I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.
Carol's Point of View-
I pulled my suitcase behind me up to Jerry and the apartment manager.
"Thanks for coming and getting me." I said slightly hitting Jerry.
"We have a slight issue." Jerry said.
"What's that?" I asked.
"Our apartment complex is infested with cockroaches and has to be exterminated." The apartment manager said.
"Are able to get all of our stuff out?" I asked concerned that my stuff is still in there.
"I packed all of your stuff, it's in a U-Haul attached to your car, but where are you going to stay?" Jerry asked.
"What about you?" I asked.
"I'm staying at Rico's house until then."
"Great, how long will it take for this place to be cleared?" I asked looking at the apartment manager.
"A few months." She said shrugging her shoulders.
"Thanks, this is fantastic." I said walking to the curb sitting down, this is SUCH a great way to end my first week of touring, Jerry walked up and sat down next to me.
"How was tour?" Jerry asked.
"Don't bring that up right now, I'm homeless, that is the least of my worries." I said, I pulled out my phone searching through my contacts.
"I'm sure Lucy will let you stay with her." Jerry said, Lucy was the only other girl in the independent league.
"No, she lives with her parents still." I said, I saw John's number, no he lives in Massachusetts and I'm not moving all the way out there for a month or so then move all the way back here.
"Why don't you go live with those people that gave you a ride home?" Jerry asked.
"I don't want to impose."
"Just call and ask." Jerry said, I scrolled back up to Beth's name because I knew that Beth was the easiest to talk to about this.
"Hello?" Beth asked answering the phone.
"Hey Beth it's Carol."
"We just dropped you off, missed us that much?"
"Oh yes, no really the reason I was calling."
"There's a reason behind this madness?" Beth asked.
"Yeah, well apparently my apartment is being exterminated and I can't live in it for at least a month or until I get a call saying I can move back in, I don't have another apartment or another place to stay, I was wondering if I can crash on your and Jeff's couch until I find an apartment."
"Actually, mine and Jeff's house is pretty much full as it is, it's pretty small, I'm sure Matt has room." Beth said.
"What about me?" I heard Matt ask.
"Carol needs a place to stay for a little while." Beth said.
"What happened to her apartment?" Matt asked.
"It's being exterminated, and she doesn't have another place to stay until she finds another apartment." Beth said.
"What about her ex-boyfriend's place?" Matt asked.
"Yeah, why don't you stay with your ex-boyfriend? Not that we don't want you, but you know." Beth said.
"He's staying at a friends house." I said.
"He's staying at a friends house." Beth repeated.
"Just let her stay at your house bro, I mean, she is a friend now and it's not like she has rabies. She is a part of this North Carolina crew thing we have going on." Jeff said.
"Okay, she can stay at my house, but she's got to be okay with Lucas." Matt said.
"Lucas will not be a problem, I love dogs and I love Lucas already from watching the Hardy Show." I said.
"She said she has no problem with Lucas, turn around and have her follow us Matt." Beth said.
"I know how to get to Cameron, I just need to know how to get to your house from the freeway." I said as Beth sent me directions through text message.
"You have a place to stay?" Jerry asked.
"Yeah, sorry about being angry, it's just been a bad ending to the tour." I said standing up from the curb.
"It's understandable, where are you staying?" Jerry asked.
"I'm staying at Matt's house."
"Matt as in Matt Hardy?"
"Yes Matt Hardy." I said as I pulled my carry on bag onto my shoulder.
"Your moving all the way to Cameron?"
"I have too until I can get another apartment here in town." I said as he grabbed my suitcase to roll it behind the complex to the parking lot where my car was.
"Would I be allowed to come over and see you?"
"You can come pick me up, or we can meet up in town, I don't want you wasting your gas to come all the way over to Cameron. What if I stop by and have lunch or something with you before or after each flight?" I asked looking over at him.
"I wanted to work our relationship out though, the break thing was a good idea especially since your on tour and I'm here, but I've missed you so much."
"Did you miss me or miss the idea of having me around and someone to fall back on?"
"I missed you, we have known each other since second grade Carol, we've been boyfriend and girlfriend since the incident." Jerry said.
"It wasn't an incident Jerry, it was done purposefully and you know it. I think you just went out with me out of pity and worried that I would go do something stupid." I said as we walked into the parking lot of like five cars, mine being one of them with a U-Haul attached to it like he said.
"It wasn't that Carol, I loved you and still do, I want to get back with you." Jerry said.
"Maybe I don't want to get back with you Jerry."
