Author : Dizzy Red

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characters: Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, Faith Martin, Eve Martin

Spoiler : Matt Hardy's return

summery :An accident at a PPV leaves Matt Hardy's life in jeporday and news from his past will change his life forever if he lives to hear it.

Major time change : The time fram wasn't working for me so for the rest of the story it is was Christmas, NOT Thanksgiving that Matt went to LA for and Faith was asking when he went home if she could spend the rest of Winter Break with him. Matt is set to return at the RR, NOT Cyber Sunday.

ch 21

Faith was nervous as she sat between Matt and Eve waiting for her case to be called, she about fainted when she herd the baliffe say,

" The state of California verses Faith Martin all parties please come forward " he said. An Faith stood up with her lawler.

" Miss Martin you are being charged with the following driving under the Infulence, how do you plead " the judge asked.

" My client pleads guilty your honor " the lawer said.

" Alright Miss Martin you are sentenced to one year with your lisense suspended, if you are caught driving in that time period of one year your lisense can and I will see to it be revoked, do you understand that "

" We do " her lawer replied.

Matt took Eve's hand he could see this was killing her inside, he knew it because it was killing him too.

" Also you are ordered to pay a fine of one thousand six hundred dollars this does not include lawer fees or court costs in addition to this you will perform one hundred and fifty hours of community service with ALTEEN, Miss Martin I don't ever want to see you in my court room again because I won't be so lienet next time and Miss Martin, Mr Hardy I would like to commend you on your choice to sell the veichel involved and have your child pay restitution, we don't see that very often, case dismissed " she said.

Faith was a little teary eyed as she went back to Matt and Eve " I don't ever want to go through this or put you guys through this again " she told them.

Eve put her arm around her " That's what we want to hear " she said and they left the court room unaware of the events awaiting them outside.

Faith's lawer came back through the front doors " I just wanted to warn you there are several reporters waiting on you out there " she informed them

" Damn " Matt cursed under his breath. " Is there like a side door or something they can go out " he asked.

" Yes follow me " she said.

" I want you to take her and go to the car, drive home I'll get there as soon as I can " he told her.

" Alright Matt " Eve said knowing she could trust his judgment.

Matt then prepared himself to go out and do battle with the media, as soon as he walked out microphones were shoved in his face, he politely smiled and said,

" No comment " as he dialed a taxi, soon he was gone and they didn't follow.

Matt paid the driver then ran up the driveway and inside, Faith was a little shook up but okay, she and Eve were sitting on the couch.

" I'm sorry you had to go through that baby " he said feeling guility.

Faith shrugged " I'm Matt Hardy's daughter and I put us all in a bad situation so I'm sorry " she said.

" Are you sure " he asked taking a seat on the chair.

" Yeah but something did bother me, mom and I were talking about it "

" What's that " he asked.

" My name, when they called it they said Faith Martin and I want it to be Faith Hardy " she said. " I already go by it at school and what not " she told him.

Matt nodded " Alright if its okay with your mom we can look into getting it changed " he said.

The phone rang and Eve answered it " Hello " she said.

" Eve can you please tell me why my grandaughter was just seen leaving a court room with you and Matthew Hardy, I told you no good would come of telling him about Faith and now look where its gotten you " she chastized.

" Hello to you too mother " Eve said her voice dripping with sarcasim, Matt nearly gasped.

" Faith got into some trouble it had nothing to do with Matt mother " she said.

" Please for the love of God Eve tell me you are not planning on getting back together with that man, he ruined your life once and mark my words he will do it again " she warned.

" Mom I'm an adult and I choose who I want to be with and yes I am with Matt and yes I am in love with Matt " she said answering the questions before they were asked.

Faith looked at her mother in disbeliefe, she had admitted that right in front of her dad, she looked from her mom to Matt and he nodded.

" I knew " he said giving her a wink, " The feeling is muteral " he said and Faith grinned.

Eve listened to her mother lecture for what seemed like hours but in truth it was only a few mins. They said their good byes and Eve hung up.

" Your grandparents are coming into town " she told Faith. " And they want to meat you, again " she told Matt.

Matt pulled into Eve's driveway the following Wedensday night, it had been an awful week with flight delays, rental car problems, it all went to hell for him, and he managed to tweak his knee in the ring so that was another problem, he slowly got out of the car and tried not walking without the slighest limp but his knee wasn't having that and threatened to lock if he didn't baby it some, so up the front walk and onto the porch he limped and knocked on the door.

" I'm sure that's Matt " Eve said excusing herself, the truth was she needed a break even if it was only a few seconds.

" Hey babe you made it " Eve said giving him a small peck.

" I made it " Matt gave a wry smile. " I take it they're here " Matt asked.

