"The reason I asked both of you to come instead of just Krista is that several threats have been made on Krista's well being. Now, I don't know if they will actually attempt to do anything, but I wanted you both to be aware of the threats. I have a feeling that they are staged threats and will not cause anyone any harm." Stephanie told them.
"Who is making the threats?" Jeff asked griping Krista's hand.
"If I tell you, you have to promise me that you will not go after them at all. If I find out that you go after them in any way, you will be suspended. You're rage can wait until you're in the ring on Sunday. Do I make myself clear?" Stephanie responded.
"Yes. I won't do anything to lose my spot on Sunday." Jeff stated.
"Good. Cause I want to see you win that title from Edge more than anything else. Please let me know if you see him lurking around you or if your receive any threats." Stephanie stated.
"We definitely will. I won't let Krista out of my sight if I can help it." Jeff responded.
"I will excuse you and Matt from roll call today. I know that you are both here and such. So go have a free day." Stephanie told them.
"Thank you Stephanie." Krista replied.
Jeff and Krista then left Stephanie's office and headed back towards the hotel. Jeff text Matt as they were heading back.
"Matt, Stephanie gave us the day off. Don't go to the arena. Will explain when we get there. -JNH."
Matt responded with "Ok. Is everything ok? MMH"
Jeff didn't have time to respond to his text message as they arrived at the hotel and went to Matt's room right away. When they got there, Jeff explained why they had a free day. Matt was glad they had a free day and so were the girls. In light of what was happening, all four of them got into the van and headed towards the mall. Krista wanted to get some wedding shopping done, but she didn't want Jeff to see her trying on dresses and such.
"Jeff, I wanted to go look at wedding dresses, but you cant go with me." Krista stated.
"Well I don't see any harm in letting you and Michelle go do that as Matt and I go do our shopping. You or Michelle call or text us if something happens. We will be back here in 2 hours." Jeff told her.
"I promise." Krista told him.
Krista and Michelle headed over to the wedding dresses store while the guys went to the tux shop. Jeff figured that after they met back up with the girls he and Krista could go pick out their wedding bands as he wanted them to match her engagement ring as much as possible. When Krista and Michelle walked into the store the lady behind the counter recognized Krista and ran to get the store manager.
"Hello and Welcome. How can we be of assistance to you today?" the store manager asked.
"I am here shopping for a wedding dress and she will be needing a brides maids dress." Krista responded.
"I'm sorry to ask this, but aren't you Krista Martin who is engaged to Jeff Hardy?" the assistant asked.
"It's ok. Yes I am." Krista responded with a smile.
"Well, I am very pleased to meet you Ms Martin and since you seem to have some celebrity status about you, I will make sure that you have the up most privacy here." the store manger told her. "I am going to lock the store doors to keep on lookers out."
"Ok, so Jeff and I decided on our colors for the wedding. And since we are having a winter wedding, we are going with silver and ice blue." Krista told Michelle and the store assistant.
"Ok. What size dress do you wear, dear?" the lady asked Michelle.
The store assistant and Michelle went to go look at brides maid dresses while the store manager assisted Krista with wedding dresses. They must have tried on 20 different dresses before both Michelle and Krista found the perfect ones. Michelle's dress was an ice blue empire cut dress with silver ribbon under the bust line going to the back where it tied into a bow. Krista's wedding dress was an A-line, Halter with a natural waist, the gown features metallic beaded lace, ruched bodice, and side draping.
After getting back into their regular clothes. Krista told the store manager to have the dresses delivered to Krista's room at the hotel tomorrow morning. The store manager wrote down all the information and Krista's phone number. Krista glanced out the store's glass doors and saw Edge standing in the middle of the mall. She quickly turned hoping that he didn't see her. And she pulled out her phone to text Jeff and told Michelle to text Matt.
"Bridal dress store NOW. HELP." Krista text Jeff. Michelle text Matt the same thing. Within less that a minute Jeff and Matt were at the door to the store, but Edge was gone. Krista told him that she saw Edge there in the mall, but doesn't think that he saw her. Jeff called Stephanie.
"Stephanie, It's Jeff. We are at the mall and Edge is here. Krista spotted him near the bridal store. Matt and I are with her." Jeff left a message on Stephanie's phone.
"Why don't we head back to the hotel?" Matt suggested.
"I'm ok as long as you both are with us." Krista told him. "We are done here, except I need to pay." Krista handed the lady her credit card for the dresses.
"Just let us know when you want to head back. But we need you opinions on the tuxes." Matt said.
