Chapter 3
The knocking on the door just gets louder and louder the more and more she tries to ignore it. Finally, it just got to her. " Hold on! I'm coming." She walks over to the door and swings it open. " What are you doing here? I thought you said you weren't coming back!" " Well excuse me for wanting to fix my marriage." He says, with more than a hint of anger in his voice. " Can I come in?" " It's a free country." She moves out of the doorway so he can step in. " Where's the kids?" " At school." She said like he was supposed to know. " Well good then. Now we can talk." " No we can't, Paul will be back soon." She is looking for something to do, to clean up. But Paul had done all of the cleaning before he left, sometimes she wonders why she ever divorced that man. Even after the divorce he was better to her than Chris was. " That bastard was in MY HOUSE?!?!?!?!?!?!??!" " YOUR HOUSE? This is MY fucking house! And yes he was! I needed somebody last night you weren't there!" she has gone from yelling hysterically to crying hysterically in a matter of seconds. Chris hates to see her cry, it just breaks his heart, and not to mention that he had no idea what to do or say around her. " Steph stop." He whined. " Go away. I can't deal with you right now." " Steph we gotta talk." " I don't want to talk to you. You freaking cheated on me with my COUSIN! My 24 fucking year old cousin!" " But Step---" " No, let me finish. But to make matters worse, you go ahead and fuck me in that same exact bed that you fucked her in, OUR BED Chris! Ours!!!!!!!!" " Steph. I know I'm a screw up. But I can't loose you, you're my world Steph, my everything." " Please go. Please." " Fine, I'll leave, you know how to reach me if you wanna talk." " Yeah, I do. Bye Chris. Oh yeah all your stuff is in the back yard, in the pool." She closes the door right in his face and locks it before he had the impulse to try and open it.
30 minutes later Chris is still at the door, except now, instead of feeling sorry that his marriage is dead, he is scheming a sure-proof plan that will get Stephanie back. Seeing as his eyes were closed he didn't see or hear the car pull up and the next thing he sees is the green of the bushes he was pushed into.
" Steph!" " Office!" " K." Paul strides on over to the small room with a beat up lap top, a fax machine, and a phone that Stephanie called her office. He never understood why she just didn't use the luxurious den upstairs for the office, but then again, you could never figure out McMahon's. " You know that that asshole is outside?" " He is? Arghhh. What did you do to him?" she asked, fearing the worst. " Kicked him off the porch, I mean, he was in my way." " Paul, that's not nice." " Yeah well, he deserved it. Nobody stalks Stephanie McMahon except me * laughs*." He says proudly, the last comment he was joking of course. " * smiling* You know, I would be lost without you." " * cockily* I know." They just stare at each other for a few moments seeing stars in the other's eyes. " I probably should go." He says eyes still locked with his ex-wife's. " You should, but don't." He walks over to her and runs his hands down the body that he knows so well. She moves in and captures Paul's lips with hers. He lifts her up and backs her into the wall. " Paul wait. We can't do this." " Why?" " Because, somehow this will become twisted and misinterpreted by everybody." " Who says anybody has to know." " If I get pregnant then everybody would know." " Well don't you take the pill?" " No." " Then what's your fucking birth control?" " Chris is, he got fixed." She says so softly that he could barely make out the words. " * soft tone * Okay then, I guess I'll leave." " I'm really sorry Paul." " It's okay princess. I'll call you later." He kisses her forehead and leaves. " Bye." She whispers to the closed door.
Just as the clock chimes 4:00 pm, the kids come rushing through the door waving their papers and smiling giddily. " Kids, don't take off your shoes or coats, we're going to Uncle Shane's. Go out in the car, I'll be there in a minute. And Tare?" " Yeah mom?" " Start the car okay?" Steph throws her daughter the keys to the family car and then goes to the base of the stairs. " Ash! C'mon. We gotta leave." She yells to her eldest son, who had arrived home near an hour ago. " I wanna stay here." " Ash come here." He appears at the top of the stairs. " What?" " You wanna stay home?" " Yeah." She sighs in defeat, " Fine, but you know that we'll be gone all night." " I know Steph. And tomorrow's Saturday anyway." " Okay, I don't want you leaving this house and lock the doors as soon as I leave. And don't answer the phone unless you know who it is." " Alright, I promise." " If your dad calls do not tell him that your home alone okay? He would kill me if he knew." " Once again, I promise Steph. Now isn't Beau in the RUNNING car with the girls." " OMG he is. I'll call you when we get to Shane's. Bye Hon." " Bye Stephanie." " Oh yeah, and no guests either." She walks out the door leaving Ash with the house all to himself.
" Hey sis." Shane hugged his sister whom he hadn't seen in a good 3 weeks, that Chris would hardly ever let her out of the house. " Oh I missed you so much." She whispers to him as she breaks the embrace. " Uncle Shane!!!" Beau runs up to his favorite uncle. " Hey bud." Shane picks him up and spins him in the air. " Bo. c'mere Bo." Shane and Marissa's little two year old come waddling up to Beau. " Ewwwww Girls!!!!!!!!!!!" Beau runs away while Jenna follows him. Terra and Trista are laughing at their brother when someone with big masculine arms come and swoop both of them up. " Papa!!!! That wasn't very nice!" Terra scolded her grandfather once he put the girls down. " I'm sorry, truly, I am." Vince tells his granddaughter sarcastically. Then, he walks over to where Stephanie and Shane were seated on the couch to catch up, he hadn't seen Steph in so long.
When Paul left Stephanie's house, he didn't know what to do with himself. So for hours now he had just been driving aimlessly, he has remote clue to where the hell he is. He decides to pull over to the gas station and ask where he is. As he is exiting the car and goes into the tiny convenient store where you paid for the gas, a shot is fired.
