Trish was all smiles. She was actually getting put into a storyline with
Chris Jericho. God, things were just going her way. She felt like she was
on top of the world. She was going to get in that family, and milk them
for all they were worth. She could picture the mountains of beautiful
things she would buy.
"Hey Trish," Stephanie said from behind the blonde.
Trish put on a fake smile and turned around, "Stephanie, hello."
"Hey, you do know about tonight's plans right Trish?"
"Oh, I'm not sure, why don't you enlighten me?"
"Well, you have a match with Victoria tonight, and Steven Richards is going to come down and assault you with a kendo stick."
"Ok, sounds good."
"Then Chris is going to come down and save you."
"Oh, ok."
"And then he'll carry you backstage, and then you'll kiss him as a kind of thank you. He'll play surprised, and that's how we're going to introduce your storyline."
"Wow, I didn't know we were going to start with kissing," Trish said, almost smirking, but holding it in.
"Yeah, we decided to go straight into the storyline, gives Chris a new dynamic you know."
"Yeah, now why aren't you playing this part, you are his wife."
"Well, Chris doesn't want me to go out there," she answered, patting her stomach, "He's worried about us."
"Isn't that sweet," Trish said, smiling coyly, but inside she wanted to puke her guts out.
"Well, he's just nervous, that's all. I guess I don't blame him."
"Yeah, don't want to get hurt now."
"Yeah, so are you ok with kissing Chris?"
"Of course I'm fine with it," then Trish mumbled, "Won't be the first time."
"What?" Stephanie said, not hearing her.
"Nothing, so how are you and the baby?"
"We're good," Stephanie said weirdly, thinking about what Trish had muttered.
Truth be told, Stephanie had her the words that she had mumbled. They puzzled her, it wouldn't be the first time doing what? Kissing Chris? Having a storyline with him? She didn't want to press the issue though.
"That's good, you know I'm sure Chris is just thrilled about the baby."
"Yeah, he is."
"He always said he wanted a big family. I mean he would tell me all the time."
"Oh, when was this?" Stephanie asked.
"While you were gone. We talked a lot, you could say that I was his confidante, we got really close."
"That's good that he could rely on so many people," Stephanie said nonchalantly. She was going to have a little talk with her husband.
"Well, I have to go stretch for my match, don't want to be stiff out there."
"No, I guess not."
Stephanie walked back to her dressing room. She opened the door and saw Chris and Regan playing on the ground. Chris was holding his own action figure while Regan held Kurt's. They were having some sort of mock wrestling match. Stephanie watched for a moment before speaking.
"Chris, can I talk to you for a second?"
"Of course baby," he said, getting up, "I'll be right back Princess."
"K Daddy," Regan said, not even looking up.
Chris walked over to Stephanie and gathered her up in his arms, "What's up beautiful?"
"I just had an interesting chat with Trish," she told him.
"About the storyline?"
"Among other things."
"What other things?"
"Were you close to her when I was gone?" Stephanie asked.
"What do you mean?"
"Like close friends."
"No, not really, I was mostly friends with Kurt, RVD, and Christian, why?"
"Oh, well, she said you had told her you wanted a big family. I just thought that was peculiar."
"No, especially because I never wanted a big family, I'm fine with two kids," he said.
"Then why would she say that?"
"I have no idea. What else did she say?"
"Well, I asked if she was comfortable kissing you and she said it wouldn't be the first time? Did you have a storyline with her while I was gone?"
"Yeah, I did, we had a brief little one, she was paired with Benoit, and I was feuding with him."
"Oh, that's what she probably meant then. I just misunderstood," Stephanie said, shrugging. She was looking too much into things.
"So, when do I have to go save her?"
Stephanie looked at her watch, "Damn, like right now. Go ahead and get out there."
Chris kissed her quickly, "Wish me luck."
"Good luck," Stephanie laughed as she watched him rush out of there.
"Mama, come play?" Regan said from her spot on the floor.
"Baby, Mommy has to work, but you want to come with me?"
"Yeah!"
"Come on then cutie," Stephanie said, holding out her hand.
Regan ran over and took Stephanie's hand. Together they walked over to the gorilla where Chris's segment with Trish would take place. As Chris was out saving Trish, Stephanie made sure all the lighting was correct, and that the camera crew was ready and in place.
"Ok, everyone ready?" Stephanie asked as she saw Chris start to carry Trish up the ramp, "Be ready everyone."
