Well, compared to my other update for Invisible Touch is, this chapter is really a fly-by. lol

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Jeff picked up pace as he heard Josie's pleas for him to stop. She'd been ignoring him for the past few weeks; now she could get a taste of her own medicine. "Jeff!" Josie yelled for the fifth time, practically running after him. "Will you wait?" She finally caught up to Jeff and grabbed onto his arm, causing him to pull away roughly as he turned to her with a glare. Josie was slightly taken aback by his reaction to her, but pushed the hurt away, telling herself that she deserved it.

"I heard you and Adam talking." She told him, biting her lip nervously as she waited for his reaction.

"Oh." He was looking around uncomfortably, trying to avoid her gaze. Josie sighed resignedly and took a chance. Reaching forward, Josie took his face in her hands, making him look her in the eye.

"I never meant to hurt you." She whispered and Jeff took a step backwards so that he was out of her reach, the pain in his eyes made Josie want to cry.

"It sure as hell doesn't feel that way." He retorted, more harshly than he had intended, feeling bad when Josie flinched and closed her eyes in an attempt to keep her emotions under wraps. "What happened Josie? What did I do?"

"Nothing Jeff, it wasn't you, I swear it." Jeff was surprised by the desperation in her voice and he opened his mouth to speak, but Josie jumped in before he got a chance. "I was scared." She said quickly, and Jeff's face screwed up in confusion.

"Scared? Of what?" He asked scornfully and Josie tugged at a piece of her hair in frustration as she considered how to tell him how she felt. She wasn't good at all this opening up stuff and felt more than a little uncomfortable about airing her emotions in the "privacy" of the arena corridors.

"So many things." She laughed nervously, deciding to just dive in head first, consequences be damned. "For one, I thought you wouldn't want to know me after that scene I made. Jesus Jeff, I never cry! I don't even know why I did that night. I felt so stupid. And this is going to sound even more strange but I was scared that..." She laughed bitterly and paused to consider how stupid Jeff might think she was when he heard what she was about to say next. But strangely enough Jeff beat her to the punch, his face thoughtful as he realised what he should have seen from the beginning.

"You were afraid that I'd abandon you just like your Dad did." Josie was momentarily surprised that he'd figured it out, but then she looked away in shame at her behaviour of late. "I should have figured that out for myself. It was so obvious." Jeff sighed and Josie found the courage to look at him again, shocked to see the sympathy in his eyes.

"Jeff, I screwed up, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to..."

Jeff cut her off, taking her hands in his. "It's okay. I'm sorry too." She looked confused and he just smiled. "If I'd figured this out earlier, we wouldn't have wasted so much time."

"You're not a mind reader." She laughed for real this time, feeling like a big weight had been lifted from her shoulders.

"So Josie, now you know how I feel about you. Now I need to know what you feel for me." Jeff told her seriously, causing Josie's smile to waver slightly.

"I care about you so, so much. Whenever you're around I feel safe and you make me laugh. You understand me in a way no one else ever has. But..." She frowned, not sure how to express her concerns. Jeff smiled understandingly at the woman in front of him and took her hands gently in his.

"Josie, I know you're afraid of being hurt, and I can fully understand that. But if you live in fear, you'll miss out on the best part of life. I want to be with you, and I can't promise that our relationship will be easy, no relationship is. But I can promise you this; I will do everything in my power to make you happy, to take care of you and I will never, ever intentionally hurt you. We may not have known each other very long, but you mean more to me than you could ever know. Please give me a chance to prove that to you." Jeff's eyes shone with sincerity and Josie found herself fighting back tears, only this time they were of happiness.

"Oh Jeff, that's the most amazing thing anyone has ever said to me. I do want to be with you, more than anything. You're right about me being afraid, but I guess its time I got over it, huh?"

"Well then, what do you say we just forget about that and just start again?" Jeff proposed, with a cheeky grin.

"I think I'd like that." Josie replied with a smile just as mischievous and Jeff leaned forward, kissing her softly on the lips.

Adam and Angel's clapping and whistling interrupted them a few moments later. Josie stepped away quickly, blushing bright red. Jeff just laughed and pulled her close again, kissing her neck.

"Well, it looks like you two have got things worked out. Thank God!" Terri laughed as she walked past with her daughter Dakota.

"Yeah, I suppose we do." Josie laughed back. Jackie had been right about Terri. In the past four weeks Terri and Josie had found that they had a lot in common and soon became fast friends. "Jeff, I have to get ready for my match." Josie giggled when it was obvious that he wasn't going to let her go.

"Just a few more minutes." He kissed her again.

"Later!" She laughed and he pouted.

"Promise?"

"Absolutely!" She gave him a quick kiss and pushed him away.

He laughed, "I like the sound of that!" She just blew him a kiss and walked towards the women's locker room, grabbing Angel on the way.

Adam just laughed. "You two are hopeless!" Jeff couldn't wipe the huge smile off his face.

"Hey, I can say the same about you. When are you going to get your act together?"

"It's a work in progress, don't you worry about that my man." He smiled confidently and Jeff rolled his eyes as they made their way back to the locker room.