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Chapter Twenty:
They all enter with Lita and Jeff on one couch and her parents on the other.
"So Jeff your last name is Hardy?" Jeff nods. "Is there any relation to a Matt Hardy?"
"He is my older brother, Mr. Dumas." Lita sulks down preparing for her dad to explode.
"Oh he is your brother." Mr. Dumas looks towards his wife.
"Oh Lita." She shakes her head in disappointment.
"Mom, it is not like that." She tries to explain
"Oh it isn't, please explain the difference. Right now I think that you fell for another Hardy who is going to hurt you like Matt wants to." He crosses his arms.
"Mr. Dumas, I am not like my brother." Jeff depends himself.
"Excuse me I was talking to my daughter." Mr. Dumas snaps no like being cut off.
"Dad, he hasn't done anything wrong."
"Yet, it is always this way. In the beginning they act all nice and then afterwards they act like a jerk. Why can't you date the mystery guy from your storyline?" They all try not to laugh at him. "You better not laugh. That guy knows how to treat a woman." He gets irritated.
"Honey, did you watch Summerslam like I told you to? Your dad missed the live event so I recorded it." She informs Jeff and her daughter.
"I did, but what does that have to do with it?" He covers up that he actually didn't watch it; he forgot to.
"You forgot, didn't you?" She catches him in his lie.
"I didn't watch it." He sulks. "I was afraid of who it is." He reveals the reason of not watching it. He feared that it is actually one of her old boyfriend or worse Matt.
"Well, do you want to watch it or let us tell you?" His wife inquires.
"If I caught on to why you tried to laugh, Jeff is the mystery guy." They all nod. He covers his face with his hand. "You were the one that saved my baby girl from your brother." He sighs not expecting that. This puts him in a tough spot.
"Yes sir, I invented the mystery guy so Matt and Edge didn't know who it is." He reveals to Mr. Dumas.
"Well sweetie you shouldn't date anyone who backstabs their family like that." Mr. Dumas makes an excuse of not accepting Jeff.
"Dad, you like the mystery guy and Jeff is they guy, what is the difference?" She can't believe that he still won't accept him.
"The difference is that I didn't know that he didn't honour his family. He didn't want to stand by his brother which is selfish." He sticks to his excuse.
"So you wanted me to have Matt attack me? There were a couple of times where Matt was very close to hurting me, but the mystery guy came. If he didn't come, I would probably be home sooner than now." She is now pissed at how her dad is acting.
"No, I never want you hurt in any form."
"Then accept that Jeff is a good choice. You said I should date the mystery guy and I did. I don't see the difference with that his last name is Hardy or not." She is very now.
"Lita calm down. Your father is just looking out for your well being." He rubs her arms.
"But he doesn't know how incredible you are. How you are great with children and put other people before yourself." She leans into him.
"He just doesn't want to see you hurt. He has a reason to question me because what previously happen with Matt. I agree with him." Her parents are surprise. "I told you that you deserve better than Matt and Edge. I also told you that I wanted to be that better person. Maybe I have to earn their trust before we become anything too serious. If it keeps him at ease I will prove to him that I am worthy to be the one for you." He holds both of her hands. "I know I am the one and you do too, but your parents don't know yet. So listen to what your dad has to say." He kisses her hands.
"Okay you're right like always." She turns to her parents. "Continue dad."
"Actually I'm done." He grins at their interaction. "Lita, you have my permission to date him. If he is willingly to hold off on your relationship to please us, then he deserves a chance."
Lita lets out a big smile as she runs to him to give her father a big hug. "Thank you, daddy."
"You're welcome baby girl; just be careful." He whispers.
"Trust me if he gets out of line I can handle him." She whispers back.
"I know you can just tell me otherwise to give you back up." He offers. "Did you hear that, son?" He looks at Jeff after they break the hug off.
"Yes I did sir. I won't dare to hurt her because she will beat me up if I ever do." He chuckles.
"That's right." Lita agrees.
"Okay enough of this serious conversation, how about some dinner?" Mrs. Dumas requests.
