The next morning Summer was awake early and surprisingly felt a lot better, although she was tired the pains in her head had subsided and the doctor had ran some more tests and re-diagnosed her with just a minor concussion and should be fit to wrestle tonight. The pains in her ribs could be controlled with pain killers and as long as she didn't do anything outrageous tonight, the pain should subside within a few weeks. Summer knew she had to be careful but she was eager to get out of hospital and on that plane to be with her family again.

"Good lord I need a shower" Summer murmured to herself as she knew she smelt awful because of the sweat and blood, it was pretty gross but it came with the job! So Summer gently sat up and gently swung her legs over to the side of the bed and she couldn't help but smile at Steve, he was out for the count snoring his head off. He'd woken up every time a nurse came into the room to check on Summer so he was just as tired as she was, but she knew he could sleep a while longer but Summer couldn't, she needed a damn shower.

Thankfully she was in a private suite so she could shower in peace without other people hanging around. The nurse had come into the room earlier and removed her IV so she was free from drips and wires, so she could walk freely to the bathroom. So she gently lowered herself onto the floor and she stood still trying to regain her balance, she hadn't stood up in a while so it was strange getting used to it again after so many drugs and no food. But she managed to shake it off and gently make her way slowly towards the bathroom to get showered and cleaned up. She didn't lock the door in case something happened and she knew Steve would go mad at her if she did, so she left it ajar and then walked slowly and steadily towards the shower. But she caught her reflection in the mirror and let out a horrible cry, she looked awful! Hair still smeared over her face and blood everywhere which was turning brown now, she looked vile!

"Oh god!" she shouted to herself as tears pricked her eyes, how could Steve not have told her?! How could he stand to be around her when she looked like this?!

"Summer? Summer!" came Steve's agitated voice, he came barrelling into the bathroom and thought he'd walk in to find Summer collapsed on the floor, instead he found her standing in front of the mirror. Summer turned to face him with her hands still covering her mouth, but she lowered them and said "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't want to upset you because I knew you'd want to do something you're not ready for"

"What?"

"How could I have let you shower when you were full or morphine? You'd fall and cause more damage to yourself" Steve replied sternly glaring at Summer who couldn't find a response to that, so she decided to blow raspberries at him instead. Steve tried to hold it together but he soon smirked and said "So immature" making Summer smile at him proudly.

Steve just shook his head and said "I'll help you shower"

"Erm, Steve I'm not really in the mood for sex" Summer said honestly and Steve just shook his head again, "I ain't on about that, I just want to help you shower" Summer was about to protest but when Steve pulled his t-shirt off leaving him in just his jeans she snapped her mouth shut and just stared at him blankly. Steve was about to unbuckle his belt but stopped midway and said "The idea is for you to undress sweetie" then he walked back over to the door and closed and locked it for privacy.

Summer didn't have many clothes to take off; she was still in the oversized Stone Cold t-shirt and just her bra and panties, they must have taken her pants off when she arrived at the hospital. So she slowly started to lift the t-shirt up while Steve turned on the water to the generously sized shower booth, he'd completely stripped down to his boxers and was waiting for Summer. But she was starting to struggle as her ribs were starting to protest at the movements, so Steve walked over and said "Let me"

"But-" Summer protested but Steve glared at her so she remained quiet as he lifted the t-shirt above her head. It fell to the floor and Steve's heart sank at the sight of Summer's taped up ribs, "I'm okay" Summer tried to reassure him as she noticed where he was looking, but Steve just frowned and said "Such a beautifully talented yet crazy woman"

"But I'm your crazy woman" Summer murmured making Steve smile as he unclipped her bra and let it slowly slide down her arms. Both of them weren't in the mood to have sex, Steve just wanted to admire Summer's body and help wash her.

"I don't want to hurt you darlin but those bandages have got to come off" Steve said as he lowered his hands towards the bandages and made a start at pulling off the tape. Summer tried to stay still but squirmed a little in pain as Steve started to gently unravel the bandage until it was completely off. Then he almost gasped in surprise at the damage he saw, her ribs and back were completely black and blue and still getting darker as time passed.

"It's over now darlin they're completely off" Steve said as he placed the soiled bandages into the trashcan and then walked back over to Summer who said "What's the damage?"

"I ain't gonna lie Summer it's pretty damn bad"

"Being speared and being beaten with a kendo stick hurts" Summer replied as she looked down at herself to survey the damage, her ribs did look pretty horrendous but with the correct amount of painkillers she would be able to cope for tonight.

"Falling through tables doesn't help either" Steve said with a frown making Summer frown back and say "Are you gonna hold this against me forever?"

