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PG-13. Not quite sure what's considered appropriate. Thanks!!! **
Chapter Five
Meanwhile, while the girls were talking, the boys were off talking as well.
"What are you doing bro?" Jeff whispered to Matt.
"Helping you get something down from the closet, what are you doing?" Matt replied in a sarcastic tone.
"Very funny smartass, what are you doing with Stephanie??" Jeff asked again sounding impatient.
"Being a friend, flirting, acting on a crush," Matt replied non-chalantly.
"I know that you were upset with not getting the push at the last minute and having them give it to Albert, but sleeping with Vince's daughter."
Matt cut him off abruptly, "That is not what I'm trying to do and how dare you accuse me of something like that," Matt said angrily. "Yeah I was pissed but I would never intentionally hurt someone to better myself, especially not someone I care about."
"Look, Matt I didn't mean anything drastic, I was just checking. Calm down, I didn't know what you're intentions were, so I was finding out." Jeff responded trying to calm Matt down. "I can't believe you are actually trying to pursue her. Do you really think that you're in her league? No offense, but she just broke up with Paul. Also, you need to watch out for you too. If you guys were to go out and then broke up, your career could be flushed away, you're a mid-carder, not a main-eventer."
"Jeff I can't believe how you're thinking. I like her for her. I like her because she is one of the sweetest girls I know. She's intelligent, fun and she's a great person. So what if I'm not a main-eventer. This isn't about that and true love knows no leagues or boundaries. You always mentioned how miserable I was without Amy, I worked through it and now I'm finally trying to move on with someone else and all you can do is point out the faults or the what-ifs. I would think that I could count on my own brother to at least be happy for me, but apparently I was wrong." And with that Matt headed towards the door. "I don't need this."
"Matt wait, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. I just want to make sure you know what you're doing. I'm looking out for you and your feelings. I don't want you to get hurt if she winds up with Paul again. I'm happy that you really like her. Now, you just need to show her that she's better off with the extreme than she was with the game!" Jeff said hoping that everything was okay between them, who wants to fight on Christmas especially over a girl. "Come on, are we cool?"
"Yeah we're cool. And I've been trying and I've been casually flirting and that's how I want to do it for now. Nothing overly drastic until I can see some type of signs that she doesn't mind me flirting and who knows, maybe she likes me too?" Matt responded and gave Jeff a hug. "Now tell me what you need skittles"
Matt and Jeff got a box down from the top shelf and brought it out to Jeff's car. When they came back in, Gill called everyone to dinner.
Matt set up the video camera so he could film the whole thing. He wanted Steph to remember this Christmas. They all sat down at the table everyone held hands and Gill led the annual prayer. Then everyone began to dish up.
"Wow, everything looks great, who helped you out?" Beth asked Gill.
"Matt's lady friend helped since Jeff was running late," Gill replied.
Jeff turned a little red, "Yeah, umm. I have a bad habit of running late," Jeff responded weakly..."anyone want potatoes??"
Everyone laughed and enjoyed the meal. Matt rested one arm behind Stephanie perched on her chair when he finished eating and everyone discussed what they had been up to throughout the year. Stephanie smiled and rested her hand on Matt's leg. When it was apparent that everyone was done eating, Jeff called out "Everyone to the living room, it's present time!!!" And Jeff ran off to the other room.
Matt grabbed the camera and Stephanie's hand and led her into the living room. Matt began filming as Jeff put on a santa hat and began to disperse presents. Stephanie realized that she hadn't put the presents that she bought everyone in Matt's bag, she had put them in the trunk. "Matt, I need your keys, my presents are in the trunk, remember?"
Oh yeah, I'm sorry" Matt fished out his keys. "Here ya go"
Steph ran out to the car and got the presents. "Wow, this is so nice, it's like when our family gets together. Everyone is so loving" Steph thought to herself. "And I can't believe that I'm falling so hard for him." And Steph went back into the house with the bag.
"Sorry, I forgot these outside," Steph looked over to Jeff, "Did you want to pass these out too?"
Everyone started in on her, "You didn't have to do that" "You're a guest" "Matt why did you let her do that?"
"Now I will have none of that, I didn't listen to Matt and I wanted to, therefore I did" Steph replied triumphantly and sat down proud of herself.
Matt filmed everyone opening their gifts and everyone went around and hugged everyone for a thank you. Then everyone was free to do what they wanted until it was time to go to church.
Matt grabbed Steph's hand, "you wanna go outside?"
"I'd love to."
Just as they were getting ready to walk out the door Amy hollered "WAIT! I need a picture of you two. I got Jeff and Beth already."
So Steph and Matt moved closer to each other and Amy snapped a picture. "Oh look, you guys are standing underneath the mistletoe, you know what tradition says!"
Steph and Matt both blushed a little and they moved close and Matt leaned down and gave Steph light kiss on her lips. As soon as Matt's lips touched Steph's they seen the flash of the camera go off. They parted and looked at Amy and laughed, but deep down they were both thinking about how nice and perfect that kiss felt to the both of them.
"Come on, I want to take you somewhere," Matt said and grabbed Steph's hand again.
