*** Okay, this is the finale of this little story. I was going to make this a long saga, but I got a great idea and I told myself that I couldn't start writing that until I finished all of my unfinished stories. So all of my stories seemed to drop a few chapters and became much simpler. But if I stayed the course, these stories probably would have sucked because my heart wasn't in it. I figured this was the way to go. I use "All I Want Is You" by U2 for this fic. I really love this song...and I don't own it (darn!) This one is from Stephanie's POV. I hope you like it! ***
// You say you want
A diamond on a ring of gold //
I remember what I was like before all of this happened. I was a woman who was always sure that she could get exactly what she wanted. I could have any man that I wanted. I could have any little thing my heart desired just by asking. I could probably get the moon if I asked enough times.
I don't know what changed me. Maybe it was the man I fell in love with. Maybe it was seeing myself flaunting how spoiled I was. Maybe it was my priorities that changed. And I don't know when it happened either. Because I think it happened before I even noticed I was changing.
I know that I could never be the spoiled little girl who gets exactly what she wants ever again. I take what I want now. Of course, I look next to me and see a man. And that man is all I ever will want. I don't think he knows that. I think he looks at me and still sees the girl who expects to have things done for her. I wish I could show him I've changed.
// You say you want
Your story to remain untold //
And now we are going to announce that for well over a year, we have been having an affair. I know Hunter and I are divorced, but it's still going to kill him. Not because he loved me, but because he's my best friend and he wanted to know what was going on in my life.
Hunter will be even more hurt when he finds out that it was Chris Jericho that I turned to when I needed help purchasing ECW. I know he would have helped me if I just asked. But I expected the ECW to become something special and I wanted to share that with the man I was in love with. Of course, Hunter didn't tell me that he was going to go back to the WWF and he definitely didn't tell me he was going to pedigree me. I guess I really shouldn't feel so guilty.
I can't believe the world is going to find out about us. We were so special for so long because no one knew. And then a few of his friends knew. Now the world is going to know. It just seems so strange. But Jericho wants to give my company back to me. I wonder when I stopped caring about ECW.
// All the promises we made
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you //
"Chris?" I asked, "can we talk?"
"Sure sweetheart," Jericho said. I look at him and see him through eyes that I didn't know I had. He looks so different. He lost a lot of weight when he stopped drinking. A lot of weight. I wonder if he could even face Scotty 2 Hotty anymore. "What's up?"
"I was thinking," I said. "Do we really want to keep ECW alive?"
"Stephanie, this was your dream," Jericho replied. "I want you to have your dream."
"But is it your dream?" Stephanie asked.
"My dream was to get to the WWF," Jericho said. "I've lived my dream. It's time for someone else's dream."
He looked so willing to make my dream his own that I can't bear to tell him it wasn't my dream anymore.
// You say you'll give me
A highway with no one on it //
"What the hell do you mean the ECW is still alive?" Vince asked Jericho and I.
"I mean that Jericho was my silent partner," I said, trying to keep a tremble out of my voice. "And he never agreed to the stipulation that the ECW would go out of business if we lost a match."
"So?" Vince asked.
"So the ECW isn't out of business Vince," Jericho sighed. "And Stephanie and I are welcoming all of our superstars back into our federation. And anyone who's sick and tired of you is welcome here too."
"You can't do this!" Vince said.
"We talked to lawyers Daddy," Stephanie said. "It's all perfectly legal."
Jericho and I walked past Vince toward the back. I didn't feel the same satisfaction I felt when I announced that I owned ECW. I felt unsure, like I had jeopardized something much more important than myself.
// Treasure just to look upon it
All the riches in the night //
"We'll be a success this time Stephanie," Jericho assured me, his arm around my waist. "You'll have everything you ever wanted."
"What do I want Chris?" I asked, curious if either of us had any clue what I wanted.
"Power, influence, money," Jericho said. "The stuff you grew up seeing your dad have."
"I guess so," I said. "You'll give that all to me?"
"I'll try my best," Jericho said. "You deserve whatever you want."
"Do I?" I asked.
// You say you'll give me
Eyes on a moon of blindness //
I sat in a dark room. I don't know what the hell I was doing there. I had been so confused since Survivor Series and it was just starting to hit me. At first I was so involved in helping Chris. But since he was sober I had a chance to think about what had happened to me.
My brother, the one guy I always knew I could count on wasn't talking to me. I guess I couldn't blame him. If I had gotten Jericho to help us in a more visible way before, WCW wouldn't be out of business. My mom thought I was a slut. I wanted to be like my mom when I was a little girl. And my dad, well, I never really understood my dad. I think he would really like to humiliate me.
The only constant in my life seemed to be Chris Jericho. A man I had an affair with because he was exciting. A man I loved to make miserable. A man who had become more important to me than anything else in my life.
And I knew. I knew that the only thing that was important to me was Jericho. Jericho and our future together. But I wondered if he had any idea what was in our future.
// A river in a time of dryness
A harbor in the tempest //
"Hey," Jericho said, coming into the room and turning on a light.
