"So he's going to kidnap you from your locker-room, and he's going to take you to the chapel in Vegas to make you his wife while you're drugged and passed out. BRILLIANT!"
Most fathers would die at this description of their little girls being married, but Vincent Kennedy McMahon wasn't most fathers. He was a billionaire who's company was loved by billions, and he was running a machine day in and day out to keep the ball rolling. As he smiled at his idea, Stephanie rolled her soft blue eyes, chuckling at her father's expense.
"Dad, it isn't every day you hear such beautiful detailing of a marriage against your daughter's will, but if you're happy, I'm happy. But why Hunter, though? Are we just canceling the whole angle with Andrew out?"
Vince sat thoughtfully, realizing that he had other pawns on his board with this idea, but he knew deep down Stephanie and Hunter would make a powerful on-screen couple. Stephanie sighed softly, before more thoughts poured into her head.
"And Joanie...? We can't forget she's Hunter's love, on and off screen.."
Vince leaned towards his daughter, kissing her beautiful brown locks before rubbing his hands together. "You let your old man take care of this, you know he always has a method to his madness. Now go get ready, we got some kidnapping to do!" Stephanie giggled softly as she walked off, leaving Vince to watch her proudly.
"You're marrying her? So, is everything we've worked for done?"
Hunter rolled his eyes softly, wishing Joanie would understand that this was only an angle. Sure, parts of him felt utter guilt from the beautiful nights he had spent with Steph before, but that was just simply a night of conversation. Its not like he made love to the woman. Paul sighed softly as he listened to Joanie rant, wondering what point exactly she was trying to make. He stood up suddenly, grabbing hold of her arms as he caught his breath.
"Listen to me, Joan. You can't let TV crap get into the way of our relationship. YOU'RE my girlfriend, why are you so consumed with some crazy angle? I didn't see you this angry when I did the bit with Sable. What's the big idea with Stephanie?"
Joanie pulled herself from Hunter, studying his hazel hues before she found herself shaken from the whole situation. "I don't like it. Something inside of me just, it just.. It doesn't feel right. Something inside of me is telling me that this is real, I don't know what it is." Paul sighed as he felt his heart grow heavier, wondering if Joanie's gut feeling was actually true. It was something about Stephanie that he found amazingly interesting, and he couldn't lie to himself about wanting to get to know her more. He held Joanie's hand, before kissing her lips softly.
"Joan, its me and you. Take things in stride, and it'll all come together, alright?"
Joanie turned away, walking towards her locker-room as Hunter stood there, lost into his thoughts of what reality truly was.
"ALRIGHT, say cheese, happy couple!"
Stephanie laughed loudly, cracking up at her father getting a photo of Paul and herself in the mini convertible before he ran off, letting the TV cameras do their work. Only in the wrestling world would a marriage like this be deemed acceptable, and it's why she couldn't see her life without wrestling. Hunter turned his flatcap backwards, putting his arm over Stephanie before the cameras started rolling, making him chuckle to himself.
"You know Steph, you should act as if you're drugged out of your mind. You don't want people thinking you would actually marry me." Stephanie giggled at Hunter's words, leaning over on the passenger's side as if she had been passed out for hours. Hunter chuckled softly, patting her knee as he drove up to the window, asking the clerk if she could take their hand in marriage. As she gave them her blessings, Hunter turned to the camera and told millions around the world that Stephanie was now his wife. As Hunter pulled off, Stephanie cackled loudly, clapping and cheering from the success of their segment. She threw her hands around Hunter's neck, kissing him softly against his lips. Hunter stared at her in amazement, before she came to her senses, realizing what she had just done. As they studied each other, Vince's voice bellowed through the air, breaking the silence that had fallen between the two.
"THAT WAS AMAZING! YES! I KNEW IT WOULD BE GOLD! WHY ARE YOU TWO JUST SITTING THERE?! YOU JUST MADE THE WORLD GO NUTS! NO ONE MARRIES VINCE'S DAUGHTER AGAINST HER WILL BUT THE GAME! THAT WAS AMAZING! WHY ARE YOU TWO JUST SITTING THERE?!"
Hunter couldn't hear a word Vince was saying, because he had gotten what he had longed for months now from Stephanie McMahon.