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Stephanie smiled as she walked through her office door and behind her desk, where she took a seat. She tried to concentrate on the papers in front of her that lay on her desk, but her mind couldn't help but drift back to her date with Chris. Every time she thought about it she couldn't help the smile that crossed her face. It had been a nice change of pace for her, ever since her divorce from Hunter she hadn't really had anything that resembled a date, unless of course you counted a night alone on the sofa, eating Ben & Jerry's while watching the many films that were being shown on tv. If those did count as dates, she thought, then I've had plenty and then some.
She had been a little nervous to begin with, but she couldn't help but feel at ease as the conversation between her and Chris flowed freely. She had really enjoyed herself and then he had kissed her, she hadn't expected it to make her feel as weak in the knees as it had. The whole date couldn't have been better to her. She had, had great company, amazing food and a perfect end to a perfect date.
Sighing frustratedly, Stephanie picked up the papers from her desk and once again tried to concentrate on them. About a minute or two went by and she did nothing but just stare at them hopelessly. Looking up she smiled as she saw Kurt come into her office, finally a distraction she welcomed. She dropped the papers from her hand where they fell to her desk and landed cluttered about it.
"Kurt, what do I owe the pleasure of your company today?" Stephanie asked him cheerfully, glad for the distraction.
"I just wanted to see my friend, is that a crime?" Kurt answered back in an innocent tone, causing Stephanie to narrow her eyes slightly.
"Ok Kurt spill it, you've never sounded that innocent in your entire life, now you're either up to something or you want something from me, which is it?" She asked playfully.
Busted. "OK I want all the details of your date, everything there is to know," he asked eagerly. "Did Stephanie McMahon break the 3rd date rule and get some?" Kurt finished cheekily earning a slap from her.
"Oh yeah Kurt, right there in the restaurant he threw me on top of the table and we had hot, nasty sex, we sure as hell gave the other guests an eyeful, half the stuff we did wasn't even legal, what can I say I just couldn't control myself till we reached my room!" Stephanie replied sarcastically.
"Damn! Right there in the restaurant, why you little hussy!" Kurt exclaimed jokingly. "Seriously though how was it?"
Stephanie smiled. "It was nice, I had a really great time," she told him honestly.
"Where did he take you?" He asked.
"A place called 'Quakers', it was Italian, small and romantic. The food was amazing, you know what I'm like with Italian food, can't get enough of it, the service was great too."
"Yeah, he was the perfect gentleman, opening doors for me, helping me with my chair and afterwards he walked me to my room and we kissed and then he walked away and I went into my room." Stephanie told him with a smile.
"You kissed him! You kissed Chris Jericho! Damn IT Steph!" Kurt erupted.
"Yeah we kissed! I don't see why it bothers you who I kiss Kurt you've never bothered before." Stephanie told him confused.
"Stephanie..." Kurt whined. "Why did ya have to go kiss him, now I'm out 50 bucks!"
"Kurt I told you....$50, why have you lost $50?" Stephanie asked him sharply causing Kurt's eyes to widen comically as he realised his slip up.
"50 dollars? What $50?" He asked completely avoiding the question.
"Kurt!" Stephanie demanded with authority.
"OK, I kinda made a bet that you and Chris wouldn't kiss on the first date, see it isn't that bad, right?" Kurt told her cautiously.
"Not that bad? NOT THAT BAD!" She shouted as she erupted as Kurt had earlier. "You bet on my private life! How DARE you! I am NOT something you can just use for you're idiotic schemes to win money don't you have enough already?" Stephanie told him fiercely.
"Steph, calm down!" Kurt said as he tried to reason with her.
"I will NOT calm down, who was it with huh? Who was your little bet with?" She wanted to know, with words laced with anger.
"Christian."
"That ass clown!" Stephanie shouted using Jericho's own saying. "Get out! I don't wanna see you right now!"
"But Steph..."
"Now!" She demanded and Kurt could do nothing but do as she said and left her alone in her office.
Slamming her hand onto the table with a loud bang Stephanie sat seething. How dare they do that, she asked herself quietly, yes it was only a stupid bet but it still had hurt. Letting out a gush of air, she sighed heavily and looked back down at the papers scattered across her desk, picked one up and carried on with her work.
