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Chapter Ten:

Jessica turned sharply, regretting everything that happened. She ran in the same direction as her son, "Nero!"

Misty stood there shocked and stunned. She felt a hand touch her shoulder.

"You okay?" she looked into the eyes of John.

"No, I'm not. I'm worried and scared." she admitted. Usually she wouldn't admit her feelings like this, but she couldn't help it, she trusted him for some reason that was unknown to her.

"About what?"

She frowned. "Were you not just here a minute ago? Nero is hurt and broken. Jess never told him who his father was and Jeff is just an asshole all together. I'm scared because my God son is so freakin' confused. Nero is crazy what if he does something…"

"Nero's crazy? I'm sure he'll be fine soon. Jeff is a good man."

"A good man wouldn't accuse his girlfriend of lying about being pregnant when he didn't even have proof if she was. He basically walked out on them. I'm sorry, but I don't think that's a good man, not at all." Misty then began to walk away but turned back around. "And for the record, only close friends and family of Nero can call him crazy." she walked away.

John smiled and turned around. "Where'd Matt go?"

"After Jeff." Adam spoke, he was the only other superstar on the scene.

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Matt frowned. "Come on Jeff." he banged on the door to their locker room.

"Leave me alone, Matt!"

"Can't do that." Matt replied. "Be a man about it! Just open up!"

The door opened and Matt stepped in.

"Matt, I can't believe she was serious!"

"I know, I didn't believe at first either."

"I'm…a dad, to a kid that hates me."

Matt was silent, then he spoke lowly. "I'm sure you'd make a good father."

"To a kid who doesn't want me into his life? A mother that hates me!"

"I know, man. This is like Maury gone wrong." Jeff chuckled.

"…what is dad going to say?"

"I haven't even thought about that."

"I don't even want to think about it." Jeff leaned on the wall. "Jessica must hate me. I mean, she gave up so much for her son. All I did was left. I left her to deal with a baby on her own!"

"First of all, Jeff. It's not just her baby, he's yours too."

"Matt…"

"Yeah, Jeff?"

"Would it make me a bad dad if I said I don't want to be his father?" Jeff couldn't help it, he didn't want to be a father, especially to Nero. In all honesty, he wishes he never met Jessica. Yet, at the same time, she gave him hope, love and opened his heart. Jessica was irreplaceable, even though he disliked her at the moment he was still in love with her.

"It would make you a bad dad, yet, it also makes you human."

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"Nero…talk to me, baby." Jessica sat on the parking lot ground next to her son who was leaning his head on a brick wall.

"I don't want to. Can you leave me alone?"

"No, what kind of mother would I be."

"No better than you are now." Jessica's eyes widened, did Nero hate her?

"Nero, it's not like that."

"Then what is it like, mom?"

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you, I didn't want you to know the details about it."

"What details? You mean the ones where he didn't want me?"

"…" Jessica was silent.

"Nero, baby. Jeff is…"

"Not my father. I don't want him to be. I hate him mom." tears fluttered out of Nero's eyes.

"I know, I hate him sometimes too. Yet, I can't hate him all the time because he gave me you."

"It's the only thing he did right."

"I know."

"Mom, were you ever going to tell me?" he took his head off of the wall and looked into his mother's glistening eyes.

"I was, Nero. I was going to tell Jeff too. More civically though." Jessica moved closer to her son, she put her arm around him, he leaned on her shoulder where he cried.

"I love you, Nero. No one or nothing can ever replace or change a mother's love. I did what I thought was right, maybe it wasn't, but I wanted to protect you for as long as I could."

"Well… you did a good job… so far." he sniffled.

"I can protect you, Nero from so much. I just can't protect you from this. I can't walk away. Even if you hate Jeff, you should at least get to know him. You deserve to know the man who helped in your creation. The best gift I could ever get, the best thing that happened to me. When I found out I was pregnant, I gave up so much, but I got someone even better. I got you. I have no regrets when it comes to you. You are my fire, my passion. I live for you. Nero, I love you."

As Nero listened to his mother speak, he smiled, his mother was the best. She loved him that was clear to him, yet, why couldn't Jeff do the same? Why didn't he love him?

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A/n: When I wrote this it was just a filler chapter and still is. I'll update it later today. Maybe about... I dunno, 10pm or around there.