Stephanie walked back to her dressing room after talking to RVD. She
smiled as she realized that tomorrow night would be the first time she
would actually get to be alone with Chris. She had to make plans for
tomorrow, find something nice to wear, and make reservations at a nice
restaurant. She was excited.
"Hey, you're back," Stephanie said greeting Chris, who was sitting silently on the couch.
"Yeah, where'd you go?"
"Oh, um, I had to go...talk to my dad," Stephanie said, not wanting to give away the surprise.
"Oh, ok," Chris replied, knowing she was lying to him.
"Regan's with Kurt by the way."
"Oh, ok, that's fine."
"Chris is something wrong?" she asked concerned.
"No, of course not."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Ok," Stephanie said, studying him for a moment, "So are you doing anything tomorrow night?"
"No, why?"
"Just wondering, I might do something."
"With who?" Chris asked, though he already knew.
"Oh, with...my dad," Stephanie said, trying to cover up, she wanted to make sure that Chris didn't make plans for tomorrow.
"Oh, that sounds nice."
"Yeah, you know, bonding and stuff like that. I guess he wants to make up for lost time or something."
"I see."
"Yeah, I just wanted to make sure someone was taking care of Regan. So you'll be around?"
"I'll be around."
"Great," she said smiling.
"Yeah, great," Chris said, without emotion.
~Later that evening~
Chris lay awake in bed just thinking. He couldn't believe that Stephanie was going to go out with Rob Van Dam tomorrow. He felt hot jealousy running through him and he was powerless to stop it. Stephanie was supposed to love him, she was supposed to remember what it was like to love him and only him.
She wasn't supposed to come back and fall for one of his colleagues. She was supposed to fall back in love with him. He was the one who had mourned for her for two whole years. He's the one who found her, and told her about her life. He was the one who had taken her back in when she wanted to remember. He was the one who loved her more than he loved himself.
He turned his head and looked at her sleeping in the bed next to his own. She was sleeping peacefully, her hands tucked underneath her head. She had a small smile on her lips, and Chris would've given anything to know what she was dreaming about. Probably about her and RVD and how great their date tomorrow would be.
He wondered what would happen if she fell in love with RVD. She would obviously divorce him, she couldn't even remember him in the first place. They had already gotten all the legal stuff out of the way, so Stephanie was officially still alive, and still married to him, although he didn't know how long that would last. If she fell for Rob, she would leave him, and she wouldn't even have any regrets because she didn't love him anyways.
Chris felt disgust boil up inside him as he thought of Stephanie with another man. Especially when he knew the man. When he had left Stephanie in England, and she hadn't come back, but had been with someone else, he wouldn't have been the wiser. But he had actually considered RVD a friend, and to see her with one of his friends would be like putting him in a vat of boiling water, pure torture. Chris drifted off to sleep thinking of horrible things he wanted to do to RVD.
~The next morning~
"Yeah, so I'd like to make reservations for 9:00," Stephanie said into the phone, "Yes, that would be fine."
Chris walked into the room from taking a shower and saw Stephanie on the phone. She looked at him, and got a panicked look on her face, before turning away. Chris wondered whom she was on the phone with that was causing her to be so antsy.
"Um, yeah, for 2, that's right, thank you bye," Stephanie said quickly before hanging up.
"Who was that?" Chris asked, while drying his hair.
"Um, just downstairs, I was wondering if there was a good coffee shop around here. I love good coffee."
"Oh, I see," Chris said, knowing full well that Stephanie had not been telling him the truth. It was pretty obvious she was making reservations for something, most likely her little date.
"So tonight on the show, you're in the first match, so you should be done by 8:30."
"Ok, cool, thanks for letting me know."
"No problem."
"Still planning to go out with your Dad?" Chris asked, hoping that she would stop lying and just tell him the truth.
"Dad? Oh, yeah, yeah, of course, we're going out to dinner," Stephanie said covering up.
"Hope you have fun."
"Oh, I will."
~At the show~
Stephanie had brought her evening wear to the arena, as well as bringing Chris's so they wouldn't have to go back to their hotel. She wanted to be able to get the most out of this evening. Everything was set up, and she was just waiting for Chris's match to end. She looked at Regan who was sitting on the couch playing with some toys.
"How does Mommy look?" she asked, twirling for her daughter.
