Author : Dizzy Red
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Disclaimer: I own none of the WWE employees past or present
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rating: not sure
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spoilers: none yet
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 jeopardy and news from his past will change his life forever if he lives to hear it.
ch 26
Saturday afternoon Eve and Faith's plane arrived in Orlando and Eve was very happy to have her feet back on the ground but was sure her stomach was still thousands of feet above her.
" Great time for morning sickness to begin " she said to Faith.
" Just don't puke on dad or he may suspect something "
" Do you think " Eve asked and they both laughed.
" So is dad coming to get us "
" No he said to come to the arena he had a meeting but it shouldn't be too long "
They got a cab, the driver took their bags and even closed the doors for them.
" So are you in town for the big wrestling event " he asked having driven several fans to the local hotels.
" Something like that " Eve said. " We're family of one of the wrestlers "
" Oh I'm a big fan which one " he asked.
" Matt Hardy, I'm his daughter " Faith told him.
" I remember reading about you, nice to see you are doing well young lady, Matt and Jeff are two of my favorites " he said taking a photo out of the glove box of the cab. " I've had the pleasure of meeting them on a few occasions, very nice guys "
" Aw that's sweet " Faith gushed as she looked at the picture of her dad and uncle with the cab driver.
" They were more than happy to take the picture too, I have had a lot of celebrities in here that barely tip me let alone take time to pose for a picture " he told them.
They pulled up to the arena and Eve made sure to give him the fare and a nice tip to go with it, he smiled and waved as he drove away.
" Let's go see if we can find your dad " Eve said.
They were stopped by security and after their passes checked out the guard opened the door for them, inside there were nearly as many people as would be there for a house show, Shane saw them come in and he walked over.
" Hello and welcome to Wrestlmania " he greeted. " I bet you're looking for Matt right " he asked.
" Yes " Eve said.
" Lucky man to have two such pretty ladies searching for him " Shane smiled. " Follow me and we'll see if we can't find him "
Eve and Faith followed Shane down the hall and they stopped in front of a closed door Shane knocked and was told to come in.
" Matt I have some people here who want to see you " Shane told him.
Vince nodded " Go on we're through here, thanks for coming in Matt " he said and shook his hand.
" Thank you sir " Matt replied respectfully. Matt smiled when he saw Eve and Faith, he gave Faith a hug and then Eve a hug and kiss, he held her hand as they walked.
" Have you been here long " he asked.
" No we saw Shane right away and he brought us to you " she told him.
Matt saw they were dragging their bags behind them " Let's put those in the car, I have a few more things to take care of then we can go get some dinner " he offered.
Eve figured that it would be better to wait until then to tell him since things were already so hectic backstage.
" Good I'm starving " Eve agreed.
Matt meant with a couple more people to finalize things for his and MVP's match, the last person he meant with was Michael Hayes, he had an ear to ear grin when he saw them coming down the hall.
" Well, well, well I finally get to meat the two ladies that I have herd so much about " he said shaking their hands.
" Eve, Faith this is my friend, mentor and anything else I happen to need guy, Michael Hayes.
" It's nice to meat you Mr. Hayes I've herd a lot about you too " Eve said.
" Coming from this kid, nothing but lies don't believe a one of them " he laughed. " And call me Michael " he added.
" Alright " Eve said.
" And I don't need to guess who you are " he said hugging Faith.
" Looks just like me huh " Matt said proudly.
" Must look like her momma cause she's pretty as a picture "
Matt frowned " And I'm not " he joked.
" Well maybe with your hair down " Michael teased.
" Funny man " Matt said and pulled his hair tie out to fix his ponytail.
" Laugh and joke now because tomorrow's all business, biggest night of your career so far, you nervous " Michael asked.
" Should I be " Matt questioned.
" Hell yeah you should be boy " Michael replied.
" Good because yeah I feel the butterflies " Matt said rubbing his stomach.
" Nah that's just the hotel food, the real butterflies feel like wombats " Michel reminded him.
