Author's Notes: As promised, here is the
3rd part. I think it kind of sucks but here it is anyway!!!
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OK, maybe I should explain something here. You see for the past couple of weeks, ever since I knew I would be facing Trish at No Way Out, I had been trying to train for the match. At first Hunter helped me, but then he got too preoccupied with Austin to help. I tried to find Tori to see if she could train me but every time I asked X-Pac about her, he'd just mumble something and walk off. Hell, I'd even swallowed my pride enough to go and ask Lita for some tips but she just assumed that I was lying and it was a big set-up. Nobody was willing to help me – until one day I literally ran into Kurt.
Being a McMahon, I immediately thought-up a plan. Kurt was my one-time good friend, why couldn't he help me?? The fact that he was Trish's business partner and would know all her training secrets was just a coincidence (not). So I turned my biggest baby-blue puppy-eyes look on him and told him how Hunter had been ignoring me recently and wouldn't even help me prepare for my match. He fell for it hook, line and sinker and immediately offered to train me. "But you're Trish's business partner!" I said in my best damsel-in-distress voice. It didn't even take him 5 seconds to decide with whom his loyalties lied. God I'm good.
So Kurt trained me for the weeks leading up to the match and taught me tons of great moves to use. He also told me what Trish was doing and what moves she was practising. By the Smackdown before the match, Kurt had found out enough information to dump the slut and become (officially at least) business partner-less. Of course no one knew about this except me and Kurt – I wasn't stupid, I knew Hunter would hit the roof if he ever found out.
After hearing me enter, Kurt looked up from tying his boots and broke into a massive grin. He sprinted over to me and gave me a really big hug. "Stephanie!! Great match tonight!! I am so proud of you!!! And you thought that you couldn't suplex anyone!!"
"Thanks Kurt!" I said, my good mood about winning the match instantly returning. "I did do good didn't I? But you know I couldn't have done it without you."
He simply blushed. "Aww, gee Steph, I'm sure you could of. I didn't do that much."
"Yes you did. You truly are my Olympic hero"
"Hey, don't forget WWF Champion!" he laughed. Then more solemnly, he said "If I beat the Rock tonight."
"Don't talk like that! You are going to beat the Rock and you are going on to beat Austin at Wrestlemania - if Hunter doesn't kill him first." I added on as an afterthought.
"He's really pumped up then?" I nodded. "I can't blame him. God Steph, when I saw him stunner you I wanted to kill him!! I'm surprised Hunter didn't lose it then!! If it were me I know I would have gone at him, 6 months suspension or not. But then again if it were me, I wouldn't have tried to run him down in the first place. Against the 3 I's you know."
Yer, I know, it was a pretty dumb thing to do wasn't it." I agreed, for the first time in public admitting I didn't agree with what my husband had done. We both then settled down in silence on the couch to watch Edge and Christian try to regain their belts. "He never watched my match." I commented after it was all over.
"What?"
"Hunter; he – "
"I heard what you said Steph, I just didn't believe it. That man's a bigger jackass then I thought he was!! My God, does he have any idea how to treat you right??? He needs to be taught a lesson Steph!!! He needs to learn –"
"Kurt, it's all right, he was preoccupied with his match against Austin"
"And that makes it right?!? I swear Steph if that were my wife, I would never do that! Hell, I wouldn't even let her fight that match by herself. I'd – "
"Kurt it's all right, honest! Once tonight's over, everything'll go back to normal." *Or at least I hope so* I thought. Getting up I said, "Good luck with the match and I'll speak to you once it's all over."
"Aren't you going to stay here and watch your husband's match?" he asked curiously as I straightened out my clothing.
"No, I'd better go and check on Edge; he really went through that table funny." I replied. "Hey, haven't you got some press-ups or something to do? Don't tell me that only I have to go through that torture and that you don't!!"
"Well you're not the WWF Champion and can I see your Olympic gold medals??" he answered, smiling.
"Well maybe I'll buy some" I shot back as I left, knowing full well Kurt's thoughts on how sacred and special the Olympics were. He was almost as easy to wind up as Shane was.
Once outside I paused, undecided again as to where I should go. I knew I should back to my dressing-room and watch Hunter, but he hadn't watched my match, so why should I watch his? Instead I went to see Edge in the medics' room. And had my heart almost stop when 45 minutes later they brought Hunter in, bloody and barely conscious.