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A/N: Sorry for the lack of updates but when the muses are not working, what can you do? Luckily, they worked long enough for another chapter so that being said....on with the story!
Chapter 5
"Well, I don't think we will be allowed on that airline again," Trish said with a grin.
"I think you are probably right," Stephanie said hooking her arm thru Trish's as they walked thru the airport grinning from ear to ear without a care in the world.
Chris and Jay followed the girls carrying the bags grinning at their antics. Of course, Stephanie had begged and pleaded until the stranger in the seat beside of Chris changed seats with her. Of course, the passenger was an older male and couldn't resist the charms of the young and beautiful Stephanie McMahon.
Then, to add more displeasure among the other passengers, Jay and Trish's seats were right in front of Stephanie and Chris's seats. Finally, unable to take them whispering and giggling between the seats, Jay got up and demanded that Stephanie sit with Trish so he could talk guy talk instead of being annoyed by the whispers between the seats.
Finally, after switching seats, the two girls laughed the rest of the flight about one thing or another to the point that the guys were getting mean looks from the passengers for letting the girls sit together. Jay and Chris finally just shrugged their shoulders, turned their in-flight headsets on, and closed their eyes. It was the only way to keep from getting the 'go to hell' looks that they were receiving.
"Dude, our next flight is on the same airline," Jay said walking beside of Chris. He didn't want to be stuck; he wanted to make sure that they could get back home.
"Chill out. What can they do? We are paying customers," Chris said shrugging off Jay's concerns. Sometimes Jay was a big crybaby but Chris wouldn't change a thing about his best friend.
As they walked thru the airport, they noticed the fans standing around with their signs. Of course, Jay and Chris just grinned at each other. They loved the fact that they could walk into a room and be recognized immediately. Their smiles turned upside down when they heard what the fans were saying, particularly the male fans that were standing there.
"Oh my God, there's Trish Stratus! She's even hotter in person than she is on TV," a young man said slightly drooling while watching the hot woman walk by.
"Dude, who cares about Trish? Stephanie is way hotter," said his young friend standing beside of him.
Chris and Jay looked at each other with disgusted looks. They knew they had hot women but other men didn't have to drool over them in right front of them. Chris, unable to hold it in, walked up to the two men in question and said, "Wipe your mouths Juniors, drooling will get you no where with those two."
The two dudes immediately started wiping their mouths to which Jay busted out laughing. Chris looked over at him and smiled before turning back to the men. "By the way, they like real men, not little boys." With a smirk, Chris walked off towards Jay without a care in the world leaving the two young men standing there scratching their head wondering what in the hell had just happened.
"Dude, that was classic," Jay said with a smirk.
"Thanks, I feel much better now," Chris said with his own little smirk.
They walked over to the rental car section where Jay had made a reservation the day before. After grabbing the keys, Jay grabbed Trish's hand and led everybody to the Explorer that he had rented. Once the guys got the vehicle loaded, Jay and Trish jumped up front while Chris and Stephanie grabbed the backseat.
"Uh, sweetheart," Stephanie said batting her eyes at Chris.
"Yes dear," Chris said wondering what on earth was wrong with her eyes.
"I kind of need to do a little shopping while I'm here. Remember, no bag, no clothes," Stephanie said gently reminding him of her situation.
"Oh yeah, I totally forgot about that. Jay, we need to stop at a mall or something," Chris said.
"Dude, are you out of your freaking mind? There's no way we will be able to go shopping without being mobbed," Jay said looking in the rear view mirror as he spoke to his best friend.
"Oh ye of little faith," Trish said rolling her eyes. She turned around in the front seat to look at Chris. She then turned to wink at Stephanie and said, "I've got us covered. Just hand me the small bag in the back."
Chris reached around back and grabbed the small bag to Trish. She opened it up pulling out a few things before handing the bag back to Chris. She then grinned at Stephanie while handing her a wig, sunglasses, and a cap.
"Oh my God! I can't believe you kept these," Stephanie said immediately recognizing her old shopping gear. Trish and her had always had a great time shopping together incognito with their disguises in the past. She quickly grabbed her wig and started putting it on.
"You really didn't think I would ever get rid of them did you," Trish said with a grin. "After all, nobody did more shopping than you and I in these outfits and personally, I always knew you would be back with me shopping again someday."
Trish began putting her disguise on while Stephanie had already gotten hers on like the true pro that she was. The blonde wig totally changed Stephanie's appearance to the point that Chris felt like he was looking at a stranger. Stephanie noticed the look and laughed out loud saying, "Trish, I think Chris is afraid of me."
Trish turned around and noticed how shocked Chris was at Stephanie's appearance. She laughed out loud saying, "Well, you know, I always told you that you would be a knock out as a blonde. I guess this proves it."
"Now, wait a minute, I like you just the way you are," Chris said trying to make sense of it all when he realized what he had said and noticed the fire in Stephanie's eyes. He swallowed and smiled a nervous grin. "But hey, I like how you look now with the blonde hair too so just whatever you want to do with your hair is totally ok with me."
