The walk to Paul's locker room had been a real walk of shame for Stephanie. Everyone she had seen in the hallways had stopped talking as she walked past which made it obvious what and who they were talking about. She had also caught a few smirks on people's faces. She was angry, who the hell were these people to judge her? She hated this place at times and it was all that stupid bitch Joanie's fault for running around and shouting her mouth off. If only Stephanie was the one in charge she could just fire the bitch and be done with her. She heard laughter from inside Paul's locker room and she was pleased that at least he was not in a bad mood. She knocked and walked in and saw that Paul's friend Sean was in there with him. She also saw that Paul's neck had bruising on it. Her dad was going to love that when he summoned Paul to his office shortly. It would have been better just to scratch his chest rather than bite him.
As she entered Sean said, "I'll leave you to it," to Paul and then, "Hi Stephanie." She smiled at him as he left and as the door closed Paul asked, "Are you okay? Sean said Jo was in the office with you?"
Stephanie had hoped that Paul would just kiss her or something but no such luck. "Yeah she stormed in there swearing and throwing insults and threats around. My dad is talking with her now, hopefully he fires her but I doubt it."
Paul sighed, "I'd say he's more likely to fire me than her."
Stephanie had not considered that possibility but she assured him, "Don't be stupid, he can't fire you for sleeping with me."
"Sleeping with you now is it? Not fucking you?" Paul asked mischievously. She smiled and moved closer to him, "You like me to say that don't you? Okay, he can't fire you for coming into my room and fucking me or for busting into my bathroom, climbing in my shower and fucking me. Better?"
"Much better," he pulled her to him and they kissed. He was very forceful and she felt herself getting turned on but this could not happen here and certainly not now. She pulled her head away, "Not here Paul..."
"Shut up," He kissed her again. She desperately wanted to let this go further but if someone walked in, especially if it was her dad or Shane this would explode again. She pulled away again, "Paul stop. Not now, not here. If my dad walks in..."
Paul realised that she was right, despite how badly he wanted her he would have to wait. He released her reluctantly but he had made a decision though so he asked, "Your dad is pissed at you huh?"
She grimaced, "Yeah but not as much as he will be with you. You're in there next for the good news."
"Great," he sighed, "Even if he doesn't fire me he's going to end our storyline and stop us working together. You do know that, right?"
"Dad's not like that. He'll rage at you and threaten you about going near me again but he won't do anything that would make me unhappy."
"I wish I shared that confidence. Steph I..." His voice trailed off and she asked gently, "What?"
After a moment of silence he asked, "You really want to be with me? You're not playing games with me?"
"I already told you that I want to be with you and I meant it."
Paul pulled her to him, more gently this time, "I want to be with you too." They kissed again but it was less frantic and more passionate this time. Eventually Stephanie pulled away again, "You're sure that you're not upset about Jo? Don't tell me you want to be with me and then go back to her."
"I wouldn't do that Steph. I've realised that I wasn't into that relationship for a while but I just couldn't bring myself to end it. She did that for me and to be honest it's a relief."
She stroked the bruised area on his neck and said, "Then I'm glad that I did this. She saw it, right?"
He sighed, "Yeah and your dad is going to see it to, so thanks for that."
Stephanie giggled, "Just keep your shirt on, your chest looks a lot worse."
"You're evil, you know that?"
"Not me, I'm a good girl," she pouted.
"No you're not and I don't want you to be." With that he kissed her again but after a few moments she pulled away once more, "It's not going to be easy with dad and Shane..."
"So we won't get caught." The kissing resumed but they jumped apart moments later as there was a knock on the door. Stephanie said, "You were saying?" Paul opened the door and saw Gerald Brisco who informed him, "Vince wants you in his office Paul."
Paul sighed, "Right, I'll be right there." Brisco walked away and Stephanie said sweetly, "Good luck, I'll wait in our office."
Paul turned to her, "It's a good job you're worth all of this trouble you cause me." As he walked out of the locker room Stephanie gave him one of those stunning smiles. It was so tempting to go back in there but no, it was time to go and get screamed at by Vince.
As he knocked on Vince's door Paul wondered what the hell he was going to say. He decided that he would say as little as possible, just stand there and take what came at him and then get out of there. He walked in as expected Vince looked angry however he sounded calmer than Paul had expected as he ordered, "Sit down Paul."
Paul did as he was told without saying anything and Vince spoke, still calmer than expected, "I know what happened Monday night. I'm going to tell you this once and I do mean only once. Stay away from my daughter outside of your storyline. She's too good for you, she's too good for anyone in that locker room. She's not here to date you people, she's here to work. Am I perfectly clear on that?" That was it? Holy shit he had gotten off lightly! He asked, "You're not going to end the storyline and stop us working together?"
"I just told you that this is your one warning. This storyline is working well and I know that Stephanie is enjoying doing it so I'm not going to change anything unless I hear about you being with my daughter again or I see you walking in here with something like that," he pointed at Paul's neck, "If that happens I'll bury your ass. Do we understand each other?"
Paul's face had reddened at the mention of his neck and he said, "Yes sir."
"Get out." Paul was perfectly happy to do just that and he left as quickly as he could.