"Why not? Did you already find someone else?"
"No, I didn't find someone else, but I'm enjoying the single life. I can be myself somewhat and be free and not to worry about you being home worrying about me or insecure."
"Should I be insecure?"
"No you shouldn't, we're not together Jerry, and I seriously don't see us getting back together either, we can still be good friends can't we? I mean, like you said, we have known each other since second grade. We have been through thick and thin together, through my bad times, your bad times and both of our bad times, we'll still have each other's back but we aren't an official couple." I said as we reached my car.
"You don't want to give it another try?" Jerry asked as he put my suitcase in the backseat.
"Not really, sorry, I don't think it would work out." I said.
"Alright, but remember I'm always here."
"And I'm always here for you, I'm not going anywhere fast."
"What are you doing tomorrow?" Jerry asked as I leant against my car.
"Well, Matt is having a get together, I'm trying to get out of it and working on this Diva search thing, and finding a new apartment."
"You want to do lunch or something and tell me how tour was."
"I'll see okay, I make no promises with my sleep schedule."
"Call me when you get up, and we'll plan something." Jerry said.
"We will, I love you as a big brother." I said, he's only a few months older, I wrapped my arms around him hugging him tightly.
"I love you too little sister." Jerry said, I knew he felt awkward calling me that after dating for a few years, going from girlfriend to a little sister. I opened my drivers seat door climbing in readjusting the seat from when he sat in it, I'm assuming. "Sorry, I had to take it to get the U-Haul attached to it. Call or text me when you get to Cameron or Matt's house saying your safe okay?"
"Will do." I said smiling.
"Behave, and don't do anything I wouldn't do." Jerry said.
"I won't." I said, I pulled him in for another hug and he stepped back shutting the door, he waved a little. I started the car pulling out of the parking spot heading to the exit of the parking lot, Jerry stood there watching me pull out, I could tell he was somewhat upset that I didn't want to get back together and that I wasn't staying in Raleigh, but I need a place to stay for now. I got on the highway heading towards Cameron, I turned up the CD I had in my car listening to it with the window rolled down, my hand hanging out the window feeling the wind of me driving so fast hitting it. Driving always seemed so calming and easier to think things out. I got to Cameron, I went to the directions Beth sent me following them properly to Matt's huge house, "God damn, that is a big house." I said as I slowly pulled into his driveway, I turned my car off, I leant forward to look at the house in front of me through my windshield. I pulled the keys out of the ignition, I opened my door and climbed out shutting the door behind me, I felt like an ant next to the house, I was in shock, I've seen it in the Hardy Show, but you know how they say that when you are on camera it makes you look like you gained ten pounds or what not, I thought the camera added height or something. I just left my things in the car and U-Haul, I walked up the pavement that led to his front door, I knocked on the door and I heard the small barks of Lucas.
"Lucas, it's okay." Matt said as he picked the white dog up before he opened the door.
"Hey, thanks for letting me crash here for a little while." I said.
"No problem, my house is your house. This is Lucas." Matt said.
"Hi Lucas." I said extending my hand out petting him, and Lucas allowed me to do so.
"Where's your stuff?"
"Out in the car."
"Do you want help?"
"Nah, figured I'll take a tour first." I said sticking my hands in my pockets.
"Sure, come on in." Matt said stepping aside allowing me to come in, he shut the door and set Lucas on the ground, Lucas ran up to me sniffing my legs getting used to my scent. "Your going to be in a guest room instead on the couch." Matt said as he led me to the guest room I was staying in.
"Thanks for this Matt." I said as I followed him into the room.
"No problem, is there anything else you need?" Matt asked as I looked around the room.
"Nothing is coming to mind, how could I repay you for this?" I asked as Lucas jumped onto the bed trying to get my attention, I started petting him.
"Make me cookies, I love cookies." Matt said.
"I will make you cookies okay." I said, Matt gave me a tour of rest of his house so I know where everything else was, and where the bathroom I can use was at. I went out front to my car, I opened the U-Haul that was attached to my car pulling out boxes that Jerry marked for me, but I wanted to look in them to make sure they were properly marked. Once I pulled out all the boxes, I sat on the driveway itself opening each box to make sure it was right, and I'll set aside each one that I might need in one pile and ones that I didn't need in another pile to put back on the U-Haul. Matt walked out with Lucas, Lucas ran up to me jumping on my lap trying to lick my face.
"Got enough?" Matt asked.