"Let's go." Krista said as she put her credit card and receipt away.
At the tux shop the guys showed them several different styles that they both liked. The girls narrowed it down to four different style instead of 15. The guys tried on the different styles after they were measured. Krista thought that the tux with the silver vest and tie looked the best and Michelle agreed. Krista told the store clerk which style tux they wanted and told them to have them delivered tomorrow morning at the hotel. She gave them the hotel information.
"Krista. Give the guy my credit card to pay please." Jeff called from the dressing room.
"Where is it?" Krista asked.
"Right here." Jeff said as he tossed her his wallet. "Use the blue one."
Krista handed the clerk Jeff's credit card and took the receipt to Jeff to sign as he was still getting dressed. Jeff signed the receipt and finished getting dressed. They next went to the jewelry store to pick out the wedding bands. Thankfully they had the same store in Phoenix than they did back home, so it was rather easy for them to pick out the wedding bands.
While Jeff and Krista were dealing with wedding bands, Matt and Michelle were looking at necklaces and earrings. Michelle was starting to wonder if Matt would ever propose to her. Matt sensed that something was bothering Michelle.
"Hey what's wrong?" Matt asked Michelle as he put his arm around her.
"It's nothing. Don't worry about it." Michelle said as she looked over at all the engagement and wedding rings.
"Something is bothering you. You can tell me." Matt said as he moved in front of her.
"Wedding shopping is tiring, especially trying on tons of dresses." Michelle told him.
Matt knew that the shopping was not what was really bothering Michelle. But he left it at that. Jeff and Krista were finished with the rings and told Matt that the rings needed to be picked up in about an hour. Matt thought that he would come back to the store in an hour to pick up the rings for Jeff and he would get something special for Michelle.
The four of them decided to go down to the food court and grab something to eat and maybe play in the arcade. Matt looked at his watch and noticed that it had been over an hour.
"Hey Jeff, you stay with the girls. I'm gonna go get your rings for you as there was a store I wanted to go into without Michelle." Matt told Jeff without the girls hearing.
"Ok. Are you?" Jeff responded.
"Never mind." Matt told his brother as he left the arcade.
"Where's Matt?" Michelle asked after she had finished playing a game.
"He said he needed to go get something real quick and I asked him to pick up the rings for us. He will be right back." Jeff told her.
"Ok. Umm. Jeff don't look now, but I think we need to leave here without being seen and quickly." Michelle stated as she saw Edge enter the arcade.
"Why?" Jeff asked as he glanced over his shoulder and caught a glimpse of Edge.
"Krista! We need to leave now." Jeff said as he grabbed Krista's hand and led her out of the arcade with Michelle following close behind them.
They were able to get out of the arcade and away from the food court before Edge saw them. Michelle text Matt that Edge was in the food court, where they were heading and that he didn't see them. Matt text her back stating that he was almost done and he would meet them at their location. Jeff called Stephanie again and left another message for her. When Matt caught up to them, they all decided it would be best to head back to the hotel and possibly to the arena since Stephanie had not answered her phone or called back.
When they arrived at the hotel they all went to Matt and Michelle's room. Krista was shaking a little bit as she was not sure what Edge wanted with her. Matt came up with the girls as Jeff checked for messages. When Jeff got to the room, he had a handful of messages that were each only one word long. Jeff and Matt sat down at the table and tried to put the messages together according the time the messages were received. The messages read: "Beware, I will get to you sooner than you think."
"We need to take this to Stephanie. Edge has lost his mind. I have to wonder if this has to do with your match against him on Sunday for the title?" Matt stated worried for his brother and Krista.
"Let's go now." Krista said nervously.
"Matt, you lead us out of here, then the girls will follow and I will walk behind everyone." Jeff stated.
The four of them left the hotel and headed to the arena. There were no problems getting there. They went straight to Stephanie's office and showed her the messages and told her that Edge had been at the mall while they were there. Stephanie was not happy at all and called Edge. She told him that if goes anywhere near the Hardy's before Sunday night's match, he will be fired. She also told him to stop leaving messages for them at the hotel. Matt and Jeff left to go find their dressing rooms while Krista and Michelle stayed in Stephanie's office to work on some details for Sunday.
"In lieu of what is going on, I think that you should stay with someone at all times on Sunday. So while Jeff isn't in the ring I think you should stay close by him. If something happens I will move Paul's dressing room to one side and Matt to the other side. That way you have a way to get away from Edge. I am hoping that he takes what I say seriously. I just cant understand as to why he cant keep it in the ring." Stephanie stated.
