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Walk The Line

Chapter One

When her alarm went off at seven in the morning, Val rolled out of bed with a yawn and headed downstairs to start breakfast. She found Gamma and GP, as her kids called them, down there already, cooking. Gamma insisted that she sit down and have a cup of tea instead of cook, so she relaxed and talked to the two grandparents casually. When 8am rolled around she heard feet on the stairs, and when she turned Val saw Matt on the stairs in only his boxers. She smiled at her son, "Aren't you cold?"

"Naw Mum, I'm tough." He said, laughing at her as he pulled up a seat beside her. "Hey Gamma, GP, what smells so good?" He asked before a plate was put down in front of him full of food and one followed for Valary. He thanked his grandparents before tucking in, and Val tentatively started on the plate whilst examining her oldest son.

He was tall, much taller than her. She was only 5'2" whilst Matt was at least 6'4". He took after his father with dark brown hair, his height as well as his lean, muscled body. He barely had to work for it to keep it that way, but she knew he loved being in the gym- his father had at his age too. The only difference was his brilliant blue eyes, they came from Val.

"What're you looking at me for Mum?"

"Just thinking about how grown up you are now baby." She said softly, smiling at him and sighing softly.

"Don't worry Mum, I'll always be your baby." He assured her, and she smiled more. She truly was lucky to have such good kids. She was close to all of them, and sometimes she felt like Matt looked after her more than he should, considering she was the mother. His friends had hassled him a bit in the beginning, but they never bothered him anymore, and they all seemed to love Valary now, it probably helped that she was so young.

A stampede of feet signified the rest of her children storming down the stairs. Brian and Zacky were in the lead and Mikey was in Zacky's arms. Jimmy and Johnny followed them with Rebekah trailing behind. Val stood and walked over to take Mikey, who yawned loudly and snuggled into his mother's arms. A chorus of good mornings came from the kids and they all got a response. She sat down and offered Mikey a piece of toast, watching as he took it from her and nibbled on it. She took the time to study all her kids while they were busy eating.

Zacky and Brian may have been twins, but they were far from identical. They both stood at about 6'0" already at 15 and would probably grow another couple of inches yet. They took after their father very much so in that respect, and Brian had his father's dark brown hair, and hazel eyes, whilst Zacky had his mother's black hair and blue eyes. His hair had steadily darkened over the years. Brian was somewhat muscled, he looked up to Matt a lot and tried to be like him, whilst Zacky was an average weight, more quiet and to himself. He did look up to his older brother a lot as well, but shared the more artistic side that Matt had. Rebekah had the creativity too- they had gotten it from their mother.

Jimmy and Johnny were both very different as well. Jimmy was taller, about 5'10" with plenty of growing time left, whilst Johnny was about 5'7". He complained over it, but Val assured him he still had time left to grow- and that he was taller than her anyway. Jimmy had bright blue eyes and his hair was no longer a singularly definable colour, he'd been dying it bright colours for a while now, and it was some mix of red and blue at the moment, purplish hues in between the two colours where the dyes had mixed. Johnny however had medium brown hair with natural blondish streaks through it, and hazel eyes. He reminded Val a lot of photos she'd seen of their grandfather when he was young.

Then came Rebekah, her only girl, and she was the spitting image of Val herself, and short to boot. Her brothers sometimes teased her about it, but mostly they took care of her, being their only, and little at that, sister, they could be very protective of her. Matt especially. He had a special bond with Rebekah, and at times he was the only one who could draw her out of her shell. Val saw so much of herself in the girl it was almost scary.

Of course, then there was Mikey, her baby boy. He was only tiny of course, at two. He had dirty blond hair that would probably darken as he got older, Val's had and so had Zacky's and Rebekah's, and now the two had dark black hair. He also had blue eyes with a ring of green around the centre. She tended to think of him as her miracle, as she was fairly sure he would be her last child. Goodness knows she didn't need anymore.

All too soon it was almost 9am, and she had to rush off upstairs to get ready, letting Matt take Mikey from her arms. When she came downstairs they were all waiting for her in the lounge room. She walked in, wearing black dress pants and a red halter neck shirt. She was holding a bag with her jacket draped over it, and wearing a pair of wide heeled boots. Her hair, which went half way to her elbows was out and gently waving over her shoulders, though she'd pinned some back, and her make up was light, emphasising her eyes.

"Wow Mum…" Matt said when she walked in the room, and grinned at her.

"Pwetty Mumma…" Mikey said with a cute grin, sitting on Matt's lap.

"You look awesome Mum!" Her daughter exclaimed, and the rest of her kids were grinning at her.

"You're going to blow them all away." Gamma told her, "And Hunter just called, he'll be here soon to pick you up."

"Uncle Hunter!" An excited cheer came from Matt's lap. Val chuckled and put her bag down, walking over to pick Mikey up from his brother's lap.

