Stephanie never thought she would be so happy to be pacing through a hospital hallway in her life. Two weeks after Tyler was born, the doctors finally decided to educe Vanessa's labor. In Stephanie's opinion, it wasn't a moment too soon. Vanessa's bitchy level had been at an all time high since the baby didn't show up when she wanted it too. The whole group had made the conscious decision that if she said one more word; one of them was going to punch her in the mouth.

Stephanie even took pity on poor John who had been home the entire past week stuck catering to Vanessa's erratic mood swings. When the doctors finally gave the word that she would be educed, Stephanie made it a point to tell Vince how she desperately wanted to be there for her friend.

With Trish tending to Tyler and working on her broken marriage, and Dave on the road, she only had John. Well, at least that was the reason Stephanie gave her father. The truth was her head was still reeling from a conversation that she had with Chris a few days prior and she desperately needed to get some air and a fresh change of scenery.

Monday Night

Stephanie sat down in her makeshift office in the arena preparing the notes for the evening's Raw show. She had put a lot of effort into keeping the return of Chris a secret but the internet somehow caught wind and now everything was just turned to shit. Stephanie was so busy in her work that she didn't even notice that she was no longer alone.

"You know, princess, I'm starting to feel like you are avoiding me." Stephanie closed her eyes.

"I'm not avoiding you Chris, it's just that I have a lot more responsibilities than the last time you were here. I don't have much time to socialize." Chris sat in the chair opposite of her and placed his feet on the desk.

"Not even for an old friend. Damn, Steph, I'm hurt." Despite her better judgment, she let a soft smile come across her full lips. Dropping her pen, she looked up at Chris.

"Alright, Irvine. What's been new with you?"

"Oh a little of this and that. Shawn and Aurora are gorgeous kids Steph, thank God they look like you."

"Oh come on, Chris aren't the nose jokes getting a little old."

"Not at all." The two sat into an awkward silence as they both struggled for something to say. Finally Chris spoke up.

"Do you think things would have been different if I stayed?"

"I honestly don't know Chris. Why?"

"Well, I'm just saying, before I left we had planned on running away together and now…"

"Chris, that was a long time ago."

Chris nodded his head slowly. "Yeah, I know. A lot of things have changed since then but some things are still exactly the same."

"Chris, I don't have time for riddles, what are you getting at?"

"What I'm saying is, don't you think it's a little ridiculous for us to walk around like nothing ever happened between us."

"What do you want me to do, Chris? Announce that at one time in my life, I was willing to give up everything for you. You want me to ruin my marriage as well as yours? Is that what you really want?"

"Well considering you and Paul are still married, I'm assuming there is still a chance of me ruining it."

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

Chris sat up straight and looked Stephanie in the eye. "Have you told Paul that I might be Aurora's real father?"

"Stephanie, Stephanie." Stephanie was pulled from her thoughts by a grinning John. "It's a girl. A loud mouth, girl just like her mom, but she's perfect."

Stephanie placed a smile on her lips as she engulfed John in a hug. "Congratulations, John. That's great." John went to call his parents while Stephanie walked inside the room.

Later that night, Stephanie went home after picking the children up from Sara. She quietly put Shawn to bed before going to check on Aurora. The sad thing was that Aurora looked so much like Stephanie, that it was really hard to tell. She let the tears fall down her face as she kissed her daughter good night.

"John, Angela will not start driving or dating in the three days that you will be back on the road. Now stop it." Vanessa rolled her eyes at her husband's unwillingness to walk out the door. Even Randy had to sigh loudly at the display of his best friend. Randy was going back to work and although he hated leaving Tyler, this scene was a bit much even by his standards.

Angela Marie Cena seemed to relish in her father's attention, further proving to Vanessa that she was going to have her hands full with Daddy's Princess. With a head full of massive brown curls and sapphire eyes, it was hard to deny that the couple had produced a gorgeous child. Unfortunately, John didn't seem to do anything but stare at her since she was born a week prior.

"Love you, angel, Daddy will be home soon." John finally moved his eyes from his daughter to look at her wife. Although she had just given birth and had yet to lose her baby weight, she had never looked more beautiful in John's eyes. He quickly moved towards Vanessa to offer a kiss and hug before Randy had to literally drag him out of the house.

"Hey Randy, do me a favor. Make sure all the guys know about this little display of Daddy-ness." Randy laughed while walking out of the door.

Vanessa shook her head as she picked up Angela and prepared her for her afternoon feeding. For the first time in her life, everything seemed to be falling into place perfectly. It was a feeling that Vanessa wasn't used to but she surely wasn't denying it. Little did she know, just when things were looking bright in her world, her friends lives were slowly crumbling around them.

She finished feeding Angela and laid her down for her nap when her doorbell rang. Opening the door, she found a somber looking Mark on the other side.

"Hey sweetie, come on in." Mark walked through the door and sat down on the nearest couch. Taking a look at him, Vanessa could gather that he hadn't slept in days. His eyes seemed lifeless and his body seemed so much older than his years.

"What's wrong, Mark?"

"Sara left me."