Between Enemies (Pt. 8)

As Tammy and Matt entered the restaurant Dwayne, Rikishi, Adam, Kathy, Jay, and Marie were already there. As they approached the table Dwayne stood up and pulled her chair out for her.

"Thank you" Tammy said as she looked over at Marie who seemed to be uncomfortable sitting next to Rikishi.

"How's everyone?" Matt asked nodding.

"We're fine," Adam said sipping his wine.

"Just peachy!" Marie said sarcastically as she turned her nose up at Rikishi.

"Baby, what are you having?" Matt asked Tammy as they both looked at the menu as the waiter took everyone's order.

"Excuse me, I'd like to order two bottles of Cristal" Marie said as the waiter nodded and left the table.

"Why do you feel that you need to order expensive champagne? Rikishi asked obviously trying to goad her into an argument.

"I have a taste for it. Plus it would be rude of me to drink it in front of everyone and not offer them any" she said turning her back to him.

"Will I get a glass?" he asked.

"I don't care," she said turning to Jay. "How have you been doing sweetie pie?"

"Well, I've been trying to get my new house together. I just bought a home down in Florida a few houses down from Jericho" Jay said with pride.

"Oh really? That's great Jay. I'm really happy for you" Marie said.

After they all ate and had dessert, everyone was sitting back exchanging funny stories and drinking the fourth bottle of Cristal that Marie had ordered. Adam and Kathy were the first ones to decide to leave. As the checks came everyone started to pay their bills with cash and credit cards. One waiter came up to Marie and said, "I'm sorry ma'am there's a problem with your Mastercard. I'm afraid it was denied".

"What? There's a $50,000 credit on it" Marie said confused as she looked for another credit card.

"Well, we ran it twice ma'am," said the waiter.

"Here's my two Visa's that I know have credit limit's over $100,000" she said with confidence.

"Marie would you like me to cover it for you?" Matt whispered to her.

"No, thanks for asking though" she said feeling a little embarrassed.

"Ma'am, these cards were denied as well," said the returning waiter in an annoyed tone a few minutes later.

"I don't get it, they worked fine a few days ago" she said looking confused.

"Dude you can charge it on mine" Adam said offering his credit card.

"Marie, let me cover it" Dwayne said pulling out his credit card.

"No! Try this one" she said pulling out a Discover card that was in both her and her mother's name.

"Marie, I can cover it for you" Jay said pulling out his credit card.

Marie looked around the table and tears rolled down her face. She realized these people actually cared about her. They'd offered to cover a $5,000 bill for her. She realized that not only did Dwayne have her back, but so did Matt, Adam, and Jay. They were too sweet. All of them were willing to help her except for Rikishi, who was sitting over there playing with his dessert without a worry in the world. Matter of fact he hadn't even looked up when everything started. She bet he was behind it and if he were. ooh she'd hurt him.

"Ma'am, this one went through just fine," the waiter said handing her the card and the slip to sign. . "Excuse me, but can I have my cards back?" she asked.

"I'm sorry they told us to cut them up because they were canceled" the waiter said.

"What? I didn't cancel my cards," she said looking at Rikishi who continued to eat his dessert.

"That's what your card company told us," he said leaving the table.

"Well, that explains everything" Tammy said.

"Yea, it must have been a mistake" Kathy said as her and Adam stood to leave.

"Yes, it was obviously a mistake somewhere between you and your credit card company" Jay said trying to calm her down by rubbing her shoulders.

"Yea, someone must have canceled them without telling me" she said looking Rikishi straight in the eye as he quickly turned his head looking the other way. Was that a smile she saw on his face? Oh yes, he'd pay.

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"Baby, I had a good time tonight," Matt said as his voice slurred.

"So did I" Tammy said helping him out of his pants.

"I feel so good," he said pulling her down on him.

"Matt wait! I need to get out of my skirt," she said pushing him away.

"Pull it off then. We have to make up for lost time. I want some pussy right now!" he whined out loud like a baby causing her to laugh.

"Matt, I don't think we're in any condition to be doing it right now," she said kissing his neck.

"Baby, am I fucked up?" he asked rolling over on top of her and pushing her skirt up.

"Matt I'm too tired" she said.

"Never too tired for my lovin girl" he slurred as he pulled her panties over to the side and pushed into her causing her to gasp.

"Matt, I love you," she said as she raised her hips up to match his strokes.

"Love you too Angelface. Cum with me baby" he said sucking on her earlobe. They made love until they both climaxed together. They were too drunk and tired to even move. He fell asleep on top her with his dick still inside her.

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Raw after Survivor Series - Charlotte NC

Tonight's Raw was definitely one of the best shows planned in awhile. Vince constantly threw his weight around throughout the night by hiring and firing whom he pleased. A highlight of the night was when Steven Regal had to kiss Vince's ass to get his job back with WWF. Yes, the night would be full of surprises. Tammy laughed as Paul E. was thrown out the building only to be followed by Stephanie later on that night. Tammy wished she could have thrown Steph on her ass herself, even if it was scripted. Tammy was so happy to have Jerry Lawler back at the announcer's table with her Godfather Jim Ross. Jerry had just gone through a horrible divorce with his wife Stacy Carter who wrestled as The Kat. Amy was ready to go as soon as she lost her match against Trish Stratus for the Women's title due to Matt's mistake of throwing her back in the ring too soon. Amy's neck was in extreme pain. Jeff stayed at the hotel recuperating from his fall through the table from the top of the cage. Both Matt and Jeff were starting to stress about the possible break up of the Hardy Boyz. They wanted to wrestle as singles but not the way they wanted to break them up. Everyone was on pins and needles because Ric Flair would be making his WWF debut as a 50% partner with Vince.

"Hello Ms. Littrell?" Ric Flair said as he shook her hand.

"Welcome to the company Mr. Flair" she said smiling.

"Call me Ric sweetheart, everybody else does" he said fixing his suit jacket.

"Well, your about to go on Ric" Tammy said as she walked back to her office running into Shane McMahon.

"Hey Tammy, I wanted to talk to you about Matt and Jeff's storyline. I'm sure they told you about our plans to eventually separate them into singles" Shane McMahon said.

"Yes, I'd heard about it. They both want to go into single's competition, but not as rapidly as it's playing out. I don't think their fans will believe Matt cheated on Amy causing her to turn to Jeff. They won't believe that Amy would start dating Jeff causing the two of them to fight one another" Tammy explained.

Shane smiled and pulled her into his office. "Tammy, you just explained your relationship between Matt and Jeff except that it happened the opposite way that you ended up with Matt" Shane said.

"Wait a minute, your using my life with Matt and Jeff as a storyline?" she asked amused at his nerve.

"Well, Trish will pretty much play Steph's part" he said.

"Shane no! It won't work" she insisted.

"Well, let's try it out for about 6 weeks and see where it goes" he said patting her on the shoulder.

"Shane I don't know" Tammy said.

"If it doesn't work then we'll change it" Shane said as he sat down behind his desk. "So, do you and Matt plan on marrying?"

"No, not right now. Maybe sometime in the near future we'll go on and marry"

"Well, I hope to get an invitation" Shane said as he walked over to her. "Motherhood agrees with you," he said as he touched the side of her face.

"Umm, Shane you're making me uncomfortable" she said stepping back from him.

"Don't be. I just want to talk to you. What fragrance is that you're wearing? It smells so good," he said sniffing her neck.

"It's called Happy" she answered.

"Well, it's definitely making me happy right now" Shane said as he leaned down and kissed her on the mouth. Tammy froze as he tried to push his tongue into her mouth. "Relax, let me inside" Shane whispered against her lips.

"Shane I can't! Look, I have respect for you but I can't do this" she said wiping her mouth.

"Look it was just a kiss. Come here, I won't hurt you" Shane said as he pulled her close and kissed her hard. He pushed her back on the desk and started rubbing up her thigh.

"Shane no! I said no!" she screamed as Rob Van Dam opened the door and pulled Shane off of her.

"Say man? Are you fucking crazy?" Rob asked as he pushed Shane into the corner.

"Rob, this is none of your fucking business! This is between us," Shane said pointing at Tammy.

"Do you want to stay here?" Rob asked her.

"No, I don't" she said taking his hand and sliding off the desk.

"Tammy, we need to talk about this further," Shane said.

"Shane I have nothing to say to you right now" she said walking out of his office with Rob following her down the hall into her office.

"I'm glad I followed you when I did" Rob said rubbing her back.

"You followed me?" she said looking up at him.

"Yea, I wanted to see you about my story with The Alliance. Now that they are disbanded I wanted to know where did you see my story going?" he inquired. "I didn't expect to catch Shane up to no good though" he said sitting on the edge of her desk.

"Well I just want you to know that I appreciate you being there when you were. I never thought Shane would come on to me like that," she said.

"I know his kind. Shane has been biding his time to try to get you in bed. The only thing that kept him away from you this long was that you got pregnant" Rob said.

"What have you been doing Rob?" she asked.

"Hey, I've been nothing but up front about wanting to date you. As you know, I'm not the kind of man to give up easily either. So, let's just cut the bull and be straight up. Do you find me attractive?" Rob asked.

"Yes I find you attractive" she answered.

"Do you think that there's a chance for us to date?" he asked.

"No. If I was single, yes" she told him honestly.

"Cool, at least we got that out of the way" he said standing up and kissing her on the cheek. "If there's ever a time that we're both single we should go out," he said as he opened the door.

"If ever we're both single, we can definitely do that" she said as he closed the door.

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Everyone decided to go clubbing after work. The club scene was so relaxing. Adam, Jay, and Dwayne were out on the dance floor with about twelve girls who were obviously wrestling fans. Matt and Amy were dancing alongside them. Tammy was relaxing drinking a Midori Sour at the table with Rikishi and his date Macy.

"Hey, this is Macy" Rikishi said introducing his date to Tammy.

"Hi Macy" Tammy said shaking the brown eyed brunettes hand.

"It must be hard being around all these good looking guys almost everyday," she said looking onto the dance floor.

"It gets easier after knowing them for so long. They become like brothers" she said smiling.

"Wanna dance?" Rikishi asked Tammy.

"Sure, why not" Tammy answered.

"We'll be right back baby," he said to his date as they hit the dance floor for the next 30 minutes. They had the attention of everybody in the club. There were chants of "Go Rikishi! Go Tammy!" being heard around the club.

Everyone finally headed back to the table laughing and searching for something to quench their thirst. Amy took a swig of her drink and pulled Jay back onto the floor. Jay looked as if he was begging her to let him sit down. Dwayne was buying drinks for everyone at the table just as a crazed woman wearing a bathrobe, slippers, and rollers in her head approached the table and stood between Rikishi and Macy.

"Oh hell no!" she yelled at Rikishi.

"Excuse me?" he said turning to look at her.

"How dare you leave me at home with three kids to feed, just so you can run around in the streets with one of your hoochies!" she yelled loud enough that a crowd had started to gather around the table.

"What?" he said laughing at the absurdity of the things she was saying.

"Oh, now you don't want to claim me? Is that it?" she said pulling out a wallet and throwing 3 pictures of a little girl around three and two boys who looked to not be a year old yet.

"Who are they?" Rikishi asked as he noticed the horrified look on Macy's face.

"Oh, so now you don't recognize little Phatu, Jordan, and Selena?" she said starting to cry.

"Lady I don't know your ass!" he yelled standing up as he saw Macy grabbing her purse. "Baby, where are you going?" he asked nervously.

"Where do you think? Home! Don't you ever call me again, you hear me? You cheating bastard!" she yelled as she slapped him across the face.

"But baby." he stuttered as he ran after her.

The crazy woman adjusted her rolled up knee-hi's and ran off crying to the ladies room.

Matt was sitting there frowning at the pictures on the table. He elbowed Tammy and showed her that two of the kids in the pictures were Caleb and Callum. Tammy looked at Dwayne and pushed the pictures across the table to him.

"What the hell?" Dwayne said laughing.

"Who the hell was that?" Tammy said getting up heading towards the ladies room where the crazed woman had headed. She pushed open the restroom door and saw three women standing at the mirrors fixing their faces. "Get out!" she shouted at them. They didn't move. "Unless you want to get your fucking asses kicked get the fuck out of here now!" she said pushing them out the door. "Okay bitch! Step out of the restroom or I'll drag your ass out" she demanded as she knocked on the stall door.

The doors swung open and there was a grinning Marie smiling with a wig in her hand. "Surprise!" she yelled as she cracked up laughing.

"Marie! Girl, I was about to kick your ass!" she said hitting her on the arm and sitting on the couch by the door.

"I didn't know you cared about Rikishi so much" Marie laughed.

"No you fool! Matt and I saw the pictures of our kids. I wanted to know how a crazed fan had gotten pictures of my sons," she said starting to laugh.

"I'm supposed to have pictures of my godchildren. The little girl was my play niece" Marie said peeling skin from her face.

"What the hell is that?" she said pointing to the skin in her hands.

"It's a mask Dena and Kathy came up with so he wouldn't recognize me," she said as she pulled the robe off revealing a short shiny black dress.

"Why did you do that to him? Macy was so nice," Tammy said solemnly.

"Oh, he'll fix things up with her. Besides, he deserved this after he canceled my credit cards" Marie said applying her makeup.

"Marie, don't you think you two are going too far with these games that you're playing?' Tammy asked seriously.

"Naw, I enjoy the challenge" she said letting her hair down.

"You're actually going to let your hair hang down your back tonight? I thought you only did that for special occasions?" Tammy said in shock.

"Hey, graduation was special and so is tonight. I got one over on that bastard!" she laughed as she did a little booty dance in the mirror. "Come on, it's time to party all night long!" she said as they pushed past a group of women coming into the restroom.

Matt was sitting at the table staring at the pictures of his son and nephew wondering how someone could have pictures of his family. He had to admit it scared the hell out of him. He pulled out his cell phone and called his father. "Hey Dad, it's me. I was just calling to check on the boys. Oh they're asleep. Can you kiss them goodnight for me? Yes, we're having fun. I'm in a club Dad. Yes, the music is really loud. Well, I'll call you in the morning. Love you Dad" Matt said hanging up the phone. Tammy and Marie were approaching the table grinning like they had a secret.

"When did you get here?" Adam asked.

"A minute ago "Marie lied.

"You missed the action," Jay said taking a drink.

"Yea, Tammy just filled me in," Marie said in a caring voice taking a seat.

"Baby, let's dance," Matt said grabbing Tammy by the hand as "With Arms Wide Open" by Creed started to play.

"So, did you find that crazy lady?" he asked looking her in the eye.

"Yes, I did" Tammy said as she looked over his shoulder to see Rikishi going back to the table alone.

"Well?" he said startling her. "Where were you just now?" he said holding her face making her look at him.

"I'm here baby, with you" she said pulling him close into a tight hug.

"What's wrong?" he asked trying to pull away.

"Don't! I just want to hold you. I wish we could stay like this forever," she said closing her eyes and listening to the music.

"Baby, you scaring me" he said into her ear.

"Matt, everything is okay. The crazy lady was Marie in makeup that Dena and Kathy made" she said trying to enjoy the dance. She felt him shaking against her. Oh my God was he crying? She pulled back only to be sprayed with spit as he burst out laughing.

"Baby, I'm so sorry" he laughed and tried to wipe the spit from her face.

"Matt! Stop!" she said trying to calm him down.

"I'm sorry Angel, it's just too funny!" he said holding his stomach.

"Matt, your ruining this dance" she said starting to get pissed off.

"Okay! Okay! I'm sorry. Why would she do that?" he said finally getting serious.

"Because he's the one who canceled her credit cards" Tammy said as he burst out into a fit of laughter again.

"Okay, you know what?" she said walking off the dance floor heading back to the table and sitting down looking pissed as Matt sat next to her cracking up every time he looked towards Marie and Rikishi.

"Man, are you okay?" Jay said giving him a glass of water.

Matt calmed down and took a sip of water just as Rikishi licked his tongue out at Marie and she held up four fingers and wiggled them at him.

"What's that?" Rikishi asked.

"A whole bouquet of these motherfucker" she said shooting her middle finger at him and started wiggling her four fingers at him again causing him to smile.

Matt burst out laughing spitting water across the table on Dwayne, Adam and Jay.

"Damn Hardy!" Dwayne yelled standing up to wipe his shirt off.

"I'm sorry but you three just don't know" Matt said looking at a pissed off Tammy sitting next to him.

"Dude! You have totally had too much to drink" Adam said wiping his face with a napkin.

"Excuse me waiter, 3 bottles of Cristal" Marie ordered as she pulled out a platinum credit card making sure Rikishi saw it.

Matt burst out laughing again lowering his head onto the table hitting it with his fists. "Dude are you like crying?" Jay asked as he lifted his head up off the table.

