The next day Stephanie faxed the directions to the Make-A-Wish location to the hotel for Krista and the guys. Krista handed the directions to Jeff as they were taking their car. Krista packed up one of the duffel bags with the cameras, memory cards, information on the kids they were meeting and plenty of pictures of all three of them to autograph for the kids and their families. Krista also threw in the bag about 6 double packs of markers for them. Jeff and Matt pre-autographed several t-shirts and hats.
Jeff had also autographed several WWE official armbands and threw them in the bag as well. Midnight pre-autographed his t-shirts and some packages of official WWE Hot Wheels cars that has 3 cars in the pack, Midnights, Jeff's and Matt's cars. Matt and Jeff also autographed the cars packages. Matt threw in some V-1 hats that he autographed. While they were driving to the location, Krista's phone went off. It was Vince McMahon.
"Hello, Mr. McMahon." Krista answered her phone.
"Hello Ms. Martin. Stephanie told me and showed me the stuffed bears that Mr. Hardy and Mr. Night made while on their promo tour. And I understand that they would like permission released to the Build-A-Bear company to produce these bears. Is that correct?" Vince asked.
"Yes, sir. That is correct." Krista responded.
"Have your kids seen the bears yet?" Vince asked.
"Yes they have sir." Krista responded.
"How do they like them?" Vince asked her.
"They love them. Jordan carries his around everywhere." Krista responded.
"Great! My grandkids saw them and fought over them. So I am granting permission for the release of 3 WWE products to be made by Build-A-Bear, as long as I can get 3 bears for each of my grandkids. The bears allowed to be produced will be a Midnight bear, a Matt Hardy bear and a Jeff Hardy bear." Vince stated. "They will be available as soon as the first week of January."
"That's great! Thank you, sir." Krista stated excitedly.
"Good. Well good luck today and MAW foundation promo." Vince stated as he hung up.
"What was that all about?" Jeff asked.
"Vince approved the idea for the Build-A-Bear bears. He wants 3 bears for each of his grandkids as well. And he is allowing 3 bears, A Midnight bear, a Matt Hardy bear and a Jeff Hardy bear." Krista informed the guys.
"That's awesome!" Matt stated.
"They will be available the first week in January. And I'm sure that we will be making an appearance at the Build-A-Bear headquarters to kick it off." Krista stated.
"Very cool!" Michael stated.
Once they arrived at the MAW location, Michael quickly changed and put on his makeup in the car as Matt, Jeff and Krista guarded the car. They posed for pictures with everyone. The guys handed out the pre-signed items to everyone and autographed pictures and whatever items the kids had. They spent time talking with the kids and their families. At the end of the event, Krista got the parents email and physical addresses so that she could have the pictures and a personalized letter sent. Krista took a few large group pictures before they left. That night was the taping for RAW. Midnight stayed in character as they drove directly to the arena and parked inside the reserved parking garage.
"Welcome to Monday night Raw from Albuquerque, New Mexico. And last week was exciting and this week we hope is gonna be even bigger with a 2 on 1 match with Midnight and Jason vs. Morrison." Matt Striker stated.
"But I heard there's a match between Kofi Kingston and Midnight what's that about?" Jerry asked.
"We will find out!" Matt responded.
Kofi's music starts to play as he makes his way out to the ring.
"This match is scheduled for one fall. Making his way from Island of Jamaica weighing in at 218 lbs. Kofi Kingston!" Lillian announces.
"I was talking with Kofi today about how he was on the road at Ohio Valley Wrestling and he ran into Midnight who also was there with Matt Hardy. Anyway Kofi and Midnight got to talking about Kofi's jumping ability and well Midnight was impressed Kofi said." Jerry stated.
"They may be in the ring one time or another but they're friends so no big deal." Matt responded.
Midnights music started playing and on the Titantron in the mix of 6 faces are the words Vengeance, what I want, what I need. And blue lights fill the arena smoke rises from the stage Midnight and Jason appear and walk toward the ring.
"Making his way to the ring from the waste lands of Nevada, Midnight and accompanying him from Seattle, Washington, Jason Rogers." Lillian announced.
Jason makes his way to the announcers table and takes a seat putting on a head set.
"Welcome to the table Jason. How are you tonight?" Jerry asked.
"Doing great! Thanks Jerry. How's it going Matt? Great week last week huh?" Jason responded
The match starts and the two men tap fits as a show good sportsmanship.
"So can you tell us what's the deal now days?" Matt asked.
"With?" Jason responded.
