~!*(Exactly Six Months Later in Matt's POV)*!~

"Hey Matt, What's up?" Marie said as she walked into the hotel lobby.

"Hey Marie. Nothing much here. Waiting for Jeff to get the keys to our room, that's all, what about you?" I asked.

"Going up to my room. Did you want to come up with me, or you going to wait down here for Jeff?" Marie replied.

"I'll be up there in a second, let me find out what room I'm in and get the key before Jeff takes off without giving me one. What's your room number?" I joked.

"Room 528. I'll see you in a bit. Tell Jeff I say hi." Marie said as I turned to walk to the elevator's.

"Hey Matt!" shouted a woman's voice.

"Oh my god, Nikki what are you doing here in Miami?" I said in a shocked voice as I hugged her.

"Oh well, I figured I would surprise Jeff. Tonight's our five month anniversary and I told him to be expecting something from me, so I came and I was wondering, if you could maybe not be at the hotel room tonight. Do you have anywhere else to stay?" Nikki began to explain.

"Umm, yeah, I might be able to stay with Marie, if not I'll just get a room tonight." I responded.

"Here Matt, we're in room 648," Jeff began but stopped when he noticed Nikki, "Nikki?! What are you doing here?"

"Well, as you know it's our 5 month anniversary tonight and I told you to be expecting something from me, so you got me for the night as your present," she giggled as she took a step forward to hug and kiss Jeff.

"Wow, this is certainly a surprise. But I'm happy your here!" Jeff said happily.

"Now that you two are both happy I guess I'll leave you two alone. Jeff, I'll be at Marie's room, 528," I said as he picked up my suitcases.

"Oh hey Matt, tell Marie that I have to cancel our plans we had. Okay?" Jeff asked nicely.

"Yeah, I can do that. Oh yeah, she says Hi. Well, I guess I'll see you two later. Bye Jeff, Bye Nikki." I replied as I turned towards the elevator's.

"Bye!" They said in unison.

As I got into the elevator I thought to myself about what possible plans Jeff and Marie had together. I had been noticing that ever since Marie had left for a month and came back, Marie and Jeff have never been quite the same. They never spent quite as much time as they used to and whenever they took road trips, Marie would often opt to be in the car with me instead of Jeff. Which I never thought of until just now.

~!*(Marie's POV)*!~

.knock knock.

"Come in!" I shouted from inside the hotel room.

"Hey. You wont believe who's here," Matt said as he entered the room.

"Umm... who?" I giggled.

"Nikki, so that mean's Jeff had to cancel whatever plans you two had for tonight. Which by the way I would like to know were." Matt responded.

"No kidding, Nikki. Oh well. We were going go to go play a game of Mini Golf and go eat some pizza. Did you want to come with me instead?" I asked.

"Sure. Hey, um, can I stay here tonight? Nikki sort of wants me out of my room," Matt asked.

"Yeah, no problem." I said.

"So what IS Nikki doing here?" I asked with sort of a jealous tone, hoping Matt wouldn't catch it.

"Am I sensing some jealousy, Marie?" Matt asked.

"Me, jealous? No! Just a little upset that's all. Just whenever we have something planned, Nikki always seems to ruin it in someway. Just mainly when we have things that we want to do. I know his commitment is to Nikki, but we never hangout anymore. That's why I'm really glad we're going to have that story line," I explained.

"Oh yes. You guys are going to get together. Which you do realize involves kissing and all that stuff. That's going to make Nikki hate you even more. She already hates you now because Jeff told her that he loves you. She's just got that jealousy vibe going on." Matt replied.

"Matt, be honest, what do you think about my friendship with Jeff? It's pretty much been ruined ever since he came to New York. I don't know if he told you." I sighed.

"No, because I told him that whatever happened between him and you was your business and no one else's. Now how about we go out and play some of that putt putt. You need to stop thinking about Jeff and I want to have fun for once," Matt said.

"Okay. You can drive us," I replied getting up from the chair.

.Jeff's Room.

"Whatcha looking at Jeff?" Nikki asked.

"Oh, just going over on what's going to happen tomorrow at Raw," Jeff said looking up from the paper.

"Oh, let me see," Nikki said taking the paper from Jeff's hands.

"Wait, wait. I don't think you wan……" Jeff stopped noticing the expression on Nikki's face.

"What the hell is this?? You and Jade are getting together? When was this discussed and why wasn't I included? You know how I feel about Marie and you two are going to have a story line together. Not only a story line, but you two will have PHYSICAL contact! You need to change this Jeff. I am not going to stand for this. I really am not! If you don't get this changed, we're through. We're over with!" Nikki demanded.

