Daddy Dearest 15/?

"So what are you going to do?"

Catelyn shrugged as Shawn stared at her.

"Are you guys going to keep it, put it up for adoption, get married?"

Again, she shrugged. "I don't know if I want to keep it." She whispered.

Shawn raised an eyebrow. "Adoption is doable, if that's what you want, but I want you to think about it."

"I might…" She sighed. "I might get an abortion."

He pursed his lips together as he looked at her. "Abortion? Catelyn, that's a little harsh, have you even talked to Matt about that yet? Is he pushing you into it?"

She sighed as Matt entered their room, stopping at the tension in it. "What's going on?" He asked.

"You bastard." Shawn hissed, standing up.

The elder Hardy raised his hands in defense as he stared at Shawn. "look Shawn, I didn't mean for it to happen like this, but I swear, I'm going to be there for Catelyn."

"How, by making her get an abortion?"

"A what? No. I would never… You want to get an abortion?" Matt asked, the hurt clearly etched into his features as he stared at Catelyn.

"You don't want her to?" Shawn asked.

Matt shook his head. "No, Catelyn what's going on?"

The newest Michaels shook her head. "I can't have the baby." She whispered.

Matt moved to kneel in front of her but she stood up and moved away, ignoring the hurt look on his face.

"Why? Catelyn what's wrong? I know it's a lot to take in but we will get through this together."

She shook her head, biting her trembling lip in an attempt to calm down. "I'm sorry Matt, but we won't. The baby, it's not yours."

The silence dragged on and Catelyn was too afraid to turn around. Too afraid to see the disappointment on both Matt's and her father's face.

"Is that why your mother sent you here?" Shawn asked.

Catelyn shook her head. "No. You saw the clip, I didn't even know I was pregnant until Andy told me."

"You lied to me." Matt said and Catelyn could hear the anger in his voice.

"No, I didn't, if you'd just let me-"

"No you said I was your first. You had me believe that but you lied to me. Whose is it?"

She chewed on her bottom lip unsure of how to answer.

"Someone here? Does it belong to Edge."

She looked up at him, hurt in her eyes. "How can you say that? I told you there was nothing going on between us."

"But you could've lied about that as well, right?"

"No, Matt, please, just-"

"I don't want to hear it." he snapped, storming out of the room.

Catelyn closed her eyes, jumping as the door slammed shut, squeezing back the tears, threatening to fall.

"Whose is it, Catelyn?" Shawn quietly asked.

"I- I don't know." She sobbed, running from the room.

She didn't want to see the look of disappointment on his face.

Catelyn ran through the arena, blinded by her tears, not caring who saw her or where she was going. She just wanted to get far away. A pair of arms wrapped around her waist pulling her back.

"Let me go." She sobbed, struggling against her captor.

"It's okay, Little One, it's just me."

At the sound of the familiar voice, she sobbed harder, her knees buckling beneath her. He reached down and scooped up her legs, holding her to him as she sobbed against his chest.

"shhh, let it all out." He whispered. "I'm taking you out of here and back to the hotel okay?"

She continued to sob, completely oblivious to anything around her. He looked down, worried that the stress would be too much for her.

"You need to calm down, Little One, you're putting too much stress on yourself and the baby." He whispered.

"I don't care." She choked out.

He sighed and pulled her closer, exiting the arena.

Neither noticed Matt Hardy watching them, his eyes narrowing as his suspicions were confirmed.

… … …

"Do you want to go back to your room?" Edge asked, as they neared the hotel.

She continued looking out the window, not moving until he asked the question again. Only then did she give a slight nod.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

She shook her head as he parked the car and got out. Noticing she wasn't moving, he went around and opened the door, holding out a hand for her to take. She did so hesitantly but eventually got out of the car and even then she clung to him as though her life depended on it. It was her grip on his arm that seemed to be holding her up and he frowned as they walked, wondering what exactly had transpired. When they arrived, once more she was hesitant and refused to let go.

"Do you want me to come in with you?" He asked.

She nodded and they entered the room together. Catelyn started as her new cell phone on her night stand began to ring and went around there to silence it but stopped when she saw who it was calling her. Making a quick decision she answered it.

"Hello?"

"Are you okay?"

A fresh round of tears pushed their way to the front, and she heard a sigh coming from the phone.

"Something tells me you're not. Catelyn, it's not Matt's is it?"

She began to cry harder and Edge came around to take the phone from her. Frowning when he saw who it was.

"Hello?" he said.

"Who's this?"

"It's Edge."

"What are you doing with Catelyn?"

"Helping her. Why are you calling her?"

"To help her." There was a sigh. "How much do you know?"

"Enough."

"Can I talk to her again for a minute?"

Edge held the phone out to Catelyn who took it, trying to muffle her sobs as he began to talk.