"Hi," I said softly. "How was the gym?"
"It was the gym," he said. "What are you doing sitting in the dark?"
"Trying to make sense of everything," I said. "I don't even know who I've become."
"You are the most beautiful woman I have ever known," Jericho said. "And you are smart and passionate."
"Chris, I have something I have to tell you," I said.
"This sounds important," Jericho said.
"It really is," I said.
// All the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you //
"What is it?" Jericho asked.
"I don't think I care about ECW anymore Chris," I said slowly. "It used to be so important to me, but now I could leave it without a backwards glance."
"What are you saying?" Jericho asked.
"I don't exactly know," I replied.
"You're not making sense," Jericho said. "What brought all of this on?"
"You've done so much for me Chris, without even questioning me," I said. "But now something actually important has happened."
"What?" Jericho asked.
"I'm pregnant with our baby," I said, a tear slipping down my cheek.
// You say you want
Your love to work out right
To last with me through the night //
"A baby?" Jericho asked in shock. "And you don't care about the ECW anymore?"
"It seems almost trivial now," I said. "Nothing seems like it holds a candle to you and me and our soon-to-be family."
"Oh Steph," he said, taking me in his arms. "So you want this baby?"
"Of course!" I exclaimed. "Don't you?"
"Yes," Jericho said. "More than I've ever wanted anything. Except for you."
"Thank God," I said.
// You say you want
A diamond on a ring of gold //
"So what do you want to do with ECW?" Jericho asked.
"I want to sell it to Shane," I said. "I need to make things right with him. He was always there for me. And I want him to be the uncle of my baby in a real sense."
"Okay," Jericho said.
"You aren't going to question it?" I asked.
"If it's what you want, it's what I want," Jericho said. "The only thing I want that you haven't mentioned is to get married."
"Of course I want to get married," I said.
"I know that wasn't a romantic proposal," Jericho said. "But I'll get you a ring soon."
"The ring doesn't matter," I said, not even believing it. "You're what matters."
// Your story to remain untold
Your love to not grow old //
"One last thing," I said. "Can we walk away from this all?"
"What do you mean?" Jericho asked.
"I mean, I know you love wrestling," I said. "I don't know if we can leave this entirely."
"Of course we can," Jericho said. "We can move to a little town where neither of us have ties and we can live happily ever after."
"Did you ever think we would end up here?" I asked.
"No," Jericho answered honestly. "I thought you would be my undoing."
"Same here," I said. "I never expected you to be my salvation."
"I like the sound of that," Jericho said.
// But all the promises we break
From the cradle to the grave
And all I want is you //
*** Ah, another happily ever after. Please, please, please review. Flames are welcome...I just like to know people are actually reading this stuff! I hope you liked it! ***
// You say you want
A diamond on a ring of gold //
I remember what I was like before all of this happened. I was a woman who was always sure that she could get exactly what she wanted. I could have any man that I wanted. I could have any little thing my heart desired just by asking. I could probably get the moon if I asked enough times.
I don't know what changed me. Maybe it was the man I fell in love with. Maybe it was seeing myself flaunting how spoiled I was. Maybe it was my priorities that changed. And I don't know when it happened either. Because I think it happened before I even noticed I was changing.
I know that I could never be the spoiled little girl who gets exactly what she wants ever again. I take what I want now. Of course, I look next to me and see a man. And that man is all I ever will want. I don't think he knows that. I think he looks at me and still sees the girl who expects to have things done for her. I wish I could show him I've changed.
// You say you want
Your story to remain untold //
And now we are going to announce that for well over a year, we have been having an affair. I know Hunter and I are divorced, but it's still going to kill him. Not because he loved me, but because he's my best friend and he wanted to know what was going on in my life.
Hunter will be even more hurt when he finds out that it was Chris Jericho that I turned to when I needed help purchasing ECW. I know he would have helped me if I just asked. But I expected the ECW to become something special and I wanted to share that with the man I was in love with. Of course, Hunter didn't tell me that he was going to go back to the WWF and he definitely didn't tell me he was going to pedigree me. I guess I really shouldn't feel so guilty.
I can't believe the world is going to find out about us. We were so special for so long because no one knew. And then a few of his friends knew. Now the world is going to know. It just seems so strange. But Jericho wants to give my company back to me. I wonder when I stopped caring about ECW.
// All the promises we made
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you //
"Chris?" I asked, "can we talk?"
"Sure sweetheart," Jericho said. I look at him and see him through eyes that I didn't know I had. He looks so different. He lost a lot of weight when he stopped drinking. A lot of weight. I wonder if he could even face Scotty 2 Hotty anymore. "What's up?"
"I was thinking," I said. "Do we really want to keep ECW alive?"
"Stephanie, this was your dream," Jericho replied. "I want you to have your dream."
"But is it your dream?" Stephanie asked.
"My dream was to get to the WWF," Jericho said. "I've lived my dream. It's time for someone else's dream."
He looked so willing to make my dream his own that I can't bear to tell him it wasn't my dream anymore.