"I'm so sorry you guys," he said turning redder by the minute. "I'm okay, I'm okay" Matt kept saying trying to apologize to Tammy who kept pushing his hand off of her.

"Matt, come with me" Dwayne said getting up from the table being followed by Adam and Jay.

"They are acting weird," Amy said leaning back and massaging her temples. "I think I'm going to call it a night you guys," she said pushing back from the table grabbing her purse.

As Amy was walking out the door Chris Jericho, Rob Van Dam, and Rhyno were arriving. They made their way over to the table just as the Cristal arrived. Rob asked Tammy to dance as Chris and Rhyno sat down and talked with Rikishi and Marie.

"So, where is your crazy boyfriend?" Rob asked as they swayed to the music.

"He's talking with Dwayne, Adam, and Jay," she said sounding annoyed.

"Uh oh, do I detect trouble in paradise?" Rob said teasingly.

"No, we're fine" she said looking away from his face.

"Why aren't you looking at me?" Rob asked her.

"I didn't know I had to look at you to dance with you" Tammy said sarcastically.

"Am I that hard on the eyes?" he said bending down into her face staring her in the eyes making her laugh and try to cover his face.

"Stop looking at me like that!" she demanded.

"Like what?" he asked innocently.

"Like that! The staring, it makes me uncomfortable" she said.

"Well, what if I close my eyes?" he said closing his eyes.

"No, that won't be necessary" she said just as Matt cut in.

"Excuse me Rob, but I'll be cutting in" he said as he pulled their hands apart.

"You know Hardy, you need to grow up" Rob said walking off.

"Fucker!" Matt said under his breath.

"Matt, I thought you two were friends now?"

"We were until he started that I don't give up on what I want shit again. I've seen him do this to a lot of the guys" he said.

"Oh, I see. Can we go sit down?" she said pulling away from him and walking towards the table.

"You don't want to dance?" he said following her.

"No, I'd rather sit this one out" she said sitting down at the table.

Dwayne, Adam, and Jay were laughing hysterically as Rhyno, Chris, Marie, and Rikishi stared at them as if they were crazy. Tammy looked at Matt knowing he'd told them what happened.

"Well, Marie if your interested in going out sometimes just let me know" Rhyno said as he grabbed her hand and kissed it.

"Damn Rhyno! Stop being so aggressive. A lady likes a gentleman" Rikishi said looking to see if everyone at the table was looking at him.

"I'm a gentleman, where it counts" he said as he headed towards a group of females who ran up to him asking him to dance.

"What an asshole!" Rikishi said shaking his head.

"Like you're not!" Marie said sarcastically as she took a drink of champagne.

"Didn't you learn your lesson about buying all that expensive champagne that your ass can't afford?" Rikishi said in a mean tone.

"First of all, I can afford it. Second, I won't let my taste for good champagne go to waste just because some little punkass bitch canceled my credit cards!" she stressed pouring champagne in everyone's glasses. "I'd like to make a toast, to me. Like Puffy and Mase says, "Can't nobody hold me down!" she said as she clinked glasses with everyone but Rikishi who stood up and told Dwayne he was heading back to the hotel. Marie laughed to herself. "Yeah! In your face bitch" she thought as she raised her glass to him as he walked out the door. Why in the hell were these jackasses laughing she wondered as Dwayne fell over on Jay and Adam causing Matt to start snickering through his hands as Tammy kept elbowing him. These fools had some serious issues. She appeared to be the only sane one in the group.

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SmackDown - Fayetteville, NC

Tues. Nov 20 Taped for Thanksgiving

"Oh my God, Jay is so funny!" Trish laughed.

"Yes, he is very funny" Tammy grinned watching Jay suck up to Vince by bringing him a Thanksgiving dinner.

"I can't believe that I have to wrestle in a pool of gravy! Stacy is upset about it too," Trish said.

"I know you girls get tired of being eye candy. Just get out there and get it over with" Tammy said.

"Yea, I don't have a choice. I hate the holidays. I have nowhere to go for Thanksgiving" Trish said sadly.

"Well, you're welcome to come spend Thanksgiving with us. We're driving home after the show. We're in Fayetteville Trish so we'll be home in no time. You should come" Tammy offered.

"Oh thanks, but I don't know. I may just go home," Trish said.

"Hey, maybe you and Jay could hang together. Adam is going home but Jay is going to stay at his new house in Florida" Tammy informed her.

"Why are you telling me this?" she grinned.

"Let's just say that I got it from a very reliable source awhile ago that Jay is so into you" Tammy said straight out.

"Really? Are you sure?" she asked beaming.

"I'm positive. If you ask him out he'll probably pass out" Tammy giggled.

"Oh my God! How do I approach him? What do I say?" she said in a panic.

"Umm Trish, you're asking advice from a woman who was scared to approach Jeff for a year" Tammy admitted.

"Yea but you two were so cute. I used to watch you two pretend to not be staring at each other. He totally kept it hidden but I always caught him staring. Sometimes he'd look the other way when you were out on the dance floor with another guy. It would drive him crazy" Trish told her.

"Wow. I never noticed all that. He acted like I didn't exist sometimes. I figured that I didn't have a chance with him considering the rumors that he dated a lot of women" Tammy laughed.

"He did. Jeff wasn't shy when it came to asking a girl out. When you came along he closed up. He slowed down on dating a lot. Amy and I figured that he was pining away for someone. Ooh one time we told him that Dwayne was going to ask you out, he was so mad" Trish laughed.

"What? Why did you guys do that?" Tammy asked.

"Amy thought he'd come clean. He just kept saying, "She's too good for him. How can a guy like him get a nice girl like that?" she said cracking up. "Oh and he constantly sat and wrote poetry while he glanced at you. It was too cute" she grinned.

"Well, it wasn't meant for us to be together forever, like we thought" Tammy said sadly.

"Are you really over Jeff? I mean I see you two together. There's still something there. Don't get me wrong. I like Matt, but you were much more matched with Jeff. You just seemed happier," she said honestly.

"Really? I'm happy now," Tammy said.

"I was there when Amy realized Matt was into you. He was so cocky. He was downright hotheaded. It drove Amy crazy until he pushed her into Chris's arms. He's much nicer to you than he was to her," Trish said.

"When did you guys realize that Matt was into me?" Tammy asked out of curiosity.

"Well it was various things. We caught him staring at you all the time. Jeff even noticed it. He'd find ways to talk to you like about his problems with Amy, which increased after you and Jeff started dating. Then there was the time he made a big deal about Adam and Jay not asking you out. He told them you had a boyfriend back home. That crushed Jeff's confidence. The biggest lie he told was that you didn't date wrestlers. All the guys were like oh well that knocks us out" she laughed.

"That's why Jeff asked me did I have anything against dating wrestlers!" Tammy shouted.

"Oh yea, Matt was really shocked when you chose Jeff over him. He always thought he was first pick" Trish told her. "I'll admit he's a nicer person since he started dating you. You challenge him constantly and I love to see you get on his ass" she chuckled.

"Well I'm glad that I can keep you guys entertained by keeping him on his toes" Tammy laughed.

"This is bullshit! Vince expects Rob and I to face the Dudleys and Jericho" Dwayne said busting into the office causing Tammy and Trish to jump.

"Sorry, I just needed to vent my anger" Dwayne said plopping down on the couch.

"No problem. I need to get ready for this damn gravy match" Trish said as she stood and pulled her black dress down and headed out the office closing the door behind her.

"You okay?" Tammy asked as she took her high-heeled black boots off and started rubbing her feet. "Sorry, new shoes but I'm listening"

"I'm sick of the changes to my storyline after you've written them" Dwayne complained.

"I know. Shane decides to do something and Vince listens," Tammy admitted wearily.

"Oh shit! Austin is one crazy son of a bitch" Dwayne laughed as he watched Austin on the monitor telling Regal his breath smelled like ass.

"Yea he is. Dwayne massage my feet for me" she asked sitting on the desk and propping her feet on his legs.

"Girl, get those dogs off of me" he laughed.

"Please, my new boots are killing me" she complained.

"Okay" he said as he massaged her feet.

"Dwayne, you're a really good friend to me. I really love you" she groaned as he hit a sore spot.

"Please! You just saying that because I'm massaging your feet" he laughed still looking at Austin on the monitor.

"Yea, you may have a point, but I still say I love you" she said closing her eyes and leaning back.

"Hmm, I love you too," he said looking at her face as she enjoyed his foot massage techniques.

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Raw Nov. 26

Oklahoma City, OK

"Bra and panties match against Stacy!" Trish screamed walking into Tammy's office and halfway closing the door.

"I know. I heard about it and worried that you'd snap" Tammy said turning her chair to face Trish. "Shane and Heyman are pigs!" Tammy said in disgust.

"I know. I'm a wrestler, not a piece of ass for them to flash" Trish huffed as Jeff knocked on the open door.

"Are you okay?" Tammy asked as he walked in holding his lower back.

"I don't know if I can go out there tonight. How am I supposed to pull off a concussion storyline when my back is so stiff?" Jeff said falling onto the couch.

"Why don't you try stretching?" Trish suggested.

"Already tried that. I'm still hurting" he answered.

"You think it's a pinched nerve?" Tammy said pulling him up slowly.

"I don't know. I'm going to go get a quick massage to see if it will help. I'll see you guys in a little while" he said walking out stooped over as if he could barely move.

"So, how did it go with you and Jay?" Tammy asked referring to Jay and Trish spending Thanksgiving with her and the Hardy's in Cameron.

"It was really nice. The food was great! The pie that Jeff made was out of sight. I really enjoyed meeting Mr. Hardy as well" Trish rattled on.

"Stop avoiding the question. I'm referring to you and Jay" Tammy said irritatingly tapping her foot.

"He was so sweet. We were so nervous because you guys were always leaving us alone. We were totally freaking at first," Trish said rubbing her hands together.

"You're nervous just talking about him," Tammy said pointing to Trish wringing her hands.

"I know! I can't help it. He is just so great, I mean, he makes me light up like a Christmas tree" she said in a giddy voice.

"Okay, have you been drinking? You're a little too chipper for me tonight" Tammy grinned.

"Its called love! You acted the exact same way when you first started dating both Jeff and Matt. Come to think of it you still act that way," she said putting her hand on her hip.

"Yea, I was pretty much gone huh?" Tammy admitted. "Oh I'm so happy for you!" Tammy shouted, as they both jumped up and down giggling like schoolgirls.

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"Did you see that? He's in pain!" Tammy said standing up and walking over to the monitor hanging from the ceiling.

"Calm down girl, Amy is out there with him" Trish said trying to calm her nerves as she grinned at the show Jay was putting on in the ring.

"Oh hell, here comes Matt" Tammy said.

"Yea, Mr. Know-it-all" Trish quipped.

"I swear if I hear Matt say, "Use your head Jeff!" one more time I think I'll scream" Tammy said.

"Why is that?" Trish asked.

"He says it to me too. That's one of his sayings around the house that annoys the hell out of me" she laughed as Matt accidentally cost Jeff from winning the European title from Jay. "I think I'm going to work out in a little while. I've got all this energy to burn" Tammy said pulling her gray sweats and pink and gray workout bra out of her travel bag.

"Oh my God!" Trish sighed as she looked at the monitor.

"What?" Tammy asked.

"Look at RVD doing the split between two trunks" she squealed. "He is too hot!"

"I can't" Tammy said looking away.

"Why not?" Trish asked.

"Matt said I'm not allowed to look at Rob anymore" Tammy teased.

"What?" Trish yelled.

"Just kidding! I just don't want to look. I've seen him in the locker room naked" Tammy said.

"Is it a nice package to go along with that body?" she asked.

"According to him, he has 8 inches that I'm missing out on" Tammy laughed.

"Wow! You're not curious?" she asked in surprise.

"Who wouldn't be? I just decided to keep it on a friendly level with Rob which is still hard" Tammy explained.

"So, Mr. Whole F'N show stands at 8? I wonder what Jay stands at?" Trish said out loud.

"Only you can find out," Tammy said.

"Oh, I think I'll know by the New Year" Trish grinned confidently.

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"You busy?" Jeff asked as Tammy lay on the floor doing sit-ups in gray sweats and her pink and gray workout bra to Creed's "My Sacrifice"

"No, what's up?" she asked.

"I just wanted to know if you were okay. Hadn't seen you out and about as usual" Jeff mentioned casually.

"As far as I know things are fine," Tammy said standing up and wiping the sweat from her face.

"Why are you working out in your office?" Jeff laughed.

"I had some pent-up energy to release," she said regretting how she said it as she saw the smirk on Jeff's face.

"Oh is that a fact? I can help you release a little tension," he said motioning for her to lie on the floor.

"No thanks. I'm cool now," she said sitting in a chair.

"You look great all slick and wet" Jeff smiled.

"Stop! You're making me uncomfortable" she laughed.

"Sorry, I just tend to speak my mind with you" he admitted.

"Really? Well speak it," she said throwing her hands up.

"Really?" he asked.

"Really" she answered.

"I want to do you right here and now. I want more of a relationship with you on a more intimate level" Jeff said so quickly that she was speechless.

"Huh?" she asked.

"If you ever need sex, I want you to come to me. I know everything you like," he said pulling on the strings of her gray sweatpants. He got down on his knees and started licking her in her navel causing her to squeal from the sensation it sent to her most intimate place.

"Jeff, get up!" she said trying to pull him up.

"You sure you want me to?" he asked as he licked down to her sweats as he pulled them down lower in the front never taking his eyes off of her face.

"Jeff please! Stop this crazy talk" she said forcing him to stand.

"Baby don't do this to me" he whined pulling her close to feel his erection.

"No don't you do this to me" she whined laying on his shoulder.

"I had to look at you on Thanksgiving knowing I couldn't have you" Jeff murmured against her hair.

"Jeff, we are friends. We can't step over that line anymore. If it comes a time that we are both single then I wouldn't hesitate to be with you sexually," Tammy said caressing his face.

"You're right, I have to learn to keep my feelings to myself sometimes. You know how I am, I get an urge and I act on it. I'm sorry," he said pulling away from her.

"It's okay. Sometimes I see you and I have all of these old feelings come rushing to the surface so I understand what you're going through" Tammy said walking him to the door.

"Let's forget this happened okay?" Jeff asked.

"Its already forgotten Jeffy" she grinned closing her office door only to lean against it trying to control her increased breathing.

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"You think that Vince was actually expecting Austin to go along with kissing his ass?" Amy asked.

"Austin would quit before doing a scene where he'd have to kiss Vince's ass" Tammy said honestly.

"I think this is going to be awesome!" Jay laughed as he handed his belt to Steven Regal as he walked to the monitor.

"This is going to be funny" Matt grinned.

"Hey Matt, why don't you kiss my ass" Jeff stood, pulled down his pants and bent over in front of Matt's face.

"I won't kiss it but I'll damn sure kick it" Matt said playfully kicking Jeff's bare ass.

"Hey man! Get your dirty foot off my ass!" Jeff said wiping his ass just as Tammy and Amy ran over and smacked him on both cheeks.

"Ouch! That shit hurt man" Jeff said rubbing his ass.

"That's what you get for flashing everybody" Amy grinned.

"Look! Austin is whipping his ass with a leather strap!" Matt laughed falling back on the couch.

"Let's go!" Jay yelled to Test, Kurt Angle, Steven Regal and the Dudleys as they headed to the ring to help Vince.

"Time for a change in the Undertaker" Tammy laughed.

"Yea, why does JR take the abuse?" Amy asked a few minutes later as Undertaker forced JR to kiss Vince's ass.

"It's all about politics. You either play by the rules or you'll get screwed later" Tammy answered as honestly as possible.

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SmackDown - Kansas City

Tuesday, November 27

"Look at this fool!" Dwayne laughed looking at the monitor by the stage as Angle confronted Austin about not being able to beat The Rock or Jericho at Survivor Series.

"Hey, Kurt figures you all have to beat him" she said raising her eyebrow. "I never asked but did you have a good Thanksgiving?" Tammy asked Dwayne.

"Yea it was really nice. My mom cooked. I heard you had a feast at your house. Jeff told me he persuaded Jay to come after Trish decided to come to Cameron after all" Dwayne grinned.

"Yea, we pretty much left them alone every chance we could get. After Daddy Gilbert left Jeff and Nora went to his room and Matt and I went to the den. They ended up in there with us so we went where we knew they wouldn't follow" Tammy giggled.

"The bedroom?" Dwayne said cracking a smile.

"Nora caught them kissing so I guess it's safe to say they're on the same page" said Tammy proudly.

"Speaking of kissing, if I didn't have to save Trish from kissing Vince's ass tonight I don't think Jay would want to kiss her anymore" he laughed. "I need to come see the kids. Time is really passing fast. We're both parents now," Dwayne said.

"Yes we've all grown up and went our separate ways. I'll always find time for my friends though" Tammy smiled.

