Chapter Six

Stephanie lay in bed with the bed sheets wrapped all around her body. She wore a look of concern, her eyes closed as she toss and turned.

"Paul?...Paul? No…I won't leave you…" Steph muttered in her sleep.

Steph then opened her eyes and sat up in bed. She blinked, trying to take in the dark room. The red digital numbers on the clock read 3:00 AM.

She had dreamt that Paul was screaming for her not to leave. Almost as if he was begging her in tears. She swore she heard Aurora crying in the background. What did this dream mean?

Quickly, Stephanie began to think that possibly the whole alternate life with Kurt Angle was dream. Maybe she had just woken up from the weird nightmare and Paul was right there next to her in bed. Maybe everything was okay.

Slowly Steph moved over to the other side of the bed and felt the face of the man who lay next to her. It was smooth, obviously close shaven and his hair wasn't long at all. It was still Kurt.

"You okay, honey?" Kurt called out in the darkness. He had awoken to his wife's caress.

Kurt was now sitting up in bed too. Steph felt him move in the bed.

"Do you want what I think you want?" Kurt asked in a whisper, this time moving his hand under the covers to her lower half. He started caressing her as he moved even closer and began to kiss her face.

"No…I'm going to go check on the baby." Steph said moving away from Kurt's advances as she almost practically fell out of the bed.

"Well unless you want sex, I'm going back to sleep." Kurt muttered in some what of a joking matter, plopping back down on his pillow as he rolled over to his side of the bed.

Stephanie started to walk toward the nursery in the darkness of the night. She walked cautiously with her hands in front of her, she was afraid of banging into a wall because she couldn't see well. To her surprise, she was easily able to navigate to the baby's room. She entered the dimly lit room and walked up to his crib.

The little baby boy lay on his side, sucking on his fingers, he quickly turned over so he was on his back. His wet mouth formed a smile around his hand when he saw Stephanie. His hand quickly left his mouth as he reached out for her with both little arms. She could make out the blisters on his body. While there were many of them, they didn't look irritated. She was glad to see that the infant was in a good mood, clearly not in any pain or discomfort. Steph wanted to cry seeing how happy the baby was to see her even after she had accidentally allowed him to get scald by the hot water. He still wanted her.

"Are you hungry?" Steph asked in a sweet sounding voice causing the baby to coo as she lifted him out of the crib and into her arms.

As she sat down in the glider and began to nurse, her mind drifted back to the dream she had just had. She tried to recollect every detail. She remembered a very bright light. Paul looking over her and Aurora's distinct cry. They had to be out there some where. Why else would she be dreaming about them? There was no way her mind was simply torturing her with the remembrance of who she knew as her husband and child.

She's train of thought was broken as she felt the baby kicking his legs, almost as if he was trying to get his mother's attention so that she would look at him. She looked down, his little blue eyes were focused on her as he continued to feed. Steph smiled, leaning over the baby she gave him a kiss on his head. Despite his bath that went a rye, the baby had his own sweet smell to him. His hair was very soft, it reminded Steph of Aurora's hair.

Stephanie knew that if it wasn't for this baby and his older brother, she would have definitely left Kurt to search for her husband and daughter. She was starting to feel a bond between herself and the small baby. She felt for him as she did for Aurora. How was that even possible? She didn't have any memory of giving birth to Brandon, yet she felt the connection of mother and child.

Delicately, she traced her finger across the baby's soft chest that was turned to her. She could feel the raised skin where the blisters were under her finger that caused the baby to move a little in discomfort.

She had wanted to go to WWE Headquarters in Stamford in the morning to find out contact information for Paul but with the baby in his condition, she couldn't just pick up and leave him even with her own mother. Maybe she could take the two kids with her.

"Are you going to be okay with them today?" Kurt asked taking one last sip of his glass of water.

It was now around eight o'clock in the morning and Kurt was just about to leave for work. He was a little hesitant about leaving his wife and kids after what had happened yesterday.

