"What time is it?" Sarah asked trying to see the clock.
"I think it's close to nine," he said putting his arms around her. "What
time are your sister and brother leaving leaving"?
"I believe around noon, Why?" she asked "Have something in mind?" she
smiled,
"I think I do," he smiled as he rolled her over. "But are game? Is the
question"
"Only if you are," she grinned running her hands through his hair.
"I always game" he said leaning down and kissing her.
They were really getting into things, when of course they way things are
there had to be a knock at the door.
"Ignore it; who ever it is they can come back later?" Wes said,
"Believe me I wasn't going to get it" Sarah smiled
"Sarah, Are you up yet?" Vince called from the other side of the door.
Sarah head shot up, "Oh shit" she laughed quietly.
"That's just great," he said as he leaned over the bed, "Here put this on,
quick" he said tossing her the shirt that was on the floor. He got up and
went into the bathroom while she grabbed all the clothes that were all over
the floor and tossed them to him as she opened the door. "What took so
long? Where you still asleep?" Vince asked when she opened the door.
"Yeah" she yawned, "I was still in bed, and I didn't get much sleep last
night. I had a real bad head ache," Sarah said moving aside as he walked
in.
"That's because you didn't eat last night, I told you this before. You have
low blood sugar, you have to eat." He asked opening the window curtains
"Yeah I know, you told me everyday when I was younger" Sarah said.
"I was just looking out for you, you know that" he said
"Yes I know and you can start by shutting the curtains" she said covering
her face
"So where's Wes?" Vince asked.
"His room I believe, I haven't spoke to him yet, I'm sure he's still
asleep," Sarah said
"Right, and does he know he left his shirt and his bags?" Vince asked.
"What?" Sarah asked nervously.
"The shirt your wearing is the one Wes had on last night, and unless your
wearing Armani suits, I do believe that would be his bag. Believe me, you
should know by now it's the small things I notice" Vince said walking
towards the door, he stopped at the bathroom and knocked on the door. "You
guys better hurry up, Linda and I will be waiting downstairs for you to
join us for breakfast" Wes opened the door a bit, "We'll be down shortly"
He said nervously.
"I told you he was in his room" Sarah said.
Vince nodded his head "Yeah, you and I, we're gonna talk"
Wes came out of the bathroom after Vince left. "He's going to kill me isn't
he"?
"I don't know. I've never seen him act like that. He's rather calm, that's
scary, but as long as Steph and Shane are still here we should be fine."
Sarah said still looking at the door.
"We better hurry up," Wes said grabbing clothes from his bag.
"Yeah, I think so" Sarah said.
It didn't take them long to get downstairs, Wes simply put on a Shorts and a sweatshirt and Sarah just put on wind pants and a hoodie. "That didn't take long," Vince said, as they sat down. "We didn't want to keep you waiting" Sarah said. "It doesn't matter" Vince said, "You probably had a long night with that head ache and all" "Yeah, I guess you could say that" Sarah said Linda could feel the tension at the table and took the opportunity to speak to Sarah "If you'll excuse me I have to use the rest room" Linda said standing up. Sarah knew that was a sign for her to follow. "Excuse Me?" Sarah said following. "Please don't leave me here alone, I may not be alive when you return" he said quietly to her. "You'll be fine, don't worry" she whispered. Wes didn't really like the position he was left in. He had no doubts in his mind that Vince was ready to kill him. "Talk Vince, I know you have something to say" Wes said. Vince sat back in his chair. "What plans do you have for my daughter?" he asked. "Have you done this with every man that walks in your house with either of your daughters?" "Wes simply put your not like the other guys, this is totally different" "Why? Why should it be so different? Do I look like someone going through mid life crisis and I'm using you daughter to get through it? Cause if that's what it look like then you have it totally wrong, my mid life crisis is far away. I'm not one of those guys who's here today and gone tomorrow," "It would be so easy for her to get hurt, and I don't want to see that, so I'm asking you what you see in store for you and my daughter" "I have nothing yet, Am I suppose to," Wes said. Vince sat up and leaned in, his face turning red with anger "What?" "At the moment I'm going on a day by day basis" Wes said. "A day by day basis, No plans, what the hell are you trying to do?" Vince asked. "I have plans for us today, I'm going to take her down to a little secluded spot on the beach, take her in my arms and then well you get my drift there, but you know after last night we may be through by the end of the week and I'll find someone else by the next day. You know how it is for someone like me; I'm just looking for young women and good times" "If I had the right mind I would kill you right now. Who the hell do you think you are?" Vince yelled Wes leaned back in his chair. "Vince, Your not listening to me, nor did you listen to me last night. So listen to me now for I'll say it again I love her, I love her more than my life itself and if you want to me to do a little song and dance so that you'll remember that I'll always love her, hell, I will then. The truth being I would do anything for her. Vince I'm going to marry her that is a promise and I keep my promises. So you don't have to worry about hero "I'm glad we see eye to eye," Vince grinned, Sarah and Linda returned to the table a few moments later, Wes took her hand as she sat down next to him, in which kinda shocked her because her father was sitting right there. "You know Steve was asking about you the other daymhe said out of all of Vince's kids you were the smart one for moving away" Linda laughed "Who's Steve?" Wes asked "He works for my parents" Sarah laughed, "he's such character; I couldn't even begin to explain him to you "Nervous for a moment there Wes?" Vince asked "No, I was just asking." Wes said. "No but I believe I'm going to New York for a few days, then Chicago, they finished the plumbing and the wood work, so I have work that needs to be done" Sarah said. "You should see if Steph will be home since you'll be in New York" Linda said. "Yeah, I'll try, it depends if I have time." Sarah grinned
After breakfast Vince and Linda went up-stairs and Wes followed Sarah to her office. "So what do you want to do today?" Wes said sitting in her chair and putting his feet on her desk. Sarah sat down on his lap and took his hand "First I need a nap, But I want to know what happened between you and my father" she asked rubbing his hand. "I told him all about last night and what I had planned for tonight and later on the beach" he said. "Your full of shit, he would have killed you on the spot" she smiled. "Yeah I know, I straight out told him, I had nothing but the best planned for you and I. And he no longer needed to worry for you were in good hands" Wes said putting his chin on top her head and wrapping his arms around her. "You have great hands," she laughed.
