Chapter Fourty-nine:
"Bye sweetie." Lita hugs Joan and Johnny for the hundredth time.
"I am going to miss you too." Joan comforts her. She is taking this harder than they are.
"You be good for your grandparents, okay?" She tells her.
"Yes mommy." She smiles.
"Come on Joan, our flight is about to board." Mrs. Dumas says.
"I know you two be good. I will try to call every night to say goodnight." Lita hugs her again.
"Baby, they have to go." Jeff gentle her away. "You two go before she hugs you two again." They hesitate not wanting to leave their soon-to-be mother like that; upset. "I will take care of her. Call us when you get home, okay." Jeff requests.
"Yes daddy, see you in two weeks." Johnny guides Joan to their grandparents.
"What are we going to do without them?" Lita lays her head on his shoulder.
"We are going to do the same activities that we did before we adopt them."
"You mean." She grins.
"Yup, we are going to have a lot more only time with each other. We are going to sleep more in our own bed."
"Oh, that is good too." It is not the exactly what she what it to mean.
"What? What were you thinking?" Lita just looks at him like you are serious. "Oh!" He figures out what she is thinking. "I thought we are going to control our urges until the probation is over."
"Right, two weeks I was just testing you." She innocently smiles. "Come on, we are going to be late for Smackdown." She forgets what just happen as she walks ahead.
"Baby, I want to I really do." He catches up to her to hug her from behind. "I just think it will be more romantic and more intense if we wait. When we do, it will be the best ever. Plus, if we get caught we could lose Joan and Johnny. We are two weeks away from official adoption them and I don't want to jeopardize that." He turns her around to see her reaction.
"Okay, we will wait. I don't want to lose them now." She sighs agreeing with him.
"Come on, we have to make matches for Matt." He pecks her head.
"That will cheer me up." She admits with a smile.
"I know it will."
Smackdown:
Jeff and Lita arrive at the arena to check the order of tonight's show. "We are up first, Lita. Do you have your plan?"
"Yup, he is going to pay for messing with us. This is for messing with Johnny."
"Oh really, what are you going to do, cheat on me again?" Matt joins them out from the shadow. "Wait, you already did. There is nothing you can put in front of me that I can't handle."
"We will see about that. Good luck tonight you are going to need it." Lita just lets what he says come in one ear and out the other.
"Thanks, I am going to be lucky in all my matches tonight." He smiles happily.
"That is the point." Lita fires back. "If I was you, which I am not, I would get prepared because we are up first. This must be the first time you have opened Raw or Smackdown. I wonder why that would be." She ponders.
"Wait baby, he is just opening the show because he was part of the storyline. If he wasn't he wouldn't be opening or closing any shows." Jeff acknowledges.
"You know you are right baby, my bad." She sniggers.
"You two are the evil ones not me." Matt argues back before he leaves.
"We got him" Jeff mentions.
"We did indeed."
"Welcome to Smackdown everyone, Michael Cole and King with you tonight." Cole announces.
"And what we have for you tonight will be an exciting one."
"That is right, King. Tonight, following from what happen last Monday, Matt has to face a mystery opponent and a mystery stipulation."
"For those who haven't watch Raw last Monday, Lita and Jeff got married. Of course in true WWE fashion it got interrupted not once, but four times. Every time it happens, I thought they would post pone the wedding."
"I can see Lita was very determine to finish the ceremony. Apparently, the wedding was their actual wedding; they are official married." King informs Cole.
"How do you know that, King?"
"I have very reliable sources."
"Yes, I am sure about that." Cole rolls his eyes.
Jeff music plays throughout the arena. "I am guessing we are kicking off Smackdown with Matt's match." King mentions.
"I guess so."
"Hello everyone, I want you to meet my beautiful wife." Lita's theme music plays as the crowd cheers. "So Mrs. Hardy, what do you have to say?" She joins him with a big grin.
"Why do I have to be Mrs. Hardy? Can't you be Mr. Dumas?" She wonders.
"I never thought about that. Why can't the male take the women's last name?" He ponders.
"While you ponder that it is time for one of my match creations. Mr. McMahon and Stephanie have allowed me to create matches for one certain superstar." She smirks. "Would that superstar please join us for the first of many matches." She requests.
Matt's theme song plays as he comes out in his normal clothes. "I am sorry I can't compete tonight. I have lost my gear at the airport." Matt speaks unfortunately.
"That is very unfortunate, however that won't get you out of your match tonight. You are actually dressed perfectly for it."
"What are you talking about?" He thought this plan would work.
