Chapter 41

RAW…

KC and Jeff pulled up to the arena. For the first time since she started wrestling so many years ago, KC was nervous. She smiled as Jeff squeezed her hand. She looked to the back seat where more was.

"I have to feed Moore Jeff," KC said unfastening her seatbelt.

"Do you want me to get the bottle," Jeff asked grabbing their things from the trunk.

"Need help," Matt asked as he, Amy and Shannon got out of the car.

"Matt, can you help Jeff carry our stuff in. I'm going to try to feed Moore while we are walking so he doesn't scream," KC said picking up her son and unbuttoning her blouse. Thank fully Amy grabbed a blanket to throw over them.

"KC, where's the bottle," Jeff asked a little weirded out that she was going to walk and feed him at the same time.

"I forgot the pump at home, Nero. Moore is just going to have to eat like this or wait for formula until we get another one," KC cooed at Moore as a latched on and Amy helped cover them with a blanket. The group began walking inside the arena.

"Show me the baby," an excited John Cena called from down the hall. Before anyone could say anything he was already in front of the group grabbing at the blanket.

"John don't," KC said as she tried to stop him. Amy reached to secure the blanket but John already pulled most of it off.

"Holy shit," John exclaimed covering his eyes. "I'm blind."

KC, Jeff and Amy laughed while the Matt and Shannon looked sympathetically at John. They too had been "blinded" by KC before.

"I tried to warn you," KC said as Amy fixed the blanket. "You can see the baby in about 15 minutes in the locker room, ok?"

John nodded without taking his hands from his eyes as KC continued to walk down the hallway with Moore still attached.

"Well, John will never look at me the same again," KC laughed.

"KC, that's not funny," Shannon said dropping their stuff on the locker room floor. "I still have nightmares about that."



"Reject, it's a boob," KC said.

"Yeah Shan, you guys have no problem thinking about them before," Amy said with her arms crossed. "In fact I seem to remember a certain joke about 'tune in Tokyo.'"

Jeff sat next to KC as she began to burp Moore trying to follow this conversation. His brother and friend both blushed at Amy's reminder of that joke. Personally he thought KC was the most beautiful when she was feeding their son. A loud belch interrupted his thoughts though.

"What a good boy," KC said rubbing her son's back noticing the talking stop and everyone's stares. "What," she asked looking innocent. "He's a Hardy. You expected something quieter?"

Matt laughed as he sat on KC's other side taking Moore from her. "Do you get that from your Uncle Matt?" The baby just gurgled contentedly.

"Knock, Knock," Cena called from the door way with his hands over his eyes. "Is it safe to come in?"

"No John," Jeff said dryly. "We are all naked know and getting ready to have an orgy."

"Har, har," John said walking over to Matt and Moore. "Look at the little guy. He's cute KC. Thank God the little thug looks like you." Jeff stuck his tongue out at John.

"Thank you John," KC said getting up to kiss his cheek. "I wish Mel was here." Jeff walked behind KC and wrapped his arms around her waist. "She'll be back soon. She just needs to let her ankle heal up. That match with Ames was brutal."

"I don't know how I didn't get seriously hurt," Amy said. She and Melina had a TLC match at the last PPV.

"Well you did, and now that I'm back it's time to push things up a notch," KC said with a glee in her eyes.

"Oh no, not that look," Chris said walking into the room. "Who are you going after and where should I have the ambulance waiting?"

Everyone looked at Chris and KC puzzled. There was still so much of KC's wrestling background unknown to the group.

"What look is he talking about Kace," Jeff asked.

"That look," Chris said pointing at KC. "The last time I saw KC with that look was in Japan about 5 years ago?" Chris shot KC a look who just shrugged.

"What did she do," John asked. He knew matches in Japan could be brutal.



"Well, our little angel decided she wanted to push things up a notch and agreed to a barbwire explosives match," Chris said as everyone turned to KC in horror.

"What," she said taking Moore back from John. "It was a good match. One of the best I had been in actually."

"I will give you that Skeet," Chris said. "But how many stitches? How long were you in the hospital?"

"Fifty stitches and five days," KC replied with a sigh. "However, the other guy was in the hospital a lot longer."

"That's because you basically put him in a coma," Chris said softly.

"It's not my fault that he fucked up," KC said. That match while good still ate at her mind. "He decided to jump from the third balcony not me. Just because I did it from the second balcony he felt he had to one up me. He landed wrong on his own." No one could say anything. The just sat in awe and watched the two friends go back and forth.

"Yeah but if you didn't agree to the match, if you didn't have to push your limits, he wouldn't have pushed his." Chris just looked at KC as she held her son. She quickly got up, handed Moore to Jeff and left the room. Jeff looked at Chris and shook his head passing his son to Amy.

"I will be back." Jeff said as he was leaving. "Chris I would go hide somewhere for a while right now."

KC sat outside the arena on a packing crate thinking over everything Chris had said. It was a brutal match and she was extremely lucky that she wasn't hurt badly but he had no right to put Mishogi's injuries on her. She told him not to go for that jump. It's not my fault he never wrestled again, is it? KC thought.

Jeff found her sitting there with her head in her hands and her elbows on her knees. Jeff sat next to her and pulled her into his arms. "You know he is just worried about you."

"I know. I just hate that he still thinks that was my entire fault. I told Mishogi not to do it. It wasn't like I pushed him. After I got out of the hospital Chris came back here. He had to be with WCW. I stayed in Japan and was in that hospital room with Mishogi everyday, not him. Who is he to judge me?"

"I don't think he's judging you, Kace. Like I said he's worried. We didn't see the stunts you pulled in the past, he did. We have a son now, maybe he's worried about you getting hurt and what would happen to Moore."

KC looked at Jeff and felt as if a light bulb had gone off. "That's it." She jumped up and grabbed Jeff and planted one on him. "I love you," she called as she ran into the arena. "Love you too," he called puzzled.



KC went back to her locker room not saying a word, just taking Moore with her. Walking down to catering, she knew she would find Chris there. Quickly she spotted him with his back to the door. Walking up to him she called softly "Fozzy bear?"

Chris turned around and she saw how upset he was. "May we sit with you?"

Chris shrugged but nudged a chair out anyway. KC sat with Moore on her lap. Freeing one hand, she grabbed Chris'. "I'm sorry."

Chris looked at his friend and saw the unshed tears in her eyes. "No I am. I shouldn't have said all those things."

"No, you were right. I am going to make a promise to you that I am going to try really hard not to break. I promise that I will take it a bit easier. No really crazy matched, I have my family to think about." When Chris looked at Moore, KC added, "No all of my family, Moore, Nero, Matt, Amy, Shannon and you, especially you. I don't know when or how but you became my family long before anyone else did." Chris leaned in and kissed KC's cheek, wiping a tear that had fallen as well.

"You're my sister Skeet, I don't want to see you hurt," Chris said.

"Well, I promise to try my hardest not to get hurt but it could happen."

"I know," Chris said as he stood. "Now, let's go back to our friends."

KC handed Moore to Chris to carry and wrapped her arm around his waist. "Let's go. I need to figure how I am going to come out tonight. Vince left it to me to decide."

Together they walked back to the locker room.