"You'd better make time for me. You know I need special attention," Dwayne said winking at her.

"You're so narcissistic!" she laughed.

"Hey, you know I'm down to earth just like anybody else" Dwayne said sounding a little offended.

"Hey, I didn't mean anything by that. I was just teasing" she grinned.

"I'm going to go to the locker room and talk to Jericho" Dwayne said picking up his bottle of water off the monitor.

"I'll see you later" Tammy called out as he walked back to her and handed her his bottle of water. "Why are you giving me this?" she asked.

"It's practically full. You can have it. I don't want to throw it away" he told her.

"Oh, okay. Thanks" she said taking a drink from the bottle.

"Makes you wonder where my mouth been" Dwayne shouted over his shoulder causing her to spit the water onto the floor as Tazz walked by causing him to slide across the floor almost falling.

"Oh my goodness! Tazz are you okay?" Tammy asked stepping over the puddle to see if he was okay.

"Yea, just stop spitting on the friggin floor" he laughed.

"Girl! I was just kidding!" Dwayne said running over to see if Tazz was okay.

"I heard what you told her. Man that was foul" Tazz chuckled.

"Nothing is wrong with that water" Dwayne grinned as he grabbed it and took a drink from it and handed it back to her. "Tastes like grapes" he said licking his lips.

"It's my purple lip gloss" Tammy said.

"Oh. Is it me or do you match your lipstick with every outfit you wear?" he said looking at her black and purple Capri pants and matching purple shirt.

"Most of the time. "I have a habit of coordinating sometimes," she said feeling uneasy.

"Hell I like it. You always look nice to me," Tazz said grabbing her hand and twirling her around. "Do you ever have a bad hair day?" he laughed as he touched her shoulder length light brown hair.

"You should have seen my hair a few weeks ago when it got wet in the shower" she laughed thinking back to when she and Matt got a little crazy in the shower.

"Don't let Rock here stop you from coordinating. Men like that in a woman" Tazz said heading over to talk with a backstage hand about the wet floor.

"Well shouldn't you be talking to Jericho?" she asked.

"Huh? Oh yea!" he said snapping out of his vision of her all slick and wet in the shower.

"See you later then" she said brushing past him.

"Damn" Dwayne whispered under his breath. What the hell was he doing thinking about her like that? He needed to go somewhere and pray.

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"What the hell were you two doing trying to suplex Big Show?" Tammy said laughing as she walked into the locker room.

"I know! Stupid move!" Amy giggled.

"We thought together we could do it" Matt said cracking up.

"Man my back is jacked up more from us trying to lift him up than from him double suplexing us. Now we have to prepare for our match at Vengeance" Jeff said getting undressed.

"Jeff, when you jumped on Matt's back for the Poetry in Motion and ran into Kane's foot I couldn't help laughing" Amy said falling on the floor laughing.

"Amy you were supposed to be laying down on the ground hurt not laughing!" Tammy yelled as she fell over on Amy laughing.

"I know! It was so hard though," Amy said standing up and fixing her yellow workout bra over her short black lace top.

"Amy, Trish is looking for you" Dwayne said entering the locker room as Amy jogged past him to go see what Trish wanted.

"Hey Dwayne, what are you doing tonight?" Matt asked pulling off his socks.

"I'm thinking of going on to the hotel. My head is throbbing from that chair shot," Dwayne said rubbing his forehead.

"You're sure it's not a concussion?" Jeff asked walking over and looking into his eyes.

"No, the doctor said I was fine" he said taking a seat in one of the chairs.

"Well, I guess we'll go on to the hotel too" Matt said to Tammy.

"That's cool with me. I'm a little tired anyway," she said yawning.

"I'm not. I'm going to hang out with Adam, Kathy, Marie, Chris, Trish and Jay" Jeff said heading to the showers.

"I thought your back was hurting?" Matt shouted.

"I'm okay. I can still dance man. I just want to cut loose once in awhile" Jeff yelled from the shower.

"I guess if you say your okay" Matt answered looking at Tammy shaking his head sadly.

"Let him have some fun Matt. He's not a kid" she whispered.

"Should I be here for this conversation?" Dwayne grinned.

"Oh it's cool" Matt stood up and headed to the showers.

"So, are you going to join them?" Dwayne grinned slyly.

"No, why?" she asked pushing him.

"No reason. I'd rather watch you shower alone" Dwayne said out loud before he could catch himself.

"What?" she said with an amused look on her face.

"I was just kidding, besides what guy would want to see the Hardy's in the shower?" he said standing trying to cover up his outburst.

"I thought so!" she said punching him in his arm.

"Were you scared?" he asked as he put her in a playful headlock.

"No, tell Matt I'll be in the makeup room talking to Kathy and Dena" she said pushing him off of her.

"Alright. Take care" Dwayne grinned until she closed the door. He let out a long sigh and slid down in a chair. He never really noticed it before but Tammy should be a WWF Diva. She definitely had the look. She had mesmerizing brown eyes that seemed to change to light brown depending on her mood. He wondered if she realized just how beautiful she really was. She had the cutest dimples when she smiled. He'd always told her she was a Janet Jackson look alike especially when she had her hair all curled wearing those skimpy belly shirts. She definitely had the ass. He remembered the first time he thought she was actually hot, it was senior year in college and she played Janet Jackson in the talent show. She lit up the stage that night. Electrified the people like The Rock. Damn, he had to stop looking at her like that. She really had no clue why men flocked to her. In a way that was a good thing, but on the other hand she was a little naïve when it came to realizing when she was being hit on. He'd definitely have to keep an eye on guys like Rob Van Dam and Sean O'Haire. They were sneaky. The last thing she needs in her life was more drama.

"Hey man! What are you smiling at?" Jeff asked throwing a piece of paper at Dwayne pulling him from his thoughts.

"Oh nothing. Nothing at all" Dwayne said grabbing a towel and heading to the showers.

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Sat. Dec 1

Tammy was so tired. The babies had her up all night. Matt had slept through all the crying. She was so frustrated she could just hit something. The only good thing about last night was when Jeff came in and got Callum. Callum was usually very cooperative but last night all he wanted to do was stay up and play. He demanded attention. Jeff took him into the den and played with him for over two hours before he'd gone back to sleep. By the time she fell asleep Caleb was up needing to be changed. That was it! She might as well make some breakfast. She opened the refrigerator to get some juice. Damn, nothing but Matt's homemade banana juice. He was driving her crazy with this damn juice. She decided to make a pot of coffee. Jeff walked into the kitchen looking worn out about ten minutes later.

"Feeling better?" he asked pouring himself a cup of coffee.

"No! I just need three hours Jeff. That's all. How does he sleep through all of the crying?" she said grabbing an English muffin.

"I really don't know. I think I'm going to go ride around the track today. It looks like rain later. Why don't you dress the boys and ride out with me" he suggested.

I don't know Jeff. They're too young to be going out in this weather. Maybe another time" she said sadly.

"Hey, why don't we leave the boys with my dad a few hours. He complains that he doesn't get enough time with them as it is" Jeff said standing up to use the wall phone. While he talked on the phone Tammy started bathing Callum. By the time she was drying Caleb off Jeff walked in smiling.

"It's all set!" he said grabbing Caleb's outfit. "Can't we get him something with trucks and motorcycles on it? I don't like these animals on here" he said pointing to the lions and tigers.

"It was a gift from your dad" she told him.

"Well, he can wear it today so he'll think he actually wears it" he said seriously. "You can go get ready. I'll feed them while you get yourself together" Jeff said squeezing her arm.

"Okay, thanks Jeff" she said as she headed to her room. She stared at Matt as he snored loudly. He was so beautiful to her but he was really starting to work her nerves as of late. She bent down and kissed him on the lips before heading into the bathroom for a bath. An hour later she kneeled over Matt and whispered that she and Jeff were going to the track while his dad watched the twins. Matt just grunted an okay and nodded. She kissed him and headed for the kitchen to get bottles for the boys. Jeff was sitting at the table with the boys already strapped into their carriers.

"Wow, you're on the ball" she said opening the refrigerator looking for the bottles she'd made the night before.

"Already in the diaper bag in the car" he said grabbing the carriers and heading to the garage.

Tammy grabbed her coat and headed to the garage. "Jeff, lets take the Escalade, this car isn't exactly meant for kids" she laughed looking at his little 2000 black corvette.

"Get in and strap up" Jeff said ignoring her.

"Jeff! The kids are in the car," she yelled.

"Oh yea, I guess I need to drive slower huh?" he laughed.

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Tammy stared in amazement at how high Jeff could jump on his motorcycle. He was actually really good. He was really into motorcross. He was always riding or as he called it, jammin on his motorcycle. She laughed thinking back to when he first built this track, and then the volcano with a huge barrel in it was the next idea that popped into his mind. He'd start a fire in the barrel just to jump over it. She was glad he wasn't lighting any fires today. She knew they'd been out there at least two hours just enjoying the weather. She looked up as he got off of his motorcycle.

"Whoo! That was fun! You should try it," he said straightening out the blanket she was sitting on and taking a seat next to her. "Smell the oncoming rain in the air? It's beautiful out here."

"Yes, it's really nice up here. I missed this," she said.

"Yea, I'll show you some of the art I've done around here lately. I'm even thinking of making a music CD," he said.

"Really? I'm proud of you Jeff. I think you have talent. Then again when it came to your singing I was biased" she laughed.

"You were in love with me so you thought everything about me was cute and sexy, even when I belched you found it cute. That's how I knew you were in love with me" he laughed while lying down on his back looking up at the sky.

"This really relaxes you huh?" she said looking down at him as he closed his eyes.

"Hell yea, it stopped me from killing you and my brother that day I found out about you two. Matter of fact I sat up here and wrote poetry for hours" he said turning to look at her.

"You wanted to kill me?" she asked.

"Thought of a hundred ways of doing it and getting away with it," he said honestly.

"Damn, I didn't think that you were that gone off the deep end" she said feeling bad about the way she broke up with him.

"Remember how we always talked about having a big family?" he asked sitting up.

"Yes, about six. More boys for you to play with" she laughed.

"I'll be honest with you about something. I tried to get you pregnant those three days we were together. I just didn't know you'd give my brother a son too. I figured when I saw Caleb's sandy colored hair and green eyes it was a given that we'd be a family. You and I together, I never imagined how it turned out," he said turning to lie in her lap.

"Jeff, I never thought you could be so devious," she said playing in his hair.

"Let me show you something" he said pulling a piece of paper out of his jeans.

"What is it?" she said taking the sheet of paper out of his hands. "Some of the poems you wrote?" she said as she started to read his poem.

She looked down at Jeff in shock. "Jeff, I had no idea you felt this way," she said as he stared up at the sky. She turned the paper over and continued to read another one of his poems.

"Jeff, this is beautiful," she said wiping her tears with the sleeve of her coat. "Why have you been keeping this to yourself? Why are you letting me see this now?" she asked sadly.

"I don't know. I felt I needed to let my feelings be known for a change," he said sitting up and pulling his knees up to his chest and rocking back and forth.

"Do you want to talk about this?" Tammy asked him.

"Sure, we can. I basically still have feelings for you. I haven't figured out if it's an obsession or not. I saw you as my wife. We used to have the best love of all. We were best friends and lovers. Now we're with other people. People I don't think we should be with sometimes. I mean Nora is great but she's not you. I started out thinking since we have a son together that maybe we should get married. I even planned on asking you to marry me today, but I chickened out a few hours ago. Honestly, Tammy I'm hurt and embarrassed that you gave my brother a son. I love my nephew, don't get me wrong but it hurts to know he's not mine. I have no say in the way you raise him. I want a family with you and CJ. It's just complicated for me because in a way I have a family and on the other hand I don't," he said staring her in the eyes.

"Why did I ever meet you Hardy's? You two have caused me nothing but trouble" she said lying back on the blanket grabbing his hand.

"Matt and I are two entirely different people. How you could be attracted to both of us I'll never understand it. All I know is that I'm 24 years old now. I feel like I'm losing my grip on the things that I want in my life. My career is going places but at the same time I don't know where I'll be in the next five years. I want to provide for my son. I never thought I'd have a son this soon let alone out of wedlock. This is the hand we've been dealt. What do you want to do?" he asked Tammy.

"I really don't know. I love Matt. I know that much. I don't know why I chose to love him it just happened. I never wanted to hurt you," she said through tears as she looked over at him.

"Answer this, if you hadn't caught me with Stephanie that night would we still be together?" he asked starting to cry.

"Jeff, earlier that night Matt came to me and told me he was backing off to let us be together without his interference. No matter how much we were attracted to one another we only kissed. So, yes I think we would probably still be together" she said seeing the pain on his face.

"When did it start? Him kissing you" he asked.

"It doesn't matter," she said.

"When?" he asked again.

"The week I watched both of you after you both were laid up from the first TLC match. Amy had told me that he was in love with me the night we caught them arguing at the hotel. That's why I went home to Houston those three weekends instead of to your house. I was avoiding him. Then we were left alone all those times when you'd pick fights with us and disappear for hours" she told him.

"I was feeling guilt from cheating on you. Sometimes I couldn't look at you because I knew I was wrong. Matt never let up with the questions. He suspected I was cheating all along. Adam figured it out. He refused to give an opinion. I later found out he knew about you and Matt's attraction to one another. Damn, I should have flown to Houston on the weekends with you instead of us going to my house and none of this would have happened" he laughed. "I'm sorry I wasn't the man you needed me to be and I'm sorry I failed in the faithful department" he said squeezing her knee.

"I'm glad we had this talk," she said reaching over and hugging him.

"I feel much better" he smiled.

"Me too" she said as he leaned in and kissed her. This was nice. This was the Jeff she fell in love with over two years ago.

"Let's go relieve my dad. We've been out here almost four hours. They probably have him crawling up the walls," he said taking her hand. "Can we stop and get some lasagna or something? I'm kind of hungry," he said rubbing his stomach.

"Why not. I really enjoyed today. Thanks for inviting me out. This was exactly what I needed," she said feeling invigorated for the first time in weeks.

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"Where in the hell have you been?" Matt asked startling Tammy as she laid Caleb down next to Callum for a nap.

"I went out to the track with Jeff" she answered.

"With the babies? It's too cold for them to be out there! It's the beginning of December! Are you crazy?" he shouted in her face.

"They were at your dad's house Matt! I know that it's too cold for them to be out" she shouted back disturbing Caleb as he tried to sleep. She rubbed his chest to calm him down so that he'd fall back to sleep.

"Come into the room. We need to talk. Now!" Matt said through clenched teeth. She followed him into their room and sat on the end of the bed as he stood over her.

"What's the problem Matt?"

"I woke up and you and the kids were nowhere in sight. I was worried," he said.

"I told you we were leaving this morning! You grunted and went back to sleep" she said starting to get pissed off.

"Are you getting an attitude with me?" he said leaning over her.

"Are you going to hit me? If you are you'd better knock me unconscious because if you don't I'll fight back" she said looking up at him ready for anything.

"I'm not going to hit you! Have I ever hit you? No. I just feel like you're never around for me. You're always doing things for the kids or someone else. It's starting to drive me crazy" he said sitting in a chair across from her.

"Are you jealous of the kids? When we get home I'll admit they become my main priority but all you do is sleep, eat and workout. You don't think about the stress I'm under. You haven't helped me with the boys once this week. They need your attention too. Callum wouldn't go to sleep for over three hours last night. Jeff got up and helped me with him while you lay in here sleeping through all the crying" she said angrily.

"I guess I was tired. I help out. You act like I'm not being a good father. I get up to change diapers and feed them too. Last night I was just really tired. It's not like I purposely ignored the crying," he said as he slumped down in the chair.

"Matt I didn't say you did," she said walking into the bathroom to undress.

"What are you doing in there?" he asked.

"I'm going to take a bath" she answered. Before she knew it he was standing next to her as she pulled her sweater off. "Oh my God Matt! You scared me" she giggled. He was just standing there staring at her as if he was about to snap. "Baby, what is it?" she asked nervously.

"Why do you need to take a bath now?" he asked suspiciously.

"Baby, would you like to join me in a hot bubblebath" she asked teasing him.

"Why do you feel the need to take a bath now? Do you feel dirty?" he asked walking up on her sniffing her. "You smell like Jeff's cologne," he said accusingly.

"That's because I sat in the front seat next to him, so I can see how his cologne is in my clothes considering the fact that he bathes in it" she laughed.

"Did you fuck him?" Matt asked grabbing her by the arm.

"No! Why would you even think that?" she asked in a hurt voice.

"Let me see your panties" he demanded.

"What?" she said laughing. "Matt don't be ridiculous!" she said pulling away from him to get a towel. He grabbed her and pulled her into the bedroom and threw her onto the bed. "Matt what the hell are you doing?" she shouted as he unbuttoned her jeans and grabbed her around the ankles and pulled her jeans off.

