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Chapter Twelve

Kurt slowly walked down the backstage corridor. He was carrying not only his own blue wrestling duffle bag but his wife's work satchel and diaper bag. He and Stephanie had arrived with the kids at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. for Monday Night RAW. Steph was speaking with a few members of her writing team before the production meeting and Angle was on his way to meet her. Just before he reached his wife who was at the other end of the hallway, he was stopped by WWE diva, Candice Michelle.

"Hey Kurt." Candice said in a sweet voice stepping right in front of Angle so that he had to stop and speak with her.

"Hi Candice, how are you?" Kurt replied with a quick smile as he tried to walk around her and continue toward his wife.

"I'm good. Hey, I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed watching your match with Jeff last night. You were amazing!" She exclaimed again moving to cut off his stride.

"Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the match, but I-"

"I mean, I really don't understand why Stephanie was so upset with you. I know I was proud of you." Candice said cocking her head to the side while smiling.

Angle let out a chuckle while looking at the attractive diva standing before him. It was obvious she was laying the flirtation on pretty thick, out of nowhere too. His eyes then shot down to his arm when he felt her place her soft hand to it.

"My wife, Stephanie, is proud of me too. I actually have to go see her now." Kurt replied quickly pulling away from her touch.

"Wait, Kurt, I also wanted to offer you my services. Um, I mean babysitting services. I know Stephanie usually has her hands full before RAW every week, I would love to watch your gorgeous baby boy. He's so cute." She replied still smiling.

"Yeah well I'll run that by, Steph. Thanks, okay, bye." Angle told her before pushing past her to finally get down the hallway to his wife.

By the time Kurt reached Stephanie, she was giving him a confused look. She had obviously seen what had transpired between him and Candice Michelle and was awaiting an explanation from her husband.

"What was that about?" She asked raising an eyebrow before she shifted her son to her other hip so that she could take her work satchel from Kurt with her right hand. She knew that she didn't have to elaborate on what she was asking about.

"Beats the hell out of me. She's acting like a dog in heat. Here, do you want me to take him?" Angle offered holding his hands out for his son after dismissing the diva's actions like it was a joke.

"What a little two faced bitch. Do you know how much support I gave her since she's been with us?" Steph replied staying on the topic on Candice while completely ignoring Kurt's question about the baby.

"It's no big deal, honey. Maybe that's her idea of being friendly. She offered to babysit Andrew for us. Oddly she didn't mention Aurora, I guess she meant her too."

"She's not watching either one of my children. She's stupid for thinking that I would let them or you near her if she's going to behave like that. As if I didn't see what happened to Sara and Mark after McCool had her hands in things." Steph muttered.

Her eyes were focused on Candice as she sneered from afar. She didn't know what had made her decided to flirt with her husband. Her and the young diva had a history of being on good terms. Steph, after all, worked with the divas a lot. Many of them were very grateful to have her guidance.

"You know, you really are sexy when you're jealous. Maybe tonight I can give you what you wanted and never got last night. My head is feeling a lot better." Kurt said in a whisper to his wife after taking her into his arms. This caused Steph to let out a playful laugh before giving him a peck on the lips. His advances defused the situation causing his wife's jealous anger to dissipate.

"Mommy, I want you!" Aurora whined. She was getting her mother's attention by pulling on her dress pants while rubbing her eyes with her free hand. It was getting close to her nap time. Angle quickly took his son from his wife's arms so that Aurora could be picked up by her mom.

"You know, we may need to think about getting a nanny for the kids. Just for during the show. We can't keep taking them into the production meetings with us the times I want to sit in." Kurt pointed out while he and his wife walked toward the conference room where the meeting was taking place.

"It's not a problem bringing them. I think Dad likes having them with us."

Stephanie set Aurora up with a little play area on the floor to keep her entertained during the meeting with Vince and the rest of the production team. Like usual, her daughter was content with the number of stuffed animals and coloring books she had in front of her. The baby, Stephanie sat right on her lap. Popping a pacifier in his mouth was all he required to be a happy quiet baby in his mother's arms.

"Before we begin the meeting, I just want to make sure you have all met my grandson, Andrew Vincent Angle. He's named after me, and he's going to be a future WWE champion." Vince announced in his loud booming voice that showed just how proud he was of his eleven month old grandchild to the large number of employees that sat before him.

"Dad, they know I had Andrew. He's eleven months old. Can we please get down to business?" Steph interjected after rolling her eyes at her father. Baby Andy had been born almost a year ago but yet Vince still insisted on showing him off as if everyone didn't know about his birth. All the employees would just smile and make a comments about their agreement with Vince, that his grandson would be a terrific in ring performer when he was grown.

"I was thinking that I could have a couple of months of TV program with Jack Swagger. I promised the kid that I would work with him." Kurt told his father-in-law as a way to do what his wife suggested, getting down to business.

"If you think you see real potential in him, go for it. He can be your pet project. Do you have your eye on anyone else as far as guys you would want to work with?" Vince asked Kurt while he put his reading glasses on.