" True " Matt agreed.
" Get lots of rest tonight and be ready to go first thing tomorrow morning, get in a good workout and go get any kinks taken care of so you're ready to go full throttle tomorrow " Hayes advised.
" I will " Matt said.
" You take care of him ladies I need to go and take care of some business " he said excusing himself.
" Alright " Matt said rubbing his hands together " Are we
ready "
There was really no place that they could go without being recognized since so many fans were in town for the event, Matt was really tired both Faith and Eve were jet lagged so they decided to just go to the hotel and order room service. The hotel was like a rock concert outside, fans lined the sidewalks waiting to get a glimpse of their favorite superstars. Security was escorting the wrestlers to and from the hotel while valets parked their cars to keep them from being mauled by adoring fans. One of the guards opened Matt's door and another opened Eve's, Matt got out and waved to the fans but quickly got Eve and Faith inside as fans screamed his name. They were taken to the elevators and then security went back to wait for the next superstar.
" Security must be going crazy with you guys coming and going it's a real mad house out there " Eve declared once inside the elevator safely.
" Yeah I think this is the craziest I've ever seen it too " Matt agreed. " But at least the hotel is safe "
" Can't fans rent rooms here " Faith asked.
" No Vince rented out the entire hotel " Matt told her.
" WOW " they exclaimed in unison.
" We have several things in place this year " Matt told them as he unlocked the door and let them in. " Like were not allowed to go over to TNA territory as its called, they can't come here either or to the Hall of Fame Ceremony tomorrow night, honestly it's a bunch of political bullshit " he said sitting on the sofa and motioning for Eve to join him.
" Hold on " Eve said wringing her hands. " I need to tell you something first "
" Utho, is it bad " he asked worried.
Eve shrugged " It depends on how you take it " she told him.
Matt looked at Faith and he could tell when she looked away she knew.
" Okay what's going on " he asked looking from Eve to Faith and back. " Are you in some kind of trouble " he asked Faith. " Is she in trouble " he asked Eve.
" No way I learned my lesion the first time, no more trouble for this girl " Faith said, " This is all you two " she told him.
" Us " Matt said confused.
" Yeah I'm well we're going to have a baby " she said taking his hands.
Matt jumped up and hugged her, he kissed her and held her at arms length.
" When did you find out, how far along are you, why didn't you call me, here sit down " he said in one breath.
Eve and Faith laughed " I take it you're happy " Eve asked.
" Hell yeah I'm happy " he cried.
" To answer your questions, I found out yesterday, I didn't call because I wanted to see you when I told you and I'm due October tenth " she replied.
" I say we should paint a pumpkin on her belly " Faith said.
" We'll see " Eve told her.
Matt grabbed his phone " I have to call my dad, Jeff and Beth, Shane, HELL I have to tell the WORLD " he said dialing his dad's number.
" You do that babe I have to use the bathroom and don't forget to order room service I'm starved " Eve said as she got up, she kissed him. " I love you " she said.
Gilbert answered his phone and Matt said " Hey dad " he looked at Eve " I love you too " and everyone froze. " Uh dad I'll call you right back " Matt said and closed his phone.
" You said I love you " Eve cried as she hugged him. " Was it reflex " she asked.
Matt shook his head " No, it wasn't, but it was long over due and I meant it " he told her.
Eve put her arms around his neck " I know you did baby " she said and they kissed again, Faith almost cried she was so happy for them, for her family for all of them.
" I better call daddy back " Matt laughed.
" Yeah grandpa probably is trying to book a flight thinking something is wrong " Faith replied.
" And were going to have to pay to have the carpet cleaned if I don't get to the bathroom " Eve added.
Matt called his dad back and they had a nice talk, Gilbert was very happy for his son, Matt tried to call Jeff but he was only getting his voice mail so he left a message and hung up then lay down on the bed, he closed his eyes not meaning to lay there but a few seconds, he fell asleep. Eve came out of the bathroom and saw Matt asleep on the bed, she looked at Faith, who was reading a magazine .