They walked outside to a stable like building buried deep in the backyard. "Are you having a good time?" Matt asked Steph.
"Yeah, I'm having a great time!" Steph replied. "You have a very nice family."
"Thanks, I'm glad that you came with and didn't sit in that hospital for Christmas. And I wanted you to know that I got you something."
"What?? How did you get me something when you were with me the whole time?" Steph demanded.
"Ha Ha" Matt answered sticking his tongue out. "Wouldn't you want to know the secrets of Mattitude?"
"If I hear that term one more time," Steph fake threatened.
Matt took out a long, narrow white box. "Open it"
Stephanie opened it and gasped. Inside it lay a beautiful gold necklace. On the chain lay a Heart with her birthstone in the middle. "Matt it's beautiful!"
"I'm glad that you like it, let me help you put it on."
Steph lifted her hair and let him hook it. Matt couldn't help but breathe in the smell of peaches from her hair. "That's what I'm going to call her" Matt thought to himself. "There"
Steph turned towards him. And looked a little down, "But Matt I didn't get you anything." Steph started to say.
"That doesn't matter, just like dad would say ." then Steph cut Matt off.
"Let me finish" then Steph smiled wickedly. "But I can still give you something. And with that, Steph leaned into him and began to kiss him. First it was nice innocent kisses, but soon Matt and Steph found themselves making out.
"Hey lovebirds!!" they heard Jeff call. "We're going to be late, let's go."
Steph and Matt gazed into each other's eyes. "Come on Peaches, let's head out."
Steph blushed. "Ok. But, why Peaches?"
"Because your hair smells like peaches silly." Matt replied innocently.
And the two held hands on the way to the car. Matt and Steph rode in his car and the rest of them rode in Jeff's car.
"So, Miss Stephanie Marie McMahon, would you do me the honor of being my girlfriend?" Matt asked while holding her hand.
"Well, Mr. Matthew Hardy I will if you tell me what your middle name is." Steph said with a smile on her face.
"It's Moore, like Shannon's last name."
Steph laughed. "I knew you guys grew up together but wow"
Matt laughed. "That's what everyone says."
"Well Mr. Matthew Moore Hardy, I would love to be your girlfriend."
Matt pulled her hand up to his mouth and kissed it. They pulled into the church parking lot. "Merry Christmas Peaches"
"Merry Christmas to you too" Steph replied then leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. "Now let's get in there before your brother and Amy harass us too much.
**Well, what does everyone think? Does anyone want to know what happens from here or are you ready for the story to stop? Please give me your feedback!!! Happy New Year everyone!!!**
Chapter Five
Meanwhile, while the girls were talking, the boys were off talking as well.
"What are you doing bro?" Jeff whispered to Matt.
"Helping you get something down from the closet, what are you doing?" Matt replied in a sarcastic tone.
"Very funny smartass, what are you doing with Stephanie??" Jeff asked again sounding impatient.
"Being a friend, flirting, acting on a crush," Matt replied non-chalantly.
"I know that you were upset with not getting the push at the last minute and having them give it to Albert, but sleeping with Vince's daughter."
Matt cut him off abruptly, "That is not what I'm trying to do and how dare you accuse me of something like that," Matt said angrily. "Yeah I was pissed but I would never intentionally hurt someone to better myself, especially not someone I care about."
"Look, Matt I didn't mean anything drastic, I was just checking. Calm down, I didn't know what you're intentions were, so I was finding out." Jeff responded trying to calm Matt down. "I can't believe you are actually trying to pursue her. Do you really think that you're in her league? No offense, but she just broke up with Paul. Also, you need to watch out for you too. If you guys were to go out and then broke up, your career could be flushed away, you're a mid-carder, not a main-eventer."
"Jeff I can't believe how you're thinking. I like her for her. I like her because she is one of the sweetest girls I know. She's intelligent, fun and she's a great person. So what if I'm not a main-eventer. This isn't about that and true love knows no leagues or boundaries. You always mentioned how miserable I was without Amy, I worked through it and now I'm finally trying to move on with someone else and all you can do is point out the faults or the what-ifs. I would think that I could count on my own brother to at least be happy for me, but apparently I was wrong." And with that Matt headed towards the door. "I don't need this."
"Matt wait, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. I just want to make sure you know what you're doing. I'm looking out for you and your feelings. I don't want you to get hurt if she winds up with Paul again. I'm happy that you really like her. Now, you just need to show her that she's better off with the extreme than she was with the game!" Jeff said hoping that everything was okay between them, who wants to fight on Christmas especially over a girl. "Come on, are we cool?"
"Yeah we're cool. And I've been trying and I've been casually flirting and that's how I want to do it for now. Nothing overly drastic until I can see some type of signs that she doesn't mind me flirting and who knows, maybe she likes me too?" Matt responded and gave Jeff a hug. "Now tell me what you need skittles"
Matt and Jeff got a box down from the top shelf and brought it out to Jeff's car. When they came back in, Gill called everyone to dinner.
