I hope you enjoy this chapter, my muses have not been co-operating which is why this chapter took so long J

Chapter 21

Over the last few weeks Stephanie and Paul had gone every Friday night just enjoying each others company and having a good time, Stephanie was back to her normal cheery self and everyone was noticing it.

Stephanie was sat at her desk at the offices and smiled as she stared out of the large window, the sun was shining through her window, and it was a beautiful day out side, and having just read through e-mails and replied to them she didn't feel stressed at all. As she sat staring out of the window her cell phone began to vibrate against her desk she picked it up and checked her caller ID she didn't recognise the number but still answered it.

"Hello Stephanie McMahon speaking"

"Stephanie hi it's Patricia" Stephanie smiled she wasn't expecting this phone call.

"Hi pat what can I do for you" Stephanie asked as she sat back in her chair and relaxed.

"Well I know you and Paul have been hanging out, his birthday is coming up this weekend and we've planned a surprise party for him, it would be a great surprise for him if you could be there"

Stephanie chuckled down the phone "sure no problem, you don't mind if I bring my daughter do you"

"Of course not she's more than welcome to come too"

"Ok what time do we have to be there" Stephanie asked

"If you could be here for half past eleven that would be great, Paul will be here half an to an hour after that"

"ok that's not a problem" Stephanie could help but chuckle as she heard the excitement in pats voice "I'm so glad you and Paul found each other again, he was lost for so long with out you, we look forward to seeing you again" Stephanie laughed and said bye before hanging up her phone.

The weekend came quickly for Stephanie, and she was excited for pauls surprise party at his parents they spoke a few times on the phone and he had mentioned going down to his parents for his birthday, and it took a lot for Stephanie to not tell him about the party, she'd not bought him anything as such but she was that what she was going to give him would mean a lot to him, and it meant a lot to her too, she had been thinking a lot lately about how things had been going and she was sure that everything was going in the right direction for once in her life. The few hours it took for Stephanie to drive to pauls parents seemed like a life time, and not seeing him the past few days had made her miss the interaction they had, the interaction that he weak at the knees, that made her heart flutter like a butterfly when ever he put his arm around her, she wasn't planning on falling so hard again, which scared her but at the same time it made her feel secure about her self and made life worth living all that more. It also gave her hope that Cali would get the father she truly deserved, the man who would protect her from anything, that would protect them both from whatever came in there way.

As Stephanie pulled on to the drive of pauls parents she didn't even get the chance to step out of the car before pat came rushing out to greet them, Stephanie smiled at pat as she got out she closed the door behind all expecting pat to greet her with a hug, how ever pat went straight for the back door of the car to have a loot at the almost precious 11 month old little girl, Stephanie gushed with pride as pat cooed over Cali.

"Oh Stephanie she's beautiful" said pat as she looked at Cali through the window.

Stephanie smiled as she opened the car door "thank you Pat"

Cali clung onto Stephanie' top as, steph grabbed the bags from the back seat "here let me help you with those" Pat offered, Stephanie smiled grateful for the help "thank you, its amazing how many bags I need just for the two of us".

Pat chuckled "it certainly is, you can just go right through Lynn' in the living room" Stephanie smiled and nodded as she locked up the car before walking into the house.

Lynn looks shocked when she saw Stephanie walk in as she had no idea that her mum or even Paul was still in touch with her it was nice refreshing surprise "well if it isn't the all grown up Stephanie McMahon, its great to see you".

Stephanie chuckled "hi Lynn, how are you"

Lynn smiled "I'm great thank you, who is this little cutie"

Stephanie kissed Cali' cheek "this Cali my daughter" Cali clapped her hands excitedly and squealed, Stephanie shook her head and chuckled "as you can see she loves the attention" Lynn smiled "the girls usually do" Stephanie laughed at Lynn' comment as she placed Cali down on the floor

"Could you watch her a second I'll take these bags out of the way" Lynn smiled "I would love to" Stephanie smiled "thanks" Lynn nodded "no problem, you can put them in Paul's room if you want".

As steph walked into pauls room she was shocked to see that he still had all there pictures up from when they were in college, she chuckled to her self as she on photo in particular brought back a funny moment from one summer, they had stopped at one of Pauls friends and end up getting into a playful fight, she remembered he'd got the squirty cream from the fridge and chased her on the back garden.

She hadn't realised how much she had truly meant to him, and obviously he still felt that way with amount of photos she could see, he'd never expressed how much he truly did feel about her not even back in college, or when they had part ways, she felt a tingle in her heart as she now realise the depth of his love for her and that made her decision she had made that much easier to admit..