"So what was this something weird that happened?"
"Well, I don't know how to explain it."
"Well, take your time," she said.
"Trish definitely tried to seduce me," Chris said.
"Oh, come on Chris, you were probably misinterpreting her or something."
"Steph, she walked around naked in front of me."
"What?" Stephanie yelled, then remembered Regan was sleeping in the next room, and changed her tone to a whisper, "What are you talking about?"
"Just what I said, I went in to tell her that you guys were considering the storyline, and then she just dropped her towel and tried to get me to touch her."
"Oh, that's it! That bitch won't know what hit her," Stephanie said, with poison in her voice.
"Steph, babe, calm down," Chris said, getting up and walking over to her.
"Calm down?!? How can I calm down when this-this bitch is trying to steal my husband?"
"Ok, I know that it's not cool, but Stephanie, you're pregnant, this isn't good for the baby, remember what almost happened with Regan?"
Stephanie thought back to when she was pregnant with Regan. She had let herself get caught in a crossfire between two arguing parties and it almost cost her, her daughter. Her temper had flared and her blood pressure had risen dangerously high, almost making her lose Regan.
Stephanie took a deep breath to calm herself, "You're right, I'm sorry."
"It's ok, I just don't want anything to happen to the two of you. It scares me, I know you have a temper babe, but you can't put yourself at risk."
She hugged him, "I know, and I don't want you to worry."
"So what are we going to do about this?"
"I say we wait it out. I don't want to just jump to conclusions. I mean, yeah, her stripping in front of you is a pretty obvious sign, but I want to see what's up with her before I know what I'm going to do."
"Ok, we'll let it happen and see."
"Ok, and I promise I won't let my temper get in the way."
"Even better."
The next day Trish walked into the arena purposefully. Well, Chris hadn't liked her little show for him yesterday, but that was fine, she'd just have to hit another target. A more fragile target that was sure to crumble.
It really was sad she was going to have to destroy Stephanie to get to Chris. But Stephanie didn't even remember who the hell she was. What would she care if she left Chris and Regan? Or even if after this little rugrat was born she might give that one up to Chris too? Trish didn't want kids at all, couldn't really stand them, but if it meant millions, she'd put up with them until she could send them off to some far away boarding school.
Chris and Stephanie sat in their dressing room with Regan. She was sitting on Chris's lap as he and Stephanie talked about the upcoming storyline. Vince had come in earlier to say that they would like to go through with this wedding angle.
"It'll be ok, we just pretend to get married, have a few laughs, then we can have the staged break up," Chris told her.
"Still doesn't mean I like to think of her marrying you."
"Daddy? Who marry?" Regan asked.
"Daddy might marry Trish on screen Princess."
"Why?"
"For the story," Stephanie explained.
"Oh, but Daddy, you love Mommy," Regan said, looking up at him.
"Of course I do, it's just pretend."
"Oh," she said, nodding, though she probably didn't know what she meant at all.
"Yeah, just keep telling myself that," Stephanie said, "It's all pretend, even though I'm sure she'd love to make it real."
"Not in this lifetime babe, I wouldn't let it happen."
"I know."
"There's no way I'd give you up and I just got you back."
"Yeah, I know."
"So I guess I have to go tell her that she's getting her way?"
"I guess," Stephanie sighed, "Regan and I will wait here."
"Ok," he said, leaning over to kiss her, "Wish me luck."
"Good luck, I hope she doesn't drop any other articles of clothing around you."
"I'll make sure she doesn't."
"I hope she listens."
Chris walked out of the room and down to the diva's locker room. He knocked on the door and waited for Trish to answer. This time he wouldn't make the stupid mistake of going into her locker room. This woman was not going to compromise him anymore.
"Chris, hello," Trish said huskily.
"Trish, you're getting your way ok. You're getting your damn wedding."
"Yay," she squealed, then hugged him impulsively.
"Don't touch me," he snapped.
"Oh Chris, don't be such a worrywart, I'm not going to put any moves on you, I swear," she said innocently.
"Trish, I don't know what you're trying to pull, but it's not going to work."
"Why Chris, whatever do you mean?"
"You walking around naked in front of me ring any bells? I don't love you Trish, I don't even like you right now, so stay out of my business and my wife's business when we're not onscreen."
"Fine," she said curtly.
"Good, I'm glad we understand each other."
She rolled her eyes, "Whatever."
"Good bye," he said shortly before taking his leave.
He walked back to his locker room and walked inside expecting to find Stephanie and Regan on the other side. Instead he found them gone. They must have gone to catering or Regan had wanted to go see Kurt or someone. He sat down to wait for them.
Stephanie and Regan were walking down the hallway after Stephanie had declared herself thirsty and they had gone to get some water. She saw the door to Trish's locker room slightly ajar and heard her having a conversation. She felt bad for doing this, but well, not too bad.
"Yeah, we did."
Stephanie heard silence which could only mean whoever Trish was talking to was speaking.