"You trying to play me for a fool?" he shouted reaching for her just as Jeff walked to the door wondering what was going on. Matt walked over to the door and closed it in his face and locked it. "This is between us, stay the fuck out of it!" he yelled through the door. He turned and looked at her sitting there in her bra and panties. "Am I too boring for you? I bust my ass to make you happy! Do you need an adrenaline junky daredevil like Jeff to keep you satisfied? Let me see your panties Tammy. I'm not playing," he said with a glassy look in his eyes.

"Why? Why are you acting crazy?" she asked as she crawled across the bed further from him. He jumped across the bed and pulled her to him and grabbed her panties and ripped them off. "Matt! You tore my panties! Why did you do that?' she yelled angrily.

"Shut up!" he yelled as he looked in the seat of her panties.

"Are you satisfied?" she asked.

"No, because you could have showered somewhere else!" he shouted.

"Matt I didn't sleep with Jeff! I watched him ride for a few hours. We talked that was it," she said standing to go to the bathroom.

"Where do you think you're going? I'm not through with you yet," he said throwing her down on the bed. "You wanted to fuck somebody today? Huh?" he said as pulled his sweats down to his knees.

"Matt, stop it. You're acting crazy!" she yelled trying to push him off of her. He put his hand over her mouth and pushed against her pussy trying to enter her. She bit his hand and screamed only for him to cover her mouth muffling her screams.

Jeff started beating on the door. "Matt, don't make me break this door down" he threatened. "Tam are you okay?" he asked as he continued knocking on the door.

"Answer him and tell him everything is okay" Matt warned her as he uncovered her mouth.

"Jeff, everything is fine! I'm okay. We just had a misunderstanding," she shouted.

"Okay, but I still want to make sure you're okay before I leave okay?' he said through the door.

"We're fine bro," Matt said nicely as he looked down at her.

"Are you going to rape me Matt?" she asked looking at him as if she wanted to kill him.

"Rape is when you take from a person. I can't take from you what's already mine," he said as he entered her. She slapped him across the face constantly but he just stared at her as she tried to choke him. He grabbed her arms and forced them down on the bed as he started to pump harder into her. "You are mine. You hear me? I will never let you go! Understand me? You can slap me, beat me and choke me but I won't stop loving you. I need you Angelface. I need you to love me back. Tell me you love me, please" he begged as she tried to fight the feeling of an orgasm about to overcome her. "Tell me" he said again with more force.

"I love you Matt," she said as she started to cum hard. He soon followed and kissed her gently.

"I'm so sorry baby. I don't know what came over me," he said as he started to cry on her shoulder. "I'll make it up to you, I promise. I'll be a better father and a better man to you," he said continuing to cry causing her to cry. They lay there wondering what had happened to them.

"Matt, I think I should move out," she said out of the blue.

"Why? Because of what just happened? I promise I won't lose it like that again. I just thought you and Jeff were off together fucking like crazy and then the idea of it drove me crazy" he said.

"I think me being here will only make it harder on you and Jeff. Maybe I should move back to Houston for awhile with the boys" she said.

"No! I don't want you guys to go. I'll do better. Let's see what happens in the near future. If you still want to leave then I won't stop you okay?" he asked her.

"Okay. One month" she said.

"Two" he challenged.

"Six weeks" she offered.

"Deal" he said pulling her in for a kiss. "Do you think I took advantage of you earlier?" he asked uncomfortably.

"No" she said looking troubled.

"Good, because I was thinking round 2" he said leaning over and kissing her lovingly.

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Raw Dec. 3

"Shane why do you insist on breaking up The Hardy Boyz?" Tammy asked as she leaned against the ring watching Rob practice with Undertaker.

"Look, I think it's time to separate them. The fans are ready," Shane McMahon said placing his hand on her lower back.

"I don't think having them fight over Lita will be a good idea. The fans will blame her for their breakup" Tammy insisted.

"No, not if she doesn't take sides" he pointed out.

"Okay, so Matt and Jeff argue tonight and they'll force Amy, well Lita to be the special referee for their match this weekend?" Tammy asked.

"Yea, we need a short match on the card. They'd be perfect. I'll make Jeff the victor and push him as a single's wrestler. Matt I'll push a little slower since he want's to work his way up the hard way" Shane told her.

"So, Matt told you this?" she asked suspiciously.

"No, I know how he thinks. He has pride. He wants to earn his push" Shane said with a fake smile.

"I see, like Jeff doesn't" Tammy said turning and heading up the ramp to the back.

"Hey, maybe we can talk about this over lunch or something" Shane said walking up beside her.

"Shane what are you up to?" she asked.

"Just want to get to know you a little better. Is that okay with you?" he asked as Rob and Taker headed up the ramp towards them.

"Fine Shane, I'll meet you in 30 minutes in your office and we'll go to lunch" she said walking down the backstage stairs.

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"We have to what?" Jeff asked in the middle of strumming his guitar.

"Fight in a tag match tonight against Spike and Tajiri. Shane wants you two to shoot a scene with Amy in an hour in the hallway. Matt will force her to be the referee between you two this weekend. Tomorrow night at the SmackDown taping you'll both have single's matches as a warm up to your match at Vengeance" Tammy explained reluctantly. "Shane knows the situation between Rob, Matt and I so I believe Rob will be his opponent for the warm up match tomorrow," she said.

"Have you told Matt?" Jeff asked fiddling with his guitar strings.

"No, I was hoping you'd do it" she begged.

"Is Shane doing this to piss us or you off?" Jeff asked honestly.

"Jeff, I really couldn't tell you. Shane is all over the place. Sometimes he's hot and other times he's cold" she said sitting next to him on the trunk.

"Well, it just seems to me that he's been writing our plots as a somewhat slap in your face because we're family now" he said playing a nice tune.

"Yea, I think so too a little bit. I won't let him screw you guys over because of me. I'm looking out for you three," she said rubbing his hand as Shane walked by and smiled deviously.

"He wants to screw you so bad," Jeff said shaking his head.

"It'll never happen" she smiled and pushed his blue hair out of his face to see him grinning widely.

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SmackDown Taping

Chicago, Ill

"This is wild," Rob said pulling Tammy to the side into one of the locker rooms.

"What's wrong?" she asked alarmed.

"I have to fight Matt tonight with my belt on the line" Rob said pissed.

"I have nothing to do with this" she promised him.

"Shane says it'll be a warm up for his match this weekend" Rob said starting to pace.

"Rob, I'd prefer it if you and Matt never had to see each other but it's impossible" she sighed.

"We were friends but he's been really difficult to get along with lately since we became friends," Rob said grabbing her hand.

"Hey Rob, we have a." Matt said walking into the locker room staring at Tammy and Rob.

"Yes, a match tonight. He just told me," Tammy said pulling her hand from Rob's.

"What are you doing in here?" Matt asked pulling her out of the locker room.

"Hey, don't be mad at her. I asked her to come in," Rob said walking into the hallway.

"This is between Tammy and I, okay?' Matt said in a rude tone.

"Dude, get a grip. You know you have a problem with me being friends with Tammy but it's cool" Rob said turning to walk back into the room.

"Oh, you two are friends now?" Matt asked pointing to her and Rob.

"Yes, I consider him a friend because you two are friends" Tammy said nicely.

"Yea well, I don't think a friend would be hitting on my girlfriend" Matt said staring Rob down.

"He's not," Tammy said before Rob walked into the hall and stepped nose to nose with Matt.

"You have a problem with me? No more surprise chair shots! I suggest we do it in the ring. You want to fight, then we'll fight. I won't hold back on you Hardy. Not even for you Tammy. This is personal. Be prepared to get your ass kicked Matt" Rob said slamming his locker room door.

"Fine! I wouldn't expect anything less from you! I won't hold back either! I suggest you wear a cup bitch!" Matt yelled through the door as Tammy tried to pull him down the hallway to cool off.

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"What are you doing here?" Marie asked walking into her office.

"Looking for my cuz" Rikishi answered.

"Well, he's not in here. Anything else?" she asked.

"No. Well, yes. Why are you so mean to me?" he asked honestly.

"I don't treat you mean" she said.

"Yes you do" he argued.

"What are you doing here tonight?" she asked again.

"I'll be a part of the kiss my ass ceremony tonight" Rikishi said rubbing his beard.

"You mean Vince will kiss your ass tonight?" she asked starting to get excited.

"Yea, he's agreed to it. Thought it was Rock's ass you'd be seeing?" he asked.

"Naw, Tammy will be watching harder than anybody when he flashes his ass" Marie smiled sitting on the couch.

"So, she likes him huh?" he asked prying for information.

"She won't admit it because she's involved" she said.

"They both are so sad" he laughed.

"Yea really, two grown ass people who can't admit that they have feelings for each other" Marie said looking into his brown eyes.

"Yea, imagine that" he said staring at her.

"Well, you'd better get ready to head out there. Dwayne is going out to the ring now," she said nodding towards the monitor.

"Yea, well I have time. JR and Trish still have to go out" he told her as he turned to leave.

"Well, have fun" she said feeling a little sorry that he had to leave. This was the most decent conversation they'd ever had.

"Will you be watching Vince kiss my ass?" he smiled.

"Now that you mention it, no" she said flipping off her monitor and grabbing a magazine next to her. "Oh, close the door on your way out" she said pretending to read the magazine. Soon as she heard the door close she picked up the control and turned the TV back on.

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"Matt why did you hit him between the legs with the ladder?" Tammy asked angrily.

"Why are you so concerned? It's not like he's your man, so you shouldn't be concerned with what happens to his private parts" Matt laughed obviously proud of himself.

"Matt you purposely did that!" she shouted.

"You're not all up in his face about knocking me out with that fucking Van- Daminator! The move you've been begging him to use more I might add!" he shouted at her.

"Matt, you have a temper that you need to get control over" she told him as she turned to walk out of the locker room.

"Go ahead and run to him! I know that's what you're going to do. He can't fuck you with bruised nuts!" Matt laughed.

"Excuse me? What did you say to me? You know what Matt? You are an immature asshole!" she told him as he threw a towel hard and hit her in the face with it.

"You bastard!" she yelled throwing the towel back in his face and slapping him so hard across the face they both fell back on the couch just as Jeff walked into the locker room.

"Whoa hold up!" Jeff yelled as he pulled Tammy off of Matt who was halfway on the couch and floor.

"You'd better not hit me ever again Tammy! I swear!" Matt warned her as he stood up and wiped his mouth checking for blood.

"You'd better not throw anything else at me!" she shouted back.

"Next time I'll whip your ass. I mean literally. You want to act like a child, I'll spank you like one!" he said grabbing her arm and trying to spank her.

"Stop it you two! Go back to your neutral corners and cool off!" Jeff said pushing Matt against the wall with one hand. "Tammy please leave so this idiot can cool off" Jeff pleaded.

"Fine!" she yelled leaving and slamming the door behind her.

"I'm going to whip her fucking ass!" Matt growled as he pushed Jeff's hand off his chest.

"Man listen at yourself! She's a woman! You don't hit women, remember?" Jeff said trying to cool him down.

"Man, sometimes she tempts me" Matt admitted.

"Well, then you walk away. I always let Nora vent alone," he said staring at Matt.

"Yea, I'm not even really mad at her I guess. Then again I am a little. She seemed to be more concerned with Rob's nuts being crushed with the ladder than me getting knocked the fuck out!" he said angrily.

"Matt? You're jealous of her having any male friends. I went through that in all of my relationships but you have to trust her. I was able to deal with it better when I stopped being jealous and petty," Jeff said grabbing a notepad out of his bag. "You two have given me an idea for a poem" Jeff smiled causing Matt to laugh at how childish he was acting.

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WWF Vengeance - December 09, 2001

Tammy walked into her office so that she could view Matt and Jeff's match against one another alone. Lord knows she didn't want people staring at her while she prayed for one over the other. Amy was the special referee. Poor Amy caught in the middle of these two fools. Tammy hoped they wouldn't hurt each other. Please hurry up and end. Thank God! Jeff hits the Swanton Bomb on Matt for the win. It's over. There was a knock on the door. Rob Van Dam entered her office and sat down.

"How's everything going?" Rob asked.

"Fine. You ready to drop the Hardcore belt to Taker tonight?" she asked.

"Yes. As ready as I'll ever be. You have plans after the show?" he asked hopefully.

"Unfortunately, I have plans already. I'm sorry," she said sadly.

"Well, I won't be single forever. I'm a patient man but I can only wait so long" Rob said as he faced the two chairs together. "You mind if I stretch?" he asked as he did a split in between the two chairs.

"Umm, sure. Knock yourself out" she said as she watched the Dudleys facing off against Kane and Big Show. Damn! Rob was fine. He knew she wanted to look. Hell, she did want to look. She looked at the bulge between his legs and couldn't help wondering how he was in bed considering how limber he was. She'd seen him naked a few months back in his locker room. He was well endowed. She realized he was staring at her with a smile on his face.

"If I knew that's what it took to get you to pay attention to me, I'd have done this months ago" he said just as Kathy walked into the office.

"Whoa! Goddamn!" Kathy said covering her eyes. "Is this a bad time?" she asked peeping between her fingers.

"No, I was just stretching" Rob said standing up and moving the chairs apart.

"You'd better get ready, the Dudley's just won. You're up next" she told Rob.

"Alright, I'll talk to you later. Bye Kathy" he said politely closing the door.

"Well, he's definitely boyfriend material" Kathy said still looking at the door.

"What's up?" Tammy said snapping her fingers to get her attention.

"Oh, Adam and I are getting married on New Year's Eve. We wanted you guys to come to Vegas with us" she said excitedly.

"Oh Kathy that's great! Sure we'll be there. I can't wait," she said.

"Neither can I" she smiled widely.

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Tammy and Amy stood behind the two chairs that Matt and Jeff sat in as Vince and Shane McMahon informed them that there was nothing else that they could do for Team Extreme at the moment.

"So, you're going to remove us off the canvas a few months?" Jeff asked calmly.

"Well, tomorrow night you'll be attacked and beaten by The Undertaker during your Hardcore title match. He'll attack Lita as well. Matt will be watching all of it go down" Vince explained to them.

"So, basically when I told Shane that the fans weren't ready for a Team Extreme breakup I was right" Tammy said folding her arms.

"Well, yea. Basically they didn't take well to the match tonight between them fighting" Vince answered as Shane stared angrily at Tammy.

"So, Jeff and Lita gets attacked by Taker. Then what?" Matt asked cautiously.

"Well, you'll challenge him to avenge what he did to your brother and ex- girlfriend and end up getting injured from a chair shot to the throat which will give us a few weeks to rebuild your character's" Shane answered.

"Okay, so they'll have the holidays off. When will they return?" Tammy asked rubbing Matt's right shoulder.

"Well, I was thinking about placing them in the Royal Rumble. They can get revenge on Undertaker including Lita to show that they're back with a vengeance" Vince answered.

"I like that idea" Jeff said standing up.

"Well, then what will happen?" Matt asked suspiciously.

"Then we'll keep you off for a few more weeks. Leading up to No Way Out you'll return as Team Extreme" Shane said.

"Okay, well I've been thinking of a new entrance where we can use glow in the dark paint. Of course we'll need a black light on the entrance ramp" Jeff said full of enthusiasm.

"Well, I think it will be different. I'll have to see how the fans react to it of course. Try it out, it may just catch on" Vince said standing to button his coat before leaving.

"Lita I'd like for you to travel to London after Christmas to promote the Royal Rumble" Shane informed her.

"Oh my God! That's so cool! Thanks Shane," Amy said jumping up and down as she headed out the door to the women's locker room.

"Matt and Jeff, I feel as if you two need to get rested up and heal for those three weeks off. Especially you Jeff, I need you at atleast 85% to return" Shane said pointing at Jeff.

"Well when will they get their single's run?" Tammy asked causing Matt to grab her hand and squeeze it cautioning her to be quiet.

"They'll definitely get it over the next few months while still teaming together. We see Jeff as a potential Shawn Michaels. He has the heart to be the future Heartbreak Kid. Matt I know you want to make it to Heavyweight Champion status. I think the European or Cruiserweight title reign would be great for you. Your about 230 now, I'd like you down to 220-225. I'd like to push you in the lightweight division for awhile as well. Over time I see you both as Heavyweight Champions after a few years of paying your dues. You two may even get a push by the end of next year for the belt. We'll have to see" Shane said grabbing a folder and placing it under his arm.

"Well, thanks for believing in us. We'll make the best of the opportunities that we're given" Matt said walking Shane out the door.

"Well, we've got a little vacation time" Jeff said happily.

"Yea, it appears I'll be home while you go to work," Matt said sounding disappointed.

"I don't trust Shane" Tammy said flat out.

"Why not?" Matt asked wiping dirt off the white part of his black and white boots.