"No darlin but it just shocked me so damn much; I never thought I'd see 3 women battling like that with 6 guys"

"It's an ever changing business Steve"

"Can't argue you with that darlin" Steve replied as he stepped out of his boxers leaving Summer completely speechless, she loved seeing him naked!

"It's rude to stare" Steve murmured as he lifted Summer's chin up and stared directly into her eyes, she smiled sheepishly and said "Sorry"

"Don't be sorry darlin, I love admiring you too" Steve replied and then gently kissed her softly on the lips and then said "Panties off"

"Yes sir" Summer replied making Steve smirk as he helped her out of her panties, he was kneeling in front of her and Summer had flashbacks of their engagement and she shivered, she watched as he slowly stood back up in front of her still smirking, "Now now darlin I know that look in your eyes, we can't do anything here can we?"

"Then stop teasing" Summer breathed out making Steve chuckle as he led her over to the shower, when the water cascaded over Summer she couldn't help but moan out in pure pleasure, it felt so good!

"Keep making noises like that honey and I'll change my mind" Steve said as he watched Summer showering, her body being sprayed with water... he was trying to contain himself but she was making this difficult. But he soon came back to reality when he saw the amount of blood being washed out of Summer's hair, he didn't realise how much she'd lost.

"Stop over thinking" Summer said as she noticed Steve watching the red water being washed down the drain, "What's happened has happened and we move on don't we?"

"I just still can't believe you went through that"

"That spear wasn't supposed to happen remember" Summer clarified, "I just didn't move out of the way in time and unfortunately the ladder hadn't been moved yet"

"Like we said honey, accidents happen" Steve murmured as he stood behind Summer and started to wash her gently, he'd noticed more bruising forming on other parts of her body and felt really bad that he couldn't take them away. So he had to be extremely gentle as he ran the washcloth over her body to wash away the rest of the blood that had stuck to her.

Summer couldn't help but moan out in pleasure as he was running it over her back and shoulders; it just felt so relaxing having somebody wash her so gently.

"You okay?" Steve asked

"Wonderful" Summer replied dreamily making Steve smile, he knew that he was only supposed to wash her but he was so turned on he didn't know what to do to calm himself down. So he thought about it and then stepped a bit closer to Summer who felt Steve pressed up against her and knew what he wanted to do, and to be honest she didn't mind. Steve gently pushed himself inside her causing her to moan out and rest her head on his shoulder, "So good" she breathed out as Steve slowly started to move while still washing her.

"I know we said we wouldn't but I couldn't help it" Steve murmured, "You're just so damn beautiful"

"Just be gentle"

"I know honey I know" Steve replied as he kissed her head softly, "This won't take long anyway" Summer laughed softly but winced when her ribs protested against it, but she couldn't help but moan because having Steve inside her felt so good, just gentle and slow lovemaking. Steve groaned out loudly as he came making Summer moan out as well, she didn't mind that he didn't get her off because everything in her body ached so much. But she felt Steve move from behind her to stand in front of her, she looked at him and smiled, "I love you"

"I love you too darlin, always remember that" Steve replied as he cupped her face and kissed her forehead gently, then he looked at her again and said "Let's get you showered" Summer nodded gently and then felt herself relaxing as Steve washed her from head to toe.

Later in the afternoon Summer and Steve had arrived at the arena to get ready for Monday Night Raw, Summer was feeling pretty rough but she was headstrong and knew she'd able to compete tonight. So she put aside her pain and prepared herself for her match tonight, but before they got to their dressing room Jeff called them from further down the corridor, "Yo sis!"

"Wassup bro?" Summer asked and smiled at her brother, she could tell that he was doing the same as her; putting his pain into a box and forgetting about it.

"We've got a meeting in 10 minutes"

"Oh... what about?"

"They've changed their minds about what's happening tonight"

"Why?"

"I don't know sis but I just came to get you so we can go over there together" Summer looked at Steve and shrugged and said "I'll catch you in a bit"

"Okay darlin" Steve replied and then kissed her softly before taking her bag off of her and then walking down the corridor towards their dressing room. Summer looked on after him smiling, he was such a gentleman!

"I think my fiancée is so dreamy" Jeff said in a girlish voice mimicking Summer, "He's the best"

"Shut up you" Summer replied as she punched her brothers arm while laughing, but she winced then and Jeff frowned, "Sis you really shouldn't be here"

"I'm alright Jeff honestly"

"I doubt that"

"Don't play with me Jeff I know you're doing it too"

"Doing what?"

