"Geez, did you guys eat the entire restaurant?" Matt asked.
"No, we were talking and I guess we lost track of time." Jeff stared at his brother who only smirked. Amy looked at Brianna who was looking down at the ground.
"Why don't you boys go grab the bags and check out? I need to talk to Brianna." Brianna looked up at the sound of her name. Matt and Jeff looked at each other and then walked into the hotel.
"Come on Brianna." Amy said as she pulled Brianna into a walk. The two girls remained silent for a couple seconds before Amy finally spoke up.
"Bri, I have known you for about a year now. What is going on?"
"Nothing, I'm fine…I'm just a little…" she looked up at Amy who just stared at her. "I don't know what I'm doing Ames."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean with everything. I just broke up with my boyfriend of a year 5 days ago. I left Wilmington to go on tour with my dad; I get in a huge fight with him which lands me in Matt and Jeff's locker area where I talked to Jeff for like 3 hours. And then I rode all the way here with him. It is so amazing, but I feel guilty."
"Why do you feel guilty?"
"I just don't know if I should be having so much fun and actually falling for someone right after I just broke up with Jack."
"You are falling for someone?" Brianna looked down and shook her head.
"What exactly happened last night?" Amy needed to know the story before she jumped to any more conclusions.
"After my dad and I got in a fight I needed a place that I wouldn't be bothered by everyone and I knew that if I went into anyone else's locker room I wouldn't have been able to handle it. So I ran into a room that sounded empty. After I closed the door and turned around I saw Jeff. I tried leaving, but he did the one thing that most people don't do." Amy looked at her curiously. "He told me not to go and then asked what was wrong."
"That sounds like Jeff."
"I had just met this guy, but I was comfortable enough to tell him what happened. After Matt and Jeff's match I ran over there because I wanted to congratulate them. I know they lost, but they were still amazing. Then, Jeff and I started talking about everything. I talked to him for a couple hours and I felt like I had known him forever. Then, my dad and Sharon didn't have enough room in their car so Jeff said I could ride with him. When we got here there was only a single bed and if Jeff has to wrestle today, I didn't think that it would be very nice if I made him sleep on the floor. I trusted Jeff, which is more than I can say about a lot of guys. Nothing happened last night Amy, I know that is what you guys were yelling at Jeff about. Hotel walls are thin." Amy blushed not realizing that Brianna probably heard every word.
"I'm sorry. I didn't realize…" Brianna shrugged her off.
"Can I tell you something that you have to promise you won't tell anyone?" Amy nodded.
"This morning some waitress was hitting on Jeff and when I came back from drying off…" Amy looked confused.
"The waitress spilled water on me so that she could be alone with Jeff. But when I came back Jeff asked me to pretend we were going out. I agreed because the waitress was kind of creepy. We were sitting next to each other, holding hands, and just talking and it felt so right. Well, we walked out still holding hands and I didn't even realize until we got to the car. I think I'm falling for Jeff and I don't know if I should be…I mean…I just broke up with Jack." Amy smiled at the girl standing next to her.
"Look, I've known Jeff for a little while and he is a great guy. And personally, I think you two are cute together. But it is up to you guys…not up to anyone else. Come on, I see the guys are standing outside. We should head out." They walked over to Matt and Jeff.
"Did you girls have a nice talk?" Matt asked. Both girls nodded.
"All right, let's hit the road then. We will see you two in Trenton." Jeff and Brianna walked over to the car and hopped in. They started driving and neither said too much. After an hour Jeff finally couldn't take the silence anymore.
"Brianna, did I do something wrong? You haven't said anything since we left Perkins." Brianna felt bad. Jeff hadn't done anything wrong, but she made it look like it was his fault.
"No Jeff, you didn't do anything wrong. You have been awesome this whole trip. I think that I am just having a harder time dealing with this break up than I originally thought. I didn't know I would have such a hard time."
"What do you mean Brianna? What are you having a hard time with?"
"Well, I just broke up with Jack and I am already…nothing…it's nothing."
"Brianna, what is it? You can tell me. I promise not to tell anyone." Brianna looked at Jeff.
"It's nothing…I just forgot to call my dad before we left. And then I realized that he took my cell phone, so I just got a little upset. It's really nothing…it is actually really stupid." Jeff looked at her skeptically and then shrugged. If she didn't want to tell him than he wasn't going to push her, but he was a little worried.
"If you insist that nothing is wrong, I'm not going to push you."
"Thanks Jeff, that means a lot to me…you have no idea." The silence continued for the rest of the trip to Trenton. Jeff was still nervous and a little scared that he would get in trouble with his boss. They finally arrived at the hotel in Trenton, New Jersey around 3:00 in the afternoon. Amy, Matt, and Jeff still had 2 ½ hours until they needed to be at the arena, so they grabbed the bags and headed to check in.
