“ Jeff, I don’t know if I can do this” I said shaking uncontrollably.
“Em,You can do this.” He said brushing my bangs out of the way and giving me a kiss on the forehead. “You are so beautiful, any man would be crazy not to want you as his valet.”
“It would be so much easier if I were with you and Matt” I said as the tears started welling up in my eyes.
“You know Mr. McMahon decides the storylines and angles. If it were up to Matt and me you would be with us. I am sure you will eventually be put with us.Besides you are with me besides in behind the scenes.” Jeff said giving me a big hug.
Just then Stephanie walked by and said “Emma, the show is going to start soon. You’d better get out to your seat. Good luck!”
“Thanks. I need it.”
“You’ll do fine.” She said putting her hand on my shoulder.
“Thank you ,Steph, I have been trying to tell her that.”Jeff said smugly.
“Okay fine! Just one more thing, Jeff.” I said as Stephanie walked away.
“Yeah?”
“Gimme a kiss for good luck.”
He pressed his lips to me as softly and sweetly as our first kiss in the hotel lounge. Our kiss intensified as they announced the show was starting. I pulled away giving him on last peck on the lips. I ran, as well as I could in high heels, down the hall and made my way to my designated seat ring side. Laurette came down five minutes later.
“Where’ve you been?”I asked like I hadn’t known the answer.
“With Matt. I missed him so much.” she said with hearts in his eyes.
“You didn’t miss me? You haven’t seen me in just as long as you haven’t seen Matt.” I said busting her chops.
“Oh shut up! I missed you too!”she said giving me a hug.
I stood up to adjust my dress. Just as I sat down I heard the New Age Outlaws’ music start. “OH YOU DIDN’T KNOW! YOUR ASS BETTER CALL SOMEBODY . . .”
“Oh my God, Laur. This is it!” I said starting to shake again from my nerves. Just as Roaddogg and B.A. Billy Gunn finished their spiel the lights went out and I heard “YOU THINK YOU KNOW ME . . .” Edge’s music. Edge and Christian came down to the ring through the crowd as they usually do. As they walked past Laurette and I, Adam winked at me. That calmed me down a bit.
“What is going to happen?” Laurette asked.
“Well if you would have been here on time I would have had time to tell you.” I snapped. “Just kidding. Jason is going to throw Brian, I mean Roaddogg, out of the ring at Billy Gunn, Kip. Unfortunately, for me, Kip is going to duck and Brian is going to hit me. Then since I am Edge and Christian’s “sister” Adam will come and save me and carry an ‘unconscious’ me up the ramp while Jason throws Brian into the ring and pins him.”
“You get that? So you just have to act surprised! Can you do that?” I asked Laurette.
“Yeah! So then you are going to stay back stage until the show is over?”
“Yup! Matt will send someone out to get you when his match is over.”
We all practiced this six billion times but I was still nervous. Then before I knew it Kip was standing in front of us.
He whispered, “You ready, Emma-Leigh?”
“Ready as I’ll ever be.” I whispered back. “See ya later, Laur.” I said to her.
“Here is comes.” Kip said as he ducked.
I fell right back right as Brian hit the side wall and me. I laid there with my eyes closed as Adam picked me up.
As he carried me up the ramp whispered, “ You okay, Emma? Brian didn’t hit you too hard did he.”
“It is nice to see you are so concerned about me” I said back trying not to move my lips.
“Of course, you are one of my best friends’ girl. I don’t want to see you getting hurt.” When we got backstage Jeff was waiting for me.
“You were great, Em. See it was nothing to be nervous about.” He said hugging me.
“Oh, Jeff, I know we practiced that so many times but I was so scared!” I said said as I tightened my embrace on him.
“Well that was the worse of the night. Now all you have to do is sit back here and wait. From now on you will be Adam and Jay’s Valet. Then eventually you will be with Matt and me.”
Adam and Jason had an interview with Michael Cole after the match.
“Who was that young lady that you carried up the ramp earlier? Why did you save her?” Michael asked the boys.
“Her name is Emma-Leigh. She is our baby sister.” Adam said. “Christian and I invited her here to watch us and because of the damn New Age Outlaws she ended up getting hurt.”
“I don’t think it was the Outlaws fault. She was just in the right place at the wrong time.” Michael Cole said.
“No,”Christian snapped “ If Mr. Ass did not duck Emma-Leigh would not have been knocked unconscious by RoadDogg.”
“Well will she be okay?” Michael asked.
