"You're very talented." a low female voice said. The Preston native quickly shook the sweat from his hair before turning around to see an extremely petite, blonde woman standing behind him with her arms crossed. An eyebrow went up when he figured out that the woman was none other than Celine Levesque, or as her fans know her; Princess Helmsley.
"Thank you," he inhaled quickly before continuing, "It means a lot coming from a Diva like you."
Celine quickly flinched at his comment, "Please, I'm not a Diva. I'm a wrestler, big difference." She then proceeded to the very tall man, smiling as he scanned her body.
"Celine Levesque." She put her hand out.
Stu smirked and quickly put the small hand to his lips and replied, "Stu Bennett."
Celine didn't even blush, she just smirked at his eagerness to flirt with her and commented, "Well aren't you a gentleman."
"I try." He replied.
"Did my grandfather sign you to a brand yet?" she asked. Although she wasn't blood related to any of the McMahon's, she still considered them as her family. They never treated her different because she was the result of a knock up when her father was very young. She was only ten years old when she was introduced to the McMahon's, and she absolutely loves them.
"Actually, he did. I'm set to compete in this show called NXT which is kind of like Tough Enough except… it's weird. I'm supposed to win it and go onto Raw." Stu explained.
Celine nodded, she had heard her father talking about some NXT or Nexus thing to Vince. "That's great, you belong in the company. Your mic skills are amazing and your back it up in the ring, I'm glad Vince signed you."
"Thanks, Ms. Levesque." Stu replied.
"You're welcome, Mr. Bennett. And if you ever call me Ms. Levesque again, bad things will happen." Celine laughed.
Stu laughed, he enjoyed a woman who wasn't afraid to stand up for herself. "As long as you only call me Stu."
"Agreed." Celine said then turned to leave.
Stu wiped the fresh tear from his eye and continued with his speech, "Celine-Adele Stephanie Bennett was my best friend and the only person who could ever understand me and see through me. She looked past my rough exterior and saw me for what I truly was, just a normal middle class man trying to live his dream. I met her the day after I was signed to Raw, her and I clicked so quickly… it was absolutely amazing. She wasn't my type at all and I wasn't her type, which made our relationship work even more. We were nothing alike and that's what made us perfect for each other. Eventually we got married and, we had a pretty good marriage until yesterday. Right before she passed, we both had a huge fight and we were both set to separate. Now I really sound like I'm venting but I couldn't care less, my wife just died so I'll bloody vent all I want." Stu said seriously, but it lightened the mood a little. "Obviously by the looks on your faces, you had no idea that Celine and I were together. It's okay, only two people knew. Our marriage was a complete secret, she wanted to keep it that way because she didn't want me going through what Paul-Hunter, went through with his relationship with Stephanie. She loved me so much that she didn't want anyone to think that my push was because I was married to the daughter of the COO. First of all, my push wasn't because of Celine at all. I worked hard for my push and I earned it. Second of all, I hate to say it but I should have never tried to divorce her. I told her that I couldn't be with her if it meant keeping our relationship a secret. It was the worst mistake of my life and I will always regret it." Stu let more tears fall out and his head looked down because he couldn't stand looking at anyone in the eye, 'Celine was my reason for waking up in the morning, my reason for coming home during breaks, my reason for living. Without her I don't know how I'll go on, but I know that she would've wanted me to. Celine, I know you're up there watching and listening, I love you so-" Stu's voice cracked and he couldn't help but falling down to his knees as a result of a sudden rush of emotion.
Stephanie quickly rushed to the weeping man and began yelling for the camera man, "Turn it off! Turn the camera off!"
As soon as the cameras and microphone were off, Stephanie hugged Stu and whispered, "Let's get you backstage, Stu." Stephanie knew Stu very well and he wasn't one to show his emotions as strongly. He was independent, he kept his emotions to himself because he needed to be strong, especially for Celine.
Stu looked like a vulnerable little boy at this point, he clung onto Stephanie and continued to cry into her.
"Funny to see you here, stranger." Celine said to the raven haired man.
"I work here." Stu laughed.
Celine rolled her eyes before Stu walked in between her legs as she sat on one of the boxes in the hallway. "I missed you, baby." Celine whispered.
Stu smiled and gently pressed kisses against her bare shoulder, "I missed you too, love."
"How was your match with Cena?" she asked.
"Pretty good, how was dinner with your father?"
"Nice. But not as nice as being here with you right now." She replied.
"You corny little whore." Stu joked.
"Shut the fuck up, bitch." She laughed then tangled her tiny fingers with his and stared at the beautiful white gold that surrounded her fourth finger.
"CELINE!" Paul's voice boomed down the hallway.
Stu and Celine immediately pulled away from each other and began pretending that they were just talking. They couple saw the future Hall of Famer walking towards them with a huge smile on his face. "Oui?" she asked, turning to face the blonde.
"Stu, thank goodness you're here. I just got an idea that I think would really work, Vince loves it. We reform Nexus but under a new leadership because we need to push another Superstar. So we send Barrett to Smackdown so that he can reform another group which will be somewhat like the Nexus." Paul explained.
Celine and Stu nearly cried at that moment, "I don't like the idea." Celine spoke up.
Paul's smile dropped, "Why?"
"Wade is doing so good on Raw, why does he have to get transferred to Smackdown?"
Paul sighed, "I know he's doing great on Raw, that's why we should put him on Smackdown because Smackdown is losing their ratings."
Celine didn't want her personal life to get in the way of her business life, she promised that she would never let it happen. She looked at Stu's sad face and replied, "Whatever helps the ratings."
Paul smiled, "Are you okay with this, Stu?"
Stu didn't even look up at him, he just replied, "Like she said, whatever helps the ratings."
Paul smiled then quickly left, leaving the couple to say their goodbyes before being separated once again.
"I'm going to miss you on Raw, but I will try to visit Smackdown as much as possible." Celine said.
Stu kissed her lips quickly, "Don't worry love, we'll make it work."