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*2 days later*
"Matt, did you find that file yet?" Ryan yelled to him as they were working in her office.
"No. Are you sure Sam doesn't have it?"
Ryan gave him an odd look. "Why would Sam have it?"
"Because every time you lose something she finds it. Hey!" he yelled when an empty water bottle hit the back of his leg. "That wasn't fair."
"Your point is what again?"
"Mature Ry. Do you want me to go check with her?"
She shook her head and got up. "No, I will. Thanks though." She walked to the office next to hers and went in without knocking. "Hey Sam."
Sam, who was on the phone, waved and rolled her eyes at the person she was talking to. "No, I don't want yellow, I want blue. Yes, I'm sure I ordered blue. Great, thank you." She hung up the phone and banged her forehead against her desk. "Remind me why we didn't elope in Vegas?"
"Because I can name twenty people right off the bat that would beat the two of you." Sam got a gleam in her eye and looked pointedly at Ryan's stomach.
"Don't you mean twenty-one?" Ryan laughed and grabbed some candy from Sam's desk.
"Yeah, I guess I did. Did you spill that to Shane yet?"
Sam's eyed widened in innocence. "You said not to."
"Sam."
"OK, ok, so I did. But I didn't tell anyone else."
"Good. Do you know where that stuff is Steph wanted us to look over?"
"The old appearance stats?"
Ryan shrugged. "Whatever they were. Neither Matt nor I can find them, and it's starting to bug me."
Sam laughed and walked over to her filing cabinet. "Aren't pregnant women supposed to be forgetful?"
"That's what I tried to tell her," a new voice interrupted. The women turned to see Shane standing there. Sam practically squealed and ran to him.
"Hey sexy."
Ryan groaned. "Can't you two be disgusting somewhere else?" Shane chuckled and let go of Sam. He walked over to Ryan and gave her a hug.
"Hi there miss glow worm. Congratulations."
"Thanks Shane. What time does your show start tonight?" The RAW brand was performing in Hartford, not too far from the offices in Stamford.
"5. Are you coming?" Ryan nodded.
"Matt and I are tagging along with Sam. I'll see you both there?" They nodded. "Thanks again for the file Sam."
"Your welcome," she replied, though Ryan could tell she was completely focused on Shane. She walked back into the office and found Matt sitting in her chair, talking on the phone. She sat down in a chair across from him.
"Why is everyone on the phone when I try to talk to them today?" Matt smirked at her and talked into the phone.
"Yeah man, your woman is being a pain." He knew that would rile Ryan up, and it did.
"Excuse you pretty boy? Give me that phone." She snatched it out of his hand and sat on the edge of her desk. "Hi baby." She melted at John's chuckle.
"Are you making fun of Matt?"
"Never."
"Right. Are you going to the show tonight?"
"Yeah, I'm dragging Matt, and we're going with Sam. I'd still rather be with you." John, along with the rest of the Smackdown crew was in Japan on the Far East Tour.
"I know baby. Two more days."
"I know." She heard some shouts in the background and knew what was coming next.
"Ry-"
"I know, I heard Mr. Hardy. Tell the sensei of Mattitude I said hi, and I'll talk to you later."
"He used that name last night on our Confidential piece." Ryan had started calling him that after they went out to eat one night, and it had stuck ever since.
"What a goob."
"I know. I'll call you after the show. I love you."
"I love you too. Bye."
"Bye." She hung up the phone and looked at Matt. "How about we waste one more hour on this crap, then hit somewhere for lunch?"
"Works for me."
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"So is Shane going to win tonight?" Ryan asked Sam as the three of them sat in the crowd at the house show later that night.
"Yeah, he's beating Rodney. Both Mark Henry and Jeff are going to interfere though."
"Interesting." The show went off without a hitch, and Matt and Ryan were back at her apartment a few hours later.
"Ry, you realize that you and John have a total of 3 homes right now?"
"And that matters because...?"
"Just pointing it out. Popcorn?" he asked, and held up the bag. She nodded, and he popped it in the microwave."Are you going to sell the house in LA?"
