By the time the meeting had ended, Kara was just emotionally exhausted, due
to arguing with the staff writers about the script changes that were going
on. The writers wanted to do something that Kara has been keeping a secret.
She did not want to share her private life with the staff writers, let
alone the fans. "All right guys, obviously, you don't care about showing
respect to anyone in this company especially to Kara, maybe I should fire
you!" Vince threatened his staff writers. "All of you are a disappointment
to me, to this company and especially to Kara. Since I consider myself a
forgivable man, I am willing to let this one go if Kara agrees with me,"
Vince asked Kara and she nodded, "If I hear this type argument happening at
anytime, anywhere, I will hire myself a new team of correspondents, got
it?" The staff writers nodded immediately. Once the meeting was dismissed,
Vince had called Kara to stay a few minutes after. When they were alone,
Vince said, "Kara, I apologize for what had happened during the meeting. It
was not my intentions to bring it up for you. I realize that you're still
emotionally fragile."
Kara had tears shining in her eyes, "I'll be okay. I just need some time to collect myself before preparing for the show tonight."
"Take all the time you need. If you still need more time, please let me know, that way I can work something out for the show tonight, okay?" Kara nodded.
"Thank you," she replied softly. Vince nodded as he watched her leave the room. Kara wasn't paying attention to where she was walking and she had accidentally bumped into someone, "Sorry, I wasn't paying attention to where I was going," she said.
"It's all right," she heard him say. She immediately knew who it was.
"Kevin," she said softly, as she looked up and more tears were rolling down her face.
"Baby, what's the matter?" he asked as he enveloped her in his arms. She continued to sob in his arms. He carried her to his locker room that wasn't far from where they were. He walked in the locker room and the guys were laughing, but they stopped once they saw Kara's fetal position in Kevin's arms. The guys knew that they needed their privacy, so they left the locker room. Kevin nodded to them, grateful for the fact that they understood. Kara's crying had stopped but she was still holding onto Kevin. "Want to tell me what happened?" he asked again.
"The staff writers wanted to use my past as a storyline for Raw," she replied.
"Which part?" Kevin could tell that Kara didn't want to get into it. Instead, more tears were rolling down her face. "Baby, please don't cry. If they decide to use it, I'll scare the life out of them," Kevin threatened.
"Not if Vince gets to them first," she spoke softly. Kevin smiled and looked down at her. He realized that the argument had happened in front of Vince. He just sat there, waiting for her to respond.
"Somehow they knew that I considered Ric as a surrogate father and that I was physically abused by my parents, so they wanted to write in for future shows that Ric started to abuse me because I wasn't doing my job very well. I didn't want to do it and kept telling them not to use it. Ric was on my side and said that if it was scripted that way, it will only make his character only 'love' me more. Vince wouldn't hear of it. He threatened their jobs if they wrote the storylines against my wishes."
"That's good. If Vince didn't tell them that, I'll be after their asses," Kevin said.
"No, don't do that. I can't risk your job because of me," Kara pleaded him.
"Aww, I was looking forward to going after their asses," Kevin said, pouting.
"Don't pout!" Kara said.
"Why?" still pouting.
"Because you look cute when you pout," Kara said and then immediately hid herself by Kevin's neck. Kevin beamed and knew that Kara wanted to be more than friend with him. Kevin chuckled because Kara was hiding. "It isn't funny," she whined.
"I'm sorry, baby, but you're cute when you blush," Kevin said, admitting to her that he pretty much wanted the same thing as she did. She looked up at him, confused.
"What's going to happen to us?" she asked.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, what's going to happen to us, relationship wise? Kevin, I love having you as my friend and I want you to be in my life, one way or another. I don't want to ruin our friendship if it doesn't work out," Kara admitted to him.
"Well, I don't know what's going to happen to us exactly. I do admit that I do have some strong feelings for you. I'm the same way, baby. I want you to be in my life one way or another. Right now, how about we take things slow and see what happens, all right?"
"Yeah, I'd like that. But before we do, could you do something for me?" Kara asked, looking at his lips.
"What's that?"
