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A/N: Sorry for a bit of a wait. I've been sick and just busy for no reason at all. Enjoy the chapter!! :)
Chapter Six:
Down in the basement, even Coral was shocked to see the game stations and other things Matt owned. There was Pac-man, a full wall of artwork and another full wall of action figures. She touched one, picking it up. One of the men was Matt, in camouflage pants and a black fitted t-shirt. But the man in the same package looked completely different. The actual photo showed him with wild colored hair and sick looking facial hair, as well as a wicked tattoo. Coral was intrigued. She touched the plastic, running her hands across it. Dust came back up at her.
"Could clean done here more often," she mumbled.
When she turned around, she was even more-so shocked to see a life-size cardboard cutout of the same person. They had long, long blue hair that fell onto their white tank top. Parts of the tattoo he had were covered with strange cut up armbands and there was electric blue nail polish on his fingers. She too noticed he had green eyes as well.
"Who are you?" she questioned. "You look much too cool to be related to that stupid fucker upstairs."
Coral couldn't get her eyes off the cutout. With her tiny hands on her hips, she only prayed this was Matt's brother and that she would get to meet him. Because if this was hell, this other person who could be Matt's brother was possibly her one glass of ice water.
As she searched the basement more, she found out it was Matt's brother: Jeff Hardy. She had to laugh – could you have two more different brothers than the Hardy Boyz? Probably not. As she studied some of the artwork, she quickly learned that Jeff took risks and was an artist. The more she learned from the pieces, the more she wanted to know him, the more she wanted to meet him.
Where the hell was he?
"Coral!" the devil said from upstairs. "Please come back to whatever hole you escaped to!"
She rolled her eyes, coming up the stairs. As she did so, there was a female voice that said, "Shannon, you asshole, that's mean!" Girl? She faintly remembered Shannon telling her about a girl named… Beth, was it? Maybe.
"CORAL!" Shannon yelled again.
"I'm right here," she said back, trying to not snap too much.
"Good," he grumbled. "I'd like you to meet Beth. Beth, this is Coral, my sister."
Not if I had a say in it, Coral thought. "Hello, sweetie, it's so nice to meet you." Beth was quick to reach around and hug Coral, though she didn't hug back. Beth stepped back awkwardly, though still smiling.
"Hi."
"Where is Jeff?" Beth said suddenly. "He said he'd be gone only for ten minutes!"
"You know Jeff," Matt warned. Beth nodded, she indeed did. With a soft giggle, she rolled her eyes and turned around to look outside.
"He'd better get his ass home soon. He's being damn rude right now."
"Trust me, she doesn't mind," Shannon grumbled, eyes locked on the ground.
Beth looked appalled. "Shannon!"
He put his arms up as Beth whacked him. "Hey! It's not me, fuck off! It's the little bitch to my left!" With a perplexed expression, she looked to Coral who seemingly didn't look too affected by Shannon's harsh words. The spouse of Jeff Hardy looked from one boy to the other, eyes narrowed. "We'll explain," Shannon added, turning to Coral. "Just not now."
Coral rolled her eyes, hands covering her hips.
The front door opened then and the little white terrier mix went off running, yipping the entire way. No one saw Coral make a disgusted face as the younger Hardy brother was heard coming through the house. Quickly though, her flat face brightened knowing the person she actually wanted to meet was just a few feet away.
He came into the kitchen, looking quickly around, eyes stopping on the little group in the corner. "Hey," he said, nodding at everyone. "Why is everyone starin' at me?"
"You're late," Beth said. "We've been waiting for you."
He shrugged. "Sorry, got held up." He turned to Coral then and smiled. "You must be Coral."
She nodded softly. Shannon's eyes narrowed as she stuck out her hand. Even Matt's eyes widened at the approval it seemed. "Yep," she said in a soft voice.
"Jeff," Jeff replied. "Nice to meet you."
"N-nice to meet you too." Jeff smiled at her once more before holding up a bag and mumbling about bringing it upstairs. She watched him as he walked away, red and blue hair in a bun. Her eyes flickered with excitement, unsure how to go about knowing him better. Coral was never one to be shy, but the attractive Jeff Hardy made her want to stumble.
"So, Coral," Beth said, breaking her staring. "Why don't the guys go give you a grand tour of the area? You should see some of the area. It's wonderful."
She shrugged and answered in a curt voice, "Fine."
A/N: Sorry it was such a short chapter. I could have made it longer but I felt it said more just with what I made it as. Any ideas comin' to y'all? Let me know! Read and review please!! :)