A/N I had a review asking where I was from I live in Malden Ma which is about a 5 or 10 minute drive from Boston. Anyways back to the story.
Ashley sighed she didn't really want to go to West Chester part of her wanted to just leave things the way that they were but the other part of her couldn't live with herself if she didn't talk to Bam in person and explain things. Ashley had hired a moving truck to go and pick up her things from Bam's house there wasn't much just her clothes and a few other things their flight left at noon they would be there for 3 days. She pack everything for Talon and contemplated telling John that he didn't feel well and that they should stay home but then she would be lying to John which is something she refused to do. Ashley lied a lot but never to the people who she really cared about she saw no point they would be able to tell anyways. She picked up the phone and called Jeff.
"Hardy" Jeff said answering the phone.
"Jeff I need a huge favor" Ashley said
"Ok shoot" Jeff replied
"Ok John and I are adopting a baby boy named Talon and I was wondering if you'd paint the nursery, ya know like a Hardy brother creation" she said
"Why are you adopting a baby with John?" he asked.
Ashley sighed and then explained the whole story of how Ashley and John came to be caring for the little baby.
"Yeah sure I'd love to paint the nursery" he said
"Ok we are going to be gone for 3 days is that enough time?" she asked
"Yeah I'll call Matt and we'll leave tonight" he said
"Jeff you have no idea how much this means to me" Ashley said wiping the tears away.
"And you have no idea how incredibly proud me and Matt are of you" Jeff said "besides y'all are family"
"Ok Jeff there is a loose rock as you come up the front path I'll leave the key under there and the security code is 04169" she told him.
"Alrighty we'll see ya when you get back and good luck with Bam" Jeff said.
"Love you Jeff" Ashley said
"Me too Shorty" he said.
Ashley hung up smiling Jeff practically raised her so it meant a lot that he was proud of her and Matt too. She had to admit she wasn't an easy child but then again look who she lived with. Ashley held no resentment or bitterness towards her 'aunt' and her husband she pitied them. She was going places with her life and they were stuck in a miserable marriage with careers that they both hated.
"Hey who were you talkin to on the phone?" John asked
"Jeff, I asked him to paint Talon's nursery" she informed him "and what is all over your shirt?"
"I was changing Talon and he decided to pee on Daddy" John replied.
Ashley burst into hysterical laughter she laughed until he sides hurt then she looked at John who was still standing there annoyed.
"I'm sorry but welcome to fatherhood ask anyone that is the initiation" she said steadying her breathing.
"Anyways I'm going to take another shower and then we should be going" he said.
Ashley had laid out some new clothes for John on the bed then she went to check on Talon he was napping in his porter crib. She took her key and put it in the spot where she told Jeff she would and then brought their bags to the car. John was just getting out of the shower when she returned to the bedroom. He was standing there in a towel.
"Clothes are on the bed" she told him.
"Ok" he replied
She walked over and collapsed on the bed.
"John I don't want to see Bam" she whined.
"Yeah but if you don't go then you will never forgive yourself" John said "plus it is your caring side that I fell in love with" he said giving her a kiss. It lasted for a few minutes until she pushed him off. He wasn't wearing a shirt just his jean shorts
"Finish getting dressed so we can go" she said. He put his shirt on mumbling about something but Ashley couldn't hear what. She picked Talon up and carefully put him in his carrier she didn't want to wake him up. She took him out to John's truck and buckle him in. She hopped in the passenger side and waited for John. He came out a few minutes later wearing his camouflage Red Sox hat. John jumped into the driver's seat and gave Ashley the once over. She was wearing jeans and a dark blue tank top. When they had first met Ashley had been shy so she didn't show her body much but now she didn't care how much skin she showed well she did but there were times when she pushed the limit and John would ask her to change he didn't want people seeing what was his and only his so to speak.
"You look nice baby" he said starting up the car.
"Back at ya" she said playing with the radio.
She stopped when she heard the beginning to KC and Jo Jo's All mu life.
"I love this song" she said and then began to sing along with the song. John who knew all the words to the song sat there until he finally gave up and started to sing along too. Ashley looked over at him and smiled. Traffic wasn't too bad so they made it to Logan in about 25 minutes.
