"Hey," Madison said, as she literally ran into HHH. "How are you doing?"
"Great," Hunter said. He grinned widely as he hugged his ex-girlfriend. "Never better and all that."
"I'm sorry to hear that," Madison teased.
Hunter looked down at Madison. Her green eyes flashed almost seductively. "Now why is that?" Hunter asked, leaning in closer to Madison.
"I always hate to hear someone is having a better time without me than they had with me," Madison said. "It deflates my ego."
"I'd hate to do that," Hunter said, briefly skimming his hand over her arm.
"I'm sure you would," Madison said. "I hear congratulations are in order."
"It took you long enough," Hunter whispered.
"I was supposed to play the jealous ex Helmsley," Madison said, moving her hands to hold the lapels of his leather jacket.
"I forgot," Hunter said. "So?"
"So what?" Madison asked suggestively.
Hunter's lips descended and lightly touched against Madison's. The kiss started softly and slowly built to a passionate climax. Anyone watching would have thought they still kissed each other regularly.
Which is exactly what Test was thinking. He started running toward the kissing couple. Why would they make out in such a public place, where he or Chyna could stumble upon them? He kept running toward them but never seemed to get any closer. He tried to yell at them to stop, but no words came out of his face.
You should have known Andy boy, Test thought, never trust a woman. Especially not with HHH.
3:24 a.m.
"What the hell?" Test asked no one as he sat up quickly. He was drenched in sweat. It took him several minutes before he realized he had been dreaming. Madison was asleep at Vince and Linda's. Hunter Hearst Helmsley was God knows where with his Amazon.
"Calm down boy," Test told himself. "Just a dream."
If there was one person on the planet that Andrew Martin hated it was Hunter Hearst Helmsley. He nearly lost it when Madison had started dating him. People who got involved with HHH got hurt.
HHH had been making his life a living hell since November of 1999. The infamous RAW wedding that wasn't. Helmsley had ruined what should have been the most wonderful day of his life. He was going to marry a beautiful, sweet woman, become a part of the McMahon clan, and he would finally be on top.
In the long run, Andrew acknowledged that everyone had been better off after it turned out Stephanie had married the Cerebral Assassin. With the possible exception of Hunter himself.
Stephanie had never loved Test. But Test couldn't say he had ever truly loved Stephanie. They had cared deeply for each other. A person does not fight friends and go through hell to be with a woman just to possibly gain a little power. But love had never been a part of the equation.
So Stephanie ended up in a marriage to a stranger. True, she had helped to make his life a living hell from time to time. But he soon realized that Stephanie paid attention to him so she could remind herself of what she had been. Remind herself she hadn't always been the most dominant bitch in the WWF.
And then Stephanie fell in love with the resident name-caller. They truly were perfect for each other, which shocked Test. He never would have thought of flippant, fun-loving Jericho and high-and-mighty Stephanie as a compatible couple. He had been happy for her when she admitted her relationship, and it had opened a chance for forgiveness.
Test had been disappointed and hurt when Stephanie admitted her marriage to Hunter wasn't a sham. He had a little difficulty trusting people after that. Especially women. Of course, he had trusted Trish Stratus. Another female that had turned on him.
Stephanie and Test had been able to become friends, something they had never even thought about attempting, even when they had been engaged. He was sure that someone or something had been looking over him when they had stopped the marriage, because they would never have been truly happy together.
And Hunter had been dumped. Test had almost felt sorry for him. Almost, but not quite. It's hard to feel sorry for someone who married the woman you had been engaged to.
Test settled back into his bed and thought about Madison. The dream had helped him realized one thing, you have to be careful who you trust.
Test laid back in bed, knowing he should trust Madison. She had never done anything to betray his trust. He fell back to sleep thinking trusting people is what gets you in trouble. He slept fitfully through the night.
***********The next morning************
"You ready?" Shane asked Lita.
"I'm four months pregnant Shane," Lita said in frustration. "I'm not an invalid."
"I know you aren't," Shane said.
"Then stop treating me like one!" Lita exclaimed.
