Matt stormed into the locker room and sent the door slamming into the wall. Hazel nearly jumped off the couch at the sound of the door slamming the wall. Jeff and Hazel looked at Matt with concern.
"I think she just broke up with me!" he screamed.
"What?!" Jeff asked with confusion.
"She said she needs time to focus on her career!" Matt yelled.
Hazel hung her head down into her hands. Her long brunette curls hung around her face. She could hear the pain in Matt's voice. "Maybe with me leaving, she can enter the Women's Championship tournament and then she'll get over this nonsense."
Matt looked fed up. "Haze, has she said anything to you? Please tell me! Don't hide behind that girl code I know you both have!"
Hazel looked Matt in the eye. "She hasn't said anything to me. All I know is she was on her phone a lot while you were gone and we just assumed she was talking to you."
"I hardly heard from her while I was out. I heard from you more then her," Matt said directly to Hazel.
"Matt, I promise. She hasn't said anything to me. She hardly speaks to me." Hazel said softly.
Jeff looked at Matt, "She hasn't said anything to me about you either. I'm sorry Bro."
Edge was standing outside in the parking lot one night when Matt arrived to the show. He was on his phone in an obvious heated conversation with someone. Edge had his back turned towards Matt and never saw him. "I don't care. You either want Hardy or you want me! I'm done with this game! Pick or I will pick for you!" he screamed as he hung up the phone. He turned and saw Matt watching him. Matt glared at him. Edge hadn't been linked to anyone besides Hazel for as long as he could remember. Matt's blood boiled. This was all he needed right now. He glared at Edge and stormed off. Hazel and Edge? Matt was irate. Was the baby even a Hardy? Matt stormed into the locker room and found Jeff and Hazel curled up. Hazel was asleep in Jeff's arms.
"What's up?" Jeff asked softly as he stroked Hazel's hair as she slept.
Matt was taken aback. He'd just heard Edge on the phone. He looked at Hazel and back at Jeff. "How long has she been asleep?"
Jeff looked at him oddly. "A half an hour or so? Why?"
Matt ran his hands through his hair. He wondered if Edge had left her a voicemail. Jeff looked at Matt. "Are you alright?"
Matt nodded his head. "Yeah, sorry this shit with Lee has my head swimming."
Jeff looked at his brother sadly. "I'm sorry dude..."
Matt flopped on the chair and looked at his brother. "At least one of us is happy."
Jeff stroked Hazel's hair and tried to avoid Matt's eyes. "I'm sorry things are the way they are right now with Lee."
Matt shrugged his shoulders.
Later that night, Jeff was at the trainer to get cleared for his match. Matt was at the gym and Hazel was alone. She took the opportunity to sit outside with her sketchbook. She hadn't done this is a while, since before her concussion. She turned her music up as loud as possible and began sketching the view in front of her. She had completely lost track of time but knew it was getting late because of the changes with the sun. She felt a hand on her shoulder and smiled thinking it was Jeff. She turned and came face to face with Edge. She ripped her ear buds out and glared at Edge. He smiled at her oddly and looked at her.
"What do you want?" she asked.
Edge continued to look at her body and smiled. "You look good Haze. I heard you were sick."
"I'm fine now." she snapped as she gathered her things.
"Cmon Haze. I was worried about you. I heard you were puking like crazy. Apparently, the illness was great for your body because you look smoking." he said smiling.
"You're disgusting." she said trying to leave.
Edge grabbed her arm. "Not smoking tonight?" he asked as he sparked a cigarette.
"I quit." she said freeing her arm.
Edge smirked. "Hmm, puking like crazy, quit smoking, glowing, and not wrestling..."
Hazel glared at him. Edge knew he'd stuck a nerve based on her face. He ran his hand against her stomach and smiled as she quickly jumped away from his touch. "Should I offer my congratulations?"
Hazel looked at him. How did he know? She tried to pass him but he caught her arm and pushed her backwards. He had his one hand on her stomach and looked at her belly. "Does Jeff know? Is he going to be a failure of a father just like he's a failure at being a wrestler"
Hazel said nothing. She attempted to free herself from his grip, but as she struggled, he tightened his grip. Edge backed her into the corner and tightened his hand on her stomach. Hazel winced in pain as he squeezed.