"I would assume. It's not practical for us to have that many places. I don't know though, we'll figure it out eventually. How was the intern meeting yesterday?"
He shrugged and pulled the popcorn out. "It was alright. There were only five others."
"Any cute girls?" Ryan asked, and bumped his shoulder with hers.
"A couple," he said and bumped her back. "Well, one. Her name is Kelly."
"Who is she with?"
"Stephanie McMahon."
Ryan grimaced as she sat on the couch. "I feel bad for her."
"Why, I thought you liked Stephanie?"
"I love Steph to death, but she works the shit out of her interns, especially the ones she thinks will be offered positions. She knows how hard this business can be, and she liked to prepare people for it."
"So I should be lucky I got you?"
"You should be thrilled."
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*Tuesday night, Smackdown taping*
"Matt, is John back yet?" Ryan pounced on him as soon as he walked through the door.
"I just saw him in the hallway. Vince stopped him, or I'm sure he would be here by now."
"I'll just go interrupt, thanks." She left the office in a hurry and as she rounded the corner she ran into something...or someone. "Ouch!"
"Ow, damn." Ryan got up off the floor and offered her hand to the girl she knocked down.
"I'm so sorry about that." The girl brushed herself off and smiled.
"Don't worry about it. I was spacing, so it was probably my fault. I just met the hottest wrestler, and I'm still on cloud nine."
Ryan had to laugh at that. "There are plenty of hotties around here. You sure you're okay?"
"Fine, thanks." Ryan nodded and kept walking down the hallway. She spotted John still talking to Vince so she snuck up behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist. Vince saw her and laughed.
"John I think you've got something attached to your back."
John smirked. "Yeah, this damn thing just won't leave me alone." Ryan removed her arms and pretended to pout. When John turned around, she turned and started tapping her foot. "And now she wants an apology. Women."
"Have you met my wife?" Vince asked with a raised eyebrow. The object of that comment happened to be walking up.
"Thank you dear," Linda McMahon said to her husband. "The things us girls put up with." She took Vince's hand and they went towards the offices. "You kids enjoy some time together." As they walked off, John wrapped his arms around Ryan.
"I missed you beautiful." Ryan leaned back against him and sighed happily.
"Not as much as I missed you." She turned and gave him a long kiss. "Or as much as I missed that."
"So what's on the agenda for tonight?" he asked as they walked back to her office.
"Not much. I'm still going over those stupid stat reports. They want Sam and I to figure out where the most popular signings were held during the last two years so we can schedule more in those places."
"Sounds exciting."
"Oh yeah. Most fun I've had in a awhile."
"Excuse me, John?" A vaguely familiar voice interrupted. They turned to see the girl Ryan had knocked down a few minutes before.
"Yes...Kelly, right?" She nodded and smiled.
"You forgot your pen." She handed it to him, and Ryan couldn't help but notice that she stuck her chest out a bit. "Thanks again for the autograph."
"Your welcome." Kelly looked at Ryan.
"We just seem to be running into each other today, huh?" John smiled fondly at Ryan and took her hand.
"She is kind of accident-prone."
"Hey!" Ryan objected, and swatted his shoulder. "So are you." She looked back to Kelly, and noticed that her smile seemed to have frozen in place. "You must be Stephanie's new intern, Kelly."
"I am. I didn't realize the two of you were together."
"Have been for thirteen years now."
"Oh, that's sweet. I've got to get back to Stephanie, but it was nice talking to you." She turned and walked away, not allowing Ryan or John to respond.
"What was her issue?" John asked as they finally got back to her office.
"She thinks you're hot. I ran into her in the hallway-literally- and she said she was on cloud nine because she had just met the hottest wrestler ever." Ryan mimicked her voice and twirled her hair. "Like, he was just so incredibly cute."
"Ry, don't be cheesy."
"Why not? SHe was trying to steal my man."
"Yeah, hold in the laughter. It's just a harmless crush, I'm sure."
"I know, I'm sure that's all it is."
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AN: This chapter is not great by far, but filler is an essential part of story telling. The most important thing was meeting Kelly. She is going to suck for the rest of the story.