"But, Nikki. Sweetheart," Jeff pleaded.

"Don't sweetheart me! Don't even talk to me until you get this fixed," Nikki yelled as she left the room.

"DAMN IT!" Jeff shouted as the door shut.

Jeff sat at the table and contemplated his decision. When he finally made up his mind he got up and picked up the receiver to the phone and dialed a number.

"Hey Re, guess your out with Matt. I just thought I'd call you. Call me back when you get this," Jeff said in a solemn tone.

After hanging up and dialing another number Jeff waited for someone to pick up the phone.

"Hello," answered a man's voice.

"Hello, may I speak with Mr. McMahon?" Jeff said into the receiver. "Yeah, Hi Mr. McMahon this is Jeff Hardy calling."

"Oh, Hey Jeff, what do you need?" Vince replied.

"It's about the story line between Marie and I," Jeff sighed.

"What about it?" Vince asked.

"Well, I need to get it changed. Can Tori maybe take Marie's place?" Jeff asked.

"Does Marie know this? I need her permission too," Vince explained.

"Yeah, she knows. We already talked about it." Jeff lied.

"Okay, I'll give Ms. Rodriguez a call. See you tomorrow night at the stadium." Vince said before he hung up the phone.

"Thank you Mr. McMahon. I appreciate this." Jeff said as he hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone Jeff sat on the bed and put his head in his hands and sighed. Jeff knew that he loved Nikki, but he didn't know if he loved Marie more then he loved Nikki. What Jeff did know is that his and Marie's friendship has never been the same since he started seeing Nikki he's been distant to Marie, and he regrets doing so. He'd hate to admit it to Nikki, but he was really looking forward to the story line. Being able to have more involvement with Marie was something he liked about it. But he knew better not to say that to Nikki, only because he loved her and that she was the best thing that happened to him since Marie.

.Scandia *Local Mini Golf hangout*.

"Come on Matt! You can do better then that!" I laughed as I passed up Matt on the Go-Karts. "This is what my 2nd time passing you up? God you suck!"

"Don't hate on me because your jealous! I still beat you in putt putt!" Matt laughed.

After two more laps around the course it was time for the fun to end.

"That was fun. We got to do this more often Matt." I laughed as I jumped on his back for him to give me a piggy back ride.

"I like hanging out with you. Your don't care about being noticed. We got to do this more often you know. Now I understand why Jeff liked hanging out with you so much." Matt laughed.

"Want to go out for dinner and a movie now?" I asked.

"I think you pretty much tired me out. Besides we have work tomorrow. Let's go back to the hotel. You drive this time." Matt said.

On the way back to the hotel we stopped at Safeway to pick up some snacks for the hotel room and picked up some Chinese food. A couple of people noticed us and asked for our autographs. We gladly signed autographs and we were on our way.

Once up to the hotel room we decided we were going to order a movie. While Matt used the restroom I got out our snacks. When I looked in the mirror I noticed the red light was flashing on the phone. I picked it up and listened to the message, it was from Jeff. After it was done playing I called Jeff up.

"Yo, Jeff, what's up?" I asked as he picked up the phone.

"Hey Marie. Can you come to the room please. I need to talk to you about something and it can't be done over the phone." Jeff said sounding urgent.

"umm.. Okay. But I don't understand. I thought Nikki was there." I replied.

"She was. Just come down to the room. I'm in 648." Jeff answered as he hung up.

"Huh, that was weird." I said to myself.

"What was?" Matt asked.

"Jeff, something went wrong, I'm guessing. He wants me to go to the room." I said as I stood up and put my slippers on.

"Oh okay. I'll wait till you get back for the movie okay?" Matt said.

"Okay, I'll be back as soon as I can." I responded as I walked out the door.

Walking to the elevator I couldn't help but wonder what was wrong. It bothered me a lot. Jeff seemed a little upset. Could something have gone wrong between him and Nikki. I surely hope not, because I think she's right for him. She's a better girlfriend to Jeff then I could ever hope to be. Over the months I've grown to be concerned for Jeff. More then as a friend. Which is odd. Ever time I see Nikki and Jeff kiss I get a sharp pain in my body.

My thoughts were interrupted when I seen Nikki. She'd been coming out of Chris Irvine's (Jericho) room. I stopped dead in my tracks as I seen her and Chris hug and give her a kiss on her forehead. Hoping they wouldn't notice me I kept on walking.

"Oh Hey Marie." Nikki said.

"Oh, Hey Nikki. What are you doing here?" I asked trying to avoid the fact that I knew why and that I just seen what I seen.