"Your match, which will start right now, will be a street fight." Lita announces. "We all know that you don't need your gear for this match." She speaks as the crowd show their agreement on the match.
"I am not going through with it." He stands his ground.
"That is okay, you can go back to your locker room." She accepts his deny to participate.
"Great." He starts to head back.
"It is okay because this street fight can start anywhere and end anywhere." She includes. Matt is about to object, but Edge spears him instead. "Oh and your opponent will be Edge, start the match." Lita signals for the bell to ring.
The referee joins them to give Edge a near fall. He tries to bring Matt to the ring, but Matt hits Edge with a trash can lid and runs.
"Everyone we will be back after these commercials." Cole announces.
"We are back as Edge is still looking for Matt Hardy. This match is a street fight match with Edge versing Matt Hardy made my Lita."
"That is right, King. During the commercial break, Matt has been MIA as Edge asked anyone if they have seen him."
"Matt! Show yourself!" Edge yells out. "Fight like a real man." He continues to look.
"Hey Edge." Everyone sees Matt on the titan-tron. "I heard you were looking for me. I guess you are not as smart as everyone perceive you to be. If I want to get under someone's skin who would I go to, to do that?" He wonders.
"Where are you?" He is worried that he drove to Atlanta.
"I'll give you a clue I am still in the arena." Edge sighs a sigh of relief until he thinks that he is with Christian. He runs to the locker room to find Christian on the ground.
"Christian!" He checks up on him.
"I am fine just beaten up." He coughs as he holds his stomach.
"Where is Matt?" He inquires.
"He is- Edge behind you!" He yells, but it is too late Matt hits him with a steel chair. Edge attempts to get up, although every time he does Matt knocks him back down with a chair shot.
"Come on King of Chairs show me your wisdom." He mocks as he hits him again. "You are pathetic. You chose romance over revenge. You know they won't stay, especially after I beat you tonight. I let you believe that Jamie would leave you if we continue the plan; it almost worked." He chuckles.
All of Matt's words makes Edge more determine to teach Matt a lesson. He wants to show Jamie that you can stand up to a bully. As Matt sets up for another chair shot, Edge kicks and punches him in the stomach. He grabs the chair to have his turn with it. Edge swings it until Matt is on the floor in pain. He looks at Christian who grins with an idea in mind. Christian goes to the corner to grab another chair. The crowd cheers knowing what is about to happen. Christian sets up a chair underneath Matt's head to execute the con-chair-to.
"Stop!" Mickie yells out from the door. She has been watching this match and can't take anymore.
"Mickie, get out of here." Edge orders her.
"No." She covers Matt to prevent Edge to do any harm to him.
"Mickie, get out of the way. He deserves whatever is coming to him."
"No." She refuses to move. She knows that they won't hurt a woman intentionally.
"Last chance, Mickie move." He warns.
"Edge don't." Christian speaks out. "We are not like him. We don't hit woman like he does. Come on put the chair down."
"But she is annoying, can't I just once." He whispers.
"I know, but it is still not the right thing to do."
"I am not annoying." She defends. "How could you say that?"
"You do kind of show up when you are not wanted." Edge argues their point.
"You are also too hyper." Christian includes.
"You are right, too hyper." Edge agrees.
"I am just passionate." Mickie argues.
"Oh that is why." They have figured it out.
"Hey, that is not nice." She senses the arrogance.
"See Christian I told you it wasn't nice." Edge blames him.
"What?" He is shocked by this blame on him.
"You, you have never like me. What have I ever done to you?" Mickie says very hurt.
"What do you mean?" Christian acts so Edge can finish their Con-chair-to.
"You know what, every time I say hi you just snub me off." Mickie crosses her arms.
Christian looks at Edge who prepares to hit Matt. "You are right I am so sorry. I must have not heard you or my mind was somewhere else." He apologizes.
"That-" She get interrupted by a chair shot. "No." She turns around to see Edge cover Matt.
"1…2…3" The referee counts before the bell rings. Mickie heads to Matt to comfort him.
"Your winner, the Rated R superstar, Edge." Lillian announce while the referee raises his arm.
"How could you?" Mickie whispers upset. She can't believe that they did that to him.
"Mickie, why are you defending him?" Edge asks not liking the hurt expression on her face.
"I just-" She looks down.
"You like him, don't you?" Mickie nods. "Mickie, he is not a good person to like. He will lie and trick you to benefit himself."
"No he won't, you don't know him like I do."
"Okay, when he does you have a shoulder to cry on." Christian offers. "Come on Edge let's go." He leaves with him.