p style="text-align: center;" data-p-id="43a358072ae0efd8bc384675c369f8be"em-/embr /emShawn's POV/embr /em-/em/p
p data-p-id="a6d992709be22b43b007c634784731d4""That didn't happen," Kat said./p
p data-p-id="abf0e20f40a486aecf80395e290ebf20""Yes it did! I was there!" I defended./p
p data-p-id="9b0340bf997d1f16860840de5b63e72e"Paul wasn't sure which of us to believe. I was telling the absolutely fantastic story of how Kat tripped over literal air, but she was denying it./p
p data-p-id="bbb3ff33058d3492ee5137991edfa961""I don't remember," she replied./p
p data-p-id="1a86ea807c3e197c2707a8100c71a4f5""It was before your concussion! You're not allowed to use that excuse."/p
p data-p-id="fab998907748b8176f5a5b9bd635c0d9""It's not an excuse." She stuck her tongue out at me. "It's a valid statement."/p
p data-p-id="7db42d998e8fb8ffba5828f9fb457932""You only 'forgot' because you're embarrassed about it," I shot back. "C'mon, Paul, you know that's something she would do."/p
p data-p-id="644e4ae96dd10d0f3c6cc3278420730f"He thought about it for a second. "Well, I have seen you trip over a lot of things," he told Kat. He turned to me, "But then, I've also heard you fabricate a lot of stories."/p
p data-p-id="9b20fb0bca49bd1bbdb7028191144a8f""I do not make things up!" I argued. "If I had a camera, I would have recorded it. But, since I didn't, you're just going to have to believe in me."/p
p data-p-id="735d54d3c4e6378f0b6ea674065988d6"Paul chuckled. "I'm not sure if I do."/p
p data-p-id="1cb2533f0eea4579d6f7a70e65b3aefc""Thank you!" Kat smiled victoriously./p
p data-p-id="c3c8d9b8e7c61633deaa328344850571"I pointed a finger at her. "Hey, you didn't win. He didn't say he believed you either."/p
p data-p-id="b870d44fe3784cdfd0c301ebbe172dbb""Well..."/p
p data-p-id="4043b9618c7697806a4a4f7c5c2c1f19""Paul! You would betray me like that?" I asked. "Some best friend you are." I couldn't believe he would stab me in the back like that./p
p data-p-id="1dec0715bb7fe87d39d7791334a8726a""Hey," he said, "it isn't my fault you're a liar."/p
p data-p-id="088ac152790bc35c3b5126dd3005ef3a""I'm not lying!" I complained. I looked over at Kat. "Damn you for being so innocent. You can convince anyone."/p
p data-p-id="e62df305d2dda2a1b1929149ee05d912"She just sent me a grin. There was no way I could be mad; she was adorable./p
p data-p-id="2fbe4e4433a83b9617b2f9b6a9d6b6ee"We were just hanging out at some place, having drinks and shooting the shit. We didn't have much to do that day, so Kat practically begged us to go out. She had a little cabin fever since she'd been back on the road, from all the time she spent cooped up./p
p data-p-id="624b8e507efc730e4d3e2e33244f49b8"By "drinks", I really just meant me. Paul wasn't drinking, per usual, and Kat had a chocolate milkshake. Which she was very excited about./p
p data-p-id="67c2c4236253d866ad497de412d06ad4""Fine, you win," I sighed. Kat always won. She always would, as far as I was concerned./p
p data-p-id="5269bea415f068bf37625f6257e697d4"She took a sip of her milkshake, still with that little smile on her face. "That's what you get for making up stories about me."/p
p data-p-id="338bc327cc2adbedf1cfd61d5c9b6ea0""I did emnot /emmake it up!" I said again, but it was no use. She was giggling so hard I thought she was going to fall out of her chair./p
p data-p-id="7d95a58ee4184c9efbd784653db3b42d"I lived for small moments like that. Just me, my best friend, and my girl. It was perfect./p
p data-p-id="f07d49b52d19849c9e1219af12c36213"At one point, an idea started forming in my head. "What if we started a kayfabe group? The three of us," I suggested./p
p data-p-id="37d8046a720b1169e944e9755c7ea9e9""Kayfabe's dead," Kat joked./p
p data-p-id="9bf00fca8c835babc3bf209550711f10"Paul laughed along. "We killed it, remember?"/p
p data-p-id="6c47bcbd6648c1bbbfe16d712bcdf104"I waved off their teasing manner. "Look, you know what I mean. Our own on-screen stable. I'm serious." They still seemed to think I was messing around, or possibly drunk already. "We could, I don't know, have you guys as my 'insurance policy' like we did with Kev. And maybe we could goof off and just be emus/em, you know?"/p
p data-p-id="0cb9d89d31ea449452c02156acae446e"Kat warmed up to the idea quickly. Probably just because she always had my back. "Sounds fun to me. What do you mean, 'be us'?"/p
