Love Games

A/N: All wrestlers mentioned in this story belong to themselves, the OC's belong to me but other than that please enjoy the story and I enjoy getting reviews. Thanks much.

Warning: There is some well… adult material at the being of this chapter… you have been warned.

Chapter Three: I hate him, he ruins everything.

We managed to keep our hands off each other the whole ride to the hotel, just barely, but as soon as we exited the car I went straight to Josh running my hands through his shaggy light brown hair as he pushed me back against the car as his lips crashed against mine. His hands gripped my hips tightly, I felt like he was just going to push me up against the hood of the car and take me right there. It was dark out and there wasn't anyone else in the parking lot, we could have gotten away with it but it was starting to get cold and had to push Josh off me for a moment. "What?" he asked softly leaning down and kissing my neck and softly nibbling on the soft skin there. I let out a little moan but pushed him away from me again.

"Can we not do this in public babe… I'm freezing." I said softly. Josh looked up at me, his eyes filled with lust and need, but he nodded. Josh took my hand and we dashed towards the side door of the hotel where he pulled out the key card and opened the door. He put his arm around my shoulder and rubbed my arm for a moment as we climbed the stairs and then entered his room.

As soon as we entered the room I dropped my purse and Josh pushed me up against wall, pinning my hands above my head. He leaned forward and kissed my neck again before looking up at me. "I've wanted this for so long Lexie… so long." He said in a soft, almost growl that made me weak in the knees. I could speak, I just nodded as he reached to grab the bottom hem of my t-shirt and pull it over my head before tossing across the room. He had let my hands go and they went right for his sweatshirt, unzipping it and pushing it off his shoulders and down his arms as he began to unclasp my bra.

We both agreed we should move to the bed, each of shedding out remain clothes as we did. We stood at the end of the bed for a moment just looking at each other. He ran his hands across my flat stomach and looked at the tattoo of skulls and roses that adorned my ribcage. I had acquired my fair share of ink throughout the years, yet when I looked him standing before me he had not a single tattoo across his tanned skin. It made me smirk, he was so different from Phil.. in every single way.

Easing me back on to the bed we didn't waste any needless time with foreplay, as we both desperately wanted one thing. Parting my legs, Josh positioned himself at my slick heat. Tenderly pushing a few strands of my bleach blonde hair off my pale cheek he leaned down and kissed me as he entered me. I let a small gasp as it had been a while since I had been with a man and never one, well… so gifted as him. Which caused him to smirk as he began to move atop of me.

My legs instinctively went around his waist pulling him deeper. His hand moved to grasp my breasts and he let out a soft moan. I could feel a flash of white hot heat wash over my body and as my back arched off the bed I screamed Josh's name. As a slowly came down from my orgasm Josh leaned down and kissed me softly before whispering for me to turn over. Doing as he asked I turned over and got up on my knees. He guided me to the end of the bed where he stood up and gripped my hips tightly as he trust into me again. His movements were frantic and his pace erratic. I moaned loudly glancing over my shoulder as he ran on his hands up my back and his nails raking at my pale skin as he stared straight at me. It was long after that his eyes rolled into the back of his head and moaned my name before collapsing onto of me.

I giggled softly rolling over and taking his face in my hands and kissing his forehead. "I was better than him right?" He said as he tried to regain his breath. I just laughed and nodded.

"Much… much better… it took him two years to do what you did in ten minutes." With that Josh smirked and kissed me softly. We laid there in each other's arms for what seemed like an enterity, till we both agreed we needed to get some sleep.

Josh and I slept in each other's arms, it was peaceful and one of those things just felt right. It had been so long since I had shared a bed with anyone but Zoe and the dogs, this was something that I could get used to.

The morning light started to peek through the shades of the hotel room, but that wasn't what woke us up the next morning, it was the sound of my cell phone ringing. At first Josh must of have thought it was his because he reached over and answered it while still half asleep. I rolled over resting my head against his chest as he began to mumble hello sleepily into the cell phone. Whomever it was on the other end was not happy to hear his voice because I could hear them screaming at him. "What the fuck.. dude chill the fuck out man, here." Josh snapped at the person on the other end as he handed me the phone. I looked up at him through sleepy eyes and Josh just rolled his eyes reached for his pack of cigarettes and lighter which was on the night stand.

"Hello.." I said sitting up, I guess I hadn't bothered to put anything on after our late night romp last night, so when I sat up Josh just got the biggest smirk on his face and mouthed the word 'boobies' as he reached out and gave one of my boobs a nice little squeeze. I would have enjoyed it if it wasn't for the voice screaming at me on the other line.