"Hiding your pain and putting on a brave face" Summer replied and scowled at Jeff who scowled right back, "I'm not doing that"

"Yes you are, you're exactly the same as me and you know it"

"But-"

"I might be your baby sister but I know you better than any other woman will" Jeff couldn't say anything to that, instead he shrugged and Summer knew she'd won and smiled smugly, "Let's go to this meeting" is all she said and then linked arms with her brother to head towards this mystery meeting.

"I'm glad that everybody could make it" Vince said as he looked around the table at the 3 teams in front of him, Matt, Jeff, Summer, Jacqueline, The APA and Edge, Christian and Trish were sat around the table with some of the writers Mark and Callum. Everybody looked pretty beat up but were waiting and wondering what this was about so Vince spoke up once more, "I'd just like to congratulate you all on a fantastic match last night, I don't think I've ever seen anything like that before. It really was one of a kind" there were murmurs of appreciation but Vince continued, "I called you all in here this afternoon to talk about some changes that are happening tonight"

"What changes?" Farooq asked

"Well due to what Summer went through last night I've decided to change it from Summer defending her title tonight to the guys having a sort of 'rematch' but without the weapons" Vince added in quickly, "And then the ladies would run down to make the save to their teams"

"Where will this lead to?" Jeff asked

"We were thinking it would lead to a TLC 2 match at the next pay per view" Callum added in as he checked through his papers, "But maybe this time without the women"

"What?" all three women said together and looked at each other before looking back at the writers, "Why won't we be allowed to participate?" Trish asked pretty annoyed

"Yeah do you think we're not tough enough?" Summer added in

"Because we can fight dammit" Jacqueline said proudly

Vince was pretty surprised at their outbursts but then said "Alright ladies, if you want to be a part of it then I haven't got a problem with it but this time" and he looked at Summer when he said this "Don't go too crazy"

"Can't promise anything" Summer said and then smiled at Jeff who nodded back, Vince looked at them both and knew he shouldn't argue because they'd always do completely crazy things. But he cleared his throat and said "But the build up to that match will once again be extreme"

"It wouldn't be any other way" Bradshaw said and everybody agreed with him and once again Vince was surprised, "You all want it to be extreme?"

"Hell yeah" Edge and Christian said together, "We'd go one up and say make tonight a ladder match"

"Whoa really? After last night?" Farooq replied to both men, "Damn, I don't think I've recovered yet"

"Come on Farooq it'd be awesome!" Matt said excitedly and soon Jeff was into it as well, it didn't take much to pump them up and Summer was sat in the middle of them and could feel their vibes, to the point where she wanted to participate too. But Vince obviously saw her smile and said "Summer with your condition I'm not clearing you to take part in that"

"What-" she started but got cut off by Vince, "I got all your reports from the hospital and I know that they've cleared you but I haven't, you can come and interfere at the end of the match but that's it until Smackdown" Summer was about to reply but couldn't think of anything so she just sat back in her chair with her arms folded and scowled, she wanted to wrestle too!

"Don't scowl Summer, things will heat up with you and the women"

"How?" is all she said, she knew she was being a brat but she didn't care, she didn't like being told she couldn't do something.

"You're the women's champion now and you've got a target on your back, so now Trish and Jacqueline will be after you even more" Summer looked up at that, now she was interested and Vince knew it so he kept talking "Things will get hardcore, and it'll start on Smackdown with Trish attacking you with a leather strap, believe me it'll sting but it'll be the start of the hardcore feud"

"I'll get my revenge?"

"Yes later on in the evening you'll attack Trish in a strap match with Jacqueline getting involved and then throughout the weeks you'll feud until Backlash with the TLC match"

"What else will happen?" Trish asked as the women were really into this now, "We'll leave that up to you with how far you want to take it" Mark said as he was writing things down, "It'll be up to your pain tolerance that'll stop you" all 3 women looked at each other and nodded as they knew they'd discuss this later in the coming weeks. At least they had plans and knew what was happening within the next few weeks, but it was a shock that there would be another TLC match, they were hoping it would be just as extreme though!

Jeannie was waiting outside Vince's office wondering whether or not she should go in, she'd thought about a lot of things last night and wanted to speak to Vince about something. She'd met him first when she was with Steve and she knew he was a friendly and considerate guy so she knew that he was her best shot. So she held her head high and was about to knock on the door but she heard a voice down the corridor, "Can I help you?" she turned to see Vince and smiled and said "Hi Vince" Vince looked at her for a moment before finally placing her, "Jeannie? Is that you?"

"Yes it's me"

"Wow I haven't seen you for so long"

"I know it's been a while" Jeannie replied and looked at Vince who was still a little surprised to see her, but he walked towards his office and opened the door and motioned for her to come inside. Jeannie followed and sat down in one of the chairs and waited for Vince to shut the door and then sit behind his desk.