Lisa
*2 days later*
"Matt, did you find that file yet?" Ryan yelled to him as they were working in her office.
"No. Are you sure Sam doesn't have it?"
Ryan gave him an odd look. "Why would Sam have it?"
"Because every time you lose something she finds it. Hey!" he yelled when an empty water bottle hit the back of his leg. "That wasn't fair."
"Your point is what again?"
"Mature Ry. Do you want me to go check with her?"
She shook her head and got up. "No, I will. Thanks though." She walked to the office next to hers and went in without knocking. "Hey Sam."
Sam, who was on the phone, waved and rolled her eyes at the person she was talking to. "No, I don't want yellow, I want blue. Yes, I'm sure I ordered blue. Great, thank you." She hung up the phone and banged her forehead against her desk. "Remind me why we didn't elope in Vegas?"
"Because I can name twenty people right off the bat that would beat the two of you." Sam got a gleam in her eye and looked pointedly at Ryan's stomach.
"Don't you mean twenty-one?" Ryan laughed and grabbed some candy from Sam's desk.
"Yeah, I guess I did. Did you spill that to Shane yet?"
Sam's eyed widened in innocence. "You said not to."
"Sam."
"OK, ok, so I did. But I didn't tell anyone else."
"Good. Do you know where that stuff is Steph wanted us to look over?"
"The old appearance stats?"
Ryan shrugged. "Whatever they were. Neither Matt nor I can find them, and it's starting to bug me."
Sam laughed and walked over to her filing cabinet. "Aren't pregnant women supposed to be forgetful?"
"That's what I tried to tell her," a new voice interrupted. The women turned to see Shane standing there. Sam practically squealed and ran to him.
"Hey sexy."
Ryan groaned. "Can't you two be disgusting somewhere else?" Shane chuckled and let go of Sam. He walked over to Ryan and gave her a hug.
"Hi there miss glow worm. Congratulations."
"Thanks Shane. What time does your show start tonight?" The RAW brand was performing in Hartford, not too far from the offices in Stamford.
"5. Are you coming?" Ryan nodded.
"Matt and I are tagging along with Sam. I'll see you both there?" They nodded. "Thanks again for the file Sam."
"Your welcome," she replied, though Ryan could tell she was completely focused on Shane. She walked back into the office and found Matt sitting in her chair, talking on the phone. She sat down in a chair across from him.
"Why is everyone on the phone when I try to talk to them today?" Matt smirked at her and talked into the phone.
"Yeah man, your woman is being a pain." He knew that would rile Ryan up, and it did.
"Excuse you pretty boy? Give me that phone." She snatched it out of his hand and sat on the edge of her desk. "Hi baby." She melted at John's chuckle.
"Are you making fun of Matt?"
"Never."
"Right. Are you going to the show tonight?"
"Yeah, I'm dragging Matt, and we're going with Sam. I'd still rather be with you." John, along with the rest of the Smackdown crew was in Japan on the Far East Tour.
"I know baby. Two more days."
"I know." She heard some shouts in the background and knew what was coming next.
"Ry-"
"I know, I heard Mr. Hardy. Tell the sensei of Mattitude I said hi, and I'll talk to you later."
"He used that name last night on our Confidential piece." Ryan had started calling him that after they went out to eat one night, and it had stuck ever since.
"What a goob."
"I know. I'll call you after the show. I love you."
"I love you too. Bye."
"Bye." She hung up the phone and looked at Matt. "How about we waste one more hour on this crap, then hit somewhere for lunch?"
"Works for me."
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"So is Shane going to win tonight?" Ryan asked Sam as the three of them sat in the crowd at the house show later that night.
"Yeah, he's beating Rodney. Both Mark Henry and Jeff are going to interfere though."
"Interesting." The show went off without a hitch, and Matt and Ryan were back at her apartment a few hours later.
"Ry, you realize that you and John have a total of 3 homes right now?"
"And that matters because...?"
"Just pointing it out. Popcorn?" he asked, and held up the bag. She nodded, and he popped it in the microwave."Are you going to sell the house in LA?"
