"Hey man" Ethan replied walking up to Kyle who was already sitting with their group of friends in the arena while some were already playing some hockey "Danielle's not here yet with the guys?"
Kyle got up and pulled Ethan aside where the others couldn't hear him. "I called her this morning and there was no answer, so I went over there about a half hour ago and nobody was there either."
"Huh? Where the heck are they then? I mean we all got back here about 3:45 in the morning. I doubt they would have the energy to go out for long, I'm still pretty tired myself" Ethan told him.
"I wonder if he made her go back to his hometown with him. How did he act around her last night?" Kyle questioned as Ethan stood there thinking weather or not to say.
"They were pretty close, always together, holding hands and stuff. They fell asleep in the backseat together on the way back" Ethan confessed as he watched Kyle's face turn with anger.
"God I hate that asshole, he's gonna hurt her I guarantee it. She should be with me" Kyle mumbled out loud as he picked up his car keys and left Ethan standing there. Ethan just shook his head and went back out to talk to the others.
"Did Kyle just leave?" Amber questioned Ethan as he sat down with the group.
"Yea, he's really pissed off" Ethan answered nodded his head getting quite annoyed with Kyle, "Danielle didn't show up so now it's all Jeff's fault because he's saying he probably made her go back to his hometown with him."
"You know Kyle is really starting to scare me. It's like he's becoming so obsessed with having Danielle now." Brooke commented as they all agreed with her.
"Do you think we should say something to Danielle? I mean she's naive when it comes to Kyle. She thinks he could never hurt a fly because of how sweet he acts around her." Todd replied.
"Well when she gets back we'll see how things are, and then decide from there" Ethan explained as everybody all sat there being serious about the situation. "But for now, let's go play some hockey. Have some fun. Danielle should be home soon."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Well here we are, home sweet home" Jeff answered putting the car in park as Danielle got out looking around at the place.
"It's defiantly you" Danielle smiled as Jeff smiled back and they headed up to the doorstep of the house as an older man was leaving.
"Son, I didn't know you would be home this week" the guy smiled as he pulled his son in for a hug.
"Hey Dad, well I wasn't sure but I wanted to show a good friend of mine the place" Jeff told him as he looked over at Danielle who stood there shyly. "I'd like you to meet Danielle, Danielle this is my Dad"
"It's nice to meet you Mr. Hardy" Danielle replied nervously as she held out her hand.
"Yes, nice to meet you too" He answered as he looked at her for a moment and then looked back at Jeff, "I have to be getting back to the house, call me later son." Danielle quickly brought her hand back to her side feeling embarrassed that he didn't shake her hand.
"Ok bye dad" Jeff said as he stood there a little disappointed in the way he acted, "Come on in the house" Danielle nodded as they walked in and Jeff stopped her as soon as they got in.
"I'm sorry about that; usually my dad is really friendly to everybody. Can I tell you something?" Jeff asked her as he took her hand and led her to the living room to sit down.
"He doesn't hate me does he?" Danielle questioned still confused about what was going on.
"No he doesn't hate you, he just doesn't want…. Ok let me start from the top. About a couple months ago I broke up with my long time girlfriend Jessica, I was actually engaged to her. My dad and Matt were both pretty mad at me when I told them that I wasn't going to marry Jess. She's been a family friend since I was a kid. The fact is they want to see me marry her because supposedly we're destined to be together and all that crap. She filled their head with crap and got them on her side somehow." Jeff explained to her.
"Wow, you were engaged? Well what happened, why did you break it off with her?" Danielle asked.
"Things changed, we grew apart. I couldn't just sit down and talk to her about my thoughts; I didn't want to spend a lifetime with a person that didn't understand me for who I am. Plus all we use to do was argue." Jeff told her as Danielle moved her hand down to his and caressed his hand for comfort.
"I'm sorry things had to turn out that way for you" Danielle replied softly as Jeff turned and looked straight into her eyes not saying a word. Before Danielle knew it she could feel Jeff's lips pressed against hers.
"You know there's something different about you. I have never met someone like you before" Jeff commented as he pulled away from their kiss.
