Chapter 6-Still There
The infamous love triangle was already underway. Kurt had become more 'friendly' with Stephanie then Triple H would have liked. Paul pretended not to care when he saw Stephanie and Kurt flirt onscreen, but Triple H did care, so he had to show it. It wasn't hard for him, he really missed Stephanie and didn't want anyone else to have her if he couldn't, as selfish as that sounded.
They hadn't talked at all off camera. As soon as they got backstage they went their different ways. In hotels if they sensed that the other was near they would go back the other way. They couldn't stand to see each other, it hurt to much, especially if they had someone else with them.
It was hard to go to go to work each day knowing they had to play lovely and kiss at certain parts. Every time they kissed it brought back memories of happier times when they were together, but also broke their hearts and made them want to cry remembering they weren't together anymore. This made it hard for both of them to move on with their lives. Work was bitter- sweet, as was the divorce angle for the same reasons.
Stephanie was sitting in her hotel room deep in thought. She had been like that for long while after she stopped seeing Paul. Thinking about what could have been, and anything else about them, it hurt her to think about it all, but she needed to. She needed to sort through it so she could move on. She was young and needed to get out there and date, not sit at home all nights doing nothing. She needed to have fun. One of her best friends Trish Stratus,( who she hated onscreen, but had befriended off screen because she was just like Stephanie, almost exactly different off screen then on;) saw that she need to be having fun and decided one night to take her out. Stephanie was deep in thought about this when it happened, and remembered everything clearly. Paul was also remembering, and he didn't even know why. It just popped into his cute little head!
------Flashback------
"Steph you really got to get out, your young, hot, and smart tons of men would date you in a heartbeat, so why are you sitting home all the time?" Trish asked when she was visiting Steph in her hotel room.
"Trish you are the only one who knows about this whole mess because you are my best friend, so you should understand. I'm still not over Paul."
"Steph, it's been what 3 weeks since that happened? You need to move on; you weren't actually dating him anyways. He's not good enough for you; if he was he would have moved out and devoted 100% of his time to you."
Stephanie couldn't help but defend Paul, although she wished she didn't feel the need to. "He did devote 100% of his time to me; he was just busy and was never home there with her so it doesn't matter. He was always on the road with me, always with me.." Stephanie trialed off for a minute *did those words just come out of my mouth?!* "Oh cares if we weren't 'dating', we were in love.and you cant overcome that in 3 weeks."
"Steph I don't believe you, I don't even think you believe what you just said; if you did you would have forgiven him, or not have broken-up with him." Trish friendly argued back.
Stephanie hadn't thought of that; and she wasn't sure if she did believe what she just said or if it was to make Paul look better, or make her feel worse which it did. "Trish.your, your right" As hard as it was for Stephanie to admit other people were right she did. "I guess I will have to think about it more. I will let you go on your way."
"Steph you can think about it, but not tonight. Tonight you are mine! We will see if you really are over Paul. I'm going to this new club I heard some towns people talking about. Its called something like 'PPS' and supposedly the best club out there, people from all over America, even the world, have been going there to have fun. AND I heard loads of people meet other people and fall in love. Maybe you ill be one of the lucky ones.but then again you would have to be a complete moron to not fall in love with you! So, how about it?!"
Stephanie loved how nice Trish was and how she could get her self confidence back up. "Ok fine. But I'm NOT promising I'm going to fall in love, even talk to a guy for that matter. You know I'm still not over him.but at least we will have a little fun! You know Trish you could be a car saleswomen! Very pursuing!"
Stephanie and Trish got ready and left for PPS.
Little did they know Paul was already there.
Paul's best friend Shawn made him go out because he was looking lonely. He wished he could find out why, but knew Paul was very private, even to his best friend. If he wanted him to know he would tell, if not there was no point in asking. Paul had to admit though that PPS was an awesome club, the best he had ever been too. He wasn't in the mood to have fun though, although MANY beautiful women wanted to dance with him he turned them down. *They don't compare to Steph.I shouldn't be comparing them to Steph.why can't I just stop thinking about her and move on. Oh ya because I love her.damn love!* Paul thought to himself. All he was doing was sitting at the bar, drinking a little. He wasn't in the mood to get drunk. He knew he would do something he would regret, not what anyone else would like sleep with some random girl, but talk about Steph. Talking about her was bitter- sweet to him. *God damn it why can't these girls just lay off me* Paul thought because girls were surrounding him trying to get him to go with her. Hey can you blame them?!!
Stephanie and Trish showed up at the club.
Immediately Stephanie felt something weird *He's here I feel it*. She looked around to see is he was indeed there, but with the massive crowd she couldn't tell. "I'm going to the bar Trish" But Trish was already out on the dance floor. *oh well* and Steph headed over to the bar. After Stephanie ordered her drink she noticed at the far other end of the bar a lot of girls crowded around something, or someone. She couldn't tell what or who though. *maybe someone famous*.
