A/N: I'm sorry that I haven't been updating a lot. It's not that my muses have died, it's more like I don't have any time for it.
Never Say Never
Chapter 15
Paul knew the hotel bar wasn't exactly the most romantic place but was worried about his own safety. Lorelei had as many people surrounding her as a queen bee, and they were just as protective of bees and their queen.
When he saw her he felt better. He was relieved. He was almost positive that he wasn't going to show. He must have already done something right.
She quickly spotted him and walked over to him. "What did you want?" she asked.
"I wanted to apologize. I'm sorry I hurt you, and I'm sorry I was so angry that I let Steph take advantage of me," Paul said. It took him forever to realize that's what he should have said to begin with.
"I'm glad you saw that it's your actions too," Lorelei said as indifferently as possible. She didn't want to forgive him just yet.
"Lorelei, it was never my intention to hurt you. I was being stupid and let my emotions get the best of me," Paul continued hoping to get some emotion out of her.
"Then I'd hate to see you try and hurt me because you successfully ripped my heart out," Lorelei said. "You knew Shawn was hurt. You had to have known I would go with him. It's not like he had anyone else."
"I know that. I was just being insanely possessive like always. I really am trying to work on that, but like everything else it takes time," Paul said.
"I gave you time. I dealt with the evil eye you gave everyone of my friends, especially male. I was okay wit that, but the second one of my best friends needed me more than you. You went and screwed you ex-wife, who you claim to want nothing to do with," Lorelei said. "If you betrayed me like that who says your not over Steph. You apparently loved if you turned to her when emotions ran high."
"I don't care about Stephanie. I only care about you," Paul said with more conviction that Lorelei had ever heard him use.
"Your going to have to prove it. Words are easily said, but actions take much more thought," Lorelei told him.
Paul leaned in and kissed her, surprising both her and himself. He hadn't expected to do that.
Lorelei almost lost control when Paul kissed her. It had been weeks since she felt his lips touch hers. She had to stop herself from deepening the kiss. She wasn't any more sure about their relationship than she was 30 seconds ago. "Paul, that's not going to win me over. I can't have a romantic relationship with you when I don't trust you," Lorelei said.
"Fine, have it your way," Paul said. "At least let me walk you up to your room. I wouldn't want anything to happen to you."
"Okay, but no more stunts like the last one," Lorelei gave in.
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Paul was in the gym the next day when he ran into Jay and some of his friends.
"Look, Levesque, if you think your going to hurt Lorelei again back off. She doesn't need you," Jay said. He wasn't sure if it was bravery or stupidity.
"What goes on between Lorelei and I is none of your business," Paul told the smaller man.
"Lorelei is my friend that's why it's my business. You are not going to hurt her again or I'll kick your ass from here to hell and back," Jay said not losing the grit in his voice. He wasn't going to let an asshole, like Paul, hurt his friend.
"Like I said, Reso, what happens between Lorelei and I is none of your business," Paul told him knowing the other man was dead serious.
Jay didn't say more. The man wasn't worth getting into a fight with at the moment.
Paul was still thinking about what happened the previous night. Lorelei had told him that she didn't trust him or believe him. He hadn't been expecting him to say that.
He had a bigger job than expected proving that he was over Stephanie and that he was worth her time. This was going to be more a more complicated process than getting him to meet her was. He wished a few honest words would fix it, but he'd saw how far that got him.
He tried to focus on working on to keep his intimidating physique. Without that his character of HHH wouldn't be nearly as successful as it is today. However, even working out wasn't helping. He was still distracted from everything.
He eventually decided to go tot he arena since he didn't have anything else left to do and didn't want to spend any more time in his hotel room than he had to, being constantly reminded how lonely he was.
The Evolution members all looked at their leader strangely when he entered the locker room. "What?" he asked.
"I heard what happened last night," Randy said. "I ran into Lorelei in the hallway last night. You confused the hell out of her."
"I'm sorry I thought I owed her an apology and explanation," Paul told them knowing they'd hear it anyway. They were Lorelei's friends too.
"You kissed her and told her you weren't going to give up on the relationship," Randy said. "I think you need to lay off a little. She needs time to get it together."
