A blast from the past: Dani & Jeff
I do not own WWE, or its superstars. I only own Danielle Ayden's character, Jaydon Nero's character, and along with all other names you don't recognize from WWE.
This is a series of One Shot's from Danielle Ayden-Hardy, and Jeff Hardy's past. This is something I came up with to let readers of "If Looks Could Kill" and "If Looks Could Kill: The sequel", get a better gist on Dani and Jeff's relationship, and how their lives were before Ben came into the picture.
Please review and let me know what you think!
Also, if you are a first time reader, make sure to check out both of the stories for "If Looks Could Kill"!
- Kimmi
Thank you to everyone who reviewing the first chapter!
I luv drama and jeff hardy, iNdy MiLk, and Laffy.!
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Chapter 2
July 24th, 1992.
It was 1:14AM on Saturday night, and 15 year old Jeff lay on his bed reading a motocross magazine. It had been poring rain outside for hours, and it was the only sound he could hear. He was trying to take his mind off the fact that his best friend, Danielle, hadn't called him at midnight like she promised. He was facing upward, holding the magazine right above his head; one knee over the other. He eagerly shook his foot, waiting for the house phone to ring.
He was startled when he saw his window pop open out of the corner of his eye. He quickly realized who it was, and hopped out of bed to help his best friend in. "Dani?" Jeff asked, as her hair was dripping. That's when he noticed she was crying. He helped her in, and once she was on her feet, she wrapped her arms around Jeff's waist and sobbed into his chest. "Shorty, what's wrong?" Jeff said, as he held her. Even though he knew the answer, he still asked. All of her life she had to live with a severe alcoholic. The one person she should be able to trust, constantly abused her. Rarely physically, but verbally on almost a daily basis.
In between sobs, she mumbled. "He and my Mom..." She started. Jeff leaned his head down onto hers, still embracing her - trying to calm her down. "They've been fighting all night. He keeps threatening to hurt me, and I guess he's been trying to. But Mom stopped him. I've been hiding in my room. Jeff, I don't know what to do!" She said quickly, now sobbing into Jeff's chest again.
"Shh, he's not going to hurt you. You're with me now. You're fine." He whispered. Dani slowly started to calm down, as she took a lot of quick deep breaths. "Ugh," Jeff winced, "You're dripping wet. You must be freezing, Shorty." He said, pulling her away from him; examining her clothes - which were drenched. Dani went to sit on his bed, shivering.
Jeff walked over and opened his closet doors, he looked up and saw a box with the name "Dani" written on it. He pulled the box down, and set it on the floor. It was a pretty good sized box, with a lot of stuff in it. A lot of stuff from their childhood, stuffed animals and some other things. A couple trophies from the little league baseball team they had both been on almost ten years ago. They had the team picture, as well as a picture of just her and Jeff taped onto it. The main things that were in this box, though, were clothes. Probably four or five outfits, for nights like these. He pulled out one of her favorite shirts she had gotten from her grandfather a few months before he died, as well as some sweat pants.
He draped them over his shoulder, and put the box back into the closet; then grabbed a towel that was hanging on his door. "Here you go, Shorty," Jeff said, wrapping the towel around her. He handed her the clothes, and she stood up.
"Thanks, Jeffy." She sniffed, her voice cracking from all the crying she did. She got up and quietly walked to the bathroom and shut the door. Jeff sighed, then silently cursed to himself, and lay down on his bed. He was so sick of Dani's father. Night after night, he took out all his frustrations out on Jo [Dani's mother], and Dani. The worst part? Him, nor Dani couldn't do anything about it. The only thing she could do was stay at Jeff's on nights like tonight. Which unfortunately were a few times a week. Dani came back from the bathroom a few minutes later, eyes red and puffy. Jeff knew she had only slept about three hours the previous night, for almost the same reason. She wrapped her wet clothes in the towel, and dropped them onto the floor, then went and lay down on the bed next to her best friend. Jeff put a blanket over her, and as soon as he did, she had fallen asleep. Sadly, this was their [almost] nightly routine.
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It was 9:24 on Sunday morning. Dani slowly opened her eyes, realizing that the sun had come out. She looked over next to her and Jeff was still sound asleep. Very quietly, she got up and walked over to look out the window. The clouds were off in the distance, and it looked like the rain was gone for now. She ran her hand through her long, chocolate brown, wavy hair. She picked up her now dry jeans and black tank top off the floor, and went into the bathroom to change. She was being quiet, knowing that Matt and Gilbert [Jeff's father], didn't know she was even there. She opened the door and jumped seeing Gil standing there.
He looked down to her and lifted an eyebrow. "I'm so sorry Gil, I promise it wont happen again." Dani said apologetically.
"Danielle, what is it? The fourth time this week?" He asked questioningly. She silently nodded. "Look, sweetheart, it's completely fine if you stay here. I just want you or Jeff to make sure to let me know before hand." He said, sternly. Matt and Jeff's father was very intimidating, even to Dani. She had known him for almost thirteen years.
"I'm sorry Gil, but I didn't come in 'till almost 1:30, I knew you were probably asleep... and-" She started speaking fast, but stopped when he put his hand up.
"It's fine. You don't need to explain. Next time have Jeff write me a note and put it in front of my bedroom door. That way I at least know by the morning... so I'm not running into a strange teenage girl in my bathroom." He smiled, jokingly. She giggled a little bit, and nodded.
"Thanks."
"You're welcome, sweetie." He smiled, then kissed her head. He started walking away, then stopped. "By the way, Dan," He started. "I'm not to fond of you sleeping in the same bed as my son." He said in an intimidating voice, and Dani bit her bottom lip.
"You know its not like that, we are simply sharing a bed..." She said, feeling uncomfortable now.
"I'm aware of that, Dani. I know you two are just best friends. My point is, Jeff's room is pretty big..." He started. What is he getting at? Dani thought. "I think there is plenty of room in there for an extra bed."
Dani's eyes grew in shock. "What?"
"What?" Another voice said from down the hall. "Dad," Jeff started, walking towards them. "did you just say you're getting Dani her own bed?"
"That's exactly what I said." He grinned. "I mean, she basically lives here anyways, so why not?"
Dani ran over and hugged Gilbert, with a wide-smile. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" She repeated.
"You're welcome. Just make sure that if you dont want to wake me up, you guys at least leave me a note or something, so i know ahead of time. That way I will remember to knock on the bathroom door before opening it." He giggled.
Jeff and Dani both giggled as well, and nodded. "Thanks, Dad." Jeff said.
"No problem. Breakfast will be ready in ten." He stated, then headed down the stairs.
Dani turned to Jeff, and broke out in excitement. "Oh my gosh, I can't believe it! You're dad is so freakin' awesome!" She said, basically bouncing up and down. Jeff laughed at her, and hugged her.
"I know. Now maybe we will be more comfortable, by us having our own beds." He giggled.
"Yeah, I know. This is so exciting. I don't want to go home now..." She mumbled, and looked down. Jeff caught her chin and lifted it up so she looked in him in the eyes.
"Shorty, you are home." He said in a very serious tone. She smiled, and realized he was right.
A/N: Update! Yay! I'll probably rotate stories on which I update. So I just updated ILCK [If looks could kill], the sequel. Now I updated this one. Hopefully in the next few days you guys will get a new chapter for ILCK. :) BUT! You gotta review! Review review review! :D
- Kimmi