Chapter Fourty-Eight:
"Congratulation you two." Stephanie greets them backstage. Michelle has Jamie who hangs on her to her mother tight not wanting to let go. Joan and Johnny hold on tight to Lita and Jeff's waist not wanting to let go either.
"Thank you Stephanie." Lita appreciates.
"Where is my brother?" Jeff wonders for his own knowledge.
"He is with my dad and Evolution." She informs them. "Just for your peace of mind, He might fire them on the spot."
"He can't get off that easily." Johnny includes not liking that idea.
"If he is fired he won't bother any of us." Jeff utters to his son.
"I know that daddy, but we are not here we are going back to Atlanta. If he is fired now, he might visit us at home. You two will still be here and can't protect us. With him here you could at least keep track of him." Johnny explains his reason why not to fire him.
"Jeff, he has a point." Stephanie agrees. "We could give him a match each live and house event to occupy him. When he isn't in a match, he can have bodyguards with him." Stephanie offers.
"How is that, buddy? Do you like that idea?" Jeff asks him.
"Yup, you two just stay safe here?" Johnny is concern for them.
"Yes, we don't want you two hurt." Joan hugs Lita tighter.
"Wait, who are the parents here?" Lita jokes.
"We are." The children joke back to have everyone laugh at their interaction.
"Don't worry Joan and Johnny I will take good care of your children." Edge offers.
"Thank you, Edge." Joan and Johnny appreciate.
"So we have a deal?" Stephanie wonders.
"Yes we do." Lita accepts.
"Let go of me." They hear Matt's voice yell out. "I haven't done anything wrong." He struggles to get out of someone's grasp.
"What is going on?" Jeff wonders. As they check it out, they see Batista and Randy Orton of Evolution carrying Matt out of the arena. Ric Flair, Triple H, and Vince are following after.
"Dad, what is going on?" Stephanie asks her father.
"We are escorting Mr. Matt Hardy out of the arena for tonight."
"You fired him already." They are worried about him have more reason to act on his revenge.
"Are you crazy, firing him will be too easy. The children and our guest will have to return home. We don't want him to have easy access to them, do we?" Vince questions.
"No dad we don't want that." Stephanie looks at Johnny who chuckles.
"What?"
"Johnny knew that it would be too easy to just fire him."
"Did he know that he will have a match every event to have him occupied?" She nods in affirmative.
"Well, I bet he doesn't know that Jeff and Lita, with occasionally Edge's input, will have the power to set up the matches?"
"No he doesn't know." Stephanie shakes her head.
"Ha!" He is quite proud of them not knowing. "Wait, why am I proud about that?" He confuses himself.
"I don't know dad why you are proud about that."
"I need a rest or some sleep." He shakes his head.
"Come on dad let us go to your office to rest."
"You two have a great rest too we will see you tomorrow. The rest of you have a safe flight." He says before letting Stephanie bring him to the office.
"Sweetie, we can take care of Joan and Johnny if you two want to celebrate." Mrs. Dumas offers.
"It is okay mom I want to celebrate with our family and friends." She declines.
"Well, I am off. Nice to meet you again Mr. and Mrs. Dumas. I will see you two afterwards." He kisses Michelle on the lips and Jamie on the cheek.
"You are not coming with us, Mr. Adam?" Jamie asks disappointed.
"No bumble bee, you have fun with them okay. I will see you later." He kisses her cheek again.
"Okay, you promise." She frowns.
"I promise. You two go I will be in my hotel suite." Edge leaves to grab his bag to head to the hotel.
"So where are we going for this celebration?" Joan asks after they watch Edge leave.
"I don't know, where does everyone want to go?"
"Let us go to Montana's." Jamie suggest.
"Everyone in agreement?" Lita questions.
"Yup." They all approve.
"Let's go."
They are back from the celebration. They went to Montana's for a late dinner and then an ice cream parlour afterwards. They warn the children to have only one scoop, however their little pouts make them all cave. The Hardy family are in one room with their parents in the other room. Michelle and Jamie head to Edge's room.
"You do the honour, sweetie." Michelle requests.
"Hello." Edge greets before she knocks.
"Mr. Adam." She excitedly greets like she hasn't seen him in months.
"Oh, how is my bumble bee?" He picks her up into his arms. "Did you have a good time with everyone?" He heads to the bed for Michelle to close the door.
"I did we each had three scoops of ice cream." She proud speaks.
"Three scoops, how did you pull that off?"
"We pouted our way to get those scoops." She confesses proudly.
"I see, so Michelle happily gave all of you three scoops each?"
"No, she only paid for my scoops. Auntie Amy and Uncle Jeff paid for Johnny and Joan's." She corrects.
"I am sorry. Did you say thank you for the three scoops? All those scoops will make you hyper which will make it hard for her to put you to sleep. You need your rest for your flight tomorrow."
"My flight isn't until the afternoon. I can sleep until then." She suggests.
"So you are going to sleep during the day while we go out?" He clarifies.
"What?"
"I plan to take you out before Smackdown. If you are too tired or sleeping, we won't." He winks at Michelle.
