Disclaimer: As appealing as owning some of the World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars is, I really have to take a step back and admit that no, I do not own them, they in fact own themselves and this story is fictional in nature and any similarity to anything happening in real life is purely my way of being a psychic.

Summary: Stacy is diagnosed with a life threatening injury causing her to take time away from the ring. Will the love of the most unlikely man bring her back to perfect health or is she destined to have loved and lost in the game of love?

Genre: Romantic and Dramatic.

Additional Info: 3rd in the Love United Series.

A/N: Since I don't have a lot to write here for once, I want to be frank with you. I thought there was only one story of mine that would bring me to tears and that was An Affair to Remember, but as it turns out, this one did it as well. I guess in part because I know how I am ending it, and the other part being I don't know how much I want it to end. I put Matt back in touch with his feelings, I made Stacy let Paul into her heart and well I made Jeff be Jeff. I have done it all in terms of this story but yet I still actually get brought to tears while listening to the music and thinking about taking this to the end. Its hard man and I didn't think in all my days I would get hit with it. It's supposed to be my readers that get hit the most with the emotion of it, but as it turns out, pregnant women are wells for that sort of stuff I guess. Anyway I know I said four chapters left, but actually there will two left after this one, making it three. I thank you for the reviews on the other chapters, it means a lot.

"You can come in now Paul." The doctor said, motioning for Paul to enter the darkened room. He had already had a full report of what had happened and what was happening now, and he knew what to expect. This woman in the bed wouldn't be the same Stacy that he had made love to so tenderly only nights before. This woman now was indeed her, but a fighting Stacy, who was slowly losing the fight.

It was up to him now, to give her something to make her fight. He had to make sure he gave her something to believe in so she could come back to him. With the trauma of losing what would have been his little girl, the last thing he wanted was to lose the woman that had made that little girl possible even for a moment.

He entered the room and stood at the foot of her bed until the Doctor made his way out. He had been here once before, staring at a blond woman and she had beaten her fight and come home to her husband. He just hoped that Stacy could do the same thing. He watched the tubes attached to her, breathing for her because there was a fear that she couldn't do it on her own just yet and it was pulling his heart in two.

"Stacy if you can hear me in there you need to fight alright? Don't you just walk out on me, I don't think I can take anymore." He croaked letting himself get carried away with the emotion he was feeling inside. His heart was pounding slowly, but it felt like he was beating for the two of them. In a matter of one night, his life had been changed not once, but twice. How could a vibrant woman like her be so close to the end in just the matter of a night? It just didn't seem right.

The door opened behind him just as he was wiping the tears that had fallen away from his eyes. He knew who it was even before they made it to him, and he didn't know what to say so he just let himself be taken into a hug by his sister in law, who obviously was feeling the affects of what was taking place before them as well.

Shawn didn't look any better either Paul noticed. He looked like he hadn't slept in days and that his heart was too being pulled back in time again to when he thought he would lose Trish even before he could tell her he loved her.

"Paul man, she is a fighter, she can pull through this."

Paul pulled away from Trish and let himself be enveloped into a hug by his best friend, the only man in the world that could come close to understanding what was going through him at that exact moment.

"I know she can pull out from it Shawn but I don't know if she will." He admitted, knowing it sounded like a cop out but not knowing what else to think at the moment.

Trish interrupted them then, touching Paul lightly on the arm, concerned that he hadn't been taking care of himself since bringing her into the hospital.

"She was pregnant Trish and she lost our baby girl trying to fight this damn cancer. I know God saw fit to save you, so maybe you can get through up there. I need her; I can't go on without her. Nothing else matters right now to be but getting her back on her feet and back to my arms."

Trish immediately started crying, realizing for the first time just how seriously Paul and Stacy were involved. Shawn and she had talked many nights about just how far these two had gotten and apparently they had gotten through it all in a heartbeat. He really couldn't see a life without her in it.

"You need to get back to work man that might be the best thing for you right now. We can stay with her until something changes." Shawn said interrupting what his wife was about to say and earning a sick look from her in return.