"Rachel, have you seen Sarah or Wes" Vince asked as he stood at the front desk. "Check her office Mr. McMahon she may be in there. Actually that's where she normally is. And as for Wes, well I don't know I'm not really his keeper, all though he sometimes does work from the porch out there. But today I haven't seen him much, so I guess I really don't know much" Rachel said. Vince and Linda followed the directions that Rachel gave them to Sarah's office, Vince opened the door and looked in. "Look", and he said moving to the side as Linda looked in. She smiled at the sight, of the both them asleep on the chair. "When they get married they'll be the happiest people alive, just simply being with each other, she will no longer need us" Vince smiled. "Wes planes on marrying her?" Linda smiled. "He promised it" Vince laughed. "We better wake them if we want to leave on time" Linda said "This sucks that we have to leave so early, I wanted to stay a bit longer." "But the business is calling, and you know you could never turn it away" Linda smiled. "So" Vince laughed
"Thank you so much for being here and I'll call you later, I promise" Sarah said hugging Vince "All Right, Wes, well I guess it was nice meeting you. All though it really didn't start out all to well" "Like wise, Vince and Linda it's been a pleasure meeting you both" Wes smiled. "The pleasure was all mine" Linda smiled "I love ya kid, stay out of trouble" Vince said hugging Sarah once more. "Dad I'm sorry about before" she said. "I know you didn't really mean it. So don't worry about it" Vince said.
Since her parents had to leave early, Sara and Wes thought they might as well also. Sarah and Wes boarded the plane to New York, as Vince and Linda headed out to the Smackdown taping.
"Here we are." Wes said unlocking the door to his apartment. "Make yourself comfortable, I have to check my messages and make a few calls" Wes went into his office as Sarah walked around. His apartment had a lot of modern art to it and which surprised her cause she figured him to be classic art. She entered his room, which was done mainly in black and red. She flopped down on the bed and picked up the book from bedside. "What are you doing?" Wes said jumping on the bed next to her. "I was just looking at this book your reading" Sarah said sliding over and laying on his chest. "It's a good book" Wes said taking it off her "I can't believe you haven't read it. Its about a professor who is dying and one of his favorite students comes and visits him and ends up learning all kinds of life lessons" Sarah laughed. "Well I don't have much time for reading, and frankly right now I could care less for it, I'm just going to lay here and you can tell me about it" she said closing her eyes. He put his arms around her and watched as she drift off into sleep, he couldn't help but think how lucky he got the day he met her.
They spent most of the trip in the bedroom and then it came time for her to leave. Which seemed to quick for the both of them. "You don't have to go, you can stay with me and not worry about a single thing for the rest of your life and all you would have to do is just be there with me and you can live happily ever after" Wes said holding her in his arms as they stood in JFK airport. Sarah sighed, "I don't want to live happily ever after, and you know I have to do this, its very important to me. And I don't want to be someone who is taken care of all their life, I don't want that kind of life, I don't want to turn out dependent on someone else for the rest of my life, I didn't care for it growing up, I won't have it now. I like things the way they are, why change things?" "Well what about us?" "Wes at this moment getting married is not something I really want right now, it's not top priority on my list of things to get done, the way things are right now, are fine for me, why ruin a good thing." Sarah said. "So I'm not top priority? Where do I stand here on your list? We actually never talk about this and seeing you every now and then, every other week or so is not good enough for me. When I tell you that I love you, I'm not just saying it cause I can, but now I must wonder why it is that you tell me that you love me, so let me ask again, where do I stand on your list of priorities? " Wes asked. Sarah stood silent Wes watched her remain silent "I understand now, well I have to go, maybe you should rethink this whole situation about us, cause at this moment I'm not really sure there is an us anymore." he said turning and walking away without even looking back . Sarah grabbed her bags and boarded her plane. Wishing she had said something, wishing she had told him he meant the world to her. But she didn't and now she regretted everything. She didn't call him when she got there; she hadn't spoken to him all week. And suddenly there was a change and she didn't like the way it looked.
Wes sat at the bar and had drink after drink. "Wes, what are you doing here?" Stephanie said appearing from the crowd. "Not to much, what about you?" Wes said finishing yet another drink. Steph eyed the glass and took the guess it wasn't his first nor his last. "Wes how much have you had to drink?" Steph asked moving his glass away. "Not a lot" he said pulling it back to be refilled, "You look like shit, what the hell happened?" Steph asked. "Nothing, nothing at all. Life is just great, I am the happiest man alive" he said "Your full of shit, now what the hell is your problem?" Steph demanded "My problem, you really want to know what my problem is. Your sister, your fucking sister, that's what my problem is." Wes shouted. Steph grabbed him by his shirt "Come on well go outside and talk" He was reluctant to follow but went any way. They walked until they came across the park where they sat down on a bench. "Now tell me what happened? Cause I'm not a mind reader and your really starting to piss me off." Steph said. "I'm starting to piss you off" he said raising his voice, "all I wanted is to marry her and now it seems that she wants nothing to do with me" Wes sighed "and I don't know, I don't even know what I want now" "Wes I'm sure you're looking to much into things, I mean Sarah would not go through all that with my father for nothing," Steph said. "Well it looks like she did, Steph she basically told she doesn't want to get married, in fact I don't know where I stand with her, I asked her and she said nothing, she did nothing to stop me from walking away" Wes said looking at his feet. "I would do anything for her. I honestly would, but at my age I don't have time to be playing these kinds of games, I want to know if I can count on her being there. I don't just want to see her every now and then, when each of us has the time. I want to wake up each morning and see that I wasn't dreaming it all and that she's actually there." "Don't worry about it, the two of you will fix everything, I have much confidence in it, now come on lets get you a cab so you can get home cause you smell like a drunken ass," Steph said helping him up.
