A.N: I am sorry about the wait, but this is the third chapter, and I wanted to build more around Jeff and Matt first so tell me what ya think!
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Chapter Three:
The Dark Past and The Bright Future
2 months away is the No Way Out, the time where us, Team Extreme fight for the tag team belts. But Vince has changed the storyline, even though the basis is still there since when we first heard about the storyline, he has seemed to change it around a bit. That's what is coming through my mind as I laid on the bed staring into the ceiling, looking at the white paint design, it looked like a spiral. But to me it looked like a dragon wrapping around itself, slowly suffocating itself hiding away the constant pain.
"Guess I should draw this," I said out loud, walking over to my bag and getting out my notepad. "I've had this for years, every time I use up the paper I just replace them and put the other paper in my folder," I said, continuing talking to myself and the cold breeze that filtered across the room. I laid back down, and continued to stare at the pattern in front of me. I drew the image that came in my head, the dragon suffocating myself. When I completed the drawing, I close the notepad and placed it on the table at the side of the bed. I continuing looked at the ceiling, then I closed my eyes and dose off, reliving that horrid night, the night I broke up with Beth.
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"Oh crap, it's 11:00. Dammit, I am so going to be busted for being so late, I hope Beth's already asleep," I said to myself, driving my pick-up truck up my drive way, headlights on ahead helping me see the dusty road ahead. I guess this is what you get for having a house in the woods, avoiding the major cities that are near by.
I came up to the gate, I braked getting ready to get out and open it, but it was already. "I wonder, did Beth leave this open for me," I said to the misty road in front of me. I drove passed the gate, braked the car, opened the door and walked over to the gate and closed it. After closing the gate I got back into the truck and carried on driving up.
"Finally, i'm home," I gasped out, sighing in relief, "now I can finally hold my beloved girlfriend and kiss her. But lately, I don't seem like I care that much, it's as if she's been avoiding having any contact with me," I continued to say, thought after thought contemplating my mind as I carried on driving down the long pathway to my house.
I finally got there, my beloved home, stood there in front of me. I turned the car round to the back, noticing the bedroom light on, "i guess she's waiting for me, God dammit, I am going to have a mouthful," I sighed to myself driving past my bedroom window driving to my garage. Left side of the garage Beth's car parked there like normal, but on the right side, on my side, parked another car, not mine but someone else's. What the hell's going on? It can't be Beth's Mum or Dad, they don't have that kind of money for that kind of posh car, I don't get it, what's happening?
Again, thought after thought came crushing into my mind, I have to face her as see what's happening. I need to find out why there's a white Cadillac parked in my side of the garage. I reversed back, and parked beside the house, turn the engine off I walked towards the door, light's off but one, our bedroom.
I put my key into the whole, sweat slowly dripped from my face, unholy thoughts coming to my mind as I tried to imagine what was going on inside my now-hated home. I turned the key slowly, awaiting the dreaded noise of the click. Pushed the door open, I could hear laughing, male and female voices coming from the enlighten door at the end of the hallway. I closed the door after me, dropping my keys, the sound echoing through the empty house.
"Hello? Anyone there?" shouted a woman's voice, Beth's. I couldn't answer back, I just stood there with jelly legs, listening as she continued to laugh. But then, a sudden rush of adrenaline roared through my body, I charged down the hall towards the lighten room like I was following the light to heaven or hell. I kicked the door open, and drooped down. I saw my girlfriend in bed with another man. She looked at me with a stunned face, clearly shocked I was here. I just watched as she threw the silent man off her and sat on the edge of the bed crying.
What am I supposed to do? The girlfriend I was doubting I just witnessed cheating on me, I've thought about this scenario many times in the last couple of weeks, but now that it's happened, right in front of me I don't know how to react.
Finally, I closed my eyes, clinched my fists and walked over to the now pleading guy on the floor. I picked him up by the collar, and threw him against the wall. "How long?" I shouted at him, fist to his cheek "how long have you been doing this behind me back?" I demanded, looking at the frightened man in front of me.
"A couple of..." he hesitated, I pulled my fist back, about to hit him.
"A couple of weeks, Jeff," I heard coming from behind me, it was Beth. I dropped the little punk in front of me, and turned as I heard a thud as he fell.
"How could you do this to me Beth?" I said, mixture of anger and sadness on my face, looking at an evil grin on the girl I was meant to have loved.