"We'll be fine. I'm going to take the kids up to Stamford. There's some paper work I wanted to look at. It's been bothering me for a while." Steph said as she stood in the kitchen holding Brandon in one arm and a bagel I in the other.

"I don't think taking the kids to Stamford is a good idea right now, honey. You know Brandon can't have a shirt on today. The sun coming in from the car windows really won't be good for his blisters. Why don't you just call Shane and have him fax over whatever you need. He's in the office today." Kurt said smiling over at his four year old who was sitting right next to him eating his cereal.

"I guess I could call Shane and ask him…" Steph muttered, thinking about what Kurt said.

"Daddy, can I go to work wif you?" Andrew asked holding his spoon up in the air as he looked over at Kurt.

"I don't think you'd like it there, Andy. It's just a clinic where Daddy helps turn amateur wrestlers pro. You'd get bored sitting and watch." Kurt replied after getting to his feet and carrying his empty plate and glass to the kitchen. He set it in the sink before walking over to Steph.

"Call me if you need anything, okay?" Kurt said moving close to Stephanie and his baby.

Steph simply nodded as she watched Kurt move in for a kiss. She felt awkward as their lips met. She wasn't used to kissing a man without a beard. She was surprised when the kiss turned out to be open mouth on his part. His tongue entered her mouth and began rubbing against hers. Before she could even back him off it was over and he had moved on to give his baby a kiss on the cheek.

"I want a hug!" Andy yelled pulling down on Kurt's pant leg. He didn't like to be the last member of the family to say goodbye.

"How could I forget my big guy?" Kurt said picking Andy up as he smiled. He gave him a squeeze and a kiss on the head before setting him back down on the kitchen floor.

Stephanie was still taken back by the quick French kiss as she watched Kurt leave through the laundry room door. Once the door closed, Andrew ran into the living room and turned on the TV. Even at the age of four, he had no trouble navigating through the many channels to his favorite cartoon.

Steph was startled by the sound of the phone ringing. She quickly picked it up from its hook on the kitchen wall.

"Hello?" She said, rocking the baby back and forth when he started to get a little fussy.

"Hey Steph, how are the kids."

Steph immediately recognized the voice of her sister-in-law, Marissa. She put the phone between her shoulder and face so that both hands could hold on to Brandon who had arched his back as he cried out.

"Hey Rissa, the kids are okay. Is Shane at work?" Steph asked as she leaved over to the countertop and grabbed a bright red plastic ring and held it out for Brandon to grasp.

"Yeah he left about a half an hour ago. Do you need any help over there? I'm free for the day." Marissa offered.

"That's be great. I'd like someone to talk to other than a four year old." Steph said with a laugh as she walked the baby into the living room.

"Okay, I'll be right over."

Stephanie and Marissa said their goodbyes and Steph turned off the phone and threw it on the couch before lowering the baby onto the soft mat play set. He giggled kicked his feet as Steph made the hanging toys move around. His little hands reached up to touch the them, as he continued to baby talk.

"Andy, watch your little brother while I go get dressed, Aunt Marissa's coming over." Steph said looking over at the four year old who's eyes were still glued to the TV screen.

"Is Uncle Shane coming too?" He asked, not bothering to even look at Steph.

"No, he's working. Just watch your little brother, okay?"

"Yeah…" Andy muttered getting off the couch and going to sit by the baby.

Stephanie went upstairs and quickly undressed. She stopped half way across the master bed room at the full length mirror.

"Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me…" Steph sang to herself as she studied her perfect body in the mirror. As much as she missed her husband and daughter, she could definitely get used to having the perfect body. Motherhood, twice, had obviously done nothing to damage the perfect figure.

After a nice hot shower, Steph quickly slipped on a casual outfit that she was surprised to see the price tag still on. Perhaps Stephanie McMahon-Angle had gone a little bit over board with the shopping. Here were rows and rows of clothing that hadn't even been worn yet.