"Could you kiss me?"
"Never thought you'd ask," he replied kissing her on the lips, taking it slow. He was planning to pull back, but Kara deepened the kiss and held on a little bit longer. When they pulled away from each other, their eyes were filled with passion and love for each other. "Don't ever forget that I love you, ok?"
"I love you, too," Kara said. Kevin held onto her until someone knocked on the door.
"Come on in," Kevin said as Kara stood up and straightening up.
"Just wanted to check to see if everything was all right with you Kara," Vince said.
Kara looked up at Vince and smiled, "Everything is good now, Vince."
"So are you ready for the show tonight?"
"Yes, I'm ready," Kara said, taking a deep breath.
"Good to hear. The show's starting at 7 tonight, so you guys have a couple of hours to get ready and do what you want," Vince explained.
"Ok, thanks," Kara said.
"Do both of you have the scripts for tonight?"
"Yes," Kevin responded, showing him the script.
"Yes, I do, only if I could find my briefcase," Kara said, looking around for her briefcase.
"I got it for you," Vince said. "It was in the hallway, but Paul was holding it for you."
"Ok, I'll have to thank Paul for watching it," Kara said, flushed.
"No problem. Have a good show tonight, both of you," Vince said, heading for the door.
"We will, you have a good show tonight as well," Kara said as Kevin nodded. Vince left as soon as they said their goodbyes. The guys came in moments later as soon as Vince left. The guys were looking at Kara and Kevin who were talking and joking.
"Kay, here's your briefcase," Paul said, handing her briefcase.
"Thank you, Paul," Kara said, taking the briefcase.
"How are you feeling?"
"I'm doing well."
"I heard what happened during the meeting and I hope that you know that I'm on your side," Paul said, concerned.
"Thanks so much Paul. I really appreciate having you on my side," Kara said, hugging Paul and he hugged her back.
"Quit hogging my girl, Paul," Kevin threatened, but Kara knew that he was teasing.
"She's your girl now?" Paul asked.
"That's right, buddy. You want to talk to her or even hug her, you got to go through me," Kevin said, trying to intimidate Paul.
"Without allowing me to take you out on a date first? I'm hurt" Paul pulled back, hand across his chest, pretending to be hurt. Kara saw what Paul was trying to do and ended up rolling her eyes and laughing.
"Like I could ever hurt you Paul. With or without your approval, Kevin and I are together but we're taking this slow," Kara explained.
"Really?" Paul asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"Yes, really, though if you really want to go out on a date with a beautiful woman, I could set you up," Kara suggested.
"Well, if the beautiful woman is you, then I accept," Paul said, grinning ear to ear.
Kara rolled her eyes and shook her head, "No, I wasn't talking about me."
"Then who were you talking about?" he asked.
"I'm not telling!" Kara said, wanting to play with him.
"Oh, no, no, no, you just can't tell me that you know someone and then not tell me. You're telling me right here and right now."
"Do I have to?"
"Yes, you have to."
"Why?"
"Because if I can't have you, then no one else can have you."
"We never dated in the first place nor have we agreed that I belonged to you, so therefore, I don't belong to you. Since Kevin and I already agreed to see each other, I belong to him. Since you haven't given me any good excuse as if why I should tell you, I'm not going to," Kara explained, challenging Paul to come up with something better.
Paul looked at her astounded. After a few seconds, he finally spoke up, "So you're really happy with me becoming a third wheel?"
"Yup," Kara smiled at Paul. Kevin was laughing hard at their banter.
"What do I have to do to have you tell me who it is?"
"Well, you can beg me on your hands and knees like the dog you are," Kara said, hoping that he will do it.
Paul shook his head, "Oh, no, no, I'm not going to fall for that trick again."
"What trick?" Kara asked, dumbfounded.
"Stephanie tricked Paul into begging her on his hands and knees," Kevin explained.
Kara became wide-eyed. "Really? Boy, I would have loved seeing that. Maybe I should ask Stephanie to help me," she said thoughtfully.
