Eric searched Stephanie's deep blue eyes for an answer, he lips were sealed so tight it looked like they were super glued together. Eric finally decided to leave, knowing she wouldn't say a word to him, he grabbed his jacket and headed for the door.
"Wait, Eric-," she walked over to him and looked down, seeming a little disappointed.
Eric expected an answer, but Stephanie just changed the subject, "I'll see you Monday," she half-smiled, trying to make him feel better, which obviously didn't work from the look on his face.
Eric was extremely disappointed, he left her hotel room and went back to his suite, sitting on the edge of the bed thinking about the way he handled things back at her hotel room. Maybe he shouldn't have said he liked her? He couldn't help but admit it, it had been burning a hole in him since she was the General Manager of Smackdown, how could he hold it back any longer? It was going to be very awkward seeing her next week.
6 am
Eric was awoken by a knock at the door, it seemed the person at the door was very persistent, so he wobbled up out of bed, stretching a bit, then rushed over to the door, thinking it could possibly be Stephanie, but instead he was greeted by Gail Kim. Eric's smile turned to a frown quickly, then looked over at the time, it was very early in the morning, what could she possibly need?
Gail smiled at Eric, then looked him up and down realizing he was only wearing a t-shirt and boxers, "Good morning Mr. Bischoff," she smiled the licked her lips.
"Morning Gail, what can I do for you?," he yawned a little.
"Can I come in?," she asked sweetly.
"Yeah, sure...," he opened the door wider so she could come in, he walked over to his suitcase and put on some jeans.
"Nice suite Eric, I bet Stephanie doesn't get the treatment you do," she joked.
"What about Stephanie?," he asked her curiously.
"I was joking Eric," she walked up to him and placed both hands on her chest, "What I'm here about is a Women's title shot, I know I had a match last week against a few other divas but I thought I could get physical with the Women's Champion one on one," she tried to make that sound dirty and Eric realized that, his eyebrows went up a bit.
"Well, Gail, I don't think I can do that. There's already a number one contender for the title, and you aren't it," he stretched a bit, moving away from Gail.
She was extremely persistent, "But Eric, I'd do anything to get that spot," she started taking off her coat, then started at her top, but Eric stopped her.
"I don't know what kind of business man you think I am Gail-," he said laughing a little.
"I know what kind of man you are Eric," she pulled her shirt down, deciding seducing him wouldn't work, it was probably way too early, "You wanted to get into Trish's pants as well as Lita's! Am I not attractive to you? I may not have large breasts like Trish or Lita but -"
All Eric could hear was, "blah blah I'm not attractive, Trish, etc, etc, Lita... yada yada."
"Okay, I admit, I did like Trish and Lita, they're nice to look at but when they open their mouths they aren't so attractive," he smirked, "As for you my dear, you can have your title shot, in two weeks, and next time...," he talked as he lead her out the door, "Don't bother me in my hotel suite when I'm trying to sleep!," he then shut the door behind her. Gail huffed then walked off, heading back to her hotel room.
Eric took off his pants again and was about to lay down in his bed when he heard another knock at the door, he sighed to himself, "Will I never get any damn sleep?!," he then walked over to the door quickly so he could get back to his rest, opening it this time he saw Stephanie, and surprisingly in jeans and a low cut black shirt. Eric looked her up and down then smiled, "Steph..," he gulped a little, wondering what it is she wanted to say to him.
Before Eric could say anything she allowed herself into his room, he stopped for a moment then shut the door behind her, watching her as she paced around a bit before finally speaking.
"Eric, I'm really sorry if I hurt your feelings the other night. I didn't take that into consideration and well, I lied about ..," she paused then sighed, "I lied about not having feelings for you."
Eric walked over to her and put his hand on her hip, bringing her close to him, "I knew you were lying," he smiled then leaned in to kiss her, but her eyes wandered to the long black coat sitting on the ground behind him.
Stephanie's eyebrows tilted down as a look of anger formed on her face, Eric spotted this quickly and let go of her, wondering what he possibly could have done to piss her off.
"Should I even ask what's wrong now?," he seemed very annoyed by her temper, but she did get it from her Father. Eric made sure to keep a safe distance from the beautiful McMahon just in case.
Stephanie walked over to the coat and picked it up, "What the hell is this?!," she screamed, hold it up directly toward Eric.
Eric was dumbfounded, then he realized it was Gail's jacket, she had left it in his hotel room as she was trying to - 'oh no, she thinks I had another woman in here! Shit!,' he thought to himself.
"Well!? Are you screwing another employee Eric?! Are you?!," she shouted, then throwing the coat at him, "I'm through, I don't want to play this game with you," she then headed for the door.
Eric ran up to her and grabbed her by the arm, "I can explain Stephanie! Wait!," he turned her around.
She gave him the oh so famous McMahon glare and sneered, "You have 30 seconds."
Eric sighed, "Look, Gail Kim came in here and tried to seduce me to get a title shot and when I said no she left, and she must've forgotten her coat, honestly Stephanie, that's what happened!"
Stephanie was still glaring at him, "I don't believe you Eric, I can't trust you. I don't see any reason why I should either."
Eric closed his eyes and realized he was in deep shit. Stephanie truly believed he slept with Gail Kim, not only because of his reputation but because of the way he acted toward women, preferably the divas.