"Wes, I don't want to talk about this right now" Sarah said on the other line of the phone. "I think now is a good time than any other. I want to know what's going to happen. You know I want nothing more than to." Wes said. "Wes, you have your work and I'm getting started on this, getting married is not on my schedule right now I told you this. So maybe while you and my father were talking all about getting married you should have consulted me," Sarah said. "I see and at this point I don't think I'm part of your schedule either. So you know maybe I shouldn't be part of your life anymore, I wouldn't want to be in your way," Wes said. "Maybe your right, maybe its time for us to move on in our own way. Maybe you and I were just a bad idea in the first place" Sarah said but realized she didn't mean it. And she tried not to cry when she heard a click of the phone and there he was gone. Wes tossed the phone on the couch and wanted to scream. He sat on the chair and put his head in his hands. He wanted to cry, he wanted to call her back and apologize but then he wanted to let her go. The next few days he went to meeting after meeting not even caring anymore. He filled his every waking moment with work and new projects. "Mr. Courier, your nine o'clock is here waiting in your office," his secretary said. "Thanks" He said opening the door. "Wes, Lets talk" the voice said. Wes looked up and then sat down at his desk. "What do can I do for you Vince?" Wes asked. "Actually I like your office, nicely done" "Vince if you came here to talk to me about my office, one I think you have too much time on your hands and secondly I'm asking that you not waste my time," "I had to cancel a few things to be here today, so no I don't have the time to be wasting. I want you to tell me what's going on? What happened? I'm on the road working and I get a call. Why is it I get a call from Linda saying, that my daughter has broken down in our house, she's a totally changed person from when I saw her last. There has to be something wrong she just doesn't stop working to come and stay with me. So what's going on? What did you do?" "What did I do? I didn't do anything wrong. All I did was love her and suddenly it seemed that she didn't want me anymore, so I cut my loses and walked away before I lost more then I cared too, But I think its too late for that." Wes said.
"I'm sure there is a lot more to it then that, but I don't care to get in the mix of things like this. But I will say this that whatever happened between the two of you was a mistake cause it seems that the both of you are miserable without each other. She needs you, I' not really sure if she realized that before but she sure does now and I'm sure by now you realize how much you need her. But you two better decide what you both want cause I'm not going to deal with shit. Not that I don't enjoy her being home for awhile, just not in this kind of mood." "Vince and as you can see I'm just fine with or without her." Wes said. "Yeah sure you are, you might want to shave there buddy cause frankly you look like hell, " Vince said leaving. "I don't feel like shaving," he said to himself after Vince left "I don't feel like anything anymore. She did this me, she had to be so beautiful, she had to be so charming, she made me fall in love with her, dammit who am I try to kid by saying I'm fine without her,"
A month passed, Sarah's hotel was set to open in December and everyone who was anyone was going to be there. Of course Wes wouldn't be there, and Sarah wouldn't be at his side when he would merge two of the biggest companies, that would really set his place in history. "Well the hotel is all set and everything is ready. All most everything" Sarah said sitting on the couch. Sarah had traveled back and forth from Greenwich and Chicago; she talked to Rachel every now and then to make sure things where going well and that she would be back up there shortly. But Rachel insisted that she take her time and not worry about things up there. "Things will be just fine, don't worry so much" Linda said sitting next to her. "I miss him so much, I can't believe how stupid I was and how stupid I am now" She said trying not to cry. "Let me tell you something that I should have mentioned sooner. Believe it or not, that not everyone has the same business mentality as you and your father. If you asked him today what is the one thing that he regrets, he'll tell you that it was not taking the time for his family, and you'll have the same regret when you get older unless you start now, if you don't you just may very well lose Wes." Linda hugged her "Go tell him your sorry. You have nothing to lose but a hell of a lot to gain, Take your fathers jeep; you'll make it there late this afternoon if you leave now. In fact I insist that you go." "What?" Sarah asked. "Go and get him back before you drive yourself nuts, before you drive us all nuts, especially your father" Linda said.
"Where's Sarah?" Vince asked entering the kitchen. "She took the jeep and went to New York" Linda said not even looking up from the paper. "She did what?" he asked not sure he heard things right. "She went to get Wes back" Linda smiled. "Thank god, I don't think I could take much more of it" Vince said walking on.
"I'll get you that file," Wes said walking into his apartment. "Okay, take your time," The woman said following him in. "Here it is" Wes said handing her the folder. "Thanks, what are you doing for dinner tonight" she asked. "I eat here," he said opening the door. "So could I, We could talk, have a little fun, or both" she smiled "Or you could leave" Wes said. "Are you sure?" she said moving rather close to him and playing with the buttons on his shirt. "You really want that?" He asked. "Who wouldn't? I've watched you for the last year or so and I've thought about it," she smiled "Listen to me carefully, take that folder back to you employer, pack up your stuff, cause by the time you get back there I'll have your fucking job" Wes said slamming the door. He took his jacket off and tossed it on the chair. He was so tired, tired of everything all he really wanted was... "Sarah" he said stopping in the doorway of his room. "Your doorman let me in" she said her eyes red from crying "Wes, I'm so sorry" she said stepping towards him. "I shouldn't have pushed you away like that and I'm sorry it took me so long to realize how much I need you in my life and I can't live without you and.." "I should have came and got you back, but I was so afraid you'd push me away again and I don't think I would be able to live after that if you did, I was nothing without you, I'm the one who should be sorry" He held her tightly until they both finished crying. Afraid that if he let her go, she would disappear like an illusion.
"I have to ask what this is?" she laughed rubbing her hand in his face. "I didn't really care for anything after you left, I felt like I lost everything. So I didn't care much to shave, or get a hair cut, but I have gotten a few compliments about it," he smiled. "You look good with it," She said. "You like it then?" he said. "I could live with it" she smiled "I'll get rid of it soon" he smiled, "Keep it as long as you like. It adds character." "All right, I have character now," he said sitting down on the couch, pulling her down besides him, "I cant express enough how much I missed you, it seemed that when you were gone there a was hole so big in my heart that it hurt whenever the wind blew, but now look" he said putting her hand on his chest over his heart, "now that your back there's no more hole and I am whole again." "I don't think I could be without you any longer, I was so miserable, that I had let the only thing I wanted walk away, and I really do need to thank my mother for telling me to come here today" "Yes we really should thank her, in fact I could never thank her enough," he smiled "Well you can thank her tomorrow night, it's her birthday and there's the family dinner" "I wouldn't miss it. Is it formal or can I hold off on shaving? I really would like to get your father's opinion on it" he smiled, Sarah laughed, "I really did miss you" she said wrapping her arms around him "You'll never know how much I missed not having you with me." Wes said. "Are you sure you wouldn't rather have Miss both business or a little fun?" Sarah smiled putting her arms around his neck. He laughed, "Some people are just ridicules, but I wouldn't trade you for her in a million life times," He said kissing her.
