Hunter and Stephanie stepped off the plane, just getting back from their
honeymoon. They went down to baggage claim and got their luggage. After
retrieving it, they looked around, wondering where their limo would be
waiting. Unfortunately, they weren't going home, but immediately on the
road. Those were the perks they supposed. Stephanie finally spotted the
limo drive with their name printed on it and grabbed Hunter's hand,
dragging him with her.
They met up with the driver and went downstairs to where he had parked his limo. They got inside and were off within minutes to the arena for the show that evening. Stephanie scooted closer to Hunter and he wrapped his arm around her comfortably.
"I wish we could've stayed on our honeymoon longer," Stephanie said, lightly kissing his neck.
"I know, but work comes first."
"Shouldn't I come first?" she said coyly.
"Sorry babe, you know wrestling is it for me," he joked.
"Oh, so that's how it goes huh?" she said, pulling away and pretending to be angry.
"Yup," he said, pulling her against him again.
"You'd think Daddy would let us have a little bit of time off."
"Stephy, it's cool ok, don't get your thong in a bunch."
She rolled her eyes, "Would you shut up for like two seconds?"
"God, we're not even married two weeks and we're already bickering," Hunter said, shaking his head.
"Sweetie, it's what we do," Stephanie said.
Hunter laughed, "Oh is it?"
"Yes, we fight, we make up, we fight some more."
"But we won't get divorced again," he said, smirking.
"Not if I have any say in it this time."
Hunter leaned down and kissed her tenderly, a kiss she returned enthusiastically. They finally arrived at the arena and let themselves out of the limo. Hunter grabbed their things and they walked inside.
Making there way down the hallway, they received congratulations from many of their friends and fellow employees. Hunter loved the smile that came from Stephanie's face. She was positively beaming. Of course, she always loved being in the spotlight, so this wasn't unusual for her.
"If it isn't my favorite Princess," a voice said from a doorway.
Stephanie turned around and saw Chris leaning against a doorframe. Stephanie ran over to him and hugged him. He picked her up and she laughed as she leaned her head on his broad shoulder. He laughed as well.
Hunter felt a twinge of jealousy shoot through him as they hugged. After all, they had been partners once upon a time. He was hesitant to ask just how far they took that partnership. One, he didn't want to hear if they had been, well, more than friends, and second, if it wasn't true, Stephanie might get mad at him for even insinuating it.
"I missed ya gorgeous," Chris said, giving her chin a cute little punch.
"Awww, you did?" she asked coyly.
"Of course, who else am I gonna get to bitch at me all the time?" he winked.
"Glad to know you think of me in the highest regard."
"Always. So Trips, how was the honeymoon?" Chris asked, turning to the other man as Stephanie wrapped Chris's arm around her waist.
"Fun."
"Did you two even see Hawaii?"
"Shut up Chris," Stephanie said, elbowing him playfully.
"Yeah, we saw some other things besides the bedroom walls," Hunter laughed, "It was a good time."
"That's good, you two deserve it," Chris told them, "But are you ready to go back to work?"
"Of course, what do I have on tap tonight?"
"Tagging with me," Chris told him, "We're going against Booker and Shawn."
"Cool," Hunter turned to Stephanie who now had her arms wrapped around Chris's waist, "Will you be accompanying us?"
"Hmm, accompany the hottest tag team in the WWE? No, I don't think so."
"Who wouldn't want a beautiful woman to come out with them," Chris said to her.
"Aren't you the sweetest?" Stephanie said, blushing slightly even though she was joking with him.
Hunter was getting a bit uncomfortable by all the contact and banter going on between the two of them. Chris had his arm wrapped loosely around her waist and she had both her arms wrapped around his bare waist and was leaning her head in the crook of his neck. He wanted to rip her off of him, but he remembered she was the one to bring in all the contact, not Chris, but Chris didn't seem to be arguing against it.
"I try."
"Steph, why don't we go to our dressing room so we can get ready?" Hunter said.
"Sure baby, see you later Chris?" she said, looking up at him.
"Of course, you'll be ringside so I'll definitely see you."
"Great," she said, leaning up to kiss his cheek, "I'll dress in my sluttiest clothes just for you."
"Um.no thanks, I like you in nicer clothes, you know that."
"I do know that," she responded.
Hunter was a little taken aback by the exchange. How in God's name would Chris know what kind of clothes she wore? Well, they were friends, he told himself, that wasn't that big a deal. Or at least he hoped it wasn't a big deal.
Stephanie finally pulled away and walked back over to Hunter. She grabbed his hand as she walked down the hallway, sending Chris a small wave in departure. Hunter looked over at her. She was never that touchy-feely with him. Well, she was, but she never totally initiated the contact between them. Yet, when she was with Chris, she was all over him.
