Chapter 5
“So why won’t you come with us?” Molly ask Leah as she brushed Leah’s hair.
“Because I don’t want to spend my time arguing with Jeff.”
“You wouldn’t. UI know when you get to know him you’ll get on great.”
“No we won’t because I don’t want to get to know him. He’s so irritating. He drives me mad!” Leah said as she stood up and got the brush from Molly and sat behind her and began to brush her hair.
“You’re not going to change you mind on this are you? Don’t you even want to know where we are going?”
“No and no.”
“I thought not. But why don’t you like Jeff? At least tell me that.”
So Leah explained her feelings towards Jeff and the reasons she didn’t want to go on the road with her. Molly felt deeply for her friend. She knew she wouldn’t want to be on the road with someone she didn’t like.
“Ok, I understand.” Molly said as she looked at her pigtails in the mirror.
“Thanks.” Leah said as she got up from the bed and walked over to her best friend. “You always understand me don’t you?” she asked grinning.
“Yeh. I seem to be the only one who can work your twisted mind out.” Molly joked as Leah gave her a hug.
“Watch it! I have plenty of stories that I could tell Matt.” Leah said trying to look serious.
“You wouldn’t dare!!” Molly said putting her hands on her hips.
“Oh wouldn’t I?”
“You would wouldn’t you?”
“Maybe!” Leah said trying to hold back giggles.
“You evil person!”
“Oh I’m scared!!” Leah said grinning.
“You will be!” Molly threaten as she began to chase Leah around the living room, through the dinning room, up the stairs around Leah’s bedroom, back downstairs until Leah could hold back her laughing any longer. She fell onto the sofa doubling up with laughter as Molly tickled her.
“So shall we ask her to come with us?” Matt asked Jeff as he sat with his ass on Jeff’s feet as Jeff did sit ups.
“NO!” Jeff snapped.
“Why?” Matt said trying to hold back laughter.
“Because…”
“Because what?”
“Because…she wouldn’t want to. She hates me, she told me so.”
“She actually told you or screamed it at you?” Matt said this time letting himself laugh.
“She told me. It’s not that funny Matt!” Jeff said as he wiggled his feet from under Matt’s ass and slapped him up side the head.
“What was that for?”
“Laughing.”
“Well it is kinda funny. Jeff Hardy and my girl’s best friend hate each other. That’s a new one.”
“I don’t hate her! I just don’t like her that much.”
“Oh, so to someone you had only just met, you decided you didn’t like her and the you called her a wench? Great move Jeff even for you.”
“Shut up Matt.” Jeff said as he pulled his shirt off and tossed it into his suitcase. “It’s just around her I always seem to put my foot in it and then she flies and I fly back at her. I can’t help it.”
“Ok. So we won’t ask her to come. Molly may not like it though.”
“She’ll get over it.”
“You don’t know Molly.”
“So you keep saying.”
As Matt knocked on Leah’s front door the following morning Molly answered it and let them in. Leah sat in her ‘nite babe!’ strappy top and matching purple shorts. She immediately stood up and headed for the staircase.
“Don’t go on our account” Matt as he watched Leah’s quick retreat.
“I would stay but a bad smell just came in the door.” She smirked and took the stairs to at a time.
“LEAH GET HERE NOW!” Molly shouted up the stairs, surprising Matt, Jeff and herself but mostly Leah.
Leah stood at the top of the stairs looking down at her friend. “I thought we talked about this.” Molly said placing her hands on her hips.
“We did. But I changed my mind. Does that bother you?”
“Yes it does! Now come and apologise to Jeff.” Molly ordered as Matt and Jeff joined her at the foot of the stairs.
“Jeff? Why?”
“Because of what you just said.”
“Oh, you thought I meant the freak? I was actually referring to his brother.” Leah smirked and headed down the hall to her room with a smile on her face.
Molly sighed and headed back to the living room with the brothers in tow.
“Are you ready?”” Matt asked Molly as she reapplied her lip gloss.
“Yeh.”
“Is Leah coming?”
“I asked her, but she said no.”
“Ok.”
“We said we wouldn’t ask her so I guess it’s all good, right Jeff?”
“Huh? Oh yeh whatever.” Jeff said in a daze. “Did she just call me a freak?”
