Disclaimer in chapter 1

Thanks to all who reviewed no cutting room floor for this story. Rating is PG 13- For some cursing and sexual ideas/images. It's not to an R yet. Hopefully it won't go there. Also if I calculated it right.. The beginning of this chapter is the end of day 3, if I am wrong oh well.. I am not perfect. Plus I thought it was kinda cool no one caught my mistake, I fixed it in this chapter. On to the fan fic..

Chapter 8: Winning Bets and Day Four

The Hardy Living Room

Joe took the last DVD out and put it away and shut off the television. "Iola, you take my bed. I will sleep on the couch; I don't want you to hurt your back." Joe said as he turned on a lamp. "Are you sure, Joe? I mean this may be your only night to sleep in your bed for awhile." Iola said as she got off the couch and straightened her shirt. "Yeah, I am totally cool with or I wouldn't have suggested it. How much do you want to bet that Nancy and Frank are having sex right now?" Joe asked as he walked up the stairs. "Joe Hardy, I am shocked! You leave your brother and Nancy alone, and I bet you. a week of you being my personal slave that they aren't doing anything." Iola said as Joe turned around to face her on the stairs. "Alright, and I bet you one week of you being my personal slave if they are." Joe and Iola shook hands on the deal and continued up the stairs.
"Let's check, Frank's room first." Joe said as he opened the door and stepped inside. Iola followed Joe into Frank's room and saw that it was empty. They both didn't say a word as they left the room and Joe stopped at the linen closet and got out some blankets, a couple pillows, and a sheet for the couch. They moved down the hall to Joe's room and the guest room which was right across the hall. As they got to the entryway of Joe's room, Iola turned to Joe and said, "When do you want me to start?" Joe laughed and said, "Forget it. I love you, Iola." Iola couldn't believe Joe had just said that to her. "Wha. wha. what did you just say?" Iola stuttered. "I love you." Joe replied as he gave her a hug and a kiss. Iola looked in his eyes as he started to pull away. "I love you, Joe" Iola replied before going into Joe's room and shutting the door.
Joe smiled and picked up the blankets and pillows he had dropped when he kissed Iola, and headed downstairs to make up the couch.

The Drew Living Room

"Hello! Hello! Hello, the house!" Eloise Drew exclaimed rather cheerfully as she came into her beloved brother's home. Carson and Fenton came around the entryway corner, "Hello Eloise, so nice to see you again." Fenton said as he gave Eloise a hug. "Carson has a lot to fill you in on. So if you will excuse me, I am going to head up to bed with my wife." Fenton said. "Oh, of course! Go to bed, I didn't mean for you all to wait up for me. Laura is here, does that mean my darling friend Gertrude is here also?" Eloise asked. Fenton nodded his head in agreement, and headed up the stairs.
Carson gave Eloise a hug. "You may want to sit down for this." Carson trailed off as he led Eloise into his study and began to fill her in on the events of the past few days.

The Shaw Hotel Room

Ned and Callie lay sweaty and strewn across each other on the floor. They had attacked each other like ravenous animals, after Ned had shut the door with his foot.
"God, I haven't had sex in so long. Nancy was always, "Let's wait till we get married", and all that other bullshit." Ned said as he stretched out. Callie climbed on top of him ready to start again; they had been having continuous sex since Ned had got there. "Mmmm, Frank and I never even talked about it. I don't know; I sometimes thought he was holding out for Nancy." Callie said as she began to kiss Ned. Ned laughed and carefully stood up, while clutching Callie to him. "Let's try a bed this time." Ned said before laughing and throwing Callie on the bed. Callie growled, "We can make the plan later. Come here big boy."

The Drew Study

Eloise was shocked to learn all the details of why the wedding had been delayed. "I am speechless, and I know that's a first." Eloise said after Carson had finished his story. Carson just laughed as he looked at the clock and saw it was after midnight. "Well, I am sure you have had a long day. Hannah cleared her room out for you to stay in, so you wouldn't have to go to a hotel. Before you say anything, Hannah is taking this very hard and fixing up her room for you and the couch for herself has kept her busy. Please let her do this, I think she needs to for some reason." Carson said as he stood up and helped Eloise up.
"Alright, I won't say a thing. But, I hate kicking her out of her room. Of course Carson she is taking this hard, she has helped raised Nancy. She probably thinks you are going to fire her or something after the wedding because she probably thinks you and Nancy don't need her anymore. So, my dear brother, ponder that tonight." Eloise said as she walked out of the study and headed to Hannah's room.
Carson turned off the lights, and began to ponder Eloise statements. "Hannah, not be here? That's. that's well I have no words for that, I will always need Hannah. She has been my best friend, a loyal companion, a confident, and means more to this family then she will ever know.." Carson thought as he left the study and headed up to bed.

