"My Stupid Mouth"
Matt Hardy/Ashley Massaro
Main Characters: Matt Hardy of course! Shannon Moore, Ashley Massaro, Shane Helms, Jeff Hardy, and many more 3
Disclaimer: Sadly I do not own any of these characters; I'm trying to find a fic that I can just keep writing. If you like it follow it. I'm going to try and actually make a schedule for this one to write it. We'll see how that goes. Maybe because it's not an Original character I'll do better.
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Chapter One: "Food, Pranks, and Ex-Girlfriends"
It was a hot and humid day in Cameron, North Carolina. A lone dog named Lucas ran across the yard yipping in excitement while jumping up and down. Lucas rushed across the ground pulling up grass with his claws as he rushed in excitement. Out through the front door walked Shannon Moore holding his dog Oz. He placed Oz down to stop from the wiggling. Oz chased after Lucas who was much more focused on the new arrival to the house. The car door shut with Lucas' tail spinning in a circle in excitement. He gently gets picked up giving his daddy, Matt Hardy, the warmest greeting to see him back. Matt looked at Shannon's dog, while cuddling Lucas he greeted Oz while pulling out his suitcases. Shannon walked over.
"Finally." Shannon huffed walking barefoot towards Matt's car.
"Hey, stop your complaining." Matt said back to Shannon, "And besides what the hell are you doing here?"
"The Legend called me," Matt's dad is so affectionately called among the Carolina crew, Shannon stopped waiting to make sure Matt was paying attention. "Asked me to 'Go see what the ruckus is at Matthew's house damn dog is barking like a hurricane.' End quote." Shannon said so plainly.
"And?" Matt multitasking pulled more bags out of his car handing them to Shannon.
"And what?"
"What was the ruckus?"
"Oh! Oz was eating Lucas' food."
Matt froze and turned looking at Shannon fully confused. "You said Pops called you."
"He did."
"Then why were you at my house?"
"Oh. I was out of beer."
"Reject one of these days I won't be happy about you always in my house." Matt dragged one of his suitcases still getting kisses from Lucas. Shannon carries the other bags following Matt in who nearly fell on his stairs as Oz tore into the open doorway. "And shut the door if you are coming outside."
Shannon made mocking faces at Matt while he spoke following his friend into the house. "Someone has to take care of Lucas. Matt, dog don't feed himself."
"Andrew was taking care of him" Matt pointed out that their Hardy Show worker and family friend was doing it. Shannon shut the door behind them.
"Which is why I came over, I told him I'd do it after and before work at Gas Chamber, plus I kept-" Matt stopped making Shannon run into him stopping his sentence.
"What the hell happened?" Matt froze in the living room right by the stairway up to his bedroom. There was ripped up pillows on the ground.
"Oh! Oz and I were playing get rid of Matt's girly things, weren't we Oz!" Shannon picked up his heavy dog and cuddled him with a smirk heading in to the kitchen like it was nothing. Matt tossed his suitcases in the laundry room like Shannon had done already trying to ignore this. Matt set Lucas on the ground letting the dog roam free. Matt followed into his kitchen pulling open the fridge door looking at the empty doors.
"There is nothing in here."
"That's what I was suppose to tell you, Julie said she would send food over 'cause I was eating yours."
"You realize you are married so you can eat her food right?"
"Yeah?" He said so matter of fact, like what's your point.
"Damn it, Shannon!" Matt shut the door in desperate need for food as he had been on the road for the awhile and he just wanted to eat SOMETHING but since his friends are permanently a fixture at his house it made life that much more difficult for him to eat something. Shannon set Oz down and hopped up on the counter holding one of Matt's beers in hand. Matt took off his sunglasses and hat throwing them on the counter. He hit play on his answering machine with normal voice messages from Jeff, Beth, his dad, friends, nothing too out of the ordinary a few hang ups. He pulled the door to a cupboard open before a female voice came up.
"Matt Hardy!!" a female voice squealed in excitement. Matt turned looking at the answering machine as if some crazy fan had gotten his number. He looks at Shannon who mouths 'don't look at me'.
