I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.
Matt's Point of View-
I've been missing Carol so much; I've been depressed where I don't talk to ANYONE besides Beth and Jeff. I try to convince them to tell me where she is, she won't pick up my phone calls, she hasn't come by my house, nothing. I have no idea where she is, if she is okay or anything. I just know that Jeff and Beth has seen her, they tell me stories of them and I've seen pictures and that's about it, no idea what she is doing now or where she is for that matter. I just want to hear her voice one more time, hear her giggle, and be able to see her. No matter how much I talked about her, it just never helps my heart and this is my own fault, Jeff and Beth won't speak a word to me about her. It's now a month after the incident and I still can't stop thinking about her, I could of lost my only true love. I broke up with Lindsey, she wasn't happy but it was for the good. I am sitting at my hotel in Richmond where Backlash is being held, I lay on the bed looking at the ceiling wanting my phone to ring from Carol saying hi or for no apparent reason to the call like she used to do. I looked at the time, it was 3 and I had to be at the arena at 4, I got up grabbing my bag that had my ring gear in it heading out of the room, my mind focused on Carol like always, my wrestling has been slacking but they are giving me a championship title match in hopes that will motivate me to do better. I went down to the lobby finding my way to their free gym in there, I worked out a little to get my muscles tensed so they would look better on television tonight, I drove over to the arena in my rental and parked my car, I didn't see Jeff's rental in the parking lot yet nor did I see it at the hotel considering we parked right next to each other. I walked inside checking in with Vince so he knew I was there, I then went and found a dark place to sit and drown in my self pity. I knew that the only reason Carol didn't sign her contract was because of me, I feel horrible about that, she didn't give me the time to explain that I love her, she needs to join WWE, I know J.R., Vince, Jeff, John and Beth have been arguing with her to sign that contract, I just know that when Jeff and Beth hang out with Carol, they take a lot of pictures at Denny's, which I'm like okay and I know that we usually go to Denny's after shows since that is usually the only place open around the time we are on the roads. I pulled out my phone dialing Carol's number, maybe she will answer me this time, but no. I know what she is doing, she is trying to see how much I care about her, if I do care or love her, I would have to prove it to her and what I would do to get her back. It got to five and the pay-per view was just starting, I got up heading to the locker room changing into my ring gear leaving my Hardy Show shirt on because it was freezing in the back, I would usually walk around shirtless.
"If I was Jeff and Beth, where would I be?" I wondered out loud, I haven't seen them all day and they are my link to Carol, they tell me if she is okay, and what she has been doing with her life or what not, or they just make stuff up to make me happy by her request, I really do feel bad for them being in the middle of this. I walked down a hall to another locker room when I heard the familiar voices of J.R. and Jeff talking.
"Did you talk to her?" J.R. asked, I leant against the wall next to the room of the open door.
"Yeah, we went to the Denny's she is working at, we asked if she was going to sign the contract, she said she is looking more and more at it, she said she might come by after the show or call you." Jeff said.
"What Denny's is she working at; I will call it right now." J.R. said.
"Sir, she is the only one working right now, if she does want to do it, like she would be able to do it, she can't just shut down the restaurant for two hours." Beth said.
"Did she sound like she WAS actually looking at it?" J.R. asked.
"Yes, we could tell that she was missing it and REALLY wants to come back." Jeff said.
"If I don't get a call or see her after the show, you're taking me to this Denny's or to her apartment." J.R. said, she lives here in Richmond? We have been here for a house show and they didn't tell me, that's why they said they were going out by their selves was for them to go see her, and that is why they take tons of pictures at Denny's. I went to the back door of the arena towards the parking lot, the security guard stopped me.
"Matt, where are you going? You have a match and you're in your ring gear, and it's raining." He said, like I didn't feel the rain drops hitting my head.
"I don't care, let me go." I said.
"What will Vince say?"
"I don't really fucking care right now, there is something more important to me than wrestling that I need to take care of." I said walking past him to my car climbing in, I pulled out my phone dialing 4-1-1.
"City and State."
"Richmond, Virginia." I said starting my car.
"Destination."
"Denny's." I said tapping my steering wheel with my thumb.
"Which one sir?"
"Closest to the Sports Arena." I said, she told me the address and how to get there from the arena, the rain pouring down like cat's and dog's, I didn't care right now, I needed to see her, I drove over to the Denny's and I pulled in, my car was the only car there, I grabbed the sweater in the backseat I left in here from last night, I pulled it and pulled the hood on over my head to help cover my face. I climbed out and ran into the building from this rain.
Carol's Point of View-
Jose and I sat here, I told him the story about Matt again to freshen up what happened, he still says I'm stupid for not taking the contract, and I never said I would never take it, but I didn't want it right now. We turned our attention to the pouring rain outside, we saw a car pull in, Jose stood up and went back into the kitchen, I walked behind the counter watching a single person climb out of the car running through the rain, it being dark out along with the window's tinted I couldn't make out much about the person, when they walked in I looked down to grab a menu for him, I could tell it was a male.
"One?" I asked pulling out the menu.
"No, two." Matt said, I could tell it was Matt, even though I haven't heard his voice in over a month, I still know what it sounds like, I look up at the now hoodless man in front of me.
"How'd you find me?" I asked shocked at the sight in front of me, he started walking closer to me.
"I heard Jeff tell J.R. at the arena, I had to see for myself, why'd you run?"
"You should know, the better question is what are you doing here? Backlash should have just started; you have a championship title match." I said, Jose was watching and listening to the whole thing.
"The championship title doesn't mean shit to me if I don't have the person that does mean the most to me there with me to enjoy it with. Carol, I'm sorry I fucked up, I don't mean those things and I don't think that, I love you." Matt said, I looked deep into his brown eyes.