She had gone all out, and was dressed in a short red dress. The skirt fell to mid-thigh, and it was pretty low-cut. And it hugged every one of her curves. She was sure Chris would love it. She had also curled her hair, then pulled it back loosely so it fell on her shoulders.
"Mama, you look pretty," Regan said approvingly.
"Do you think Daddy will like it?"
"Uh-huh," she nodded. Stephanie went over and kissed Regan on the forehead, wiping off the lipstick she had left there.
"Thank you baby, now let's go, because guess who you get to spend the night with?"
"Kurt?" Regan said, her eyes widening hopefully.
"Oh, I'm sorry Regan, Kurt had to go visit his Mommy, but you get to go with Rob."
"Ok."
"Ok, take my hand," Stephanie said, helping the little girl off the couch.
Stephanie grabbed Regan's things and together they left the room. They walked to RVD's dressing room, and Stephanie knocked on the door waiting for him to answer. He finally opened it and let them come inside.
"Hey there Regan."
"Hi Rob," she said politely.
"Here are her things, she should have her pajamas, toys, toiletries, and everything else she needs in there." Stephanie handed him Regan's bag.
"Cool."
"We'll be by around midnight, I got Chris's match on early so we could leave."
"Ok, sounds good. We'll have a great time won't we Regan?"
"Yeah!" she yelled enthusiastically.
"Ok, I love you," Stephanie told Regan, "I'll see you later Rob, and thanks again."
"It's cool, and go have fun. And you look great too."
"I will, bye. Thanks."
Stephanie blew a kiss to Regan, and walked back to her dressing room. She sat waiting for Chris, once she saw that his match had ended. The door opened and Chris walked in, sweaty and tired from his match. He hadn't had the best match, his mind on Stephanie and RVD the whole time. Stephanie stood up to greet him, smoothing out her dress.
He froze when he saw her. She looked so beautiful, and Chris's breath caught as he gave her the once over. The dress she was wearing made her look spectacular, and the smile she had on her face, it made her look even better. Chris felt horrible the moment he realized it wasn't for him.
"Hey you."
"Hey, you look...great."
"Thank you," she said grinning at him.
"Kind of dressed up to go out with your dad, don't you think?" Chris said, gritting his teeth.
"Actually, I'm not going out with Vin-my Dad," she said correcting herself, having to remember that Vince was her father.
"I know," Chris said, wanting her to know that he knew the truth. Stephanie looked at him in surprise.
"You knew?"
"I've known all along."
"Really?" Stephanie said disappointed that her plan had failed.
"Yeah, I don't know why you couldn't just tell me," Chris said, a bit angry.
"Well, I wanted it to be a surprise," she explained.
"Well, it was when I found out. So shouldn't you be going?"
"Um, no, I'm waiting on you."
"Why, you don't have to ask my permission, you can go out with whomever you want," Chris said turning away before she could see the agony in his eyes.
"What?" Stephanie asked confused, "Who am I going out with?"
"Rob Van Dam, I saw you make the date Stephanie, go ahead, I'll take care of Regan while you go out, where is she?"
"What are you talking about?"
"I saw you ask Rob Van Dam out Stephanie, you don't have to lie anymore, ok? I understand," Chris said, gathering up his things as quickly as possible.
Stephanie grabbed his arm, "You've got it all wrong."
"Where's Regan?" Chris asked, ignoring what she said, just wanting to get Regan, and get as far away from here as possible. He never should've gotten his hopes up, how could Stephanie love him, if she couldn't even remember him?
"She's with Rob," Stephanie explained, confused by Chris's behavior.
"What!?!" Chris asked, fuming, "You're taking my daughter with you, no way, she's coming with me!"
"Chris, I don't understand."
"I'm getting Regan and we're going, see you later," Chris said, as he grabbed his bag and headed towards the door.
"But Chris what about tonight?"
"I didn't say you did I? I said Regan and I. I don't care what you do."
"But why would Regan come tonight?"
"She's not, she's coming back to the hotel with me!"
"But we're going out," Stephanie said.
"What are you talking about?"
"The surprise."
"Yeah, that you're going out with Rob, I got that," Chris said, wanting nothing more than to leave, go to the hotel, and climb under the covers, and sulk.
"I'm not going out with Rob," she explained.
"What? But I heard you ask him out yesterday."
"I wasn't asking him out, I was asking if he could baby-sit Regan. It was you I wanted to go out with."