"I'm guessing if Edge is helping you, things can't be good."

"Horrible." Catelyn choked out. "I don't- I don't know what to do."

"What does Shawn have to say?"

"They both hate me. Matt says I'm a liar, Shawn is disappointed in me."

"did you explain what happened."

"I tried. He wouldn't listen to me. He hates me and I don't- I don't know what to do. I'm not going back to mother, but I can't- I can't stay here."

Another sigh as she broke out into a fresh round of tears. "Come out here. You can stay here while you decide what to do."

"I don't want to drag you into this."

"I'm already in this. And there's nowhere else I'd rather be. I'll book you a flight and call you back okay?"

He didn't wait for an answer. He hung up and Catelyn sighed, sinking to the bed, her head in her hands.

Slowly, Edge sat beside her, gently placing a hand on her back. "What now?" He asked after several long minutes.

"I need to pack." She whispered.

"where are you going?"

"Anywhere but here."

Edge sighed. "Catelyn, I'm not going to just let you leave."

She pursed her lips together. "I'm not, I have somewhere to go. But I need to go now."

As if on cue, her phone rang and she answered it, listening for a few minutes before agreeing and hanging up.

"I have to get to the airport, my flight leaves soon." She announced, getting up and grabbing her suitcase, throwing everything she had into it.

"I'll drive you." Edge said.

She stopped. "Why are you being so nice?"

"Why not?"

"well why?"

"I don't know what happened, but Hardy, you're father, shouldn't of done that, and I'm sorry they did."

She turned away, hiding the obvious pain flashing across her face. "Whatever, I got to go."

"Where?"

"Away. Not a word to anyone, okay?"

He nodded. "no one will ask me anyways."

"Matt thinks it's yours." She quietly said.

"You didn't tell him what happened?"

"He didn't give me a chance to. He called me a liar and accused me of sleeping with you. So if he's not even going to get the full story, it's better off this way."

"And Shawn?"

She shook her head in disgust as she zipped up her suitcase. "Just forget it Edge. I'm so done with this place."

… … …

Catelyn wearily rubbed at her eyes which were red and burning from so much crying. Sighing she picked up her carry on and exited the plane, feeling as though she had been up for days when in reality it hadn't been all that long. Edge had gotten her to the airport and with a quick hug and a promise to keep him updated, he let her go and watched her board the plane. Catelyn had fallen to her seat, wiping at the silent tears that still had come down as the plane took off before she had fallen into a restless sleep. She woke up just as the plane was landing and was now exiting the plane, looking around for Marty as she did so.

Arms wrapped around her and she turned into his broad chest, but this time her eyes stayed dry, she briefly wondered if she had finally run out of tears.

"You okay kid?" He asked.

She shook her head, clinging to his shirt as he held her in the middle of the airport.

"You ready to go? We'll grab your bag and get you back to my house."

She nodded and pulled away smoothing down her hair and taking a deep breath as he grabbed her hand and led her away.

"Thank you." She whispered, so quietly that he stopped and turned to her.

"You say something Cate?"

She nodded, not even acknowledging that he had shortened her name, before repeating what she had said and he pulled her close, wrapping an arm around her shoulder. "I told you I'm here when you need me."

"I don't- I don't know what to do." She whispered brokenly.

"You don't' have to decide anything right now. Get some rest and we'll take it from there."

She nodded, letting him lead her away.

… … …

Shawn was frantic. Catelyn had disappeared and no one had heard from her in days. Shawn had even sucked it up and called Elizabeth who he could tell was just smirking into the phone while proclaiming she had warned everyone how Catelyn was and no one would listen to her. Maybe now they would.

Shawn had hung up. Anything Elizabeth had said about Catelyn, he knew it was a lie. And he just knew for Catelyn to disappear like she did, something else was going on. It had something to do with why she had come to see him in the first place. The exact thing she refused to speak about but he knew was there. Now he regretted leaving it alone. He had wanted her to come to him and decided to wait until she did. Perhaps if he had pressed her, they wouldn't be in their current situation.

He was frantic with worry and he wasn't the only one. After Catelyn had ran from the room, Becca had called and after relaying to her the events that had transpired backstage she had urged him to go after her. She was very intuitive and had believed something more was going on. Shawn trusted his wife and had gone after Catelyn, only to find out she was nowhere in sight. He called her but to no avail and had finally gone back to the hotel, only to find out she had checked out and her stuff was gone.

Becca had been hysterical when he told her and had made him promise he would do his best to find her and bring her back.

"She needs us right now." She had told him. "She needs her family and I think she has a hard time believing it, but that's us. We're her family."

He knew that. Catelyn was his little girl and she was out there somewhere, quite possibly alone, feeling scared and probably more than a little rejected.

He couldn't help but think it was all his fault.