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"Please
don't ask me what's on my mind
I'm a little mixed up, but I'm
feelin' fine
When I'm near that girl that I love best
My heart
beats so it scares me to death!"
- "All Shook Up",
Elvis Presley
000
"What's wrong Jeff?" She got up and walked over to him.
It took a few seconds for Jeff to find his voice again, and even then it was shaky.
"It's…It's a marriage license…"
"What?!" Maria shouted in alarm. Calming down, she laughed nervously. "Oh I get it, this is a joke; you're just kidding me right…?"
Jeff merely handed her the paper, his expression still one of complete shock. Maria took it, her face growing pale as she read it. "We got married last night...? And who are these witnesses? Damon Striker? and Keith Orton...? Last thing I remember is hanging out with our friends. How'd we manage to run off without them knowing and stopping us?
"I don't know!" Jeff looked at her helplessly. "All I remember about last night, after walking into that club at Caesar's, and drinking one or two of those bong sized glasses, is this very vivid image of Elvis..."
"Elvis... Oh hell!" Maria's eyes went wide. "Jeff...The name of this chapel on the marriage license is the 'Elvis' Love Me Tender Wedding Chapel!'" She now looked completely panicked.
"Okay…" Jeff shook his head, trying to get over the shock, and think clearly. "Let's just calm down…"
The Hardy's words had little effect on the diva, "I'm trying to, but, Jeff, we got married in an alcohol induced blackout!"
"Come on, the only way to fix this is to get down to that place! If they can marry us they can annul us too!" Jeff scrambled to get his boots on."Let's do it before this gets out."
"You're telling me?" Maria had already slipped on her heels and grabbed her purse and stood waiting for Jeff. "Come on!! Quick, before someone tells Mr. McMahon!"
Maria opened the door and ran smack dab into Jeff's older brother Matt Hardy. After a dull "ooph!" Matt stepped back to catch Maria before she fell. "Maria, everything okay?"
"No! Jeff and I are married!" Maria blurted out before she could stop herself.
The elder Hardy looked from the diva to his little brother and back to the diva again. Then all of a sudden he burst out laughing. "That's a pretty good one, you guys! A good Vegas joke!"
Jeff swallowed hard as he walked over to his brother and held up the marriage certificate. "It's the real thing Matt. Look there's me and Maria's signatures, and the third witness is Ken Kennedy!"
"Holy shit…" Matt said slowly and sat in a chair by the door. He kept looking from the paper to Jeff and back again, as if waiting for Jeff to start laughing and start making fun of Matt's shocked expression. However, no laughter came. His little brother was really married. "Damn…or should I say congrats?"
Jeff and Maria looked at each other and then back at Matt. "Damn…" they said together.
Maria looked like she was about to burst into tears "You've got to help us, Matt! Please don't say anything until Jeff and I can get an annulment! I don't want CM Punk to find out!"
"Don't worry my lips are sealed," Matt assured her.
"Aww, you two are married? How cute!" Melina Perez stood in the doorway. Unfortunately when Matt entered the room he had neglected to close the door behind him.
"Melina! What are you doing here?!" Jeff snarled, Melina and her boyfriend Johnny Nitro had been a thorn in his side for a long time and he didn't need this to add to his list of reasons to hate them.
"Just getting some breakfast…" the former women's champion said idly as she twiddled her hair. "Until I heard this! I can't wait to spread the word that you two tied the knot!
"Melina! You keep you mouth shut!" Maria snapped, looking both angry and panicked.
"My, my, aren't we a bit touchy…" Melina sneered.
"Don't make us tie you up and throw you in the broom closet," Matt growled.
"You lay a finger on me and I'll sue your ass! Don't forget what I did to Batista!" Melina warned.
The Hardys and Maria stood down, the memory of how Melina, with the help of Mark Henry, nearly ended "The Animal's" career, making them give up.
"And it's a bit too late..." Melina smirked holding up her cell phone. "I sent a text message to Nitro and he's most likely spreading the news already"
In a moment of sheer panic, Maria ran up and tried to grab the other diva's cell phone. "Nooooo!! It's not like that at all! It's just a prank Matt and Ashley played on us, right, Matt?"
Melina pulled the cell phone out of Maria's reach and pushed the younger diva away with her foot. "Ah the lies, one tells when backed into a corner. You don't want to be known as a liar, now do you, Matt?"
Matt looked a little panicked himself between helping his brother get out of this mess and keeping his reputation as an honest guy. "No…"
Melina quirked an eyebrow. "So was this just a prank by you and Ashley, and if it was, why would Kennedy be involved?"
Matt shrugged trying to sound as convincing as possible. "He happened to be there and was drunk enough to go along with it..."
Melina grinned like a feral cat about to pounce on a mouse. "That's interesting, because as I remember it, last night, Matt, you ran into Batista and knocked yourself out on the floor. I know this because I watched it happen and I watched Batista and Cena drag you out of the club. And this morning Ashley was complaining about having to stay in Candice's room for the night because she had left her key in the room with Matt and according to her, Matt, you were completely zonked so you couldn't let her in.
Matt laughed nervously then sighed in defeat and looked apologetically at Maria and Jeff saying a silent, "Sorry, I tried…"
Melina giggled in triumph. "I hope you enjoyed you wedding night, Maria!" She skipped off to tell everyone the exciting news.
Maria sat on the floor where she fell in shock. Her mouth moving, but no sound came out.
"This is not good..." Jeff groaned, kneading his temples. "I can't believe this is happening…"
"Come on, let's go down to the chapel and ask them about an annulment," Matt tried to be encouraging.
At that, Maria quickly came to her senses and jumped to her feet. "Let's go!" She grabbed Jeff's wrist and dashed out the door dragging Jeff behind her….
000
Well it seems Jeff and Maria have an idea to fix their little predicament… Will they get annulment? Or is there an extra surprise waiting for them…
