Chapter 14

Three Months Later

Jacob's Ladder F'N Broke: Still can't believe that bastard, Drew McBain escaped and released a sex tape. Who knew he had one?

Y2JIzTheKingOfTheWorld : Yea its been sold for a million dollars. A former wrestler/Playboy Playmate/Pop Singer. He hit gold

TheSenseiOfMattitude : Yea, it's not like he needed the money. You think it's really Matt on the tape or that crazy Drew dude

Mustard Lover : I believe it was Matt. No tattoos

Canadian Stratosphere : This guy has more lives than a cat and I can't view Matt or Katie the same. They were wild on tape but so reserved in person.

Y2JIzTheKingOfTheWorld : You haven't traced him yet Jacob?

Jacob's Ladder F'N Broke: He sent me a taunting message on Myspace and Facebook but he's just made me want to catch him even more. Hung out with Shane, Shannon, Talia, Matt, and Beth. Jeff showed up fashionably late lol. Matt is still quiet, a little closed off. They let me see Katie. She looked pretty. Lost a little weight but she's still on life support.

TheSenseiOfMattitude: Yea, Drew was wrong to release that tape on her birthday

Sage: Yea as if Matt didn't have enough to think about.

BenjaminRules : Wonder why he won't let Katie go.

ToniaLuvsKatz: He's not ready.

Y2JIzTheKingOfTheWorld : Still grieving

BenjaminRules: That fool Drew escaped during transit and disappeared off the face of the earth. Money makes it easy to hide

Jacob's Ladder F'N Broke: There's so much more you guys don't know

Canadian Stratosphere : Jacob, we talk all the time. You holding out Rambo? Call me okay?

Mustard Lover : You two are getting it on aren't you?

V1&Only : Whoa!

Sage: Canadian, I saw Jacob in the audience on Raw. I saw you too

V1&Only : Where?

BenjaminRules: Yea where?

ToniaLuvsKatz : In the ring

Y2JIzTheKingOfTheWorld : Canadian, you're a Trish fan and your on Raw?

Matt Hardy: (has signed on) She's Mickey James lol

Y2JIzTheKingOfTheWorld : Oh no way!

Matt Hardy: Hey Jacob, guess you forgot to mention I introduced you two

Jacob's Ladder F'N Broke: Well…we're taking it slow

Matt Hardy: Okay (lol)

Jacob's Ladder F'N Broke: So, how are you?

ToniaLuvsKatz : Yea, how are you holding up?

Matt Hardy: Okay

Canadian Stratosphere : We're hoping you come back to work soon

Matt Hardy: Well…maybe not for a few years

V1&Only : Why?

Sage: Work would be great for you

Matt Hardy: Yes but my passion for wrestling has dimmed a little

Jacob's Ladder F'N Broke: I understand. Just so you know I won't stop until I get that bastard

Y2JIzTheKingOfTheWorld : Yea, he can't stay hidden forever

Matt Hardy: Yes. He will have to come out of hiding. Security is tight on my property. New system, bulletproof windows, the works…

TheSenseiOfMattitude: Wow, sounds like your secure as Fort Knox

Matt Hardy: Yea, well I decided to sign on after these past few months since I'm on TV with my wife in a way I had no control over. I hadn't commented on it because I'm so pissed about it but you have to move on and focus on more positive things. Well…I wanted to talk to you guys about some of the decisions I've made and why I made them.

ToniaLuvsKatz : Oh, we're not questioning them

Sage: We know you have a reason for what you're doing

Y2JIzTheKingOfTheWorld : We support you

Canadian Stratosphere : And you know we support you at work

JeffHardyLovr : Okay everyone, I feel as if this is gonna be interesting

Matt Hardy: Well, yea

Sage: Okay you're scaring me Matt

ToniaLuvsKatz : I'm sweating over here Matt

Jacob's Ladder F'N Broke: Be patient and let the man talk!

Mustard Lover : Okay! Matt you have the floor

Matt Hardy: Okay, well first I'd like to break the news that there is a new lady in my life and…

Three Years Later

Matt ran downstairs almost tripping over Lucas. He looked over on the sofa and saw her sleeping soundly. Dark brown hair fanned out around her head. Dark brown eyelashes accentuated the big hazel green eyes behind her eyelids. He walked over and kissed her on the forehead. She stirred a little and went into a deeper sleep.

"Today is the day. Today is the day I have to let her go" he said sighing as Amy walked into the living room wiping her hands on a towel.

"You okay?" Amy asked reluctantly.

"Yea, I knew this day was coming. I just never thought it would come to this and so fast. I'm not ready to take her off life support" Matt said rubbing his face.

"Matt, she wouldn't want to be like that for the rest of her life. You have a daughter now and you have to move on" Amy huffed. "Look, I know you still love Katie but it's just a body. She's no longer there" Amy grumbled.

"I know! You keep reminding me. I'm heading to the hospital to sign the papers" he said before kissing his daughter on the forehead. "See you in a little while" he said kissing Amy on the forehead.

"Be strong" Amy whispered walking him to the door.

"I miss you so much. My daughter is almost three now. She looks just like me but she has Chris' eyes. She has ways just like her Godmother Katie" Trish giggled holding Katie's hand. "Today is the deadline for Matt to let you go. He agreed to this date. Oh Katie you have about one hour to wake up or you're going to die. If you want to get Matt back you have to fight to live. Wake up damnit!" Trish whined. "I love you. You're my sister. If you're already gone, I'm not mad at you. Everyone is in the hall and I'm sure you're tired of us saying goodbye but I had to try one last time to get through to you" Trish said kissing Katie on the cheek as Matt walked in.

