"Hey Kyle" Brooke called walking onto the ice in the hockey arena with Amber. Kyle was practicing on his shots, he shot one more before he looked up to see Brooke and Amber in front of him.
"Hey, how are you ladies doing?" Kyle asked trying to sound like he was alright. The truth was he had been calling Danielle all week and she never once returned his calls.
"We just saw Danielle coming out of the grocery store and stopped to talk to her" Brooke told him as Kyle looked interested.
"Yea so" Kyle replied trying to act like he didn't care.
"She just got back in town; she stopped at the grocery store to pick up some food before she got back home because Rob is supposed to come visit her this weekend. She doesn't know about you trying to call her yet." Amber explained to him.
"She was out of town all this time?" Kyle asked as he felt a little relieved that maybe she wasn't avoiding him as much as he thought.
"Yea she had to go promote her book" Amber confirmed as Kyle smiled a little as they all stood there in silence for a moment.
"So what are you still doing here?" Brooke laughed.
Kyle looked up and laughed as well, "I'm going". Kyle headed into the locker room to grab his stuff and then left Brooke and Amber behind to head for Danielle's house.
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Danielle sighed as she put the last of the groceries away. She leaned against the counter and looked over at the answering machine to see there were 7 messages. She raised an eyebrow as she said out loud "Who's so interested in calling me?" She was about to push play when she heard her doorbell ring. She pulled back and went to the front door to see who was there. As she opened the door there stood Kyle.
"Kyle?" Danielle responded wondering why that he had shown up at her house, he never really came over without calling her first.
"Can I come in?" Kyle asked. Danielle nodded and let him in shutting the door behind him. They walked into the living room and sat down in silence.
"What's up?" Danielle asked curious of why he had come over. Kyle looked up a little confused.
"Didn't you check your answering machine yet?"
"No sorry I was out of town all week, I was just about to when you rang the doorbell" Danielle explained as he got out of the chair he was sitting in and sat down next to her on the couch.
"Talk to me" Kyle pleaded with a look of sincerity on his face.
"I am talking to you" Danielle replied as she gave a light laugh trying to act like she didn't know what he was talking about. She hated to be put on the spot but she felt she deserved him an explanation.
"You know what I'm talking about" Kyle answered, "Ever since the terrible tragedy that happened with your brother you keep to yourself and never reach out to your friends. You are in the ring as much as you can, except you never wrestle in front of anybody just the people you practice with. Where are you going? We use to have something special"
Danielle looked right into his eyes as there was complete silence, as much as he tried he couldn't tell what she was thinking anymore like he use to be able to. Her eyes were just filled with a blank expression now. "Being in the ring is the one place I have left to share with my brother. I'm afraid to let other people see me now because my brother killed himself over not being able to make it big, I don't want to let him down when I don't make it"
Kyle looked into her eyes and could see all the fear now; she finally had let him read her. "You have to try; don't you want to at least live the dream of being in the WWE for him? I know you have so much fear about not making it, but we all know you can do it. You are a very determined person and if you let people see you in the ring it will show that you should be in the WWE" Danielle sat there as she felt tears come to her eyes, she tried as much as she could to hold them back but she couldn't do it anymore. Kyle saw the tears fall down her face just like they had at her brother's funeral. He pulled her in his embrace, "Let it out". They stayed like that for a few minutes until he got up and took her hand and led her out to the garage. Danielle wiped her eyes as they stood there next to the wrestling ring. He turned to look at her as they were interrupted by the phone ringing from the kitchen. Danielle looked at back at him.
"Sorry, I'll be right back" Kyle nodded as she went back in the house to answer the phone. Kyle looked to make sure she was in the house; he then walked over to the shelf where all the tapes were. He looked over all the marked tabs and grabbed a couple of them. He looked again to make sure the coast was clear and then opened the side door and placed the tapes outside so he could grab the tapes when he left. Just as he went back to where he was standing before, Danielle appeared back in the doorway.
"Who was on the phone?" Kyle asked as she walked back over to his side.
"That was Rob; he has a house show in Kalamazoo tonight. He's planning to come here with a friend and stay till Monday and he invited for me and a friend to go to Raw and he's gonna come back with his friend and stay till Thursday maybe" Danielle explained.
"That's cool we all haven't seen Rob in a long time" Kyle began as he felt relieved that he would have a longer time to try to sneak the tapes to Rob for some people at WWE to look at. "You know we should all get the arena rented out again and play some hockey and invite him and his friend to watch and hang out"
"Yea that sounds like fun" Danielle replied agreeing for the first time in awhile to hang out with everybody. Kyle smiled hoping that would be his chance to get that tape to Rob then.