"What the fuck does your god damn brother think he's fucking doing huh? Shannon fucking called me last night… drunk off his ass and started accusing me of neglecting my daughter! What gives him the fucking right to tell me how to fucking live my life!" Phil, I let out a heavy sigh, it had to be Phil because who else would be freaking out on Josh at seven in the morning. "And who the fuck was that answering your fucking cell phone? Are you bringing strange men around my fucking daughter now?"

"SHUT UP PHIL!" I screamed into the phone, "I have no control over Shannon, he's thirty fucking years old and he does have a point about you neglecting you daughter. You pretty much haven't seen her since what was it… July when you completely humiliated Jeff on national television, taking something I told you five and half years ago.. in confidence by the way… then bring it up in a fucking stupid story line! And for your information that was Josh, he happens to me my boyfriend and he's not some strange fucking person off the street and Zoe is with Matt so she's not even around! Happy now.."

Josh just smirked. "I'm your boyfriend now… I feel so loved." He tried to grab the phone from me knowing that this was not going to end well at all and he would deal with Phil but I smacked his hand away. "Fine." Josh said softly lighting his cigarette, he watched me very carefully ready to snatch the phone out of my hand as soon as things got worse. Which we both knew that they were.

"Josh… as in Harter… as in fucking Sabin… you're fucking Sabin? Really what the fuck Alexis?" Amy was trying to put her two cents in the background calling me a whore and a slut.

"You can tell Amy that if she wants to see a whore look in the fucking mirror, because she'll see biggest fucking whore of them all staring right back her." Josh giggled as I moved towards the edge of bed trying to find my own pack of cigarettes which was in my purse but I could find them.

"You're bitch just got burned man…" Josh said as he handed me his pack and his lighter.

"Tell Shelley's bitch to shut his fucking mouth, this is between me and you. He doesn't have a fucking right to pipe in." Phil was beyond angry, I could tell that just by listening to his voice. Amy was too, she kept trying to grab the phone from Phil because I could hear him telling her to leave him alone.

"Listen, no matter who we're with… it doesn't matter that you're fucking my former best friend… really I could give a fuck less. You two cheaters deserve each other, but I'll say this one last time to you. I have no control over what my brothers do! Shannon has every right to call your parenting into question because he had to see your daughter cry on her birthday because he daddy couldn't be bothered to show up! She has pretty much been attached to Jeff for the last week because she's afraid that he's going to leave her like you left her. The only reason why she was happy on her birthday was because Josh came down from Detroit because he promised her that he would. He keeps his promises unlike you." My hands were shaking so bad I couldn't even manage to light my cigarette and Josh had enough and took the phone from my hand.

"Phil.. you and I always have been cool. But if all you want to do is call Lexie and scream at her and me for that matter, then you really are as pathetic as everyone fucking says you are. So unless you have some urgent matter about Zoe to discuss don't fucking call her because if you do, I will fucking drive to Chicago and fucking kick your ass." Before Phil even had a chance to respond Josh hung up my phone and set it back on the nightstand.

That was not the best way to wake up after what possibly was the best sex I had ever had. I could feel the tears start to running down my cheeks and I turned away from Josh. "Hey, it's alright… Lex…" Josh said as he put his cigarette out and moved to wrap his arms around my still naked frame. I hadn't even thought about putting clothes on, my mind was in thousand other places. "Come on, come lay down for a little while. He's a prick and he does this to make himself feel like he still has some control over you. You know that right?" I nodded as we moved back under the covers, my arms wrapped tightly around his chest.

Josh knew a little about what happened during my relationship with Phil, the fights, accusations of cheating, among many other things. At one point while I was pregnant with Zoe he even accused Jeff of being the father, which we all knew was impossible as Jeff always looked at me like his baby sister. The man get's uncomfortable around me when I'm in a swimsuit, having sex would be next to impossible unless both of us were really fucked up. I never cheated on him, it's not in my nature to do so but I guess it was his way of trying to justify his cheating. I knew in my heart that he was upset that I was with Josh, he still wanted to think that I would spend the rest of my life waiting for him to take me back. I've moved on. He doesn't run my life any more.

Resting my head on Josh's chest I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself down. "I hate him… I wish he wasn't Zoe's father. I wish he would just sign his fucking rights away like he said he wanted to after we broke up." I had never told anyone else that before, the boys didn't have a clue that was Phil's original plan after we broke up. "He never wanted her, from the moment I found out I was pregnant he wanted me to get rid of her."

