_-^-_
Stephanie stormed out of her father's office pushing a security guard out of the way. In her anger she didn't even register the fact that his office was being guarded. She didn't really care all she wanted right now was to go to Fred. If anyone could calm her down, it would be him, him with his strong arms and his soothing voice. She calmed in a small way just thinking about him. And this was the man that her father didn't think was good enough for her? She could come up with only one conclusion; her father was becoming delusional in his old age.
He had never been the perfect father that was for sure. Their family had always been a little (if not a lot) dysfunctional and would never be a picture perfect family. But they had also always found a way to make their issues work eventually. And she didn't see this situation to be any different. Her father would come around eventually, he would see what a great guy Fred was and how happy he made her and he would be forced to accept them. But now Stephanie had something else to look forward to; what would Linda and Shane say when they found out that she was dating someone, especially someone like Fred?
She thought about it and found that she wasn't too worried about what they would say because she knew what they would say. Shane and Linda would say what a good family would say to someone in Stephanie's situation; "If he makes you happy than that's all that matters." And that's all that did matter and she didn't understand why her father didn't see that. But he had always been stubborn about things concerning his children. He had always thought that he knew what was best and when he got fixed on something, it took a lot of work to get him to change his view.
Stephanie looked up from her thoughts and found that she had wandered into a deserted corridor of the arena. She supposed that she was so deep into her thoughts that she hadn't taken notice of where she was walking. She shrugged and turned around, making to move back the way she came.
But she ran straight into someone instead and stumbled back a couple of steps. When Stephanie regained her balance she looked up at the person she had run into, meaning to apologize. She saw in front of her a large, muscular, big nosed Paul Levesque.
_-^-_
"You're going to have to change something about yourself if you want to stay in a relationship with Stephanie McMahon," said a serious toned Chris Jericho.
"Anything, I would do anything for Stephanie. What would I have to change?" said Fred Ward.
"Well, you're going to have to be more trustful of her. Believe me, when you become her friend, she protects you in any way possible, even more so if you're her boyfriend. Must be one of those positive McMahon traits that's in her blood."
Fred only nodded and knew what Chris was saying was true. He knew that Stephanie would never do anything to hurt him let alone manipulate him. With this new information stored in his brain, he realized how preposterous the idea of Stephanie dating someone behind his back was. This also got him on a new train of thought; why did Paul say that he was dating Stephanie in the first place?
"Hey Chris, why do you think that Paul said what he did?"
Chris thought for a moment with his left hand rubbing his chin, then he slowly shook his head, "I have no idea, but when Steph didn't want to go out with old big-nose again after their second date, he kept persisting for months afterward. Sending her flowers and such, but when she never responded he eventually gave up. Interesting.. very interesting."
Their conversation was cut short however as the door to Chris' locker room was swung open. When Fred and Chris looked to see who it was, they saw a certain Olympic gold medallist looking back at them with a grin.
_-^-_
"Hey Paul, sorry to bump into you," Stephanie said nervously, remembering when he was obsessed with her and kept sending her gifts and things for months. Now that she was dating someone else she wondered what his reaction would be when he found out.
"Hey Steph, I was looking for you," said Paul.
"Were you? What for?"
"Well, I saw you with that guy earlier and I thought that I might make sure that he was an ok guy so that he didn't hurt you or anything. I saw the two of you split up and I watched him and I saw him do something that I thought you might like to know."
Stephanie registered all that he said and was very freaked out by the fact that she had this manipulative ass following her boyfriend. Fred may have been somewhat muscular but compared to Paul he might as well be a child because he was no match for him (as much as she hasted to admit it to herself).
"So you were following him. What did you see that's so important to me?"
"Well, I saw him bring in some girl from the parking lot and when he had her in a what he thought to be deserted corridor.. he started.. making out with her," said Paul, sounding very sad for having to bring this news, while inside he was laughing evilly.
