Author's Notes – It seems this is the fic I'm updating the most lately.
Well, I don't have much left to say other than to get this chapter on with
the road.
Thanks a bunch to Normal Chick and Y2J'sPrincess for reviewing the last chapter. I hoped you all enjoyed it and I hope you enjoy this one too. So if you do like it or have comments in general, please, review, I like to know what people think.
Also, feel free to check out the website xtremeboss.tripod.com (just add the little http:// thingy at the front of it since ff.net is stupid) for some pretty good fics and what not. Also, I've got a WWE Fic Awards site up so feel free to hop over to xtremeboss.tripod.com.awards (once again, add the little http:// thingy) and send me some nominations.
Well, that's it. Hope you enjoy and please review!
~Tink~
Disclaimer – I do not own WWE or any of their characters or ANYTHING in this fic. I have a mortal fear of lawyers so please don't sue me. This is just for fun.
I Was Wrong About You
Eric woke the next morning arms still wrapped around Stephanie's waist. He smiled as he unconsciously pulled her slightly closer. He liked how this felt, how good it was to have her close to him. It could have just been the cold, it could have been something more, but whatever it was, Eric was starting to see something in Stephanie that he had not seen before. In some way, being trapped here with her turned into almost a blessing in disguise.
Yawning softly he noticed the fire was about to die. Much to his own body's protest, he released Stephanie and slowly rose off of the floor to find a piece of cardboard to feed the dying embers. Carefully poking at the fire and ash he managed to revive the fire and restore what small bit of heat it produced. He sat there for a minute, looking just beyond the fire to where Stephanie was sleeping. A cascade of brown curls around her face, the rest of her barely visible from under the mound of sweaters and shirts and his own jacket which she had kept protectively around her since he gave it to her. The dim lights from above seemed to give her some sort of glow and to Eric, she looked truly beautiful. He smiled as she stirred slightly while yawing.
"Eric?" She said groggily. "Eric where are you?"
"I'm over here," he said putting another piece of cardboard and some extra paper on the fire.
"Come back, it's so cold..." Stephanie shivered from under her 'blankets' and Eric just smiled as he got up and went back to where she was laying. He crawled under the sweaters and wrapped his arms around her cold body once more. "Much better." She smiled and snuggled closer to him. "Do you think they'll get us out today?"
Eric sighed as he heard this; of course, all she could think of was getting out of here and farther away from him.
"Uh, I'm not sure, it's a possibility but I haven't seen how it's looking out there so really I have no clue."
"They should find us within the next day or so though, right?" She asked sleepily.
"Yeah, the next day or so."
"Good," she whispered as she fell back to sleep leaving Eric to his own thoughts until she would wake.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
~Later that day~
"So you didn't let them in because..." Stephanie teased.
"Because I didn't want anyone from your father's show on my show," Eric explained. "If I would have let DX in the arena, my ratings would have soared, it's no lie, I know it now and I knew it then; but it would have meant that the only reason I won that night was because your father's men came on my show. I guess I had too much pride to do that."
"But you don't have too much pride to work for the man you once tried to put out of business?" She asked thoughtfully
"Many people would have thought that I would have too much pride to work for your father, but truth is I just love the business. I love it and I wanted back in it."
"But don't you miss your own company?"
"Everyday, and maybe someday I'll have that back again, but now, I'm happy the way things are." Eric smiled, "Besides, if I had my own company, I would have never been here and you would probably be in this mess all alone."
"I have no clue what I would have done if I were here all alone." Stephanie sighed standing from her spot on the floor, "But I'm glad that you're here."
"Where are you going?"
"The bathroom," she smiled as she started to walk away, "be back in a minute."
Eric watched wistfully as she walked out of the room in search of a bathroom. He got up and searched around for some of the cardboard and paper and fed the small fire before sitting back down to patiently waiting for Stephanie to return.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
~Elsewhere in the arena~
Stephanie hummed to herself quietly as she strode down the hallways in search of the bathroom. She couldn't help but think of the odd situation she found herself in while being trapped here with Eric. She had come to the arena thinking he was a self-centered arrogant prick but after a couple of days alone with him she couldn't help but think she was wrong in her initial judgments of him.
