Jeff closed the door to his room slowly and set his newly won title on the nightstand before heading into the bathroom to get ready for bed. Just as he turned on the light, there was a knock on the door. Jeff sighed, he was in no mood for company. He walked to the door slowly and opened it to the most horrific sight he'd seen. Stephanie stood infront of him, her head bleeding, her cheek reddened, and her throat all scratched up as if an animal had attacked her. She was crying hysterically as Jeff pulled her in,

"Steph, what happened?' He said holding her in his arms as she began to weaken.

"Hunter, attacked me." She cried. Jeff picked her up in his arms and carried her to the bed to lay down.

"That Bastard!" Jeff yelled as he ran to the bathroom to get some water to clean Stephanie up. He came back out to the room with a wet towel to clean up Stephanie's forehead.

"Ow" She said as he touched the cut.

"Sorry." He said looking at her, "Steph, what happened?" She looked down,

"He accused me of knowing about you and Matt taking his title and said I must have been in on it." She said looking back at him.

"That's ridiculous!" Jeff said putting down the towel after cleaning her forehead. He took her hand as she felt her cheek that was beginning to swell.

"I'm sorry, I couldn't protect you." Jeff said touching the other cheek.

"Jeff, please. I can't do this, I...I don't know what to feel now!" She said touching his hand with hers.

"Stephanie, I love you. I've tried denied it but I can't." He said getting up. Stephanie got up with a winch and followed him to the window,

"I have no where else to go, Jeff. Will you help me?" She asked looking up at him.

"Steph, Did you ever truly love me?" Jeff asked looking in her eyes.

"Yes, I did." She said turning away. She looked at the lit up city in front of them. Jeff turned her back towards him and looked down at her, leaning in slowly their lips met and a kiss started from both sides. Stephanie's arms went around Jeff's neck as Jeff touched her hair with his fingertips. As the kiss became more intense so did the passion between them.

"I love you! I love you!" Jeff repeated in between kisses. Stephanie looked over his shoulder and closed her eyes as his lips touched the bruising area of her neck and softly caressed the scratches left from Triple H.

"I love you, too!" She blurted out as he came back to her face. Jeff stopped the kiss for a second and looked at her. Stephanie quickly realized what she'd said and broke away from the kiss.

"I'm sorry!" She said returning to the window. Jeff didn't know what to say and looked at her puzzled.

"Stephanie, you said you loved me?" Jeff said coming up behind her. He touched her bare shoulder and rubbed the bone beginning to kiss it. Stephanie closed her eyes, enjoying the sensation he generated within her. Her mind raced on thoughts of whether to stop him or not. Before she could decide Jeff had turned her around and captured her lips with his and she was in his arms again. She always felt protected in his arms, the way she always felt with him and no other man could make her feel that way, not even Hunter. Stephanie's conscience took over and she pushed him away again.

"Jeff, please. Can we not do this?" She said walking over towards the bed.

"I'm sorry, if that's what you want then I won't force you." He said wiping his mouth.

"Can I stay here? I don't have anywhere else to go." Stephanie said looking at him.

"Yeah, umm...you take the bed and I'll sleep on the floor."

"No, this is your room, I'll sleep on the floor." Stephanie said getting blankets from the closet. Jeff took them from her,

"Stephanie, take the bed." He didn't saying anything else and beginning to make a bed on the floor. Stephanie climbed into the bed and laid her head on the pillow looking at the ceiling, wondering if Hunter was looking for her. She heard Jeff get on the floor and move around a little before there was silence and Stephanie heard the familiar sound of his breathing, Stephanie knew it anywhere, even though they had only spent one night together she had memorized every inch of his face and the expressions he got when he slept. She looked over the edge of the bed and saw him sleeping. She loved him so much, she couldn't explain it and she had blurted it out when she promised herself she wouldn't ever tell him that again after she had committed to her marriage to Hunter. She knew she could never tell him about the secret, that would devastate him. She laid back on her pillow and a tear slid down her cheek, even without her knowing it. She laid there for a few minutes just listening to Jeff breathe. For a second she thought of Triple H and she knew it was wrong to give into Jeff but she knew she didn't love Hunter, she had at one point but now she didn't even recognize the man she married. He had become exactly what her father wanted in a son-in-law and Jeff was exactly the opposite.

She tilted her head and thought of Jeff and her years before and their one night together. Were they destined to be together or was she fooling herself? She asked. He loved her, she knew that and even though she'd hurt him millions of times, got engaged to his best friend, put him in horrible matches, and married the one man everyone hated he still loved her. She couldn't hurt him again she thought as she drifted off to sleep.

Stephanie woke up with a startle, a fresh layer of sweat on her forehead as she laid back and tried to think of something other than the attack she had just lived through. An almost silent breathe was heard ascending from the floor and Stephanie's memories drifted back to that night in 1994 when she fell in love with Jeff Hardy

Stephanie rolled over in her sleep and hugged her pillow. Jeff had been up looking out the window and looked back at her,

"I still love you Stephanie McMahon." He whispered to himself. His thoughts ran back to that awkward last night when they slept under the stars