"Wes, I'd never thought I say this, but I'm glad to see ya and I see you still haven't shaved, that's good" Vince said walking into the living room.
"Yeah I decided to keep it for awhile" Wes smiled pulling Sarah onto his lap as she walked by. "Yeah for me, where's Linda?" Vince asked. Sarah and Wes sat there looking into each other's eyes forgetting Vince was even in the room, and talking softly as it was only meant for each of them to hear, "or you know what I'll find her for myself," Vince said walking on. Shane walked through just as they started kissing. "Get a room," he yelled at them. "Not in my house they won't" Vince yelled from the kitchen. "Vince let them go" Linda smiled she said putting her arms around his waist. "Look how happy she is again; you should be happy for her" "Yea, I know. I am glad he's back. He a good guy and I think their perfect for each other. But not in my house, I could only take so much as a father" Vince smiled. "Well how about that, Vince McMahon you never fail to amaze me," she said leaning up and kissing him, "that's why I love ya" "You two need to get a room too, what is with all you" Shane said walking in. "Shane, if it weren't for us, you would not be here" Vince said, as Linda laughed.
"For the love of god where's Sarah and Wes now?" Vince said, as they were about to sit down for dinner. "I think they went for that room," Paul laughed, "They went out back awhile ago" Marissa smiled "I'll get them," Steph said getting up. She was about to open the door but held back for a moment. "Mom, come her for a minute" Steph said walking back in. "What's up?" She said "Watch here's a birthday gift you won't forget" Steph smiled. "Vincent get in here" Linda called. "What did I do now?" Vince said getting up. He walked in and saw them standing around the door. "What the hell are you doing? What's going on?" he asked. "Be quite and listen" Linda said
"All right, I didn't do it real traditional the first time, I'm not much for tradition so here I go" Wes said "I was nothing without you and I didn't like the way that felt. And I know the first time I rushed things, but I don't ever want to be without you again, I love you too much to let you get away from me, again" he said. He got down on one knee "Look I'm on my knees here. Take note of this Vince," He said turning to them who were watching from inside, "So Sarah I'm asking you will be my wife now and forever. Marry me" he took out the ring box from his pocket and opened it. "Please?" he smiled "Of course I will" She smiled. He put the ringer on her finger and kissed her," Your parents are still looking out the window aren't they" he smiled. "We could really give your father a show like this" he said kissing her passionately. "We better go in for dinner. We're holding everyone up" She smiled. "Nice night out there tonight" Vince said standing in the kitchen when they came in. "Can't say I have any complaints" Wes said walking on. "I wouldn't think so" Vince said, "I think we should really go and eat, dad" Wes smiled. "I'll kill you if you ever call me that again I swear to it" Vince smiled as they walked into the dining room "Congratulations Wes, its a pleasure to have you part of our family and you sweetheart, I am very happy, you couldn't have found a better man". He said hugging Sarah "Wow Vince that really means a lot". Wes said "Coming from you any who". "Let me tell you what, your looking for a smack up-side your friggin head" Vince said "We've held up dinner long enough, I do apologize." Wes said taking Sarah's hand. "Could you hold us up any longer? Really" Shane asked. "Actually I'm sure I could think of a few ways in which we could" Wes grinned. "Well before we start, let me congratulate Wes and Sarah, I'm very happy for the two of you and welcome to our family" Linda said raising her glass. "As dysfunctional as it is" Paul laughed as Steph smacked him on the arm. "Wes I have to tell you. You really need to shave that off its actually starting to bother me" "I like it" Sarah smiled rubbing his face. "Well that's settles things then," Wes said,
"Your up early," Vince said as Sarah slowly walked into the kitchen, "Where's your other half?" "He's one of those people who run, he asked if I wanted to join him, but I rather jump out a window" "Are you heading back to New York today?" "I have to go and grab the rest of my things from Rachel and then I'll go to back to New York" "Where you goin?" Wes asked walking in, "With You," she grinned, "Well that's good news" he smiled wrapping his arms around her, "Yes it is now go away cause you smell" she smiled, "That bad?" "Oh God yes, horribly bad..eeewwww go" she laughed as he hugged her tighter.
Sarah and Linda sat in the kitchen, talking for while, "Your really happy now aren't you?" Linda asked handing her a cup of tea. "I am, I do believe I have everything I could ever want, I almost lost it all, but thankfully I got it all back. I really do have you to thank for that and I could never thank you enough" "I'm sure you'll find away" Linda laughed, "He sings in the shower," Vince said walking in from up stairs. Sarah laughed, "Yeah he does that, he sings this skater, punk rock stuff. I don't know why, its cute though." "It's scary," "I'm going up now" she laughed getting and leaving.
"Girl...It's easy to love me now
would you love me if I was down and out?
Would you still have love for me?
Girl...It's easy to love me now" "What are you singing now?" Sarah asked walking into the guest room in which they were staying in. "What? Can't I sing?" "You can sing, I just have to wonder about you?" She smiled, "Don't worry, I wonder about myself a lot of the times too," he said sitting down on the edge of the bed, "but for the moment we'll be thankful the voices in my head are gone," "What would the voices say if I did this," she said sitting on his lap and kissing him. "They would say I got the best girl around," he smiled bring her down with him to the bed.