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Chris knocked on Stephanie's door and waited for an answer.
"GO AWAY!" Was what he heard being shouted back at him, but Chris was never one to take instructions so he reached forward and twisted the door nob and opened the door.
"Look, I said GO...Chris hi!" She said with a smile.
"Hey Steph," he said as he walked up to her desk, then without thinking leaned down and kissed her on her cheek. "Oh, I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking, was that ok to do?" He asked her hesitantly.
"It was fine Chris, I had no problem with it at all," she told him honestly.
"Good, cause I plan on doing it more often, so beware," he told her with a charming smile. "So before, what's up?"
Stephanie sighed. "Nothing really, just something Kurt did."
"He did something to you? What, did he hurt you? If he did I'll kill him!" Chris replied protectively.
"No he never hurt me, Kurt's my friend, he'd never do anything to hurt me," Stephanie told him.
"Then what?"
"He made a bet with Christian that if I didn't kiss you on the first date he'd win $50 and vice versa, it just made me angry," Stephanie told him truthfully.
"They what! For fuck's sake! They have no right!" Chris replied hotly.
"I know, I went off on one at Kurt and then I told him to get out," Stephanie told him with a slight laugh.
"They so deserve payback," he told her.
Laughing Stephanie replied, "Yeah that'd be fun but what could we do?"
"Well, Christian knows I was really looking forward to going out with you, how about you 'accidentally' get the wrong end of the bet and accuse me of setting up the whole date just so Christian could win. The I get angry at you accusing me of that blah, blah, blah, what do you say?" Chris asked hopefully.
"What do I say? HELL YEAH we do it!" Stephanie replied happily.
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Just like planned Stephanie stalked up to Chris, who was standing talking to Christian and Trish, and smiled secretively to herself as she saw Kurt turn the corner. As she reached Chris, she pushed him with little force but Chris made it look like she had used everything she had and stumbled back in shock, while the other three could only stand there with surprised looks on their faces.
"Steph, what the hell?" Chris asked in false confusion.
"Don't you what the hell me Chris Jericho! Did you have a good time at my expense? DID YOU! Afterwards did you go back to your hotel room and phone up your friends telling them, 'Guys it worked out perfectly I had her in the palm of my hand, I didn't push it or shit, I made her want me!' Did you and Christian and his little slut enjoy imagining the look of my face afterwards?" Stephanie vented.
"Now wait a minute..." Christian tried to say.
"No I won't wait a minute you little idiot, do you have any idea what it's like to find out that your whole date was fake! That he was only there because he was trying to win some fucking money! $50 is that all I'm worth! Is it?" She directed her question back to Chris in mock anger secretly enjoy the look of horror on their friend's faces, as the ramifications of their action came back to bite them in their asses. " Do you think that little of me Jericho, you really had me you know that! I thought you were for real, instead you're nothing but a little boy playing with other people's feelings!" Stephanie finished her rant glaring at all of them individually.
"What bet? What are you going on about, of course I had a good time on the date and it wasn't FAKE! Stephanie you're worth $50 MILLION DOLLARS! Laugh at you, are you kidding me why in the fucking hell would I laugh at you? Do YOU think that little of me that you see me as such an IMMATURE little brat! Well do you? You know I thought you had at least grown a heart in your time apart from Triple Nose but NO you're still the manipulative little bitch you've always been!" Chris said finishing his own little rant, hoping he hadn't hurt her.
"Well, glad to know what you really think of me!" With that said Stephanie raised her hand up and slapped Chris across the face, then turned on her heel and walked away leaving everyone else in stunned silence.
"What the fuck was she going on about? What bet?" Chris whispered hoarsely, after a few moments.
"Kurt and me made a bet about your first date with Stephanie, whether or not she'd kiss you, Kurt let it slip and now she's on the war path," Christian replied gravely.
"Well thanks a fucking lot, you dick wads!" Chris replied with real anger in his eyes while looking at them both, sure this was a little bit of revenge, but he was still pissed at them. What if Stephanie had thought he was in on this little bet, what then? "You guys are a bunch of asses you know that!" Chris informed them as he to walked away, leaving them standing there.
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Walking into his locker-room he saw her sitting waiting for him. When she saw him enter, she smiled and hurried over to him where Chris engulfed her into a hug.