"Me?" Chris asked surprised. It had been him she wanted to go out with all along?
"Yes! I wanted to go out with you. I haven't even gotten to spend any time alone with you, and I'm supposed to be your wife."
"But I don't have any clothes or anything."
"I brought you clothes," she said grabbing a bag from the floor, "I planned ahead. We have reservations at 9."
"You mean, you were going to surprise me with dinner?"
"Yeah...surprise."
"Oh my God, I'm so sorry, you must think I'm a complete jackass," Chris said apologizing, but part of him joyful that she wanted to go out with him.
"Nah, not a complete one. Apology accepted. Wires just got crossed. But go get dressed or we'll miss our reservation."
"Ok, you know, the old you probably would have ripped my head off if I had thought that" Chris said grinning before going to change.
"I'm not the old Stephanie," Stephanie called out.
They arrived at the restaurant just on time, and sat down. Chris smiled behind his menu, relieved that Stephanie wasn't really interested in RVD. Apparently she was interested in him. It made him glad to know that a little bit of the old Stephanie still lingered, the one that loved him as much as he loved her.
"You look beautiful tonight," Chris told her, setting the menu down.
"Thank you," Stephanie said smiling, "I bought the dress for tonight."
"You really do look fabulous."
"Chris, I'd like to thank you."
"Hmm, for what?"
"For allowing me back into your life. For putting up with me, most of all."
"I don't get it."
"I mean, it must be hard on you, the old Stephanie, she was your wife, and you loved her. I can tell that you loved her a lot, and here I am, and I must disappoint you just a little that I don't exactly feel for you what you feel for me, or who I used to be."
"I'm just glad to have you back, in any form."
"But I really wish that I could be who you want me to be," she said, grasping his hand.
"In time, maybe you will, but we can't rush it. I don't want you to feel more out of place then you already do."
"You're a wonderful man, I hope you know that," Stephanie said seriously, "I can see why Stephanie fell in love with you in the first place.
"Thank you."
"Chris, may I ask you something, and you don't have to answer if you're uncomfortable or anything?"
"Sure, go ahead."
"What was it like?" she asked him.
"What was what like?"
"Being without Stephanie." Chris thought for a moment before answering, speaking slowly, remembering how hard it had been for him.
"It was awful. I remember when your dad called me and told me the plane had crashed. It felt as if someone had ripped my heart out of my chest and made me watch as they crushed it to a pulp. And it felt like every day the same thing happened."
"You must have been heartbroken," Stephanie said, hating the sadness she saw in his eyes as he recalled who she once was.
"For the longest time I would hope that you'd come back, but then I'd realize you were gone, and it hurt so much more. I would wake up thinking you were next to me, and then I'd realize that you weren't, or the phone would ring and I would hope against hopes that it was you. I went back on the road a few weeks after the funeral because I couldn't bear to be in the house with all your things."
"I'm sorry," she said, biting her lip.
"It's ok, it hurt, but I had Regan, and she can get me through anything life throws at me."
"She is a wonderful little girl."
"I know."
"Well, let's get off these depressing topics and onto something a little more light-hearted," Stephanie said, giving his hand a squeeze before letting it go.
"Like what?"
"Like did you see Edge trip in the hallway the other day?"
"Yeah, that was hilarious," Chris said laughing.
Later that evening, Chris and Stephanie were walking down the hotel hallway, towards RVD's room. Stephanie took Chris's hand in hers as they were walking. Chris smiled as he looked at their intertwined fingers. They stopped in front of RVD's door, and Stephanie turned to him.
"I had fun tonight."
"Me too."
"Can I confess something to you?"
"Yeah."
"I think I'm falling for you Chris Jericho," Stephanie said, before she pulled him to her with her hand.
She leaned up and kissed him firmly on the mouth. Chris stood shocked for a moment, before returning the kiss. He let go of her hand and wrapped his arms around her waist pulling her towards him. She wrapped her arms around his neck, and gently ran her fingers through his blond hair. They both pulled away and smiled.
"I've loved you for so long Stephanie, and I'm even in love with who you are now," Chris told her honestly, letting everything he had been holding in go.
"Someday soon, I hope to feel the same way," she told him.
They knocked on the door, and Rob answered letting them inside. Regan was asleep on the bed, and Chris went over to pick her up gently. Stephanie grabbed Regan's bag and they said their goodbyes before walking to their own room.
