Disclaimer: Ownership of the WWE superstars in this story is purely
fictional. I am using them to make the story that much better. I own Summer
Ryan Hardy and Amanda from my other story and that is it. Everyone else as
I said is perfectly fictional and they own themselves. It is for the
greater good. But hell, if any of the superstars would like me to own them,
well come on down!
A/N: In keeping with my updating ways this weekend, here comes another chapter of this one. Don't worry Lisa, she will get her head on straight, they always do, I'm just making her life a real hellhole right now. All good things come to those who wait, or hell those who play with fire. So keep reading, I promise I won't disappoint you.
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"Shane what are you doing here? Jeff asked, not trusting his friend enough to let him into the house. He had to seriously sit down and see about selling it. There were too many memories around of her and those were the things that killed him.
"Can you let me in? I think we need to talk."
"What could we possibly talk about? Your feelings for my wife or hers for you?" Jeff snapped, not really wanting to deal with this right now.
"Jeff would you just let me in? Yes it's about Summer but it's not what you think."
Moving out of the way Jeff let Shane pass and walk into the living room. As soon as he did Jeff noticed how Shane seemed to just leave the room entirely.
"God I had almost forgotten how much stuff happened in this house."
"You and Hayley had your prom night here, and then went down by the water and slept together for the first time. I remember you telling me how happy you were with that night." Jeff said walking into the room and following Shane's gaze.
"You and Summer helped me plan that and it turned out to be one of the happiest nights of my life."
"I'm sorry you lost her Shane. I know this is still hard for you, being in this house."
"It's not as hard as it used to be. I avoided coming here for so very long, and now being here, and having it all come flooding back, I don't feel sick anymore, I just feel loved. I know that sounds cheesy but I just had a lot of good times here."
"So did I, which is why I am selling it."
"Don't sell it Jeff."
"You're nice to be saying that to me right now. You think I don't see it Shane?"
"See what exactly? I am sitting here talking about Hayley, the woman I will never stop loving, and you are bringing up something that you think you know but you don't know anything about."
"Tell me you don't love her then."
"I can't do that and you know it Jeff, otherwise you wouldn't even ask me to say that."
"Well then why aren't you with her?"
"Because she loves you and I respect that a whole lot more then you seem too."
Jeff cringed when he heard the hatred in Shane's voice. He remembered the day that Hayley had kissed him and how he felt like an asshole for going against his friend. To think of it, that was when all of this started going downhill. He didn't know what to say to Shane to make him understand that it wasn't meant to happen.
"So what did you want to talk to me about?"
"Your wife."
"What about her? Soon she won't be my wife anymore, so you might as well just not bother. She is doing what she wants, and she's happy, so that's all that matters."
"She's not happy."
Jeff looked up and raised his eyes in shock. It was true that him and Summer hadn't been close and that he had lied to her over and over again, and he wanted to fix it, but he had thought that she had moved on with her life and had no desire to fix things. Listening to Shane talk now, well it gave him hope that he might be able to fix it.
"She's not?"
"No Jeff she's not. She told me that she liked me at the arena the other night, and as much as I loved hearing that, I know none of it was what she wanted and I wasn't going to push her into thinking it was. She had a rough time with Matt, and then you came along as her best friend and helped her through it and you two ended up being together and getting married. You and her are the most solid thing I have ever seen in my entire life, but now that you aren't so solid anymore and I am her best friend, it's like a pattern, she is coming around and trying to look at me the way that she did with you."
"You turned her down?"
"I turned her down, and she walked out on me. We might have to work together but I don't think our friendship will survive that. She needs you, and I think you need her just as badly."
"I do need her, but why are you telling me all of this?"
"Not to make you hit me that's for sure. I'm telling you this because I know love when I see it. I mean I had it with Hayley and I think I can have it again. I don't want her to do something she's going to regret because once this divorce goes through, there won't be any going back. You can't keep getting together and splitting up. It's not the way it's meant to be."
"Well what do you suggest I do?"
"I was going to say let me work on her, but I can't do that without making things worse at this point, so this is what I want you to do. I want you to call her up and ask her out. I will work on her saying yes to it, so don't worry there. Just do it, and let me set up the rest. When I wanted to be with Hayley and we were having issues, you were there for me, now let me return the favor."
Pulling Shane close, Jeff hugged him tightly and letting go, he looked at his best friend and smiled.
"I'm not going to wait until this is over to say thank you, I'm going to do it now. You have got to be the best guy in the world to do this, and to turn off your feelings for the sake of me. So Shane, whatever happens, thank you for trying and for being my best friend."
