Disclaimer: I do not own any of the WWE superstars listed in this story. I
own the lead character and that is Aurora Rivers. Everyone else is purely
in it for fanatical fan purposes, and I do not want to be sued. The
characters are owned by the WWE and the personalities are owned by the men
and women themselves.
A/N: Wow I'm like on fire lately with this story, LOL and I said before this chapter would be deep so be prepared for that. I also said Jeff and Shannon would be up to something. That will all come to play in this chapter. I hope you guys like it!
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"Just be ready in an hour alright? I'm taking you to dinner."
"But won't Beth mind? Do you even take her out like this anymore?" Aurora asked into the phone and heard Jeff sigh.
"Yes I do take her out like this, and she's more then okay with it considering what's happened. So just put on your best clothes and then meet me out front in an hour."
"Okay Jeff, whatever you say. I just don't think I'm going to be the best company for you tonight."
"Well you don't worry about a thing alright? Let me take care of everything. By the end of the night, you're going to be happy again, I promise."
Hanging up the phone she just stared at it for a second. Even after a week of not talking to him, she wished he would just pick up the phone and call her. Tell her that whatever he was feeling was wrong and he missed her like hell. But that wasn't Matt Hardy that was some other man she should have been with. The Matt Hardy she was with, or for that matter wasn't with now, was cold and calculated towards her. Even on the show when they had their rematch, he didn't smile or say a word. He did what he was told and went home.
After picking out her nicest dress and putting her hair up with ringlets falling down around her face, she took a double take in the mirror and with a small smile made her way down the stairs to the front door. As she went to open it to go sit and wait for Jeff on the porch swing, she heard the doorbell. Opening it quickly she saw Jeff dressed to the nines on the other side with a big huge grin on his face.
"Well princess, your chariot awaits. I'm sorry it's not a limo, you're going to have to live with the Vette for tonight."
Aurora laughed and took Jeff's hand and made her way down the steps and the distance to his car. He opened the door for her and let her slide in before running over and hopping in on his side. Maybe going out with Jeff tonight was just what she needed. Who knew, maybe when she came home, Matt would have come to his senses and made the call that would see them finally get to where they needed to be.
With a soft sigh, which warranted a concerned look from Jeff as he drove, she closed her eyes and vowed to block Matt Hardy out of her mind for the evening and to just go with the flow of the night with her best friend.
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"You want to take me out where Shannon? Don't you have a wife you could take out to dinner?"
"Yes I do, but she gave me permission to do this."
"Yeah but Shannon, I am not a woman, so you asking me to get all dressed up and that you're taking me out is freaking me out. I never knew you to be interested in that sort of thing."
"Oh give me a break. Listen we are going to go out and have a good dinner and the whole concept is, you might meet another girl tonight, someone not in the business and don't you want to look good for that?"
"I don't want anyone else Shannon. I thought we went over this."
"We did, but you're not talking to Aurora so technically she is entitled to move on, and from what I hear she has. So unless you decide you want to go hunt her down right now and tell her how you really feel and why you were such an asshole having Jeff break up with her for you, then I think you should get ready and then meet me downstairs so we can go out and get you happy again. I'm sick of you just moping around like your dog died man."
"Yeah whatever Shannon. I did what you asked, so let's just get the hell out of here. The sooner I do this with you, the sooner I can get home and focus on something different."
Matt didn't want to admit it, but hearing that Aurora had moved on was a little weird for him. He couldn't move on from her and he thought that her feelings would be the same. I mean sure he broke up with her, and it was his entire fault, but this was a fork in the road and he was going to make it up to her. Wasn't he?
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Matt and Shannon walked into the restaurant and gave their jackets to the coat check lady. Following the maitre'd to their seats Matt looked over to the corner and could have sworn he saw Aurora.
"She's here with her date Shannon, did you know that?"
"Who is?" Shannon said looking around pretending he didn't know what Matt was talking about, but grinning on the inside. Everything was falling into place perfectly.
"Aurora is. You said she was dating again and although I can't see who she is with, she's here and she's dressed to the nines."
"Well why don't we go say hi to her then? If her date isn't there, it can't hurt right?"
