Chapter 27
After the events of the day, they were all thankful that everything seemed to be going smoothly. They had spent their time together reviewing the plans for their match that night as well as their plans for both RAW and SmackDown. Jessica looked forward to it all, especially her RAW match in which she would finally get a chance to wrestle in the ring for a televised event.
"So that's it for the week." Stephanie explained to them. "Tonight, Jessica will "injure" Vicky, and we'll push this on the website. Vicky will try to get her revenge by putting Jessica up against Beth Phoenix on RAW. Jessica gets the win, then to pull it in to SmackDown, Jay and Adam will try to attack you after your win."
"In which we come out and save her." Matt said and Stephanie nodded.
"But Jess, make sure at some point you manage to flirt with Edge. That will be what distracts him from actually attacking you." She told her.
"When do I get to knee someone?" Jessica asked.
"Soon." She smiled.
"Good, because you know it's not a real return until I do."
"Wait, Shane didn't count?" Jay joked.
"All right you guys, I'll have your scripts ready as soon as possible, so just go out and have fun." Stephanie told them heading out of the room. She paused then turned to look at her friend. "Just be careful."
"We will be. Promise." Jessica told her and tried to reassure her with a smile.
"All right, call me later." She said then left.
"You know that is still so weird." Jay said.
"What is?" Jeff asked.
"Well that our boss is her best friend."
"It's one of the perks of hanging with me." Jessica said getting up to take a look in the mirror before they went out. She looked at herself and realized that she still hadn't put on her gloves. She looked around but couldn't find them.
"What's up?" Jeff asked coming over to her.
"I can't find my gloves. I could have sworn I put them in my bag." She double checked her bag but they were not there.
"So go without them." Jay said. Jessica looked at him then held up her wrists.
"Everyone in the WWE may now know what I did, but I prefer not to share it with the world." She told him.
"Yea, I guess." Jay said looking to the floor. The sight of her scars still made them all uncomfortable.
"See! This is why I can't go without them."
"I got the perfect solution." Jeff said going to his own bag. "Now my dear, you have your very own pair of Jeff Hardy armbands." He pulled a pair out and handed them to her.
"Can't I wear the black ones?"
"I'm wearing them tonight." He said showing his arms.
"Yea but they match better. You wouldn't want me to go to the ring clashing? What would the websites say?" She joked with him.
"What about me?" Jeff asked. "You'd prefer that I don't match?"
"Better you than me." She put her arms around him and gave him a kiss.
"Well how can I say no to that?" He took of his bands and gave them to her. "I'll go bare."
"Aw look, they're sharing accessories. How sweet." Adam said. "Are we ready to do this?" They all looked at each other and nodded.
"Let's go. But uh Jeff? If you want to wrestle with me you're gonna have to lose the lipstick." Matt told his brother. Jeff took a look at the mirror and realized that Jessica's lipstick had transferred over to him.
"Well, it's definitely not my color." He said wiping it off.
"Oh, I don't know. It brings out your eyes." Jay joked.
"All right let's go." Matt said and they left the room, with the guards in tow.
With all the laughing and joking going on, none of them noticed a figure hiding in the shadows. He watched them as they walked away all happy. He paid special attention to the couple in the back. He could feel the rage building up inside him as he watched Jeff take Jessica's hand and kiss it. She turned and flashed him the brightest of smiles. He could see the love in their eyes, making him even angrier.
Soon, he thought to himself, fondling her gloves. Soon he'll get his chance and then Jessica will be all his. He had been very patient with her. Too patient. Now he knew he'd have to act and quickly. It would be harder for her if he let Jessica continue to be with Jeff. She doesn't love him, he repeated in his head. Hardy was just filler, saving up space in her life until he was ready to reveal himself. He heard someone coming and stepped from the shadows.
"Hey." Maria said as she passed him. "The show's going good today."
"Yea." He smiled at her. "Hopefully it will stay that way."
He excused himself and headed to the waiting area. When he got there he peeked out at the ring. He watched as Vicky reached into the ring and placed Edge's foot on the rope breaking up the count. She turned from the ring just as Jessica came over and clothslined her. Vicky fell motionless to the ground. Edge leaned over to yell at Jessica and she jumped up and kissed him quickly. Distracted, Jeff came up from behind him and got the pin. The Hardy's celebrated in the ring as Edge and Christian tended to Vicky. Adam sold it well looking from Vicky to Jessica and touching his lips. The Hardy's walked up the ramp. Matt and Jessica celebrated while Jeff looked slightly annoyed.
"You know," Jeff said after they had walked off. "Don't you think they should address all the flirting with Edge?"
"We will." Stephanie said coming up to them. "You'll have one more promo to shoot tomorrow; we just don't want it to spread around to soon. You guys did well, now go back to the hotel and relax."
"Have a good night Steph." Jessica said and gave her a hug.
"Oh, and guys" She called out after them.
"We know, be careful." Jeff said.
"Well yes, but lay off the mini bar. My dad had a fit when he saw the bill." She said. The three of them looked at each other and just started laughing.
When they got back to the hotel, they said goodnight to the guards and went into their room.
"So now what are we supposed to do?" Jeff asked.
"I don't know about you guys but we've been up since five AM, so I'm going to take a shower then go to bed." Matt said dropping his bag.
"It's early!" Jeff said.
"It after midnight so if you guys are going to stay up, keep it down." He told them then went into the bathroom.
"We can go in my room." Jessica looked to Jeff.
"Good idea. Don't want to uh disturb him." He took her hand as they went into the other room.
"I'm just going to clean up." Jessica said giving him a kiss.
"No, stay here."
"Jeff, I'm sweaty."
"I like it." He said pulling her close.
"Down boy. I'll be back in a few." She pulled away and headed into the bathroom. Jeff lay down on the bed and turned the TV on. He flipped through the channels until Jessica finally came out. His jawed dropped when he turned to look at her. She stood before him wearing the skimpy outfit from the photo shoot.
"How did you get that?"
"I don't know. It must have somehow fallen into my bag while I was changing." She said grinning.
"Get over here." She slid into the bed with him. He pulled her closer.
"You're amazing, do you know that?" Jeff said to her.
"You're not so bad yourself." She said kissing his neck.
"I still can't believe you're here. I thought I had lost you forever. This time I'm never letting go." He said. She stopped kissing him and looked into his eyes. "Did I kill the mood?"
"No. It really can be like this, can't it?" She asked him.
"Be like what?"
"Every night, it can really feel like this. Safe and warm."
"Absolutely." He said pulling her closer.
"For awhile, I didn't think so. I thought every day would be dark and lonely. I was always afraid of what was lurking in the shadows; or what was going to hurt me next. It wasn't fun and it's not how I want to live my life. I want every day to be just like this. Of course it would be nicer without the psycho, crazy stalker but I can deal as long as you're with me." She kissed him.
"I love you." He whispered into her ear.
"I've never loved anyone else." She said as they embraced. Jeff softly caressed her body as she gave in to him. They made love until exhausted, they fell asleep.