Stephanie almost laughed out loud herself when he delivered this news. What the hell was this idiot trying to pull? She knew that Fred would never do anything to hurt Stephanie, let alone cheat on her. He knew what he had and he wasn't going to do anything to lose it.
What was he trying to do? Stephanie thought that she would play along with Paul's act and see where it took her. This was another trait that went to all McMahon's; the curiosity to take risks.
"Oh my god.. really? Are you sure that it was him you saw?"
"Positive, it was the same guy I saw you come in with. I'm really sorry Stephanie."
Paul put a hand on Stephanie's shoulder and she had to fight the urge to shove his disgusting hand off. Lord knows where it had been. She pretended to start sobbing into her hands while she was actually laughing; it just came out muffled sounding like sobs from between her fingers.
Then Paul made a shushing noise and pulled her into a hug. Stephanie froze for a second in his arms and knew that she had to get out of this situation quick so that in response she did kick him in his grapefruits.. Oh, sorry, grapes.
Stephanie nodded her head and then pulled away from Paul. She wiped the tears that weren't there off of her face and turned away from Paul.
"I suppose that I better go talk to him. Thanks Paul, I'll see you around," said Stephanie, relieved to almost be out of this situation.
"Your welcome, oh and Steph," said Paul putting his hand on her shoulder again. "I just want you to know that if you ever need someone to talk to I will always be more than happy to talk."
Stephanie just nodded her head and went quickly down the corridor, wanting to put as much distance between herself and that slime Paul Levesque.
_-^-_
Well that hadn't gone as he had wanted it to go but he supposed it was a start. He had defiantly planted the seed for Stephanie and her off-the- street boyfriends breakup. He had read it in her face and in her sobs. And he had set a future scene that would result in her getting with him and him getting the gold of the World Heavyweight Championship.
That wasn't supposed to be in the future though. That was supposed to have happened now. She was supposed to melt like butter in his arms and then they would kiss and get together as she grieved over her lost relationship. Oh well, not everything was bound to work out. But at this moment he was very proud of himself.
He had set himself up for a future happiness that would have him ruling the entire company and Vince McMahon eating out of the palm of his hand. He would be in control like he liked it and no off the street punk was going to screw this up for him. He was going to have the belt, the fame, and the McMahon family fortune.
This gave Paul yet another idea. As it formed in his head, he grinned evilly and loved the idea already. With this grin on his face he set off to the office of Vince McMahon.
_-^-_
"Well, now is this the man who has the entire locker room buzzing?" said Kurt Angle.
"Hey Kurt, yeah this is Fred Ward. Fred, this Kurt Angle," Chris Jericho said as the two of them shook hands.
"It's nice to meet you," Fred Ward said calmly smiling, while for the umpteenth time that night was having a huge party in his head that was screaming 'Holy shit I just met the Olympic gold medallist Kurt Angle! Wooooohhhhh!'
"I just came in to meet the man that has our Stephanie wrapped around their little finger," said Kurt making a whirling motion with his finger.
Fred laughed at that, "Well, I wouldn't go that far, and if anything it's the other way around."
"Well that sounds like Stephanie alright. Speaking of which, where is she?"
"Last time we heard she was still in the boss's office," said Jericho.
"Well, she's not there now. I went to check on her there and they said she stormed out a few minutes ago."
"I wonder where she is."
Coincidently at that moment, the door to Chris Jericho's locker swung open once again, accidentally hitting a surprised Kurt Angle in the side and knocking him over a table. The person on the other side of the door cringed as she heard the crashing of the table and all it's salad food contents falling to the floor.
Stephanie McMahon closed the door behind her and tended to a very annoyed Kurt Angle. She couldn't help put laugh at the fact their was a carrot sticking out of Kurt's mouth and a piece of lettuce was sitting on the top of his bald head, not to mention the other assortments of food on him, including ranch dressing all over his jumpsuit.
"Kurt.. are you.. are you alright?" Stephanie said while laughing.
