Friends then Lovers part 7



Disclaimer : You know the drill by now, I own no one they own themselves, though Matt does belong to Amy, (lucky, lucky, girl), and Vince owns the WWE


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What the Hell just happened, Matt thought to himself, dumbfounded. One minute she's in my arms, where I've always wanted her to be, and we're about to kiss, then we get interrupted and she runs to the bathroom, and when I find her again, she's leaving with Nora, and acting like nothing happened between us. It just, doesn't make sense. Needing to talk to Amy, and figure out what had gone wrong, Matt made his way over to the group of wrestlers and made his goodbyes. He then left the club and headed back to the hotel to talk to Amy.


Amy was really quite on the car ride back to the hotel. Nora wanted to ask her friend, what was wrong with her, but didn't want to seem nosy. When they pulled into the hotel, Amy finally spoke.


"Nora, who are you rooming with tonight?"

"No one, this time. Why?"

"Because, I'm supposed to be staying with Matt, and I just can't," she didn't finish the sentence before the tears she had been holding back, since she first spotted Matt on the dance floor with Stacey, began to fall.


"Oh, honey, what's wrong?" Nora asked as she parked the car and then put her arms around her friends' shoulder. Amy didn't say anything for a few minutes and Nora just let her cry on her shoulder. When the tears finally started to dry up, Amy pulled away from Nora, embarrassed.

"I don't wanna really talk about it right now. If that's okay."

"That's fine, but whenever you do want to talk, I'm here for you."

"Thank you. I appreciate that. Now can I stay with you tonight."

"Of course you can sweetie," Nora said as she and Amy entered the hotel and made their way to the elevator. Nora's room was a couple of floors above Amy's, so when they reached Amy's floor Nora gave her the extra key so she could let herself into the room after she got her things.

"Are you sure you don't need help getting your things?"

"No, but thank you. I didn't bring a lot of stuff, so you go up to the room and I'll be right up."

"Okay, call if you do," with that said Nora continued up too, her room and Amy went to get her things. She had only been in the room a few minutes when Matt came back.


"Amy, thank god you're here," Matt started to say, but stopped when he noticed that she was packing. "Where are you going?"

"I've decided to stay with Nora tonight. She doesn't have a roommate and said it would be okay."

"Why?"

"It just makes the most sense."

"The most sense for whom, Amy? Certainly not me, that's for sure."

"Okay, for me then, Matt. Look. I really don't want to talk about this now. I just want to go to Nora's room and get some rest, I'm really, really tired."

"Amy we need to talk about what happened tonight."

"Matt, nothing happened tonight," Amy said sadly.

"Bull, Amy. Something very definite happened tonight, and you and I both know it. The only thing I don't know is why you left like you did, and why you're now packing and moving to Nora's room. I thought we were having a really great time tonight and moving our relationship forward, and then all of a sudden we get interrupted, you go to the restroom and when I next find you you're leaving with Nora and saying something about not wanting to disturb me and my little playmate, Stacey. Amy, like I tried to tell you at the restaurant, Stacey was trying to dance with me, and I was trying my damnedest to get away from her so I could go and look for you."

"Matt, I told you, I don't want to talk about this now," she said as she picked up her suitcase and headed for the door. Before she got there, Matt reached out a hand and grabbed her arm to stop her.

"Amy, why?"

"Because, there is nothing to discuss."

"Amy, stop saying that."

"Matt, it's the truth. Nothing could've happened tonight because I'm with Caleb," with that said Matt dropped her arm and she left the room. She only made it as far as the elevator, before the tears started to fall again. God, she hated to lie to Matt, and to use Caleb, since they were broken up, but it was the only way she could think of to get him to let her go without further questioning. She couldn't deal with that right now, not when her heart was breaking. Just when it seemed, all her dreams were about to come true, cruel reality had to rear its ugly head. Seeing Matt dancing with Stacey had just served to remind her that she wasn't his type and he was probably only there with her because he felt sorry for her. After wiping her eyes, Amy made her way to Nora's room and let herself in.


Nora looked up as she heard the door to the room start to open, "Hey, Amy, wanna order a movie," she started to say but stopped when she saw her friends red-rimmed eyes.