"Yeah, Chris Jericho and I dated for a while after Stephanie died."
Stephanie couldn't believer her ears. Chris and Trish?!?
"He was even going to propose to me, but he feared what people would think about the two of us getting married so soon after Stephanie's untimely demise."
Propose? He was going to propose to Trish? What the hell?
"Yeah, he even said I made a great mother to Regan."
Stephanie kept listening.
"Yeah, and he wasn't too bad in bed."
Stephanie gritted her teeth.
"Yeah, but then Stephanie came back and he decided to do the right thing and stick with her. He did tell me he would love only me for the rest of his life and he would wish that Stephanie was me every day until he died. Isn't that sweet?"
Stephanie bit her lip brutally, and practically pulled Regan down the hallway. Trish hung up her phone and walked out and stood in the doorway. God, that was easy to set up. She had seen Stephanie walking down the hallway, and knew that if she heard Chris's name she would listen. Stephanie would want to know everything about the husband she couldn't remember. Even if she had to lie a little.
Stephanie went into her locker room and saw Chris sitting there, leaning against the back of the couch, his eyes closed. Regan went over to play with her toys as Stephanie went to stand in front of Chris. He sensed her presence and opened his eyes, smiling up at her.
"Hey, where'd you go?"
"Please tell me you've never been with Trish."
"I've never been with Trish," he said a little bit confused.
"And is that the truth?"
"Yeah, I've never been with her."
"She said that you guys dated while I was gone."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, I didn't date anyone while you were gone, I had a hard enough time accepting you were gone, I couldn't even look at another woman," he said, standing up in front of her.
"She said that you said you would always love her."
"I've never loved her a day in my life."
"She said you said that she was a great mother to Regan."
"Um, she's barely been around Regan, Kurt makes a better mother than her."
"She said you were going to propose to her."
"Um, not a chance, since I kept my vows to you."
"So she just told a bold-faced lie?"
Chris looked at Stephanie. She wasn't angry it seemed. It seemed like she had a cool confidence about her. Like she already knew that this was all false, but that she needed him to say it was false. And of course it was false.
No matter how many times he said it, he didn't think that Stephanie would ever get just how much he had missed her. He could say he did, but she would never know about the days where he literally had to drag himself out of bed because he didn't want to go another day without her.
"She lied Steph, those are all lies."
"And you swear on everything you've ever loved?"
"I swear," he said, putting his hand over his heart.
"Then I know what we're going to do," she said coolly.
"What?"
"The bitch....is going down."
"Well, I don't know how to explain it."
"Well, take your time," she said.
"Trish definitely tried to seduce me," Chris said.
"Oh, come on Chris, you were probably misinterpreting her or something."
"Steph, she walked around naked in front of me."
"What?" Stephanie yelled, then remembered Regan was sleeping in the next room, and changed her tone to a whisper, "What are you talking about?"
"Just what I said, I went in to tell her that you guys were considering the storyline, and then she just dropped her towel and tried to get me to touch her."
"Oh, that's it! That bitch won't know what hit her," Stephanie said, with poison in her voice.
"Steph, babe, calm down," Chris said, getting up and walking over to her.
"Calm down?!? How can I calm down when this-this bitch is trying to steal my husband?"
"Ok, I know that it's not cool, but Stephanie, you're pregnant, this isn't good for the baby, remember what almost happened with Regan?"
Stephanie thought back to when she was pregnant with Regan. She had let herself get caught in a crossfire between two arguing parties and it almost cost her, her daughter. Her temper had flared and her blood pressure had risen dangerously high, almost making her lose Regan.
Stephanie took a deep breath to calm herself, "You're right, I'm sorry."
"It's ok, I just don't want anything to happen to the two of you. It scares me, I know you have a temper babe, but you can't put yourself at risk."
She hugged him, "I know, and I don't want you to worry."
"So what are we going to do about this?"
"I say we wait it out. I don't want to just jump to conclusions. I mean, yeah, her stripping in front of you is a pretty obvious sign, but I want to see what's up with her before I know what I'm going to do."
"Ok, we'll let it happen and see."
"Ok, and I promise I won't let my temper get in the way."
"Even better."
The next day Trish walked into the arena purposefully. Well, Chris hadn't liked her little show for him yesterday, but that was fine, she'd just have to hit another target. A more fragile target that was sure to crumble.
It really was sad she was going to have to destroy Stephanie to get to Chris. But Stephanie didn't even remember who the hell she was. What would she care if she left Chris and Regan? Or even if after this little rugrat was born she might give that one up to Chris too? Trish didn't want kids at all, couldn't really stand them, but if it meant millions, she'd put up with them until she could send them off to some far away boarding school.
Chris and Stephanie sat in their dressing room with Regan. She was sitting on Chris's lap as he and Stephanie talked about the upcoming storyline. Vince had come in earlier to say that they would like to go through with this wedding angle.
"It'll be ok, we just pretend to get married, have a few laughs, then we can have the staged break up," Chris told her.
