Maria's eyes opened and she looked up to see Jeff, looking very drowsy… still driving. She wiped her eyes then spoke, "Jeff, where are we?"

She watched Jeff squeeze his eyes shut, then reopen them and look down at her. "Well, we've been out or North Carolina for awhile… We're in Missouri." Maria just nodded… she must have slept longer than she thought. She pulled her phone out of her pocket to check the time, but Jeff freaked out. "What the hell are you doing Ria?"

"Checking the time… chill." She turned her phone on… when it fully came on she had a missed call from her mom. She sighed… she wanted to answer her but she knew she couldn't… she just wanted her to know that she was safe. "It's eight thirty." She told Jeff. She turned her phone and shoved it back into her pocket. They had been driving for seven hours. "We should go stay at a motel or something…"

"No." Jeff said.

"Why not?" Maria asked as she folded her arms across her chest.

He groaned. "Because… we're probably marked as missing, and if they see us, we'll get caught."

"Jeff, my parents have most likely just woken up. They're probably wondering when I'll be back… I did say I was going to Amy's. Plus Jeff, you're tired… you need to sleep, just pull in… I see a motel up there…"

Jeff nodded then pulled into the motel parking lot. He drove around back and parked their so they wouldn't know what kind of car he was using. They both grabbed their things out of the back of the truck, and then walked into the hotel. Maria put sunglasses on her face and let more of her hair fall into her eyes. Jeff pulled his hair up and tucked it into his hat, and then they walked inside to the check-in. Jeff checked in under his name, they gave him a key. He took Maria's hand then they walked into their room.

Most motels are really gross and you can just smell the sexually transmitted diseases, but this place was actually somewhat nice.

"I'm going to take a shower." She told Jeff. She watched him half nod, he was so tired she thought it was best to just let him rest.

Maria grabbed one of Jeff's bags, knowing he packed some shower items and headed into the bathroom. She put the things in the shower, then threw the towel on top of the shower door frame, and turned the water on. She undressed and waited for the water to finish heating up. She stepped inside and let the water warm her body. She cleansed her body, and then washed her hair. Once she finished, she wrapped her body up in her towel and turned the water off.

She walked back out to grab her things, and she found Jeff fast asleep… she giggled, and then got dressed. She grabbed her make-up out of her bag, then went back into the bathroom and applied it to her face and eyes. She tied her wet hair back into a messy bun. Then she went back into the other part of the hotel room.

Maria walked around; she walked over to the window and closed the blinds. One, so Jeff could sleep easier and two so no one would see them. She looked around and saw a entertainment center, she opened the door and saw a TV. She turned it on and grabbed a remote off of the top… it actually had cable… with extensive channels. She flipped through all of them and settled on watching a wrestling repeat on the sports channel. Jeff and her always watched wrestling together, they really enjoyed it.

She half watched it, because she had already seen this episode from the previous Monday. She walked over to her bags and grabbed her binder out of her bag and opened up to a blank page. She grabbed a pencil that she had laying in the pocket of the binder and she started sketching a picture of Jeff and herself on their wedding day, she smiled at the picture and almost started crying… she really hoped this day would happen soon.

She closed up the binder and began watching wrestling again… 15 minutes later it ended. Maria walked over to Jeff's bag and grabbed a nutrition bar out of it and began eating it. She watched the UFC match that had came on for awhile. The she saw Jeff moving around in the bed. She looked up at the cable box to check the time… it was already twelve thirty.

"Good afternoon sleepy head." She said with a smile as Jeff opened his eyes.

Jeff smiled a sleepy smile. "Hey."

"Hey. How did you sleep?"

He yawned then stretched. "Pretty awesome. What did you do?"

Maria shrugged. "Not really anything." She got up off the bed and shut the tv off, then she sat down on the other bed with Jeff. "I drew something for you." She crawled to the edge of the bed and grabbed her binder, and opened it up to the page with her new drawing.

"Wow Ri, this is beautiful." He ran his hand across the picture. "You're really good… why haven't you showed me any of your drawings?"

Maria shrugged. "Yours were better… wanna see more?"

Jeff nodded, making Maria smile. She started from the beginning and showed Jeff her drawings and songs. He loved this artist Maria… she was an amazing song writer and a great drawer and it was really sexy to Jeff. What caught his eye was a drawing Maria drew, dated a few months ago of what looked like them making out.

