Reunion Chapter 6: Reunion, a wrestling fanfic

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own the song or lyrics to Famous In A Small Town by Miranda Lambert

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Chapter 6- Reunion

Candice was sitting in front of the mirror putting on her make-up. She was getting nervous about tonight. After she finished putting he make-up on, she walked over to the dress that was laid out on her bed. She heard Matt calling up the staris for her to hurry up. She quickly changed into it and put on the heels that she was wearing with the dress. She grabbed her purse and made her way down the stairs.

"Jeff's waiting for us....... in the car." he said, pausing in the middle after he saw her coming down the stairs.

"Well let's get going, I don't want to be the reason we're late." she said grabbing his hand and pulling him out to the car.

They finally arrived at the school. Candice hesitated on getting out of the car, but she finally got out. Her stomach was turning in circles and she felt like her legs were about to give in.

"Are you alright?" Matt asked, noticing how pale she looked.

"No. You know how long it's been since I sang in front of a crowd?"

"Candice I really am sorry. I thought you still liked to sing." Jeff apologized.

Candice took a deep breath. She kept thinking to herself maybe this was going to be good for her.

"Miss Walker, I need you to come with me." Mr. Billows said, motioning for her to follow him.

"You can do it Candi." Matt and Jeff reassured her.

She gave a small smile and nodded, and then followed Mr. Billows.

"Matt? Jeff?" a woman asked as she made her way over to the two.

Matt was looking around when he finally noticed the girl standing in front of her.

"Kayla Smithson." Matt said smiling then hugging the girl. After Matt hugged her, Jeff leaned over and hugged her as well.

"How are you?" she asked.

"We're doing good, you?" Matt and Jeff asked.

"I'm doing pretty good. So where's that friend of yours?"

"Which friend?" Matt asked

"The one that you always hung out with in high school. The one everyone thought you'd end up dating?"

When Jeff heard her ask that he choked on the drink he was drinking. Matt and Kayla looked at him. He hit his chest a few times to try and cover it up.

"I'm guessing your talking about Candice Walker." Matt said, trying to ignore his brother.

"Yeahhhh that's her. So did you two finally ever go out?" she asked.

This time Jeff spit his drink out.

"Jeff!" Matt said getting aggrivated at his brother.

"Sorry." he said trying not to bust out laughing.

"No we never dated. After Jeff graduated we left so we could follow our wrestling dreams."

"Oh. So you just left?"

"Kinda." Matt said.

"Oh, wow. Well it was good seeing you two again." she said and then left.

After she was out of sight, Jeff put his arm around his brother. He brought up his finger and pointed at his brother. He then started shaking from laughing so hard. "Excuse me for a sec." his brother finally mananged to get out and left, still laughing. Matt just rolled his eyes. Matt started to look around the room when someone had caught his eye. He looked down at his feet and then back over at the man, but he was gone. Matt just shook his head and began to walk around the room.

Candice's POV

As I sat there I caught myself starting to bite my nails. It was a bad habbit, but it was hard to break. I always did it when I got real nervous. Mr. Billows came over to me and told me I had 5 minutes before I sang. Someone was out there already singing. He had a pretty good voice. There was no way I could top it. I have no idea how I got roped into doing this, or even letting Jeff and Matt talk me into this. There was no way I'm gonna do this.

End of Candice's POV

Candice took off running. Well as best as she could since she was in heels. Before she could make it out of the gym, she was stopped by Matt.

"Whoa, slow down, where are you going?" he asked her.

"I can't do this. They can just get that guy to sing again." Candice said and started to walk out of the gym.

"So that's it? Your just going to leave?" Matt asked.

"Yeah." Candice said and then opened the door.

"You've changed you know. The Candice Walker I knew back in high school would have gotten up there on that stage and sang her heart out." Matt said, just before she left. "What happened Candice? You have an amazing voice. Remember all those times when we'd go out to that old abandoned barn. We'd start a fire, then I'd play the guitar while you sang, and Jeff danced around like Jeff does. Remember those times?" Matt asked.

Candice slowly nodded. She felt her eyes starting to swell up with tears. She missed that Candice. The one who lived life like there was no tomorrow.

"If you sing tonight, just imagine yourself at that old barn with me and Jeff, and be yourself."

Candice stared at Matt for a moment, the same stare that they had when they were sparring in Jeff's basement. She smiled and walked over and hugged him. When she let go she made her way backstage to get ready. Matt smiled to himself. He then quickly snapped out of it so he could find Jeff. He had an idea up his sleeve.

"Jeff." Matt said, while running up to him and telling him his plan. Jeff smiled when he heard it.

"Let's do it." he said while highfiving his brother.

They watched as Candice made her way to the stage. She looked really nervous, not as nervous as before, but still nervous. Jeff and Matt got right in front of the stage to let her know they were there. She smiled at them and then started to play the guitar.

"They say life is so much sweeter" she started to sing. She noticed as Jeff and Matt started dancing. She continued playing, trying not to laugh.

"Through the telephoto lens of fame
around here you get just as much attention
cheerin' at the high school football game

I dreamed of going to Nashville
Put my money down and placed my bet
But I just got the first buck of the season
I made the front page of the Turnertown Gazette

Every last one, route one, rural hearts got a story to tell
Every grandma, in law, ex girlfriend
Maybe knows it just a little too well
Whether you're late for church or you're stuck in jail
Hey words gonna get around
Everybody dies famous in a small town

Tyler and Casey broke up
It ended pretty quietly
We heard he was caught red-handed with her mama
So that's just what they let us all believe

Baby who
Needs their faces in a magazine
Me and you
We've been stars of the town since we were 17

Let's go on down to the quick stop
Wear your yellow shades
And I'll put on my tight jeans
And we'll just spend the weekend burnin' rubber
And we'll let em point and stare in disbelief

After she finished singing everyone started cheering. She bowed a couple of times and thanked everybody. She then walked backstage where she was greeted by the two Hardy's.

"You were awesome!" Jeff said hugging her.

"Yeap, just as good as back in the days, if not better." Matt said hugging her after Jeff.

"Thanks. And thanks for dancing out there too. It helped." she replied with the biggest grin.

The three laughed and made their way back to the gym floor so they could talk to their old classmates. Candice actually found herself starting to relax and have a good time.