Chapter 7
"Chris! He's here!" Ted shouts watching as a cab pulls up outside the house and Vince McMahon gets out carrying a small bag with him.
"I guess that mean's I've got to put you down for a while and not be attached to the hip with you" Steph laughs as her and Chris lay on the couch in the lounge, She sits up and gives him a quick kiss.
"Aww I'm cold without you" Chris whines and then starts laughing, he stands up and straightens out his clothes. "I'm scared, what if he's angry and tries to kill me or something?" Chris chuckles pulling Steph up, he pulls her close to him and kisses her. Vince rings the doorbell "I'll get it!" Chris yells heading out into the hallway, he opens the door and lets Vince in. Steph stands in the lounge trying to calm herself down, she hadn't seen her dad in a couple of weeks and she had so much to tell him. Vince walks into the room and drops his bag on the floor.
"Daddy" Steph cries running towards him, he grabs her into a hug squeezing her tightly as they both start crying. Chris stands in silence at the door biting his lip not knowing what to do with himself. His mom comes up behind him and puts her hand on the back of his neck.
"You alright sweetie?" She asks him, he nods his head and looks at her over his shoulder.
"I don't have a chance mom" Chris whispers, he pulls away from her and walks off back to his room. He sits down on his couch and puts his head in his hands. Who was he kidding thinking he would be with Steph when they got back, Vince had such a huge control over her life and would never let it happen.
"Chris" Steph says as she walks down the stairs "What's wrong?" She walks over to him and sits down next to him; he stares at the floor and wipes his eyes with his sleeve. "Chris, what's wrong baby?" Steph puts her hand on his leg and waits for him to say something.
"I cant be with you Stephy" Chris sobs trying not to cry, he'd only been with her just over a week and this was already the hardest thing he had ever had to do in his life, he was head over heels in love with her.
"Why not?" Steph asks, he looks her in the eyes. She can see he has tears in his eyes and that he was hurting inside "please don't leave me" she whispers realizing he was serious about them not being together.
"Your dad's never going to let me be with you Steph, he wants what's best for you and that cant be me. I didn't go to any private school, I don't live in any special rich community, hell I don't even have my own car. I wasn't born into the category your dad wants for you, I'm an outsider to that" Chris says going back to staring at the floor.
"Do you love me?" Steph blurts out making him look at her.
"More than anything in the world" Chris whispers not being able to fight back the tears anymore as the first few trickle down his face, Steph brushes them away with her thumb and looks at him.
"Then stop talking about not being with me and give me a kiss" Steph pulls Chris towards her and they start kissing. Steph pulls away from him and puts his arms around him "It'll be fine, I promise. Let's go upstairs yeah?" Steph gets up and holds out her hand to him, he takes it and they walk upstairs and towards the lounge. Vince is sitting with Chris's parents drinking tea and talking to them. Steph and Chris walk in holding hands, they stop by the door. Chris wondered if anyone else could hear how loud his heart was beating right now, all he could do was look at Vince. Vince's face explained it all, he didn't have to say anything but when he finally did Chris knew he wouldn't be happy.
"What's going on?" Vince asks putting his cup down and standing up, Chris was glad that he had put the cup down. Fewer weapons for him to use against him now after he flipped out.
"Daddy I don't want you to get angry and I know how you feel about these things but me and Chris love each other and want to be together" Steph starts, she squeezes Chris's hand. She'd noticed how much he was shaking.
"You've only been with him for a few days!" Vince says, his voice louder than normal. Chris could tell he wasn't happy; maybe it was the shade of red he was turning or maybe it was the way his fists were clenching and unclenching that was the give away!
"It's been almost two weeks daddy, I've liked him for a long time" Stephanie says in her sweetest voice trying to calm her father down, Chris felt like pulling his hand away from Stephanie's maybe it would look less threatening to Vince but Steph was clinging onto him tightly for support.