"What's wrong?" She asked as she went to help Amy with her bags.

"Nothing."

"Don't give me that. I know something is wrong with you. This is the second time in less than an hour that you've been crying. And, you never cry. You're not that type of girl."

"Well, if I'm not that the type of girl that cries, what type am I? The big bad tomboy type, to tough to cry, not girlie or pretty enough to cry, unlike Stacey or Torrie."

"Oh sweetie, that's not what I meant. I just meant that you usually just keep everything inside and not let the rest of the world know what you're going through. I never want to hear you say that you're not pretty of girlie enough. Because you are, your 10 times the woman that Stacey or Torrie ever could be. You're smart, gorgeous and daring. You're everything they wish they could be," Nora said as she lead Amy over to one of the beds and made her sit down. She then put her bags in the closet. "Now are you going to tell me what's wrong, or do I have to beat it out of you," she said jokingly. Which caused Amy to smile, just the reaction she was hoping for.

Amy needed someone to talk to, and Trish was with Jeff, so she poured her heart out to Nora. She told her about how she had been in love with Matt, almost since she had met him, she told her how she had kept her feelings to herself, because Matt only saw her as a kid sister, and for fear of rejection. She told her how she was determined once and for all to get over him, and had started dating Caleb a few months ago, but that it didn't do any good, and how they broke up a couple of days ago. She explained about Matt asking her to dinner and even bringing her roses, and how they had been having such a good time tonight, and how she started to believe that Matt might have the same feelings for her that she did for him, but how that all changed when everybody showed up and she got scared and went to the bathroom, and when she came back Matt was dancing with Stacey. That's when she realized that she had only been kidding herself, seeing Stacey with Matt, only reinforced the fact that she wasn't Matt's type and never would be.

Nora tried to explain how wrong she was and tried to convince her to go talk to Matt and sort things out, but she refused, her mind was made up, and there was no changing it. She was one stubborn person. Before Nora could say anything else, Amy got ready for bed and then laid down and tried to sleep. It wasn't easy, but eventually she fell into a restless sleep. Nora watched Amy tossing and turning and decided to talk to Trish tomorrow about how to get Matt and Amy together, it was time that Amy got a little happiness in her life, and she was quite sure that Matt didn't think of Amy as a little sister.


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After Amy left the room, Matt just stood there with tears rolling down his cheeks, he didn't bother wiping them away. He couldn't. He was to heart broken. Eventually, Matt sank down on the bed with his head in his hands. God, how could I have been so stupid, he thought. Of course tonight didn't mean anything. It couldn't, not when Amy was still dating Caleb and because she only thought of him as a brother. Matt sat there for a few minutes, and then decided to leave the room. He couldn't stay in the room that he was supposed to be sharing with Amy. It just hurt too much. He had been hoping that after tonight, he and Amy would be sharing one bed, not that he had expected them to make love so soon, but he had just wanted to hold her in his arms for the night, to listen to her heart beat as he slept, and wake up in the morning knowing she was there and she was his. He didn't want to drive anywhere, so he went down to the hotel bar, hoping to avoid the fans and his friends. He just wanted to drown his sorrows and forget that this day ever happened. It seemed like fate was once again playing with Matt, because when he entered the bar he found Jay, Adam, and Chris already there. He tried to sneak back out without them noticing him, but that didn't work. He made his way over to the guys and order a beer. Needless, to say the guys were totally surprised to see Matt in the bar. They hadn't expected to see him until tomorrow at the earliest.


"Hey, Romeo. You wear Amy out already?" Chris joked. Jay and Adam started to laugh also but stopped when they saw the look on Matt's face.

"Matt, what's wrong?" Jay asked.