"Let me go, Edge!" she screamed as she kicked at him but Edge just laughed at her attempts to hurt him.
Edge continued to squeeze her belly and glare at her. He leaned into to her and whispered. "I know there's a baby Hardy on the way." He pinned her hand against the wall and used his body weight to pin her body against the wall. He kissed her as she attempted to scream and fight him off.
Suddenly, Edge's grip on her was released. Hazel looked at saw Matt and Jeff. Jeff knocked Edge to the ground and began punching him. Hazel held her wrist, which was swollen and red from Edge's grip on her. Matt looked at her questioningly. Hazel was having pain in her stomach and felt like she was going to be sick. She quickly grabbed her bag and began walking towards the door. Matt pulled Jeff away from Edge and he smirked as the trio went back into the building. Jeff had his arm around Hazel's shoulder protectively as they walked back towards their locker room. Once inside, Hazel rushed to the locker room and lifted her shirt. Jeff gasped as he saw the red marks on her exposed belly. Hazel held her stomach and cried in pain.
"He knows! I don't know how he knows but he know!" she sobbed.
"He hit you in the stomach?!" Jeff screamed holding her stomach.
"He was squeezing my belly and used his body to pin me against the wall!" she sobbed.
"I'm going to kill him! He is a dead man!" Jeff screamed as he charged out of the room.
Matt looked at Hazel, who was sitting in shock. "Where'd he go? Please go stop him from killing someone please?!" she begged Matt.
He nodded his head and left the locker room as Hazel laid on the couch sobbing and holding her belly. Lita walked into the locker room and found Hazel sobbing.
"What happened?! I just saw Matt and Jeff heading to Vince's office." Lita asked with concern.
Hazel lifted her shirt to revealed the red marks on her stomach. Lita gasped. "What happened?!"
"Edge knows! I don't know how but he does!" she cried.
Lita bit her lip. She knew how he found out. "Edge did this?"
Hazel nodded her head. Lita hugged her and tried to soothe her friend as she cried. Matt and Jeff soon returned and Jeff wrapped his arms around Hazel. "Are you ok? Is the baby ok?"
"I think so." she replied sadly.
"Vince made a match for us later." Jeff announced.
"Where were you?" Matt asked Lita. "Maybe if you weren't missing in action all the time this wouldn't have happened!"
Lita looked at Matt with shock. "This is my fault? Edge has always been a thorn in Hazel and Jeff's side! How is this my fault?!"
"Matt please, it's not her fault!" Hazel interjected.
Matt ignored Hazel and continued to scream at Lita. "If you were actually around, Hazel wouldn't have been alone!"
"This isn't my fault!" Lita screamed jumping up from the couch. She turned to Hazel. "I'm sorry Haze but I'm not going to be blamed for something that wasn't my fault!"
Hazel and Jeff watched as Lita left the room and slammed the door. They looked at Matt and shook their heads.
"That was unnecessary." Jeff said.
Lita walked to Edge's locker room and stormed in. Edge smiled at her. "Hey!"
"Are you crazy?! You gripped Hazel up and left marks on her belly?" Lita asked as she thumped him in the chest. "Why are you so caught up in Hazel? I thought you were over her?!"
"Are you jealous?" he asked laughing.
Lita glared at him. "I'm not jealous of HER."
Edge laughed. "Seems like you are. Listen did you handle your business yet?"
Lita shook her head no. Edge nodded. Well, I have a match against Jeff because of the little Hazel situation so I'll see you later." as he headed towards the door. "It'd be a shame if Hazel lost the baby and didn't leave like you want. That'd mess up your plans huh?"