"You hate him! The whole of the McMahon family hate him, he has caused nothing but trouble ever since he came to the company, he's caused you nothing but pain since he came to the company! Do I have to remind you how many times you cried because of what he said to you, how many times you broke down because of what he said!" Vince yells, Chris glances at Stephanie. He had never meant to be like that to her, it had just happened. She was his constant thorn in his side; he didn't mean any of the things he'd said to her. He'd only done it to try and tell himself he didn't love her. He'd never realized he'd made her cry. All of the McMahon's hated him? Chris's heart was breaking more and more by every word that Vince said.
"It wasn't like that! I was upset because I loved him and he spoke to me like that, it made me think that he hated me and always would!" Steph yells back, Chris had heard her yell before. You know with that screech thing she does but this was different. Chris thought he should say something quick.
"I only said those things to stop myself from falling deeper in love with her than I already was, the moment I first saw her I knew I wanted to be with her but I knew I never could. Firstly I knew you'd never give her and me the chance, you want what's best for her and Vince..so do I! I didn't think she'd ever look at me let alone love me. I love her more than anything and wouldn't do anything to hurt her I swear, these past couple of weeks have been the best of my life because they've been with her! I said all those things on camera and sometimes off but I didn't mean any of it, I hoped it would teach myself to ignore what I really felt about her and spurt out all this other stuff about her I knew wasn't true!" Chris says feeling better for getting it all off his chest, hoping it's worked.
"You're coming home with me!" Vince yells pulling Steph away from Chris and picking up his bag.
"No! You can't take her, it's too dangerous! She's safe her with me!" Chris cries running after them as Vince drags Stephanie out of the front door.
"She'll never be safe as long as she's within a thousand meters of you and your manipulative ways!" Vince shouts as he opens the cab door and pushes her in. "YOUR FIRED!" He screams back at Chris. His parents stand on the doorstep of the house looking at each other. Chris couldn't believe what he'd just heard, he was fired. His life, his dreams had just been taken away from him. Chris falls to his knees as he watches the cab drive away with Stephanie, the one he loved in the back.
"Chris! He's here!" Ted shouts watching as a cab pulls up outside the house and Vince McMahon gets out carrying a small bag with him.
"I guess that mean's I've got to put you down for a while and not be attached to the hip with you" Steph laughs as her and Chris lay on the couch in the lounge, She sits up and gives him a quick kiss.
"Aww I'm cold without you" Chris whines and then starts laughing, he stands up and straightens out his clothes. "I'm scared, what if he's angry and tries to kill me or something?" Chris chuckles pulling Steph up, he pulls her close to him and kisses her. Vince rings the doorbell "I'll get it!" Chris yells heading out into the hallway, he opens the door and lets Vince in. Steph stands in the lounge trying to calm herself down, she hadn't seen her dad in a couple of weeks and she had so much to tell him. Vince walks into the room and drops his bag on the floor.
"Daddy" Steph cries running towards him, he grabs her into a hug squeezing her tightly as they both start crying. Chris stands in silence at the door biting his lip not knowing what to do with himself. His mom comes up behind him and puts her hand on the back of his neck.
"You alright sweetie?" She asks him, he nods his head and looks at her over his shoulder.
"I don't have a chance mom" Chris whispers, he pulls away from her and walks off back to his room. He sits down on his couch and puts his head in his hands. Who was he kidding thinking he would be with Steph when they got back, Vince had such a huge control over her life and would never let it happen.
"Chris" Steph says as she walks down the stairs "What's wrong?" She walks over to him and sits down next to him; he stares at the floor and wipes his eyes with his sleeve. "Chris, what's wrong baby?" Steph puts her hand on his leg and waits for him to say something.
"I cant be with you Stephy" Chris sobs trying not to cry, he'd only been with her just over a week and this was already the hardest thing he had ever had to do in his life, he was head over heels in love with her.
"Why not?" Steph asks, he looks her in the eyes. She can see he has tears in his eyes and that he was hurting inside "please don't leave me" she whispers realizing he was serious about them not being together.
