Title: One in Equal
Author: mournful.x0
Category: Wrestling
Rating: R - Sexual Circumstances, Adult Content, Adult Language
Pairing: Paul London/Drea VukovicOC
Genre: Drama & Romance

Summary: Drea just started her new job in the WWE after working for TNA. The new life starts out to be wonderful as complicated at once. But as time flies by, Drea finds herself in situations she isn't able to handle all alone. Will someone stand by her site? Will she make it through?

Disclaimer: Drea Vukovic is owned by me and only me. All WWE and TNA workers are owned by their companies. All created characters are owned by moi. The title "One in Equal" is from a song by Seven Wiser. This story is a fiction and nothing else. May Eddie Guerrero rest in peace. We love you Eddie!

Chapter 25

'What the hell am I doing?' was the question that ran through Paul's mind as he took a seat on the plane that would soon take him to Germany. He was completely nuts and he knew it, like in the morning when he called Vince and argued with him about some days off. Screaming at your boss and risking your job with that wasn't exactly the smartest thing he had ever done. Not to mention how shocked Brian was, he probably expected everything but not this decision. Yet Paul saw no other way, he had to confront Drea and see for himself what was going on. Maybe he would find out about another man she was seeing on her time off. What was it about this woman that made him do things like this? Why couldn't things be like they were before? Why wasn't all this a bad dream and he could wake up like nothing ever happened? Did fate really hate him that much?

"Gosh I'm so screwed!" he mumbled and held his head while he closed his eyes. An older woman sat down next to Paul and smiled at him, he forced a smile and turned his head back to look out the window. "You look troubled son." the old woman firmly stated as Paul turned his head back to face her "Is it that obvious?" and she nodded. Looking down he sighed "Guess I can't hide it anymore." and the woman put her hand on his thigh to comfort him "Everything will work out son, just believe in that.". "I hope you are right Miss, I really do." he glanced at her and she took her hand back "Emily...". Paul shot her a confused look and the older woman laughed "Don't call me Miss please, I feel so old already. My name is Emily.".

Nodding he shook her hand "My pleasure Emily, I'm Paul." and Emily smiled shaking his hand. The plane started to take off as the two remained silent for a while. "So...where are you going Paul?" Emily unbuckled her seatbelt and turned to face Paul, without looking up he answered "To Germany.". Emily chuckled "Son, I know that. We're all going there. But where exactly are you going or who are you visiting?" and he lightly smiled at himself for not knowing what she meant, also because of her being so nosy. But then his smile faded again "Actually I'm visiting my girlfriend." and she shot him a concerned look "You don't look too happy about that son.". Although he didn't even want to smile, he couldn't help it.

The fact that Emily called him 'son' all the time reminded him of his grandmother, somehow Emily had that same aura about her as she did. After slurping a sip of the hot coffee, she adjusted her glasses "Is she german?" and Paul nodded "But we are living together in Texas.". Emily raised her eyebrow at him, somehow this young man spoke in riddles and it was starting to get her worried. "So, are you going to tell me what happened or what?" she grinned and Paul got confused by her sudden outburst. Sighing one last time, Paul started to explain to Emily what had happened and what kind of job they were doing. He made sure to leave the daughter part out though, he didn't know this old woman and she didn't need to know everything.

"Oh man, what a miracle relationship. I wish something like this would have happened to me." Emily sighed yet smiled as Paul chuckled at her. Somehow her presence comforted him a bit and he was thankful to have company with him. After all, she was just an old woman but a good listener. "Ok you told me now what happened, but somehow I don't understand why you are on this plane and on your way to Germany." she stated and he looked at her with narrowed eyes. Did this old woman not understand where he was coming from? She continued "I do understand you're a bit worried, but immediatly flying after her comes off to me like you don't trust her." and slurped another sip of her coffee. Paul got a bit offended, this woman didn't know anything about him or Drea and yet she was judging them.

As he opened to say something, he thought about that he hasn't told her about the daughter, which was the actual reason why he was flying to Germany. Emily looked expecting at him and waited for the possible answer. For another second he thought about if it would be a good idea to tell her about it or just let it go and remain quiet for the rest of the flight. Slowly he took the picture out of his pocket and handed it to Emily. Adjusting her glasses she carefully looked at the picture "Is that her?" and Paul nodded looking down "And...her daughter.". Emily took a short glance at Paul and then looked back at the picture "Yes, she looks a lot like her mommy, yet I can't see any resemblence with you.".

