Guys, this is the new chapter! I finally got it out... YAY! I am actually half-way done with Chapter 3 so it should be up soon. BTW, this is in Steph's POV. The chapters will switch point of views from time to time. Thanks guys for being patient, please review! :)

Steph's POV

*September 23rd, 2005

What the hell is going on? Why is everyone looking at me like my grandmother just died or something? Was it that unexpected that I would ever be back here? I mean seriously it is not that big of a deal. But, I can't dwell on the situation anymore right now, if I keep dwelling on the fact that Angle was smirking at me seductively, I might just punch him in his jaw. I seriously need to find out what is going on though.

I take the next left, walking straight towards my daddy's office. He has to know what is going on. I stand outside the door, ready to knock, but then I see it. Shawn is in there talking to dad, but what does Michaels want? He hasn't been around since, HE left. I listen closely, trying to hear what Shawn has to say.

"Vince, all I'm saying is you need to bring him back for at least the Homecoming. People have been dying to see him ever since he left. On top of that, the boy is miserable. He needs to get out of this dead-end job he has, and needs to lighten up a little bit. Vince just give him a chance. I know he left five years ago without telling you, but it's not like he had a choice."

My dad rises up out of his chair, he's pissed. He steps around the other side of the desk and leans back against it. His face is red, he's furious. I've never seen him this mad! "Shawn of course he did, he had a choice not to fall in love with my daughter. He had a choice to choose the company over personal issues. He had a damn choice!"

Wait what, fall in love with whom? Is he talking about…?

"Vince, are you being serious? He had a choice on who he fell in love with, really? No one has that choice Vince and you know it! If he would have stayed here, you would never have let them get back together because of "business decisions" and they would have been miserable, and eventually would have resented you. They had no damn choice because everyone wants to put in their damn two-cents worth, when it is absolutely none of their damn business."

That's damn right; it was no one's business. But, Shawn can't blame all of this on daddy; I mean it wasn't entirely his fault. But, it looks like Shawn got to him. My dad looks kind of like he is sulking now. "Shawn, alright, I get what you're saying ok. But, what happens if they see each other? If they find out they're both working here on the same night, then we're both dead. They'll never forgive either of us."

"Vince, maybe it's time that they do see each other again. I mean they both haven't been the same since the other left. I cannot look at Paul with that depressing, sad, fake smile on his face anymore. It's killing me to be around him. The man's heart broke and quite frankly he never got it back."

I can't listen to this anymore; I can't dwell on the past. My therapist told me to let him go three years ago, and he just keeps coming back. It's like being stabbed with a knife every time I hear his name. I hate it that I still feel the same way about him that I did five years ago. But, I don't get Shawn is talking about, if HE was or is so heart-broken, then why did he leave in the first place?

As I dwell on the things Shawn has said, I make my way to my car, I have to leave. It's not like daddy will notice I'm here anyways. He has business to take care of. I find my 2005 Mustang GT Convertible and jump in. It's a cherry red color, but I still don't know why I picked it. It reminds me so much of HIS car, the Hummer he had. I don't know if he still has it, but it's the main reason I picked this color. His Hummer was cherry red; it's a way of keeping him with me to a certain extent I guess.

"Ok, so what happens when they meet up again? Will they get back together? And if they do, that is just going to cause more drama in the WWE, and I can't let that happen. Or what happens if they absolutely hate each other for the past that they cannot change, and the future that could have, but didn't happen. The bottom line is that I should not have let them date in the first place. I knew it was a bad idea, but I put my better judgment behind to see if they could actually make it, and they didn't. That's my final answer Shawn, no he can't come back."

"Why do you care more about this company more than you care about your own daughter's happiness Vince? Who's to say they wouldn't have made it if you had left well enough alone? I'm quite positive by now they would be married and would have had kids. I love you Vince, I love this company, and I love this business. But, when it comes down to it, if I had to choose my happiness with a person I loved over this company, I'd do it in a heartbeat. I know Paul would have, had he been given the chance."

"Oh come on Shawn, you act as if they were in love. They were in lust, and you know as well as I do that is exactly what it was."

"Oh bullshit, you want to believe that because it makes you feel better. Paul talks about her all the time, in fact that's all he fucking talks about. He was in love with her Vince, he told me after he made the decision to let her go that it was the hardest thing he has ever had to do, he loved her more than anything. But, you never gave them a chance to be happy, and quite honestly Vince; I hope that is a burden that you have to endure for the rest of your life. I suggest you rethink your decision Vinnie; I'll be in touch about it. Have a nice day."

I sit in my car a few more minutes trying to process everything. I can't believe daddy was actually negotiating with Shawn about bringing HIM back. I don't think I could deal with it if I saw him again. It would just break my heart all over again. I have made so much progress over the past three years.

I decide to not to think about this situation anymore, I can't, and I just won't. I pull forward out of my parking spot and head towards the exit. I take a right and that's when I see HIM. HE's parked across the lot drumming his fingers on the steering wheel and slightly moving his head to what sounds like Motorhead, of course. I'm stuck, I can't move, I can't feel, and I can't breathe. Apparently he is waiting on Shawn because there he comes strutting out of the door towards Paul's car. I wonder if Shawn has told HIM of his little plan to get me and him in the same room very soon. If he had surely HE would have knocked some sense in to him.

I turn my head away from the cherry red Hummer, and get ready to pull out again. But, just as I'm about to head out, I feel as if someone is starting at me. I turn and take a last look at the Hummer and HE is staring directly at my car. Oh crap, this isn't good. I turn a sharp left, ready to get home and pretend this day never happened. I make it out of the tunnel but as I get ready to turn on to the road a black F-250 is speeding in my direction. It hits me head on, and my head knocks against the steering wheel, and the last image I see is a cherry red Hummer.