"Just because I don't sometimes okay?" she said heading for the soda machines.

"Babe! Wait up!" Matt shouted running to catch up with her. "You knew he was trying to do this didn't you?"

"Let's just say I saw this coming. I'll talk to Vince about it" she said searching her coat pocket for change for the vending machine.

"I got it" Matt said sliding a dollar into the machine. "What do you want?"

"Cherry Coke" she answered as he punched the button and handed her the Cherry Coke.

"Thanks. I just feel like Shane is doing this because we've disagreed on some of the storylines lately. I've agreed with some of Paul E's ideas over Shane's lately" she said twisting open the soda and taking a long drink.

"So you think he's trying to purposely piss you off?" Matt asked taking a gulp from her soda bottle.

"Hey, you drank half of it!" she whined.

"I bought it" he smiled.

"Yea you did Mr. Greedy, I'll catch up with you after the show" she told him walking towards her office.

"Love you" he said standing there looking so cute.

"Love you more" she smiled.

"No, I love you more" Shane Helms teased coming out of his locker room and waving bye to Matt over her shoulder.

"Hey Shane. What are you up to?" she asked.

"Eavesdropping and trying to get into some trouble. You know how I get when I'm bored. You?"

"Heading to my little office space. Where's Mighty Molly?" she asked.

"Around here somewhere, probably with Jeff. Will I see you at home when I come over this weekend?" he asked smiling.

"Hey, I'm always at home when time permits" she said.

"Well, I'm coming over to see the miniature Hardy boys. You cooking?" Shane asked.

"Umm, no. You buy what you want and I just may cook it" she said nicely.

"Seriously? I'll bring the whole grocery store" he laughed giving her a hug.

"I'll see you this weekend then. If I have to do all the cooking then you have to baby-sit while I cook" she warned him.

"Oh, that's no problem" he said heading down the hall in his Hurricane outfit.

Tammy finally made it to her office to sit down and relax 20 minutes later after talking with Bruce Pritchard and Arn Anderson about upcoming storylines. She needed to think about this situation with Shane McMahon. What was he up to? She was going to keep her eyes on him very closely over the next year concerning the Hardy's push. She placed her elbow on the desk to think only to feel something cold on her arm. There on her desk was a new bottle of Cherry Coke and a Snickers candy bar. There was a note under the candy bar. "Thanks for being there for me through thick and thin. Your loyalty doesn't go unnoticed. Love Matt". Awww, he was so sweet. She had to thank him later. For now, she had to focus on keeping The Hardy's in the WWF.

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"What is with your attitude?" Tammy whined as she pushed Matt to the other side of the bed.

"I don't have an attitude. I just feel like you need to be more dedicated to our family" he said in a huff.

"What do you want from me Matt? Just tell me?" she demanded.

"I want you home with the kids more. They need you now more than anything. They know the nanny better than they know us. That's not good," he said propping himself up on a pillow.

"What do you want me to do? We can start bringing the boys and the nanny with us" she offered trying to ease his bad mood.

"I want you to be home with the boys more" Matt said plainly.

"Wait, are you saying you want me to quit working?" Tammy asked nervously.

"Well, no but I wouldn't be mad if you did" he said turning towards her.

"Matt, I love this job too much to quit" she said looking up at him.

"I just want our kids to know their mother," he said pulling her close.

"Matt, I don't want to quit," she said starting to cry.

"Don't cry Angelface. We'll just come up with a better solution okay?" he said as he turned the lamp off and snuggled close to her and fell asleep.

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"I don't agree with you and that's all I have to say about it!" Jeff yelled as he picked Caleb up and headed for the door.

"You should want her home with the kids as much as I do!" Matt shouted.

"Matt, I think Tammy is doing a fine job raising the boys. I see how good she is with them" Jeff argued.

"All I'm saying is if you'd talk to her maybe she'll ease up on her workload. She has to fly out to Stamford next week for two days. That means she'll be away from the boy's five days. By the time she gets here she'll have a day and a half to spend with them" Matt said in an annoyed tone.

"She already told you she didn't want to quit a week ago. Why are you pushing this? You are on the road with her the same amount of days. Now all of a sudden you have a problem with her being gone a few extra days. You're wrong Matt" Jeff told him.

"You know what? Why are you disagreeable with everything these days? You used to listen to me. Now you're just as hardheaded as she is. I'd swear you two were sharing one brain lately," Matt said in an angry tone.

"Look bro, just because I feel she has a right to have a career doesn't mean that I can't think for myself," Jeff said heading out to his car.

"So you think I'm being selfish?" Matt asked following him out to his car.

"Hey, you said it" Jeff said as he strapped Caleb into his carseat.

"You really have no problem with her work schedule as of late?" Matt asked again.

"No, I don't. Let's just be honest. You want her here because all you want to do is just eat, sleep, and workout. You don't like taking care of the kids by yourself. Let's just call it for what it is" Jeff said getting in the car.

"Bullshit! I love my kids. They cry and I'm there for them. I change diapers. I can take care of my kids alone any day of the week" Matt shouted.

"See that's where you messed up. Your son is in the house sleeping. This one here is mine. I plan on making sure his life isn't filled with confusion and jealousy," Jeff yelled.

"I don't look at him as your son, okay. When he's with me I treat him no different than Callum. Maybe you treat them differently but I don't. To me they are both mine" Matt said in a hurt tone.

"Matt, the real reason I moved completely into my house a week ago is because I don't want my son around your bad mood swings. I treat your son just like he's mine. There is no difference between the way I treat them. Matt, I have a feeling your no longer happy with Tammy so you go off on everybody. Since she stood up to you about her career you feel as if she has betrayed you in some kind of way" Jeff said honestly.

"That's what you think? Tammy and I are just fine. I'm even thinking of popping the question soon," Matt said closing Jeff's door.

"Well, I suggest that you get your head together before asking her to marry you. She's not a possession Matt. She's a person, a person with feelings" Jeff said starting the car.

"You talk as if you know what she wants. I'm the man that she lives with. She sleeps with me. I know her better than anybody," Matt said leaning into the car.

"Matt, I'll say this. Just from listening to all the things you just said I truly believe that I know Tammy better than you ever will. Your problem is that you think you know everything. Here's some brotherly advice. Start listening to what she's saying before she decides she wants to leave you for someone else".

"I guess you've been waiting for her to leave me for awhile now. You think your better at making her happy than I am? Go for it! You don't have a chance," Matt said in a cocky tone.

"Matt, if I wanted her I could have had her back two weeks ago. The day I took her out to the track I was going to ask her to marry me. She told me that if I hadn't cheated on her we'd still be together. So you see, the night that I cheated I actually gave her to you. If that night had never happened you wouldn't have come between us. She and I have an understanding now. We look out for one another. We always will. As far as this relationship goes I suggest that you shape up or ship out," Jeff said as he sped off leaving Matt standing in the street surrounded by dust.

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Tuesday, Smackdown Taping Dec. 18th

"Are you crazy? Tammy shouted walking over to lock her office door.

"Baby, it will be fine. I'm used to getting my ass whipped in the ring. I can do this with no problem" Matt argued.

"Yea, it will look worse than it really is" Undertaker told her sitting in a chair across from her.

"Mark, you fucked Jeff up on Raw last night when you put him in the last ride through the equipment on side of the stage. Not to mention hurting Amy's shoulder when you threw her over the stage after Jeff!" she yelled becoming agitated. "You beat the hell out of Rob at Vengeance by chokeslamming him off the stage for the Hardcore belt. I don't even want to think about what you did to little Spike Dudley," she said cringing at the thought.

"Look, I'll do the chair shot across his throat and they'll drive him off in an ambulance like planned. I'll do most of the beating outside the ring," Taker said trying to calm her nerves.

"I prefer the chair shots you do in the chest. I want this to look good," Matt said with a serious look on his face.

"Umm, Matt shut up! Don't encourage him," she shouted.

"Baby, it's a Hardcore title match" Matt laughed.

"Tammy, you know me. We've known each other well over ten years from Houston. I won't hurt him too bad" he smiled as he stood up and walked towards the door.

"We'll make it real hardcore" Matt said to him.

"Get that kendo stick we talked about" Undertaker told him as he left the office.

"Stick? You're going to fight him with a kendo stick?" Tammy asked nervously.

"Angelface don't worry. Maybe you shouldn't watch the match" he told her pulling her close.

"Okay, I'll turn the TV off during your match" she said giving him a quick peck on the lips.

"I'll be fine. You know I love doing this hardcore type shit. I live for this you know?" he said.

"Yea, your right I knew what you were all about when I started dating you" she admitted. "Will you still want to drive to Houston tonight? You will be in pain, so I was thinking that maybe we could just ride with Marie instead of renting a car. We'll have three days to ourselves but will we be able to do anything?" she said with a smirk on her face.

"I'm about to go out there and get my ass whipped and your thinking about sex?" Matt said amused at her nerve.

"Well, Jeff will have the kids. So I figured that we'd catch a movie for a change, go out for a nice dinner. We can finish Christmas shopping and then I'll head on to Miami for the Saturday taping of Raw while you and Jeff get the house ready for Christmas" she said pushing his hair back over his shoulder.

"Yea, we can do that. Let me go get in my hardcore frame of mind" he said as he headed for the door.

"Matt, be careful" she whispered.

"I will Angelface," he said closing the door.

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Oh my God! Matt is getting his ass handed to him! Tammy thought as the Undertaker continued to pummel Matt and toss him across the announcer's table. "Matt, stay down!" she yelled knowing full damn well he'd continue to get up to take more punishment.

"You okay?" Dwayne said closing the office door and walking up behind her.

"No, but I'm dealing" she answered never taking her eyes off the monitor.

"Why don't you turn this off?" he said reaching for the remote.

"No! I have to see this. This is what he does. I have to get used to it," she said in a somber tone.

"Those punches aren't that hard" Dwayne said rubbing her shoulders.

"I know. The chair is my only concern right now," she said covering her face as The Undertaker rammed Matt's head into the ring steps.

"Damn!" Dwayne let slip out before he realized it.

"What? Is he unconscious?" she asked getting closer up to the TV.

"No, just stunned like a motherfucker" Dwayne said bending down looking closely at the TV.

"Mark is beating the hell out of him!" she said as he pinned Matt after applying the Last Ride.

"Well, Matt could have fought back. He chose to get his ass whipped" Dwayne said honestly.

"Maybe he couldn't fight back," Tammy said as The Undertaker headed back to the ring to beat on Matt again.

"There goes the chair in the throat!" Dwayne said as Matt fell to the ground gasping for air.

"Okay, I've seen enough. I can't look anymore," she said sitting in her chair and turning it away from the TV.

"Are you going to stare in the corner all night" Dwayne asked laughing. "He actually hit him in the chest with the chair, not the throat" he said walking over to her.

"Still, I hate seeing him beaten like that" she said in a low voice.

"What about me? I have to go out there and face off against Bucky the Beaver tonight" he smiled deviously.

"You mean Test? Hey, I'm like this during your matches too" she said looking up at him.

"Damn, I had no idea. You know I talk a lot of shit and then get my ass kicked" he grinned.

"Yes, you do. More than anyone I know" she smiled.

"See, I knew there was a smile in there somewhere" he said kissing her on the forehead and leaving her sitting there alone waiting for Matt.

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"Was the bitch really worth it?" Tammy asked eyeing The Undertaker sitting across from her.

"Hey, I was referring to the Lita character, not you or Amy" he smiled as he leaned back in the chair drinking his water.

"Yea, I just wanted to be sure" she smiled.

"I told you it was going to go fine," he said proudly as Matt walked into her office holding his ribs.

"Good match man" Matt said shaking his hand.

"Yea, we pulled it off really well," Undertaker said standing up to stare at Matt's head. "You have a bruise on your right temple from the kick I gave you. It should heal in a few days" he told him.

"Let's hope so. I don't want him scaring the kids," she said as she came around the desk to hug him.

"We told you everything would be fine" Undertaker said with his hands on his hip. "Well, I'm going to go hit the shower. Talk to you two later" he said walking out the door.

"Bye Mark" Matt said rubbing his temple. "Now I'll have a few days off with the damaged larynx story so we could hang out like normal people," he said putting his arm around her.

"You had me terrified but I'm glad it's over" she said guiding him over to the couch.

"I just came by to let you know I was okay. I need to hit the shower. I'm musty sweetheart," Matt said sniffing under his arms.

"I don't care. I just want to hold you for a little while" she said hugging him tightly.

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Saturday December 22 2001

Raw Taping for Dec. 24th

Miami, Fl

"Oh, she's so precious Dwayne" Tammy said smiling at the pictures of his daughter Simone.

"Yea, Dany gave them to me earlier. Looks just like her old man" he grinned proudly.

"She definitely is your child" Tammy laughed.

"Hey girl, I have something for you" Dwayne said handing her a box.

"What is it? My Christmas gift?" Tammy asked suspiciously.

"A little something for you to wear to represent your boy's town" he said as she opened the box.

"Oh, how sweet. Two Miami Hurricanes jerseys, I'll put one on now," she said taking off her sweater in front of Dwayne.

"One is for me," he said pulling the other jersey out of the box. "Hey, don't undress in front of me. I don't want your man coming in here thinking your trying to get some of The People's Strudel" he laughed as he grabbed his crotch and adjusted himself.

"Oh please! Matt knows better besides he's in Cameron in too much pain from the beating he took a few days ago. I was really nervous about he and Jeff's matches against Mark" Tammy said pulling the jersey over her jeans.

"Hey, Undertaker always make the bumps you take look worse than they are" Dwayne told her as Marie poked her head in the door.

"Season's Greetings! What are you two twins up to?" she asked eyeing their identical jerseys.

"Well actually, I have one in the locker room for you Marie" he informed her.

"Oh so I have to wear it tonight?" she asked.

"Well, you'll get a lot of attention from the college guys" Dwayne teased.

"Well what are you waiting on? Go get my jersey!" she said laughing.

"I'll give it to you after I do my little Christmas speech with Angle" he told her.

"Oh yes, you'll be fighting my buddies tonight. Jericho is ready to put it to Kurt because Kurt doesn't like me hanging around Chris" Marie smiled. "By the way, I heard that Test is still pissed off about that Stinkface Rikishi gave him last week" Marie said frowning at the thought of Rikishi.

"You'd better take heed, before he puts that big ass in your face" Dwayne laughed.

"Wait, back up a minute, are you and Chris Jericho involved?" Tammy asked.

"No! We are actually just friends. We understand one another. I trust him" Marie told them.

"All of a sudden, just like that? After all the arguing you two did?" Dwayne asked.

"Oh, we did that all the time in WCW. We had a love-hate relationship" Marie laughed.

"Hmm, you two are odd but if you like it, I love it" Tammy said shaking her head.

"I'm thinking of breaking it off with Kurt completely. He's too jealous for my taste. He gets jealous of me sleeping with other men and we're not even a couple! Plus, I'm kind of interested in someone else" Marie said sitting on the couch.

"I'm afraid to ask" Dwayne said leaning against the wall.

"I like Rhyno but he's so unapproachable lately. You know he'll be returning to action on Sunday Night Heat?" Marie said.

"I don't think he's the serious dating type," Tammy said flipping through contracts Vince had her to look over for him.

"Who said anything about dating seriously? I just want to continue a sexual relationship with him" Marie said honestly.

"Well, I can understand that. Have you seen how big and sexy his thighs are?" Tammy said dreamily.

"Ooh yes I have. Aren't they thick?" Marie said leaning over the desk.

"Okay, you two are cutting men down into body parts. It's time for me to go" Dwayne said pushing himself off the wall.

"Good, so we can do you next" Marie teased as he shot the finger at her before closing the door.

"Did you like the skit with Booker T and Austin last Monday?" Tammy asked laughing.

"It was hilarious! I especially liked the bingo hall and the confession booth scenes. Booker is a fool!" Marie laughed.

"No, I think the grocery store fight will be what the fans will remember" Tammy smiled.

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"Tammy smiled at the TV monitor as Big Show did his Hulk Hogan impression for Jackie during the Ric Flair Christmas party skit. Debra bringing in those horrible cookies was even funnier. Vince's party scene where Billy and Chuck both gave each other headbands for Christmas made Tammy wish she'd decided to be in the Christmas party skits. It looked like fun especially with Mae Young and Moolah showing up to Vince's party. She couldn't stop laughing when Mae started to do a strip tease dance on the table. Mae was a good sport. Tammy could get her to do anything.

"You need to close your door" Marie said sitting down to watch the Rock v Angle v Jericho match.

"It's the holiday season so I'm just leaving it open" Tammy said cheerfully.

"Who are you pulling for?" Marie asked.

"Well let's see, I haven't slept with any of them like someone I know. I don't know. The Rock" she said.

"Oh picking the one you want to sleep with way deep down in you conscious huh?" Marie taunted.

