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Summary: Five years after a plane crash leaves Jeff Hardy presumed dead, his fiancée is ready to move on, to a new life with her autistic son. But what happens when her life is turned upside down with a blast from her not so distant past and she is forced to reevaluate everything she thought she knew?
Authors Note: After some trial and error off line with the writing of this story, here is the next chapter. More to come again soon. Thank you for any and all attention this has gotten it means a lot to me.
"See if you push this little black button; the sword lights up and you can slice the bad guy in half! No one gets away when this guy is on their tail."
Matt just nodded and laughed softly to himself. He had no idea what the appeal was with these toys but JJ seemed to adore them so try to understand he did.
Before he got a chance to do anything further they both turned at the sound of the knock. The feeling Matt had been feeling took a nosedive then, knowing it wasn't his father or friend on the other side but his newly returned brother Jeff.
"Can we interrupt for a minute?" Mariska asked as she poked her head in around the door. She knew how hard this was going to be for everyone so she wanted to start it out light.
"Aw Mommy again?" JJ moaned, keeping the coy smile plastered on his face. Always the joker Mariska couldn't help but laugh.
"Matt can stay if you want JJ and you can both play again later. There is just someone that I want you to meet. It's important."
J J's face seemed to turn sour then as he realized what was going on. He was going to have to meet his father. Or at least the man everyone said was his father. Not that he believed them anyway. He only knew one man as his father and that was Matt.
"Sure Mommy." was all he could manage knowing who would now come through the door.
Before Jeff could step into the room though, Matt chose to speak up and voice his opinion again.
"Is this really the right time Mariska? I mean this day has been hard enough for JJ already. Why add more to that?"
Mariska knew what Matt was trying to do; what he was actually worried about but now was not the time to deal with it. Right now all that mattered was giving JJ the chance to meet Jeff and Jeff getting the same chance. After all of the years of not knowing who he was and who his family was, it was the only thing that seemed right to her. Matt was just going to have to deal with it.
"It's the right time Matt. It cannot really wait another day. It has been far too long already don't you think?" she whispered, not wanting young JJ to hear any more of the adult conversation then he already had. She did not want to make this any tougher then it already was.
"Whatever! I'll be downstairs then." Matt said pushing his way slowly past her in the doorway until he came face to face with his brother. There was so much he needed to say to him, was dying to say but it was going to have to wait.
"Don't do it like this Matt. He may be my son by blood but he is your son here." Jeff said, pointing to where his heart was located. He knew what Matt was feeling in that moment and he wanted to do this the right way. Matt belonged in that room just as much as Jeff himself. There was no other way for it to go down.
"He's right Matt. Stay." Mariska said as she took Matt by the hand and led him back into the room where JJ awaited them. They had to present a united front right now or the ramifications for JJ would be dire.
As Matt walked in he did the only thing that in the moment he wanted to do and he got down on his knees beside the boy he thought of as his own son. "JJ, I want you to met your father. The only brother I have ever known and loved. JJ meet Jeff Hardy."
As Jeff stepped into the room J J's eyes were locked on him, not moving off of him for a second. As Jeff took in the sight before him he instantly saw what Mariska and Matt had been able to see all of these years and immediately felt their pain.
JJ looked just like him.
As he knelt down beside his brother and across from the little boy that was now his son, he said the only thing he had been dying to say since he had the dreams all those weeks ago. The only thing they he truly felt in his heart.
"Hello JJ. I've missed you."
