I own nothing, and no one...except the voices in my head.

"You're a little early there. Hi I'm Kimberly McDougal, but most people call me Kim, or Kimmy" Aunty K said, looking at me when she said the last bit.

"Jeff, Jeff Hardy. Pleased to meet you ma'am." Wow, Jeff brought his A game, I'm pretty sure it was just so Andy could go to Raleigh though.

"Pleasures all mine" Wow Aunty was so eating into our trap.

"So Kim, what is it that you do these days?" Jeff asked, I literally saw the colour drain from Andy's face. But I understood, how could you say I'm a waitress, My psycho ex has been chasing us all over the world for the last fifteen years.

But because of it I had so much respect for my Aunt, everyone in our family did, well except my grandfather and father, they support Rob, or as DNA hates me, my uncle. It's only grandad and dad that don't support Aunty Kimmy, Dan and Andy. Stupid arseholes, but I guess its ok, like my 'father' for lack of better word, well his mum, Julie, she, mum, when she was alive and Kimmy, they had each other. It was like a support team type thing. And then there was me, Dan and Andy, well of course Dan and Andy had Gran and Kimmy's support, but I was the only teenage support they had, so we are majorly close.

"Wrong question?" Jeff asked, after a very long pause.

"Oh sorry, I'm in the service industry" Kimmy replied as she always did when she was avoiding the question.

"It must be hard then, with your kids I mean" Jeff said, actually understanding more than Kimmy had wanted him too. "My mum was a waitress before she died, and my dad was a cook, busy hours, bad pay." Jeff had done it, he had cracked Aunty K.

"Yea, the pay is shit, the hours suck, but as long as my boys are healthy and with me I'm ok with it." It's funny, most people who didn't know the situation with Kimmy would've thought over protective much, but Jeff seemed to get her.

"Is it ok for me to take a guess here?" Jeff asked, I held my breath but Aunty K nodded. "Andrew's dad was your high school sweetheart, you never married but he's over controlling" Jeff guessed, half right.

"Not quite, but mighty guess work Hardy." Kimmy said, actually rather relaxed, I let go of the breath I was holding. "I married my high school sweetheart when I was eighteen, and he was a very jealous man, always wanting me for himself, he became controlling, and when the boys were born he got jealous of the time and love I gave them. One day when I was shopping, Andy was crying and instead of trying to help him, Rob threw Andy across the room. I got home just in time to save my babies, we left that day." A rogue tear slid down her cheek and Aunty Kimmy NEVER cried.

"And ever since that low down son of a bitch has been following us, never leaving us alone, if we move, in less than a month he has found us, so we move again." Andy finished off for his mother. Jeff was clearly startled by the story and trust that the family had obviously had in him.

"Can I ask why you were open enough to tell me all of this?" Kimmy came back to reality.

"I am truly sorry Mr Hardy, I shouldn't have loaded you with my pathetic life story." Aunty K said, I'm pretty sure she felt foolish, but Jeff was more surprised by the lack of self-confidence.

"Kimmy, you are a wonderful mother, and strong as hell. If I had to go through that I wouldn't be able to do it nearly as gracefully as you. You and your kids are welcome to my place wether I'm there or not. If you need a place to think, or if the 'low down son of a bitch' as Andy refers to him as comes around and you need to hide, just come in. That goes for you too Elsie." Jeff said. We were all pretty amazed by this. Me because of how easily Kimmy trusted him, she was really guarded, usually. And Kimmy and Andy because of how easily he trusted them.

Jeff looked at me, unsure what to think, I gave him a reassuring smile.

"Tha, Thank you Jeff" Aunty managed to stutter out.

"No problem, thank you for allowing me into your lives." Jeff replied. I knew if he wanted to ask about Raleigh it needed to be now or never, Jeff figured the same thing because the next thing out his mouth was. "Kimmy, there is a show in Raleigh, the next town over, on Monday, and I was wondering if you would allow Andy and Elsie to come?"

"Oh I don't know Jeff, I mean as kind as the offer is there would be no supervision, what if Rob showed up and found Andrew…"

"Kimmy you and Dan are welcome too"

"I have work"

"What if I got them security?" Jeff offered.

"Security? Umm are you sure?"

"If it'd reassure you that they'd be safe, then sure."

"Ok, they can go. Monday you say? Alright…but if they mess up, never again." Kimmy directed the last part at Andy, who wasn't known for behaving.

"Thanks mom, you're the best" Andy said hugging his mum.

I looked at my family, and for a moment missed my mum like crazy. Seeing the mother child bond they had made me realise how much I missed out on. My mum died when I was ten, her and my dad split because of the whole Kimmy Robert thing, but my mum and I were always tight, when she died I had no one, so I lived with my Gran until I was fifteen, she trusted me enough to live on my own, though only in a small country town, in my old house. I like it there much better, I guess I looked sad or something coz Jeff slide across the couch we were sat on and held my hand, a shot of electricity shot through my hand and I quickly retracted it from his grasp, he must've felt it too because we gave each other weird looks whilst rubbing our hands. It was freaky, but at the same time I wanted to know more about it.

"So umm, if Andy and Elsie meet me by my car at midday we'll leave then, ok?" Jeff said, breaking the silence.

"Midday, you got that Andy? As in an hour before you usually surface." Aunty said pushing his buttons.

"Midday, gotcha" Andy said rolling his eyes at his mother. Beep Beep Beep. The smoke detector went off.