"M-M-H! You don't answer your text messages mister so I have to resort to calling your house phone? Who do you think I am some girl you can sleep with and not call back?" There was a chuckle from Shannon and Matt's eyes seemed more confused. "I'm just kidding silly! It's Ash! Hit me up mister! I'm heading to North Carolina soon for a photo shoot session. Odd place to have a photo shoot right?" Ashley Massaro laughed into the phone. "Anyway! I want to catch up, you owe me that mister! Later!"
Matt looked over at Shannon who smirked a bit at the answering machine. "The past calls again dun dun dunn!" Shannon chuckled as Matt hadn't seemed to figure out what was going on. "Yo, Matt! Do I need to snap my fingers? Or turn into a chicken wing?"
Matt blinked and looked over at Shannon. "Was that Ashley?"
"Sounded like her, what's weird about that? Matt you stay friends with most of your ex's there was Lori, Amy, now Ash. What's new about one of your friends calling?"
"N-Nothing. Just unexpected." He turned his face back to the cupboard.
"Unexpected like a chicken wing appearing SUDDENLY in your cupboard. Man lets go out. Julie is on the road. I'm starving."
"How could you be starving you ate ALL my food."
"Hey Shane and Jeff helped!"
"WHAT!?"
"Oh.. right, wasn't supposed to tell you that. Jeff says he and Beth owe you a dinner out.
"Of course they do," He breathed out. "Give me that," Matt took the beer that was half gone right out of Shannon's hand putting it in the fridge. "Really? Shannon you are like a poor child that I accidentally adopted and can't get rid of." Matt walked out of the room. Once the coast was clear Shannon hopped off the counter walking over grabbing the beer out of the fridge again following Matt.
"Moody today are we?" Shannon found it all too amusing as he drank down the bottle quickly before Matt noticed. Shannon saw another empty bottles on a table in the living room picking them up. Matt sighs picking up and tossing stuff back in its place. He looked at Shannon who held up the bottles. "Recycling." Shannon cheekily smiled.
"Just have a headache," Matt explained, "The bin was full when I left did anyone put it out to get picked up?"
"Of course." Shannon turned with his eyes widening, "shit" under his breath.
"What?"
"I sneezed."
"Oh, bless you."
Shannon walked out to the garage looking at the full bin of recycling. He looks back in the door way at Matt was distracted by Oz and Lucas. Shannon lifts it up quickly after dropping the two bottles on top of the pile. He quickly ran the bin out to the location where it gets picked up. He runs back into the house stepping on a pine cone on the way there yelping in pain.
"Son of a Bitch!" He squawked hopping back into the garage and running back inside shutting the door quickly.
"There you are. Where you want to go eat?"
Shannon bit his lower lip hoping the pain would go down quick. "Doesn't matter." He managed to squeak out.
"What did you do?" Matt's eyes narrowed like a scolding father knowing Shannon did something.
"I stepped on a pine cone." Shannon called out in a whine. "But only because I was making sure that recycling was picked up- - which it wasn't! You should call the recycling center they forgot again!"
"Again! Shane said that happened two weeks ago too! Jeff weeks before that! Honestly I'm getting tired of driving everything to that center when I get home, I don't have time for that." Matt huffed walking over to his phone book to call the recycling center. Shannon sighed in relief when there was a door bell ring. "Shan, can you get that I'm calling the center."
"Sure, don't mind me, I just got my foot decapitated-"
"You mean amputated – yes hello, can I speak to customer help"
Shannon rolled his eyes hobbling himself over to the door pulling it open. His eyes widen before shutting the door in the face of the person out there. He leans against the door. He runs to the kitchen trying to get Matt's attention.
"Yeah I'll hold, -- Shannon who was at the door."
"Ash."
"What? That's not funny, who was at the door?—Yes I'm still here," Matt gave an eye to Shannon who was still making a big commotion. Matt walked past him with his phone glued to his ear over to the door. Ashley was peaking in the side window with a sudden frantic wave at Matt. Matt let a smile come across his face to hide his surprise. He pulls open the door, "Nice to catch you Frank, I'm having some recycling pick up issues."