"I'm excited to be back," she said happily.
"Any particular reason?" he asked, half expecting her to say something about Chris.
"Just the adrenaline of the show and all that. I mean, Hawaii was all calm and relaxing and that's nice, but I love the hustle and bustle."
He laughed, "Yeah, it is pretty great."
"And I get to go out with my two favorite boys, well besides Kurt of course," she said, giggling.
"I'm more your favorite though right?" he said, half-joking, half-serious.
"Of course you are, you silly boy," she said laughing.
They reached their dressing room and Stephanie went to look through her things to see what she was going to wear for the evening. Hunter watched her root through her things deciding what was appropriate. He smiled to himself, loving the fact she was his wife again, then went to change into his wrestling attire.
He came back out and found Stephanie already ready. She was wearing a black leather halter top and a pair of low riding leather pants. She looked incredible. She was pulling her hair back into a loose ponytail. He came up behind her and wrapped his strong arms around her waist.
"You look absolutely stunning," he said, kissing the side of her neck softly.
"Thanks," she said, grinning.
"I can't wait to have you out there with me," he whispered.
"Me neither."
"Our match is in 7 minutes, wanna go to the gorilla?" he asked.
"Sure."
They left the dressing room and went down to the gorilla where Kurt was just coming back from a promo. He came over to Hunter and Stephanie and he hugged Stephanie warmly. She let go and came back over to Hunter, holding his hand again.
Hunter was a little puzzled by her behavior. She was all over Chris, but Kurt, who he had thought was a better friend, she just gave a hug and backed off. What was that all about? Maybe he was just getting paranoid over nothing. That was it, he was just being paranoid.
"You guys have fun in Hawaii?" he asked.
"The best."
"That's great, we're glad to have you two back," Kurt said.
Chris came walking over in his ring attire, "Kurt, great promo."
"Thanks man."
"No problem," he turned to Stephanie, "Whoa Steph, looking hot!"
She giggled, "Thanks Chris."
"Hey Stephanie, I wanna feud with this guy," Chris said, pointing at Kurt, "Can you arrange it."
"Why, you want me to kick your ass?" Kurt said.
"Yeah, in your dreams Angle," Chris said, giving him a slight shove.
"I can arrange a feud sure," Stephanie intervened.
The production guy came over and told them the match was about to start and Hunter started warming up as Stephanie talked to Kurt. Booker and Shawn went out first, followed by Chris. Stephanie and Hunter went out last and she gave him a kiss before leaving the ring.
The match started and immediately Chris and Hunter got the upper-hand. Stephanie slapped her palms on the mat, urging Chris and Hunter to win the match. Booker got a scissors kick on Hunter to try to set up the spinaroonie, but Chris got there just in time to stop him. Hunter tagged in Chris and Booker subsequently tagged in Shawn. The two legal men started brawling.
Shawn had Chris set up for the superplex and both he and Chris landed on the mat. Hunter immediately saw Chris's head smack hard against the mat and the man looked to be knocked out for a few seconds before coming to. He glanced at Stephanie who was looking on worriedly.
He urged Chris to come tag him in and noticed that the man seemed a little dazed. Hunter instantly knew that he probably had a concussion. Chris finally reached him and Hunter finished out the match, pinning Booker for the win.
Meanwhile, Chris was being helped out of the ring by Stephanie. He still looked really out of it and Stephanie wrapped her arms around him as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders. Hunter came over to help, but Stephanie shushed him away, so he walked behind them.
"You ok Chris?" she whispered as they walked up the ramp.
"Huh?" was his only answer.
"Ok, let's get you to the trainer."
They walked backstage and she walked the groggy Chris to the trainer. He sat down on the table as Stephanie took his hand and stood next to him. Hunter watched silently from the door, looking at their clasped hands.
The trainer looked over Chris and determined that he did have a concussion and should go to the hospital. Chris just nodded hazily, not really aware of his surroundings. Stephanie smoothed his tousled hair back, and Hunter's eyes narrowed.
"You're ok Chris, we'll get you to the hospital ok?"
"Yeah, sure," he said.
"Hunter, I'm going to take him to the hospital ok? Is that ok with you?"
It wasn't, but Hunter didn't want to argue with her so he just nodded. She kissed his cheek and smiled at him before helping Chris off the examining table. She gave Hunter one more kiss before helping Chris out of the room, since he looked like he was drunk.
"We'll take care of you ok Chris?" Stephanie said as they walked down the hallway.