Paul immediately went on his knees, crawled over to Kara and wrapped his arms around him; his face was facing her stomach and was whining. Kevin was sitting down on the bench, laughing hard at what Paul was doing. "Please don't ask Stephanie to help you."
"Well, I don't have to," Kara told him.
"Why is that?" Paul asked as he looked up at her, not realizing that he was on his hands and knees, technically.
"You're already on your hands and knees in front of me," Kara said, standing there looking confident and proud that she made Paul beg her on his hands and knees.
Paul looked at himself and then stood up immediately, trying to compose himself. "So are you going to tell me or what?"
"All right, all right, I'll tell you Paul. I thought that you and Stephanie would look cute together."
Paul stopped begging her. "You made me get down on my hands and knees for that?"
"Yeah," Kara said simply.
"Why I ought to strangle you for that?"
"You have to get through Kevin first," Kara said as Kevin stood behind him. "But it seems to me that you really like her or you're already dating her. Which is it?" Kara said.
Paul stood there, all quiet for a moment, then broke out a grin, "I'm dating her."
"I knew it!" Kara squealed.
"How did you know that?"
"I knew it from the first day you introduced me to her," Kara said, smiling.
"I don't understand how you can know these things," Paul said.
"I'd tell you, and then I'd have to kill ya," Kara said, shrugging. The guys and Kara continued to chat for a few more minutes before Kara looked at her watch and said, "I better go and get ready for the show, guys." They looked at their watches and agreed. "Want to get together after the show and eat?"
"That sounds like a good idea," Kevin said and Kara nodded.
"Meet at Denny's?" Kevin asked and everyone agreed. They all went their separate ways to get ready for the show. Kara immensely enjoyed working as Ric's assistant on the show. She was really going out of her way to make the show successful even though she wasn't on camera that very often but she did more than just act as Ric's assistant. She was running back and forth from the TV trailers to Ric's make shift office to the ring. By the end of the show, she was exhausted. No matter what she did, she had papers in her hands or some kind of equipment to help the Superstars with their matches. She was sitting with Ric in their makeshift office when she was looking over the papers about making a home video of Triple H's history. She sighed heavily and was startled when she heard Ric talk.
"You doing okay. Kara?'
"I'm fine, Ric, just tired," she replied, knowing that Ric heard her voice very clear as of how tired she was.
"What is it that you're looking over?" Ric asked.
"Paul's paperwork," she replied.
"What for?"
"Vince asked him to do a home video and I need to look over the paperwork."
"Why don't you just give the paperwork to Vince tomorrow? I'm sure that he'll understand that you're tired and everything."
"I can't."
"Why not?" Ric asked.
"He wants them tonight. He's in a meeting right now and he'll be picking them up after the meeting is over with," Kara said, sighing heavily again.
"How far along are you?"
"I'm on the last couple of pages," Kara said, flipping through the paperwork.
"Are you sure that you can handle it?" Ric said, being concerned.
"Yeah, I just need to read through it and make sure that everything will be smooth before Paul can have a head start on it."
"All right, if you're sure," Ric said, reluctantly leaving her alone. Kara looked through them and finished up. Someone had just knocked on the door as she started to put the paperwork in her briefcase. "Come in," Ric said.
"Kara, is the paperwork done?" Vince asked.
"Yeah, I just finished it," Kara said, taking the paperwork out of her briefcase and giving it to Vince.
"Thanks. Is there anything wrong with it?"
"No, everything is good in black and white," Kara said, stifling a yawn.
"I apologize for asking you to do this at the time of day, Kara," Vince said, feeling guilty.
"It's okay. It comes with the job, doesn't it?" Kara said, laughing softly. Vince and Ric smiled. Another knock on the door and Vince opened it. It was Kevin, looking worried.
"What can I do for you, Kevin?" Vince asked.
"I was just wondering if Kara is finished. We are going to go out for a late dinner tonight," Kevin said, walking into the room after Vince motioned for him to come in.
"Yeah, she just finished," Vince said. Kara was packing her things as soon as she saw Kevin at the door.