"What?" Ashley Massaro stood confused, Shannon looked around at Ashley before tucking into the kitchen. The two dogs run at the dirty diva barking at her. Matt covered his ear walking away from the dogs to the outside onto the porch. Ashley stood confused before shutting the door on Matt and picking up a pillow slowly off the couch. She ran around the counter hitting Shannon repetitively over the head. "Why did you shut the door in my face?" She hit him over and over as he tried to block with his hands.
"Cause! I, Ouch! Zipper on that pillow! Ashley! Knock it off"
"I see—thank you Frank." Matt hung up the phone. Ashley stopped once hearing Matt walk up behind her. She turned looking at Matt who to put it bluntly, If looks could kill, Shannon would be dead. Shannon looked at him. "So, after my last two complaints about it not getting picked up they so kindly informed me they were making check locations marks at my house to make sure it WASN'T getting forgotten. And as I live out in the middle of nowhere, You know what I found out Shannon-"
"That.. Frank is a good guy." Shannon sheepishly looked at Matt.
"That this whole time you and Shane had FORGOTTEN to do the ONE favor I asked. I let you drink and eat my food but you can't clean up after wards?"
"Look Matt, Ashley is here" Shannon happily tried to distract the situation. Ashley tugged at her hoodie with one hand and waved the pillow at Matt. He took the pillow and hit Shannon hard on the head with it before tossing it back in the living room making the dogs run after the pillow. Matt put the phone on the charger.
"Hi Ash." Matt tried to calm down looking at her. "This isn't over" He points at Shannon and walks over to Ashley greeting her with a hug. "I was about to call you back."
"Uh-huh, sure, too bad when I called you it was two weeks ago."
"I was here two weeks ago," Matt seemed puzzled. "Why didn't I notice that message?"
"Um, I know that one, ahem. She called during hardy show taping; Shane and I were in the kitchen at the time and saved it as an old message so you could get it done after the taping. Must have-" Shannon scratched the back of his head. He grabs Ashley by the arms and puts her in front of him as a shield. "Don't hurt me." He whimpered.
"Its fine Matty, I'm here now so no harm done. It's not like Shannon could have forgotten to tell you I was coming today too, right?" She grinned trying to help Shannon.
Shannon whispered. "It is kind of like Shannon forgot that." Matt instantly went to tightening his pony tail walking out of the kitchen. She looked over at Shannon. "What are you doing here Ash, I told you not to come, I even told you that Matt wasn't looking for what YOU were looking for, and last I heard he had a little thing with Eve blossoming."
"Oh chillax Shannon, I'm not here to kidnap him and marry him in Vegas. I just need to get some quality time with him again, I miss you crew guys. I miss you pissing off Matt. Most of all I miss Jeff pranking him."
"Ash, honestly, I hope you know what you are REALLY here for. Don't make it harder on him." Shannon said protectively.
"SHANNON! DAMMIT!" Shannon froze at Matt's southern accent yelling across the house. Ashley turned and looked at Shannon wondering what he did.
"I tin foil wrapped his bed with Jeff and Shane when they were home. That's a cue for me to head out. I'm starving. Enjoy, BEHAVE you hear me. I like Eve. Not that they are dating, oh god, don't tell him I told you about Eve.. Mind you I think his –"
"Don't you have to go somewhere?" She arched her eyebrow at him. Shannon whistled for Oz and picked up the dog hobbling to the front door picking up his shoes and quickly fleeing the premises.
Ashley walked around the kitchen taking in how long it's been since she was last at a Christmas Party here, let alone hanging with Matt. Matt walked into the kitchen with tin foil crumpled into a huge ball. He looked ready for war. He looked around. "Where is he hiding?" He asked the dirty diva.
"He went home. Guess you are stuck with me." She smiled; it was so nice to see him she thought. He hasn't changed a bit. "Nice arm." She lifted his cast ever so lightly. Matt looked at her hand touching his and looked back at her. He tosses the tinfoil ball making Lucas chase that.
"Well you know, hopefully it'll be a new trend." He looked at her as she was giving him the sweetest smile and her eyes were locked with his. He seemed suddenly confused by her smile. "What?"