Jeff looked up at Maria and grinned. Her cheeks began bright red. "Awe Ri, don't be embarrassed. It's cute." Jeff lifted up her face to his and he kissed her softly. Maria grabbed his face and kissed him harder, Jeff pushed her head into his and deepened the kiss. They wrapped their arms around each other, and eventually they broke the kiss to breathe. Jeff took off his shirt and Maria removed hers and they started kissing again… it became very intense and then turned into something more. Making both of their dreams come true.

{xxx}

Jeff opened his eyes to find Maria on the very edge of the bed. He moved over and rested an arm over her, he kissed her ear. "Hey."Maria looked up at him and all of her make-up was running down her cheeks. "What's wrong baby?"

Maria shook her head. After she had sex with Jeff she remembered how Randy had raped her only the day before and she could not stop crying. She didn't think Jeff would have been up so fast and she didn't want to tell him.

He sighed. "Maria, you wouldn't be crying if nothing was wrong."

Maria sighed. "If I tell you, you have to promise to not kill anyone."

Jeff gave her a strange look. "Okay, I promise. Now tell me Ria, it kills me to see you so hurt."

Maria swallowed very hard. "Well… yesterday… when I was forced to spend time with him…" She paused and wiped some tears away. "He raped me."

"WHAT?" Jeff screamed. "that fucking sick bastard. I am going to fucking kill him and his whole goddamn family."

"Jeff calm down!" Maria said. "You promised."

Jeff punched the wall, making a hole. "Fuck! I didn't think it was going to be this bad. What the fuck? Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because… I knew you would have killed him. And the last thing I want if for the man I love to be behind bars."

"Maria… if I ever see his fucking perfect face again, I won't kill him but I'll break his face."

Maria nodded. "I hate him Jeff." She cried. "I really do." Jeff wrapped his arms around Maria and he let her cry on him.

"Ri, I fucking loathe that piece of useless shit." Maria just nodded.

"Excuse me, but have you seen these two?" The police officer held up and picture of Jeff and Maria together from Maria's 22nd birthday which was only three months before.

The motel worked squinted at the picture, looked up at the officer then nodded. "Yes, they checked in a few hours ago… may I ask why?"

"Have you seen the news lately?"

The worker nodded then came to a sudden realization. "That is Ms. Maria Kanellis and Mr. Jeff Hardy?"

The police officer nodded. "Now what room are they in?"

"Number twelve." The worked pointed over to the room he let them stay in, the police officer nodded him off and said thank-you. He walked over and knocked of the door.

"Open up, this is the police."

"FUCK!" Jeff cursed. "They found us." Maria and Jeff stood up and got dressed quickly.

"Jeffy what do we do?" Maria cried.

Jeff ran his fingers threw his hair and freaked out. "I have no idea… just get our shit together… then we can try to make our escape."

Maria nodded and got all of their bags together.

"Open this door, or we'll break it down."

Jeff groaned. "Maria!"

"Jeff! What the fuck?"

"I don't know Ri!" He grabbed one of his suitcases and quickly searched through it.

"This is not the time to be looking for stupid shit!" Maria yelled, waving her hands up and down. She didn't know what to do. Jeff gave her a piece of paper.

"It's not stupid shit." Jeff said in a sad tone. Maria looked down… this must have been what he was drawing. It was a picture of their backsides, holding hands running off into the distance, with a Jeff Hardy original poem at the top…

"You comfort me better than any chair, bed, room, or house-
You amaze me more than any facts, stories, truths, or lies-
You enhance me more than any drug, drink, pill, or powder-
You predict me better than any parent, coach, counselor, or teacher-
You season me better than any salt, pepper, winter, or summer-
You entertain me more than any movie, show, song, or competition-
You control me better than any school, job, jail, or prison-
You love me more than any person, God, business, or existence-
In my existence... Believe... I do
In our existence... I live... for you."

Maria's eyes began to fill up with tears… this was truly beautiful. "Jeff… its amazing."

Jeff nodded… tears of his own began to fall. He knew they were caught… he was probably going to jail and Maria was going to marry that scum bag. Maria hugged Jeff very tightly scared of the outcome just as he was.

The police broke down the door.