Summary: When Amy Dumas' husband dies in an accident, she gets a second
chance at a first love.
Rating: PG-13 (adult situations)
Disclaimer: I own no one... except for Evonne.
Chapter Five
Molly, Amy, and Jackie loaded boxes into the large U-Haul truck Amy had rented to get her and Evonne's things to Florida. She was finally finish packing their things and since Stephanie left to take care of some business at the WWE main offices; Molly and Jackie offered to help her finish packing the van.
"When are you going to pick up Evonne?" Jackie asked as she put the last box in. She closed the door and settled onto the grass with Molly and Amy.
Amy shrugged her shoulders. "Matt said when ever I was ready today to come get her."
"So, are you going to tell him?" Molly asked. She pulled her brown hair up into a ponytail and fanned herself with her hand. It was unusually hot that day.
"Stephanie told you two?" Amy asked.
Jackie and Molly shared a glance with each other and nodded. "Of course..." Jackie said. "You have to tell him; the longer you wait the more problems it will cause you both."
"I know," Amy said with a nod, "Evonne's been asking if we could move in with Matt." She grabbed some blades of grass from her lawn and started to rip them apart.
Molly lifted an eyebrow. "She did?"
"Yep, she said either she wanted to be with Aunt Stephanie or Uncle Matt... I couldn't handle looking at Vince and Linda all the time or Matt and not tell him the truth about Evonne..."
"So, tell Matt the truth," Molly concluded, "and then move in with him..."
Amy gave Molly an evil look. "When Matt finds out he will be pissed off that I kept it from him; plus I don't want to ruin our relationship."
Jackie chuckled. "Amy, I'm sorry to tell you this... but Matt will be pissed and your relationship with him will change-"
"Thanks," Amy mumbled.
"-but it's up to you whether it changes for the better or worst," Jackie finished.
Amy rolled her eyes. "What are you trying to say?"
Jackie looked at Molly again; Evonne's paternity weren't the only thing Stephanie had told them when they talked. "Well, either you can tell Matt your true feelings or you can continue to deny them," Molly said.
"What are you talking about?!" Amy asked with frustration. She through her arms up in the air.
Jackie sighed. "Are you scared that this secret, if Matt finds out, will bring you two closer than you were with Shane... or farther apart?"
*******
"Matt?"
Matt stopped what he was doing in the kitchen and walked to the living room. He found Evonne sitting in front of the television watching cartoon. Noticing that she had a sad look on her; he figured she needed to talk to someone. He found the remote and turned off the television.
Tears started to fill Evonne's eyes. She stood from her spot on the floor and ran to Matt's opened arms. "I don't wanna go," she sobbed on Matt.
He cradled her silently in his arms and rubbed her back. "You are going to have to leave Peanut. Your mama wants you home with her... and Grandpa Vince, Grandma Linda, and Aunt Stephanie. They need you with them."
Evonne lifted her head from Matt's shoulder. "We're moving away from them," she sniffled.
Matt stopped rubbing her back and looked at her questioningly. Amy never told him that she and Evonne were moving. "Are you moving in with Grandma Rose?"
She laid her head back on Matt's shoulder and nodded lightly. "I don't want to. I want to stay near Aunt Stephanie... and you... Will you talk to Mama?"
"I don't know Peanut, maybe it's good for you to be with Grandma Rose," Matt said softly.
She shook her head no as she started to cry again. "I don't want to!"
He sat softly on the couch in the room and laid down with a sobbing Evonne on his chest. "I'll try to change her mind," Matt whispered as he stroked Evonne's back in a soothing manner again.
*******
Amy pulled up to Matt's house in the U-Haul truck. First Stephanie, then Jackie and Molly; she was getting sick of their accusations and whatnot about her feeling for Matt. She loves Shane and Matt is just her friend... she knew it why could they see it?
She got out of the van, walked up to the door and knocked on the door. When no one answered, she dug into her pocket and found the spare house key Matt gave her in case of emergencies. Amy unlocked the door and opened it slowly.
"Matt? Evonne?" she said. Amy looked around the room and found a sight that made her eyes fill with tears: Evonne asleep on Matt's chest with her head in the crook of her neck. Though she was four, she was small for her age.
Matt shifted in his sleep and awoke minutes later to find Amy looking at him and Evonne. He lifted Evonne off of his chest and put her on the couch. Ushering Amy into the connecting kitchen, Matt fixed them both a glass of water and sat down at the small table with her.
"Evonne was upset earlier; she just stopped crying a half an hour ago..." he trailed off as he took a sip of his water.
Amy nodded her head silently. "She told you about us moving in with my mom? She didn't want too, but I need help with her while I'm back on the road. I didn't want her with me all the time."
Matt nodded in understanding. "I figured that. She doesn't want to leave... so I have an idea."
Looking at him weirdly, Amy took a sip of her water. "Okay, what's this idea?"
"You and Evonne move in with me," he said with seriousness.
"What?" Amy said hoarsely. She swallowed more water. "Move in with you?"
Matt grinned. "I would love to have both of you guys here. You're my best friend and Peanut is like a daughter to me.
"Speaking of that... there's something you should know..." Amy rubbed her hands together nervously.
Matt waved it off in a dismissed manner. "Move in with me."
"Matt," Amy said."
"Yes or no?" he asked.
"I don't know."
Matt sighed nervously. "Yes or no?" He hoped she would say yes.
