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Chapter 2

Maria and Jeff had spent the last few minutes going over the script for their first cut scene. It was pretty straight forward and was basically just a rehash of the actual conversation the two friends had shared earlier.

Once everything was clear in her mind, Maria felt herself relax a little. Maybe it was just being in Jeff's presence that made her feel that way. His laid back attitude always did rub off on her.

"Are you two ready?" the production assistant asked.

"As I'll ever be," Maria replied.

"Can you get into position Jeff?" He motioned for Jeff to go to the back wall.

Jeff nodded and went where he'd been instructed. The camera man positioned himself in front of the multi coloured haired man.

"And action."

The crowd cheered as Jeff appeared on the big screen out in the arena. They cheered even louder as Maria appeared next to him.

"Hi Maria, welcome back."

"Hey Jeff," Maria greeted with a small smile. "I've been looking for you everywhere. There's something I really need to tell you and it can't wait."

Jeff's entrance music started to play, "It's gonna have to." Jeff shrugged, "I gotta go. Come find me after my match and we'll talk." He smiled at her before heading towards the curtain.

"But Jeff …" Maria called after him as he disappeared into the arena.

"And cut. Great job Maria."

"Thanks."

Greg, the production assistant handed her a microphone, "You've got like five minutes before you need to head to ringside."

"Gotcha."

The five minutes flew by and before Maria even knew what was happening she was making her way down the entrance ramp, her best fake smile plastered on her face. She avoided Brian Kendrick, Jeff's beaten opponent as he and his bodyguard were making their way back up the ramp and headed towards the ring.

As she walked up the steps, Jeff came over and held the rope open for her to enter the ring, "Thanks. I'm sorry to come out here and do this in front of everybody Jeff but there's something I really need to tell you."

Jeff was right in front of her, "What is it?"

"I'm pregnant … And you're the father."

Jeff's jaw dropped, "Say what now?"

"Pregnant." Maria repeated before dropped the microphone and ran as quickly as she could from the ring, leaving a stunned Jeff just standing there.

The crowd was quiet, seemingly waiting for Jeff to move. For a moment he just stayed still and watched the retreating redhead head towards the curtain. As per the script he didn't move until she'd completely disappeared. As he made his way up the ramp, there were a few shout outs of "Go get her," from the fans.

When Jeff appeared through the curtain, he expected to see Maria standing there, waiting for him but she was no where in sight. The youngest Hardy glanced around and spotted Victoria standing ready for her match, "Hey Vic, have you seen Maria?"

"Ladies room," Victoria replied quickly. "She said something about throwing up."

Jeff made a face, "Okay, thanks Vic."

Down the hallway, Maria had just finished emptying the contents of her stomach. She couldn't wait until next week when hopefully her morning sickness would be over. She flushed the chain and walked out of the stall a little surprised to find Jeff standing there, "Um … Jeff, you do realise that this is the ladies room right?"

Jeff laughed, "Yeah, but I thought making sure that you were okay was a little more important than a man being in a ladies rooms."

"I'm fine. Bump just likes making me sick, that's all. I get my morning sickness in the evening."

Jeff raised an eyebrow, "Bump?"

The redhead smiled, "That's what I'm calling him until I decide on a name." She walked over to the sink and started to wash her hands.

"How do you know it's a boy?"

Maria just shrugged as she turned off the tap, "I can just tell. I'll find out for sure when I got for my next sonograph in a few weeks."

"You don't want it to be a surprise?"

The diva grabbed a paper towel from the dispenser and proceeded to wipe her hands, "I thought about it but I'm so convinced it's a boy, why wait?"

"I guess."

"And it really helps when people want to buy gifts, if you already know the sex." She threw the paper towel into the trash, "Is it okay with you if we get out of here?"

Jeff grinned at her, "Yeah, that's fine by me."

"Glad to hear it." She waited for him to start walking before following him out of the door.

"I'm weird but I'm not that weird."

Maria laughed, "You're not weird Jeff … just abnormal." Jeff simply pouted, causing Maria to laugh even more. Soon the two were standing outside the diva's locker room. "Thanks for walking me back here, you really didn't have to."

"I wanted to. I've missed you," Jeff admitted.

"I've missed you too, Hardy." She nudged him slightly with her shoulder, "You got a ride to the hotel?"

"Yeah, I got my own rental."

"Cool, well I guess I'll maybe see you at the hotel then or something."

Jeff nodded, "I'm sure you will. Catch you later, Maria."

"Yeah."

Without another word, he jammed his hands into his pockets and walked away back towards the male locker room.

Maria waited until he was out of sight before walking down the hallway herself, she hadn't had the heart to tell him that her stuff wasn't in the main diva's locker room.

Two hours later and Maria had made herself comfortable in her hotel room. She was heading home in the morning so she'd decided that she was going to tell Jeff that he was the real father. Just as she was about to pull out her cell phone to call him there was a knock on the connector door to the next room. Slowly she got up and walked towards it, "Hello?"

"Hey, it's Jeff."

"Jeff who?" Maria teased. She could just imagine him rolling his eyes at her.

"Hardy."

Maria unlocked the door and pushed it open, "I know silly, I was just messing with ya. Hello neighbour."

"Hey, what's up?" Jeff asked casually. He was now shirtless, wearing just a pair of blue jeans.

"I was just about to call you actually. I had no idea you were in the next room," the redhead admitted.

Jeff smiled at her, "Didn't know myself until I saw you coming in here a while back. What did you want to talk to me about?"

"Few things really. Can I come in?"

"Sure." He moved away from the door and walked around to the other side of the queen sized bed. Diving on it like a child, "Take a load off."

Maria giggled at his behaviour, "Thanks." Carefully, she sat down next to him. Usually she would have just flopped down next to him, not caring where she landed but things were different now. She took a deep breath, deciding it was now or never, "Well … I guess what I want to say is …" she trailed off as Jeff's cell started to ring.

Jeff reached behind him and pulled the phone from the night stand, glancing at the caller ID, "It's Beth. I could call her back, or?"

"Nope, you talk it her, we can talk another time."

Jeff simply nodded and answered the call, "Hey baby."

The pretty diva's stomach dropped and she shuffled off the end of the bed and in her rush to get away she stubbed her toe on the base, "Mother Fucker!" she cursed as the pain took her breath away.

"Hold on a second," Jeff said to his girlfriend. He rested his cell phone against his chest, "Are you okay?"

Maria gritted her teeth and nodded, not trusting herself to speak. As Jeff turned his attention back to his cell phone, she hobbled her way back to her own room, shutting the connecting door behind her. "Oh fantastic, that went really well."