Ch: 8

Rating: T

Still don't own anything.

Pairings: Lily/Jeff, Emma/Shannon, Torrie/Dave and Jessica/Cody; if I'm nice, someday Faith/John.

Summery: Today was never easy. That's why the Hardy siblings were going to make the best of it until one of them get in trouble. Will anyone get there in time?

Now on to the story!

Friday night at Smackdown

8:15 pm

Faith and Lily were both in the girls locker room, hanging out with Jessica, Emma, and Torrie Wilson.

Faith was helping Lily get ready for her hot date with Jeff in an hour. Faith was so psyched for her best friend right now. She couldn't wait for Jeff to see her tonight; his mouth would drop!

" What's the story with all of you ladies? Who are you seeing?" Torrie asked them, flipping through the new Diva's Magazine but getting bored of it. She wanted some gossip.

" Well, I'm going out with Shannon," Emma told her happily.

" I'm kind of going out with Cody," Jessica told them all.

" What do you mean kind of? Either you are or you're not," Faith told her, starting Lily's red hair.

Jessica wasn't sure how to word it. " Well, I mean, we've hung out a lot, but he hasn't asked me out as his girlfriend so I don't know if we're seeing each other or just two pals," Jessica explained sadly.

" Whatever, girl. Have you seen the way that man looks at you? It's almost as sad as John and Faith," Torrie told her, smiling brightly.

Faith almost burnt Lily's hair.

" Hey! Watch it!" Lily exclaimed.

" Oops. Sorry, hun. Blame Torrie!"

Lily rolled her eyes.

" Don't change the subject! What's going on with you two?" Jessica asked the question that was on everyone's mind.

" Nothing," Faith answered simply, shrugging a shoulder. Why was that so hard to believe?

" Nothing?!"

" Yup. Need me to spell it out for you?" Faith snapped; she hated talking about her personal life, even with her closest friends. She just wasn't ready.

" You can't let him control you forever," Lily commented.

" Watch it, I almost burned you," Faith's eyes told Lily to shut it.

" Wait, who are we talking about?" Emma asked, obviously concerned.

" Nothing. Lily's just talking," Faith answered defensively.

" Faith!" Emma said.

" Yo!" Faith looked at her, tearing up. Faith was done with Lily's hair.

" Well, have fun on your date and good luck in your match," Faith told the girls, grabbing her things before walking out the door.

" Faith! Hun, wait!" Lily yelled after her best friend.

" What was that about?" Torrie wondered.

" It's nothing," Lily told her, but her face told all.

" Well, our match is next; we better go," Jessica told Emma.

" Yeah. Call her in thirty minutes," Emma told Lily then walked out for their match.

Twenty minutes later, Emma and Jessica had beaten Victoria and Michelle McCool.

Backstage area

" Has she called?" Jessica asked Lily.

" No, nothing. She probably just needs to be alone," Lily told her.

" Well, don't let it ruin your night. I say go have fun on your date and just forget about it for tonight. There's nothing you can do. Do not tell Jeff his sister just up and left without a word as were she is," Emma instructed.

" Ok, I'll do that. Faith would want me to. Guys, you do know what today is, right?" Lily asked.

Both girls looked confused.

" Nope," Jessica answered honestly.

" It's.. not important. Never mind. I better go; I'm supposed to meet Jeff," Lily told them.

" Alright, see ya! Call us with details. Well, in less you two have sex. Then I don't want details," Emma said.

Lily laughed at that comment. " I will. Bye!"

" See ya!" Jess told her, giving her thumbs up as she walked out the door.

" Do you really think Faith's alright?" Jess asked Emma.

" I don't know. But Lils is right; let's give her some space. What's today?" Emma asked her.

" I have no clue. It's Friday, October fifth," Jess answered.

" Did you say October fifth?" Emma questioned. Her eyes widened as she realized what today was.

" Yeah. What about it?"

" Today's the day that Faith's mom passed away," Emma explained.

Jessica looked shocked. " Oh shit! How did we forget? Wait, don't Matt, Jeff, and Faith go to their mom's grave? I mean, they go every year! It's not like they forgot, right?" Jessica wondered.

" I don't think they forgot. There's no way."

" Why would Jeff pick today to go on his and Lily's first date?"

" I don't know. Who can explain why Jeff does what he does?" Emma questioned.

" It makes no sense!" Jessica exclaimed.

" Sure it does. If your mom passed, you'd always remember the date for the rest of your life. You'd want to change it up, do something good. There's no way Jeff forgot," Emma tried to get Jess to see.