"I don't see Dwayne like that" Tammy argued.

"Hell, I have so I know you have. Not even once?" Marie continued to pry.

"Well, a few months ago while I was pregnant I had a dream I was getting married and when the groom pulled the veil from over my face it was Dwayne" Tammy said looking away embarrassed.

"Awww, you want to marry him? That's so sweet," Marie said pretending to wipe tears from her eyes.

"It was a dream Marie! It was so disturbing that every since that night I feel funny getting close to Dwayne now" Tammy admitted.

"So, you want to get a piece of the people's strudel" Marie asked.

"No! I just see him being sexier than I remember" she acknowledged.

"Uh oh, you and Dwayne? I wondered when you two would finally admit you two are meant for one another," Marie said frowning at the monitor.

"I'm not admitting anything," she said.

"Neither will he" Marie said picking up a candy cane that was lying on Tammy's desk.

"You said something about me to him?" Tammy said sitting up.

"Not really. Just asked if he found you attractive. He admitted you were pretty to him. Wouldn't really admit anything deeper," Marie said tugging on the plastic wrapper.

"Good! The last thing I need is another man in my life" Tammy said leaning back against her chair. "Marie? Don't push this issue any further okay?" Tammy begged.

"Okay fine, but I won't have anything to do with it if he realizes he's in love with you" Marie said innocently sucking on her candy cane.

"Oh no! There they go!" Tammy yelled as Kurt and Chris started to push each other and argue and starting to fight.

"Oh Chris!" Marie stood up as Kurt gave Chris a German Suplex.

"Dwayne break the ankle lock," Tammy said calmly as Marie panicked as Chris yelled louder as Kurt twisted his ankle harder.

"He's tapping?" Marie said in shock as Dwayne put Chris in his own Walls of Jericho.

"You notice the referee is out. You know how this will turn out" Tammy offered.

"Shit!" Marie shouted as Kurt applied the DDT on Dwayne helping Chris pin him.

"If Matt and I ever break up I refuse to date another wrestler. I can't take the violence" Tammy laughed covering her face.

"Yea, well I can't promise that. Wrestlers are too fine to ignore" Marie said as she watched a visiting Rhyno pass by the opened office door.

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Sunday SmackDown Taping

Orlando, Fl.

"So, I'm teaming up with Rocky tonight?" Rob asked walking into Tammy's office.

"Huh? Oh yea, last minute change. You two will face Angle and Storm" she answered.

"Cool, long as I don't have to wrestle Booker T and Bossman like Austin tonight" Rob said turning to leave.

"Rob? You okay?" she asked as he stood in the doorway grinning.

"Yea, I'm cool. Just wanted to see you before the New Year" he said walking back in and closing the door.

"Yes, it will be a week before I see you again" she smiled walking towards him.

"I have something here in my pocket," he said pulling a piece of mistletoe out of his jeans.

"Oh Rob, no" she said backing up as he put it over her head.

"Hey, it's tradition" he smiled before pulling her in for a long sensual kiss.

"Oh, okay" she said almost falling over the chair in front of her desk from the kiss.

"Be careful, I do tend to have this affect on women" he chuckled.

"Oh really?" she said as he stuck his tongue into her mouth and tongue kissed her until she was almost lying back on the desk. She pushed against his chest.

"Don't push me away now," he said breaking the kiss and breathing heavily.

"This can't happen again" she said.

"I won't tell a soul if you don't" he grinned while palming her ass and kissing her passionately.

"If I was single Rob, I'd fuck you right here on my desk because I do find you attractive. Unfortunately, I'm involved right now," she said straightening her suit jacket.

"Okay, but the next time this happens I won't walk away so easily. I suggest you never tease me like this again" he smiled backing away from her and closing the door.

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"Marie where have you been?" Jericho asked sliding on his elbow pad.

"Well, I've been trying to teach Kurt how to dance. He wants me to teach him a dance for the skit with Lance Storm later. It's almost hopeless," she said while helping Chris lace his boots.

"Well, I can show him some dance moves for you. It will give us a chance to talk about the misunderstanding we had about you" Chris said smiling widely.

"You sure? I mean I don't want to put you out" Marie told him.

"Naw, it's no problem. I'm going to enjoy teaching him how to dance" Chris smiled devilishly.

"Okay. No funny business Jericho" she said warning him.

"No funny stuff. Trust me" Chris shouted as she closed the locker room door.

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"What the hell?" Dwayne laughed pointing to the monitor.

"What is it?" Marie asked turning to see Kurt doing the snake in his skit with Lance Storm.

"They haven't did that dance since the 80's man!" Booker T laughed hysterically.

"Oh my God! I trusted Chris to show him an up to date dance move!" Marie said trying to control her urge to laugh.

"Well, obviously he purposely mislead him" Dwayne grinned leaning against the monitor.

"That sucka ain't got no rhythm man! So, umm, Marie what you got planned for later?" Booker T smiled towering over her.

"Oh, I have a date tonight" she said quickly.

"Uh uhh! Tell me she didn't just say that" Booker said looking at Dwayne.

"Oh she said it Booker! Get on her Booker!" Dwayne yelled jumping behind Booker and giving him a slap on the back for encouragement to tell her off.

"You better not be giving up that sweet thang to nobody. You know I care for you girl" he said pulling her up against him.

"Oh, okay. I won't," she said through clenched teeth staring daggers at a cracking up Dwayne backing up mouthing the word "pillowcase".

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Early New Years Day - 4:30 a.m.

"That wedding was so nice" Matt said taking off his shirt.

"Yea, Kathy and Adam was really anxious to get out of there" Tammy laughed.

"I'm sure they were ready to get back to their room to get it on" Jeff said looking at his hair in the mirror.

"Adam says they won't take their honeymoon until a few more weeks. I don't know if I could wait that long to have my husband to myself for a week" Dena said sipping champagne.

"Dena, if I didn't actually see you sitting here I'd think you were Marie" Dwayne laughed.

"Oops, did I just say that? I must have slipped into my old self" Dena smiled.

"Oh, you mean your backsliding days?" Tammy teased her.

"Yea, you two know how I was" Dena said pointing at Dwayne and Tammy.

"What does backsliding days mean?" Jeff asked looking confused.

"Basically, use men like they use us, but now I'm reformed thanks to Bill" Dena laughed.

"You think Bill will wrestle with the WWF?" Matt asked Dena.

"Eventually, yea. He's still sitting out his WCW contract. I'll be flying out to be with him tomorrow night after Smackdown" she said standing up to leave.

Yea, I need to head out too. I need to rest. Plus I have to fly out to do a few more re-shoots for the movie on Wednesday" Dwayne said crossing the room to kiss Tammy and Dena goodbye.

"Where is Marie?" Tammy asked looking at everyone.

"We lost her on the way to the room" Jeff laughed.

"I hope she's okay" Dwayne said as he opened the door to leave and guided Dena out of the room with him.

"Well, I'm heading on down to gamble a little before we head out with Tammy for Smackdown" Jeff said heading to the door.

"You will be a basketcase tomorrow," Matt said climbing into bed taking off his pants and boxers.

"Man, our flight is at 12:45 p.m., It's 4:33 a.m. We don't have to wrestle. I'll sleep tomorrow. This is Vegas man!" Jeff said as he closed the door.

"Well, this has been a long night. I'll never do Raw then fly out to Vegas before midnight to make it to a 2:30 a.m. wedding. Then fly right back out for Smackdown the next day" Tammy said taking off all of her clothes. She turned and saw Matt lying across the bed naked with a glass of champagne in his hand and a smile on his face.

"Marry me" Matt said looking serious.

"What?" she asked standing there in shock.

"Is Steve Austin in here?" Matt laughed looking under the bed.

"Are you serious?" Tammy laughed as he continued looking for Stone Cold under the bed.

"Come here" he said sitting up on his knees and placing the glass on the nightstand. She took his hand and climbed onto the bed staring him in the face.

"Matt, what's come over you?" she asked nervously.

"Love. I love you. I want to marry you. Let's just go do it now," he said caressing her face.

"Whoa! Wait a minute! Matt, I want a big wedding" she said pushing a string of his hair behind his ear.

"Baby if we love each other then it shouldn't matter if we have a big wedding or not. It's a whole New Year so let's start it off the right way" Matt said kissing her on the mouth.

"Matt, I'd rather plan something so that my family can be there. Once I marry I don't plan on getting a divorce" she said looking into his brown eyes.

"You think we couldn't make it as a married couple? You have that little faith in us?" he said pulling away from her.

"Baby, that's not what I'm saying. I just want a big wedding because I don't plan on having another one," she said taking his hands in hers. "Baby, I love you with all my heart but I just don't think we're ready yet. We're young and our careers are taking off. In a year if we feel the same way about one another I'll marry you wherever you want. Deal?" she said caressing his face.

"Deal. I can live with that. Just in case we don't end up together, can we continue the sex thing together" he laughed grabbing and squeezing her ass.

"You mean if we're both married to other people? Matt, if we were married you'd be cheating on me?" she asked pushing him down and putting him in a headlock.

"No I wouldn't," he said through a strained voice trying to push her off of him. "Don't make me put the Side Effect on you girl" he said laughing.

"You do, and I'll hit you with the Twist of Fate" she said applying pressure to his neck.

"Uh uh, I refuse to let you hit me with my own move" he said pushing her off of him and picking her up and slamming her down into a Side Effect onto the bed.

"Ouch my back! Matt you're too rough!" she said bending over in pain.

"I'm sorry baby, you okay Angelface" he said crawling over to her. She hit him softly between the legs causing him to wince and fall over groaning on his stomach. She grabbed him under his right arm and hooked her left arm around his neck applying the Crippler Crossface on him.

"Tap out you little punk" she laughed.

"Baby you hit my balls too hard" he said groaning.

"That's what you get for wrestling naked" she laughed applying pressure.

"Okay, okay" he yelled tapping the mattress with his left hand so she'd let him go.

"Teach you to mess with me" she said slapping him across the ass.

"Ouch! You will pay for that," he said turning over still holding his balls.

"I didn't hit you that hard" she said starting to feel bad.

"Come here you little tigress" he said pushing her down onto the bed and sliding on top of her.

"Get off of me" she said trying to push him off of her.

"Or you'll what?" he said smiling down at her.

"Or I'll fuck the shit out of you" she said in a dominant voice.

"Ooh baby, you promise?" he said biting her on the neck.

"Don't I always get your rocks off" she said as she took his dick and pushed it inside her. "Fuck me until I cum" she said staring him in the eyes.

"No" he said looking back at her trying to control himself.

"Please" she said in an innocent tone as she lifted her hips up to him and started grinding against him causing him to gasp. He rose up trying to pull out of her.

"Oooh, I'm going to make love to you first" he said trying to kiss her.

"No! I'm so fucking hot! Make love to me later. I want you to fuck me right now!" she demanded as she pulled his Hardy Boyz necklace tight around his neck pulling him down in a hard kiss. The beads from the necklace rolled onto the bed as she broke the necklace from pulling it too hard.

"Hey, we could have used this necklace to do some things. It could have been used as anal beads or something," he said smiling down at her.

"We can use some of your other ones later. I can't wait to cram them up your."

"Hold up! Nothing is going up my ass," he said as he started to move against her.

A few minutes later just as he was about to cum she pushed her right middle finger against his asshole. He tensed up looking in her eyes in shock. His mouth fell open in surprise as he started to have spasms. He jerked harder as she pushed her finger into his ass a little more.

"Oh my fucking.!" he yelled as his eyes rolled into the back of his head as he grasped at her hand behind him. He couldn't stop the intense feeling overtaking his body. It caused her to start to shake and quiver.

"Yea come on baby, fuck me like you mean it!" she said as she smacked him on the ass with her left hand causing him to pump harder and faster.

"Oh yea baby, I'm gonna cum deep in your pussy. Ahhh Fu-u-u-u-ck!" Matt screamed and jerked as he emptied his load into her as her pussy tightened and sucked him deeper into her.

"Now I can sleep good" she laughed as he laid his head on her chest and cried out as she pulled her finger out of his ass.

"Damn, what did you just do to me?" he asked looking up at her through half closed eyes.

"Did you like it?" she asked pushing his hair out of his face.

"Oh yea. You have to experience it for yourself" he said kissing her lovingly.

"We have plenty of time," she said as he started to suck on her nipple.

"What are you doing?" she asked as he rolled over behind her.

"I plan on fucking you in the ass while fingering your pussy. You got a problem with that?' he said in a dominant voice causing her to get horny all over again.

"Ooh I'm all yours. I love it when you take charge! Fuck me good" she said turning on her side and pushing back against him and throwing her leg over his giving him access to her ass and pussy.

"Oh, I plan to sweetheart. I plan to" he said as he guided his hard cock into her tight ass.

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"Look Shannon, it's just not going to work out between us," Marie said pushing Shannon off of her.

"Come on! I need you to please me baby. No strings attached," he said holding her hand.

"Look, I don't know if you weren't held enough as a baby or what but I'm not going to tie you up and spank you" Marie said trying to get up from the slot machine.

"You did it last week," Shannon said holding her around the waist.

"Look, I'm not into this shit anymore" she told him.

"I hope you change your mind," he said handing her a piece of paper. "My room number" he said walking away.

"Damn! He's into some sick shit!" a voice came from a slot machine across from her. Marie stood up and walked around the machine to see Jay sitting there frowning.

"Jay, you scared me," she said smiling.

"You plan on sleeping?" he asked picking up his bucket of coins.

"No, I may go play some blackjack" she said just as she saw Jeff playing at one of the tables. "Hey, I think we found someone to stay up with us" she said pointing to Jeff.

"Shit, let's gamble!" Jay said pulling out a wad of cash for chips

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Royal Rumble - January 20, 2002

Marie was on edge. She'd been racking her brain trying to be on the lookout for Rikishi's next move. He'd ignored her to the point to where it was driving her crazy. She saw Chris Jericho her partner in crime stretching before his Undisputed Championship match against Dwayne. They were really good at playing the hate role with one another.

"You getting ready for your big match sweetie?" Marie said flirting with Jericho.

"Hell yea, I'm ready to get this over with so I can go home. I'm tired as hell and Vince expects us to pull off a 30 minute match" he said doing side bends.

"Well, Chris I believe you can pull it off. Once that adrenaline gets pumping you'll be into it. I was meaning to ask you, have you heard of anything that Rikishi plans on doing to me?" she asked anxiously.

"Sorry babe, if he has something planned he hasn't mentioned it to Adam or Jay" he said looking over her shoulder and nodding. She looked behind her to see Rikishi at the soda machine.

"Should I mess with him?" she asked Jericho.

"No, ignore him. Of course you say something jackass!" he whispered. He looked in his bag and gave her a dollar. She took it and walked over to the machine next to Rikishi.

"Excuse me, I need to get something to drink" she said bumping into Rikishi.

"Say please" he told her.

"I don't beg a man for anything," she said putting the dollar in the machine.

"That's not what I heard" he muttered.

"Excuse me? Did you say something?" Marie said walking towards him.

"No, I wouldn't waste my breath on you Marie" he said drinking his soda.

"So, you're first in the Rumble tonight?" she asked trying to be nice.

"Yep, you going out tonight?" he asked.

"Probably. Why?" she asked with interest.

"Just wondered if you were going to dress up with rollers in your hair to get attention" he laughed looking her straight in the eye.

"Go dye your hair or something because that color just doesn't do it for you" she said waving her hand at him as she took her drink out of the machine. She saw Trish and put her drink on top of the machine and went over to talk to her. When she walked back to get her drink Rikishi was gone. Hmm, he's being real calm about what I did to him she thought as she opened her Coke. The Coke sprayed all over her lavender suit. It had to have been shaken. Okay, he got her on this one. She'd give him this round.

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Dwayne walked into Tammy's office and sat down in the chair across from her. He just sat there staring at her until she finally stopped typing.

"What?" she asked.

"Will you stop overworking yourself" he said cracking a smile.

"You sound like Matt" she said closing her laptop.

"I agree with him and you know that's rare. Did you even see my match against Jericho?" he asked.

"I saw it on the TV" she said pointing to the TV on the wall.

"Really? Why is the TV off?" he asked questioningly.

"I turned it off after you got low blowed," she said smiling at him.

"You want to hang out later? I'm including your man too. I brought a little lady friend along with me, so we'll double date," Dwayne said propping his feet up on her desk.

"Dwayne you stink!" she said wrinkling up her nose.

"I just fought a 30 minute match girl!" he said jumping up and forcing her face under his armpit.

"Eew! You reek. You smell like a pack of onions" she laughed.

"You'd better turn on the TV so you can watch both your baby's daddy's get their asses kicked" he laughed heading out the door.

