Raw: Monday, August 6, 2001
"Just ask her," Stephanie said.
"She has a boyfriend Steph," Shane said.
"That doesn't mean you can't be friends with her you big lughead," Stephanie said. "And can you think of anyone else to take to the stock holders dinner?"
"Not really," Shane said.
"Then ask her," Stephanie exclaimed.
"Look, I'm friends with her boyfriend," Shane said. "I don't want him to get the wrong impression."
"Then talk to him and give him the right impression," Stephanie said. "Boys are so dense."
"Hey!" Jericho exclaimed.
"Don't worry, you're a man sweetheart," Stephanie said, cuddling next to her husband.
"Thanks Mrs. Irvine," Jericho said, smoothing her hair. "She's right Shane. If you just go and tell her boyfriend you need a date then he will most likely understand."
"You guys just can't let me go stag can you?" Shane asked.
"Absolutely not," Stephanie said. "Just go or I'll ask for you!"
Shane growled to himself as he left the dressing room and headed down the hall. "Come in!" Jeff Hardy yelled when Shane knocked on his dressing room door.
"Hey Shane-O," Matt and Jeff greeted him.
"Hey guys," Shane said. "Good job defending your titles."
"Thanks," Matt said, slinging an arm around Lita's shoulder. It looked to Shane as if she shuddered. Shane shook his head, sure he had seen something that wasn't really there.
"Hey Lita, hey Meredith," Shane said. "I actually need to ask Matt and Lita something."
"You need privacy?" Jeff asked.
"Nah," Shane said. "There's just a stock holders dinner tomorrow night and I don't have a date. I was wondering if maybe Lita could come with me."
"Sounds fun," Matt said. "Well, not really."
Shane chuckled. "My feelings exactly. But I have to go."
"If you want Lita," Matt said, obviously not worried about Shane McMahon coming onto his girlfriend.
"Sure," Lita said. "What time?"
"I'll pick you up around 7:00," Shane said.
"Alright," Lita said.
***The next night***
"Who is it?" Stephanie asked when she heard a knock on her hotel room door.
"It's Lita," she called through the door.
Stephanie opened the door. "Hey! What's up?"
"I have nothing to wear to a stock holder's dinner!" Lita exclaimed. "I don't know what I was thinking telling Shane I would go with him!"
"I'm sure this is something Stephanie McMahon can take care of," Stephanie said. "Let me see...you know that filmy dark red shirt you have?"
"Yeah," Lita said.
"Go grab that and a black tube top and come back here and we'll get ready together," Stephanie said. While Lita was getting her clothes, Stephanie got into her dress.
"Whoa," Lita said in shock when she came back into Stephanie's hotel room. "You look like Audrey Hepburn."
"Thanks," Stephanie said. She handed Lita a black skirt with slits up both sides. "Go put all of that on."
"Aye aye," Lita said, going into the bathroom.
An hour later, Stephanie and Lita stood in front of the mirror. "We'll knock them dead," Stephanie said confidently.
"I hope so," Lita said. "I have to get back, Shane's gonna pick me up-"
"Here," Stephanie said. "I called him already."
"Alright," Lita nodded. "Then I'll call Matt and tell him I'll see him tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?" Stephanie asked.
"Yeah," Lita said. "He has a shoot for a magazine tomorrow."
"Okay," Stephanie said. "Shane and Chris will be here in five."
"Okay," Lita said. She picked up the phone and called her suite. "Hey Matty."
"Hey baby," Matt greeted her.
"Shane's gonna pick me up here," Lita said. "And you'll probably be asleep before I get back."
"Have a good time," Matt said. "I'm sure you look gorgeous."
"I do," Lita said confidently.
"Bye babe," Matt said.
"See ya!" Lita said.
"Hey Steph!" Chris Jericho called, coming into the hotel room. "You better be ready or your brother and I are going to kick your...hey Lita, you look great."
"Thanks," Lita said, blushing.
"Whoa," Shane said, looking at her. "Well, you look...beautiful."