"Ok well I'll go see which day we can get the arena and get back to you" Kyle told her as he gave her a hug and left out the side door grabbing the tapes before leaving. Danielle stood there and smiled, she hadn't done that in a long time. Then Ethan popped in her head. She decided to invite him over to practice and ask him to go to RAW with her on Monday because she knew he wanted to meet Rob.
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It was almost time for Rob to arrive at 12:30am like he said. Danielle was finishing up cooking something for them to eat since she knew they would probably be hungry. The rest of the day had seemed to go by so fast for her. She had asked Ethan to go to RAW with her just like she planned and he accepted very excited about it. After that she hung out with him for awhile and then took a shower and cleaned the house a bit before she started to cook something. Now as she finished cooking she heard the doorbell ring. She found her heart starting to beat faster. She was nervous to see Rob after not seeing him for 2 years and curious who he was bringing. As she opened the door she saw a big smile on Rob's face.
"Chickity" he smiled as he picked her up in his arms and spun her around as she laughed.
"Hey Rob" Danielle replied as she turned to see Jeff Hardy standing there by him.
"I'd like you to meet Jeff Hardy" Rob replied as Danielle tried to remain calm.
"Hi Jeff" Danielle answered as she took his hand and shook it. She felt a tingle go up her spine as soon as they shook hands.
"It's nice to finally meet you, Rob has told me so much about you" Jeff replied staring into her ice blue eyes. He couldn't help but get lost looking at her. From the moment the door opened he just knew there was something about her. She had a tan, athletic type body with beautiful golden blonde hair that reached to the middle of her back.
"I smell something good" Rob said breaking Danielle and Jeff's eye contact.
"Oh yea I made some lasagna. I figured you guys would be hungry" Danielle answered letting them in and shutting the door as they put their bags down.
"Lasagna, huh?" Jeff smiled. It had been a long time since he had some home cooked lasagna, "Show the way" They all laughed as Danielle took them to the kitchen. She sat at the table with them and talked with them as they ate. It was about 1:15am when they finished eating. She could see they were both very tired.
"Well I must say that was some great lasagna" Rob told her as Jeff agreed staying fairly quiet.
"Well thank you" Danielle replied as she took their dishes and went to put them in the dishwasher and came back out to the dining room. "Well I can see you guys are very tired, let me show you your rooms so you can get some sleep" The guys both nodded as they took their bags as they followed Danielle upstairs. She showed them the 3 other bedrooms and let them pick which one they wanted. They all had bathrooms in them so they could take a shower before they went to bed.
"My bedroom is down there if ya need anything" Danielle pointed to the right hallway.
"Ok night" Rob and Jeff told her as they headed into their rooms closing the doors behind them and Danielle headed for her bedroom.
It was 2:30am now and Danielle was still tossing and turning in her bed trying to get to sleep. She let out a small sigh and decided to go downstairs to watch TV for a little bit. As she reached downstairs she could hear the TV on. She made her way into the living room to she Jeff sitting there on the couch.
"I didn't wake you, did I?" Jeff asked turning to see her walk in.
"Nah I haven't fallen asleep yet can't really go to sleep for some reason" Danielle told him as she saw he had just a pair of boxers on. She sat down on the couch next to him. Jeff nodded as Danielle could sense he seemed a little shy towards her until her finally broke the silence.
"You know after reading your book, it made me make sure I was getting to work on time. For awhile there I was showing up late a lot. I could have lost my job if I kept it up. Working for the WWE is the best thing that ever happened to me and a lot of people don't make it. It's a hard business and what happened to your brother is horrible, just reminds me not to take it for granted." Jeff explained to her.
"Thanks, I put my heart and soul into that book. I was so nervous nobody was going to even buy it or like it" Danielle told him as she felt his eyes on her. She looked up to see she was right and he smiled at her shyly.
"Well I'm glad you wrote it. I wish I could have had the chance to meet your brother. He sounded like a great person, Robs told me about all the stuff they pulled off in their days. I know how it feels to lose a family member though, I wish I had the chance to know my mother more" Jeff replied feeling more comfortable talking to her. Danielle found herself opening up like she use to with her brother. She felt such a big connection with him, he understood everything she said. Before long they were laughing getting along great. By the time they were done talking it was 4am and they both had fallen asleep together on the couch. Rob came down a little while after they had fallen asleep for a glass of water and heard the TV on in the living room. He walked in there to see who was up and saw Danielle in Jeff's arms as they were both fast asleep. He smiled knowing they would connect. He took the blanket off the top of the couch and covered them up before he headed back up to his room with his water.