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Tammy was so excited as she stood in front of the monitor with Kathy, Trish, and Marie. Vince had decided to put off Shane's idea of breaking up the Hardy Boyz for a few more months. It gave her time to talk to the other writers about how it would be best to separate them. She hoped it would be later after Raw and Smackdown would become separate shows. She watched the monitor as Lita accompanied Matt to the ring. She cringed as Undertaker tried to chokeslam Matt but Lita interfered and gave him the low blow. "Good for you Amy" she thought. Matt and Lita then kicked Undertaker on the ground before Lita slid out. Jeff was the next one to enter the rumble. Tammy wasn't told what was written for them so she'd have the feeling of surprise like the fans. She was shocked when Matt and Jeff hugged in the ring showing they were on the same page once again. Undertaker threw Jeff over the top rope but Jeff hung on and got back into the ring. Undertaker tried to eliminate Matt but Jeff got back in and took down Undertaker with a Swantom Bomb. It was so good to see them working together again. Jeff went for the Poetry in Motion on Undertaker but Undertaker threw him out. Oh no Jeff was eliminated. Undertaker gave Matt the Last Ride and threw him over the top rope. Damn now Matt was eliminated.

Oh well, just as Tammy turned to go back to her office Kathy grabbed her shoulder causing her to turn around. Maven entered the ring and Matt and Jeff returned to the ring and attacked Undertaker. Maven took advantage of it and knocked Undertaker over the top rope and eliminated him! Oh my God! The Hardy's with an attitude. She definitely liked that idea. She was sure they were happier with that storyline. Hmm, she was a little horny from watching the roughness of the new Hardy's. She decided to go find Matt and help him with his shower.

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Marie sneaked into the medical attention room and stole a hypodermic needle. She definitely would need this to do what she had planned. After the show she went to the drugstore and bought a box of powdered laxative and a big box of caramel filled chocolate candy. At the hotel she mixed it with water and carefully turned each piece of candy upside down and injected a little of the laxative into them with the needle. She then called room service for dinner. As her order was delivered she pulled out $50.

"Would you like to earn this in two minutes" she asked.

"Sure" the young guy replied.

"Deliver these to room 831 please" she said nicely attaching a note to the box.

"Okay, no problem" the guy said taking the $50 and heading out to do his job.

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"Hey Kish, someone's at the door," Bradshaw said as he threw another card onto the table.

"Get it for me" Rikishi yelled from the bathroom.

"I'll get it. Your turn Jay" Farooq said as he swung the door open and taking the candy. The young man stood there waiting for a tip. Farooq blew smoke in his face and closed the door. "Well I'll be damned! Kishi a woman sent your fat ass some candy!" he said reading the card as Rikishi sat at the table.

"Let me see who it's from" he said as he read the card. "It's from Macy. It says she's missed me over the past few weeks. She wants me to call her," he said excitedly.

"Wasn't that the chick that like totally slapped you in the club last month?" Adam asked shuffling the deck of cards.

"Yea, that was like brutal. She really embarrassed you" Jay added.

"Yea, but it looks like she wants me back in her life" Rikishi smiled as he ate a piece of the candy.

"Hey! You do plan on sharing huh? Your fat ass don't need no damn candy anyway," Faarooq said.

"Damn yall greedy" Rikishi said offering them all a piece of candy.

"No thanks. I'm trying to lay off of chocolate. My wife keeps the house full of it for that time of the month," Adam said as he dealt the cards.

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1 Hour Before Raw

"Hurry up and get your ass out the restroom man!" Faarooq yelled as Jay continued to grunt from inside the stall.

"Dude, I just got in here! Rikishi was in the last stall when I got in here," Jay shouted back.

"You can use this one" Bradshaw said from the middle stall right before flushing the toilet.

"Goddamn! Man, what have you been eating?" Faarooq asked as he plopped down on the toilet to relieve himself.

"What the hell did we eat last night?" Rikishi asked.

"We ate at different places before the cardgame" Bradshaw answered.

Adam walked in and covered his nose. "Holy shit! What the hell?"

"You got the shits too?" Jay asked from inside the restroom stall grunting.

"Hell no, I just needed to take a leak" Adam said hurrying over to the urinal.

"So, you haven't been running off at all?" asked Rikishi.

"No man, I'm totally fine," Adam said laughing.

"Wait a minute! You don't think it was that damn candy that Macy chick sent you?" Faarooq mumbled through the cigar in his mouth.

"Why would she do that?" Rikishi asked.

"She may be still pissed at your ass" Bradshaw informed him.

"Hold up" Rikishi said dialing on his cell phone. "Hey Macy, I just wanted to thank you for the candy you sent me last night" he said smiling only to start frowning a few seconds later. He finally hung up the phone. "She said it wasn't from her," he said walking out the restroom door. He had to find Marie before his match against Rock who was representing HHH's stipulation and he was representing Austin's stipulation for No Way Out. He prayed he didn't need to rush to the bathroom during the match. He ran into Dena and asked her if she knew where Marie was. She had no clue. The last dressing room he went by was Jericho's. He had no idea where she had gone. She'd better hide because so help him if he found her he'd strangle her ass. This shit was no longer funny. Why did she keep fucking with him? He tried killing her with kindness. This shit had to end.

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"He's gone," Jericho said as Marie came from the shower area.

"Whoo, that was close" she laughed.

"What did you do this time?" Jericho asked unpacking his bag.

"Umm, well I put laxatives in his candy" she said with a sheepish grin on her face.

"Oh fuck! You're the reason Bradshaw, Faarooq, Rikishi, and Jay have been fighting for the restroom all day?" Jericho fell over on the bench laughing.

"Oh no! They ate it too?" she said alarmed.

"Yep, and you'd better hope Kishi don't tell them you did it" Jericho laughed heading for the door for his match in 10 minutes.

"Chris wait! Can I ride to the hotel with you later?" she asked in a scared tone.

"I guess so. You need to go on to the car because my match is first. I'll take you to the car now," he said looking down the hall to see if the coast was clear. "Come on let's get you out of here," he said grabbing her hand and jogging to the parking lot pulling her close behind him.

********************** WWF RAW - 1/21/02

Greenville, South Carolina

BI-LO Center

"Adam that was so awesome. You looked crazed out there" Tammy laughed as he came backstage and hugged her with a smile on his face.

They cued Adam to get ready to cut the scene of him being escorted out of the arena by security. Tammy headed on down the hall to her office where Jeff was playing a game on her laptop and Matt was stretched out on the couch watching the matches on the TV.

"Hey babe" Matt said waving her over to the couch.

"Hey honey" she said sitting next to him.

"Are you going to come home with me in the morning" he said rubbing her lower back.

"Matt, I have to work tomorrow night. One more night won't hurt will it?" she asked.

"I guess not," he said sounding disappointed.

"I'm needed tomorrow night for Smackdown anyway. Matt you have to be more patient, maybe you should stay another night with me and we can leave on Wednesday together" she said gently.

"Look, I've told you that I wasn't happy with you being away from me and the kids too long" he grumbled.

"What about you?' she asked.

"I'm the man. I'm supposed to provide for the family," he said.

"Is he serious?" Tammy asked Jeff who shook his head and continued to play the game in front of him.

"I want you to look into just writing stories exclusively for Raw. We'll travel together and get home at the same time. It would be easier for us," he said playing in her hair.

"Matt, after the shows separate what happens if you're sent to Smackdown? Then we won't travel together at all because we'll be in two different cities" she explained.

"Baby, we'll cross that road when we come to it" he said squeezing her on the knee.

"Don't," she said standing up abruptly.

"Why are you being bitchy?" Matt asked.

"Why are you acting like a bitch?" she snapped. "I'm just going to tell you straight up, if you want a housewife at home with the kids everyday then I'm not the one for you" she said walking out and slamming the door.

"Well, why don't she tell you how she really feels" Jeff laughed as he stood up and walked out the door leaving Matt sitting there looking astonished. Jeff found her by the vending machines crying. "Are you okay?"

"No, why is it that your brother and I get along fine until it comes to my career. We work in the same business. He acts as if I have no say in my life. I thought we were doing better but I just can't take it anymore. I think I want to break away from this relationship before we end up hating each other," she said as Jeff pulled her into his arms for a hug.

"Don't cry Tammy. Everything will work out fine. I promise you it won't hurt as much sixth months from now. I've been there," he said looking down at her.

"Oh Jeff, you're the wrong person I should be confiding in," she said pulling away.

"I don't ever want you to feel that way. I'll always be here for you even when we're old and gray sitting in our rockers on the porch" he laughed.

"I'll be old and gray. You'll have red, yellow, and blue hair scaring our grandchildren" she laughed.

"Hey, I'll be the coolest grandfather. They'll all want to hang around me and hear my wrestling stories," he said with a huge smile on his face

"Jeff, I'm scared," she said looking him in the eye.

"Of what?" he asked.

"Of being alone. You two have been my family for over two years now. I don't know anything else. I don't think I can do this," she said starting to cry again.

"Don't think you can...know you can!" he said placing his hands on both sides of her face. "I'm here every step of the way. I won't go anywhere. Neither will Matt. Do you trust me?" he asked.

"Yes" she said nodding her head.

"Give me a hug" he said as she pulled him close into a tight hug.

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"Hey Tammy" Steve Austin said as he and Debra walked by with their luggage.

"Hey Steve and Deb" she said as she jumped down off one of the large equipment cases.

"What's up Steve" Kurt Angle said walking up behind them with his bag tossed over his shoulder.

"Hey Kurt" Tammy said causing him to jump.

"Oh sweetie I didn't see you there" he said waving.

"Hey Austin, you ready to redo our singing storyline yet" he laughed teasing Austin.

"No, I don't think so Kurt. I'll only do that again with someone I don't like. I like you, not a whole hell of a lot but I like you" Austin chuckled walking out the door.

"He love bullshitting with me" Kurt laughed. "Umm, where is your buddy Marie?"

"She's around here somewhere" Tammy smiled.

"Tell her to give me a call" Kurt said as he walked out the door.

"Hey Miss Tammy" Paul said pulling her in for a hug.

"How are you Paul? I don't see you much lately" Tammy teased.

"Well, you know why. Plus I have a tight noose around my neck. So, how is Joanie?" he asked fiddling with his water bottle top.

"She's just fine. We plan on getting together to go shopping one weekend soon" Tammy informed him as she saw RVD headed their way.

"Well, tell her she's been on my mind a lot lately. I hope she gets the love she deserves" Paul said as he pulled his travel bag behind him and headed towards the exit.

"Hey sweetheart" Rob said sitting on one of the large storage cases.

"Hi Rob. You ready to head out?"

"Yea pretty much. I'm trying to get my mind ready for this match against Regal tomorrow night" he said watching Matt cut his eye at them and walk out of the building slamming the door. "I think your boyfriend just left you. Do you need a ride?" Rob asked as Dwayne walked over putting his shades on.

"No, I have a ride. I appreciate you asking" she told Rob.

"No problem. I'll see you tomorrow night then," he said walking over to talk with her godfather Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler.

"Hey, why are you sitting here? I saw Matt leaving a minute ago" Dwayne asked suspiciously.

"Oh, we just had a fight, that's all" she said trying to hide the fact that she was breaking up with him.

"Well, you can ride with me. I need to go get my bag and we can leave" Dwayne said as he started to walk off.

"Dwayne! Can you get my laptop and purse out of my office please?" she asked.

"Sure" he answered as Jerry Lawler made his way over to her with her godfather Jim.

"Hi godfather JR" she said giving him a kiss on the cheek.

"I don't get a kiss?" Jerry said quickly.

"Hey, this is my goddaughter here" JR said laughing.

"I just wanted an innocent little kiss JR" Jerry exclaimed.

"Yea sure" JR said eyeing Jerry.

"You know J.R., obviously the only exercise you get is stretching the truth or jumping to conclusions" Jerry said in his high pitched voice.

"Where is Matt?" JR asked.

"He's left already. I think we broke up tonight. We argued and he hasn't even tried to talk to me about it" she said as JR hugged her.

"I don't know what you ever saw in that Matt Hardy. You need an x-ray to see something in him!" Jerry laughed.

"Jerry! You're going to make me laugh" Tammy said cracking a smile.

"Hey, I can be your boyfriend. I'm not embarrassed to be seen with younger women, except when I drop them off at school" Jerry laughed.

"You need a ride to the hotel?" JR asked.

"No, Dwayne is taking me" she smiled.

"I don't know why you couldn't have gotten with him in the first place," JR said.

"We're just friends," Tammy said as Dwayne walked up handing her the laptop and purse.

"What's up King and JR" he nodded to them.

"Just trying to make sure she's got a way to the hotel," JR said adjusting his bag.

"She's in good hands sir" Dwayne said reassuring him as he walked him out the arena door.

"Old King, what have you been up to you old pervert" Dwayne said slapping hands with Jerry.

"Oh, you know me. Always looking" he said glancing at Tammy's large chest.

"Whoa! Jerry! She's off limits, besides don't you have a girlfriend man?" Dwayne laughed as he pulled Tammy's jacket together.

"Just because I'm on a diet, doesn't mean I can't look at the menu" Jerry laughed as he headed over to where Trish, Amy and Jackie was standing.

"You ready" Tammy said cracking up laughing.

"Yea, that fool is something else" he laughed.

"Umm, Dwayne? Can you take your shades off while driving? It is night time," she said sarcastically.

"Hey, I'm the Rock baby! I can do whatever the hell I want and get away with it. Now move woman!" he shouted as he hooked his arm around her shoulder and pulled her towards the door.

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1/22/2002

SmackDown

Tammy was on the phone most of the night trying to get hold of Matt. He must have been really pissed. She decided to let his ass sulk. She decided to enjoy the show. She decided to hang around Rob because he was more nonjudgmental than Dwayne was. They laughed and joked around before the show. She then hung backstage talking to Adam. He informed her that he and Kathy were expecting a baby. Tammy wondered if it happened 3 weeks ago in Vegas. She wasn't really surprised because Kathy was always lucky when it came to getting things she wanted. She always wanted to have kids. She'd have to congratulate her later and start planning a baby shower by the end of the summer. Tammy waited for Rob as he went out and beat Regal in a 3- minute match. Adam ended up attacking Regal and leaving through the audience. Dwayne fussed all night about wanting to headline Wrestlemania 18. Undertaker had chokeslammed him helping Angle to pin him allowing Angle a match against Austin on Raw for the #1 contendership at No Way Out. Tammy was nervous about bringing in the New World Order with Scott Hall because of his past alcohol addiction. Shane was extremely happy with the crowd's reaction to the NWO logo at the end of the show. She decided to head on home after the show.

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Tammy arrived home to an empty house later that night. She decided to call Daddy Gilbert to see if he knew where Matt and the kids were.

"Hi Daddy Gilbert, it's Tammy" she said nervously. "I just arrived home and Matt and the kids aren't here. I was wondering if you knew where they were?" she asked nicely.

"Well, he's here with the boys. He says you're trying to leave him and take the boys. I won't let you take my grandsons from me. Now, if you want to get a lawyer.

"A lawyer? Has Matt lost his mind? Is Jeff there?" she asked.

"No, but Jeff is the least of your worries. Why are you destroying my boys? They were fine a few years ago. You came along and all hell broke loose" Gilbert said angrily.

"Look Mr. Hardy, this is all Matt's fault. He wants me to give up my career while he gets to continue his. I need to have a life outside the home. Jeff agrees with me. I asked Matt to be patient. He's been pushing me lately about being home with the babies more. I agree they need us both to be around right now. I've tried to compromise with Matt. He doesn't listen," she said.

"Well, I still feel like you two should get married and be a family. You have to compromise in life to survive and be happy," he said.

"Sir, I respect what you're saying but it's your son that's being hardheaded" she told him.

"I don't want you to think that I'm choosing sides. I'm on the side of my grandsons. You, Jeff, and Matt can continue this triangle until the day you three die as far as I'm concerned. Those kids don't deserve to suffer just because you three are too immature to compromise and sacrifice for the better of your families" he said making her feel like a child.

"Daddy Gilbert, can you please ask Matt to come home?" she pleaded.

"Are you still going to leave him for my other son?" he asked.

"What? I'm not going back to Jeff!" she shouted.

"Well, that's what he thinks" he said.

"Wait a minute, has he kidnapped my kids?" she asked getting scared.

"No, no nothing like that" he said. "Hold on for a minute" he asked. She heard him talking to Matt in the background. "He's says he'll be home tomorrow" he said in a satisfied tone.

"Okay, fine. Thank you for looking after them" she said.

"You're a part of this family now whether you like it or not. I suggest you start acting like it. Now, whatever decision you two make I want you to know that you and my grandsons are always welcome here in my home. Understand?"

"Yes sir, I understand" she replied.

"Well, you go on to bed. They'll be home in the morning," he said.

"Okay, goodnight" she said hanging up the phone.

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"Hello?" Nora whispered into the phone.