"That Evan Bourne has peaked my interest. He reminds me of AJ Styles in TNA. I'd like to bring him over from SmackDown soon if that'd be okay with you, Dad." Angle replied putting his arm around Steph who was sitting right next to him.

"Speaking of SmackDown, we still need to figure out who is going to be Edge's next challenger for the World Heavyweight championship. I know at our last meeting a number of writers suggested we push Rey Mysterio as a number one contender because of SmackDown's high level of viewership from the Hispanic population but frankly that's been done many times in the past and we need a fresh feud." Vince explained.

"What about bringing Jay Reso over to SmackDown? Edge and Christian feuding over the world championship would be a huge draw since they were one of the best tag teams in the late nineties, early 2000s. Jay's work as Christian Cage in TNA was pure gold, the guy deserves a push." Kurt said pitching the idea to move Christian from ECW and have him feud with his long time friend Adam Copeland.

"I've seen his work before. I'm not impressed by him. I rehired him because I saw an opportunity to take one of TNA's main eventers. I could careless about his work in TNA." Vince replied immediately shooting down his son-in-law's idea.

"I'm telling you, they guy has the charisma and the in-ring ability to be a key player on SmackDown. He's over with the smart marks, which is no easy feat." Angle said, again trying to convince Vince that Christian was so much more than a marginally average wrestler that McMahon made him out to be.

"What about Triple H being the challenger?" Stephanie asked cutting into her husband and father's discussion with her own suggestion.

Angle and McMahon fell silent as a look of surprise appeared on both of their faces. Whispers could be heard amongst the creative team as well as the rest of the production team. They were all shocked by Steph's proposal to push her ex-husband. Had hell frozen over?

"I think it's about time we let bygones be bygones. Triple H is still a big draw and Paul could make Adam look very good." Stephanie finally said aloud to follow up her suggestion to give reason for it.

"Levesque going out of his way to make another wrestler look good?" Angle chuckled showing his amusement with his wife's testimony while also ignoring her wanting to bury the hatchet with her ex. Vince started laughing as well causing his daughter to cock her head to the side and smile at the both of them before nudging her head in his daughter's direction. While she saw the humor in her husband's point, she didn't want her ex-husband bashed in front of their daughter.

"But in all seriousness, I'd be willing to put Hunter in the main event but only to make Edge look good while retaining the belt. I don't want the belt on Triple H." Vince explained going back to being professional.

"What about Mark? Isn't The Undertaker set to return his month? Why not have him and Edge put on a match for the title at SummerSlam?" Angle asked a moment after Vince spoke.

"That's a good idea, Kurt. The Phenom going up against the Rated R Superstar for the World Heavyweight championship." McMahon said with a smile before giving his son-in-law a pat on the back for suggesting the idea.

"Oh yeah, that's a great idea." A number of employees said aloud. They were trying to score points with the boss and his son-in-law by making the idea seem like it was ingenious. As if their ass kissing wasn't obvious.

"Like that hasn't been done before…" Steph muttered under her breath, moving her paperwork away from the edge of the table when her son tried to grab hold of it. Taker and Edge had numerous pay-per-view matches in the past. It wasn't the "fresh feud" her father had stated that he wanted. Yet, Vince was happy to have an alternative to giving Paul a push.

Kurt narrowed his eyes and looked over at Stephanie. He didn't know what to make of her new found support for the pushing of her ex-husband that seem to come out of nowhere. Since when was she all for letting bygones be bygones? He wanted to question her right then and there but he didn't. It was a topic that could wait until later when they were by themselves and not in front of the production team.

"Mr. Angle, I can't thank you enough for asking Mr. McMahon for a feud with me. It's going to be an honor, sir. You've seen what I can do in the ring, do you have any preliminary advice you can give me?" Swagger asked Kurt as he stood by watching Angle change a diaper. Vince had given Kurt the night off because the match with Jeff Hardy was so brutal and he wanted to sell Angle's injury. Plus, he thought his son-in-law had earned a night off.

"Call me Kurt, okay? As far as giving you advice, I noticed you tend to slow down your pace when you're pulling off some of your suplexes or transitioning. When you slow down, it looks awkward. Also, you need to work on selling your opponents' moves better. Especially when they are working on a body part, a leg for instance, you need to be limping and favoring it after." Angle told him, listing off the things that stood out to him while he scouted the young talent.

"Wrestling matches are more than getting into the ring and pulling off wrestling moves and taunting the crowd. It's about telling a story. Every match tells a story." Kurt continued as Swagger listened intently.

"What story? Daddy, what story is it?" Aurora asked pulling on Kurt's shirt, her voice filled with curiosity while she sat next to her brother as he was getting changed. Angle let out a chuckle before giving his stepdaughter a kiss on top of her head.

"I don't get how every match can be a story if there is absolutely no build up before hand. Like tonight, I'm scheduled to have a match with MVP where I go over clean. There's nothing to work off of, it's a random match." Jack explained looking confused about his task for the night.

