***Chapter 5***
Paul was laying next to me, and he said, "Hey…you okay?" I said, "Yea…I think so…you knocked the wind out of me." I moved around a little and then rolled over to face him, without thinking about it he patted me on the butt, and then left his hand there…not realizing it. Paul said, "Damn, you're tough…a lot of guys usually say that hurts." I said, "Yea, well I'll be feeling it later. I guarantee it." Paul said, "Nah, just sit in a tub full of warm water, it will do the trick." I said, "Yes sir." We laid there for a couple of minutes and laughed about it.
Paul said, "I've never seen you get so cocky, it's kind of cute." I said, "Yea, well when you go after the girl that your husband is cheating on you with, you kind of develop a rough side. Of course, with you teaching me all the wrestling and stuff, I kind of got a chip on my shoulder…like I could take on the world…well until you slammed me just now…that pretty much brought me back down to reality." Paul said, "I just figured you'd like to know I can still control any situation." I said, "That I already knew…and you just proved it more with my shit talking ass." Paul said, "I still think it was cute…standing there all big and bad." We laughed a little more.
Stephanie walked down to the ring clapping…and said, "Yes, how cute it was." Paul said, "What the hell do you want?" She smiled and said, "Why don't we see just how good Miche really is…How about we put her in a match?" Paul said, "Are you crazy? She's not even a wrestler. She's a doctor Steph." Steph said, "Well unless you all of a sudden became her daddy, why don't you let the girl answer for herself…she is old enough to make her own decisions." I stood up with Paul and said, "Yea. I can decide." Paul said, "Quiet Chelle…Steph, I know you, you've got something evil floating around in that little head of yours…something really way to evil. Michelle is a doctor, not a wrestler…if she gets hurt…what then?"
Steph said, "She's not going to get hurt…she's my best friend…I know how tough she is and how much tougher she can be when she's pushed." I said, "Uh, ex-best friend." Steph smiled evilly and said, "My mistake sorry." Paul leaned over and whispered, "She's up to something Michelle, don't fall for it." I nodded in agreement as soon as I saw the look on her face. Paul said, "Forget it Steph…go bug someone else for a change." Stephanie walked off with a little devilish laugh…She was definitely up to no good.
Paul got out of the ring, and when I stepped through the ropes to get out, he grabbed my hips and helped me down, when my feet hit the floor, he didn't let go of me, I couldn't move my hands, it was like they were frozen to his shoulders. We just stood there staring in each other's eyes. We really couldn't do much of anything…about that time; Paul's friend Sean Waltman (X-Pac) came down to the ring and said, "Hey, you guys ready to go yet?"
Even though for the shows purpose DX was broken up, Paul was still very much friends with the guys from the crew. In their eyes they were still DX. Although Mike had retired because of his back injury, they all pretty much stayed in touch. DX was a big group once everything was put together. Mike had been gone for a year now, and Sean was wrestling solo…Billy and Brian had been wrestling as a tag team…and of course Joanie walked away while she still had what was left of her health.
Paul said, "Sure, let's get going." Paul let go of me and we walked up the ramp behind Sean…I touched Paul's arm, and he looked back at me and just half smiled at me, and said, "Don't worry…it will happen when it happens." I smiled and said, "Okay." And winked at him.
Our problem was, that we had this incredible connection / attraction between the two of us, we cared about each other more then we really let on to one another…I know we desperately wanted to kiss each other and date, but we both also knew we were not any where ready for it. Paul was right, it would happen when it happened…it would happen when it was meant to…when we least expected it.