Chapter 21
Paul had just been dropped off by Randy outside of his apartment. He went inside quickly and changed then walked out to go to the girls' apartment to spend time with Stephanie. When he got there he knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer the door. A few seconds later Stephanie came to the door. When she saw him she hugged him, with all she had in her.
"Nice to see you too, can I come in?" Paul said wrapping his arms around her
"Yeah sure, I have missed you" Stephanie said
"I've been gone for half a day, you even saw me this morning" Paul said walking into the apartment.
"So I can't miss my boyfriend" Stephanie said
"Fiancé" Paul corrected her taking hold of her hand that had the engagement ring on
"Yes, fiancé, now come on let's go upstairs and you can tell me what happened" Stephanie grabbed Paul's hand and went upstairs. Paul sat on Stephanie's bed and watched as Stephanie shuffled up the bed and cuddled into his side.
"What happened between your mom and Randy?"
"Good mainly. Randy said that he was apologizing for everything that happened with in the past and that when no one visited him in jail he didn't blame them and knew that's when he had to change. Then my mom said that she doesn't want him to apologize for the past because she said and I quote 'it is making each of us stronger' then she wanted to have a group hug, me and Randy moaned at that for a while because we had a group hug with you and didn't want another one, then I said that there must be a problem with girls because they always want group hugs" Stephanie hit him in the stomach when he made that comment.
"Don't say that, but I am going to let you off because I want to hear the rest of the story" Stephanie said.
"Then mom said that she was willing to forgive Randy, then we spent about an hour together and went out for lunch" Paul finished his story.
"That's good now everything is back to normal for you" Stephanie said
"Yeah, finally it has taken the whole time I was in high school and two years into college but I have everything that I could possibly want" Paul leaned down and kissed Stephanie, "And you and our daughter are all that I need"
"Aww, you're so sweet. What do you want to…" Stephanie stopped when there was a knock on Stephanie's door, "Come in"
Michelle walked in, "Hey guys we were going to go out do you want to come?"
"Sure where are we going?"
"I think that Stacy wants to go to a small café somewhere. It just to celebrate us making it through half of the college years with everything that has happened and you having a baby, and the engagement since we wasn't able to celebrate when you told us"
"Definitely, we will be down in a sec," Stephanie said getting off of her bed and walked to her closet to get changed. When Stephanie got changed she walked downstairs with Paul so that they could go out.
"You two ready now?" Shawn asked seeing the couple walk down the stairs
"You know it, let's go and celebrate" Paul said
"Now you are talking, it's about a ten minute walk to get there" Shawn said
"Let's go then" They walked out of the door and walked to the café. When they got there they sat down in a booth and started having different conversations. But they all had one thing on their mind and that was to find out what happened between Paul, Torrie and Randy.
"So Paul how did your mom take the news about Randy?" Chris asked
"Good, at first she didn't want to forgive him then she listened to him and then he explained everything and now they are getting along, I hope"
"That's great, I can't after all these years you can have the family that you have lost" Stacy said
"Yep, that's what Steph said as well" Paul said
"I still think that he's up to something, I don't trust him" Shawn said
"Please Shawn, if I can trust him can you at least try and trust him or be civil with him?"
"Just because you are my best friend, I will try and be civil with him" Shawn said
"Thanks man that means the world" Paul said
A few moments later the waiter came over and took their orders. Then about ten minutes later their food arrived and they stopped their conversations and just spent time together celebrating them getting through everything that has been thrown at them and having the celebration of Stephanie being pregnant and them getting engaged since they wasn't able to.
"Do you want to go to the movies?" Shawn suggested when everyone finished
"Yes, but we will pick" Stacy said.
"Why?" The guys asked
"Don't you remember our first date, you all took us to that scary movie and it was the worst experience that I have ever had" Stacy said remembering the date so clearly.
"What that movie wasn't scary it was so much fun" Chris said
"No it was scary, so we are going to pick the movie; btw it's going to be a chick flick"
"Nooooooooooo" they said
"Come on let's go and see what movie is on" Lita said
They got up and walked out of the café and went to the movies to watch a movie. Paul, Shawn, John and Chris didn't care what movie they saw because they knew it was going to be a chick flick and that was the last thing that they wanted to see, but they knew that it was make the girls happy so just went along and watched it.