"Hey Steph, Andrew let me in while you were in the shower." Marissa said as Stephanie came into the living room.

Marissa was sitting on the floor with the kids. She had Brandon propped up in her lap and Andrew was playing with his little brother.

"Hey Rissa, you got over here pretty quick." Steph pointed out sitting down next to her on the carpet.

"We're only five minutes away."

"When did you and Shane move back to Connecticut? Didn't you guys like it in New York?" Steph asked watching Andrew interact with Brandon.

"You know why we moved. After you and Kurt had Andrew in 2003 and moved to Greenwich, we decided that we wanted to be close to family. That way one day when Shane and I have children, they can be close to their cousins. We'd be lucky to have two adorable little boys like Andrew and Brandon."

Stephanie smiled weakly as she and Marissa watched as Andrew repeatedly made his brother laugh with noises and faces he made. Steph couldn't shake the irony. As far as Stephanie knew, Shane and Marissa had two sons, Declan and Kenyon. She wasn't the one with two boys. She had a daughter. There was no logic to what she was hearing.

"Steph, are you okay? Did the baby keep you up all night? Those blisters look like they really hurt. I can't believe what a good baby he is. He's so happy." Marissa pointed out

"No he's been really good for me. He puts Aurora to shame." Stephanie said under her breath.

"What? Aurora?" Marissa looked at Steph as if she misheard what she was saying but then went on. "I've been begging Shane to give up one of the positions he's in at Headquarters. He refuses to let anyone take up some of the slack. I never see him."

"Do you think Shane would have Paul Levesque's contact information?" Steph asked her sister-in-law as she took Brandon from her when he began to fuss.

"I'm sure he would. He's got all the superstars information, even the midcards like Triple H. You remember the shit that guy pulled, don't you?" Marissa said with a chuckle.

"No, what did Paul do?" Stephanie asked. Any information Marissa could give her about Paul would surely help her.

"Back in 1999, when he's DX storyline was pretty much over, he requested a meeting with your dad and the other board members and told your dad that he should retain his spot in the main event. Shane said he was rambling on and on about how he could make DX a heel stable. You know how your dad is about people telling him what to do. Shane said that the very next week, Paul was put on the Sunday Night Heat card, and he's been there ever since."

"Really? That can't be possible…"

"It's true, remember? I think you were managing Kurt when he was champion and your dad had Triple H job to Kurt. It was way before you and Kurt were married; just about when you started dating him in 2000."

"Didn't my dad have a problem with me dating Kurt Angle? I mean, he always did have a policy about not dating guys in the business." Steph asked, Marissa, trying to make sense out of all she was telling her.

"Kurt wasn't just a wrestler. He was an amateur athlete. Your dad thought he was the best thing to happen to the company when he signed. As I remember you were pretty infatuated with him too." Marissa said with a smile looking at her sister-in-law.

"Obviously I was since I married him…" Steph muttered with a roll of the eyes as she started rocking Brandon back and forth when he continued to cry.

"Will you please ask Shane to get me Paul Levesque's contact information? I have some questions I need to ask Mr. Levesque. Dad asked me to."

"Yeah, I can ask Shane. You might want to give him a call and ask him yourself as well. He's so busy with work that if he doesn't get more than one reminder to do something, it's out the window."

"I think I'll do that." Steph said as she was finally getting Brandon to settle down.

"Is he hungry?" Marissa asked watching Brandon sucking on Steph's shirt.

"Yeah, I think so. He eats more than any baby I've ever seen." Steph commented as she got up from the floor and sat on the sofa, beginning to adjust herself so she could feed him.

"I think I need to go back to work. This stay at home thing isn't going to fly." Steph told Marissa as she sat down next to her.

"Really? You would always tell me how you loved being home with Andrew. Is it different now, having two children to take care of?" Marissa asked.

"I don't know what it is…I'm not sure of anything anymore."