For the first time in a long time, Chris felt like they were actually a family.
"Hey, you're back," Stephanie said greeting Chris, who was sitting silently on the couch.
"Yeah, where'd you go?"
"Oh, um, I had to go...talk to my dad," Stephanie said, not wanting to give away the surprise.
"Oh, ok," Chris replied, knowing she was lying to him.
"Regan's with Kurt by the way."
"Oh, ok, that's fine."
"Chris is something wrong?" she asked concerned.
"No, of course not."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Ok," Stephanie said, studying him for a moment, "So are you doing anything tomorrow night?"
"No, why?"
"Just wondering, I might do something."
"With who?" Chris asked, though he already knew.
"Oh, with...my dad," Stephanie said, trying to cover up, she wanted to make sure that Chris didn't make plans for tomorrow.
"Oh, that sounds nice."
"Yeah, you know, bonding and stuff like that. I guess he wants to make up for lost time or something."
"I see."
"Yeah, I just wanted to make sure someone was taking care of Regan. So you'll be around?"
"I'll be around."
"Great," she said smiling.
"Yeah, great," Chris said, without emotion.
~Later that evening~
Chris lay awake in bed just thinking. He couldn't believe that Stephanie was going to go out with Rob Van Dam tomorrow. He felt hot jealousy running through him and he was powerless to stop it. Stephanie was supposed to love him, she was supposed to remember what it was like to love him and only him.
She wasn't supposed to come back and fall for one of his colleagues. She was supposed to fall back in love with him. He was the one who had mourned for her for two whole years. He's the one who found her, and told her about her life. He was the one who had taken her back in when she wanted to remember. He was the one who loved her more than he loved himself.
He turned his head and looked at her sleeping in the bed next to his own. She was sleeping peacefully, her hands tucked underneath her head. She had a small smile on her lips, and Chris would've given anything to know what she was dreaming about. Probably about her and RVD and how great their date tomorrow would be.
He wondered what would happen if she fell in love with RVD. She would obviously divorce him, she couldn't even remember him in the first place. They had already gotten all the legal stuff out of the way, so Stephanie was officially still alive, and still married to him, although he didn't know how long that would last. If she fell for Rob, she would leave him, and she wouldn't even have any regrets because she didn't love him anyways.
Chris felt disgust boil up inside him as he thought of Stephanie with another man. Especially when he knew the man. When he had left Stephanie in England, and she hadn't come back, but had been with someone else, he wouldn't have been the wiser. But he had actually considered RVD a friend, and to see her with one of his friends would be like putting him in a vat of boiling water, pure torture. Chris drifted off to sleep thinking of horrible things he wanted to do to RVD.
~The next morning~
"Yeah, so I'd like to make reservations for 9:00," Stephanie said into the phone, "Yes, that would be fine."
Chris walked into the room from taking a shower and saw Stephanie on the phone. She looked at him, and got a panicked look on her face, before turning away. Chris wondered whom she was on the phone with that was causing her to be so antsy.
"Um, yeah, for 2, that's right, thank you bye," Stephanie said quickly before hanging up.
"Who was that?" Chris asked, while drying his hair.
"Um, just downstairs, I was wondering if there was a good coffee shop around here. I love good coffee."
"Oh, I see," Chris said, knowing full well that Stephanie had not been telling him the truth. It was pretty obvious she was making reservations for something, most likely her little date.
"So tonight on the show, you're in the first match, so you should be done by 8:30."
"Ok, cool, thanks for letting me know."
"No problem."
"Still planning to go out with your Dad?" Chris asked, hoping that she would stop lying and just tell him the truth.
"Dad? Oh, yeah, yeah, of course, we're going out to dinner," Stephanie said covering up.
"Hope you have fun."
"Oh, I will."
~At the show~
Stephanie had brought her evening wear to the arena, as well as bringing Chris's so they wouldn't have to go back to their hotel. She wanted to be able to get the most out of this evening. Everything was set up, and she was just waiting for Chris's match to end. She looked at Regan who was sitting on the couch playing with some toys.
"How does Mommy look?" she asked, twirling for her daughter.
She had gone all out, and was dressed in a short red dress. The skirt fell to mid-thigh, and it was pretty low-cut. And it hugged every one of her curves. She was sure Chris would love it. She had also curled her hair, then pulled it back loosely so it fell on her shoulders.
