Chapter 12
Dwayne got up after sitting in the lockeroom on his own for about an hour, he writes a note to Stephanie telling her he's gone for a drive and needed some time to think. He grabs his bag and walks out the door to his car and gets in. He throws his bag in the back and sticks the keys in the ignition starting up the car. He drives off down the street and straight out of the city. He knows this city well enough to know his way around a bit, he passes a Dunkin' donuts but this time doesn't stop. He'd go back for the show; this was Stephanie's big night, her return. He himself knew how important returns where and he had been a real ass to her today and she needed him there. He wanted to be the person she was with when she was celebrating her return; he wanted her to celebrating in his arms not Paul's. After a few hours of driving around and a lot of thinking Dwayne drives back to the arena, it's already getting dark and everyone will be arriving in a couple of hours. He pulls into the parking lot and gets out of his car; he goes straight to the lockeroom. A lot of the guys are already there getting changed and warming up, Paul walks up to him and grabs his bag off of him and throws it down on the floor.
"Where the hell have you been, we've been out searching for you all day! Vince is having a fit, you knew that we had a practice today that YOU were supposed to be at Dwayne!" Paul yells getting in Dwayne's face and pushing him around.
"SCREW YOU!" Dwayne shouts shoving Paul backwards hard, all the others look up to see what's going on. Chris walks over and moves between them, he pushes Dwayne back a bit and restrains him. He puts his arm across his shoulder and leads him across the room and sits him down.
"What has gotten into you, first you don't even bother coming to the meeting then you start with Paul, Dwayne what's going on with you? You've never been like this before" Chris says sounding concerned for his friend.
"Nothing, I'm just a little worked up today. I'll be fine in a minute" Dwayne says trying to shrug off Chris, he gives him a false 'I'm fine' smile and picks up his bag getting out his wrestling gear.
"Stephanie was looking for you earlier D, she found your note and was asking about you" Chris says watching Dwayne's face to see what he says.
"Oh right, is she ok?" Dwayne asks acting like he's not too bothered
"Dammit D, I'm not going to lie to you man, she was crying" Chris says shaking his head and sitting down next to Dwayne.
"Shit, She was crying!" Dwayne says looking at Chris. He nods his head; Dwayne quickly gets up and walks out of the lockeroom trying to find Stephanie. He asks around desperately trying to find her, Dwayne is told that she is with her dad, the rest of family and Paul in his office and that they mustn't be disturbed. Dwayne ignores this and barges straight into Vince's office. Vince jumps up startled at Dwayne's entrance, a look of anger on his face when he see's who it is.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING BARGING YOUR WAY IN HERE AND WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL AFTERNOON! I HAVE HAD PEOPLE OUT SEARCHING FOR YOU, YOU KNEW YOU WERE NEEDED HERE!" Vince yells turning bright red as he slams his fist against the desk. Shane walks over from talking to a group of men in suits, he tells Linda and Stephanie that maybe they should leave while they sort this out.
"I came to see Stephanie not you! I left a note saying I'd be back later!" Dwayne says trying to keep calm, he walks over to Steph and takes her hand "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. I just really don't want you to do the storyline with HIM" Dwayne says glaring at Paul.
" I know, that's why I was in here, I was telling them that I didn't want the storyline to go ahead" Stephanie says as Dwayne wraps her up tightly in his arms.
"We are going to be leaving the getting Triple H and Stephanie story back together for now, but we have an alternative and that will be that they form and alliance, just working together no romance involved" Linda says softly, she liked Dwayne and knew that he made Stephanie happy and didn't want any arguments between anyone.
"Please D, just let me do this" Stephanie pleads with him looking up into his deep brown eyes.
"I cant chose anything for you, I'm sorry I've been a real jerk about this whole thing. It's your decision to make not mine. I'm sorry" Dwayne says, feeling really bad for causing such a fuss, he did have a right to though didn't he?
"Ok that's decided then, an alliance it is and we'll see how it goes" Vince says, Dwayne looks over to Paul. His once smug grin has gone, he stares back a look of frustration in his eyes. Paul walks out of the office and to the lockeroom. "Dwayne I hate to have to do this but I'm not very happy with your attitude recently and I think maybe you should take a break. I'm giving you paid absence next week. Just think of it as a little holiday. You stay on this week, we'll write you out for a week on Smackdown" Dwayne nods his head, knowing he has got himself into a lot of trouble. Stephanie and Dwayne leave the office and walk down to the cafeteria.
