Thank you all so much for your reveiews and your patience with this one. It's been a long ride, I guess! Thanks again and hope you enjoy the final installment of IMD.

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Part Fifteen

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"Well, this is awkward."

"Just a bit," he said, clearing his throat. "What now?"

"We could make out." At his look, she smiled unsurely. "Just a suggestion."

"Maybe we could talk?"

"Talking it is then." There was silence and she drummed her fingers on the arm of the chair. "Okay, this is working well."

"I'm a little uncomfortable here."

"Well, with you just having admitted to stalker-like tendencies, I can understand why. Although, shouldn't I be the one who's uncomfortable?" she asked with a smile.

"I did not stalk you," Dave said sharply.

Victoria looked at him sceptically. "You just told me you used to follow me around. That's stalking."

"I didn't follow you around, I just made sure to cross your path. If I sometimes came at you from behind, that was just coincidence, not stalking."

"For future reference," she said with a smirk, "I prefer a frontal assault."

"I-Future reference?" he asked with interest.

She shrugged. "We'll see."

"I can handle that," he said with a smile and she grinned. Yeah, he could definitely handle that.

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Lita giggled as his fingers ran across her stomach, his light touch sending shivers through her. She looked down as he pressed his lips to the skin just above her belly button. She was barely beginning to show, but he seemed fascinated by the small bump of her abdomen.

"Our baby's in there," he said almost reverently. He looked up at her, grinning like a fool and she couldn't help but grin back. "We're having a baby."

"I know."

Of course she knew. She'd known for a while. Somehow, though, with Hunter lying next to her, talking in hushed tones to her stomach, it all seemed so much more real, as if she hadn't known before, not really. She wasn't sure she could handle it if that feeling got taken away.

"Management are going to want an explanation," she said softly and he looked up at her.

"I'll handle Steph." He smiled. "She kinda likes me."

Lita rolled her eyes. "She had a crush a few years back, doesn't mean she's going to do everything you say." She took a deep breath. "I don't want them anywhere near me. Not while I can't protect this baby. Pregnancy and just injuries don't work together."

"I won't let them touch you. If you want, we can tell management everything that happened last night. You know as well as I do that your safety comes first. Steph would flip if she found out what they'd done. And she will find out."

"I know," Lita said with a sigh. "But I won't cost them their jobs, even if they do deserve it." She grinned. "I'd much rather watch you and Dave beat them up on National TV."

"I think I can handle that." He chuckled. "I think your boys might want a shot as well. I wouldn't be surprised if Jeff Hardy requests a contract to do just that."

"Oh, God, Jeff!" She sat upright, her eyes wide. "Jeff was there, wasn't he?"

Hunter nodded. "Yeah, he was. But I think he understands. You were a little out of it."

Lita nodded. "He knows I'll find him. I just…he must have come to surprise me and, well, some surprise he got."

"I'm sure he'll stick around to see you. You guys are…close. Aren't you?"

Lita smiled. "Yeah, but not like that. We've never been like that."

"Oh," Hunter said, clearing his throat. He looked uncomfortable, but she could he was relieved by that answer.

"You're bruising," she said and he frowned. "Your chin." She reached out and tenderly traced the area that was turning blue. "I did that, didn't I? I'm sorry."

"I think I kinda deserved to be hit at some point." At her look, he chuckled. "Okay, at quite a few points. I messed up, Li, and I'm sorry."

She smiled briefly and nodded. "So," she began hesitantly, almost afraid of what he might say. "What happens now?"

"Now we get to know each other again," he said and she relaxed a little.

She knew she had changed since they had broken up, but she hadn't thought he would realise that, not really. She had thought he might want everything to go back to the way it was. But she wanted more.

"I don't have all the answers, Lita," he said, sitting up and looking her in the eyes. "But I love you and I want to be with you. Everything else we deal with along the way."

"I was going to tell you that last night you called, you know," she said softly. "We'd agreed to stop and then, I got drunk and poured my heart out to Jeff, apparently. I remember the hangover, but that's about it. But…even after that, I couldn't stop myself from going to you for one more night. And then…I just… You didn't come near me for about two weeks and then you called and I was going to tell you, but you said it was a mistake. I was so scared and I didn't know how I was going to say it…but you were gone. I didn't know how to tell you after that. I mean, Randy and Ric could've hurt me and I didn't know if Dave would and…and you were gone."