"Hey" Matt said in a whisper. They hugged and he sat in the chair as Trish caressed his back and then left him alone with Katie. "Umm…where do I start? I still love you. I loved you the first time I saw you and you pretended you were checking out Cena" Matt laughed through a sob. "I never told you this but I knew we'd end up together when we had to get married. Vince just gave me the courage to accept my feelings for you and act on them. I used to check you out constantly. I made sure I was in front of a TV to see your matches because I knew you'd be waiting for me to critique them. You were so fucking hot! Damn! I wanted you in the worst way when you were with Adam. I was shocked when he fucked up and you took him back. That pissed me off. I was crazy jealous when you two would paw each other in public. It took me awhile to realize I wanted it to be me with you. Hmm…I got you, lost you and got you back all over again. You should have never taken that bullet for me. I should be lying here in your place. Maybe I'd be dead or maybe I'd have survived the shot to the gut and we'd be together. I wish this was easier Logan. I used to feel you everywhere. I used to feel you at night and now…nothing. Your presence is no longer felt in the house. I just feel loneliness. Amy keeps telling me that you're watching over me. You and I were supposed to have a house full of kids but that can never happen now. I added two rooms onto the house the first year you went into this coma. It was supposed to be for our future Hardy clan. It gave me something to do. Jeff, Shannon, Shane, Nash and even Jacob helped me build those rooms. Jacob is my friend now, can you believe that? We still argue online though" he chuckled. "Tonia, Sage and all the guys sends you their love. Nash is wrestling now. He travels with Jeff, Shannon, and Shane"

"Drew escaped from police custody a few days after shooting you while being transferred. He swore he'd never come back since you were gone. I have to let you go…Log…Katie…Katelyn Sierra Logan-Hardy. You wait for me on the other side. Come to me in my dreams to let me know your okay. Our little sister is keeping your Mom and my Dad on their toes but I'm sure she told you all about that earlier. She'll be four soon. Oh, Trish and Chris as parents! Oh my gosh! They're great! And you were concerned about Trish watching our kids. Trish's motherly instincts kicked in instantly. You said she may surprise us and she did. She named her daughter Katelyn Patricia. She's a little spitfire at three years old. I…umm…also…have a daughter now. I never thought I could be a good father but I did all of the changing diapers and late night feedings I could. I'm sure you've seen her while you were looking over me. She's the little girl in my house with the dark brown hair and hazel eyes that's green sometimes. They could melt a glacier. She certainly melts my heart. She reminds me of Jeff. She climbs everything. I want to say she reminds me of you but I don't want to hear Amy fussing about me trying to see you in everything. I find feathers everywhere and I know it's you. The butterflies that land right on me, I know it's you" he smiled widely. "I'll never be ready to let you go Katie but I have to. Today I may be releasing Katie Logan-Hardy but my precious Logan will always live on in my heart. Oh Logan, my sweet baby" he said as tears fell down his face. He stood up and kissed her lips a few times. His tears fell onto her face as he cried and held her close for about twenty minutes before leaving out the room and signing all of the paperwork.

"I'll call you as soon as she passes on" Melanie said solemnly to Matt as Chelsea and Gilbert stood outside Katie's room with Trish, Chris, Shane, Dave, Nash, Jacob, Shannon, Jeff, Beth, Jay and to Matt's surprise…Adam Copeland stood against the wall with red puffy eyes.

"I can't be here when she di…I gotta go" Matt shook his head.

"I'll drive you home" Jeff said following him to the elevators. The drive home was the longest drive Matt could remember. He stared at his phone in his hand off and on the entire ride. Jeff knew when they got to the hospital garage and Matt pulled his phone out that he'd expected Katie to go instantly. "Matt…I'm so very sorry bro" Jeff said wiping tears from his eyes. "She was like a sister to me" Jeff told him as Matt just nodded. As he walked up the steps to his house his cellphone rang and he saw it was Trish's number and he knew. He knew the love of his life was gone. He broke down in Jeff's arms and he cried. He screamed as he crawled into a ball on his porch and rocked back and forth.

An hour later, his phone sat between he and Jeff on the porch constantly ringing. His father, Chris, Nash, Melanie, Shane, Shannon and Beth kept calling him but he just wasn't ready to hear it. "Don't answer your phone either" he told Jeff as his phone started to ring constantly. "I'll be back" Matt stood and went into the house and came out a few minutes later with his daughter in his arms and headed to his car.

"Where are you going?" Jeff questioned picking up Matt's cellphone.

"To the ice cream shop and then to the store. You wanna drink some beer with me tonight?" Matt asked wiping tears from his face.

"Sure man. I can go get it" Jeff said trying not to cry.

"No. Tell Amy I'll be back shortly. I'm taking Sierra for ice cream" he said leaving.

Jeff walked into the house and Lucas ran and jumped in his arms. He gave him a big kiss as Amy came downstairs in a rush.

"Where's Matt?" Amy asked in a panic.

"He took Sierra for ice cream" Jeff told her.

"Where's his phone?" she asked. "They're trying to call him from the hospital"

"I got his cellphone. He didn't want to hear she was gone already" Jeff explained.

"That was Trish. Matt needs to go back to the hospital" Amy said breaking into a smile.

"Why?" Jeff frowned.

"It's Katie! They took her off the machine and she was breathing on her own. She had tears running down her face. She woke up!" Amy laughed through tears.

"No! Are you serious? Give me your keys" he said putting Lucas down and heading out with Amy's keys and got in her car. Fifteen minutes later he walked into the ice cream shop and spotted Matt and Sierra eating ice cream cones. "Matt! Katie woke up!" Jeff shouted out.

"Who?" Matt asked trying to take in what Jeff was saying.