"She's right Shane-O," Test said, coming down the staircase of Shane and Lita's mansion. "She isn't even showing yet."
"Thank god," Lita said. "I will never look the same again."
"You'll look better," Shane said.
"Shut up," Lita said. "Lets go. I don't want you to blame us being late on me being pregnant."
Shane, Lita, and Test headed over to Vince and Linda's. The drive was a short one. Test hoped that Madison never wanted to live in Greenwich. It was nice occasionally, but he couldn't stay there more than a week at a time.
They got to 'the castle', as Test liked to call the McMahon house. There were three cars parked on the front driveway. "Who's here?" Test asked.
Shane shrugged his shoulders. 'One is Steph's car, Jeff and Dal borrowed my truck, and I don't know about the other one."
They stepped into the gigantic house and were greeted with the sound of laughter. Laughter that Test found all too familiar. He headed in the direction the sound was coming from.
"Damn," Test said under his breath.
Madison and Hunter were sitting on a couch together. Hunter's arm was slung on the back of the couch and Madison was leaning against it. Madison looked up at Hunter; her face lit up with happiness. Hunter was obviously telling her a story.
To most people, it would look like two friends talking. Test knew that Madison had put aside her hurt to maintain a friendship with Hunter. But Test couldn't help the feeling of jealousy and possessiveness that came over him. He remembered his dream from the night before.
Chyna came into the room and stood behind Test. She saw Madison and Hunter talking and smiled. She was glad they could talk and be friends. She felt less threatened knowing that Hunter could still have Madison in his life without having to sneak around and pretend. She had a feeling Test felt differently.
"Hey there," Chyna said. "How is it staying with Shane and Lita."
"Crazy," Test said, tearing his eyes away from his girlfriend and her ex. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Hunter and I are house-searching," Chyna said. "He loves Greenwich. He grew up here."
"Oh yeah," Test said. "I forgot."
"Vince and Linda invited us over for breakfast," Chyna said. "Hunter! Linda says the food is ready."
Hunter and Madison looked over toward Chyna and Test. "Andrew!" Madison exclaimed, jumping from the couch to run to her boyfriend. He enveloped her in a hug.
"How was your night?" Madison asked as they walked to the dining room.
"Good," Test said. "I got lots of sleep."
"Are you saying you don't sleep when I'm around?" Madison teased.
"I don't think you could call it sleep," Test said. "I'm fairly certain actually."
"Shush," Madison said as they entered the dining room.
Breakfast was fairly uneventful. The meal was loud because everyone was talking all at once and wanted to be heard. The food was good and everyone was in good spirits.
"Shane is going to travel with WWF now," Lita said, pretending to be hurt. "And he has told me to stay at home."
"You never know with babies Lita," Shane said.
"You would know less than I would," Lita retorted.
"Children," Vince said. "I'm sure you and Linda will find plenty of things to do while Shane is away. It won't be anymore than a month, I promise."
"Dad!" Shane exclaimed.
"Thank you Vince," Lita said.
Stephanie and Chris kept smiling at each other. Chris would mouth words that no one else could understand and Stephanie would giggle.
"Okay, enough," Dallas said, who was sitting next to Chris. "What is up with you two?"
"Are you pregnant too?" Vince asked, hope evident in his voice.
"Sorry Vince," Chris said.
"We are going to move to Winnipeg," Stephanie said. "Chris says his blood his too thin down here so we're going to move to Canada and he's going to teach me how to play hockey. So he keeps threatening anyways. He's mouthing challenges Dal."
"You two are too strange," Dallas said.
"You're moving to Canada?" Linda asked.
"We just decided last night," Chris said. "It was either there or San Diego."
"Or Japan," Stephanie said. "But we decided against that one for a number of reasons."
"Good," Vince said.
"Don't worry Daddy," Stephanie said. "You aren't going to get rid of us by any means."
"I know," Vince said.
Test was watching the McMahon exchange and almost missed Madison watching Chyna and Hunter closely. She was obviously deep in thought. He frowned as he began to realize Madison was still not over Hunter.