"What?" There was this tone to Josh's voice that I had never heard before, it wasn't quite anger and it was quite disgust but it was defiantly not a pleasant tone. "Then why the hell is he doing this? Wouldn't it be best for Zoe if he just stopped playing games?" I looked up at him for a moment and chewed on my bottom lip. He was upset, I mean who wouldn't be. Zoe is innocent in all of this. She's just this little girl who wants so bad to have a father in her life she attaches herself to any man who pays her any attention. She gets so confused, one moment she tells me that she wants her real daddy, the next she wants Jeff to be her daddy, or Matt.. I'm sure soon enough she will start telling me she wants Josh to be her daddy.

"I don't know why he does it, I know he didn't sign over his rights because he parents begged him not to, but now they think I'm just white trash living out here in Shannon's basement. They think I'm some drug addict who spends all the money Phil sends me on drugs and booze, and that's why I live with my brother. I live with Shannon because I can't raise Zoe by myself. I just can't." I began to cry again and Josh ran his hand across my cheek and kissed the top of my head.

"You got me now. You're not alone…"Josh whispered and I smiled. "You know that if you need me, I'll be down here and we can work out whatever is going on. I promise." He really wanted to make things work didn't he? We had been friends for years now and we both have admit that there had always been feelings that were more than just friendship between us. Now that we were together, which in my mind we were and I'm sure by what he had just said that in his mind we were as well. That might mean things may move a little faster than I would have normally taken them… but it just seemed right.

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Despite having not the greatest start to the morning, it was a Sunday and in Hardy Land Sunday meant going out into the woods (to an undisclosed location) and training. It was usually a family affair, and by family I meant the extended family, which Zoe always loved to watch. Josh had heard of the famous Hardy's ring in the woods but had never been invited out. I as an official member of the Hardy family invited him. So after we grabbed some breakfast, we headed back over to Matt's house.

Zoe was laying on the floor in the living room watching Sponge Bob with Jeff and Shannon. I walked over to her and picked her up. "Hey little bit." Zoe giggled and gave me a kiss on the cheek. "Look… Joshy's still here…" I said pointing over to Josh who was leaning against the wall. He smiled at her and gave her a little wave.

"Joshy!" Zoe screamed once she had realized the Josh was indeed standing in the living room. She leapt out of my arms and raced over towards him. "You're still here! I thought you left without saying goodbye!" Zoe cried as she threw her arms around him. Josh just looked down at her smirked.

"Why would I leave without saying goodbye to you Zoe? You know I'm not like that!" She looked up at him with big eyes of hers and nodded a little before Josh patted her cheek and kissed her forehead. "Plus I'm sticking around for a while, so your just gonna have to deal with me wont ya." Zoe laughed and took his hand dragging him back towards the tv asking him he liked Sponge Bob and would he watch it with her while everyone got ready. Josh laughed and sat on the floor with her and Jeff. For the first time in months Zoe didn't go right back to Jeff's side, she sat next to Josh leaning against him till he put an arm around her tiny shoulders and pulled her close.

Shannon had already gotten up and gave me a hug. We had both seen the way Zoe was acting and Shan shot me this questioning glance, "So did Joshy boy over there get it in last night?" He asked as he put an arm around my shoulder and looking over at Josh and Zoe. Jeff stood up and walked over wanting to know what Shannon and I were talking about.

Before I had chance to answer Shannon's question Jeff came over with one of his own. "So you and Josh 'together' now?" Jeff said making little air quotes as he said the word together. I just rolled my eyes and looked between my actual brother and the man I consider my brother.

Taking a deep breath, I sighed a little. I knew these questions were going to be asked, weather either I or Josh wanted to answer them. "Shan, like I'd tell you about my sex life? Really… but if you must know yes… and before you even ask yes he is better than Phil. Why do you always feel the need to know all the sorted details of my sexual escapades is beyond me big bro." Both Jeff and Shannon laughed and Josh looked back us for a second before Zoe reached up and turned his face back towards the TV as she began to talk to him about god knows what.

"Better than Phil.. I'm impressed… considering I used to have to listen to you to go at it when you came to visit." Shannon said with a laugh before I reached over and cuffed him upside the head. "Hey. I was giving the boy props." Jeff just shook his head and looked over at me.

"Well are you two together now or what or was this just a onetime hook up thing because you know how Zoe gets." Jeff could probably care less about whether or not Josh and I had sex. He was thinking about Zoe and her best interest.

