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I've got to live, I've got to love
Like I am unafraid
"I still can't believe he is gone," he muttered.
Reby, his brother's girlfriend patted his back in support. The brunette could not get over the fact he was not with them anymore. The memories of Matt began clashing in, and the more she thought about it, her eyes quickly watered with tears. Life was unfair, or that is what Reby thought. For the last days, she has been cleaning Matt's apartment and taking the most important things from the place. The WWE crew thought of having Victoria and Matt for the same funeral ceremony day. Ever since the funeral of both Victoria and Matt, Jeff has not spoken a word once. At least, he was not bothered by her presence.
"Jeff, do you want me to leave? I don't want to be a bother to you." she implied.
The young man did not feel like talking, but he had to let Reby know she was an important piece of Matt's life as well. Reby has been kind to him, and whenever she saw him, she will wave back.
"No, you have a right to be here too," he finally spoke.
Jeff stood up from the couch, and kept thinking back at the cause of death of his brother. The results made him conscious someone was responsible for his death. In his blood, the forensic pathologists detected poison of some kind. Who hated Matt so much to kill him? He had to find out. For now, he had to continue figuring out his life after all the betrayals, and unexpected deaths. His heart had to be rebuild.
Reby searched every drawer, and as she found important things, such as DVDs from Matt's show, "The Hardy Show" she placed them on a box. As she looked everywhere, she could not help but cry-she missed his presence. If Reby told him about losing her job because Jericho could not afford her missing days, Matt would have put him on his place.
Jeff stared at Reby, who was having a hard time putting Matt's stuff on the boxes. He decided to help her, so he looked in Matt's hidden drawer by the closet. He opened the drawer and to his surprise he found many letters that were addressed to him. Letters, which seemed as if Matt recently wrote. What caught his attention was the date-the day before he was killed. Underneath the numerous of letters, he found a small box with a small note. He opened it and his guess was correct; Matt planned to ask Reby the most important question. After searching for more things, he placed the letters and the small box on his jacket pocket.
"It has been three weeks, and Hardy has not appeared in the building. In a few days, it will be March and no news from him." Vince McMahon said to John.
"I called him many times, but no answer whatsoever," John looked at Vince with a serious expression.
Mr. McMahon was not liking this at all. Hardy is the current WWE champion, and with no word from him, they cannot do anything.
"For now, I want you to keep feuding with Orton until I figure out a way to contact Hardy."
John nodded and left the room. He knew Jeff needed time after his huge lost, but McMahon was a strict man. When certain issue was over, he demanded his superstars to show up to work. He knew it sounded cold, but work was work.
"Hardy better show up at Wrestlemania," he thought.
Cena was in Gorilla Position before hearing his name announced by Lilian García. His theme song began playing in the arena and he could clearly hear all the cheers from the fans.
"The following match is scheduled for one fall... Introducing first, from West Newbury, Massachusetts, John Cena!"
John greeted his fans as he walked straight to the ring and waited for his opponent.
Orton's music began to play, and to his surprise some fans cheered for him.
"And his opponent, from St. Louis, Missouri, Randy Orton!"
Randy walked slowly to the ring, looking at Cena with a vicious glare. They had to make people believe they hated each other. Once Randy approached the ring, both superstars quickly stretched their hands.
The match started slow with Randy getting a phenomenal start. He was an inch closer of using his RKO to Cena, but a familiar music began playing in the arena.
All I've ever wanted was destiny to be fulfilled
It is in my hands, I must not fail, I must not fail
The short man made his way to the ramp, holding a microphone and something the other two men have been fighting for-the WWE championship. He had a huge smirk on his face.
"Surprised? Well, you should be... I am now the man you have to fight for this!"
Randy and Cena were confused-the thought of Punk being the WWE champion did not make sense. What happened to Jeff Hardy? He was the only legitimate champion, and Punk coming out and revealing he is the champion, sounded ridiculous.
"If you want to know how I obtained such prize, I stole it from its "owner", which you can see this treasure has his name on it."
Punk could not believe what Jeff and Vince agreed to do. The thought of being involved in the feud of Hardy versus Cena was something he wanted to avoid. The original plan was for him to feud with The Undertaker, but the deadman injured himself and Hardy lost focus of his work after Matt's tragedy. His mind kept going back to Jeff's words.
Hours Ago:Before Monday Night Raw
"Dude, are you sure of doing this?" he asked one more time.
"Yeah man, you will only have the championship until Wrestlemania. Of course, I will make an appearance that day, so make everybody believe you robbed my championship."
Punk had no other choice;he had to respect his friend's decision. Vince has not told anyone about his sudden change of news; he wanted Cena to think Hardy has not stepped foot on the company and Punk was the holder of both titles.
"Alright Jeff, I will see you at Wrestlemania."
Jeff nodded as he saw Punk exiting his apartment.
Present: Monday Night Raw
Orton had enough, so he left the ring to do what was correct. Out of nowhere, Punk received a punch in the face from Randy. Cena stood inside the ring until the referee called this match over-the winner was John Cena by count out.
Then that music played; Mr. McMahon came out holding the other championship-the World Heavyweight Championship. Candice Michelle and Maria were present too for the upcoming announcement their boss was going to say.
"Ladies and gentlemen, during the last couple weeks there has been changes and one of them is how the WWE championship will be going."
The crowd and his employees present in the ring listened closely. They were curious to find out the few changes the mix tag team for both the Women's championship and WWE championship.
"First of all, the mix tag team match will not change, the only small detail I'm adding is Punk's World Heavyweight Championship to the mix. After Wrestlemania, both the WWE and World Heavyweight Championship will be unified. Without further ado, have a great evening," he handed the championship to CM Punk.