// You say you'll give me
A highway with no one on it //
"What the hell do you mean the ECW is still alive?" Vince asked Jericho and I.
"I mean that Jericho was my silent partner," I said, trying to keep a tremble out of my voice. "And he never agreed to the stipulation that the ECW would go out of business if we lost a match."
"So?" Vince asked.
"So the ECW isn't out of business Vince," Jericho sighed. "And Stephanie and I are welcoming all of our superstars back into our federation. And anyone who's sick and tired of you is welcome here too."
"You can't do this!" Vince said.
"We talked to lawyers Daddy," Stephanie said. "It's all perfectly legal."
Jericho and I walked past Vince toward the back. I didn't feel the same satisfaction I felt when I announced that I owned ECW. I felt unsure, like I had jeopardized something much more important than myself.
// Treasure just to look upon it
All the riches in the night //
"We'll be a success this time Stephanie," Jericho assured me, his arm around my waist. "You'll have everything you ever wanted."
"What do I want Chris?" I asked, curious if either of us had any clue what I wanted.
"Power, influence, money," Jericho said. "The stuff you grew up seeing your dad have."
"I guess so," I said. "You'll give that all to me?"
"I'll try my best," Jericho said. "You deserve whatever you want."
"Do I?" I asked.
// You say you'll give me
Eyes on a moon of blindness //
I sat in a dark room. I don't know what the hell I was doing there. I had been so confused since Survivor Series and it was just starting to hit me. At first I was so involved in helping Chris. But since he was sober I had a chance to think about what had happened to me.
My brother, the one guy I always knew I could count on wasn't talking to me. I guess I couldn't blame him. If I had gotten Jericho to help us in a more visible way before, WCW wouldn't be out of business. My mom thought I was a slut. I wanted to be like my mom when I was a little girl. And my dad, well, I never really understood my dad. I think he would really like to humiliate me.
The only constant in my life seemed to be Chris Jericho. A man I had an affair with because he was exciting. A man I loved to make miserable. A man who had become more important to me than anything else in my life.
And I knew. I knew that the only thing that was important to me was Jericho. Jericho and our future together. But I wondered if he had any idea what was in our future.
// A river in a time of dryness
A harbor in the tempest //
"Hey," Jericho said, coming into the room and turning on a light.
"Hi," I said softly. "How was the gym?"
"It was the gym," he said. "What are you doing sitting in the dark?"
"Trying to make sense of everything," I said. "I don't even know who I've become."
"You are the most beautiful woman I have ever known," Jericho said. "And you are smart and passionate."
"Chris, I have something I have to tell you," I said.
"This sounds important," Jericho said.
"It really is," I said.
// All the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you //
"What is it?" Jericho asked.
"I don't think I care about ECW anymore Chris," I said slowly. "It used to be so important to me, but now I could leave it without a backwards glance."
"What are you saying?" Jericho asked.
"I don't exactly know," I replied.
"You're not making sense," Jericho said. "What brought all of this on?"
"You've done so much for me Chris, without even questioning me," I said. "But now something actually important has happened."
"What?" Jericho asked.
"I'm pregnant with our baby," I said, a tear slipping down my cheek.
// You say you want
Your love to work out right
To last with me through the night //
"A baby?" Jericho asked in shock. "And you don't care about the ECW anymore?"
"It seems almost trivial now," I said. "Nothing seems like it holds a candle to you and me and our soon-to-be family."
"Oh Steph," he said, taking me in his arms. "So you want this baby?"
"Of course!" I exclaimed. "Don't you?"
"Yes," Jericho said. "More than I've ever wanted anything. Except for you."
"Thank God," I said.
// You say you want
A diamond on a ring of gold //
"So what do you want to do with ECW?" Jericho asked.
"I want to sell it to Shane," I said. "I need to make things right with him. He was always there for me. And I want him to be the uncle of my baby in a real sense."
"Okay," Jericho said.
"You aren't going to question it?" I asked.
"If it's what you want, it's what I want," Jericho said. "The only thing I want that you haven't mentioned is to get married."
"Of course I want to get married," I said.
"I know that wasn't a romantic proposal," Jericho said. "But I'll get you a ring soon."
"The ring doesn't matter," I said, not even believing it. "You're what matters."
// Your story to remain untold
Your love to not grow old //
"One last thing," I said. "Can we walk away from this all?"
"What do you mean?" Jericho asked.
"I mean, I know you love wrestling," I said. "I don't know if we can leave this entirely."
"Of course we can," Jericho said. "We can move to a little town where neither of us have ties and we can live happily ever after."
"Did you ever think we would end up here?" I asked.
"No," Jericho answered honestly. "I thought you would be my undoing."
"Same here," I said. "I never expected you to be my salvation."
"I like the sound of that," Jericho said.
// But all the promises we break
From the cradle to the grave
And all I want is you //
*** Ah, another happily ever after. Please, please, please review. Flames are welcome...I just like to know people are actually reading this stuff! I hope you liked it! ***
