I sat there in silence after Paul had poured his heart out to me. I had seen that very bracelet he was talking about. My eyes were glistening with tears and I refused to let them fall. Paul leant forward and gently squeezed my hand.
"Are you all right babe?" He asked. I moved around in the booth and pressed my lips against his.
"I'm fine," I sighed. He rubbed my back and I felt a couple of tears fall down my cheeks. Our food arrived so we ate and I saw him watching me.
"Do you want to talk about what I just told you?" He asked.
"Do you want us to talk about it?" I replied.
"Not really, I just wanted you to know." Paul said. I nodded and smiled.
"We don't have to talk about it then." I said. Paul smiled and continued staring at me.
"What else honey?" I said, starting to feel self-conscious.
"You're already glowing you know. You are so beautiful." He said. I smiled and looked away.
"I um, I can't come into work tomorrow morning either." I said.
"Why, what's up?" Paul said.
"I've got a Doctor's appointment, to find out when this one is due although I have a rough idea." I said.
"What's the rough idea?" Paul asked.
"I figured about January next year." I said. Paul nodded and I bit my lip.
"Can I have tomorrow morning off?" I asked. He nodded his head and stood up.
"Let's get out of here and go for a walk in the park close by." Paul said. I nodded my head and smiled. I followed him out of the restaurant and we went across to the park.
"Stephanie, I was wondering if you wanted to invite your parents to this dinner tonight as well. I would like to meet them." Paul said. I bit my lip and squeezed his hand.
"Paul, my parents aren't too happy about this pregnancy thing." I whispered frantically.
"I know, but I think they should be given the chance to meet me and get to know me as well. Then maybe they might be more accepting." Paul said. I sighed and nodded my head. I took my cell phone out of my pocket and dialled the number of my Dad's cell phone.
"Hello?" Dad answered gruffly.
"Dad it is Stephanie," I said.
"Princess, what's up?" He asked.
"Well, Paul and I were wondering whether or not you and Mom wanted to come over to his parent's place for dinner tonight?" I asked.
"Shane, Marissa, Declan and Kenny are over." Dad said.
"Oh well they are welcome too. I would love to meet my nephews." I said.
"I'll have to ask them but if they don't want to, I'll still come. Send me a message with your address and I'll get back to you." Dad said.
"Oh okay then. Thank you Daddy, I love you." I said.
"I love you too Princess, I'll see you tonight most probably." Dad said.
"Okay bye," I replied. I shut my cell phone and Paul looked down at me smiling.
"See it wasn't that bad." Paul said. I nodded my head and my phone started ringing.
"Hello?" I asked.
"Princess, how about you and Paul come over and sit with us?" Dad said. I frowned and looked around. To my right, I saw Dad, Mom, Shane, Marissa and two little boys that were spitting images of Shane. I put my phone in my pocket and dragged Paul over to my family.
"Family, this is Paul, Paul this is my family. My father Vince, mother Linda, my brother Shane, sister-in-law Marissa and their two boys." I said. Paul smiled around and the older of the two boys pointed to me.
"Aunty Steph!" He said, looking at Shane. Shane pulled the boy over to him and whispered into his ear. The boy looked up at me and grinned. He stood up and came to stand in front of me.
"My name is Declan McMahon!" He announced. I smiled and bent down in front of him.
"My name is Stephanie McMahon," I replied. He turned to look at Paul and raised his eyebrows.
"Who's that?" He asked, looking back at me.
"His name is Paul Levesque; he's the Daddy of your cousin." I said. Declan frowned and looked around.
"Your cousin is still in here," I said, pointing to my belly. His eyes widened and then he ran back to Shane. I laughed and Shane stood up.
"Paul, you mind if I take my sister away for a second?" Shane asked.
"Not at all," Paul replied.
"Sit down, and feel welcome honey," I said. Paul nodded and I walked off with Shane.
"So... how old is Declan?" I asked.
"Dec, he turned six in January. Kenyon, he's the little one, just turned four last month and we are waiting on Marissa's parents to bring back our youngest, he's just turned two last month as well. His name is Aidan." Shane said. I nodded and smiled as I looked around. I rubbed at my arm nervously and Shane pulled me into a hug.
"I've missed you so much Stephanie." He murmured.
"Why have you been ignoring me for the past seven years then?" I asked.
"When I found out that you had gotten engaged to that loser Steph, I was pissed off. I knew that guy was bad news and I tried to tell Mom and Dad but they wouldn't hear anything of it. No, Harrison was wonderful, he was great." Shane said. I pulled him closer to me and he hugged me tightly.
"Please tell me that it is actually Paul that is your baby's Daddy, not Harrison." Shane said.
"It's definitely Paul, Shane-O. Please be nice to him." I whispered. Shane nodded and we looked over at the family. Kenyon was sitting in Paul's lap and he seemed to be happy.
"Is he already a father?" Shane asked.
"His son died." I murmured. Shane nodded and gently shoved me.
"I touched you last!" He yelled, running away from me. I smiled evilly and chased after him.
"So, are you guys going to come to dinner with at my parents? Then you can all come back to mine for the night as it's a long drive." Paul said. I looked around at my family expectantly and they all nodded their heads.
"Well, we have to get ready but we will meet you out the front of their house." I said. I watched as Declan whispered something into Shane's ear. Shane looked up at me and smiled.
"Ask them," He whispered, ruffling Declan's hair.
"Nah, you ask!" Declan replied. Paul walked over to Declan and lifted him up easily.
"What's up little man?" Paul said.
"I wanna come with you guys!" Declan said. Paul looked over at me and nodded his head.
"I come too!" Kenyon cried.
"No Kenny," Marissa said. I lifted him up and he wrapped his arms around my neck.
"See you guys at Paul's parent's house." I said, walking over to the car.
"Tanks Aunty Steph," Kenyon said. I smiled and kissed his cheek.
"That went extremely well." I said to Paul when we got back to the apartment.
"Yes it did and I am glad." Paul replied. The elevator doors opened and Declan and Kenyon walked over to the door. Paul opened it and they rushed inside.
"Wow!" They said in unison. I laughed and heard Paul shut the door behind me. I turned around to face him and I smiled. He smiled back and covered my mouth with his. I moaned softly and wrapped one of my arms around his neck.
"Eww," Declan said. I pulled my mouth away from Paul's and smiled.
"I bet you see Mommy and Daddy kiss." I said to him. He shook his head and scrunched his nose.
"Kissing girls is yucky!" Declan said. I laughed and walked over to him. I pulled him into my arms and started kissing him while he screamed at me to get off of him.
"Kissing girls isn't yucky," I said to him. He laughed and hugged me.
"All right, we've got to get ready for your parent's!" I said; rubbing Paul's back. He nodded and we went into the bedroom to get ready. Knowing that everything was all right with my family now made me feel better but I didn't know how rough this dinner would be with Paul's family.
Hopefully everything was going to be all right.