"Hi, is Jeff there?" Tammy asked.

"Yes, hold on" Nora said.

"Hello? Tammy?" Jeff asked.

"Yea, it's me. Have you talked to Matt?" she asked.

"No, not since Monday" he said sounding half-asleep.

"I got home awhile ago to discover that he'd left with the babies" she told him.

"What? Where is he?" he asked starting to get alarmed.

"He's at your Dad's. He says he'll be back in the morning"

"Well, do you know why he left?"

"He thought I was leaving him for you so I guess he was going to get a lawyer and file for custody of the kids" she told Jeff.

"What the hell is he thinking? Should I come over?" he asked.

"No, I'm okay. You get some sleep. I'll call you tomorrow," she said hanging up.

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"Wake up!" Matt said shaking Tammy.

"What is it?" she asked looking over at the clock, which read 4:14 a.m.

"I'm here to talk" Matt said sitting on the bed and pulling off his coat.

"Okay" she said sitting up.

"Are you still planning to leave me?" he asked.

"Do you still feel the same way about me working the way I do?' she asked.

"Yes, I do" he answered quickly.

"Well, then yes I'm still moving out" she snapped.

"To Houston?" he asked.

"That's my home," she said standing up and walking around the bed to his side.

"I thought Cameron was your home now," he said sadly.

"Matt, you and Jeff are what made Cameron home. Now I have no reason to stay here anymore," she said starting to cry.

"You have me here, our family, us. We need to be together for the kids. I think we can work things out," he said taking her hands.

"Do you think you'll change your mind about me staying home with the kids?" she asked.

"Well, no because I expect you to be home more with the other kids" he said seriously.

"Other kids? The one we have together isn't even 6 months old yet! I don't plan on having another baby at least for another 4-5 years" she explained.

"Well, I was thinking we could get married and try to get pregnant soon after" he said rubbing her hand.

"Matt? Have you lost your mind? I'm not ready for that. I want to work for at least another 5-10 years in this business. I plan on writing a book. Did you even know that about me?" she asked knowing he probably had no clue.

"Look, I don't want you to leave" he said standing up and removing his clothes.

"Matt, you and Jeff are free to get the kids whenever you want. I won't keep them from you. I don't want us to end up hating one another or in a bitter custody battle," she said wiping tears from her face.

"I was wrong about trying to get a lawyer. I thought that if I scared you, you'd stay. I'm sorry I can't see or want things the way you do," he said sitting on the bed.

"Matt, how do you feel when you walk down that ramp and hear the chants of the fans?" she asked him.

"The reactions that I get during my entrances sends chills up and down my spine. To me, that feeling is stronger and more overpowering than sex or any drug you could ever ask for. I wish everyone could experience it," he said with a faraway look in his eyes.

"Don't you get it? I experience it every time one of my storylines are accepted the way I want it to be by the fans," she said lying down next to him

"I never looked at it like that," he said looking at her through sad eyes.

"Now do you understand why I have to leave now?" she asked.

"I understand that I'm holding you back when I wouldn't allow anyone to hold me back" he said looking down at her.

"I'm going to go kiss the boys goodnight. I've missed them so much," she said sitting up.

"Don't. They're still at my Dad's. I'll get them later. I felt we needed this time to talk," he said pulling her back down into his arms.

"I'm so scared to be without you," she said as she caressed his chest.

"I'm terrified too. I feel like I'm losing my best friend," he said starting to cry.

"We'll still be friends. I don't want that to change," she said through tears.

"I'll get the boys twice a month if my schedule permits it so that you can do the things you want to do. Maybe we'll find each other later on down the road and we'll both have changed and want the same things" he said holding her tight.

"I thought you were it for me. I don't want to start over" she said snuggling closer to him.

"Neither do I Angelface," he said kissing her gently.

"Will you help me pack tomorrow?" she asked through tears.

"Yes, as much as it will hurt. I'll come down next weekend to see my son and nephew, and you too if I can see you as well" he said.

"Yes, you can see me" she smiled.

"I cannot imagine coming to this house without you and the kids in it. Jeff has moved into his own house. I'm alone here. Damn, I never saw this coming" he said starting to cry again.

"Don't cry baby. We'll be okay," Tammy said holding him tighter.

"I love you so much Angelface," he said caressing her face.

"I love you too," she said kissing him.

"Can I make love to you one last time?" he asked trembling.

"I'd be mad at you if you didn't" Tammy said kissing him deeply.

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Late Friday Night Three Weeks Later

Tammy sat up alone reading over the storylines for No Way Out. She couldn't sleep. The first night she was able to stay up with the boys they were sleeping peacefully. She made some chamomile tea and looked at TV until she couldn't watch it anymore. She wasn't used to sleeping alone. She started to call Marie but she had been inviting Brock Lesnar down to stay with her for the past few weeks. Damn, she missed Matt. He'd come down last weekend and slept in a guestroom. It was so hard having him in the house and not being able to be intimate with him. She looked at the clock. Damn, 2:12 a.m. She turned the radio on 99.1 just as "Dreaming of You" by Selena started to play on the radio. Oh no, she and Matt danced to that song the night he told her that he was walking away from her so that she could be with Jeff. "Matt, I miss you so much," she thought. She started to cry just as the phone rang.

"Hello?" she said into the phone through tears.

"Angelface?" Matt said sounding wide-awake.

"Matt?" she said sitting up in the bed.

"Baby, I can't sleep," he said sounding so sad.

"Neither can I" Tammy replied.

"Will you talk to me until I get sleepy" he asked sweetly.

"Yes, I can do that" she said as tears continued to roll down her face.

"I miss you," he said sounding as if he was holding back tears.

"I just turned on the radio a minute before you called and listen at what started to play," she said holding the phone up to the radio a few seconds. "Hear that?' she asked.

"Yes" he said sniffling. "I remember that night very well. As I cried in the shower the words of that song kept running through my head," he said starting to laugh.

"What made you call at this time" she asked as the song started to end and "Gone" by N'Sync filled the room.

"I don't know. I just felt that I needed to hear your voice to feel better. I wish I could see you," he said in a low sexy tone.

"We'll see each other on Sunday" she said.

"Can I give you a big hug and kiss?" he asked.

"Yes, I guess so" she laughed.

"Angelface?" he asked.

"Yes baby?" she answered as she closed her eyes.

"What are you wearing?" he asked in a low voice.

"Matt! No!" she giggled.

"Come on baby. I'll do it too. You know I sleep naked," he said teasingly.

"Okay, what do you want me to do?" she asked.

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WWF No Way Out: 02-17-02

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

"Hey Tammy" Rob said giving her a hug.

"Hey Robby" she laughed.

"Very funny" he said chuckling. "After I whip Golddust's ass I was wondering if you wanted to go out?" he asked looking so adorable.

"I plan on hanging in my room tonight. I have some work I need to finish up for tomorrow night. Vince has put in for a rewrite for 2 matches tomorrow night" she said as she saw Marie talking to Rhyno.

"Well, why don't I come by with some dinner then" he offered.

"Can I let you know by the end of the night?" she asked.

"Yea, sure" he said sounding annoyed as he walked away.

"Marie! Come here" Tammy said waving.

"Hey girl. Haven't been able to catch up with you lately and we live in the same city now" she smiled widely.

"Yea, I've been pretty busy myself. I haven't had a chance to go out in awhile," Tammy said looking at a tall sexy guy who reminded her of Mark Wahlberg.

"Oh, he's one of those new guys from OVW. Used to be Prototype. He's John Cena" Marie said practically salivating.

"Oh I see. Well, I'm heading to my office if anyone needs me" Tammy advised her.

"Avoiding Matt huh?" Marie said calling her out.

"No, what would make you think that?" Tammy asked her.

"He was looking for you earlier," she said grinning.

"Oh, well I gotta go" Tammy said heading to the women's restroom. She splashed water on her face and neck. She felt hot.

"You okay girl?" Jacqueline said stepping out of one of the stalls.

"I will be in a minute," she said patting her face with a paper napkin.

"Trying to deal with seeing your ex in the workplace?" Jacqueline asked as she applied her lipstick.

"Huh? Oh, a little. I'll be okay. I just need to get around air," she said heading for her office just as Amy turned the corner.

"Whoa! Where's the fire?" Amy asked.

"Oh, I need to make a call right quick" Tammy said nervously.

"I wanted to talk to you about Matt. I know you two broke up. I wanted to come to you first before asking him out" Amy said.

"Ask him out?" Tammy said with a hurt look on her face.

"Damn, you're not over him yet" she said rubbing her forehead.

"No, I'm not but if you two want to date go ahead" Tammy said pushing past her.

"Hey, wait a minute! Why do you have an attitude?" Amy asked grabbing her by the arm. "I dated Matt first and now I realize I still have feelings for him. If you feel uncomfortable with it then I'll back off. I haven't even approached him about dating again".

"Well Amy do what you want and I'll do what I have to do" Tammy said walking away.

"Are you going to fight me for him?" Amy called after her. Tammy turned and walked right up face to face with Amy.

"If I wanted him, we'd be together right now. We have our problems but we were hoping to work them out. If you think you can get him go for it" Tammy said boldly.

"Well, I'm not into breaking up families. You know that. I don't want to fight you on this" Amy said backing off.

"You know what? You're right. I'm stressed and overworked maybe. If Matt wants to date you then fine. I'll move on and start dating again. You two are both adults. If he can't be with me, I'd rather see him with you. You have my blessing Amy," she said turning and walking away.

Tammy entered her office and looked at her TV monitor just as the Tag Team Turmoil Match started. Christian and Storm double-teamed Albert until he finally fought back and tagged in his partner Scotty 2 Hotty. Tammy knew Amy would be escorting Matt and Jeff down to the ring soon. She didn't want to watch the match but she found herself glued to the TV set as they ran to the ring. Don't tap out Jeff she thought, as he appeared to be in pain from the submission hold Lance Storm applied on him. Matt later rolled up D-Von in the middle of the ring and eliminated the Dudleyz. God he was so cute. She had to see him tonight. No, she had to keep her distance so that he could move on. Tammy cringed as the Dudleyz hit the 3D on Jeff on the outside of the ring. Damn! That's going to leave a mark. Billy and Chuck came in and Billy threw Matt right into a superkick from Chuck. Fuck! Matt just stay down she kept thinking. Billy then hit the fame-asser and pinned him to bring down the last team, the APA. Thank God their match was over. Now she could relax and watch the matches she'd written for Rob and Dwayne. She needed to talk to Rob about using the Van-Terminator a little more. She found it breathtaking to watch.

It took her all weekend to feel comfortable with the change she made in The Rock v Undertaker match. She couldn't wait to see how Dwayne would pull this off and try to annoy her in some way. Then there was the Austin v Jericho match where she had the nWo to attack Austin. "Was someone knocking at the door?" she thought getting up walking over to the door. The doorknob was turning but she had the door locked. She unlocked it and opened the door.

"Hey, I've been looking for you all night" Matt said walking into her office and closing the door.

"Yea, I've been busy tonight," she said looking down at the floor.

"You doing okay?" he asked sitting on the couch and patting the pillow next to him motioning for her to sit next to him.

"I'm fine. You're the one who got kicked in the face," she said looking at the bruise forming on his face.

"I'll live. I've had worse things happen to me in the ring" he said leaning back.

"Yea, you tend to get into as much trouble out there as Jeff," she said leaning back on the couch.

"You think about me today?" he asked with a smirk on his face.

"No" she said trying to sound unconcerned.

"Really? I guess you don't miss this," he said as he started nipping at her neck.

"Nope, don't miss it at all" she said trying to control herself.

"Hmm. Well can I get my hug and kiss you promised me?" he asked scooting closer to her with his arms spread.

"Yes, you can have a hug" she said holding him tight and giving him a peck on the cheek.

"That's all I get?" he asked surprised.

"Well, you're not my man anymore. You no longer have those other privileges," she said pointing her finger in his chest.

"Don't point that thing at me" he said grabbing her finger like he was going to break it.

"Quit" she smiled as he came in for a kiss.

"I miss this," he said against her lips as he started breathing unevenly.

"Are you okay?" she asked trying to pull away.

"I'm fine. Just a little horny that's all" he said looking down at his jeans.

"Oh, well maybe we should stop" she said trying to get up.

"Wait a minute. I have an idea," he said unbuttoning his pants and unzipping them.

"What the fuck are you doing?" she laughed.

"Come here" he said as he pulled his cock out.

"For what?" she asked getting flustered.

"Come sit on my lap and make me feel better" he said putting his hands behind his head.

"You want me to fuck you now?" she asked getting horny herself.

"Right here. Right now" he said stroking his hard dick with his right hand.

"You know what? Normally I wouldn't do this but." she said as she pulled her panties off and threw them on his head. He grabbed them and sniffed them. "Stop sniffing my panties you freak" she laughed as she straddled him, pulled up her skirt and slid down slowly on him until he was all the way inside her.

"Can I keep these?" he said twirling her purple panties around his index finger.

"What will I wear for panties?" she asked kissing him gently as he started to move inside her.

"Nothing wrong with a woman walking around with no panties on. I think it's sexy," he said sucking on her tongue.

"I remember you making me walk around with no panties on. Those were some good times," she said staring into his brown eyes.

"Easy access. I loved fucking you all over the house" he said starting to moan. They began humping against each other as if their lives depended on it. They both cried out as they came together. As they sat there kissing and basking in the afterglow of their lovemaking Tammy's office door opened.

"Shit!" she said trying to pull her skirt down over her ass just as RVD, Amy, and Jacqueline walked into the office.

"Oh shit!" Jacqueline yelled covering her eyes.

"Umm, I'll come back another time," Amy said looking embarrassed and walking out of the office.

"Well umm, I guess you're a little too busy to have dinner with me tonight. You take care Tammy" Rob said backing up and pulling Jacqueline into the hallway and closing the door.

"You didn't lock the door?" Tammy asked as she slid off of Matt.

"No, I didn't think to" he said putting his pants together. "Why don't you come take a shower with me" he said stuffing her panties into his pocket.

"Okay, let me lock up" she said stressing the word lock. As they walked out into the hallway Booker T, Test, and Steven Regal were standing in the hallway grinning as she locked the door.

"Man! Yall some loud ass motherfucker's" Booker T said as he grabbed both Matt and Tammy in a hug. "I'm proud though. Proud to know that I'm not the only one getting some ass in this company" he said looking over at Sharmelle Sullivan and Marie who was talking to Jacqueline down the hall.

"Hey, Hardy I thought you only cried like a little bitch when you were in a match against me" Test said as he pulled Tammy close. "Why don't you get with a real man" Test teased trying to piss Matt off.

"You guys are very funny, you know that?' Matt said pulling her down the hallway.

"I thought they bloody broke up weeks ago" Regal said as he watched them walking off together.

"We're just friends!" Tammy yelled back smiling at them knowing how Booker and Test loved to gossip.

"Regal some of the best sex is after you breakup" Test told him.

"Yea, it's hot, nasty, and mind-blowing dog! Can you dig that Regal?" Booker T asked nodding his head making his dreadlocks fall into his face.

"He can't dig it. He's a dork" Test laughed slapping hands with Booker T.

"I refuse to stand here with you rapscallions and allow you to besmirch me any further," Regal said placing his hands behind his back and turning his nose up at them and walking away.

"Damn dog! He is uptight as hell. He definitely need to get laid" Booker T told Test as they headed towards Marie and Jacqueline as Sharmelle entered the women's locker room.

"Oh lord" Marie said to Jackie as she put her head down.

"Marie! What you doing over here with your fine ass!" Booker shouted as he walked around her pretending to palm her ass.

"Hey Booker. How are you" Marie said as she tried to think of a reason to leave.

"Girl, we still live by each other. You know you want some lovin from the 5 time! 5 time! 5 time.

"Yea, we know 5 times WCW World Champion" Jackie said rolling her eyes at him.

"So, you wanna hook up or what girl?" Booker asked Marie.

"Awww, I'd love to but I'm busy tonight" she said preparing to leave.

"Hey, there are other days girl! You know you like how I used to hit that spot" he said as he licked his lips and rubbed his hands together.

"Umm, you remember that game we used to play?" she asked quietly.

"The one where I put a pillowcase over my face and we play like I'm a ghost taking advantage of you?" he said excitedly.

"Yea, that one. We can hook up sometimes if we can do that again," she said playfully.

"Oh shit! I can dig that girl! You ain't said nuttin but a word babygirl," he said shaking his head.

"Cool, give me a call sometimes" Marie said motioning for Jackie to follow her.

"Say man, did she just basically ask you to cover your face so she wouldn't have to see you?" Test asked suspiciously.

"What? Boy, I don't know what you talking about. Pretty as I am? She just freaky like that. Trust me, she wants me" Booker smiled as he watched Marie walk into the women's locker room.