"You were great out there princess! The acting was 100 percent believable." He told her, happy about what she had just done.
"Are you ok? When I slapped you, did it hurt?" Stephanie asked him worriedly.
"Of course it hurt! You have some force behind your slaps, but it was worth it! Did you see their faces?" Chris asked gleefully.
"I wish I had a camera, then I could laugh at it forever! They were priceless!" Stephanie replied equally as gleeful.
"When should we relieve them of theirmisery?" He asked comfortably still holding her in his arms.
"Oh I think we should let them sweat it out for at least for another hour or so, what do you think?" Stephanie answered him.
"Oh I couldn't agree more!" Chris replied, then leaned down and captured her lips with his.
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The knocking on the door finally registered to the couple who had been previously making out on the sofa for a good while. Chris groaned as he got off of Stephanie and went over to his door. Opening it her saw three pairs of panicked eyes looking back at him.
"What?" he asked them curiously.
"It's Stephanie, we went to her room to apologize and she wasn't there," Kurt started. "So we went and looked around for her dude and when I say looked we LOOKED, everywhere, but there was no sign of her! None whatsoever!" Christian told his part. "We thought she must have left, but we went back to her locker room and her things were still there, we checked the parking-lot and there was her car, locked and waiting for her. We can't find her Chris, there's no trace of her at all, it's like she's disappeared off the face of the planet!" Trish finished for the three of them.
"Guys..." Chris started.
"We need your help to find her!" Kurt pleaded with him.
"No, you see..." Chris started again only to be cut off.
"What the hell do you mean NO!" Kurt said angrily.
"We were in the middle of something do YOU mind," A new voice entered the conversation, which happened to belong to Stephanie.
"What..."
"Bet on any of our dates again and the revenge will be so much worse!" Stephanie told them all as she wrapped her arms around Chris and pulled him to her.
"But...you...fighting...huh?" Kurt stuttered, causing both Chris and Stephanie to laugh.
"It was an act, and what an act! Your face, one word - priceless!" Chris informed them. "Now if you'll excuse us." Was his final words as he moved backwards and closed the door on them.
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Stephanie smiled as she walked through her office door and behind her desk, where she took a seat. She tried to concentrate on the papers in front of her that lay on her desk, but her mind couldn't help but drift back to her date with Chris. Every time she thought about it she couldn't help the smile that crossed her face. It had been a nice change of pace for her, ever since her divorce from Hunter she hadn't really had anything that resembled a date, unless of course you counted a night alone on the sofa, eating Ben & Jerry's while watching the many films that were being shown on tv. If those did count as dates, she thought, then I've had plenty and then some.
She had been a little nervous to begin with, but she couldn't help but feel at ease as the conversation between her and Chris flowed freely. She had really enjoyed herself and then he had kissed her, she hadn't expected it to make her feel as weak in the knees as it had. The whole date couldn't have been better to her. She had, had great company, amazing food and a perfect end to a perfect date.
Sighing frustratedly, Stephanie picked up the papers from her desk and once again tried to concentrate on them. About a minute or two went by and she did nothing but just stare at them hopelessly. Looking up she smiled as she saw Kurt come into her office, finally a distraction she welcomed. She dropped the papers from her hand where they fell to her desk and landed cluttered about it.
"Kurt, what do I owe the pleasure of your company today?" Stephanie asked him cheerfully, glad for the distraction.
"I just wanted to see my friend, is that a crime?" Kurt answered back in an innocent tone, causing Stephanie to narrow her eyes slightly.
"Ok Kurt spill it, you've never sounded that innocent in your entire life, now you're either up to something or you want something from me, which is it?" She asked playfully.
Busted. "OK I want all the details of your date, everything there is to know," he asked eagerly. "Did Stephanie McMahon break the 3rd date rule and get some?" Kurt finished cheekily earning a slap from her.
"Oh yeah Kurt, right there in the restaurant he threw me on top of the table and we had hot, nasty sex, we sure as hell gave the other guests an eyeful, half the stuff we did wasn't even legal, what can I say I just couldn't control myself till we reached my room!" Stephanie replied sarcastically.
"Damn! Right there in the restaurant, why you little hussy!" Kurt exclaimed jokingly. "Seriously though how was it?"
