It was a joyful Christmas eve at the McMahon household. Vince McMahon was holding his annual holiday party with the WWE employees. Anyone who was anyone would be there and like always it was mandatory for the whole McMahon family to be in attendance. Vince and Paul where mingling with their co-workers, Marissa and Linda where looking after the four grandchildren, and Shane and Stephanie where standing on the loft, looking on at what was taking place. This was the worst part of the holiday season for the McMahon siblings. They hated the fake smiles, compliments, and the gossip behind their backs. If the two had a choice, they wouldn't be within miles of the place. But they didn't want the "You're a McMahon. You have the obligation to come" speech from their father.
Shane and Stephanie decided to waste time by talking to each other rather then mobbing about their attendance. "So how's life in Connecticut?" asked Shane, trying to strike up a conversation.
"Do you really care?" snapped Stephanie.
Shane didn't know how to respond. He hoped she wasn't that upset about him leaving the company in a couple weeks. "You aren't seriously mad at me for leaving are you?" Shane questioned. If Stephanie was angry with him, he didn't know how long she would remain this way.
"I just don't understand why you would even want to leave. What's wrong with working with your family?" explained Stephanie.
She was devastated when her mother, Linda, decided to step down as the CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment to join the senate race an now all of a sudden Shane wanted to leave too! As far as Stephanie was concurred, he wasn't going to come back to the company with open arms to his old position. If he wanted to leave, he was going to start from the ground up when he returned. That is if he actually decided to make a come back. "Your leaving dad and I to run the business by ourselves. Now I might have seven departments to run! I don't even know if I can handle all of that!"
"Calm down Steph. Think of the baby." soothed Shane.
Stephanie was livid by then, "Don't tell me to calm down! I will not calm down!".
Upon hearing that, Paul came to his wife's aid, trying to calm her. "Paul, I will not calm down!".
Attempting to sooth Stephanie, Paul stated "Steph, you have to settle down. You don't need the extra stress. Please, calm down, at least for the baby." He then proceeded to lead Stephanie to her old room where they were staying.
Shane on the other hand headed to the play room to talk to his wife and mother for advice. Maybe even calm down himself by playing with the children.
"Hi hunny, how was your talk with Steph?" asked his wife, Marissa.
He couldn't believe they didn't hear Stephanie yell. Almost everyone at the party heard due to them standing on the loft above the living room.
"Not good. She was really upset about my resignation. Come to think of it, I've never seen her so upset in my whole life."
"Maybe she got so upset because of the hormones due to her pregnancy," Linda added.
"Yeah, maybe that's it. I hope she'll get over it soon. I don't want her to be mad at me forever." said a very concerned Shane, "Do you think I should go talk to her?"
"Just let her cool down. I'm sure she'll want to sit down and discuss this matter later on with you, but for now, let Paul handle her." stated Linda calmly.
Shane could only hope that Stephanie wasn't going to hold up this grudge forever.