p data-p-id="613eb19933372c715c85b206bb0309e9""I don't really know," I admitted. "We're... you know, idiots." Paul laughed at that. "Shut up, you get what I'm trying to say. We could be funny and loud and..." Goddammit. For the life of me, I could not find any other words. "Us!"/p
p data-p-id="5997a48d143d9397d39e0c1b71152bcc"Paul was quiet for a while, but finally he leaned back, apparently liking the idea. "You might be onto something."/p
p data-p-id="f11400182b07e0e80a0a5d9e9197b278""It doesn't have to just be us." I was on a roll now, gears turning in my head. "We could ask ol' Ravishing Rick to join us. I don't know what he'd do, but he could... just hang out with us, I gues."/p
p data-p-id="67e2c08fda15056956554dc0648cdea8"Paul nodded with me, but Kat was confused. "Why Rick?"/p
p data-p-id="e57e7f24529cd4e398e4eaf9d8ccba93"I shrugged, and Paul didn't really know either. "I just kinda like him. He's cool."/p
p data-p-id="89a88a81e658e9ac2aa6c9928854edf8"Paul started laughing before he could even tell us why. "We could have Chyna be in it with us," he finally said./p
p data-p-id="67fc255797a46054f5f0b55e66b32936"I started laughing at the idea too, but again Kat wasn't catching our drift. "Chyna?"/p
p data-p-id="f10ed47964f4724dd346341d73615479"I remembered all of a sudden that Kat hadn't been with us when we found Joanie. "She's this super buff chick we met on that god-awful boat-"/p
p data-p-id="fe39f9be41f660d66e88b09673c27990"Kat cut me off. "No, I know who she is. I don't completely live under a rock." Apparently I had already told her this story. "I meant, why would we want her in our group?"/p
p data-p-id="9a650b585eecd1adbaf5ba6ef7ea7a53""Because its funny," was the only answer I could give. "She's this huge woman, and she could be our bodyguard." Finally it clicked for Kat and she started laughing along, admitting to us that having Chyna with us would be funny. One muscled girl protecting two grown men./p
p data-p-id="0f3af99ce0493cdef36e4e884b3e7ce8"They really seemed to be into the idea, which made me happy. The whole thing had just been something that popped into my head, but it had the possibility of becoming a reality. Especially if they were on board, we could make it happen./p
p data-p-id="d9e54207d4fd5e199295c46a4469b450""What would we be called?" Paul asked as we kept shooting out different plans. We most likely wouldn't use half of it, but we were all excited and just wanted to get out all of our ideas./p
p data-p-id="9966911c1b9fefa411ac70952a973a42""We'll find something." I didn't have a clue./p
p data-p-id="941aea281bfa217490aff6d96ed96f00""The 'Idiots',"Kat offered./p
p data-p-id="2f5486573480b637517edfcf6298014e""Oh, shut up."/p
p data-p-id="6b94fc01f73970e65e135fb127302b42""'Us'," Paul added./p
p data-p-id="20a0d344f61c29421eed2775b2126ba6""Shut UP. You understood what I was trying to tell you," I replied./p
p data-p-id="14f3b38eb1a8b1174a4467bbfef9be0c""It's just fun making fun of you," Kat told me./p
p data-p-id="0a0bbc7a8f2d6c1d64b815252dde4e2a"I rolled my eyes, a little over-the-top in my dramatics. "Thanks."/p
p data-p-id="93110b6c00851ac38fa78aebf72e5558"After we had just about exhausted the subject, Kat spoke up again. "Wow. We really need to bring this up to Dad."/p
p data-p-id="791f2c46ac1aab3d2748fb319d198817""Are you two good now?" I asked. Kat had told me about her nice conversation with Vince a while earlier, but I was puzzled on what it meant in the long run./p
p data-p-id="0996c94b37b804b011b38d63de899a50""I guess." She took a long drink of her shake. "I mean, I'm ready for us to be, if he is. I've had enough rebellion against my parents, I think."/p
p data-p-id="1b277789592b876ebcd26215ce4075b9""Thank God," I commented. Trying to balance both Vince and Kat when they didn't see eye to eye was stressful. I was glad that was over. Hopefully. Pending another meltdown, of course. The McMahons were hard to keep up with./p
p data-p-id="69cbde45e23d8f82439f7a339ab5229a"I was actually super excited about this group we were planning. I would get to spend even more time with Paul and Kat, and I thought it would be great. I was sure Vince and everyone else would be just as hyped as we were./p