“We hope so. She was taken to the hospital and she will be released later tonight.” Adam said as he and Jason started walking away. “We are done here.”
“Well you heard it here on RAW folks, Edge and Christian’s baby sister, Emma-Leigh knocked unconscious by a flying Roaddogg.
Jeff and I sat in his dressing room watching Adam and Jason’s interview. He was playing with my hair, running his fingers through it, and twisting it with his fingers.
“You really could pass as Adam’s sister, Em.”
I turned and looked him. “Of course I could, Jeff, besides for the fact that I am almost a foot shorted than both of them and have a different face shape and hazel eyes.” I said giggling. “But besides that I look just like them. That is I guess why Mr. McMahon made me their valet.”
On the next show, which was Smackdown!, I was there again, except this time I was backstage with my “brothers”. Kevin Kelly was interviewing Jason and then Adam and I were supposed to walk up. It was to be my introduction to everyone. I didn’t get to see Jeff before the the interview because he was getting ready for his match so I was a bit upset. I needed to be with my “brother” but I couldn’t stop thinking about Jeff.
Adam said “You ready Emma? We gotta go.”
I nodded and Adam grabbed my hand and we walked around the corner to where Jason was being interviewed.
As we approached Kevin said “So guys, This is your baby sister?”
“I am not a baby!” I snapped back. “I am only a a few years younger than them, not four years old.”
Kevin apologized and made a comment on how feisty I was.
Jason responded “Well she grew up with two older brothers. It is her defense mechanism.”
“Well we are all just glad to see she is okay after Monday’s run in with the Outlaws.” Kevin said.
I was glad to hear that because I knew it was The Hardy’s cue to walk by. I had even been Edge and Christian’s Valet one day and I had already begged Mr.McMahon to make me Jeff and Matt’s valet A.S.A.P.
He had come up with an Idea to make my character change and become the Hardy’s valet sooner than I thought he would. The story was that during the interview Jeff and Matt would walk by and I was supposed to be entranced by them. I figured I could do that because it basically it was the truth. So when they walked by I couldn’t take my eyes off of Jeff. I then interrupted the interview.
“Edge, Edge, Damn it! Listen to me! Who were they?”
“The Hardy Boyz? They’re our friend. I’ll introduce you later. Now be a good girl and be quite.”
I was about to open my mouth to say something about being told to be a ‘good girl’ when Christian put his hand over my mouth. I stamped my foot and threw my hands down to my side. I truly was acting like a child but that was the angle.
When the camera’s went off Adam said “Jeff’s going to be so proud of you.”
“It’s not hard to pretend to be entranced by Jeff when I really am.” I laughed.
Within the next few weeks, I would come out with Edge and Christian in my long black vinyl dress but I would also come out during the Hardy’s matches and stand at the top of the ramp and just watch. The announcers would make comments like “ Look Edge and Christian’s baby sister is at the top of ramp.” and “I wonder why Emma-Leigh always comes out when The Hardy Boyz are out here, even when her brothers aren’t?” So everyone began noticing that I was entranced by the Hardys every one but my brothers that is.
One night, when Christian was supposed to team up with Matt against Too Cool, I came out through the crowd with my brothers and then Jeff came out to accompany Matt to the ring. After the match, rather than walking out with my brothers I ran up the ring to catch up with Jeff and Matt. Edge and Christian looked around for me but I was already back stage by the time they noticed I was gone.
The next night, Edge and Christian were in the ring and Edge asked for the mic.
“Emma-Leigh, we have all noticed how much you watch the Hardy Boyz when they are out here. And Yesterday on Heat was the last straw when you ran up the ramp to walk with them rather than come with us. We are not going to let you out of our site. You have to stay away from them, and any of the other wrestlers for that matter. Don’t get me wrong, they are good guys but not for our baby sister.”
“You can’t do that!!” I screamed because he had the mic and I didn’t. I then grabbed the mic from his hand. “ I can hang out with who ever I want, wrestlers, or not!”
“No you can’t!” Edge said as they handed him a second mic. “It is our job to take care of you. And that is what we are going to do and keeping you away from the wrestlers is the first thing we are going to do. Tonight, if you are not going to hang out with us you will be with one of your girl friends.”
“Fine! tonight I will hang out with a friend.” I snapped. “Actually every night this week I will hang out with a friend.”
They agreed to that but Edge and Christian didn’t really know what I had planned. But actually, Adam and Jason did because this was the beginning of my transition from Edge and Christian to The Hardys.
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