"I feel the same way. Like whenever I go out with guys its weird I usually push them away when I start to get close, but here I am in North Carolina with you." Danielle answered feeling herself glowing about how things were going between her and Jeff. She felt herself jump a little when she felt something nudge her from behind.
"Liger, ya mutt she's mine, back off" Jeff joked as he pulled Danielle into his arms. Danielle laughed lightly at him as he playfully pushed Liger away.
"He's so cute, boxers are the sweetest dogs to have" Danielle smiled as she petted Liger as his little tiny tail wagged like crazy.
"How come you don't have a dog then?" Jeff asked her.
"Well I just haven't got one; everything has been so hectic for me for quite a few years now. I'm surprised I haven't though because I love dogs" Danielle explained as Jeff watched her very closely.
"Well how about we go into town and do a little shopping? Everybody is not home yet because Smackdown is getting taped tonight" Jeff told her as Danielle agreed.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kyle finally found a nice little small restaurant where hopefully he wouldn't run into Danielle. He had taken a plane earlier that day and was now in Cameron, North Carolina trying to find out some dirt to get Danielle away from Jeff. He pulled his car into the parking lot and walked inside the restaurant getting seated quickly. As he sat there waiting for his order he overheard something interesting behind him that might just be the dirt he needed.
"Gil, hey how are you? Things are getting a little better. How is Jeff doing? I haven't talked to him in awhile. Oh he's home now? With a girl? Who's this girl? Well let me know when you find out more about what is going on. Yea I really want to patch things up with Jeff, I hope he comes to his senses soon." The girl replied into a cell phone as she sat in a booth by herself. "Ok, thanks talk to you soon then. Bye."
Kyle felt a sigh of relief come over him; this was what he needed to get Danielle. He got up out of his booth and walked to the next where the girl was.
"Excuse me, may I sit down?" he asked as they girl looked at him confused.
"Yea I guess so" she replied as Kyle did so.
"I couldn't help but over hear your conversation. No I wasn't being nosey, but I came here for that reason. The girl that is with Jeff now is the girl I was supposed to be getting with but Jeff took her from me. I was thinking maybe we could help each other out" Kyle smirked as he thought about the plan. The girl sat there for a moment and then smiled.
"Well let me introduce myself, I'm Jessica and you are? You know you just might be my lucky break, what kind of plan you have to work this out?" she asked.
"Sorry I should have introduced myself earlier. I'm Kyle. Yes I have just the plan to make us both happy." Kyle told her as he began to go in detail about the plan as they got their food and talked it over more.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"I think everybody is here" Danielle replied peeking out the front window and then turned to see Jeff right behind her. He looked down at her and smiled as he wrapped his arms around her waist as he gave her a quick kiss. He had such a great time with Danielle the day before and now it was time for his friends to meet Danielle before they headed up to Canada to visit Adam up in the hospital. They were both caught in the moment as Jeff was about to lean in for a kiss he had been waiting to do when they were interrupted by knocking on the door. Jeff took her hand for comfort since she was so nervous they would hate her since meeting his father didn't go to well.
"Hey everybody, come on in" Jeff replied as everybody smiled as they walked in. Matt shut the door behind him as he looked at Danielle holding hands with his brother.
"Well everybody before we take off for the airport I would like you to meet a very good friend of mine Danielle Channing." Jeff began as Danielle saw they all were still smiling happy for Jeff but Matt stood there with a straight face. "Danielle this is Shane Helms, Shannon Moore, Amy Dumas, Jason Reso, and my brother Matt"
"It's nice to see you again Danielle, we met at Raw Monday night" Shane commented as Danielle just remembered that since she wasn't really paying attention that night.
"Oh yea" Danielle nodded as everybody else gave her a warm welcoming greet except Matt. Matt just stood there not saying hello or anything. Jeff started to get a little mad at his brother, he was about to say something to him when he finally spoke up.
"Well we better get to the airport so we don't miss our flight" Matt told them all as Amy turned to look at Matt and shook her head mad at him. Jeff decided to make sure to yell at his brother later for acting like that to Danielle. Jeff picked up his bag and Danielle's as they all left out to the two cars. Shannon, Amy, and Matt got in the one car while Danielle, Jeff, Shane, and Jason got in the other.
