CHAPTER 12: A Light, Happy Moment…
Minutes later, one of Steph's nurses came to do one of those periodic check-ups on their patients. When she entered the room, she was somewhat overwhelmed by what she saw: wrestling's first and most powerful family was there right in front of her, and it was just one of those "normal", non-wrestling days for them, something which fans don't get much of a chance to see them be in. She was a huge, huge wrestling fan… her whole family was. And not only was she a usual fan, she was a certified McMahons-DX fan. Oooh, what a lucky girl. But aside from being in awe by the presence of the whole McMahon family, she was also surprised by Shawn being there. As far as she knew, he was supposed to be in his own room, resting.
"Uhm… excuse me… I'm Mitch, one of Steph's nurses. I just dropped by to check on our princess… So… how… how are you feeling now?" For some reason, her voice was shaking. But what surprised her more was how she was able to put up a decent conversation, with her ultimate idol. She idolized Steph more than anyone else; she felt that Steph symbolized how women should be in society. She was strong, confident, and didn't back down from anybody. She did what she had to do, to get whatever she wanted. That was the on-air character. She loved the behind-the-scene persona more. Being the daughter of an extremely rich business tyrant, she didn't have to work much and bust her ass to earn a living. But she did, and she is. And here she was, being given the opportunity to take care of her "hero" even for just a small moment.
"I'm… I'm doing okay. Been better, thank you. I… I think it's you whom I should be asking, "how you're doing" to… cause… you're… you're shaking… you sure you're okay?" Steph teased with a smile, although somehow she already knew why the nurse was acting this way. It's surely not the first time that someone's shaking and has tears welled up in her eyes while talking to her.
Blushing until her face was as red as a tomato, Mitch replied: "Y-y-y-yeah…", but she shook more.
Everyone in the room laughed at the incident. Sure they were used to these kinds of moments, and as ultimately super popular people, they actually found each of those times rather cute.
From where he was seated, Shawn thought that it was his time to do the teasing. So he spoke up: "Are you really, really sure that you're a-okay??? Cause I swear, I've never seen anyone shake as much as you do… even if he/she has a problem with his/her nervous system. Maybe we should call a nurse, don't ya think? Hey, but you're the nurse here! Oh! So nurse… Nurse I-forgot-the-name-of, we have a problem. Well, there's this girl in a room, uhm… she's incredibly shaking… for I don't know what reason… maybe it's because she's in awe at my presence. Well, can't really blame her. If you're before the Heartbreak Kid, you really are going to break." He finished his statement with one of those cocky, teasing smirks, which earned him a smack in the head from Paul.
"Well, excuse him nurse, well you see… my best friend here, well it's just so unfortunate I consider him that… he… he can be a little… you know… jerk-y and an asshole at times…"
"A little only? I can name a thousand other times when he had been a certified ass… and it was even on national television." Wow! That just didn't come out of her mouth. Now she was feeling more comfortable, and she thought to herself that this was just not a dream… this was reality… and if only this was how each and every patient she had was, then she won't have any problem dragging her ass up from bed every morning.
"Oooh… she got ya man… tsk tsk tsk… poor Shawnie… a young nurse got him…" Paul continued to tease Shawn in a playful voice.
Placing his hand on his left chest, Shawn shot back sarcastically: "Oh! So now I'm melting… oooohh… hu-hu-hu… haha funny…" and he slapped Paul in the arm.
"Uhm… well… I hate to spoil the party but… I was just wondering why you, Mr. Hickenbottom are here in this very room, when you're supposed to be in your own room upstairs resting and building up energy…" Her voice was stern, that Shawn thought she sounded like his mother.
Shawn muttered: "Oh, great! She got me…" But he had to think of a way to get him out of this "predicament". And what better way to get out of something than to pretend not knowing about it in the first place.
"Ahh… you see… I'm just here visiting. You know… cause… Steph is here. And… I don't know if you know… but… I… I consider her to be like my baby sister. So, I'm here… visiting! Yeah… that!" And thinking that the nurse may not have any idea about what happened in the pay-per-view earlier, as she may have likely been on duty, he added, "So why should I be upstairs? There's nothing wrong with me…" He finished that statement with one of those gorgeous smiles that would make any girl's heart melt. Somewhere in the room, Shane and Marissa were laughing to themselves… Shawn could really be a cutie at times.
Unfortunately, he thought wrong. "Well, I suppose when you fall straight off a 20 foot cage, to the announcers' table, straight to the concrete floor, you should really be in bed resting."
