Halo Over the Devil's Head

Chapter 5

Stephanie McMahon.

Trish Stratus mulled the name over in her mind as she made her way to the locker room that she and Chris Jericho now shared. The woman had been on her mind ever since earlier that night when her soon-to-be fiancé saved Stephanie. Trish scowled inwardly. 'Why did Chris bother to go out there and save that dirty whore?' Oh, sure, she had played nice to Stephanie, but how she longed to gouge the other woman's eyes out. Just when Trish had Chris wrapped around her finger, she showed up. Trish knew that Stephanie and Chris had had a thing in the past, but the thing that bothered her was that no one really knew what went on. Only Chris and Stephanie seemed to, and asking Chris would risk the losing façade that she had built for him.

The blonde Diva put a happy, cheery smile on her face as she entered the locker room, and immediately zeroed in on Chris, lounging on one of the benches. "Hey Chris," she greeted, sitting down in his lap and surprising him briefly.

"Oh, hey," Chris greeted, wrapping his arms around her waist.

"Oh, hey?" Trish teased, tapping him on the nose. "I feel loved." He rolled his eyes, placing a gentle kiss to her neck.

"Better?" he asked, laughing.

"Hmm... I don't know..." she pretended to consider, and then laughed as well, leaning into him. "So what has my darling fiancé been up to?" she asked him casually.

"Nothing, really, just getting ready to go out there. Stephanie came by," he added as an afterthought, not quite sure why he did.

"Oh?" Trish replied, forcing the scowl to remain hidden off of her face.

"Yeah, she just wanted to thank me for earlier," he replied, and then winced, realizing how that sounded. "I don't mean it like that... She just said thanks and left."

The lie was obvious, but Trish chose not to acknowledge it. "Don't worry about it, Chris," she told him, smiling, "I believe you." They sat in comfortable silence for a moment before Trish spoke up. "Chris... I know you wanted to take things slow...but... I was hoping we could get engaged, for real."

"I suppose I could do that," Chris said with a grin. Trish turned around in his lap.

"Really?!"

He smiled in that charming way of his. "Really really."

Trish squealed and flung her arms around his neck, hugging him tightly. He returned the gesture with a simple squeeze. Over his shoulder, Trish smiled menacingly. Stephanie or not, Chris was still wrapped around her finger. And if Stephanie thought that she could walk in and steal Trish's man, she had another thing coming.

As far as Trish was concerned, Stephanie would never have any contact with Chris Jericho again.

Author's Note: Okay, okay, really short update, but it's an update! I hit a wall after that, so... Anyways, I'll probably try and update again in a week or so. (With a longer update!) I hope you guys like! Please review!

Thanks to: sheshe, jerichosbabe, huntersgirl, kandiland, Y2J Chris Jericho, lucyzigg, DCFanatic4life