"I will fall asleep. I will fall asleep right now. You won't even have to tell me to fall asleep, I will automatically." She quickly tells them.
"Okay, slow down we believe you." Edge chuckles. "How about we watch a movie, Finding Nemo?"
"No, I don't want to sit down I want to move around. I want to be active." She jumps up and down.
"I thought it will help you rest your body so you can sleep early." Jeff offers.
"I don't need that. How about a pillow fight?" She grabs a pillow to hit Edge in the face. Michelle and her both giggle at the action.
"Are you sure you want to play this activity?" Edge playfully warns.
"Yes we do." Michelle hits him with another pillow.
"You asks for it." He gets up to chase them around the suite. They play until someone bangs on the wall for them to be quiet. They all stop as they laugh at the situation.
"That was so much fun." Jamie yawns.
"It is time for bed, Ms. Bumble Bee." Lita orders.
"I am not tired." She does a big, long yawn this time. "I want-" She falls back onto the bed and falls asleep. Edge and Michelle quietly laugh as they lay Jamie onto a pillow. They cover her with the blanket as they get ready for bed as well.
"I can't believe we have to leave tomorrow." She sits on his lap on the couch all dressed, although not quite tired yet.
"I know it sucks, nevertheless I don't want you two to be part of this lifestyle. We move to a different state almost every day." He pecks her cheek as well as rub her legs.
"I know you do I just wish we have more time to spend together." She rubs his arm that is around her.
"We will I promise. I want to be there for you and Jamie. I want to protect you from what I did to Jeff and Lita. I also want people to accept you two for who you are and not because you are with me. I want to be worthy to be with you." He confesses.
"You are worthy. You treat us with respect and I know you care for us. I can see it in your eyes that you don't want to hurt us, especially Jamie. You are afraid that what you did to Lita you will do to us, but that is not the case. Trust me when I say this, we are not leaving you anytime soon." She kisses him. Edge deepens the kiss as Michelle holds his head to keep it deep.
"Michelle we can't." He continues to kiss her knowing that it eventually leads to something more.
She stops. "I know maybe we should go to sleep now." She sighs.
"I want to it is just not the right time." He utters.
"I understand perfectly I do. You will sit on the couch for a while, right?"
"Why?" Michelle points down. "Umm…" He blushes. "I guess I should." Michelle moves a bit before she gets off. She sways her hips as she heads to the bed. "You are not helping." Edge groans.
"I know goodnight." She giggles.
Meanwhile, at the Hardy room, Johnny and Joan have fallen asleep on their parents' chest watching Jungle Book.
"I don't think I can leave them tomorrow." Lita strokes Joan's hair.
"I know what you mean. We spend all this time together and tomorrow they sleep without us. If it wasn't for our probation, they would stay for another week."
"We can't they gave us only until the wedding, that's all." Lita states their condition.
"I remember. Come on we have a packed day tomorrow before they leave. Let's go to bed."
"Yes we should." They carry them to the bed as they lay beside them; Jeff on the left and Lita on the right.
The next day:
Everyone besides Jeff, Lita, and Edge are packing their valuables to go home.
"Do we have to go?" Joan asks rubbing her eyes. She woke up to the sound of her mother packing.
"Yes you will be with your two set of grandparents at home." Lita tells her. "Remember we still have about two weeks until our probation is over. Child Services wants you home and not on the road."
"I understand, but Johnny will live all the way in North Carolina. I won't see him for two weeks." She complains.
"Actually, he is staying in Atlanta." She smiles. They haven't told Joan and Johnny that Child Services approve that Johnny can stay in Atlanta with Jeff's parents.
"What do you mean, I thought he has to stay with daddy's parents until the probation is over." She is puzzled with her statement.
"Johnny is Jeff's parents are staying in Atlanta for the two weeks." She reveals.
"Where are they staying?" She smiles at this revelation.
"They are staying in Jeff's house, so you can visit and hang out as usual."
"That is great news." She cheers.
"What is all this noise, I am trying to sleep?" Johnny complains throwing the blanket over his head.
"Johnny, you are staying in Atlanta for the rest of the probation." She speaks excitedly.
"That is great." He waves it off just wanting to go back to sleep. "Wait, what?" He quickly sits up
"Jeff's parents are staying in his home until the probation is over. They have agreed that it is not fair to split you up for those two weeks."
"You are the best mommy." He hugs her.
"Yes mommy is the best." Joan agrees.
"Of course give her all the credit." Jeff joins them from the bathroom.
"Daddy, you knew about his too."
"Yes I do." He huffs thinking they will tell them together.
"Daddy!" Johnny yells out jumping at him. He catches him to hug him.
"Me too." Joan jumps at him which he catches her with one arm. He almost loses his balance, but steadies himself.
"Do you want to jump at me too?" Jeff jokes.
"No, I'll just walk." She joins them for a big hug.
They are all together to take a travel around San Antonio. They all want to visit the different attractions to get a sense of what San Antonio is about. They split into groups to cover the whole city. Of course Jeff and his family are together. Edge is with Michelle and Jamie and Jeff and Lita's parents are together. They spend the whole time exploring before Smackdown.