"Great," Hunter said. He grinned widely as he hugged his ex-girlfriend. "Never better and all that."
"I'm sorry to hear that," Madison teased.
Hunter looked down at Madison. Her green eyes flashed almost seductively. "Now why is that?" Hunter asked, leaning in closer to Madison.
"I always hate to hear someone is having a better time without me than they had with me," Madison said. "It deflates my ego."
"I'd hate to do that," Hunter said, briefly skimming his hand over her arm.
"I'm sure you would," Madison said. "I hear congratulations are in order."
"It took you long enough," Hunter whispered.
"I was supposed to play the jealous ex Helmsley," Madison said, moving her hands to hold the lapels of his leather jacket.
"I forgot," Hunter said. "So?"
"So what?" Madison asked suggestively.
Hunter's lips descended and lightly touched against Madison's. The kiss started softly and slowly built to a passionate climax. Anyone watching would have thought they still kissed each other regularly.
Which is exactly what Test was thinking. He started running toward the kissing couple. Why would they make out in such a public place, where he or Chyna could stumble upon them? He kept running toward them but never seemed to get any closer. He tried to yell at them to stop, but no words came out of his face.
You should have known Andy boy, Test thought, never trust a woman. Especially not with HHH.
3:24 a.m.
"What the hell?" Test asked no one as he sat up quickly. He was drenched in sweat. It took him several minutes before he realized he had been dreaming. Madison was asleep at Vince and Linda's. Hunter Hearst Helmsley was God knows where with his Amazon.
"Calm down boy," Test told himself. "Just a dream."
If there was one person on the planet that Andrew Martin hated it was Hunter Hearst Helmsley. He nearly lost it when Madison had started dating him. People who got involved with HHH got hurt.
HHH had been making his life a living hell since November of 1999. The infamous RAW wedding that wasn't. Helmsley had ruined what should have been the most wonderful day of his life. He was going to marry a beautiful, sweet woman, become a part of the McMahon clan, and he would finally be on top.
In the long run, Andrew acknowledged that everyone had been better off after it turned out Stephanie had married the Cerebral Assassin. With the possible exception of Hunter himself.
Stephanie had never loved Test. But Test couldn't say he had ever truly loved Stephanie. They had cared deeply for each other. A person does not fight friends and go through hell to be with a woman just to possibly gain a little power. But love had never been a part of the equation.
So Stephanie ended up in a marriage to a stranger. True, she had helped to make his life a living hell from time to time. But he soon realized that Stephanie paid attention to him so she could remind herself of what she had been. Remind herself she hadn't always been the most dominant bitch in the WWF.
And then Stephanie fell in love with the resident name-caller. They truly were perfect for each other, which shocked Test. He never would have thought of flippant, fun-loving Jericho and high-and-mighty Stephanie as a compatible couple. He had been happy for her when she admitted her relationship, and it had opened a chance for forgiveness.
Test had been disappointed and hurt when Stephanie admitted her marriage to Hunter wasn't a sham. He had a little difficulty trusting people after that. Especially women. Of course, he had trusted Trish Stratus. Another female that had turned on him.
Stephanie and Test had been able to become friends, something they had never even thought about attempting, even when they had been engaged. He was sure that someone or something had been looking over him when they had stopped the marriage, because they would never have been truly happy together.
And Hunter had been dumped. Test had almost felt sorry for him. Almost, but not quite. It's hard to feel sorry for someone who married the woman you had been engaged to.
Test settled back into his bed and thought about Madison. The dream had helped him realized one thing, you have to be careful who you trust.
Test laid back in bed, knowing he should trust Madison. She had never done anything to betray his trust. He fell back to sleep thinking trusting people is what gets you in trouble. He slept fitfully through the night.
***********The next morning************
"You ready?" Shane asked Lita.
"I'm four months pregnant Shane," Lita said in frustration. "I'm not an invalid."
"I know you aren't," Shane said.
"Then stop treating me like one!" Lita exclaimed.
