*!This is My Confession!*

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*One Week Later*

"Guys I think that's the last of it. Thank you so much for helping me get it all in here."

"It was our pleasure Angel. So do you still want to go out and grab some dinner?"

Ever since she'd come back from her visit with Stephanie, these guys had been acting weird. Jeff wouldn't talk to her when Jason was around, and Jason always seemed to want to get her alone. She had tried to tell Amy about it, but Amy said they were probably just adjusting to having another female in the house. She'd grown closer to Matt, and she wasn't afraid to tell him about all the male weirdness in the house. She didn't know what she was doing without Matt around to sound off on.

"I'm gonna go play with my guitar, and see what comes of it. Have a good dinner Jay, Angel. I'll see ya'll later."

Angel knew something was totally up with the younger Hardy brother. He spent most of the time at home in his room with his guitar. It was something she was going to have to look into later.

"Okay Jay, so where are we going to dinner?"

Every voice in Angel's head was telling her to stay at home. She did have a lot of work she had to get done before Raw on Monday. She wasn't really sure but she knew she had a huge mess to clean up there. What would her brother do when she just showed up there? Dinner with Jason was the last thing she needed right now.

"I was thinking of something quiet at Louie's up the street. Is that alright with you?"

"Yeah that sounds fine. Just let me grab my bag and we're off alright?"

Angel ran downstairs and grabbed her leather handbag. She made sure she had her cell and her money and went upstairs again to meet with Jason so they could leave.

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"Jeff, can I come in bro?"

"Yeah Matt, it's unlocked." Jeff said as he put his guitar down on the bed and waited for Matt to come in. He figured with how close he and Angel were that he was coming to speak to him about her, and the way Jeff had been acting to her lately. Which in short, was bad, he knew he was behaving very badly. It beat the alternative though, which was Shawn's hatred if he hurt her for any reason. Then there was Jason's hatred because he already had something for her. It just seemed like the best course of action for everyone involved if he treated her badly.

"So did Angel and Jay go to dinner finally?"

"Yeah Jeff they did. You've got to lay up on her alright? She's already asked me about finding other living arrangements and she's only been moved in for two days. Why the silent treatment Jeff?"

"Matt what does she care? I mean she's got you as her new best friend, which is more then enough Hardy. Not to mention she's got Jason practically in love with her now. Does she have to be a big happy family with all of us?"

"Okay man, I'm not supposed to tell you anything she tells me and normally I wouldn't, but you need a complete wake up call here. Watch her face when you run away to play guitar every night that you're home. Or if that's not enough, look at her eyes and her face when you talk to her. There's a common thread there Jeff. Can you imagine what that might be?"

Jeff thought about it for a minute, remembering her face tonight when he's run off upstairs to play on his guitar, she looked almost like a wounded bird.

"I hurt her feelings. Do I do that when I talk to her as well?"

"No! You don't get it, but you did get one half of it right though. She wants you around here. She wants to be out with you right now learning everything she can about you. The other night when she called you from her hotel in Connecticut, and you guys talked about music and the love of writing for hours, she called me and told me that she thought she was finally getting through to you. She doesn't want Jason the way she wants you. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to see that much. How can you not see it bro?"

Matt was right, but he still didn't want to hurt his best friend. They were getting closer every day, even while she fixed the shitty writing on Raw. They now lived together. He could admit he liked Angel on a level he'd never had with any other woman, but he liked the way things were always smooth and cool in the house.

"Matt I know what you want to happen here, and I'm up for just about anything, just not this. I'm not getting involved, because someone will get hurt. I will be more open with Angel though, I have been kind of slacking in that department lately."

"That's all I ask of you. Be outgoing with her, I know you can be that way. Let her know you actually care that she's around. If we ever had a sister, I would want her to be as close to our Angel as possible. We have to watch out for her. Are you game?"

"Yeah I'm game. So can I get back to practicing now?" Jeff questioned.

Matt nodded and left the room. He had given his brother a lot to think about tonight. Now he just hoped Angel could handle Jason and his advances. As much as Matt liked his roommates, he had to look out for his brother too. Jeff needed a girl just like Angel, and it helped more that she was in the business and wrestling family now. He had to make things right between them.

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"So what made you want to write for us Angel? Did you know what you were going to do to us when you applied for the basement apartment?"

Leave it to Jason to get right to the heart of the matter. Angel really wanted to keep her mind focused on Jason, but she couldn't help her mind wandering back to Jeff and what he was doing at home alone, and what his problem with her was, and how to fix it.

"I got a call from Vince and Jim, and well they both knew my background in writing, and they were in desperate need of a writer because Raw has been dying off lately. That's why I'm here. Yes I knew I was doing this the night I came to see the apartment. I knew of all of you, but I didn't really know you. So it really wasn't that hard for me to be just Angel with you. When everyone hears my last name, it does things that I don't really like."

"None of us in the house mind what you did Angel. Sometimes we don't want to be known for our persona's either. It's all part of a sick cycle. We are all glad that you're living with us. You add a better element then what was there before."

"I don't think everyone in the house is happy to have me there. Matt adores me, and I adore him. Aside from Shawn, I wish that he was my brother too. I can tell him just about anything, and with Shawn he got uncomfortable with some situations. Matt just takes it all at face value. Adam is on the road or with his girlfriend so much, he's not even a factor."

"What do you think I want from you Angel? Or what do you want from me? I can do whatever you need me too. You know that by now."

Was now the time to tell him that she wanted him to back off, so she could let something or anything happens with Jeff? How could she tell him that she wasn't interested? Jason was the only guy besides Matt that really made her feel she'd done the right thing in taking the writing job and the apartment. Would it be such a bad thing to see where things could develop with him? Did she not owe him that much?

Her cell suddenly started ringing and Angel couldn't help thinking it was the perfect interruption. She excused herself from Jason and walked to the hallway by the bathroom.

"Angel here."

"Angel its Matt. Listen I thought you might need some saving. I know you don't really want to go with Jason tonight. Amy called over and wants to go clubbing, how would you feel about meeting us at Shocker's?"

"I'd love too. Tell Amy to pick me up some clothes and I will swing by and pick her up. I can't stand being in this outfit much longer."

"Okay so Jeff and Shane and I will meet you there. You don't mind them coming right? I just thought we all need to have some fun before we get serious for Monday night."

"No it will be nice. I want to sit down and get to know Shane anyway. He might need me for new writing ideas. I assumed Jeff would be there anyway. Just tell him he has to loosen up before I get there."

Angel hung up and headed back over to the table. She saw Jason talking to Chris Irvine and she figured she might just have her way out.

"Sorry about that Jay. Duty calls when you're a writer. Hey Chris!"

"Hey Angel. You don't mind if I steal your date do you? My wife sort of planned this get together and told her friends that I could bring Jason. Jeff told me that I could come steal him for the evening."

"No Chris, I don't mind at all. Jay and I can totally catch up at home. He does know where I live. Have a good time. I've got to go meet with a potential new editor for my magazine anyways. At least this way one of us has a good evening."

Jason gave her a small friendly kiss on the cheek, hugged her and told her he would catch up with her later. Just like that they were gone. She paid the bill and drove to Amy's house to get dressed. Now it was really time to have fun.

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