Chapter 12

The flight would only take a few hours compared to the days it had taken them on the bike a few months ago. Chris sits back in his seat turning his head to look out of the window, Steph leans against his side sleeping deeply. Why was it that even if your not very tired some people fall asleep automatically on a plane, Chris remembers some of the plane journeys he'd had with Steph and the rest of the guys. The chaos they would cause on those journeys, Chris would always take it upon himself to wind Stephanie up as much as possible, shutting her in the toilets and not letting her out, drawing on her face as she slept.

"What are you grinning about" Steph asks sleepily as she snuggles against him, he puts his arm around her and kisses her on the forehead.

"Just thinking about some of the trips us lot have had, and what we did to you" Chris laughs pulling the blanket up to her chin and tucking it around her shoulders "We were so mean to you"

"Yeah, don't remind me. Shame I'll never get to get you back on those" Stephanie smiles to herself, she'd hated when Chris and the others were unkind to her but at least he was paying some attention to her and not totally ignoring her.

"So this isn't a big plan to gain my trust so you can betray me and get your own back?" Steph lays her hand across his stomach as he holds it, drawing little circles with his thumb on the back of it.

"If I was just trying to gain your trust I wouldn't have let it go this far, I'm pretty sure I had your trust that night at the motel. I'm sure if you didn't trust me and thought I might stab you in the back you wouldn't have shared the bed with me" Steph laughs poking him in the side.

"True but how do you know that wasn't part of my master plan to seduce you?" Chris looks at her and raises his eyebrows, puckering up his lips at her.

"Well if it was, you're hopeless" Steph laughs pinching his nose.

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"Well this is it then" Chris mumbles as they step out of the cab, Vince had said he would be in the office at Titan Towers so that's where they were to meet him.

"We're going to be fine Chris, I'll be backstage every Raw even if I'm not on camera helping with the writing and everything, we'll work it all out" Steph puts her case down and stands in front of him putting her arms around his waist.

"Steph someone could see us together and tell your dad" Chris says glancing around him, there was no point being discovered before they'd even started back at work.

"No ones going to see us" Steph laughs pulling him down into a kiss.

"This is gunna be so hard pretending to hate you" Chris moans wrapping his arms around her forgetting all his worries about being seen.

"Are you going to carry my bags for me? I might break a nail or something" Steph laughs pulling away from him and standing with her hands on his hips.

"Maybe pretending to hate you wont be so hard after all" Chris pulls a face at her "Just because we're back doesn't mean you have to start being a bitch to me" Chris growls before laughing, he stands opposite her mimicking her pose making her laugh.

"I'm not being a bitch to you. I'm just making you MY bitch" Steph smiles at him before walking inside leaving him to carry the bags. Chris picks up the bags surprised at the weight and quickly follows her inside. He catches up with her and walks along beside her as they make their way through the corridors to Vince's office. Steph stops to talk to a few people on their way up and is given a folder of documents; she flicks through them as they reach the door.

"You're going to regret talking to me like that Ms. McMahon" Chris leans in and whispers in her ear and kisses her neck lightly making sure that no one is looking.

"Prove it Mr. Jericho" Steph laughs before knocking on the door and waiting for a reply "Just don't walk to close to me, don't look at me and don't touch me" Steph laughs, they both knew if they were going to pull this off it had to be how it used to be.

"Ok I'll try" Chris takes her hand and squeezes it tightly, Vince shouts for them to come in. Steph smiles at him before opening the door and walking in.

"Stephanie, how are you? I hope your journey was alright" Vince says not even bothering to look up from his work Chris notices, he follows Steph in putting their bags down. Steph walks over to the desk and sits down in one of the chairs; Chris thinks that it's safer to stay by the door where he can make a quick getaway if needed. "So you brought him back with you" Vince says coldly pushing his work to one side and looking at Chris standing at the door.

"It was all fine, but that's not why I'm here. Whatever happened in Canada has been forgotten Daddy, it was just the situation we are in and I want nothing more to do with him" Steph says, Chris would have believed her. Vince stares at Chris as if trying to read his thoughts, Chris quickly stares at the floor not wanting to ruin Steph's speech she had planned. Wow they had nice carpets in these offices Chris thought to himself.

"Oh really?" Vince asks knowing she hasn't finished yet.

"Yes, we're not together and never will be but I think that you should consider giving him his job back, he works hard doesn't he and he does bring in a lot of fan base. I think it would be good for business daddy," Steph says in her sweetest voice possible, Chris knew she could manipulate her dad no problem.

"Yes I'll consider it, I'll inform you of my decision tomorrow" Vince glances at Chris who is still staring at the floor "Do you have anything to add Mr. Irvine?" Chris looks up at Vince and clears his throat.

"Umm, well I'm sorry for any problems I've caused you Mr. McMahon and I would be very grateful if you would give me my job back and work very hard to gain your trust and respect again" Chris says, Steph turns round to look at him and gives him a small smile.

"I'll call you with my decision tomorrow, you can leave now" Vince says waving his hand showing Chris that he no longer needed him there. Chris nods his head and turns around and opens the door picking up his bag.

"Thank you sir" Chris says before walking out and closing the door behind him.