"She's right Shane-O," Test said, coming down the staircase of Shane and Lita's mansion. "She isn't even showing yet."
"Thank god," Lita said. "I will never look the same again."
"You'll look better," Shane said.
"Shut up," Lita said. "Lets go. I don't want you to blame us being late on me being pregnant."
Shane, Lita, and Test headed over to Vince and Linda's. The drive was a short one. Test hoped that Madison never wanted to live in Greenwich. It was nice occasionally, but he couldn't stay there more than a week at a time.
They got to 'the castle', as Test liked to call the McMahon house. There were three cars parked on the front driveway. "Who's here?" Test asked.
Shane shrugged his shoulders. 'One is Steph's car, Jeff and Dal borrowed my truck, and I don't know about the other one."
They stepped into the gigantic house and were greeted with the sound of laughter. Laughter that Test found all too familiar. He headed in the direction the sound was coming from.
"Damn," Test said under his breath.
Madison and Hunter were sitting on a couch together. Hunter's arm was slung on the back of the couch and Madison was leaning against it. Madison looked up at Hunter; her face lit up with happiness. Hunter was obviously telling her a story.
To most people, it would look like two friends talking. Test knew that Madison had put aside her hurt to maintain a friendship with Hunter. But Test couldn't help the feeling of jealousy and possessiveness that came over him. He remembered his dream from the night before.
Chyna came into the room and stood behind Test. She saw Madison and Hunter talking and smiled. She was glad they could talk and be friends. She felt less threatened knowing that Hunter could still have Madison in his life without having to sneak around and pretend. She had a feeling Test felt differently.
"Hey there," Chyna said. "How is it staying with Shane and Lita."
"Crazy," Test said, tearing his eyes away from his girlfriend and her ex. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Hunter and I are house-searching," Chyna said. "He loves Greenwich. He grew up here."
"Oh yeah," Test said. "I forgot."
"Vince and Linda invited us over for breakfast," Chyna said. "Hunter! Linda says the food is ready."
Hunter and Madison looked over toward Chyna and Test. "Andrew!" Madison exclaimed, jumping from the couch to run to her boyfriend. He enveloped her in a hug.
"How was your night?" Madison asked as they walked to the dining room.
"Good," Test said. "I got lots of sleep."
"Are you saying you don't sleep when I'm around?" Madison teased.
"I don't think you could call it sleep," Test said. "I'm fairly certain actually."
"Shush," Madison said as they entered the dining room.
Breakfast was fairly uneventful. The meal was loud because everyone was talking all at once and wanted to be heard. The food was good and everyone was in good spirits.
"Shane is going to travel with WWF now," Lita said, pretending to be hurt. "And he has told me to stay at home."
"You never know with babies Lita," Shane said.
"You would know less than I would," Lita retorted.
"Children," Vince said. "I'm sure you and Linda will find plenty of things to do while Shane is away. It won't be anymore than a month, I promise."
"Dad!" Shane exclaimed.
"Thank you Vince," Lita said.
Stephanie and Chris kept smiling at each other. Chris would mouth words that no one else could understand and Stephanie would giggle.
"Okay, enough," Dallas said, who was sitting next to Chris. "What is up with you two?"
"Are you pregnant too?" Vince asked, hope evident in his voice.
"Sorry Vince," Chris said.
"We are going to move to Winnipeg," Stephanie said. "Chris says his blood his too thin down here so we're going to move to Canada and he's going to teach me how to play hockey. So he keeps threatening anyways. He's mouthing challenges Dal."
"You two are too strange," Dallas said.
"You're moving to Canada?" Linda asked.
"We just decided last night," Chris said. "It was either there or San Diego."
"Or Japan," Stephanie said. "But we decided against that one for a number of reasons."
"Good," Vince said.
"Don't worry Daddy," Stephanie said. "You aren't going to get rid of us by any means."
"I know," Vince said.
Test was watching the McMahon exchange and almost missed Madison watching Chyna and Hunter closely. She was obviously deep in thought. He frowned as he began to realize Madison was still not over Hunter.
