Hi guys! I'm so sorry that it's been a week since I last updated:-( I had to move back to Uni and things are a bit hectic at the moment, since it's exam time! I'm updating this story asap and writing whenever I have time! I hope you like this chapter, took me three days to write!
Monday came quickly and Shane and Stephanie walked into the arena side-by-side early in the morning, Steph carrying the nappies, ring gear and other goodies in her large bag and Shane carrying his beloved niece. Steph had confided in Shane the truth about her date with Dave…and their kiss. She confided in him that she was attracted to Dave and that he would be a good boyfriend and father to Ella, but there was someone else that was always in her mind.
"I'm kind of disappointed in you Steph, after what happened to you with your marriage, why would you have your eyes set on a married man?"
Steph stared at the floor as she walked. Eventually she mumbled under her breath, "You can't help how you feel."
Dave had a nervous feeling in his stomach when he arrived at the arena early afternoon. He had spent the whole weekend thinking about Stephanie and how stupid he had been kissing her.
'Too much too soon,' was all he could think.
Dave dumped his stuff in the locker room before going on a hunt for Steph. He went to her locker room, the main arena and Stacy's locker room before finally finding her in the cafeteria. He thought she looked so beautiful, her hair was curly and round her shoulders like it was at the party. She was wearing a floral print top and jeans, she looked very feminine. As he started to walk over to her, Randy walked by and stopped him by putting a hand on his chest.
"You might wanna reconsider going in there buddy!"
Dave stopped and looked around. He suddenly noticed the serious look on Steph's face, the way everyone was suddenly leaving the cafeteria and the shouting of a female voice. A young blonde woman with a bright red face was screaming at Chris Jericho, she was surrounded in broken crockery and tears were rolling down her face. Chris was trying to comfort her, but at the same time you could see the embarrassment and anger in his face. Dave looked back at Steph who was sat quite near the commotion, Steph was wrapping Ella in a blanket. She got up and struggled to walk as she carried Ella in one arm and her bags in the other. When she looked up her eyes met Dave's, she was glad to see him.
"Do you need a hand?"
"Yes please," she replied. "Do me a favour and get me and my baby away from all this screaming and smashing!"
Neither of them noticed Jericho look over and jealousy watch the three of them disappear out of the door.
Dave sat in Steph's locker room and the pair caught up, both pretending that nothing had happened between them at the party. Ella started to make a fuss so Steph picked her up and rocked her in her arms to calm her.
Dave wanted to be a part of this loving relationship. "Is it OK if I hold her?"
"Sure."
Steph passed Ella across to Dave. Steph tried not to giggle as Dave awkwardly held her. She leant over to him and rearranged his arms so that Ella was positioned carefully and comfortably in them. Dave felt his heart beat faster as Steph's hands stroked his arms before she let go and sat back down again.
"She's so small and you're so…big. You make quite a pair." Steph said smiling.
Dave didn't reply. He just looked down and admired the beautiful girl in his arms. He noticed her brown eyes and curly brown hair, just like Stephanie's. He decided that this was the right moment.
"Stephanie, I just wanted to apologise to you, I shouldn't have done what I did." The whole time he spoke he couldn't bring himself to look up into her eyes. "I hope that I didn't upset you in any way, but I really couldn't help myself. I think you're a beautiful woman Stephanie and it's inspiring to be around you. You're so talented as a mother and wrestler and so strong-willed. I know me telling you this is embarrassing you and making you feel uncomfortable, but I know that you probably don't hear these words half as much as you deserve to."
Steph felt her face becoming redder as he spoke. She looked down at his body, his arms were covered in goose bumps and he was slightly shaking. Dave was proud that he managed to say his rehearsed speech as well as he had hoped. He finally was able to look up into her eyes. Even though she felt awkward, Stephanie couldn't look away from him, so she matched his stare.
"I don't know how you feel about me but I really like you Steph. I'm gonna leave you my number but I don't expect any call. If you'd like to go out for dinner sometime, maybe after Wrestlemania, well, I would really like that…" Dave bit his lip as he struggled to get the words out of his mouth. He took a couple of deep breathes and was about to start speaking again when there was a knock at the door.
Stephanie rolled her eyes and smiled at him. She mouthed the words 'I'm sorry' before inviting the person in. Christy Hemme came bouncing through the door with a great big grin on her face. She immediately went over to Dave and took Ella out of his arms.
"Hey Steph, it's babysitting time! Oh, I'm sorry, I hope I'm not interrupting something."
"No it's fine, I was just leaving." Dave spoke before Stephanie had the chance, relieved that the interruption has stopped his stuttering.
"Yeah, I've got get ready for tonight as well."
Steph and Dave both got up together. Dave shuffled past Stephanie and a coffee table and made his way to the door. He left in a hurry completely embarrassed. He took a few steps down the corridor when Steph came out of the dressing room.
"Dave!"
He turned to face her with some hope in his heart. "Yes?"
"You forgot to give me your number!"
He took a piece of paper out of his pocket and passed it to her. She smiled at him before heading back to her room. Dave walked back to the men's locker room, filled with confidence.
"Hello everyone and welcome back to Monday Night Raw, Jim Ross here with Jerry 'The King' Lawler. We're just getting ready for a women's match here. It's gonna be Jewel versus Stephanie McMahon."
Jewel was already in the ring waiting for Stephanie. Steph's music started playing and the fans started cheering like crazy. Steph waved at them and blew them all a kiss, she could hear them chanting her name. She span around and noticed a new entrance video, a mix of video of her in photo shoot in a bikini and footage of her last week, mostly the 450 splash at different angles. It made her think of Paul London and what he had said to her.