Eve nodded as she fixed his collar " Yes and its been intresting to say the least " she told him. They took two steps and Eve knew something was wrong. " What happened you're limping " she asked concern filled her brown eyes.

" I just had a little mishap in the ring and twisted my knee, it just sore and needs some time to heal " he said matter of factly.

" Are you sure you feel up to going to dinner with my parents " she asked.

" Yeah babe I know its important to you so I'll be fine, if I nod off just pinch me " he said.

" Ooo sounds kinky " Eve grinned.

They went into the living room and Eve's dad said " Well Matthew nice to see you made it " he looked at his watch " And were only an hour late for our dinner reservations, I hope we can still get a table, come on Doris " he said and they walked out the door Matt had just came in.

" I guess were ready to go " Eve said thinking how rude her parents had already treated Matt and they hadn't even left the house yet.

" Dad I missed you " Faith said and hugged him.

" I missed you too baby " he hugged her tight and kissed the top of her head.

" Are we going to dinner tonight " Eve's mom asked looking back inside.

" Coming mother " Eve said.

Knowing their spot at the resturant was alreday taken they decided to let Matt pick the place so he choose Outback, Doris began to complain as soon as they walked through the door.

" Oh my I feel as though I'm camping " she said.

Eve rolled her eyes " Mother you have NEVER been camping " she reminded her.

" We can go somewhere else " Matt offered.

" And wait another hour for a seat, no we;ll make the best of it " Eve's father said.

" What can I get you to drink " the server asked.

" I'll have a sweet tea and just put this all on one bill " Loyd said.

" If it all the same to you sir I would like to take care of the bill tonight " Matt said.

Loyd smirked " Did you hit the Lottery son "

Matt was in no mood to take any shit tonight not even from Eve's parents who he knew didn't like him anyhow.

" No Loyd I get my money the old fashioned way, I bust my ass and earn it " Matt said, knowing that Loyd's money came from and inheritance, Faith had to hide her laugh behind her menu.

" Alright Matthew you can pick up the tab tonight if you'd like " Loyd said opening his menu.

Matt nodded " Thank you, everyone order whatever they want " he told them.

Doris looked at Faith " Your mother tells me you got into some sort of trouble " she asked.

" Yes ma'am " she said lowering her eyes.

She pursed her lips and looked at Eve " Well dear no matter what we try and teach our children they are going to do what they want and ruine their lives anyhow " she replied.

Matt spoke up in defence of his daughter " That may be true but Faith took responsibility for her actions, paid her fines, and is working off her debt, I don't think she's ruined her life, maybe just took a little fall but shes picking herself up and I'm...were proud of her " he corrected.

Loyd spoke from behind his menu " I didn't know you allowed people to speak for you Eve " he said.

" I do when the person says what I would have " she replied.

" Let's just order dinner dear " Doris said patting Loyd's hand.

Dinner was ordered and brought to the table, Matt's stomach was already in knots so all he had was a sandwich, Loyd ordered the biggest T bone he could more than likely seeing if Matt would flinch, he didn't.

" So Matthew tell me what has happened so that you could afford this huge meal " Loyd asked and round three began.

" I'm an entertainer " he said.

" Oh music " Doris asked, they knew for well what Matt did for a living.

" No I'm a professional wrestler " he corrected.

Loyd laughed " Its funny how the fakest form of the sport gets the name pro added to it "

Matt was fed up " Hey Loyd while were not pulling any punches here let me shoot straight with you for a min, and why don't you tell me why you sent your pregnant teenaged daughter away, rather than helping her out and why were at it you can explain to me why when I came to your front door you told me you had no idea where Eve was, or why she left, since were hitting below the belt, maybe you can tell me why you told Eve not to tell me about my child, got any answers for that " Matt asked and Loyd was speechless. " I didn't think so " Matt said standing up.

" Dad " Faith cried.

He looked at her " I'm sorry baby, you too Eve but I'm not sitting here and being a punching bag, here's my card and please make sure its used to pay for dinner " he said giving it to Eve. " I'll see you tomorrow " Matt said then he walked out of the resturant.

" Well that was a bit of an over reaction " Doris said.

Eve stood up " No actually I think Matt has the right idea, you don't want to get to know him and you sure as hell don't give a damn about me you made that clear seventeen years ago so why not do us all a favor and go back home " Eve looked at Faith " Come on sweetie we'll try and catch your dad "

Eve knew with Matt's knee hurting like it was catching up to him would be easy and they did before he even got to the first row of cars in the parking lot.

" Matt wait up " Eve said.

He turned around and started walking back so Eve and Faith ran to catch up with him, he looked surprised.

" Why are you guys out here you didn't have to leave " he said.

" Because I'm not going to let my parents sit there and bash my daughter's father in front of her and to be honest I didn't want to listen to it either, but I am starved so how about something quick we can take back to the house and eat " Eve asked.

