Title: Love Never Leaves the Heart

Chapter 3: Hurts the Most

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the idea for the story and the people you don't recognize as wrestlers or divas. The song "Hurts The Most" is Monica's, the only thing I changed in it was the she to the he that was the only way it would make sense. I am not taking any claim to the song.

A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I've been real busy and I've had writers block, so any ideas are welcome for this story. Thanks for all the reviews.

Paul nearly choked as he took a drink of his water he had when Stephanie said the 'great news'. He looked up at her, he started from her eyes and made his way down to her left hand and then to her ring finger. There he found a nice shinny 24 kart dimond ring.

Girl it's been a long time,Since the last time I saw youFeels like nothings changedSince we've been together

After an hour or so everyone went to bed, with the exceptions of Paul and Stephanie. Stephanie stood up from the chair she was sitting in and went and sat next to Paul on the couch. She looked at him and could tell he was upset.

"What's on your mind?" Stephanie asked as she looked in his eyes.

"Nothing, it just feels like old times." Paul stated. "Spending time with your family."

"Yeah, it does seem like old times." Steph smiled at him.

"So, tell me about this Randy guy." Paul faked a smile.

I must admit that I'm still crazy 'bout youAnd I can see it in your eyesThat there's something you wanna say to meCuz usually right now you'd be holding on to meBut instead you're telling me….

"Randy, well, I don't even know where to start." Stephanie beamed.

"Well, why don't you start off with what he does for you?" Paul suggested.

"He takes care of me, he respects me, he appreciates me, and so much more." Stephanie answered. "Paul, that also brings something else up."

"What?" Paul asked looking into her eyes that had love for the other man.

"Paul, we need to talk about our past, about 'us'." Stephanie stated with her smile fading just a little.

That things have changedThey're not the sameAnd recently you found someone that youDecided to dedicate your whole life toAnd what we had has got to be through

"Okay, what about 'us'?" Paul questioned with hope.

"Well, as you know and can tell, things are not the same anymore." Stephanie answered looking down at her hands. "I mean, we're still best friends like we were before we went out though."

"Yes, I know this." Paul answered wanting her to say that her engagement was a joke.

"I have someone new in my life that I love now." Stephanie spoke, but the words seemed to leave a bad taste in her mouth. "But I still want you to be apart of my life, just not the way we were in the past."

"I completly understand." Paul said with a small smile.

"So, any old feelings or anything from the past has to be through." Stephanie said softly.

And baby what hurts the mostIs letting goI just want you to knowThat I love you so And though things are different nowYou've gone and settled downI thought for sure you'd always wait for meI'll tell you what hurts the most

Paul sighed as he heard the phone ring. Stephanie got up and went to answer the phone after excusing herself from him. She made her way into the main hall were there was a telephone.

"Hello" Steph answered.

"Hey baby." Randy spoke on the receiving end.

"Hi, how are you?" Stephanie smiled her heart bouncing.

"I'm good, I miss you though." Randy smiled.

"I miss you too." Stephanie answered back. "You won't believe who I bumped into today."

"I don't know, Mel Gibson?" Randy questioned over the phone.

"No, silly, I ran into my best friend from high school." Stephanie's heart skipped a beat.

"Oh, what was his name again, Paul?" Randy asked remembering Steph talking about him all the time.

"Yeah, we hung out today, it was really fun seeing him again." Stephanie smiled happily.

"Does he live here or is he just in town for a while?" Randy replied to her last statement.

"He lives here, well, not here, but he lives in the state." Stephanie laughed.

"Hey, sweet bottom, I got to go, business is calling on the other line." Randy said sadly.

"Alright, I love you." Stephanie stated with a frown.

"Love you too." Randy said as he clicked over lines.

While Stephanie was talking to Randy on the phone, Paul couldn't help but feel like all his dreams and hopes came to an end. His heart was broken into a million pieces. He was still in love with her, but it looks like she moved on with her life. He slapped himself for thinking that she would wait for him to come find her and that they would be together forever, but he was dead wrong about that.

Is that I should've took the chanceGirl when you come to me and offered me your handSilly of me I thought, I'd always have your heartI had the chance to have all your loveAnd oh how I'm missin you now

Paul thought back to the past, when Stephanie and he were out on their two year anniversary of dating. He shook his head as he remembered they had walked by a wedding reception and the bride and groom were sharing their first dance. Stephanie had grabbed Paul by the hand and made him dance with her in the grass next to the reception. As they danced they spoke to each other in a soft calm tone.

"Paul, I love you so much." Stephanie smiled brightly as they swayed to the music.

"I love you too, Stephie." Paul stated his heart beating for her.

"Then let's get married." Stephanie said excitedly.

"What?!" Paul questioned with shock.

"You heard me, let's get married, and we'll be together forever." Stephanie beamed.

"Were only 16 Steph." Paul said with a point.

"So, were in love, and I know that we are destined to be together." Stephanie answered leaning her head on his shoulder. "So, why wait any longer and let's do it now?"

"You're serious about this?" Paul questioned as he stared into her beautiful light blue eyes.

"Yeah, I am really serious." Stephanie smiled up at him love clear in her eyes.

An hour later Paul and Stephanie were in a small wedding chapel that would wed anyone. They signed in and waited on the love seat. Paul held Stephanie's hand and gave it a loving squeeze. Stephanie looked up into his eyes and kissed him as he did that. That little moment was interrupted when they heard an old male voice speak.

"Are you two Paul Levesque and Stephanie McMahon?" The pastor asked.

"Yes, that's us." Stephanie said with joy.