"Ok baby," he said lazily.
Hunter's eyes widened. What the hell was that about? Had he just called her baby? He just got a weird vibe from the two of them. Like something was going on that he didn't know about.
And he wanted to know what it was.
They met up with the driver and went downstairs to where he had parked his limo. They got inside and were off within minutes to the arena for the show that evening. Stephanie scooted closer to Hunter and he wrapped his arm around her comfortably.
"I wish we could've stayed on our honeymoon longer," Stephanie said, lightly kissing his neck.
"I know, but work comes first."
"Shouldn't I come first?" she said coyly.
"Sorry babe, you know wrestling is it for me," he joked.
"Oh, so that's how it goes huh?" she said, pulling away and pretending to be angry.
"Yup," he said, pulling her against him again.
"You'd think Daddy would let us have a little bit of time off."
"Stephy, it's cool ok, don't get your thong in a bunch."
She rolled her eyes, "Would you shut up for like two seconds?"
"God, we're not even married two weeks and we're already bickering," Hunter said, shaking his head.
"Sweetie, it's what we do," Stephanie said.
Hunter laughed, "Oh is it?"
"Yes, we fight, we make up, we fight some more."
"But we won't get divorced again," he said, smirking.
"Not if I have any say in it this time."
Hunter leaned down and kissed her tenderly, a kiss she returned enthusiastically. They finally arrived at the arena and let themselves out of the limo. Hunter grabbed their things and they walked inside.
Making there way down the hallway, they received congratulations from many of their friends and fellow employees. Hunter loved the smile that came from Stephanie's face. She was positively beaming. Of course, she always loved being in the spotlight, so this wasn't unusual for her.
"If it isn't my favorite Princess," a voice said from a doorway.
Stephanie turned around and saw Chris leaning against a doorframe. Stephanie ran over to him and hugged him. He picked her up and she laughed as she leaned her head on his broad shoulder. He laughed as well.
Hunter felt a twinge of jealousy shoot through him as they hugged. After all, they had been partners once upon a time. He was hesitant to ask just how far they took that partnership. One, he didn't want to hear if they had been, well, more than friends, and second, if it wasn't true, Stephanie might get mad at him for even insinuating it.
"I missed ya gorgeous," Chris said, giving her chin a cute little punch.
"Awww, you did?" she asked coyly.
"Of course, who else am I gonna get to bitch at me all the time?" he winked.
"Glad to know you think of me in the highest regard."
"Always. So Trips, how was the honeymoon?" Chris asked, turning to the other man as Stephanie wrapped Chris's arm around her waist.
"Fun."
"Did you two even see Hawaii?"
"Shut up Chris," Stephanie said, elbowing him playfully.
"Yeah, we saw some other things besides the bedroom walls," Hunter laughed, "It was a good time."
"That's good, you two deserve it," Chris told them, "But are you ready to go back to work?"
"Of course, what do I have on tap tonight?"
"Tagging with me," Chris told him, "We're going against Booker and Shawn."
"Cool," Hunter turned to Stephanie who now had her arms wrapped around Chris's waist, "Will you be accompanying us?"
"Hmm, accompany the hottest tag team in the WWE? No, I don't think so."
"Who wouldn't want a beautiful woman to come out with them," Chris said to her.
"Aren't you the sweetest?" Stephanie said, blushing slightly even though she was joking with him.
Hunter was getting a bit uncomfortable by all the contact and banter going on between the two of them. Chris had his arm wrapped loosely around her waist and she had both her arms wrapped around his bare waist and was leaning her head in the crook of his neck. He wanted to rip her off of him, but he remembered she was the one to bring in all the contact, not Chris, but Chris didn't seem to be arguing against it.
"I try."
"Steph, why don't we go to our dressing room so we can get ready?" Hunter said.
"Sure baby, see you later Chris?" she said, looking up at him.
"Of course, you'll be ringside so I'll definitely see you."
"Great," she said, leaning up to kiss his cheek, "I'll dress in my sluttiest clothes just for you."
"Um.no thanks, I like you in nicer clothes, you know that."
"I do know that," she responded.
Hunter was a little taken aback by the exchange. How in God's name would Chris know what kind of clothes she wore? Well, they were friends, he told himself, that wasn't that big a deal. Or at least he hoped it wasn't a big deal.
Stephanie finally pulled away and walked back over to Hunter. She grabbed his hand as she walked down the hallway, sending Chris a small wave in departure. Hunter looked over at her. She was never that touchy-feely with him. Well, she was, but she never totally initiated the contact between them. Yet, when she was with Chris, she was all over him.
"I'm excited to be back," she said happily.