"Everything. With you, Midnight, the Hardy Group, and Kofi?" Jerry responded.
Kofi and Midnight are in a show of strength which Kofi wins and tries to stack Midnight, but being smaller of the two wiggles out of the stack and grabs Kofi's leg placing him in a cross leg bar but Kofi breaks it and bounces off the ropes.
"Let me say that this right here and now is education for Midnight. Kofi agreed to show Midnight a few things and that High flying knee is one." Jason stated.
"OK. Now what's with The Hardy's last week with Edge." Matt asked.
"Well it happened before the show and I'll leave you to tell that to our fans but for now Edge is gone and if he shows up it's the Cannon Bomb for him!" Jason answered.
As both Kofi and Midnight connect with Flying Forearm smashes and each one is down as the ref starts his count. But it is Kofi who gets up first and then Midnight who blocks Kofi's spin kick and tries for the Midnight Ride. Kofi fights it off and starts in with his legendary kicking assault.
"I see an education going on and it looks like Midnight is out from those legs of Kofi and a little shake rattle and there's the BOOM into a pin..1..2..3 Kofi wins this time." Jerry states.
Kofi gets up and helps Midnight to his feet and raises their hands and the crowd cheers as the two men shake hands. Midnight walks over to the announcers table and he picks up Jason's head set.
"Now I heard rumors about me and Kelly-Kelly but let me tell you, I had no clue she was with Edge and if I had, I would have put Edge in the Midnight Ride over and over and over again till you could see the blood flow from his face. But I will get that chance one day and Edge it will happen after I deal with two whiney, vain, self-centered, conceited, wannabe fudge packers and I don't mean the little elves in the tree either!" Midnight states.
Meanwhile backstage a camera man catches Cody Rhodes and Morrison watching a TV monitor.
"Does he mean you?" Cody asks confused.
"Who does he think he is insulting the "Shaman of Sexy" and the "Chick Magnet"?" Morrison questions.
"So is he talking about you or what?" Cody asked again.
"Shut up and listen. Yes he is referring to me and Miz and we're not going to take it." Morrison states.
"Yeah!" Cody states.
"I'm not whiney, vain, self-centered or conceited! The ladies just prefer the sexist man in the WWE. And what the hell is a fudge packer?" Morrison states. "And who cares about elves in trees. Maybe they should do a psych exam on him."
"Yeah! Ok. I'm outta here." Cody states as he quickly leaves the area.
Morrison was pacing the backstage hallway when Krista came walking through looking for Vince or Stephanie. She needed to get the papers for the guys to sign off on the Build-A-Bear deal. Krista knew what Midnight had stated and she couldn't help but laugh at Morrison as she walked by.
"It's not funny, whatever your name is!" Morrison stated.
"Actually, yeah it is." Krista stated. "And my name is none of your concern."
"I know who you are! Your that Hardy boy's girl. You are the one who dumped a bucket of ice water on me." Morrison responded.
"Yup, I dumped the bucket of ice water on you. And that Hardy boy has a name and I would suggest you learn it and remember it." Krista responded as she walked away. Krista soon found Stephanie who was walking with her husband, Triple H.
"Hi Krista. Was Morrison bothering you?" Stephanie asked.
"He's just annoying. I was on my way to find you or your dad. I need the papers for the guys to sign off on the Build-A-Bear promo." Krista responded.
"Oh that's right. They are on my desk. Let's go get them." Stephanie stated as they headed towards her office.
Krista got the paper work and headed back to the hotel where everyone was hanging out. Michael, Matt and Jeff all signed the papers and Krista witnessed their signatures. She would turn in the papers to Stephanie tomorrow morning before they took off for Lincoln, Nebraska. Lincoln would be their last stop before their Thanksgiving break. And everyone was looking forwards to hanging out and getting to know Krista's family.
That night, Jeff, Krista, Matt, Michelle, Michael and Mickie all went out to dinner to celebrate Midnight's comeback. Krista liked Mickie and they all got along great. The next day Jason and Midnight had a WWE Magazine photo shoot to attend before heading to Nebraska.
"Are you ready for your first photo shoot tomorrow?" Krista asked.
"I guess. How hard could it be?" Michael responded.
"Depends on what they have you do. My advice is to do everything they tell you to. They also take tons of pictures and then digitally enhance them to get the look they want." Jeff told him.
"It can be fun too." Mickie chimed in.
"Cool. Has anyone talked to Jason since the show?" Michael asked.
"We haven't seen him all day." Jeff responded.