"Still doesn't mean I like to think of her marrying you."
"Daddy? Who marry?" Regan asked.
"Daddy might marry Trish on screen Princess."
"Why?"
"For the story," Stephanie explained.
"Oh, but Daddy, you love Mommy," Regan said, looking up at him.
"Of course I do, it's just pretend."
"Oh," she said, nodding, though she probably didn't know what she meant at all.
"Yeah, just keep telling myself that," Stephanie said, "It's all pretend, even though I'm sure she'd love to make it real."
"Not in this lifetime babe, I wouldn't let it happen."
"I know."
"There's no way I'd give you up and I just got you back."
"Yeah, I know."
"So I guess I have to go tell her that she's getting her way?"
"I guess," Stephanie sighed, "Regan and I will wait here."
"Ok," he said, leaning over to kiss her, "Wish me luck."
"Good luck, I hope she doesn't drop any other articles of clothing around you."
"I'll make sure she doesn't."
"I hope she listens."
Chris walked out of the room and down to the diva's locker room. He knocked on the door and waited for Trish to answer. This time he wouldn't make the stupid mistake of going into her locker room. This woman was not going to compromise him anymore.
"Chris, hello," Trish said huskily.
"Trish, you're getting your way ok. You're getting your damn wedding."
"Yay," she squealed, then hugged him impulsively.
"Don't touch me," he snapped.
"Oh Chris, don't be such a worrywart, I'm not going to put any moves on you, I swear," she said innocently.
"Trish, I don't know what you're trying to pull, but it's not going to work."
"Why Chris, whatever do you mean?"
"You walking around naked in front of me ring any bells? I don't love you Trish, I don't even like you right now, so stay out of my business and my wife's business when we're not onscreen."
"Fine," she said curtly.
"Good, I'm glad we understand each other."
She rolled her eyes, "Whatever."
"Good bye," he said shortly before taking his leave.
He walked back to his locker room and walked inside expecting to find Stephanie and Regan on the other side. Instead he found them gone. They must have gone to catering or Regan had wanted to go see Kurt or someone. He sat down to wait for them.
Stephanie and Regan were walking down the hallway after Stephanie had declared herself thirsty and they had gone to get some water. She saw the door to Trish's locker room slightly ajar and heard her having a conversation. She felt bad for doing this, but well, not too bad.
"Yeah, we did."
Stephanie heard silence which could only mean whoever Trish was talking to was speaking.
"Yeah, Chris Jericho and I dated for a while after Stephanie died."
Stephanie couldn't believer her ears. Chris and Trish?!?
"He was even going to propose to me, but he feared what people would think about the two of us getting married so soon after Stephanie's untimely demise."
Propose? He was going to propose to Trish? What the hell?
"Yeah, he even said I made a great mother to Regan."
Stephanie kept listening.
"Yeah, and he wasn't too bad in bed."
Stephanie gritted her teeth.
"Yeah, but then Stephanie came back and he decided to do the right thing and stick with her. He did tell me he would love only me for the rest of his life and he would wish that Stephanie was me every day until he died. Isn't that sweet?"
Stephanie bit her lip brutally, and practically pulled Regan down the hallway. Trish hung up her phone and walked out and stood in the doorway. God, that was easy to set up. She had seen Stephanie walking down the hallway, and knew that if she heard Chris's name she would listen. Stephanie would want to know everything about the husband she couldn't remember. Even if she had to lie a little.
Stephanie went into her locker room and saw Chris sitting there, leaning against the back of the couch, his eyes closed. Regan went over to play with her toys as Stephanie went to stand in front of Chris. He sensed her presence and opened his eyes, smiling up at her.
"Hey, where'd you go?"
"Please tell me you've never been with Trish."
"I've never been with Trish," he said a little bit confused.
"And is that the truth?"
"Yeah, I've never been with her."
"She said that you guys dated while I was gone."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, I didn't date anyone while you were gone, I had a hard enough time accepting you were gone, I couldn't even look at another woman," he said, standing up in front of her.
"She said that you said you would always love her."
"I've never loved her a day in my life."
"She said you said that she was a great mother to Regan."
"Um, she's barely been around Regan, Kurt makes a better mother than her."
"She said you were going to propose to her."
"Um, not a chance, since I kept my vows to you."
"So she just told a bold-faced lie?"
Chris looked at Stephanie. She wasn't angry it seemed. It seemed like she had a cool confidence about her. Like she already knew that this was all false, but that she needed him to say it was false. And of course it was false.
No matter how many times he said it, he didn't think that Stephanie would ever get just how much he had missed her. He could say he did, but she would never know about the days where he literally had to drag himself out of bed because he didn't want to go another day without her.
"She lied Steph, those are all lies."
"And you swear on everything you've ever loved?"
"I swear," he said, putting his hand over his heart.
"Then I know what we're going to do," she said coolly.
"What?"
"The bitch....is going down."