"You ok?" John asked
"Yeah I just hate flying" she said
"Baby are you sure Talon is old enough to fly?" he asked
"Yeah I called the pediatrician and asked" she replied.
They boarded the plane of course John had to sign about 25 autographs. Ashley had stayed a close distance behind him so they wouldn't be spotted together it was better if their relationship was kept out of the media and nobody knew about Talon. They found their seats and Talon was in between them.
Meanwhile by the time they had landed in West Chester Jeff and Matt had arrived at John's house. Jeff got the key from where Ashley had said it would be and they entered the house Jeff shut off the alarm and they went to the room Ashley had told Jeff the nursery was going to be in. It was empty.
"Matt I got an idea" Jeff said
"How long do you think it would take to get Ashley and John's closest friends to help decorate and then we'll have a party to welcome Talon to the family" Jeff said
"Ok I'll call half and you call half" Matt said
"Do they have any furniture?" Jeff asked
"I don't think so" Matt replied
Jeff took out his cell phone and called Amy.
"Amy it's Jeff we need your help, yeah it's about Ashley's son" Jeff said
"Oh she didn't call you, whoops well anyways she has a son, I'll explain later she assigned us to paint the nursery but there is no furniture so me and Matt were thinking we could buy them some as like a baby shower type thing and have a party when they get back in 3 days but we thought it would be cool if we got all their friends to help" Jeff explained "that's great you'll help but don't call Chris just yet we'll call him the day before and tell him to fly out I'm thinking of calling and saying we need more time but get as many people as you can"
"Ok bye Amy" Jeff said hanging up.
"Well I guess we should go and get some paint" Matt said "so what are you thinking for this room little brother?"
"Just wait our little cousin is going to love it" Jeff replied "hey I wonder if Ashley has any pictures I want to see what he looks like"
Sure enough Ashley had just gotten a bunch of pictures developed. She had about 150 different pictures of Talon.
"Look at this one we'll have to get it blown up and hang it in the room" Jeff said holding up a picture of Ashley John and the baby.
"He's a cute little guy ain't he" Matt said
"Of course he a member of our family" Jeff replied
"Right you are little brother" Matt commented
"Ashley are you sure you want us to come?" John asked
"Yeah I want Bam to see that I am happy with you so he can move on" Ashley replied not taking her eyes off the road.
"Sounds like you are gloating to me" John said
"No gloating would be making out with Bam in your living room while you were dating Kasey" Ashley retorted.
"Ok whatever you say just concentrate on the road" John said
Ashley got them to the house in one piece. She saw the Raab and Dunn were in the driveway working on one of the crews many cars.
"Johnny wait here I'll come get you in a minute" Ashley said
She walked over to the guys with her hands in her pockets.
"Hey guys" she said making them both look up.
Dunn looked a little worried but Raab smiled and hugged her.
"Where's Bam?" Ashley asked
"He's inside I believe he is in the office" Dunn answered.
"Well I suppose I should go talk to him and guys stay away from the car is I come back out here and found out you started shit with John I will personally kick both you asses" Ashley warned them.
"Ok mom we'll be good" Raab said
"Hey I ain't you mom" she replied walking into the house.
Right as she walked into the house she heard a loud meow and Hardy came from out of nowhere rubbing up against her she almost tripped over him.
"Hey baby I missed you" she said picking him up. "Is Bam up there?" she asked him.
He looked up as almost to say yes then she put him down and continued upstairs. She knocked on the office door and heard a voice telling her to come in.
"Hey Bam" Ashley said shutting the office door behind her.
"What are you doing here?" he asked without emotion.
"I came here to talk to you breaking up with you over the phone was wrong and I am truly sorry you were really good to me and I didn't even take that into consideration it's Talon needs me" Ashley said "you where there for me when I needed you and you brought out a lot in me and I want to thank you and I hope you can forgive me and we can still be friends"
"I knew you were in love with someone else the whole time I just never wanted to admit it to myself" he said
"So does that mean I am forgiven?" she asked hopefully.