p data-p-id="4dd877ace049ac59b1cef2dd307da893"Hopefully./p
p data-p-id="a6d992709be22b43b007c634784731d4""That didn't happen," Kat said./p
p data-p-id="abf0e20f40a486aecf80395e290ebf20""Yes it did! I was there!" I defended./p
p data-p-id="9b0340bf997d1f16860840de5b63e72e"Paul wasn't sure which of us to believe. I was telling the absolutely fantastic story of how Kat tripped over literal air, but she was denying it./p
p data-p-id="bbb3ff33058d3492ee5137991edfa961""I don't remember," she replied./p
p data-p-id="1a86ea807c3e197c2707a8100c71a4f5""It was before your concussion! You're not allowed to use that excuse."/p
p data-p-id="fab998907748b8176f5a5b9bd635c0d9""It's not an excuse." She stuck her tongue out at me. "It's a valid statement."/p
p data-p-id="7db42d998e8fb8ffba5828f9fb457932""You only 'forgot' because you're embarrassed about it," I shot back. "C'mon, Paul, you know that's something she would do."/p
p data-p-id="644e4ae96dd10d0f3c6cc3278420730f"He thought about it for a second. "Well, I have seen you trip over a lot of things," he told Kat. He turned to me, "But then, I've also heard you fabricate a lot of stories."/p
p data-p-id="9b20fb0bca49bd1bbdb7028191144a8f""I do not make things up!" I argued. "If I had a camera, I would have recorded it. But, since I didn't, you're just going to have to believe in me."/p
p data-p-id="735d54d3c4e6378f0b6ea674065988d6"Paul chuckled. "I'm not sure if I do."/p
p data-p-id="1cb2533f0eea4579d6f7a70e65b3aefc""Thank you!" Kat smiled victoriously./p
p data-p-id="c3c8d9b8e7c61633deaa328344850571"I pointed a finger at her. "Hey, you didn't win. He didn't say he believed you either."/p
p data-p-id="b870d44fe3784cdfd0c301ebbe172dbb""Well..."/p
p data-p-id="4043b9618c7697806a4a4f7c5c2c1f19""Paul! You would betray me like that?" I asked. "Some best friend you are." I couldn't believe he would stab me in the back like that./p
p data-p-id="1dec0715bb7fe87d39d7791334a8726a""Hey," he said, "it isn't my fault you're a liar."/p
p data-p-id="088ac152790bc35c3b5126dd3005ef3a""I'm not lying!" I complained. I looked over at Kat. "Damn you for being so innocent. You can convince anyone."/p
p data-p-id="e62df305d2dda2a1b1929149ee05d912"She just sent me a grin. There was no way I could be mad; she was adorable./p
p data-p-id="2fbe4e4433a83b9617b2f9b6a9d6b6ee"We were just hanging out at some place, having drinks and shooting the shit. We didn't have much to do that day, so Kat practically begged us to go out. She had a little cabin fever since she'd been back on the road, from all the time she spent cooped up./p
p data-p-id="624b8e507efc730e4d3e2e33244f49b8"By "drinks", I really just meant me. Paul wasn't drinking, per usual, and Kat had a chocolate milkshake. Which she was very excited about./p
p data-p-id="67c2c4236253d866ad497de412d06ad4""Fine, you win," I sighed. Kat always won. She always would, as far as I was concerned./p
p data-p-id="5269bea415f068bf37625f6257e697d4"She took a sip of her milkshake, still with that little smile on her face. "That's what you get for making up stories about me."/p
p data-p-id="338bc327cc2adbedf1cfd61d5c9b6ea0""I did emnot /emmake it up!" I said again, but it was no use. She was giggling so hard I thought she was going to fall out of her chair./p
p data-p-id="7d95a58ee4184c9efbd784653db3b42d"I lived for small moments like that. Just me, my best friend, and my girl. It was perfect./p
p data-p-id="f07d49b52d19849c9e1219af12c36213"At one point, an idea started forming in my head. "What if we started a kayfabe group? The three of us," I suggested./p
p data-p-id="37d8046a720b1169e944e9755c7ea9e9""Kayfabe's dead," Kat joked./p
p data-p-id="9bf00fca8c835babc3bf209550711f10"Paul laughed along. "We killed it, remember?"/p
p data-p-id="6c47bcbd6648c1bbbfe16d712bcdf104"I waved off their teasing manner. "Look, you know what I mean. Our own on-screen stable. I'm serious." They still seemed to think I was messing around, or possibly drunk already. "We could, I don't know, have you guys as my 'insurance policy' like we did with Kev. And maybe we could goof off and just be emus/em, you know?"/p
p data-p-id="0cb9d89d31ea449452c02156acae446e"Kat warmed up to the idea quickly. Probably just because she always had my back. "Sounds fun to me. What do you mean, 'be us'?"/p
