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They odrered their food and it was a good thing because Eve hadn't ate all day and now she was planning on going toe to toe with Matt and try and match him drink for drink, by the time dessert came around Eve was feeling no pain.

" Do you want another " the waitress asked.

Eve looked at her with her glassy eyes " Yup, keep em coming " she slurred. " But wait a second honey come here " she motioned to her. " I want to tell you something, you see that man there, that is Matt Hardy and a long time ago he was mine, all mine and I let him go, now how stupid do you think I was " she said rendering the waitress speechless.

Matt laughed " I think you can 86 that last order its time to take her home and put her night night " Matt said he was slightly buzzed but no where near drunk.

" Alright I'll get your check, do you want to take this to go " she asked.

" No thanks " Matt said. He helped Eve to her feet and she wrapped her arms around him.

' Hi " she said and Matt laughed.

" Yeah you are babe " he replied.

They went outside and music was playing for the peple outside waiting for a table Eve began to sway, not really to the beat, she turned into Matt and put her arms around his neck.

' Dance with me " she asked.

Faith almost busted out laughing " Mom I doubt you can dance right now "

Eve looked over her shoulder at her daughter and saw two of her, she smiled " Just watch me " she said and without warning she spun around and would have landed flat on her rear if Matt hadn't had quick reflexes and caught her.

" Open the car door " Matt told Faith and he put her in then strapped her seatbelt and closed the door. " You got this " he asked.

" Sure " Faith said and Matt sat in the back with Eve.

They were about to pull into the driveway when Eve turned to Matt and said " I don't feel so good " she groaned.

Matt got out and pulled Eve out just as she blew chunks all over her front lawn and on Matt's shoes and pants, he didn't react he just held her hair back until she was threw.

" Gross " Faith said and went to unlock the front door for them.

" Can you walk " Matt asked.

" I don't think so " Eve said almost in tears.

Matt picked her up off the ground " Come on its time for you to say goodnight " he said and carried her inside, he lay her in her bed and covered her up.

" Night Matt " she whispered.

" Night " he said and kissed her forehead, he left the door cracked incase she felt sick again.

Faith ment Matt in the hall " She's wasted " she laughed.

Matt nodded " Its one thing to get drunk as an adult but a compleatly different story if you are under age " he informed her.

" DUH " she said. " They drill it into our heads at school, so you never had a drink before you were twenty one " she asked.

" Actually I didn't, I didn't have my first alcoholic beverage until after I signed with the WWE in 98 so I was " he added it up. " Twenty four " he said.

" Really, did you wait to have sex until you were an adult too " she asked with a sly smile.

Matt gave her a real Matt Hardy look " Funny you know the answer to that, but don't do as I say do as I do " he said and Faith laughed, he replayed his words and corrected

" Don't do as I do, do as I say "

" Don't worry I have no intentions of becoming a teenage mother or an alcoholic, I saw how hard it was for mom " she said.

Matt sighed " I wish I could have been there for her " he looked at Faith " And you too "

" Yeah but you're here now and thats all that matters " Faith said hugging him.

" You're not mad at me for not being there for you all those years " he asked.

Faith sighed " I thought you were dead " she told him " So no "

" But when you found out " he asked.

" I was mad at mom, but that didn't last long at the time I was more concerned with weather I was going to get to meet you or not " she remembered that night.

Matt nodded " Yeah that was a hell of a way to meet wasn't it but it all worked out and were together and about to celebrate our first thanksgiving together, by the way do you know how to roast a turkey "

" No " she laughed. " Do you "

" We may be in trouble here " he said with a big grin.

The phone rang and Faith went to answer it " I need to take this in my room " she told Matt, who raised a questioning eye brow to her as she passed by.

Matt shook his head and went into the guest room, he closed the door and changed into some sweat pants, then went and stood next to Eve's room and listened he could tell by the way she was snoring she was out for the night, he laughed to himself knowing she would pay for trying to out drink him tomorrow. He went back to his room and got out his lap top, he looked at his email and saw he had hundreds to go though, he decided he would get to the task at hand and typed in the food network.

" Alright Rachel Rey let's see what you got for turkey " he said.