"Shannon I don't know man, I don't think that's the right thing to do."
"You said you loved her didn't you? So why don't you go over there and tell her what a complete ass you are and beg her back?"
"I can't do that man."
"Then just go say hi and that's it. No stress right?"
"You do have a point."
"I always do and you know it. Go over there. I will be right behind you. I'm just going to order a drink from the bar."
Shannon walked over to the bar where Jeff was already seated ready to watch the fireworks. With a little slap on the shoulder Shannon sat down and started watching what Jeff was already glued too. He saw Matt say something to her and then she invited him to sit down.
"It's funny Jeff; they didn't even know that they were each others dates."
"Yeah but it was a good plan wasn't it? I mean Aurora has been sick and quiet since that night, pulling into herself and my God you know what Matt is like normally, so this was just ten times worse. Why don't we just get out of here and let them deal with this however they want?"
"What happens if they kill each other?"
"Then it was meant to be. You with me man? I think I want to go take Beth somewhere nice."
"I hear ya, let's go get the girl's and have our own dates."
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"So what brings you here Aurora?"
"Jeff said he wanted to take me out to cheer me up. He took off awhile ago though and I don't know where he is."
"Now that you mention it, Shannon said he was going to the bar and then he would be over to see you too."
"We've been set up again haven't we?"
Matt laughed and looked deeply into her eyes. He knew the reason the guys had felt the need to set them up was because Matt kept messing things up and not giving Aurora a chance to really talk to him. He knew that in order for things to get anywhere with them he had to do that.
"It looks that way princess."
"Matt, I need to know some things."
"You want to know why I sent Jeff to break up with you instead of doing it myself don't you."
"Yeah among other things. Do you have time to answer that for me?"
"I have all the time in the world seeing as those two just snuck out the front door." Matt said pointing to the door and Aurora couldn't help but laugh. Leave it to Jeff and Shannon to do it to them again. At least this time they weren't locked in a closet.
"What happened with us?"
"I acted like an idiot and I took that match too seriously."
"Why?"
"It's hard for me to say Rory."
"Well just say it and if it doesn't make sense then I will tell you."
"I didn't want to do that match to begin with; you knew that and I even think that once we were in the match you didn't want to do it either. When you threw your shoulder into that turnbuckle, it all hit the fan for me. You got hurt and it was my fault. Does that make sense?"
"Yes, why didn't you tell me that's how you were feeling?"
"Because I'm an idiot?"
"No you aren't but you need to talk to me about this kind of stuff. I can't always read your mind and I didn't know why you would be so mad with me after the match. I know being together and then wrestling each other is hard, but it's our job."
"I understand that and Aurora I am so sorry for everything I did to you, and made Jeff do to you."
"Its water under the bridge now Matt. So are you happy?"
"Do you want the honest answer?"
"Always."
"I am so miserable without you. Knowing you and how you are, and how insane crazy you make me has brought so much to my life and after one stupid act on my part, I'm alone and without that, and it sucks. I am unhappy as hell and Rory I know it's not right of me to ask but I need you back in my life."
"It's not unreasonable Matt."
"What do you mean?"
"I miss you too Matt, this week has been hard on me. I waited for you to call and say you were an idiot and you love me and we will be fine. When you didn't do it a part of me gave up on us ever being happy. You're here now and I find myself wanting to be with you too."
"I do."
"You do what Matt?"
"Aurora Rivers, I know I should have said this sooner and in a better way, but I love you."
Aurora felt the tears start streaming down her face as she said those words. She had heard them from Jeff the other night when he ended things with her, but hearing them now from Matt's own lips, it meant that much more.
"And our differences?"
"Can be worked on Aurora that is if you want to work on them with me."
"I do and I love you too Matthew Hardy."
"Remember the first night I met you?"
"Fondly, why?"
"I told you that I wanted to take you on the floor of the arena, do you remember that?"
"I do, but what does that have to do with anything?"
"Our relationship was based around feelings, not actions and for once, now that I know you love me and I love you, I want to work on those actions. What do you say?"
"Are you asking to take me on the floor here Matt?" Aurora laughed lightly.
"No, but I am asking you to let me take you home tonight, and let me stay the night with you."