"Jeff, you were never a man, you could never finish anything. You were more interested in wrestling then me, more interested in painting then me, I felt as if I was a stranger to you," she shouted back, "in the end, I couldn't take it. I couldn't take all your shit, so I found someone who cared about me," she continued walking pass me to the man on the floor.
"So that's it? After 5 years you decided to have an affair? And how can you even say I have never loved you, I always came back here instead of going to house shows, for you Beth, not for me. I wanted to spend time with you, but you were always busy, and now I know why, because you were humping that little twat there," I shouted back, turning round.
"Well, that twat means more to me then you've ever have been Jeff. And by the way, his name is Jeremy," she added sitting by him, like a caring-mother to a sick child.
"A couple of weeks I highly doubt that," I shouted back, storming out of the room into the living room. I stomped around the room, chucking things around looking for her phone. "Here it is," I said, grabbing her phone. I entered the room again, with her phone in hand. "Let's see what text messages here then," I said, searching through her text messages.
"What do you think your doing?" she shouted back.
"Finding evidence, oh what this," I replied, reading a text message. "Dear Beth, I can't stop thinking of you, can't wait to see you, love Jeremy," I said reading out the message, "date received: about two moths ago. You've been fucking cheating on me for two fucking months?" I shouted, throwing her phone to the wall.
"I can't believe you Jeff, what happened to all the hippie shit? Peace-love and crap, some people have moved on since the seventies unlike you," she replied, kissing Jeremy.
"Just face the fact dude, you've lost, I won, now if you don't mind, me and Beth need to do some talking, if you known what I mean," interrupted the little fuck on the floor. I pulled him up from the ground and threw him into the wall. "Go on then Jeff, hit me, you'll feel more like a man, go on then? Hit me!" he blurted out, suffocating against the wall. I threw him back down to the floor and walked out of the room. I picked up my keys and left the house, I heard faintly in the distance, "yeah, you'll never be a man Jeff, never!".
I got into my pick-up and drove straight into Beth and that bastard's car, and drove off down the drive way hearing muffled cursing as I left. It was when I was half way down the drive way, tears started to flow down my cheeks. I came up to the gate, but instead of just opening it I just drove into, taking it clear off. I then drove to Matt's house and told him the whole thing.
"Look Jeff, I know what you feel. The pain, the sadness, the anger, the frustration. But after a while, that goes away, it's how you get yourself up Jeff that can make you or break you," That was Matt reaction, passing me a glass of whiskey.
"But why does it feel like my heart has shattered into a million pieces on the floor, as if I shouldn't even be able to breathe. Why is it I feel like my heart is missing something important?" I said grabbing the glass of him taking a sip.
"Look Jeff, the heart is the strongest organ in the body, it can take a beating but it never gives up. Even when it's in a submission, it will not tap out, but it fights till the end. Broken and beaten it never gives up. So even when your down and out, you shouldn't just give up, you get back up and try again. Climb that ladder that you've done some many times. But, instead of jumping off straight away, take a look at the view and remember it, good or bad, it is a guidance," Mat said again hugging me before refilling my empty glass.
"What guidance Matt? What kind of guidance is that?" I asked, tears developing in my eyes, I looked down at the floor.
"Well, A hurtful memory is a guidance for a better tomorrow, a happy memory is a guidance for a brighter today. It depends in which one you want to take," He said, "Now, I take it your leaving for California with me tomorrow?" he added changing the subject.
"Yeah," I replied, wiping away the tears.
"Good then, I'll take you down." Matt said, grinning as he left the room.
"Oh Matt," I said before he left the room, his head crept back in. "Thanks bro," I said.
"What for?" he instantly replied.
"For letting me stay here and looking after me," I said back laying down on the sofa.
"That's what brothers do for one another. But I want you to help me if I ever am down. Okay?" he said, jokingly.
"Yes, of course," I said, nodding back. He turned the light off and went up the stairs. I turned round and faced a picture of me, Matt, Amy and Beth all together, and that's the only one with them in it.
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I forcefully tore my eyelids apart and shook my head, sitting on the side of my bed I leant my hand against my head to balance the weight of the blood-rush that just occurred. In that moment of just sitting there, I thought to myself, where's my future go from here?
I stood up from the bed and stretched. I walked over to the living room, I stared into the my reflection on the blank TV in front of me. I sat on the sofa, now looking up above me at the ceiling. "I may as well go have a shower whilst I have free time," I said to myself, getting up grabbing some clean loose clothes and a towel then heading into the bathroom for a quick shower.