Slightly blushing because his secret has now been exposed, Shawn had to admit to it already. "Okay fine… you got me. But, how'd… how'd you know that? Weren't you on duty or something?"
"Well… actually I was… but my brother called and told me what happened. Have I mentioned to you that my whole family is into WWE? And when I say whole, I really mean whole… there's my dad, my mom, my older brother, my older sister, my younger brother, my younger sister, my two uncles, my two aunts and all of my four cousins. You want proof on how obsessed my family is? Let's just put it this way. My younger brother is named Mark… my younger sister is Trish. My four cousins are Paul, Shawn, John and Randy. One of my aunt's actually pregnant now and she's planning to name her kid Candice. And uh… I don't know if this is good or not… but our dogs are Glenn, Adam and Dave."
Everyone in the room echoed: "Wooooww!!" Her family was indeed die-hard fans. Vince actually felt proud. After all, this was his product. And to be here with a fan whose life basically revolves around wrestling, it was just… the feeling was unexplainable. True, he has heard of a thousand "I'm a fan… a die-hard fan… wrestling is my life" speeches, but he has not really met one. Now, here's a girl… a nurse in her early twenties… the nurse of her daughter, who has just confessed to be his company's biggest fan.
Then Shawn asked: "And you're named after…? I'm sure you mentioned you're name earlier… I just didn't quite get it… If you're named after the Fabulous Moolah or Mae Young, I'll scream!"
Letting out a small chuckle, she replied. "It's Mitch… my real name's actually Michelle… Michelle Rose."
This revelation caused Shawn's, Rebecca's, Paul's and Steph's jaws to drop. Wasn't that a co-incidence? Her name was actually the combination of their respective daughters' second name. Cheyenne Michelle and Aurora Rose.
"I know… that's… that's just a big co-incidence. When I heard you named your daughter, Michelle, I went crazy. When I heard on TV you guys named Aurora, Rose, I went crazier. And now, I'm in the presence of the parents of my namesakes and they happen to be my biggest idols, too."
Then an alarm was suddenly heard. It came from Mitch's watch, signaling that visiting hours were now over, and she had to make sure that all of her patients were resting comfortably in their respective rooms, free from visitors. Somehow saddened that this enjoyable moment should now end, she had to break the news to her "patient's visitors".
"Uhm… as much as I'm enjoying each and every second of this moment, I hate to tell you that visiting hours are now over, and all visitors are being asked to leave now, to allow our patients to rest and get the peace and quiet they need. You could all come back tomorrow morning and by that time, I assure you, our princess here will be all better, and I'll have the latest updates on her condition. But in the mean time, you really all have to go, and I'm on strict orders that only one person—whom I suppose will be Mr. Levesque—will be allowed to stay. Plus, Mr. Hickenbottom, playtime's over. You need to go back to your room now… before anyone else finds out you're here."
No one moved from where they sat and instead, groans were heard to surround the room.
Surprised by the fact that nobody seemed to hear any of what she had just said, Mitch spoke again. "I know you're the most powerful family and duo on television, and that you could do anything you want, anytime. But sorry to break your bubble… we're not on television, and you guys are no better than anyone else here. As the rules state, you really should go. So go now before I call in security to drag your ass out of this building. I'm sure you wouldn't want any of that", she threatened. But deep down, she was enjoying every minute of it.
"Fine, fine, fine… we're leaving… Hmph! Mean nurse…"
"It's just amazing how a twenty four year old nurse could command television's most powerful family to do something…" Mitch muttered to herself, which was heard by Shane.
So he jokingly shot back: "Shut up! I shall return!"
So they all said their goodbye's to each other, exchanging kisses and hugs, with the McMahon's promising to be back tomorrow morning, despite having to be at work.
Then Paul told Steph. "Uhm… baby, can I leave you for just a second? I'm gonna help send this jerk upstairs. Who knows? He may leave this hospital without any of us knowing… So, will you be okay being alone for just a while?"
"Yeah… I'll… I'll be fine… go ahead…"
"Okay then." Paul placed a kiss on Steph's forehead and accompanied everyone out of the room.
Helping Shawn up with his crutches, Paul said: "Come' on asshole, let's go…" This earned him a smack on the head from the older guy, which resulted to them slapping each other now and almost having a fight.
Then Vince intervened: "Okay kids, stop it! Let's go. You're worse than Declan and Kenyon!"
Steph, Becca, Shane, Rissa, Linda and Mitch all just had to smile. Paul and Shawn were indeed the best pair of best of friends that ever existed.
Things were indeed getting better…