"Mama, you look pretty," Regan said approvingly.
"Do you think Daddy will like it?"
"Uh-huh," she nodded. Stephanie went over and kissed Regan on the forehead, wiping off the lipstick she had left there.
"Thank you baby, now let's go, because guess who you get to spend the night with?"
"Kurt?" Regan said, her eyes widening hopefully.
"Oh, I'm sorry Regan, Kurt had to go visit his Mommy, but you get to go with Rob."
"Ok."
"Ok, take my hand," Stephanie said, helping the little girl off the couch.
Stephanie grabbed Regan's things and together they left the room. They walked to RVD's dressing room, and Stephanie knocked on the door waiting for him to answer. He finally opened it and let them come inside.
"Hey there Regan."
"Hi Rob," she said politely.
"Here are her things, she should have her pajamas, toys, toiletries, and everything else she needs in there." Stephanie handed him Regan's bag.
"Cool."
"We'll be by around midnight, I got Chris's match on early so we could leave."
"Ok, sounds good. We'll have a great time won't we Regan?"
"Yeah!" she yelled enthusiastically.
"Ok, I love you," Stephanie told Regan, "I'll see you later Rob, and thanks again."
"It's cool, and go have fun. And you look great too."
"I will, bye. Thanks."
Stephanie blew a kiss to Regan, and walked back to her dressing room. She sat waiting for Chris, once she saw that his match had ended. The door opened and Chris walked in, sweaty and tired from his match. He hadn't had the best match, his mind on Stephanie and RVD the whole time. Stephanie stood up to greet him, smoothing out her dress.
He froze when he saw her. She looked so beautiful, and Chris's breath caught as he gave her the once over. The dress she was wearing made her look spectacular, and the smile she had on her face, it made her look even better. Chris felt horrible the moment he realized it wasn't for him.
"Hey you."
"Hey, you look...great."
"Thank you," she said grinning at him.
"Kind of dressed up to go out with your dad, don't you think?" Chris said, gritting his teeth.
"Actually, I'm not going out with Vin-my Dad," she said correcting herself, having to remember that Vince was her father.
"I know," Chris said, wanting her to know that he knew the truth. Stephanie looked at him in surprise.
"You knew?"
"I've known all along."
"Really?" Stephanie said disappointed that her plan had failed.
"Yeah, I don't know why you couldn't just tell me," Chris said, a bit angry.
"Well, I wanted it to be a surprise," she explained.
"Well, it was when I found out. So shouldn't you be going?"
"Um, no, I'm waiting on you."
"Why, you don't have to ask my permission, you can go out with whomever you want," Chris said turning away before she could see the agony in his eyes.
"What?" Stephanie asked confused, "Who am I going out with?"
"Rob Van Dam, I saw you make the date Stephanie, go ahead, I'll take care of Regan while you go out, where is she?"
"What are you talking about?"
"I saw you ask Rob Van Dam out Stephanie, you don't have to lie anymore, ok? I understand," Chris said, gathering up his things as quickly as possible.
Stephanie grabbed his arm, "You've got it all wrong."
"Where's Regan?" Chris asked, ignoring what she said, just wanting to get Regan, and get as far away from here as possible. He never should've gotten his hopes up, how could Stephanie love him, if she couldn't even remember him?
"She's with Rob," Stephanie explained, confused by Chris's behavior.
"What!?!" Chris asked, fuming, "You're taking my daughter with you, no way, she's coming with me!"
"Chris, I don't understand."
"I'm getting Regan and we're going, see you later," Chris said, as he grabbed his bag and headed towards the door.
"But Chris what about tonight?"
"I didn't say you did I? I said Regan and I. I don't care what you do."
"But why would Regan come tonight?"
"She's not, she's coming back to the hotel with me!"
"But we're going out," Stephanie said.
"What are you talking about?"
"The surprise."
"Yeah, that you're going out with Rob, I got that," Chris said, wanting nothing more than to leave, go to the hotel, and climb under the covers, and sulk.
"I'm not going out with Rob," she explained.
"What? But I heard you ask him out yesterday."
"I wasn't asking him out, I was asking if he could baby-sit Regan. It was you I wanted to go out with."
"Me?" Chris asked surprised. It had been him she wanted to go out with all along?
