Chapter 7: "The Date"

"Steph!" Shane yelled from the bottom of the stairs

"Yeah Shane!" She yelled back as she walked out of the bathroom, just getting out of the shower

"Telephone, didn't you hear it!" He yelled back loudly

"Who is it?" she asked as she ran down the stairs

"I didn't ask."

She took the phone and ran back upstairs; Shane began to laugh as he saw her struggle to keep her towel while holding the phone between her ear and her shoulder

"Hello?" She said way out of breath

"Steph, it Randy."

"Hey, what's up?" She asked busy but happy to hear his voice

"We need to talk…"

"Ok, Randy let me-"

Doorbell rings

"Hold on, Shane get the door!" She yelled

"Ok, I'm back." She said sitting on the side of her queen-sized bed

"It's for you!" Shane yelled back up to her

"We really need to talk…"

"I gotta call you back." Steph said hanging up the phone

Stephanie ran downstairs to be greeted by Brock

"Hey, did you forget I was coming?" he questioned seeing that she was out of breath

"No, I was on the phone and I lost track of time." She said laughing

"Ok, what's the agenda for the night?" He asked changing the subject

"Movies, food, just relaxing. Let's go down to the theater" She suggested

"Cool" He agreed

Steph lead Brock down to the theater and opened the double doors to the most high-tech movie theater Brock had ever seen

"Here we are."

"This is beautiful." Brock said in amazement

"Thanks"

"This could be somebody's house." Brock said as he plopped down on the huge wrap around couch

"Alright, you are the guest, so get to pick the movie." Stephanie said as she finished getting refreshments

"Do you have Four Brothers?" Brock asked

"Are you serious, I watch almost everyday." She said typing in Four Brothers on the keyboard so the movie would play on the screen

Steph and Brock watch movies and pigged out on food until about 2 in the morning. They both got pretty tired so they headed upstairs

"Thank you for such a wonderful evening, I have never had this much fun…ever!" He said laughing

"It's no problem, to be a good host you have to have a wonderful guest…Hey it's kinda late and it's raining bricks, how about you take the guest room upstairs…just for the night." She suggested

"I should be getting home." He said

"I'm not asking you to come have sex with me, I'm offering you a room for the night because it's raining, it's slippery and you're gonna be out there by yourself with no cell phone…by the way we need to work on that." She joked trying to lighten the mood

"I'll go call my mother and let her know." He said giving in

"Great, you can use the phone in the office, take a left, go down the hallway it's the second door to your right." She directed

As soon as Brock disappeared Stephanie raced up to her brother's room

"Shane can-" She started to ask but was cut off by Shane

"No, he goes home, it's two in the morning. She shouldn't have stayed this long."

"Shane it's raining and dark, he could have an accident." She begged

"Shane let him stay, it's what your mother would do." His girlfriend Marissa added

"I don't know…for someone that is distraught over breaking up with her boyfriend, she is very open to letting someone else stay the night." Shane questioned

"Shane, its not like that, Brock is my friend and you know for a fact that if the situation was reversed you wouldn't want anybody to put me out."

"You're right, one night only, understood?" He said giving up AGAIN

"That was the plan. Thanks guys." She said bouncing out of the room

"So, how did it go with your brother?" He asked standing quietly outside the room

"Just fine, you are going to stay in the guest room next to my room."

"Lead and I shall follow." He joked

Stephanie led Brock upstairs to the guest bedroom and got him settled

"All ready for bed?" She asked

"Yes, this is great, thanks."

"No problem, Goodnight."

Stephanie turned off the light and closed the door, she made her way to her room and changed into her pajamas, she pulled back the covers and just as she got settled her phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Stephanie…"

"Hunter, hi."

"We need to talk." He said quietly

"Ok."

"I know earlier that I didn't give you the opportunity to explain yourself so I want you to tell me just for my own piece of mind."

"Nothing is going on, I love you and Brock is just a friend."

"And you couldn't tell this?" He asked getting angry

"I didn't think it mattered." She countered

"Well, I just called because I needed to know, me calling isn't gonna fix anything I'm with Trish." He said informing her

"She got to you that quick, huh?" She said laughing

"What in the hell are you talking about?"

"You know what I'm talking about. I'm talking about Trish; she made sure that I knew that she was going to get you back. In fact she called me to make sure that I knew."

"Well, whatever, me and you really don't have anything else to say to each other."

"What are you saying?" She asked fearfully

"I'm saying…goodbye."

"You can't sit here and tell me that you want nothing else to do with me." She asked

"I love you, but you betrayed me, you didn't lie to me Steph, you kept things from me and that's worse. I can't be with someone that I can't trust." He explained hurtfully

"Trish doesn't love you, she's with you because she doesn't want you with me, because you were with me, if you were with anybody else she wouldn't give a damn about you. She's with you to spite me and you are too dumb to see that!" She said yelling

"She's with me because of me, everything doesn't revolve around you." He yelled back

"Fine, you wanna live without me, go right ahead, but you will realize that I was the best thing that ever happened to you. I was there in the hospital when you almost died from exhaustion, where was Trish? Huh? Every game, every scrimmage, birthdays and holidays with your family, I was there, not her. When you fractured your leg, who was there at your house everyday after school bringing you your work and helping you get better? ME! Not Trish! She loves you my ass! She just hates me. If that's who want to be with, to hell with you. Goodbye!"

Stephanie hung up the phone and plopped down in the bed and began to cry

"Stephanie, its Brock, can you let me in?" He asked as he lightly tapped on the door

"Come on in."

"Why are you crying?" He asked but it was with so much compassion that it just made her want to melt

He sat on the edge of her bed and waited for an answer

"Hunter, he called and said he's with Trish now and that it's over."

"Don't let that get to you, you are a beautiful person, inside and out don't let him affect you."

"Hunter doesn't think so." She said still in tears

"Hunter doesn't know his right ball from his left." He said trying to make her laugh

Stephanie looked up at Brock and began to laugh loudly, which caused him to laugh also

"You are so silly." She said through her laughter

"Why thank you, you are a terrific person and if he can't see that then he doesn't deserve you at all." He said trying to encourage her

"I knew there was something about you that made me want to get to know you." She said finally drying her eyes

"Huh?"

"I think I'm crushing on you Brock Lesnar."

"Steph, do you know that I've wanted to hear that ever since I first laid eyes on you, but I can't take advantage of you like that. The country boy in me wouldn't allow myself to do it."

"I'm not asking to get into a relationship, I just needed to get that off of my chest," She admitted "Just promise me that once I close this chapter on my life, you'll be there to open the next."

Brock got up from the bed and headed for the door, and as he put his hand on the doorknob

"I promise you with all of my heart."

He opened the door and began to walk out

"Brock?" She called out

"Yeah Steph" He answered

"Could you hold me tonight?" She said as she looked out of the window at the stars

"Anything for you."

Brock closed the door and walked back over to the bed, he pulled back the covers and got in, he wrapped his arms around her, he looked down only to realize that she was already asleep. He then closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.

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