Chapter 17
After dinner, Matt and Jeff cleaned up while Amy took Corinne down to
the basement where she had laid down a few exercise mats to do some
moves on.
"So what's on the list for tonight?" Corinne said, sitting down on the
floor and flexing her shoulders, which still hurt from the day before.
"Um, I believe Nora said you have to learn how to take some punches
and falling. Pretty basic stuff, but it's important especially if
you're fighting Steph, she's not all that advance."
"You mean," Corinne started, "You're gonna punch me in the face?"
"Well, no, you just need to throw your head back when I throw the
punch."
"Oh no, what am I doing? I can't do this!"
"Cori, don't do that. You're doubting yourself and you CANNOT do
that."
"Doubting myself? I'm beyond that. I've only been doing this for three
days and I can't even sleep on my back anymore. My shoulders hurt so
damn much, it took me an hour to put on my bra this morning!"
"You could have just done us all a favor and left the bra off." Jeff
interrupted, as he came down the stairs with Matt who took exception
to his brother's joke and hit him over the head.
"Shut up Jeff," Matt, Amy and Corinne said simultaneously.
"What? I'm just saying, if it hurts so much, well then you should have
just come here free."
"Because I'm free...single sexy and...." Amy started singing.
"Excuse me?" Matt said.
"Oh, sorry, you know... Mya? Whatever, listen Cor, let's just try this
and I mean you said so yourself, you can quit whenever you want. If
you want to quit right now, just say the word and I'll call Steph
myself."
"No...Alright, let's go, I can do this." Corinne said, standing up and
got ready to step up with Amy.
"Ok then, why don't you try throwing the punch first and watch how
I'll move back..."
As Amy instructed Corinne, Matt pulled Jeff up the stairs of the
basement.
"What's up Matt?" Jeff said, harried-looking at being pushed around by
his brother.
"Okay Jeff, what's the deal with you and Corinne?" Matt asked, arms
akimbo as he looked down at his brother who had now sat down on the
couch.
"What are you talking about?"
"Ummm, yeah, let's see, first Amy and I watched you guys for an hour
watching the sunset on the hammock with her lying on top of you and
then we walk in the kitchen and you were kissing her nose...I'd say
there's definitely something going on.
"She gave me half of her steak," Jeff said incredulously.
"And the hammock thing?"
"Oh don't give me that bullshit, you and Amy did a lot more than lie
down on a hammock together when you were both "single" and "Just
friends", Jeff said.
"Hey, that's different!"
"Look, Matt, I'm not saying there's no attraction there. I mean I
definitely feel like there could be something in the future, but as
far as right now is concerned, she's too young and way too busy to
even want a relationship."
"So..."
"So then I'm just going to wait a few months until she's out of
school, done with this whole training thing and able to concentrate on
more important things."
"And what exactly makes you think that you are one of those more
important things?"
"Look, I know that there is no way that I can feel this way about a
person without them having similar feelings too. Now can we please
stop talking about this, nothings gonna come out of this right now
anyways so just give me a break."
"Ok, relax, damn...but I mean I'm glad you're thinking about what's
best for her. You must really like her..." Matt said, looking at his
brother with new respect.
"Yeah...I guess I do. And it's kind of weird because it's not even
just the physical attraction...and I mean come on, you know she's
hot..."
"Yeah I know that, I just didn't think that you would be attracted to
her, I mean your type was always..."Matt began.
"Yeah I know, there's just something about her. Even when I first met
her, I just felt something. I know, we're not exactly what you would
consider compatible, I mean I'm me and she's going to be this huge
corporate executive, but when we're together it's like there's no one
else around and I can be anywhere and hold her hand and I'd be happy.
She makes me happy. We can talk for hours on the phone and anything
and everything. There's no pressure, and I mean I don't have to think,
whatever comes out of this twisted mind of mine, I can just tell her
and somehow I know she would understand. I'm just really comfortable
with her. "
Amy who had gone upstairs to get some drinks for her and Corinne heard
the conversation between the brothers and couldn't help but smile,
however not wanting to interrupt, quietly made her way back
downstairs.
"Hey Cor, here's the water."
Corinne walked over to Amy and took the offered bottle.
"So what's next for tonight?"
"Oh let's just call it a night for now, I want to talk to you about
something."
"All right, shoot." Corinne said, lying down on the mat on her
stomach.
"Umm what's the deal with you and Jeff?"
