Chapter Four
"Hey Jeff," Jem greeted, meeting up with him as he appeared from the curtain. "Hey Sweetie. What's up?" he asked, wiping some paint off of his cheek. "Oh nothing," she said, trying to hide the fact that she knew he had written the card. He smiled at the expression on her face and wrapped an arm around her waist. "Hiding something?" he asked. She closed her eyes feeling his body heat on her. It took everything inside her not to burst and blurt out about the card. "No, not hiding anything," she answered. "Whatever you say," he said, brushing his hand against her hair. She looked up at his face and practically melted. "Well I'll let you get changed," she said, beginning to walk away. "Don't want to come with me?" he asked, pulling her back to him. She giggled and hit his arm softly. "I would, but I'm going to go catch up with Trish before she leaves for the hotel," Jem said. He shrugged and kissed her cheek. "I'll see you Monday then," he told her, as she nodded. "Bye," she said, skipping away.
"Trish!" Jem exclaimed, running out to the parking lot. "What? Are you okay?" her friend asked quickly. "Yeah, I was just trying to catch up to you," Jem answered, out of breath. "Oh. What do you need?" Trish asked, placing her suitcase into the trunk of the green rental car. "Don't go to the hotel. I've got a better place to stay," Jem answered. "Where?" Trish asked curiously, as Jem smiled. "You'll see when you get there," she said. "Well okay, but can Chris come because he and I were going to drive to the hotel together," Trish replied, as Jem nodded. "Of course he can," she said, as she placed her own suitcase in the trunk. "I wish he'd hurry up. I bet he's fixing his hair or something," Trish said, chuckling. Jem noticed her friend's smile and she cocked her head to the side. "Do you like Chris?" she asked, as Trish gave her a weird look. "Are you crazy? He and I are just friends," she answered. "Just wondering," Jem said, smiling to herself. Trish narrowed her eyes and was about to say something when Chris approached them from behind. "Hey girls," he said, as they both turned around. "Hey. Jem is going to come with us, is that alright?" Trish asked, as he nodded. "Yeah and we aren't going to the hotel," Jem answered. "Well then where are we going?" he asked confused. "You'll see," she answered, as she eyed the keys in his pocket. "Give me those," she said. "Ask politely, sheesh," he said, as she laughed. "Please?" she asked, as he took them out. He extended his hand out and just as she was about to grab them, he took his hand away. "Chris!" she exclaimed, rolling her eyes. "Oh God, he always does this. It's going to take forever," Trish said, getting in the car. "I don't always do it," he said, watching her sit down. "Ha!" Jem squealed, grabbing the keys from him. "No fair. I was distracted," he said, as she shrugged. "Too bad," she taunted, as she walked toward the drivers seat and got in. He sighed and put his suitcase into the trunk. "I'll get you back," he promised, getting into the backseat. "You wish," she said, turning on the car.
"Just tell us where we are going. It's already been thirty minutes," Trish complained restlessly, toying with her hair. "And we've only got ten more minutes to go. Wait and deal with it," Jem said, making Chris laugh. "You are a trip," he said, as she nodded. "I know. I'm so funny, I can't help it," she replied, stopping at a red light. She yawned quietly and looked up in the mirror, meeting Chris's eyes. He smiled at her and she quickly brought her eyes to the street in front of her. The light turned green and she sped off until finally she turned into an expensive housing community. "What are all these houses?" Trish asked. "Um...people just happen to live in them," Jem answered, hearing a quick snort from Chris. "Shut up," Trish hissed, as he widened his eyes. He made a cat noise which prompted her to throw her water bottle over her head at him. "You abuser," he said, as Jem parked the car. "Here we are!" she exclaimed, jumping out. The other two opened their doors and looked at the house in front of them. "What are we doing here?" they both asked in unison. "Silly people, I live here," Jem said, grabbing her bag out of the trunk. "But...Las Vegas?" Trish managed to ask. "I go back and forth. I have a house here and a house there," Jem explained. "How fun," Trish said, her eyes barely able to stay open. "Come on in. It's obvious you need some sleep," Jem said, as Chris took out his bag and Trish's bag. "I'll take it in for you," he told her, as she gave him a lazy smile. Jem watched the two of them smile at each other and she couldn't help but feel a weird feeling. Was something going on between them that she didn't know about? It usually wouldn't matter, but let's be honest, she wanted to know what was happening with EVERYONE. She shook it off deciding to ask about it tomorrow. She led them up to the house and she opened it, watching their awed faces. "I think I saw this house in a dream once," Trish said, as Jem laughed. "You definitely need sleep. I'll show you where you'll be sleeping," she said, pressing a small red button. "What's that?" Chris asked. "Elevator," she answered simply, as if he should know. "Wow," he responded. She opened the elevator door and rolled their luggage in. They traveled on up and once they reached level 3 which was the third story, she opened the door and they walked out. "I sleep here," she said, pointing to a room down at the end of the hall. "You can sleep there," she told Trish, pointing to the room next to her own. "And me?" Chris asked immaturely. Jem chuckled and pointed to the room in front of them. "Here," she said, as he walked into the room. "Unless you want to be in Trish's room with her," she mumbled under her breath to which both Trish and Chris looked up at her with confused looks. "What did you say?" the blonde haired woman asked. "Nothing," Jem lied, giving out a fake smile. She walked quickly to her room and shut the door behind her.