Stephanie smiled. "It was nice, I had a really great time," she told him honestly.
"Where did he take you?" He asked.
"A place called 'Quakers', it was Italian, small and romantic. The food was amazing, you know what I'm like with Italian food, can't get enough of it, the service was great too."
"Yeah, he was the perfect gentleman, opening doors for me, helping me with my chair and afterwards he walked me to my room and we kissed and then he walked away and I went into my room." Stephanie told him with a smile.
"You kissed him! You kissed Chris Jericho! Damn IT Steph!" Kurt erupted.
"Yeah we kissed! I don't see why it bothers you who I kiss Kurt you've never bothered before." Stephanie told him confused.
"Stephanie..." Kurt whined. "Why did ya have to go kiss him, now I'm out 50 bucks!"
"Kurt I told you....$50, why have you lost $50?" Stephanie asked him sharply causing Kurt's eyes to widen comically as he realised his slip up.
"50 dollars? What $50?" He asked completely avoiding the question.
"Kurt!" Stephanie demanded with authority.
"OK, I kinda made a bet that you and Chris wouldn't kiss on the first date, see it isn't that bad, right?" Kurt told her cautiously.
"Not that bad? NOT THAT BAD!" She shouted as she erupted as Kurt had earlier. "You bet on my private life! How DARE you! I am NOT something you can just use for you're idiotic schemes to win money don't you have enough already?" Stephanie told him fiercely.
"Steph, calm down!" Kurt said as he tried to reason with her.
"I will NOT calm down, who was it with huh? Who was your little bet with?" She wanted to know, with words laced with anger.
"Christian."
"That ass clown!" Stephanie shouted using Jericho's own saying. "Get out! I don't wanna see you right now!"
"But Steph..."
"Now!" She demanded and Kurt could do nothing but do as she said and left her alone in her office.
Slamming her hand onto the table with a loud bang Stephanie sat seething. How dare they do that, she asked herself quietly, yes it was only a stupid bet but it still had hurt. Letting out a gush of air, she sighed heavily and looked back down at the papers scattered across her desk, picked one up and carried on with her work.
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Chris knocked on Stephanie's door and waited for an answer.
"GO AWAY!" Was what he heard being shouted back at him, but Chris was never one to take instructions so he reached forward and twisted the door nob and opened the door.
"Look, I said GO...Chris hi!" She said with a smile.
"Hey Steph," he said as he walked up to her desk, then without thinking leaned down and kissed her on her cheek. "Oh, I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking, was that ok to do?" He asked her hesitantly.
"It was fine Chris, I had no problem with it at all," she told him honestly.
"Good, cause I plan on doing it more often, so beware," he told her with a charming smile. "So before, what's up?"
Stephanie sighed. "Nothing really, just something Kurt did."
"He did something to you? What, did he hurt you? If he did I'll kill him!" Chris replied protectively.
"No he never hurt me, Kurt's my friend, he'd never do anything to hurt me," Stephanie told him.
"Then what?"
"He made a bet with Christian that if I didn't kiss you on the first date he'd win $50 and vice versa, it just made me angry," Stephanie told him truthfully.
"They what! For fuck's sake! They have no right!" Chris replied hotly.
"I know, I went off on one at Kurt and then I told him to get out," Stephanie told him with a slight laugh.
"They so deserve payback," he told her.
Laughing Stephanie replied, "Yeah that'd be fun but what could we do?"
"Well, Christian knows I was really looking forward to going out with you, how about you 'accidentally' get the wrong end of the bet and accuse me of setting up the whole date just so Christian could win. The I get angry at you accusing me of that blah, blah, blah, what do you say?" Chris asked hopefully.
"What do I say? HELL YEAH we do it!" Stephanie replied happily.
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Just like planned Stephanie stalked up to Chris, who was standing talking to Christian and Trish, and smiled secretively to herself as she saw Kurt turn the corner. As she reached Chris, she pushed him with little force but Chris made it look like she had used everything she had and stumbled back in shock, while the other three could only stand there with surprised looks on their faces.
"Steph, what the hell?" Chris asked in false confusion.
