PART THREE

"Hey Lita, are you still sleeping?" came a soft voice. Lita had been sleeping lightly, the effects of the medicine Dr. Patton had given her beginning to wear off and rouse her from sleep.

"Hmm, no. I'm awake now Jeff." she replied.

Jeff lightly brushed a stray hair from her face. "You've got to be hungry. How about we grab a bite to eat on the way to the airport? Our flight leaves in three hours".

Lita smiled slightly at the thought of getting to go home. And she was feeling a little hungry. "Oh, are you in need of some entertainment?" she asked.

"What do you mean?"

"The sight of me trying to eat a meal in public. Not on your life Rainbow-boy. I don't have the hang of this blindness thing yet." Lita was trying to keep her tone light, but was struggling. The truth was she would be totally embarrassed to attempt a task as simple as eating a meal in front of Matt and Jeff, never mind
untelling how many strangers. She could picture people staring at her, pitiful looks directed to the poor blind girl.

Jeff had anticipated this would be Lita's answer, and he was ready for her. "I figured you'd be stubborn about this. That's why I took the liberty of getting you something now. Here, hold out your hands".

"Is it alive? Jeff Hardy, you better not gross me out" she played along, tentatively holding out her hands.

Jeff placed a Hershey bar in her left hand, and a small bag of Doritos in her right. They were Lita's favorite, although usually forbidden, junk foods.

Lita smiled. "Thanks Jeff. You do know how to treat a girl."

"Anything for you babe".

to be continued....