She and Regan went to stand just out of camera shot. Stephanie kept her eye on the monitor as Chris carried Trish up the ramp and backstage. She watched as they caught Chris taking her down the steps and setting her down.
"You ok Trish?" Chris said.
"Yeah, thanks to you."
"Just helping the damsel-in-distress," he joked.
Trish then put her hand on his cheek and leaned in to kiss him. Chris pretended to have a stunned look on his face, before going to kiss her. Stephanie watched on, checking the time when she could yell cut. This promo was going great. She checked her watch again.
"And cut everyone," she said, "Great job."
Trish tried to let her lips linger on Chris's, but as soon as Stephanie had yelled cut, he had pulled away. His lips were so soft, she hadn't been expecting that. And he was such a good kisser. But it didn't last long enough for her to make it into a real kiss. Next time she'd slip him a little tongue. His new prudish Stephanie probably wasn't as exciting.
She turned to see Chris go right over to Stephanie and pick up Regan who was holding her arms out to her. She admitted this was going to be hard tearing them apart. But she was determined to do it, and she would.
"How did it look?" Chris asked.
"Great, you did a good job."
Chris smiled, "I just pretended it was you."
"Good strategy."
"I like to think so," Chris winked.
"Here, how bout I give you some of the real stuff?"
"I'd like that very much," he grinned like a little kid.
Stephanie leaned up and kissed him squarely on the lips. He deepened the kiss as they stood there. They both couldn't see Trish roll her eyes and storm away in a huff. Kurt happened by and saw them.
"Don't you ever quit?"
Chris pulled away, "I told you Kurt, I have to make up for lost time."
"Kurt!" Regan yelled happily.
"My favorite girl in the whole world," Kurt responded.
Regan smiled, "Kurt, I wanna go with you."
"Go ahead, take her Kurt, we don't want her anymore," Chris joked.
Regan pouted, "Daddy?"
"I'm just kidding Princess, you go have fun with Kurt ok?" he said, putting her down.
"We always do, don't we Regan," Kurt said, taking her hand.
"Kurt, you gonna steal my new baby's heart too?"
"You can bet on it, I can't help that your kid loves me more than you," Kurt said as Regan dragged him off.
"Trish looked a little too into that kiss don't you think?" Chris said, looking at the monitor where they were just now showing it to the audience.
"You think?"
"Well, I think she did try to make it an open mouth kiss."
"Oh get over yourself, she did not."
"I think she did."
"Chris, you're imagining things."
"Hey Trish," Stephanie said from behind the blonde.
Trish put on a fake smile and turned around, "Stephanie, hello."
"Hey, you do know about tonight's plans right Trish?"
"Oh, I'm not sure, why don't you enlighten me?"
"Well, you have a match with Victoria tonight, and Steven Richards is going to come down and assault you with a kendo stick."
"Ok, sounds good."
"Then Chris is going to come down and save you."
"Oh, ok."
"And then he'll carry you backstage, and then you'll kiss him as a kind of thank you. He'll play surprised, and that's how we're going to introduce your storyline."
"Wow, I didn't know we were going to start with kissing," Trish said, almost smirking, but holding it in.
"Yeah, we decided to go straight into the storyline, gives Chris a new dynamic you know."
"Yeah, now why aren't you playing this part, you are his wife."
"Well, Chris doesn't want me to go out there," she answered, patting her stomach, "He's worried about us."
"Isn't that sweet," Trish said, smiling coyly, but inside she wanted to puke her guts out.
"Well, he's just nervous, that's all. I guess I don't blame him."
"Yeah, don't want to get hurt now."
"Yeah, so are you ok with kissing Chris?"
"Of course I'm fine with it," then Trish mumbled, "Won't be the first time."
"What?" Stephanie said, not hearing her.
"Nothing, so how are you and the baby?"
"We're good," Stephanie said weirdly, thinking about what Trish had muttered.
Truth be told, Stephanie had her the words that she had mumbled. They puzzled her, it wouldn't be the first time doing what? Kissing Chris? Having a storyline with him? She didn't want to press the issue though.
"That's good, you know I'm sure Chris is just thrilled about the baby."
"Yeah, he is."
"He always said he wanted a big family. I mean he would tell me all the time."
"Oh, when was this?" Stephanie asked.
"While you were gone. We talked a lot, you could say that I was his confidante, we got really close."
"That's good that he could rely on so many people," Stephanie said nonchalantly. She was going to have a little talk with her husband.
"Well, I have to go stretch for my match, don't want to be stiff out there."
"No, I guess not."
