Smackdown: February 14, 2002
"These are so beautiful Matt!" Meredith exclaimed. He had just given her a dozen long-stemmed red roses.
"Happy Valentine's Day sweetie," he said, lightly kissing Meredith on her lips.
"Happy Valentine's Day," she replied. "This day has been perfect Matt."
"Good," Matt answered. "I arranged for us to leave early so we can go out to dinner together."
"I love you Matt," Meredith said.
Matt looked at his girlfriend in shock. They had been going out for about three months and neither had said that they loved the other. He smiled. "I love you too."
Meredith grinned. "See? Perfect."
Jeff walked into the dressing room to see Matt and Meredith locked in a kiss. He groaned. "Lord in heaven! I don't need to see you two all over each other anymore."
"Get your own dressing room then," Matt said. "Or go share with Sugar and Spice."
"I might just do that," Jeff said, leaving the room.
He knocked on Madison and Dallas' dressing room and was told to come in. "Dude, is the whole world in here?"
"Shh," Madison and Stephanie hissed.
"What's going on?" Jeff asked Dallas quietly as he sank into the couch next to her. He motioned his head toward her sister, Stephanie, Jericho, and Test.
"Shane is about to call Lita out," Dallas whispered. "Supposedly for that moonsault she 'accidently' hit him with the other night."
"She was aiming for Albert though," Jeff defended his friend.
"Shane knows that," Dallas said. "Just watch."
Shane McMahon stood in the middle of the ring. "Hello everyone here in New York City. I have a little problem I need to rectify. Here...watch this clip."
The clip was of Lita hitting Shane with the moonsault. "Now, I would like my girlfriend, Lita, to come out here."
Lita's music hit and she stopped at the top of the ramp. "What Shane?"
"Please come down to the ring Lita," Shane asked calmly. Inside her felt all jittery and nervous.
"I thought you knew it was an accident Shane," Lita said, still at the top of the ring. "I said I was sorry and all that."
"Will you please come down to the ring?" Shane asked.
Lita sighed and walked down to the ring. Shane helped her inside. "I want everyone to know that New York holds a special place in my heart. It was the first place Lita ever told me she loved me. The first place I ever told her I loved her."
The crowd cheered and Lita blushed. They were normally very low-key about their relationship. Shane continued. "I met Lita because of the wrestling ring, so I think it's only appropriate that I do this in the wrestling ring."
Shane got down on his knees. Lita's face glowed bright red. "Shane get up."
"Lita, I love you," Shane said. "Every day I learn more about you, and I love you more. It doesn't take a genius to figure out you're the best thing that has ever happened to me. Will you marry me?"
In Shane's hand was a ring box with a ring with an enormous ring in it. Lita's eyes widened with shock. "Oh Shane," Lita whispered.
"Say yes, say yes," the crowd roared. Lita looked around, realizing Shane had just proposed to her in front of millions of people. Either he had very little faith in her and he wanted to guilt her into saying yes or he was pretty positive of her answer and wanted to share the moment with all of their fans. Knowing Shane, and she knew him well, he was fairly confident she would say yes.
It would serve him right for her to say no. She shook her head and Shane's face fell. Lita turned around to hide her smile. She went to the ropes to get a microphone. "Did you really have to ask me in front of millions of people Shane?"
"I figured you would know how proud I am of you and you would see that I want the whole world to see how much I love you," Shane said, coming to his feet.
"Silly boy," Lita said. "Of course I'll marry you!"
"Really?" Shane asked.
"No I'm kidding Shane," Lita said sarcastically. "I love you Boy Wonder. I will marry you."
"Boy wonder huh?" Shane asked, as he pulled Lita into his arms.
"Yeah, so?" Lita asked, smiling up at him. Shane shook his head and kissed Lita. The crowd cheered for the newly engaged couple.
"Welcome to the family," Stephanie said backstage.
"Not quite yet," Lita said, hugging her friend. "Did you guys know what he was planning?"
"Of course we did," Dallas said. She hugged her cousin. "He wanted to make sure it was romantic enough. We told him asking on Valentine's Day was romantic enough, professing your love on national TV was beyond romantic."
"It was great entertainment," Jericho agreed. "The look on Shane's face when your shook your head, that was classic."
"Let me hug my cousin," Madison said, pushing through Shane, Chris, and Jeff. "Congratulations you two. I'm so happy for you!"
