Love Games

A/N: All wrestlers mentioned in this story belong to themselves, the OC's belong to me but other than that please enjoy the story and I enjoy getting reviews. Thanks much.

Summery: When Phil and Alexis ended their relationship, Lexie swore she would never wrestle again and her daughter would be her life now. Four years later when her big brothers get signed to TNA and Dixie Carter makes Lexie and offer she can't refuse. A chance meeting backstage with a charming, goofy guy from the Motor City made the single mother realize that there is always a second chance at happiness.

Chapter One: In the past we see our future.

When I was asked to do an episode of Tyra about women in professional wrestling I laughed, I hadn't wrestled in almost five years but Tyra Banks is a hard woman to say no to. So as I sat in the make-up chair back stage I was completely unaware of what this could mean for my career. Fans might assume that this was the start of my great comeback, it wasn't. I was a mom now, Zoe was my life. Not to mention who would want to sign me, I hadn't been in a ring with anyone but my boys in since I quit the indies.

The producer came over to me with a bright smile on her face. "Miss Moore, you're on in five." I nodded and looked back at the young girl who was touching up my hair and I took a deep breath before looking down at my cell phone which was starting to vibrate.

Zoe says – I love you mama. Good Luck

Shannon had been watching Zoe for me while I ran to New York, I laughed when I read his text. I sent him one back.

Shan give Zoe a kiss for me and don't let Jeffy make her little itchweed again! I took three baths to get all the paint off!

I hit send and just as I was standing up to head out I got a new picture message from Jeff. It was my a picture of my daughter with her hair up in pigtails and her face all painted up like Jeff's. She was up on his shoulders laughing. {The return of Little Itchweed… great} I thought with a laugh as I was ushered to where I would come out.

"Alright, my next guest was one of the most respected young female wrestlers who made her away across the country and even took several trips overseas. Ladies and Gentlemen, Lexie Moore!"

I walked out and waved at the audience who started shouting "Please come back. Please come back." I laughed and sat down in the chair opposite of Tyra and smiled.

"Wow…" I mumbled looking around with a big grin on my face. "I thought everyone forgot me!" I said with a little laugh.

"Obviously not, it must be nice to know that all of your fans still want you to come back after how long has it been?" Tyra asked cheerfully.

I shrugged and pretended to count in my head. "Five years, just about any ways." I looked back at the screen behind us and there was an old wrestling photo of me with, him. Zoe's father, Phil. The man who broke my heart and now is one of the top wrestlers in the WWE. I rolled my eyes when I saw the picture but looked back at Tyra and smiled.

"So why did you leave, you never really gave your fans an explanation." I was dreading this question because it would open up a can of worms that should just really stay closed.

"Well I had a baby, with Punk there…" I said motioning back towards the picture. "Her name is Zoe, she's four now. I quit mostly because I wanted to take care of her and traveling as much as you do in this business it was hard for me to leave her to go back so I moved back home to North Carolina and have been raising my little girl, with the help of my family." I thought it was a good enough answer that Tyra wouldn't push the topic any more. I was not in the mood to answer all these questions about Phil and Zoe. I thought I was here to talk about the wrestling business and how it was hard to get into and shit like that. Not my failed relationship with CM Punk.

Tyra leaned forward and reached out to take my hand. "Being a single mom must be hard," I laughed and shook my head.

"Really it's not easy but I have my family to help me out whenever I need it and no one can ever tell me my little girl isn't probably the most loved little girl in all of North Carolina. I actually just got this picture from my bro Jeff." I said pulling out my IPhone and opened up the picture message Jeff just sent me. I showed it to Tyra who just smiled.

"I wish you guys could see this! It's the cutest little picture, Zoe is a beautiful little girl." I nodded as she handed me back the phone. "No is Jeff your actually brother?" She asked placing her hands in her lap.

I laughed, "No, he's not biologically my brother but Matt, Jeff, Jeff's girlfriend Beth and their father Gil are my second family. Zoe wouldn't be the girl she is if it wasn't for their help, my actually brother Shannon as well." I said sticking my phone back into the pocket of my jeans.

The rest of the interview was pretty much me answering questions from the audience and a few other guests about what it was like to get into the business and why I didn't take the contract with the WWE when I was offered one three years ago. I just said I had my reasons. The real reason was I couldn't bring myself to work for the same company as Phil after he cheated on me and left me for Maria… who he later left for my former best friend Amy. As I got ready to leave I checked my messages.

Two from Jeff begging me not to kill him for making Zoe little Itchweed again, he said that the fans love her and Beth was giving her a bath as he was leaving me the message. I laughed and erased it, the next one was from Shannon who said he had no idea that Jeff was doing little Itchweed again and that he would make sure she was paint free when I got home tomorrow. The last one was from Phil.

"Hey Lex, listen… I can't make it to Zoe's birthday party next week. Amy's got this show in Detroit and she won't let me go. Tell her I'm sorry and I'll take her to a Cubs game when I get a few days off. Oh and tell her daddy loves her. Thanks Lex give me a call later. Oh e-mail me pictures from the part please." I sighed and hit the erase button and quickly dialed him back.

The chances that Phil would actually pick up was slim to none but thankfully he picked up. "Hello.." He said slightly unsure of who it was, oh.. I must of blocked my number again. Fuck.