"Of course" he said holding his arms out for a hug. She accepted happily.
"Actually there was something I wanted to ask you" she said "John and I were wondering if you would be Talon's godfather"
"So you and John are adopting him?" Bam asked
"Yeah we are we love that little boy so much" she replied
"Yeah I'd love to be Talon's godfather" Bam said "is he here?"
"Yeah I had him and John wait in the car" she replied "come on". Taking his hand she lead him outside to the car. John stepped out and went to the backseat to grab Talon.
"Bam this is Talon Michael and I'm sure you know that is John even though you have never met him" Ashley said
"It's nice to meet you" John said shaking Bam's hand.
"Same here" Bam replied.
"Hey Ash I know this is gonna sound weird but I've been talking to Katrina and I wanted to know if it is cool with you if I ask her out?" Bam asked for the first time in a while he looked really excited.
"Yeah I don't care but remember I consider Katrina to be my little sister so treat her right, break her heart I'll break your neck" Ashley said quoting her favorite movie The fast and the furious.
"You know I wouldn't do that" Bam said
"Yeah I know" she replied.
"Hey we are having a barbecue why don't you guys stay we are shooting the show and My Chemical Romance is going to be on so Gerard and the boys will be over" Bam said
Ashley's jam almost hit the floor. "When the hell did you meet My Chemical Romance?" she asked
"Like a week ago" Bam replied scratching his head.
"See I go away and this is what happens" she said throwing her hands in the air "so John are you cool with staying?"
"Yeah it's fine by me" he said
"Oh is Vito coming over I haven't pissed him off in over a month?" Ashley asked jumping up and down.
"Yeah he'll be there" Bam said laughing
"Don Vito is Bam's uncle and he hates me he thinks I am a punk" Ashley told John.
John laughed "you give most people that feeling"he said
"Hey Bam are you going to introduce us or are we going to stand here all day looking like idiots"Dunn yelled.
"Oh yeah guys you here" Ashley said
"John this is Ryan Dunn and Chris Raab" Ashley said pointing to each man. They all shook hands and went into the backyard of Bam's house.
"So Ashley you are going to be a mom" Raab said
"Yeah so" Ashley replied
"We just never pictured you with kids" Dunn said
"I babysat you guys all the time didn't I?" she asked
Both John and Bam snickered.
"Good luck with her man you are going to need it" Raab said
"Yeah when her father finds out we are adopting a baby he isn't going to like me very much" John said with a laugh.
"What are you talking about Chris loves you" Ashley remarked "did he ever have that talk with you?"
"Yeah we wanted to know why we were in the same bed" John said
All 3 guys looked at John as he said that.
"Relax guys there was a big thunder storm and John came in to make sure I was ok and then I asked him to stay and we fell asleep" Ashley told them.
"Apes here" Bam said
"How do you know?" Raab asked
"I can hear her arguing with Vito" Bam replied
"Oh I forgot to ask does she hate me?" Ashley asked
"No" Bam replied giving her a smile.
April, Phil and Vito walked out onto the porch where everyone was sitting.
"Well look who returned you missed me that much" April said when she saw Ashley.
Ashley stood up and gave her and Phil a hug.
"Guys this is my new boyfriend John and this little guys is Talon our son well hopefully if everything with the adoption goes through" Ashley said. Then she explained the whole story of how they ended up taking care of Talon.
"Ash you never stop amazing people do you?" Phil asked
"Nah life would be too boring" she said
"Hey Vito I got you something"Ashley said reaching into Talon's diaper bag. She pulled out the new Bruce Springsteen dual disk and handed it to him.
"What's wrong with it?" Vito asked
"Vito for Christ's sake it is still wrapped say thank you and then shut up" Bam said
Vito mumbled something nobody could understand and then thanked Ashley.
"Oh John don't bother talking to Vito nobody can understand him anyways" Raab said and the rest agreed.
"Why do you guys always have to pick on me?" Vito asked
"Because it is so easy" Dunn stated.
The rest of the guys showed up and true to his word My Chemical Romance did show up and Ashley was completely starstruck. She was completely silent. Which anyone who knew Ashley knew it wasn't easy to get her to shut up. But Bam stepped in and told Gerard Way what a great drummer Ashley was.
