Disclaimer: I own nothing but my imagination. This work is purely fictional though most of us wish that it would really happen. Sigh, oh well;-)
A/N: Thanks to lucyzigg for a little help with the story just by one little bitty comment in a review. That being said, on with the story!
"Dude that totally reeked of awesomeness" Jay said walking up to Chris the minute he stepped backstage with Stephanie.
"I know, did you see the look on Vince's face?" Chris said making a mental note to get a copy of the show. This was one show that he definitely wanted to watch over and over again.
Trish and Stephanie were hugging and jumping up and down. Things had gone so much better than planned that it was unreal in a way. Stephanie pulled away from Trish and walked up to Chris. "When did you call my mom?"
"Do you remember a bathroom break at the airport?" Chris asked.
"Yes," Stephanie said.
"Well, I didn't go to the bathroom," Chris smirked. He grabbed her and pulled her into his arms. "I just couldn't throw you completely to the wolves now could I?"
"Actually, you probably should have," Hunter said walking up to the happy couple.
Jay immediately walked up beside of Chris when he noticed Dave and Ric not far behind Hunter. He also could see that Hunter was up to something that wasn't good. Suddenly, as if from nowhere, Chris Benoit stood beside of Stephanie with Trish beside of him.
"Hunter, will you never learn? Did I not just tell you to stay out of my business?" Chris asked.
Hunter laughed out loud. Chris thought that he could just tell him what to do. That had to be the best joke that he had heard all night. "You know Jericho, you should have known that by bringing my ex-wife back that I would be in your business."
Stephanie stood there looking at Hunter and felt nothing for him. She smiled at him and said, "I'm sorry to interrupt this but Hunter, I'm not your ex-wife. I'm not your ex-anything and never was much to your disappointment."
"You know, I really enjoyed working with you and I know you enjoyed working with me," Hunter said smugly reaching out to touch her hair. Suddenly he felt his hand being slapped and turned his anger towards Chris.
Chris immediately got in Hunter's face and went nose to nose with him. "I told you to stay out of my business you jackass! What part of that didn't you understand?"
Hunter's fury rolled over him. How dare this punk think that he could tell him what to do! "You know Jericho, I think that it's about time that you got the ass kicking that you deserved."
Benoit decided now was the time to re-direct Hunter's anger. "You know, I think you need to rethink that. Chris doesn't have what you want. I do." He smiled and patted the World Championship belt on his shoulder. "You know, I loved making you tap and would love to do it again sometime."
Hunter opened his mouth to speak and decided against it. Now was not the time. He nodded his head at Ric and Dave before storming off down the hall. Now was time to talk to the boss and figure out how in the hell this could have happened. They quickly stomped off to regroup and come up with something to end this farce of a relationship between Chris and Stephanie.
"Thanks man, but I could have taken him," Chris said slapping Benoit on the back.
"Well, sometimes Hunter is all talk. I just got tired of hearing him talk. I have made him tap before and I'm sure I'll be doing again," Benoit said with a toothless smile.
Chris and Jay laughed while Trish immediately went and hugged Stephanie. "You know, I say we just get out here. Let's go back to the hotel, get cleaned up, and go celebrate the return of Stephanie McMahon," Trish said grinning from ear to ear.
"Sounds good to me," Jay said walking up beside of Trish kissing her on the cheek.
"What are we waiting for? Let's get the hell out of here," Chris said grabbing Stephanie's hand.
The four of them quickly grabbed their bags and headed out of the arena. As they were joking and kidding, they didn't notice that Vince was standing in the shadows watching them. His eyes narrowed with his frustration and he knew he had to do something. He couldn't just let her come back as if nothing had happened.
"It sucks doesn't it Vince?" Hunter said walking up behind the owner.
"You have no clue," Vince said with an irritated look on his face. "Is there something I can help you with?"
"No, but I think there just might be something that Evolution can help you with," Hunter said with a smirk on his face.
"I think I like the sound of that. Let's go to my office and have a little chat," Vince said with an evil grin.