"I missed you."
"Oh," He chuckled hugging her around the neck and kissing her on top of the head before walking back over to his cupboard. "I missed you too Ash, so what's going on? Photo shoots right? Anything I'd know about?"
"Oh, not really a little photo shoot its nothing high profile, little extra cash, need all I can take you know?"
"I know." Matt pulled out the last popcorn bag out of his cupboard and ripped off the wrapping tossing it into the microwave to start popping it. "How long you here? Or is this just a stop?"
"It's in Charlotte, but, I came early. To spend time with you, did my math and figured these were your days off. It was a long shot thank god Shannon gave me the age old hints that you'd be around and it'd be awkward if I came to see you."
He leaned against his counter; he didn't think it was awkward till he noticed the way she was looking at him. "It's never a problem when you come here; everyone else seems to live here but me."
"Oh, but it'd be better if you were actually here you know.. When I came here."
"Doesn't stop the boys from coming in, sometimes wished it did, but whoever I ask to look after the house and Lucas they always manage to invite everyone else over."
"Curse of having the nicest house Matty."
"Jeff's isn't too shabby; he and Beth finally have a house, house, not a trailer or my house." Ashley seemed to have been distracted by a group photo of Matt with the other divas in the kitchen corner. He walked over looking over her shoulder. "Earth to Beavis." Ashley backed up slightly not knowing he was behind her and stopped looking, muttering 'sorry sorry' before turning looking at him. "You okay?"
"There is no photo shoot." She confessed before hugging his waist. Matt instantly went to sympathy mode and hugged her tight.
"What's up Beavis?" He put his hand on the back of her head as she tried to compose herself; she refused to cry, not around him. She can't do that, anything but that. She stepped back and looked up at him before looking at shock pointing at the microwave.
"Matt!" Matt turned and saw smoke coming from the microwave, He opened it as Ashley covered her mouth coughing and waving her hand. Matt picked up a kitchen towel grabbing the bag of burnt popcorn the two run to the door opening it. He chucks it into the lawn in the backyard as Ashley starts laughing leaning in the door way. Matt looked so broken.
"What did I push," he complained, "That was my last food in this house."
"Aw," she covered her mouth hiding her smile behind the sleeve. Matt stared at his popcorn bag laying out in the lawn like it was a death in the family. She walked up behind Matt and hugged him. "I'll buy you a new popcorn bag when we give that one a nice funeral okay sweetheart." She teasingly stroked the side of his head. Matt turned and gave her the funniest look. She giggled before Matt picked her up by the waist and carried her inside the house like a football player would a football. She kicks a bit laughing hysterically. He lifts her up and rock bottom drops her into the couch cushions landing half on her and half on the couch.
"Oh shoot," Matt got up ran over to the sliding glass door shutting it. He went over turning on the exhaust fan above the stove to get rid of the smoky burnt popcorn smell. "Guess I'm ordering in tonight, what do you want?"
Ashley sits up her hair a mess and looks over the back of the couch at Matt. "Um, Pizza sounds yummy." She beams a smile.
"Pizza it is." Matt walked deeper into the kitchen; all Ashley could hear was Matt talking to someone on the phone. She pulled her pink, black and blond hair into two extremely small low pig tails. They were messy but the last person to care about how she looked was Matt. She looked noticing a photo of Jeff, Shannon, Eve and Matt. She focused a bit more on Matt and Eve standing next each other and Jeff being goofy with Shannon posing in front of them. She swallows hard and looks over her shoulder. Maybe he won't care she pondered sitting on the couch as Lucas jumped up on her lap to greet his old friend. Ashley pet Lucas thinking about Matt once more.
"Pizza is all ordered." He jumped over the couch backing scaring Lucas making him leap off Ashley's lap running across the room. "Aw Lucas! Come here! Sorry!" He pitifully tried to get the dog to come back. Ashley smiled look at Matt. He looked back at Ashley. "I really didn't mean to."
"Just what I wanted." She smiles.
"What is just what you wanted?"
"You, you completely cheered me up."
"That's right! You were going to tell me what's going on Beavis?"