Lita glared at him as he left. She was so angry at him. She played with her hair as she walked back towards the locker room she shared with the Hardys and Hazel. Jeff was preparing for his match against Edge. Hazel was ready to walk out with him. Matt was also going out. Jeff smiled at Hazel as he pulled his arm bands on and adjusted his belt. He held his hand out to her and they walked to the ring. Edge came out and they match began. Edge was attacking Jeff in the corner violently and Jeff was struggling to recover and build some momentum. Hazel stood next to Matt on the outside of the ring and tried to encourage Jeff back into the match. Jeff slowly began building a quickened pace as they battled inside the ring. Hazel cheered as Jeff hit poetry in motion and the Swanton bomb. Jeff got the pin and was named the winner. After the match, Edge lost it. He attacked Jeff violently with a chair. Hazel motioned for Matt to intervene but Edge slammed the chair into Matt's face and sent him crashing to the mat. Referees ran to the ring and attempted to remove Edge from the ring. Once the referees had removed Edge, Hazel slid into the ring and crawled to Jeff.
"Are you ok?" she asked as she helped him to his feet.
Edge watched Hazel and grinned evilly. He charged into the ring and glared at her. Without warning, when Hazel turned in his direction, he speared her hard to the mat. Her head bounced off of the mat and her body took the full brunt of his weight. The referees charged the ring and pulled Edge away from Hazel. He was smirking and smiling at her on the mat screaming. He was proud of his dirty work. Jeff was attempting to get his hands on Edge but the referees wouldn't allow it. Matt was looking at Hazel in horror as she laid on the mat, screaming in pain, holding her belly. Jeff heard her screams and quickly forgot about Edge. He slid to her side and saw the fear in her eyes. Jeff looked at Matt with horror in his eyes and covered his mouth. Lita came running to the ring and slid in and ran to Hazel's side.
"We gotta get her to medical." Matt said as he looked at Hazel screaming in pain. Matt had seen the force which Edge had speared her and he was silently praying that baby Hardy wasn't hurt.
Jeff nodded with tears in his eyes. "Cmon, Haze, roll to the side of the ring."
She rolled with Matt, Jeff, and Lita's help. Once she was out of the ring, she attempted to walk, but the pain was too great and her legs buckled. She held her stomach as Jeff scooped her up into his arms. They rushed her up the ramp and to medical. Hazel was screaming and crying in pain as Jeff laid her onto the table. Lita gasped when she saw that Jeff's shirt and hands were bloody. Matt reacted quietly in an attempt not to scare Hazel. Jeff looked down at his hands and a pained look filled his face. He took his shirt off and wiped the blood off of his hands the best he could. Hazel saw the blood and began sobbing as she held her belly. Lita and Matt left the room once the medical staff came into the room. Matt couldn't believe this was happening. Lita looked at Matt sadly. "I hope she's ok."
Matt shook his head. "Edge is a monster."
Christian, Rey, Trish, and a few other superstars were standing outside the office with Matt and Lita. They were concerned about Hazel.
"What happened? I know he speared her, but Hazel has taken that move before." Rey said with question in his voice.
Matt sighed. "Hazel is pregnant."
"Matt!" Lita screamed.
"What!?" Christian and Trish said in unison.
Matt nodded his head. "She just found out."
"Oh my God!" Trish screamed. "Is the baby...?"
Matt bit his lip. "I don't know.."
They suddenly heard Hazel screaming from inside the office. Jeff walked out with tears streaming down his face. Matt grabbed his younger brother in a tight hug. Trish and Rey looked at him with concern. "Is she ok? How's the baby?" Trish asked.
Jeff looked at her. "She's in a lot of pain, they want to send her to the hospital to see what's going on... Did Hazel tell you about the baby?"
Trish shook her head. "No, Matt just told us."
Jeff glared at Matt. "We weren't telling people until we hit 3 months." he said to Trish and Rey.
The door opened and Hazel stumbled out looking whiter than a ghost. Trish and Rey grabbed her and hugged her tightly. Her eyes were bloodshot from crying. Jeff picked her into his arms and she looped her arms around his neck. She sobbed into his neck as they headed towards their car. Jeff looked at her with concern in his eyes.
"I'm so sorry, Jeff." she muttered.
"It's not your fault, Hazel! You have no reason to apologize. I'm going to kill Edge thought!" he said as he held her hand.
"What if I lost the baby!? Will you still love me?!" she sobbed.
Jeff looked at her. His heart was breaking. "Hazel, I will always love you! This is not your fault!"