The next morning, Jem woke up and lazily got out of bed. She looked at the clock and groaned when she noticed it read six o'clock. Even on her day off, she still was accustomed to waking up early. She walked out of her room and opened the door to where Trish was sleeping. "You awake?" she whispered, as she walked over to the bed. When she noticed Trish wasn't there, she narrowed her eyes suspiciously. "Trish?" she asked, looking around the room and walking into the bathroom. When she didn't find her friend in there, she exited the room and headed to where Chris was. She opened the door slowly and chuckled to herself when she saw Trish laying next to Chris on the floor. They were obviously both deep in sleep and hadn't budged a bit when she opened the door. Now she really believed something was going on between the two of them. She quietly shut the door and walked downstairs prepared to make breakfast.
"Something's cooking!" Trish exclaimed, as she walked down the stairs. "Ya think?" Jem asked, flipping some bacon. "She's mean in the morning," Chris commented. "No I'm not. I've just been waiting for you two lovers for nearly an hour," Jem said defensively, as Trish laughed. "Lovers?" she asked. "Well I saw you two looking pretty cozy," Jem answered. "Oh, she caught us," Chris said jokingly to Trish. "Yep. Aw man and I thought we were keeping it secret this whole time," she replied, rolling her eyes. "Well anyway, I made some breakfast. So eat up," Jem said cheerily. "Great, thanks," Chris said, taking a plate. "And after we all eat, I thought it would be fun to go jetskiing and tubing in the water," Jem suggested. "I'm definitely in for that," Chris said, as Trish nodded. "Me too," she added, as she sat down to eat. "Great, let me just go call Jeff and see if he wants to go," Jem said, grabbing the phone.
"Okay, you two ready?" Jem asked, walking outside. "Yeah, where's Jeff?" Trish asked back, pulling on a life jacket. "He said he'd be here in an hour, but I thought we could still go out for like thirty minutes," Jem answered. "Sounds good to me. It's time for the ocean to meet the King of the World," Chris said, slipping into his character. Trish rolled her eyes at him and then looked back at Jem. "It's cool that your house is on the bay," she commented. "Yeah, it's convenient," Jem said, as Chris handed her a life jacket. She put it on and walked over to a gold jetskii. "This is mine and the one over there is yours," she informed, pointing to a blue and white one. "Are you okay with sharing one Chris?" Jem asked, as he nodded. "Yeah, who am I sharing with?" he asked back. "Me, of course!" Trish exclaimed, grabbing his arm. He laughed with her and ran over to the jetskii. "Here," Jem said, tossing them the key. "I get to drive first!" Trish called, putting in the key. Jem shook her head at the two of them and started her own jetskii. She raced out into the water after her two friends. She finally caught up to them and stuck out her tongue at the fact that she was faster than them. Suddenly, she saw Trish fly into the water and she stopped to go see if she was okay. "Chris, you pushed me off!" she screamed, as the blonde-haired man threw back his head and laughed. "As funny as that is, you two need to be careful," Jem said, honestly concerned. "Okay, I won't do it again," he replied truthfully, as he helped Trish back on. She glared at him and then drove on off.