She soon came across the door for the ladies room and walked in to the very dark cold room. She shivered as she entered and made her way to a stall when she heard a ticking sound coming from the sinks. Stephanie turned to see what it was when suddenly a pipe burst from under the sink showering her in shards of ice and near freezing water. She let out a shrill cry as she stumbled back into the wall and fell to the ground shaking uncontrollably.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Eric had laid down for a bit of rest while he was waiting for Stephanie to return when he heard a small bang. He sat up suddenly looking around for what could have been the source of the sound, as small as it may have been. Perhaps someone had found their way to the arena to help them. He got up and started out of the room in look for who could have been his savior when he got a thought; that bang could have been something happening to Stephanie. He got a chill as he ran off through the halls looking for the ladies room where Stephanie might be and hoped she would be okay.
He reached what must have been the third bathroom he had come across and heard a faint whimpering coming from within. Deciding to investigate, Eric walked in only to find Stephanie lying in a pool of freezing water shivering. He quickly tore off a couple of the sweaters she wore and picked her up off the floor and rushed her back to the slight warmth of the fire.
He laid her as close to the flames as he could noticing the blue color her lips had taken. He looked at her shaking form trying to think of what to do, if he couldn't get her warm soon she was going to freeze to death. Doing the first things that came to mind, he started to rid her of the rest of the soaking close. Leaving her in the bare minimum of clothing he could he started to pile every sweater and shirt he could find on top of her.
He piled more cardboard onto the fire as she continued to shiver before deciding the best way to warm her would be to lay with her. He took off his own clothes and crawled under the mound of sweaters and shirts that were covering Stephanie. Eric cried out as he pulled her frigid body close and began to rub his hands on her arms and shoulders trying to warm her as best he could. He lay there holding her silently praying someone would come find the soon, before Stephanie got worse.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
~Later that evening~
"Wh-wh-what happened," a still shivering Stephanie asked.
"I think a pipe burst or something," Eric said still holding her tightly to keep her warm. "I'm not really sure but I heard a loud noise and I went to make sure you were ok and I found you on the floor."
"You s-s-saved me," she smiled looking at him gratefully. "Thank you."
"It was nothing really," Eric couldn't help but relax now that she was getting better. "I just hoped you wouldn't be mad for me stripping you down like this."
"I understand, if you didn't I'd be a lot worse. But at least this time, I'm not the only one stripped out here." Stephanie giggled as she looked at Eric's clothes lying on the floor.
"So we're even then?" Stephanie nodded as Eric gently pushed a strand of her hair off of her face.
"Thank you Eric, I really owe you."
"No, don't worry about it," Eric shrugged, "you would have done the same for me, right?"
"I hardly doubt I could carry you from the bathroom back here." They both laughed. "You know, I was wrong about you."
"What do you mean?"
"You're an amazing man Eric Bischoff; you just try not to let anyone know." She smiled slightly as she looked into his eyes and brought a hand up to run through his thick hair. "I'm glad you let me get to know the real you." Stephanie then surprised both herself and Eric as she shifted upwards and kissed him softly. Noticing he didn't pull away, she kissed him deeper as he pulled her closer each kiss becoming slightly more passionate than the last.
"Wait, Steph we can't," Eric looked at Stephanie who's expression now was one of pain and humiliation he quickly re-worded what he wanted to say. "I don't want you to do anything you don't want to do. I don't want..."
"I want you," she said wrapping her arms around him, "I want this." She kissed him once more and Eric gave in to the will of Stephanie McMahon.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Yes...that's great!" Kurt said with a bright smile into his cell phone. "Of course, we want to help in any way possible....Definitely, thank you. Thank you very much!"
"What was that Kurt?" Trish asked with hope in her eyes.
