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Summary: Jeff Hardy has got a lot more then wrestling on his mind lately, and it all centers around a certain WWE Diva. Will he admit his true feelings in time or will he lose his chance forever.
Authors Note: With the recent tragedy in the wrestling world, I am putting my fiction Colorful on hold for awhile. The reason for this is because out of respect for the Benoit family, and the violence that was beginning in that fiction, I think it best at the moment. I will continue it soon but I need to process everything before that can happen. Thank you for all reviews on this fiction, it means a lot. I think I replied to everyone this time but thanks none the less.
"Matt!" Ashley said as Matt turned away from the sight of the two of them. Ashley made her way over slowly to where he was standing with his back to her and from her vantage point she could see his fists clenched and his knuckles turning white from just how hard his hands were put together.
Jeff was at her side instantly and he put his arm around her, whispering in her ear as he did. "Just let me deal with my brother. I know what this is about and its better if you aren't here to witness what might happen."
Ashley nodded and made her way down the hall to the exit, the way she had been destined to go in before Jeff had bumped into her and made her lose control of all space and time. When Jeff was sure he was safely out of the range of Matt's anger, he knew it was time to get everything out in the open. What he should have done weeks ago when the dreams had plagued him so heavily.
"How—could—you?" Matt said, taking deep breaths between each word so that he wouldn't turn around and do to his brother what he really felt like doing in that moment. He wanted to hit Jeff, to knock his lights out for doing this to him.
How many times had they told each other that they would never make a move on a woman that the other brother had dated? How often had Matt asked Jeff if there was anything going on with him and Ashley and then have Jeff tell him that there was nothing at all happening?
What a crock of absolute bullshit. What Matt had just witnessed proved he had been right in his instincts all along. Jeff had been going behind his back with Ashley Massaro. The woman that when he sat down and really thought about it, he still very much loved.
"It wasn't planned Matt. It just sort of happened. Look I didn't set out to feel this way about her and I don't think she did either. We never meant to hurt you."
Matt spun around on his brother then and got right into his face, his eyes burning a hole through his brothers blue green eyes. "You never meant too? Never meant too? Give me a break Jeff. The first time you looked at her differently you were betraying me and if you are kissing her now in front of everyone that must have happened a hell of a long time ago."
Jeff knew he was right on the money. Jeff had been looking at Ashley differently for some time now but it wasn't his fault that he couldn't deny his feelings any more when she was around. Nor was it hers. It was something that as hard as it had to be on Matt, was something that needed to happen in order for both of them to be able to move on.
He wanted Ashley, in more then a friendly way and as much as it pained him to think it; Matt was just going to have to accept it. It wasn't like Jeff could just shut the feelings down.
"I told you bro, it wasn't planned. None of this was set up to hurt you. In fact I tried to deal with it my own way and forget about it because I didn't want to hurt you. I pushed her away from me until I just couldn't take it anymore. You have to believe me Matt, none of this was done to hurt you or anyone else for that matter."
"Whatever your motives Jeff, if you had feelings for her you should have come and told me about it. Right now we have never kept anything from each other but this and this might be the thing to break us."
He started to walk away then and Jeff jogged to catch up with him. Turning his brother around he looked him in the eye, desperately seeking answers. "What is that supposed to mean?"
Matt looked at his younger brother, the one he had taught everything too growing up and had even taken under his wing when he wanted to wrestle. Helping to get them both to where they were today. They had been through so much together and he never once thought Jeff could lie to him and do this the way that he did.
"I'm telling Vince to let me go back to Smackdown full time and for you to stay put on Raw. I never want to have anything more to do with you from this moment on. Consider me dead brother because as of right now I no longer have a brother."
Matt walked away, leaving Jeff standing in the now empty hallway, minutes away from a match that he was scheduled to be in. He knew that he had to deal with this mess with Ashley and his brother but right now, duty called and that meant getting into the ring and getting this mess over with.
He cared for Ashley, wanted nothing more then to be with her but if it meant that he was going to lose his brother then there was just no other thing he could do here. He had to let her go and watch her walk away, back into the arms of his brother. Just so long as it wasn't with him then it would be fine.
Too bad that no matter the amount of talking he managed to do to himself he couldn't shake the lump in his throat. No matter what he did with Ashley or Matt he knew that his life would never be totally fine again.