"Man, that was great!" Stephanie said still gushing over her return. "Did you see the look on my dad's face when mom told him that there was nothing he could do? I so need a copy of that broadcast."
"Don't worry sweets, I've already took care of that for you," Jay said winking at Stephanie.
"What in the hell do you think you are doing? Are you flirting with my woman in front of me?" Chris asked in mock anger.
"Don't worry Chrissy-wissy, you can flirt with me," Trish said batting her eyes.
"Ok, now, that's enough," Stephanie said with a little fire in her eyes.
"Princess is jealous," Chris said smugly.
"Am not," Stephanie said with a shake of her head.
"Are too," Chris said still smiling smugly.
"Am NOT!" Stephanie shouted.
"Are TOO," Chris shouted back.
Suddenly Stephanie grabbed Chris by his shirt and kissed the air right out of him. Chris wrapped his arms around her and pulled her as close to himself as he could. It was if there was nobody else around and the vehicle ceased to exist. It was just the two of them and they were so wrapped up in each other that they didn't know they were at the hotel.
"Ok you two, knock it off. We're here," Jay said with a smirk on his face.
Chris and Stephanie reluctantly pulled apart from each other. He grinned at her and kissed her on the nose. "I could get used to this."
"I hope you do because I don't intend to go anywhere," Stephanie said while nuzzling her nose against his.
"Jeez, you two, knock it off already. You're about to make me sick with all this smoochiness," Jay said rolling his eyes. Trish reached over and punched him in the arm.
"Ow, what was that for?" Jay asked.
"For not seeing romance when it's right in front of you," Trish huffed.
"Ok, let's go in and get settled," Chris said changing the subject.
They all got out of the vehicle and headed towards the front desk. Chris had made reservations for a double bed.
In their line of business, it really did come in handy. Couples fought and the guys usually got kicked of the room or roommates came back to the room drunk ticking off the person they were rooming with. It was a little known fact that eventually somebody was going to need a place to crash. It was just the way of the wrestling world.
After getting the room keys, they quickly walked to the elevator noticing the bar in the back corner. Chris looked at Jay while nodding his head at the entrance to the bar. "Do you see what I see?"
Jay looked over towards the direction of Chris's head and nodded. "Bar noted for CLB and Y2J total takeover."
"What in the hell are you talking about?" Stephanie said looking confused.
Trish laughed and patted her friend on the shoulder. "It's their way of saying, 'We are going to that bar.'"
"Oh, I've been away for way too long," Stephanie said shaking her head.
"I'll agree with that," Chris said coming up behind her and wrapping his arms around her waist. "Way too long."
Jay and Trish looked at each other with goofy smiles on their faces. It was finally happening, after all this time of watching their two closest friends make goo-goo eyes at each other behind each other's back, they were finally together. Jay reached down and kissed Trish softly on the forehead before the elevator doors finally opened.
"Ok, we'll meet right here in say 45 minutes," Chris said checking his watch.
"You got it C-man," Jay said grabbing Trish's hand and heading towards their room.
Chris found their room and unlocked the door. He held his arm out and nodded his head towards the room. Stephanie walked into the room, dropped her bags on the floor, and plopped herself down on the bed.
"Uh Princess, what are you doing?" Chris asked unable to keep his eyes off of her.
"I'm testing the bed out," Stephanie said grinning from ear to ear.
"Oh, ok," Chris said trying to keep in mind out of the gutter and failing miserably. "Um, do you want the bathroom first?"
"No, you go ahead. I can do most of my touching up out here. Besides, you reek," Stephanie said scrunching her nose in mock disgust. "I demand that you take a shower right now."
Chris smiled a sheepish grin and grabbed his bag. "You know Princess, if you want to join me, please feel free."
Stephanie's mouth dropped open and Chris cackled. He quickly shut the door noticing that she had grabbed a pillow to throw at him. He heard the pillow hit the door and snickered. "You know, I know you have a lot of experience at this stuff and you know you want me."