Five minutes into my shower, and as I started to sing 'Another Brick in The Wall' I heard a loud knocking noise at my door.
Knock-Knock!
It happened again, who the hell is it? I stopped singing and got out of the shower and started to dry myself. "C'mon in," I shouted as finished drying my hair.
"Don't mine me Jeff, it's just that I heard that Vince wants us to have lunch then head straight to the airport after training," Said a women's voice, muffled by the space. I could recognise the faint voice, it was Maria. "I'll be waiting for you downstairs, okay? Don't be too long," she carried on.
"Nonsense, just sit down, I'll be out in a minute anyway," I replied getting changed into the loose clothes.
"Okay," Maria said, sound closer.
I came out from the bathroom, still drying my hair, and walked over to my gym bag. I put the clothes I just changed from into the bag, and then grabbed it and walked into the living room, dumping the bag next to my suitcase.
I looked over to the sofa, and there sat Maria searching through her bag, but what for.
"What are you doing Maria?" I said, zipping up the gym bag.
"Looking for my phone, I always seem to loose it when I need it, dammit," she said, scuffling through her bag.
"Why don't you use my hotel room's phone?" I reminded Maria, who stopped as I said that. She lifted up her face and faced towards me with a big smile and quenching face. "I don't mind, it's in the bedroom by the bed, you'll see it as you enter the room," I continued, dragging the suitcase and gym bag over to the table in the middle of the room.
"Thanks Jeff, you a life saver," Maria said, shooting up from the sofa and running into the other room. As I threw the suitcase down, and sitting down on the sofa. I reached into my bag, trying to get my notepad, but it wasn't here!
Where was the last time I had it?After 5 minutes trying to remember, I sat down annoyed and exhausted with the thought of where it could be, I got the remote to the TV and thought to myself, "I wonder how much longer Maria is going to be on the phone," then suddenly, I remembered where I last had it. Before I went to sleep, I drew that image of a dragon suffocating itself. Then placed it on the table next to the bed.
I shot up from the sofa, the TV remote falling off my lap onto the floor. I ran over to the bedroom door, as if it was the only light ahead of me. As I came face-to-face to the framework of the wooden door in-front of me, I calmed myself down and knocked on the door before pushing it open.
I close my eyes and produced a smile on my face before saying, "Sorry Maria if I'm interrupting anything but I need to get my..." as I was about to finish my sentence I opened my eyes looking a confused Maria staring into my notebook. She looked like she didn't even hear me, she was obviously contrasting on whatever image or poem or story she had laid her eyes onto. I decided to make her jump, so I walked over to her stealthy and sat beside her. Before I could even say anything she turned the page of the notebook and her facial expression changed.
"I never knew you fault these kind of things Jeff," she blurted out, in a serious pitched voice. She carried on reading the images in-front of them, trying to break the meanings of each one.
"Well, something's can make a person change, but sometimes those things are wrong and horrible so they have to express them in a way that doesn't harm others," I replied, looking down at the floor. The atmosphere felt heavy, like a gloomy mist had contaminated the air.
"But that isn't right, sometimes you need a person too have to express those feeling to," Said Maria, closing the notebook and passing it to me, "I am sorry if you didn't want me to see that," she apologised as she turned towards me, obviously seeing my posture thinking she hurt me. "I didn't see everything," she added, trying to cheer me up.
"It's okay Maria, it's probably about time someone can tell me what they've felt about my drawings, my poems my artwork," I replied with a smile, turning to her.
"You are obviously very skilled at drawing, and writing stuff. I could feel the emotion, that's something that some artists can't do. Anyway, I guess we better get going, we have to pick up Matt and Amy today, since you didn't let Matt drive the car at all yesterday" Maria said, standing up from the bed.
"Sure," I replied, watching as Maria walked over to the doorway, she stopped there.
"Jeff," she said standing there, "Thanks," she said.
"What for?" I replied.
"For letting me use the phone, training me, and not getting mad at looking at your notebook," she carried.
"It's nothing, but from now on, if I need someone's view of my artwork, you'll be the only person I'll ask, okay?," I said back, smiling.
"Sure, anything for a friend," she said, before walking to the living room. At that moment I turned my head round to the notebook that laid next to me. I grabbed it then put it on my lap, as I stared to the horizon through the open window. The sun glaring through, the white clouds, the blue sky, it seemed like today was going to be a good day.
I rose up from the bed, notebook in hand and left the room. I shut the door closely, but before I did, I looked at the shadows that laid there, the place where me and Maria sat, where our bums left imprints on the mattress. I closed the door, and turned round heading towards the living room, and then all of a sudden.