"Matt, your crazy, I think you got too much rain in your ears because your not hearing me correctly, you need to get back to that arena before Vince realizes your gone, you'll be fired if he knows you left."
"Carol, I don't fucking care if I get fired, what does matter is you, please tell me you forgive me." Matt said in a begging manner.
"Matt, I thought I made it clear that I didn't want to see you nor deal with you anymore a month ago, I suggest you get back to that arena and win that belt before you get fired and risk my career with them." I said.
"Carol please, think about it, I love you Carol Kent, more than words could explain it, and I'm willing to risk anything for you." Matt said.
"Just go! I don't want to hear it." I said, he left walking into the rain, his head down in defeat and I sat back down at the bar thinking about.
"That was rude of you." Jose said.
"How so? He hurt me a lot, I don't know if I could ever trust him again." I said.
"You got to now, he risked his job, he basically was giving up his championship title for you, obviously you mean a lot more to him than you think, I don't get why you kicked him out much less still standing here, I would be running after him." Jose said, he makes sense, I wanted him to prove how much he loved me, he did that, he has put his whole life on the line to make things right with me and he said the three words I've been dying to hear come out of his mouth, I love you.
"Would he forgive me for being an ass?"
"Girl, just go, I don't know why your still here, obviously he would forgive you if he has went as far as he has gone to get you to forgive him."
"What about you?"
"Fran is going to be here in a few moments, I could handle it, and it's not that busy."
"Thanks, I owe you!" I said hugging him and I ran out grabbing my coat and purse off the employee coat hanger running out of the Denny's getting into my car driving over to the arena as fast as I could in this weather.
Matt's Point of View-
I tried my best, I could of tried more, I know I could of pushed her more until she said yes, but then she would have been pissed from pushing her more, I angrily drove back to the arena late for my match. I parked and climbed out slowly walking into the arena; once I walked in I was greeted by an angry Vince.
"Where have you been?" He asked red faced from anger, Jeff and Beth weren't too far away.
"I went to go see Carol, I had to try and make things right." I said.
"You left to go see Carol, you couldn't of done that before the show or afterwards?"
"No, it was important to me sir, I'm here now and ready to go." I said.
"You need to get your attitude checked, how would you like it if I put you on two weeks of unpaid vacation." He yelled after me as I walked towards the gorilla position since I'm assuming my match was next.
"I don't care!" I yelled, I heard him ask Jeff and Beth.
"What's wrong with him?" Vince asked, I got to the gorilla position stripping off my sweater and Hardy Show shirt putting on my newest purple Matt Hardy shirt a production assistant handed me, I wasn't in the right mind set to perform, but I went out there and put my best effort in it.
Carol's Point of View-
I drove around the back to the star parking, I was stopped by security.
"Name?"
"Carol Kent." I said hurriedly hoping I can catch Matt before his match.
"Let her in." I could tell it was Michael Hayes through the speaker thing, I've worked close with him about my contract, I drove in parking next to Matt's car, a security guard ran up to my car with an umbrella, we ran in at the same pace together under the umbrella. "Thanks." I said opening the door, I found Jeff and Beth near the door, "Where's Matt?" I asked.
"He's doing his match; he's in hot water because of you." Beth said.
"I know, I told him that he would be but he said he didn't care." I said walking past them; I was stopped by Michael Hayes.
"Since you're here, would you be the special ref for the Diva's match, we kind of promised one and we don't have one?"
"Yeah, fine, whatever." I said, I stripped off my rain coat and Denny's shirt to my tank top pulling on the ref shirt he had in his hand, while I'm here and I don't care as long as I can make this thing right with Matt.
"I'll take your stuff." Beth said, I tossed it to her.
"Thanks, I owe you two." I said.
"Your contract, have you thought it over?" Michael asked.
"Could we talk about that a little later, there is something I need to take care of." I said.
"Right, sure." Michael said, I ran to the gorilla position, I didn't want to go out there during the match and distract him, I watched the monitor near by, the Diva's match was next so it was a good idea to do it afterwards.
"Your Carol right?" A production assistant asked.
"Yeah, special guest ref for Diva's match." I said turning my attention back to the monitor to see the three count Matt got over HHH for the championship belt, I ran out onto the stage and down the ramp and slid into the ring as his music played, I got to my feet standing there watching him standing on the second turnbuckle showing off his newly won championship belt. He jumped off and turned around to face me, his eyes almost bugged out and his mouth dropped in shock I was standing there.
"What are you doing here?" Matt asked.
"You risked your job and I'm risking mine. I thought about it Matt, I forgive you, you have proved that you must really love me if you risked not winning the most important thing, the championship belt."
"I do love you Carol, very much, I can't live my life without you, not a second went by where you weren't in my thoughts." Matt said.
"I love you too Matt!" I said throwing my arms around him in a hug, he dropped his belt wrapping his arms around me, and I felt him pick me up a little where my feet left the ground. He set me back down, I was looking deep into his eyes and we slowly brought our faces closer together pressing our lips together for our first kiss, we heard the crowd 'aw' in unison, after the kiss I smiled. I picked up his belt handing it to him, "Your prize sir." I said handing it to him; he held it up with his left hand.
"And my other prize." He said pulling me into his embrace with his right hand. "You look hot in that ref shirt." He whispered.
"Don't try it Matt." I said as he climbed out of the ring, he walked up the ramp backwards staring at me and holding up his newly won belt. I stood in the ring leaning against the ropes as the two Diva's made their way into the ring, it was Mickie versus Beth for the belt, and they both said welcome back. I refereed their match, after the match I walked up the ramp with Mickie since she won.