"The emergency officials say they'll be able to get though to Stephanie in the morning and they asked us to go with them and help." Kurt beamed with the news.
Thanks a bunch to Normal Chick and Y2J'sPrincess for reviewing the last chapter. I hoped you all enjoyed it and I hope you enjoy this one too. So if you do like it or have comments in general, please, review, I like to know what people think.
Also, feel free to check out the website xtremeboss.tripod.com (just add the little http:// thingy at the front of it since ff.net is stupid) for some pretty good fics and what not. Also, I've got a WWE Fic Awards site up so feel free to hop over to xtremeboss.tripod.com.awards (once again, add the little http:// thingy) and send me some nominations.
Well, that's it. Hope you enjoy and please review!
~Tink~
Disclaimer – I do not own WWE or any of their characters or ANYTHING in this fic. I have a mortal fear of lawyers so please don't sue me. This is just for fun.
I Was Wrong About You
Eric woke the next morning arms still wrapped around Stephanie's waist. He smiled as he unconsciously pulled her slightly closer. He liked how this felt, how good it was to have her close to him. It could have just been the cold, it could have been something more, but whatever it was, Eric was starting to see something in Stephanie that he had not seen before. In some way, being trapped here with her turned into almost a blessing in disguise.
Yawning softly he noticed the fire was about to die. Much to his own body's protest, he released Stephanie and slowly rose off of the floor to find a piece of cardboard to feed the dying embers. Carefully poking at the fire and ash he managed to revive the fire and restore what small bit of heat it produced. He sat there for a minute, looking just beyond the fire to where Stephanie was sleeping. A cascade of brown curls around her face, the rest of her barely visible from under the mound of sweaters and shirts and his own jacket which she had kept protectively around her since he gave it to her. The dim lights from above seemed to give her some sort of glow and to Eric, she looked truly beautiful. He smiled as she stirred slightly while yawing.
"Eric?" She said groggily. "Eric where are you?"
"I'm over here," he said putting another piece of cardboard and some extra paper on the fire.
"Come back, it's so cold..." Stephanie shivered from under her 'blankets' and Eric just smiled as he got up and went back to where she was laying. He crawled under the sweaters and wrapped his arms around her cold body once more. "Much better." She smiled and snuggled closer to him. "Do you think they'll get us out today?"
Eric sighed as he heard this; of course, all she could think of was getting out of here and farther away from him.
"Uh, I'm not sure, it's a possibility but I haven't seen how it's looking out there so really I have no clue."
"They should find us within the next day or so though, right?" She asked sleepily.
"Yeah, the next day or so."
"Good," she whispered as she fell back to sleep leaving Eric to his own thoughts until she would wake.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
~Later that day~
"So you didn't let them in because..." Stephanie teased.
"Because I didn't want anyone from your father's show on my show," Eric explained. "If I would have let DX in the arena, my ratings would have soared, it's no lie, I know it now and I knew it then; but it would have meant that the only reason I won that night was because your father's men came on my show. I guess I had too much pride to do that."
"But you don't have too much pride to work for the man you once tried to put out of business?" She asked thoughtfully
"Many people would have thought that I would have too much pride to work for your father, but truth is I just love the business. I love it and I wanted back in it."
"But don't you miss your own company?"
"Everyday, and maybe someday I'll have that back again, but now, I'm happy the way things are." Eric smiled, "Besides, if I had my own company, I would have never been here and you would probably be in this mess all alone."
"I have no clue what I would have done if I were here all alone." Stephanie sighed standing from her spot on the floor, "But I'm glad that you're here."
"Where are you going?"
"The bathroom," she smiled as she started to walk away, "be back in a minute."
Eric watched wistfully as she walked out of the room in search of a bathroom. He got up and searched around for some of the cardboard and paper and fed the small fire before sitting back down to patiently waiting for Stephanie to return.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
~Elsewhere in the arena~
Stephanie hummed to herself quietly as she strode down the hallways in search of the bathroom. She couldn't help but think of the odd situation she found herself in while being trapped here with Eric. She had come to the arena thinking he was a self-centered arrogant prick but after a couple of days alone with him she couldn't help but think she was wrong in her initial judgments of him.
