Such Is Life
Part 16
Chris got changed in double quick time, he was back before Bischoff could slime his way even closer to me and I was thankful for that! I hoped Eric would pay as much attention to Chris in the ring as he had taken to my chest since we walked into the building.
"Ok, can we have you in the ring please!" Eric smailed and stood up as Chris approached us. I smiled at him and mouthed 'good luck' as he turned his back to us and walked to the ring, followd by Eric. The guys that were already in the ring stepped out and eyed Chris suspiciously. Eric motioned one of them to get back in with him, a huge guy, I didn't like the look of the way things were shaping up at all. I sat back and watched as the three men in the ring talked over a few things, my mind racing, my stomach in knots, I was sure I was going to throw up. Eventually Eric jumped out of the ring and stood to one side. I focused on Chris, willing him to do good, willing him to kick this brute's ass but at the same time praying he didn't get hurt!
They 'locked up' I didn't even know what that meant, back then I probably would have said 'They grabbed each other!' , but they started anyway and my heart pounded every time Chris was slammed onto he mat or thrown into the ropes. I watched intensly, not daring to look away, not daring to blink incase he was hurt. Was it always going to be like this? Every time he had a match would I be chewing my fingernails and wishing he was a Lawyer or a school teacher?
It seemed to last forever, on and on he took the beatings and kept getting back up, eventually the guy lay on top of him and Eric counted as he slammed his hand to the mat 3 times. There was a slight applause throughout the gathering of guys, other wrestlers I presumed, even Eric clapped a few times but not very enthusiatically. To me, he'd been beaten, it didn't look good. I put my head in my hands and watched the goings on through my fingers, desperate for some sort of a conclusion to this, any sort even if it wasn't the one we were looking for. I just wanted to leave.
Eric climbed back into the ring and helped Chris off the mat, pating his arm as he shook his hand, 'here it comes' I thought and held my breath. He climbed out and chris followed him, he glanced at me as they made their way to the back and I could have screamed! I wanted to know what was happening, I needed an answer! I ran a hand over my hair and noticed the huge guy that had wrestled with Chris comming my way. I thought I was in for another sleeze confrontation, I couldn't have been further from the truth!
"Paul!" he smiled and held out his hand. I shook it, my hand looked like a child's in his, then again I was a child! I wasn't far past my 18th birthday but I felt so much older somehow.
I smiled at this huge giant of a guy as he sat down beside me almost taking up 2 of the small chairs.
"I'm Christina!" I said and looked away. I felt like I was staring but the sheer size of this guy was enough to bowl you over! When he sat beside me I felt like he could break me in half if he took mind to but I wasn't scared, just amazed! "I thought you were gonna kill him in there!" I laughed nervously and he smiled.
"Your boyfriend?"
"Yeah."
"Ah no I've never killed anyone yet!" He laughed a deep hearty laugh and I had to join in when the thought crossed my mind that he would have made a great Father Christmas! I could almost picture him in the suit and beard, what the hell was I thinking? Chris was about to be told what his future held for him and I was playing 'dress up the giant'! I shook the thought from my head and turned back, trying not to stare at this guy.
"So you been wrestling long?"
"Nope not really, how about your boyfriend?"
"Oh well..." I blushed, I didn't even know how long he'd been doing this! "I'm not altogether sure, over a year at least, he was developmental with the WWF!"
"Ahhh right! That's what's given old Eric the hard on!"
"Excuse me?" I eyed him, not really sure if I'd heard right.
"It's an expression!" he laughed,"Look Eric is constantly trying to out do the McMahon's, he gets a little excited when someone mentions them, freaks out almost!" He laughed and shook his head, "Guy's gonna have a heart attack one of these days I swear!" he chuckled, such a weird thing to hear from such a huge bulking guy!
"Oh right, I get you now!" I smiled feeling a little stupid. "So do you have a stage name?"
"Giant!" He smiled & I laughed,
"Fitting!" I nodded as I giggled and he shrugged as he chewed on his gum and smiled at me.
"What about your man there?"
"What?"
"Does he have a stage name?"
Once again, I didn't even know! man how little I knew about the guy I wanted to spend the rest of my life with! We had just avioded any mention of wrestling as far as we possibly could, I realised then how much talking about it must have hurt him. "Erm not as far as I know but he's full of surprises!" I looked nervously to the door where Bischoff had taken Chris, what was taking so long? Was he torturing him? Making him believe he was in with a chance only to say thanks but no thanks when it came to the crunch? I hoped not!
