*** I MADE IT TO THE LAST CHAPTER!!! Yay, aren't you excited? This took forever I know. But I did get caught up in schoolwork and stuff. I won't happen again :-P Anyways, this chapter, the final chapter, is called "Show Me Heaven". PLEASE REVIEW...let me know what you think. You can flame me, I just want some kind of feedback. Thanks! ***
// There you go, flashing fever from your eyes //
"Where the hell are you going?" Shane asked as Stephanie walked out of his office.
"I'm taking control of my life," Stephanie said. She was sick of Jericho acting like they were inseparable in front of other people and treating her like dirt when they were alone together.
Maybe it was her fault. Maybe Jericho had sensed that her feelings toward him were more than friendly and he was pushing her away. If that was the case, she would just end their public relationship and hope that he would let her be his friend still.
"Come in," Jericho called when he heard her knock. He looked up and saw her. A bolt of something flashed through his blue eyes. She involuntarily shivered. "Well?"
"Huh?" Stephanie asked.
"Why did you come here Princess?" Chris asked.
// Hey baby, come over her and shut them tight //
"I'm here to do something I should have done awhile ago," Stephanie said.
"Yeah?" Jericho asked, brow raised in question.
Stephanie simply walked over to him and kneeled in front of his chair. "I don't know why you think you can treat me like crap when no one is looking Chris, but I'm sick of it."
"When did you start calling me Chris?" Jericho asked. "I thought I was always Jericho to you."
"Can you freaking concentrate on what I am saying to you?" Stephanie asked. "Can you listen to me?"
"I'm listening to you," Jericho shrugged.
"Well, listen to this," Stephanie said, leaning over and kissing him passionately.
// I'm not denying, we're flying above it all //
"Stephanie!" Jericho exclaimed as he pulled away.
"Sorry," Stephanie said. "That wasn't what I came here to do."
"Going to kick me in my crotch now?" Jericho asked suggested.
"No," Stephanie said, raking a hand through her hair, trying to think of a way to say what she had to say. "Damn it Jericho! I'm sick of you treating me like I don't matter. I do matter! And just because I love you doesn't mean I'm going to take it anymore."
"Hold on!" Jericho said.
"I will not hold on!" Stephanie said. "Because if you are going to keep acting like I'm not even your friend then I'm ready to end this pretense of a relationship that we have."
"Would you let me speak?" Jericho asked.
"No!" Stephanie said. "Well, yeah. Go ahead. I'm done."
// Hold my hand, don't let me fall
You've such amazing grace //
"Thanks," Jericho said. "Now, you said you love me?"
"You seem to be the only one that doesn't see it," Stephanie said, sighing as she collapsed onto a chair.
"Same with you apparently," Jericho said.
"What are you talking about?" Stephanie asked.
"Trish keeps telling me I'm in love with you," Jericho said. "And she's right."
"You're in love with me?" Stephanie asked.
"I thought you didn't feel the same," Jericho said. "I was trying to get you to leave me because I couldn't make myself leave you."
"But why?" Stephanie asked.
"Because I didn't think you would ever feel the same way," Jericho replied.
// Oh, show me heaven, cover me
Leave me breathless
Oh, show me heaven please //
Jericho stood up and pulled Stephanie from her chair. He pulled her close and lowered his head to hers. Their lips met in a perfect kiss.
"Wow," Stephanie said when they came up for air.
"I second that," Jericho said.
"I love you," Stephanie said. Jericho's blue eyes met with hers.
"I love you," Jericho said.
"Well, I'm glad we got that settled," Stephanie said, her arms still wrapped around his neck. "Finally I get a chance to be in love."
"You're only twenty-five Steph," Jericho said.
"But I've never had this," Stephanie said. "Sue me for being excited."
// Here I go, shaking just like the breeze //
"Hey baby," Jericho whispered from behind Stephanie later that night.
Stephanie shivered when she felt his breath dance across her skin. She turned around and hugged him. He kissed her lightly. "You smell like strawberries."
"It's my shampoo," Stephanie said.