"Now I'm ready," Kara said, picking up her briefcase, laptop bag, suitcase and her purse. Kevin immediately took her laptop bag and suitcase. Kara wasn't in the mood to argue with Kevin since she was exhausted. She was looking forward to having dinner with Kevin, Paul and the others and then turning in for bed. "Bye Ric," she said as they hugged. "Vince," she replied as they hugged.
"We'll see you tomorrow night for SmackDown! tapings," Vince said.
"Okay, see you tomorrow," Kara said as Kevin nodded his goodbyes to Vince and Ric.
They headed towards the parking lot and packed her things in the trunk of her rental car. "Do you have a ride to the hotel?"
"No, I told Paul to take my car and that I'll be joining you. Hope you don't mind," Kevin asked, cupping her cheek.
"No, I don't mind. I love spending time with you," Kara said, leaning into his touch.
"Let's get out of here before they send a search party for us," Kevin said as they laughed. They both of into the car and headed towards Denny's. When they got there, Paul and Scott were by the entrance, waiting. They had all got inside and were sat down immediately at the farthest booth from the entrance since few people were there.
After ordering their food, Paul caught Kara trying to stifle her yawn, "Kay, do you want to go to the hotel and turn in for the night?"
Kara shook her head no, "I'll be fine. I need something to eat."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm positive. I haven't eaten anything since lunch and I'm hungry."
"The workload making you tired?" he asked.
"No, it's staring at you," Kara replied simply, fighting the temptation to smile.
Paul just sat there looking hurt, "I'm hurt. I thought you found me attractive."
Kara rolled her eyes. "Paul, let me tell you something. And I have been telling you since the first day that we met. That is, I am not interested in you, never have been, not now, and never will be. Another thing, you have a girlfriend and I wonder how she would feel if you were flirting with me. Plus, there is someone that I find attractive. He's sitting right next to me," Kara said in a hushed voice.
Scott and Kevin were laughing and Paul just sat there, sulking. "Well, she certainly told you off, Paul," Scott said, still laughing.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever," Paul said, taking it in good humor.
"Where is Stephanie anyway? I don't see her that much."
"She's working at the Titan Towers, so she isn't traveling as much as we are," Paul explained as the waiter brought their food and they all started to dig into their food. They continued to eat and chat until Kevin noticed that Kara was trying to stifle another yawn.
"Let's get out of here, guys," Kevin said, pointing at Kara.
Paul got up, "I'll cover the check. Don't worry about it, guys." He walked up to the cashier and paid the check. Kevin picked up Kara and Scott was holding all of their belongings as they went out of the restaurant and left. Kara was able to stay awake to be able to get into her hotel room. As they walked into the lobby area, Kara froze and her face immediately became white.
"What?" Kevin asked as he accidentally bumped into Kara. He wasn't paying attention to where he was walking. He saw Kara standing there frozen and pale. "Kara, what's the matter?" She just stood there, not moving, not talking, and not doing anything. "Kara!" Kevin said a little louder, and shook her shoulder.
Kara just looked at him, pointed in one direction and said, "He's here."
"Who's here, baby?"
"I'm glad that you remember me, sweetheart," a voice said.
"Who are you?" Kevin asked the man.
"Why don't you ask her?" he said.
"Kara?" Kevin asked. "Who is he?" Kara just stood there, in shock that he was truly there in front of her eyes.
Right she was going to tell Kevin who it was; they heard shouting, "WHO IN HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?" They all looked and saw Vince looking pissed off and he was doing the Vincent K. McMahon strut that he does on live television. "YOU GOT SOME NERVE SHOWING UP HERE!"
"Vince, Vince, you got to learn how to calm down," he said, totally not bothered by his shouting.
"DON'T YOU TELL ME TO CALM DOWN, YOU FUCKING BASTARD! I WARNED YOU NOT TO GO ANYWHERE NEAR KARA!"
"What are you going to do about it? I'm out of jail and there is no restraining order against me, so I can go anywhere I please. I just thought that the first person that would be happy to see me would be her," he said smugly.
"But how?" they heard her soft voice.
"I got out on good behavior, don't you know?"
