Never Say Never
Chapter Ten
The next several weeks Lorelei threw herself into her training. She desired nothing more than to prove to the world that she was better than Stephanie and the two blond divas. She wanted nothing more than to destroy them in front of the entire world. She would do just about anything to accomplish that goal.
She had been working out for several hours when she heard Paul's voice. "Lorelei you should probably give it up for the night."
"Fine," she agreed. She could feel the burn, okay well a little more than burn in some muscles, but that was her problem no one else's. "What do you want for dinner?" she asked after a few moments.
"Why don't you get cleaned up? I thought I might wine and dine my beautiful wife this evening," Paul said.
"You know what? I might just have to take you up on that offer," Lorelei giving him a kiss.
"You're all sweaty and sticky," Paul whined with a smirk.
"I thought you would be used to that by now," Lorelei said before going up to shower and change.
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Paul couldn't believe how easy it had been to get what he wanted. Lorelei had been so busy recently that going out to get it had been pretty easy. It hadn't even raised any questions. He didn't want to give it to her just yet, but he'd know when it was the right time. It would come soon enough.
He changed and decided to wait downstairs for her to get ready. He knew he would be waiting for a while. She was pretty self conscious about her wild mane of fiery curls, other wise she was pretty good about getting ready quickly.
Paul waited for what seemed like forever, but was in reality about forty five minutes. He knew the wait would be worth it, but it didn't make the time go by any faster.
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Lorelei showered and put on a dark green dress. She applied a little light make up and began her two or three times daily battle with her curls.
After taming her hair she went down to see Paul waiting for her. She loved knowing she could take his breath way when she walked into a room. She didn't think that she was that beautiful but apparently Paul did.
She couldn't wait to see what restaurant that Paul took her to. She didn't care where they were going. He could take her anywhere and she would be happy. She never would have thought when she met him that he would be the way he was. He wasn't as much of a bastard as he let the rest of the world think he was.
She hoped this was the real thing because finding someone like him would be damn near impossible.
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Stephanie couldn't believe what she'd just gotten wind of. She'd hired a private investigator to keep tabs on Paul and now he was going to propose, or so she assumed, to the woman he'd already married. This wasn't going to be as easy as previously planned.
Stephanie had spent the last several weeks making Lorelei's life miserable. She had done everything she could think of to keep the woman from traveling with Paul, and so far nothing had worked even when Jackie and Stacy got in on the action. Stephanie was still irate from the first time she met Lorelei. How dare someone doubt her integrity and class?
This mess wasn't going to be pretty and that's the way Stephanie wanted it. Lorelei had never once called her a name, just used facts of the past to insinuate what she wanted to call Stephanie. Steph didn't think the other woman would do well in the kind of environment she had in mind.
The wheels in Stephanie's head began turning again and she decided that now would be the perfect time to put her plans into action.
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The next day was heaven. Paul loved living so far away from everything that when it was storming, like it was today, they were pretty much completely isolated from everything. It was like being in their own protective bubble away from the prying eyes of the rest of the world. They might even continue to be in the bubble tomorrow if the storm kept going the way it was.
"Don't tell me you're afraid of a little bit of thunder," Paul teased when a rather loud clap of thunder made Lorelei jump.
"I'm sorry that I don't have nerves of ice like you do," Lorelei said. She was sitting on the couch cuddled up with him reading. He was a big teddy bear in private he just didn't want anyone else seeing that. "I'm going to make some pudding want some?"
"God woman, is it your mission to make me fat?" Paul teased. "No thanks."
"Somehow I doubt I'll make you fat. You work out religiously. You take it way to seriously," Lorelei told him as she went into the kitchen where she found her copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 'How did this get in here?' she wondered. She finished making the pudding and headed back to the living room. She intended on reading some of the book while she could still find it. Somehow a lot of her favorites had turned up missing. Paul's work no doubt.
"Have you been indulging yourself in my Harry Potter books?" Lorelei asked. She knew he had something to do with it winding up in the kitchen. She never took he books in there because she didn't want them to get wet or yucky.
"Why would I read Harry Potter?" Paul asked. "I can think of tons of things more to do that are more interesting than reading almost any book."
"I'm guessing that almost anything wouldn't include something racy?" Lorelei teased before resuming her position curled up next to him. She opened her book and began to read.
Almost as soon as she sat down Paul began tickling her. She tried to ignore him but within minutes he had her pinned on the couch. "Not fair. You're bigger than me," Lorelei complained between giggles. She was desperately trying to free herself but wasn't getting any results.
"Hasn't anyone told you that life isn't fair? It's not my fault I'm bigger than you," Paul said momentarily giving up on his tickle assault. "I can think of one thing that would make the tickling stop."