Stephanie stood outside of the bathroom door and fought the urge to just waltz her way in there. Of course, she wouldn't do that. She couldn't do that. She heard the water running in the shower and Chris getting in the shower. A trademark smirk came on her face. She was Stephanie McMahon, damn it! There wasn't anything that she couldn't do.
She quietly opened the door and walked in. It was a little foggy, as Chris seemed to be taking a hot shower. She quickly looked around and found an ice bucket. She quietly exited the bathroom and quickly headed out of the room. She had noticed the ice machine as she was getting off the elevator. She quickly filled it and crept quickly back into the room.
She heard Chris humming in the shower and had to stop herself from laughing out loud. She never thought he would be a hummer. She figured that he would be a singer. Then again, he could be a shower singer. He just might not be in the mood to sing. She quickly re-entered the bathroom quietly. If she wanted to do this, she had to act quickly. She was running out of time.
She turned the faucet on and filled the ice bucket with water. It took all her will power not to cackle like a mad scientist cause she was going to get him so good. She finally filled it full and turned the water off. She then quietly put the toilet seat down so that she had a stool. She stood on the toilet and peaked over the curtain but could only see his head. It was enough of a target for her. She poured the bucket over his head, jumped off the toilet, and ran back into the room cackling the whole way.
"STEPHANIE!" Chris shouted at the top of his lungs. Jeez, was she trying to kill him? That water she had thrown on his head was freezing cold. He stood under the hot spray hoping to head up what she had frozen. He then quickly cut the shower off and started drying off. "Princess, oh Princess," he muttered out loud while drying off. "You know, that is so going to cost you."
Stephanie busted out laughing. Just hearing the way he yelled her name was just priceless. She had never heard a frozen C-man before now and she was so going to cherish the moment. She was lying on the bed as if she didn't have a care in the world when Chris finally stepped out of the bathroom.
"Did you enjoy that Princess?" Chris asked walking over in front of her bed.
"Immensely, thanks for asking," Stephanie said with a huge smile on her face.
"I'm glad that you enjoyed that," Chris said walking over to the side. "You know, I will get you back for that. It won't be right now but it will happen one day."
"Promises, promises," Stephanie said wishing he wasn't standing there in just a towel. She couldn't stop her eyes from watching the water from his hair drip onto his chest slowly running down his body to places unseen. She looked up into his face and saw a fire in his eyes that she had never seen before.
Chris couldn't stop himself from reaching down and kissing her on the lips. When her lips parted, he couldn't stop himself from tasting her. As their tongues dueled over control of the situation, a fire slowly started burning in the pits of their stomachs. Stephanie put her hands in his hair and moaned at what he was making her feel.
Suddenly a knock on the door tore them apart. "Are you guys ready yet?" Jay asked from the other side.
"Just a second," Chris hollered cussing the timing of his best friend. He looked back at Stephanie a smiled a wry grin. "We're so not done with this discussion."
"Not by a long shot," she whispered grinning sadly. "You'd better get dressed. I'll let them in."
Chris walked back into the bathroom while Stephanie answered the door. Trish, Jay, and Chris Benoit walked in. "I found Benoit wandering the halls and invited him. Hope that's cool." Jay said looking at Stephanie and smiling.
"Of course it is," Stephanie said shaking her head with a smile. She turned to look at Benoit. "Are you sure you want to be seen out in public with us? It just might not be a good thing for your career."
Benoit chuckled and said, "You know, I've heard that a lot in my life but I've turned out ok so far. I do all my talking the ring. That's all anybody needs to know."
"Point well taken," Chris said walking out of the room. He walked over beside of Stephanie and threw his arm around her shoulder. "Are we ready?"
"I think we are," Stephanie said grinning at him.
"Then let's go celebrate," Chris said.
Stephanie and Trish led the way to the elevators while Chris, Benoit, and Jay walked behind them. Jay and Chris were too busy checking out their women's butts to notice the exasperated look on Benoit's face. It was the only downside to not having a girlfriend; he always kind of felt like a third wheel.