Paul turned then, facing his friend with fury and fire in his eyes. "Don't you get it yet man? I don't give a shit about the title or about anything the WWE has to offer. They want to hate me and treat me like a leper when I didn't do anything to them? Then fine, as far as I am concerned I left that place the minute I saw Stacy for the real person she was."

Shawn took a step back then, letting his wife take over and figure out a way to calm him down. When he had mentioned work, it hadn't been to make it seem like he didn't care; only he didn't know how to tell his distraught friend that.

"Shawn doesn't know what to say is all Paul. Come on; let's go get something to drink and eat and you can tell me what happened tonight and what else I can do to help. Shawn can stay here and watch her until we get back."

Paul looked like he was going to protest but instead followed his sister in law out into the hall and towards the cafeteria where he would tell her everything. As they left the room Shawn sat down at the side of the bed, and felt himself reliving what Trish had gone through only two short years before.

If she was in a comatose state, then would the same rules apply that did to Trish? He wondered as he sat and took her hand in his. Within seconds he closed his eyes and tried his hardest to do what he had done back then.

The sunlight hit him first, and before he had a chance to adapt to it, the clouds overhead marked over and made it a little easier to bear. He stood at the water, looking out over the shore when he saw what he had been looking for. Crossing slowly to where she was, waiting patiently for him, he wondered just what she was doing at the water and what it meant to her.

"You need to come out with me Stacy; you cannot spend your life in this state."

She looked up at him, taking her eyes off the shore and smiled at him, the most glowing smile he had ever seen her wear. It was like she was in her own version of heaven.

"This was my plan Shawn; I can't come back with you."

He looked at her questioningly and she laughed a soft sound that seemed to mildly move the ocean before them. He watched the effects and looked back at her.

"I've been here before Stacy and I fought like hell the last time. Do not make me do it again. I don't think I could take it anymore."

She moved closer to him and in a whisper that only he could hear she spoke. "That is what Paul said to me before you two came into the room. He doesn't want me to give up and leave him but I could never leave him. It is just not my time to go back yet. There is work to be done."

"What kind of work is more important then your family?" he questioned not sure what she was getting at but wanting answers as quickly as he could. It had been a long time since he had dealt with the other side.

"God is tortured by me, did you know that Shawn? She does not want to let me go but yet she knows it was part of a bigger plan."

"What bigger plan Stacy? What are you are talking about?"

"I need to help others Shawn; it was in my life plan to do that. The only thing stopping me from crossing over is the Paul's love and the Almighty herself."

Shawn was almost knocked off his feet with the revelation that Paul was indeed keeping her alive. If he only knew that he would fight even harder then he was now to make sure she came back to him. He needed to tell him and he needed to tell him now.

He awoke with a start and shifted his gaze around the room. Trish and Paul stood behind him and had looks of concern on their faces.

"Remember when I went in to bring Trish out of the coma Paul? I can do that with her, and I did. There is something you need to know."

Paul looked from Trish to his best friend, wondering just what the hell was going on now. He knew there was truth to what he said because he had seen it for himself more then once and after the angels coming to his aid, he was ready to hear just about anything that would mean she could come back to him.

"You have to keep fighting Paul. She told me herself that the only reasons she hasn't passed on yet is because of your love, which is obviously strong enough to bind you pretty deeply and God and her unwillingness to let a young soul pass on without finishing her life."

"Are you telling me that I am keeping her alive?"

"Yes Paul, that's what I am telling you. If it is you and God that are keeping her here, you need to talk to her and make sure you work as a team."

Trish smiled, realizing that Shawn had just suggested that Paul team up with God. Trish knew from experience that Paul didn't like the tag team environment, and wasn't sure he was going to go for it now.

"Would you two give me a minute alone with her? If I have to team up with God to keep her here, I need to do it alone."

Trish and Shawn nodded and made their way silently from the room. If what Shawn had said was true, then Stacy had the two biggest forces in the world fighting for her, and there was no way she couldn't come back from that.