| Cassidy was standing at the table, looking down on Jeff and her sister. She could not believe what she was seeing. Not only were the two of them there together, but they were so deep into what they were talking about, they hadn�t even noticed her there. She set Lainey plate in front of her and Jeff�s in front of him. �Thank you.� Lainey said as she looked up and saw her sister. �Hey Cass.� �Can I get anything else for either of you?� �I am all set for now, thanks. What are you doing out here?� �I had three of my waitresses call in sick. So I am stuck doing it all. I hope you enjoy your food.� Cassidy said with an attitude in her voice. She didn�t wait for a response; she just walked back into the kitchen. When she was back at the grill, she picked up a spatula and threw it across the kitchen. She was so mad that her sister was there with Jeff. She couldn�t understand why Lainey liked him. He certainly looked like he�d just crawled out of a ditch. And Lainey also knew that he had a girlfriend. What she was doing was so not in her character. Lainey wasn�t into breaking people up. Cassidy had seen Lainey hurt herself so many times in situations like this. Was her sister actually starting to get a backbone? She couldn�t confront Lainey about it now; so she decided she�s have a talk with her sister when she got home from work. Jeff and Lainey finished their dinner, and were talking when Wendy came back over and took their plates. �Would you like to order some dessert?� �I am all set Wendy, thanks.� Lainey said. �How about you Jeff?� �No, I am stuffed. We�ll just take the check. Thank you.� Wendy left the table and went to get the bill for Jeff and Lainey. Jeff and Lainey picked up their conversation. �So anyway,� Jeff said. �Matt ended up catching half of the forest on fire, he and Mike had to call the fire department. I got dropped off from baseball practice just as the trucks got there. It was so funny; the first thing I saw was Matt, beat red, and yelling at the firemen, �you gotta get this fire out before my daddy gets home!� I am telling you my dad was pissed, but Matt ended up clearing a nice big area for our arena.� �So you and Matt have been wrestling for a really long time.� �Ever since we were kids. There were many times I asked myself if it was worth it. I am glad we stuck with it, because look at where we are today. We are huge WWE superstars now. Matt will always be in the WWE in one form or another. Me on the other hand, I don�t know.� �You don�t want to wrestle anymore?� �No, I do. I love wrestling, I just don�t have the passion for it anymore like I used to. I have all these other things going on at the same time, like my band and stuff.� Wendy came back over with the check and set it face down on the table. �Thanks guys, I hope you have a good night.� She said. �You too.� Lainey and Jeff said at the same time. Jeff grabbed the check before Lainey could, and looked at it. He then reached for his wallet. �How much was mine?� Lainey asked. �It doesn�t matter, I�ve got it.� Jeff took a hundred dollar bill out of his wallet and set it on the table with the check. Both he and Lainey got up and left the restaurant. They got into Jeff�s truck and Jeff drove Lainey home. When they pulled into the driveway, Lainey asked Jeff if he wanted to come inside, and Jeff said, �Sure.� He turned his truck off and the two of them went up to the door. Lainey unlocked it, and they went inside. She offered Jeff a seat in the living room, and told him she would be right back. She went upstairs to her bedroom and changed into a pair of shorts and a tank top. She put on a pair of sandals threw her hair up into a ponytail. When Lainey walked back downstairs, she saw Jeff standing up, looking at the pictures around the room of her and her sister. She leaned against the wall and stared at him for a few moments. She loved the way he looked, so carefree. He didn�t care what anybody thought about him. She finally stood back up and walked into the living room. �Would you like something to drink?� Lainey asked. Jeff quickly turned around and saw Lainey, looking so different than she had before she went upstairs. She still looked so much like a girl; yet, she had this somewhat sporty look about her. �Sure, whatever you have is fine.� Jeff said. �Okay, I�ll be right back.� Lainey walked into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. She saw a couple of bottles of Smirnoff and some homemade tea that Cassidy had made the night before. She grabbed two bottles of Smirnoff, and popped the tops off. She shut the refrigerator door and took the bottles back into the living room. She handed one to Jeff. �Is this okay?� �It�s fine.� Jeff took the bottle from Lainey and took a big sip. �Want to see the rest of the house?� �Sure.� Lainey took Jeff around the downstairs, and then they went upstairs. She showed Jeff where Cassidy�s room was, and hers. She showed him the spare room, and then she decided to show him the basement. They went down, and Lainey turned the light on. �This is going to be our game room.� The girls had a pool table, dart board, and a couple of pinball machines and such. It was all covered with plastic tarps. �We painted the walls black, because we bought a few black lights and some black light paint. We just haven�t had time to paint the walls with the black light paint yet.� �I love black lights! When I come out to wrestle, I cover myself in black light body paint, and I glow when I first come out onto the stage. It�s really cool. So how did you plan on painting it?� �I thought it would look really cool if it was just splattered everywhere. Cassidy hasn�t really said much about it.� �Well, let�s paint it.� �Right now?� Lainey asked. �Yeah, if your sister won�t get mad.� �I don�t think she will.� Jeff walked over and grabbed the paint. He put the cans on top of the pool table and opened them. �You should turn the black lights on though, that way we can see what it all will look like.� �Okay.� Lainey said. She turned on all of the black lights and then she turned on the stereo. After, she shut the main light off, and all of the paint was glowing. Jeff laughed a little, and said, �This is going to be fun!