"Hey, how are you ladies doing?" Kyle asked trying to sound like he was alright. The truth was he had been calling Danielle all week and she never once returned his calls.
"We just saw Danielle coming out of the grocery store and stopped to talk to her" Brooke told him as Kyle looked interested.
"Yea so" Kyle replied trying to act like he didn't care.
"She just got back in town; she stopped at the grocery store to pick up some food before she got back home because Rob is supposed to come visit her this weekend. She doesn't know about you trying to call her yet." Amber explained to him.
"She was out of town all this time?" Kyle asked as he felt a little relieved that maybe she wasn't avoiding him as much as he thought.
"Yea she had to go promote her book" Amber confirmed as Kyle smiled a little as they all stood there in silence for a moment.
"So what are you still doing here?" Brooke laughed.
Kyle looked up and laughed as well, "I'm going". Kyle headed into the locker room to grab his stuff and then left Brooke and Amber behind to head for Danielle's house.
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Danielle sighed as she put the last of the groceries away. She leaned against the counter and looked over at the answering machine to see there were 7 messages. She raised an eyebrow as she said out loud "Who's so interested in calling me?" She was about to push play when she heard her doorbell ring. She pulled back and went to the front door to see who was there. As she opened the door there stood Kyle.
"Kyle?" Danielle responded wondering why that he had shown up at her house, he never really came over without calling her first.
"Can I come in?" Kyle asked. Danielle nodded and let him in shutting the door behind him. They walked into the living room and sat down in silence.
"What's up?" Danielle asked curious of why he had come over. Kyle looked up a little confused.
"Didn't you check your answering machine yet?"
"No sorry I was out of town all week, I was just about to when you rang the doorbell" Danielle explained as he got out of the chair he was sitting in and sat down next to her on the couch.
"Talk to me" Kyle pleaded with a look of sincerity on his face.
"I am talking to you" Danielle replied as she gave a light laugh trying to act like she didn't know what he was talking about. She hated to be put on the spot but she felt she deserved him an explanation.
"You know what I'm talking about" Kyle answered, "Ever since the terrible tragedy that happened with your brother you keep to yourself and never reach out to your friends. You are in the ring as much as you can, except you never wrestle in front of anybody just the people you practice with. Where are you going? We use to have something special"
Danielle looked right into his eyes as there was complete silence, as much as he tried he couldn't tell what she was thinking anymore like he use to be able to. Her eyes were just filled with a blank expression now. "Being in the ring is the one place I have left to share with my brother. I'm afraid to let other people see me now because my brother killed himself over not being able to make it big, I don't want to let him down when I don't make it"
Kyle looked into her eyes and could see all the fear now; she finally had let him read her. "You have to try; don't you want to at least live the dream of being in the WWE for him? I know you have so much fear about not making it, but we all know you can do it. You are a very determined person and if you let people see you in the ring it will show that you should be in the WWE" Danielle sat there as she felt tears come to her eyes, she tried as much as she could to hold them back but she couldn't do it anymore. Kyle saw the tears fall down her face just like they had at her brother's funeral. He pulled her in his embrace, "Let it out". They stayed like that for a few minutes until he got up and took her hand and led her out to the garage. Danielle wiped her eyes as they stood there next to the wrestling ring. He turned to look at her as they were interrupted by the phone ringing from the kitchen. Danielle looked at back at him.
"Sorry, I'll be right back" Kyle nodded as she went back in the house to answer the phone. Kyle looked to make sure she was in the house; he then walked over to the shelf where all the tapes were. He looked over all the marked tabs and grabbed a couple of them. He looked again to make sure the coast was clear and then opened the side door and placed the tapes outside so he could grab the tapes when he left. Just as he went back to where he was standing before, Danielle appeared back in the doorway.
"Who was on the phone?" Kyle asked as she walked back over to his side.
"That was Rob; he has a house show in Kalamazoo tonight. He's planning to come here with a friend and stay till Monday and he invited for me and a friend to go to Raw and he's gonna come back with his friend and stay till Thursday maybe" Danielle explained.
"That's cool we all haven't seen Rob in a long time" Kyle began as he felt relieved that he would have a longer time to try to sneak the tapes to Rob for some people at WWE to look at. "You know we should all get the arena rented out again and play some hockey and invite him and his friend to watch and hang out"
"Yea that sounds like fun" Danielle replied agreeing for the first time in awhile to hang out with everybody. Kyle smiled hoping that would be his chance to get that tape to Rob then.
