep in touch with people who have regular sleeping schedules since we don't get done with tapings and shows until really late."
"Yeah," Jeff agreed. "But I still feel like we should have been there for her. She's so small that it's easy just to throw her around, and I hate that she's been exposed to that. No one should have to deal with that at her age. She's with us now for good, you know that right?"
"Oh, she's definitely staying with us because she's never going back there, but where exactly is she going to stay?" Matt asked.
"I'll talk to Vince and see if we can write me an injury into the script so that I can take a couple weeks off and get her settled into my house," Jeff offered.
"Why your house?" Matt wanted to know.
"Because Amy is living with you, and I really doubt that Jean wants to watch you two be lovey-dovey all the time," Jeff said, rolling his eyes.
Matt laughed. "Okay, I can understand that, but why not with Mom and Dad?"
"Because I have a feeling that she'd rather be with us right now since we'll be able to keep her away from Frank if he were to try and come after her. Not to mention the fact that it makes me a lot more comfortable to know that she'll be with one of us at all times," Jeff explained.
Matt nodded. "Alright, that works for me," he agreed.
"I'll call Vince as soon as we get back, and that way we can figure out the best way to write me out for a few weeks," Jeff said.
"Why don't you pick a fight with the Dudley Boys?" Matt suggested. "You could make a couple comments about how we're a better tag team and have them pretend to beat you up."
"That'd work," Jeff agreed. "It's believable, and it'll give us a storyline to continue with when I come back. That's what I'll suggest to Vince then, and hopefully he'll go for it."
"I'm sure he will," Matt said. "If we explain the situation I'm sure he'll give you some time off."
"Yeah, hopefully," Jeff said as they pulled up at the hotel. "Here, I'll take these and you can take what's left," he said as he grabbed a suitcase and two of the duffle bags and headed for the hotel.
"God, today has freaking sucked," Matt said as they got into the elevator and headed for their room. "Hey babe," he said as he kissed Amy when they walked in the room.
"Hey," she replied, focusing on him.
"What were you thinking about?" Matt asked.
"Jean," Amy said simply. "I'm so worried about her. She's being so tough through all of this, but I'm scared it's going to end up backfiring on her and she'll break down at the worst possible moment."
"Well, we're going to make sure that we'll be there for her when it happens," Jeff said. "Where's she at?"
"The shower," Amy answered as they heard the water switch off in the bathroom. "She should be out shortly."
Matt and Jeff nodded and settled down to watch TV with Amy.
"Hey guys," Jean said as she came out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her hair. "Did you get everything?" she asked nervously, biting her lower lip.
"We took everything from your room basically," Matt said. "We emptied out the dresser, the closet, and your desk and we took all the knick knacks."
"Okay, cool," Jean said. "That's everything then."
"Alright, now that you're here, we wanted to tell you about our plan," Jeff said, bouncing up and down.
"Chill out Skittles," Jean said rolling her eyes. "I'm listening."
"We're going to go back on tour on Monday, and get Vince to write me out of the script for a few weeks after I get into a fight with someone, probably the Dudley Boyz, and we're going to move you in to my house," Jeff started to explain.
"Great, so I'm going to get left behind when you go on tour? Thanks Jeff, that'll be exciting," Jean said, rolling her eyes.
"Excuse me missy, I wasn't finished yet!" Jeff pouted.
"Oh, sorry," Jean apologized.
"As I was saying, before I was so RUDELY interrupted," Jeff said, looking at Jean, who stuck her tongue out at him. "We're going to talk to Vince after that about writing you into the script and giving you a position on the show as somebody's valet."
"Really?!" Jean's face lit up. "That's awesome!"
Matt laughed at her face. "Wow, someone's not excited or anything are they?" he teased her.
"Damn straight I'm excited!" Jean said, jumping up and down, and then running over to hug Jeff. "I love you Jeff!"
Jeff laughed. "Alright hun, nice to know that it has your approval."
"So does this mean I get to become a wrestler somewhere down the road?" Jean asked eagerly, glancing back and forth between the three of them.
"That's up to Vince, not us," Matt told her. "Although, I'm sure if you tell him that you want to be one, he'll be fine with it as long as you can find someone to train you."
Jean looked at Amy and pouted her lip. "Aaamy?" she begged.
Amy laughed. "Don't look at me hon, I don't have the final answer on that one. If Vince says that he'll let you wrestle, then I'd be happy to help train you."
"YES!!" Jean cheered. "I love you guys!"
"Well, on that note," Matt said, laughing at her enthusiasm. "Let's order dinner."
"PIZZA!" Jean and Jeff yelled together.
"Wow, we can tell who the youngest ones are," Amy said, rolling her eyes at them.
"Hey!" Jeff said. "I can still act like a kid – I'm the younger Hardy Boy, remember?"
"It's not like we could forget," Matt joked.
Jeff stuck his tongue out at him as Matt called to order the pizza.
"Here, give me the phone," Jeff said as Matt hung up. "I'm going to call Vince." Jeff talked to Vince quickly while they waited for the pizza delivery guy to arrive, and then about fifteen minutes later he got off the phone. "He said that's fine, but he wants Jean to come see him tomorrow when we show up for RAW so that he can talk to her and decide where to place her."
"Awesome," Jean said happily.
The pizza delivery man showed up after that, and the four spent the rest of the night watching TV and eating pizza.