AS TOLD by me
November 7, 1999
Seattle, Washington
Thursday Night Smackdown, was the night, that Stephanie was supposed to tell Andrew she was going to break up with him. And before my match against, Test, she had told me, that she had been talking to her friends, in the wemon's lockerroom, when something really bad happened.
"Oh, Steph, you're so lucky, to be dating Hunter Helmsley, every girl wants him." Terri had said to her, as she changed in to her wrestling gear.
"Totaly!" said Lita.
"Listen, guys I'm not just dating Hunter, because of his looks, I'm dating him, beacause he really understands me, and he really needs someone to love him, I can tell." Stephanie said.
"Ok, but there has got to be one part of you, that just has to keep from drooling when you see him." said Trish.
"Well, Ok, he's gourgess!" Stephanie said.
"Wait, Stephanie, you're seeing Hunter?" Chyna asked her, angrily.
Stephanie smiled.
"Um...yeah." she admitted.
Chyna stared at Stephanie for a moment.
"He likes...you?" she said.
"Yes!" she said.
"Well, you should know that Hunter only cares about his career, and, and his body, and his stupid title!" she lied bitterly.
"Well, Chyna, I mean excuse me, but if I didn't know any better, I'd say that you wee jealous, of me and Hunter." Stephanie said.
Chyna smirked.
"Why would I be jealous of a whore like you?" Chyna asked.
Stephanie looked shocked, as she put her purse down, of the table, and then walked over to Chyna's face.
"Well...I mean because I don't have to flirt hard, to get guys to notice me, because I look like a woman." Stephanie said, as the girls in the lockerroom, started to crowd around to see what was going on.
"You know something, you'd better, adjust your attitude, Steph, before I adjust it for you." Chyna said, and with that, she pushed Stephanie.
"Who do you think you are?" Stephanie said, and then pushed her back harder.
"Hey what the hell are you two fighting about!" I yelled, as I saw them fighting in the lockerrom.
I ran over to Stephanie, to see if she was ok. She was.
"You'd better tell your whore to keep her hands off of me!" Chyna yelled.
"Hunter, she hit me first!" Stephanie yelled, back, as she put her hand, on my chest.
I then started to laugh, "I can't beleive you're so jealous of Stephanie!" I laughed, as the girls started to giggle, and so did Stephanie.
"I'm not jealous of her, I just..." she said.
"You what!" I asked, over doing my laugh to make her feel bad.
"Whatever!" She muttered, as she left the lockerroom.
As the girls left, Stephanie and I stayed in the lockerroom.
"You tell,Andrew yet?" I asked her.
"Umm..no, but I am meeting him after his match, at a restuarant." she said.
"Good...because I can't wait to be with you." I whispered.
She smiled.
"I can't either." she said.
"So... do you want to do something tonight?" I asked her.
"Well, what do you want to do?" she asked me.
I smiled. "I have never been with a girl like you." I said.
"What do you mean?" she said. "There's just something different about you, I can't figure out what it is about you, what's different...you just seem so much more ...better." I said to her.
She laughed. "You know what's different about you...I've only known you for 2 weeks, but I feel like I've known you my whole life." she said.
I kissed her forehead. That felt weird to me...but right at the same time, kissing her forehead I mean, I've never kissed another girl, I liked on her forehead...but for some reason, I felt like I needed to protect her, and be there for her, an emotion, that I had never felt with anyone, and kissing her forehead, was a sign of affection, instead of just lust.
" By the way, about the Chyna thing,Thanks." she said.
I shrugged.
"It's fine, Steph...but you can't continue to let her push you around!" I said.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"I mean, she's jealous of you, because, you're so pretty." I said, as I smiled at her.
"So, what should I do?" Stephanie asked.
"Next time she pushes, you, kick her ass that's what." I said.
She smiled.
"Hunter, I could never do that...even yelling makes me nervous." She said, as we walked down the hall, together.
"Well, that's just because you have such a nice personality...but you got to toughen, honey." I said to her.
That's when she stopped.
"What did you call me?" she asked me.
"I don't know...honey?" I said.
"No I mean, it's ok, it...felt right." she said.
I was going to kiss her again, when Dx showed up next to us.
"Hey, H...Steph." Sean snickered.