Before he knew it she was gone, all because of that bitch Gail Kim trying to sleep her way to the top, Eric was furious, he could've been with Stephanie, she was about to finally admit she felt something for him, but because of what just happened she may never tell him the truth. Eric sat on his bed and tried to think of ways to win her over, it didn't take long for him to come up with a plan. 'Unforgiven,' he thought to himself, 'perfect.'
The Pay Per View had just started as Stephanie walked into the office of the arena in Portland, Oregon. She was wearing a short dark blue denim skirt and a white short sleeve button up shirt with two buttons at the top undone and matching black high heels, her hair slightly wavy, flowing down to her back. Eric watched her enter the room and already felt a little nervous but excited at the same time, knowing his plan would soon take place.
It wasn't long after Stephanie sat down on the couch with a cup of black coffee at hand that there was a knock on the door, "Come In," Eric invited whoever it was into the office.
Shawn Michaels walked in with a cocky smirk, when Eric realized it was him he seemed extremely disappointed, "Shawn Michaels, what could you possibly need?," he asked in a witty, sarcastic tone.
Shawn kept smiling then said, "I don't need anything from you in particular Eric, I need something from Stephanie," he then sat next to Stephanie as she looked at him, a smile forming on her face.
"What can I help you with Shawn?," she asked.
Shawn moved closer to Stephanie, "Well, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind going out on a date with me tonight after the show. I'd love to show you a good time," he put his hand on her leg, rubbing it gently.
Eric was outrageously jealous, "Get the hell out of my office now Shawn!," Eric pointed to the door, "Get out!"
Shawn looked up at him and glared, "I don't think Stephanie wants me to leave Eric, so I believe I'm going to stay," he grinned.
"Shawn, I'd love to go out with you after the show," Stephanie then leaned in and looked like she was hugging him, but whispered something into his ear, "Let's make Eric so jealous he'll crack," she whispered.
They both broke the embrace and Shawn laughed a little and stood up, "See you later tonight 'honey'," he said before leaving the office, heading back to his locker room.
Stephanie smiled and went back to drinking her coffee, Eric walked over and sat next to her, putting his arm up on the couch, "Please tell me you aren't actually going to go out with him tonight," he tried to laugh it off.
"Oh I'm going out with him tonight Eric, you can't stop me."
His grin turned to a frown, "I guess all the rumors were right about you Stephanie, your nothing more then a dirty, filthy, disgusting.. slut!," he then stood up and walked over to his desk, and went back to his paper work.
Stephanie laughed a little then walked over to his desk, leaning down, "So when I go out with Shawn then I'm a slut, but if I were to go out with you, I wouldn't be?," she smirked, "You're an asshole Eric, but at least I'm not the one who sleeps with people who want to get ahead in the business," she glared.
Eric stood up and looked her in the eyes, "you're right Stephanie, you do something else - you tease. You're a complete tease. Making wrestlers believe they have a chance with you, flaunting around them like you don't know how attractive you are, but you use it Stephanie, you use it to your advantage. That's the type of person," he paused, "you are."
Stephanie's eyes became glassy, she tried not to get upset from the words he said, but she knew that at a time that's how men probably perceived her, as a tramp. She couldn't bare to look at him anymore, Stephanie turned around stormed out of the office, heading toward the ring. "So much for my plan," Eric mumbled to himself.
"All Grown Up" played as Stephanie walked out to the ring, the fans noticed she seemed very distracted and displaced more then usual as she entered the ring, doing her usual taunt. She received a microphone then began to speak.
"Tonight you will see the Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels (fans cheer loudly) face Kane!," she paced a little, "And I have a special announcement to make, not only will Lita be at ringside, I will be the guest commentator to make sure nothing screwy goes on. Michaels, Kane, good luck on your match tonight."
Stephanie handed the microphone to the ring announcer then left the ring, heading back to the office area, where Eric was impatiently waiting for her.
"Stephanie, what the hell do you think your doing?! You could get hurt out there! Kane is sick! He could hurt you if you did something wrong! I know you'll interfere since your 'friend' is going to be in the ring, but..this is just unbelievable, again, you didn't check with me before you made a huge decision on a match!," he overexaggerated the situation.
Stephanie laughed, "That's funny Eric, you being concerned about me, after what you said I'd think you'd like to see me get hurt. Since you've done it before. Or do you not remember having Rosey and Jamal slam me down into the mat when I was the GM of Smackdown?! I remember very well, but you never had the balls to do anything yourself. You always had someone do your dirty work for you," one eyebrow raised up, as to say, ' I just had the last laugh.'
Eric was furious, he walked over to Stephanie and glared, "I would never hurt you Stephanie."
"That's funny Eric, cause you have hurt me a lot over the past years, you just haven't realized it," she kept a straight face on then turned around and walked over to her desk, sitting down with a notebook, trying to decide on matches for Raw. Eric just watched her, and realized he had hurt her so many times, but he would make it up to her, somehow he would.
Author note: correction on the chapter where I said Stephanie was old enough to be Eric's daughter, I meant young enough. Dur how dumb of me. As for the being locked in the arena thing, I just thought It'd be humorous, I never meant to copy the story where they get snowed in together, plus Eric was being far too nice to her, so it ended up being a dream. I'm glad everyone is enjoying the story as much as I'm enjoying writing it. I love this pairing and for some reason it just makes sense to me. Thanks again to everyone for the wonderful reviews! Hands all the reviewers a 'fanfiction cookie,' whatever that is