"God dammit!" I heard, echoing through the room. I entered the living room, looking at an annoyed Maria's back, jumping up and down.
"What's wrong?" I asked, as she turned round revealing her squashed up face.
"My phone, I've found it," she replied, showing me her phone in her hand.
"And? I thought that was a good thing?" I asked, walking over to the TV and turning it off, then leaning against the wall beside it.
"Yeah, but it's ran out of battery, and we don't have enough time to put it on charge," she said, shoving the phone back into the bag. "I wanted to check my emails, and answer back to some folks. But now I can't".
"Well, you can put your phone on charge while we train, and then on the plane, you can use my laptop," I said, walking over to my suitcase and gym bag. "Now, come on, we have to go now, Matt's a really impatient person." I said, grabbing them and heading towards the door.
Maria nodded zipping her bag then grabbing the bag following me. We stood outside the door in the hallway, when someone we knew came over.
"Hi ya, Jeff and Ria," said Melina, with John trailing behind, holding a load of suitcases and bags. "Can you go any faster?" Melina said turning round to face the exhausted John.
"Hi Melina and..John," Maria replied, as I locked the door and turned my body facing to them. "What with all those?" Maria asked, pointing to a extremely exhausted John Hennigan, behind Melina leaning against the wall, with a pile of bags on top of each other.
"That's my and his luggage," Melina replied with a smile, before noticing Maria's lack of luggage. "Where's yours Maria?" she asked.
"Mines downstairs, in the bag room. I just have to collect it when I get down there. I thought me and Jeff would be heading off to pick Matt and Amy up, but Jeff was being lazy." She suddenly blurted out, making Melina looking at me with a glare.
I hesitated, not knowing what to do I stared at John with a 'help-me' look. John nodded, and then tap her shoulder then whispered something. At then a second later, Melina dropped the scary face to a caring one.
"Is it true about Beth, Jeff?" Melina suddenly blurted out, not this anything but this. Why John? Why this certain topic.
"Yeah, we've split up," I mumbled under my breath, giving John now an 'your-dead' stare. He shrugged, as he started doing some push ups.
"Oh my god, since when?" Melina carried on, I turned to a shocked Maria, it looked like she didn't know.
"About a couple of weeks," I mumbled once again, my body starting to shake.
"Well, like they say Jeff, there's always more fish in the sea. Hopefully one day I can find a stronger one," Melina said, turning to John who was using some suitcases as dumbbells.
"What?" John said back, as we stared at him. "What's wrong? Is there something on my face," he said, dropping the suitcases on the floor, whilst rubbing something invisible on his face.
"Hey!" Melina shouted to John, "Don't just drop on the floor like that, they have valuable stuff inside, more valuable then you Mr. Hennigan." I looked to Maria who was still shocked about me splitting up with Beth.
"Hey," I said to her, she slowly moved her head towards me, "we better get going," she nodded as I picked up my suitcase and gym bag. "Well, we'll be going," I said to Melina, who was more interested in slapping John, after he replied jokingly.
"It's no funny John, that is a very valuable bra..." she blurted out, before turning round to face us, seeing our red faces as we laughed. "You going? Okay then see you guys in Washington on Monday", Melina said.
"Yeah, if she hasn't bought any branded named bras," John said after wards.
"Shut up you, I'll show you no mercy," she said, turning round continuing slapping him.
Me and Maria walked down the hallway, laughing as we heard John and Melina arguing about underwear. When me and Maria came to the elevators, we waited as the elevator came up. The atmosphere was silence, not a simple sound. The only thing I could hear was Maria's breath as she inhaled and exhaled. But the silence broke as the elevator came to our floor, as we did as we waited, we didn't speak in the elevator to each other, but when a WWE fan came in and asked for signatures we both did, that was the only thing we did during the long wait.
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12:30, that was the time when me and Maria arrived Matt and Amy's hotel. We walked around looking for them for about five minutes. Then we noticed a group of people laughing around something, as it seemed like Matt and Amy was going to be a little longer, I decided we should see what was all the farce about. We got into a good position so we could see, and then we finally found Matt and Amy.
They were both listening to their iPods, but only Matt doing an air-guitar and singing to 'Another Brick in The Wall' very badly. Everyone watched Matt trying to sing to the lyrics but only mumbling half the sentence and making up his lyrics for the rest. Amy was just sitting their tapping her foot, but then all of a sudden.
