It was late the next morning when Stephanie woke up, and she groaned slightly as she stretched, and got out of bed. She looked at the clock beside the bed. It was 2pm.

~Shit, I slept for ages, I gotta get dressed, before Chris.....~ she stopped, and remembered last night Chris had found out about her injured ribs, and that she told him what happened. She carefully ran her hand over the bandages, whick were easing the pain a little.

Chris looked up from the magazine he was reading when she entered the room, and walked over to her, a concerned look on his face.

"You get a good sleep?" He asked, smiling a bit as he motioned to the clock on the wall.

"Yeah, Im not as tired as I have been for the last couple of weeks, she replied.

"Did that moron not let you sleep or something?" Chris turned serious for a moment

"I did sleep, but if I wanted to cough up blood, i had to do it at night, and we already went to bed late, and he woke me up early, so I got tired after awhile."

"Shit...that bastard......I know he hit you with his sledgehammer, but why were you away the whole week?"

"He yelled at me, then he got mad when I slapped him across the face, so he slapped me across the face, and dared me to hurt him, so I kicked him as hard as I could in the shin. He must have grabbed the sledgehammer quite fast, because the last thing I remember was something hard colliding with my ribs. When I came to, about three days later, he was gone, and i was still in the same spot as when he hit me. I managed to get to the couch, but it hurt like a bitch, and I managed to get to my bed , and I think I passed out. He beat me up again and punched me in the ribs again when he found out about this trip, and called me a slut, and a few other names.."

"I'll kill him.." Chris muttered, causing Stephanie to look at him curiously, "He hurt you. he had no right to, but he hurt you, and badly, no one deserves that, not even you. It's not your fault your dad sent you on a trip with me...or could have been any other male in the WWF." Chris explained. She looked at him, and sighed.

"Chris, im fine," she said, and walked into the kitchen.

"That's what happened last night, and look what happened. I know you have been coping for awhile, but I think you should lie down. You've been working yourself almost to exhaustion this week, what with me insulting you, and the work you've been doing for the company, geez girl, you're on holiday." when she refused, he picked her up carefully so he didn't hurt her ribs, and carried her into her room, lying her on the bed.

"Fine, you made your point, i'll stay here, but at least bring me my laptop,"

"You work too hard, just lie down and rest, i'll be back in a minute,"he smirked, and left the room.