"That can be arranged."
"I love you Aurora."
"I love you too Matt, now let's get out of here before you change your mind."
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A/N: Wow I'm like on fire lately with this story, LOL and I said before this chapter would be deep so be prepared for that. I also said Jeff and Shannon would be up to something. That will all come to play in this chapter. I hope you guys like it!
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"Just be ready in an hour alright? I'm taking you to dinner."
"But won't Beth mind? Do you even take her out like this anymore?" Aurora asked into the phone and heard Jeff sigh.
"Yes I do take her out like this, and she's more then okay with it considering what's happened. So just put on your best clothes and then meet me out front in an hour."
"Okay Jeff, whatever you say. I just don't think I'm going to be the best company for you tonight."
"Well you don't worry about a thing alright? Let me take care of everything. By the end of the night, you're going to be happy again, I promise."
Hanging up the phone she just stared at it for a second. Even after a week of not talking to him, she wished he would just pick up the phone and call her. Tell her that whatever he was feeling was wrong and he missed her like hell. But that wasn't Matt Hardy that was some other man she should have been with. The Matt Hardy she was with, or for that matter wasn't with now, was cold and calculated towards her. Even on the show when they had their rematch, he didn't smile or say a word. He did what he was told and went home.
After picking out her nicest dress and putting her hair up with ringlets falling down around her face, she took a double take in the mirror and with a small smile made her way down the stairs to the front door. As she went to open it to go sit and wait for Jeff on the porch swing, she heard the doorbell. Opening it quickly she saw Jeff dressed to the nines on the other side with a big huge grin on his face.
"Well princess, your chariot awaits. I'm sorry it's not a limo, you're going to have to live with the Vette for tonight."
Aurora laughed and took Jeff's hand and made her way down the steps and the distance to his car. He opened the door for her and let her slide in before running over and hopping in on his side. Maybe going out with Jeff tonight was just what she needed. Who knew, maybe when she came home, Matt would have come to his senses and made the call that would see them finally get to where they needed to be.
With a soft sigh, which warranted a concerned look from Jeff as he drove, she closed her eyes and vowed to block Matt Hardy out of her mind for the evening and to just go with the flow of the night with her best friend.
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"You want to take me out where Shannon? Don't you have a wife you could take out to dinner?"
"Yes I do, but she gave me permission to do this."
"Yeah but Shannon, I am not a woman, so you asking me to get all dressed up and that you're taking me out is freaking me out. I never knew you to be interested in that sort of thing."
"Oh give me a break. Listen we are going to go out and have a good dinner and the whole concept is, you might meet another girl tonight, someone not in the business and don't you want to look good for that?"
"I don't want anyone else Shannon. I thought we went over this."
"We did, but you're not talking to Aurora so technically she is entitled to move on, and from what I hear she has. So unless you decide you want to go hunt her down right now and tell her how you really feel and why you were such an asshole having Jeff break up with her for you, then I think you should get ready and then meet me downstairs so we can go out and get you happy again. I'm sick of you just moping around like your dog died man."
"Yeah whatever Shannon. I did what you asked, so let's just get the hell out of here. The sooner I do this with you, the sooner I can get home and focus on something different."
Matt didn't want to admit it, but hearing that Aurora had moved on was a little weird for him. He couldn't move on from her and he thought that her feelings would be the same. I mean sure he broke up with her, and it was his entire fault, but this was a fork in the road and he was going to make it up to her. Wasn't he?
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Matt and Shannon walked into the restaurant and gave their jackets to the coat check lady. Following the maitre'd to their seats Matt looked over to the corner and could have sworn he saw Aurora.
"She's here with her date Shannon, did you know that?"
"Who is?" Shannon said looking around pretending he didn't know what Matt was talking about, but grinning on the inside. Everything was falling into place perfectly.
"Aurora is. You said she was dating again and although I can't see who she is with, she's here and she's dressed to the nines."
"Well why don't we go say hi to her then? If her date isn't there, it can't hurt right?"
"Shannon I don't know man, I don't think that's the right thing to do."
"You said you loved her didn't you? So why don't you go over there and tell her what a complete ass you are and beg her back?"