"You're Logan! She woke up. They want you at the hospital" Jeff said grabbing Sierra in his arms. "What are you waiting on? Your wife is awake!" Jeff yelled as Matt realized Logan wasn't gone. He stood slowly and threw his ice cream cone in the trash and then slowly followed Jeff to the car. "You drive. I'm too nervous to drive" Matt said in a shaky voice as he got in the backseat and strapped Sierra into her car seat.

"Where's Matt?" Katie said dryly as Trish fiddled with the outfit of the cute little dark haired girl with big greenish brown eyes in her arms.

"He's talking to the doctor. I knew you were in there girl!" Trish said smiling brightly.

"I heard bits and pieces of everyone. It was like I was in a hole hearing voices echoing. I was fighting to wake up so I wouldn't die like you told me. Matt crying pulled me out the hole. I could feel his tears on my face and then I started to cry with him" she mumbled as Matt came into the room.

He appeared a lot thinner. He smiled and kissed her on the lips. "Welcome back stranger" Matt chuckled caressing her face lovingly. She was so small lying there looking up at him. She was around a hundred and three pounds, a long way off from her previous one hundred and thirty-five.

"Trish is that my little sister?" Katie grinned reaching for the little girl Trish held. Trish anxiously took a step back.

"Umm, no. She's a little older than this little cutie pie here. Your sister is four now." Trish smiled. "You've been asleep for almost four years girl. I've had my daughter. She's going on three. It's the beginning of June. The summer of 2010. You were our own sleeping beauty" Trish teased.

"I was?" Katie guffawed looking at Matt for confirmation.

"It's true. The insurance ran out and your mother, sister and I paid out the pocket to keep you alive. Even Jacob and the guys on your board helped out with the expenses. After so long the doctors convinced me you were gone and to let you go. It was worth every penny to have you back Logan" Matt sighed sitting next to Katie. "You had us all scared Logan" Matt shook his head still trying to believe she was awake.

"Sleeping Beauty" the little girl in Trish's arms whispered to Matt.

"Yes, I am" Katie chuckled.

"Pretty Mommy" she said shyly hugging Trish tightly.

"Yes, Mommy is pretty" Trish said eyeing Matt with a huge grin on her face.

"Yes, she is" Matt smiled at Trish.

"I want to go home" Katie said trying to move her legs.

"You need therapy for a few weeks before you can walk again" Trish said as Chris Jericho came in and took the little girl from her arms.

"Hell of a way to get attention Katie Logan-Hardy. Go into a coma for years and have me praying more than I ever had" Chris said in an angry tone then his frown softened. "I'm so glad God heard me" he smiled kissing Katie's hand before he and Trish left.

"What's wrong?" Matt grinned pushing her hair back.

"Don't tell Trish but that kid may have greenish eyes but she looked nothing like her or Chris. Plus she said she had Chris's eyes when I was out. His eyes are blue not hazel or green. The dark hair is Trish. She's really a brunette you know" she whispered.

Matt laughed heartily and then caressed her cheek. "Your very observant Logan" Matt grinned. He didn't know how to approach the conversation that the little girl Trish and Chris had just left with was his daughter, Sierra.

Six Weeks Later

"What are you doing?" Melanie asked with her hand on her hip. She was standing in the doorway of Katie's hospital room.

"I'm going home. I've missed the Fourth of July celebration last week. I need to be home with my husband" Katie said zipping up her jacket and grabbing her purse. She was walking fine and had gained about fifteen pounds. She felt a lot stronger and felt she was ready to go home before Matt returned later that night.

"Umm, you have another week of therapy" Melanie reminded her.

"I haven't seen Matt in five days!" Katie told her.

"Okay, wait! I know that look in your eyes! You were cleared for sex but Matt's on the road, remember? He'll be back later and you guys will have plenty of time to catch up on sex" Melanie explained.

"I know. Mom says I'm being impatient but I want to go home and surprise my husband when he walks in that door tonight" Katie said full of excitement.

"Wait. Let him pick you up. You two need to talk before you leave here" Melanie stressed to her.

"Okay! I'll wait on him to come get me" Katie shouted sitting on the bed. As soon as she figured Melanie was gone she quickly grabbed her bag and purse and headed out the hospital.

Katie got out the cab and headed up to the house. She stood on her tiptoes and got the spare key from under a brick next to the door and entered the house. Everything looked the same except the windows were new and darker, storm windows maybe. She noticed a door that wasn't there before to the left of the fireplace and went inside it. "Wow! He finally added a new room and bathroom to the house. I know Beth decorated this because Matt has no taste when it comes to decorating" she giggled to herself. She walked out the room and headed into the kitchen and noticed the refrigerator was new. A new kitchen table and chairs, but the cabinets were still that odd shade of blue Matt refused to change. She walked back into the living room and saw Lucas. He started to bark and run in circles. "Shh! It's me boy" Katie whispered as he ran to her jumping up on her excitedly.

"Matt? I put you a plate in the microwave and then I'm heading…" Amy shouted coming down the stairs and froze in her tracks. "Kate…Katie, what are you doing here?" Amy asked nervously.

"I lived here last time I checked" Katie answered getting on the defense. She just knew Matt hadn't moved Amy back into the house! She was standing there with a wide smile plastered over her face.

"Well, the alarm is silent but it beeps upstairs with flashing lights to lets us know someone's downstairs. The new code is 1225" she said as Katie went over and punched the code in.

"I thought you had a week left of therapy" Amy said crossing her arms across her chest.

Katie noticed the big shiny wedding band on her ring finger. "Yea, but I couldn't wait to get home to my husband. Nice ring" she nodded at Amy's ring.

"Yea…I um got married about two years ago" Amy responded eyeing the top of the stairs.