"Came by to see Jeff. Our anniversary tonight. But he wasn't in his room so I stopped by to see Chris and now I'm on my way back to my room." Nikki lied.

"Oh okay, well, if I see Jeff I'll be sure and tell him I seen you and that you were looking for him." I replied knowing very well that I was going to see him within the next five minutes.

"So, where you headed?" Nikki asked.

"Up to Amy's room," I lied once again.

"Oh well, tell her I say Hey." Nikki replied. "What floor?"

"Oh, the seventh," I lied once AGAIN because if she knew I was going on the sixth floor she'd probably think I was going to see Jeff, which I am, just don't want her to know. I'll just take the stairs down to his room.

"So, how have you been? Haven't really talked to you in awhile." Nikki said trying to start a conversation.

"I'm doing pretty good. Well, here's my floor, I'll talk to you later." I said rushing out of the elevator.

Once to the stair exit I ran down the stairs and straight to Jeff's room. I knocked on the door with a rushing pace hoping he would answer quicker.

"Jeff open up, it's me." I whispered.

"What took so long?" he asked.

"I ran into to Nikki." I whispered as I pushed Jeff from the door into his room and closed the door behind me. "So, what did you need to talk about?"

"You didn't tell Nikki you were coming here did you?" Jeff asked.

"No, I told her I was going up to see Amy. So, what did you need to talk about?" I asked again.

"Well, I already called Vince, so I'm letting you know. We wont have the story line together. Nikki got pissed and threw a fit and told me to change it. So now I'll be working with Tori." Jeff sighed.

"WHAT?! This is no fair. Your letting her control your life now Jeff? Why cant we work together? I'm sick of not being able to do things with you anymore Jeff. I really cant stand it. We don't even talk anymore. You barely call me and when we do you cut it short because she suddenly came home or walked in the room. I'm sick of this crap Jeff. I really am. This is not fair to me or you! It's not fair that we cant do anything at work or on our own. Yeah you have a girlfriend, and your commitment is with her, but what about me Jeff? Do you suddenly not care? Have you suddenly forgotten me? You know, when you left after you told me all those things in New York, I couldn't help but feel that I made the biggest mistake of my life. By letting you go, by telling you I didn't have feelings for you. I shut you out only because I've been hurt before and I wasn't about to let myself be hurt again! I have never let myself love because of what happened. I've shut everybody out of my life. I was in a shit hole before I signed with the Federation. Then when you befriended me, that meant a lot. You took me out of the hell hole I was living in. I had feelings for you Jeff, and I still do, I just never realized it until Matt and I were talking earlier. I got jealous because Nikki is here. Now, I'm upset because I cant have a relationship with you. Not even a fake one." I explained. "Now would be a good time to shut up and walk out of this room."

I ran to the elevator's crying. I continued to push the button. I couldn't believe I just brought up Karl. He was my first love, my first EVERYTHING. We dated for seven years, all through high school and through two years of college. I loved him with all my heart and he just up and left me for someone else. Seven years is a long time to be with someone. After he left me I was just a complete mess for at least a year, then I met Mark. We had an on again off again relationship. I never really loved him. He was just someone who could help me get over Karl.

"Marie, wait." Jeff whispered.

"I'm so sorry to have said all that stuff Jeff. I know you love Nikki and I shouldn't try to break that love. But ever since Karl, I've never been able to love. Because he was my first love. But you, you're the love of my life and I couldn't stand back and not tell you that. I'm so sorry Jeff." I apologized.

"I'm not about to let you walk away from me. That would be the biggest mistake of my life. I know how much you loved Karl. That's what made me realize that you do you love me and that what you said is true. But walking away from what just happened is not going to fix anything. I learned that when I was on the plane from New York. I should've stayed with you." Jeff said.

I opened my mouth to reply, but was interrupted when Jeff's lips touched mine. For the first time since Karl, I went weak in the knees. Jeff's soft lips tasted of honey. The kiss grew more passionate and more intimate as we stood there in front of the elevator. We were interrupted when the elevator doors opened.

"It's about damn time you two got together. I swear I thought I was going to have to Rock Bottom you both in order to get you guys together. I've never seen two people more in love then you two and not even know it. Shese!" Dwayne said sarcastically.

"Ohmigosh. How embarrassing." I said slightly blushing.

"Oh don't worry. I wont tell a soul, until you guys tell me I can." Dwayne laughed. "Well, I'll just leave you two lovebirds alone and head to my room now."

That night was the most intimate, yet, erotic night of my life. We made love. And for the first time in three years I was truly happy. Happy because I was with the one I loved. But somewhere in the back of my mind I knew that sooner or later we would have to face reality. The reality of Nikki, the reality of life.