Nervous and excited at the same time, John was getting ready for his dinner with Stephanie. After showering and shaving, he looked through his closet to find something decent to wear. His closet wasn't just any ordinary closet. Instead, it was a walk-in closet that was mostly filled with jeans, sports jerseys, t-shirts, sneakers, and caps. He frantically looked thruhg his closet and manged to find a few button down shirts and black slacks.

"Man I gotta go get some more formal clothes." He thought. He decided to go with a blue buttoned shirt with his black slacks along with a white undershirt so he could open his collar. He wasn't going to wear a tie and be too formal. After putting on is cothes, he fixed his hair and took one final look in the mirror. He grabbed his watch along with his car keys and cell phone and went out the door.

Meanwhile, Stephanie was half way finished. She had on a black shirt with a black short sleeved tee. As she was putting on her make-up she kept note of the time because she had to be ready before 8:00PM. Her hair was finished as she finished applying the curling iron to the ttips of her hair and put a pin in her hair to keep it from coming to her face. Noticing the time, 7:45PM, she quickily grabbed her bag and took one final look at what she was taking along with her: make-up, ID, her credit cards, some bills, and her cell phone. She went downstairs and left the bag on the dining table as she went back upstairs to her closet to search for shoes. Knowing that she had hundreds of shoes lined up, she had to narrow her search to ones that were only black. Luckily she sorted them by color. She looked at all of her black shoes and debated on which to wear. She found a pair that had diamond lining across the front and thought they were good enough. As she put them on, she heard the door knock. She went downstairs and opened the door to find John waiting in front of her.

"Wow… you look beautiful." John gasped. Stephanie blushed and giggled. "Sorry, you just look really nice." He said. "You look really nice yourself. I like this formal look. You need to do it more often." Stephanie said. "You think so?" John asked with a big smile. "Yeah! Enough with the jeans and shirts. You need a new gimmick. The nice guy who makes good decisions and for that reason alone you're still champ." Stephanie replied. John stood there actually thinking about it. "You know… that's not such a bad idea." He said as he rubbed his chin. Stephanie opened her door wider and let John in.

"Nice place." He said as he looked around. "Have a seat. I just gotta get a few things and then we can go." Stephanie said. John sat down on the sofa and Stephanie went upstairs to grab her jacket. She came back downstairs, took her bag and went up to John.

"Okay. We can go now." She said.

John got up and as they walked out the door together, he waited as she locked her door and walked her to his car. He opened the door for her and after she sat in he went and sat in and drove to the restaurant.

After being seated in the Italian resturant, La Portofino, they ordered their food and got to talk a bit more.

"This is so weird." John said. "How is this weird? She asked. "Well, you're my boss and I'm taking my boss out to dinner. It's like I have to take you out in order to get a promotion." John joked. "Oh come on, John it can't be that bad. Think of it this way: at least you're comfortable around me and you can make me laugh." Stephanie said. "Yeah I guess." He answered.

Their food came shortly and had their food as they enjoyed the rest of their date. After leaving the restaurant, he decided to take her somewhere special.

"Wait, we're not going home?" she asked. "No. I'm never going to get this chance again so why not make it worthwile?" John asked. "That's not true. There will be more times I'm sure." Stephanie said. "You really think so?" John said. "Who knows. But where are you taking me?" Stephanie asked. "You'll see." He said.

After a long ride, he finally arrived at his destination and told Stephanie.

"You ready to see what's in store for you?" John asked. "Yes." She said. They got out of the car and John walked her up a little hill and showed her a beautiful view of the city.

"Oh my God. It's beautiful up here!" she gasped. Standing beside her, John stared at her with a smile. She looked at him and smiled. "Where in the world did you find out about a place like this?" she asked.

"When I came to meet your dad at the WWE Headquarters for the first time, I came up here by accident and saw this view. So after staying here for a few minutes I went and had the meeting. After finding out I would be working for the WWE, I came up and relaxed my mind." He explained. "Even I'd never been here before. It's so amazing." She said in awe.

John stood closer to her and pointed out the WWE Headquarters to her.

"Oh yeah, I see it! Wow that sign is bright!" Stephanie replied. "Well at least you can see it." He said. Stephanie shivered and John looked at her. "We better get going. It's cold anyway." He said. Stephanie agreed and as she was going down the hill, John helped her and got back in the car.

"So did you have a good time?" he asked. "I've had a great time." She answered. "I'm glad. Right now though, we better get you back home before it gets late." He said as he turned on his car.

He took her back home but as he was driving, the thoughts of Stephanie ran through his mind.

Arriving at her door, John kicked his feet as his head was down and put his hands in his pocket.

"Feeling cold?" She asked him as she tried to look at his face. "No. Just don't really know what to do now." He answered. "What do you mean?" she asked. "Do I give you a handshake? A high-five?" John said. "What? I am not going to high-five you!" Stephanie said as she laughed. "Yeah you're right. That's too stupid." He said with a smile as he looked at her. He saw her smile warmly at him and shook her head.

"You are such a sweet person. Thank you so much for dinner and the beautiful view of the city. I had a really great time." She said. "Yeah, I did too." He agreed. Stephanie gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "Drive safe." She whispered in his ear. She looked at John and saw him smile.

"I will. I'm glad you had fun." John said. Sephanie took out her keys and opened the door.

"Goodnight John."

"Goodnight."

She closed the door and John stood there a few seconds thinking about what had just happened that night.

He got back in his car and laughed as he drove home.

Stephanie took off her coat and thought back to her night with John. She changed into a t-shirt and pajama bottoms and sat in her living room as she watched television but the thoughts of John couldn't escape her mind.