"Any particular reason?" he asked, half expecting her to say something about Chris.
"Just the adrenaline of the show and all that. I mean, Hawaii was all calm and relaxing and that's nice, but I love the hustle and bustle."
He laughed, "Yeah, it is pretty great."
"And I get to go out with my two favorite boys, well besides Kurt of course," she said, giggling.
"I'm more your favorite though right?" he said, half-joking, half-serious.
"Of course you are, you silly boy," she said laughing.
They reached their dressing room and Stephanie went to look through her things to see what she was going to wear for the evening. Hunter watched her root through her things deciding what was appropriate. He smiled to himself, loving the fact she was his wife again, then went to change into his wrestling attire.
He came back out and found Stephanie already ready. She was wearing a black leather halter top and a pair of low riding leather pants. She looked incredible. She was pulling her hair back into a loose ponytail. He came up behind her and wrapped his strong arms around her waist.
"You look absolutely stunning," he said, kissing the side of her neck softly.
"Thanks," she said, grinning.
"I can't wait to have you out there with me," he whispered.
"Me neither."
"Our match is in 7 minutes, wanna go to the gorilla?" he asked.
"Sure."
They left the dressing room and went down to the gorilla where Kurt was just coming back from a promo. He came over to Hunter and Stephanie and he hugged Stephanie warmly. She let go and came back over to Hunter, holding his hand again.
Hunter was a little puzzled by her behavior. She was all over Chris, but Kurt, who he had thought was a better friend, she just gave a hug and backed off. What was that all about? Maybe he was just getting paranoid over nothing. That was it, he was just being paranoid.
"You guys have fun in Hawaii?" he asked.
"The best."
"That's great, we're glad to have you two back," Kurt said.
Chris came walking over in his ring attire, "Kurt, great promo."
"Thanks man."
"No problem," he turned to Stephanie, "Whoa Steph, looking hot!"
She giggled, "Thanks Chris."
"Hey Stephanie, I wanna feud with this guy," Chris said, pointing at Kurt, "Can you arrange it."
"Why, you want me to kick your ass?" Kurt said.
"Yeah, in your dreams Angle," Chris said, giving him a slight shove.
"I can arrange a feud sure," Stephanie intervened.
The production guy came over and told them the match was about to start and Hunter started warming up as Stephanie talked to Kurt. Booker and Shawn went out first, followed by Chris. Stephanie and Hunter went out last and she gave him a kiss before leaving the ring.
The match started and immediately Chris and Hunter got the upper-hand. Stephanie slapped her palms on the mat, urging Chris and Hunter to win the match. Booker got a scissors kick on Hunter to try to set up the spinaroonie, but Chris got there just in time to stop him. Hunter tagged in Chris and Booker subsequently tagged in Shawn. The two legal men started brawling.
Shawn had Chris set up for the superplex and both he and Chris landed on the mat. Hunter immediately saw Chris's head smack hard against the mat and the man looked to be knocked out for a few seconds before coming to. He glanced at Stephanie who was looking on worriedly.
He urged Chris to come tag him in and noticed that the man seemed a little dazed. Hunter instantly knew that he probably had a concussion. Chris finally reached him and Hunter finished out the match, pinning Booker for the win.
Meanwhile, Chris was being helped out of the ring by Stephanie. He still looked really out of it and Stephanie wrapped her arms around him as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders. Hunter came over to help, but Stephanie shushed him away, so he walked behind them.
"You ok Chris?" she whispered as they walked up the ramp.
"Huh?" was his only answer.
"Ok, let's get you to the trainer."
They walked backstage and she walked the groggy Chris to the trainer. He sat down on the table as Stephanie took his hand and stood next to him. Hunter watched silently from the door, looking at their clasped hands.
The trainer looked over Chris and determined that he did have a concussion and should go to the hospital. Chris just nodded hazily, not really aware of his surroundings. Stephanie smoothed his tousled hair back, and Hunter's eyes narrowed.
"You're ok Chris, we'll get you to the hospital ok?"
"Yeah, sure," he said.
"Hunter, I'm going to take him to the hospital ok? Is that ok with you?"
It wasn't, but Hunter didn't want to argue with her so he just nodded. She kissed his cheek and smiled at him before helping Chris off the examining table. She gave Hunter one more kiss before helping Chris out of the room, since he looked like he was drunk.
"We'll take care of you ok Chris?" Stephanie said as they walked down the hallway.
"Ok baby," he said lazily.
Hunter's eyes widened. What the hell was that about? Had he just called her baby? He just got a weird vibe from the two of them. Like something was going on that he didn't know about.
And he wanted to know what it was.