"Shit. Dinner." Kimmy cursed. "Takeout anyone?" Kimmy asked as she disappeared into the kitchen.

"Chinese?" I asked, I was craving it and hadn't had it in months.

"Your favourite food?" Jeff asked me.

"No, it's up there, but my favourite is lasagne, followed closely by shepherd's pie and spag boll" I replied.

"Pasta princess then" Jeff observed.

"Nope, not really I mean that's not why I like them, I just do. And besides there is absolutely no pasta in shepherd's pie."

"Too true, food nut" Jeff said, the last part jokingly but still.

"Alright, I'll take it, I'll guess you favourite food if you give me a food group" I said biting at his lure.

"Skittles" Jeff answered.

"Skittles?" I asked.

"Skittles" Jeff confirmed.

"Skittles aren't a food group, they're a lolly" I replied.

"Fine you name a food group"

"Chocolate" I replied…honestly I'm a chocolate fiend.

"Chocolate isn't a food group either" Jeff rebutted.

"Yes it is" What I'm a junkie. "There are so many different types, and brands so clearly it is." Jeff raised his eyebrows in consideration.

"Ok, fine, your favourite chocolate is…Hershey's kisses" Jeff said, picking a well known chocolate.

"Nope."

"Fine, it's freddo frogs"

"Really close" I replied, ok, I really should've said yes, but I'm being difficult. I love frozen fiant freddo's.

"Hmm close to freddo frogs, too bad it isn't I love freezing them before I eat them." Jeff said, as if reading my mind.

"But only the giant ones." We both said together.

"Ha. I gotcha. Your favourite chocolate is frozen giant freddos."

"Fine, you got me, unless you count Tim Tams. I absolutely love them" Technically I classify Tim Tams as a biscuit.

"What what?" Jeff asked.

"Tim Tams" Andy replied. "They don't have them here Rainy Day" Andrew told me, using a nickname he hadn't used for me in years, honestly I think he forgot…that means he talked to Bray…shit.

"You talked to Bray I see. So what has he told you?" I asked knowing that And would know I have been living on my onesies for a couple of years now, and I haven't told him…oops.

He said you moved back to the old house. You lied to me Si, why would you do that? You could've told me" Andy sounded really hurt.

"Bro, I just didn't want to worry you, that's all. I mean, Gran's great, but I feel like I'm just in the way, it's not her fault I have no one, it's you bone head uncles. What is it with the men on that side of the family?" I said trying to remove the twist in his jocks.

"Hey I'm a man in that family line! What are you saying about me?" Andy asked feigning sadness.

"You have a head on your shoulders. The other generation just has theirs up the asses" I said simply, even if it did make everyone burst out laughing.

"Anyway El, sweetie, how long are you with us this visit?" Aunty K asked.

"I really don't know Aunty. I only booked the one way, so far." I said, itching my nose. "And its not like I have anything to go back too. I finished school no." As I vocalised what I had been thinking abut for over a month. Why go back?

"Well sweet pea, you know you can stay with us, as long as you and Andy keep out of too much trouble, and off the neighbours track." Aunty Kimmy said, looking at Jeff during the last part.

"Oh no, he can use it any time, as long as it's only with his board. He can only use my bikes" Andy started coughing madly stopping Aunty K from hearing the rest of Jeff's sentence. Jeff got the hint. "When you give him permission and when I'm there." Ha, nice save Jeff. The doorbell rang, Chinese yumm. I jumped up to get the door when I remembered something.

"Yo Aunty K, I only got Aussie money, can you spot me?" money.

"You don't have to spend your money El, my treat. You should know, for as long as you stay I will cover you."

"No Aunty K, it's too generous, I can afford to pay for myself. You work too hard as it is."

"I knew you are my favourite for a reason." Aunty K said grinning. She gave me a fifty for dinner, that was like a quarter of what she makes a week, and that's for one nights food, I run to the door, pay the delivery chick and make a memo to give Aunty Kimmy some money later.

As the night went on, so did the stories about Kimmy and my boys running all over the world.

"Wow you've been everywhere, and you're only seventeen. I hadn't been outside of North Carolina when I was seventeen." Jeff said after Andy finished telling him about his time in Peru.

"Excuse me a sec" Aunty K said as the phone rang. "Hello, Oh Dan, you're at Mitch's. Ok…stay the night? Well ok, but only one…I'll see you tomorrow" Aunty Kimmy put the phone down and came back into the room. "Dan's staying at"

"At Mitch's, we know" Andy finished for her. We hadn't meant to eavesdrop but there was a gap in time, and we're just uber nosy. I looked down at Jeff's hand, which had found its way next to mine, again, and notice the time on his watch, 2am. I yawned, I never understood why when I see how late it is I yawn.

"I'm buggered, I'm gonna hit the sack so I can actually be bothered to do something tomorrow." I said as I stretched my stiff body. Kimmy nodded and smiled.

"You should hit the hay as well And, you're gonna have to be able to keep up with El tomorrow."

"Yes mum…see what you get me into Si" Andy hissed at me.

"I'm actually going to go too, it's very late, but it was nice to meet you all" Jeff shook Andy's hand, nodded to Aunty K, and kissed my hand. He kissed my hand, I was over the moon. That electric feeling was ten times bigger than before, it was awesome.

As I lay in the guest room of the four-bedroom house I was thinking about dinner, and Jeff, and my adventures here. I slowly drifted off with a smile on my face.