"Huh? I don't know, nothing really. He's really sweet though..."She
turned over and smiled.
"Continue..."Amy said, smiling at the dreamy look on her face.
"Aims, I don't know what's going on, but he makes me so happy. I know
that I said about how I need to focus on work and stuff, but I don't
know."
"Aaaah...this is so cute, I can't stand it!" Amy squealed.
"Oh my god, alright, you have to hear what he says in the voice mail
messages, I listen to them and I get this huge cheesy smile on my
face. He says the sweetest things sometimes." Corinne said, rolling
over as she reached for her bag to pull the phone out. She pressed the
buttons to get to her voice mail and then listened, grinned, then
pressed the repeat button for Amy to hear.
"Hey Cor, it's uh me, Jeff. Just wanted to tell you that...eww Amy,
stop trying to eat my brothers face...ok, sorry that was disgusting,
Anyways I just wanted to tell you that I miss you and that I hate
talking to this thing cause I can't hear your voice. So umm call me
back so I can hear your voice cause I'm getting kind of tired of
listening to your old voicemail messages...yeah I haven't deleted it
yet. Umm...whoops I've said too much. Talk to you soon. Bye."
"Awww...I mean I'm insulted that he would ever think that Matt and I
are disgusting, but that is sweet. He still has your old voicemail
messages....awwwwww! Can I listen to the next one?"
"I think that's the only one I have on there."
"No, you got a new one."
"Hmm, must have been when I was on the plane...sure, go ahead and
check it.
"Hey Corinne, this is Stephanie, I know you're staying at Amy's
tonight, but I really really need to talk to you. Umm, something just
came up and knowing you I think you'll take this opportunity to heart.
Give me a call you know all the numbers. Bye."
"Umm, I think you should call Steph, that was a really weird message."
"What'd she say?"
"Here, listen to it, there's something about the tone in her voice,
like she's happy but nervous about something."
Corinne listened to the message again and with a frown on her face,
dialed Stephanie's home number. Stephanie's fiancé Kyle picked up the
phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey Kyle...this is Corinne."
"Oh, Corinne, hang on let me get Steph..."Corinne could hear him
calling her name out and then heard a breathless Stephanie come on the
phone.
"Corinne?"
"Yep, it's me. What's going on?"
"Kyle, can I have a minute alone please...Okay, hey...umm we're going
to need to speed up the takeover."
"What? Why?"
"Cause, I just found out that I'm pregnant."
"You're what?"
"I'm pregnant."
"Oh my god! Stephanie, Congratulations!"
"Thanks, I haven't exactly told Daddy yet so I don't know."
"How far are you along?"
Amy who had been sitting on the couch tugged on Corinne's pant leg
wanting to know what happened.
"Umm, only 1 month actually and I had absolutely no idea. I have never
been regular before but I mean I was on the pill, which was making me
regular. Anyways, I took a physical with my doctor last week and he
told me. I was so shocked, but yeah, I'm pregnant.
"That's great Steph! I'm so happy for you. But I guess this means the
angle with me and Jeff isn't going to work anymore."
"No, it will. I have around two more months, it just means some heavy
training for you and as far as school is concerned, you're gonna to
talk to your professors about possibly emailing your work to them or
something."
"Umm, yeah sure, I mean I'll talk to them as soon as I get back to
school. But the whole training thing."
"I think you can handle it. You've got our top two female wrestlers
training you and with me, come on, it won't be that technical, and
besides you have sisters, I'm sure there's been a cat fight or two."
Corinne laughed.
"I have to go hun, but keep me posted and if anything doesn't come out
right, we'll fix this. I'm only sorry it's going to be rushed."
Stephanie said.
"Don't you worry about it. I'll talk to you later. Bye."
"Bye!"
"Corinne what the heck is going on?" Amy said.
"Steph's pregnant!"
"What? Are you serious? Oh my god," Amy squealed. "Wait, but what's
going to happen to..."
"We better keep training. I only have about two weeks and then I'll
have to debut. "
"And you...umm what's up with school?"
"What about it? I talked to my professors right after I accepted the
offer and I was told that since I had almost all my credits, they
would let me basically finish through emails and stuff, but I don't
want to do that, so I'll only do RAW and Smackdown, no house shows or
signings. It won't be so bad if I only wrestle two nights a week
right? And the other days I can go to school."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah and besides, Mom, I'm sure you'd never let me slip." Corinne
said laughingly at Amy's stern expression.
"You're damn right, now let's go."
