When Stephanie woke up the next morning, I kept my eyes shut. Her cell phone was ringing and she answered it.
"Hello?" She hushed. Two seconds later, I heard her put her phone back down again and I frowned slightly.
"Who was that?" I asked.
"That guy, he's harassing me still. Can we go to the shops today and get my number changed?" She asked.
"Why didn't you change it previously?" I said.
"I didn't want you calling my cell phone and it being disconnected." Stephanie said. I nodded and she got out of bed.
"So, are you gonna kick me out?" Steph asked timidly. I shook my head and her phone started ringing.
"Give it to me," I said. She nodded and tossed it to me. I accepted the call and put the phone to my ear.
"Hello?" I said.
"Uh who's this?" A man said.
"I think the real question is why the hell you are calling my girl and the mother of my child. If you ever call her again, I will hunt you down and hurt you." I said angrily. The line went dead and I smiled at Stephanie.
"There you go," I said.
"Paul, I'm sorry for hurting you and I know I've lost your trust but I want to earn it back." Stephanie said.
"Look, we've both made mistakes, you said so yourself. I understand that what happened was a mistake and I trust you when you say that Stephanie. Why do I trust you? It's because I love you with all of my heart and I can't stand to have you out of my life, that's why I trust you." I said. Stephanie nodded and I leant forward to press my lips against hers. Her phone started ringing again and I groaned.
"Ignore it," She whispered. I looked at the number and saw that it was her Dad.
"It's your Dad," I said. She groaned and took the phone off of me.
"Hey Daddy," She said. I stood up and went to take a shower while she was talking to her Dad.
"So, do you want to talk about everything?" Stephanie asked after she was done with her shower. I grabbed her hand and pulled her over to me.
"I was thinking that we could uh... just go to the shops and get you a new number, buy our baby a few outfits, get some lunch and some groceries. Then we can come back, get in the hot tub, and we can take it from there." I said, with a playful smirk. Stephanie smiled softly and bit her lip.
"I forgive you Steph; we don't need to talk about this anymore." I said. Stephanie nodded her head and slid her dress on.
"Come on beautiful lady, let's go shopping!" I said. Stephanie smiled happily and we left the house.
At the mall, I was sure to keep my eye on Stephanie and I noticed that she wasn't even looking at other guys. When she wasn't watching where she was walking, her eyes were on mine. She blushed every time our eyes met and we finally sat down for lunch.
"What are you looking at?" She finally asked.
"I forgot how beautiful you are." I said. I leant over and pressed my lips against hers. Stephanie blushed and I leant over to kiss her softly.
"I love you," I said.
"I love you too," She replied.
"So, did you sneak a peek of the nursery?" I asked her.
"When I tried to, the shower turned off, so I ran back to the room and acted all casual." She said. I laughed at her and she blushed.
"You can't blame me for wanting to see our daughter's nursery." Stephanie said. I stared at her and her eyes went wide. I saw her cover her mouth and I laughed at her softly again.
"When were you going to tell me?" I asked.
"I was going to wait and let you be surprised." She replied. I shook my head and went back to eating lunch, amused with the disappointed expression on Stephanie's face.
"Baby, I don't care that you spoiled the one thing I wanted as a surprise. It's cool, really it is." I said, as we went to look for more baby clothes. Stephanie's eyes closed and she gripped my hand tightly.
"Steph, are you okay?" I asked.
"Yeah, uh, I'm fine I think." She replied. All of a sudden her face went bright red and her eyes snapped open.
"I wet myself!" She said, panicked. I looked down to see a small puddle on the ground and then Stephanie's hands went to her belly. I had been through this with my sister, when she gave birth to Peter.
"Steph sweetie, don't panic your waters have broken. Okay honey, we've gotta get outta here." I said. Stephanie nodded and I wrapped my arm around her back. I helped her out of the store and we got to the car.
"Okay, Miss McMahon, nothing has happened as of yet so you have the option of staying here or going home until your contractions are closer together. What would you prefer?" The Nurse asked.
"I would like to go home for a little bit." Stephanie whispered. The Nurse nodded and I helped Stephanie off the bed.
"See you in a little bit," The Nurse said. We nodded and left the hospital.
"Everything will be okay Stephanie," I said. Stephanie nodded and pulled my face towards hers for a kiss. I kissed her softly and pulled away to look into her scared blue eyes.
"Promise me everything will be okay," She said.
"Everything will be okay, I promise you that Stephanie." I said, reassuring the most beautiful woman in my life.