Stephanie sipped on her drink. She noticed that the girls were leaving whatever they were surrounding *well if it was someone famous I guess they weren't in the party mood, the person in the middle never moved. Oh well* Steph continued to watch the girls leave, by now she had many guys surrounding her. She was just about to see who the person was when she was totally surrounded by guys wanting to dance with her.
Paul felt Stephanie; he could always tell when she was close by. He yelled at the girls to leave him alone. He thought he saw her for a slip second, then looked back at 'where she was' and all he saw was a crowd of guys. Paul felt sad, he wished he could just see Stephanie; her smiling would make him feel 10 times better. As long as she was ok and happy he didn't care about himself. Only and always about her.
Stephanie was getting annoyed but he crowd of guys surrounding her. *But at least I won't be able to see Paul having fun with another woman. As happy I would be if he was just having fun I would die if he was with another woman.* Stephanie shewd the crowd away, they really were becoming annoying.
Some lady had come up to Paul and started talking, She looked desperate so out of the kindness of his heart he talked back.
The crowed moved away from Stephanie. Then she saw it. Her heart felt like it had been ripped out and stomped on. She saw Paul talking to another woman *ok its ok if hes happy, why why does he need another woman to make him happy. WHY!! Ok maybe its just a harmless conversation*
Paul's back was turned to Stephanie, or else he would have ran up to her and hug her, even if she pushed away. He needed to be close to her. Paul decided to get up and dance, he might as well have SOME fun.
That was it for Stephanie when she saw Paul get up and dance with that girl. She felt like crawling into a hole and dieing. She wanted to leave, she needed to leave. She got up and ran for the door. Paul saw her running. He left dancing with the woman and chased after her. Stephanie was balling in tears. She could barley catch her breath. She ran outside and just fell to the ground crying. She felt a hand on her shoulder, a strong hand. If Stephanie could think she would have thought it was the bouncer or a man assisting her. But she couldn't think. Even in her mind she was crying. She kept on saying "WHY WHY WHY" in between the cries. She needed to get back to her hotel but couldn't manage to get enough strength to get up let alone drive. She heard someone talking but was crying too hard to make out what he was saying, the man who had placed a hand on her, and how running his hand through her hair. She didn't are, she couldn't think about caring. Her whole world was crashing down. She didn't even care if this was a rapist touching her, as long as, as long as it wasn't him. She in another way she hoped it was. She hoped he was hurting when she was. She didn't want him to be happy anymore. SHE wanted to be happy, not depressed. The man picked her up. This she wasn't going to stand for. She turned around about to smack him then saw it was Paul. This made her cry harder and scream "why Paul why, do you want to hurt me, WHY". But Paul couldn't understand through the sobs. He kept repeating "I don't want to hurt you, I want you to be happy" He held her in his arms. As much as she didn't want to be their, she felt safe. Even safe in the arms of the man who hurt her.
Paul called for a cab after what seemed like an hour of holding Steph crying, and him crying a little too. They went back to the hotel. Stephanie sobbed quietly. Paul dared not to talk. Once they got back to the hotel and inside Paul tried to walk Stephanie back to her room. She wasn't going to let him. Paul was behind Steph, but had an arm on her waist. Usually she would love when he did that, but no not anymore. She hated him now. She turned around and shot him the meanest look she could. She didn't even have to say anything. The look said it all; she was upset, mad at him, mad at herself for caring, angry. Everything you could think of Stephanie was feeling it. She was even a LITTLE happy that Paul cared she was hurting. Paul got the warning and let Steph go on her own. He made sure she got back to her room ok though then left for his.
Stephanie fell on her bed sobbing. She cried and cried and didn't get much sleep. Paul couldn't get any sleep either. He was angry for letting himself do that, he knew he shouldn't have, and he didn't really want to either.
Stephanie had thought about forgiving Paul before that night. Now she didn't know if she could ever even look at him again. She knew it also involved jealously (something McMahon's should never feel) and selfishness.
Paul had also felt selfish. Selfish for having fun while Stephanie's life was crumbling away. He knew things were going to get much worse.
----End of REALLY LONG Flashback!-----
Stephanie and Paul each couldn't help but cry a little in remembering this. They both realized they must still have feelings for each other, it was still there, or they wouldn't care so much. They soon both feel asleep thinking about it, and each other.