Cena thought for a moment. If Punk was here with both championships, it meant Hardy vacated the WWE championship. Since Punk was the current World Heavyweight champion, he was the new holder of the WWE championship. This whole mess was unfair to Hardy-he had been going through depression after his brother's death. Sometimes Vince had no heart and compassion to wait for his employees to cure their pain. Although Punk had both championships on hand, Hardy was the legal champion.
"Did you see Monday Night Raw, Trish?" Amy asked her blonde friend.
"No, I went to buy a few groceries," she answered as she stared at her reflection in the mirror.
Amy smiled at her friend's belly two months progress-it was not quite huge yet.
"I have to tell him about this... now or never. He has to know and I don't care if he is still angry about the nonexistent marriage of mine to Jericho."
"I'm proud of you. He needs some great news to cheer him up a bit."
"How should I tell him?" she asked while changing to her pajamas.
Amy took a moment to think. "Whenever he visits me. I doubt now because he has many things to deal."
Trish shook her head in agreement with Amy's suggestion.
"So, what happened in RAW... did Jeff made an appearance?" the blonde questioned as she changed the subject.
"Not at all, but Phil got involved in the mix. It seems like he stole Jeff's championship. I think this has to do with Jeff's time off," Amy answered her question.
"Oh, I see... I miss him on TV."
"Don't worry, he will return."
Trish will have to pray for those words to come true. She has fallen in love with her weird, but unique "Charismatic Enigma". Was she embarrassed of what the public will say? No, she loved him sufficiently to not hide her infatuation for him. The greatest gift he has given her was her first and future baby, who will be born in seven months. Her stomach was growing steadily every week.
Knock Knock
This time the door interrupted her thoughts. The last person she wanted it to be was Chris- he has revealed himself as the biggest jerk on the planet. He was not the only person who hurt her; her aunt Morgan set-up everything to make Jeff believe she was wed to Chris. She did not care if her aunt left her without any fortune-money, materialistic stuff such as cars or the mansion were nothing to her. All she cared for was Jeff-his love, and his gentle understanding kept her motivated.
She opened the door, only to be faced with Maria. The redhead appeared to have been crying for a long time.
"Hey Maria, are you okay?" Trish asked, scooting over so Maria can enter the apartment.
"Not really... I came to talk to you about Jeff," she responded as she sat down on one of the available seats.
Trish had diverse feelings about Maria and Jeff's past relationship. Maria made it obvious she was not backing down from acquiring Jeff's forgiveness and a second chance in love.
"Look, I'm not here to argue about Jeff.. All I want you to know is that I finally understand who Jeff truly loves," Maria started.
Trish listened carefully. Maria was on the verge of tears; her feelings for Jeff had to be put to rest. Her primary focus was his forgiveness, and move on to the following part of her life.
"Jeff loves you... I have to admit I lost fair and square, and you, expecting his child is some situation I cannot fight against. All I want is for you to love him more than I ever loved him," she admitted.
Trish was lost for words. "I do not know what to say, Maria. This is a surprise to me..."
"Don't say anything Trisha, just hear me out," Maria said while her face focused on her blue colored fingernails.
"Ok."
Maria had to step aside from Jeff's newfound love; she had no room in his shattered heart.
"I made the mistake of not helping Jeff with his inner demons... I judged him the worst possible way, and made rude remarks about him on the locker room. Because of me, he left the WWE in 2003. I don't want you to make the same mistake as me... help him with his struggles," she continued.
"Jeff has been going through a lot lately... he lost his brother, and the last thing he wants to do is talk to me..."
"I am aware of his broken feelings, but you need to be there for him no matter what. If Jeff and you have a couple problem, solve it the fastest way you can think of. Both of you are bringing to this world a bundle of joy... think about it," Maria advised to the blonde.
Without nothing else to add, Maria stood up from the chair, and left Trish deep in thought. She was serious about leaving Jeff free to Trish, but she could not forget to ask for his forgiveness.
"I have to see Jeff," Trish thought.
At last, Reby and Jeff concluded packing Matt's personal belongings in boxes. Both have been in Matt's apartment for hours, until they finished their task and departed to Jeff's hotel. Jeff was fatigue, but he could not hide this from Reby any longer.
"Reby, I have to tell you something," he said while Reby tried to hide something from Jeff's view.
"What is it?" she asked, trying to hide that certain object from his view.
"I found Matt's personal drawer with stuff addressed to you and me... he had this little box accompanied by a note for you..."
Reby grabbed the small box and note from his grasp. She quietly read the words from the note. "For Reby in the near future," she murmured as she opened the small black box.
She began to cry-her eyes were already swollen. Three weeks since his death, and she could not stop mourning. How was she supposed to feel after finding Matt's wedding ring, which was for her in the future? Her heart could not take it anymore.
"Jeff, I have something for you that Trish dropped when we had a party. I think you should see it," she changed the subject.
"What is it?"
Reby handed the object to the young man. Jeff had a perplexed look on his face.
"Is this a pregnancy test? Why would I want to see this?" he asked.
Reby had to tell him for the memory of Matt, who wanted Jeff to know about his future baby.
"In a little reunion, Matt and I went to hang out with Trish and her friends for a huge announcement. During that gathering, Trish informed us about her pregnancy-"
"Wait, she is pregnant?" he interrupted the brunette.
"Yes, and you are the father...those were the news she wanted to tell you that day," she explained.
Jeff walked around the room nervously. A father? The news struck him by surprise. This time he had to talk to her with no more excuses.
A/N: so here is chapter ten...