I do not own these characters, accept for Kae. Nati is NatsukileeRKOlover's character, and the rest are the WWE's. Also, the song in here is called 4 A.M. by the Lostprophets.

Blond hair dripping and in her face, Kae sat on the couch next to Shannon, towel wrapped around her. He raised an eyebrow at her, gesturing at the towel, and she feigned pulling it down a bit before laughing. "Not now, Shan!"

He shook his head, smiling, and turned away. "Tease."

She ran the brush in her hand through her hair, pushing most of it out of her face. The part she left covered her right eye. She sighed, putting it on the table, and looked back at the man next to her. "Hey, can you do a tattoo for me?"

Shannon looked at her, smile still on his face. "Where do you want it?"

She lifted the bottom of the towel just enough to reveal her left hip, and nothing else. There, drawn in fading marker, was Jeff's name in Kae's neat scrawl.

The blond man looked at it for a moment, then at her. "After all that, you still want it?"

Thinking for a moment, she nodded. "I still love him. I want him to clean up, but I love him. I need this."

He nodded. "Your first tattoo?"

The girl shook her head. "Nope. The other one's here." She gestured to the shoulder she'd cut earlier, where the name June was printed in smaller writing.

Shannon traced the name for a moment, then over the cut. "So, one makes a scar over her name. No Jeff yet, no scar over him?"

Sighing, Kae looked down. "I... I did that over June when we split and I left for training. The new one there... I couldn't help it."

He shook his head. "I know how it is, Kae. But didn't you promise him you wouldn't go back to it?"

Fire in her eyes, the girl looked back up. "He broke his promise. I broke mine."

Yesterday I lost my closest friend
Yesterday I wanted time to end
I wonder if my heart will ever mend
I just let you slip away
4 AM forever

A few days later, Kae was still staying at Shannon's. Jeff and Nati came to the house with the blond's bag, so she wouldn't have to sleep there. It was more comfortable not to see him.

When the multi-colored man walked in the door, his face fell. Kae and Shannon were playing Guitar Hero, and she had a smile on her face. She turned to face the door, and her smile fell instantly. Her eyes went blank, and she walked over to Nati. Wrapping her friend in a hug, the arm of her shirt came up a bit, over the newly forming scar. Jeff looked at her, gesturing toward her wound. She just shook her head in a way that told him he was correct. She'd broken her promise as well.

Taking her bag, Kae looked at Nati for a moment. "Thanksgiving dinner over there?" she asked. When the brunette nodded, Kae's face lit up a bit. "So, we're eating with everyone then, right Shan?"

The blond man, mid-song, paused and turned to face them. "Course we are. You cooking?"

She nodded, then glanced toward Jeff. He was waiting at the door awkwardly. Hugging Nati again, she told the girl she'd call her later, and the two left.

Shannon sighed when Kae walked back over to the game. "Not gonna talk to him, are you?"

She shook her head, then let him finish the song he was on before picking the guitar back up. The blond girl looked at him with a strange smile for a moment.

Looking back at her, Shannon spoke. "Hey, how 'bout we go get that tattoo done?"

She nodded, following him to his shop, where she laid on a table and pushed down the left side of her jeans to reveal the freshly drawn name on her hip. Shannon took out a gun, then looked at her. "You're sure you want this?"

The girl nodded, bracing herself. As the tattooing process began, she let her eyes slide shut, reveling in the pain and glory of her second tattoo.

Maybe I'll never see you smile again
Maybe you thought that it was all pretend;
All these words that I could never say
I just let them slip away
4 AM forever

Sitting across the table from Jeff, Kae laid down the last bowl. She smiled at Shannon, who sat next to her, and looked around the rest of the table. Nati and Matt were already eating, Gil was waiting politely, and Jeff looked like he wasn't hungry. Sighing, the blond reached for a spoon, quickly filling her plate with turkey, potatoes, and her famous meat stuffing. She smiled at Shannon again, who lightly put his hand on her knee in comforting, and started eating.

Thanksgiving dinner was a big tradition in Kae's family. No matter who wasn't getting along with who, she had to have dinner with more than just one person. To be with a family that still liked her, despite what was happening between her and the youngest Hardy brother, was more than she had asked for in years. For the past few years, she'd had dinner with only Nati and a few friends, or people from the WWE that weren't on break. To be in a home, eating a home-cooked meal, was ideal to her.

She sighed when Jeff took barely anything on his plate. No hunger. He looked tired and nauseous. He was withdrawing, she could see it in his eyes. He looked up at her for a moment, a look of apology, before her attention was traded to Nati, who had taken her third plate. "Jesus Nati, slow down! There'll be plenty left!"