"yeah, funny seeing you two together." Roaddoog said sarcasticly.
"Um...yeah, Stephanie, this is my best friends, Jesse, and Sean." I said.
"Nice to meet you, all...but Hunter, I need to get back before Daady finds out where I am...call me toinght?" she said.
I smiled. "Of coarse." I said as she walked off.
"Of coarse." Sean mocked in a sing song voice.
Jesse laughed.
"What does 'of coarse' , mean man?" he asked.
"Well, it means...of coarse." I said.
"Get off it, man, don't let that McMahon make you forget our plan!" X-Pac Said, as we continued to walk down the hall.
"I won't don't worry, alright!" I said.
"Alright, man." Sean warned, as we walked into our dressing room.
"In fact, why don't you guys come with me, so that you can get top know her better...you know so when I dump her, it'll feel worse." I added, to cover up my secret.
They nodded.
Later that night, I talked to Stephanie and she told me that she wanted us to meet her, at the resturant, that she and Andrew were at.
So after, we got ready fto go out, and left.
"So the truth is, Andrew, I care so much about you but I don't think that I am ready to be married...and I don't think that this relationship is healthy for either one of us." I heard Stephanie say, as we waited by the door.
"What the hell are you talking about!" he growled.
"Listen, Andy..." Stephanie started nervously.
"No, don't Andy me, I can't beleive you!" he yelled.
"Andrew...please, understand." Stephanie said.
"No, but you know what you were nothing but a power source anyway." Andrew muttered.
It was then I understaned what Stephanie was saying guys only wanted to go out with her, because her Dad was Vince McMahon.
"Oh wow." said Roaddogg, "by the way where's Sean?" he asked. I shook my head, and went up to their seats.
Then Andrew got up and left, right bwfore he ran into me.
"Well, Hunter, funny seeing you here." test said.
"It sure is funny." I said getting up in his face.
"But I tell you what's not funny." I said as I pushed him, down on the seat.
"How you treated, Stephanie here tonight." I said, he started to shake, and I could tell he was afraid.
"Listen, man why do you care, you've put our family through so much!" Andrew yelled.
"Let me tell you something, if you ever talk to Stephanie like that again, you'll be sorry." I said, as I pulled his collar to my face.
After that, he scurried away, like a little rat.
I sat down in the seat, that Andrew was sitting at, and looked at Stephanie.
She was holding her hair, with her elbows, on the table, and...She was cring.
I used, my thumb, and reached over, to her face, and wiped one of her tears away.
"I'm so sorry." I whispered.
"A power source." she said.
I hugged her.
I held her close, and touched her hair. I t wasn't a real like Lifetime hug but it was the only way i knew how, and it sisn't seem to bother her.
Then I kissed her.
She kissed me back and then we started to hug again.
"It's alright, he's never going to hurt you again, because you broke up with him." I whispererd.
"Thank you so much, for just being here for me." she said, when she reached up to face me.
Here was the moment I would remember the rest of my life.
"I love you." she said.
"What?" I smiled.
"I love you, I've never felt this way about a guy, and you make me complete, and I giggle all the time I'm thinking about you, and I weigh myself, tring to look good, when I'm going to see you, and buy new clothes, and shoes, and I get pedicures now, and I watch those soap operas now, and it's like I get them now, you make me feel so safe, and pretty, and...and I love you." she said. I felt like I wanted to shout at the top of my lungs, I was so happy, it was the first time I had ever felt this great.
I had never had a woman tell me that she loved me, and this is what it finaly felt like, it was the greatest moment of my life, that's when I realized, I loved her too.
I loved her too.
I love her too.
I had to let that sink in.
"Oh God, Steph." I started to whisper, that's when we both heard a man's voice yell: "Alright, H!" we both turned around, and it was X-Pac.
"What ARE you doing!" I yelled, as he was standing on the bar, with a bottle of vodka, in his hand.
"No, No, No, don't get upset, H, you're the one who won our little bet!" he said, as everybody started to look at him.
Oh damn, he was drunk.
"Hunter what is he talking about?" Stephanie whispered.
"Listen, he is not thinking about what he's talking about." I said.
"No, H, I do", honestly thinking he was sober.