"Damn, ran out of battery power, I hate when that happens," Amy said, not noticing the large number of people overlooking her and Matt, laughing. She then put the iPod in her pocket, then rose her head, looking directly at me then the other twenty surrounding me. She jumped up and walked over to Matt, who was still in his own world. She tapped him on the shoulder and then said: "Matt, erm...." before she could continue Matt shrugged her off.
"Amy, can't you see I'm in my zone, I'm the daddy," Matt said, continuing his bad air guitar impression. But then all of a sudden, "dammit, why is it Jeff's iPod seem to have the worst battery ever," he continued to say removing the earphones, and opening his eyes, staring in the face of a bald old man. "Oh my god, what's happening?" Matt shouted as he looked around, acknowledging the laughing audience. I then stepped out, then Matt noticed me straight away, "There you are, why the hell are you so late?" he asked, ignoring the large group of people who had started to disburse.
"C'mon Matt, that's not a way to end a show. Look at your fans, they're leaving! Do something quickly, put on part one, then two and then finish it up with three. I never knew you liked Pearl Jam," I said, Maria still laughing her head off in the background.
"Yea, whatever can we get going, we have about half-an-hour to get to the stadium," Matt said, picking up his suitcase and gym bag, and as he walked pas me, he whispered: "it was your iPod Jeff, I know some secrets of you know."
With those horrid words ringing ears, the only words that I came out of my mouth was: "Your not driving, Matt."
"what? Why not? God your so mean, hogging the car to yourself, I've only had one incident in the last 12 months." He shouted in background. I smiled, then Amy walked past whispering something. Something about 'love' I never actually fully heard her.
I hurried up to the car, watching as a skeeming Matt smirked as he lent his back against the car door. He had his arms crossed, and risen his foot so he could also lean that against the door. He clearly knew something that was devious.
I shook my head and pushed him a side, ignoring the hissing noise that came out of Matt's mouth as I unlocked the car, I wondered: what is it going to be like when it all starts in 3 days time?
I couldn't wait, so I launched into the car, not caring about Matt's declaration that he should be the driver.
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We had just arrived after the house finished, it felt so strange to see everyone leaving and us entering the stadium. It was like we were completely different to them, well, Matt sure is.
"Ah, Jeff and Matt.." said a voice creeping behind me, I turned round to face Dave who was smiling, "Amy and Maria, hello everyone, Vince wanted me to know that you guys are defiantly going to be late for the plane ride to DC, so he told me to track you down to say that his private jet would be awaiting for you there."
"Wait, how can he be sure we'll be late?" I asked curiously as Amy, Matt and Maria jumped for joy with the idea of riding Vincent Kennedy McMahon personal jet.
"Well, because everyone else was told that the plane had arrived earlier then planned, and so flight time was two hours early, and of course, you guys will be late as you'll be training Maria and the drive itself is about a good half-an-hour," Dave said, walking past me, grinning towards the gossiping group surrounding me. "Oh and Jeff, please and hurry, Steve the pilot won't be happy it you make him wait for too long," Dave added, walking down the hallway out of sight, his voice echoing. I turned round to face the laughing group of people, smirking they started to walk off as if I wasn't there. I stood there smirking as I watched the girls gang up on Matt, who's face turned red with a mix of anger and embarrassment. But all of a sudden, Maria's caught me in the corner of her eye, she stopped walking and turned round to face me. As Amy and Matt carried on walking ahead, joking to one another, Maria walked over to me.
"What's wrong Jeff?" She asked.
"What?" I answered back, coming back to reality, "Nothing, I was thinking about something."
"Oh, okay then let's get going, I can't wait to see what you'll teach me today Jeff," She said smiling up to me. I nodded to her, and walked aside of her, listening to how much she can't wait for Monday to come, and truth-for-ly neither could I.
I arrived in the male locker about 5 minutes then Matt, who was already changed and had started to do push-ups, I walked by him and placed my bag next to his and started to get change.
"So since when did you start liking that kind of music?" Matt said, counting to himself whilst doing a push-up.
"Pardon me, but what kind of music are you talking about?" I replied, as I changed to my loose clothes.
"You know, the stuff in the last playlist in your iPod," he immediately replied, now turning onto his back, starting to do some sit-ups.
"What?!" I shouted, hesitatingly as I finished getting changed. How the hell? When did? What?