With a mumbled response through a full mouth, the girl continued eating relentlessly. Matt laughed, bowing to her superior eating skills. "Man, never thought I'd see a girl who could out-eat me!"

Gil started laughing as well, breaking the seriousness of the moment between the two formerly dating people.

Slowly, dinner went on, and finally, they were all too full to eat anymore. Looking at Kae, Matt spoke again. "Hey, you mentioned earlier that you could play a song you've been working on forever on the piano now."

Kae nodded, smile crossing her face. "Yeah. Finally finished it."

The older Hardy brother started to stand. "Wanna play it for us? I'm sure Jeff don't mind letting you use his piano."

Looking at the indicated man nervously, Kae nodded. She stood and walked up to the familiar room. She sat on the edge of the bed, where the piano rested, and played the calm song for the group of people she cared most for. At the end of the song, Matt, Jeff, and Gil left, leaving Nati, Shannon, and a thinking Kae together.

The girl stared down at the bed she was sitting on, memories coursing through her.

About a month earlier, the two had been in this room. Light down, Kae laughed, laying over Jeff while she tickled him playfully. Pushing her hands away, he turned over, so that he was now on top, pinning her hands above her head. She pouted at him. "Not fair!"

He laughed, leaning down to kiss her. "Why? Because I'm taller?"

She nodded, kissing him deeply. She sighed, relaxing into the bed when they released the kiss. Staring up at him, transfixed by his eyes, she smiled. "You can stop holding my hands up there now."

He shook his head, but released them, still not moving from on top of her. The two started kissing again, more passionately than before. Her hands found his hair, and his her waist, and the two soon had to stop for air. Lust in her eyes, she glanced down at the proximity of their hips, and pushed hers up into his, eliciting a groan from the man. Smiling, she leaned up to him and whispered in his ear. "Make love to me."

Shaking the thoughts from her head, the girl started for the door, then walked back to the mattress. She sighed, placed a hand on it one last time, and held her hand out to Shannon, who took it. The two left, Kae's stone face not betraying the sorrow she'd just experienced in the form of her greatest memory.

Maybe one day when I can move along
Maybe someday when you can hear this song
You won't let it slip away
4 AM forever

Curled up on his bed, Jeff stared at the pill bottle near him, debating again. He'd broken it already, and from what he could see, she wasn't coming back. What was the point? Shaking the thought out of his head, he walked over to the sink, bottle in hand. Tentative, he looked at himself in the mirror. His eyes were bloodshot, and his face looked exhausted. He was shaking violently. He was withdrawing. Opening the bottle, he stared at his pain, his agony, his addiction. He shook his head, tipped the bottle, and watched the pills fall down the drain.

Meanwhile, Kae stood in front of the mirror in Shannon's bathroom, blade in hand. She stared at the deep wound from a few days ago, debating mentally. She didn't have to stop. He hadn't. She could cut and feel like herself again. Easily. Shaking her head, she looked down at the blade near her. Eyes empty, she picked it up and walked over to the window. She dropped the glinting blade out into the pouring rain, letting her addiction wash away.

And I'd wish the sun would never come
It's 4 AM and you are done
I hope you know you're letting go
It's 4 AM and I'm alone

Sighing audibly, Kae walked out of the bathroom in Shannon's house again. It had been three weeks now since she and Jeff had split. They would head back to RAW in a few days. She walked toward Shannon's room, where she heard a guitar riff being played, adjusting her towel on the way. Opening the door without warning, she caught him in the middle of a song. He stopped instantly and put the guitar back against the wall, sitting back on his bed. He looked at her with a raised eyebrow and a laugh. "Man, you're even shorter when I'm sitting down."

His bed faced the door, and he faced the front of the bed, so it was easy for her to tackle him. She ended up straddling him, pushing her hair out of her face with a laugh. "Height doesn't matter now, does it Shan?"

He laughed a bit, then shifted under her.

Feeling a movement under her hips, Kae looked down. She was in perfect position. She pushed her hips into him, eliciting a groan. He looked up at her, eyes full of guilt. Leaning forward, she whispered in his ear. "Ever wanted to do this with me, Shan?" she asked, pushing her hips into his again.

Another groan, followed by speech. "I... yeah, but... what about Jeff?"

"Shan?" She looked at him, eyes lustful. "Jeff doesn't matter right now."

Why don't you hear me when I'm calling out to you (to you)
Why don't you listen when I try to make it through (to you)
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, you never know
Hold a little tighter
4 AM forever...

Oh dear, we did not see this coming, now did we? Shannon, sleeping with his best friend's ex? Strange things going on in the world of Extreme! Where do you think this will lead to? Find out in Extreme Training Part Nine: It Only Hurts!