Synopsis: Basically, it's set in theory in 2010. Five years after the Matt/Amy/Adam debacle, Matt has since had a child (Isabelle) with Ashley, while Amy is enjoying the peak of her career, though still single. In the usual dramatic fashion, Matt continues to recognise the fact that his relationship with Amy was never truly resolved, and as a result, it is negatively effecting his relationship with his fiance and partner, Ashley.
Caution: Occasional course language
Main players: Matt Hardy, Amy Dumas, Ashley Massaro, Sam (Character) and other various individuals.
Chapter 1:
"Matt, can you look after Isabelle? I just wanted to see if I could hit the gym for an hour."
He nodded, "Sure Ash. Take your time. I love you."
"I love you too babe." She leaned forward and kissed him as she picked up her bag and headed towards the door.
"Dad, can you come and play with me?" his four year old daughter asked.
"Sure baby. What do you want to play?" He could not help but smile when he looked at her.
"I don't know," she laughed.
"Izzy, do you have any idea what you want to play?" Matt picked her up and sat her on his lap.
"No. What do you want to play?" She laughed once again.
Matt placed the strands of her blonde hair behind her left ear gently, "I don't mind."
"I love you Daddy," she said out of nowhere.
"I love you too honey." Matt mentally acknowledged that it was these moments in his life that he needed to cherish.
"Like you love Mommy?" she asked.
He stopped for a moment before he replied. "No, I love your Mom in a different way."
"What do you mean?"
"Well…I love you because you're the most important thing in my life and it's impossible not to love you. I love your Mommy because she is your Mommy." He was not sure how to answer the question.
Matt did not hear Ashley walk back into the kitchen to retrieve her forgotten keys from the kitchen table.
"So you can love lots of people?"
Matt nodded, "Exactly."
"Did you love that lady in the picture over there?" she asked, pointing to a photograph of himself, Jeff, his father and Amy at No Mercy 2000.
"Why would you ask that honey?"
"Because you're smiling at her in the picture like you smile at Mom," she observed
He sat in slight shock for a moment, "She was an old friend, and you know Amy. She was at your Uncle Jeff's birthday last year."
"So you love her like you love Mommy?" she again questioned.
"No, in different ways."
"How?"
"Well Izzy, Amy, like your Mom, was very beautiful, and smart and funny. And she was a really close friend of mine for a long time. This was a long time before you were born though and before I met your Mom." Matt looked at the photograph and smiled slightly.
"So you did love her Daddy?"
"Yes, honey, I did very much."
"How much? Like Mommy?" she asked again.
Matt shook his head, grinning, "Isabelle Moore, stop asking me questions that I can't answer. Didn't you want to play a game?"
"Okay, I want to play a game." She jumped off of his lap and ran towards the basketball in the corner of the room.
Ashley's head dropped slightly as she walked out the door, disappointed with Matt.