"Nothing," She smiles happily, "absolutely nothing anymore."
"You sure?"
"Positive, everything is fixing itself, slowly."
"You need to talk I'm always open ear."
"Absolutely sure."
"Okay I'm dying what wasn't okay but is now fixed? What could possibly get better that quick to make you that upset." Matt asked pestering.
"Matt"
"Tell me"
"Really? We are going to go through this again? I hate when you are like this." She huffed with a smile.
"When I'm like this! You are the one Miss I'm going to have an emotional breakdown right here right now! Just kidding, I wanted to psych you out. Puh-lease."
"Okay okay, it's just, there is this guy right?" Matt's expression changed he didn't expect her to bring up another guy. He almost seemed confused at this but was willing to hear her out. "You know?" She finished as Matt didn't realize he zoned on her while thinking about another guy trying to figure out who it is.
"No.. Tell me more."
"Matt, seriously?"
"I don't know Ash,"
She rolls her eyes. She least of all didn't want to RE hint to him that she was missing him like crazy and wanted to spend more time with him. Not enough to make up a horrible break up story to get sympathy. Alright it wasn't a made up story, it just happened months ago and completely wasn't worth the time to tell him again. "Just, this guy, I liked we fell out. And now there is another guy and I know the other guy."
"Guy A?"
"Yeah Guy A, he is just, so unreliable but treats me like a Queen you know? But Guy B does the same just there is just this awkward" She didn't want to say rebound but she always kind of felt if she had met Matt after Amy and Lori LONG enough so that she didn't feel like she was a rebound they could have worked.
"Tension?" he asked her.
"Well.. There was, plus I had so much going on personally you know? That it might have messed us up real good, but I can't.. Not stop thinking about B, but guy A is still.. There." She sighed.
"Guy A, he still waiting for you then?" The doorbell ring as Matt stood up and Ashley followed him to the door.
"I suppose, we broke up awhile ago but I don't love him but he got along great with ...well everyone."
"So why did you—" Matt stopped to pay the pizza man and took the bottle of soda and pizza. Ashley took the pizza from him, walking into the kitchen setting it at the table. Matt grabs two glasses after paying for the pizza and soda. "—break up with the guy?"
"He broke up with me, told me I didn't know what I want."
"Well that's obvious."
"Matt"
"Beavis"
"Just.. In your opinion if I can still fix things with Guy B.. Should I even try with guy A anymore? He just didn't seem to notice when I was upset, Guy B always did."
"Depends how bad your personal situations messed up your guys' relationship." Matt asked totally clueless to the fact that he was Guy B and that he was the one deciding the fate of what Ashley's real reason for being there was.
"Not bad, I don't think, I mean, he is always there if I need him, and even now he is there to give me advice, but I figured hell I needed to clear my head you know? Get out to the middle of nowhere. And get away from Guy A to figure out what I want."
"Well I say if you think you can fix it Ash, I don't see why not. You sound unwilling to try and fix it with Guy A, and you seem more interested in Guy B, maybe if you figure out what guy B thinks of this all. You'll find out if Guy A is worth fighting for. Right after you know Guy B's opinion on if you should fix your guys relationship."
Matt smirked at Ashley still oblivious. He sits down at the table across from her passing her a cup of coke. He took a piece of pizza as she stared at hers in front of her on the plate. She looked lost in thought as Matt continued eating knowing she gets like that.
"Matt."
"Hm" He grunted while taking a bite.
"Can we talk?"
Matt looked at her wondering what the hell had they just been doing this whole time.
"I don't want to get in the way of something you have going on already. So I need to know, are you with Eve? Shannon made a small reference to it earlier."
"Oh," Matt laughed wiping his mouth. "No, it's just a joke with the guys it seems. I said she was gorgeous did a few references to her on my MySpace—she is just a good friend. Were you ready to congratulate me on a new relationship? Cause I'll tell you when you can do that."
"No. It's just… I didn't want Guy B.. To have his eyes on someone else before I made a serious conversation with him to begin, I didn't want to ruin anything." She locked eyes on him as he froze mid motion. His eyes slowly trailed up and looked at Ashley finally connecting those dots.