"You nervous about something Amy?" Katie asked walking over to the stairs. "Is Matt upstairs? You have some man upstairs in his house?" Katie questioned as Amy blocked the stairs. "Amy, move!"

"I can't let you go upstairs, not until Matt gets home. We need to talk to you" Amy demanded.

Then it happened. The same little hazel eyed, dark haired girl Trish held in her arms in the hospital ran downstairs behind Amy. "Daddy! Your home early and Uncle Jeff said we were going to…" she started before seeing Katie standing there in shock.

"Oh my God!" Katie whispered backing up towards the front door. "He has a child with you?" she inquired trying to hold back her tears.

"Katie, wait! Matt will be here soon. He can explain everything!" Amy started but Katie had run out of the house.

"You okay?" Jeff asked startling Katie out of her daze. She was sitting out on Jeff's deck throwing rocks across his yard.

"No, I'm not" she said in a tired voice.

"Amy called. She figured you were here or at our parents" Jeff said sitting next to her.

"He married her didn't he? He had a child with Amy because he thought I was dead" she broke down crying.

Jeff inhaled sharply before answering. "Matt wanted to tell you everything before you were released from the hospital. I feel like I should let him explain" Jeff told her reluctantly.

"He couldn't wait a year to move on with her? Was I not worth a year of grieving? I shouldn't have woken up" she stood wiping the tears from her face. "Can I get access to a car?"

"Don't talk crazy girl. Your car is at my dad's. Your mom drives it sometimes. It made her feel closer to you. Come on, I'll drive you over" Jeff said going in the house to get his keys.

Three hours later Katie was sitting at the kitchen table of her condo she once shared with Trish years before. Trish and Chris had moved into their own home after having their baby. Jeff sat with her finishing up some amazing Chinese food and drinking a few beers. He was on his third, she on her second. Katie had her laptop in front of her to verify all the deaths of celebrities Jeff had told her about.

"I can't believe Farrah Fawcett died from anal cancer and then a few hours later Michael Jackson died too" Katie guffawed. "Talk about a double whammy in one day" Katie said gripping her temples. "I'm going to make another huge donation towards finding a cure for cancer. My mom has been very blessed."

"Yea, she has been. She's completely fine now. There's been a lot of deaths since you were out" Jeff nodded.

"And Anna Nicole's daughter looks just like her" Katie said eyeing the magazine article on Dannilynn, Anna's daughter and her real father.

"A lot of tragedies and deaths in our profession" Jeff grumbled as she eyed the death list of wrestlers on her laptop.

"I can't believe what they said Benoit did. He seemed so nice. Then Test, Sherri Martel, Umaga…my God!" she guffawed covering her face with her hands.

"So, you remember anything while you were out?" Jeff inquired.

"I remember bits and pieces of all of you guys talking to me but you all seemed so far away as if you were whispering in a tunnel to me" Katie frowned. "I remember Trish and my Mom singing. I remember you and Beth, Matt mostly though because he'd ramble on for what felt like hours" she chuckled. "I also remember songs like, children's songs?" she laughed as Jeff snickered and beer shot out of his mouth.

"Okay, that's weird sis-in-law. What kinds of songs?" Jeff grinned as his cellphone received a text message and he read it.

"Umm, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, The Wheels on the Bus, Old McDonald, Do Your Ears Hang Low, oh and that I Love You song" Katie pondered.

"Barney sings that" Jeff told her.

"Hmm, everything else is a blur but the doctor says it normal" she said shutting down the laptop.

"You think you can remember it all over time?" Jeff asked throwing his beer in the trash.

"Well…maybe, but I don't…" she started as the doorbell rang.

"I got it" Jeff said heading to the door.

A minute later Matt walked in looking sad. He stood staring at her as she drank her beer. "I still can't believe your back" he grinned startling her.

"I just bet you can't" she said sarcastically getting up and tossing the beer in the trash. "I see you ran Jeff off. I guess this is the big speech you were hoping you never had to say. Got here to my place and was surprised you kept it up so well. I'm really surprised the lights were on" she said heading out the kitchen and turning the light off leaving Matt in complete darkness.

"Actually, I had them turned on a week ago in case you wanted to stay here" Matt said following her down to her bedroom a minute later after she got up and left him standing in the kitchen.

"Why would I want to stay here and not at home with you, my husband?" she questioned.

"I figured maybe you wouldn't be comfortable living with me or maybe you wouldn't remember some things and need a break to figure things out" he shrugged.

"Just say it Matt! You figured I'd be uncomfortable living with you and your new family!" she shouted at him.

"Logan…I…I don't even know where to start" he groaned sitting at the foot of her bed and pulling her to him.

"You forgot me so easily" she cried uncontrollably as he held her close nuzzling her stomach.

"You really believe that? You don't know me like I thought you did. I never gave up on you! God Logan you don't know the hell I went through the first year. I had people around to help me but when I was at home alone at night I lost it constantly. I stopped wrestling for two years and for me to give up my job, my passion; you know I had to be fucked up. I visited you everyday" he cried hugging her close.

"Everyday, huh? How did Amy take you coming to see the old wife huh?" she asked pulling away from him.

"Why would Amy have cared?" Matt frowned.

"She's your wife isn't she? That little girl wasn't Trish's was she? You let me believe she was! She's yours! I heard her call Jeff her uncle!" Katie screamed trying to gain her composure as she paced back and forth.

"You are right. She's my daughter, Sierra. Sierra Bronwyn Hardy" he said eyeing her to see if she recognized the names. She paced back and forth trying to let what he was telling her register. She stopped pacing and looked at him.

"You named her after me? You gave her Bronwyn? The name I wanted to…" Katie asked suspiciously.

"Trish took Katelyn! Besides, why wouldn't I name her after her mother?" Matt asked her with an uncontrollable smile on his face.

