Disclaimers: I own none of the characters in this story.. Situations presented in this story are purely fictional (well except for the obvious ones, but we all know which those are) and for your enjoyment and entertainment only.

Chapter 1

This just couldn't be happening, not to her, not now. Not to one of the most powerful women in the wrestling industry. Stephanie sat at the computer still unable to believe what was now staring her straight in the face as she opened her e-mail. Pictures of Paul, many of them, had been sent to her and they weren't of him by himself either. Oh no, she couldn't be that lucky of course. Instead they were of him getting pretty close with one of the Diva Search girls.

"That fuckin' bastard, thinking he's such a smooth operator and that no one would find out. Who the hell is he, thinking that he can get away with this kind of crap?" she yelled, scaring the sleeping 6-week old angel next to her.

Aurora woke up right that second and started crying, startled by her mother's yelling. Steph went over to Aurora's crib, taking her out and holding her close to try and comfort the infant.

"Mommy's sorry 'Rora, I didn't mean to scare you…. it's ok baby girl, you're ok now" Steph whispered to her, rocking back and forth to calm both Aurora and herself.

Tonight they had decided to visit work since they were doing a show close by in East Rutherford. It had only been two months since Stephanie temporarily stopped traveling with the company and she was itching to be backstage again, even if there was no work involved. Steph had counted on it being a non-stressful, non-dramatic visit but told herself that she should've known otherwise. There were no such days in the WWE, especially when your father was the one guiding the ship. Aurora had started to calm down a bit and was drifting back to sleep when Stephanie was brought out of her thoughts by a knock on the door.

"Just a minute," she said, putting Aurora back in her crib. "Ok, you can come in now."

"So the word around here is true after all, there is an unexpected visitor or two in the building tonight", said one smiling Kurt Angle, walking into the room.

To say that Stephanie was surprised to see him when she turned around was an understatement in the least.

"Hey! I wasn't expecting to see you around… you know…. after…well, after everything that happened with the ECW thing and in general.", she said, looking down at the floor.

Kurt sighed, walking over to Stephanie and knowing fully well that there was a huge guilt cloud hanging over her head. He rested his hands on her shoulders, trying to get her to look up to no avail.

"Steph look at me," he said, trying to get her to do so and being successful after a minute or two. "You and I both know that me being put back into the main event light when I needed to take a time out to take care of stuff was NOT your fault! Everyone knows that your father doesn't listen to anyone about anything and cares solely about business. For that, I could never be angry with you or place any blame regarding the situation on you."

Upon hearing this, Stephanie let out a huge sigh of relief while trying to suppress tears that were trying their hardest to flow freely for all to see. The last thing she wanted was to lose one of her best friends over something she tried to stop and worked so hard to change.

"So you're not mad at me?", Stephanie asked; a question that was soon followed by a chuckle and grin that gave reassurance that there was nothing to worry about.

"Are you kidding me Steph? I'm far from mad at you, more like sad seeing you like this. You place all this blame on yourself for things that you have no control over and then let it eat away at you little by little. At some point Stephanie, you have to realize that not everything that happens around here and even at home is your fault."

Kurt walked over to the computer, stopping to look at Aurora still sleeping peacefully.

"She is just adorable, definitely looks like you." Stephanie laughed, "Yeah, and has both the appetite and temperament of her father, which can only mean she'll be a handful in a couple years." Kurt was quiet for a minute, the mention of Paul entertaining a nagging question in the back of his mind.

"Where is the temperamental Gonzo anyways? Shouldn't he be giving you a break so that you can relax for a bit?"

Stephanie looked at her watch, 5:45 P.M. it read. Paul had been gone for an awful long time and as of now had yet to call and say what time he was going to be back at.

"I'm actually not sure, he's been gone a while and didn't say what time he would be back before he left. It's weird that he's not back yet, seeing as him and Michaels still need to go over things for the show tonight. Maybe he decided to go warm up in the ring before coming back here."

"Oh stupid me, I totally forgot to check my e-mail today, I'm waiting to hear back from my brother. Steph, do you mind if I use your computer real quick? I promise this won't take long at all.", Kurt asked, feeling stupid for asking about Paul's whereabouts.

"Oh it's no problem at all, take your time. I'm done with it for now, my hands were going to be numb if I did any more typing." Steph replied, not hesitating to change the subject in a hurry.

Kurt sat down and for a moment, there was a long pause, kinda like one of those uncomfortable silences where you could hear a pin drop.

"So….. what else is new since I've been gone? Well, besides the fact that my father has lost his mind with this whole DX feud thing. " Steph asked, trying to spark some kind of neutral conversation point.

"Oh not much, except the Diva Search girls are driving everyone crazy, creative is acting like a bunch of girls and majorly fighting amongst themselves, and the only saving grace on RAW out of all of this is just the fact that there is a rational McMahon around in the form of Shane.", he replied, noticing that Stephanie had forgotten to log out of her e-mail before answering the door.

"Hey, did you……." "What in the hell is this????"