Invisible

She sat at the front of the table, her light pink knit sweater adding a feminine touch to the testosterone filled room. All around her stood the superstars of the WWF, each of them either listening intently to her father as he rambled on or putting in a good effort of at least looking like it. Her blue eyes skimmed around the room nervously. Sometimes she questioned why she was even here; the irony of Stephanie McMahon questioning her position in the company. She wasn't Shane. She'd never be one of the boys. Everybody in the locker room treated her like she had the plague. It was disheartening to have such a passion for the wrestling business yet be unable to share it with anyone outside her immediate family. Nobody talked to her because they were too afraid to take the risk. She was the boss's daughter after all. One wrong word, one slip up and she'd go running to daddy. That's what everybody thought anyway but it couldn't be any further from the truth. Was it too much to ask for a little friendship? God she felt pathetic even thinking the question. She caught the gaze of Sean Waltman who was slouching at the back of the room and managed a small smile. He simply turned his head and ignored her. Surprise surprise. People couldn't even bother themselves to acknowledge her. How wonderful.

"So to cut a long story short, Russo is gone and we're in the shits for this storyline. We don't know what we're going to do so any suggestions are more than welcome at this stage."

Her father's question went unanswered, just as she knew it would….that was, until a gravelly voice spoke up from the opposite side of the table.

"Actually, Vince? I think….I think I might have something."

All eyes curiously turned to the owner of the voice, none of them more interested than Stephanie. Somebody was actually going to contribute something to her storyline? She couldn't believe it and was even more stunned when she saw who it was.

"What you got, Hunter?"

Paul cleared his throat. "Well, you and I are currently in the middle of a feud together. And I'm looking for a way to get at you, to really get under your skin, right? So I thought that it would really be something if instead of just letting the whole Stephanie Test wedding angle fall to pieces, how about Triple H marries Stephanie first and that's how he sticks it to you?"

The entire room fell silent, not quite sure how to take the suggestion or how the boss himself would take it. Stephanie almost choked. Triple H marry her? That would mean working with one of the top guys on the show.

"Fuck, that's brilliant," Vince stated, almost in disbelief. "I mean that is really good, don't you think, Steph?"

Stephanie smiled at her father and nodded her head. "I….I think it's great. It's the perfect way to add some heat to your feud and to get us out of this mess at the same time." As the last word left her mouth, she felt a pair of eyes burning into the side of her head and turned to find Hunter looking at her and…..smiling. He was smiling at her, hell, he was holding eye contact with her and for some reason, she could feel her cheeks start to grow hot. Her head dipped slightly but she held his gaze and smiled back, fully expecting him to look away but he didn't. Instead his smile only got bigger and she suddenly felt the urge to giggle.

"But how are you gonna marry her? Surely she isn't just going to agree to it when she's already with me?"

Paul avoided rolling his eyes at Andrew Martin's question. The guy was talking as if it were real. This was wrestling, any reason would be good enough and he just happened to have the perfect one. "That's right. But she won't agree, she'll be unconscious. You see, everything will go ahead with the wedding like normal. But we have a Raw coming up in Las Vegas so I thought that we could do a thing where it's Stephanie's bachelorette party and she's out with friends drinking and whatever. Long story short, she gets her drink mickied by a guy sent there by me. He takes her to my car and we go to a drive through wedding and get married. Then during the actual wedding on the show, I come out and reveal that Stephanie can't marry Test because she's already married to me."

Once again silence descended upon the room before Vince let out a loud guffaw of….something. Excitement most likely. "This is great! I love it! Stick around after the meeting so we can hash this out, okay? You Hunter and Steph as well. We need to sort this thing out. Great, all right, moving on….."

Her father continued talking away but it was all background noise to Stephanie at this stage. After hearing Hunter's plan, she was positively giddy with excitement. She was now set to work a storyline with the fastest rising star in the company and it was going to be big, she could just feel it. With a searing smile on her face, she lifted her head and caught a familiar gaze. Hunter was staring at her again and he wore a matching grin. He was excited too, excited to be working with her. He had actually sat down and thought of a way to include her in this storyline, to put her character to use. He wasn't afraid and it truly meant the world to her. As she shyly dipped her head and her cheeks began to burn once again, suddenly she didn't feel so invisible.