Kurt spit out the carrot in his mouth and looked back at Stephanie hotly, "Oh just perfect, I knew I needed a diet."
_-^-_
Paul stepped into Vince McMahon's office and looked to the elderly man sitting in the office chair behind his desk. Vince looked up from his papers that he had in his hands to Paul and the back down to his papers.
"What can I do for you Paul? I'm somewhat busy at the moment so make this quick," said Vince.
"Can you make time to hear a proposal to get rid of Fred Ward?" said Paul smugly.
This stopped Vince cold and he looked up from his papers. He slowly slid off his glasses and motioned to a chair in front of his desk.
"Please, sit down and let's talk."
_-^-_
A/N: Hey this came out much quicker than the last one didn't it? Yeah I think it beat my last time by about 2 months and three weeks, so that's improvement. I wanted to get this out quickly so that Frosty Ally Cwazy (you like?) didn't have to do anything to me that involved whips, chains, or waterguns.. -grinning evilly- Hey maybe that wouldn't be so bad..
Anywayz, I hope that you Phred-Heads like this chap. I introduced Kurt but I don't know if I like the way I am portraying him. What do you think? and what do you think I should change about him or anything else in the chap? And what do you think about how I switch back and forth between characters, is it easy to tell where the story is and who's talking or not? Should I change my format?
Well, those were a lot of questions that seem pointless. But trust me, they are for you, the fans. With these questions and your answers I shall come up with new, and hopefully better chapters of 'Distracted Pain'.
So.. Umm.. yeah. I think I'll go now because I'm getting on everyone's nerves and they all have weapons of some kind in their hands varying from knives to guns to sporks. So..bye! -am running away screaming-
'So until next time my murder; same black wings, same damn card. Goodnight everyone!
SOS Oh, and take your pick from these names that you guys think are better:
Freezing Fredric
Phredric the Gr8
Thoth the Wise
King of Spades
KoS
Fe Da
..take your pick! -smiley-
Stephanie stormed out of her father's office pushing a security guard out of the way. In her anger she didn't even register the fact that his office was being guarded. She didn't really care all she wanted right now was to go to Fred. If anyone could calm her down, it would be him, him with his strong arms and his soothing voice. She calmed in a small way just thinking about him. And this was the man that her father didn't think was good enough for her? She could come up with only one conclusion; her father was becoming delusional in his old age.
He had never been the perfect father that was for sure. Their family had always been a little (if not a lot) dysfunctional and would never be a picture perfect family. But they had also always found a way to make their issues work eventually. And she didn't see this situation to be any different. Her father would come around eventually, he would see what a great guy Fred was and how happy he made her and he would be forced to accept them. But now Stephanie had something else to look forward to; what would Linda and Shane say when they found out that she was dating someone, especially someone like Fred?
She thought about it and found that she wasn't too worried about what they would say because she knew what they would say. Shane and Linda would say what a good family would say to someone in Stephanie's situation; "If he makes you happy than that's all that matters." And that's all that did matter and she didn't understand why her father didn't see that. But he had always been stubborn about things concerning his children. He had always thought that he knew what was best and when he got fixed on something, it took a lot of work to get him to change his view.
Stephanie looked up from her thoughts and found that she had wandered into a deserted corridor of the arena. She supposed that she was so deep into her thoughts that she hadn't taken notice of where she was walking. She shrugged and turned around, making to move back the way she came.
But she ran straight into someone instead and stumbled back a couple of steps. When Stephanie regained her balance she looked up at the person she had run into, meaning to apologize. She saw in front of her a large, muscular, big nosed Paul Levesque.
_-^-_
"You're going to have to change something about yourself if you want to stay in a relationship with Stephanie McMahon," said a serious toned Chris Jericho.
"Anything, I would do anything for Stephanie. What would I have to change?" said Fred Ward.