" How long has he been out " Eve asked.
" he talked to grandpa for a little bit and then laid down, that was it " Faith said.
Eve looked over at Matt, she knew he was exhausted so she picked up the phone and ordered room service for them.
" I'm going to get a quick shower if they come there's a ten on the dresser " Eve told Faith.
A knock on the door forced Faith from her magazine article she figured it was room service so she grabbed the ten on the dresser and opened the door.
" Hey I have an order here for Hardy " he said.
" Right, here ya go " Faith said.
" That wouldn't by chance be Matt or Jeff Hardy " he asked giving Faith a smile.
" The one and only " Faith replied.
" Wow I'm a huge fan, do you think maybe I could get an autograph " he asked.
Faith eyed the guy, he was kind cute, around her age and he had a nice smile.
" Isn't it against company policy to ask for an autograph " she asked.
" Yeah but I won't tell if you won't and maybe we could meat later and I can thank you properly " he asked.
Before Faith could answer Matt appeared at the door, both Faith and the guy jumped at his sudden appearance.
" Thanks man " Matt said and took the order, then closed the door.
" What a jerk, thank me properly, that was so lame " Faith laughed.
Matt gave a sigh of relief " Aw I thought he was nice "
Faith laughed " Ha you did not you should have seen the look on your face " she told him.
" Where's your mom " Matt asked changing the subject.
" Shower " Faith said grabbing a container of food and a fork.
" I'll go let her know dinner is here " Matt said.
The family was eating dinner when Matt's cell phone rang when he saw who it was he knew he needed to take it.
" Hello " Matt said.
" Matt its JR and we have a problem Kennedy was supposed to do a promo for fan access but he has another obligation so we need you to take his place, its tonight at seven till nine so hurry " JR said and gave him the rest of the details which Matt wrote down.
" I'll be right there " Matt said and hung up the phone, he looked at the women " Sorry " he told them.
" You have to go " Eve asked and he nodded.
" I have to fill in for Ken " Matt replied. " I best go change " he pulled his credit card from his wallet, in two seconds Faith had snatched it from him.
" Hey now it has a limit " he told her.
" No problem we can max it out " she teased.
Matt shook his head " Have fun but not too much fun " he said and kissed Eve, who had snatched the card from Faith.
" You too " she said, Matt got dressed and they left.
A few months passed Matt was now the US Champion having beat MVP at Wrestlemania and again on Smackdown when MVP exercised his rematch clause and challenged Matt to a ladder match. Backstage Eve and Faith watch the match, cringing whenever Matt took a hard fall or climbed up the ladder, it ended with Matt giving MVP a TOF off the top of the ladder and climbing back up and removing his US title. Matt wasn't the only Hardy working towards a goal though, Faith was too she was training for a competition it would be her last competition as a junior gymnast as she would moving to the adult level. It was Wednesday morning and Matt had gotten home the night before, he was in the garage stretching when Faith came out to join him.
" You're up early, school doesn't start for another four hours " he reminded her.
Faith sat down across from Matt and mimicked what he was doing.
" I know I thought I would run with you today, gymnastics is all about fitness and stamina " she said.
" I'll take your word for that " he replied. He got up and offered her his hand, she took it " Try to keep up kiddo " Matt said and ran out of the garage.
" You too old man " Faith said running right by his side, they stayed that way the entire run.
After they finished their run Matt showed her how to stretch again and then they had some breakfast while they were eating Eve got up and came downstairs.
" Morning " she said.
" Morning " Matt smiled and gave her a good morning kiss. " What do you have planned for today " he asked.
Eve stood behind him and started to massage his shoulders.
" I have a doctor's appointment " she told him.
Matt turned around and looked at her worry etched on his face,
" Is something wrong " he asked.
" No just a routine six months appointment nothing to worry about " she assured him, she had no idea how wrong she was.