"Well thank me again when this works. Just don't mess it up anymore and we'll call a spade a spade."
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When Shane had left, with promises to call when the plan was in order, Jeff went back into the kitchen to clean his mess off the table. He remembered how Summer used to always get on him to clean up after himself and he laughed to himself. It was funny that now that he was cleaning up and making things better, she was no where to be found.
When the knock came on the door a few seconds later, he had assumed that Shane had just forgotten something he needed to know, so he yelled out for him to come back in. He heard the door open, but when he didn't see Shane right away; he walked over to the door. What he saw standing there shocked him.
"She wanted me to bring her here." Matt said, taking his hands off of Summer's shoulders.
Nodding his head, Jeff stretched his arms out to her, and was surprised when she ran right into them. Not wanting to let go of her ever again, he just held her there, holding on for dear life, and after a few minutes of silence, he looked at his brother.
"I'll let you two deal with whatever needs to be dealt with, but Summer if you need me you know where to find me."
Summer pulled away from Jeff and walked over to where Matt was standing. Wrapping her arms around him and freely letting the tears fall, she whispered her goodbye and thanks, and watched as Matt pulled away and walked out of the house. Turning back to look at her husband, she smiled a small smile and motioned to the kitchen.
"I guess you want to know why I am here, and I am fully prepared to tell you, so why don't we go into the kitchen?"
"I don't want to go into the kitchen and I don't care why you are here, I'm just happy that you are here. But Summer, what does this mean?"
"I don't know what it means Jeff, but I just can't fly back to Toronto tonight and I can't be alone and for the first time in my life I realized that with all of my friends around me, I am feeling the most alone."
Not knowing what to say to make her feel better, he just pulled her too him and they walked toward the kitchen. Upon entering, she had the same reaction as Shane had when he had been there moments before.
"So much has happened in this house. Why haven't you sold it and moved on?"
"Because I'm not meant to sell it, not when there is a chance that like today, I'm the person you come to when you need someone."
"Jeff I don't know what me being here means, I just knew I had to come home. I don't want to make you think that I have forgotten how you make me feel, or how angry you make me because I haven't. I just am so tired of being alone. So for tonight, can we just be?"
"Can we just be what Summer?" he managed to choke out.
"Can we just be? I mean can we just exist, you and me together?"
"Summer, I know I have messed up and I won't sit here and try to make you forget all of that, but I will give you what you want because the only time I want to exist is when you are with me. So for tonight, and for as long as you can put up with me, you can stay here and just be."
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A/N: In keeping with my updating ways this weekend, here comes another chapter of this one. Don't worry Lisa, she will get her head on straight, they always do, I'm just making her life a real hellhole right now. All good things come to those who wait, or hell those who play with fire. So keep reading, I promise I won't disappoint you.
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"Shane what are you doing here? Jeff asked, not trusting his friend enough to let him into the house. He had to seriously sit down and see about selling it. There were too many memories around of her and those were the things that killed him.
"Can you let me in? I think we need to talk."
"What could we possibly talk about? Your feelings for my wife or hers for you?" Jeff snapped, not really wanting to deal with this right now.
"Jeff would you just let me in? Yes it's about Summer but it's not what you think."
Moving out of the way Jeff let Shane pass and walk into the living room. As soon as he did Jeff noticed how Shane seemed to just leave the room entirely.
"God I had almost forgotten how much stuff happened in this house."
"You and Hayley had your prom night here, and then went down by the water and slept together for the first time. I remember you telling me how happy you were with that night." Jeff said walking into the room and following Shane's gaze.
"You and Summer helped me plan that and it turned out to be one of the happiest nights of my life."
"I'm sorry you lost her Shane. I know this is still hard for you, being in this house."
"It's not as hard as it used to be. I avoided coming here for so very long, and now being here, and having it all come flooding back, I don't feel sick anymore, I just feel loved. I know that sounds cheesy but I just had a lot of good times here."
"So did I, which is why I am selling it."
"Don't sell it Jeff."
"You're nice to be saying that to me right now. You think I don't see it Shane?"
"See what exactly? I am sitting here talking about Hayley, the woman I will never stop loving, and you are bringing up something that you think you know but you don't know anything about."
"Tell me you don't love her then."
"I can't do that and you know it Jeff, otherwise you wouldn't even ask me to say that."
"Well then why aren't you with her?"
"Because she loves you and I respect that a whole lot more then you seem too."
Jeff cringed when he heard the hatred in Shane's voice. He remembered the day that Hayley had kissed him and how he felt like an asshole for going against his friend. To think of it, that was when all of this started going downhill. He didn't know what to say to Shane to make him understand that it wasn't meant to happen.