Once he'd sat down he said "So how have you been Jeannie? It's been a long time since I've seen you"

"I've been really well thank you"

"What brings you around here?"

"I saw Wrestlemania last night with the girls"

"You came here as a family?" Vince asked quite surprised that they'd all flown over, he knew there must be a reason and it was obviously to do with Steve.

"Yes the girls wanted to see their dad and I couldn't refuse them"

"Have you managed to see Steve? I know he can be a pain in the ass to find" Vince said quite amused making Jeannie smile a little and say "Yes I managed to track him down last night and speak to him"

"And it was successful?"

"Well..." Jeannie trailed off and looked down at her hands as she didn't quite know how to talk to him about it, Vince noticed this and said "Is everything okay?"

"No not really" Jeannie replied as her eyes filled up with tears, "I don't really know what to do"

"Maybe I can help?" Vince asked making Jeannie look up at him and say "I shouldn't really be bothering you with this, I don't know you and don't even work here"

"Steve is family here and since you're his family I consider you family"

"That's nice to hear"

"So tell me what's bothering you" Jeannie sighed and looked back down at her hands again, and then she stared at Vince and said "It's about Steve"

"What about him? He hasn't bothered you at all has he? I know things didn't end well for you two I'm afraid"

"No no he hasn't bothered me but it's just... since I've found out about him being..." Jeannie couldn't finish her sentence as it was painful to mention Steve being engaged to another woman.

Vince soon caught on and then leant back in his chair and said "Steve's engaged to Summer yes"

"Yes" Jeannie whispered as she could feel the tears forming, "It's difficult to hear that"

"So... correct me if I'm wrong but, are you saying you're still in love with Steve?" Vince asked but regretted it when Jeannie put a hand to her mouth and couldn't help but cry because it was painful to hear someone else say it.

"Yes I admit it I still love him, I don't think I ever stopped loving him"

"This puts me in a difficult situation Jeannie; I'm not sure what you'd like me to do"

"Make Steve love me again" Jeannie replied as she wiped her eyes from the tears, Vince looked uncomfortable and said "I'm afraid I can't do that, you know that"

"I know it's stupid but I just can't get over it, he's engaged to another woman"

"People move on Jeannie, plus you do remember he married Debra as well don't you?"

"Yes I remember that" Jeannie snapped making Vince stare wide eyed at her, but then he straightened up and said "What is it you want from me Jeannie?"

"I was wondering if- Maybe you could help me-" Jeannie couldn't say it because now she felt stupid, could she really ask him for this?

"Jeannie you can ask me, I'll try and help you"

"Maybe I could tag along with the WWF? Travel with you so that the girls could spend time with their dad" Vince sat in his chair not quite believing he'd just heard that, she wanted to travel with them? She'd put the kids through that too?

"Jeannie I-" Vince started but just didn't know what to say, could he agree to that? Steve would go completely crazy if he found out that his ex-wife wanted to travel the road with him, and he knew for damn sure that Summer wouldn't like it!

"I know it's a difficult thing to ask for but I just don't know what else to do to spend time with Steve, the girls keep driving me crazy saying that they miss their dad and I want to help them and this is the only way I know he'll be with them"

"Jeanie I just don't know if it'll be a smart move on my behalf because I happen to be close friends with Steve and something like this will really piss him off, and believe me that's not something I want to do to him. Ever"

"But-"

"Maybe you could consider staying in Texas? Steve and Summer are home most weeks if they're not wrestling so they'll be able to see you"

"But I don't want to see her" Jeannie said hotly, "I don't want her around my children!"

"Then I don't know what to suggest Jeannie but I don't think you travelling with the WWF is a smart idea"

"It is honestly, it'll be a good thing"

"How?"

"I don't know, maybe I could be Steve's manager with him at ringside, I heard that he's turning heel so maybe he'll need a heel manager and I could be that" Vince was mulling that over but then he thought about Steve and knew it would be wrong to keep her around Steve, an ex-wife hanging around a soon to be wife would be a bad idea.

"See I can see that you're thinking about it, it would be a good thing to have the kids around their dad again and I'd be around Steve and we can be a family again"

"But you're missing the point, Steve is engaged to Summer and he's the happiest I've seen him in years and I don't want to see that disappear, why do you think he'll come back to you anyway? Let along agree to this stipulation" Vince asked and he didn't care now that he'd upset her, she clearly wasn't thinking straight now. Instead she stood up and said "Just consider it Vince, it'll be a good thing for ratings and to turn Steve heel" then she walked out of the office leaving Vince with a lot on his mind.