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Chapter Nineteen:
"Amy, how is my baby girl?" Lita's father greets as he answers the door.
"Hi dad, I'm good. How are you and mom?"
"We are good. Who is this gentleman besides you?" He notices Jeff who is holding his daughter's hand.
"This is Jeff; my boyfriend." Lita introduces.
"It is nice to meet you, sir." Jeff extends his hand.
"It is nice to meet you as well. Honey, Amy brought over another boy." He calls out leaving the door open for them to enter.
"Don't mind him, he is harmless." She guides him into her house.
"Hello sweetie." Her mother greets exiting the kitchen to give her a peck on the cheek.
"Hello mom. Mmm… something smells good in here." She smells baked chocolate chip cookies.
"It does, doesn't it? They are for the children shelter down the street." She tells her.
"Oh, how are they doing?" Lita asks. She always visits the shelter with her parents before moving out of the house.
"They are doing well. They have asked about you, especially Jane."
"Aww, Jane is so sweet." Every time she visits Florida for work, she goes with her parents to the shelter for a visit. Jane, a young girl, well much older now, is always excited for her visits.
"She is always a bit depressed that you haven't come to visit her yet this year. She still is hoping you will adopt her." Her mom mentions to her.
"Well, I don't know." She never thought of adopting a child.
"At least think about it, baby girl." Her father enters as he takes a bite out of a cookie.
"Honey, those are for the children." She scowls at him like a child. "Your dad took over the taste testing while you were gone." She turns back to her daughter and Jeff. "The problem is that he finishes them all, so I have to bake more. Afterwards, he acts all innocent when I get mad at him." She chuckles.
"Your mom is always a great cook I can't resist." Her father defends his actions with cookie crumbs coming out of his mouth.
They all laugh. "You are funny, dad." Lita utters.
"What did we do to have this visit?" Her mother changes the subject.
"We got a few months off from work. After resting from the show for a bit, we came to visit you two. I also want you two to meet my boyfriend." Lita explains.
"I hope he is better than your other two boyfriends. They had good intentions, but something happen to that guy, Matt I think. He got obsessed with hurting you." Mrs. Dumas speaks in a disgusting tone.
"Mom, there was nothing wrong with them. They just aren't the one. Jeff here is the one for me." She pecks him.
"Wow, we just met him now and you claim he is the one." She nods in approval.
"I don't think so. I need to have a conversation with him first. He needs to pass our approval first." Her dad proposes, but mostly orders.
"You are never like this with Matt and Edge." She huffs with them not approving Jeff.
"Sweetheart, we want to do this right. We tried to support you in your choices. However, look how those turned out. We just don't want you hurt again." Mrs. Dumas explains before she packs up the cookies for the children.
"It is okay, baby. If I have to prove to them I am the one for you, then it is okay. I will answer anything to prove and get your parents' blessings." Jeff rubs her arms.
"Thank you Jeff, but we need to postpone that conversation. We are almost late for our visit to the children shelter." She gets up to pack the cookies or what it is left of them.
"Jeff, you will be riding in the front with me." Mr. Dumas puts an arm around him.
"I would be honoured." He smiles not showing any fear.
Mrs. Dumas comes back from the kitchen with luckily one cookie missing or so they thought. "See I can control my urges." Mr. Dumas crosses his arms in a bit irritation.
"I'm sure. I had to put the extra cookies with them. Now you don't have any extra cookies for later." He looks at her in shock. "That's right I know where you hide them." She grins.
"Damn, see how she treats me." He pouts as he acts like he is being mistreated.
"Yes, eating all my cookies must be horrible." She sarcastically says heading to the car with Mr. Dumas sticking out his tongue as he follows her.
"Your parents are funny." Jeff mentions wrapping an arm around her.
"They can be." They follow her parents to their car.
Mr. and Mrs. Dumas enter the shelter alone to keep the secret. They are greeted with a warm welcome.
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Dumas." All the children greet.
"Hello everyone, look what we brought." Mr. Dumas lifts the plastic wrap of one of the tray of cookies.
"Cookies!" All the children yell as they run towards them.
"Hold up, you know the drill." Mrs. Dumas announces. All the children line up two lines to get two cookies each.
"Umm, Mr. Dumas there is no milk." One of the youngest children asks. They usually get a drink and snack when they visit.
"I don't know." He shrugs. "Maybe our special guests might have some." This signals Jeff and Lita to enter with two jugs full of milk.
"Hello children." Lita greets seeing their faces light up even more.
"No way, it is Lita and Jeff Hardy." One of the pre-teen announces. Both Lita's parents look at each and mouth 'Hardy'. Lita looks up, towards her parents to see daggers shooting towards her.
"Who wants some milk?" She smiles trying now to avoid her parents' stare.
After serving the cookies and milk to everyone, Lita notices someone is missing. "Where is Joan?" She asks looking around the room.
"She doesn't come out that often. She only comes out for meals to eat and then goes back to her room." One of the helpers named Michelle reveals.
"Do you mind if I take her cookies and milk to her room?" Lita asks.