p data-p-id="613eb19933372c715c85b206bb0309e9""I don't really know," I admitted. "We're... you know, idiots." Paul laughed at that. "Shut up, you get what I'm trying to say. We could be funny and loud and..." Goddammit. For the life of me, I could not find any other words. "Us!"/p
p data-p-id="5997a48d143d9397d39e0c1b71152bcc"Paul was quiet for a while, but finally he leaned back, apparently liking the idea. "You might be onto something."/p
p data-p-id="f11400182b07e0e80a0a5d9e9197b278""It doesn't have to just be us." I was on a roll now, gears turning in my head. "We could ask ol' Ravishing Rick to join us. I don't know what he'd do, but he could... just hang out with us, I gues."/p
p data-p-id="67e2c08fda15056956554dc0648cdea8"Paul nodded with me, but Kat was confused. "Why Rick?"/p
p data-p-id="e57e7f24529cd4e398e4eaf9d8ccba93"I shrugged, and Paul didn't really know either. "I just kinda like him. He's cool."/p
p data-p-id="89a88a81e658e9ac2aa6c9928854edf8"Paul started laughing before he could even tell us why. "We could have Chyna be in it with us," he finally said./p
p data-p-id="67fc255797a46054f5f0b55e66b32936"I started laughing at the idea too, but again Kat wasn't catching our drift. "Chyna?"/p
p data-p-id="f10ed47964f4724dd346341d73615479"I remembered all of a sudden that Kat hadn't been with us when we found Joanie. "She's this super buff chick we met on that god-awful boat-"/p
p data-p-id="fe39f9be41f660d66e88b09673c27990"Kat cut me off. "No, I know who she is. I don't completely live under a rock." Apparently I had already told her this story. "I meant, why would we want her in our group?"/p
p data-p-id="9a650b585eecd1adbaf5ba6ef7ea7a53""Because its funny," was the only answer I could give. "She's this huge woman, and she could be our bodyguard." Finally it clicked for Kat and she started laughing along, admitting to us that having Chyna with us would be funny. One muscled girl protecting two grown men./p
p data-p-id="0f3af99ce0493cdef36e4e884b3e7ce8"They really seemed to be into the idea, which made me happy. The whole thing had just been something that popped into my head, but it had the possibility of becoming a reality. Especially if they were on board, we could make it happen./p
p data-p-id="d9e54207d4fd5e199295c46a4469b450""What would we be called?" Paul asked as we kept shooting out different plans. We most likely wouldn't use half of it, but we were all excited and just wanted to get out all of our ideas./p
p data-p-id="9966911c1b9fefa411ac70952a973a42""We'll find something." I didn't have a clue./p
p data-p-id="941aea281bfa217490aff6d96ed96f00""The 'Idiots',"Kat offered./p
p data-p-id="2f5486573480b637517edfcf6298014e""Oh, shut up."/p
p data-p-id="6b94fc01f73970e65e135fb127302b42""'Us'," Paul added./p
p data-p-id="20a0d344f61c29421eed2775b2126ba6""Shut UP. You understood what I was trying to tell you," I replied./p
p data-p-id="14f3b38eb1a8b1174a4467bbfef9be0c""It's just fun making fun of you," Kat told me./p
p data-p-id="0a0bbc7a8f2d6c1d64b815252dde4e2a"I rolled my eyes, a little over-the-top in my dramatics. "Thanks."/p
p data-p-id="93110b6c00851ac38fa78aebf72e5558"After we had just about exhausted the subject, Kat spoke up again. "Wow. We really need to bring this up to Dad."/p
p data-p-id="791f2c46ac1aab3d2748fb319d198817""Are you two good now?" I asked. Kat had told me about her nice conversation with Vince a while earlier, but I was puzzled on what it meant in the long run./p
p data-p-id="0996c94b37b804b011b38d63de899a50""I guess." She took a long drink of her shake. "I mean, I'm ready for us to be, if he is. I've had enough rebellion against my parents, I think."/p
p data-p-id="1b277789592b876ebcd26215ce4075b9""Thank God," I commented. Trying to balance both Vince and Kat when they didn't see eye to eye was stressful. I was glad that was over. Hopefully. Pending another meltdown, of course. The McMahons were hard to keep up with./p
p data-p-id="69cbde45e23d8f82439f7a339ab5229a"I was actually super excited about this group we were planning. I would get to spend even more time with Paul and Kat, and I thought it would be great. I was sure Vince and everyone else would be just as hyped as we were./p
p data-p-id="4dd877ace049ac59b1cef2dd307da893"Hopefully./p