Steph sat down at the kitchen table, and Brock grabbed her a water from the fridge. "Steph, I've been hearing a lot of things lately, and I don't know what to make of it all." Brock started.

"What do you mean you've been hearing a lot of things lately?" Steph asked sharply. She was trying to hold back her tears of frustration. She couldn't believe that she had come to tell him that she loved him so much and that she wanted to continue their relationship but when she got to his house, TRISH was there.

"Steph, I want you to be completely honest with me about something." Brock said slowly, he got up and started pacing the kitchen, "Is the baby really mine? Or is there something that you haven't told me?"

Steph stood up furiously, "WHAT? Brock, I told you the baby was yours, you are the only person I've been with in a long time."

"So you're telling me that you and Paul didn't have a one last time together right before you and I slept together?"

"You're damn right that's what I'm telling you. Jesus Brock, that would have meant that I cheated on you with Paul, look. Not like I feel that details are in order here, but I haven't slept with Paul since 2 nights before I found out that he was fucking Trish. Who are you hearing this stuff from?" Steph exploded.

Brock continued to pace, "You're telling me the absolute truth about you and Paul?"

"Yes, do you want me to call him and you can ask him yourself? He won't have a problem telling you." Steph responded.

"I have his number, you don't have to call him." Brock shot back.

"How do you have his number?" Steph questioned.

"We went out to dinner a few nights back, and we exchanged cell numbers." Brock answered.

"You two get along now?" Steph questioned again.

"Yeah, I figured that if you and him were able to become friends, then maybe I should make the effort to become friends with him also." Brock said to her with a semi-smile on his face. "Look, I don't know what to believe anymore."

"Tell me who told you that. Brock, why would I lie to you about something this important?" Steph said to him.

"It's not important who told me, let alone if a lot of people have said something to me." Brock replied.

"Do you honestly think that they're telling the truth over me?" Steph questioned him, "Do you think that I'm lying?"

"Steph," Brock said, then took a deep breath, "I'm not saying that I'm believing anyone over you, I'm just a little confused right now, ok? I know that we haven't had a perfectly harmonious relationship, and hearing this just doesn't help.

"I can't believe that you are even doubting that this child is yours, it really shows me what you truly think of me.." Steph said with tears falling. She then picked up the phone and called Paul.

"Hello?" Paul answered.

"Paul, I need you to do me a favor, I need you to tell Brock when the last time you and I slept together was."

"What? You want me to tell him what?" Paul questioned.

"Someone told Brock that the baby is yours and not his, and now he doesn't know what to believe. I won't tell you what I said until after you tell him, hold on." Steph replied and handed the phone over to Brock. "Ask him yourself."

"Hello?" Brock said into the phone.

"Dude, I haven't been with Steph since before we got divorced. Why are you questioning that? If you don't want to say anything with her there, I understand, but really, she wouldn't lie about something like that." Paul reassured Brock.

"Thanks man." Brock responded and handed the phone back to Steph.

"Thanks Paul." Steph said and hung up the phone. "There, do you believe me now? Who is putting these lies into your head?"

"Look, it doesn't matter, I'm just really confused right now." Brock said sitting down on the couch.

"Confused about what? Talk to me Brock." Steph reasoned with him.

"What were you doing upstairs?" Brock questioned Steph.

"Well, let's see, we are engaged and I came here to tell you that I love you, and even though what happened between you and Trish really hurt me, I'm still in love with you. And I feel that for the sake of our love and for our child's sake, we should give it another shot. When I got here, you weren't here, so I laid down in your bed till you got home. I must have fallen asleep because I woke up and Trish was changing in your bedroom. What is she doing here by the way?" Steph realized that she hadn't even questioned that yet.

"Trish came over to visit. She wants to be friends, so I was entertaining my friend." Brock responded harshly. "Do you think that there's something more going on?"

"I was just asking. I think that I have the right to ask why the woman you cheated on me with is over at your house." Steph shot back at him.

Brock got up and started pacing again, "Why do we fight a lot? Do you ever notice that it goes in spurts? We're fine for a while, and then we're not ok, then we're ok again. Do you ever question that?"

"What are you saying?" Steph asked quietly.

"Look, I, I don't know," Brock pulled Steph into his arms, "I guess I just thought that we wouldn't fight so much. I mean, you shouldn't have to fight to make love work."

"Brock, what are you saying?" Steph asked with tears in her eyes.

"How about we take a week off, I just want to be able to sort some stuff out. Then we can concentrate on just us." Brock said to Steph. "It's not that I don't love you, and it's not that I don't want us to be together, but I have had some revelations and I really need to work them out before we can continue. I hope that you understand."

Steph nodded slowly, she knew that he was right. There were a lot of problems between them lately, and instead of being the one to speak up and do the right thing, she blew everything off just so they could be together.

"Stephie, I'm sorry, I don't want to hurt you, and I know that if" Brock started to say, but Stephanie interrupted him.

"Look, I understand, you do what you need to do." Steph said with tears falling. "I'll leave you alone now." She headed upstairs and came back down with her jacket and purse and headed towards the door.

Brock reached out and grabbed her arm and twirled her into his arms and held her tightly, he even let a few tears fall, "Stephie, this wasn't supposed to end up this way."

Steph nodded, "I know Brock, I know. I'll see you at Smackdown." And Steph walked out of the door.

Just as Steph was backing out of the driveway, Trish was returning from the store. Steph started crying really hard when she seen Trish driving the hummer. Steph knew that the truck meant a lot to him. It was his first real purchase when he signed with the WWE. Steph continued to cry as she drove towards the airport.

Trish walked into the house and found Brock sitting on the couch with his head in his hands. "Brock, are you ok?" Trish called to him.

Brock looked up, "Yeah, I'm ok." He said quietly. "Were you able to find the store ok?"

Trish nodded and handed him back his keys, "That's a lot of fun to drive."

Brock nodded, "Yeah it is, now let's watch a comedy."

And the two settled on the couch to watch a movie.

Steph called her mom and told her everything that had happened. "Mom, I don't know what I'm going to do." Steph cried.

"First of all you shouldn't be driving when you're so upset, you don't want to get into an accident you know. But maybe this is what you and Brock need, time to clean out all of the negative air that currently stands between the two of you so when you get back together, all that's there is the true love between you." Linda reasoned with Steph.

"I know I shouldn't be careful, but I just want to go home. I'm being careful. I'm just afraid that he won't want to be a couple anymore. What if he decides that he doesn't want to be with me anymore?" Steph cried even harder.

"Stephanie Marie, you need to pull that car over until you're calmed down. Or call Brock to see if he can drive you to the airport." Linda said in a stern voice. "I don't want to see you get hurt."

Steph pulled the car over, "There, I'm on the side of the road."

"Good, now if he decides that he doesn't want to be with you anymore, then maybe it's what's best for the both of you. But, I think that maybe Brock is right with his request for spending some time apart. Maybe the two of you need to clear the air and then the two of you can come back together as happily as before. Remember, last time it really helped. Look, I hate to cut this short, but you're dad has a conference call scheduled in 5 minutes, and I'm apart of it. So I'll call you tomorrow and check in on you, ok?" Linda counseled her.

"Ok, thanks mom, love you guys," Steph replied and hung up. "Ok Stephanie, pull it together and let's get home."

Steph pulled back out onto the freeway and headed towards the airport.

**Well, tell me what you guys think. Will this time off help Brock and Steph find their love, or will it only pull them apart? Will Trish try to seduce Brock? Who will Steph turn to, Paul or someone else? Please read and review!**