Chapter 4
Chris and Steph walk up to the front door, before he can even knock the door is flung open and he is dragged inside. Steph steps inside the house too and watches as the whole of Chris's family start throwing their arms round him and talking to him excitedly.
"Mom why are they all here?" Chris manages to say as he is dragged into the front room.
"I told them you were coming to visit and they all wanted to come and see you" Chris's mom laughs "You must be the friend that Chrissy was talking about?"
"Mom." Chris moans as she calls him the name she used to call him when he was little.
"I'm sorry honey, I don't mean to embarrass you" the woman chuckles, Steph smiles awkwardly and then looks over to Chris for support. He is sitting on the floor with a little blonde haired girl who has herself draped all over him.
"Yeah mom this is Stephanie, we were wondering if we could stay for a while" Chris stands up with the little girl still in his arms and walks over to Steph.
"Of course you can, I've sorted out the cabin for you, it's all ready. Your dad will give you a lift up there tomorrow morning, it's too dark out now" she says before walking into the kitchen.
"Chris is my boyfriend you know" the little blonde haired girl chimes in, Steph looks at Chris and he shrugs his shoulders. Steph couldn't help notice the little girls very strong Winnipeg accent a bit like Chris's, his wasn't as strong since he had been in the USA a lot but sometimes you could hear him slip into it during sentences.
"Steph this is my uncle's neighbor's daughter Megan" Chris laughs "and she's 5 years old"
"I'm 6 actually, you missed my last birthday" Megan pouts "I'm going to marry Chris when I'm old enough" Chris puts her down and reaches for his bag, he starts going through it and pulls out a t-shirt.
"Here you go, I know I missed your birthday and I'm sorry. I would have come and seen you if I could have got away Meg's" Chris hands her the t- shirt, she looks at it with huge grin on her face.
"You always give me your Jericho t-shirts Chrissy" Megan smiles, she pulls it on as her legs and arms soon disappear under the material. She runs off to show everyone her new t-shirt with it trailing along the ground being much too big for her. Chris walks over to Steph and puts his arms on her side and stands facing her.
"You alright, sorry it's a bit mad here but I haven't seen some of these guys for a while" Chris pulls Steph closer towards him and pulls her into a hug. Steph hugs him back tightly finally feeling safe and happier, although she wanted to go home and was homesick she was glad she was with Chris.
"I'm fine, thank you for everything" Steph whispers, she pulls back from him and kisses him softly on the lips.
"No problem, anytime princess" Chris laughs, he puts his hand up to her face and leans in closer. Suddenly a little black and white dog jumps up at him making him jump and move away from Steph, Chris picks the little dog up as it licks the end of his nose.
"Is this your dog?" Steph asks putting her hand out and patting the dog softly on the head
"Yeah this is blaze, he's my little baby" Chris laughs putting the dog down as it sits at his heels looking up at Chris. Chris pats the dog on the head and then leads Steph into the hallway; he opens the door down to the basement and switches on the light. "Welcome to my world" Chris laughs leading her down the steps.
"What's this?" Steph asks looking around the room.
"This is where I stay when I come visit the family, it's my old room before I moved out. I'll give you the tour if you like" Chris grabs her hand and directs her around the huge basement "Ok well there's a little bathroom type thing through there and then we have the pool table, the couch and the TV, the computer, the music area where I used to play with my band, umm what else, my gym with the weights and everything, the bed of course and a fridge" Chris jumps onto the bed and sits down.
"It's like a little house or something down here, is this where we're going to be staying tonight?" Steph asks sitting down on the bed next to him.
"Yeah, you can take my bed and I'll sleep over on the couch" Chris's dad Ted pokes his head round the door and shouts down the stairs to them.
"Chris, you better move your bike" Ted shouts, Chris stands up and heads up the stairs.
"I'll be back in a minute, I'll get our stuff too" Chris runs up the stairs and closes the door behind him, Steph lays back on the bed and looks around the room. Posters of bikes, rock bands and wrestlers all over the walls and next to the bed some pictures of him and his family. Chris moves the bike into the garage and walks back inside.
"Chris, isn't that girl Stephanie McMahon?" his father asks as Chris walks through the door and takes off his boots.
"Yeah why?" Chris picks up their backpacks and looks at his dad, trying to figure out why he'd ask if she was Stephanie McMahon.