"I think you need to stay out of it. Randy this is my relationship, as much as I know you care about Lorelei, it's my call to make," Paul told the younger man.
"Fine, I won't say anything more about it. I was only trying to help you, but you can't accept that," Randy said making a vow to himself not to say another word about it.
The man warmed up and went over their scripts for the brief period before taping began. They had two promos that would put the last nail in the Evolution casket so to speak.
All four men could accept that Evolution had run it's course and was going to wherever old storylines when they were finished to be recycled. It was part of the business and Randy and Dave were ready to move on to bigger and better things.
The tapings went well. The other four members of Evolution noticed their leader was slightly distracted, but it wouldn't be noticeable to anyone who didn't know what they were looking for.
"We made it through another set of promos," Paul said.
"Yeah we did. It was easy because it's make believe. Our characters aren't going through the personal problems that we are. Hell our characters are very different from us," Lorelei said.
"True, but they aren't totally different from us. They're more extensions of us that we can acceptably show," Paul said knowing that it was true for him at least.
"I have some people to meet," Lorelei told him not wanting to be drawn into this kind of conversation with him. He anted emotion.
"Lorelei, next time we run into each other we can start all over. Do things right you know. Date each other and get to know each other and stuff," Paul suggested. Maybe this would help the past few weeks be water under the bridge.
"I don't know. I guess you'll have to try and see," Lorelei said. She wanted him to actually do something without asking her.
"Well then I'll see you around," Paul said.
"Maybe," Lorelei said leaving.
As Lorelei was heading to catering to meet with some of her friends. She ran into Chris Irvine. "Lorelei, I know this is going to sound stupid but would you like to go out with me?" Chris asked.
"Sure, when?" Lorelei asked.
"We could stop at Denny's or something after the show," Chris suggested.
"Sounds like a good plan. I'll see you later," Lorelei said. "Good luck tonight."
"Don't worry, I won't need it," Chris said.
Stephanie, who was watching from around the corner, only smirked. She was thrilled. She had a suspicion that Chris liked her for a long time, but was only now asking her out. She knew that Paul was going to freak out. She couldn't wait for word about this to get back to him. He would again be eating out of the palm of her hand.
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Never Say Never
Chapter 15
Paul knew the hotel bar wasn't exactly the most romantic place but was worried about his own safety. Lorelei had as many people surrounding her as a queen bee, and they were just as protective of bees and their queen.
When he saw her he felt better. He was relieved. He was almost positive that he wasn't going to show. He must have already done something right.
She quickly spotted him and walked over to him. "What did you want?" she asked.
"I wanted to apologize. I'm sorry I hurt you, and I'm sorry I was so angry that I let Steph take advantage of me," Paul said. It took him forever to realize that's what he should have said to begin with.
"I'm glad you saw that it's your actions too," Lorelei said as indifferently as possible. She didn't want to forgive him just yet.
"Lorelei, it was never my intention to hurt you. I was being stupid and let my emotions get the best of me," Paul continued hoping to get some emotion out of her.
"Then I'd hate to see you try and hurt me because you successfully ripped my heart out," Lorelei said. "You knew Shawn was hurt. You had to have known I would go with him. It's not like he had anyone else."
"I know that. I was just being insanely possessive like always. I really am trying to work on that, but like everything else it takes time," Paul said.
"I gave you time. I dealt with the evil eye you gave everyone of my friends, especially male. I was okay wit that, but the second one of my best friends needed me more than you. You went and screwed you ex-wife, who you claim to want nothing to do with," Lorelei said. "If you betrayed me like that who says your not over Steph. You apparently loved if you turned to her when emotions ran high."
"I don't care about Stephanie. I only care about you," Paul said with more conviction that Lorelei had ever heard him use.
"Your going to have to prove it. Words are easily said, but actions take much more thought," Lorelei told him.
Paul leaned in and kissed her, surprising both her and himself. He hadn't expected to do that.
Lorelei almost lost control when Paul kissed her. It had been weeks since she felt his lips touch hers. She had to stop herself from deepening the kiss. She wasn't any more sure about their relationship than she was 30 seconds ago. "Paul, that's not going to win me over. I can't have a romantic relationship with you when I don't trust you," Lorelei said.