She soon came across the door for the ladies room and walked in to the very dark cold room. She shivered as she entered and made her way to a stall when she heard a ticking sound coming from the sinks. Stephanie turned to see what it was when suddenly a pipe burst from under the sink showering her in shards of ice and near freezing water. She let out a shrill cry as she stumbled back into the wall and fell to the ground shaking uncontrollably.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Eric had laid down for a bit of rest while he was waiting for Stephanie to return when he heard a small bang. He sat up suddenly looking around for what could have been the source of the sound, as small as it may have been. Perhaps someone had found their way to the arena to help them. He got up and started out of the room in look for who could have been his savior when he got a thought; that bang could have been something happening to Stephanie. He got a chill as he ran off through the halls looking for the ladies room where Stephanie might be and hoped she would be okay.
He reached what must have been the third bathroom he had come across and heard a faint whimpering coming from within. Deciding to investigate, Eric walked in only to find Stephanie lying in a pool of freezing water shivering. He quickly tore off a couple of the sweaters she wore and picked her up off the floor and rushed her back to the slight warmth of the fire.
He laid her as close to the flames as he could noticing the blue color her lips had taken. He looked at her shaking form trying to think of what to do, if he couldn't get her warm soon she was going to freeze to death. Doing the first things that came to mind, he started to rid her of the rest of the soaking close. Leaving her in the bare minimum of clothing he could he started to pile every sweater and shirt he could find on top of her.
He piled more cardboard onto the fire as she continued to shiver before deciding the best way to warm her would be to lay with her. He took off his own clothes and crawled under the mound of sweaters and shirts that were covering Stephanie. Eric cried out as he pulled her frigid body close and began to rub his hands on her arms and shoulders trying to warm her as best he could. He lay there holding her silently praying someone would come find the soon, before Stephanie got worse.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
~Later that evening~
"Wh-wh-what happened," a still shivering Stephanie asked.
"I think a pipe burst or something," Eric said still holding her tightly to keep her warm. "I'm not really sure but I heard a loud noise and I went to make sure you were ok and I found you on the floor."
"You s-s-saved me," she smiled looking at him gratefully. "Thank you."
"It was nothing really," Eric couldn't help but relax now that she was getting better. "I just hoped you wouldn't be mad for me stripping you down like this."
"I understand, if you didn't I'd be a lot worse. But at least this time, I'm not the only one stripped out here." Stephanie giggled as she looked at Eric's clothes lying on the floor.
"So we're even then?" Stephanie nodded as Eric gently pushed a strand of her hair off of her face.
"Thank you Eric, I really owe you."
"No, don't worry about it," Eric shrugged, "you would have done the same for me, right?"
"I hardly doubt I could carry you from the bathroom back here." They both laughed. "You know, I was wrong about you."
"What do you mean?"
"You're an amazing man Eric Bischoff; you just try not to let anyone know." She smiled slightly as she looked into his eyes and brought a hand up to run through his thick hair. "I'm glad you let me get to know the real you." Stephanie then surprised both herself and Eric as she shifted upwards and kissed him softly. Noticing he didn't pull away, she kissed him deeper as he pulled her closer each kiss becoming slightly more passionate than the last.
"Wait, Steph we can't," Eric looked at Stephanie who's expression now was one of pain and humiliation he quickly re-worded what he wanted to say. "I don't want you to do anything you don't want to do. I don't want..."
"I want you," she said wrapping her arms around him, "I want this." She kissed him once more and Eric gave in to the will of Stephanie McMahon.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Yes...that's great!" Kurt said with a bright smile into his cell phone. "Of course, we want to help in any way possible....Definitely, thank you. Thank you very much!"
"What was that Kurt?" Trish asked with hope in her eyes.
"The emergency officials say they'll be able to get though to Stephanie in the morning and they asked us to go with them and help." Kurt beamed with the news.