Dwayne got up after sitting in the lockeroom on his own for about an hour, he writes a note to Stephanie telling her he's gone for a drive and needed some time to think. He grabs his bag and walks out the door to his car and gets in. He throws his bag in the back and sticks the keys in the ignition starting up the car. He drives off down the street and straight out of the city. He knows this city well enough to know his way around a bit, he passes a Dunkin' donuts but this time doesn't stop. He'd go back for the show; this was Stephanie's big night, her return. He himself knew how important returns where and he had been a real ass to her today and she needed him there. He wanted to be the person she was with when she was celebrating her return; he wanted her to celebrating in his arms not Paul's. After a few hours of driving around and a lot of thinking Dwayne drives back to the arena, it's already getting dark and everyone will be arriving in a couple of hours. He pulls into the parking lot and gets out of his car; he goes straight to the lockeroom. A lot of the guys are already there getting changed and warming up, Paul walks up to him and grabs his bag off of him and throws it down on the floor.
"Where the hell have you been, we've been out searching for you all day! Vince is having a fit, you knew that we had a practice today that YOU were supposed to be at Dwayne!" Paul yells getting in Dwayne's face and pushing him around.
"SCREW YOU!" Dwayne shouts shoving Paul backwards hard, all the others look up to see what's going on. Chris walks over and moves between them, he pushes Dwayne back a bit and restrains him. He puts his arm across his shoulder and leads him across the room and sits him down.
"What has gotten into you, first you don't even bother coming to the meeting then you start with Paul, Dwayne what's going on with you? You've never been like this before" Chris says sounding concerned for his friend.
"Nothing, I'm just a little worked up today. I'll be fine in a minute" Dwayne says trying to shrug off Chris, he gives him a false 'I'm fine' smile and picks up his bag getting out his wrestling gear.
"Stephanie was looking for you earlier D, she found your note and was asking about you" Chris says watching Dwayne's face to see what he says.
"Oh right, is she ok?" Dwayne asks acting like he's not too bothered
"Dammit D, I'm not going to lie to you man, she was crying" Chris says shaking his head and sitting down next to Dwayne.
"Shit, She was crying!" Dwayne says looking at Chris. He nods his head; Dwayne quickly gets up and walks out of the lockeroom trying to find Stephanie. He asks around desperately trying to find her, Dwayne is told that she is with her dad, the rest of family and Paul in his office and that they mustn't be disturbed. Dwayne ignores this and barges straight into Vince's office. Vince jumps up startled at Dwayne's entrance, a look of anger on his face when he see's who it is.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING BARGING YOUR WAY IN HERE AND WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL AFTERNOON! I HAVE HAD PEOPLE OUT SEARCHING FOR YOU, YOU KNEW YOU WERE NEEDED HERE!" Vince yells turning bright red as he slams his fist against the desk. Shane walks over from talking to a group of men in suits, he tells Linda and Stephanie that maybe they should leave while they sort this out.
"I came to see Stephanie not you! I left a note saying I'd be back later!" Dwayne says trying to keep calm, he walks over to Steph and takes her hand "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. I just really don't want you to do the storyline with HIM" Dwayne says glaring at Paul.
" I know, that's why I was in here, I was telling them that I didn't want the storyline to go ahead" Stephanie says as Dwayne wraps her up tightly in his arms.
"We are going to be leaving the getting Triple H and Stephanie story back together for now, but we have an alternative and that will be that they form and alliance, just working together no romance involved" Linda says softly, she liked Dwayne and knew that he made Stephanie happy and didn't want any arguments between anyone.
"Please D, just let me do this" Stephanie pleads with him looking up into his deep brown eyes.
"I cant chose anything for you, I'm sorry I've been a real jerk about this whole thing. It's your decision to make not mine. I'm sorry" Dwayne says, feeling really bad for causing such a fuss, he did have a right to though didn't he?
"Ok that's decided then, an alliance it is and we'll see how it goes" Vince says, Dwayne looks over to Paul. His once smug grin has gone, he stares back a look of frustration in his eyes. Paul walks out of the office and to the lockeroom. "Dwayne I hate to have to do this but I'm not very happy with your attitude recently and I think maybe you should take a break. I'm giving you paid absence next week. Just think of it as a little holiday. You stay on this week, we'll write you out for a week on Smackdown" Dwayne nods his head, knowing he has got himself into a lot of trouble. Stephanie and Dwayne leave the office and walk down to the cafeteria.