"Her mother? Amy? Wait…no, not me?" Katie responded with a quizzical look on her face.

"Logan! Look at me!" he demanded grabbing her face. "Do you think that I'd disrespect your memory by marrying Amy and having a kid with her after you were still half alive? Your mother would have killed me! Not to mention Melanie and Trish! Do you have that little faith in me, in us?" Matt asked in a hurt voice.

"We never had kids" she sobbed.

"What were you going to tell me the weekend of our ski trip when the Drew fiasco happened? You said that you had something to tell me that would make that weekend pale in comparison. After you took that bullet for me, Melanie broke the news that you'd never wake up but she also discovered that you were eight weeks pregnant. I had to take a chance on salvaging something that was us, something that was part you to keep me going. I couldn't let that bastard win" he whispered against her forehead.

"No…I would know my own" she sobbed trying to pull away from him but he didn't budge. He pulled her to the bathroom and pulled her pants low on her hip showing her a faint C-section scar low around her bikini line.

"Look! This is where they took her from you at thirty-eight weeks on my birthday September 23rd. Logan, I raised our daughter pretty much on my own. I didn't want any other woman. I brought Sierra up to that hospital to visit you frequently up until a week before you woke up. She knows you're her mother. She used to sing to you hoping you'd wake up. She's obsessed with Sleeping Beauty. You're her real life Sleeping Beauty. Amy comes over and helps sometimes when the nanny can't but she is married to a very understanding guy, just not to me" Matt grinned.

"Who's she married to?"

"This nice guy named Dave Batista" Matt laughed as Katie looked on in shock.

"No!" Katie whispered.

"You brought them together. He hung around because of you. She hung around because of me. They realized we were two sick love starved saps who would never leave one another even with you in a coma" he teased.

"You kept me alive for our daughter" she smiled trying to stop from shaking.

"Yes. Then they told me to let you go but I couldn't just yet because there was still brain activity. I still felt your presence so I held on a little longer and then a little longer and your brain healed over time. A true miracle." he smiled kissing her softly.

"I can't believe we did it. We made a baby and I missed out on it" Katie said crying on his shoulder.

"Would you like to meet her?" Matt asked pulling away from her.

"No! I'm not ready" Katie said just as Jeff walked in the room with Sierra on his hip.

"Is it safe to come in now? It's starting to rain hard outside" Jeff asked cautiously.

"Too late. They're here" he grinned grabbing Sierra out of Jeff's arms and kissing her on the cheek. "Hey squirt, I think this reunion was a long time coming" he said handing her to Katie who stared at her in amazement.

"My God, she's beautiful. Her eyes…are…her eyes are mine" Katie laughed.

"Yea, we all freaked when Trish took Sierra into the hospital room with her. Then you made reference to her looks" Matt told her as she sat down on the floor with her daughter and looked at her fingers in awe of how perfect she was.

"Yea you pretty much knew she wasn't Trish and Chris' because deep down maybe you knew she was yours" Jeff added as Sierra caressed Katie's face.

"You're my Sleeping Beauty, Mommy" she giggled hugging Katie tightly.

"Oh, yes I am! Did you sing to me while I was sleeping?" Katie teased nuzzling her nose against Sierra's.

"Yes. I sang a whole lot of songs for you" Sierra smiled.

"Tell me about some of your favorite things" Katie smiled as Matt and Jeff slowly backed out of the room and left them alone to bond.

Two hours later Matt returned to Katie's bedroom to find Katie and Sierra sound asleep in the big king sized bed. He took off his pants and shirt. He paused at his boxers when he remembered Sierra was in the room. He kicked off his shoes and climbed under the covers and snuggled close to his wife and daughter. He hadn't felt this content for years. He eyed his wife and child marveling at how much Sierra had Logan's features over his. That was a good thing because his nose wasn't that great. Thank God she got her mother's nose.

"What are you thinking about?" Katie asked breaking into Matt's thoughts.

"Oh, so many things. Things we've missed out on. You know your CD hit #1 while you were comatose? I put that money away for Sierra but now that you've come back to us you can do with it what you want" Matt said brushing a strand of dark blond hair from her face.

"No, leave it where it is. You did really good baby. She's so perfect" Katie sighed nuzzling Sierra.

"I was thinking if you're up to it we could take a trip. Beth and Jeff planned it months ago before Beth found out she was pregnant but we were going to Mt Pleasant to pig out on some of those famous Jack's Cosmic Dog's. Best hot dog you could have" Matt laughed. "What?"

"Beth is pregnant?" Katie gasped.

"Oh yeah, forgot to tell you. It's a girl" Matt shrugged.

"Six months from now when I know I'm healthy let's have another baby" Katie stated.

"Umm, okay. We can start tonight if you're up to it" Matt whispered.

"Let's put Sierra in Trish's old room" Katie suggested.

"Okay" Matt nodded. Five minutes later they stood outside the bedroom door watching Sierra sleep. "It's okay to leave her alone to sleep you know?" Matt teased.

"Shut up!" Katie laughed as he pulled her back down the hall to her room. "When are you taking me home?" Katie asked pushing him into the bedroom and closing the door.

"First thing in the morning" Matt promised grabbing her up swiftly and laying her on the soft bed. "I'll admit I'm a little anxious. This may be quick but I promise to make it up later" he teased kissing her passionately.

Katie pulled away from him and grinned shyly. "Forgive me if I accidentally break it" she giggled as he nibbled along her neck.

"Baby, trust me it will not break. Do to me whatever you please" he moaned before their animalistic instincts took over.