"Thank you Shane," Lita said. She looked at him in his suit. "You don't look so bad yourself."
"Stephanie!" Jericho called again. "Your dad is going to get irate if we don't get down to the limo like NOW!"
"I'm ready," Stephanie said. She came out and pecked her husband on the lips. "You big worry wart. I am Daddy's Little Girl."
"Thanks," Jericho said dryly. "Now I'm robbing the damn cradle."
"Don't mind them," Shane said to Lita, grinning at his sister and brother-in-law. "They occasionally revert back to their childish behavior of times past. What was it you called her Chris?"
Stephanie replied, "Filthy, dirty, disgusting, skanky, brutal, bottom-feeding, trash-bag ho."
"Oh yeah," Shane said.
Chris looked over his shoulder and grinned, "I called her a nasty piece of roadkill once too."
"Yeah," Stephanie agreed. "It's a highlight of our relationship."
They got down to the limo and the driver opened the door for them. "It's about time," Vince McMahon said. "Did Stephanie keep you waiting?"
"You know her too well Dad," Shane replied.
Lita sat back in her seat and just watched her companions together. Linda was already at the dinner, making sure all of the arrangements went off without a hitch. Vince McMahon was a completely different person away from the business. He smiled and laughed and seemed...friendly. Chris and Stephanie teased each other mercilessly, but exchanged looks filled with love when they thought that no one else was looking. And Shane just seemed happy to be alive. He teased his sister, told jokes to Chris, and recalled stories with Vince.
Lita wanted to kiss him. She shook herself at the thought. Shane McMahon was anything but her type of guy. He was rich, sophisticated, and preppy. She was none of the above. But when he turned and grinned at her, his deep brown eyes made her insides melt.
Matt. Lita told herself to stay focused on her boyfriend. Matt was perfect for her. They listened to the same music, liked doing the same things, and always had fun when they did stuff together. They were from the same world. Lita did not belong in Shane McMahon's world.
But it was hard to remind herself that she didn't belong in his world as she walked into the grand ballroom of a magnificent hotel.
"Just ask her," Stephanie said.
"She has a boyfriend Steph," Shane said.
"That doesn't mean you can't be friends with her you big lughead," Stephanie said. "And can you think of anyone else to take to the stock holders dinner?"
"Not really," Shane said.
"Then ask her," Stephanie exclaimed.
"Look, I'm friends with her boyfriend," Shane said. "I don't want him to get the wrong impression."
"Then talk to him and give him the right impression," Stephanie said. "Boys are so dense."
"Hey!" Jericho exclaimed.
"Don't worry, you're a man sweetheart," Stephanie said, cuddling next to her husband.
"Thanks Mrs. Irvine," Jericho said, smoothing her hair. "She's right Shane. If you just go and tell her boyfriend you need a date then he will most likely understand."
"You guys just can't let me go stag can you?" Shane asked.
"Absolutely not," Stephanie said. "Just go or I'll ask for you!"
Shane growled to himself as he left the dressing room and headed down the hall. "Come in!" Jeff Hardy yelled when Shane knocked on his dressing room door.
"Hey Shane-O," Matt and Jeff greeted him.
"Hey guys," Shane said. "Good job defending your titles."
"Thanks," Matt said, slinging an arm around Lita's shoulder. It looked to Shane as if she shuddered. Shane shook his head, sure he had seen something that wasn't really there.
"Hey Lita, hey Meredith," Shane said. "I actually need to ask Matt and Lita something."
"You need privacy?" Jeff asked.
"Nah," Shane said. "There's just a stock holders dinner tomorrow night and I don't have a date. I was wondering if maybe Lita could come with me."
"Sounds fun," Matt said. "Well, not really."
Shane chuckled. "My feelings exactly. But I have to go."
"If you want Lita," Matt said, obviously not worried about Shane McMahon coming onto his girlfriend.
"Sure," Lita said. "What time?"
"I'll pick you up around 7:00," Shane said.
"Alright," Lita said.
***The next night***
"Who is it?" Stephanie asked when she heard a knock on her hotel room door.