"There is a story. You are just coming off of a lose to Kofi Kingston in the United States championship match from last night's pay-per-view. You're angry, you believe you should be United States champion. You decide you're going to take out all your aggression out on MVP. You need to get used to being intense with your ring work. I'm not going to lie. I'm a stiff worker, and if you don't bring it, I'll eat you alive in that ring." Kurt told Swagger. He was looking the kid in the eyes with a serious look on his face.

"I understand…" Jack replied after taking a moment to swallow the lump that had formed in his throat because of his intimidation of the Olympic Gold medalist.

"Good, do me a favor and go throw this away."

Angle said quickly as he threw the wrapped up soiled diaper into Swagger's hand like it was a ball for him to catch. Jack looked a bit disgusted by the fact that he was now holding a dirty diaper. Still, he said nothing to Kurt about it. Angle was after all helping him improve as a wrestler. He waited a moment, watching Kurt put a fresh diaper on his baby. He thought that maybe the Olympic champion would laugh and tell him that he was only joking about making him throw it away. He never did, so Swagger reluctantly walked away to dispose of it in the nearest trash can backstage.

"You're joking, right? You didn't seriously flirt with Stephanie's husband. Did you? You're married!" Maria Kanellis exclaimed in shock at what was going around backstage from a few of the divas. Her and Candice Michelle stood in the divas' locker room. They were the only two left in there so Maria spoke freely.

"Please, it was harmless flirting. Paul Levesque let it slip after the pay-per-view last night that Kurt has a crush on me but is just too much of a gentleman to make a pass." Candice said defending her actions.

"Well Melina saw you talking to him from afar and she said that he didn't seem the least bit interested in you. In fact, she said he couldn't get away from you fast enough." Maria replied letting out a few chuckles causing Candice to frown.

"Ugh I hate that bitch. It so obvious she's just jealous of me." Candice scoffed while running her hand through her hair.

"Well whatever is going on. You'd be smart to just leave Kurt Angle alone. I mean, he's not just spoken for, he's spoken for by Stephanie McMahon. You do not want to cross her. I don't think she would take too kindly to you engaging in "harmless flirting" with her husband." Maria said warning her fellow WWE diva.

"Don't be so dramatic. It's not that big of a deal. Stephanie and I are on good terms. I'm sure she knows that I'm not dumb enough to sleep with her husband. She knows me better than that." Candice Michelle explained before fixing the skimpy top to her outfit. Maria didn't look convinced by her words.

Angle spent the rest of the evening watching the kids while Steph did her job backstage with the creative and production team. The only task Kurt had given himself for the night was to watch Swagger's match against MVP. He sat backstage with his son asleep in his arms and Aurora conked out next to him on the sofa. Angle was pretty impressed with the moves Jack Swagger did pull off but it became someone repetitive when he did them more than once in two different spots. Kurt knew that being given the opportunity to work with the kid, he could very well be making a future main eventer.

"So what was with you bringing up the idea to push Paul on SmackDown?" Angle asked his wife as they both were undressing in their small bedroom on their luxury bus.

This had been in the back of Kurt's mind ever since the production meeting earlier in the day. Now he was finally bringing it up to his wife after RAW was over and it was time for bed.

Stephanie looked over at her husband. She looked a little bit surprised that he was asking her about this from out of nowhere. She watched him toss his shirt and pants aside and into the nearby hamper before cracking a smile.

"You know, you too are really sexy when you're jealous." Steph said throwing her husband's past words back at him before letting out an unbridled laugh. This prompted Kurt, who was now in only in his briefs, to jump onto the bed, making a swift maneuver across it in order to get to his wife.

"Tell me what that's about or I'll tickle it out of you." Kurt threatened in a sexy whisper before he pulled his wife onto the bed with him in order to pin her underneath him. This caused Stephanie to laugh again as she wiggled underneath her husband's muscular frame in a half hearted attempt to get free. This caused Angle to let out a small moan, catching his bottom lip with his front teeth as he looked down with a playful smirk at his beautiful wife.

"I just think that putting him in the main event for SummerSlam will help put all the resentment to rest. It has been a year. Paul is still Aurora's father, and I just think that he should have the opportunity to earn and support his daughter. Besides, it's a winning situation for us too. Triple H in the main event again can boost pay-per-view buy rates." Stephanie explained, her hands beginning to caress the curvature of Angle's abs after he started grinding his lower half into hers.

"Mm, if you say so, baby. I still say you're too nice to that asshole. He doesn't deserve it." Kurt muttered, bringing his forehead to hers which allowed her to catch his lips with hers.

Angle began showering her with kisses which she gladly accepted, savoring his taste. Steph closed her eyes feeling his lips move from her mouth, to her neck, then her chest. She let out a few giggles feeling him kiss around her belly button before moving down further.

"Kurt…Don't stop…" She muttered in somewhat of an almost silent gasp while massaging her husband's sore shoulders with her hands.

Steph knew full well that their baby was asleep in the nearby crib. Her eyes were closed, her mouth open, letting every moan escape freely while she raised her body up off the bed and toward her husband. He was definitely making up for last night and then some.