" Subway " Matt asked.

" Yeah and its your place I'm talking about because they still may come back to mine, they don't know where your's is " Eve laughed.

" Hey can we rent a movie " Faith asked.

" Um like what " Matt asked.

" Pirates of the Carribean " Faith said with a wink.

Matt groaned " How did I know you were going to say that "

Eve whispered in his ear " There's other things to do while she watches the movie " she told him.

When they got back to Eve's place Faith put the movie in, Matt sat on the couch, proping his leg on the table and Eve went to change, while the previews rolled Faith asked.

" Dad I was just wondering, what you said to grandpa tonight "

" Yeah about that Faith, I was mad and "

" No don't applogize I was getting mad at how he kept putting you down, I was just wondering if you were, well a little upset with mom " she asked not realizing Eve was listening.

" Yes I was at one point a little, no a lot upset with your mom for leaving but once I found out about you, I really couldn't be upset anymore because she had taken such good care of you how could I fault her, don't think for a min thought that I regret not being there to watch you grow up because I do and to be honest there's really nobody to blame for that, things are what they are and I prefer to live for the now and the future " I get it " she said. " But what they were saying had to sting a little bit " she asked.

" A little maybe " he indicated with his fingers and a grin.

Eve came in she didn't want to let Matt know she had herd what he said, she placed her hands on his shoulders kneading the muscles, Matt groaned and let his head fall back.

" Babe if you keep doing this I'm not going make it past the previews " he told her.

Eve shrugged " So go to sleep if you want " she said.

" Mm I can't hun I have so much to do at home, I can't find a damn thing cause its either, Ooo, in a, mm, box or burried under, oh right there, one " he managed to finish the sentence.

" What was that last part " Eve questioned.

" I have no idea " he said and Eve smiled and sat next to him on the couch. " Lay down " she said knowing he would be out soon and she didn't want him on the road as tired as he was, she ensured it by loosening his ponytail and running her fingers through his hair, not even a half hour later he was out.

" Mom he's out " Faith laughed. " Guess he's staying " she said happily.

" Yeah but not on the couch, Matt come on babe let's go to bed " she told him.

Matt mumbled something to the fact of needing to go home but still lay there, Eve leaned down and kissed him.

" Don't you want to go crawl into my nice comfortable bed " she asked and Matt's eyes opened slowly, she stood up and lead him down the hall she doubted he would even remember how he got to bed the next morning.

Eve woke up to a knock on the door the next morning and she went to answer it before it woke Matt, she opened it and there stood her parents.

" Can we come in " her mother asked.

" Um yeah sure " she said pulling her belt tighter on her robe.

" We don't plan on staying long but we didn't want to leave things the way they were " her mom continued.

" Is Matthew here " her father asked.

Eve shrugged " I really don't think that matters " she said defensivly.

" We're only asking because we owe him an applogy as well, your father and I had a long talk after we got to the hotel last night " her mother explained.

" I can go wake dad up " Faith offered from the doorway of the hall, Eve nodded and soon Matt came out with Faith.

" Doris, Lloyd " he said " Faith said you wanted to see me "

Lloyd spoke first " Like yourself I consider myself to be a man so when I make a mistake I like to own up to it and I made a terrible mistake concerning you Matthew, I was wrong for keeping Eve away from you and for not telling you about your child. I can never make up for what I've done and have no business asking for your forgivness but I am " he told Matt.

Matt nodded his head and smiled offering Lloyd his hand and they shook " I say we forget about the past and move on " Matt replied.

" I appreciate that " Lloyd smiled too.

Doris placed her hand on Matt's arm " I'm sorry too " she said and Matt again nodded.

" I'm sure we all said and did things we wish we could take back " he said and opened his arms, Doris hugged him.

" Well I'm half starved how about we treat you to breakfast " Lloyd offered as he rubbed his belly.

" That is a wonderful idea " Doris said.

" I'm sorry but I really have a lot to do and only one day before I go back on the road "

" Then next time were in town, that is if were welcome " he said.

" Of corse you are " Eve said hugging her father, then and there Llyod understood how important Faith was to Matt.

Eve went in her room to get ready with Matt as she was getting dressed Matt put his arms around her and kissed her neck. She frowned and turned in his arms, she ran her hands up his back and asked.

" Are you sure you can't go " she asked.

" I should already be home but somehow that didn't happen " he said.

" You were way to tired to drive last night, not to mention your knee being messed up " she said in her defence. " How's it feeling by the way "

" Okay " he said. " And thank you for making me stay but now I really need to go " he said.

Eve relucently let go of him, Matt went and knocked on Faith's door " I'm heading home, be good "

" Dad I'm not six " she reminded him.

