Title: An Appetite For Love-Chapter 1.

Author: Carly.

Rating: G.

Disclaimer: I only own any original characters later in the story. Everyone else owns themselves.

Summary: Amy has had a long and hard journey to overcome her anorexia. Although she still has to make a complete recovery, she's getting stronger everyday. Everything in her life is beginning to fall into place, except for one thing: love. She has yet to find her soul mate but who will be the person to satisfy her appetite for love?

Amy Dumas walked through the halls of the arena, smiling widely. It felt so good to have returned and could only hope she would be wrestling again soon. Although she still had some way to go until she was one hundred percent, she was desperate to get back to work. Strolling through the corridors, she wondered around for a little while until she finally went in search of Matt and Jeff's locker room. She eventually found it and stood outside, nervously. Smoothing down her clothes, she gave herself the once over before knocking. Even though she normally didn't care how they saw her, basically because they had already seen her most ways possible, this time was different. They hadn't seen her in so long and her heart was pounding as she knocked on the door before popping her head around the door. But to her disappointment, it was empty.

"Excuse me, can I help you?" a voice came from behind her. Amy whipped around and saw a woman with shoulder-length blonde hair.

"Well, I'm looking for Matt Hardy. Have you seen him anywhere?" she asked, hopefully.

"He'll be here in a second. He's with his boss at the moment. My name's Sarah Adams.and you are?"

"I'm Amy Dumas. Matt's one of my closest friends, actually."

Amy suddenly knew who she was. Jeff had merely mentioned Sarah in a phone conversation several weeks back when he said that Matt had met somebody but that was all she knew. She was surprised that Matt hadn't told her about Sarah himself but then again, they'd rarely talked lately. Amy looked at her as they stood in silence. She was a pretty girl, with blonde hair and blue eyes, and very petite. They sat at opposite of the locker room, in complete silence, because they didn't really know what to say to each other.

Suddenly the door burst open and Matt walked through. He looked up and couldn't believe the person that sat in front him. Amy, his best friend for roughly five years, the woman he knew better then he knew himself, the person he confided in for his problems and she him, the woman he laughed and talked for hours on end with. She looked like a new woman since he had last seen her. Her hair was slightly shorter and a deeper shade of red. The colour was back in her face, the sparkle had returned to her hazel eyes and she'd put on a healthy amount of weight. Matt still didn't believe she was there and was stuck in a trance for a moment.

"Amy?" he exclaimed, stunned. "Wha-What are you doing here? You look great." He walked over to her and enveloped her in a bear hug.

"I left the clinic today and came straight here," she answered, still hugging him tightly, something she hadn't done in a long time. "I'm almost better so hopefully I can start wrestling again." They quickly caught up and Matt officially introduced Sarah as his girlfriend. She found out they'd been dating for five weeks and had met at a diner in Cameron. Sarah saw that they wanted to be alone for a while so made her excuses and left. Matt and Amy sat on the black leather sofa and talked for ages about what they'd been up to over the past few months. She told him all about the clinic and the friends she'd made there. 'It's so great to finally hear her voice again,' he thought to himself as she laughed, recalling all the things that had happened.

They talked for ages until Matt realised he had only ten minutes before Raw began and his match was first on the card. He said goodbye to Amy and left, as she remained sitting in the locker room. She decided to go and see the rest of the gang and went in search of the greenroom where she knew everyone would be. She entered through the door and everybody turned around, shocked to see Amy there. They all came running to her, hugging and welcoming her back. When they eventually gave her some space, she sat down and talked to them all, but mainly Stephanie and Trish, about everything. She had missed her friends so much and was glad to finally see them again. They had all been so supportive throughout her anorexia and her time in the clinic had allowed her to realise that she almost pushed them away.

After Raw had finished, she retreated to the hotel to relax. She'd had a tiring day, catching up with everyone. She'd also talked to Vince about the possibility of returning very soon. He was happy to see her healthy again but also knew that her anorexia had weakened her body slightly. He finally agreed but only if she reached her normal weight again then she could start training. It would also give them a chance to think up of an explosive return.

Amy was on the phone, ordering room service, when there was a knock at the door. It was nearly midnight and everyone else was either at a club or driving to their next destination for Smackdown so Amy knew it could only be one person.

"Hi, Matt," she greeted, the second she opened the door.

"Hey. Are you busy?" he asked, giving her a small hug. She shook her head and opened the door to allow him entrance. "I thought we could hang out," he suggested.

"Yeah, ok. But what about Sarah?"

"Oh, she's with an old friend from college." They laid on the double bed, talking about whatever entered their heads and ideas for Amy's return until the early hours of the morning. They laughed and chatted, and watched movies while eating popcorn. "God, we haven't done this in what feels like forever. It's great to do it again."

"Well, you stopped visiting.and calling for that matter.why? I really missed you, Matt."