*!You'll Think Of Me!*

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Angel was so glad to be leaving the hospital. After a week of being poked and prodded by every doctor to make sure she had no residual damage from the accident she looked forward to being home and doing some backed up work she hadn't been able to do. Stephanie had told her to take the next few weeks off and so had Eric, but she couldn't do that. She had too much idea's running through her mind. She had bounced ideas off Matt and Jeff, who she had grown closer to since the accident, and she planned on doing good things with those ideas. She even had to admit she missed working with Paul and Randy.

As she packed her bags she focused on going home and seeing Shane. He visited her everyday while she was tied to the bed. He brought her clothes and tapes of Raw and Smack down so she could keep up to speed on everything she was missing. There was just something laid back and calm about being with him. He even bought her a Hurricane mask so she could wear it and she wouldn't be too lonely. If only she could go back to work with full medical clearance, her life would be pretty damn perfect.

She threw her bag over her shoulder gently and went to meet Jeff who was forced to pick her up, out of pity and because no one else was at home. Seeing him as she walked out of the room she smiled.

"Jeff, I'm ready to go and no, tell the nurse I'm breaking procedure and walking out of here without a wheelchair. I need to feel normal again."

"I'm with you babe. Plus you'll want to see the new car I got. The brakes are the best!"

Angel laughed as they walked to the parking lot. Out of the corner of her eye she could have sworn she saw a 2000 black Corvette parked close to the entrance.

"Oh my god! They salvaged the car?"

"No babe, they didn't but I did get another one. I love that car to death, and remember what I told you a week ago. Don't feel bad about wrecking the car anymore. This one looks ten times better anyhow."

Jeff grabbed her gently by the neck and pulled her close to him. It felt nice just having her close again, even if she was another man's girlfriend.

Jeff drove them home carefully. He figured it had to be a little traumatic for Angel being in a car like this again. She was fairly quiet as they drove, but Jeff wasn't too concerned because Angel got easily lost in thought. She started to fall asleep and he decided to let her. She'd had it pretty rough the last few days. He watched her sleeping, thinking he was an idiot for letting her career choices get in the way of what was growing between them. He had to stop himself from feeling where she was concerned though, because she was with Shane now. He had to just focus on being her best friend again.

As Jeff pulled into the house and made a dead stop Angel started to stir.

"We're home sweetie; you need me to grab your bag?"

"That would be great. I'm still a little groggy from the medication they were feeding me. Do you know if Shane's home? Or did he have a show tonight? He told me but I don't have much of a memory right now."

Jeff realized they had gone a whole week without bringing up Shane once, and it was only a week of hanging out in her hospital room and talking and laughing. He didn't realize hearing her talk about her boyfriend would hit him this hard. Right now he felt weird, and that was something he's never felt with her before. It was only a matter of time before reality set back in and changed things again.

"He's at a show tonight. He said he was going to call us though. He told me to tell you that anyway."

"Did Shawn ever give you your book back? I forgot to ask you all week. I wanted to make sure you got it and that the hospital didn't discard it on you. I know how much it means to you. Thank you for trusting me enough to read it. It did help me out so much on the ride home, well aside from the whole accident thing."

"I trust you with everything Angel. You already knew that. I love my journal and everything but your safety means more to me. You could have just left it behind, and I wouldn't have cared because I wanted you to be fine."

"Jeffrey Nero Hardy! I would never do something like that! I know how important my writing is to me, and if you lost your journal, you would have lost a piece of yourself. I happen to love you just the way you are, journal and all."

It was the first time Angel had used the word love with him, and it made him smile to hear it because he felt the same. He would die for Angel Michaels, and she had no idea. She might be Shane's girlfriend but she still held a piece of Jeff's heart.

"Okay you win. You did the right thing, and I'm on your side. No more arguments!"

Angel laughed and sat down in the chair when they entered the house. She was glad to see that things weren't too different then before the accident. She didn't want to have to readjust all over again. What she was most glad of was that her and Jeff had seemed to get back on track and they were better friends then ever before.

"So Angel, I've got some business I need to discuss with you. Some things changed on Raw while you were out. They scrapped the whole Evolution thing because of Randy's injury. So they had to write you in somewhere else. Paul was pretty beat up over it too because he loved working with you."