Five hours later Matt awoke to find the sun shining faintly through the window and realized he was alone. He caressed Katie's pillow but it was cold just like the many times he touched her side of the bed for so many years. He panicked and threw on his boxers. Maybe he dreamed the last six weeks. Maybe last night never happened. He touched between his legs as he headed down the hall. "I think she broke it" he laughed to himself as he went into the other bedroom. A sense of relief swept over him to see Katie snuggled up next to Sierra sound asleep. He shook his head and climbed into the queen sized bed behind Katie and kissed her neck. She stirred and opened her eyes.

"I can't help it. I'm so protective of her. I have to make sure she's breathing" Katie sighed.

"It's okay. I was the same way. Still am sometimes. It's what parents do baby" he mumbled against her shoulder. "Get some rest Logan, we have a full day ahead of us" he smiled.

December 2010

"Okay, I've got the PS3 and that damn dancing game. Do you really expect us to dance to this game?" Jeff chuckled handing the shopping bag to Katie.

"Shh! Sierra may hear you" Beth whispered as she rocked her and Jeff's daughter back and forth as she lounged on the sofa.

"It's not like you can't dance. I mean, Shannon already said he'd try it out" grinned a five months pregnant Trish as she struggled trying to sit down on the floor. She took the bag from Katie and started to wrap the gifts.

Katie giggled resting her hand on her swollen belly. "And yes, Uncle Jeff will have to do some crazy dance on Christmas to entertain his favorite niece because I can't."

"My only niece" Jeff said sarcastically. "Shane has the pillow pets" Jeff said rubbing Katie's belly.

"Oh my God! Will you stop rubbing my belly?" Katie fussed as Shane passed by her from the kitchen, put the bag with the pillow pet down and rubbed her belly too.

"Your too damn cute all barefoot and pregnant" Shane teased looking down at her bare feet as she popped him in the back of the head.

"Can you say male chauvinist?" Katie guffawed as he ran to the back door.

"You can't catch me now because your belly is slowing you down!" Shane taunted as she sat in a chair trying to put her socks on.

"Wait until I drop this baby" Katie swore shaking her fist as Shane backed out the door in slow motion as if taunting her to run after him.

"Don't feel bad, they did it to me too" Beth chuckled.

"Yea, I was a regular Buddha statue" Trish shrugged.

"You're pretty big to be four months sis-in-law. May be a litter in there" Jeff teased giving her a hearty hug.

"What am I, an animal now?" Katie grinned.

"Matt and those damned tampered with condoms" Trish smiled.

"Umm, he didn't use condoms. He knocked her up the first time they hooked up. Those two weeks they were away too? Do the math" Beth teased.

"What? Man, he was potent" Trish teased.

"If a man goes a few years without fucking then the nut juice is just itching to get in contact with a female's eggs" Jeff told them.

"Nut juice?" Trish questioned.

"Jeff has a very odd vocabulary" Beth smiled.

"Matt told me how you guys were fucking like rabbits for two weeks straight. That's why she's having Quintuplets" Jeff teased as Katie shot the finger at him. He laughed and headed outside to be a part of The Hardy Show, which was taping in the back yard. "Yo, bro!" he shouted to Matt who was talking with Shannon, Shane, Marty and Kimo.

"What's up man?" Matt responded.

"Nothing, I got the gifts for Sierra. The girls are wrapping gifts and I was fucking with Katie about having a litter inside her stomach" Jeff grinned.

"Yea, she's gained ten pounds in the past month" Matt nodded.

"Oh, you got that strong ass sperm. Getting her pregnant as soon as she got out of the hospital?" Marty teased.

"Hell, he still jacks off and he's married. Got pussy in the house and he jacking off" Shannon added.

"First off, you fuckers are assuming I'm not getting pussy. That shit is way off the fucking mark" Matt said wagging his finger. "Plus I fuck so much, I'm beginning to think I have an addiction problem"

"Hey, you guys are just making up for lost time" Shane threw in.

"So, what crazy shit we're getting into in the snow today?" Jeff asked sitting on the porch.

"Well…we were supposed to have Jacob on the show but he said something came up" Matt frowned.

"Hmm, well I hope that he makes it to the Christmas party" Shannon grinned.

"He'd better! What could he have to do that's more important than this?" Matt wondered out loud.

"A woman!" Marty chuckled.

"No, he swore he'd be here. Something popped up" Shane said as Matt took out his cellphone and tried to get in touch with Jacob.

France

"Dr. Gamine!" shouted an enthusiastic intern.

"Yea!" Dr. Gamine responded trying to rush to the elevators.

"Puis-je parler de vous pour une minute (Can I talk to you for a minute?)" asked the bubbly short haired brunette.

"Qu'il rapide, l'infirmière, Glishtern (Make it quick, Nurse Glishtern)" he said eyeing her badge. "I've got a plane to catch in a few hours"

"Oui, j'ai entendu votre nous quitter. Vous allez nous manquer (Yea, I heard your leaving us. You will be missed)" she blushed.

"Well, thank you. Now if you'll excuse me" he said politely.

"Umm, I was hoping to keep in touch. You know, maybe call or visit one another?" she flirted.

"I see. Well, I'm married. I have a wife and daughter. Another child on the way actually" he explained nicely. "She was my sister-in-law but my brother and wife were killed and things just happened and we fell in love" he grinned shyly. "Matter of fact, I just learned we're having twin boys. She doesn't know it yet though" he smiled proudly.

"Oh. I didn't know you were married" Nurse Glishtern said obviously embarrassed.

"It's okay. I keep my personal business private" he smiled entering the elevator.

"Well, good luck" said Nurse Glishtern as the elevator doors closed. She quickly grabbed her cellphone and made a call.

Dr. Gamine made his way along the deserted road to his secluded Chateau. Just as he made his way around the bend he noticed a leggy blonde bent over trying to change a tire on her silver sports car. He passed her up but the little bit of conscious he had made him stop and back up to help her.