Stephanie seemed satisfied with that answer and smirked while finishing putting her disguise on. Trish was up front doing the same but Trish's red wig with long curls was really something on her. Chris wasn't sure exactly what it was but it was something. Finally the girls finished up as Jay pulled into the mall parking lot. He parked the vehicle and said, "Girls, I know you love shopping but you really need to hurry. We've got to get to the arena."
Stephanie and Trish jumped out of the vehicle and blew kisses at their men before running off to do their thing. As they ran in, they ran up to the mall information sign to see which shops were in there exactly and where the shops were located. They had been shopping together for a long time and knew exactly what to do.
"Ok, here's some money, you know my size," Stephanie said handing Trish some cash. "You head to the Jean Barn and grab me a pair of pants and a shirt. I'll head over to the drug store for my toiletries. I'll meet you back here in fifteen minutes. I'll run to the bathroom real quick and get changed."
"No problem, let's do this," Trish said winking at Stephanie before rushing off in the opposite direction that Stephanie was heading.
Jay and Chris were sitting out in the vehicle wishing they would hurry up. They would have preferred to grab a bite to eat in catering before they had to go on. But if the girls didn't hurry up, they wouldn't have enough time, which meant that they would have to wait until after the show to grab something and neither Jay nor Chris was too enthused about that.
"I'll be damned," Jay said with a small grin on his face. "Here they come."
Chris looked the window to see the girls running with two bags in their hands. They high-fived each other before getting in the vehicle. Stephanie leaned over and kissed Chris gently on the lips. Trish reached into her bag to show Stephanie what all she had gotten.
"I love that shirt," Stephanie squealed when Trish held up a blue tank top.
"That's good, because I bought two of them. One for me and one for you," Trish said handing her the one she had bought for her.
Stephanie squealed again and reached forward to hug Trish's neck. She had missed her so much while she had been gone but she was back now. She was back and there was not one thing that Vincent Kennedy McMahon could do about it; at least, nothing that they could think of at the moment.
"Ok, let's get to the arena," Trish said turning back in her seat and looking at Jay.
"You got it baby doll," Jay said smiling at her before putting the vehicle in drive.
Chris and Stephanie sat back there with the same thing on their minds; how could they make her return the huge impact that it should be without letting her dad know what was going on. As they were thinking, it was as if a light bulb had went off in both of their heads. They each turned to each other and said, "I got it!"
Chris then smiled and whispered in Stephanie's ear. Her smile just kept getting bigger and she nodded her head saying, "I know, that's exactly what I was thinking."
"What are you two whispering about?" Trish asked curious to know what was up with the two in the back seat that looked like two cats that had swallowed two canaries.
"Not a thing," Chris said with a smirk on his face looking down at Stephanie.
"Nope, not one thing," Stephanie said looking at Chris with her own smirk on her face.
"Oh no," Jay said looking in the rear view mirror. "You two are up to something. I can see it in your eyes."
"So, what's wrong with that?" Trish asked confused as to why it would bother Jay so much. The expression on his face said it all; he was expecting some huge trouble.
"Nothing except it's going to be hell to pay, whatever it is," Jay said turning to look at Trish. He then looked back in the rear view mirror and saw the innocent looks on Stephanie and Chris's faces. He shook his head, "Ok, I don't know what you two are up to and I don't really want to know but I do have one question for you."
"What's that?" Chris asked.
"How in the hell are you going to get her backstage without anybody knowing who she is?" Jay asked.
"Shit, I didn't think about that," Chris said his face showing his words. He turned and looked at Stephanie. "Well, you're my business manager? How do we manage that?"
"Silly boys," Stephanie said with a smirk on her face. She let out a deep breath and smiled. "I think I'm going just as I am right now."
Trish looked at Stephanie. She then looked at Jay with that 'I want something from you' look. "Jay honey, sweetie, can you do me a favor?"
"When you look at me like that, you know that there isn't a thing in this world that I won't do for you," Jay said with a scared look on his face.
Trish busted out laughing at the expression on his face. He was so worried and for no reason. "Silly boy, I need for you to pull over and let Chris and I switch seats."
"Ok, and when were you planning on asking me?" Chris asked.
"I wasn't going to ask you; I was just going to tell you to switch seats with me," Trish said cheekily.
Jay pulled the vehicle into a vacant parking lot. Trish and Chris exchanged seats quickly and Jay pulled back out into traffic. Trish was reaching into her bag and found a few beach towels that she had brought for emergencies. She couldn't even begin to tell of the times that room service didn't have towels ready at odd times of the night so she started carrying her own as a back up. She pulled them out and wrapped one around her and then held it out like a cape.
"Sweetie, what in the hell are you doing?" Jay asked looking as if Trish had lost her mind.
"Honey, I'm trying to give Stephanie some privacy she can freshen up a bit," Trish said rolling her eyes.
"Why doesn't she wait until she gets to the arena?" Chris asked.
"Well, she doesn't look her best. You know how she is when she doesn't think she is looking the best that she possible could. Besides, she wants to make a statement when she walks into that building," Trish said.
