I took a deep breath and let myself ramble out an explanation that I hope sounded decent, "okay well I was fed up with the abuse that the Authority has been giving me recently and I wanted to do something about it. I honestly didn't expect it to get as far as it did. Yes I wanted to hurt Shane. I wanted payback. But I promise I never wanted what happened out there to really happen. I feel absolutely terrible and I'm so sorry." Speaking fast and holding back tears I continued. "I had no idea Legacy would come out. If I had any idea that they would come out, I would have made sure to tell them to stay away. They don't need to be involved in this and I feel bad that they even had to get that lecture. I am such a horrible person and I'm so sorry and I understand if you can never forgive me. Just believe me that I am so sorry..."
"Hey. Look at me. It was a mistake and trust me, you will be punished for it but you will eventually be forgiven. Don't ever think anything you do could ever warrant us to not forgive you. We love you. Me, Stephanie, the whole family, and I'm sure that even most of the roster love you," he smirked. "So that was the explanation for Shane, now what about Steph?"
I shrunk farther back into the chair, wishing I could make myself disappear.
I took a deep breath and tried to explain, "Stephanie was never a target. She never has been. When she came into the ring, I realized what I had done to Shane and was in shock. I had walked towards her because I was going to apologize. I really hadn't meant to hurt him that badly. When she saw me and stood up and started yelling I could feel myself losing control. I told her to please wait to talk about it in the office. I knew I was not in control and needed to get out of the situation. I was begging her to please wait but she wouldn't listen. That's when she slapped me and I guess I lost it. It was pure instinct I swear. I would never try to hurt Steph. I love her. And you. And respect you both as the parents I never had. As soon as I got up and saw her laying on the floor, regret instantly flooded over me. I was ready to break character to make sure she was alright when you came down the ramp and I panicked. I'm really sorry."
"Wow. That's quite the explanation. I do believe that Steph was an accident but that does not mean it can go unpunished; however, if you can answer me this honestly, I might make one your punishments slightly easier."
"Punishments? More than one?"
"Yes. You are getting two punishments because you hurt two people." I nodded. That was fair, I guess. "Now, answer me this, why didn't you come to me sooner and talk about how this storyline was effecting you and ask for it to change or end soon?"
"I really don't know. I don't think it ever crossed my mind. I don't think I fully realized how out of control it was getting."
"Alright. That makes sense but from now on, every storyline you are involved in, you will be taking to me about it throughout its course to make sure this never happens again."
"Yes sir," this was not going to be good. Not for my ass.
"Now, this is what we are going to do. First you will be spanked for the attack on Shane. Second, you will be getting my belt for the RKO to Stephanie..."
"The belt? Please no. I promise it will never happen again. Please dad..." I panicked. I had only gotten in enough trouble to warrant the belt once before and it was the worst pain I have ever felt. Getting beat up in the ring, thrown through tables and hit with metal objects doesn't even come close to comparison. (HHH POV: he had never called me dad before. I kind of like it.)
**Back to Randy's pov.
"Yes. You are getting the belt for attacking my wife and you will not fight me on this. Since you were honest with me I wasn't going to give you very much but if you keep it up, you will be getting double."
Damn it. I need to just stop talking. This was not where I expected this conversation to go. "Yes sir,"
"Okay, I want you to stand in the corner and think about what happened and how you will atone for everything."
"The corner? I'm not a small child Hunter..."
"Do you want to try that again? Perhaps with a yes sir? "
"Yes sir. But really, this is ridiculous..."
"You just earned extras with the belt for arguing. This is for both of us to calm down and get in the right frame of mind. This is not the punishment. Now go to the corner." I nodded and walked over.
Fuck! Why can't I keep my mouth shut? I had gotten him to shorten this and now I made it worse. I am such an idiot. Fucking hell, I am screwed.
*10 long minutes later
"Aright Randy, come here,"