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 Six
Amy walked into the medium sized house with a pizza in hand. It was her night to cook dinner... which meant it was either Pizza Hut for dinner or something from some other fast food place. She walked to the kitchen and sat the pizza on the table. Amy grabbed paper plates and cups and sat them on the table next to the pizza. Looking around for Matt and Evonne, she was about to go out to the backyard when the phone started to ring.
She picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"How's the family?" the voice said.
Sighing, Amy sat in a chair that was located next to the phone in the kitchen. "Hi, Jackie."
Jackie chuckled into the phone. "You sound tired. Are Matt and Evonne keeping you on your toes?"
"You know they are," she said. "It's okay though... so in a way it's a good kinda of tired. Evonne loves Matt and Matt loves Evonne; they have a really close bond. That's the reason why I told Matt yes, when he asked."
"Uh-huh, right, you know you're flirting with fire... staying with him and not telling him the whole truth," Jackie said. "Six months, Amy; you have been living with Matt for six months and he still doesn't know that Evonne is his child."
Amy moaned. She cradled her head in her hands, while leaning over in her chair. "I know Jackie... you don't have to tell me that. I will tell him."
"When?" she asked.
"When the time is right," Amy answered.
"Whatever," Jackie said in a dismissingly manner, "What about the other part?"
"What-"
Jackie interrupted. She knew what Amy was going to say next. "Don't Amy. Don't act like you don't know what I am taking about. When are you going to face the fact that you love living there with Matt, that you love the fact that all three of you guys are like a family in every truth sense of the word... that all it's making you do is fall even more in love with Matt than you were before..."
"I love Shane," Amy said. She moved her head from her hands. Amy looked down at her left hand and at the small circular jewelry that adorned her ring finger.
"It's been eight months since Shane's death and you still haven't taken the wedding ring off. Why keep the illusion up?" Jackie asked. "I know you love Shane, but you love Matt in a way that you couldn't love Shane. Matt is your soul mate. You were made to be with him."
"I gotta go Jackie," Amy said indifferently. Jackie, as well as Stephanie and Molly, had been telling her the same things over and over again, since she had made the decision to move in with Matt. In the beginning their words weren't affecting her, but now she was beginning to think that they were. She was thinking a lot more about what they said... and her true feelings on the situation.
"Okay... think about what I said," Jackie said.
Amy smiled at Jackie's persistence. "I always do..."
Jackie sighed. "Amy..."
"I gotta go, bye," Amy said as she hung up the phone. She stood up from the chair that she sat in. Going to the sliding door that lead from the kitchen to the backyard, she saw Matt pushing Evonne on the swing set that he had set up three months ago for her. She giggled at Matt pushed her and told her joke after joke.
Amy treasured moments like this: when the innocence that they possessed shined through, the sense of calmness was filled in the air and serene look that each had was like no other. Shane never did things like that with Evonne... it was usually her or Stephanie that did it. Amy looked down at her wedding ring again, then at Matt and Evonne. Smiling, Amy whispered, "My family."
After observing the scene quietly for a few more moments; she opening the door and yelled, "Matt... Evonne... dinner!"
Evonne groaned as Matt stopped the swing and helped her off. They both walked through the door, each giving Amy a kiss on her cheek on the way in. She closed the door behind herself and settled down at the table to eat dinner... with her family.
Rating: PG-13 (adult situations)
Disclaimer: I own no one... except for Evonne.
Chapter Six
Amy walked into the medium sized house with a pizza in hand. It was her night to cook dinner... which meant it was either Pizza Hut for dinner or something from some other fast food place. She walked to the kitchen and sat the pizza on the table. Amy grabbed paper plates and cups and sat them on the table next to the pizza. Looking around for Matt and Evonne, she was about to go out to the backyard when the phone started to ring.
She picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"How's the family?" the voice said.
Sighing, Amy sat in a chair that was located next to the phone in the kitchen. "Hi, Jackie."
Jackie chuckled into the phone. "You sound tired. Are Matt and Evonne keeping you on your toes?"
"You know they are," she said. "It's okay though... so in a way it's a good kinda of tired. Evonne loves Matt and Matt loves Evonne; they have a really close bond. That's the reason why I told Matt yes, when he asked."
"Uh-huh, right, you know you're flirting with fire... staying with him and not telling him the whole truth," Jackie said. "Six months, Amy; you have been living with Matt for six months and he still doesn't know that Evonne is his child."
Amy moaned. She cradled her head in her hands, while leaning over in her chair. "I know Jackie... you don't have to tell me that. I will tell him."
"When?" she asked.
"When the time is right," Amy answered.
"Whatever," Jackie said in a dismissingly manner, "What about the other part?"
"What-"
Jackie interrupted. She knew what Amy was going to say next. "Don't Amy. Don't act like you don't know what I am taking about. When are you going to face the fact that you love living there with Matt, that you love the fact that all three of you guys are like a family in every truth sense of the word... that all it's making you do is fall even more in love with Matt than you were before..."
"I love Shane," Amy said. She moved her head from her hands. Amy looked down at her left hand and at the small circular jewelry that adorned her ring finger.
"It's been eight months since Shane's death and you still haven't taken the wedding ring off. Why keep the illusion up?" Jackie asked. "I know you love Shane, but you love Matt in a way that you couldn't love Shane. Matt is your soul mate. You were made to be with him."
"I gotta go Jackie," Amy said indifferently. Jackie, as well as Stephanie and Molly, had been telling her the same things over and over again, since she had made the decision to move in with Matt. In the beginning their words weren't affecting her, but now she was beginning to think that they were. She was thinking a lot more about what they said... and her true feelings on the situation.
"Okay... think about what I said," Jackie said.
Amy smiled at Jackie's persistence. "I always do..."
Jackie sighed. "Amy..."
"I gotta go, bye," Amy said as she hung up the phone. She stood up from the chair that she sat in. Going to the sliding door that lead from the kitchen to the backyard, she saw Matt pushing Evonne on the swing set that he had set up three months ago for her. She giggled at Matt pushed her and told her joke after joke.
Amy treasured moments like this: when the innocence that they possessed shined through, the sense of calmness was filled in the air and serene look that each had was like no other. Shane never did things like that with Evonne... it was usually her or Stephanie that did it. Amy looked down at her wedding ring again, then at Matt and Evonne. Smiling, Amy whispered, "My family."
After observing the scene quietly for a few more moments; she opening the door and yelled, "Matt... Evonne... dinner!"
Evonne groaned as Matt stopped the swing and helped her off. They both walked through the door, each giving Amy a kiss on her cheek on the way in. She closed the door behind herself and settled down at the table to eat dinner... with her family.
