Hi guys! Thank you so much for your reviews. They really mean a lot to me, I hope you guys appreciate how much of a motivation to write you are! Hmm…there seems to be a general Steph/Jericho consensus, but Jericho's married! Oh dear oh dear…what kind of girl do you think Stephanie is? Especially after her man ran off with another woman…she wouldn't do that to Chris' wife…would she? Lol. You'll have to read to find out!
Everything talked about is owned by the WWE…not me.
p.s. Oh my God! My computer crashed and I'd thought I'd lost 3 pages of story! Damn you Microsoft…but thanks for somehow saving most of my work!
"Hello, Orton speaking. Can I help you?"
"Hey hot stuff, it's me!"
"Stacy?" he said down the phone.
"Yeah. How are you?"
"I'm not bad, and yourself?"
"You know me, I'm always good. Was just wondering if you were going to the party tonight?"
"Would I ever miss a party!"
"I should've known! So…do you have a date for tonight?"
"Nope…why are you asking? Who are you trying to set me up with now Stace?"
"Uhh…Stephanie McMahon."
"Stephanie McMahon!"
"Ya ha."
Randy paused for a second. He had always thought Stephanie McMahon was hot. It would be nice for him to go out with someone a little more mature, a change from the usual skinny blonde bimbos Stacy usually set him up with.
"What's the deal Stace?"
"Well, Steph and I were talking. At the party tonight I'm gonna be there with Andrew, Shane's gonna be there with Marissa and everyone else is gonna be there with somebody. Plus, what if Trish brings Hunter? I just think she could do with another wrestler being there for her tonight. What do you say?"
Randy loved the thought of having his way with the sister of his boss. It was so naughty, his kind of thing. Plus it would be a nice change from the usual girls he bedded. But then Stacy's words hit him and he thought of someone…'another wrestler being there for her'. Now that Randy thought of him, he could never be with Stephanie and hurt one of his closest friends.
"The thing is Stace, my Dad is coming tonight and I really think I'll be spending time catching up with him. Plus, Steph's not really my type of girl…you know I prefer skinny blondes!"
"Yeah…I guess."
"But don't worry Stacy, I know exactly the right person for Steph. They know each other already and he's a good man, he'll take care of her."
"Who?"
"Look, leave it with me. I'll meet you and Stephanie eightish at the party, then I'll introduce the two. It'll be a surprise."
"Well…ok. But he better be good enough for Steph."
"Trust me…he is. I gotta go…see you later babe."
"Alright…see you later babe!"
Steph turned her curling tongs off and then touched up her make her in her hotel room. She looked stunning. She was wearing a knee length halter neck black dress that showed off her cleavage, black high heels and her hair was down, flowing in curls over her shoulders. Steph's ego rocket as she stood in front of the mirror turning and staring at herself. Her dress was backless, Steph notice a nasty bruise on the base of her spine. She knew she had gotten it from Stacy at the house show, but it reminded her so much of Hunter's abuse. She felt tears forming in her eyes, then shook them away.
"Well…almost perfect. Damn you Stacy!" she joked to herself to lift her mood.
At 7.00 Kennedy knocked on her door. He agreed to escort her to the Charity party as her security guard and then keep a distant eye on her the rest of the night. In the limo they talked.
"So who's this date you have tonight then?"
"I dunno. Stacy Keibler's setting me up with him."
"Oh." Kennedy hadn't realised that in such a short time Steph had made so many wrestler friends. "Guess I'll have to warn Shane…and your mother and father."
"I already have. Shane…well…he was quite shocked. I think he's too worried about me, he thinks that guys are only going to be interested in me because of my relationship with him. I told my Mom on the phone…she seemed really happy for me that I was trying to move on."
"And Vince?"
Steph looked away from him, not sure how to put her thoughts into words. "Dad and I don't talk an awful lot recently…since me leaving the WWE the first time round. He was very disappointed in me at the time, then when Hunter turned his back on me…and Dad…Dad was even more upset. Things are still very awkward between us."
There was an awkward silence.
"Steffie, don't you think you should tell your Dad the truth about Paul and yourself."
Steph got that mental picture that occasionally haunted her. Her Dad's face purple with anger, pacing around the room breaking furniture, before turning to Paul, pinning him down and breaking his face.
"Vince must never know the truth."
They arrived at the party. Kennedy got out of the limo first and then helped Stephanie out. Steph stepped out to face camera flashing all around her. She smiled at them and span around in a circle so that everyone got to see how beautiful she looked, before she entered the building. Not many other wrestlers had arrived, mostly the Stamford Corporation team, so many old memories resurfaced. She walked down a flight of stairs towards the main hall, where she caught the eyes of her brother. He immediately excused himself from the group he was talking to to join her.
"You look amazing."