After dinner, Matt and Jeff cleaned up while Amy took Corinne down to
the basement where she had laid down a few exercise mats to do some
moves on.
"So what's on the list for tonight?" Corinne said, sitting down on the
floor and flexing her shoulders, which still hurt from the day before.
"Um, I believe Nora said you have to learn how to take some punches
and falling. Pretty basic stuff, but it's important especially if
you're fighting Steph, she's not all that advance."
"You mean," Corinne started, "You're gonna punch me in the face?"
"Well, no, you just need to throw your head back when I throw the
punch."
"Oh no, what am I doing? I can't do this!"
"Cori, don't do that. You're doubting yourself and you CANNOT do
that."
"Doubting myself? I'm beyond that. I've only been doing this for three
days and I can't even sleep on my back anymore. My shoulders hurt so
damn much, it took me an hour to put on my bra this morning!"
"You could have just done us all a favor and left the bra off." Jeff
interrupted, as he came down the stairs with Matt who took exception
to his brother's joke and hit him over the head.
"Shut up Jeff," Matt, Amy and Corinne said simultaneously.
"What? I'm just saying, if it hurts so much, well then you should have
just come here free."
"Because I'm free...single sexy and...." Amy started singing.
"Excuse me?" Matt said.
"Oh, sorry, you know... Mya? Whatever, listen Cor, let's just try this
and I mean you said so yourself, you can quit whenever you want. If
you want to quit right now, just say the word and I'll call Steph
myself."
"No...Alright, let's go, I can do this." Corinne said, standing up and
got ready to step up with Amy.
"Ok then, why don't you try throwing the punch first and watch how
I'll move back..."
As Amy instructed Corinne, Matt pulled Jeff up the stairs of the
basement.
"What's up Matt?" Jeff said, harried-looking at being pushed around by
his brother.
"Okay Jeff, what's the deal with you and Corinne?" Matt asked, arms
akimbo as he looked down at his brother who had now sat down on the
couch.
"What are you talking about?"
"Ummm, yeah, let's see, first Amy and I watched you guys for an hour
watching the sunset on the hammock with her lying on top of you and
then we walk in the kitchen and you were kissing her nose...I'd say
there's definitely something going on.
"She gave me half of her steak," Jeff said incredulously.
"And the hammock thing?"
"Oh don't give me that bullshit, you and Amy did a lot more than lie
down on a hammock together when you were both "single" and "Just
friends", Jeff said.
"Hey, that's different!"
"Look, Matt, I'm not saying there's no attraction there. I mean I
definitely feel like there could be something in the future, but as
far as right now is concerned, she's too young and way too busy to
even want a relationship."
"So..."
"So then I'm just going to wait a few months until she's out of
school, done with this whole training thing and able to concentrate on
more important things."
"And what exactly makes you think that you are one of those more
important things?"
"Look, I know that there is no way that I can feel this way about a
person without them having similar feelings too. Now can we please
stop talking about this, nothings gonna come out of this right now
anyways so just give me a break."
"Ok, relax, damn...but I mean I'm glad you're thinking about what's
best for her. You must really like her..." Matt said, looking at his
brother with new respect.
"Yeah...I guess I do. And it's kind of weird because it's not even
just the physical attraction...and I mean come on, you know she's
hot..."
"Yeah I know that, I just didn't think that you would be attracted to
her, I mean your type was always..."Matt began.
"Yeah I know, there's just something about her. Even when I first met
her, I just felt something. I know, we're not exactly what you would
consider compatible, I mean I'm me and she's going to be this huge
corporate executive, but when we're together it's like there's no one
else around and I can be anywhere and hold her hand and I'd be happy.
She makes me happy. We can talk for hours on the phone and anything
and everything. There's no pressure, and I mean I don't have to think,
whatever comes out of this twisted mind of mine, I can just tell her
and somehow I know she would understand. I'm just really comfortable
with her. "
Amy who had gone upstairs to get some drinks for her and Corinne heard
the conversation between the brothers and couldn't help but smile,
however not wanting to interrupt, quietly made her way back
downstairs.
"Hey Cor, here's the water."
Corinne walked over to Amy and took the offered bottle.
"So what's next for tonight?"
"Oh let's just call it a night for now, I want to talk to you about
something."
"All right, shoot." Corinne said, lying down on the mat on her
stomach.
"Umm what's the deal with you and Jeff?"
"Huh? I don't know, nothing really. He's really sweet though..."She
turned over and smiled.