*****NEXT CHAPTER THINGS WILL TURN AROUND AND SHIFT INTO HIGH GEER!! And probably be much shorter considering how long this chapter was! Sorry it was a drag on chapter so I will have chapter 7 done REALLY SOON!!*****
The infamous love triangle was already underway. Kurt had become more 'friendly' with Stephanie then Triple H would have liked. Paul pretended not to care when he saw Stephanie and Kurt flirt onscreen, but Triple H did care, so he had to show it. It wasn't hard for him, he really missed Stephanie and didn't want anyone else to have her if he couldn't, as selfish as that sounded.
They hadn't talked at all off camera. As soon as they got backstage they went their different ways. In hotels if they sensed that the other was near they would go back the other way. They couldn't stand to see each other, it hurt to much, especially if they had someone else with them.
It was hard to go to go to work each day knowing they had to play lovely and kiss at certain parts. Every time they kissed it brought back memories of happier times when they were together, but also broke their hearts and made them want to cry remembering they weren't together anymore. This made it hard for both of them to move on with their lives. Work was bitter- sweet, as was the divorce angle for the same reasons.
Stephanie was sitting in her hotel room deep in thought. She had been like that for long while after she stopped seeing Paul. Thinking about what could have been, and anything else about them, it hurt her to think about it all, but she needed to. She needed to sort through it so she could move on. She was young and needed to get out there and date, not sit at home all nights doing nothing. She needed to have fun. One of her best friends Trish Stratus,( who she hated onscreen, but had befriended off screen because she was just like Stephanie, almost exactly different off screen then on;) saw that she need to be having fun and decided one night to take her out. Stephanie was deep in thought about this when it happened, and remembered everything clearly. Paul was also remembering, and he didn't even know why. It just popped into his cute little head!
------Flashback------
"Steph you really got to get out, your young, hot, and smart tons of men would date you in a heartbeat, so why are you sitting home all the time?" Trish asked when she was visiting Steph in her hotel room.
"Trish you are the only one who knows about this whole mess because you are my best friend, so you should understand. I'm still not over Paul."
"Steph, it's been what 3 weeks since that happened? You need to move on; you weren't actually dating him anyways. He's not good enough for you; if he was he would have moved out and devoted 100% of his time to you."
Stephanie couldn't help but defend Paul, although she wished she didn't feel the need to. "He did devote 100% of his time to me; he was just busy and was never home there with her so it doesn't matter. He was always on the road with me, always with me.." Stephanie trialed off for a minute *did those words just come out of my mouth?!* "Oh cares if we weren't 'dating', we were in love.and you cant overcome that in 3 weeks."
"Steph I don't believe you, I don't even think you believe what you just said; if you did you would have forgiven him, or not have broken-up with him." Trish friendly argued back.
Stephanie hadn't thought of that; and she wasn't sure if she did believe what she just said or if it was to make Paul look better, or make her feel worse which it did. "Trish.your, your right" As hard as it was for Stephanie to admit other people were right she did. "I guess I will have to think about it more. I will let you go on your way."
"Steph you can think about it, but not tonight. Tonight you are mine! We will see if you really are over Paul. I'm going to this new club I heard some towns people talking about. Its called something like 'PPS' and supposedly the best club out there, people from all over America, even the world, have been going there to have fun. AND I heard loads of people meet other people and fall in love. Maybe you ill be one of the lucky ones.but then again you would have to be a complete moron to not fall in love with you! So, how about it?!"
Stephanie loved how nice Trish was and how she could get her self confidence back up. "Ok fine. But I'm NOT promising I'm going to fall in love, even talk to a guy for that matter. You know I'm still not over him.but at least we will have a little fun! You know Trish you could be a car saleswomen! Very pursuing!"
Stephanie and Trish got ready and left for PPS.
Little did they know Paul was already there.
Paul's best friend Shawn made him go out because he was looking lonely. He wished he could find out why, but knew Paul was very private, even to his best friend. If he wanted him to know he would tell, if not there was no point in asking. Paul had to admit though that PPS was an awesome club, the best he had ever been too. He wasn't in the mood to have fun though, although MANY beautiful women wanted to dance with him he turned them down. *They don't compare to Steph.I shouldn't be comparing them to Steph.why can't I just stop thinking about her and move on. Oh ya because I love her.damn love!* Paul thought to himself. All he was doing was sitting at the bar, drinking a little. He wasn't in the mood to get drunk. He knew he would do something he would regret, not what anyone else would like sleep with some random girl, but talk about Steph. Talking about her was bitter- sweet to him. *God damn it why can't these girls just lay off me* Paul thought because girls were surrounding him trying to get him to go with her. Hey can you blame them?!!
Stephanie and Trish showed up at the club.
Immediately Stephanie felt something weird *He's here I feel it*. She looked around to see is he was indeed there, but with the massive crowd she couldn't tell. "I'm going to the bar Trish" But Trish was already out on the dance floor. *oh well* and Steph headed over to the bar. After Stephanie ordered her drink she noticed at the far other end of the bar a lot of girls crowded around something, or someone. She couldn't tell what or who though. *maybe someone famous*.