"Of course, I bet her mood will change for the better when she sees you." Michelle hopes it will. "It is down the hall to the right, last door." She instructs.
"Thank you." She picks up the cookies and tells Jeff where she is going. He nods in understanding giving autographs to the children. On her way there, she passes her parents' glare, but keeps going.
She gets to the door and gives a nervous sigh. "Here goes nothing." She knocks on the door.
"Ms. Michelle, I don't want to go to an event or play a game." Joan speaks through the door.
"Joan, I bet those seem very fun and nice to participate." Lita speaks with a smile. There is a long pause with at the end the door opens. Joan can recognize that voice anywhere.
"Amy!" She is in shock. Since Joan knew her before she became Lita, she calls her Amy. "You are here." She hugs her.
"Yup, I am here. I hear that you only just come out of your room for meals." She looks down at her snuggle into her.
"It is true I have been a bit depressed." She confirms.
"Why?" She guides her to her bed.
"I miss you. You don't come here like you use to. When you didn't come when WWE was in town, I thought you forgot about me." She lays her head on her shoulder.
"Of course I didn't. The reason I didn't come because I wasn't on that trip. We did a house show here and they needed me elsewhere." Lita explains.
"They do that." Joan is surprise not knowing.
"Yup they do. How about tomorrow we hang out with my boyfriend? We can go anywhere you want." She offers.
"You are still dating the guy with the blonde long hair." She disapproves.
"No, I am dating the different colour hair guy; the one that has face paint on his face." She reveals liking the description he gave Edge.
"Oh you mean Jeff Hardy. He is a cool dude." She expresses glad that she dumped Edge. She didn't like him at all.
"Oh, how do you know my boyfriend? Do we have to wrestle for his affection because I am ready?" She puts her fists up.
Joan chuckles. "No, he is all yours. I have my own." She discloses.
"You have a boyfriend." She is happy. "What is his name?" She nudges her.
"No, he is just a crush not a boyfriend. He probably doesn't even know me." She shrugs.
"Maybe he does if you get of your room more. How about we go and you can point him to me?" She offers.
"I rather just eat your mom's famous cookie and drink milk." She takes a bite of the cookie."
"Come on Joan you have to face him." She takes the cookie away.
"Give me my cookie." Joan chases her around the room. After a couple of minutes, she gives up. "Fine, we will go." Joan crosses her arms.
"Great." She gives her the cookie. Joan takes it and dramatically takes a bite of the cookie. This action makes them both giggle.
"Ready." She lets her finish her cookies and milk first.
"Yup, let's do this." She heads to the group area with her head high. It makes Lita feel proud of her confidence.
She follows her until she stops in her tracks. "What is it?" Joan points at Jeff and Edge face-off. "Stay here." She struts over. "Edge, what are you doing here?"
"I want to give back to the children." Edge explains. "It is always good to give back. Isn't that right, Jeff?" He smirks towards him.
"Mr. Hardy sir, can we continue our game?" They guy that Joan has a crush one asks him.
"Sure, let us go over there." He points to a space far from Edge.
"Go away Edge we are trying to enjoy our time off." Lita tells him.
"Why, I am not welcomed here? Is that what you are teaching these children?" Edge pretends to be in shock.
"No, she is teaching us to have confidence." Joan speaks up already beside her.
"Oh, it is little Joan. I stay out of this conversation or else." He kindly warns.
"You don't scare me." She stands up to him.
"You should, I can be a bad man." He whispers.
"Hey!" Joan's crush calls out. "You don't threaten her." He watches Joan's body tense up.
"Yah, what are you going to do about it?" Edge stands up straight.
"This." He kicks him in the shin. Everyone tries not to laugh as Edge jumps up and down holding his shin.
"Johnny, there is no kicking." Ms. Michelle orders.
"Are you okay, Joan?"Johnny checks on her.
"I am okay, Johnny. Thank you." She blushes.
"Why you little-"
"Sir, please leave this shelter; you are causing a disturbance." A police officer orders him. Ms. Michelled called the police to file a complaint of disturbance. Edge looks at the stern look on his face and walks out.
"Thank you, officer." Ms. Michelle apprises.
"You're welcome. Enjoy your day." He walks out to make sure Edge really left.
"Umm Johnny-" He looks at her. "Amy and I, along with her boyfriend, are going out tomorrow, do you want to come?" She inquires in a shy tone.
"I would love too. I just have to ask Ms. Michelle first." He informs her.
"Right." She plays it off cool.
"So buddy, ready to finish our game I was about to beat you?" Jeff chuckles.
"Yah right." They walk back to their space.
"You see you two have date. Joan has a date." She sings with a smile.
"Shut up." Joan blushes, but underneath she is super excited.
After two hours, Lita, her parents, and Jeff say their goodbyes promising to come back again. Johnny did get approved to come with them, so he will see them tomorrow.
"So Jeff, your last name is Hardy." Mr. Dumas asks as they enter the car.
"Yes sir." He is a bit nervous.
"This should be an interesting conversation." He starts the car as Lita sinks down nervously in the back.
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