"You really are the chick magnet, to finaly got Steph, to tell you she loved you, so you can dump her!" he said.
Stephanie looked at me, as I wanted to choke X-PAc.
"Hunter tell me, it's not true, please" she asked. "Please." she begged me.
"Steph you know I care about you, but you have to understand..." I said.
"Understand what!" she yelled.
"Understand, that really we were out to hurt Vince McMahon, not, you, it has nothing really to do with you sweetie... you were just, well...a power source." X-Pac laugh, as everybody started to stare at us, and even boo us.
Stephanie looked shocked, I did too, I loved her, I really did, and I could not beleive this was happeneing.
"No, Steph." I started.
"So you used me, just like Andrew did?" she whispered.
When she said that it hurt me so bad, for the first time in my life, I felt bad, for being such, a 'love them, and leave them' kind of guy.
"No." I said.
"Yes, you did, I can't beleive you, Hunter, I can't beleive you would do this to me, so what was this, just some one night stand, for you!" she said.
"No!" I said, tring to tell her the truth.
"yes, it was, why don't you stop lying to me!" she yelled, as tears, came down her face.
"You know what the worst part is...I trusted you, and you hurt me, you turned your back on me just like you promised me, you wouldn't." she said.
"No, Stephanie." I tried again.
"Oh My god, I can't beleive I told you I loved you, and after all this all you were thinking about was hurting my father?" she asked.
"Look, it started out that way.." I tried.
"Oh, so you're admitting it, wonderful!" she said quietly.
"Wait!" I said.
"Well Hunter, if you wanted to break my heart...why did you have to do it, in front of everybody!" she whispered.
"I'm sorry." I said, as I grabbed her arm, and tried to stop her from leaving.
"No don't touch me, I hate you!" she cried, quietly, and then left the resturant.
That night, I stood in the rain, and watched her as she drove away. For the second time, love has kicked my ass.
I had to tell Dx the truth.
I had to talk to Stephanie.
I had to do it, without Vince McMahon, Shane, or Test seeing.
I had to tell her I loved her, because it was eating a whole in my stomach.
Maybe in Little Rock, Arkansas, things would get better, or maybe they would worse. Or wait, I forgot, Things couldn't get worse, I had lost the one person that I loved, and needed.
This is Helmsley Out.
"Oh, Steph, you're so lucky, to be dating Hunter Helmsley, every girl wants him." Terri had said to her, as she changed in to her wrestling gear.
"Totaly!" said Lita.
"Listen, guys I'm not just dating Hunter, because of his looks, I'm dating him, beacause he really understands me, and he really needs someone to love him, I can tell." Stephanie said.
"Ok, but there has got to be one part of you, that just has to keep from drooling when you see him." said Trish.
"Well, Ok, he's gourgess!" Stephanie said.
"Wait, Stephanie, you're seeing Hunter?" Chyna asked her, angrily.
Stephanie smiled.
"Um...yeah." she admitted.
Chyna stared at Stephanie for a moment.
"He likes...you?" she said.
"Yes!" she said.
"Well, you should know that Hunter only cares about his career, and, and his body, and his stupid title!" she lied bitterly.
"Well, Chyna, I mean excuse me, but if I didn't know any better, I'd say that you wee jealous, of me and Hunter." Stephanie said.
Chyna smirked.
"Why would I be jealous of a whore like you?" Chyna asked.
Stephanie looked shocked, as she put her purse down, of the table, and then walked over to Chyna's face.
"Well...I mean because I don't have to flirt hard, to get guys to notice me, because I look like a woman." Stephanie said, as the girls in the lockerroom, started to crowd around to see what was going on.
"You know something, you'd better, adjust your attitude, Steph, before I adjust it for you." Chyna said, and with that, she pushed Stephanie.
"Who do you think you are?" Stephanie said, and then pushed her back harder.
"Hey what the hell are you two fighting about!" I yelled, as I saw them fighting in the lockerrom.
I ran over to Stephanie, to see if she was ok. She was.
"You'd better tell your whore to keep her hands off of me!" Chyna yelled.
"Hunter, she hit me first!" Stephanie yelled, back, as she put her hand, on my chest.
I then started to laugh, "I can't beleive you're so jealous of Stephanie!" I laughed, as the girls started to giggle, and so did Stephanie.