"Thanks," Lita said, hugging Madison. "Someday you will be this happy."
"I hope so," Madison said.
"Congratulations Shane," Jeff said, shaking his hand. "It's good to see some people happy and in love on Valentine's Day."
"Thanks a lot man," Shane said. "It really means a lot coming from you."
"What about me?" Matt asked, coming up from behind Lita and Shane. "Do I get to congratulate you guys too?"
"Matt," Lita said. "You saw?"
Matt grinned. "Who would want to miss that?"
"You aren't angry or anything?" Lita asked, concern obvious in her eyes.
"Lita, I think it's pretty apparent you and Shane-O are in love," Matt said. "It's hard to be angry at something that seems so meant to be."
"Thank you," Lita said, hugging Matt. "I do love you."
"Like family," Matt agreed.
"I'm sorry I hurt you," Lita said. "I just, fate was making sure I was with Shane I think."
Matt grinned. "Well, I wish you guys all the luck in the world."
"You too Matt," Shane said.
Matt walked down the hall, a weight lifted off of his shoulders. He was in love, for real this time. There was no one in the world he hated, well, besides Edge and Christian. And all of his friends seemed happy.
"Why are you smiling so big?" Meredith asked.
"Because I've got a date with a beautiful woman," Matt replied.
"Do I know her?" Meredith asked.
"Hmm, maybe," Matt said, bending his head to kiss her.
Shane and Lita sat in his dressing room. Shane had filled it with roses for her. He had never been so happy in his life. Lita smiled at him and said, "Who would have thought that you and I would have ever ended up engaged?"
"I plan to end up married to you," Shane said, pulling her close to him.
"A year I thought you were a spoiled little boy who was letting his father torture his mother," Lita said. "Now I know you are a caring, sensitive man who knows how to love."
"And I thought you were some girl who didn't know how to dress," Shane said. "Now you are the most fascinating person I know, who doesn't know how to dress."
Lita hit Shane softly. "Thanks a lot Boy Wonder."
"Just promise me one thing," Shane said, planting light kisses along her jaw.
"Okay," Lita said.
"At the wedding," Shane said, "don't let your underwear show."
"These are so beautiful Matt!" Meredith exclaimed. He had just given her a dozen long-stemmed red roses.
"Happy Valentine's Day sweetie," he said, lightly kissing Meredith on her lips.
"Happy Valentine's Day," she replied. "This day has been perfect Matt."
"Good," Matt answered. "I arranged for us to leave early so we can go out to dinner together."
"I love you Matt," Meredith said.
Matt looked at his girlfriend in shock. They had been going out for about three months and neither had said that they loved the other. He smiled. "I love you too."
Meredith grinned. "See? Perfect."
Jeff walked into the dressing room to see Matt and Meredith locked in a kiss. He groaned. "Lord in heaven! I don't need to see you two all over each other anymore."
"Get your own dressing room then," Matt said. "Or go share with Sugar and Spice."
"I might just do that," Jeff said, leaving the room.
He knocked on Madison and Dallas' dressing room and was told to come in. "Dude, is the whole world in here?"
"Shh," Madison and Stephanie hissed.
"What's going on?" Jeff asked Dallas quietly as he sank into the couch next to her. He motioned his head toward her sister, Stephanie, Jericho, and Test.
"Shane is about to call Lita out," Dallas whispered. "Supposedly for that moonsault she 'accidently' hit him with the other night."
"She was aiming for Albert though," Jeff defended his friend.
"Shane knows that," Dallas said. "Just watch."
Shane McMahon stood in the middle of the ring. "Hello everyone here in New York City. I have a little problem I need to rectify. Here...watch this clip."
The clip was of Lita hitting Shane with the moonsault. "Now, I would like my girlfriend, Lita, to come out here."
Lita's music hit and she stopped at the top of the ramp. "What Shane?"
"Please come down to the ring Lita," Shane asked calmly. Inside her felt all jittery and nervous.
"I thought you knew it was an accident Shane," Lita said, still at the top of the ring. "I said I was sorry and all that."
"Will you please come down to the ring?" Shane asked.
Lita sighed and walked down to the ring. Shane helped her inside. "I want everyone to know that New York holds a special place in my heart. It was the first place Lita ever told me she loved me. The first place I ever told her I loved her."
