*** Wow, I'm putting this one out faster than I expected. I hope you guys are enjoying it. The song I use for this chapter is "Tail of the Sun" by Stroke 9. Enjoy! ***

// This is the summer that will never come
It's like someone's holding on
To the tail of the sun //

"Hey," Lita said when she came into Jeff and Matt's dressing room with her gym bag.

"Hey," Matt said in surprise. "What's up?"

"Not much," Lita said. "I'm getting sick of sharing a room with the other girls. Do you guys mind if I start sharing with you again?"

"Of course not," Jeff said. "Right Matt?"

"Yeah," Matt said. "You're more than welcome to come back."

"Thanks guys," Lita said, beaming at them.

// I want to waste time
Walk the line
From my big routine
To where I'm feeling alright //

"Whatcha reading?" Lita asked when she plopped down next to Matt on the couch in the lobby of the hotel.

"Brochure for the Everglades," Matt said. "I was thinking I might try to go on a swamp cruise or whatever tomorrow."

"I haven't been out in the Everglades since I was like ten!" Lita exclaimed.

"You want to come?" Matt asked.

"Yeah," Lita said. "Sounds like fun."

"Just to let you know," Matt said, "it will be just you and me. Jeff's not coming."

"That's fine," Lita said. "Call me when you get up in the morning."

"Okay," Matt said. He grinned happily to himself while Lita walked away.

// I can't hold out
I don't care about offending
The world's descending //

"God, that's gorgeous," Lita said, staring at the descending sun over the water. "I wish we didn't have to got the arena."

"We could always call in sick," Matt offered.

"I wish," Lita sighed. "I had a really good time Matt. I'm really glad we can still be friends."

"Me too," Matt said. "I forgot how much fun we had together before we started dating."

"Me too," Lita said.

"We better go," Matt said.

"I know," Lita sighed. She looked once more at the setting sun. She smiled to herself before following Matt to his car.

// I know it's way too short
And it rarely lasts too long
I'm just finding the door
But when I turn around it's gone //

"You're sunburned!" Trish exclaimed when she ran into Lita later that night.

"Yeah," Lita said. "I spent the whole day on the water with Matt."

"With Matt?" Trish asked in shock. "The same Matt that broke your heart three months ago?"

"The one and the same," Lita said. "We had a great time. He's a really good guy, which I always knew."

"I don't understand you," Trish said. "I could never be friends with a guy who cheated on me."

"Maybe that's because you're not friends with a guy before you start dating him," Lita said. "But it was hard at first."

"What changed?" Trish asked.

"I don't know," Lita said. "I guess it's hard to completely let go of someone you once loved."

// This is the way it should always be
I've never had the propensity
To work, breed, and die
I prefer to spend mine on the fly //

"No!" Lita screamed at the screen. "Don't go in the garage Tatum!"

"Does she always tell the characters what to do and what not to do?" Trish asked Jeff, with whom she was cuddled up with on the bed of the Jeff's hotel room.

"Always!" Matt and Jeff said together.

"Shut up you guys," Lita said.

"You've seen this movie a thousand times," Matt said. "You know she ends up in the dog door."

"So," Lita pouted. "It could change."

"Or not," Matt said.

"You're a spoil sport," Lita teased Matt.

"Thanks," Matt said dryly. He turned and grinned at Lita. She smiled back.

// The bee has got to bee
And the flea has got to flea
But as for me
Don't worry 'bout me //

"Taking a page out of your brother's book?" Lita asked Matt angrily after they got backstage.

"What did I do?" Matt asked defensively.

"You did a leg drop off a thirty foot ladder onto a table on the concrete!" Lita exclaimed. "Are you an idiot Matt Hardy, or do you like giving me heart attacks?"

"I'm sorry if I scared you Leet," Matt said. "I was just winning the hardcore title from Rob."

"I know," Lita sighed. "I don't know why I worry about you guys. It's going to make me old before my time."

// I know it's way too short
And it rarely lasts too long
I'm just finding the door
But when I turn around it's gone //

"Hey Lita," Matt said, keeping his head down as he wrapped him ankle.

"Yeah?" Lita asked.

"I was wondering if you maybe wanted to go out to dinner tonight?" Matt asked.

"You and me?" Lita asked.

"Yeah," Matt said cautiously.

"Like on date?" Lita asked.

"Is that okay?" Matt asked, looking up into Lita's eyes.

Lita thought about it for a moment. "Yeah. That sounds good."

// I know it's way too short
And it rarely lasts too long
I'm just finding the door
But when I turn around it's gone //

"I feel like it's been years since I've been out on a date," Lita said, as Matt opened the door to the restaurant for her.