"Yeah, I guess I picked up your iPod by mistake yesterday, whilst we were changing, I'm kind of surprised you hadn't notice sooner then you've got mine" Matt said, speaking each word after one sit-up. "I mean every time I used to see you since the 'Beth' scenario, you've plugged in your iPod, and tuned out reality, moulding you own little world."
"That's ridiculous Matt, I don't listen to my iPod that much," I said, throwing a towel at him as he stopped doing his workout to stare at me.
"Yeah it's true, it's either that iPod or the frigging notebook, Jeff Hardy has his own little world that no-ones allowed to come in." He said harshly, getting up and grabbing a bottle of water, "c'mon Jeff, someday you have to face reality and see what's out there," he added, walking out of the room. Leaving just me standing there, his words ringing in his mind. I knew he was right, but I couldn't face it. This woman I thought I would someday have a family with is nothing no-more but a dissent hurtful memory, a wound that kept bleeding no matter what. I guess now is the time to look into for the future.
I grabbed my bottle of water from my bag, and shook my body, to get ready for the training. I then followed the stream smell of sweat left by my wise brother, and walked out of the room and into the hallway. I then carried down walking the abandoned hallway to where the ramp was laid out, and there waiting, as she leaned against the wall, stood Maria who was listening to her iPod.
"Perfect," I mumbled to myself, as I crept nearer to her. But as more as I can closer the more I heard hear her mumbling words. Soon I was so close that I could finally understood what she was saying (or singing).
"Hey, teacher, leave those kids alone.." She sung, not noticing me from behind. I stopped creeping up on her and watched, as Maria tried to sing along to David Gilmour's voice and Roger Waters amazing catchy lyrics. I stood smiling to myself, as Maria stopped singing, closing her eyes just nodding her head and hymning the tune.
But then all of a sudden, Maria stopped. She grabbed her iPod and brought it up close to her face and then opened her eyes. She kind of looked disappointed, I just tried to blend in the background as a watch Maria putting her iPod and headphones into her pocket and then carried on leaning against the wall, seemingly like she had not noticed me the whole time.
"How long have you been there then?" She suddenly blurted out, I came out of my bad camouflage and scratched the back of my neck, laughing a little. "You do know that I known you were there the whole time right?" she carried on, still leaning against the wall, with her eyes closed as if she is trying to ignore me.
"I didn't really guess you would notice," I said, laughing nervously. "Hasn't Matt come yet, he left before me so he should have been here by know," I suddenly changed the subject.
"I saw him go to the toilet, about ten minutes ago, he then left and went off somewhere," Maria replied, opening her eyes looking towards me with a happy face.
"I guess he went to get some pain killers, he's the dummy today," I said, smiling to her, watching her giggle.
Then as both of us laughed I heard foot prints coming from behind me.
"What's so funny?" Said Amy, walking towards us.
"Nothing," I said, "have you seen Matt by the way," I added.
"Yeah, he went to get something to eat, he said to tell you guys to get ready and he'll be down in about five minutes," Amy responded with a grin. "One things for sure, he never can stop eating, no matter what," She added, laughing to herself.
"Great, well then we'll better be going down to the ring before the roadies get pissed," I said, pushing Amy ahead of me.
"Okay Jeff, just stop fucking pushing me," Amy shouted, pushing off my arms from her back, and walking a head. I stood as I watched Amy storm off, mumbling curse words down the ramp.
"Okay, someone's moody today," I said, watching Amy stomp her way into the ring. Then I heard a little laugh come from beside me.
"Jeff, may I ask what are you actually going to teach me today?" Maria asked, walking in front of me so she could see my face.
"Well, back in OMEGA, I used to do a lot of springboard moves, and in the late 90's I used to do a 450 splash pin, so then and some extra stuff next week." I said, thinking of what kind of moves I once was freely allowed to do.
"Wait, you mean we have to train ALL next week?" She shouted, her breathing pattern changing. In that one moment, in that one moment Matt had to arrive. With a sandwich in hand, he came up to me.
"Yo, what's up?" Matt said with a smile as he bit of his sandwich, well I would say bit but bit means a chunk in terms of terminology of Matt. And he chewed on his sandwich, he stared at a annoyed Maria, pacing up and down. And once his mouth of free with any other substance then saliva, he opened his big mouth and said: "what's wrong with her?".
Maria over heard this and glared at him. Matt jumped back instantly as her evil-looking eyes came in contact with his. As he jumped, his sandwich dropped down onto the floor. Matt looked down to the dust ridden floor, where his sandwich laid. I looked at him, and saw a little tear gathered in his eye, he knelled down to investigate the crime scene.