"Fine, have it your way," Paul said. "At least let me walk you up to your room. I wouldn't want anything to happen to you."
"Okay, but no more stunts like the last one," Lorelei gave in.
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Paul was in the gym the next day when he ran into Jay and some of his friends.
"Look, Levesque, if you think your going to hurt Lorelei again back off. She doesn't need you," Jay said. He wasn't sure if it was bravery or stupidity.
"What goes on between Lorelei and I is none of your business," Paul told the smaller man.
"Lorelei is my friend that's why it's my business. You are not going to hurt her again or I'll kick your ass from here to hell and back," Jay said not losing the grit in his voice. He wasn't going to let an asshole, like Paul, hurt his friend.
"Like I said, Reso, what happens between Lorelei and I is none of your business," Paul told him knowing the other man was dead serious.
Jay didn't say more. The man wasn't worth getting into a fight with at the moment.
Paul was still thinking about what happened the previous night. Lorelei had told him that she didn't trust him or believe him. He hadn't been expecting him to say that.
He had a bigger job than expected proving that he was over Stephanie and that he was worth her time. This was going to be more a more complicated process than getting him to meet her was. He wished a few honest words would fix it, but he'd saw how far that got him.
He tried to focus on working on to keep his intimidating physique. Without that his character of HHH wouldn't be nearly as successful as it is today. However, even working out wasn't helping. He was still distracted from everything.
He eventually decided to go tot he arena since he didn't have anything else left to do and didn't want to spend any more time in his hotel room than he had to, being constantly reminded how lonely he was.
The Evolution members all looked at their leader strangely when he entered the locker room. "What?" he asked.
"I heard what happened last night," Randy said. "I ran into Lorelei in the hallway last night. You confused the hell out of her."
"I'm sorry I thought I owed her an apology and explanation," Paul told them knowing they'd hear it anyway. They were Lorelei's friends too.
"You kissed her and told her you weren't going to give up on the relationship," Randy said. "I think you need to lay off a little. She needs time to get it together."
"I think you need to stay out of it. Randy this is my relationship, as much as I know you care about Lorelei, it's my call to make," Paul told the younger man.
"Fine, I won't say anything more about it. I was only trying to help you, but you can't accept that," Randy said making a vow to himself not to say another word about it.
The man warmed up and went over their scripts for the brief period before taping began. They had two promos that would put the last nail in the Evolution casket so to speak.
All four men could accept that Evolution had run it's course and was going to wherever old storylines when they were finished to be recycled. It was part of the business and Randy and Dave were ready to move on to bigger and better things.
The tapings went well. The other four members of Evolution noticed their leader was slightly distracted, but it wouldn't be noticeable to anyone who didn't know what they were looking for.
"We made it through another set of promos," Paul said.
"Yeah we did. It was easy because it's make believe. Our characters aren't going through the personal problems that we are. Hell our characters are very different from us," Lorelei said.
"True, but they aren't totally different from us. They're more extensions of us that we can acceptably show," Paul said knowing that it was true for him at least.
"I have some people to meet," Lorelei told him not wanting to be drawn into this kind of conversation with him. He anted emotion.
"Lorelei, next time we run into each other we can start all over. Do things right you know. Date each other and get to know each other and stuff," Paul suggested. Maybe this would help the past few weeks be water under the bridge.
"I don't know. I guess you'll have to try and see," Lorelei said. She wanted him to actually do something without asking her.
"Well then I'll see you around," Paul said.
"Maybe," Lorelei said leaving.
As Lorelei was heading to catering to meet with some of her friends. She ran into Chris Irvine. "Lorelei, I know this is going to sound stupid but would you like to go out with me?" Chris asked.
"Sure, when?" Lorelei asked.
"We could stop at Denny's or something after the show," Chris suggested.
"Sounds like a good plan. I'll see you later," Lorelei said. "Good luck tonight."
"Don't worry, I won't need it," Chris said.
Stephanie, who was watching from around the corner, only smirked. She was thrilled. She had a suspicion that Chris liked her for a long time, but was only now asking her out. She knew that Paul was going to freak out. She couldn't wait for word about this to get back to him. He would again be eating out of the palm of her hand.
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