Needing to talk to someone about what had happened tonight, Matt told the three guys everything that had happen from the time he picked up Amy at the hotel, and gave her the red roses, to there almost kiss on the dance floor, to her running to the bathroom when they got interrupted, and her coming back and saying something about not wanting to disturb him and his 'little playmate' Stacey, and then leaving with Nora. He told them about how when he got to the hotel he found her packing so she could stay with Nora, and how she said that tonight didn't mean anything because she was still with Caleb. As Matt was recounting the story, he forgot about the beer he had ordered. After he finished the story, Matt excused himself to go to the restroom. When he was there Chris, Jay and Adam, started to talk amongst themselves. What Matt had just told them didn't make any sense, Amy wasn't the kind of girl, that would lead Matt on if she was really serious about this Caleb guy. And, it was fairly obvious, just by looking in Amy's eyes, that she loved Matt just as much as he loved her. They then decided to do everything in there power to get Matt and Amy together, because both deserved to find happiness. They also decided to enlist the help of Matt's brother Jeff and Trish, who was Amy's best friend. When Matt came back to the table, he was really drained and tired, but he didn't want to go back to an empty room, so Chris said that he could room with him since he wasn't sharing tonight. In the room, Matt also had a hard time falling asleep, when he did, it was a fitful sleep, with lots of tossing and turning just like Amy.


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The next morning, both Matt and Amy were too tired to go to breakfast so they stayed behind in their respective rooms while their new roommates when down. Nora entered the hotel restaurant looking for Trish. Jay, Adam, and Chris entered from the other side, also looking for Jeff and Trish, all four of them spotted the happy couple, sitting in a corner booth, at the same time and all made their way over to the table. As all four approached, Jeff and Trish looked up and were surprised to see the small group of wrestlers descending on them.


"Hey guy, what are you all doing here?" Trish asked with a smile on her face.

Nora was the first to speak. " I don't know what these guys are doing here," she said pointing to Jay, Adam, and Chris. "But, I need to talk to you about Amy."

Before Trish could answer, Chris butted in. "I think we might all be here about the same thing. We came to talk to you guys about Matt."

"What about Matt and Amy? Did something happen last night?"

"Well it depends on your definition of 'something'."

"Why don't you guys all sit down and explain to us what the hell you're talking about?"


All four sat down and begun to relate the details of last night, as best as they knew them. Chris, Adam, and Jay explained what Matt had told them and Nora filled the group in on what Amy had told her, even about her break up with Caleb. Trish and Jeff just sat there silently, listening to the story.


"Why would Amy lie to Matt about still being with Caleb, if she's been in love with him forever?" Adam asked perplexed.

"She only said that, to save face," Nora said.

"That doesn't make any sense."

"It makes perfect sense, if your Amy."

"How do you figure?"

"Well in Amy's head, she's convinced that Matt only see's her as a little sister, and not a desirable women. She doesn't think she's pretty enough for him."

"Well that's just plain stupid. The woman is absolutely gorgeous," Jay said and the other three guys nodded their agreement.

"Well, we all know that, and Matt knows that, but Amy doesn't know that. She was always the tomboy growing up and everyone always treated her as one of the guys that, that is now how she sees herself. And, last night when she came back from the restroom and saw Matt with Stacey, it probably brought back all her insecurities about not being pretty enough or girlie enough for Matt. She is absolutely convinced that Stacey or Torrie is exactly the type of girl that Matt is interested in. The cookie cutter blond, barbie, bombshell type. When we all know that nothing could be further from the truth. Amy is exactly Matt's type."


"Well, what are we going to do to get them together?" Adam asked.

"We should tell Matt that Amy lied, and that she's not still with Caleb," Jay said.

"No," both Nora and Trish said at the same time.

"Why not?"

"Because it's not our secret to tell."

"But, that would make things so much more easier. It would clear the way for them to be together."

"No," the two girls said again.

"Well, then how are we going to get them together, if we won't let us tell Matt the truth?"

Both Nora and Trish looked at each other with identical sly little grins on their faces. "We set them up," they said together. Everybody then put their heads together to come up with a plan on how to get Matt and Amy to finally confess their feelings to each other. Operation Love was now under way.



A/N : Sorry this chapter took so long to post, I was having a hard time writing it........I know what I wanted to happen, but every time I sat down to write it, it just didn't come out right.......I finally decided to stick with this version, hope you like.........next chapter the plotting begins........please read and review.........my muses need them to survive, lol,