"And what might that be Mr. Levesque?" Lorelei asked already knowing what was on his mind.
Paul didn't answer instead he kisser letting him know how right she was.
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Lorelei had been training for almost six weeks and her big try out match was here. She knew she only had to prove proficient at the basics but she wanted to be a legitimate competitor like Amy not all T&A like Stacy and Jackie.
"Don't worry about it Doll, you'll do awesome," Ric told her. He'd become like a surrogate father to her.
"I know that but there will be some pretty damned important people watching. What if I mess up something?" Lorelei said. She hadn't been nervous until now.
"Look if you calm down and focus then you'll do fine. You'll impress everyone who might be sitting out there. Paul will be right there with you," Ric reassured her calmly.
"You ready Pumpkin?" Paul asked returning with her water. She had no idea why he'd taken to called her pumpkin, but he only did it in private or around close friends.
"I'm getting in the zone. Don't worry I'm going to knock the socks off everyone just as long as you're there with me," Lorelei said. She was trying to shake the rapidly growing butterflies out of her system. It wasn't working to well.
Fifteen minutes before the match Lorelei was informed of her opponent for her try out match Lisa Marie. She knew that every ounce of concentration she had had to be put into the upcoming match.
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Steph was waiting anxiously for the tryout match to start. All she had to do was kiss Paul to distract Lorelei enough to blow the match. That would leave the opening for a woman in Evolution. Stacy would be more than happy to fill that spot and have an onscreen romance with Paul that might not be only onscreen, or at least look that way to everyone else. She could easily plant evidence that the relationship was more.
This was going to be relatively easy as long as Lorelei's tryout got messed up. She only hoped that the distraction wouldn't work in reverse and make Lorelei focus that much more on not messing up her match.
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Lorelei was excited about he try out when she got into the ring. She was going against Lisa Marie who was quite technically sound, possibly second only to Nora. She was honored even if this was as far as her career ever went.
"Lor, good luck," Trish said. "Lisa Marie is good, and Steph's in the building tonight."
"What is she doing here? She's been making my life a living hell for months. I'm going to hurt someone," Lorelei ranted. She knew the woman was up to something, and that something probably had to do with her never ending mission to get Paul back.
"Focus on Lisa Marie. Don't let Stephanie get to you. She doesn't want any new female her especially you," Trish advised her friend. "If you let her get under you're skin you're letting her win. She wants to win don't let her."
"Thanks Trish. You're right I need to focus on what I need to do and not let whatever she may have planned get to me," Lorelei said calming down some. She had to regain her focus.
"You're looking awesome in the ring. Vince would have to be crazy to pass you up. He'll see how beautiful you are and how much potential and talent you have," Trish reassured her friend.
The pair continued talking for a moment trying to relax before her match.
Lorelei got some other good luck wishes from various people. Shawn stayed and talked to her longer than most, probably to calm her nerves. When Paul saw him he shot a dagger sharp glare in Shawn's direction but kept his temper in check.
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Lorelei took a deep breath and gazed at Lisa Marie for a moment before the women began.
About five minutes later Lorelei saw Stephanie come and watch standing next to Paul. Lorelei did her best to concentrate, but lost it. It took a moment to refocus her energy but she was successful.
Paul was so wrapped up in watching his wife that he didn't notice Stephanie until he wondered why his wife had an ever so subtle lack of concentration. She almost immediately regained it though. He chose to ignore Stephanie's presence just like his wife had.
Stephanie could only smirk when she saw the reaction of Paul and Lorelei. They wouldn't expect her to pull something with her father watching and she was instead going to pull something huge.
Stephanie waited until Lorelei was looking their direction before she planted a kiss right on Paul's lips. It only took a moment for him to pull away with an obviously disgusted look on his face.
'God, please don't let that have distracted her to much,' Paul prayed.
Lorelei saw what had happened and was thankful that Lisa Marie had her in a headlock otherwise all hell might have broken loose.
"Relax don't play into her hand," Lisa Marie said quietly to the younger woman hoping Lorelei would be able to control her temper.
Lorelei again quickly regained her composure and kept things going in the ring. Paul's plan of her being in Evolution was the best way at getting back at Stephanie.
Paul smiled when Lorelei regained her composure. She would legitimately get her chance to get revenge on Stephanie this way. She was almost as good at playing head games as he was, only more selective of targets, which was honestly kind of scary.
When the match concluded and Lorelei had won. Vince realized what he was looking at. He had pure untapped talent with a ton of potential, along with beauty. He would be a fool not to grab her up even if he had some other people to talk to, to make sure she was up to the competition level that the WWE required.