By the time Matt finished he had a recipe for everything from apptizers to pumpkin pie, he rubbed his now sore neck and stretched out the kinks then closed his lap top and looked at the clock, it was almost two in the morning. He got up and stretched again then walked out to go to the bathroom on his way he saw Eve's light was on so he went and stood by her door, he didn't hear anything so he opened the door just a tad and saw she wasn't in her bed.

" Eve " he said softly.

" I'm in here " she groaned.

Matt walked in and saw her sitting on the bathroom floor next to the toliet " I don't think I have anything left in my stomach, in fact I think its in there too "

Matt stifeled a laugh " Come on " he said offering her his hand and she took it, he ignored the slight twinge in his back as he pulled her to her feet, then flushed the toilet and helped her back into bed.

" I think I'm dying, would you just shoot me " she asked.

Matt couldn't help but chuckle to that " Sorry but no " he answered. " I will however fix you something that will KO your hangover on the grounds you never try and out drink me again " he said.

" Deal " she agreed, she wasn't planning on repeating this evening.

" I'll be right back " he said.

Matt went into the kitchen and put together his sure fire concoption that he and Jeff swear by to relieve the sympotoms of too much fun the night before, he took it into Eve.

" Drink it straight down, don't stop and don't smell it " he said and handed her the glass.

First thing she did was smell it " EW " she cried.

Matt shook his head " I said DON'T smell it "

She sipped it and pulled it away quickly " That is AWFUL " she said and tried to hand it back to him.

Matt growled " Am I going to have to force this down your throat " he said.

She looked at the size of Matt and did a quick comaprison of him to herself then decided that he could carry out that threat and she quickly downed the nasty cure.

" Now go to sleep and when you wake up it will all be over " he said tucking her back iunder the covers.

Matt went back to his room and opened his bag to get out his his bottle of pain pills, his lower back was starting to tighten up and he knew if he didn't take something for it now then later he would be hurting him later. He went into the kitchen to get a glass of milk and found Faith sitting at the table.

" Are you an early riser " he asked as he looked in the cupboards for a glass.

" No, are you looking for a glass " she asked.

" Yes " and why are you up then " he questioned.

" Top right and I couldn't sleep " she said.

Matt got the milk out and poured himself a glass then put it back and sat down, he took the pills and swallowed them " Why's that " he asked.

She sighed " It was the phone call I got earlier " she said and then she decided she wouldn't tell Matt about the call. " Its really nothing, well good night see... " she got up but Matt caught her arm.

" Sit and tell me about this nothing that has you up ay three in the morning " he said.

Faith tried to protest but she could see Matt would assert his parental athority if need be so she sat " Boy you caught on to the whole parental look thing real quick "

" Thank you and flattery will get you everywhere, but later right now out with it, what upset you about the call you got " he asked.

Faith shrugged " My friend Suzan is a big fan of yours, by the way if I don't get your autograph for her she threstened to kill me and we were talking about you getting hurt and all and I guess I just I dunno got worried it would happen again " she told him.

Matt nodded " Oh I see, well hun the best I can tell you is I have been doing this for most of my life and I have only been seriously injured twice, once with my knee and the other this, I'd say it was good odds " he said.

Faith shrugged " It's just so dangerous "

Matt sighed he hadn't thought about how his career would effect his daughter he took her hand " What can I say to you to make this better for you " he asked.

" Aside from you won't do those type of matches anymore " she asked.

" Yeah aside from that " he said.

Faith shook her head " I guess promise me if you do you will be VERY careful and if you do get hurt, bad that you or someone will call me "

Matt smiled " That I can promise " he said.

Faith smiled and hugged her dad she was still worried about him and she always would be but for now she had peace about it, she yawned.

" You should get to bed, we have a lot of shopping to do tomorrow " he told her.

Faith smiled " Shopping " she asked.

Matt laughed " Grocery shopping, for Thanksgiving " he reminded her.

" Oh I thought we were going car shopping " she said hopeful.

Matt shook his head " You just slid that right in there didn't ya " he asked.

Faith nodded " Can't blame me for trying "

Matt laughed " Your mom would kill us both but mine would be slow and painful, I never got to say this to you before but, get your butt to bed " he smiled.

" Yes daddy " she pouted and gave Matt a kiss and hug then went to her room.