"They make you smell good enough to eat," Jericho said.
"Oh God," Shane said. "That is not how I need to hear anyone talking to my sister."
"Go away," Stephanie said.
"I just wanted to make sure you two had worked out whatever problems you were having," Shane said. "You know it's bad when Stephanie walks out of a meeting."
// Hey baby, I need your hand to steady me //
"Hey guys," Stacy said as she walked down the hall, hand-in-hand with Jeff.
"Hi," Stephanie said happily. "What are you two up to?"
"Dinner," Jeff said. "You two want to come?"
"You want to?" Jericho asked Stephanie.
"Sure," Stephanie shrugged. "Why not?"
"Alright," Jeff said. "Let's head out."
// I'm not denying, I'm frightened as much as you
Though I'm barely touching you //
"Good night," Jericho said when they reached Stephanie's hotel room.
"I don't want this night to end," Stephanie said.
"Why not?" Jericho asked.
"I'm afraid I'll wake up and it will all have been a dream," Stephanie said, wrapping her arms around Jericho's neck.
"It's not," Jericho said, leaning down and kissing her lips.
"I know," Stephanie said.
"I'll pick you up in the morning to go to the airport," Jericho said.
"I'll see you then," Stephanie said.
// I've shivers down my spine, and it feels divine //
"Mm," Stephanie sighed, thinking she was having a great dream.
"What the hell!" Stephanie exclaimed as she woke up and still felt something stroking her back. She turned to see Jericho grinning down at her.
"How the hell did you get in here?" Stephanie asked.
"Kurt and Lita are in the adjoining room," Jericho answered simply. "Nice nightgown."
Stephanie blushed as she realized she was wearing a black silk nightgown. "Glad you like it."
"I do," Jericho said. "And it's a good thing we have a plane to catch or we would be in this bed all day long."
// Oh, show me heaven, cover me
Leave me breathless
Oh, show me heaven please //
Lita smiled across the table at Stephanie.
"What?" Stephanie asked.
"Can I tell you a secret?" Lita asked. They had become friends over the past month or so because Kurt and Jericho were friends.
"Sure," Stephanie said.
"Kurt got me a ring yesterday," Lita whispered.
"What do you mean?" Stephanie asked.
Lita pulled at a chain she was wearing around her neck and pulled a hidden ring from underneath her sweater. It was a breathtaking diamond.
"Oh wow," Stephanie said. "Congratulations."
"Thanks," Lita said.
// Do you know what it's like
To dream a dream //
Stephanie walked to the front door of her house. "Hey," she said when she saw her boyfriend standing there. "I didn't know you were in town."
"I have something for you," Jericho said, leaning in to kiss Stephanie. "But that wasn't it."
"Come on in," Stephanie said.
Jericho pulled a box out of his jacket. Stephanie felt a bolt of panic. She loved Jericho but they had only been together about a month. It was way to soon to be making any kind of long term commitment.
"Jericho?" Stephanie asked uncertainly.
// Baby hold me tight and let this be //
"What?" Jericho asked as he pulled a plain metal ring out of the box.
"What is that?" Stephanie asked.
"Don't you ever watch Buffy?" Jericho joked, knowing it was one of her favorite shows. "It's a cladaugh ring."
"What?" Stephanie asked. She looked at the ring closer. It had a crown over a heart that was above two joined hands. "That's beautiful."
Jericho took her hand. He slid it onto her ring finger. "You wear it with the heart pointing to your hand to show you're in love."
"Oh," Stephanie said. "It's perfect."
"What did you think it was?" Jericho asked.
"Nothing," Stephanie said happily.
// Oh, show me heaven, cover me
Leave me breathless
Oh, show me heaven please //
"Can I stay here tonight?" Jericho asked.
"Yeah," Stephanie said. "That sounds great. I get lonely here."
"Your brother lives next door," Jericho sighed.
"He likes to spend his home time with his wife silly," Stephanie said.
"I see," Jericho said. "Why don't you come spend your weekend with me next weekend?"
"Okay," Stephanie said.