~~~~~~~~~~~December 10~~~~~~~Opening of the Beacon Hill Hotel~~~~~~~~~ "The Beacon Hill Hotel opened up in Chicago, IL and it was full of not only top name celebrities, I saw some old friends of mine, Dave was there, Oprah made an appearance, but also top of the game business men from all over, I even saw wrestling king Vince McMahon and his wife there, I'm telling you it was huge. The hotel offers a dance club at night where you'll find some great performs I think last night I saw some of those American Idol kids, maybe I can perform down there some time, bring back the Regis! There aren't many of these hotel openings but you know Gilman, Joy and myself we had a great time dancing, the food is excellent it really was. I really do recommend staying there if you ever go to Chicago. This Sarah Matthews is really going to be big, huge, maybe next she'll bring her talent here to New York," Regis said "Regis living in New York, you've heard of Wes Courier, he's a very well respected business man here in New York and many other places across the country, he's one of those people Bill Gates goes to for advice, but any ways he is now taken by Sarah Matthews" Kelly Ripa said before Sarah turned off the TV. "They are talking about my hotel" Sarah smiled, "Regis and Kelly are talking about my hotel" she said jumping up onto Wes. Wes laughed as he caught her, "So I heard, there is no reason for them not to, it went extremely well last night and I must say how proud of you I am, the hotel turned out perfect. I told you when we first met that you would be big and now look at you now" "Yeah look at me now, my hotel is going to be big, I'm going to marry the greatest man in the world, what more could I ask for?" she smiled kissing him.
It didn't take them long to get downstairs, Wes simply put on a Shorts and a sweatshirt and Sarah just put on wind pants and a hoodie. "That didn't take long," Vince said, as they sat down. "We didn't want to keep you waiting" Sarah said. "It doesn't matter" Vince said, "You probably had a long night with that head ache and all" "Yeah, I guess you could say that" Sarah said Linda could feel the tension at the table and took the opportunity to speak to Sarah "If you'll excuse me I have to use the rest room" Linda said standing up. Sarah knew that was a sign for her to follow. "Excuse Me?" Sarah said following. "Please don't leave me here alone, I may not be alive when you return" he said quietly to her. "You'll be fine, don't worry" she whispered. Wes didn't really like the position he was left in. He had no doubts in his mind that Vince was ready to kill him. "Talk Vince, I know you have something to say" Wes said. Vince sat back in his chair. "What plans do you have for my daughter?" he asked. "Have you done this with every man that walks in your house with either of your daughters?" "Wes simply put your not like the other guys, this is totally different" "Why? Why should it be so different? Do I look like someone going through mid life crisis and I'm using you daughter to get through it? Cause if that's what it look like then you have it totally wrong, my mid life crisis is far away. I'm not one of those guys who's here today and gone tomorrow," "It would be so easy for her to get hurt, and I don't want to see that, so I'm asking you what you see in store for you and my daughter" "I have nothing yet, Am I suppose to," Wes said. Vince sat up and leaned in, his face turning red with anger "What?" "At the moment I'm going on a day by day basis" Wes said. "A day by day basis, No plans, what the hell are you trying to do?" Vince asked. "I have plans for us today, I'm going to take her down to a little secluded spot on the beach, take her in my arms and then well you get my drift there, but you know after last night we may be through by the end of the week and I'll find someone else by the next day. You know how it is for someone like me; I'm just looking for young women and good times" "If I had the right mind I would kill you right now. Who the hell do you think you are?" Vince yelled Wes leaned back in his chair. "Vince, Your not listening to me, nor did you listen to me last night. So listen to me now for I'll say it again I love her, I love her more than my life itself and if you want to me to do a little song and dance so that you'll remember that I'll always love her, hell, I will then. The truth being I would do anything for her. Vince I'm going to marry her that is a promise and I keep my promises. So you don't have to worry about hero "I'm glad we see eye to eye," Vince grinned, Sarah and Linda returned to the table a few moments later, Wes took her hand as she sat down next to him, in which kinda shocked her because her father was sitting right there. "You know Steve was asking about you the other daymhe said out of all of Vince's kids you were the smart one for moving away" Linda laughed "Who's Steve?" Wes asked "He works for my parents" Sarah laughed, "he's such character; I couldn't even begin to explain him to you "Nervous for a moment there Wes?" Vince asked "No, I was just asking." Wes said. "No but I believe I'm going to New York for a few days, then Chicago, they finished the plumbing and the wood work, so I have work that needs to be done" Sarah said. "You should see if Steph will be home since you'll be in New York" Linda said. "Yeah, I'll try, it depends if I have time." Sarah grinned
After breakfast Vince and Linda went up-stairs and Wes followed Sarah to her office. "So what do you want to do today?" Wes said sitting in her chair and putting his feet on her desk. Sarah sat down on his lap and took his hand "First I need a nap, But I want to know what happened between you and my father" she asked rubbing his hand. "I told him all about last night and what I had planned for tonight and later on the beach" he said. "Your full of shit, he would have killed you on the spot" she smiled. "Yeah I know, I straight out told him, I had nothing but the best planned for you and I. And he no longer needed to worry for you were in good hands" Wes said putting his chin on top her head and wrapping his arms around her. "You have great hands," she laughed.
"Rachel, have you seen Sarah or Wes" Vince asked as he stood at the front desk. "Check her office Mr. McMahon she may be in there. Actually that's where she normally is. And as for Wes, well I don't know I'm not really his keeper, all though he sometimes does work from the porch out there. But today I haven't seen him much, so I guess I really don't know much" Rachel said. Vince and Linda followed the directions that Rachel gave them to Sarah's office, Vince opened the door and looked in. "Look", and he said moving to the side as Linda looked in. She smiled at the sight, of the both them asleep on the chair. "When they get married they'll be the happiest people alive, just simply being with each other, she will no longer need us" Vince smiled. "Wes planes on marrying her?" Linda smiled. "He promised it" Vince laughed. "We better wake them if we want to leave on time" Linda said "This sucks that we have to leave so early, I wanted to stay a bit longer." "But the business is calling, and you know you could never turn it away" Linda smiled. "So" Vince laughed
"Thank you so much for being here and I'll call you later, I promise" Sarah said hugging Vince "All Right, Wes, well I guess it was nice meeting you. All though it really didn't start out all to well" "Like wise, Vince and Linda it's been a pleasure meeting you both" Wes smiled. "The pleasure was all mine" Linda smiled "I love ya kid, stay out of trouble" Vince said hugging Sarah once more. "Dad I'm sorry about before" she said. "I know you didn't really mean it. So don't worry about it" Vince said.
