Never Say Never
Chapter 23
Paul held the envelope in his hand. Part of him wanted to open it so he and Lorelei could rebuild and move on; the other part of him thought he was better of not knowing.
He wanted to know what was going on before Lorelei. He wanted to tell her, not let her read it off some paper. He took a deep breath and opened the envelope.
He gulped. This wasn't going to be as easy as he had hoped. He wished he could go back in time and went to find Lorelei that night. He hated that hindsight was 20/20.
This could wait until after the show. He didn't want to distract her from what she had to do. She was fighting one of the guys tonight. She was fighting Batista. She'd slapped Eric Bischoff in the face the previous week, and this was his retribution.
"Don't worry about tonight," Lorelei said coming into the room noticing the envelope that was half hidden behind Paul's back. "Dave knows what he's doing. After we get back to the hotel you can tell me about whatever is in that envelope."
"I know, it's just you're a little rag doll compared to Batista," Paul said trying to get the attention off the contents of the envelope."
"Most people are small compared to Dave," Lorelei pointed out. "He won't do anything to purposely hurt me."
"You know how many things could go wrong though. You're not used to falling that far, and there are some pretty rough spots written in the match," Paul said.
"Paul, there isn't much I can do about it. It's a storyline and I'm sure Stephanie isn't going to change her mind," Lorelei said. "I have to do this, and I trust Dave completely. I'll be fine."
"I still don't like the idea," Paul said. "I want you to be safe and everything. Dave is a professional, but you know how he gets when he's in the zone."
"Not like it all you want; I'm going to go change and practice with Dave," Lorelei told him.
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Paul finally found Dave and warned him about what was written for that night. He also reminded the larger man to be careful with his wife.
Dave laughed a little at his friend's reaction and promised to be as careful as he could. He knew that this wasn't going to be easy.
"Relax, things will be fine," Dave said noting his friend's edge.
"I got the results today. I don't want to talk about that right now though," Paul said.
"I'm sure we'll know soon enough," Dave said. "One of you will tell one or more of us."
"Yeah, I totally need to relax. I believe my wife is looking on you," Paul said. "She wants to practice and get used to being in the ring with you I guess. Don't ask me what's going on in her head; I don't even know half the time."
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Lorelei was sparing with Lisa Marie in the ring when she saw Dave.
"Rumor has it you're lookin for me," he snickered playfully.
"Yeah, you know run through our match and stuff tonight," Lorelei said. "Paul seems pretty worried about it."
"I don't blame him," Dave said. "I wouldn't want Angie to get into the business."
"If you're ready Big Man lets go," Lorelei said stopping him before he could go any further with that statement.
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That night Lorelei was so sore. She'd done everything the way she should have and Dave had been careful. Paul had been right about the match being rough.
"Need a massage?" Paul asked. He knew he had to tell her about the test results he just wanted to wait as long as humanly possible.
"Only if you tell me what was in the envelope," Lorelei told him. She really wanted to know.
"Fine," Paul said. He concentrated on massaging her sore and stiff muscles for a few moments. "The baby's mine," he told her.
Lorelei wished almost any other words would have come from his mouth than those. Lorelei wasn't sure what she was supposed to do. Every time she and Paul had talked about the situation they ended up arguing; now they had to face it head on. Their marriage depended on it. She honestly wanted Stephanie out of their lives once and for all.
Paul hated the situation. It was the control freak in him. Lorelei and Stephanie had all the control in this situation. He didn't want to lose Lorelei. He almost lost her once and he felt like dieing.
"Don't worry we'll be able to figure this out. It's something we'll be able to pull through," Paul said unsure of the certainty of that statement.
"Paul, every time the subject is brought up we end up fighting. How on earth are we going to get through this?" Lorelei asked.
"We have six months to figure it out," Paul said. "It'll take time, but we can make it work."
"Paul, I still think we need to get Stephanie out of our lives," Lorelei said. "I don't mean you abandoning the baby, but maybe trying to get full custody without Steph having visitations."
"Lorelei, lets talk about this later. Lets start with how to deal with Stephanie for the next six months," Paul said knowing this was an extremely sensitive subject.
"I guess I can try to be civil. I'll try and hold my tongue and not cause to much stress," Lorelei said. "She just gets on my every nerve."
"She knows how to get on everyone's nerves, but right now she needs all the peace she can get," Paul said continuing his massage.
Lorelei didn't mention that it was comments like that that made her feel like how Stephanie should be feeling right now. She didn't want to spend the night arguing with him, especially when he was trying to be a good person. She had to keep reminding herself he was only doing the right thing.
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Stephanie was thrilled about the test results. She almost had a plan to get Paul to come back to her. She wanted him, and she was the Billion Dollar Princess. She always got what she wanted. It was something she absolutely loved.
Most people thought that she only wanted Paul back because Lorelei was in the picture, but honestly she loved him as much as a McMahon could love another person. He knew he obviously still loved her in some way since he turned to her when he was pissed at Lorelei.
The person she felt sorry for, as much as she disliked her, was Lorelei. She just happened to be the person caught in the middle of this mess. Stephanie knew she would have to put on her hard bitchy exterior to pull this off. She wanted Paul more than she wanted anything.
She took out her cell and decided to call Paul, and see how he was dealing with everything. She wasn't surprised when he didn't answer. If the roles were reversed she wouldn't answer either.
She gave up for the time being. She wasn't sure for how ling, but she needed to regain Paul's trust again. In hindsight the last way, though giving her a child, wasn't really the most effective way to go about getting what she wanted. Maybe she needed to find an ally of sorts.
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The next morning was tense, but Paul and Lorelei somehow managed to talk civilly about what to do for the next six months. They didn't get further before their friends began to arrive.
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That evening after the promo shoots Lorelei stopped to talk to Randy. She needed to talk to someone who was fairly distanced from the situation and could give her semi objective advice.
"Hey, Randy, can we talk?" Lorelei asked.
"Sure," Randy said.
"Steph's baby is Paul's, and he basically told me to play nicely. I don't know what to do," Lorelei said.
"Talk to him," Randy suggested.
"I've tried before and we end up arguing more. I don't know if I can take six months of this much stress," Lorelei said.
"Then don't. You have to make yourself feel good before you can make anyone else feel good. It works the same way with happiness," Randy said.
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