"Well, you're going to have to be more trustful of her. Believe me, when you become her friend, she protects you in any way possible, even more so if you're her boyfriend. Must be one of those positive McMahon traits that's in her blood."
Fred only nodded and knew what Chris was saying was true. He knew that Stephanie would never do anything to hurt him let alone manipulate him. With this new information stored in his brain, he realized how preposterous the idea of Stephanie dating someone behind his back was. This also got him on a new train of thought; why did Paul say that he was dating Stephanie in the first place?
"Hey Chris, why do you think that Paul said what he did?"
Chris thought for a moment with his left hand rubbing his chin, then he slowly shook his head, "I have no idea, but when Steph didn't want to go out with old big-nose again after their second date, he kept persisting for months afterward. Sending her flowers and such, but when she never responded he eventually gave up. Interesting.. very interesting."
Their conversation was cut short however as the door to Chris' locker room was swung open. When Fred and Chris looked to see who it was, they saw a certain Olympic gold medallist looking back at them with a grin.
_-^-_
"Hey Paul, sorry to bump into you," Stephanie said nervously, remembering when he was obsessed with her and kept sending her gifts and things for months. Now that she was dating someone else she wondered what his reaction would be when he found out.
"Hey Steph, I was looking for you," said Paul.
"Were you? What for?"
"Well, I saw you with that guy earlier and I thought that I might make sure that he was an ok guy so that he didn't hurt you or anything. I saw the two of you split up and I watched him and I saw him do something that I thought you might like to know."
Stephanie registered all that he said and was very freaked out by the fact that she had this manipulative ass following her boyfriend. Fred may have been somewhat muscular but compared to Paul he might as well be a child because he was no match for him (as much as she hasted to admit it to herself).
"So you were following him. What did you see that's so important to me?"
"Well, I saw him bring in some girl from the parking lot and when he had her in a what he thought to be deserted corridor.. he started.. making out with her," said Paul, sounding very sad for having to bring this news, while inside he was laughing evilly.
Stephanie almost laughed out loud herself when he delivered this news. What the hell was this idiot trying to pull? She knew that Fred would never do anything to hurt Stephanie, let alone cheat on her. He knew what he had and he wasn't going to do anything to lose it.
What was he trying to do? Stephanie thought that she would play along with Paul's act and see where it took her. This was another trait that went to all McMahon's; the curiosity to take risks.
"Oh my god.. really? Are you sure that it was him you saw?"
"Positive, it was the same guy I saw you come in with. I'm really sorry Stephanie."
Paul put a hand on Stephanie's shoulder and she had to fight the urge to shove his disgusting hand off. Lord knows where it had been. She pretended to start sobbing into her hands while she was actually laughing; it just came out muffled sounding like sobs from between her fingers.
Then Paul made a shushing noise and pulled her into a hug. Stephanie froze for a second in his arms and knew that she had to get out of this situation quick so that in response she did kick him in his grapefruits.. Oh, sorry, grapes.
Stephanie nodded her head and then pulled away from Paul. She wiped the tears that weren't there off of her face and turned away from Paul.
"I suppose that I better go talk to him. Thanks Paul, I'll see you around," said Stephanie, relieved to almost be out of this situation.
"Your welcome, oh and Steph," said Paul putting his hand on her shoulder again. "I just want you to know that if you ever need someone to talk to I will always be more than happy to talk."
Stephanie just nodded her head and went quickly down the corridor, wanting to put as much distance between herself and that slime Paul Levesque.
_-^-_
Well that hadn't gone as he had wanted it to go but he supposed it was a start. He had defiantly planted the seed for Stephanie and her off-the- street boyfriends breakup. He had read it in her face and in her sobs. And he had set a future scene that would result in her getting with him and him getting the gold of the World Heavyweight Championship.
That wasn't supposed to be in the future though. That was supposed to have happened now. She was supposed to melt like butter in his arms and then they would kiss and get together as she grieved over her lost relationship. Oh well, not everything was bound to work out. But at this moment he was very proud of himself.