"Yes honey I'm hungry." He rubs his stomach.
"Daddy you are always hungry." She chuckles.
"Umm… Mr. and Mrs. Dumas if you don't mind can I cook dinner this time? I want to thank you for giving me the chance to date Lita." Jeff requests.
"I don't know Mr. Dumas is a pretty picky eater." He responds in third person.
"Stop it." She hits his shoulder. "Certainly Jeff you can cook dinner. Lita will show you where everything is." Mrs. Dumas smiles appreciative that she doesn't have to cook tonight.
"Thank you. Lita, are you ready?" She nods as she leads him to the kitchen.
"What if the food isn't that great?" Mr. Dumas whispers to his wife.
"You will eat or else you won't get anything tonight." She smirks.
"You keep saying that, but you never deliver. I am starting to think that you are bluffing to just make me do activities I don't want to do." He huffs.
"You know how your daughter dress on TV?" He nods. "Well-"
"No way, you agree to her wearing it." He is surprise.
"Maybe." She walks to the kitchen. She doesn't really approve of what her daughter is wearing, but he doesn't need to know that.
They are all eating the dinner Jeff prepared. He cooked mashed potatoes, beef and broccoli with rice and corn.
"So how does everyone like the food?" Jeff asks.
"It is delicious the beef is well cooked and soft enough to bite." Mrs. Dumas compliments.
"The mashed potatoes are also not to wet with the gravy not too salty." Lita also compliments.
"What about you Mr. Dumas? Does it meet your expectation?" Jeff inquires seeing his plate almost empty.
"It is not bad there is not enough sauce for the beef and the broccoli seems undercooked, but the rest is good." He lies actually loving how the meal is cooked and displays.
"Really-" Mrs. Dumas is not buying it into his lie. "If it is something you don't like then why did you eat it all? You usually just mix the food if you don't like it." She wonders.
"I am just really hungry. All I had was cookies earlier." He tries to cover up his lie.
"So you admit you are the cookies I made." She grins catching him in that lie.
"Fine, yes I did eat them. Also Jeff your dinner was better than I expected." He compliments not liking that he got caught twice.
"Thank you, sir. Now I think it is time for us to turn in." Jeff announces. "Lita and I promise Joan and Johnny that we all hang out tomorrow."
"That is so sweet of you guys." Mrs. Dumas expresses.
"Okay, you two go up to Lita's room while we wash the dishes. You two cooked the food we will handle the dishes." Mr. Dumas offers sweetly.
This surprises everyone. "Are you sure, daddy?" She questions as her father did a 180.
"Yes sweetie, go with your boyfriend to get ready for bed." He smiles.
"Okay, come on Jeff let's go." She guides him quickly in case her father changes his mind.
"Are you sure that it is a good idea?" His wife asks when they leave.
"Trust me. If I know them it will be fine." He declares.
"Okay." She is still a bit confused on his confidence for their daughter.
Jeff and Lita get change with Lita still puzzled about her father's attitude.
"That is very nice of him to let us sleep in the same bed and room."
"That is what bothers me, what is his angle?" She wonders.
"Maybe he is trying to see what you see in me."
"Well now I see someone looking very sexy." She sees him half naked getting ready for bed.
"Nope, it is not going to happen." He sees the look in her eyes.
"Why not my bedroom is sound proof?" She tries to pressure him by lying.
"Nope, I am sorry. We are going to sleep and wake up early." He takes off his jeans to just sleep in his boxers.
"Please." She pouts.
"Come here." She walks into his arms. "We have two children waiting for us tomorrow. We can't let them down eventually if you want to adopt Joan." He supports her decision if she wants to.
"What?" She is surprise that he agrees on her decision if she did.
"I know you want to I can see it in your eyes. You are just scared which I understand."
"Are you okay with it?" She thought about but not completely sure.
"If you want to we will discuss it by ourselves." Jeff discloses very grateful that she thought about this.
"You are so great." She pecks him.
"You are still not getting any." He smirks at Lita huffs and walks to her side of the bed. Jeff joins her as he whispers in her ear. "When we leave you will get so much that you will need a day to recover." He snuggles into her.