Day Four

The Hardy Residence

Joe rolled over on the couch and woke up to the smell of food, and girl's laughter. He swung his feet off the couch and got up, went to the bathroom. After coming out of the bathroom he meandered in to the kitchen, and sat down at the table. Iola turned around and set a plate of food in front of him. "Good morning!" Iola whispered before giving him a quick kiss on the cheek.
Joe mumbled a good morning back and began to eat his breakfast. As he became more alert he noticed his suitcase, Nancy's, and Iola's were sitting in at the bottom of the stairs. "What time is it? Are we going to miss the plane ore something?" Joe asked as he finished his skim milk. "Yeah, we need to be ready to go in a half an hour. Iola and I packed your suitcase with the clothes form the dryer. Iola is coming with us to Riverheights. We called the airport and got the three of us on an earlier flight out." Nancy said as she finished up the last of the dishes, with her back to Joe. "Frank has some work that he needs to do here. So he is going to be taking the later flight, he already knows and is okay with it. Since he's taking the later flight he's sleeping in." Iola added as she took Joe's dishes and put them in the dishwasher.
Joe looked a little shell shocked and just nodded in agreement before speaking, "I'm going to head up stairs and take a shower." "Nope! The shower head isn't working again. Your dad hasn't fixed it, so you are showering down here. I laid your clothes out on the bed in your Aunt Gertrude's room." Iola said as she led him into the downstairs bathroom. "Hurry up!" Iola said before shutting the door. Joe just stood in the bathroom, "Something's not right here. If only I knew what was going on." Joe thought as he turned on the shower and stepped in.
Back in the kitchen, Nancy wiped down the counters and the table. "It's going to be okay Nancy. I promise you, Joe and Frank will be none the wiser." Iola said. "Thanks, I hate to deceive Frank, but I love him. I have to do what's best for him and ." Nancy stopped her self. She couldn't mention his girlfriends name, she couldn't bring herself too especially after she had seen the ring his drawer. It was his grandmother's ring, which she had given him on her deathbed to give to his wife someday. Nancy only knew that because she had been there with Frank, his grandmother had passed away at the end of a case in Bayport. Frank had mentioned in an earlier discussion he wanted to get married by the time he was twenty-five or forget it. Even Mr. Hopeless Romantic had his limits, and it was his and Callie's time, she couldn't interfere.
Nancy wiped her eyes and left the note she had written Frank on the kitchen table. "Last night had been, a wish and dream come true. It was the most wonderful time of my life.." Nancy thought back to what she had written. She wiped her eyes and grabbed her suitcase as Joe came out of his Aunt's bedroom all clean, dressed, and ready to go. "Nan, you okay?" Joe asked as he took her suitcase and followed her outside. "Yeah, my allergies are acting up. Thanks Joe, and just remember I will always love him. I never meant to hurt him or .." Nancy stopped herself. She was crying again as Iola came out of the house and locked it up. "Please, Joe, don't hate me. I did what I thought was right." Nancy said as she cried harder.
Joe set Nancy's suitcase down. "Hunnie, it's okay. Of course, I forgive you. Shhh. shhhh. There, there, it will be alright I promise." Joe said as he took Nancy in his arms and comforted her. "Wow, why would she think I hate her because she slept with my brother. She must be so stressed in having to go tell her family and all that she's with my brother now. I wouldn't want to be there when she tells Ned, that's why she's so emotional." Joe thought as he helped Nancy into the car.
"Joe, what happened?" Iola asked as she got in the car, afraid that Joe had figured out the ruse. "Nancy is stressed out and broke down crying and.."Joe spoke as he too go tin the car and drove off to the airport.

The Shaw Hotel Room

"Alright, Ned! There we go the plan is perfect. We can put it in to action tomorrow! God, I can't wait to see the looks on there faces. This is going to be so perfect!" Callie exclaimed happily as she stretched next to Ned on the bed. Ned laughed that evil villain laugh as he got out of bed and stretched. "Mmmhmmm, I have to go soon. They guys are taking me out for one last hurrah lunch. Want to hit the showers with me?" Ned asked as he turned around to look at Callie. "Mmmm, sure!" Callie said as Ned picked her up and ran with her towards the bathroom starting their continuous sex marathon all over again.

Bayport National Airport

By the time they had got to the airport, Joe had finished telling Iola what had happened with Nancy. They parked the car and headed inside to pick up there tickets and find out their flight information. Nancy walked quietly, looking as though she had just lost her best friend in the whole world. She wouldn't say a word, no matter how hard Joe and Iola tried to coax her into saying something. She sat numbly in the little plastic chair by her boarding gate, Iola and Joe exchanged worried glances.
Soon after an hour delay their flight and row was called to board. Nancy got up from her seat with her carryon bag after being gently prodded by Joe and Iola. Nancy nearly lost her balance as she got up, but Joe put his arm around Nancy's waist and helped her on the plane and to her seat. Nancy put on her seatbelt and grabbed a pillow and blanket that sat on the seat to her curled up and went to sleep.
Joe and Iola talked quietly about Nancy and Frank as the plane took off for the last stretch in their journey.