Stephanie had already shimmied out of her pants, slipped the new ones, and fastened them in record time in the bathroom at the mall. They were running out of time so she had decided to change her shirt in the vehicle. She then very quickly pulled her shirt off and put one of her new ones one. She then felt frisky and threw her old shirt up front where it landed in Chris's lap.
"Ok," Chris said pulling the shirt up and checking it out. It was still warm from her body and very lusty thoughts went floating thru his head. He groaned and threw the shirt back. "What are you trying to do? Torture me?"
Stephanie laughed out loud, a real throaty woman laugh. It was the kind of laugh where a woman knows exactly what a man was thinking. The kind of laugh that sent goose bumps up and down his arms. He groaned out loud as his pants became tight once again. He didn't even try to think of anything because he knew there was nothing he could do about; at least, not right now.
"Ok, I'm done," Stephanie said letting Trish know that she was done.
"Damn, you look great," Trish said admiring the new outfit that she had bought.
"Thanks," Stephanie said smiling ear from ear. She had put on a pair of hip-huggers that were literally made for her body. Her top was almost a perfect blue match for Chris's eyes. The material was soft and clung to her chest in all the right places. She then pulled off her shades and began applying the makeup that she had bought at the drug store. Once she finished that, she put her shades back on, and puckered her lips at Chris as if blowing him a kiss.
"Damn who are you?" Chris said amazed at how different she looked.
"My name is Mary Edwards, nice to meet you," Stephanie said with a complete and total business look on her face."Folks, I think we have a winner," Jay said looking into the mirror. "It's time to see if it pays off."
Jay pulled into the arena parking lot around back where security was. After seeing Jay and Chris in the front of the vehicle, security just motioned them on thru. Jay decided it was best to find a parking space as close to the backstage entrance as possible. Suddenly he spotted one and pulled into it quickly before looking at Chris grinning.
"Now, are you sure you two are ready for this?" Jay asked.
"I'm ready," Chris said winking at Jay. He turned around and looked at Stephanie. "Are you ready Princess?" he asked.
"I'm always ready," Stephanie said throwing her nose in the air in true Princess style.
"You know, I've heard that before about you," Chris said teasingly.
"Keep it up and you'll never find out if the rumors are true," Stephanie said while smiling at him sweetly.
They all busted out laughing as they exited the vehicle. Jay and Chris grabbed their bags and rushed into the arena. As they walked backstage, Stephanie could feel the rush of being backstage and embraced it. It didn't matter to her that her father might be furious at her for being there; she really didn't care. This was where she belonged and this was where she was going to stay.
They walked around until they found Chris's locker room. Before they could get inside, Hunter and Evolution came walking around the corner, which was absolutely the last thing they wanted. The first thing Hunter noticed was the blonde that was walking with Trish. There was something very familiar about her but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
"Hey Jericho, how's it going?" Hunter said with gum smacking in his mouth and a smug look on his face.
"Fine Hunter and you," Chris said being polite just for the sake of being polite.
"Hey, when you're in Evolution, it doesn't get any better than this," Ric Flair said running his hand thru his hair in true Nature Boy style. "Wooooo!"
Hunter laughed and patted Ric on the back. "You are just so right. You know, Evolution is thinking about looking for a new member now that Randy is out but you know, I just don't think that you are Evolution material."
"You know, even if I was, which thank the good Lord above, I'm not; I wouldn't ever and I mean EVER dream of joining the likes of you," Chris said before grabbing Stephanie's hand and entering the dressing room quickly followed by Trish and Jay.
"Damn that was close," Jay said throwing his bag down onto the bench.
"No shit Sherlock," Chris said rolling his eyes. He turned and looked at Stephanie. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," Stephanie said smiling back at Chris. "Don't worry; he doesn't get to me anymore. He hasn't in a very long time."
Chris looked over at Trish and noticed the worried expression on her face. There were several reasons to worry but Hunter by himself was enough to worry about. Stephanie and Hunter had shared an on-screen relationship but that was it. Stephanie really didn't care that much for his personality but unfortunately for her, Hunter was smitten.
He was more smitten with the power of dating the boss's daughter than anything. It really was nice at first; they had fun when they worked together then things got really strange really fast. All of a sudden Stephanie was not allowed to go anywhere without him.
Finally, she pulled her father to the side and asked to be placed in a different story line. She used the excuse that she was bored with the McMahon-Helmsley era but there was a lot more to it than that. She was tired of being used just because her last name was McMahon.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Jay got up and opened the door. There was a stagehand that handed him the layout for tonight's show. He quickly thanked the man and shut the door. "Well, this is interesting," he muttered while looking thru the schedule.
"What?" Chris asked.
"Well, it looks like the Highlight Reel is open but it says here that you get to pick the guest yourself tonight," Jay said grinning from ear to ear.
"Oh really, that sounds pretty good to me," Chris said rubbing his hands together. He turned to look at Stephanie and noticed that trademark smirk on her face again. "What do you say Stephy baby? Want to be on my show tonight?"
"Yes Chris, I believe I do," Stephanie said grinning back.