Six Months Later-June 2007

"Jeff! Can you drive any faster?"

"I'm sure I could. The truck goes up to 120 and I'm driving 80…"

"In a 60 zone. Slow down!"

Jeff laughed as his more then nervous brother. Tonight Smackdown was being filmed in Charlotte, N.C, which is close to their hometown. Even though Jeff was more mainstream on RAW, he decided to come home and support Matt in his match tonight.

Besides, Matt needed any and all the support he could get.

Janessa did some serious damage to Matt. It took him at least four months for him to realize that she wouldn't come back. He had to ban Matt from watching her show because it always drove Matt crazy after he would watch it. He pulled into the mall's parking lot and slammed on the breaks. Matt mumbled under his breath as he un-buckled his seatbelt.

"I swear to god the day you get pulled over I hope that I'm in the car with you."

"You're just jealous because you're scared to go over fifty."

Matt punched his brother in the arm as they walked into the mall. Jeff hoped to get Matt's mind off things by doing a little bit of shopping before he went off to wrestle. The two headed to the second floor and walked into Express Men. Matt needed better dress shirts then the ones he had now. Matt walked out of a dressing room with an orange shirt and smiled.

"Dude…you look like a fruit."

"I do not! I happen to like this shirt."

"FRUIT."

"Fine! I won't get it. Pick something out for me then."

"I'm not mom Matt."

"You're the color master so go!"

In the end Jeff made Matt buy an aqua blue shirt and a tie to go with it. The two guys got hungry and started to walk toward their favorite restaurant. As they got closer to the restaurant, they ran into more and more people. They were hanging over the railings over the main rotunda. Jeff started to get aggravated over all the people there.

"What the hell is going on here today?"

"It can't be the car show. That's next month."

"God you would know that…"

"Ladies and gentlemen! It's our honor to introduce to you the most recent winner of the popular reality hit T.V show America's Next Top Model, Janessa Williams!"

"Oh…shit."

Jeff instantly looked over at Matt who was pushing through the crowd of people to get a space by the railing. Jeff slapped his hand over his eyes and shook his head.

He was doing so well too.

Matt's POV

It's her. She's HERE. Right in front of my eyes.

God, I didn't know she won! How could I have not known? Oh yeah…Jeff banished me. Jesus, she look's beautiful. Her hair looks a little lighter too. Maybe I should go down there and say hi…

No. Not after the way she left me. After I tell her how I feel she just leaves? Who does that? The worst part is that she probably knew how I felt from the beginning. I'm not gonna go down there. Nope. I'm gonna enjoy a nice lunch with my brother then go off and wrestle. I'll just forget about her.

…

Oh who are you kidding Matt. You haven't been able to forget about her ever since she left. She wouldn't be able to leave your mind even if you tried. She's glued there. God man, what are you going to do?

"Matt? Dude come on…let's go get some lunch."

"Actually…I'm gonna go down and say hi."

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"No! No no no no no!"

Jeff yelled this at Matt the whole time Matt walked down the mall stairs. Matt plugged his ears as he made his way toward the rotunda. The announcer was picking out people from the audience to ask Janessa questions.

"What was the hardest thing you had to do on the show?"

"Well there was this one shoot…"

"You don't wanna do this Matt. Trust me you don't! Think of how good you were doing getting over her!"

"Yes. And now she is here and I can patch things up with her."

Matt made it to the rotunda and bought a pass for fifty dollars. Matt put the pink wrist band around his wrist and walked into the crowd. Jeff tried following him but was stopped by the security guy.

"Pay to get in."

"No way in hell I'm paying to see her."

"Then no entry."

"Damn it…Matt…MATT!"

"Okay time for one mor question before the autograph signing!"

They brought up a little girl, probably around thirteen, up to the stage. She was wearing a tight fitting John Cena shirt. Janessa laughed as she caught sight of the shirt. The rest of the crowd laughed as they saw the shirt as well.

"You a WWE fan sweetie?"

"Yeah! I love John!"

"I can see that. So what's your question?"

"What happened with you and Matt Hardy?"

Janessa's POV

My eyes widened and my whole body went stiff. There were whispers and gasps in the crowd after the girl asked her question. Matt Hardy. God, he crossed my mind so much these days. Hearing his name out of someone's mouth other then mine made my brain go so fast. I drew in a deep breath as I tried to gather an answer.

"Well things just happened between us and we kind of grew apart. We use to be the best of friends, and I definitely miss him like crazy. I haven't seen him in…"

That's when I looked out into the crowd and saw him. He was standing between two blond girls. He looked up at me and smiled a little. I couldn't help but smile back at him. I handed my mic to the announcer and jumped off of the stage. Security helped me over the barrier as I made my way through the crowd. People parted to see who I was going after. I soon found myself trying to run toward him. When I was close I collided into him and gave him a huge hug. People around me gasped and 'awed'. Matt hugged me back tight as I wrapped my arms around him tighter.

"Matt."

I whispered his name, and it felt so good. Being in his arms again made me feel so at ease. It made me remember the good times I had at the WWE. Matt kissed my neck and pulled away from me. He had his stupid little grin on his face. I smiled as I bit my lip.

"We really need to catch up…"

"Will you have lunch with me Janessa?"

I smiled after Matt asked me. I missed seeing him, hanging out with him. Maybe things could get back to normal.

"Sure. After I'm done with the signing I'll meet up with you. Actually, can I meet you at the arena? Sharmell is pissy because I haven't visited."

"Of course. Then wanna hang out after?"

"Sure. But no Italian food. Or no restaurants. Just us. As FRIENDS."

I emphasized the word 'friends' for a good reason. First, I hadn't talked to the man in half a year. And as much as I would love to pick up where we left off, I wasn't gonna jump head-first into a relationship. Matt looked a bit sad at this, but smiled at me.

"Sure. My room after the taping?"

"It's a date."

I winked as I walked back up to the stage. When I got back up the announcer stated that the autograph signing would start in a few minutes. Crew people set up my table and got pictures ready for me to sign. I watched Matt his whole way out of the crowd. Jeff was there to greet him by yelling at him. He looked angry, but Matt looked like a love sick puppy. He looked back at me and winked. I laughed as I winked back.

I knew that Matt and I could never have what we almost had so many months ago. That was our past, and that would be our only chance at that kind of happiness. If anything happened from here on out, it would never be like it was. I had changed and so had he. Our values and views on things most likely changed as well. But we still had some sort of feelings toward each other; that we couldn't deny. I was just glad that Matt and I were about to be in contact again. It almost killed me not talking to him. I never stopped loving him the whole time we didn't talk. I always wondered why he never attempted to talk to me, but then again I did the same thing.

But this was now. Now we had the time to make up for all time lost. At a slow pace, of course.

Well…we'll see about that.

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