"But the judge said it was for life with no possible parole," she said, tears were streaming down her face. She was trying hard to calm down. Scott had no idea who he was, but Kevin and Paul had an idea. Anger was starting to boil through their veins. The whole federation knew Kevin, Paul and Scott for their momentous tempers if anyone dared to cross the line with them.
"Let's just put it this way, I had some favors that were due to me and they pulled through," he said.
Author's Note: I have no idea when I will update. I've lost motivation to write this story. I'll try my best to update as much as I can when I can. Thanks for reading my story!!!!
Kara had tears shining in her eyes, "I'll be okay. I just need some time to collect myself before preparing for the show tonight."
"Take all the time you need. If you still need more time, please let me know, that way I can work something out for the show tonight, okay?" Kara nodded.
"Thank you," she replied softly. Vince nodded as he watched her leave the room. Kara wasn't paying attention to where she was walking and she had accidentally bumped into someone, "Sorry, I wasn't paying attention to where I was going," she said.
"It's all right," she heard him say. She immediately knew who it was.
"Kevin," she said softly, as she looked up and more tears were rolling down her face.
"Baby, what's the matter?" he asked as he enveloped her in his arms. She continued to sob in his arms. He carried her to his locker room that wasn't far from where they were. He walked in the locker room and the guys were laughing, but they stopped once they saw Kara's fetal position in Kevin's arms. The guys knew that they needed their privacy, so they left the locker room. Kevin nodded to them, grateful for the fact that they understood. Kara's crying had stopped but she was still holding onto Kevin. "Want to tell me what happened?" he asked again.
"The staff writers wanted to use my past as a storyline for Raw," she replied.
"Which part?" Kevin could tell that Kara didn't want to get into it. Instead, more tears were rolling down her face. "Baby, please don't cry. If they decide to use it, I'll scare the life out of them," Kevin threatened.
"Not if Vince gets to them first," she spoke softly. Kevin smiled and looked down at her. He realized that the argument had happened in front of Vince. He just sat there, waiting for her to respond.
"Somehow they knew that I considered Ric as a surrogate father and that I was physically abused by my parents, so they wanted to write in for future shows that Ric started to abuse me because I wasn't doing my job very well. I didn't want to do it and kept telling them not to use it. Ric was on my side and said that if it was scripted that way, it will only make his character only 'love' me more. Vince wouldn't hear of it. He threatened their jobs if they wrote the storylines against my wishes."
"That's good. If Vince didn't tell them that, I'll be after their asses," Kevin said.
"No, don't do that. I can't risk your job because of me," Kara pleaded him.
"Aww, I was looking forward to going after their asses," Kevin said, pouting.
"Don't pout!" Kara said.
"Why?" still pouting.
"Because you look cute when you pout," Kara said and then immediately hid herself by Kevin's neck. Kevin beamed and knew that Kara wanted to be more than friend with him. Kevin chuckled because Kara was hiding. "It isn't funny," she whined.
"I'm sorry, baby, but you're cute when you blush," Kevin said, admitting to her that he pretty much wanted the same thing as she did. She looked up at him, confused.
"What's going to happen to us?" she asked.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, what's going to happen to us, relationship wise? Kevin, I love having you as my friend and I want you to be in my life, one way or another. I don't want to ruin our friendship if it doesn't work out," Kara admitted to him.
"Well, I don't know what's going to happen to us exactly. I do admit that I do have some strong feelings for you. I'm the same way, baby. I want you to be in my life one way or another. Right now, how about we take things slow and see what happens, all right?"
"Yeah, I'd like that. But before we do, could you do something for me?" Kara asked, looking at his lips.
"What's that?"
"Could you kiss me?"
"Never thought you'd ask," he replied kissing her on the lips, taking it slow. He was planning to pull back, but Kara deepened the kiss and held on a little bit longer. When they pulled away from each other, their eyes were filled with passion and love for each other. "Don't ever forget that I love you, ok?"
"I love you, too," Kara said. Kevin held onto her until someone knocked on the door.
"Come on in," Kevin said as Kara stood up and straightening up.
"Just wanted to check to see if everything was all right with you Kara," Vince said.