"Continue..."Amy said, smiling at the dreamy look on her face.
"Aims, I don't know what's going on, but he makes me so happy. I know
that I said about how I need to focus on work and stuff, but I don't
know."
"Aaaah...this is so cute, I can't stand it!" Amy squealed.
"Oh my god, alright, you have to hear what he says in the voice mail
messages, I listen to them and I get this huge cheesy smile on my
face. He says the sweetest things sometimes." Corinne said, rolling
over as she reached for her bag to pull the phone out. She pressed the
buttons to get to her voice mail and then listened, grinned, then
pressed the repeat button for Amy to hear.
"Hey Cor, it's uh me, Jeff. Just wanted to tell you that...eww Amy,
stop trying to eat my brothers face...ok, sorry that was disgusting,
Anyways I just wanted to tell you that I miss you and that I hate
talking to this thing cause I can't hear your voice. So umm call me
back so I can hear your voice cause I'm getting kind of tired of
listening to your old voicemail messages...yeah I haven't deleted it
yet. Umm...whoops I've said too much. Talk to you soon. Bye."
"Awww...I mean I'm insulted that he would ever think that Matt and I
are disgusting, but that is sweet. He still has your old voicemail
messages....awwwwww! Can I listen to the next one?"
"I think that's the only one I have on there."
"No, you got a new one."
"Hmm, must have been when I was on the plane...sure, go ahead and
check it.
"Hey Corinne, this is Stephanie, I know you're staying at Amy's
tonight, but I really really need to talk to you. Umm, something just
came up and knowing you I think you'll take this opportunity to heart.
Give me a call you know all the numbers. Bye."
"Umm, I think you should call Steph, that was a really weird message."
"What'd she say?"
"Here, listen to it, there's something about the tone in her voice,
like she's happy but nervous about something."
Corinne listened to the message again and with a frown on her face,
dialed Stephanie's home number. Stephanie's fiancé Kyle picked up the
phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey Kyle...this is Corinne."
"Oh, Corinne, hang on let me get Steph..."Corinne could hear him
calling her name out and then heard a breathless Stephanie come on the
phone.
"Corinne?"
"Yep, it's me. What's going on?"
"Kyle, can I have a minute alone please...Okay, hey...umm we're going
to need to speed up the takeover."
"What? Why?"
"Cause, I just found out that I'm pregnant."
"You're what?"
"I'm pregnant."
"Oh my god! Stephanie, Congratulations!"
"Thanks, I haven't exactly told Daddy yet so I don't know."
"How far are you along?"
Amy who had been sitting on the couch tugged on Corinne's pant leg
wanting to know what happened.
"Umm, only 1 month actually and I had absolutely no idea. I have never
been regular before but I mean I was on the pill, which was making me
regular. Anyways, I took a physical with my doctor last week and he
told me. I was so shocked, but yeah, I'm pregnant.
"That's great Steph! I'm so happy for you. But I guess this means the
angle with me and Jeff isn't going to work anymore."
"No, it will. I have around two more months, it just means some heavy
training for you and as far as school is concerned, you're gonna to
talk to your professors about possibly emailing your work to them or
something."
"Umm, yeah sure, I mean I'll talk to them as soon as I get back to
school. But the whole training thing."
"I think you can handle it. You've got our top two female wrestlers
training you and with me, come on, it won't be that technical, and
besides you have sisters, I'm sure there's been a cat fight or two."
Corinne laughed.
"I have to go hun, but keep me posted and if anything doesn't come out
right, we'll fix this. I'm only sorry it's going to be rushed."
Stephanie said.
"Don't you worry about it. I'll talk to you later. Bye."
"Bye!"
"Corinne what the heck is going on?" Amy said.
"Steph's pregnant!"
"What? Are you serious? Oh my god," Amy squealed. "Wait, but what's
going to happen to..."
"We better keep training. I only have about two weeks and then I'll
have to debut. "
"And you...umm what's up with school?"
"What about it? I talked to my professors right after I accepted the
offer and I was told that since I had almost all my credits, they
would let me basically finish through emails and stuff, but I don't
want to do that, so I'll only do RAW and Smackdown, no house shows or
signings. It won't be so bad if I only wrestle two nights a week
right? And the other days I can go to school."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah and besides, Mom, I'm sure you'd never let me slip." Corinne
said laughingly at Amy's stern expression.
"You're damn right, now let's go."