"Need some help?" he asked rolling down his window.

"Umm, yes that's very kind of you" she answered staring at him oddly.

"So, where are you from?" he asked five minutes later as he put the flat tire into her trunk.

"Jersey" she smiled. "You hear an accent?" she chuckled.

"Yea, I hear the New York accent. What are you doing here?" questioned Dr. Gamine.

"Actually I'm on a trip with my boyfriend. Went on a shopping spree while he had a meeting" she frowned.

"What's wrong?" he inquired walking towards her.

She backed up against her car cautiously. "Nothing! You just remind me of someone I used to know" she smiled.

"Who? An old boyfriend?" he inquired touching her suit jacket.

"Yea, he's from The Bronx. Was a real asshole. Not saying you are" she giggled nervously as he backed away from her and went to his car. She quickly got in her car and took a deep breath.

"Hey! You'd better get off this road. Anything could happen to a beautiful girl like you out here. By the way, what's your name?" he asked.

"Gesa" she responded starting the car.

"Strange name" he flirted.

"It's pronounced like a J. Like Jessa" she explained as he nodded and waved goodbye. She drove off and quickly made a phone call.

Dr. Gamine excitedly loaded his luggage in his car and slammed the trunk closed. He heard a twig snap and jumped. "Anyone there?" he asked walking off into the wooded area near his home. No one answered so he turned to go back to his car and then he heard it.

"Come out, come out wherever you are!" came a familiar sing song voice from years before.

"Oh Fuck!" Dr. Gamine hissed as a bullet flew into his chest. He tried to run but his body was falling backwards onto the ground. He tried to catch his breath as someone walked over to him dressed in army fatigues. "Jacob!" he huffed trying to touch where he was shot but he felt nothing but numbness.

"That's right, it's me. You've taunted me for years and I told you that I'd find you" Jacob grinned kneeling down next to him. "I tracked you, and then I lost you. Little did I know someone else was tracking you for a year too. I talked to Katie earlier. She's planning a beautiful Christmas dinner. Too bad you won't be able to make it" Jacob taunted.

"I almost had her back" Jacob gasped as he heard rustling in the bushes. The short haired brunette, Nurse Glishtern walked over to them along with the leggy blonde he'd helped change a tire earlier. "What the fuck?" he hissed as they pulled their wigs off.

"Hello Dr. Gamine, or should I say, "Dr. Enigma" said the tall leggy one. "Nice anagram. As in Jeff "The Enigma" Hardy." she chuckled leaning over him. "Jacob is great with anagrams. You threw me off with his face back on the road. My name is Sage and this is ToniaLuvsKatz. We're from Katie Logan's website" she informed him.

"You didn't really believe I was a nurse did you? I've never been in that hospital until today! Let alone find you attractive...well I would if you were really Jeff Hardy" Tonia chuckled toying with his long dirty blonde hair.

"I've been onto you for a year now Drew McBain. I got a tip from someone and you were good as caught. I let you get good and comfortable with your face. Nice job by the way" Jacob bragged unrolling a body bag.

"You've got me. I'll haunt you in your dreams for the rest of your life" Drew threatened fighting unconsciousness.

"He thinks he's dying!" Sage burst out laughing as she bent down grabbing his left leg.

"We're not killers" Tonya said grabbing the other leg.

"You my friend, have a padded cell waiting for you in North Carolina" Jacob laughed grabbing him under his arms and lifting him into the body bag. "Don't worry, I only shot you with a tranquilizer dart this time"

"No! No! Katie! She will love me as Jeff! I have to get rid of Matt, Jeff, and Beth! Let me go! I'll kill you Jacob! I swear if it's the last thing I ever do!" Drew kicked and screamed trying to fight the sedative flowing through his body as Jacob zipped the bag up leaving room for him to get air.

"You owe me dinner tonight" Tonia flirted.

"I owe you a lot, wife" Jacob smiled pulling her into a deep kiss.

"We need to get out of here, this is not what I'd consider an appropriate honeymoon" Tonia told him as he nodded in agreement.

"Two minutes" he told her as she and Sage stood waiting on him near the clearing of the woods as they heard a helicopter overhead.

Jacob took out his cellphone and dialed a number. "We got him. He won't be a bother anymore" he said as the caller on the other end answered the phone.

"Good. I knew I could count on you" said the voice on the other end.

"I didn't kill him like you wanted me to. I figure jail or the nuthouse will be true punishment for him" Jacob offered.

"Fine just make sure he never bothers Katie and Matt ever again"

"You know, I was shocked when you got involved and found the plastic surgeon that changed his face into Jeff's. You could have let him kill Matt and Jeff. I mean I thought you hated Matt" Jacob said.

"Yea, I did but I realize that I owe him and Katie. What better way than to let them be happy. They've suffered enough don't you think?" he answered as Jacob nodded.

"Sage has really changed you huh?" Jacob guffawed as the helicopter landed.

"Yes, for the better" he answered with a chuckle.

Sage took the phone from Jacob. "Hey honey, I'll be home soon. It's over. Drew McBain is caught because of you" Sage told him wiping a tear from her eye.

"Good" he said quietly.

"Why not let Matt know you did this for them?" Sage questioned.

"No! He can never know, just let it go" he said as they all got inside the helicopter with Drew's unconscious body and headed for Jacob's private plane.

"Okay! Talk to you when I get back" Sage said solemnly.

"Okay, see you then" he replied hanging up the phone. He stood and walked over to the full-length mirror in his bathroom. He took a sip of his beer and smiled. He felt a weight lift off of him. Guilt? Relief? "Be happy Matt and Katie" he toasted with his beer and took a sip. He felt elation to be looking at his old trustworthy self in the mirror. The old Adam Copeland was back. That you could bank on!