"And eventually we will find a town both of us can live in," Jericho said.
"Eventually," Stephanie said happily.
// Oh, show me heaven, cover me
Leave me breathless
Oh, show me heaven please //
// There you go, flashing fever from your eyes //
"Where the hell are you going?" Shane asked as Stephanie walked out of his office.
"I'm taking control of my life," Stephanie said. She was sick of Jericho acting like they were inseparable in front of other people and treating her like dirt when they were alone together.
Maybe it was her fault. Maybe Jericho had sensed that her feelings toward him were more than friendly and he was pushing her away. If that was the case, she would just end their public relationship and hope that he would let her be his friend still.
"Come in," Jericho called when he heard her knock. He looked up and saw her. A bolt of something flashed through his blue eyes. She involuntarily shivered. "Well?"
"Huh?" Stephanie asked.
"Why did you come here Princess?" Chris asked.
// Hey baby, come over her and shut them tight //
"I'm here to do something I should have done awhile ago," Stephanie said.
"Yeah?" Jericho asked, brow raised in question.
Stephanie simply walked over to him and kneeled in front of his chair. "I don't know why you think you can treat me like crap when no one is looking Chris, but I'm sick of it."
"When did you start calling me Chris?" Jericho asked. "I thought I was always Jericho to you."
"Can you freaking concentrate on what I am saying to you?" Stephanie asked. "Can you listen to me?"
"I'm listening to you," Jericho shrugged.
"Well, listen to this," Stephanie said, leaning over and kissing him passionately.
// I'm not denying, we're flying above it all //
"Stephanie!" Jericho exclaimed as he pulled away.
"Sorry," Stephanie said. "That wasn't what I came here to do."
"Going to kick me in my crotch now?" Jericho asked suggested.
"No," Stephanie said, raking a hand through her hair, trying to think of a way to say what she had to say. "Damn it Jericho! I'm sick of you treating me like I don't matter. I do matter! And just because I love you doesn't mean I'm going to take it anymore."
"Hold on!" Jericho said.
"I will not hold on!" Stephanie said. "Because if you are going to keep acting like I'm not even your friend then I'm ready to end this pretense of a relationship that we have."
"Would you let me speak?" Jericho asked.
"No!" Stephanie said. "Well, yeah. Go ahead. I'm done."
// Hold my hand, don't let me fall
You've such amazing grace //
"Thanks," Jericho said. "Now, you said you love me?"
"You seem to be the only one that doesn't see it," Stephanie said, sighing as she collapsed onto a chair.
"Same with you apparently," Jericho said.
"What are you talking about?" Stephanie asked.
"Trish keeps telling me I'm in love with you," Jericho said. "And she's right."
"You're in love with me?" Stephanie asked.
"I thought you didn't feel the same," Jericho said. "I was trying to get you to leave me because I couldn't make myself leave you."
"But why?" Stephanie asked.
"Because I didn't think you would ever feel the same way," Jericho replied.
// Oh, show me heaven, cover me
Leave me breathless
Oh, show me heaven please //
Jericho stood up and pulled Stephanie from her chair. He pulled her close and lowered his head to hers. Their lips met in a perfect kiss.
"Wow," Stephanie said when they came up for air.
"I second that," Jericho said.
"I love you," Stephanie said. Jericho's blue eyes met with hers.
"I love you," Jericho said.
"Well, I'm glad we got that settled," Stephanie said, her arms still wrapped around his neck. "Finally I get a chance to be in love."
"You're only twenty-five Steph," Jericho said.
"But I've never had this," Stephanie said. "Sue me for being excited."
// Here I go, shaking just like the breeze //
"Hey baby," Jericho whispered from behind Stephanie later that night.
Stephanie shivered when she felt his breath dance across her skin. She turned around and hugged him. He kissed her lightly. "You smell like strawberries."
"It's my shampoo," Stephanie said.
"They make you smell good enough to eat," Jericho said.
"Oh God," Shane said. "That is not how I need to hear anyone talking to my sister."
"Go away," Stephanie said.