Kyle got up and pulled Ethan aside where the others couldn't hear him. "I called her this morning and there was no answer, so I went over there about a half hour ago and nobody was there either."
"Huh? Where the heck are they then? I mean we all got back here about 3:45 in the morning. I doubt they would have the energy to go out for long, I'm still pretty tired myself" Ethan told him.
"I wonder if he made her go back to his hometown with him. How did he act around her last night?" Kyle questioned as Ethan stood there thinking weather or not to say.
"They were pretty close, always together, holding hands and stuff. They fell asleep in the backseat together on the way back" Ethan confessed as he watched Kyle's face turn with anger.
"God I hate that asshole, he's gonna hurt her I guarantee it. She should be with me" Kyle mumbled out loud as he picked up his car keys and left Ethan standing there. Ethan just shook his head and went back out to talk to the others.
"Did Kyle just leave?" Amber questioned Ethan as he sat down with the group.
"Yea, he's really pissed off" Ethan answered nodded his head getting quite annoyed with Kyle, "Danielle didn't show up so now it's all Jeff's fault because he's saying he probably made her go back to his hometown with him."
"You know Kyle is really starting to scare me. It's like he's becoming so obsessed with having Danielle now." Brooke commented as they all agreed with her.
"Do you think we should say something to Danielle? I mean she's naive when it comes to Kyle. She thinks he could never hurt a fly because of how sweet he acts around her." Todd replied.
"Well when she gets back we'll see how things are, and then decide from there" Ethan explained as everybody all sat there being serious about the situation. "But for now, let's go play some hockey. Have some fun. Danielle should be home soon."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Well here we are, home sweet home" Jeff answered putting the car in park as Danielle got out looking around at the place.
"It's defiantly you" Danielle smiled as Jeff smiled back and they headed up to the doorstep of the house as an older man was leaving.
"Son, I didn't know you would be home this week" the guy smiled as he pulled his son in for a hug.
"Hey Dad, well I wasn't sure but I wanted to show a good friend of mine the place" Jeff told him as he looked over at Danielle who stood there shyly. "I'd like you to meet Danielle, Danielle this is my Dad"
"It's nice to meet you Mr. Hardy" Danielle replied nervously as she held out her hand.
"Yes, nice to meet you too" He answered as he looked at her for a moment and then looked back at Jeff, "I have to be getting back to the house, call me later son." Danielle quickly brought her hand back to her side feeling embarrassed that he didn't shake her hand.
"Ok bye dad" Jeff said as he stood there a little disappointed in the way he acted, "Come on in the house" Danielle nodded as they walked in and Jeff stopped her as soon as they got in.
"I'm sorry about that; usually my dad is really friendly to everybody. Can I tell you something?" Jeff asked her as he took her hand and led her to the living room to sit down.
"He doesn't hate me does he?" Danielle questioned still confused about what was going on.
"No he doesn't hate you, he just doesn't want…. Ok let me start from the top. About a couple months ago I broke up with my long time girlfriend Jessica, I was actually engaged to her. My dad and Matt were both pretty mad at me when I told them that I wasn't going to marry Jess. She's been a family friend since I was a kid. The fact is they want to see me marry her because supposedly we're destined to be together and all that crap. She filled their head with crap and got them on her side somehow." Jeff explained to her.
"Wow, you were engaged? Well what happened, why did you break it off with her?" Danielle asked.
"Things changed, we grew apart. I couldn't just sit down and talk to her about my thoughts; I didn't want to spend a lifetime with a person that didn't understand me for who I am. Plus all we use to do was argue." Jeff told her as Danielle moved her hand down to his and caressed his hand for comfort.
"I'm sorry things had to turn out that way for you" Danielle replied softly as Jeff turned and looked straight into her eyes not saying a word. Before Danielle knew it she could feel Jeff's lips pressed against hers.
"You know there's something different about you. I have never met someone like you before" Jeff commented as he pulled away from their kiss.
