Smackdown : 28-02-2002.
Boston,Massachusetts at the Fleet Center.
Valerie sighed as she poked her food with her fork.She wasn't hungry but she knew her father wouldn't let her leave the canteen before she had a proper meal.He was sitting across,giving her very stern looks whenever she stopped eating.
Behind Valerie Matt,Jeff and Lita came into the canteen.Jeff swallowed hard when he saw Valerie and turned around to leave only to be stopped by Matt and Lita.
"You are not running away from this" Matt said firmly.
"Matt" Jeff said,desperately.
"No" both Matt and Lita said.
Jeff muttered something under his breath but walked with them to a table.Jeff spent the next 10 minutes ignoring his food and peeking at Valerie.Matt and Lita threw eachother a look and Lita turned to Jeff.
"Go over to her" she said,leaning over the table.
"What?" Jeff asked absently.
"You wanna talk to her so go over to her" Lita said.
"With her father there?" Jeff asked.
Lita leaned back and said:
"Tell me you're not letting Taker scare you"
"I'm not" Jeff said frowning.
"So go" Matt said.
"What if she doesn't wanna talk to me?" Jeff asked.
"You wont know that unless you try" Matt said.
"You miss her,she obviously misses you,so what's the problem?" Lita asked.
"I wont know what to say,I hurt her too much to just blurt out that I want her back" Jeff said.
Lita sighed and sat back looking at Valerie and Jeff back and forth.Those two needed to get back together and fast.In the mean time Valerie was still giving her food dirty looks.
"Scowling at it isn't going to make it go away" Taker said,smirking.
"Where's a dog when you need one?!" Valerie muttered.
Taker chuckled and looked at his daughter's sulking face.
"Dad,can't I just…" Valerie started.
"No,you're eating it now" Taker said.
"You didn't even know what I was going to ask" Valerie said.
"Well,I could be wrong" Taker said,crossing his arms "I thought you were going to ask me if you could eat later,by yourself"
Taker looked at his daughter and by her pouting face he could tell that he was right.
"Why do I have to eat it anyway?" Valerie asked.
"Because you haven't had a decent meal in days and it's about time you have one"
"And how is this a decent meal?.It's cold" Valerie said.
"I'll get you a new meal" Taker said,grabbing Valerie's plate.
He got up and looked at his daughter.
"Don't go anywhere" Taker said.
"Your glare has me nailed to my chair" Valerie said good-naturedly.
Taker chuckled and walked in the direction of the bar and Lita pushed Jeff in Valerie's direction.
"Now's your chance" Lita whispered.
Jeff took a deep breath and walked to Valerie.He stood next to the table and Valerie quickly looked away.
"Hi" Jeff said.
"Hi" Valerie said softly.
"I…eh…I was wondering if maybe you and I could talk…about everything" Jeff said.
Valerie shifted her weight uneasily but said:
"Sure"
"Can I come to your dressingroom…later?" Jeff asked.
"Yeah" Valerie said.
"In an hour?" Jeff asked.
Valerie nodded as her father came back to the table.Jeff walked back to his table and Valerie cursed herself for not saying more than a few words to him.Still,he wanted to talk to her,maybe that meant he felt bad about the whole thing.Suddenly,Valerie was very hungry and when her father put the plate down she immediately started eating.
Taker frowned as he watched his daughter eat.He didn't know what the Hardy boy told his daughter but if it got her to eat,it was fine with him.
"I'm not so sure you should be getting into the ring tonight" Taker said,deciding not to talk about Jeff.
Valerie looked up in surprise and when her mouth was empty said:
"Why not?.It's only Stephanie" Valerie said.
"And Kurt Angle" Taker pointed out.
"I'm not wrestling Kurt,Hunter's wrestling Kurt,I'm wrestling Stephanie" Valerie said.
"Still" Taker said.
Valerie shrugged and continued eating.Once Valerie was done eating,Taker got up and walked to the exit.He looked back and saw that Valerie was still sitting on her chair.
"Come on joyful" Taker said.
"I can't,I'm nailed to the chair" Valerie said smiling.
