Chapter 11



"Amy, where have you been? We've been waiting here for ages!" exclaimed Matt, as he caught sight of their redheaded friend jogging towards them.

Amy paused before answering, she knew that they wouldn't like to hear that she'd been with Kiara, "I, uh, was working out for a while. I didn't do too much tonight, so I wanted to work out while I got the chance. I would have asked you two, but you both seemed so distracted, and I can see that Jeff at least still is." Amy hoped that her answer wouldn't make Matt suspicious.

"Oh, okay. Well, anyway, let's go! I'm starving! We can call at McDonalds on the way to the hotel" said Matt, as he turned and headed towards the arena's front entrance. He wanted to try and avoid the mass of fans that he knew would be waiting for them at the back entrance. The fans were clever and knew that the wrestlers usually used the back entrance, so they congregated there, each of them waiting for their own personal favorite to come out. Matt knew that they would be disappointing a lot of fans tonight by not making an appearance, but he looked at Jeff and knew that going out of the front was a good idea. Jeff was, again, looking at the floor, distracted by his memories of Kiara. Matt couldn't help but think that it was a good thing that they were walking in a straight line down a clear corridor, or Jeff might have had a little trouble walking with his head down.

"So, what are you guys doing for breakfast in the morning?" Amy asked, wondering how she was going to break it to them that she was eating with Kiara.

"Hmm, I don't know. We'll probably try and find a Denny's somewhere like usual. Are you coming with us?" Matt replied, as they reached the main door of the arena.

"Oh, I don't think so. I was planning on having a nice lie-in then getting something from the hotel restaurant before we leave for the gym. Is that ok?" Amy answered, pushing the heavy glass door open.

"Yeah, sure. What time do you want to go to the gym?" Matt said, carefully looking round for any fans that might accost them. Normally he was happy to answer questions, sign autographs and take photo's, but tonight all he wanted to do was get to the hotel so he could crash, and think about the day that turned out to be one of the worst in his life. He was worried about Jeff, who didn't seem to be handling the return of Kiara too well. As he was wondering how to approach the subject, Jeff suddenly came to life.

"Why are we coming out this way Matt? We still have to go round the back to get the car" Jeff asked confusedly, as he noticed his surroundings. Matt looked around and then realized that Jeff was right.

"Damn! I totally forgot about that! We just thought it would be easier for you, if you didn't have to deal with the fans. You're not exactly in the right state of mind are you?" Matt replied.

"Well yeah, I am a bit distracted with Kiara showing up again, but I always have time for the fans! They are what made us Matt, and we can never repay them enough!" Jeff retorted, slightly philosophically.

Matt gave him a weird look then answered, "Okay, sorry bro, we'll go round there now." He started to walk towards the back of the arena when Jeff stopped him.

"No, we have to go back in the arena and come out of the back entrance, otherwise the fans might not see us!" Jeff said.

"What? We've just walked all the way out here! Why can't we just go round the back from here?" exploded Amy, who had been silent during the exchange of the brothers' words, but now couldn't believe her ears.

Jeff looked startled at Amy's voice, as though he'd forgotten that she was there, "Well, they have been waiting for us, we should at least do the decent thing and give out a few autographs." He answered, quietly, not wanting to upset their friend even more.

Matt whispered to Amy, "Let's humor him. Then maybe we can get something to eat!"

Amy sighed, "Okay Jeff, let's go." As she pushed the heavy glass door open once more and re-entered the arena.

"Yay!" Jeff exclaimed, excitedly, before setting off at a run. Matt and Amy just looked at each other, disbelievingly, and started jogging slowly behind him. Matt had a feeling that Jeff was doing whatever he could to take his mind of Kiara. Amy was just wondering why she was friends with someone so weird.