"Don't you what the hell me Chris Jericho! Did you have a good time at my expense? DID YOU! Afterwards did you go back to your hotel room and phone up your friends telling them, 'Guys it worked out perfectly I had her in the palm of my hand, I didn't push it or shit, I made her want me!' Did you and Christian and his little slut enjoy imagining the look of my face afterwards?" Stephanie vented.
"Now wait a minute..." Christian tried to say.
"No I won't wait a minute you little idiot, do you have any idea what it's like to find out that your whole date was fake! That he was only there because he was trying to win some fucking money! $50 is that all I'm worth! Is it?" She directed her question back to Chris in mock anger secretly enjoy the look of horror on their friend's faces, as the ramifications of their action came back to bite them in their asses. " Do you think that little of me Jericho, you really had me you know that! I thought you were for real, instead you're nothing but a little boy playing with other people's feelings!" Stephanie finished her rant glaring at all of them individually.
"What bet? What are you going on about, of course I had a good time on the date and it wasn't FAKE! Stephanie you're worth $50 MILLION DOLLARS! Laugh at you, are you kidding me why in the fucking hell would I laugh at you? Do YOU think that little of me that you see me as such an IMMATURE little brat! Well do you? You know I thought you had at least grown a heart in your time apart from Triple Nose but NO you're still the manipulative little bitch you've always been!" Chris said finishing his own little rant, hoping he hadn't hurt her.
"Well, glad to know what you really think of me!" With that said Stephanie raised her hand up and slapped Chris across the face, then turned on her heel and walked away leaving everyone else in stunned silence.
"What the fuck was she going on about? What bet?" Chris whispered hoarsely, after a few moments.
"Kurt and me made a bet about your first date with Stephanie, whether or not she'd kiss you, Kurt let it slip and now she's on the war path," Christian replied gravely.
"Well thanks a fucking lot, you dick wads!" Chris replied with real anger in his eyes while looking at them both, sure this was a little bit of revenge, but he was still pissed at them. What if Stephanie had thought he was in on this little bet, what then? "You guys are a bunch of asses you know that!" Chris informed them as he to walked away, leaving them standing there.
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Walking into his locker-room he saw her sitting waiting for him. When she saw him enter, she smiled and hurried over to him where Chris engulfed her into a hug.
"You were great out there princess! The acting was 100 percent believable." He told her, happy about what she had just done.
"Are you ok? When I slapped you, did it hurt?" Stephanie asked him worriedly.
"Of course it hurt! You have some force behind your slaps, but it was worth it! Did you see their faces?" Chris asked gleefully.
"I wish I had a camera, then I could laugh at it forever! They were priceless!" Stephanie replied equally as gleeful.
"When should we relieve them of theirmisery?" He asked comfortably still holding her in his arms.
"Oh I think we should let them sweat it out for at least for another hour or so, what do you think?" Stephanie answered him.
"Oh I couldn't agree more!" Chris replied, then leaned down and captured her lips with his.
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The knocking on the door finally registered to the couple who had been previously making out on the sofa for a good while. Chris groaned as he got off of Stephanie and went over to his door. Opening it her saw three pairs of panicked eyes looking back at him.
"What?" he asked them curiously.
"It's Stephanie, we went to her room to apologize and she wasn't there," Kurt started. "So we went and looked around for her dude and when I say looked we LOOKED, everywhere, but there was no sign of her! None whatsoever!" Christian told his part. "We thought she must have left, but we went back to her locker room and her things were still there, we checked the parking-lot and there was her car, locked and waiting for her. We can't find her Chris, there's no trace of her at all, it's like she's disappeared off the face of the planet!" Trish finished for the three of them.
"Guys..." Chris started.
"We need your help to find her!" Kurt pleaded with him.
"No, you see..." Chris started again only to be cut off.
"What the hell do you mean NO!" Kurt said angrily.
"We were in the middle of something do YOU mind," A new voice entered the conversation, which happened to belong to Stephanie.
"What..."
"Bet on any of our dates again and the revenge will be so much worse!" Stephanie told them all as she wrapped her arms around Chris and pulled him to her.
"But...you...fighting...huh?" Kurt stuttered, causing both Chris and Stephanie to laugh.
"It was an act, and what an act! Your face, one word - priceless!" Chris informed them. "Now if you'll excuse us." Was his final words as he moved backwards and closed the door on them.