"I know what you mean," Matt said. "Did we even go out any more at the end of our relationship?"

"I don't know," Lita said, thinking about it. "We went out, just it was more spur of the moment type of stuff than pre-planned dates."

"Well," Matt said. "Welcome back to the land of dates."

"Thanks," Lita said. "There's no one I would rather come back with."

"Me neither," Matt said.

// Seems like today I'm looking back
Maybe tomorrow I'll look further
Than my little head allows me to
I'll be cruising and I'll crack //

"So are you coming?" Lita asked.

"Of course," Matt said. "I would never miss one of your parties."

"Great," Lita said. They were almost to the hotel. "This was a great second first date."

"I had fun too," Matt said. "Best second first date I've ever had."

"Me too," Lita agreed."

"Maybe we should go on a second second date sometime," Matt suggested.

"Maybe," Lita said. She stood on her tiptoes and lightly kissed his cheek. "Good night Matt."

// Whoa, something better happen to these feelings that I'm going through
Something better happen to the feelings
That I'm going through //

"You have to take things slow," Jericho suggested. "You can't scare her off."

"Thanks for the tip!" Matt said sarcastically. They were at his house getting ready to go the BBQ Lita was holding.

"I'm just trying to be a good friend," Jericho said.

"I know," Matt said. "You know, you're the only one who even encouraged me to try and get Lita back. Thanks Jericho, you really are a good friend."

"You didn't have to tell him that," Stephanie said sarcastically as she came into the kitchen. "He thinks he's a great everything."

"I don't hear you complaining," Jericho said to her.

"Hush," Stephanie said.

// This is the summer that will never come
Feels like someone's holding on to the tail of the sun
I want to waste time
Walk the line
From my big routine
To where I'm feeling alright //

"Beer? Jeff asked Matt.

"Thanks," Matt said, taking the bottle Jeff offered him. "Where's Trish?"

"Talking about what a bastard I am to Stephanie and Lita," Jeff said, motioning over to them.

"Why in the world?" Matt asked.

"I wouldn't teach her how to ride a motorcycle today," Jeff sighed. "Of course, she wanted to know why. But if I tell her it ruins her birthday gift."

"You didn't get her a bike did you?" Matt asked.

"Yeah," Jeff said. "It looks like me, but it's pink."

"You're crazy bro," Matt said.

// I can't hold out
I don't care about offending
The world's descending //

"So," Matt said to Lita later that night as he helped her clean.

"So?" Lita asked.

"I was thinking about that second date we talked about," Matt said.

"I don't know Matt," Lita said.

"C'mon Lita," Matt said. "Can you deny that we are attracted to each other?"

"It's not that," Lita said.

// I know it's way too short
And it rarely lasts too long
I'm just finding the door
But when I turn around it's gone //

"Then what is it?" Matt asked.

"I feel like we've just become friends again Matt," Lita said. "I don't want to lose that."

"I think these past few months have shown we don't have to lose that if we try hard enough," Matt said. "We are friends Lita, come hell or high water."

"But I'm not ready Matt," Lita said.

"Why not?" Matt asked.

"Because I couldn't take it if you broke my heart again," Lita said, a tear spilling down her cheek.

// I know it's way too short
And it rarely lasts too long
I'm just finding the door
But when I turn around it's gone //

"God Lita," Matt said. "I thought we were building our trust in each other."

"Matt," Lita said brokenly.

"Don't worry about it Lita," Matt said. "I know I hurt you. I probably don't deserve a great woman like you."

"Matt!" Lita exclaimed as Matt walked out of her house.

"What happened?" Trish asked as she came out of the kitchen.

"I hurt him," Lita said. "I didn't mean to."

"I remember him saying something like that when you guys broke up," Jeff said, coming out of the kitchen behind Trish.

// Seems like today I'm looking back
Maybe tomorrow I'll look further
Than my little head allows me to
I'll be cruising and I'll crack //

Matt sat on the porch of his house late that night, drinking coffee. He couldn't believe he had pushed Lita so quickly into trying again. He was a fool.

"Matt," Lita said, coming onto the porch.

"How'd you get here?" Matt asked.

"I drove," Lita said, pointing to her car.

"I must have fazed out," Matt said. "What's up?"

"About today," Lita said.

"Don't worry about it," Matt said. "I know it's way too soon to even think about a relationship."

"No, it's not too early," Lita said.

// Whoa, nothing better happen to these feelings that I'm going through //

"What?" Matt asked in shock.

"I'm ready to try again," Lita said. "But I do want to go slow."

"Yeah," Matt said. "Of course."

"And I want to go out tomorrow night," Lita said.

"I can do that," Matt said.

// Nothing better happen to the feelings
That I'm going through //