Kara looked up at Vince and smiled, "Everything is good now, Vince."
"So are you ready for the show tonight?"
"Yes, I'm ready," Kara said, taking a deep breath.
"Good to hear. The show's starting at 7 tonight, so you guys have a couple of hours to get ready and do what you want," Vince explained.
"Ok, thanks," Kara said.
"Do both of you have the scripts for tonight?"
"Yes," Kevin responded, showing him the script.
"Yes, I do, only if I could find my briefcase," Kara said, looking around for her briefcase.
"I got it for you," Vince said. "It was in the hallway, but Paul was holding it for you."
"Ok, I'll have to thank Paul for watching it," Kara said, flushed.
"No problem. Have a good show tonight, both of you," Vince said, heading for the door.
"We will, you have a good show tonight as well," Kara said as Kevin nodded. Vince left as soon as they said their goodbyes. The guys came in moments later as soon as Vince left. The guys were looking at Kara and Kevin who were talking and joking.
"Kay, here's your briefcase," Paul said, handing her briefcase.
"Thank you, Paul," Kara said, taking the briefcase.
"How are you feeling?"
"I'm doing well."
"I heard what happened during the meeting and I hope that you know that I'm on your side," Paul said, concerned.
"Thanks so much Paul. I really appreciate having you on my side," Kara said, hugging Paul and he hugged her back.
"Quit hogging my girl, Paul," Kevin threatened, but Kara knew that he was teasing.
"She's your girl now?" Paul asked.
"That's right, buddy. You want to talk to her or even hug her, you got to go through me," Kevin said, trying to intimidate Paul.
"Without allowing me to take you out on a date first? I'm hurt" Paul pulled back, hand across his chest, pretending to be hurt. Kara saw what Paul was trying to do and ended up rolling her eyes and laughing.
"Like I could ever hurt you Paul. With or without your approval, Kevin and I are together but we're taking this slow," Kara explained.
"Really?" Paul asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"Yes, really, though if you really want to go out on a date with a beautiful woman, I could set you up," Kara suggested.
"Well, if the beautiful woman is you, then I accept," Paul said, grinning ear to ear.
Kara rolled her eyes and shook her head, "No, I wasn't talking about me."
"Then who were you talking about?" he asked.
"I'm not telling!" Kara said, wanting to play with him.
"Oh, no, no, no, you just can't tell me that you know someone and then not tell me. You're telling me right here and right now."
"Do I have to?"
"Yes, you have to."
"Why?"
"Because if I can't have you, then no one else can have you."
"We never dated in the first place nor have we agreed that I belonged to you, so therefore, I don't belong to you. Since Kevin and I already agreed to see each other, I belong to him. Since you haven't given me any good excuse as if why I should tell you, I'm not going to," Kara explained, challenging Paul to come up with something better.
Paul looked at her astounded. After a few seconds, he finally spoke up, "So you're really happy with me becoming a third wheel?"
"Yup," Kara smiled at Paul. Kevin was laughing hard at their banter.
"What do I have to do to have you tell me who it is?"
"Well, you can beg me on your hands and knees like the dog you are," Kara said, hoping that he will do it.
Paul shook his head, "Oh, no, no, I'm not going to fall for that trick again."
"What trick?" Kara asked, dumbfounded.
"Stephanie tricked Paul into begging her on his hands and knees," Kevin explained.
Kara became wide-eyed. "Really? Boy, I would have loved seeing that. Maybe I should ask Stephanie to help me," she said thoughtfully.
Paul immediately went on his knees, crawled over to Kara and wrapped his arms around him; his face was facing her stomach and was whining. Kevin was sitting down on the bench, laughing hard at what Paul was doing. "Please don't ask Stephanie to help you."
"Well, I don't have to," Kara told him.
"Why is that?" Paul asked as he looked up at her, not realizing that he was on his hands and knees, technically.
"You're already on your hands and knees in front of me," Kara said, standing there looking confident and proud that she made Paul beg her on his hands and knees.
Paul looked at himself and then stood up immediately, trying to compose himself. "So are you going to tell me or what?"
