Chapter 4- Taking it Slow

It had been a couple of months since Paul told Stephanie that he was now single. They had continued to be very flirtatious but they never took it beyond that. Mainly because Vince wouldn't let his grown daughter date a wrestler and that Paul never bothered to move out of the house he shared with Chyna.

"Steph baby?" Paul asked one Saturday

"Ya babe?"

"I was uh wondering, do you wanna maybe go out to eat?"

"Sure Paul we go out every night to eat! You don't have to ask, its like a ritual!"

"No I mean, like really go out to eat, you know on a date?" Paul asked a little afraid Stephanie didn't have any of those feelings for him as he did for her.

"YES!" Stephanie tried to play it cool, but she had been waiting for him to ask her out for forever it seemed. She wasn't sure if he had those feelings for her so she never pursued them.

"Alright, awesome, do you want to go to 'the restaurant?'"

Stephanie knew that that meant, 'the restaurant' was the same one where they had planed to whole McMahon-Helmsley Era thing. "Sure that would be great, 7 tonight?"

"Perfect"

They both went off to get ready for "the big night" they both were pleased they could go to 'the restaurant' it was elegant and class, just like them.

At 7:00 sharp Paul was at Stephanie's hotel door. When she opened the door Paul handed her one dozen yellow roses. He thought red roses would be moving to fast, so he stuck with the friendly color of yellow. Stephanie always knew how sweet Paul was, and this just added. They both were thinking about how great each other looked.

"You look fantastic" Paul said to Stephanie, although she was just wearing a simple dress she made it come to life.

Stephanie admired Paul is his suit "You look spectacular!"

They got to 'the restaurant' and sat in the same seats the sat in every time they were there.

After a wonderful evening of talking and laughing they went back to the hotel. Paul walked Stephanie to her room. He gave her a sweet little good night kiss.

"Thank you for an amazing night Paul, you're the best. But I just wanted to let you know I want to take things slow" Stephanie said with concern, she didn't want to rush into anything. Rushing would ruin the relationship, and she really wanted whatever she had with Paul to last, she really liked him and wasn't going to ruin it.

"Your wish is my command Princess" he said and kissed her on the cheek.

"Thank you, you are the best husband."

"No, thank you, you are the best wife"

"Thank me? For What?" Stephanie asked a little puzzled.

"For everything, this night was amazing, something I will never forget, thank you. Thank you for wanting to take things slow to keep this relationship alive. Thank you for being you."

Stephanie was beaming with joy. What the way to end a night! Most guys would just get mad for wanting things to go slow, but not Paul. He was actually thanking her. *He is one amazing man, im going to have to hold on to him!*

"Good night Paul Levesque"

"Good Night my Princess -Sydney (wait how did that get in there?! Lolz!)- Stephanie McMahon" With that Stephanie went into her room and closed the door. Paul headed back to his room.

Stephanie fell on her bed, it was the best night she had ever had. He would even take it slow and not ruin anything. He truly was a great man.

Paul had never been happier. When he got back to his room he went straight to take a shower and think about his night. It was perfect, everything he had imagined. He was drawn to Stephanie; they had so much in common. It was like they were meant to be. And he hoped so; he wanted to be with Stephanie for the rest of his life. When you love someone you can tell, and that night proved to him how much he loved her. It wasn't just her looks, it was everything. She was also very smart. He could just imagine the next day they would be together.

Then it hit them both. How are we going to tell people? We work together- what is that going to be like? How will Vince take it? How are we going to deal with it? With the rumors? With the press? Will it affect our TV performance? All these questions popped into their heads and popped their little love world where they didn't have to deal with anything like that.

"This relationship is going to be harder then I thought" They both said to themselves after realizing how much work and love would have to be in it to keep it alive. They both hoped the other would contribute to keeping it going.

"Well, here we go"