"I would assume. It's not practical for us to have that many places. I don't know though, we'll figure it out eventually. How was the intern meeting yesterday?"
He shrugged and pulled the popcorn out. "It was alright. There were only five others."
"Any cute girls?" Ryan asked, and bumped his shoulder with hers.
"A couple," he said and bumped her back. "Well, one. Her name is Kelly."
"Who is she with?"
"Stephanie McMahon."
Ryan grimaced as she sat on the couch. "I feel bad for her."
"Why, I thought you liked Stephanie?"
"I love Steph to death, but she works the shit out of her interns, especially the ones she thinks will be offered positions. She knows how hard this business can be, and she liked to prepare people for it."
"So I should be lucky I got you?"
"You should be thrilled."
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*Tuesday night, Smackdown taping*
"Matt, is John back yet?" Ryan pounced on him as soon as he walked through the door.
"I just saw him in the hallway. Vince stopped him, or I'm sure he would be here by now."
"I'll just go interrupt, thanks." She left the office in a hurry and as she rounded the corner she ran into something...or someone. "Ouch!"
"Ow, damn." Ryan got up off the floor and offered her hand to the girl she knocked down.
"I'm so sorry about that." The girl brushed herself off and smiled.
"Don't worry about it. I was spacing, so it was probably my fault. I just met the hottest wrestler, and I'm still on cloud nine."
Ryan had to laugh at that. "There are plenty of hotties around here. You sure you're okay?"
"Fine, thanks." Ryan nodded and kept walking down the hallway. She spotted John still talking to Vince so she snuck up behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist. Vince saw her and laughed.
"John I think you've got something attached to your back."
John smirked. "Yeah, this damn thing just won't leave me alone." Ryan removed her arms and pretended to pout. When John turned around, she turned and started tapping her foot. "And now she wants an apology. Women."
"Have you met my wife?" Vince asked with a raised eyebrow. The object of that comment happened to be walking up.
"Thank you dear," Linda McMahon said to her husband. "The things us girls put up with." She took Vince's hand and they went towards the offices. "You kids enjoy some time together." As they walked off, John wrapped his arms around Ryan.
"I missed you beautiful." Ryan leaned back against him and sighed happily.
"Not as much as I missed you." She turned and gave him a long kiss. "Or as much as I missed that."
"So what's on the agenda for tonight?" he asked as they walked back to her office.
"Not much. I'm still going over those stupid stat reports. They want Sam and I to figure out where the most popular signings were held during the last two years so we can schedule more in those places."
"Sounds exciting."
"Oh yeah. Most fun I've had in a awhile."
"Excuse me, John?" A vaguely familiar voice interrupted. They turned to see the girl Ryan had knocked down a few minutes before.
"Yes...Kelly, right?" She nodded and smiled.
"You forgot your pen." She handed it to him, and Ryan couldn't help but notice that she stuck her chest out a bit. "Thanks again for the autograph."
"Your welcome." Kelly looked at Ryan.
"We just seem to be running into each other today, huh?" John smiled fondly at Ryan and took her hand.
"She is kind of accident-prone."
"Hey!" Ryan objected, and swatted his shoulder. "So are you." She looked back to Kelly, and noticed that her smile seemed to have frozen in place. "You must be Stephanie's new intern, Kelly."
"I am. I didn't realize the two of you were together."
"Have been for thirteen years now."
"Oh, that's sweet. I've got to get back to Stephanie, but it was nice talking to you." She turned and walked away, not allowing Ryan or John to respond.
"What was her issue?" John asked as they finally got back to her office.
"She thinks you're hot. I ran into her in the hallway-literally- and she said she was on cloud nine because she had just met the hottest wrestler ever." Ryan mimicked her voice and twirled her hair. "Like, he was just so incredibly cute."
"Ry, don't be cheesy."
"Why not? SHe was trying to steal my man."
"Yeah, hold in the laughter. It's just a harmless crush, I'm sure."
"I know, I'm sure that's all it is."
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AN: This chapter is not great by far, but filler is an essential part of story telling. The most important thing was meeting Kelly. She is going to suck for the rest of the story.
Lisa