"Jeff, I'm so happy you found the house," Jem said, as she opened the front door for him. "Yeah, me too. Great house," he replied, walking in and looking around. "Thanks," she said. "Did you go swimming?" he asked, as she giggled. "No. We just went out for awhile," she answered, leading him outside. "Hey Jeff," Chris said, when he saw him. "Hey. What's up?" Jeff asked. "Chris threw me in the water!" Trish complained. "It was one time and it's not like she's not dead," Chris said, rolling his eyes. Trish slapped his arm and walked onto the ski boat. "Chris and I will let you and Jeff go on the tube first," she said, pulling on some sun glasses. "How cool. You have a double tube?" Jeff asked, referring to the two tubes that were connected to each other. "Yep and you and I are going first," Jem said, giving him a loving smile. He returned the smile and took off his shirt which made Jem go weak. "Wow," she mouthed to Trish, who laughed at her friend's reaction. She walked onto the boat and watched as the two men picked up the tubes and connected them to the back of the boat. "Those are some fine men," Trish said, as Jem agreed. "Okie dokie girls. Time to get the party started," Chris said, as he and Jeff got on the boat with them.
When they finally got far enough out into the ocean, Jeff and Jem jumped into the tubes and Chris started driving the boat. He went rapidly over the waves causing them to fly up in the air while they were still in the tubes. "Oh my God, we got some air on that one," she said, wiping the salt from her eyes. "That was incredible," Jeff said, as they hit another wave.

:: Staples Center, RAW is WAR ::

"I got another one!" Jem exclaimed, startling everyone in the Divas' locker room. "What does it say?" Torrie asked, walking over to her. "It's a secret," Jem answered, holding the card up to her heart. She jumped up and down until the locker room door opened. "Trish, Jem, Stacy, you're on in five," the stagehand informed them. Jem nodded her head and put the card in her bag. "Let's go girls," she said, grabbing Trish's hand. The three women walked down the hall until they reached the curtain. "So how exactly does the end of the match end?" Stacy asked. "Lisa-Marie does her finisher on you while Trish and I are beating Gail and Nora on the outside," Jem explained, as their three opponents approached them. "Time to kick some ass," Lisa-Marie said, flexing her arms. "Time to kick some ass," Trish mocked her friend. Nora was about to say something, but was cut short because of her music playing. She shrugged and then walked out.
"Oh my God, The Widows Peak!" J.R. yelled, watching Victoria do the move on Stacy. "She's out of it, but I wonder if Trish and Jem notice," King said, but the question was answered when Victoria got the three-count and Trish and Jem crawled into the ring with confused looks on their faces. "What happened?" they both asked the ref, who explained to them what Victoria had done. They tried to revive Stacy and when they finally did, they all walked backstage. "Someone threw ice at me," Nora said, with an annoyed look on her face. "Some people are so stupid," Jem replied, as Stacy groaned. "My neck hurts," she said, as all of the women gave her concerned looks. "Want me to walk with you to the trainer's room?" Jem asked. "Yeah, thanks," Stacy answered, as the two began walking in a separate direction.
While Stacy was in the room, Jem patiently waited outside thinking about the card. She smiled to herself and closed her eyes. "What are you so happy about?" a voice asked. She opened her eyes knowing exactly who it was. "Oh nothing," she answered, as Jeff cocked his head to the side. "Are you hurt?" he asked, as she shook her head. "Nope. Stacy is in there and I'm just waiting out here for her," she answered. "Is she okay?" Jeff asked, as Jem shrugged. "I have no idea, but I think she'll be okay," she answered. "That's good. I wanted to thank you for inviting me yesterday. I had a lot of fun," he said, changing the subject. "Well I'm glad and anyway, there is no one else I would have rather invited," she said, as he chuckled. "And there is no one else I'd rather be with than you," he replied, making her heart jump. She noticed him leaning in and didn't hesitate with the kiss. It was short, but sweet and she couldn't help but lick her lips. "Done!" Stacy exclaimed, interrupting them. "What did he say?" Jem asked quickly, trying to hide what they had just done. "I'm fine," she answered, as she waved to Jeff. "How ya doing?" she asked, as he nodded. "Excellent,"he answered, flashing Jem a smile. "I've got to go, but I'll see you both later," he said, winking. He walked away leaving Jem staring into space dreamily.

:: Sheraton Hotel ::

"You would never believe what happened to me!" Jem screamed, running into her room. Trish walked in as well and set her suitcase down. "I've been waiting forever. What is it that you did?" she asked. "Jeff and I...well, we kissed!" Jem exclaimed, jumping on the bed. Trish's mouth dropped as she shook her head. "Oh no. That can't be true," she said. "Well of course it is. Why would I lie?" Jem asked, doing a dance. "Honey, Jeff's got...What is going on?" she asked out loud. "What are you even saying? Aren't you happy?" Jem asked, as Trish put on a half smile. "Umm...yeah. Of course," she lied, hugging her best friend. There was something Jem didn't know about Jeff and she didn't want to be the one to have to tell her, but she knew she was probably going to be the one to end up doing it.