"Lita-"

"No, I need to say this. You really hurt me, Hunter. You ignored my calls and you weren't there. Even when you knew this baby had to be yours."

"I didn't know how to fix it."

"You didn't even try."

"I know," he said, closing his eyes.

"I really want to be able to say that I don't love you." He quirked his mouth and she smiled a little. "To be able to say it and mean it and the fact that I can't doesn't change that I want to."

"Then I'll have to change it for you." He pulled her onto his lap and kissed her forehead. "I won't get everything right, Lita, but I want to."

"Well, that's a start."

He tilted her head up until she was looking at him. "I love you."

She smiled. "I think I believe you, you know." After hesitating a moment, she reached up to touch his cheek. "I love you, too."

He let out a breath and leaned forward to kiss her again, muttering, "I'm so glad you missed out the 'don't' this time."

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"Jeff!"

He barely had the chance to stop them from falling over when she flew into his arms. "You're pretty excited to see me for someone who all but ignored me since I got here."

She pulled back and looked at him sadly. "I'm so sorry."

He smiled. "Don't be. So long as you're okay. You are okay, right? I don't have to hurt Triple H?"

Lita smiled and shook her head. "No, Jeff, you don't have to hurt him."

He raised his eyebrows. "Someone looks happy."

"I think I might be," she said softly. "For the first time in a long time, I might be happy, Jeff."

"Might be?" The voice came from behind them and they turned to see The Game leaning against the doorframe, arms crossed and eyebrows raised indignantly.

"I'm still deciding," the redhead said with a sharp nod. She knew there was a smile playing around her lips, but simply turned away from him and led Jeff to the bench at the far end of the locker room.

Sitting down next to Chris, she pulled Jeff after her so that she was sat between her two best friends. She had spoken to both Lilian and Victoria on the phone earlier that day (Victoria had managed to talk Steph into pushing a feud against Trish and she was very excited about it) and Matt and Edge had called in briefly to see her, even Dave had stopped by, but her best friends had been noticeably absent. She knew that, to most people, that would be seen as them being uncaring, but Lita knew that they were giving her the space she needed. They knew she would find them when she needed them.

"So," Chris said, wrapping an arm around her shoulder. "Kane and Stacy called to speak to you; said they couldn't get you on your cell."

"I switched it off. We had a lot to talk about." Lita glanced at him, but he just nodded. "Did they make the wedding okay? I didn't even register that Kane was in that room until well after the fact." Their smiles faded, but she ignored them. She wasn't ready to talk about that yet. "Stacy must have been going round the bend."

"She's just glad you're okay," Jeff said, then smirked. "Although, I don't doubt she had somethin' to say about it to Kane."

"He is so whipped," Chris said laughing and when Lita and Jeff raised their eyebrows at him he frowned. "What?"

"Pot, meet Kettle," Jeff said, glancing at Lilian. Chris scowled as they laughed at him, drawing the attention of the others in the room, but no one asked. Jeff and Lita laughing at Chris wasn't really that unusual.

"Thank you," she said softly, breaking into the laughter. She smiled and they both kissed her, one cheek each. She chuckled, smirking at the look Hunter sent her way. "Really," she said, turning her attention back to them. "Thank you for knowing I needed time alone with him and for not judging me too much."

"Not our place to judge you, Li-Li," Jeff said and she rolled her eyes as he ruffled her hair. "You love him and that's enough for us."

"Yeah," Chris said, "just know that we're always here to beat him up if you need it."

They laughed and Jeff nodded towards the doorway. "Something tells me Ivory might beat us to it."

Lita turned to look, laughing when she saw her sister talking to Hunter. From the look on his face, she guessed that Ivory might be explaining some of those painful torture methods Shawn had mentioned her describing on the flight over. Lita exchanged an amused glance with her sister's boyfriend, before looking around the room. Victoria and Dave were in one corner, chatting rather cosily and she made a mental note to grill her friend about that later, and Lilian, Edge, and Matt were in the far corner of the room, laughing about something.

She smiled to herself; her hand splayed against her stomach as she thought about the child growing inside her. She leaned back into Chris' embrace, letting Jeff play with her hair as her two best friends chatted aimlessly. It hadn't been too long ago that she had felt like a stranger to herself, lost and alone in a crowd of people. Now she felt as if everything was beginning to fall into place. She didn't know what was going to happen with her and Hunter, but she did know one thing; she was going to be a mother and she wasn't going to be afraid, or alone, anymore.

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The End

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