Dear Diary,

I don't know what to do, think or say right now because that is not what I expected him to say. I want to be angry with Paul for him dumping on me that he is falling for me but it's not his fault as I'm the one who was playing him and I've been falling for him and my life is a mess.

I told him we couldn't be friends though, I didn't know what else to say to him because when he found out the truth about what I did he would hate me and it would just make the heartache even worse for me.

I think I'm going to find myself an empty sky box in the arena to sit alone and just be by myself for a bit and try to sort my head out.

Steph xx

Stephanie placed her diary on the top of her bag and closed the zip. Once she was satisfied it was out of sight she made her way out of her locker room to go and find a sky box.

Paul had left Stephanie's locker room and his mind was preoccupied with what she had said about them being unable to be friends any more and it just didn't make any sense, he really didn't understand how they could go from sleeping together and being good friends to nothing just because he was falling for her. As he turned the corner he nearly ran into Vince McMahon, "oh sorry Vince, I wasn't looking where I was going."

Vince nodded at the younger man, "it's okay Paul, no harm was done. As you're here though, I don't suppose you've seen Stephanie lately have you? I'm not sure if Joe is still here or if she's left with him or if she's somewhere else in the arena."

"Yeah she's in her locker room and has been for the last hour or so, ever since you sent her to meet up with Joe because I just left her."

Vince looked at him oddly, "what do you mean you just left her? Where was she about twenty minutes ago?"

Looking down at his watch to see what the time was now he looked back up at Vince, "she was in her locker room with myself and Shane, why? What exactly is going on because this isn't a general concern for your daughter type of conversation."

Sighing Vince ran a hand through his hair, "Joanie came into my office and said Stephanie had said some not so pleasant stuff to her about twenty minutes ago but if she was with you and Shane then that couldn't have happened . . . right?"

Paul crossed his arms over his chest, "correct, one hundred percent correct. Stephanie may act like a bit of a bitch sometimes but that is definitely not something she would do. If I were you I'd ignore any complaints Joanie has about Stephanie because she has it in her head that Stephanie stole me from her after I dumped her."

The realisation hit Vince like a brick wall, "it all makes sense now why Joanie said what she said, thank you Paul."

"You're welcome." Nodding his head Paul went on his way back to his locker room to have some time to himself.

Having found herself a sky box Stephanie sat down in one of the chairs and relaxed closing her eyes. She tried not to let the emotions of the day boil over but it didn't work and tears soon escaped her eyelids.

Shane had spotted Paul going back to his locker room looking rather dejected so he was now on a mission to find his sister but she wasn't in catering, she wasn't with their Dad as he had seen him alone already, she wasn't in her locker room and neither was she outside.

Turning around he headed back inside and headed down to the ring to see if she was maybe wallowing at ringside but as he reached the ring and looked around he realised she was nowhere to be found as there were just some guys hanging out, "Andrew have you seen my sister?"

Andrew shook his head, "no, should I have?"

Shane absently shook his head as he walked off trying to work out where she would be when it hit him and he headed out onto the arena floor. He looked up to the top of the arena before he made his way up the nearest set of stairs to search the sky boxes for her.

He had no luck with the first sky box but as he opened the door to the second one he spotted a pair of feet and knew it had to be Stephanie so quietly shutting the door behind him he walked over to her, "I've been looking everywhere for you."

Stephanie had no idea that Shane had entered the room until she heard him speak and she felt like she nearly had a heart attack at the surprise of it, "Jesus Christ, are you trying to kill me?"

Quickly she wiped at her face to try and rid herself of the evidence that she had been crying but he had already noticed as he took a seat next to her, "so why are you hiding out up here?"

"I'm not hiding."

"Yeah right, you're not kidding me here. What happened with Paul?"

Angrily she turned in her seat to face him, "nothing happened with him, why does something have to have happened with him?"

Shane reached and grabbed hold of her hand holding it loosely, "because when I left your locker room it was just the two of you and now you're sat here clearly upset and very obviously have been crying."

Snatching her hand away from him she stood up, "I don't have to sit here and listen to this."

Moving to walk to the door she was stopped before she could get out of the door by Shane inserting himself between her and the door, "I'm not letting you run away from this. What's going on Steph? Please talk to me."

Sighing heavily she moved to sit back down, "Paul said he was falling for me."

Slowly moving away from the door he kept his eye on his sister, "and what's a bad thing because?"

"Oh come on Shane. Do I really need to explain to you why that is bad?"

Sitting on the arm of the chair he rubbed her arm gently, "you know there is one way to see how he feels after he knows the truth."

Stephanie looked at her brother oddly, "what the hell are you talking about Shane?"

"Tell him the truth, sit him down and tell him everything you did and let him make an informed decision."

Looking at her brother like he had completely lost his mind she really had no idea what to make of his suggestion, "you know I think you're completely crazy right?"

He shrugged, "I prefer to think of it as my own special brand of crazy genius."

Smiling despite herself she punched him in the arm, "you're crazy and your idea is completely insane and I'm not stupid enough to even think about trying that."

"Come on Steph. Don't let your fear and guilt destroy your one true chance at happiness. Paul is a good man and if you give him the chance I'm sure he will see past what you did."

Standing up she couldn't sit there and listen to her brother talk like that, he thought it was just the one thing she had done, "I've got to go."

Before he could stop her she made a hasty retreat out of the sky box to make her way back to her locker room.