"I'm not jealous of her, I just..." she said.
"You what!" I asked, over doing my laugh to make her feel bad.
"Whatever!" She muttered, as she left the lockerroom.
As the girls left, Stephanie and I stayed in the lockerroom.
"You tell,Andrew yet?" I asked her.
"Umm..no, but I am meeting him after his match, at a restuarant." she said.
"Good...because I can't wait to be with you." I whispered.
She smiled.
"I can't either." she said.
"So... do you want to do something tonight?" I asked her.
"Well, what do you want to do?" she asked me.
I smiled. "I have never been with a girl like you." I said.
"What do you mean?" she said. "There's just something different about you, I can't figure out what it is about you, what's different...you just seem so much more ...better." I said to her.
She laughed. "You know what's different about you...I've only known you for 2 weeks, but I feel like I've known you my whole life." she said.
I kissed her forehead. That felt weird to me...but right at the same time, kissing her forehead I mean, I've never kissed another girl, I liked on her forehead...but for some reason, I felt like I needed to protect her, and be there for her, an emotion, that I had never felt with anyone, and kissing her forehead, was a sign of affection, instead of just lust.
" By the way, about the Chyna thing,Thanks." she said.
I shrugged.
"It's fine, Steph...but you can't continue to let her push you around!" I said.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"I mean, she's jealous of you, because, you're so pretty." I said, as I smiled at her.
"So, what should I do?" Stephanie asked.
"Next time she pushes, you, kick her ass that's what." I said.
She smiled.
"Hunter, I could never do that...even yelling makes me nervous." She said, as we walked down the hall, together.
"Well, that's just because you have such a nice personality...but you got to toughen, honey." I said to her.
That's when she stopped.
"What did you call me?" she asked me.
"I don't know...honey?" I said.
"No I mean, it's ok, it...felt right." she said.
I was going to kiss her again, when Dx showed up next to us.
"Hey, H...Steph." Sean snickered.
"yeah, funny seeing you two together." Roaddoog said sarcasticly.
"Um...yeah, Stephanie, this is my best friends, Jesse, and Sean." I said.
"Nice to meet you, all...but Hunter, I need to get back before Daady finds out where I am...call me toinght?" she said.
I smiled. "Of coarse." I said as she walked off.
"Of coarse." Sean mocked in a sing song voice.
Jesse laughed.
"What does 'of coarse' , mean man?" he asked.
"Well, it means...of coarse." I said.
"Get off it, man, don't let that McMahon make you forget our plan!" X-Pac Said, as we continued to walk down the hall.
"I won't don't worry, alright!" I said.
"Alright, man." Sean warned, as we walked into our dressing room.
"In fact, why don't you guys come with me, so that you can get top know her better...you know so when I dump her, it'll feel worse." I added, to cover up my secret.
They nodded.
Later that night, I talked to Stephanie and she told me that she wanted us to meet her, at the resturant, that she and Andrew were at.
So after, we got ready fto go out, and left.
"So the truth is, Andrew, I care so much about you but I don't think that I am ready to be married...and I don't think that this relationship is healthy for either one of us." I heard Stephanie say, as we waited by the door.
"What the hell are you talking about!" he growled.
"Listen, Andy..." Stephanie started nervously.
"No, don't Andy me, I can't beleive you!" he yelled.
"Andrew...please, understand." Stephanie said.
"No, but you know what you were nothing but a power source anyway." Andrew muttered.
It was then I understaned what Stephanie was saying guys only wanted to go out with her, because her Dad was Vince McMahon.
"Oh wow." said Roaddogg, "by the way where's Sean?" he asked. I shook my head, and went up to their seats.
Then Andrew got up and left, right bwfore he ran into me.
"Well, Hunter, funny seeing you here." test said.
"It sure is funny." I said getting up in his face.
"But I tell you what's not funny." I said as I pushed him, down on the seat.
"How you treated, Stephanie here tonight." I said, he started to shake, and I could tell he was afraid.
"Listen, man why do you care, you've put our family through so much!" Andrew yelled.
"Let me tell you something, if you ever talk to Stephanie like that again, you'll be sorry." I said, as I pulled his collar to my face.
After that, he scurried away, like a little rat.
