A/N: So I decided to transfer the sequel to the original story, for some reason it just now clicked to me and it makes more sense for some reason. So for those who have read Happily Ever After this is just chapter 1-3 re-uploaded and for those who haven't here is what you've missed. I'll put a new chapter up soon. And I'll keep Happily Ever After up for a little while longer, but all updates will be made here.

Sorry for the confusion.

Hope You Enjoy

Disclaimer: Don't own Shannon Moore (damn), Matt or Jeff Hardy, or Beth Britt. Only my OC's.

Chapter 16: Fate Misnamed

"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart." -Marcus Aurelius

"Stop staring at me!" I groan turning over and sighing when I see that the curtains on my window are wide open, letting in the too bright sunlight.

Jake scoffs, snatching the covers off of me. "Get you're lazy ass up Dani!"

"It's too early!"

"It's twelve."

Pulling the covers back over my head, I say. "That's exactly my point."

"You're the laziest person I've ever met." Jake replies, snatching the covers off of me. "You're not getting out of this."

"Don't act like you want to go with me so badly Jake!" I yell, standing on top of the bed, so that I can stare down at his 6'2 frame.

Grabbing my waist, Jake throws me onto his shoulder and carries me into the bathroom.

"You're doing this Dani! I did not give up a date, so that you can flake out." He says, turning on the shower and dropping me in there, ignoring the slew of cuss words I was saying. "See you in a few."

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"You sure you want to do this?" Jake asks as we stand in front of my parents mansion.

I was about to go off on him after the stunt he pulled this morning, but then I'm quiet as I analyze the situation before answering as I ring the doorbell. "I think so."

Jake looks at me sympathetically as I shift uncomfortably when the front doors open.

"You've got to be kidding me." I groan staring at my ex-fiancee, Anthony, as he stands there a grin plastered across his smug face.

"It's good to see you Daniel." He smugly replies, moving to the right to the let the two of us in.

"So about this being a good idea." Jake begins to say, but is cut off by the glare that I give him.

Anthony leads us outside where I see the rest of my "family".

I roll my eyes when I see a wide grin come across my older Meredith's face as she gets up to hug me."Daniel! It's so good to see you?"

"It's uh. Good to see you too." I reply, lying through clenched teeth as I watch Anthony slink his arm around Meredith's waist. "Do you mind telling me what's going on here?"

My sister begins to open her mouth but is cut off by Anthony. "Well since my ex fiancee decided to become a whore and go AWOL before our wedding, I met your sister."

Jake steps in to cuss Anthony out, but it was my turn to cut somebody off. "You're kidding me right?" I ask beginning to laugh, causing both my sister and Anthony to glare at me.

"This is serious Daniel, and that's why we invited you here today?" Meredith says.

"Because?" Jake pitches in staring at the couple in disbelief.

"We're engaged!" Meredith eagerly shrieks showing off her diamond ring.

"You're what!" Jake and I say at the same time in shock.

Meredith pauses for a moment to kiss Anthony on the cheek before she continues, "We're getting married in a few months, that's why we invited you here."

"Wow. I need a drink." I mutter, taking Jake by the hand leading him to the nearest liquor cabinet in the house.

"Dani, remind me to come to more of your family gatherings more often." Jake says to me as I begin to pour ourselves a glass of Jack Daniels.

Downing the glass I begin to pour another. "Shut up Jake." I groan feeling my phone vibrate against the back pocket of my jeans.

"Hello." I answer irritated into the phone.

There was silence, and the next thing I hear is the person on the other line hang up, I remove the phone from my ear to see that call was from an unknown number.

"Who was that?" Jake asks seeing the confused look on my face.

"No clue." I reply turning my phone off and sticking it back into my jeans. "You ready for the rest of this fiasco?"

"Hells Yeah!" Jake shouts, wrapping his arm around my shoulder as we head outside.

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Shannon's POV

"Well that was mature." Jeff sarcastically says as I hang up the phone.

Throwing a pillow at him, I sigh leaning against the couch. "I wasn't expecting her to answer."

"Call her back, you fucking idiot!" Jeff replies snatching the phone away from me and dialing her number. "Here!" He says shoving into my ear.

I let out a sigh of relief when the call goes straight to the answering machine.

"Hey it's Dani, you know what to do. BEEP!"

"Hey Daniel, it's Shannon. I know it's been a while but uh, I just wanted to give you a call. Umm, I guess call me back when you get this, or I guess when you want to. Bye." I finish, hanging up the phone and throwing it on the coffee table.

"See was that so hard?" Jeff asks.

"Yeah, very." I mutter, getting up from the couch.

End of Shannon's POV

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"I hate my family!" I say, kicking off my heels as we Jake's apartment.

"I fucking love your family." Jake laughs, throwing me my purse as I sit down on the couch.

I roll my eyes, taking my phone out of my purse and turning it on. "Of course you do." I sarcastically say, calling my voice mail, immediately freezing when I hear the first message.

"Hey Daniel, it's Shannon. I know it's been a while but uh, I just wanted to give you a call. Umm, I guess call me back when you get this, or I guess when you want to. Bye."

"You're fucking kidding me." I mutter, deleting the message right away not wanting to go down that road again, but with my luck the next message pretty much leads me down that same path.

"Daniel, it's Frank. I was calling to ask you if Braydin could stay with you. Miranda's cancer has come back and we think it's best that Braydin not be around in case anything does happen. Call me back when you get this."

I press the end button, throwing the phone on the cushion next to me, sighing when I feel the couch dip as Jake sits next to me, ice cream and spoons in hand.

"Ice cream fixes everything." He replies, handing me spoon.

"Well I'm going to need a hell of a lot of it." I mutter, putting a spoonful into my mouth.

"What's going on Dani?" Jake asks me, growing worried.

Eating another spoonful, I take deep breath before responding. "Braydin's dad, Frank, just called."

"And?"

"He wants Braydin to live with me again because his wife's cancer came back and they don't think that it'll be a good thing for Braydin to have to go through that again." I reply.

"So what's the problem? I thought you wanted Braydin to come back."

"Braydin's not going to live with me again, unless I move back to North Carolina. He's made that loud and clear"

"But isn't that-." Jake begins but quickly stops when he realizes the problem. "So what are you going to do?"

"I have no idea, but the issue, a.k.a Shannon, has just called and left me a message. So now I'm more confused than I was to begin with." I reply, taking the ice cream out of Jake's hand and shoving another spoonful into my mouth.

"This is fate Dani." Jake says in a 'I told you so' kind of way. "You cannot avoid fate Dani."

"Yeah. Well fuck fate." I mutter to myself.