"Your dad's never going to let me be with you Steph, he wants what's best for you and that cant be me. I didn't go to any private school, I don't live in any special rich community, hell I don't even have my own car. I wasn't born into the category your dad wants for you, I'm an outsider to that" Chris says going back to staring at the floor.
"Do you love me?" Steph blurts out making him look at her.
"More than anything in the world" Chris whispers not being able to fight back the tears anymore as the first few trickle down his face, Steph brushes them away with her thumb and looks at him.
"Then stop talking about not being with me and give me a kiss" Steph pulls Chris towards her and they start kissing. Steph pulls away from him and puts his arms around him "It'll be fine, I promise. Let's go upstairs yeah?" Steph gets up and holds out her hand to him, he takes it and they walk upstairs and towards the lounge. Vince is sitting with Chris's parents drinking tea and talking to them. Steph and Chris walk in holding hands, they stop by the door. Chris wondered if anyone else could hear how loud his heart was beating right now, all he could do was look at Vince. Vince's face explained it all, he didn't have to say anything but when he finally did Chris knew he wouldn't be happy.
"What's going on?" Vince asks putting his cup down and standing up, Chris was glad that he had put the cup down. Fewer weapons for him to use against him now after he flipped out.
"Daddy I don't want you to get angry and I know how you feel about these things but me and Chris love each other and want to be together" Steph starts, she squeezes Chris's hand. She'd noticed how much he was shaking.
"You've only been with him for a few days!" Vince says, his voice louder than normal. Chris could tell he wasn't happy; maybe it was the shade of red he was turning or maybe it was the way his fists were clenching and unclenching that was the give away!
"It's been almost two weeks daddy, I've liked him for a long time" Stephanie says in her sweetest voice trying to calm her father down, Chris felt like pulling his hand away from Stephanie's maybe it would look less threatening to Vince but Steph was clinging onto him tightly for support.
"You hate him! The whole of the McMahon family hate him, he has caused nothing but trouble ever since he came to the company, he's caused you nothing but pain since he came to the company! Do I have to remind you how many times you cried because of what he said to you, how many times you broke down because of what he said!" Vince yells, Chris glances at Stephanie. He had never meant to be like that to her, it had just happened. She was his constant thorn in his side; he didn't mean any of the things he'd said to her. He'd only done it to try and tell himself he didn't love her. He'd never realized he'd made her cry. All of the McMahon's hated him? Chris's heart was breaking more and more by every word that Vince said.
"It wasn't like that! I was upset because I loved him and he spoke to me like that, it made me think that he hated me and always would!" Steph yells back, Chris had heard her yell before. You know with that screech thing she does but this was different. Chris thought he should say something quick.
"I only said those things to stop myself from falling deeper in love with her than I already was, the moment I first saw her I knew I wanted to be with her but I knew I never could. Firstly I knew you'd never give her and me the chance, you want what's best for her and Vince..so do I! I didn't think she'd ever look at me let alone love me. I love her more than anything and wouldn't do anything to hurt her I swear, these past couple of weeks have been the best of my life because they've been with her! I said all those things on camera and sometimes off but I didn't mean any of it, I hoped it would teach myself to ignore what I really felt about her and spurt out all this other stuff about her I knew wasn't true!" Chris says feeling better for getting it all off his chest, hoping it's worked.
"You're coming home with me!" Vince yells pulling Steph away from Chris and picking up his bag.
"No! You can't take her, it's too dangerous! She's safe her with me!" Chris cries running after them as Vince drags Stephanie out of the front door.
"She'll never be safe as long as she's within a thousand meters of you and your manipulative ways!" Vince shouts as he opens the cab door and pushes her in. "YOUR FIRED!" He screams back at Chris. His parents stand on the doorstep of the house looking at each other. Chris couldn't believe what he'd just heard, he was fired. His life, his dreams had just been taken away from him. Chris falls to his knees as he watches the cab drive away with Stephanie, the one he loved in the back.