Taker smiled and walked back.Valerie squealed as her father picked her up chair and all.She giggled as he carried her to the exit of the canteen.They left the chair standing there and walked into the hall together.Taker went to his dressingroom and Valerie went to hers.
Valerie grabbed out her notebook and started writing,time flew by as she wrote about her feelings,her fears and her emotions.Valerie checked her watch,5 more minutes before Jeff would be there.She didn't wanna seem desperate but she couldn't help it,she had to know what Jeff had to say.
About 5 minutes later there was a knock on the door and Valerie jumped up.She forced herself to calm down before opening the door.She opened it and saw an obviously nervous Jeff standing there.
"Hi" Valerie said.
"Hi" Jeff said.
Valerie stepped back to let Jeff pass and Jeff walked in.They both sat down and there was a short but uncomfortable silence between them.
"I eh…wanna start by apologizing for what I said to you,about you not being any better than RVD,I shouldn't have said and I certainly didn't mean it,I'm sorry"
Valerie nodded but didn't say anything.
"I made a very big mistake when I told you it was over between us" Jeff said "I was a fool to ever let you go and I've been hitting myself over the head over it ever since.I miss you Valerie,I miss you so badly and I want you back"
Jeff looked at Valerie and waited for an answer while Valerie thought about what Jeff had said.After a while she said:
"I miss you too and I want you back as well but…if you didn't trust me then,you probably still don't trust me now"
"I do trust you,what I said to you about RVD wasn't true,I was angry and I said things I shouldn't have" Jeff said.
"I'll have to think about all this for a while" Valerie said softly.
Jeff nodded and said:
"That's all I ask"
Jeff got up and after hesitating for a while,gently grabbed Valerie's hand and kissed it.Valerie smiled as Jeff walked to the door and opened it.Jeff turned to her before leaving and said:
"Will I be seeing ya?" Jeff asked.
"You bet" Valerie said.
Jeff smiled and walked out of the room,softly closing the door behind him.Valerie sat down and sighed.She felt a whole lot better knowing that Jeff wanted her back as well but she couldn't just rush right back into the relationship without making some changes first.She decided to let it rest for a little while.Her match was coming up and she had decided she would ask her father for advise.Valerie walked to Taker's dressingroom and knocked.
"Who is it?" his gruff voice said.
Valerie made barking and growling sounds on the other side and Taker chuckled.
"Come in joyful" Taker said.
Valerie came in smiling and said:
"No wonder nobody ever visits you,if you're gonna be barking at…"
Valerie stopped when she looked at the tv and scrunched up her face.
"Your face could freeze like that" Taker remarked.
"What?" Valerie asked while still looking at the screen.
Taker smiled as he watched his daughter looking at the screen.Taker pressed the stop button on the remote and Valerie turned to him.
"I said your face could freeze like that" Taker repeated.
Valerie mock glared at her father and sat down next to him.
"I wanted to talk to you about my match tonight" Valerie said.
"Did that coward Triple H bail out on you?" Taker asked.
"No,he didn't.I wanted to ask you some things about Kurt Angle's style of wrestling.I mean I know I'm out there to take on Stephanie but what you said earlier got me thinking and you never know what might happen so..."
"What do you wanna know?" Taker asked.
"Really just the basic stuff,I'm not planning on wrestling him unless I can help it so I should be fine with just an idea of what I should be wary of" Valerie said.
Taker filled Valerie in on everything she needed to know about Kurt Angle's wrestling style and by the time they were done talking she was ready to go.Valerie walked out of Taker's dressingroom and went to get changed in her room.Once she was ready she walked to the curtains where Triple H was already waiting.
"There you are,I was beginning to think you wouldn't show up.I'd have to wrestle both of them all by myself" Triple H said,dramatically.
Valerie punched him in the arm and said:
"You'll end up needing me buddy,you mark my words"
Triple H just smiled and took a sip of his water.Valerie's music cued and she pretended to faint.
"I'm going first" she said in a trembling voice.