"Yes, Josh and I are together. He wants to make something work. He's wanted to be with me since Zoe was a baby but I was still so mind fucked by Phil I couldn't bring myself to be with him. I think maybe if had gone with my heart Zoe would have that father she wants so badly. I mean look at them." I said in a hushed tone and the three of us watched as Zoe and Josh sat on the floor talking. Though I'm sure Zoe was making no sense what so ever, Josh looked like he was listening intently to what the five year old had to say like it was the most important thing in the world to him at that moment in time. I saw Jeff smile and Shannon kissed my cheek. "Well and he told Phil basically to go fuck himself this morning. Which thanks a lot Shan for calling him shit faced last night and speaking your mind to him… he loved it." I said glaring at my brother who just bit his bottom lip and took his arm off my shoulder.

"Did I actually call him last night? Jeff… I thought you, me and Matt were just fucking joking about that shit man. Fuck Lex I'm sorry. We were so fucked up." Shannon rubbed his forehead and as if on cue Matt walked in with his sweatshirt on and shoes ready to go. "Why the hell did you actually let me call Phil last night man?"

"It was pretty fucking funny." Matt said just before a glared at him. So they got drunk… called Phil, when they were supposed to be watching Zoe. Should I have expected anything else from them? Really. "I was sober I swear Lex, plus Zoe was asleep and well. It was fucking hilarious." I let out a heavy sigh as Matt came up behind me and gave me a kiss on the cheek.

"Well next time you three get drunk, try and avoid calling the father of my child at odd hours of the night and telling just what you think about him. Because then I get nasty phone calls at the ass crack of dawn, which isn't the most pleasant of way to wake up." The three men nodded and all apologized and said they wouldn't do it again, yeah right. Jeff doesn't need to be messed up to call Phil and tell him where to get off. The whole feud between Phil and Jeff this past summer was not by accident, it was a little bit of real life coming into the wrestling world (which always seems to happen in my family).

To the best of my knowledge this is how it all began, Phil said something about Zoe and how he couldn't stand her being raised by a bunch of redneck drug addicts when he thought that Jeff was out of ear shot. Well he wasn't, Jeff took offence to it as any of us would have and confronted him about it. Jeff and Phil got into an argument, things were said, threats were made and the powers that be in the WWE offices saw an opportunity for a good story line and ran with it. Which made my life living hell by the way. I don't there was a night last summer where I didn't cry after seeing Smackdown, I mean I felt guilty and heartbroken knowing what was really going on between the two of them. I couldn't take the fact that I past relationship is still effecting my family's day to day life. Phil used things that I told him during our relationship, which was a different point in Jeff's life, against him during this storyline. I was humiliated. Phil even accused Jeff on national television of sleeping with me during our relationship and my daughter had to be his because she had blonde hair. He brought our daughter into a stupid storyline, he could have left it be if he cared about Zoe.

Josh had gotten up, given Zoe a piggy back ride as he walked over to me and the boys. "So are we going to go?" He asked obviously totally oblivious to the conversation that had just transpired. Matt nodded and Jeff and Shannon went to get their shoes on. Josh set Zoe down on the couch and I went and grabbed her hoddie, hat and shoes. Josh helped her pull on her sweat shirt while I tied her shoes as she still hadn't mastered the bunny ears quite yet.

Zoe looked up at Josh and smiled brightly. "So are you going to be my daddy now?" My little girl asked innocently. I was expecting this, but not this soon. Josh just laughed and pulled her hat down on her head.

"We'll see kiddo.." He gave her a quick peck on the cheek before she ran off over towards Jeff with a the biggest smile on her little face. I looked up at Josh with a questioning glance.

"You realize if this ends badly you're going to break her heart…" I said rather seriously standing up and pulling on my own hat. Josh just stepped forward and placed his hands on my hips.

Our blue eyes bet and he said in the most honest tone I had ever heard come from a man. "I'm not going to let this end badly Lexie. I've stuck around for four and half years without even being involved with you. Do you really think now that I have you I'm going to do anything to hurt you or Zoe? I'm not Phil… I'll never be him." Josh leaned forward and kissed me softly. Our lips parting and he pulled me deeper into the kiss.

"ALEXIS!" I heard three voices call from the hall. I turned around to see Matt, Jeff and Shannon , each with a hand covering Zoe's eyes. I just laughed as Zoe attempted to push their hands away.

"I told you, Josh is gonna be my daddy… only mommies and daddies kiss like that." Zoe said looking back at Jeff who just rolled his eyes and looked over at Matt who looked kind of shocked.

"Zoe… I'll tell you this. Mommies and daddies don't kiss like that…" Shannon said with a laugh before patting her cheek. Josh and I walked hand in hand into the hall. I glared at my brother who just shrugged. "Did you ever see mom and dad kiss like that?"

"Shut up Shannon." Josh and I both said as we both cuffed him upside the back of his head. Oh yeah, this was going to be a fun day.