"My perfectly made ham-and-salad-with-mayonnaise sandwich, I had you once, and I'll have you again!" He shouted. He then suddenly stood, and walked past us and ran down to Amy, "hey Amy, sorry you had to wait," I heard him say as reminisced what had just happened. I then turned to the still annoyed Maria, and looked at her grumpy face.
"Maria," I said, she then looked up at me, "you know, to be successful you have to try hard, the hardier you work, the more you feel accomplished at the end."
"Yeah, that's true, but five days of training and doing live shows is quite tiring," She said back, in a little better mood.
"Look, we have to see Vince in Washington anyway, and we don't have no more house shows till Summerslam. Probably it is like Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, you know three days, you'll never know unless you ask," I carried on, putting my hand on her shoulder. "Hell maybe this might be our last training session," I added to try and make her feel happy, but it was the opposite, she shrugged off my hand.
"I hope not, I like being around you guys, your so much fun," Maria said, as she walked down the ramp and towards the ring. I ran up to catch up with her then whispered.
"Know I'm going to teach you how to fly like angel and fight like a warrior, and I'm going to teach you a move no-one else but me does the best," I whispered watching her face go back to the normal cheerful Maria.
"Give me a clue," she replied.
"No!" I instantly said back, "it's a surprise, let's just say there's going to be a bomb going off," I added, running into the ring. I watched as a cheerful Maria followed, smirking to herself I rubbed my hands to get ready for the training, and the future.
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"Your a fucking cock Jeff!" Matt roared at me, as me and Maria laughed at an injured Matt. "Why do you have to teach her that fucking move, that hurts you know, once is like hell but twice is like..." Matt stuttered as he held his ribs.
"Well, what is it like?" I jokingly replied.
"Well, worse then hell!" Matt mumbled.
Me and Maria sat on the side on the ring laughing as we awaited Amy to come back with our coffee's.
"Well, know you know half of the pain I went through yesterday, dear brother," I said, walking over to him, "hey, at least Maria is a fast learner, then maybe you would have been hit even more then twice." I slapped his across his back, and watched as he launched up in the air in pain.
"God why me, why me?" Matt cried, as he leant against the side of the ring.
Then as Matt cried out in pain, Amy came strolling back with a tray of coffee. I walked over and grabbed mine and Matt's, who grabbed it off me. Maria collected hers, and Amy started to drink the last one. We all walked up the ramp, with Matt limping behind. As we passed the curtain, we stopped.
"I can't believe that you actually taught her to do the Swanton Bomb, outstanding, I can't wait to see JR's and Jerry's face when they see it happen live in the ring," Amy said, slurping the last remains of her coffee. "Well, I guess I'll go and get changed, we do have an plane waiting for us." Amy said, through her paper cup into a bin, and left me, Matt and Maria alone to finish our tea.
"Well, I'm finished, I guess I'll follow her then," Maria said, throwing her cup in the bin as well, "thanks you guys," she said before kissing us on the cheek.
"It's okay, Maria," I replied.
"No, it isn't, you to actually teach someone to your significant move, the move that has made you famous, that is really sweet," She insisted, before turning to Matt, "and you, for take all those bumps for me, and for yesterday" she said, as he walked off down the hallway, leaving just me and my older brother.
Silence: that what is was, not one word came to mind as I and Matt finished our cups of coffee. Matt finished before me, and so he spoke the first word to ruin the calm atmosphere.
"Well, I guess we better get going," Matt said, throwing the cup into the bin.
"Matt," I said, as he turned round to face me. "You do know that me and you have plain white mugs, right?"
Instantly Matt jumped into the bin and dug out for a mug. He threw all of the contains on the floor, and I laughed as he suddenly got angry.
"You little bastard!" He shouted, finally noticing I was lying.
"Your the dumb ass who believed me, idiot!" I replied throw the plastic cup into the empty bin and walking off down the hallway. "You better clean all this mess up, you don't want to be charged with vandalism," I shouted, as I was out of Matt's sight. I could hear him grunt and curse in the background as I entered the male changing rooms. I sat down, laughing to myself about Matt. But within a second that faded away, as think about my past.
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4:00pm, that's what the clock read when we got on Vince's jet. I was less excited about the flight then the rest, Matt was eager to have the food once again. And as I sat down, I noticed the chair next to me had Maria's name on it.