Since her parents had to leave early, Sara and Wes thought they might as well also. Sarah and Wes boarded the plane to New York, as Vince and Linda headed out to the Smackdown taping.
"Here we are." Wes said unlocking the door to his apartment. "Make yourself comfortable, I have to check my messages and make a few calls" Wes went into his office as Sarah walked around. His apartment had a lot of modern art to it and which surprised her cause she figured him to be classic art. She entered his room, which was done mainly in black and red. She flopped down on the bed and picked up the book from bedside. "What are you doing?" Wes said jumping on the bed next to her. "I was just looking at this book your reading" Sarah said sliding over and laying on his chest. "It's a good book" Wes said taking it off her "I can't believe you haven't read it. Its about a professor who is dying and one of his favorite students comes and visits him and ends up learning all kinds of life lessons" Sarah laughed. "Well I don't have much time for reading, and frankly right now I could care less for it, I'm just going to lay here and you can tell me about it" she said closing her eyes. He put his arms around her and watched as she drift off into sleep, he couldn't help but think how lucky he got the day he met her.
They spent most of the trip in the bedroom and then it came time for her to leave. Which seemed to quick for the both of them. "You don't have to go, you can stay with me and not worry about a single thing for the rest of your life and all you would have to do is just be there with me and you can live happily ever after" Wes said holding her in his arms as they stood in JFK airport. Sarah sighed, "I don't want to live happily ever after, and you know I have to do this, its very important to me. And I don't want to be someone who is taken care of all their life, I don't want that kind of life, I don't want to turn out dependent on someone else for the rest of my life, I didn't care for it growing up, I won't have it now. I like things the way they are, why change things?" "Well what about us?" "Wes at this moment getting married is not something I really want right now, it's not top priority on my list of things to get done, the way things are right now, are fine for me, why ruin a good thing." Sarah said. "So I'm not top priority? Where do I stand here on your list? We actually never talk about this and seeing you every now and then, every other week or so is not good enough for me. When I tell you that I love you, I'm not just saying it cause I can, but now I must wonder why it is that you tell me that you love me, so let me ask again, where do I stand on your list of priorities? " Wes asked. Sarah stood silent Wes watched her remain silent "I understand now, well I have to go, maybe you should rethink this whole situation about us, cause at this moment I'm not really sure there is an us anymore." he said turning and walking away without even looking back . Sarah grabbed her bags and boarded her plane. Wishing she had said something, wishing she had told him he meant the world to her. But she didn't and now she regretted everything. She didn't call him when she got there; she hadn't spoken to him all week. And suddenly there was a change and she didn't like the way it looked.
Wes sat at the bar and had drink after drink. "Wes, what are you doing here?" Stephanie said appearing from the crowd. "Not to much, what about you?" Wes said finishing yet another drink. Steph eyed the glass and took the guess it wasn't his first nor his last. "Wes how much have you had to drink?" Steph asked moving his glass away. "Not a lot" he said pulling it back to be refilled, "You look like shit, what the hell happened?" Steph asked. "Nothing, nothing at all. Life is just great, I am the happiest man alive" he said "Your full of shit, now what the hell is your problem?" Steph demanded "My problem, you really want to know what my problem is. Your sister, your fucking sister, that's what my problem is." Wes shouted. Steph grabbed him by his shirt "Come on well go outside and talk" He was reluctant to follow but went any way. They walked until they came across the park where they sat down on a bench. "Now tell me what happened? Cause I'm not a mind reader and your really starting to piss me off." Steph said. "I'm starting to piss you off" he said raising his voice, "all I wanted is to marry her and now it seems that she wants nothing to do with me" Wes sighed "and I don't know, I don't even know what I want now" "Wes I'm sure you're looking to much into things, I mean Sarah would not go through all that with my father for nothing," Steph said. "Well it looks like she did, Steph she basically told she doesn't want to get married, in fact I don't know where I stand with her, I asked her and she said nothing, she did nothing to stop me from walking away" Wes said looking at his feet. "I would do anything for her. I honestly would, but at my age I don't have time to be playing these kinds of games, I want to know if I can count on her being there. I don't just want to see her every now and then, when each of us has the time. I want to wake up each morning and see that I wasn't dreaming it all and that she's actually there." "Don't worry about it, the two of you will fix everything, I have much confidence in it, now come on lets get you a cab so you can get home cause you smell like a drunken ass," Steph said helping him up.
"Wes, I don't want to talk about this right now" Sarah said on the other line of the phone. "I think now is a good time than any other. I want to know what's going to happen. You know I want nothing more than to." Wes said. "Wes, you have your work and I'm getting started on this, getting married is not on my schedule right now I told you this. So maybe while you and my father were talking all about getting married you should have consulted me," Sarah said. "I see and at this point I don't think I'm part of your schedule either. So you know maybe I shouldn't be part of your life anymore, I wouldn't want to be in your way," Wes said. "Maybe your right, maybe its time for us to move on in our own way. Maybe you and I were just a bad idea in the first place" Sarah said but realized she didn't mean it. And she tried not to cry when she heard a click of the phone and there he was gone. Wes tossed the phone on the couch and wanted to scream. He sat on the chair and put his head in his hands. He wanted to cry, he wanted to call her back and apologize but then he wanted to let her go. The next few days he went to meeting after meeting not even caring anymore. He filled his every waking moment with work and new projects. "Mr. Courier, your nine o'clock is here waiting in your office," his secretary said. "Thanks" He said opening the door. "Wes, Lets talk" the voice said. Wes looked up and then sat down at his desk. "What do can I do for you Vince?" Wes asked. "Actually I like your office, nicely done" "Vince if you came here to talk to me about my office, one I think you have too much time on your hands and secondly I'm asking that you not waste my time," "I had to cancel a few things to be here today, so no I don't have the time to be wasting. I want you to tell me what's going on? What happened? I'm on the road working and I get a call. Why is it I get a call from Linda saying, that my daughter has broken down in our house, she's a totally changed person from when I saw her last. There has to be something wrong she just doesn't stop working to come and stay with me. So what's going on? What did you do?" "What did I do? I didn't do anything wrong. All I did was love her and suddenly it seemed that she didn't want me anymore, so I cut my loses and walked away before I lost more then I cared too, But I think its too late for that." Wes said.