"Maybe we should text him and make sure he is ok." Matt responded.
"I think he is doing just fine." Krista stated as she pointed towards the entrance.
Jason and Trista had just walked into the restaurant. Jason noticed that everyone else was already there and seated. Krista motioned for them to come join them. Jason and Trista made their way over to the group.
"We were starting to wonder about you." Krista stated.
"Sorry we're late. Was talking to Mom and Dad?" Jason stated.
"Is everything ok?" Krista asked.
"Oh yeah, they were making sure that I was coming home for Thanksgiving since this will be the first time that the entire family will be together since you graduated high school." Jason responded.
"So its really going to be a huge thing this year?" Krista asked.
"I guess so. I know that Kelly and Kristen will be their with their families so its going to big." Jason stated.
"That's great. Then that will give everyone in my family a chance to meet everyone." Krista responded.
"That's cool." Jeff stated.
"Mom also wanted to know exactly how many of us are going to be there." Jason stated.
"As far as I know its me, Jeff, Matt and Michael." Krista stated.
"Sounds about right, Trista are you going home for Thanksgiving?" Jeff asked.
"I'm going to my grandparents house this year." Trista responded.
"Ok, how about you Mickie?" Jeff responded.
"As far as I know, there isn't going to be a Thanksgiving back home. So I don't have any plans." Mickie responded.
"Well, you are more than welcome to join us at my parents house in Portland." Krista responded.
"Sounds like fun. And plus Jeff and I leave the Sunday after Thanksgiving with the rest of the stars for the Tribute to the Troops in Iraq." Mickie stated.
"That's right. That is coming up. I completely forgot about that. Well, I will be staying in Portland with my parents and the kids until two days before you get back and then I figured I would fly to North Carolina and wait for you to get there." Krista stated.
"Sounds good." Jeff stated as he took a bite of his food.
"I'll let Mom know." Krista stated as she sent a text message to her mom. They all enjoyed their meals and some great conversations.
The next day, Michael and Jason headed to the photo shoot while Krista, Jeff and Matt took the signed papers over to Vince and Stephanie. Michael changed into Midnight in the men's room before even heading up to the photo studio. The photographer did Jason's photo shoot first, then Midnight's and then some of them together. Both Midnight and Jason watched the guy put the cover and pages together as far as the pictures. Both men were handed papers to fill out for the magazine. After filling out the papers, it was time to head back to the hotel to relax and possibly catch up on some sleep.
While Jason caught up on his sleep, Michael changed out of his clothes and took a shower to get the makeup off. While he was in the shower, Mickie had sent him a text message stating that she was heading to the hotel and wanted to meet up with him. After he had dried off and got half way dressed he heard his phone beep. He read the text message and responded that he would meet her in the hotel lobby and to text him when she was here.
Michael grabbed a shirt and splashed on some cologne. Michael also combed his black and blue streaked hair before he walked out the door. As he was getting in the elevator, Mickie text him that she was there. Michael was wearing a pair of dark blue jeans, a baby blue ribbed t-shirt that showed off his muscular abs.
"You look awesome!" Mickie stated when she saw Michael.
"Thanks! So do you!" Michael stated as he leaned in and kissed her.
"Thank you. So what would you like to do?" Mickie stated.
"Well what time do we have to meet back here with everyone?" Michael asked.
"I think Krista said to meet back here at 6." Mickie stated as she sent Krista a text to verify the time.
"Ok, well that gives us about 3 hours to do whatever." Michael responded.
"Yup, she said 6. So what shall we do?" Mickie stated.
"How about a movie?" Michael suggested.
"Sounds good to me." Mickie stated as they left the hotel lobby headed off to the movie theater.
Meanwhile, Krista, Jeff, Matt and Michelle went to the local shopping center to get something for Krista's parents as they were huge fans of western items. Matt and Jeff left the shopping to the girls as they went off to find something to send back home to their dad to hold on to for their houses. They both preferred Japanese style items and so did Krista. Michelle helped Krista pick out a really awesome vase that had an abstract western sunset theme all around it. Krista took it up to the cashier to pay for it and have it wrapped. Jeff soon joined them at the register.
"Babe. How are you going to ship that to your parents?" Jeff asked.
"I was going to take it to UPS when we got done here. How are you going to ship those to your dad?" Krista answered.
"We can have those shipped for you." the sales person stated.
"Really? That would be awesome!" Krista stated. "Jeff, can you find 2 gift cards for me, one for my parents and one for your dad."
"Sure." Jeff responded.