"I feel the same way. Like whenever I go out with guys its weird I usually push them away when I start to get close, but here I am in North Carolina with you." Danielle answered feeling herself glowing about how things were going between her and Jeff. She felt herself jump a little when she felt something nudge her from behind.
"Liger, ya mutt she's mine, back off" Jeff joked as he pulled Danielle into his arms. Danielle laughed lightly at him as he playfully pushed Liger away.
"He's so cute, boxers are the sweetest dogs to have" Danielle smiled as she petted Liger as his little tiny tail wagged like crazy.
"How come you don't have a dog then?" Jeff asked her.
"Well I just haven't got one; everything has been so hectic for me for quite a few years now. I'm surprised I haven't though because I love dogs" Danielle explained as Jeff watched her very closely.
"Well how about we go into town and do a little shopping? Everybody is not home yet because Smackdown is getting taped tonight" Jeff told her as Danielle agreed.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kyle finally found a nice little small restaurant where hopefully he wouldn't run into Danielle. He had taken a plane earlier that day and was now in Cameron, North Carolina trying to find out some dirt to get Danielle away from Jeff. He pulled his car into the parking lot and walked inside the restaurant getting seated quickly. As he sat there waiting for his order he overheard something interesting behind him that might just be the dirt he needed.
"Gil, hey how are you? Things are getting a little better. How is Jeff doing? I haven't talked to him in awhile. Oh he's home now? With a girl? Who's this girl? Well let me know when you find out more about what is going on. Yea I really want to patch things up with Jeff, I hope he comes to his senses soon." The girl replied into a cell phone as she sat in a booth by herself. "Ok, thanks talk to you soon then. Bye."
Kyle felt a sigh of relief come over him; this was what he needed to get Danielle. He got up out of his booth and walked to the next where the girl was.
"Excuse me, may I sit down?" he asked as they girl looked at him confused.
"Yea I guess so" she replied as Kyle did so.
"I couldn't help but over hear your conversation. No I wasn't being nosey, but I came here for that reason. The girl that is with Jeff now is the girl I was supposed to be getting with but Jeff took her from me. I was thinking maybe we could help each other out" Kyle smirked as he thought about the plan. The girl sat there for a moment and then smiled.
"Well let me introduce myself, I'm Jessica and you are? You know you just might be my lucky break, what kind of plan you have to work this out?" she asked.
"Sorry I should have introduced myself earlier. I'm Kyle. Yes I have just the plan to make us both happy." Kyle told her as he began to go in detail about the plan as they got their food and talked it over more.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"I think everybody is here" Danielle replied peeking out the front window and then turned to see Jeff right behind her. He looked down at her and smiled as he wrapped his arms around her waist as he gave her a quick kiss. He had such a great time with Danielle the day before and now it was time for his friends to meet Danielle before they headed up to Canada to visit Adam up in the hospital. They were both caught in the moment as Jeff was about to lean in for a kiss he had been waiting to do when they were interrupted by knocking on the door. Jeff took her hand for comfort since she was so nervous they would hate her since meeting his father didn't go to well.
"Hey everybody, come on in" Jeff replied as everybody smiled as they walked in. Matt shut the door behind him as he looked at Danielle holding hands with his brother.
"Well everybody before we take off for the airport I would like you to meet a very good friend of mine Danielle Channing." Jeff began as Danielle saw they all were still smiling happy for Jeff but Matt stood there with a straight face. "Danielle this is Shane Helms, Shannon Moore, Amy Dumas, Jason Reso, and my brother Matt"
"It's nice to see you again Danielle, we met at Raw Monday night" Shane commented as Danielle just remembered that since she wasn't really paying attention that night.
"Oh yea" Danielle nodded as everybody else gave her a warm welcoming greet except Matt. Matt just stood there not saying hello or anything. Jeff started to get a little mad at his brother, he was about to say something to him when he finally spoke up.
"Well we better get to the airport so we don't miss our flight" Matt told them all as Amy turned to look at Matt and shook her head mad at him. Jeff decided to make sure to yell at his brother later for acting like that to Danielle. Jeff picked up his bag and Danielle's as they all left out to the two cars. Shannon, Amy, and Matt got in the one car while Danielle, Jeff, Shane, and Jason got in the other.