"The Stephanie McMahon that we have to listen to you moan about every single time we see you, how much you hate her and so on. The same Stephanie McMahon that has tormented your life ever since you joined the WWF?" Ted says laughing.
"Err yeah, that's her. But it's different now, I'll talk to you about this later dad, now isn't a good time for me" Chris starts, Ted just nods his head and smiles.
"You like her don't you?" Chris starts blushing like mad making his dad laugh "Thought so, better not leave her on her own too long then" Ted grabs Blaze as he runs past and hands him to Chris "and take your smelly dog too" Chris heads back to the basement door and goes back down the stairs. He puts the bags down on the couch and walks over to the bed with Blaze under his arm.
"You could share with me," Stephanie says sitting up as he lies next to her, Chris rolls over onto his side and looks at her.
"Share what?" Blaze jumps up on the bed and lies next to Chris and falls asleep.
"Your bed, it's a double. I've shared with you before, I'm sure one more night wont hurt. Besides you'd sleep better than on the couch" Chris places his hands on her hips and pulls her into him and kisses her. Steph wraps her arms around his neck and kisses him back; she slips his shirt off over his head as he lays on top of her kissing down her neck.
"I've wanted this for so long" Chris says looking down at Steph, he leans down and kisses her again.
"Why didn't you tell me" Steph asks "Chris, I've loved you since the day I first met you when my dad asked me to show you around on your first night with us" Ted coughs making Steph and Chris jump, Chris jumps off of her and stands up.
"Not interrupting anything was I? Only your mother has made you something to eat," Ted says, he goes away from the door and closes it again. Chris waits for his footsteps to go away before collapsing on the bed; he grabs his shirt and pulls it on smoothing it out against himself.
"Isn't it breaking the rules having a girl in your bedroom Chris?" Steph laughs as she stands up and puts her arms around him, he kisses her on the lips and smiles.
"Maybe.when I was 16" Chris picks her up and spins her round. He puts her down and takes her hand as they walk up the stairs "This is gunna be torture" Chris sighs before opening the door and walking into the kitchen, his whole family are still there all sitting round the dinner table waiting for them. Chris walks round and sits down next to his mom with Steph next to him. Ted looks at Chris and gives him a tiny smile, Chris looks around and then back at his dad. Why did he keep looking at him like that?
Chris and Steph walk up to the front door, before he can even knock the door is flung open and he is dragged inside. Steph steps inside the house too and watches as the whole of Chris's family start throwing their arms round him and talking to him excitedly.
"Mom why are they all here?" Chris manages to say as he is dragged into the front room.
"I told them you were coming to visit and they all wanted to come and see you" Chris's mom laughs "You must be the friend that Chrissy was talking about?"
"Mom." Chris moans as she calls him the name she used to call him when he was little.
"I'm sorry honey, I don't mean to embarrass you" the woman chuckles, Steph smiles awkwardly and then looks over to Chris for support. He is sitting on the floor with a little blonde haired girl who has herself draped all over him.
"Yeah mom this is Stephanie, we were wondering if we could stay for a while" Chris stands up with the little girl still in his arms and walks over to Steph.
"Of course you can, I've sorted out the cabin for you, it's all ready. Your dad will give you a lift up there tomorrow morning, it's too dark out now" she says before walking into the kitchen.
"Chris is my boyfriend you know" the little blonde haired girl chimes in, Steph looks at Chris and he shrugs his shoulders. Steph couldn't help notice the little girls very strong Winnipeg accent a bit like Chris's, his wasn't as strong since he had been in the USA a lot but sometimes you could hear him slip into it during sentences.
"Steph this is my uncle's neighbor's daughter Megan" Chris laughs "and she's 5 years old"
"I'm 6 actually, you missed my last birthday" Megan pouts "I'm going to marry Chris when I'm old enough" Chris puts her down and reaches for his bag, he starts going through it and pulls out a t-shirt.
"Here you go, I know I missed your birthday and I'm sorry. I would have come and seen you if I could have got away Meg's" Chris hands her the t- shirt, she looks at it with huge grin on her face.
"You always give me your Jericho t-shirts Chrissy" Megan smiles, she pulls it on as her legs and arms soon disappear under the material. She runs off to show everyone her new t-shirt with it trailing along the ground being much too big for her. Chris walks over to Steph and puts his arms on her side and stands facing her.
"You alright, sorry it's a bit mad here but I haven't seen some of these guys for a while" Chris pulls Steph closer towards him and pulls her into a hug. Steph hugs him back tightly finally feeling safe and happier, although she wanted to go home and was homesick she was glad she was with Chris.
