Disclaimer: I do not own the characters or real people portrayed in this story. The characters belong to WWE and the real people own themselves. There will be some adult situations and profanity in the story, but it's not too bad, but you have been warned appropriately.

A/N: I know I shouldn't start new stories, but this one is probably not going to be that long, I'm anticipating no more than 5 chapters. Anyways, this is actually a challenge fic sent to me by a reader so I thought I'd give it a shot. If anyone wants to know what the challenge was, let me know, I don't want to give it away here though.

So this story is going to be very slightly AU in that Chris will have a sister. That's the biggest change I guess. The rest of the changes, minor ones, can be found in this opening chapter. It's really more of a set-up chapter so I hope it's okay. I hope you enjoy it and would love to hear your thoughts on the story as I'm not working solely on my own idea, scary! lol Anyways, leave a review if you please and if you want to be brutal, as always, go right ahead, enjoy. :)

"Will you just smile?"

"What, I'm smiling," Chris said, forcing a strained smile on his face.

Stephanie wrapped her arms a little tighter around his neck and if he wasn't careful, she might just make that grip so tight that he would start to choke. He wouldn't put it past her if she did. He could tell that she was getting angry with him and he knew why, but he wasn't going to acknowledge it if he could help it. It seemed, though, that she was going to make him acknowledge it. To try and avoid the conversation he knew was coming, he averted his eyes, studying the elaborately decorated ballroom, the lights slightly dimmed to create a romantic effect and there were candles to create an even more romantic feel. He felt like he was in some cheesy music video that Celine freaking Dion would sing.

He felt Stephanie's finger under his chin and it pulled him so he was looking at her. "Hello there, Mr. Irvine," she said to him and he could almost feel the next question out of her mouth so he knew he had to head her off at the pass.

"Do you think my cousin's kid is taking care of the girls alright?" he asked. "Maybe we should give a call up to the room and see if they're asleep and if they got to sleep okay if they are. Just to check up on them, you know?"

"I'm sure they're fine," she reassured him. "I'm sure that you're cousin's daughter is taking great care of them. We don't need to bother her."

"You aren't taking very much interest in our children, you know," Chris said, trying to take the conversation in a completely different direction than the one he knew it was going in. He just had to stall for a little while longer.

"Chris, stop, you know they're okay. Will you please, for me, lighten up?" she asked. "This is a happy occasion and I don't know why you insist on making it into such a big deal. I saw you when you were up at the altar, you looked like you were about to get your teeth pulled. It's unnecessary. Just lighten up and enjoy the evening."

"How can I enjoy the evening?"

"By dancing with your beautiful wife who wants to be here with you if you would just stop staring at your sister and my brother for two seconds," she said, glancing over to where his eyes had drifted.

"Don't you think it's weird now that your brother married my sister? It means our family is connected doubly over, it's practically incestuous."

"It's not incestuous at all, what are you even going on about?" she asked, narrowing her eyes at him. "It's not like we're brother and sister. I think it's sweet actually. The McMahons just can't get enough of the Irvines, don't you find that romantic?"

"No, I don't find that romantic, I find it creepy. It's like your brother had no other prospects so he decided to go after my sister because she was convenient."

"Chris, come on, they love each other, look at them," Stephanie said, again glancing in that direction.

"They rushed into this."

"Oh my God, this again," she groaned. "Chris, will you please just give that up? I can't believe you can't let that go, please, please, please let that go and enjoy your evening, please? You are going to bring this entire wedding down. Do you want to do that? Do you want to do that to your sister?"

Chris didn't want to hurt his sister. He was the typical brother, overprotective and overbearing at times. He could remember when Maryn was a teenager and he would come home specifically to stare down any guys that wanted to be with his sister. That was a good thing about being a wrestler, he was intimidating and with his dad being a former hockey, they were double trouble for any guy that tried to enter his sister's life. He just never figured the man to be in his sister's life would be his wife's brother. It made that whole intimidation factor kind of a moot point.

"No, I don't want to do that to her," he mumbled, looking down.

"Then don't. This is a happy day and she's married to my brother, it's not like you don't know my brother, right?"

"Well, I only know him because he's one of my bosses and because he's your brother, it's not like we've actually taken time to hang out. In case you haven't noticed, we kind of run in different circles."

"Well now, since he's your sister's husband, you can take some time to get to know him better, huh?"

"I don't think so," Chris said. "What makes them actually think this will work out? They dated for like a second."

"It was not a second."

"They dated for a month before they got engaged and then they got married three months later!" Chris protested.

"They've known each other for years. Chris, when was the first time they met?"

"I don't know."

"It was the second night after your debut. Your sister and your dad and step-mom came to see you and you introduced them."

"How do you know that?"

"Because I remember being introduced to them and your stepmother said that I was such a pretty girl and you needed to find a girl like me, I remember because I thought you were the most handsome man I'd ever seen in my life and just talking to you had been the highlight of my day," Stephanie said, kissing her way down Chris's jaw as she spoke.

"And yet you dated Paul before you dated me," Chris said, pulling away a little to look at her with that smirk on his face.

"Everyone is allowed one huge mistake in their life and that was mine, but I remedied that really quick, didn't I?" she told him, kissing his chin. "It only took me a few months to find out that he was not what I wanted and that you were."

