*!Dinner Party Revelations!*

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Hayley pulled her car to a stop on the abandoned street that Summer lived on. She looked around and caught the beauty of the trees and the quiet that surrounded her. She couldn't believe there was a place this truly beautiful In any part of the world. It must really be nice to live here. Stepping out of the car, and making sure her dress was still attached to her, she made her way up the walk to the doorway. Ringing the doorbell she waited with baited breath until Summer came to the door.

"Hayley, you made it!" Summer said pulling her gently into the house and towards the deck where everyone was standing around talking.

"Yeah, thanks for inviting me" she smiled as Summer brought her around and introduced her to everyone.

"I want you all to meet the new head writer of Raw, her name is Hayley Carmichael, and she graciously agreed to join me here tonight to meet the rest of the gang. That blonde guy with the new haircut, you already know as Jason, we call him Jay around these parts, when he decides to come and visit us, and over there is Trish, and my husband Jeff Hardy."

"I finally see someone I know from all the times my roommate wanted to watch Raw. It's nice to finally meet you Jeff." Hayley managed to choke out after her initial astonishment. She knew that Summer was a Hardy now, but she didn't realize who she was married too.

"Everyone remembers Jeff at one point or another, it's a Carolina thing, huh Hayley? Well, that is Matt Hardy and Amy Dumas over there, that's Jeff's brother and my best friend. Have you met Shane? He's the tall one over there with the green hair."

"Yeah, we met at Raw the other night."

Matt turned and looked at Hayley with a look of confusion. This was the girl that spent the whole night talking to Shane at the club, and now here she was pretending she had only just met him at Raw the previous night. Something was seriously wrong with this picture. He had to talk to his buddy and find out what the hell was going on here. Matt figured he would play along with what she was dishing out though, so there weren't any problems.

"Yeah Summer, we met at Raw after you came and told me about her. How's it going Hayley?" Shane asked quietly before turning back to Shannon and pretending she wasn't there.

"It's going fine Shane. You have a really nice place here Summer. I didn't think there was a place this serene in Carolina. You found a perfect place."

"I know, I think I even knew back then when I moved into the place across the street. When we decided to get married, I hated to let my place go, but well I still got to keep the neighborhood, so it worked out well. You want me to show you around?"

"Sure, I'd love that."

"Hey Trish, do you want to come with us? There is some stuff I haven't even showed you yet!" Summer said grabbing the two of them and walking towards the stairs to the second floor."

"Hey guys, don't miss us too much, we'll be right back." Trish exclaimed before heading up the stairs behind Summer and Hayley.

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"Shane, buddy why are you acting so indifferent to her?"

"To who?"

"You know who I'm talking about man, don't give me that look either. She came in here and when she caught your eye, and Summer introduced you two, she acted like she had just met you on Raw."

"She did just meet me Matt."

"Yeah, but we all know she met you at the club. So why did she make up the Raw thing?"

"Listen guys, it's nothing big alright. She just met me on Raw and I told her that no matter what happened at the club, I wasn't looking for anything serious."

"Oh give me a break man! You couldn't stop thinking about her all day Monday. Why the sudden change?" Jay interrupted, after hearing Shane spit off the line of bullshit.

"It wasn't a sudden change. Look guys, you have the perfect girls; they are in the business with you, or at home with you. They accept everything the way it is. With Hayley, I don't want to make her think there can be more, when I'm on the road all the time. I can't deceive her like that. That's why I said it." Shane explained with a sigh, taking another drink of his beer.

"Okay, I'm confused here. I just thought she was hired as a head writer for the show you are on, wasn't she? So doesn't that mean she accepts what happens on the road as normal now?" Matt questioned.

"Yeah, I suppose it does. Look guys, I told her I wasn't ready for anything serious and I'm not, so can we drop it now?"

"Yeah whatever buddy, but you know what? If someone else from Raw chooses to date her, you can't get angry, because you fucked it up."

"Do you know something I don't know Jay?"

"No, I'm just stating that the girl was into you, and now that you've made it clear you aren't interested in her, she may move on to someone that is. I'm just leaving you with that thought."

As the other guys walked back to the kitchen to get some more beer and wine coolers for the girls, Shane sat down on the couch and thought about what Jay had said. Hayley wasn't just some girl from Raleigh anymore. She was a girl from Raleigh who just happened to work with him. Jay was right when he said that shouldn't stop Shane from making a move on her and getting to know her better, it wasn't like he would be marrying her right away or anything. He had to do something, and fast, or this pretty girl he wanted to get to know better, would slip right out of his fingers and on to someone else.

"So what are you thinking about now buddy?" Matt asked sitting down in the chair beside Shane's and glancing at him eagerly.

"I'm thinking that you guys are right. I have to do something before I lose something that might have a potential to be good. I just hope she hasn't given up on me yet!" Shane patted Matt on the arm and went to the stairs. Taking one look up to the top, he jumped the stairs two at a time. He had to make sure she would listen to him this time.

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