'Whoa dude! You're nearly as good as me!'
She walked down the ramp in black trousers and a black sports top (after much complaining, Steph wouldn't be wearing hot pants ever again!). The camera zoomed in on some signs in the arena…'Welcome Back Steph!', 'Brains…Beauty…the whole 450' and 'Marry me Steph!'. She got into the ring and stared down Jewel. Jewel was currently in a 'Stacy-wannabe/jobber' role in the company, but backstage she was shy, sweet and very polite. She was star struck by Stephanie and eager to impress Shane, she was hardly ever used on Raw.
They started with some nose-to-nose talking at each other, then Jewel slapped Steph. Steph picked herself up and looked directly into the camera showing the anger on her face. She then chick-kicked Jewel to the floor. Jewel led there as if knocked out. Steph dragged her to the corner and climbed the turnbuckle. The fans were chanting her name as Steph jumped off and hit Jewel with the 450 splash. Steph went for the cover.
1…..2…..Stacy Keibler's music started playing and Steph broke the pin.
Steph stood in the ring glaring at Stacy as she appeared at the top of the ramp in her cat suit and carrying a chair. Steph made a 'just bring it' gesture with her hands, but to Stacy just unfolded the chair and sat down on the ramp to watch the match. Jewel staggered to a crawling position and went behind Steph. Jewel grabbed her legs and pulled her backwards into a roll-up pin.
1…2…Steph kicks out.
The pair staggered to their feet and start exchanging blows. Jewel starts to get the better of Steph, she launches her onto the ropes and hit's Steph with a clothes line. Steph gets up and then Jewel DDTs her. Jewel grabs Steph's arm in an arm bar submission hold. As Steph screams in pain, Stacy smirks and claps for Jewel. Steph manages to grab hold of a rope and the ref breaks the hold. Jewel climbs on top of Steph and starts to strangle her. The pair rolled around the middle of the ring in a cat fight, they run into the referee, knock him down and roll over the top of him. Finally Steph manages to get on top of Jewel and gives her a hard slap. Steph stands up as Jewel rolls around on the floor. Steph runs to the ring ropes and uses them to launch her into a leg drop on the back of Jewel's head. Steph picks up Jewel and lifts her up and pauses to show her strength before she suplexes her. Steph stood and waved her hands to the crowd, shouting "Do you want more?"
Steph does a handspring across the ring into a backwards somersault onto Jewel. The fans go nuts as Steph goes for the pin.
1…2…3! The bell rings and Steph stands up to celebrate!
Stacy came into the ring from behind and hit Steph in the back with the chair. Steph screamed in pain as she collapsed and rolled around on the floor. The crowd could see her back going bright red. Stacy laughed as she placed the chair on the ring floor. Stacy lifted her leg vertically then dropped it onto Steph's head. Steph led in the ring motionless. Stacy picked up Steph and Steph was barely able to stand. As JR pleaded down his headset in the commentary, Stacy held Steph in a DDT position then dropped her head onto the chair. Steph led on her back in the middle of the ring. Stacy laughed as she made her wait out of the arena.
"Oh my God! That Jezebel! Will Steph be able to compete at Wrestlemania this Sunday?" JR said.
As the TV went into commercials, Steph was stretchered out to the back of the arena. When the coast was clear Steph gradually stood up to survey the damage that Stacy had caused. Her head felt fine but her back stung from the chair shot, it was turning a reddish purple colour.
Stacy appeared quickly to check on her friend. "Oh my God Steph! I'm so sorry! Are you OK?"
Steph smiled at her. "Don't worry I'm fine. It's part of our job, remember?"
Shane was passing by in his usual rush, he smiled at his sister and stopped briefly to say "Good work!" to them both. Stacy walked with Steph to find a medic to check on Steph's spine. They went into a medical room, Chris Jericho was sat there with his leg in the air.
Stacy, unaware of what had happened earlier in the canteen was first to ask him what had happened.
"That's a nasty cut on your leg," she said. "How'd you get that?"
Chris was in a terrible mood, even with Steph in the room with him. "My wife threw some crockery around the canteen earlier and I cut my leg on some of it as I was tidying her mess."
"Oh," Stacy felt her usual guilty feeling that she got when she made an innocent conversation faux-pas.
Steph wanted to know what was happening between Chris and Jessica and couldn't resist asking. "Where's Jessica?"
"She's gone back to our home, she was only here to drop off most of my things."
"I'm sorry to hear that."
The three stayed quiet as they waited for someone to come and help them. A couple of people finally showed up, one cleaned up Jericho's leg, the other found some cream and rubbed it on Stephanie's back to ease the pain. Stacy excused herself and the pair left the medical room together.
"I meant it Chris, I'm really sorry to hear about you and Jessica. Is there anything I can do?"
Chris loved his wife so much, but at this moment he felt that he would finally be able to have his dreams come true. He had always been attracted to Stephanie and had even considered at one point leaving Jessica to be with her. The only thing holding him back was the fact that he didn't know her true feelings for him.
"Well, I'm not going home this week after the house show, do you fancy spending some time together. Maybe we could go for dinner one night?"
Steph was slightly surprised. She was really hoping he'd ask her out, but didn't think it would be this soon! Or did he just want to be friends?
"I would really like that."
Chris took out a piece of paper and pen from his bag and scribbled down his number.
"Here you go, give me a call sometime this week. It would be nice if we could hang out, you and me…"
"…and Ella!" Steph added.
He smiled at her. "Of course."
Steph gave him a kiss on the cheek before heading back to her locker room to see her baby girl, carrying with her her new phone number collection.
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