"So Benoit, do what do we owe the pleasure of your company?" Chris asked after they were all on the elevator.
"I was walking down the hall minding my own business when Jay walked up and begged me to come out with you guys," Benoit said with a bored expression on his face.
"Dude, that's not true," Jay said looking a little irritated.
"Oh really?" Chris said noticing the strange look on Jay's face.
"Ok, maybe it is true but dude, did you have to tell them I begged you? That was so not cool," Jay huffed looking at Benoit.
"Guys, are you going to stay on the elevator or can we go to the bar now?" Trish said with an impish grin on her face.
"Bar," Chris said exiting the elevator while Benoit and Jay followed him. Chris couldn't help but notice that they could argue better than two women arguing over a clearance item that there was only one of the size and color and both had their hands on it determined to have it.
"I so did not beg you that hard," Jay muttered.
"Ok, what do you call this? 'Please Benoit, you've got to come. They're our closest friends and we owe it to them to celebrate the beginning of their relationship.'" Benoit said with a slight smile on his face.
"That was one friend trying to make sure that another friend didn't stay alone," Jay muttered.
"Boys, I think that's enough," Chris said grinning from ear to ear.
Trish and Stephanie rolled their eyes at the conversation. It was a typical male argument that neither side would win. They grinned at each other as they found their table. Trish winked at Stephanie and said, "Guys, we're going to check out the jukebox. We'll be right back."
Trish grabbed Stephanie by the arm and led her away while the Benoit and Jay were still arguing. Chris sat there with a silly smile on his face listening to his friends argue. He wasn't going to get in the middle of it but he would sit back and enjoy the show.
"Ok, why are we here and not with our men?" Stephanie asked.
"Is it that obvious? Man, I've got to get better at this around you," Trish said her face showing her frustration. As quickly as it was there, it was gone. She smiled and said, "I think we need to help Benoit in the 'lady' department."
"Ok, is he buying something for his mom?" Stephanie asked.
Trish busted out laughing. "No silly, I think we need to find him a girlfriend."
Stephanie's eyes widened. "Oh, ok. Well, let's start with who isn't available. I'm not going to be able to help you because I've been gone so fill me in."
"Let's see, you and I are totally out, of course. Stacy is seeing Test, though God only knows why, Gail and Molly are seeing guys outside of the company. Victoria and Steven are still going strong. Who does that leave?" Trish said her mind working overtime.
"What about Lillian? Who's she seeing?" Stephanie asked.
"You know, I think that might be the one," Trish said with a sneaky grin. "She's been out of the dating scene for a while. Her last relationship burned her pretty bad."
"What about Benoit? Is he seeing anybody?" Stephanie asked.
"Nope, already asked around earlier at the show. You know, we owe this to him," Trish said.
"Yeah, we're happy so everybody deserves to be happy," Stephanie said grinning from ear to ear.
"Before we do this, we can't tell Chris or Jay," Trish said with a serious look on her face.
"Why not? They could help," Stephanie said.
"Look, Jay is not too fond of my matchmaking skills at all. I don't think Chris would be too thrilled to know that I've roped you into it so let's just say this is for you and I only," Trish said.
"Ok, I've not got a problem with that," Stephanie said. "We need to talk away from the guys but not now. By the looks of things, Chris could use our help."
Stephanie had noticed Chris looking at her with a begging look. It looked as though Benoit and Jay were still arguing. She noticed Chris put his hands together in front of himself begging her silently to save him from his misery. She busted out laughing but grabbed Trish by the arm and went back to the table.
"Whatever, I think I've had enough of this conversation," Benoit said taking a sip of his beer.
"I'll second that motion," Chris said with a smirk.
"Motion granted, that conversation is now closed by the powers of the board," Stephanie said in a very professional tone.
"So what do we do now?" Chris asked putting his arm around Stephanie and hugging her close to his side.
"We celebrate the return of the Billion Dollar Princess," Stephanie said with a bitchy look. "Because she's back with a vengeance!"