"Are you really?" Gerard asked
"I'm not that good" Ashley said when she found her voice.
"Well Ashley we do have a drum set in this house why don't you show them" Bam suggested.
"Ok" Ashley said standing up handing Talon to John.
They went inside the house and Ashley sat down behind the drum set and spun the sticks in her hand it had been so long since she last played.
"What song should I play?" she asked
"How about Helena" Bam suggested again.
"Ok no problem" Ashley said as she started playing the drum beat to one of her favorite songs.
"Not bad" Gerard said "let's see how is sound with the rest of the instruments and the vocals.
"Are you serious?" Ashley asked
"Very" Gerard replied
Ashley counted off again and they began to play. It was in that moment Ashley felt like she was in another world nothing else mattered now she knew why musicians waited all their lives to get an ounce of what she was feeling right now. They finished and everyone clapped.
"So what other instruments can you play?" Gerard asked
"Anything I can pick an instrument up for the first time and know how to play it correctly" she replied
"Man I wish I had your talent" Mikey complained.
Ashley picked up a guitar and played the beginning to the phantom of the opera as if it was nothing.
"Now that was impressive" Gerard said
"Tell us again why you are going to law school?" Bam asked
"Because being a rock and roll musician is a hard career to keep so I want something to fall back on" she replied.
"Have you ever played in a band before?" Gerard asked
"My cousin lets me fill in for his drummer or guitarist for his band Peroxwhygen" Ashley replied
"Peroxwhygen where have I heard that name before wait isn't that Jeff Hardy's band?" Mickey asked
"Yeah Jeff is my cousin" Ashley said
"No way we are like the biggest Jeff Hardy fans we watched WWE and now TNA" Gerard said
"That is so weird" Ashley said
"Guys wait until you hear who her father is" Bam said.
Ashley blushed she didn't like telling everyone that she was related to professional wrestlers because she didn't want people to think that she thought that she was better than everyone else.
"My father is Chris Benoit" Ashley said
"I want your life" Mikey said.
Ashley laughed."Most people do" she said with a smile.
Three days seemed to go by really fast well that was because her and John were always hanging out with Bam and the crew.
"You know for a bunch of rock loving skateboarders they are aiight " John said.
"Yeah the crew is awesome" Ashley said " I should call Jeff and see how everything is going"
She dialed Jeff's cell phone. After ringing 4 times he finally answered.
"Hello" he said
"Jeff it's me how is everything going?" she asked
"Great but we are going to need one more day so is it possible to wait till tomorrow?" he asked
"Yeah that will be fine" Ashley said before hanging up.
She looked at John and told him they were staying another night.
Jeff had just put the finishing touches on the walls. The room looked really nice it was painted a blueish color and it had lavender and silver stars painted onto it. After Jeff was done they were going to move all the baby furniture into the room. Amy and Jackie had spent all day yesterday picking out baby furniture but Jeff was greatful because he wouldn't have know what to buy. It seemed like everyone in the WWE wanted to help because everyone loved either Ashley or John or both of them. Jeff, Matt, Dave Bautista, Paul Levesque,Jason Resso, Charlie Haas, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio and other people were there helping bring the furniture up.
"I can't wait to see their faces" Dave said
"That'll be fun" Paul remarked.
Meanwhile Amy, Jackie,Christy,Stephanie and Dawn-Marie were downstairs in the living room talking.
"Ashley and John deserve this after all that it took to get them together" Jackie said
"I agree I was starting to think they would never end up together" Stephanie said
"They were made for each other" Dawn said
"Oh speaking of that I should probably call Chris and tell him to get up here" Amy said pulling out her phone from her jacket pocket.
She called and told him that he needed to get to Massachusetts right away and that she would pick him up at the airport tomorrow.
"I can't wait to see his face forget about Ashley and John's" Amy said
"What do you think he is going to do?" Stephanie asked
"There isn't much he can" Jackie said.
Amy walked into the kitchen to get something to drink and found the picture packages she brought them into the other room.