"Phil really how can you pick Amy over your daughter? Really… She doesn't turn five every fucking year Phil. This is a big deal to her. She's been telling all of her friends for weeks that her daddy was going to be there with the belt! She is going to be fucking heartbroken!" I said walking out onto the busy streets of New York and ushered into an awaiting cab that was taking me back to the hotel.

Phil sighed on the other end, "Hold on a second, Scott tell Amy I'm going outside!" I heard Scott ramble something off and then the door slam. "Listen Lex I'm sorry, but I'm trying really hard to make this fucking relationship work and she asked me like a month ago to go with her to this gig and I said yes totally forgetting about Zoe's birthday party. I'll send you some money get her something nice alright, we're at a party at Scott's so I gotta run."

"Phil you hang up that phone after giving me that bull shit I swear to God I will make them raise your child support and cut your visitations…" I screamed into the phone. "You are picking a whore.. and before you say shit, Amy is a whore she fucking cheated on my BROTHER with ADAM! I have every right to say that because she was my best friend for years, for fucks sake she and Matt are Zoe godparents. Now you are fucking her!" Phil sighed and I could tell that he was probably chewing a hole in his cheek.

Everything I said was right and I had every right to be upset. How he would feel if I went off and slept with Scott or Chris, he would be just as pissed as I am right now. It took a lot of soul searching I forgave him for cheating on me so we could be friends for Zoe's sake but when he started dating Amy I wasn't the only one angry with him. My whole family was.

"Lexie listen, I'm sorry you're mad but you have to fucking grow up and get fucking over this shit! And if one of your brother gets in my face about this shit I swear to god I will go to my lawyer and tell them about how you and Jeff got high while you had Zoe and I'll get her and you'll be the one begging to see her so fucking shut your fucking fat mouth and I'll see Zoe when I fucking can!" And click, he hung up. Bastard.

When I got out of the cab and into the hotel I crawled into the unfamiliar bed and began to cry. I was so sick of feeling like shit. So I still loved Phil a little bit but I knew that I could never be with him. I hadn't really dated anyone since the break up, I actually went out on a date with Matt… which was beyond awkward, when we kissed it was like kissing your brother. It was so incredibly wrong. Jeff and Shannon said that if I just got out there and dated someone I wouldn't feel so bad anymore but there was the whole putting yourself out there part that was scaring the hell out of me.

My phone began to ring I took a deep breath and tried to stop crying. It was Jeff. "Hi." I said softly.

"Hey baby sis, how did the show go? Are you going to be more famous than me!" Even though Jeff sounded happy and cheerful like Jeff always does. I just started to cry harder and Jeff told Beth to hold on. "Ok speak Lexie, do I have to come up to New York and kill some model."

I pulled the covers over my head took another deep breath. "No but do you want to get on the next flight to Chicago and kill Phil Brooks for me…" Jeff used to be good friends with Phil but when Jeff found out Phil cheated on me he nearly killed him. Jeff was taking a deep breath and told Beth he was alright and asked her to take Zoe outside to play with the dogs.

"What the fuck did he do?" Jeff asked in a harsh but soft tone. I didn't want him get angry with Phil because he is Zoe's father and we all have to deal with him. Plus in our family, when one us gets angry it just starts going down the line till we all around pissed and ready to tear people's heads of.

"He picked Amy over Zoe… he's not coming to her birthday party next week. I don't how I'm going to tell her. She's going to be so crushed. She already is upset with him because he missed her dance recitle and when she finds out he's not coming she's going to hate him. I don't want her to hate her father!" I said in tears before burring my head in the soft pillow.

I could picture Jeff in my mind, he was probably pacing around his living room with a cigarette between his lips. "Listen… Phil isn't the world's greatest father. Why you haven't tired to have his rights revoked is beyond me Lex. But Zoe will have all of us there. She'll just have to settle for having her goofy Uncles alright. We're doing a special Hardy Show episode devoted just to our favorite little princess. By the way, I should have asked you about turning Zoe into Little Itchweed… who we are calling Daisy by the way… she loves doing it though." He was right, about everything. I tried to smile at the idea of the boys doing a whole show devoted to Zoe, who was really starting to get quite a fallowing of her own among fans of the Hardy Show. (Much to Phil's dismay.)

"You're right Jeffy, as always. Thanks."

"Any thing for you babe… listen Shannon's got the meeting with Dixie Carter and TNA tonight so Beth and I are going to keep little bit here tonight. Is that cool?" I almost forgot the boys had meetings with the head of TNA this weeks. Jeff's happened before I left and I forgot Shannon had to head down to Florida tonight for the meeting tomorrow. They were getting things finalized for the boys to head down there as part of the big January 4th live show. Dixie had been calling me asking me to sign up with them claiming that they would give me title within six months. I said I had to think about but I would do the January 4th show because my boys were going to be there.

"It's fine. Hey Jeffy, I'm going to go take a bath then go to bed. Give Zoe a kiss for me alright. I have to think about how I'm going to tell Zoe about Phil." I said pushing the covers off me and looking at the clock on the wall. It was a little after six.

"Alright, listen if you need help telling little bit I'll help ya. I'm sure Beth would to. We all love her like she was our own. Get some sleep Lex." We said out goodbyes and I ended the call.

Tomorrow was not going to be a good day, my only hope was that Zoe would go to sleep still loving her daddy. Which might be a lot to ask from her but he is her father. Why does being a parent have to be so fucking complicated.