The Drew Kitchen

Hannah had been up since dawn cleaning up the couch where she had slept, and making breakfast. Slowly everyone filtered down into the dining room where the good china was set. Carson was shocked to see it out and being used, the last time they had used it was Nancy's mother's funeral. Carson cleared that image from brain and sat down at his usual spot. Fenton and Laura took one side of table as Gertrude and Eloise took the other.
Hannah came bustling in a minute later with the coffee pot and began pouring coffee for everyone. Next she came out with a huge bowl of a beautiful fruit salad, and then came the eggs. Every kind of egg Hannah cooked this morning, along with pancakes, crapes, French toast, waffles, and strata's. Then Hannah began bringing in trays of bacon, sausage, and ham. Hannah went into the kitchen yet again bringing out gravy boats containing syrup, strawberry sauce, and a fresh homemade blueberry sauce. She wasn't done yet, she brought out bagels, toast, muffins of every flavor, and of course cream cheese and butter. Finally Hannah brought out carafes filled with orange juice, cranberry juice, ruby red grapefruit juice, and skim milk.
Fenton, Laura, Gertrude, Eloise, and Carson stared at the table they couldn't believe their eyes. The table was overflowing with food, wonderful dishes Hannah had prepared for them and them alone this morning. This was clearly a sign to Carson just how stressed Hannah was. Carson excused himself from the table, and walked into the kitchen to find Hannah standing at the sink crying.
"Hannah," Carson whispered as he came up behind her and took her into his arms. "Hannah, please don't cry so. You are breaking my heart. I would never get rid of you, I expect you will stay and take care of me till my dying breath. I don't want you to go after the wedding. Please don't go!" Carson said trying not to cry himself. Hannah looked up at him, seeing him as if for the first time. Hannah wiggled her way out of Carson's arms and wiped her eyes on a dish towel, "You mean that?" she asked. "Of course! Now dry your eyes and join in this wonderful feast you prepared. Come on!" Carson said as he grabbed her by the hand and led her into the dining room. He seated her at the other end of the table across from himself, and sat back down.
They said a small grace, before passing the dishes around and eating.

A few hours later they had finished the feast and were doing dishes and cleaning up when Fenton pulled his sister aside for a moment. "Gertrude, I have one question for you. How did you know Frank broke up with Callie? He called me a few days before Nancy joined the investigation, and told me he had broken up with Callie a few hours before." Fenton finished.
"He and I had a heart to heart before he left. He said he was going to break up with her that afternoon. Then I had to run to the store with Laura. When we came back he was gone, so that's where I figured he went. It wasn't till later when you told they had gone to Europe on another mystery. I still figured he had made it over there I guess. Don't worry Fenton, that boy had a good head on his shoulders. These children will work their problems out in no time. Don't worry." Gertrude told her brother before sashaying off to the kitchen to find her darling pal Eloise.
Fenton laughed to himself. "My sister is something else." He thought as he walked to the study to see what was going on with Carson and Hannah?

Hooters Restaurant

Ned, Burt, and Dave walked in to the restaurant and sat down at a table near the windows. "You seem in a much better mood today." Burt commented as he looked at the menu. "I have to agree, no trace of alcohol on your breath. Yet, I do smell a really cheap perfume." Dave added. Ned just laughed, before answering his friends, " Yeah I got laid last night."
Dave and Burt looked shocked, "Ned got laid last night?" they thought. "So, Nancy's back?" Burt asked. "Nope, Frank Hardy's ex- girlfriend. All I am going to say is we only time we stopped was to go to the bathroom, and we only went once!" Ned said as the waitress came over to take their order.
They guys gave their orders, and sat staring at one another. "Wow, Ned. All I am going to say is I hope you know what you're doing." Dave said as he sipped his soda. "I do. For the first time in awhile, I know what I am doing." Ned said before laughing that evil laugh. Burt and Dave looked a little worried that something bad was going to happen. "So how about them Yankees." Burt said as he bluntly changed the subject to sports a much safer topic.

The Hardy Residence

"Mmm. Nancy?" Frank asked as he slowly began to wake up. He touched the bed beside him and it felt cool, very cool. "She's probably downstairs eating breakfast. Yet, where's my t-shirt she said she'd go grab for me? That was a long time ago. Hmm."Frank said aloud to himself as he got up and threw on his boxers and pants and headed to his room. He walked into his room, and saw the drawer where his t-shirts were was open.
He walked further into the room, and went over to the drawer. Inside the drawer was Nancy's ring, sitting open on top of his t-shirts. "Oh, shit! I forgot I put it in here last night before I went to the guest room. NANCY! NANCY! Where are you?" Frank called as he ran down the stairs looking in every room for any sign of Joe, Iola, and Nancy. As he looked in the kitchen he found a note and a letter with his name on it. He quickly scanned the note which said something about the plane times being switched since Iola was going to Riverheights with them, and he was on a later flight.
He next saw the letter, with his name on it in Nancy's familiar scrawl. He got a bad, bad, feeling as he sat down at the kitchen table and opened the letter.