Triple H laughed as Valerie grabbed his bottle of water,took a swig as though it were liquor and gave it back to him.She walked out with a smile but the second she got into the ring she turned serious.Triple H came out next, light show and water spraying and all.Valerie and Triple H stood in the ring and looked at Kurt and Stephanie.
"So who starts the match?" Valerie asked Triple H.
"I'll start the match,I'll leave it up to them to decide who my opponent is" Triple H said.
Valerie chuckled and stepped through the ropes.Stephanie immediately left the ring and left Kurt in there.Kurt and Triple H went at eachother with all they had with Triple H coming out on top.Kurt accidentally tagged Stephanie in as he fell in her direction and Triple H smiled.Stephanie was scared to death,she thought Triple H was gonna hurt her but Triple just turned around and tagged Valerie in.
Valerie battered Stephanie non-stop until Stephanie finally managed to tag Kurt in.Kurt was reluctant to hurt Valerie so he waited for her to tag Triple H in.The tags went back and forth for a while until Valerie and Stephanie were in the ring and Valerie continued her assault.During the match Stephanie came too close to Triple H and he tried to hit her but she ducked and he hit Valerie instead.
Stephanie quickly tagged Kurt in and Kurt stood looking at Valerie as she crawled into the wrong corner.Suddenly he shook his head and walked over to her.He picked her up by her hair and said:
"I'm sorry Val,it's nothing personal but I gotta win this match"
He hit Valerie with a belly to belly overhead suplex.Valerie came down hard.He picked her up and went to angle-slam her but before he could lift her up,she kicked him in the shin and executed an armdrag take-over. She kicked him several times to keep him down so she could make it to her corner but Kurt turned out to be too strong for her as he kicked her down,got up and angle-slammed her.
He went to pin her but Triple H broke the count.Kurt pulled Valerie up and she surprised him by kicking him in the gut and giving him a DDT.She was still very stunned from the Angle Slam but she managed to figure out where Triple H was and she started crawling to him.She tagged him in just before Kurt could reach her and all hell broke loose as Kurt and Triple H went at it.
Triple H eventually pedigreed Kurt and won the match but the victory didn't last long.Scott Hall and Kevin Nash came out and beat on Triple H after the match.Valerie peeled herself off the mat and forced herself to help Triple H.WHAM.She kicked Scott Hall straight in the face only to be viciously clotheslined by Kevin Nash.Nash picked her up and powerbombed her onto the mat.
"Oh my god no.That was uncalled for,this entire attack is uncalled for" J.R said in dismay.
"Valerie's head bounced off the mat,she could have a severe concussion" the King cried.
Triple H tried to intervene but he was battered himself.Kurt couldn't bring himself to leave Valerie all by herself so he went back into the ring and Angle Slammed Scott Hall,he then beat Kevin Nash away from Valerie.He gently picked her up and went to carry her backstage but as he walked halfway up the ramp he was met with a livid Undertaker.
Taker demanded that Kurt hand him his daughter and Kurt immediately did.Hall and Nash continued to beat on Triple H in the ring.Taker walked to the back with his daughter in his arms but as soon as Valerie came to a little she wanted to go back to the ring to help Triple H.
"You are not going back in there" Taker said.
"Watch me" Valerie retorted.
She kicked her father in the stomach and slipped past him.She ran to the ring and grabbed a chair.She cracked Kevin Nash over the head with the chair but Scott Hall was right behind her.He mocked her behind her back and waited for her to turn around.When she turned around Hall went to hit her but his arm was blocked by the Undertaker,who gave Hall a Last Ride.
Taker stared at his daughter and she stared back.He slightly shook his head,adjusted his bandana and left the ring.Valerie went over to Triple H and helped him up.
"Hunter,are you alright?" Valerie asked.
Triple H nodded weakly as a response.
"We made it out of that alive?" Triple H asked,incredulously.
"Yeah but I have a feeling the worst has yet to begin" Valerie said.
Triple H nodded and allowed Valerie to help him get backstage as Smackdown went off the air.
A/N : This chapter is unusually long I know.Please read and review everybody,I need reviews.