"No need to cry sweetie." Jeff whispered as Kia buried her head in his chest as she always did.
"I missed you so much and there will be more time to talk when we get back to my house, but there is a stop we need to make first." Jeff said soothingly like he always did when she was sad.
On the way back to the arena, there was an awkward silence that was never the case before. Both of them had the same personality when it came to meeting people; they were quiet upon greeting, then when they got closer to someone, they were loud and expressive. At the moment, knowing Kia the way he did, Jeff figured the silence was too much too bare and he would be expecting her to speak up soon.
"I guess we have to get to know each other again." She said looking at him.
"I guess we do." He replied.
That was all that was said before they approached the back parking lot of the arena.
"Where are we?" Kia asked.
"We're at the arena where I was supposed to make an appearance." He said putting the emphasis on "supposed to".
"Oh MY GOD! You made into the WWE?" she screeched like she always did when she was excited.
Jeff smiled to himself remembering how much he missed that. He took a minute to park before answering.
"What? You haven't been watching me?" He asked his voice full of sadness.
"Sweetie, I was kidding, I watched you every Monday while I was gone." She said tears stinging her eyes.
There was another silence before Kia asked:
"Why didn't you try to find me?"
"Your mom told me it would be best if I didn't." He replied. "Why didn't you call?"
"My mom told me it would be best if I didn't." She replied. "No one could know where I was."
"You know the day you came to my house and my mom wouldn't let you see me?" She asked.
"Yeah, like it was yesterday." He replied.
"Well, I saw you from my window. I wanted so badly to jump out the window and go with you." She said truthfully.
"I wanted so badly to take you with me." He said
"Can we start over again and get back what we had?" She asked hesitantly, hoping she was reading the situation right.
"I would like that a lot Kia." Jeff said leaning over to hug her.
She returned the hug by putting her face in his neck and smelling him. He knew she would do that so he held her closer.
Not wanting to end the moment, Jeff pulled away and said:
"I think we should get in there, Vince is probably pissed."
"Okay, you know, I have been practicing a lot myself." She mentioned casually as she got out of the car.
"Oh really now?" He smiled. "We'll just have to take you to the gym tomorrow!" he said excitedly.
"Wait, we?" She questioned.
"Yeah, you, me and Matt." He clarified. "Remember when we used to all practice together? You were getting pretty good!" he said in a reminiscent sort of way.
"He's not still mad at me for leaving is he?" she asked sadly.
"Not anymore. He would like to see you again though, because you weren't just my best friend, you were his too."
"Okay! It would be great to see him again. It's been so long." She said sadly as they walked through the hallway.
"Don't about it babe." Jeff said as he slipped his arm around her accidentally knocking her bandana to the floor revealing hair that was dyed to almost match Jeff's.
"When did you get that done?" Jeff asked.
"Just a little while ago. Why? Do you like it?" She asked casually.
"Yes ma'am!" He replied.
"Well looky here! Jeff? Is this the criminal? Cause she appears to be too hott for prison!" Shannon commented.
"Shut up man!" Jeff snapped then laughed.
"OMG! Shannon?" Kia smiled as she started to remember that infamous eyeliner.
"How long has it been darling?" He asked pulling her into a hug.
"Too long! How is everything?" She asked excitedly.
"Not too bad, Crystal and I are married now, so sharing my house has been a little different, but other than that, nothing has really changed.
"Aw, congratulations! I'm so happy for you! She said energetically.
"Hey, Kia, if you don't mind, can we finish this conversation a little later? We have to go talk to Vince." Jeff pointed out.
"Oh, right. It was good talking to you Shan!"
"You too darlin'!" he replied with a wave.