"Yes! I wanted to go out with you. I haven't even gotten to spend any time alone with you, and I'm supposed to be your wife."
"But I don't have any clothes or anything."
"I brought you clothes," she said grabbing a bag from the floor, "I planned ahead. We have reservations at 9."
"You mean, you were going to surprise me with dinner?"
"Yeah...surprise."
"Oh my God, I'm so sorry, you must think I'm a complete jackass," Chris said apologizing, but part of him joyful that she wanted to go out with him.
"Nah, not a complete one. Apology accepted. Wires just got crossed. But go get dressed or we'll miss our reservation."
"Ok, you know, the old you probably would have ripped my head off if I had thought that" Chris said grinning before going to change.
"I'm not the old Stephanie," Stephanie called out.
They arrived at the restaurant just on time, and sat down. Chris smiled behind his menu, relieved that Stephanie wasn't really interested in RVD. Apparently she was interested in him. It made him glad to know that a little bit of the old Stephanie still lingered, the one that loved him as much as he loved her.
"You look beautiful tonight," Chris told her, setting the menu down.
"Thank you," Stephanie said smiling, "I bought the dress for tonight."
"You really do look fabulous."
"Chris, I'd like to thank you."
"Hmm, for what?"
"For allowing me back into your life. For putting up with me, most of all."
"I don't get it."
"I mean, it must be hard on you, the old Stephanie, she was your wife, and you loved her. I can tell that you loved her a lot, and here I am, and I must disappoint you just a little that I don't exactly feel for you what you feel for me, or who I used to be."
"I'm just glad to have you back, in any form."
"But I really wish that I could be who you want me to be," she said, grasping his hand.
"In time, maybe you will, but we can't rush it. I don't want you to feel more out of place then you already do."
"You're a wonderful man, I hope you know that," Stephanie said seriously, "I can see why Stephanie fell in love with you in the first place.
"Thank you."
"Chris, may I ask you something, and you don't have to answer if you're uncomfortable or anything?"
"Sure, go ahead."
"What was it like?" she asked him.
"What was what like?"
"Being without Stephanie." Chris thought for a moment before answering, speaking slowly, remembering how hard it had been for him.
"It was awful. I remember when your dad called me and told me the plane had crashed. It felt as if someone had ripped my heart out of my chest and made me watch as they crushed it to a pulp. And it felt like every day the same thing happened."
"You must have been heartbroken," Stephanie said, hating the sadness she saw in his eyes as he recalled who she once was.
"For the longest time I would hope that you'd come back, but then I'd realize you were gone, and it hurt so much more. I would wake up thinking you were next to me, and then I'd realize that you weren't, or the phone would ring and I would hope against hopes that it was you. I went back on the road a few weeks after the funeral because I couldn't bear to be in the house with all your things."
"I'm sorry," she said, biting her lip.
"It's ok, it hurt, but I had Regan, and she can get me through anything life throws at me."
"She is a wonderful little girl."
"I know."
"Well, let's get off these depressing topics and onto something a little more light-hearted," Stephanie said, giving his hand a squeeze before letting it go.
"Like what?"
"Like did you see Edge trip in the hallway the other day?"
"Yeah, that was hilarious," Chris said laughing.
Later that evening, Chris and Stephanie were walking down the hotel hallway, towards RVD's room. Stephanie took Chris's hand in hers as they were walking. Chris smiled as he looked at their intertwined fingers. They stopped in front of RVD's door, and Stephanie turned to him.
"I had fun tonight."
"Me too."
"Can I confess something to you?"
"Yeah."
"I think I'm falling for you Chris Jericho," Stephanie said, before she pulled him to her with her hand.
She leaned up and kissed him firmly on the mouth. Chris stood shocked for a moment, before returning the kiss. He let go of her hand and wrapped his arms around her waist pulling her towards him. She wrapped her arms around his neck, and gently ran her fingers through his blond hair. They both pulled away and smiled.
"I've loved you for so long Stephanie, and I'm even in love with who you are now," Chris told her honestly, letting everything he had been holding in go.
"Someday soon, I hope to feel the same way," she told him.
They knocked on the door, and Rob answered letting them inside. Regan was asleep on the bed, and Chris went over to pick her up gently. Stephanie grabbed Regan's bag and they said their goodbyes before walking to their own room.
For the first time in a long time, Chris felt like they were actually a family.