"Crazy fucker! He wanted to be me now?" Jeff laughed.

"Hey, they changed his face back the best they could" Matt chuckled as he and Jeff waited on Katie as she saw Drew at the mental institution.

"Just the thought that he believed I'd step over that boundary with your wife, even if you were dead!" Jeff huffed.

"I know! It's scary to think he planned on bumping off both of us. Beth would never have gone for believing that you'd go after Logan after I was gone. He would have definitely killed her because she would have challenged him for answers every step of the way. Man, I'm just glad he can't harm anyone ever again" Matt sighed. "You know Logan plans on joining TNA next year after our son is born in May" Matt grinned.

"That's awesome man!" Jeff said patting him on the back. "Son?"

"Did I say son? Well, long as he or she is healthy I don't care what it is. I just feel like it's a boy" Matt shrugged.

"I hear you. So, what do you think Drew is saying to Katie?" Jeff wondered.

"Lord knows I have no clue. He requested to see her. Why she wanted to see him again" Matt huffed taking a seat on the brown leather sofa in the waiting room.

"Closure" Jeff sighed taking a seat next to Matt to wait for Katie.

"I knew you'd come" Drew smiled from across the table in the visitors room. He was in chains attached to the floor and his face was bandaged from the plastic surgery performed on him days earlier. He wasn't Jeff Hardy anymore. He was a closer version to himself. It would be weeks before he'd see a glimpse of his new face.

"I'm not here for you" Katie said sullenly. "You've made my life a living hell Drew. It didn't have to be this way. I'd hoped you'd changed. You shot me but yet here I sit" Katie said full of confidence.

"I didn't mean to shoot you! You stood in front of him. You shouldn't have done that" Drew told her fighting back tears.

"I'm happy Drew. I'm more content than I've ever been. Your parents feel such guilt for your actions over the years. You're a genius Drew and you've thrown it all away for a woman who didn't return your feelings. You can't force someone to love you. You could have had any woman in the world and been so happy" Katie shook her head sadly.

"They weren't you" he responded eyeing her belly. "You keep giving him kids. Even in a damned coma you were his incubator" Drew hissed.

"He's my husband you psycho bastard!" Katie shouted at him and quickly gained her composure as the guards took a step towards the table. She threw her hand up to stop them. "Drew I came here for one reason. I came to tell you the same thing I told your parents." she said caressing Drew's hand.

He closed his eyes and held her hand in his. "You're having twins. I've kept tabs on you since you woke up. When you were comatose I snuck into the hospital for sixth months to inject you with a medication that I discovered that hadn't been approved in the U.S. to heal your brain. It was experimental and couldn't get approval here. I gave you small doses until your daughter was delivered. I had to bring you back after almost killing you, so I increased the dosages after your delivery. You're proof that it works, darling. No one knew I was ever in your room. I almost got caught by Matt and that ex-boyfriend of yours, Adam. Adam stared at me for a few uncomfortable seconds but I had a mask on and quickly headed to the OR where he followed me. I lost him though because he couldn't come past a certain area. So, you see you're alive because I healed you" he explained.

"What?" Katie gasped.

"Yep. I did that to bring you back. You're having twin boys. Verify it with your doctor" he grinned.

"I will" Katie responded as she shifted uncomfortably in her chair.

"Look, if something happens to me you take my formula and get it approved. You're the proof. Give the money to my parents. I wrote a will leaving everything I own to you. I trust you to do the right things with my other formulas. I know I won't last in here" he mumbled shaking his head. "I see that you will never love me. Maybe in the next life" Drew whispered to her.

"Maybe so, but you have to try to get better" she responded as he kissed her hand.

"Jeff was my last hope. You trusted him next to Matt. I just can't make you love me no matter who I look like" he said breaking down in tears. "Be happy" he said releasing her hand as she got up from the table. She got to the door and he asked, "What did you want to tell me?" Drew asked wiping his tears from his face.

"Oh yea. Umm…I just wanted to let you know that I forgive you for everything. Now we both can move on" she smiled leaving out the room. She felt as if a burden had been lifted from her shoulders.

Later that night

"My break time" shouted the orderly to the janitor. "The guy downstairs who normally relieves me is late. I gotta pee" he told the janitor as he mopped the floor vigorously.

"Oh ok. How long?" the janitor asked gruffly.

"Fifteen minutes"

"Fine, go" he waved standing outside the room door. As soon as the orderly went around the corner the janitor entered the room and stood over the sleeping body of Dr. Drew McBain. He picked up a pillow and debated on whether or not to kill him.

"I knew you'd come sooner or later" Drew said with his eyes closed.

"You damn right! You've made people's lives miserable! I've waited years for this moment" hissed the janitor.

"I won't fight it. Take me out of my misery" Drew begged opening his eyes and staring him down.

Fifteen minutes later, the orderly came back to see the janitor mopping the floor with a spring in his step.

"Thanks for the save. Reynolds is usually on time" he said as the janitor waved and took his mop and bucket and headed to the elevators. Five minutes later a bloodied Reynolds bounded around the corner out of breath.

"Miller! Call security! I was knocked out and my clothes were stolen by a guy dressed as a janitor!" he huffed trying to catch his breath.

Miller immediately called for back up and entered Drew McBain's room. Drew was covered up. He gave a sigh of relief and went to talk to security. The janitor was long gone. Miller was just glad nothing major happened on his watch. A few hours later Dr. Michaela Primer came rushing out of Drew McBain's room.

"You idiots! This isn't Drew McBain! He's escaped!" she shouted rushing to the phone to call Detective Joplin.