This takes place right after The Story Behind the Era. I own nada.

Stephanie stood in the doorway speechless. Her husband waiting for an explanation.

"I'm taking care of this shit." He said as he stormed off.

Stephanie grabbed her robe and threw it on and ran after him.

"Hunter! STOP!" she screamed down the hall. To her surprise, he did stop. When she caught up to him he was breathing heavy…she could tell he was irate. She grabbed his arm.

"Hunter don't do this. It's just some silly friend. I have to admit it's a little inappropriate, him sending me a flower and all, but I'll take care of this myself." She said stroking his face. But he wasn't even looking her in the eye. So Steph had to resort to plan B. Seduction. Even though she was still angry with Hunter and not ready to forgive him, she didn't want a fight breaking out. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her body up against his.

"Baby please. Can we just go back to our room." She said in a sweet voice. He turned to look down at her. "I missed you last night and all this fighting is really wearing down on me. We have bigger things to worry about. I'll stop this Kurt thing…" at the sound of his name Hunter pointed his finger in her face.

"Steph, if he doesn't stop, I'll kill him." He threatened at her.

Stephanie just smiled. The thought of Kurt having a crush on her was silly. They were just friends. She reached up and kissed Hunter. His jealousy was cute when it was under control.

"He'll stop. I promise. Take me to the room." She told him running her finger down his chest.

"I can't. I'm suppose to meet your father for breakfast. We have things to discuss." He said standing his ground.

Stephanie leaned over and kissed his neck. Her hand was now headed downward. She whispered in his ear.

"Since when do you listen to my daddy?" then she looked back up and him and he was smiling. He picked her up and carried her back in the room she stayed in last night. They hopped into the shower together and after about thirty minutes the water begun to get cold. As Stephanie got out, she heard someone knocking at the door. She put her robe back on and wrapped a towel around her hair. She went to go answer the door and there stood Shane.

"Morning Sis. I don't mean to alarm you but we can't find Hunter. He was suppose to meet us for break…" Shane was cut off by the site of Hunter coming out of the bathroom in a robe. Shane pieced two and two together.

"Well it's good to know you two made up. Now you lovebirds hurry up and get downstairs so we can discuss business." Shane finished in a very stern big brother tone. As he turned and walked away, Stephanie shut the door and her and Hunter began laughing hysterically as the embarrassment on Shane's face.

They both dressed and went downstairs and met with Vince and Shane. Vince, Shane and Hunter went on to the arena after breakfast and Stephanie went looking for Kurt.

She found him in the lobby, about to get in his car.

"Kurt!" she screamed out and ran to him.

"Hey Steph…did you get my flower?" he asked with a smile.

"Yeah I did Kurt, and it was sweet, but it was really over the line you know? I mean I consider you one of my good friends, Kurt. We are best friends right?" she asked him with indication in her voice.

"Of course Steph. Best friends" he said still smiling.

"Great…see you tonight then" she said as she turned and walked off. She didn't see Kurt's fake smile turn into a frown. Then turn from a frown to anger. Kurt knew she had to confront him about the flower because of her husband. He got in his car and drove off.

Later that night at the arena, Stephanie arrived in the locker room. Hunter was in there by himself.

"Hey baby" he said walking over to her. He kissed her.

"Hey" she said smiling from ear to ear.

"What have you been doing all day?" he said just making conversation.

"Well I took care of you know what and then I went shopping and here I am." She said as she set down her bags. "And now I need a coffee so I'm going to get one. You need anything honey?" she asked turning back to him.

"No thank you" he said after kissing her one more time. As she walked out, he realized he did want some water before he went out. He finished putting on his gear and headed her direction.

As Stephanie looked for the refreshments, she ran into Kurt. He began babbling on about how Foley was so unfair booking him and Kane together. Stephanie stood there and listened because she felt bad about confronting him early today about the flower. Next thing she knew, Kurt was hugging her. Steph thought she must have really helped him out by listening so she patted him on the back. Then Kurt pushed away and look frightened as hell.

"I…I… got to go. I have a match." And Kurt scurried off. Stephanie turned around to see what he was looking at and saw the enraged face of her husband.

"What the hell was that" he asked her in an accusing tone. Stephanie panicked. Here she told Hunter she "took care" of everything but at the same time she didn't want to hurt a friend. She lied. She was bad about lying when it came to her husband and keeping him calm.

"Kurt forced himself on me" she said sounding offended.

"He WHAT?" Hunter asked believing her.

"Yeah, I was just walking by and he grabbed me." She stuttered.

Hunter ran off in a huff. Stephanie felt so bad. She lied to Hunter and put her friend in danger.

Time went on and nothing too major happened. Just some threatening words. Steph thought maybe now she didn't really have to worry about this Kurt thing. The jealousy in Hunter would fade hopefully. Stephanie didn't have friends anymore. Just her family and her husband and while that was still enough, she missed having friends. And Kurt was a really good friend. Stephanie kept pondering on her and Kurt's friendship and why it bothered Hunter so bad. She walked into her locker room and found a bouquet of yellow roses. She was worried they were from Kurt but it turns out they were from her wonderful husband. She was so happy and giddy from her roses that she was practically floating down the hall looking for the refreshments table.

She grabbed her and Hunter some coffee and headed back. She took a sip of it and it was terrible so she threw it out. As she walked into her locker room, the site in front of her broke her heart into a million pieces.