"Yeah and we started dating in 2000 and got married in 2003, we didn't immediately get married," Chris pointed out as Stephanie rolled her eyes. "Stephanie, come on, think about it, one month into our relationship, do you think you were ready to marry me?"

"If you'd asked, I would've said yes," Stephanie told him.

"Oh come on," he scoffed. "You absolutely would not have. And Maryn is only 28, what does she even know about being married, huh?"

"Only 28, Christopher," Stephanie started. "We got married when I was 26 so you've got no room to talk on that front. Yeah, she's your little sister, I get that you're protective, but at some point, you're just going to have to be a brother and not big, scary big brother, okay?"

"No, you never grow out of that, ever, not even when she's married and completely rushing into the decision."

"Okay, shut up because they're heading over here, okay, I don't want to hear word one about what you think about the length of time they've been together, you better be nice to them, do you understand me, you better be nice."

"And if I'm not?" he challenged.

"Do you really want to go toe-to-toe with me on this one? Is this really a cause you want to fight for?" Stephanie asked him. "Because I will fight you on it, but this is your sister's wedding and my brother's wedding and I'll be damned if you bring either one down."

"Fine," he said grudgingly. "But only because I love you and I love my sister."

"Thank you," she said pointedly as Shane and Maryn walked over. Chris had to admit that despite his overall feelings about this wedding his sister looked absolutely beautiful. Her long blonde hair was pulled out of her face and hung in loose ringlets and her dress made her look like a princess. He was a proud big brother, but he just wished they would've waited a little while longer to get married. What was the rush anyways? She claimed she wasn't pregnant and since she was pretty thin he didn't think it was that, so why not wait a little while longer?

"Hey you guys," Maryn said brightly, her arm wrapped loosely around Shane's waist. "How's the party?"

"It's great," Stephanie said, grinning at the two of them. "You two look adorable."

"Yeah, we've usurped you as the newly married couple," Maryn told her.

"We've been married for six years," Chris said drolly as Stephanie elbowed him in the gut.

"Don't listen to him, I'm so happy for you two," Stephanie said, stepping forward and hugging her brother and her sister-in-law. "Everything has been so beautiful and you guys look great. We didn't really get a chance to talk after the ceremony, but it was beautiful and Mar, you look gorgeous in your dress."

"Thanks, Steph," Maryn told her, smoothing out an invisible wrinkle in her dress. "Isn't it weird now, we're like sisters-in-law still, but it's like doubly so. It's like we're really sisters or something. I really did want a sister, but when Chris had his long hair and I squinted, I could usually pretend."

"Very funny, Maryn," Chris said, grabbing her and giving her a hug. "You do look beautiful, my wife was right."

"She's the most beautiful girl in the room," Shane interjected and Maryn practically glowed from the comment.

"Thanks, big bro," Maryn said, hugging him back. "Are you having fun?"

Stephanie looked at Chris pointedly, telling him with her eyes not to be an asshole to his sister. "Yeah, I'm having a great time, it's been a really great time, me and Stephanie are having a blast. Best wedding since our own."

"I only wish Mom could have been here," Maryn sighed, but tried not to look down as Shane took her in his arms as if to comfort her. "I think that would've made the day completely perfect."

"I know," Chris said wistfully, "but I'm sure she would approve."

"I hope so," Maryn said. "I'm just really grateful that Linda has been such a great help. And you too, Stephanie."

"You're welcome, anything to help," Stephanie said. "You guys look so good together, I can just tell you are going to be so happy together. Now we really are just one, big happy family, I love it."

"Me too!" Maryn said and she wasn't sure if anything could bring her down on this day. That's how high on life she was right now. "We've got to go make the rounds, but we'll be back later, enjoy yourselves you guys, and Chris, you're allowed to crack a smile every now and then, alright? I'm married now, you don't have to worry about me anymore, that's Shane's job now."

"Yeah, I'm going to be the one taking care of her," Shane said, kissing her temple.

"You're officially off the clock, big brother," Maryn said, punching Chris lightly in the stomach. "We'll see you guys in a bit, Shane and I are going to cut the wedding cake soon and you better get a slice, oh, and bring a couple for the girls to have tomorrow."

"I don't think I want to see Murphy on cake," Stephanie joked. "She hasn't had any since her birthday, she's got a sweet tooth like you wouldn't believe and it makes her so hyper."

"Oh come on, it's my wedding, give her the cake!" Maryn exclaimed as Shane led her away.

"She looks happy, wouldn't you say?" Stephanie asked, turning to Chris, but he was scowling. "Okay, what are you going to complain about now, Irvine?"

"Did you hear her? Not have to worry about her anymore, I'm officially off the clock, like I can just turn it off like that," he said bitterly.

"She was joking. She's just saying that now she has Shane to protect her. She wasn't saying that she didn't want to be your sister anymore, seriously, stop taking everything so literally, please. You're getting to be very annoying in your old age."

"Shut up, Irvine," he told her and she grabbed him by the waist and started dancing against him again. "I'm still going to worry about her."

"Of course you are, you're her brother."

"And your brother better live up to his word."