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"Matt… shut up already."

"I can't! Jeff, I'm so worried about her! I hope she's okay…"

"Stop pacing, you're making me dizzy."

Matt stopped pacing. "Why wouldn't she call?! That's so unlike her. She knows how I am with her… I bet she knows I'm worried sick."

"I'm hungry."

"She would call… unless she can't call… OH MY GOD, SHE'S DEAD."

"I'm so hungry."

"JEFFREY! How can you think about your stomach at a time like this? My girlfriend's dead and all you can think about is food!"

Jeff looked up with a smirk on his face. "You called her your girlfriend."

"What?"

Jeff laughed. "You said, 'my girlfriend's dead and all you can think about is food'."

Matt didn't say anything.

"Matt, you are so in love with her."

"What? Just because I accidentally called her my girlfriend?"

"Accidentally? Ha… that's funny."

Matt could feel his face flushing.

"Matt… it's not just that. Every little thing you do or say… I mean… you might as well buy a shirt that says, 'I'm in Love With Lita.'"

"I'm not in love with her…"

"Yeah. You are."

"Okay, maybe I am… just a little. Or a lot. I'm a lot in love with her."

Jeff laughed.

"Jeff, this isn't funny! Do you know what it feels like to be so incredibly in love with someone and they don't feel the same way for you?"

"No… I mean… look at this face, who couldn't be in love with it?" Jeff grinned.

"Jeff…"

"I'm sorry. Look, maybe she hasn't had time to call you. Maybe she's tried and you just weren't home. But you gotta stop pacing and whining. It's annoying as hell."

"Do you think she's thinking about me?" Matt asked innocently.

Jeff nodded. "Yeah. She might as well go shopping with you to get her, 'I'm in Love With Matt Hardy' shirt."

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I stepped out of the Bay Parker hotel building, shielding my eyes from the hot California sun. I knew there was a payphone around there somewhere. I walked for a few minutes before I finally found one. I put my quarter in and dialed the number.

"Hello?" A worried voice answered.

"Matt?"

"Yeah."

"It's me… Amy."

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