"Ok well I'll go see which day we can get the arena and get back to you" Kyle told her as he gave her a hug and left out the side door grabbing the tapes before leaving. Danielle stood there and smiled, she hadn't done that in a long time. Then Ethan popped in her head. She decided to invite him over to practice and ask him to go to RAW with her on Monday because she knew he wanted to meet Rob.
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It was almost time for Rob to arrive at 12:30am like he said. Danielle was finishing up cooking something for them to eat since she knew they would probably be hungry. The rest of the day had seemed to go by so fast for her. She had asked Ethan to go to RAW with her just like she planned and he accepted very excited about it. After that she hung out with him for awhile and then took a shower and cleaned the house a bit before she started to cook something. Now as she finished cooking she heard the doorbell ring. She found her heart starting to beat faster. She was nervous to see Rob after not seeing him for 2 years and curious who he was bringing. As she opened the door she saw a big smile on Rob's face.
"Chickity" he smiled as he picked her up in his arms and spun her around as she laughed.
"Hey Rob" Danielle replied as she turned to see Jeff Hardy standing there by him.
"I'd like you to meet Jeff Hardy" Rob replied as Danielle tried to remain calm.
"Hi Jeff" Danielle answered as she took his hand and shook it. She felt a tingle go up her spine as soon as they shook hands.
"It's nice to finally meet you, Rob has told me so much about you" Jeff replied staring into her ice blue eyes. He couldn't help but get lost looking at her. From the moment the door opened he just knew there was something about her. She had a tan, athletic type body with beautiful golden blonde hair that reached to the middle of her back.
"I smell something good" Rob said breaking Danielle and Jeff's eye contact.
"Oh yea I made some lasagna. I figured you guys would be hungry" Danielle answered letting them in and shutting the door as they put their bags down.
"Lasagna, huh?" Jeff smiled. It had been a long time since he had some home cooked lasagna, "Show the way" They all laughed as Danielle took them to the kitchen. She sat at the table with them and talked with them as they ate. It was about 1:15am when they finished eating. She could see they were both very tired.
"Well I must say that was some great lasagna" Rob told her as Jeff agreed staying fairly quiet.
"Well thank you" Danielle replied as she took their dishes and went to put them in the dishwasher and came back out to the dining room. "Well I can see you guys are very tired, let me show you your rooms so you can get some sleep" The guys both nodded as they took their bags as they followed Danielle upstairs. She showed them the 3 other bedrooms and let them pick which one they wanted. They all had bathrooms in them so they could take a shower before they went to bed.
"My bedroom is down there if ya need anything" Danielle pointed to the right hallway.
"Ok night" Rob and Jeff told her as they headed into their rooms closing the doors behind them and Danielle headed for her bedroom.
It was 2:30am now and Danielle was still tossing and turning in her bed trying to get to sleep. She let out a small sigh and decided to go downstairs to watch TV for a little bit. As she reached downstairs she could hear the TV on. She made her way into the living room to she Jeff sitting there on the couch.
"I didn't wake you, did I?" Jeff asked turning to see her walk in.
"Nah I haven't fallen asleep yet can't really go to sleep for some reason" Danielle told him as she saw he had just a pair of boxers on. She sat down on the couch next to him. Jeff nodded as Danielle could sense he seemed a little shy towards her until her finally broke the silence.
"You know after reading your book, it made me make sure I was getting to work on time. For awhile there I was showing up late a lot. I could have lost my job if I kept it up. Working for the WWE is the best thing that ever happened to me and a lot of people don't make it. It's a hard business and what happened to your brother is horrible, just reminds me not to take it for granted." Jeff explained to her.
"Thanks, I put my heart and soul into that book. I was so nervous nobody was going to even buy it or like it" Danielle told him as she felt his eyes on her. She looked up to see she was right and he smiled at her shyly.
"Well I'm glad you wrote it. I wish I could have had the chance to meet your brother. He sounded like a great person, Robs told me about all the stuff they pulled off in their days. I know how it feels to lose a family member though, I wish I had the chance to know my mother more" Jeff replied feeling more comfortable talking to her. Danielle found herself opening up like she use to with her brother. She felt such a big connection with him, he understood everything she said. Before long they were laughing getting along great. By the time they were done talking it was 4am and they both had fallen asleep together on the couch. Rob came down a little while after they had fallen asleep for a glass of water and heard the TV on in the living room. He walked in there to see who was up and saw Danielle in Jeff's arms as they were both fast asleep. He smiled knowing they would connect. He took the blanket off the top of the couch and covered them up before he headed back up to his room with his water.