"That's my man." She wraps his arms around her.
Lita and Jeff are at the children's shelter. "Hello Ms. Michelle, are Johnny and Joan ready?"
"Yes they are, they are waiting in the common room."
"Thank you." They head down there to see a sweet sight. They see Joan laid her head on Johnny's chest. They admire until Johnny notices them.
"Lita and Jeff we didn't know you were here already." He taps Joan's shoulder to get up.
"Amy, you are here." She runs to hug her. Lita gives her a look like you have a boyfriend now.
"So, are you two ready for your special day? Today you can say the place and we will go." Jeff reveals.
"Can we go to the burger restaurant you always talked about?" Joan asks.
"Absolutely, lets us head to the car." Lita guides them out.
They get to Five Guys to see the place empty. "Where is everybody, it is usually packed?"
"We are the first customers. Now, what burger do you want?"
"The same one you got before." Joan responses back.
"Certainly, I would like a bacon cheeseburger with fries. On the burger I would like tomatoes, lettuce, pickles, ketchup, and mustard."
"And we will have two bacon hamburgers with fries. I would like tomatoes and lettuce on our burgers."
"Anything else?" The cashier asks.
"We will have two fountain drinks; Sprite." Joan includes with a giggle.
"Of course, we will call when your meal is done. Please take a seat."
"Thank you." Lita speaks.
They wait for their orders and start to eat. "I don't think I can finish this." Joan sees the size of the burger.
"You can take it home with you if you don't finish." Lita informs her.
"Oh really, I thought you would eat all of it. I guess I was wrong." Johnny teases.
"I bet you can't eat your burger and all your fries." Joan challenges.
"Oh I know I can." Johnny answers with confidence.
"Okay, whoever finishes their food first, the other one has to win the winner a toy at the fair." Joan ups the challenge.
"Oh you are so on. By the way I like lions." He grins.
They start to eat quick trying to be first person to finish. In five minutes, they both finish their burgers. Both of them slow down when eating the fries.
"There is so much food." Joan utters a quarter-way through her fries.
"Joan, you should stop you will get a tummy ache." Lita sees just her force feeding herself.
"You too Johnny." Jeff observes that Johnny is like that too.
"How about a truce Joan, we will call it a tie?" Johnny suggests.
"Okay." She leans back in her chair. "I am so full I can't move."
"Me too." He is in the same position as Joan.
Jeff and Lita laugh at their competitive sides. "Oh our poor children let us carry you to the car. They each carry a child and head to the car.
"Amy, can you please rub my tummy it hurts." She pouts.
"Of course I will." She sits in the back to rub and comfort her.
"How about you little man? Is your tummy hurting?" He asks looking through the front mirror.
"Boys, don't need comfort we deal with the pain by ourselves." He tries to act tough.
"That's right. Okay off we go to the fair." Jeff starts the car.
Jeff is carrying Joan still not feeling good. Johnny is holding Lita's hand still being tough. "So, what do you want to do first?" Lita asks the two children.
"I want to sit down. I think I need some water or Sprite." Joan lays her head on Jeff's shoulder.
"I'll take her while you take Johnny on the rides." Jeff suggests. Lita nods as she pecks Joan's cheek. "Get better."
Jeff and Joan sit down at one of the tables near a food truck. "How are you feeling?"
"I am a bit better, thank you. Jeff?" He looks towards her. "Do you think Amy will be willingly to adopt me?" She asks sipping her Sprite.
"Well, I think she would, but it is something you should ask her." Jeff responses recalling what him and Lita discuss earliert.
"But you are her boyfriend you must know something. If you two were married and wanted a child, would you?" She offers a scenario.
"I don't know sweetie, why would you ask that?" He is a bit nervous to not say the wrong words.
"It is because a lot of families have been willingly to adopt me. I always turn them down in case Amy wants to. If she is not then I will get adopted by some else." She plays with her straw.