"What changes? I'm supposed to have creative input in my own story lines. What crap did they throw me now?"

"You are with me. That's the crap they threw you this time girl. I guess the gist of the whole thing is I'm supposed to have told you something bad about Randy and you left him for me. You're also supposed to help me win a few matches too. So as far as I go, I'm more partial to this story line myself. Plus I get to work with my best girl!"

"What about Amy?" Angel laughed. She knew Amy would ask that if she was here. Jeff made a face at her and she smacked him lightly.

When she looked up at him and she was glowing with her smile, he saw the opportunity and went for it. He leaned in at precisely the same time as Angel, and he gently grazed her lips, pulling her into a delicate kiss. He thought she might slap him, but she just deepened the kiss making it more passionate. He pulled away after a few seconds, feeling guilty. He just kissed his best friends girlfriend.

"I'm sorry Angel. I didn't mean to complicate things. It just felt right. God you aren't mad are you?"

"Um..No, but that can't happen again. I'm with Shane now Jeff and I can't do this anymore."

"I'm sorry, it just came over me and I couldn't help myself. You kissed me back Angel. I wasn't imagining it."

"You're right, I did kiss back and it felt amazing. It always feels amazing when we kiss Jeff, but it cannot happen and will not happen again."

Angel grabbed her head as she felt a headache come over her. Getting these headaches was something she hoped she didn't have to live with for long. They were really taking a toll on her mental state.

"I'm going to go sleep this off, and if Shane calls, tell him to call me back later. This day has been way to long for my liking."

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Before Jeff could say anything she was upstairs and in her bedroom. Shane had moved into Jason's old room and given her his old room. It still had a personal touch left over from when he was in there and she liked it that way. She had made a major mistake tonight, being drawn into that kiss with Jeff. It would never happen again. She got into bed when her cell phone rang.

"Angel Michaels."

"So you're back in work mode again I see. I'm on my way home baby. How does it feel to be out among the living again?"

"It feels so great. I miss you Shane, please get home soon."

"Is something the matter?"

"Jeff...um.nevermind. Just come home soon please."

"Jeff what baby?"

"He kissed me Shane, alright? I didn't stop him either. Just please come home."

Shane hung up the phone and stared into space. God, he couldn't even trust his friend to drive his girlfriend home from the hospital. Angel, she didn't even push him away either. He had never felt so betrayed in his life.

Angel threw the phone down and broke down in tears. She couldn't believe what she'd done. She would never lie to Shane, and when she had told him the truth he had immediately hung up on her. Why did she let herself be drawn in by Jeff again? He was so excited about her teaming with him, and well it was just an innocent mistake.

Angel got her suitcase from under her bed, packed some clean clothes and threw her pictures and her laptop inside. She had to get out of here. Going down the stairs quietly so not to alarm Jeff, she ran out to her car and jumped inside. She started the car and just drove, not really knowing where she was going. She just knew it had to be anywhere but here. She couldn't hurt Jeff and Shane anymore, and it was time to go back where she belonged. She just had to figure out where that was.

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"Jeff, let me talk to her alright? She must have turned her cell phone off."

"She's not here Shane, and I don't know where she went because I've been here the entire time. I went to check on her and her pictures, clothes and laptop were gone. What the hell is happening around here?"

"Did you kiss her again? Or are you saving that until I get home and I can watch again? Why would she just up and leave Jeff?"

"She told you we kissed obviously, and you got mad at her right? Then you tell me why she would just run off because you seem to be the one making her do it."

"I did get mad. You kissed my girlfriend Jeff. I hung up on her, but so what? Why would that make her leave?"

"Because it's happened before Shane. She has been with a wrestler before. She won't allow herself to come between two friends obviously. Jesus she could be anywhere by now. She seems to be running away to make things right. I've got to call Shawn."

"I'll fill Matt in over here, and we will be there soon. We have to find her Jeff, before something serious happens again."

"I know Shane, I know." Jeff said placing the phone back on the hook and staring out the window, as a tear slowly slid down his face. They did have to find Angel, so he could make this alright again and just make her come home.

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