“Yeh dude she did now lets go.” Matt said putting an arm around Molly and heading towards the door. “But three is an odd number.” Matt smirked
“Matt it’s a theme park! Numbers don’t really matter.”
“It does when you go on the tunnel of love.” Matt said kissing Molly’s cheek.
“Jesus. I can’t put up with this all day. Lets just go and get it over with.” Jeff said sighing.
“Where you guys of to?” Leah asked as she walked into the room wearing a pair of dark blue cut of denim shorts and a baby pick tank top with her pale blue bra strap slightly showing.
“A theme park.” Jeff said bluntly.
“Cool. I guess I’ll see you guys later then.” She said coolly as she began to brush her hair back into a neat ponytail.
“Umm…do you wanna come with us?” Jeff asked shyly as he looked at Leah.
“Na. it’s ok. You don’t want me to come and that’s cool.” Leah said as she pulled on a pair of trainers.
“I did ask you but you said no.” Molly said.
“I know.” Leah replied.
“I knew you would say no.” Jeff smirked.
“Did you know? A mind reader now are we Jeffery?” Leah said as she shot him a grin.
“Ok you two, don’t start now.” Molly said pulling Matt out of the house.
Jeff turned back to Leah and took a step towards her. “That mouth of yours could get you into trouble.”
“Could it now?”
“Yeh but enough of that. Are you coming with us?”
“You don’t want me to. I know your asking just to be polite and that’s sweet I guess, but I’ll stay here, you go have fun.”
“Come with us. I make third party and I get left out.”
“Awww…. So you want me to come and hold your hand? I thought you were a big boy?”
“God your hopeless!!”
“Why thank you freaky!” Leah said turning away from him.
“Are you coming or not?”
“This seems a popular line for you. So here we go again. Are you deaf or just stupid?”
“Stupid. Well?”
“No I’ll stay here.”
“Fine I guess we’ll see you later.”
“Bye Jeffery.” Leah said as she bent down to pick up her coffee cup.
“Don’t call me that. Don’t ever call me that!” Jeff said half laughing and half trying to be serious.
“Why Jeffery does it bother you?”
“Yes and you know it.”
“That I do Jeffery that I do. I think maybe I’ll go for a walk Jeffery hand me my wallet would you. There’s a good boy.” Leah said with a straight face. Jeff picked her wallet from the counter and tossed it at her.
“Thank you Jeffery. And my keys.” She said as she stuffed her wallet into her pocket and looked up at Jeff who held out her keys.
“These?”
“Yes Jeffery there the ones.”
“Come get them then.” He said as he dangled the keys in front of his face. And Leah did she went to grab the keys but Jeff held them over his head.
“Fuck you Jeff give them here NOW!!!” she shouted jumping to try and reach them much to Jeff’s amusement.
“Ummmm…NO!!!” he snapped as he laughed at her efforts.
“GROW UP!!!” she shouted as she tried once more.
“I think you need to Leah.”
“Give me the damn keys NOW!!!” the shouted at him.
“Sorry peachy no can do!”
“Peachy, what the hell is that?”
“Your name.”
“Don’t you ever call me that!! I can’t believe Molly told you that!!!”
“Your parents called you it so why can’t I?”
“Because they were my parents and now they are dead it kinda reminds me of them so if you ever EVER call me that again you will live to fucking regret it alright!!!???!!!” Leah screamed at him, tears falling down her face.
“Leah, I’m sorry I didn’t know.”
“Like fuck you are!! Guys like you are never sorry!!!”
“Guys, what’s all the shouting about?” Matt asked as he stepped back through the door. He saw the tears on Leah’s face and then looked straight at Jeff. Molly stepped up behind him and saw Leah. She walked over to her a tried to hold her.
“GET OF ME!!!!!” Leah yelled as Molly jumped back in surprise.
“What’s the matter?”
“HIM!!! YOU!!!!”
“What have I done?”
“You told him a secret and you promised you would NEVER tell anyone!!!”
“What have I told him?”
“Peachy!!!”
“JEFF!!!! I told you never to call her that!!!”
“Don’t blame him!! You broke your promise!!!” Leah yelled tears streaming down her face.
“I never meant to. I’m so sorry.”
“GO TO HELL MOLLY!!! And when you get back tonight you can pack and get out!!!!” Leah screamed as she grabbed her keys from Jeff’s hand and ran out the door before anyone could stop her.
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