" Yeah I know and is that what you're wearing out to breakfast with your grandparents " he asked in true dad mode.

" Yeah its cute "

" And it will be even cutier with a jacket over it " he said pulling one from a hanger. " Get my drift "

Faith took the coat and hung it back up " I get it and I'll just change my shirt " she said defeated.

" You do that " Matt said and gave her a hug goodbye.

" Maybe later I'll come over and help you unpack "

" Cool I could use the help, I'm adding a Matt fact Matt Hardy loaths moving

" I'll be sure to read it " she said.

Matt got home and opened the front door, he had to push it hard because a box was against the door blocking his entrence, he rolled his eyes and shook his head.

" I'm never going to get all this unpacked " he said out loud.

Matt being a man of action decided that he would make a good dent in it though and started with the box blocking the door, not taking any chances as he unpacked the boxes he put the contents away around noon there was a knock on the door, Matt came from the kitchen with a beer and opened the front door.

" Hi I'm Wanda Hilldale and I'm president of Keep it Clean, its our neighborhood program to keep it clean and keep the property value high " she smiled. " Any how we were concerned with all the boxes on your front porch "

" Yeah sorry about that I'm in the process of moving in " he told her.

" Yes I can see that, perhaps as you unpack you could put the empty boxes in your gradge until you can get them taken care of "

Matt shook his head " I have a truck and two cars in my gradge, I don't think so but I will move them as soon as I'm done " he assured her.

Wanda was speechless as Matt waved bye and closed the door as she was still stuttering something he couldn't make out.

" Wonderful " Matt said and took a big swig of his beer, he got back to the task of unpacking and there was another knock on the door, Again Matt opened it to find Wanda there a cake in hand.

" Is your wife at home " she asked.

" I'm not married " Matt told her.

Wanda turned red " Oh I'm sorry I thought since your house was so big that you had a family "

" Well I have a daughter but she's a teenager and lives with her mother " he said as if he was testing her reaction.

" Oh so you're divorced " she brightened up, oviously to her being a divorced father was better than the other.

" Nope never married " he ststed and almost chuckled at her reaction, again she stumbled over her words.

" Well um, then I guess you'll have to eat this cake all by yourself " she said and gave him the cake.

" I'll enjoy every crumb " he said with a much of a smile as he could manage.

Just as Wanda was leaving Faith and Eve pulled up into the driveway, Wanda and Eve exchanged glares as she passed by on her way home.

" Who was that " Eve asked Matt.

Matt smirked " My guess is the negihborhood gossip queen " he said opening the door so she could come in. " Want some cake " he offered.

" I don't think so and I don't think you should eat it either " Eve said taking the cake and tossing it in an empty box.

Matt laughed " I hadn't planned on it " he said.

Eve looked around " Wow you got a lot done " she said admiring that you could now see the floor, or at least part of it.

" Yeah once I got going it wasn't so bad, I can at least sleep on the couch now " he said, stretching a little of the stiffness out of his joints. " Have a seat " he offered. " Where's Faith " he asked noticing she wasn't in the livingroom.

" She brought some stuff over to put in her room " Eve told him.

Matt got up and said " I better go help her "

He went out to find her tugging on a box, he moved her out of the way and went to grab it but the damn think weighed a ton, Matt picked it up.

" What the hell is in here bricks " he asked.

" Books " she said.

" How did you get it in the truck " he asked setting it down to catch his breath.

" I carried stuff out and packed it like that " she shrugged.

Matt shook his head and picked the box back up carring it up to her room and set it on the floor where she could get to it, he stood up and rubbed his back a little.

" Next week we'll go shopping for some furniture to put in here " he told her.

" Can't we go this Wedensday " she asked.

Matt shook his head " I'll be over seas " he told her.

" So you're not coming home until next Wedensday " she frowned.

" Yeah hun we're doing a European tour " he told her.

She smiled " Bring me back a souvineer " she asked.

" You got it, one from every place I go " he promised.

Eve was in the kitchen unpacking boxes and arranging Matt's cabnits the way she thought they should be when he came in.

" Hey what if I don't want that there " he asked.

Eve turned around " Tough " she said and screeched when he grabbed her off the ladder.

" Oh you think so huh " he asked and gave her a kiss, then set her down. " Put things wherever you want "

Eve began to put things away again " I've been thinking about your offer to go back to school, I even ran it past my parents " she told him.

" Yeah what did they say " he asked handing her some plates.

" That I should take the offer " she said. " It's funny how much they have changed in twenty four hours "

" I never thought your dad would talk decently to me much less applogize to me "

" Me either but I'm glad they did, they have always treated you unfairly " she told him.

" So are you going to listen to your parents and set a good example for our daughter " Matt questioned.