"I can't do that man."
"Then just go say hi and that's it. No stress right?"
"You do have a point."
"I always do and you know it. Go over there. I will be right behind you. I'm just going to order a drink from the bar."
Shannon walked over to the bar where Jeff was already seated ready to watch the fireworks. With a little slap on the shoulder Shannon sat down and started watching what Jeff was already glued too. He saw Matt say something to her and then she invited him to sit down.
"It's funny Jeff; they didn't even know that they were each others dates."
"Yeah but it was a good plan wasn't it? I mean Aurora has been sick and quiet since that night, pulling into herself and my God you know what Matt is like normally, so this was just ten times worse. Why don't we just get out of here and let them deal with this however they want?"
"What happens if they kill each other?"
"Then it was meant to be. You with me man? I think I want to go take Beth somewhere nice."
"I hear ya, let's go get the girl's and have our own dates."
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"So what brings you here Aurora?"
"Jeff said he wanted to take me out to cheer me up. He took off awhile ago though and I don't know where he is."
"Now that you mention it, Shannon said he was going to the bar and then he would be over to see you too."
"We've been set up again haven't we?"
Matt laughed and looked deeply into her eyes. He knew the reason the guys had felt the need to set them up was because Matt kept messing things up and not giving Aurora a chance to really talk to him. He knew that in order for things to get anywhere with them he had to do that.
"It looks that way princess."
"Matt, I need to know some things."
"You want to know why I sent Jeff to break up with you instead of doing it myself don't you."
"Yeah among other things. Do you have time to answer that for me?"
"I have all the time in the world seeing as those two just snuck out the front door." Matt said pointing to the door and Aurora couldn't help but laugh. Leave it to Jeff and Shannon to do it to them again. At least this time they weren't locked in a closet.
"What happened with us?"
"I acted like an idiot and I took that match too seriously."
"Why?"
"It's hard for me to say Rory."
"Well just say it and if it doesn't make sense then I will tell you."
"I didn't want to do that match to begin with; you knew that and I even think that once we were in the match you didn't want to do it either. When you threw your shoulder into that turnbuckle, it all hit the fan for me. You got hurt and it was my fault. Does that make sense?"
"Yes, why didn't you tell me that's how you were feeling?"
"Because I'm an idiot?"
"No you aren't but you need to talk to me about this kind of stuff. I can't always read your mind and I didn't know why you would be so mad with me after the match. I know being together and then wrestling each other is hard, but it's our job."
"I understand that and Aurora I am so sorry for everything I did to you, and made Jeff do to you."
"Its water under the bridge now Matt. So are you happy?"
"Do you want the honest answer?"
"Always."
"I am so miserable without you. Knowing you and how you are, and how insane crazy you make me has brought so much to my life and after one stupid act on my part, I'm alone and without that, and it sucks. I am unhappy as hell and Rory I know it's not right of me to ask but I need you back in my life."
"It's not unreasonable Matt."
"What do you mean?"
"I miss you too Matt, this week has been hard on me. I waited for you to call and say you were an idiot and you love me and we will be fine. When you didn't do it a part of me gave up on us ever being happy. You're here now and I find myself wanting to be with you too."
"I do."
"You do what Matt?"
"Aurora Rivers, I know I should have said this sooner and in a better way, but I love you."
Aurora felt the tears start streaming down her face as she said those words. She had heard them from Jeff the other night when he ended things with her, but hearing them now from Matt's own lips, it meant that much more.
"And our differences?"
"Can be worked on Aurora that is if you want to work on them with me."
"I do and I love you too Matthew Hardy."
"Remember the first night I met you?"
"Fondly, why?"
"I told you that I wanted to take you on the floor of the arena, do you remember that?"
"I do, but what does that have to do with anything?"
"Our relationship was based around feelings, not actions and for once, now that I know you love me and I love you, I want to work on those actions. What do you say?"
"Are you asking to take me on the floor here Matt?" Aurora laughed lightly.
"No, but I am asking you to let me take you home tonight, and let me stay the night with you."
"That can be arranged."
"I love you Aurora."
"I love you too Matt, now let's get out of here before you change your mind."
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