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Chapter Twelve - Escape

Jasmine made her way through the curtain knowing Rain wasn't far behind, thankful to see the help she hoped for - her sister, Hunter, Jeff and Matt. The frantic looks in their eyes told Jasmine what was ahead for her, especially knowing her best friend's temper.

"We've got a plan to distract her. Just go and hide with the boys in catering," Bella said as Jeff and Matt rushed her into the makeshift cafeteria as planned. Jasmine hid close behind them while Bella and Hunter stayed in the Gorilla awaiting Rain's entry. The angry brunette finally made her way past the curtain to backstage and saw her half brother and surrogate sister standing there.

"Where is she?" Rain demanded from Bella as she stomped closer to the pair.

Bella answered her back with, "Who's she?"

"Jazz."

"Jazz who?"

"Your sister."

"You?"

"No, your real sister."

"Who's that?"

"Y'know, Jasmine Delilah Barlow, your younger sister!"

Bella cocked her head in faux-naivety. "You changed your name?"

"No." Rain hit the palm of her hand to her forehead in frustration.

"Did you hit your head in the match Rain? I mean, Jasmine."

"No! And my name is not Jasmine, it's Rain!"

"But you just said- wait, what are we talking about again?"

"I asked you where Jazz was."

"Who's that?"

Rain gave up trying to reason with Bella's bogus idiocracy; Rain knew she wouldn't get anywhere with Bella. Both the Hardy brothers saw Bella's diversion and decided to walk down the corridor to make it around the corner, where Jasmine's getaway was awaiting. Bella observed her plan setting out over Rain's shoulder when the former tag team champion noticed the suspicious feeling in the atmosphere. She turned around to see Jeff and Matt sneakily making their way down the hallway. Until she noticed an extra pair of feet.

"Jazz!"

The Hardys glanced over their shoulders to see Rain staring directly at Jasmine. Matt looked over at his younger sibling and said, "Go, get her out of here. I can handle this."

Jeff nodded in recognition and took Jasmine's hand, guiding her away from the present-drama. Bella immediately chicken-winged Rain to restrict her against running after Jasmine, knowing how Rain could handle certain situations. Rain looked back at her friend and struggled against her restraint, failing to set herself free. The one thing Rain wanted was to make some sense of her best friend's absurd actions, and she was being held against her will.

"Let go of me!" Rain shouted. "I have to talk to Jazz."

"First, you need to calm down," Matt said.

"I am calm!" Rain screamed back, unaware of her volume.

"Rain, you don't need to be fighting with your best friend," Matt said as he physically convinced Bella to let go of Rain, "nor anyone else."

Rain sighed heavily and continued, "I need to know what happened out there in the ring."

"And that's fine, but you need to talk to her reasonably, ok? No one ever wants to ruin a friendship, especially one so close."

Rain smiled internally as Matt's wisdom and looked up into his chocolate brown eyes as calming feelings rushed through her body; which in turn made Rain uncontrollably snake her arms around her crush's waist. Rain cuddled her head into Matt's chest and felt his muscles against her curves, closing her eyes and smiling. Matt looked surprised at first, and wasn't sure what to do with her older brother watching over protectively. Bella chastised Hunter who eventually gave Matt an approving nod, and the brunette man smiled to himself and placed his arms around her shoulders.

-x-

Jeff and Jasmine had finished their sprint when they finally made it to the Diva's locker room door. Jasmine collapsed on the wall opposite and slid down the wall as she tried to catch her breath before speaking.

"Thank you Jeff, so much," Jasmine said in between breaths as Jeff pulled himself down and joined her on the floor.

"You're very welcome."

"Right now, the last thing I wanna deal with is an angry Rain."

"Well, it is my fault." Jeff lifted his legs to his abdomen and wrapped his arms around his knees.

Jasmine looked at him quizically as she crossed her legs underneath herself. "How is this any of your fault?"

"I saw how focused you were before your match, but I couldn't help myself. I wanted to talk to you. I should've left you alone."

"I should've paid attention during the match." Jasmine giggled at her daydreaming on live television.

"It is still partially my fault, and I'm sorry," Jeff said as he lowered his gaze to the tiles. Jasmine put her hands on either side of his face, forcing him to look her directly in the eye.

"Don't worry about it. I don't want you putting the blame on yourself." Jasmine gazed at him with a forgiving look in her eyes and lowered her hands to his knee.

Jeff looked into Jasmine's big green eyes and was overwhelmed with the need to kiss her at that moment. As he leaned in closer to her, he sensed her leaning back into him. As he raked his fingers through her hair, he heard Rain's voice traveling down the hallway screaming Jasmine's name. The rainbow-haired female sighed and looked up from under her eyelashes.

"I'm sorry," Jasmine whispered as Rain rounded the corner to see the duo within close proximities.

"Oh, am I interrupting something?" Rain said.

Jeff stood up, using the wall as support, and said, "No, it's fine."

"But if you two were talking, I really don't wanna bother you," Rain said as she watched Jeff walk down the hallway she had come from. "What just happened?"

"Ignore it for now. What's up?" Jasmine said, patting the floor in front of her.

Rain sat Indian-style on the cold tiles and said, "I need to find out what happened out there in the ring."

"I was just distracted, when I know I shouldn't have. Please don't be mad at him," Jasmine defended the Rainbow-haired Warrior.

"I'm not mad at anyone. I'm just upset about losing the match. We could've won, I just know it." Rain sighed and fought with herself mentally not to yell.

"We would've kicked ass, and I'm so sorry for what happened out there. It won't happen again," Jasmine said and placed a hand on her best friend's shoulder.

"I forgive you," Rain said. "I don't want to lose you, you're the greatest friend I've ever had. The only person I can really count on."

"Really? So you're not yelling at me?"

"Why would I? You're my sister." Rain pulled Jasmine into a hug and helped each other up to stand.

"I never wanted to let you down. I promise I won't ever let you down again." Jasmine wrapped her arms around Rain's shoulders as they began their trek back to catering.

"Let's just worry about the future now." Rain pulled her friend in closer. "I bet Bell's freaking out right now."

Jasmine and Rain laughed as they turned the corner of the hallway.

-x-

Bella paced back and forth in catering waiting upon the return of her baby sister and her best friend, while Hunter and Matt were sitting at one table; they finally were able to withhold a conversation without Hunter's big brother side kicking in. Just when Bella had decided to go find Jasmine, she heard the missing friends' giggling carry down the hallway. Bella jumped at the sound and ran towards the door to see her sister and friend walking arm-in-arm to her.

"Is everything alright?" Bella frantically said which made the two stop and look at her.

"Perfect." Jasmine beamed at her sister. "But I think I might need to go talk to Jeff."

"What happened?" Bella was concerned, Jeff being a friend and all.

"We were about to kiss when Rain the cock-blocker came running round the corner," Jasmine said jokingly, Bella gaping at Rain.

"What? I didn't mean to," Rain looked down at the floor. "I could've left."

Bella turned toward her little sister and said, "Go find Jeff and talk to him now."

"I probably should." Jasmine turned from her sisters and made her way back down the hallway towards the Smackdown locker room.

Bella turned towards Rain as she watched her sister walk away with an unnerving look. "Seriously? How could you butt in like that?"

"I said I didn't mean to!" Rain pleaded.

"I hope that didn't ruined Jazz's chance with her dream guy," Bella said, returning back to the bonding males to leave Rain fuming again over something silly.