Amy looked at a sleepy Evonne and then Matt. "Well..."
Rating: PG-13 (adult situations)
Disclaimer: I own no one... except for Evonne.
Chapter Five
Molly, Amy, and Jackie loaded boxes into the large U-Haul truck Amy had rented to get her and Evonne's things to Florida. She was finally finish packing their things and since Stephanie left to take care of some business at the WWE main offices; Molly and Jackie offered to help her finish packing the van.
"When are you going to pick up Evonne?" Jackie asked as she put the last box in. She closed the door and settled onto the grass with Molly and Amy.
Amy shrugged her shoulders. "Matt said when ever I was ready today to come get her."
"So, are you going to tell him?" Molly asked. She pulled her brown hair up into a ponytail and fanned herself with her hand. It was unusually hot that day.
"Stephanie told you two?" Amy asked.
Jackie and Molly shared a glance with each other and nodded. "Of course..." Jackie said. "You have to tell him; the longer you wait the more problems it will cause you both."
"I know," Amy said with a nod, "Evonne's been asking if we could move in with Matt." She grabbed some blades of grass from her lawn and started to rip them apart.
Molly lifted an eyebrow. "She did?"
"Yep, she said either she wanted to be with Aunt Stephanie or Uncle Matt... I couldn't handle looking at Vince and Linda all the time or Matt and not tell him the truth about Evonne..."
"So, tell Matt the truth," Molly concluded, "and then move in with him..."
Amy gave Molly an evil look. "When Matt finds out he will be pissed off that I kept it from him; plus I don't want to ruin our relationship."
Jackie chuckled. "Amy, I'm sorry to tell you this... but Matt will be pissed and your relationship with him will change-"
"Thanks," Amy mumbled.
"-but it's up to you whether it changes for the better or worst," Jackie finished.
Amy rolled her eyes. "What are you trying to say?"
Jackie looked at Molly again; Evonne's paternity weren't the only thing Stephanie had told them when they talked. "Well, either you can tell Matt your true feelings or you can continue to deny them," Molly said.
"What are you talking about?!" Amy asked with frustration. She through her arms up in the air.
Jackie sighed. "Are you scared that this secret, if Matt finds out, will bring you two closer than you were with Shane... or farther apart?"
*******
"Matt?"
Matt stopped what he was doing in the kitchen and walked to the living room. He found Evonne sitting in front of the television watching cartoon. Noticing that she had a sad look on her; he figured she needed to talk to someone. He found the remote and turned off the television.
Tears started to fill Evonne's eyes. She stood from her spot on the floor and ran to Matt's opened arms. "I don't wanna go," she sobbed on Matt.
He cradled her silently in his arms and rubbed her back. "You are going to have to leave Peanut. Your mama wants you home with her... and Grandpa Vince, Grandma Linda, and Aunt Stephanie. They need you with them."
Evonne lifted her head from Matt's shoulder. "We're moving away from them," she sniffled.
Matt stopped rubbing her back and looked at her questioningly. Amy never told him that she and Evonne were moving. "Are you moving in with Grandma Rose?"
She laid her head back on Matt's shoulder and nodded lightly. "I don't want to. I want to stay near Aunt Stephanie... and you... Will you talk to Mama?"
"I don't know Peanut, maybe it's good for you to be with Grandma Rose," Matt said softly.
She shook her head no as she started to cry again. "I don't want to!"
He sat softly on the couch in the room and laid down with a sobbing Evonne on his chest. "I'll try to change her mind," Matt whispered as he stroked Evonne's back in a soothing manner again.
*******
Amy pulled up to Matt's house in the U-Haul truck. First Stephanie, then Jackie and Molly; she was getting sick of their accusations and whatnot about her feeling for Matt. She loves Shane and Matt is just her friend... she knew it why could they see it?
She got out of the van, walked up to the door and knocked on the door. When no one answered, she dug into her pocket and found the spare house key Matt gave her in case of emergencies. Amy unlocked the door and opened it slowly.
"Matt? Evonne?" she said. Amy looked around the room and found a sight that made her eyes fill with tears: Evonne asleep on Matt's chest with her head in the crook of her neck. Though she was four, she was small for her age.
Matt shifted in his sleep and awoke minutes later to find Amy looking at him and Evonne. He lifted Evonne off of his chest and put her on the couch. Ushering Amy into the connecting kitchen, Matt fixed them both a glass of water and sat down at the small table with her.
"Evonne was upset earlier; she just stopped crying a half an hour ago..." he trailed off as he took a sip of his water.
Amy nodded her head silently. "She told you about us moving in with my mom? She didn't want too, but I need help with her while I'm back on the road. I didn't want her with me all the time."
Matt nodded in understanding. "I figured that. She doesn't want to leave... so I have an idea."
Looking at him weirdly, Amy took a sip of her water. "Okay, what's this idea?"
"You and Evonne move in with me," he said with seriousness.
"What?" Amy said hoarsely. She swallowed more water. "Move in with you?"
Matt grinned. "I would love to have both of you guys here. You're my best friend and Peanut is like a daughter to me.
"Speaking of that... there's something you should know..." Amy rubbed her hands together nervously.
Matt waved it off in a dismissed manner. "Move in with me."
"Matt," Amy said."
"Yes or no?" he asked.
"I don't know."
Matt sighed nervously. "Yes or no?" He hoped she would say yes.
Amy looked at a sleepy Evonne and then Matt. "Well..."