"Young and in love." The pastor smiled as he led them into the main area of the church. "Now, before I go any further I need to know if you're really up for this."

"Of coarse we are, what's stopping us?" Stephanie asked as she smiled up at Paul then the pastor.

"Well, if you say so, so no parents are going to witness you two love birds get married?" The pastor asked as he tried to stop a mistake from happening.

"Well, it's just a spur of the moment thing." Stephanie said. "We want to be married now."

"Steph, don't you want your dad to walk you down the aisle and see you marry me?" Paul asked looking into her eyes. "Plus, what would your dad do if he found out we got married, not just your dad, but both our parents?"

"Paul, I don't care about that, as long as I'm with you." Stephanie smiled at him. "I love you."

"I love you too." Paul stated as he was about to speak again before the pastor cut him off.

"But Miss McMahon, wouldn't you want all your friends and families to witness you marry the man of your dreams, in a nice outside or inside church. With a wonderful wedding dress and look really outstanding for your son to be husband, even though you already look outstanding to him." The pastor continued. "Then you'd get to go on the honeymoon you've always dreamed of and have the wedding of your dreams. The wedding that you made up with your Barbie dolls when you were little."

"Steph, I know you love me, and like you said before were destined to be together right?" Paul spoke.

"Yeah." Stephanie said as all the things went into her head as she thought about it all.

"Then why not wait, and when were older you can have all of that." Paul stated as he rubbed her back.

"I guess you're right, umm pastor, we changed our minds." Stephanie apologized.

"It's alright Miss McMahon; you two go along now and have fun." The pastor said as the couple took off.

End of Flashback

"I miss you Steph." Paul said to himself as Stephanie made her way back to him.

I hate that there's someone newComin' in and taking my placeDoin things that we used to doAnd making love to you…….no

"Sorry, was I too long?" Stephanie asked.

"No you weren't too long, who was it?" Paul asked smiling half heartedly.

"It was Randy; I really want you two to meet." Stephanie smiled. "I've told him a lot about you."

"I'm going to have to meet this guy if he's going to marry my best friend." Paul smiled meaning what he said only partially.

"Yeah, you're going to have to." Stephanie said as some werid feeling went through her as Paul referred her as his best friend.

There was a long silence after Stephanie spoke. Paul took this time to think some more about what he was going to do with out her with him. He hated the fact that someone was taking his girl, his place, doing things that he used to do for her and most of all making love to her. Paul hadn't even met Randy yet and he already knew he hated him, or so he thought.

What am I supposed to do?It's killing me cuz I want youAnd you should've know my love was trueAnd there's no one else in this world for me but you

Paul couldn't take it anymore. It was killing him to be sitting here, this close to her and knowing he can't have her. He just wanted her to know that he still loved her and that he never stopped loving her. But he couldn't tell her that, she was happy at the moment and he could tell that if he told her what he felt, she would be so confused and unhappy. So, he decided against it. Paul was knocked out of his thoughts as Stephanie tapped him.

"I think you should get going, it's getting kind of late." Stephanie said motioning to the clock that read 1:16am.

"Yeah, I guess your right." Paul stated as he stood up picking up his jacket as well.

"Maybe we can hang out tomorrow or something?" Stephanie suggested.

"Yeah, maybe." Paul said as Stephanie led him to the door.

"I'll talk to you later." Stephanie said as Paul said goodbye and walked out the door.

That things have changedThey're not the sameAnd recently you found someone that youDecided to dedicate your whole life toAnd what we had has got to be through And baby what hurts the mostIs letting goI just want you to knowThat I love you so And though things are different nowYou've gone and settled downI thought for sure you'd always wait for meI'll tell you what hurts the most Is that I should've took the chanceGirl when you come to me and offered me your handSilly of me I thought, I'd always have your heartI had the chance to have all your loveAnd oh how I'm missin you now I know that I'm the one to blame for losing youOh yeah…I really really wish that I could be happy for youThere's just one thing I need you to do Don't you touch him like you used to touch meDon't you love him like you really needed meDon't you love him like you used to love me

Paul cursed to himself as he walked down the drive way of Stephanie's place. He took his keys out and spun them around his index finger. As he got into his car, he hadn't even realized Stephanie watching him from the window.

"Paul, why couldn't you just be a man and tell her that you love her." Paul spoke to himself.

He really wanted to be happy for her, but he couldn't. It was just too hard for him to sit there and watch the woman he loved love another guy. He didn't think it was fair, but he knew it was. It was his entire fault to blame though, he could have at least tried a long distance relationship, but he took the long way out and broke both their hearts. Paul really hoped that she didn't touch, need, or love like she touched, needed and loved him.

And baby what hurts the mostIs letting goI just want you to knowThat I love you so And though things are different nowYou've gone and settled downI thought for sure you'd always wait for meI'll tell you what hurts the most Is that I should've took the chanceGirl when you come to me and offered me your handSilly of me I thought, I'd always have your heartI had the chance to have all your loveAnd oh how I'm missin you now

Paul pulled into his driveway and parked the car. He sat there for a moment as he finished listening to the song on the radio. It wasn't like him to listen to a slow beat song, unless he was slow dancing with someone, but the words just seemed to fit how he felt. The words fit so well, that he hadn't even realized that in 8 years, he cried for the first time.

"I love you so much Stephanie." Paul said which was barely a whisper as he wiped his eyes.

What hurts the mostIs letting goJust let you knowI love you so

I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Next chapter, Randy will be back from his 3 week business trip, and Paul will meet him also. Please review and let me know what you think.

Citcat