I sat down in the seat, that Andrew was sitting at, and looked at Stephanie.
She was holding her hair, with her elbows, on the table, and...She was cring.
I used, my thumb, and reached over, to her face, and wiped one of her tears away.
"I'm so sorry." I whispered.
"A power source." she said.
I hugged her.
I held her close, and touched her hair. I t wasn't a real like Lifetime hug but it was the only way i knew how, and it sisn't seem to bother her.
Then I kissed her.
She kissed me back and then we started to hug again.
"It's alright, he's never going to hurt you again, because you broke up with him." I whispererd.
"Thank you so much, for just being here for me." she said, when she reached up to face me.
Here was the moment I would remember the rest of my life.
"I love you." she said.
"What?" I smiled.
"I love you, I've never felt this way about a guy, and you make me complete, and I giggle all the time I'm thinking about you, and I weigh myself, tring to look good, when I'm going to see you, and buy new clothes, and shoes, and I get pedicures now, and I watch those soap operas now, and it's like I get them now, you make me feel so safe, and pretty, and...and I love you." she said. I felt like I wanted to shout at the top of my lungs, I was so happy, it was the first time I had ever felt this great.
I had never had a woman tell me that she loved me, and this is what it finaly felt like, it was the greatest moment of my life, that's when I realized, I loved her too.
I loved her too.
I love her too.
I had to let that sink in.
"Oh God, Steph." I started to whisper, that's when we both heard a man's voice yell: "Alright, H!" we both turned around, and it was X-Pac.
"What ARE you doing!" I yelled, as he was standing on the bar, with a bottle of vodka, in his hand.
"No, No, No, don't get upset, H, you're the one who won our little bet!" he said, as everybody started to look at him.
Oh damn, he was drunk.
"Hunter what is he talking about?" Stephanie whispered.
"Listen, he is not thinking about what he's talking about." I said.
"No, H, I do", honestly thinking he was sober.
"You really are the chick magnet, to finaly got Steph, to tell you she loved you, so you can dump her!" he said.
Stephanie looked at me, as I wanted to choke X-PAc.
"Hunter tell me, it's not true, please" she asked. "Please." she begged me.
"Steph you know I care about you, but you have to understand..." I said.
"Understand what!" she yelled.
"Understand, that really we were out to hurt Vince McMahon, not, you, it has nothing really to do with you sweetie... you were just, well...a power source." X-Pac laugh, as everybody started to stare at us, and even boo us.
Stephanie looked shocked, I did too, I loved her, I really did, and I could not beleive this was happeneing.
"No, Steph." I started.
"So you used me, just like Andrew did?" she whispered.
When she said that it hurt me so bad, for the first time in my life, I felt bad, for being such, a 'love them, and leave them' kind of guy.
"No." I said.
"Yes, you did, I can't beleive you, Hunter, I can't beleive you would do this to me, so what was this, just some one night stand, for you!" she said.
"No!" I said, tring to tell her the truth.
"yes, it was, why don't you stop lying to me!" she yelled, as tears, came down her face.
"You know what the worst part is...I trusted you, and you hurt me, you turned your back on me just like you promised me, you wouldn't." she said.
"No, Stephanie." I tried again.
"Oh My god, I can't beleive I told you I loved you, and after all this all you were thinking about was hurting my father?" she asked.
"Look, it started out that way.." I tried.
"Oh, so you're admitting it, wonderful!" she said quietly.
"Wait!" I said.
"Well Hunter, if you wanted to break my heart...why did you have to do it, in front of everybody!" she whispered.
"I'm sorry." I said, as I grabbed her arm, and tried to stop her from leaving.
"No don't touch me, I hate you!" she cried, quietly, and then left the resturant.
That night, I stood in the rain, and watched her as she drove away. For the second time, love has kicked my ass.
I had to tell Dx the truth.
I had to talk to Stephanie.
I had to do it, without Vince McMahon, Shane, or Test seeing.
I had to tell her I loved her, because it was eating a whole in my stomach.
Maybe in Little Rock, Arkansas, things would get better, or maybe they would worse. Or wait, I forgot, Things couldn't get worse, I had lost the one person that I loved, and needed.
This is Helmsley Out.
End of Chapter 3
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