"So what did you want to talk to me about?"
"Your wife."
"What about her? Soon she won't be my wife anymore, so you might as well just not bother. She is doing what she wants, and she's happy, so that's all that matters."
"She's not happy."
Jeff looked up and raised his eyes in shock. It was true that him and Summer hadn't been close and that he had lied to her over and over again, and he wanted to fix it, but he had thought that she had moved on with her life and had no desire to fix things. Listening to Shane talk now, well it gave him hope that he might be able to fix it.
"She's not?"
"No Jeff she's not. She told me that she liked me at the arena the other night, and as much as I loved hearing that, I know none of it was what she wanted and I wasn't going to push her into thinking it was. She had a rough time with Matt, and then you came along as her best friend and helped her through it and you two ended up being together and getting married. You and her are the most solid thing I have ever seen in my entire life, but now that you aren't so solid anymore and I am her best friend, it's like a pattern, she is coming around and trying to look at me the way that she did with you."
"You turned her down?"
"I turned her down, and she walked out on me. We might have to work together but I don't think our friendship will survive that. She needs you, and I think you need her just as badly."
"I do need her, but why are you telling me all of this?"
"Not to make you hit me that's for sure. I'm telling you this because I know love when I see it. I mean I had it with Hayley and I think I can have it again. I don't want her to do something she's going to regret because once this divorce goes through, there won't be any going back. You can't keep getting together and splitting up. It's not the way it's meant to be."
"Well what do you suggest I do?"
"I was going to say let me work on her, but I can't do that without making things worse at this point, so this is what I want you to do. I want you to call her up and ask her out. I will work on her saying yes to it, so don't worry there. Just do it, and let me set up the rest. When I wanted to be with Hayley and we were having issues, you were there for me, now let me return the favor."
Pulling Shane close, Jeff hugged him tightly and letting go, he looked at his best friend and smiled.
"I'm not going to wait until this is over to say thank you, I'm going to do it now. You have got to be the best guy in the world to do this, and to turn off your feelings for the sake of me. So Shane, whatever happens, thank you for trying and for being my best friend."
"Well thank me again when this works. Just don't mess it up anymore and we'll call a spade a spade."
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When Shane had left, with promises to call when the plan was in order, Jeff went back into the kitchen to clean his mess off the table. He remembered how Summer used to always get on him to clean up after himself and he laughed to himself. It was funny that now that he was cleaning up and making things better, she was no where to be found.
When the knock came on the door a few seconds later, he had assumed that Shane had just forgotten something he needed to know, so he yelled out for him to come back in. He heard the door open, but when he didn't see Shane right away; he walked over to the door. What he saw standing there shocked him.
"She wanted me to bring her here." Matt said, taking his hands off of Summer's shoulders.
Nodding his head, Jeff stretched his arms out to her, and was surprised when she ran right into them. Not wanting to let go of her ever again, he just held her there, holding on for dear life, and after a few minutes of silence, he looked at his brother.
"I'll let you two deal with whatever needs to be dealt with, but Summer if you need me you know where to find me."
Summer pulled away from Jeff and walked over to where Matt was standing. Wrapping her arms around him and freely letting the tears fall, she whispered her goodbye and thanks, and watched as Matt pulled away and walked out of the house. Turning back to look at her husband, she smiled a small smile and motioned to the kitchen.
"I guess you want to know why I am here, and I am fully prepared to tell you, so why don't we go into the kitchen?"
"I don't want to go into the kitchen and I don't care why you are here, I'm just happy that you are here. But Summer, what does this mean?"
"I don't know what it means Jeff, but I just can't fly back to Toronto tonight and I can't be alone and for the first time in my life I realized that with all of my friends around me, I am feeling the most alone."
Not knowing what to say to make her feel better, he just pulled her too him and they walked toward the kitchen. Upon entering, she had the same reaction as Shane had when he had been there moments before.
"So much has happened in this house. Why haven't you sold it and moved on?"
"Because I'm not meant to sell it, not when there is a chance that like today, I'm the person you come to when you need someone."
"Jeff I don't know what me being here means, I just knew I had to come home. I don't want to make you think that I have forgotten how you make me feel, or how angry you make me because I haven't. I just am so tired of being alone. So for tonight, can we just be?"
"Can we just be what Summer?" he managed to choke out.
"Can we just be? I mean can we just exist, you and me together?"
"Summer, I know I have messed up and I won't sit here and try to make you forget all of that, but I will give you what you want because the only time I want to exist is when you are with me. So for tonight, and for as long as you can put up with me, you can stay here and just be."
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