" A car " Matt said shaking his head.

Matt was feeling sleepy himself and he yawned, then stretched as he got up, the twinge in his back gone as he made his way past Eve's room he peeked in on her and she was once again sound asleep. He went in his room and closed the door, he lay down on the bed and locked his fingers behind his head a smile playing on his face as he thought about his conversation with Faith, he felt an unconditional love that only a parent feels from a child and it made him very happy, there was no place on earth he would rather be right now than where he was.

The next day Matt, Faith and Eve went shopping and Matt refused to allow Eve to pay for anything when they got home Eve got ready for work and as she finished dressing she herd a knock and opened the door to find Matt standing there.

" Can I talk to you about something " he asked.

Eve opened the door farther to allow him in " Is something wrong " she asked.

Matt shook his head " No, I just wanted to ask how you felt about me buying Faith a car for Christmas, nothing fancy just a new and reliable car " he said before she could answer.

" Isn't that extravgant, a car " she asked.

" I know but I've missed so much with her already so I wanted to get her something special " he told her.

Eve flinched at what Matt had said, it was her fault Matt missed all the time with his daughter, she could deny him this " Alright Matt but I would like to go with you when you get it " she said.

" Deal " Matt agreed with a big smile.

Eve was fussing with her hair trying to braid it and not doing so well as she talked to Matt " Need some help " she asked.

" Yeah " she said and turned around handing Matt her brush, he brushed her hair feeling it's silkiness after just being washed.

" Did you dye your hair, I don't remember it being so dark " he asked.

Eve laughed " Yeah, had to cover the gray that comes from being a parent " she said and this time Matt flinched. " I like that you let yours grow out "

Matt nodded " It was longer but I cut it, I might cut it again " he said.

" NO " Eve said before thinking " I mean it suits you long " she added.

" Yeah and besides I doubt they would let me anyhow "

" The company desides on your hair " she asked shocked.

Matt laughed " They decide on everything, basically they own my ass " he said.

" I doubt I'd like that " she said.

Matt shrugged " Ah you get used to it " he told her. " I better go so you can get ready, thanks again it means a lot to me "

" Its the least I can do " she mumbled.

" What " he asked.

" Oh nothing " she said, Matt nodded and left.

Eve got to work and was looking over some notes giving to her from the last shift when her friend came in she looked up and smiled.

" Hey stranger, where you been " she asked.

" April had her baby and I had some vacation time saved up so I just stayed there " she told her.

" Aw congradulations grandma " she said. " A boy or girl "

" A healthy eight pounds two ounces and twenty-two inches long " she told her.

" Good size, Faith was small " she said.

She nodded " April was begging for an epidural before they even got her fully checked in "

" Was it a fast delivery "

She shook her head " Ninteen hours, the hard labor went fast though "

" That's good " Eve said.

Maggie nodded " Say waht are you and Faith doing for Thanksgiving, Larry and I are staying here and April and Sean are coming why don't you come too " she offered.

" Oh I have to work " she said.

" Oh well Faith can come and..."

" Maggie her dad is here " she told her.

Maggie smiled " well its about time, good for you hun " Maggie was one of the few people who knew the truth.

" Good for Faith, he's great with her, they love each other so much, he's recovering from surgery and flew here to be with her and he's cooking " she told her.

Maggie grinned " Umm and how about you, any of those repressed feelings " she asked.

Eve blushed " No were just building a friendship Mag, besides I doubt Matt would even consider us getting back together and besides I'm not moving to Carolina " she stated.

" But you wouldn't mind getting together, is he cute " she asked.

Eve gasped " Maggie "

" What its just a question ; she said.

Eve sighed " See for yourself " she said and put his name into the computer.

" Is he some sort of celeberty " she asked.

Eve nodded " He's a pro wrestler " she said. " Here "

Maggie looked at the man on the screen " Oo he's a hottie " she exclaimed.

Again Eve gasped " Maggie "

" What you don't think so " she asked.

" Yeah but..."

Maggie laughed " Alright then " she patted Eve's arm " I better get going, say hi to Faith and Matt for me " she tossed over her shoulder I a sing song voice.

Eve sat there thinking is what Maggie thought true, am I starting to feel something for Matt, or did I ever stop she asked herself.