"I'm sure there is a lot more to it then that, but I don't care to get in the mix of things like this. But I will say this that whatever happened between the two of you was a mistake cause it seems that the both of you are miserable without each other. She needs you, I' not really sure if she realized that before but she sure does now and I'm sure by now you realize how much you need her. But you two better decide what you both want cause I'm not going to deal with shit. Not that I don't enjoy her being home for awhile, just not in this kind of mood." "Vince and as you can see I'm just fine with or without her." Wes said. "Yeah sure you are, you might want to shave there buddy cause frankly you look like hell, " Vince said leaving. "I don't feel like shaving," he said to himself after Vince left "I don't feel like anything anymore. She did this me, she had to be so beautiful, she had to be so charming, she made me fall in love with her, dammit who am I try to kid by saying I'm fine without her,"
A month passed, Sarah's hotel was set to open in December and everyone who was anyone was going to be there. Of course Wes wouldn't be there, and Sarah wouldn't be at his side when he would merge two of the biggest companies, that would really set his place in history. "Well the hotel is all set and everything is ready. All most everything" Sarah said sitting on the couch. Sarah had traveled back and forth from Greenwich and Chicago; she talked to Rachel every now and then to make sure things where going well and that she would be back up there shortly. But Rachel insisted that she take her time and not worry about things up there. "Things will be just fine, don't worry so much" Linda said sitting next to her. "I miss him so much, I can't believe how stupid I was and how stupid I am now" She said trying not to cry. "Let me tell you something that I should have mentioned sooner. Believe it or not, that not everyone has the same business mentality as you and your father. If you asked him today what is the one thing that he regrets, he'll tell you that it was not taking the time for his family, and you'll have the same regret when you get older unless you start now, if you don't you just may very well lose Wes." Linda hugged her "Go tell him your sorry. You have nothing to lose but a hell of a lot to gain, Take your fathers jeep; you'll make it there late this afternoon if you leave now. In fact I insist that you go." "What?" Sarah asked. "Go and get him back before you drive yourself nuts, before you drive us all nuts, especially your father" Linda said.
"Where's Sarah?" Vince asked entering the kitchen. "She took the jeep and went to New York" Linda said not even looking up from the paper. "She did what?" he asked not sure he heard things right. "She went to get Wes back" Linda smiled. "Thank god, I don't think I could take much more of it" Vince said walking on.
"I'll get you that file," Wes said walking into his apartment. "Okay, take your time," The woman said following him in. "Here it is" Wes said handing her the folder. "Thanks, what are you doing for dinner tonight" she asked. "I eat here," he said opening the door. "So could I, We could talk, have a little fun, or both" she smiled "Or you could leave" Wes said. "Are you sure?" she said moving rather close to him and playing with the buttons on his shirt. "You really want that?" He asked. "Who wouldn't? I've watched you for the last year or so and I've thought about it," she smiled "Listen to me carefully, take that folder back to you employer, pack up your stuff, cause by the time you get back there I'll have your fucking job" Wes said slamming the door. He took his jacket off and tossed it on the chair. He was so tired, tired of everything all he really wanted was... "Sarah" he said stopping in the doorway of his room. "Your doorman let me in" she said her eyes red from crying "Wes, I'm so sorry" she said stepping towards him. "I shouldn't have pushed you away like that and I'm sorry it took me so long to realize how much I need you in my life and I can't live without you and.." "I should have came and got you back, but I was so afraid you'd push me away again and I don't think I would be able to live after that if you did, I was nothing without you, I'm the one who should be sorry" He held her tightly until they both finished crying. Afraid that if he let her go, she would disappear like an illusion.
"I have to ask what this is?" she laughed rubbing her hand in his face. "I didn't really care for anything after you left, I felt like I lost everything. So I didn't care much to shave, or get a hair cut, but I have gotten a few compliments about it," he smiled. "You look good with it," She said. "You like it then?" he said. "I could live with it" she smiled "I'll get rid of it soon" he smiled, "Keep it as long as you like. It adds character." "All right, I have character now," he said sitting down on the couch, pulling her down besides him, "I cant express enough how much I missed you, it seemed that when you were gone there a was hole so big in my heart that it hurt whenever the wind blew, but now look" he said putting her hand on his chest over his heart, "now that your back there's no more hole and I am whole again." "I don't think I could be without you any longer, I was so miserable, that I had let the only thing I wanted walk away, and I really do need to thank my mother for telling me to come here today" "Yes we really should thank her, in fact I could never thank her enough," he smiled "Well you can thank her tomorrow night, it's her birthday and there's the family dinner" "I wouldn't miss it. Is it formal or can I hold off on shaving? I really would like to get your father's opinion on it" he smiled, Sarah laughed, "I really did miss you" she said wrapping her arms around him "You'll never know how much I missed not having you with me." Wes said. "Are you sure you wouldn't rather have Miss both business or a little fun?" Sarah smiled putting her arms around his neck. He laughed, "Some people are just ridicules, but I wouldn't trade you for her in a million life times," He said kissing her.
"Wes, I'd never thought I say this, but I'm glad to see ya and I see you still haven't shaved, that's good" Vince said walking into the living room.
"Yeah I decided to keep it for awhile" Wes smiled pulling Sarah onto his lap as she walked by. "Yeah for me, where's Linda?" Vince asked. Sarah and Wes sat there looking into each other's eyes forgetting Vince was even in the room, and talking softly as it was only meant for each of them to hear, "or you know what I'll find her for myself," Vince said walking on. Shane walked through just as they started kissing. "Get a room," he yelled at them. "Not in my house they won't" Vince yelled from the kitchen. "Vince let them go" Linda smiled she said putting her arms around his waist. "Look how happy she is again; you should be happy for her" "Yea, I know. I am glad he's back. He a good guy and I think their perfect for each other. But not in my house, I could only take so much as a father" Vince smiled. "Well how about that, Vince McMahon you never fail to amaze me," she said leaning up and kissing him, "that's why I love ya" "You two need to get a room too, what is with all you" Shane said walking in. "Shane, if it weren't for us, you would not be here" Vince said, as Linda laughed.