"I agree. I don't know. From what I remember, he hates Jeff and hates the fact that Jeff is going for his title. Now Jeff has been training hard and I have complete confidence in him to win on Sunday." Krista stated.
"That's very good to hear. I need to make the arrangements for the moving of dressing rooms, why don't you both walk with me." Stephanie suggested.
"Sounds good." Michelle stated. "Edge seems like a really vengeful person. And honestly, he scares me."
"He is very much a vengeful person, but he takes it to a whole other level that is hazardous to everyone's health. I just hope we make through Friday's show and Unforgiven without anymore worries." Krista stated as they followed Stephanie towards Jeff's dressing room.
"Great! Same here." Michelle answered.
"Michelle, other than this whole Edge thing, what's wrong?" Krista asked.
"It's nothing. I'm fine." Michelle answered.
"It's not nothing, it's something. And I can see in your eyes that something is wrong. You know you can talk to me." Krista told her.
"I don't know how to talk about it. I love helping you with the wedding plans and I am very grateful that you picked me to be maid of honor. It's just that Matt and I have been together for three years now and still nothing. I love him with all my heart, but I guess I thought that by now, there would be more than just living and touring together." Michelle confided in her friend.
"Well, I'm sure that Matt will in his own time. I know about his past relationships and well, you are the best thing that has ever happened to him. Give him some time. I think that he is still getting used to the fact that his baby brother is getting married in a few short months. I know how Matt feels if that is the case, as my younger sisters got married before I did." Krista reassured her.
"But I thought you were married before to Caitlyn and Jordan's father." Michelle stated looking confused.
"I had my name legally changed to his last name due to the kids, but we were never married, so this will be my first wedding as well." Krista told her.
"Oh ok." Michelle responded as Krista headed into Jeff's dressing room. "I'm going to go find Matt."
Krista thought that she would tell Jeff about what Michelle said. She walked to the back of Jeff's dressing room to find him organizing his stuff for tomorrow's show.
"Hey Jeff, are we alone?" Krista asked.
"Yeah, what's up?" Jeff asked.
"It's Michelle." Krista answered.
"What's wrong with Michelle?" Jeff asked as he stopped what he was doing.
"Well, I guess she thinks that Matt doesn't love her enough to marry her since they have been together for 3 years." Krista told him. "She's not going to leave him and I reassured her that he does love her, just give him time."
"Oh wow. Umm I guess I should talk to him to see if he thinks that this relationship is going in that direction and even if they have a long engagement, it would be better than none at all if he does want to marry her." Jeff responded. "But it will have to wait until later tonight."
"Ok. Just please don't say anything that I told you. I guess just ask him how things are going and go from there." Krista suggested.
"Don't worry. I wont say anything." Jeff responded as he picked up his phone to text Matt.
That night Michelle and Krista decided to rent a chick flick and sent the guys to go get some popcorn and something to drink. That gave Jeff an open chance to talk to Matt about Michelle.
"You know, we hardly ever get to talk anymore with work and both of our relationships and the wedding and the kids. So how are things going with you and Michelle?" Jeff asked as they walked to the nearest store.
"Yeah, you're right. I think things are going very well with Michelle. While we were in Reno, I officially asked her to move in with me." Matt responded.
"That's cool. You two have been together for, what 3 years now." Jeff stated.
"Yeah I love her more than anyone else before." Matt responded. "I have to tell you a secret, that you can't tell anyone, even Krista."
"Umm. Ok. What is it?" Jeff asked a little uneasy about not being able to tell Krista.
"When I went to go pick up your wedding rings, I bought something for Michelle at the jewelry store. I want it to be the most romantic surprise she will ever have." Matt stated.
"What did you buy?" Jeff asked thinking that he bought something a long the lines of a ring.
"I bought her an engagement ring, but I am going to wait until the right time to do it. So, if she says anything to you or Krista about wanting to get married just keep reassuring her that I love her and when the time is right she will know." Matt told him as he showed him the ring.
Back at the hotel, the girls thought it would be cute to take one of the many Hardy Boyz shirts from each of the guys and lounge around in them and surprise them when they got back. So they each found a shirt and a pair of shorts and changed into them. When Jeff and Matt were greeted at the door with their girls wearing their clothes, all they could do was laugh. Since they were in Jeff and Krista's room, Jeff and Krista sat on the bed and Matt and Michelle sat on the couch to watch the movie. When the movie was over, Matt and Michelle headed back to their room and everyone went to bed as they had a busy day ahead of them.