The crowd cheered and Lita blushed. They were normally very low-key about their relationship. Shane continued. "I met Lita because of the wrestling ring, so I think it's only appropriate that I do this in the wrestling ring."
Shane got down on his knees. Lita's face glowed bright red. "Shane get up."
"Lita, I love you," Shane said. "Every day I learn more about you, and I love you more. It doesn't take a genius to figure out you're the best thing that has ever happened to me. Will you marry me?"
In Shane's hand was a ring box with a ring with an enormous ring in it. Lita's eyes widened with shock. "Oh Shane," Lita whispered.
"Say yes, say yes," the crowd roared. Lita looked around, realizing Shane had just proposed to her in front of millions of people. Either he had very little faith in her and he wanted to guilt her into saying yes or he was pretty positive of her answer and wanted to share the moment with all of their fans. Knowing Shane, and she knew him well, he was fairly confident she would say yes.
It would serve him right for her to say no. She shook her head and Shane's face fell. Lita turned around to hide her smile. She went to the ropes to get a microphone. "Did you really have to ask me in front of millions of people Shane?"
"I figured you would know how proud I am of you and you would see that I want the whole world to see how much I love you," Shane said, coming to his feet.
"Silly boy," Lita said. "Of course I'll marry you!"
"Really?" Shane asked.
"No I'm kidding Shane," Lita said sarcastically. "I love you Boy Wonder. I will marry you."
"Boy wonder huh?" Shane asked, as he pulled Lita into his arms.
"Yeah, so?" Lita asked, smiling up at him. Shane shook his head and kissed Lita. The crowd cheered for the newly engaged couple.
"Welcome to the family," Stephanie said backstage.
"Not quite yet," Lita said, hugging her friend. "Did you guys know what he was planning?"
"Of course we did," Dallas said. She hugged her cousin. "He wanted to make sure it was romantic enough. We told him asking on Valentine's Day was romantic enough, professing your love on national TV was beyond romantic."
"It was great entertainment," Jericho agreed. "The look on Shane's face when your shook your head, that was classic."
"Let me hug my cousin," Madison said, pushing through Shane, Chris, and Jeff. "Congratulations you two. I'm so happy for you!"
"Thanks," Lita said, hugging Madison. "Someday you will be this happy."
"I hope so," Madison said.
"Congratulations Shane," Jeff said, shaking his hand. "It's good to see some people happy and in love on Valentine's Day."
"Thanks a lot man," Shane said. "It really means a lot coming from you."
"What about me?" Matt asked, coming up from behind Lita and Shane. "Do I get to congratulate you guys too?"
"Matt," Lita said. "You saw?"
Matt grinned. "Who would want to miss that?"
"You aren't angry or anything?" Lita asked, concern obvious in her eyes.
"Lita, I think it's pretty apparent you and Shane-O are in love," Matt said. "It's hard to be angry at something that seems so meant to be."
"Thank you," Lita said, hugging Matt. "I do love you."
"Like family," Matt agreed.
"I'm sorry I hurt you," Lita said. "I just, fate was making sure I was with Shane I think."
Matt grinned. "Well, I wish you guys all the luck in the world."
"You too Matt," Shane said.
Matt walked down the hall, a weight lifted off of his shoulders. He was in love, for real this time. There was no one in the world he hated, well, besides Edge and Christian. And all of his friends seemed happy.
"Why are you smiling so big?" Meredith asked.
"Because I've got a date with a beautiful woman," Matt replied.
"Do I know her?" Meredith asked.
"Hmm, maybe," Matt said, bending his head to kiss her.
Shane and Lita sat in his dressing room. Shane had filled it with roses for her. He had never been so happy in his life. Lita smiled at him and said, "Who would have thought that you and I would have ever ended up engaged?"
"I plan to end up married to you," Shane said, pulling her close to him.
"A year I thought you were a spoiled little boy who was letting his father torture his mother," Lita said. "Now I know you are a caring, sensitive man who knows how to love."
"And I thought you were some girl who didn't know how to dress," Shane said. "Now you are the most fascinating person I know, who doesn't know how to dress."
Lita hit Shane softly. "Thanks a lot Boy Wonder."
"Just promise me one thing," Shane said, planting light kisses along her jaw.
"Okay," Lita said.
"At the wedding," Shane said, "don't let your underwear show."