Steph gave her brother a big hug. "Thank you Chubby! Are Mom and Dad here yet?"
"No not yet, what do you think of this place?"
"It looks amazing, you did a great job."
As Steph talked to her brother, she noticed his eyes kept darting from one group to another, sweat was gathering on his forehead. Steph reached into his pocket, much to his surprise and dabbed his head for him.
"Relax Big Bro, everything's going to be fine. And even if things go wrong, Dad will be here to clean up your mess."
Steph laughed as Shane didn't take things so lightly.
"You're such a bitch!"
She laughed even more as he frowned at her, then she gave him a big kiss on his forehead.
"Look I gotta go, I'll see you later."
Steph didn't get the chance to goodbye, or tell him about the great big lipstick marks on his forehead, as he went off to meet and greet a big TV executive. Steph looked around the room 360 degrees. She saw Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guererro, looked like Rey was trying to grab the bottle out of Eddie's hand, but Rey couldn't jump high enough as Eddie laughed holding it above his head. Poor Rey! Then she briefly saw Trish Stratus sat by herself drinking a cocktail at the bar, she didn't look that way for long. Then she noticed Shane and a TV Executive staring at her as Shane wiped his forehead with a tissue. Steph grinned and waved over at them. The next person she saw was Chris Jericho, sat in the corner of the room. Steph decided on skipping the bar and Trish Stratus and instead went over and sat by Chris.
"Hey you." He said to her.
"Hey you. What's the matter, why are you so down?"
"It's nothing…" he paused as he looked up at her big concerned eyes glaring at him. "You look beautiful."
"Well, a lot of people keep reminding me. But thank you all the same. Please tell me what's wrong?"
Jericho looked down as he scratched away at the label to his beer bottle. He took a swig then placed it down and sat back into his seat. "It's Jessica. She was supposed to be here with me tonight, but she's not coming."
"Oh…I'm sorry."
"It's ok it's not your fault. It's a mutual thing. We just haven't been that close recently. We're just drifting more and more apart. Most of my time has been spent travelling to see her between shows, but it's not helping. She doesn't want to be on the road with me. I don't really want to be travelling to see her between shows. I still love her…but…"
He paused and shook his head, not believing the words coming out of his mouth.
"I'm not sure if I'm in love with her anymore."
Stephanie didn't know what to say to him. She had always had a bit of a crush on Chris. He was gorgeous, charming and funny but he was also nice and trustworthy. She had met Jessica once a long time ago, she had been very jealous of the pretty blonde girl and had therefore avoided meeting her ever again. Steph looked over to the bar as she noticed her throat drying out, Trish had disappeared.
"I'm just going over to the bar. Would you like another beer?"
He shook his head, not looking up at her. She stood up and stroked his arm, trying to comfort him.
"I'll be back soon. Just stay right here."
Steph made her away across the room. Half way to the bar she heard her name being said, it was muffled in the midst of chatting crowds. She turned around to see Batista making his way through groups of people. He was in a tuxedo, he looked very hot. Steph bit her lip as he made his way over to her.
"Hey Dave. You're looking pretty smart tonight."
He took her hand and kissed it, looking into her eyes the whole time.
"You looking rather good yourself, Miss McMahon."
Steph thought for a while. "You know, I can't really remember the last time we talked. Was it…"
"It was when Hunter invited me and some others around for poker, after you'd left the WWE. Do you remember?"
She thought back to a time when Paul was beating her, but this was a half-happy memory. "I remember I was doing the dishes and you came over and dried up for me. The guys were taking the piss out of you and I…I was grateful."
He was blissfully unaware that that night she was wearing a dressing gown and pyjama pants to cover her bruises and that after the guys had left she had received another beating, for flirting with Dave.
"Are you here alone tonight?"
"Kind of. I'm waiting for my blind date."
Dave heart nearly skipped a beat with excitement. "You know, I'm actually waiting for a blind date too! Randy Orton arranged it for me."
"You know Stacy is setting me up. Randy and Stacy…you don't think…"
"Surprise you two!" Randy half-shouted as he patted his friend on the back.
Dave's eyes widened and he gulped. How could Randy do this to him? It was the nicest yet nastiest surprise of his life. He was finding himself on a blind date…with the love of his life.
TBC
Hope you guys like it. Now I'm trying my hardest to write this story using U.S. vocab and terminology. I'm actually from the U.K. so it is in fact quite difficult. Do you guys say the phrase...'taking the piss'...in America? I wasn't sure but couldn't think of a better way of saying it. I think you must get the general idea.
I hope you liked this chapter. I'm really enjoying writing it! I'm about to start another story, so that I can share my love and if I get a writer's block with one story I can write for the other. I hope you read, I'm going to post the 1st chapter later.
Until then, happy writing! x