"All right, all right, I'll tell you Paul. I thought that you and Stephanie would look cute together."
Paul stopped begging her. "You made me get down on my hands and knees for that?"
"Yeah," Kara said simply.
"Why I ought to strangle you for that?"
"You have to get through Kevin first," Kara said as Kevin stood behind him. "But it seems to me that you really like her or you're already dating her. Which is it?" Kara said.
Paul stood there, all quiet for a moment, then broke out a grin, "I'm dating her."
"I knew it!" Kara squealed.
"How did you know that?"
"I knew it from the first day you introduced me to her," Kara said, smiling.
"I don't understand how you can know these things," Paul said.
"I'd tell you, and then I'd have to kill ya," Kara said, shrugging. The guys and Kara continued to chat for a few more minutes before Kara looked at her watch and said, "I better go and get ready for the show, guys." They looked at their watches and agreed. "Want to get together after the show and eat?"
"That sounds like a good idea," Kevin said and Kara nodded.
"Meet at Denny's?" Kevin asked and everyone agreed. They all went their separate ways to get ready for the show. Kara immensely enjoyed working as Ric's assistant on the show. She was really going out of her way to make the show successful even though she wasn't on camera that very often but she did more than just act as Ric's assistant. She was running back and forth from the TV trailers to Ric's make shift office to the ring. By the end of the show, she was exhausted. No matter what she did, she had papers in her hands or some kind of equipment to help the Superstars with their matches. She was sitting with Ric in their makeshift office when she was looking over the papers about making a home video of Triple H's history. She sighed heavily and was startled when she heard Ric talk.
"You doing okay. Kara?'
"I'm fine, Ric, just tired," she replied, knowing that Ric heard her voice very clear as of how tired she was.
"What is it that you're looking over?" Ric asked.
"Paul's paperwork," she replied.
"What for?"
"Vince asked him to do a home video and I need to look over the paperwork."
"Why don't you just give the paperwork to Vince tomorrow? I'm sure that he'll understand that you're tired and everything."
"I can't."
"Why not?" Ric asked.
"He wants them tonight. He's in a meeting right now and he'll be picking them up after the meeting is over with," Kara said, sighing heavily again.
"How far along are you?"
"I'm on the last couple of pages," Kara said, flipping through the paperwork.
"Are you sure that you can handle it?" Ric said, being concerned.
"Yeah, I just need to read through it and make sure that everything will be smooth before Paul can have a head start on it."
"All right, if you're sure," Ric said, reluctantly leaving her alone. Kara looked through them and finished up. Someone had just knocked on the door as she started to put the paperwork in her briefcase. "Come in," Ric said.
"Kara, is the paperwork done?" Vince asked.
"Yeah, I just finished it," Kara said, taking the paperwork out of her briefcase and giving it to Vince.
"Thanks. Is there anything wrong with it?"
"No, everything is good in black and white," Kara said, stifling a yawn.
"I apologize for asking you to do this at the time of day, Kara," Vince said, feeling guilty.
"It's okay. It comes with the job, doesn't it?" Kara said, laughing softly. Vince and Ric smiled. Another knock on the door and Vince opened it. It was Kevin, looking worried.
"What can I do for you, Kevin?" Vince asked.
"I was just wondering if Kara is finished. We are going to go out for a late dinner tonight," Kevin said, walking into the room after Vince motioned for him to come in.
"Yeah, she just finished," Vince said. Kara was packing her things as soon as she saw Kevin at the door.
"Now I'm ready," Kara said, picking up her briefcase, laptop bag, suitcase and her purse. Kevin immediately took her laptop bag and suitcase. Kara wasn't in the mood to argue with Kevin since she was exhausted. She was looking forward to having dinner with Kevin, Paul and the others and then turning in for bed. "Bye Ric," she said as they hugged. "Vince," she replied as they hugged.
"We'll see you tomorrow night for SmackDown! tapings," Vince said.
"Okay, see you tomorrow," Kara said as Kevin nodded his goodbyes to Vince and Ric.