"Jeff, the air hostess days I have to sit next to you, due to my name on the seat next to you," Maria said, standing in front. I nodded, telling her it was okay to sit there, as if she needed my permission. "I can't believe it, on a private jet, and I get the window seat," she said, with a high pitched voice. "Thanks a lot Jeff!"
"It's alright, This is mine and Matt's second time on here so I'm not that excited," I said back, with a little smile on my face.
She smiled back and searched through her bag, and I just stared at her as she did that, knowing she was the only person who had actually looked inside my notebook, and I'm kind of relieved it was someone like her, instead of someone like Matt. I then turned round and faced the screen infront. I watched as my heavy eye lids came falling down, and before I knew it I was asleep.
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"Where the hell is it?" I heard, echoing into my ears. It sounded like a whisper under someone's breath, I was so tired, I couldn't make the person's voice, so I ignored it and tried to get back asleep. "For Godsake, where the hell is that frigging laptop?" I heard, louder this time so I could recognised the voice. It was Matt! I could feel his breath on my arm, and his stench from his mouth sucked into my noise as I tried to breathe. The smell of cheap aftershave came shooting up my noise, putting me into submission.
I waited as I heard Matt's voice rise in sound as he continuously searched for my laptop, he cursed at every failed attempt, meaning I had to endure the horrid stench every last stench until I couldn't take it any more.
"Matt, what are you doing?" I mumbled as I opened my eyes staring at the long greasy hair of my brother.
"Trying to look for Jeff's laptop whilst trying not to wake....him," he said, finally realising who he was talking to.
"Why not use yours?" I replied as Matt jumped up with a cheeky smirk on his face.
"Well," he said, scratching the back of his neck still with the cheeky smile upon his face, "i kind of left mine at home, and brought an empty laptop bag. And so did Amy and Maria, except for the bag. As you love you dearing and caring older brother, may I borrow it?" he begged.
"Why not use the free laptop that Vince allowed you to use last time?" I replied, looking away from Matt to the screen infront.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about that one, thanks Jeff," Matt said, as he walked down the aisle towards the air-hostess.
"Ummm....Jeff," I heard coming from beside me, I turned round to see a guilty looked Maria staring at me, "May I borrow your laptop to check my emails?," she asked hesitatingly. I nodded, "thanks," she replied as I grabbed the bag that was under my seat.
Suddenly, I felt a cold roar breeze power down the back of my neck, I turned round to see a mad looking Matt, pissed off clearly.
"Can I talk with you for a little bit younger brother?" Matt mumbled to me, grabbing my shoulder. Before I could reply he dragged me down to the toilet, where nobody could see us before continuing his conversation, "look, why the hell didn't you let me use your laptop but let Maria use it?" he growled out.
"Because she asked nicely, not like a idiot," I replied pushing him off me. "And she wouldn't become a raging bull if I said no. You get to use Vince's one don't yeah?" he nodded, as he started to calm down, "well then, there's nothing wrong, is there?" I added, looking at Matt, who had a sad face on.
"Sorry man, I am just a little confused with Amy being around still, you know. I feel like I can't just get along with her too much because she might break my heart again," Matt mumbled to me, looking down to the ground.
"Look Matt, no matter what your heart says, always remember that it's the future that ahead not the past, okay?" I said, tapping him on the shoulder, as I walked over to he door.
"Thanks Jeff, Thanks a lot," Matt replied as I walked out leaving there with a little smile.
I walked back to my seat, next to a happy Maria. I let out a little sigh as I sat down.
"What was that about?" Maria concerningly asked.
"About some personal stuff, some brother-to-brother stuff, nothing much," I replied as I move about trying to get comfortable.
"Well, I hope he is better know, we have to see Vince straight away when we land," Maria added to the conversation.
"Yeah, me too, me too," I replied, ending the discussion as my eyes once again came crashing down.
As I sat there, I had noticed that probably this whole thing is something I can use for a better future. After by horrible memories I had gained, probably happy ones will come also, to balance it all.
To forget the dark past, I'll have to build a bright future!
Hopefully I can build my career more, and sort myself out, then I can truly be happy.
After ten minutes thinking, I finally stopped and went to sleep, enthusiastic about laid ahead.
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A.N: I kind of feel like this is a mere filler, but for future chapters the story will move quicker. And there you go, that's how Jeff and Beth broke up and insight a little more on Jeff and Matt's brothering relationship. Hope you enjoyed it. Read and Review, and hell, favourite it if you liked! Creative criticism is welcome! Thanks for reading and I am hoping the next will be up quicker.