Matt set up the video camera so he could film the whole thing. He wanted Steph to remember this Christmas. They all sat down at the table everyone held hands and Gill led the annual prayer. Then everyone began to dish up.
"Wow, everything looks great, who helped you out?" Beth asked Gill.
"Matt's lady friend helped since Jeff was running late," Gill replied.
Jeff turned a little red, "Yeah, umm. I have a bad habit of running late," Jeff responded weakly..."anyone want potatoes??"
Everyone laughed and enjoyed the meal. Matt rested one arm behind Stephanie perched on her chair when he finished eating and everyone discussed what they had been up to throughout the year. Stephanie smiled and rested her hand on Matt's leg. When it was apparent that everyone was done eating, Jeff called out "Everyone to the living room, it's present time!!!" And Jeff ran off to the other room.
Matt grabbed the camera and Stephanie's hand and led her into the living room. Matt began filming as Jeff put on a santa hat and began to disperse presents. Stephanie realized that she hadn't put the presents that she bought everyone in Matt's bag, she had put them in the trunk. "Matt, I need your keys, my presents are in the trunk, remember?"
Oh yeah, I'm sorry" Matt fished out his keys. "Here ya go"
Steph ran out to the car and got the presents. "Wow, this is so nice, it's like when our family gets together. Everyone is so loving" Steph thought to herself. "And I can't believe that I'm falling so hard for him." And Steph went back into the house with the bag.
"Sorry, I forgot these outside," Steph looked over to Jeff, "Did you want to pass these out too?"
Everyone started in on her, "You didn't have to do that" "You're a guest" "Matt why did you let her do that?"
"Now I will have none of that, I didn't listen to Matt and I wanted to, therefore I did" Steph replied triumphantly and sat down proud of herself.
Matt filmed everyone opening their gifts and everyone went around and hugged everyone for a thank you. Then everyone was free to do what they wanted until it was time to go to church.
Matt grabbed Steph's hand, "you wanna go outside?"
"I'd love to."
Just as they were getting ready to walk out the door Amy hollered "WAIT! I need a picture of you two. I got Jeff and Beth already."
So Steph and Matt moved closer to each other and Amy snapped a picture. "Oh look, you guys are standing underneath the mistletoe, you know what tradition says!"
Steph and Matt both blushed a little and they moved close and Matt leaned down and gave Steph light kiss on her lips. As soon as Matt's lips touched Steph's they seen the flash of the camera go off. They parted and looked at Amy and laughed, but deep down they were both thinking about how nice and perfect that kiss felt to the both of them.
"Come on, I want to take you somewhere," Matt said and grabbed Steph's hand again.
They walked outside to a stable like building buried deep in the backyard. "Are you having a good time?" Matt asked Steph.
"Yeah, I'm having a great time!" Steph replied. "You have a very nice family."
"Thanks, I'm glad that you came with and didn't sit in that hospital for Christmas. And I wanted you to know that I got you something."
"What?? How did you get me something when you were with me the whole time?" Steph demanded.
"Ha Ha" Matt answered sticking his tongue out. "Wouldn't you want to know the secrets of Mattitude?"
"If I hear that term one more time," Steph fake threatened.
Matt took out a long, narrow white box. "Open it"
Stephanie opened it and gasped. Inside it lay a beautiful gold necklace. On the chain lay a Heart with her birthstone in the middle. "Matt it's beautiful!"
"I'm glad that you like it, let me help you put it on."
Steph lifted her hair and let him hook it. Matt couldn't help but breathe in the smell of peaches from her hair. "That's what I'm going to call her" Matt thought to himself. "There"
Steph turned towards him. And looked a little down, "But Matt I didn't get you anything." Steph started to say.
"That doesn't matter, just like dad would say ." then Steph cut Matt off.
"Let me finish" then Steph smiled wickedly. "But I can still give you something. And with that, Steph leaned into him and began to kiss him. First it was nice innocent kisses, but soon Matt and Steph found themselves making out.
"Hey lovebirds!!" they heard Jeff call. "We're going to be late, let's go."
Steph and Matt gazed into each other's eyes. "Come on Peaches, let's head out."
Steph blushed. "Ok. But, why Peaches?"
"Because your hair smells like peaches silly." Matt replied innocently.
And the two held hands on the way to the car. Matt and Steph rode in his car and the rest of them rode in Jeff's car.
"So, Miss Stephanie Marie McMahon, would you do me the honor of being my girlfriend?" Matt asked while holding her hand.
"Well, Mr. Matthew Hardy I will if you tell me what your middle name is." Steph said with a smile on her face.
"It's Moore, like Shannon's last name."
Steph laughed. "I knew you guys grew up together but wow"
Matt laughed. "That's what everyone says."
"Well Mr. Matthew Moore Hardy, I would love to be your girlfriend."
Matt pulled her hand up to his mouth and kissed it. They pulled into the church parking lot. "Merry Christmas Peaches"
"Merry Christmas to you too" Steph replied then leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. "Now let's get in there before your brother and Amy harass us too much.
**Well, what does everyone think? Does anyone want to know what happens from here or are you ready for the story to stop? Please give me your feedback!!! Happy New Year everyone!!!**