Chapter 14

*The Next Day in Raleigh*

"Mercina I would like to introduce you to the other dancers." the choreographer told Mercina, "This is Hannah, Joanna, Katherine, Diane, and Sylvia. Or better known as Han, Jo, Katie, Di, and Syl!"
"Hi!"
"Mercina? Is that your name?" Katie asked her.
"Yeah."
"That sounds familiar."
"It does?"
"Where were you born?"
"Saskatoon, Saskatchewan."
"Really?!"
"Yeah…"
"Me too!"
"Really?!"
"Yeah!"
"Okay ladies!" the choreographer said, "Mercina has to learn the routine so I think that we should get going."
The women danced for 3 hours. Mercina figured out the routine quickly. Matt and many other men watched on in interest.

*After the practice in the locker room*

"Hey Mercina, can I ask you a question?"
"Sure!"
"What high school did you go to?"
"Bedford Road Collegiate and then Union Pines High School"
"Oh! I went to Bedford!"
"Whoa!"
"When I was in high school I was on the Pom Squad!"
"Wait, are you Katie Hankewich?"
"Yeah!"
"I remember you!"
"Yeah?"
"Yeah!"
"How did you get into this?" Katie asked.
Mercina laughed and said, "My husband is a wrestler."
"Really? Whoa! I love watching wrestling, and that's how I got this job!"
"Really? I didn't like wrestling when I met him, and then I went to a few shows and I met Mr and Mrs. McMahon and that's how I'm here!"
"My favorite wrestlers are the Hardy Boys, Edge, Maven, The Rock, and Triple H. My favorite Hardy Boy is Jeff. Have you met him?" Katie asked.
Mercina burst out laughing, "Jeff Hardy is my brother in law!"
Katie gasped, "Is he really?"
"Yeah!"
"Is he married? Does he have a girlfriend? Is he nice?"
"Not yet but soon. Yes. Yes, he is very nice!"
"So that means that you are married to Matt Hardy?"
"Yes."
"Oh my god! So that makes you Mercina Hardy?"
"Yeah!"
"Do you have any kids? Does Jeff have any kids? How much of Jeff do you see?"
"Yes, I have twins. Not quite yet, his girlfriend is pregnant. Not too much, he is really busy, sometimes, but when he isn't busy, he usually hangs out at my house or with Anne, his girlfriend. Look Katie, I have to go, Matt is probably waiting for me, and we have to go pick up the girls from his dad's house."
"Oh, um, okay. I guess I'll talk to you next week at the practice!"
"Yeah. Bye!"
Mercina walked away only to find Matt sleeping in a chair.
"A little exhausted are we?" Mercina said as she nudged the sleeping man.
Matt started clapping, "That was wonderful! Encore! Encore!"
"Matt, you're still sleeping."
"No I'm not!"
"Then why were you clapping?"
"Um, when did you all stop?"
"About 20 minutes ago, I was in the locker room showering and changing."
"Oh." Matt blushed.
"Matt we should go, we have to get the girls."
"Oh, yeah. Come on then!"
The two walked out of the building.

*In the Car*

"Can't we leave the girls with my dad for just a little longer?"
"Why?"
"Mercina, when I leave again next week, I'm going to be gone for 6 weeks straight. So I want to spend as much time as possible with you."
"Matt, in a couple weeks when my dancing debuts, we will be together a lot, but you know that we can't take the girls with us. So I think that we should spend as much time as possible with them."
"Please! Just one more night!"
"Fine! But you call your dad. Oh! And make sure that Jeff is busy, I really don't feel like getting interrupted by anything this time."
"No problem."

TBC…