Stephanie walked back to her dressing room. She opened the door and saw Chris and Regan playing on the ground. Chris was holding his own action figure while Regan held Kurt's. They were having some sort of mock wrestling match. Stephanie watched for a moment before speaking.
"Chris, can I talk to you for a second?"
"Of course baby," he said, getting up, "I'll be right back Princess."
"K Daddy," Regan said, not even looking up.
Chris walked over to Stephanie and gathered her up in his arms, "What's up beautiful?"
"I just had an interesting chat with Trish," she told him.
"About the storyline?"
"Among other things."
"What other things?"
"Were you close to her when I was gone?" Stephanie asked.
"What do you mean?"
"Like close friends."
"No, not really, I was mostly friends with Kurt, RVD, and Christian, why?"
"Oh, well, she said you had told her you wanted a big family. I just thought that was peculiar."
"No, especially because I never wanted a big family, I'm fine with two kids," he said.
"Then why would she say that?"
"I have no idea. What else did she say?"
"Well, I asked if she was comfortable kissing you and she said it wouldn't be the first time? Did you have a storyline with her while I was gone?"
"Yeah, I did, we had a brief little one, she was paired with Benoit, and I was feuding with him."
"Oh, that's what she probably meant then. I just misunderstood," Stephanie said, shrugging. She was looking too much into things.
"So, when do I have to go save her?"
Stephanie looked at her watch, "Damn, like right now. Go ahead and get out there."
Chris kissed her quickly, "Wish me luck."
"Good luck," Stephanie laughed as she watched him rush out of there.
"Mama, come play?" Regan said from her spot on the floor.
"Baby, Mommy has to work, but you want to come with me?"
"Yeah!"
"Come on then cutie," Stephanie said, holding out her hand.
Regan ran over and took Stephanie's hand. Together they walked over to the gorilla where Chris's segment with Trish would take place. As Chris was out saving Trish, Stephanie made sure all the lighting was correct, and that the camera crew was ready and in place.
"Ok, everyone ready?" Stephanie asked as she saw Chris start to carry Trish up the ramp, "Be ready everyone."
She and Regan went to stand just out of camera shot. Stephanie kept her eye on the monitor as Chris carried Trish up the ramp and backstage. She watched as they caught Chris taking her down the steps and setting her down.
"You ok Trish?" Chris said.
"Yeah, thanks to you."
"Just helping the damsel-in-distress," he joked.
Trish then put her hand on his cheek and leaned in to kiss him. Chris pretended to have a stunned look on his face, before going to kiss her. Stephanie watched on, checking the time when she could yell cut. This promo was going great. She checked her watch again.
"And cut everyone," she said, "Great job."
Trish tried to let her lips linger on Chris's, but as soon as Stephanie had yelled cut, he had pulled away. His lips were so soft, she hadn't been expecting that. And he was such a good kisser. But it didn't last long enough for her to make it into a real kiss. Next time she'd slip him a little tongue. His new prudish Stephanie probably wasn't as exciting.
She turned to see Chris go right over to Stephanie and pick up Regan who was holding her arms out to her. She admitted this was going to be hard tearing them apart. But she was determined to do it, and she would.
"How did it look?" Chris asked.
"Great, you did a good job."
Chris smiled, "I just pretended it was you."
"Good strategy."
"I like to think so," Chris winked.
"Here, how bout I give you some of the real stuff?"
"I'd like that very much," he grinned like a little kid.
Stephanie leaned up and kissed him squarely on the lips. He deepened the kiss as they stood there. They both couldn't see Trish roll her eyes and storm away in a huff. Kurt happened by and saw them.
"Don't you ever quit?"
Chris pulled away, "I told you Kurt, I have to make up for lost time."
"Kurt!" Regan yelled happily.
"My favorite girl in the whole world," Kurt responded.
Regan smiled, "Kurt, I wanna go with you."
"Go ahead, take her Kurt, we don't want her anymore," Chris joked.
Regan pouted, "Daddy?"
"I'm just kidding Princess, you go have fun with Kurt ok?" he said, putting her down.
"We always do, don't we Regan," Kurt said, taking her hand.
"Kurt, you gonna steal my new baby's heart too?"
"You can bet on it, I can't help that your kid loves me more than you," Kurt said as Regan dragged him off.
"Trish looked a little too into that kiss don't you think?" Chris said, looking at the monitor where they were just now showing it to the audience.
"You think?"
"Well, I think she did try to make it an open mouth kiss."
"Oh get over yourself, she did not."
"I think she did."
"Chris, you're imagining things."