Sighing heavily Paul looked out the window "She's not my daughter." and Emily got more confused by every minute that passed. Paul could clearly see the 'Who's her father then?' question on her face and he shrugged "I don't know who the father is and I didn't even know until yesterday that she had a daughter.". Emily made a face like a light bulb just went on above her head "Ah! Now I understand." and he lightly smiled at her. "So you're flying to Germany to confront her about the daughter and why she didn't tell you, also because you think that's the reason she took off so fast." she handed him the picture back and he placed it back in his pocket "That is basicly it, yeah.". Stuffing a hand under her chin, Emily started to think and voiced something under her breath. After a couple of seconds she sighed and took her glasses off, placing them on the small table in front of her.

Being amused by her, Paul took a sip of his cola and continued to observe her. Again she sighed "But you know Paul, maybe she didn't tell you because she was afraid to lose you." and put her glasses back on. Paul shot her a confused look "Why? I would have never left her just because of her daughter, although she isn't mine." and Emily crossed her arms across her chest "Could she know that? I mean, let's face it, women who already have children are not very popular among men. Yes you are different than the rest, but how was she supposed to know that?". Somehow Paul hated how Emily reasoned this, because she was absolutely right. Why didn't he think about something like this earlier? But still, it didn't make the fact better that she could have talked about this with him. After all they were together for months now and Drea knew she could trust him.

Just when Paul was about to answer, a little boy came up to them and asked him for an autograph. Being the nice guy, he signed the little boy's shirt and watched as he ran away happily. Emily smiled "Just think about it for a while Paul. Like I said, everything will work out. I'm going to take a nap now, please wake me up before we arrive, ok? Thanks." and with that she leaned back, closing her eyes to sleep for a while. No doubt, this conversation had made an impact on Paul and he wasn't so sure anymore now what to do when he was standing in front of Drea. Scream at her? Tell her that it's okay she lied to him because he understands now where she's coming from? Or just don't go there at all? There were a lot of options, but the decision was up to him. Sighing he leaned back and closed his eyes, thinking about what to do now.

"Paul! Wake up! We have arrived!" Emily shook Paul's shoulder, trying to wake him up. Slowly he opened his eyes and looked around, as Emily smiled at him "Actually you were supposed to wake me up son. Come on, we got to get out of here.". Before getting up, Paul took one last look out the window and saw the grey, rainy weather. 'Now I know what Drea has been talking about.' he thought and followed Emily out of the plane. Together they walked to the baggage claim area and waited for their baggage to come out. Softly Emily nudged him "So, what are you going to do now?" and he shrugged "I don't know yet, I'm still a bit confused, but I guess everything will eventually work out as you said.". Smiling Emily tapped him on the shoulder and he returned the smile. After getting their baggage and leaving to the outside, it was time to say goodbye.

Paul put down his suitcase and turned to face Emily, he took her hand smiling and shook it "Thanks a lot for keeping me company Emily, I really enjoyed it.". Smiling she also shook his hand "You are welcome Paul, I enjoyed your company. Hope everything is going to work out for you and your girl!" and grabbed her suitcase to leave. But Emily turned around once again, grabbing into her purse and smiled at Paul again handing him a calling card "Just in case you need a place to stay at for a couple of days.". And with that she walked away from him as he still looked at the calling card. Sighing he put it into his pocket and started to leave as well.

The doorbell rang as Drea and her family were sitting together in the living room. "I'll take it." Drea stated and got up to open the door. It was probably one of her friends that heard she was home and came over to see her. Opening the door, she saw the person that she last expected to see. "Paul! What are you doing here?" Drea looked stunned at her boyfriend and Paul just looked at her with the same emptyness in his eyes that had taken over him since she left. "We gotta...talk..." he started but then he saw the little girl walking up to them and just stared at her like she was a ghost.

Drea picked her up and gave her a kiss, then smiled at Paul. This was enough, he just couldn't take it anymore. With tears in his eyes Paul started running down the stairs and out of the house. Quickly Drea placed the little girl down and ran down after him, but it was too late, when she arrived on the outside, the cab was already driving off and he was in it. "Paul!" she almost screamed her heart out but to no avail and the little girl approached her "Who was that?". Lightly smiling Drea got on her level "Someone that I love very much sweety, I just don't know what's wrong with him. But let's go back inside." and took the girl's hand walking back in.

Author's Note: Not that great of a chapter...but hey, those need to exist too, right? Anyway...it's getting more and more bizarre with those two...will Drea eventually apologize to Paul for lying to him? Is Paul going to accept the fact that Drea has a daughter? All that and more useless questions by me in the next chapter...haha gracias to Unpredictable Mind and Arieru for the reviews...can't believe you girls are still there...hehe... adios til the next time...