Chapter 8

The car journey to the arena was mostly in silence, every now and then Dwayne would try and make polite conversation but it felt awkward. He felt so guilty, he was dragging Stephanie away from everything she had and had worked towards having. She had always been daddy's girl and now she was defying him because of Dwayne. Several times during the silences he wanted to turn to her and ask her if she was sure about this but couldn't get the courage, he didn't think he wanted to hear what she had to say. What if she said she wanted to go back, back to how it was before, back to Paul. Dwayne's life would be over, he would be left with nothing. He felt a lump in his throat build up, he had to know if she wanted this before his heart broke but before he could say a word Stephanie grabbed his hand and squeezed it tightly.

"Dwayne, I've been thinking since we left the hotel and this is killing me, are you sure you are willing to give everything you have up for me so we can be together?" She asked, Dwayne felt a huge weight lift from his shoulders; she had asked the question he needed to know too.

"I'm positive, I want to be with you more than anything, I'd give up my life so you could have yours Stephanie.do you have any regrets?" Dwayne choked starting to worry again.

"No, I don't regret it. I love you too much" Stephanie said kissing him softly on the lips and wrapping her arms around his neck, Dwayne scoops her up in his arms and holds her tightly never wanting to let her go.

"I love you too," He whispers in her ear, she cuddles up close to him as they both relax and enjoy the rest of the ride to the arena.

As the car pulls up at the arena Dwayne and Stephanie see that Vince is not only there waiting for them with Paul but he has called the police in too. Dwayne tells the driver to carry on going round the back. The driver does as he is told; Dwayne opens the door and helps Stephanie out. He gets their bags from the boot of the car and they walk round the back way and into the arena. They walk down the hall to the guy's lockeroom; the others are all in the pre show meeting. Dwayne chucks their bags down and grabs Stephanie round the waist and pulls her closer to him to kiss her. Vince opens the door and walks in with Paul and the police.

"I thought you'd probably have gone round the back so you didn't have to face us all Dwayne, you're a stupid man" Vince growls as he nods to the cops to grab Dwayne.

"Whoa Vince, any of your pigs or Paul touch me and you'll never see me or Stephanie EVER again, we'll be on the next plane out of this country to wherever we feel like going. So how bout you get rid of the cops and big nose and we can talk!" Dwayne orders giving Vince no choice, He tells the cops that they are no longer needed and they soon leave.

"As for Paul Dwayne, he is staying. This has just as much to do with him" Vince says, he goes to take Stephanie's hand to pull her away from Dwayne but Dwayne holds onto her even tighter.

"This has NOTHING to do with him at all! Him and Stephanie were over; she's with me now! You try and touch her again and I'll break your fucking nose!" Dwayne yells. Vince nods his head and tells them they should go to his office to talk about this.

In Vince's Office.

Vince sits down behind his desk with Paul standing behind him; Dwayne and Steph sit down on the couch. Dwayne puts his arms around her as he stares at Paul. Paul walks out of the office and slams the door hard behind him making the glass shake. Vince goes to speak but Dwayne cuts him off.

"Did I say you could speak Vince, we already know what you think and how you feel so isn't it about time you listened to us! Dwayne says staring him straight in the eyes.

"Dad you cant chose this for me, you were like this when I started seeing Paul. Me and Paul were just like this but I didn't love Paul, I love Dwayne more than anything and he loves me!" Stephanie says, Paul still stands outside the office listening in.

"If you decide that your not going to accept us then we'll leave now, you'll not only loose your daughter but you'll loose The Rock." Dwayne says, his heart starting to race. Vince McMahon is a powerful man and he could split them up forever if he chose, Dwayne knew in his heart it wasn't as simple as making demands and that it wouldn't be easy to have him as his boss if he did accept what he had with Stephanie.

"Dwayne I have known you and your family for a very long time and I know that you would never give up what you have in the WWE, it's in your blood. What would your father say if he knew you were walking out because of some stupid love affair thing?" Vince said knowing that he had used his best weapon against Dwayne.

"You have no right to bring my family into this, but you really want to know what he'd say! My father did some stupid things in his life and nearly pulled his family apart but he made up for them and was the best husband to my mother and father to me than you could ever want! He knows that love is more important than anything, more important than your company Vince! I love this company and will forever be in this company but you are the one that is forcing me out. I love Stephanie more than this, and I love her more than to put her through this. Steph just stay here with your dad and forget about me," Dwayne says getting up and heading for the door. "You've got everything you want here, don't let me tear you away from all of this" Dwayne says as he walks out of the office. Paul walks up to him to go shout at him "DON'T EVEN START ON ME PAUL, YOU WANT STEPH BACK GO GET HER!" Dwayne yells, Paul puts his hands up in a false surrender and lets Dwayne go. Stephanie runs out the door, Vince chases after her.

"Dwayne, please don't leave me! I haven't got everything I want! I want you!" Stephanie shouts as she runs down the hall towards him, he turns round to face her as she jumps up into his arms and they hug and kiss each other.

"Vince, do something!" Paul shouts, he watches on as Dwayne picks Stephanie up and swings her round hugging her.

"How can I Paul, I can't split them up. He gave her up so she could be happy and get everything she needed and she wasn't happy without him, I cant split them up and wreck their lives" Vince says as he walks away from Paul towards Dwayne and Stephanie.