"I'm sorry, this was everything of mine in the apartment, I'm not bringing everything in since I won't be here that long." I said as Lucas got comfortable on my lap and was sniffing the box that I pulled in front of me.
"This is what is taking you so long." Matt said taking a drink of whatever it was he was drinking.
"Pretty much." I said as I closed that box up and pushed it aside.
"You want any help?"
"No thanks." I said.
"Suit yourself." Matt said as he headed towards the house and Lucas didn't move, "Lucas, come on."
"He can stay out here with me, it's not a problem."
"He's such a trader."
"He just loves me more and I'm new to him." I said.
"Sure." Matt said as he walked inside, Lucas was intent sitting on my lap as I finished up the boxes, as I was putting the boxes up he would sit and watch me moving the boxes in and out of the U-Haul.
"You are one behaved dog you know that, my dog Buster that I had when I was younger would of ran away by now." I said, Lucas just looked at me like I was stupid, "You probably don't even understand what I'm saying do you." I closed the U-Haul leaving only two boxes that I needed to bring in, I figured if I needed anything else I could just come back out and dig through it again, but I'm not planning on staying here forever. I picked up the one box and Lucas followed me into the house.
"Is that it?" Matt asked looking at me over his couch.
"No, there's one more box and my suitcase and carry-on." I said as I carried the box to my guest room, and I made a couple more trips in and out of the house before everything was in. I sat in the room unpacking some of the stuff, and I repacked my suitcase for Monday's flight I had so I didn't have to worry about it, I sat in the room going through my paperwork I had from WWE nervous of what the results hold. I put the papers up, I went to the one box pulling out a picture of my sister and I, as I was looking at it I was trying to fight back tears from what happened that night when I heard a slight knock at the door.
"Hey, everything okay?" Matt asked as he turned the light on in the room.
"Yeah, fine." I said putting the picture back in the box.
"You hungry? I made some dinner if you want something."
"Matt Hardy cooks?"
"Surprisingly enough I do." Matt said.
"Thanks." I said, I stood up and walked out to the kitchen with him getting a plate of the food he cooked, I'm not sure what it was, but it was good.
"Why is your apartment being exterminated?" He asked sitting across the table from me.
"I don't know, apparently during the one week while on tour it got infested with cockroaches or something a whether." I said forking up some more of the food.
"Your ex-boyfriend couldn't of called you earlier?"
"Apparently he couldn't, but I'm only guessing he didn't want to ruin the fun I was having on tour or ruining my focus on the Diva search by this."
"But he could of told you sooner so you wouldn't be in the mess of having to try to find an apartment."
"Even if he did tell me sooner, like I would have been able to find an apartment being on tour." I said as I set my fork down.
"True, your done?" Matt asked shocked.
"Yeah, I wasn't that hungry." I said.
"Okay, what are you doing tomorrow?"
"Sleeping mainly, I might go hang with my ex-boyfriend for a little bit before your little get together." I said.
"Sleep sounds good right now huh?"
"Yeah very much so."
"Tomorrow you got to make those cookies."
"I will, I will clean up any mess that I might make as well."
"Messy cooker?"
"Sometimes, mostly only when I'm making cookies." I said as I took a drink of my water.
"Maybe I'll cook them with you to see you make this mess."
"You'll get messy as well."
"I can take a shower, simple as that."
"Fine, it's a date, we'll make cookies tomorrow." I said as Matt set his fork down onto his plate wiping the corners of his mouth.
"What kind of cookies are we making so I could hit the store in town tomorrow?"
"Why don't we just make peanut butter, you have peanut butter don't you?"
"That I do, peanut butter cookies it is."
"Is that okay with you? I mean, I am making them for you."
"Yeah, peanut butter is fine." Matt said, I stood up grabbing my dishes taking them out to the kitchen rinsing them off and putting them in his dish washer. "Are you going to go back to work on unpacking?" Matt asked standing up from his chair grabbing his own dishes.
"Kind of, sorry for not spending much time with you." I said as I walked past him towards my guest room.
"No it's cool, thanks for doing dinner with me." Matt said.
"Thanks for cooking it for me." I said smiling at him before I walked into my room quietly shutting the door behind me. I turned on the light and sat on the bed sitting Indian style, I opened the box and went through the contents, at the very bottom was another picture, but this picture was of my sister, Jerry and I. I fought the tears back that were stinging my eyes, I set it in the top drawer of the dresser that I wasn't using for clothes, along with the photo of my sister and I. I looked at my phone reading that it was one in the morning so I climbed into the bed falling asleep.