"Hey pictures probably all of Talon" Amy said.
"Aw he is so cute" Stephanie said
"Not to sound racist or anything he doesn't look mulatto he looks white" Dawn said
"Talon that is such an unusual name I wonder where his mother got it from" Jackie said
The next day
Jeff called Ashley and she told him they would be home at 5:30 that afternoon. It was 5:15 now and they had just finished setting up for the party. The house was full Chris was there but he didn't know what the party was for.
"Amy why are you having a party in John's house?" Chris asked
"You'll see soon Chris" Amy replied.
They heard John's truck pull into the driveway and waited. John opened the door and almost dropped the baby carrier when everyone yelled surprise. Ashley walked in all confused.
"What the hell is going on?" she asked
"Welcome to your baby shower Ash and John"Amy said
"Baby shower?" Chris asked
"Dad, John and I are adopting a baby" Ashley informed him.
"Well you guys how about Jeff shows you the nursery" Amy suggested.
Ashley nodded and grabbed John's hand. John wanted to take Talon with him but Amy grabbed him before he could try to get him out of the seat.
"Oh my god it is beautiful" Ashley said near tears "how did you do this all?"
"Well Matt and I called in some reinforcements and everyone came out to help because apparently you two are very likable people" Jeff replied.
"And all the furniture?" John asked.
"Well when Matt and I found an empty room we decided that if everyone chipped in we could make it happen so this whole room is your baby shower gift" Jeff said
Ashley looked like she was about to cry she had never been so touched in her life. John felt the same way.
"So everyone is here?" John asked
"Yeah I'd get down there if I were you John your mother wants some questions answered" Jeff told him.
"Oh crap I better go find her" John said running out of the room.
"Thank you Jeff this is amazing I can't even to begin to say how much this means to me" Ashley said hugging her cousin.
"Well you two deserve it" Jeff said.
Then they went down to the party. Talon was a big hit it seemed everybody loved him. To Ashley's surprise some of her family was there to her Nana Harris and her Auntie Lisa and Uncle Steve had brought the twins and her Auntie Kim and Uncle Jay brought their daughters Briana and Kelsey. All these people were Scott's family but Ashley was still really close to them even after everyone found out there was no relation connecting them.
"So Nana what do you think of your great grandson?" Ashley asked
"I love him just like I loved you" she replied.
"I love you too Nana and I always will I may not be your granddaughter by blood but you will always be my Nana" Ashley said.
"Ashley" the twins Nicholas and Makenzie yelled before jumping onto her lap. The twins were almost 3 now and Ashley hadn't seen them in almost 8 months.
"We saw your baby he's cute" Makenzie said
"Thank you baby" Ashley said giving her a kiss on the cheek.
"Did you see the baby Nana?" Nicholas asked
"Yes I did honey" she replied
"Ashley can we hold the baby please?" Makenzie asked
"Sure I don't see why not you stay here and I'll go get him"Ashley said
She found him in John's arms.
"Hey how was talking to your mother?" she asked him.
"She gives us her blessings" John replied.
"Well that is good" Ashley said "I'm going to steal him from you so the twins can hold him"
Ashley took Talon and brought him back to where the twins were sitting patiently. She placed Talon in Makenzie's arms.
"Nana can you watch him while I get my camera?" Ashley asked
"Yeah sure" she replied
Ashley came back a few minutes later and took a picture of both twins holding Talon. Then she picked him up he was getting tired she figured if she walked around with him he would fall asleep eventually.
"Hey dad" Ashley said sitting down next to Chris
"Hey sweetie" he said
"So what is up?" she asked
"Not much work and such" he replied
"So are you mad we didn't tell you?" she asked
"No not really but how did everyone else know before me?" he asked
"Well Jeff and Matt told everyone and they planed this whole party" Ashley explained.
"So how did things go with Bam, Amy told me you two broke up and that you were with John now in the car on the way here" he said
"Things went well I was happy" she replied.
It was nearly 2'o clock when everyone had left they would be back tomorrow to party again which was no problem but all Ashley and John wanted to do was sleep. They tucked Talon into his new crib in his new room and went to bed themselves.