"Joan-" He hugs her. "Lita has to figure it out herself. I will try, but it will be her decision. She needs to figure out how you will live because she will be on the road a lot. She can't always take you with her if she does. You would still be stuck at home waiting for her to come home. I can see in her eyes she wants to, however, she needs to figure that out first."
"Well you can help, right?"
"I will be on the road with her also. Plus, do you want to leave Johnny?" He inquires.
"Johnny, you can adopt him too. You two can adopt both of us." She suggests.
"Us?" He is surprise that she has so much faith in them.
"Yup, I can see you two getting married with us as the flower girl and ring bearer." Joan imagines.
"You have planned this." She nods. "I will see what she says."
"Thank you. Now, I feel better can we go to Amy and Johnny." She smiles.
"Of course, do you want a piggy back ride?"
"I would love one, but I don't think my stomach will agree." They both laugh.
They meet Lita and Johnny at a game booth. "What is going on?"
"Johnny is trying to win a stuffed bear for Joan."
"That's great come on Johnny." Joan calls out.
This gives him more push to be the victor; he is. "Yeah, finally." He jumps up in excitement.
"Great job now which beat would you like." The booth person asks.
"She would like bear with the bow on her ear." He points to one above the actually game.
"Excellent choice, sir." He takes it down and gives it to him. Johnny turns around to run to Lita.
"I finally won a bear for Joan." He shows her as Jeff and Joan are hiding for just the right moment to come out.
"That's great; third's time the charm."
"There was something different this time. I heard Joan's name cheering me on. It gave me more fuel to win this time. I guess she is always on my mind."
"Oh like a crush." Lita teases.
"No, like I sister. I would picture us be adopted together to be official brother and sister." He reveals.
"That is quite an image." She is surprise by his revelation.
"Yes it is that is why I wanted to win her a bear. I know it would make her feel better."
"Well, I think she already better by your words." She signals them to come out.
"What do you mean?" He sees them come from behind a booth game. "You heard everything." He asks.
"Yup and I agree we should get adopted together.
"This is for you. I hope it helps you feel better." He hands her a soft, medium size bear.
"It does thank you." She hugs him.
"As my future sister I will always protect you." He kisses her head like a brother would do.
"Okay, I need to get you something." She is looking for a game and toy she can win for him.
"It is not necessary."
"Are you sure?" He nods. The rest of the day, they all go on rides together.
Around 7 pm, Jeff and Lita drop Joan and Johnny back to the shelter. "Thank for the fun day." Joan apprises as they enter the shelter.
"You are welcome I am glad that you two enjoyed."
"We certainly did." He is holding a stuffed lion that Joan won for him even though she didn't have to.
"When can we see you two again?" Joan asks.
"I don't know, but we will come back for sure."
"Okay." She walks to her room a bit upset.
"Joan-" She calls out sad that she is upset.
"Don't worry I will take care of her. You two come back as soon as you can." He hugs them both and heads to her room.
Jeff and Lita heads back to the car to head to her parent's house.
"Hey, how did it go?" Mrs. Dumas asks. Lita just walks up to her room.
"What's wrong?"
"We did have a fun day. Now she is really figuring out if she wants to adopt not only Joan but Johnny too. Also with our jobs how is it going to be with them?" Jeff discloses to them.
"My poor daughter." Mrs. Dumas consider for her daughter.
"I will try to help her come to a decision or to have her come to you."
"Thank you Jeff." Mr. Dumas appreciates.
"Lita." He enters the bedroom.
"You know I always thought as Joan as my little sister." She holds a picture of them long before she joined WWE.
"Well then maybe you can be a sister to her when she gets adopted. You can work with the family to arrange that.
"That is the thing, this time I don't want her as my sister. Now I see her as my daughter. I see me adopt her along with Johnny. I see us both being parents to them." Lita reveals not phrase about them being parents to them.
"What about when we are on the road? Are they going to stay here with your parents?"
"I can retire and be with them more. You can be working while I am with them."
"I want to be with you." He kisses her. "I want to be with you and them as well." He kisses her again.
"Then I don't know what to do." She lays her head on his chest.
"We will figure it out. Come on let us get some sleep. Maybe we will figure out something in the morning."
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