He had set himself up for a future happiness that would have him ruling the entire company and Vince McMahon eating out of the palm of his hand. He would be in control like he liked it and no off the street punk was going to screw this up for him. He was going to have the belt, the fame, and the McMahon family fortune.
This gave Paul yet another idea. As it formed in his head, he grinned evilly and loved the idea already. With this grin on his face he set off to the office of Vince McMahon.
_-^-_
"Well, now is this the man who has the entire locker room buzzing?" said Kurt Angle.
"Hey Kurt, yeah this is Fred Ward. Fred, this Kurt Angle," Chris Jericho said as the two of them shook hands.
"It's nice to meet you," Fred Ward said calmly smiling, while for the umpteenth time that night was having a huge party in his head that was screaming 'Holy shit I just met the Olympic gold medallist Kurt Angle! Wooooohhhhh!'
"I just came in to meet the man that has our Stephanie wrapped around their little finger," said Kurt making a whirling motion with his finger.
Fred laughed at that, "Well, I wouldn't go that far, and if anything it's the other way around."
"Well that sounds like Stephanie alright. Speaking of which, where is she?"
"Last time we heard she was still in the boss's office," said Jericho.
"Well, she's not there now. I went to check on her there and they said she stormed out a few minutes ago."
"I wonder where she is."
Coincidently at that moment, the door to Chris Jericho's locker swung open once again, accidentally hitting a surprised Kurt Angle in the side and knocking him over a table. The person on the other side of the door cringed as she heard the crashing of the table and all it's salad food contents falling to the floor.
Stephanie McMahon closed the door behind her and tended to a very annoyed Kurt Angle. She couldn't help put laugh at the fact their was a carrot sticking out of Kurt's mouth and a piece of lettuce was sitting on the top of his bald head, not to mention the other assortments of food on him, including ranch dressing all over his jumpsuit.
"Kurt.. are you.. are you alright?" Stephanie said while laughing.
Kurt spit out the carrot in his mouth and looked back at Stephanie hotly, "Oh just perfect, I knew I needed a diet."
_-^-_
Paul stepped into Vince McMahon's office and looked to the elderly man sitting in the office chair behind his desk. Vince looked up from his papers that he had in his hands to Paul and the back down to his papers.
"What can I do for you Paul? I'm somewhat busy at the moment so make this quick," said Vince.
"Can you make time to hear a proposal to get rid of Fred Ward?" said Paul smugly.
This stopped Vince cold and he looked up from his papers. He slowly slid off his glasses and motioned to a chair in front of his desk.
"Please, sit down and let's talk."
_-^-_
A/N: Hey this came out much quicker than the last one didn't it? Yeah I think it beat my last time by about 2 months and three weeks, so that's improvement. I wanted to get this out quickly so that Frosty Ally Cwazy (you like?) didn't have to do anything to me that involved whips, chains, or waterguns.. -grinning evilly- Hey maybe that wouldn't be so bad..
Anywayz, I hope that you Phred-Heads like this chap. I introduced Kurt but I don't know if I like the way I am portraying him. What do you think? and what do you think I should change about him or anything else in the chap? And what do you think about how I switch back and forth between characters, is it easy to tell where the story is and who's talking or not? Should I change my format?
Well, those were a lot of questions that seem pointless. But trust me, they are for you, the fans. With these questions and your answers I shall come up with new, and hopefully better chapters of 'Distracted Pain'.
So.. Umm.. yeah. I think I'll go now because I'm getting on everyone's nerves and they all have weapons of some kind in their hands varying from knives to guns to sporks. So..bye! -am running away screaming-
'So until next time my murder; same black wings, same damn card. Goodnight everyone!
SOS Oh, and take your pick from these names that you guys think are better:
Freezing Fredric
Phredric the Gr8
Thoth the Wise
King of Spades
KoS
Fe Da
..take your pick! -smiley-