� He took the biggest paintbrush the girls had, and stuck it into the purple paint. He pulled it out and walked over to the wall, and started to splatter it everywhere. Lainey picked up a different brush, and used the green paint, and did the same thing. This went on for a half an hour or so. Lainey was putting her brush into the orange paint, and when she turned and flung the brush against the wall, Jeff was standing in the way. Lainey covered Jeff in orange black light paint. She started laughing, and then said, �Oh Jeff, I am sorry. I didn�t mean to get you.� Jeff didn�t say a word. He put his brush back into the yellow paint, and then splattered Lainey. �Hey!� �What? You did it to me.� �I didn�t do it on purpose.� �So, you still did it.� Lainey stuck another brush into the purple paint, and splattered Jeff again. The next thing they knew, they were no longer splattering the walls, they were splattering each other. They were chasing each other around the room, and laughing their asses off. They were covered from head to toe in paint. Lainey was trying to get away from Jeff. She was walking backwards, and Jeff was in pursuit. Lainey tripped over a can of paint, and fell backwards onto the floor. Jeff was coming over to see if she was okay, and he also tripped over the paint can, and landed on top of Lainey. They both started laughing. �Are you okay?� Jeff asked. �I am fine, are you alright?� �I am okay.� Jeff looked down at Lainey. He wanted to kiss her, but he didn�t. He got up and helped Lainey to her feet. It was an awkward moment for the both of them. Jeff started looking around the room. �It looks awesome down here now.� �I think so too. Thanks Jeff.� �Anytime. I�ll have to have you come over and do a room at my house like this.� �Sure. Just tell me when.� Lainey turned the overhead light back on and shut off the black lights. The two of them picked up the paint cans, and then went upstairs. Jeff looked at the clock, and it was five minutes after eight. He knew that Lizzie was probably pissed off, but he didn�t care. He was enjoying himself, and wasn�t going to go home and fight with her. �Lainey, do you want to watch some wrestling? Smackdown is on tonight, and my brother is wrestling.� �Yeah, I can�t wait to see it.� Jeff and Lainey went into the living room, and Lainey turned on the television. Jeff told her what channel to turn it to, so she did. They sat next to each other on the couch, and watched wrestling. Matt came on about nine, and when Lainey saw him come out she was completely tuned in. She was reading the Matt Facts that come up during his entrance. �Matt has a heated toilet seat� was the first one on, and Lainey started laughing. The next one said, �Matt sleeps in the nude.� Lainey laughed even harder. �Oh my god, he actually tells the world these things?� �Every week.� �Wow. Well, I didn�t need to know he sleeps nude, but does he really have a heated toilet seat?� �Yes, he does. He paid two hundred dollars for it.� �Two hundred dollars?� �I said the same thing when he told me.� �Wow�� Lainey and Jeff watched the match between Matt and Rey Mysterio, and of course, Matt won, with the help of Shannon Moore, and retained his cruiserweight belt. After the match was over, Lainey was full of questions. �What is a Cruiserweight Champion?� �The Cruiserweight Championship is for wrestlers who don�t weigh enough to be a heavyweight. Of course, Matt weighs about two hundred and thirty pounds, but it�s all part of the storyline.� �So it�s a big story?� �There are storylines, but trust me, it�s not fake. When you take a bump, it hurts.� �Have you ever been a champion?� �Well, together Matt and I have been the World Tag Team Champions five times, and the WCW Tag Team Champions once. I have also been the Light Heavyweight Champion, the Intercontinental Champion, the European Champion, and the Hardcore Champion twice.� �What is the Hardcore Champion?� �Hardcore matches are kind of like street fights. Anything goes, and pin falls count anywhere. You end up using a lot of weapons like trashcans and steel chairs.� �And you enjoy it?� �It takes it out of you, but I love being a wrestler. Not many people get the chance to live out their dreams like Matt and I have. I never take one day for granted. We live for the moment.� Jeff explained more about wrestling to Lainey, and before they knew it, it was almost eleven o�clock. Jeff decided that he needed to get home. Lainey walked Jeff outside, and he got into his truck. �So you�re supposed to work all weekend, right?� �Yeah�� �What time do you work tomorrow?� �Twelve.� �Tell you what. If you ride with me to the airport tomorrow morning, I will let you borrow my truck for the weekend, until Tuesday. But you�ll have to pick me up Tuesday morning. You were going to come over anyway and take pictures of my aluminummies, right?� �Yeah. But I couldn�t take your truck.� �If you don�t, it will sit at the airport for four days. I insist Lainey.� �Okay,� Lainey said hesitantly. �Good, I�ll pick you up at six o�clock tomorrow morning, okay?� �Sure.� �Alright Lainey, I will see you tomorrow.� �See you later Jeff.� Jeff backed out of Lainey�s driveway and drove home. Lainey went back inside, and noticed the paint all over the couch where she and Jeff had been sitting. She thought about trying to clean it up, and then decided to forget about it. She went upstairs and took a shower, then went to bed. Jeff pulled into his driveway, and it looked as if nobody was home. He figured his girlfriend was out with her friends. He parked his truck and walked up the steps. He unlocked the door and walked inside. He turned on the living room light and there was Lizzie. She looked really pissed off. Before Jeff could say anything, she said, �I�ll be back in an hour.� And she took off out the front door. Jeff watched her walk out, and he shut the door behind her. He knew she wouldn�t be back in an hour, but didn�t care either. He was too busy thinking about Lainey. He went down the hall and took a shower. He grabbed something to eat, and then went to bed. |
| * Chapter Six * |
 |
 |
 |