"It's Lita," she called through the door.
Stephanie opened the door. "Hey! What's up?"
"I have nothing to wear to a stock holder's dinner!" Lita exclaimed. "I don't know what I was thinking telling Shane I would go with him!"
"I'm sure this is something Stephanie McMahon can take care of," Stephanie said. "Let me see...you know that filmy dark red shirt you have?"
"Yeah," Lita said.
"Go grab that and a black tube top and come back here and we'll get ready together," Stephanie said. While Lita was getting her clothes, Stephanie got into her dress.
"Whoa," Lita said in shock when she came back into Stephanie's hotel room. "You look like Audrey Hepburn."
"Thanks," Stephanie said. She handed Lita a black skirt with slits up both sides. "Go put all of that on."
"Aye aye," Lita said, going into the bathroom.
An hour later, Stephanie and Lita stood in front of the mirror. "We'll knock them dead," Stephanie said confidently.
"I hope so," Lita said. "I have to get back, Shane's gonna pick me up-"
"Here," Stephanie said. "I called him already."
"Alright," Lita nodded. "Then I'll call Matt and tell him I'll see him tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?" Stephanie asked.
"Yeah," Lita said. "He has a shoot for a magazine tomorrow."
"Okay," Stephanie said. "Shane and Chris will be here in five."
"Okay," Lita said. She picked up the phone and called her suite. "Hey Matty."
"Hey baby," Matt greeted her.
"Shane's gonna pick me up here," Lita said. "And you'll probably be asleep before I get back."
"Have a good time," Matt said. "I'm sure you look gorgeous."
"I do," Lita said confidently.
"Bye babe," Matt said.
"See ya!" Lita said.
"Hey Steph!" Chris Jericho called, coming into the hotel room. "You better be ready or your brother and I are going to kick your...hey Lita, you look great."
"Thanks," Lita said, blushing.
"Whoa," Shane said, looking at her. "Well, you look...beautiful."
"Thank you Shane," Lita said. She looked at him in his suit. "You don't look so bad yourself."
"Stephanie!" Jericho called again. "Your dad is going to get irate if we don't get down to the limo like NOW!"
"I'm ready," Stephanie said. She came out and pecked her husband on the lips. "You big worry wart. I am Daddy's Little Girl."
"Thanks," Jericho said dryly. "Now I'm robbing the damn cradle."
"Don't mind them," Shane said to Lita, grinning at his sister and brother-in-law. "They occasionally revert back to their childish behavior of times past. What was it you called her Chris?"
Stephanie replied, "Filthy, dirty, disgusting, skanky, brutal, bottom-feeding, trash-bag ho."
"Oh yeah," Shane said.
Chris looked over his shoulder and grinned, "I called her a nasty piece of roadkill once too."
"Yeah," Stephanie agreed. "It's a highlight of our relationship."
They got down to the limo and the driver opened the door for them. "It's about time," Vince McMahon said. "Did Stephanie keep you waiting?"
"You know her too well Dad," Shane replied.
Lita sat back in her seat and just watched her companions together. Linda was already at the dinner, making sure all of the arrangements went off without a hitch. Vince McMahon was a completely different person away from the business. He smiled and laughed and seemed...friendly. Chris and Stephanie teased each other mercilessly, but exchanged looks filled with love when they thought that no one else was looking. And Shane just seemed happy to be alive. He teased his sister, told jokes to Chris, and recalled stories with Vince.
Lita wanted to kiss him. She shook herself at the thought. Shane McMahon was anything but her type of guy. He was rich, sophisticated, and preppy. She was none of the above. But when he turned and grinned at her, his deep brown eyes made her insides melt.
Matt. Lita told herself to stay focused on her boyfriend. Matt was perfect for her. They listened to the same music, liked doing the same things, and always had fun when they did stuff together. They were from the same world. Lita did not belong in Shane McMahon's world.
But it was hard to remind herself that she didn't belong in his world as she walked into the grand ballroom of a magnificent hotel.