"Well I think Eric was impressed I could tell by looking at him!"
"Really?"
"Yeah too right!"
"I thought maybe because you beat him that..."
There it was again, the chuckle! "No no no! I think it was because he let me beat him that Eric was impressed!"
"I'm sorry I don't understand!"
"Well see we get a lot of punks comming in here, begging to be let in, pleading for a try out, claiming to be the next Hulk Hogan, the next randy Savage, Shawn Michaels..." I swallowed hard at the mention of his name, I hadn't heard it said out loud for a long time. "What impressed Eric if you want my opinion is the fact that, first of all your man didn't come in here full of himself, he wasn't claiming to be the next anyone!"
"That's Chris!" I smiled, feeling proud of him already!
"Secondly they all wanna beat me or whoever Eric decides to put into the ring for their shot. They don't know when to quit, keep kicking out until they have got nothing left to fight with!" He smiled, 'Half of the punks we see in here are chain smoking auto mechanics that just wander in off the street! Chris has drive, ambition! I could see it in his eyes! I thought I was in trouble in there!" he laughed and I did too, I hoped he was right.
I talked with Paul for a few minutes more, nervously glancing at the door now and then wishing I could have gone in there instead of sitting out here being tortured like this! Eventually Chris and Eric came out of the room, Eric shook his hand and closed the door, leaving Chris to walk back over to me on his own. I didn't give him the chance! I jumped up out of my seat and almost ran to him.
"Well? What happened? What did he..."
Chris lifted me up into his arms and spun me around as he shouted and laughed.
"You did it?" I screamed as I found my feet on the floor once more.
"No 'we' did it!" He smiled and kissed me passionately, taking me by surprise and then I blushed when I realised the amount of people that were watching us with eager eyes. I couldn't believe it, he'd done it, no matter what he said none of it was down to me at all! If it hadn't been for me he wouldn't have had to go through this anyway! I felt so proud of him,so excited and I just wanted to scream and shout!
"Outside!" he said to me, his eyes sparkling, he obviously read my mind!
Part 16
Chris got changed in double quick time, he was back before Bischoff could slime his way even closer to me and I was thankful for that! I hoped Eric would pay as much attention to Chris in the ring as he had taken to my chest since we walked into the building.
"Ok, can we have you in the ring please!" Eric smailed and stood up as Chris approached us. I smiled at him and mouthed 'good luck' as he turned his back to us and walked to the ring, followd by Eric. The guys that were already in the ring stepped out and eyed Chris suspiciously. Eric motioned one of them to get back in with him, a huge guy, I didn't like the look of the way things were shaping up at all. I sat back and watched as the three men in the ring talked over a few things, my mind racing, my stomach in knots, I was sure I was going to throw up. Eventually Eric jumped out of the ring and stood to one side. I focused on Chris, willing him to do good, willing him to kick this brute's ass but at the same time praying he didn't get hurt!
They 'locked up' I didn't even know what that meant, back then I probably would have said 'They grabbed each other!' , but they started anyway and my heart pounded every time Chris was slammed onto he mat or thrown into the ropes. I watched intensly, not daring to look away, not daring to blink incase he was hurt. Was it always going to be like this? Every time he had a match would I be chewing my fingernails and wishing he was a Lawyer or a school teacher?
It seemed to last forever, on and on he took the beatings and kept getting back up, eventually the guy lay on top of him and Eric counted as he slammed his hand to the mat 3 times. There was a slight applause throughout the gathering of guys, other wrestlers I presumed, even Eric clapped a few times but not very enthusiatically. To me, he'd been beaten, it didn't look good. I put my head in my hands and watched the goings on through my fingers, desperate for some sort of a conclusion to this, any sort even if it wasn't the one we were looking for. I just wanted to leave.
Eric climbed back into the ring and helped Chris off the mat, pating his arm as he shook his hand, 'here it comes' I thought and held my breath. He climbed out and chris followed him, he glanced at me as they made their way to the back and I could have screamed! I wanted to know what was happening, I needed an answer! I ran a hand over my hair and noticed the huge guy that had wrestled with Chris comming my way. I thought I was in for another sleeze confrontation, I couldn't have been further from the truth!