"For the love of god where's Sarah and Wes now?" Vince said, as they were about to sit down for dinner. "I think they went for that room," Paul laughed, "They went out back awhile ago" Marissa smiled "I'll get them," Steph said getting up. She was about to open the door but held back for a moment. "Mom, come her for a minute" Steph said walking back in. "What's up?" She said "Watch here's a birthday gift you won't forget" Steph smiled. "Vincent get in here" Linda called. "What did I do now?" Vince said getting up. He walked in and saw them standing around the door. "What the hell are you doing? What's going on?" he asked. "Be quite and listen" Linda said
"All right, I didn't do it real traditional the first time, I'm not much for tradition so here I go" Wes said "I was nothing without you and I didn't like the way that felt. And I know the first time I rushed things, but I don't ever want to be without you again, I love you too much to let you get away from me, again" he said. He got down on one knee "Look I'm on my knees here. Take note of this Vince," He said turning to them who were watching from inside, "So Sarah I'm asking you will be my wife now and forever. Marry me" he took out the ring box from his pocket and opened it. "Please?" he smiled "Of course I will" She smiled. He put the ringer on her finger and kissed her," Your parents are still looking out the window aren't they" he smiled. "We could really give your father a show like this" he said kissing her passionately. "We better go in for dinner. We're holding everyone up" She smiled. "Nice night out there tonight" Vince said standing in the kitchen when they came in. "Can't say I have any complaints" Wes said walking on. "I wouldn't think so" Vince said, "I think we should really go and eat, dad" Wes smiled. "I'll kill you if you ever call me that again I swear to it" Vince smiled as they walked into the dining room "Congratulations Wes, its a pleasure to have you part of our family and you sweetheart, I am very happy, you couldn't have found a better man". He said hugging Sarah "Wow Vince that really means a lot". Wes said "Coming from you any who". "Let me tell you what, your looking for a smack up-side your friggin head" Vince said "We've held up dinner long enough, I do apologize." Wes said taking Sarah's hand. "Could you hold us up any longer? Really" Shane asked. "Actually I'm sure I could think of a few ways in which we could" Wes grinned. "Well before we start, let me congratulate Wes and Sarah, I'm very happy for the two of you and welcome to our family" Linda said raising her glass. "As dysfunctional as it is" Paul laughed as Steph smacked him on the arm. "Wes I have to tell you. You really need to shave that off its actually starting to bother me" "I like it" Sarah smiled rubbing his face. "Well that's settles things then," Wes said,
"Your up early," Vince said as Sarah slowly walked into the kitchen, "Where's your other half?" "He's one of those people who run, he asked if I wanted to join him, but I rather jump out a window" "Are you heading back to New York today?" "I have to go and grab the rest of my things from Rachel and then I'll go to back to New York" "Where you goin?" Wes asked walking in, "With You," she grinned, "Well that's good news" he smiled wrapping his arms around her, "Yes it is now go away cause you smell" she smiled, "That bad?" "Oh God yes, horribly bad..eeewwww go" she laughed as he hugged her tighter.
Sarah and Linda sat in the kitchen, talking for while, "Your really happy now aren't you?" Linda asked handing her a cup of tea. "I am, I do believe I have everything I could ever want, I almost lost it all, but thankfully I got it all back. I really do have you to thank for that and I could never thank you enough" "I'm sure you'll find away" Linda laughed, "He sings in the shower," Vince said walking in from up stairs. Sarah laughed, "Yeah he does that, he sings this skater, punk rock stuff. I don't know why, its cute though." "It's scary," "I'm going up now" she laughed getting and leaving.
"Girl...It's easy to love me now
would you love me if I was down and out?
Would you still have love for me?
Girl...It's easy to love me now" "What are you singing now?" Sarah asked walking into the guest room in which they were staying in. "What? Can't I sing?" "You can sing, I just have to wonder about you?" She smiled, "Don't worry, I wonder about myself a lot of the times too," he said sitting down on the edge of the bed, "but for the moment we'll be thankful the voices in my head are gone," "What would the voices say if I did this," she said sitting on his lap and kissing him. "They would say I got the best girl around," he smiled bring her down with him to the bed.
~~~~~~~~~~~December 10~~~~~~~Opening of the Beacon Hill Hotel~~~~~~~~~ "The Beacon Hill Hotel opened up in Chicago, IL and it was full of not only top name celebrities, I saw some old friends of mine, Dave was there, Oprah made an appearance, but also top of the game business men from all over, I even saw wrestling king Vince McMahon and his wife there, I'm telling you it was huge. The hotel offers a dance club at night where you'll find some great performs I think last night I saw some of those American Idol kids, maybe I can perform down there some time, bring back the Regis! There aren't many of these hotel openings but you know Gilman, Joy and myself we had a great time dancing, the food is excellent it really was. I really do recommend staying there if you ever go to Chicago. This Sarah Matthews is really going to be big, huge, maybe next she'll bring her talent here to New York," Regis said "Regis living in New York, you've heard of Wes Courier, he's a very well respected business man here in New York and many other places across the country, he's one of those people Bill Gates goes to for advice, but any ways he is now taken by Sarah Matthews" Kelly Ripa said before Sarah turned off the TV. "They are talking about my hotel" Sarah smiled, "Regis and Kelly are talking about my hotel" she said jumping up onto Wes. Wes laughed as he caught her, "So I heard, there is no reason for them not to, it went extremely well last night and I must say how proud of you I am, the hotel turned out perfect. I told you when we first met that you would be big and now look at you now" "Yeah look at me now, my hotel is going to be big, I'm going to marry the greatest man in the world, what more could I ask for?" she smiled kissing him.