The knocking on the door just gets louder and louder the more and more she tries to ignore it. Finally, it just got to her. " Hold on! I'm coming." She walks over to the door and swings it open. " What are you doing here? I thought you said you weren't coming back!" " Well excuse me for wanting to fix my marriage." He says, with more than a hint of anger in his voice. " Can I come in?" " It's a free country." She moves out of the doorway so he can step in. " Where's the kids?" " At school." She said like he was supposed to know. " Well good then. Now we can talk." " No we can't, Paul will be back soon." She is looking for something to do, to clean up. But Paul had done all of the cleaning before he left, sometimes she wonders why she ever divorced that man. Even after the divorce he was better to her than Chris was. " That bastard was in MY HOUSE?!?!?!?!?!?!??!" " YOUR HOUSE? This is MY fucking house! And yes he was! I needed somebody last night you weren't there!" she has gone from yelling hysterically to crying hysterically in a matter of seconds. Chris hates to see her cry, it just breaks his heart, and not to mention that he had no idea what to do or say around her. " Steph stop." He whined. " Go away. I can't deal with you right now." " Steph we gotta talk." " I don't want to talk to you. You freaking cheated on me with my COUSIN! My 24 fucking year old cousin!" " But Step---" " No, let me finish. But to make matters worse, you go ahead and fuck me in that same exact bed that you fucked her in, OUR BED Chris! Ours!!!!!!!!" " Steph. I know I'm a screw up. But I can't loose you, you're my world Steph, my everything." " Please go. Please." " Fine, I'll leave, you know how to reach me if you wanna talk." " Yeah, I do. Bye Chris. Oh yeah all your stuff is in the back yard, in the pool." She closes the door right in his face and locks it before he had the impulse to try and open it.
30 minutes later Chris is still at the door, except now, instead of feeling sorry that his marriage is dead, he is scheming a sure-proof plan that will get Stephanie back. Seeing as his eyes were closed he didn't see or hear the car pull up and the next thing he sees is the green of the bushes he was pushed into.
" Steph!" " Office!" " K." Paul strides on over to the small room with a beat up lap top, a fax machine, and a phone that Stephanie called her office. He never understood why she just didn't use the luxurious den upstairs for the office, but then again, you could never figure out McMahon's. " You know that that asshole is outside?" " He is? Arghhh. What did you do to him?" she asked, fearing the worst. " Kicked him off the porch, I mean, he was in my way." " Paul, that's not nice." " Yeah well, he deserved it. Nobody stalks Stephanie McMahon except me * laughs*." He says proudly, the last comment he was joking of course. " * smiling* You know, I would be lost without you." " * cockily* I know." They just stare at each other for a few moments seeing stars in the other's eyes. " I probably should go." He says eyes still locked with his ex-wife's. " You should, but don't." He walks over to her and runs his hands down the body that he knows so well. She moves in and captures Paul's lips with hers. He lifts her up and backs her into the wall. " Paul wait. We can't do this." " Why?" " Because, somehow this will become twisted and misinterpreted by everybody." " Who says anybody has to know." " If I get pregnant then everybody would know." " Well don't you take the pill?" " No." " Then what's your fucking birth control?" " Chris is, he got fixed." She says so softly that he could barely make out the words. " * soft tone * Okay then, I guess I'll leave." " I'm really sorry Paul." " It's okay princess. I'll call you later." He kisses her forehead and leaves. " Bye." She whispers to the closed door.
Just as the clock chimes 4:00 pm, the kids come rushing through the door waving their papers and smiling giddily. " Kids, don't take off your shoes or coats, we're going to Uncle Shane's. Go out in the car, I'll be there in a minute. And Tare?" " Yeah mom?" " Start the car okay?" Steph throws her daughter the keys to the family car and then goes to the base of the stairs. " Ash! C'mon. We gotta leave." She yells to her eldest son, who had arrived home near an hour ago. " I wanna stay here." " Ash come here." He appears at the top of the stairs. " What?" " You wanna stay home?" " Yeah." She sighs in defeat, " Fine, but you know that we'll be gone all night." " I know Steph. And tomorrow's Saturday anyway." " Okay, I don't want you leaving this house and lock the doors as soon as I leave. And don't answer the phone unless you know who it is." " Alright, I promise." " If your dad calls do not tell him that your home alone okay? He would kill me if he knew." " Once again, I promise Steph. Now isn't Beau in the RUNNING car with the girls." " OMG he is. I'll call you when we get to Shane's. Bye Hon." " Bye Stephanie." " Oh yeah, and no guests either." She walks out the door leaving Ash with the house all to himself.
" Hey sis." Shane hugged his sister whom he hadn't seen in a good 3 weeks, that Chris would hardly ever let her out of the house. " Oh I missed you so much." She whispers to him as she breaks the embrace. " Uncle Shane!!!" Beau runs up to his favorite uncle. " Hey bud." Shane picks him up and spins him in the air. " Bo. c'mere Bo." Shane and Marissa's little two year old come waddling up to Beau. " Ewwwww Girls!!!!!!!!!!!" Beau runs away while Jenna follows him. Terra and Trista are laughing at their brother when someone with big masculine arms come and swoop both of them up. " Papa!!!! That wasn't very nice!" Terra scolded her grandfather once he put the girls down. " I'm sorry, truly, I am." Vince tells his granddaughter sarcastically. Then, he walks over to where Stephanie and Shane were seated on the couch to catch up, he hadn't seen Steph in so long.
When Paul left Stephanie's house, he didn't know what to do with himself. So for hours now he had just been driving aimlessly, he has remote clue to where the hell he is. He decides to pull over to the gas station and ask where he is. As he is exiting the car and goes into the tiny convenient store where you paid for the gas, a shot is fired.