A/N : By the way Triple H is no longer with Stephanie by now,yes I know it’s FAR too early but my story wont allow anything else.

Valerie cringed and looked up to see her father storming towards them.Taker grabs Valerie’s arm and pulls her away from Jeff.

"What did I tell you about going near my daughter,huh?"

Jeff backed away from the Undertaker.

"Your daughter’s a grown woman,you can’t tell her what to do" Jeff said.

Taker growled and stepped towards Jeff but Valerie held onto his arm and stopped him.

"Dad stop it"

Jeff left but not before throwing an affectionate glance at Valerie.Valerie smiled at Jeff,than turned to scowl at her father.

"Why are you doing this?"

"Don’t you yell at me,little girl.I told you to stay away from him and yet you continue to disobey me"

"Well maybe if you wouldn’t treat me like a child all the time,I wouldn’t have to" Valerie shouted surprising herself.She had never shouted at her father like that before.

Taker took a step back and narrowed his eyes at her.

"You shouldn’t challenge me Joyful,I don’t wanna have to tell Vince McMahon you’re gonna be staying home from now on"

"You wouldn’t"

"I would and I will unless you stay away from that boy"

"He’s not a boy,he’s a man"

"And how would you know?.Have you slept with him already?"

Valerie’s jaw fell to the ground and she managed to choke out:

"Is that how you think of me?.Like some kind of slut?"

Taker took a deep breath and tryed to calm down.

"I’m sorry,Joyful.I didn’t mean that.I’m just looking out for you"

"Jeff isn’t going to hurt me,dad"

"How do you know that?.You hardly know the b…man"

Valerie smiled at her father’s efforts to be reasonable and she said:

"I would like to have the chance to get to know him"

All of Taker’s anger disappeared at the softness of Valerie’s voice but he said:

"I’m sorry but I can’t let you"

Valerie’s temper flared up.

"Fine"

"Joyful…"

"Forget it,if you don’t want me to be happy that’s fine,I wont be"

"I do want you to be happy,I just don’t want you to get hurt"

Valerie sighed in exasperation and said:

"But how do you know I will get hurt?"

"That Hardy Boy is no good,you don’t know him,I do"

"There is nothing wrong with Jeff"

Taker looked at his daughter and saw that he wasn’t going to be able to convince her to stay away from Jeff Hardy but he wasn’t going to give up.Just than Sara walked up to them and said:

"Can I say something?"

Valerie huffed and turned away from Sara.Taker frowned at his daughter and looked at Sara.He knew things weren’t good between them but he didn’t think they were this bad.Sara continued:

"Mark,maybe Valerie’s right,maybe you should let them try it"

Valerie turned to Sara in astonishment and stared at her as Taker replied.

"What are you saying?"

"I’m saying maybe they would be good together"

Valerie thought she was going crazy as she heard Sara say this.

"That Hardy boy is not good enough for my daughter"

"That isn’t for you to say,Valerie is 19 years old and it’s up to her to decide who she’s with"

Both Taker and Valerie stared at Sara and shook their heads to clear it at the same time.Valerie composed herself and said:

"Thank you.I’m glad to see someone sees it my way"

Valerie had sounded alot warmer than she had thought she would and Taker was stunned.

"Oh and so now I’m the bad guy?"

"I didn’t say that" Sara said gently.

There was a long and uncomfortable pause until Taker sighed.

"I’ll have to think about it"

Valerie smiled brightly and hugged her father.

"Thank you,thank you,thank you"

"I’m not promising anything,in the mean time you are gonna make sure that you’re not alone with Jeff at any time"

"I wont be"

Valerie broke the hug and looked up at her father.

"If I find out that you are,I wont be thinking about anything,my answer will be a defenite no"

"Alright"

Taker sighed again and muttered something that sounded like: "Damn that boy".Valerie smiled and said:

"Can I go find Jeff now?"

Taker turned to Valerie and stared at her.Valerie cringed,she might have pushed it on that one.But her father surprised her by saying.

"Make sure you’re not alone with him"

Taker left along with Sara before Valerie could answer and Valerie sighed.She decided she would find Jeff and talk to him right away.She walked in the direction Jeff had gone and eventually found him in the hall talking to Matt and Lita.

"Hey you guys"

Jeff turned around and his face softened.Lita stepped to Valerie and hugged her.

"Jeff told us your dad freaked out when he saw you together"

Lita broke the hug and said:

"Are you okay?"

"I’m fine"

Valerie looked at Jeff and Jeff was looking at her.Lita and Matt exchanged knowing looks and Matt said:

"We better get going"

"No" Valerie said.

Matt and Lita stopped in their tracks and Jeff frowned.Valerie turned to Jeff to explain.

"I…I talked to my father.He said he would think about letting us start something"

Jeff smiled a little and asked:

"But?"

"But I can’t be alone with you"

"What?" Matt asked incredulously.

"I can be around you but we can’t be alone.Not until he’s thought about it"

"That is not reasonable" Lita said.

"It’s as reasonable as it’s going to get" Valerie said.

Jeff nodded and smiled again.

"So you can be around me?"

Valerie smiled also and said:

"Yeah"

"Wanna get something to eat?"

"Sure,I’ll meet you in the cafeteria in 10 minutes"

Jeff smiled and said:

"See you than"

Jeff briefly touched Valerie’s cheek and left with Matt and Lita.As Valerie walked through the hall to make a brief stop at her father’s dressingroom for some touching up,she could hear Matt say:

"Little bro,you got it bad"

"Shut up,Matt" Jeff said jokingly.

Valerie chuckled as she went around the corner.She ran into the Rock,who was on his way to get ready for his match that night.There was a camera in the hall so the Rock was completely in character.

"Hey Rock,how you doing" Valerie said knowing what his answer would be.

"Valerie Calloway,the Rock doesn’t have time for idle chat,the Rock needs to get ready to lay the smack down on Rhyno’s candyass,the Rock…will see you later"

The Rock smiled and winked at Valerie and walked off.Valerie smiled also and hurried to her father’s dressingroom.After telling her father that she was going to the cafeteria and listening to her father’s comment : "I’ve heard that before" she freshened up and went to the cafeteria.Jeff was sitting at the bar alone,obviously waiting for her.He was anxiously looking around and when he saw Valerie his face lit up.He smiled and walked to her.

"Hi"

"Hey"

There was a short and comfortable silence between as them as they went to the bar.They sat down and Jeff ordered them both something to drink.As they were sitting at the bar laughing and talking, someone was watching them closely.The person was standing near the entrance to the cafeteria watching them together.

"Well,well,well little miss Calloway has a thing for the youngest Hardy,now this is interesting"