"I just wanted to make sure you two had worked out whatever problems you were having," Shane said. "You know it's bad when Stephanie walks out of a meeting."
// Hey baby, I need your hand to steady me //
"Hey guys," Stacy said as she walked down the hall, hand-in-hand with Jeff.
"Hi," Stephanie said happily. "What are you two up to?"
"Dinner," Jeff said. "You two want to come?"
"You want to?" Jericho asked Stephanie.
"Sure," Stephanie shrugged. "Why not?"
"Alright," Jeff said. "Let's head out."
// I'm not denying, I'm frightened as much as you
Though I'm barely touching you //
"Good night," Jericho said when they reached Stephanie's hotel room.
"I don't want this night to end," Stephanie said.
"Why not?" Jericho asked.
"I'm afraid I'll wake up and it will all have been a dream," Stephanie said, wrapping her arms around Jericho's neck.
"It's not," Jericho said, leaning down and kissing her lips.
"I know," Stephanie said.
"I'll pick you up in the morning to go to the airport," Jericho said.
"I'll see you then," Stephanie said.
// I've shivers down my spine, and it feels divine //
"Mm," Stephanie sighed, thinking she was having a great dream.
"What the hell!" Stephanie exclaimed as she woke up and still felt something stroking her back. She turned to see Jericho grinning down at her.
"How the hell did you get in here?" Stephanie asked.
"Kurt and Lita are in the adjoining room," Jericho answered simply. "Nice nightgown."
Stephanie blushed as she realized she was wearing a black silk nightgown. "Glad you like it."
"I do," Jericho said. "And it's a good thing we have a plane to catch or we would be in this bed all day long."
// Oh, show me heaven, cover me
Leave me breathless
Oh, show me heaven please //
Lita smiled across the table at Stephanie.
"What?" Stephanie asked.
"Can I tell you a secret?" Lita asked. They had become friends over the past month or so because Kurt and Jericho were friends.
"Sure," Stephanie said.
"Kurt got me a ring yesterday," Lita whispered.
"What do you mean?" Stephanie asked.
Lita pulled at a chain she was wearing around her neck and pulled a hidden ring from underneath her sweater. It was a breathtaking diamond.
"Oh wow," Stephanie said. "Congratulations."
"Thanks," Lita said.
// Do you know what it's like
To dream a dream //
Stephanie walked to the front door of her house. "Hey," she said when she saw her boyfriend standing there. "I didn't know you were in town."
"I have something for you," Jericho said, leaning in to kiss Stephanie. "But that wasn't it."
"Come on in," Stephanie said.
Jericho pulled a box out of his jacket. Stephanie felt a bolt of panic. She loved Jericho but they had only been together about a month. It was way to soon to be making any kind of long term commitment.
"Jericho?" Stephanie asked uncertainly.
// Baby hold me tight and let this be //
"What?" Jericho asked as he pulled a plain metal ring out of the box.
"What is that?" Stephanie asked.
"Don't you ever watch Buffy?" Jericho joked, knowing it was one of her favorite shows. "It's a cladaugh ring."
"What?" Stephanie asked. She looked at the ring closer. It had a crown over a heart that was above two joined hands. "That's beautiful."
Jericho took her hand. He slid it onto her ring finger. "You wear it with the heart pointing to your hand to show you're in love."
"Oh," Stephanie said. "It's perfect."
"What did you think it was?" Jericho asked.
"Nothing," Stephanie said happily.
// Oh, show me heaven, cover me
Leave me breathless
Oh, show me heaven please //
"Can I stay here tonight?" Jericho asked.
"Yeah," Stephanie said. "That sounds great. I get lonely here."
"Your brother lives next door," Jericho sighed.
"He likes to spend his home time with his wife silly," Stephanie said.
"I see," Jericho said. "Why don't you come spend your weekend with me next weekend?"
"Okay," Stephanie said.
"And eventually we will find a town both of us can live in," Jericho said.
"Eventually," Stephanie said happily.
// Oh, show me heaven, cover me
Leave me breathless
Oh, show me heaven please //