"You do love your Uncle Hunter don't you?" She asked him, and he nodded eagerly.

"We all do Mum." Johnny informed her, and as she glanced around she saw that all of her children were smiling at her.

"Well if you guys run upstairs and get ready really quickly, we can all wait outside for him?" She offered, and Johnny was first up, sprinting for the stairs followed quickly by Jimmy and then Rebekah. Zacky and Brian followed more casually before Matt stood up.

"You want me to get Mikey ready Mum?" He asked, and she smiled at him.

"No don't worry Matty, he's okay in his pyjamas. Besides Gamma will spoil him after I leave. I don't want you to worry about him today. Enjoy your day, okay?"

"I will Mum. I love you." Her son said earnestly, leaning in to kiss her cheek.

"I love you too Matty…" She said, watching as he left the room, casually walking upstairs to get dressed. She then turned to Gamma and GP Levesque, smiling at them. "I really can't thank you two enough…"

"You don't need to thank us dear." Gamma started.

"We love to spend time with the kids." GP finished, and the two of them gave her a small hug, Mikey giggling from his position in her arms. Val put him down now, and he shuffled off to play with some toys while waiting for Hunter to get there, he was clearly excited though.

About 15 minutes later a hoard of children stampeded their way back into the lounge room all dressed, and a couple of minutes after that Matt joined them in a much more casual fashion. He was excited too, but he often took it upon himself to be the grown up one. Val surveyed them, and after deciding they were all decent, scooped up Mikey. Rebekah picked up the bag Val had been carrying, and they all walked outside. After inspecting the grass for a moment and finding it wasn't wet or cold, she put Mikey down, and Rebekah walked over to entertain her brother, relinquishing the handbag into her Mother's clutches.

Another ten minutes passed when a car pulled up out the front. Hunter stepped out of one side, and Mikey took off for him, wrapping his arms around the man's legs with an exclamation of "Uncle Hunter!" Hunter himself chuckled and scooped him up.

"Mikey man!" He called, walking over to the clan and finding himself attacked with hugs by everyone except Matt, who hung back until the others had shifted to give him some space. They finally hugged and Hunter was about to turn back to Mikey when the little boy gasped and pointed at the car- someone else had just gotten out.

"Shawn!" He exclaimed.

Rebekah looked confused and peeked around her uncle, her eyes widening. "Oh my god, Shawn Michaels!"

The man walking up the driveway laughed softly at her shock, but soon joined Hunter's side. "That's me."

Everyone seemed to be staring at him in awe (Well, minus Valary and Gamma and GP Levesque who had met him before) but that was broken when Matt stuck out his hand. Shawn shook it, and suddenly Mikey climbed right out of Hunter's arms and onto Shawn. He took it well though, and adjusted Mikey on his hip before being attacked by hugs. Hunter laughed. "You're part of the family now!"

It took a while for all the excitement to die down, but finally all the kids headed back inside (Val winced as Mikey started to cry, but Gamma assured her that he'd be fine. Matt tried to as well, but Val told him to enjoy his day without worrying) and Val got into the car with Shawn and Hunter.

"Well that was interesting." Shawn said in an amused voice, smiling. "Quite a troop you have."

"Indeed. They're good kids though. You're part of the family now Shawn, they'll be calling you Uncle Shawn in no time."

"That's fine with me." He said, and Val beamed at him, glancing at Hunter.

"Don't worry, they were excited to see you too." She teased, and the man laughed.

"I could tell with the Mikey attack I got." He told her. "So I'm guessing I'll be sneaking the troops backstage sometime?" He asked, and she nodded a little.

"Well, if you want to remain the favourite uncle, I think you'll have to."

"Don't you worry. Uncle Hunter and Aunty Steph will take care of that. We're always gonna be the favourites."

Shawn snorted but didn't take the bait, and Val giggled softly. "We'll see Hunter, we'll see."

He poked his tongue out at her in the mirror, and she laughed, shaking her head a little bit. "Oh Hunter, I can see I really am going to enjoy working with you. It'll be just like being at home with the kids."

Hunter made an offended face while Shawn laughed, "You know, that's probably true." He admitted, and after a moment Hunter nodded, conceding defeat.

"Yeah, it probably is."

"Well then I'll be right at home."


Author's Note: Wow, two posts in one day :O Yeah well I felt like writing. Anyhow, it's 11pm here in Aus now, and I have school tomorrow, so I should probably be turning in. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I guess it's a filler, but it describes the kids (I'm gonna have to try and remember all of these descriptions, lol!) and you get some interactions. Next chapter she will finally hit the WWE and meet some wrestlers.

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AND the love interest. I have someone in mind, but I want to know what you think, who you would like to be her possible love interest. Who do you want to see with Val? Let me know in a review!

OH and to anyone who is wondering, GP stands for Grandpa, and Gamma is a shortened form of Grandma I've heard little kids use before. :) And any mistakes will be fixed tomorrow 3