" Yeah, I guess you're right," Jessica said, still worried for Faith.

Faith was strong. It's what everyone loved about her, but she didn't have to be; even the strong cry. Faith lost her mom at the age of fifteen to cancer. She knew when this time came around Faith always hated it. It was just a reminder that she was gone, never coming back. Jess was worried alright; how could anyone not be?

Lily and Jeff's date

" So I hope you like Olive Garden?" Jeff asked her as she got in the car.

She gave him a smile. " That sounds great," Lily answered. Jeff was all dressed up in a suit and everything.

"You look beautiful," Jeff told her. She did; she had on a simple black halter dress with her hair down.

" Thanks, you look good too," she told him.

" Alright, let's go!" he seconded.

Unknown location

Faith didn't know where she was. All she knew is today was hard enough without all the b.s. over who she likes or don't like. She just had to get out of there. She felt bad for walking out like that on Lily, but she had to. Faith had been walking for about thirty minutes. She saw a bar and decided one drink couldn't hurt.

At Olive Garden

" So why today?" Lily asked. Jeff raised an eyebrow at the question.

" Why today what?" Jeff returned, taking a sip of the wine the server had left them.

" You know what today is. Why did you pick tonight to be our first date?"

" Because it's Friday night and it seemed like a good idea at the time. Why are you asking this?" Jeff asked, concerned. Did she not like him like he liked her? I'm going to kill Faith and Matt when I get back.

" It's just today is not the happiest day for your family," Lily pointed out sadly.

Then it clicked.

" Oh, I see. So you're wondering why I'm not with Faith or Matt? We all decided that this year, we'd spend it with the ones we love, or like. You only live once and sometimes you just got to hang on, even if the day blows. Today has been hard; I'm not going to lie. I'm not going to sit here and tell you about how hard this day has been or how many times I almost called Matt or Faith. But we need today to be normal," Jeff explained.

" Oh."

" Is Faith ok?" Jeff was concerned for his little sister. It was Faith's idea to do something fun today.

" Oh no, she's fine. She hasn't mentioned anything. In fact, she did my hair and make up," Lily lied. She no idea if Faith was ok, but Jeff wanted to have fun. Besides, Emma wanted her to not tell him so she'd do just that.

" Good. I thought that was Faith's handy work. Now let's talk about something not so depressing, shall we?" Jeff asked as their waitress came back with their food.

" Sounds like a good idea!" Lily agreed.

At the bar

Faith was only going to have one beer. Then that one beer became one more, then one more and so on. She was already drunk off her ass when someone sat next to her.

" What are you doing here?" asked a male voice.

Faith looked up to see Kennedy sitting next to her. Shit. Could this night get any better?

" Having a drink. What does it look like I'm doing?" she asked him defensively.

" Getting drunk," he told her with a creepy smirk, " In fact I think you've had enough. Why don't I give you a ride?"

Faith started laughing. " Yeah, ok. Why don't you get lost?" Faith requested, rolling her eyes. Like she'd ever get in a car with him.

Kennedy got up and easily stood her up to him, locking his grip on her wrist and not letting go.

Faith tried moving around from him but she was drunk and weaker than him. " No. Stop! Let me go, dammit!" Faith yelled at him. She started punching him in his stomach, trying to get him to let her loose. But again, he tightened his grip on her. Faith was starting to get scared. She didn't see anyone she knew.

" Is there a problem here?" the bartender asked the couple.

Kennedy answered before Faith could. " No, just having a fight with my girl, nothing more."

" I'm not your girl," Faith sneered at him.

" Ooh, feisty. I knew there was a reason I liked you and here I just thought I wanted a piece of you," Kennedy told her, creeping her out.

" Look, just let me go, ok? It's not happening," she tried to reason with him.

" Or what? You'll go get your boyfriend? Oh wait, you don't have one. Looks like we work out after all," he said with a smile on his face.

" Look, asshole, if you don't let me go, I'll scream," Faith warned him.

" Aw, I'm so fucking scared. Now let's go. I need a good fuck and you're just what the doctor ordered," he told her, pulling her out the door with him. She was kicking and punching as soon as they were out the door.

" Stop!"

He hit her three times in the head, knocking her out.

After putting her in the car, he got himself into the driver's seat and sped off down the street.

AN: Wow, that was never the plan for the ending. It was either going to be her pouring out her heart to John or Amy showing up, but this seemed good too. So yeah, hope you don't hate me for not letting it be John. What will happen when no one has heard from Faith? Will Faith get out of there? Hmm, I don't know.. Will be a two parter, maybe three. Till next time!