"I'm fine, thank you for everything" Steph whispers, she pulls back from him and kisses him softly on the lips.
"No problem, anytime princess" Chris laughs, he puts his hand up to her face and leans in closer. Suddenly a little black and white dog jumps up at him making him jump and move away from Steph, Chris picks the little dog up as it licks the end of his nose.
"Is this your dog?" Steph asks putting her hand out and patting the dog softly on the head
"Yeah this is blaze, he's my little baby" Chris laughs putting the dog down as it sits at his heels looking up at Chris. Chris pats the dog on the head and then leads Steph into the hallway; he opens the door down to the basement and switches on the light. "Welcome to my world" Chris laughs leading her down the steps.
"What's this?" Steph asks looking around the room.
"This is where I stay when I come visit the family, it's my old room before I moved out. I'll give you the tour if you like" Chris grabs her hand and directs her around the huge basement "Ok well there's a little bathroom type thing through there and then we have the pool table, the couch and the TV, the computer, the music area where I used to play with my band, umm what else, my gym with the weights and everything, the bed of course and a fridge" Chris jumps onto the bed and sits down.
"It's like a little house or something down here, is this where we're going to be staying tonight?" Steph asks sitting down on the bed next to him.
"Yeah, you can take my bed and I'll sleep over on the couch" Chris's dad Ted pokes his head round the door and shouts down the stairs to them.
"Chris, you better move your bike" Ted shouts, Chris stands up and heads up the stairs.
"I'll be back in a minute, I'll get our stuff too" Chris runs up the stairs and closes the door behind him, Steph lays back on the bed and looks around the room. Posters of bikes, rock bands and wrestlers all over the walls and next to the bed some pictures of him and his family. Chris moves the bike into the garage and walks back inside.
"Chris, isn't that girl Stephanie McMahon?" his father asks as Chris walks through the door and takes off his boots.
"Yeah why?" Chris picks up their backpacks and looks at his dad, trying to figure out why he'd ask if she was Stephanie McMahon.
"The Stephanie McMahon that we have to listen to you moan about every single time we see you, how much you hate her and so on. The same Stephanie McMahon that has tormented your life ever since you joined the WWF?" Ted says laughing.
"Err yeah, that's her. But it's different now, I'll talk to you about this later dad, now isn't a good time for me" Chris starts, Ted just nods his head and smiles.
"You like her don't you?" Chris starts blushing like mad making his dad laugh "Thought so, better not leave her on her own too long then" Ted grabs Blaze as he runs past and hands him to Chris "and take your smelly dog too" Chris heads back to the basement door and goes back down the stairs. He puts the bags down on the couch and walks over to the bed with Blaze under his arm.
"You could share with me," Stephanie says sitting up as he lies next to her, Chris rolls over onto his side and looks at her.
"Share what?" Blaze jumps up on the bed and lies next to Chris and falls asleep.
"Your bed, it's a double. I've shared with you before, I'm sure one more night wont hurt. Besides you'd sleep better than on the couch" Chris places his hands on her hips and pulls her into him and kisses her. Steph wraps her arms around his neck and kisses him back; she slips his shirt off over his head as he lays on top of her kissing down her neck.
"I've wanted this for so long" Chris says looking down at Steph, he leans down and kisses her again.
"Why didn't you tell me" Steph asks "Chris, I've loved you since the day I first met you when my dad asked me to show you around on your first night with us" Ted coughs making Steph and Chris jump, Chris jumps off of her and stands up.
"Not interrupting anything was I? Only your mother has made you something to eat," Ted says, he goes away from the door and closes it again. Chris waits for his footsteps to go away before collapsing on the bed; he grabs his shirt and pulls it on smoothing it out against himself.
"Isn't it breaking the rules having a girl in your bedroom Chris?" Steph laughs as she stands up and puts her arms around him, he kisses her on the lips and smiles.
"Maybe.when I was 16" Chris picks her up and spins her round. He puts her down and takes her hand as they walk up the stairs "This is gunna be torture" Chris sighs before opening the door and walking into the kitchen, his whole family are still there all sitting round the dinner table waiting for them. Chris walks round and sits down next to his mom with Steph next to him. Ted looks at Chris and gives him a tiny smile, Chris looks around and then back at his dad. Why did he keep looking at him like that?