They headed towards the parking lot and packed her things in the trunk of her rental car. "Do you have a ride to the hotel?"
"No, I told Paul to take my car and that I'll be joining you. Hope you don't mind," Kevin asked, cupping her cheek.
"No, I don't mind. I love spending time with you," Kara said, leaning into his touch.
"Let's get out of here before they send a search party for us," Kevin said as they laughed. They both of into the car and headed towards Denny's. When they got there, Paul and Scott were by the entrance, waiting. They had all got inside and were sat down immediately at the farthest booth from the entrance since few people were there.
After ordering their food, Paul caught Kara trying to stifle her yawn, "Kay, do you want to go to the hotel and turn in for the night?"
Kara shook her head no, "I'll be fine. I need something to eat."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm positive. I haven't eaten anything since lunch and I'm hungry."
"The workload making you tired?" he asked.
"No, it's staring at you," Kara replied simply, fighting the temptation to smile.
Paul just sat there looking hurt, "I'm hurt. I thought you found me attractive."
Kara rolled her eyes. "Paul, let me tell you something. And I have been telling you since the first day that we met. That is, I am not interested in you, never have been, not now, and never will be. Another thing, you have a girlfriend and I wonder how she would feel if you were flirting with me. Plus, there is someone that I find attractive. He's sitting right next to me," Kara said in a hushed voice.
Scott and Kevin were laughing and Paul just sat there, sulking. "Well, she certainly told you off, Paul," Scott said, still laughing.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever," Paul said, taking it in good humor.
"Where is Stephanie anyway? I don't see her that much."
"She's working at the Titan Towers, so she isn't traveling as much as we are," Paul explained as the waiter brought their food and they all started to dig into their food. They continued to eat and chat until Kevin noticed that Kara was trying to stifle another yawn.
"Let's get out of here, guys," Kevin said, pointing at Kara.
Paul got up, "I'll cover the check. Don't worry about it, guys." He walked up to the cashier and paid the check. Kevin picked up Kara and Scott was holding all of their belongings as they went out of the restaurant and left. Kara was able to stay awake to be able to get into her hotel room. As they walked into the lobby area, Kara froze and her face immediately became white.
"What?" Kevin asked as he accidentally bumped into Kara. He wasn't paying attention to where he was walking. He saw Kara standing there frozen and pale. "Kara, what's the matter?" She just stood there, not moving, not talking, and not doing anything. "Kara!" Kevin said a little louder, and shook her shoulder.
Kara just looked at him, pointed in one direction and said, "He's here."
"Who's here, baby?"
"I'm glad that you remember me, sweetheart," a voice said.
"Who are you?" Kevin asked the man.
"Why don't you ask her?" he said.
"Kara?" Kevin asked. "Who is he?" Kara just stood there, in shock that he was truly there in front of her eyes.
Right she was going to tell Kevin who it was; they heard shouting, "WHO IN HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?" They all looked and saw Vince looking pissed off and he was doing the Vincent K. McMahon strut that he does on live television. "YOU GOT SOME NERVE SHOWING UP HERE!"
"Vince, Vince, you got to learn how to calm down," he said, totally not bothered by his shouting.
"DON'T YOU TELL ME TO CALM DOWN, YOU FUCKING BASTARD! I WARNED YOU NOT TO GO ANYWHERE NEAR KARA!"
"What are you going to do about it? I'm out of jail and there is no restraining order against me, so I can go anywhere I please. I just thought that the first person that would be happy to see me would be her," he said smugly.
"But how?" they heard her soft voice.
"I got out on good behavior, don't you know?"
"But the judge said it was for life with no possible parole," she said, tears were streaming down her face. She was trying hard to calm down. Scott had no idea who he was, but Kevin and Paul had an idea. Anger was starting to boil through their veins. The whole federation knew Kevin, Paul and Scott for their momentous tempers if anyone dared to cross the line with them.
"Let's just put it this way, I had some favors that were due to me and they pulled through," he said.
Author's Note: I have no idea when I will update. I've lost motivation to write this story. I'll try my best to update as much as I can when I can. Thanks for reading my story!!!!