"Paul!" he smiled and held out his hand. I shook it, my hand looked like a child's in his, then again I was a child! I wasn't far past my 18th birthday but I felt so much older somehow.
I smiled at this huge giant of a guy as he sat down beside me almost taking up 2 of the small chairs.
"I'm Christina!" I said and looked away. I felt like I was staring but the sheer size of this guy was enough to bowl you over! When he sat beside me I felt like he could break me in half if he took mind to but I wasn't scared, just amazed! "I thought you were gonna kill him in there!" I laughed nervously and he smiled.
"Your boyfriend?"
"Yeah."
"Ah no I've never killed anyone yet!" He laughed a deep hearty laugh and I had to join in when the thought crossed my mind that he would have made a great Father Christmas! I could almost picture him in the suit and beard, what the hell was I thinking? Chris was about to be told what his future held for him and I was playing 'dress up the giant'! I shook the thought from my head and turned back, trying not to stare at this guy.
"So you been wrestling long?"
"Nope not really, how about your boyfriend?"
"Oh well..." I blushed, I didn't even know how long he'd been doing this! "I'm not altogether sure, over a year at least, he was developmental with the WWF!"
"Ahhh right! That's what's given old Eric the hard on!"
"Excuse me?" I eyed him, not really sure if I'd heard right.
"It's an expression!" he laughed,"Look Eric is constantly trying to out do the McMahon's, he gets a little excited when someone mentions them, freaks out almost!" He laughed and shook his head, "Guy's gonna have a heart attack one of these days I swear!" he chuckled, such a weird thing to hear from such a huge bulking guy!
"Oh right, I get you now!" I smiled feeling a little stupid. "So do you have a stage name?"
"Giant!" He smiled & I laughed,
"Fitting!" I nodded as I giggled and he shrugged as he chewed on his gum and smiled at me.
"What about your man there?"
"What?"
"Does he have a stage name?"
Once again, I didn't even know! man how little I knew about the guy I wanted to spend the rest of my life with! We had just avioded any mention of wrestling as far as we possibly could, I realised then how much talking about it must have hurt him. "Erm not as far as I know but he's full of surprises!" I looked nervously to the door where Bischoff had taken Chris, what was taking so long? Was he torturing him? Making him believe he was in with a chance only to say thanks but no thanks when it came to the crunch? I hoped not!
"Well I think Eric was impressed I could tell by looking at him!"
"Really?"
"Yeah too right!"
"I thought maybe because you beat him that..."
There it was again, the chuckle! "No no no! I think it was because he let me beat him that Eric was impressed!"
"I'm sorry I don't understand!"
"Well see we get a lot of punks comming in here, begging to be let in, pleading for a try out, claiming to be the next Hulk Hogan, the next randy Savage, Shawn Michaels..." I swallowed hard at the mention of his name, I hadn't heard it said out loud for a long time. "What impressed Eric if you want my opinion is the fact that, first of all your man didn't come in here full of himself, he wasn't claiming to be the next anyone!"
"That's Chris!" I smiled, feeling proud of him already!
"Secondly they all wanna beat me or whoever Eric decides to put into the ring for their shot. They don't know when to quit, keep kicking out until they have got nothing left to fight with!" He smiled, 'Half of the punks we see in here are chain smoking auto mechanics that just wander in off the street! Chris has drive, ambition! I could see it in his eyes! I thought I was in trouble in there!" he laughed and I did too, I hoped he was right.
I talked with Paul for a few minutes more, nervously glancing at the door now and then wishing I could have gone in there instead of sitting out here being tortured like this! Eventually Chris and Eric came out of the room, Eric shook his hand and closed the door, leaving Chris to walk back over to me on his own. I didn't give him the chance! I jumped up out of my seat and almost ran to him.
"Well? What happened? What did he..."
Chris lifted me up into his arms and spun me around as he shouted and laughed.
"You did it?" I screamed as I found my feet on the floor once more.
"No 'we' did it!" He smiled and kissed me passionately, taking me by surprise and then I blushed when I realised the amount of people that were watching us with eager eyes. I couldn't believe it, he'd done it, no matter what he said none of it was down to me at all! If it hadn't been for me he wouldn't have had to go through this anyway! I felt so proud of him,so excited and I just wanted to scream and shout!
"Outside!" he said to me, his eyes sparkling, he obviously read my mind!