Stephanie sipped on her drink. She noticed that the girls were leaving whatever they were surrounding *well if it was someone famous I guess they weren't in the party mood, the person in the middle never moved. Oh well* Steph continued to watch the girls leave, by now she had many guys surrounding her. She was just about to see who the person was when she was totally surrounded by guys wanting to dance with her.
Paul felt Stephanie; he could always tell when she was close by. He yelled at the girls to leave him alone. He thought he saw her for a slip second, then looked back at 'where she was' and all he saw was a crowd of guys. Paul felt sad, he wished he could just see Stephanie; her smiling would make him feel 10 times better. As long as she was ok and happy he didn't care about himself. Only and always about her.
Stephanie was getting annoyed but he crowd of guys surrounding her. *But at least I won't be able to see Paul having fun with another woman. As happy I would be if he was just having fun I would die if he was with another woman.* Stephanie shewd the crowd away, they really were becoming annoying.
Some lady had come up to Paul and started talking, She looked desperate so out of the kindness of his heart he talked back.
The crowed moved away from Stephanie. Then she saw it. Her heart felt like it had been ripped out and stomped on. She saw Paul talking to another woman *ok its ok if hes happy, why why does he need another woman to make him happy. WHY!! Ok maybe its just a harmless conversation*
Paul's back was turned to Stephanie, or else he would have ran up to her and hug her, even if she pushed away. He needed to be close to her. Paul decided to get up and dance, he might as well have SOME fun.
That was it for Stephanie when she saw Paul get up and dance with that girl. She felt like crawling into a hole and dieing. She wanted to leave, she needed to leave. She got up and ran for the door. Paul saw her running. He left dancing with the woman and chased after her. Stephanie was balling in tears. She could barley catch her breath. She ran outside and just fell to the ground crying. She felt a hand on her shoulder, a strong hand. If Stephanie could think she would have thought it was the bouncer or a man assisting her. But she couldn't think. Even in her mind she was crying. She kept on saying "WHY WHY WHY" in between the cries. She needed to get back to her hotel but couldn't manage to get enough strength to get up let alone drive. She heard someone talking but was crying too hard to make out what he was saying, the man who had placed a hand on her, and how running his hand through her hair. She didn't are, she couldn't think about caring. Her whole world was crashing down. She didn't even care if this was a rapist touching her, as long as, as long as it wasn't him. She in another way she hoped it was. She hoped he was hurting when she was. She didn't want him to be happy anymore. SHE wanted to be happy, not depressed. The man picked her up. This she wasn't going to stand for. She turned around about to smack him then saw it was Paul. This made her cry harder and scream "why Paul why, do you want to hurt me, WHY". But Paul couldn't understand through the sobs. He kept repeating "I don't want to hurt you, I want you to be happy" He held her in his arms. As much as she didn't want to be their, she felt safe. Even safe in the arms of the man who hurt her.
Paul called for a cab after what seemed like an hour of holding Steph crying, and him crying a little too. They went back to the hotel. Stephanie sobbed quietly. Paul dared not to talk. Once they got back to the hotel and inside Paul tried to walk Stephanie back to her room. She wasn't going to let him. Paul was behind Steph, but had an arm on her waist. Usually she would love when he did that, but no not anymore. She hated him now. She turned around and shot him the meanest look she could. She didn't even have to say anything. The look said it all; she was upset, mad at him, mad at herself for caring, angry. Everything you could think of Stephanie was feeling it. She was even a LITTLE happy that Paul cared she was hurting. Paul got the warning and let Steph go on her own. He made sure she got back to her room ok though then left for his.
Stephanie fell on her bed sobbing. She cried and cried and didn't get much sleep. Paul couldn't get any sleep either. He was angry for letting himself do that, he knew he shouldn't have, and he didn't really want to either.
Stephanie had thought about forgiving Paul before that night. Now she didn't know if she could ever even look at him again. She knew it also involved jealously (something McMahon's should never feel) and selfishness.
Paul had also felt selfish. Selfish for having fun while Stephanie's life was crumbling away. He knew things were going to get much worse.
----End of REALLY LONG Flashback!-----
Stephanie and Paul each couldn't help but cry a little in remembering this. They both realized they must still have feelings for each other, it was still there, or they wouldn't care so much. They soon both feel asleep thinking about it, and each other.
*****NEXT CHAPTER THINGS WILL TURN AROUND AND SHIFT INTO HIGH GEER!! And probably be much shorter considering how long this chapter was! Sorry it was a drag on chapter so I will have chapter 7 done REALLY SOON!!*****
