Brock blinked his eyes in disbelief. "Stephie, can you hear me? Are you
awake?" He asked quietly.
"Brock, I'm not deaf, I can hear you. But I hurt really bad." Steph replied with a frown. "It hurts when I breathe."
"That's because you have broken ribs, you had one pierce your lung. God Steph, I'm so sorry." Brock said to her and then held her.
"Brock, you're hurting me." Steph said tapping on his back like she was tapping out.
Brock got up quickly, "I'm sorry. I never meant for you to get hurt like this. I didn't know that this would happen."
Steph raised her hand to him, "Before you go any further, we need to talk. It's not your fault that I got into the accident. I wasn't even hysterical when I crashed. To tell you the truth, I was headed toward the exit ramp to drive back to your house and tell you off."
Brock gulped, "You were going to tell me off?"
Steph nodded, "I was going to tell you that you needed to hear me out, and that I love you. And I'm sorry that things weren't working out the way we envisioned them to be, and I know that some things were happening sooner than we would have planned, but I love you and I would do whatever it takes for us to work."
Brock smiled and held her hand, "I was going to fly out to your house and surprise you and tell you how stupid I was and that I didn't think that we need a break, what we need is us."
Steph smiled at him and kissed his hand, "I love you Brock."
"I love you too Stephie. But I have to tell you something that isn't going to be easy for me to say." Brock said with his eyes tearing over.
"What is it?" Steph asked.
"Our son didn't make it. The accident put you in labor and he was born stillborn." Brock said solemnly.
Steph looked down at her stomach and seen it was smaller than before, she then started to cry. Brock held her, "I feel just awful, I mean I hardly acknowledged his presence and now he's gone. I didn't get to meet him, or see him, I made your life a hell because of him, and this is exactly what I get." He then started to cry.
Steph tried to comfort him. "Brock, things happen for a reason. Maybe it wasn't my time to be a parent? Maybe it wasn't our time to have a child together. Who knows, at least we know that he's safe." She then leaned on him and they cried together.
There was a small tap on the door and Shane walked through the door. "Shane, what are..How did you know I was here?" Steph asked surprised.
Before Shane could answer Brock looked at her, "You get into a serious car accident, and you don't expect me to call your family?"
They laughed and Shane gave her a hug, "I'm sorry for your loss Steph."
Steph nodded, "Thanks Shane."
"Mom and Dad should be here soon, they landed not to long ago." Shane advised her.
"Well, I'm going to take a nap, I'm in pain and maybe I can sleep it off." Steph told everyone and then she nuzzled into her pillows. "Brock, we'll finish our talk later."
Brock nodded and kissed her on her forehead, "Yes dear."
And Steph fell asleep.
Linda and Vince arrived, and Linda had told Vince everything that was going on between Brock and Steph. So when Vince walked in, Brock could tell that he knew because Vince was very standoffish towards Brock.
Linda went over to him and gave him a hug. He called Vince over and told Linda and Vince together that their grandson didn't make it. Vince shook his hand and apologized to Brock for his loss. Linda hugged Brock and told him that now things have been bad, they'll just get better.
Steph woke up. "Mommy? Daddy?"
They both turned around and went to Steph's bed and lightly hugged her. A new doctor walked in and Steph asked for him to advise her parents of her situation. So the doctor advised them of her injuries, and then looked at Brock, "Has the health of the unborn child been discussed?" Brock nodded.
"Well, I just thought that I would double check, however he does seem to be doing better, if you guys want you can gown up and come down to the NICU and you can see him." The doctor advised while writing in her chart after checking all her vitals.
"What do you mean he's doing better and we can see him? Doctor Anderson said that he was born stillborn." Brock demanded. "What the hell's going on?"
Steph patted Brock on the arm, "Shh.. Brock it's ok, doctor's look at the wrong chart sometimes. I understand that it's a mistake."
The new doctor looked at Steph, "I'll go double check his wristband and ankle band and I'll be right back."
He walked out and Brock turned towards everyone, "I can't believe the nerve! I mean, really."
Steph patted him again. "It was a mistake, he didn't mean any harm by it."
"I agree with Brock, I think that the doctors should check into things before they open their big mouths." Vince grumbled.
Linda patted Vince the exact same way that Steph calmed Brock down.
The doctor walked back in with Polaroids and handed one to Steph, one to Brock and one to Vince and Linda. "I want to deeply apologize, the other doctor was wrong, this is your son."
They stared at the pictures in awe, he was very, very small yet seemed very developed. "He's a fighter, his vitals have greatly improved. Right now we're working on getting his lungs developed and fighting the jaundice. He sucks his thumb, he looks around, and he's very alert for being so early. I would say that you were on the end of your 7th month."
Steph nodded, "Yes I was."
"Well, Steph, you'll have to be wheeled down there, but you guys are more than welcome to come and see him. Congratulations!" The doctor said to them and walked out.
Brock looked at Steph in shock,, "Um, Steph, we need to come up with a name."
Steph looked at Brock, "Um, Brock, we're parents!"
Vince, Linda, Shane and the new parents all engaged in a family hug until Steph said that it was hurting her. Linda jumped up; "I'll go get a baby book and a name book."
Vince looked at Steph, "I'll go with your mother and so will Shane, you and Brock need sometime to work things out."
And with that, everyone left.
Steph looked at Brock with tears in her eyes, "Brock I'm scared."
Brock held her and rubbed her back, "Honey, I'm right here for you. I don't want to break up, I still want us to get married, I want to raise our son in a happy home, and Mya will be able to come visit as much as she wants and we'll be one big, happy family."
Steph smiled, "You mean that Brock?"
Brock nodded, "I mean that with all of my heart."
Steph hugged him and motioned him down to her level and gave him a kiss. "I love you Brock Edward Lesnar, and yes I'll still marry you."
He laughed and kissed her back, "I love you Stephanie Marie McMahon. And now we have a very important thing to consider.naming our son."
Brock pulled up a chair and took out a tablet of paper, and they started jotting names down. Shelton walked in. "Good morning Sleeping Beauty!" he exclaimed,. He walked over to her and kissed her forehead and showed her a new bouquet of flowers. "These are for you, I hope that you're feeling better."
Steph smiled, "Thanks Shelton, that means a lot to me."
Brock jumped up and handed Shelton a picture of their son, "The other doctor was wrong, Shelton, meet our son."
Shelton looked up, "Really?!? Congratulations! Wow, he's so tiny."
Steph smiled, "He's about 7 weeks premature. He's going to be really little."
"What's his name?"
Brock looked around, "Well, um, we don't have one for him yet, but we're working on it."
"You guys this is great, congratuations!" Shelton said again.
They both smiled like a very happy couple, "Thanks."
Shelton sat and helped them brain storm some names, and Linda and Vince returned with a baby book and a name book. Shelton got a little nervous when Vince walked in the room, but Steph patted him on the leg. "Calm down, remember it's just my father."
Shelton smiled, "I know, I'm just not used to this yet."
They were sitting around talking about names and the business and just everything under the son. They all decided to give Steph a little quiet time before they head down to see the little one. So everyone headed down to the cafeteria for some dinner.
Steph lay there trying out different names when there was a tap at the door and Paul walked in. "Hey princess."
Steph smiled and held out her arms, "Hi Paul!"
He went over and hugged her. "I'm so glad you are ok, I thought nothing but the worst when I found out."
"Well, I'll be ok, I'm just really banged up. Guess what?"
Paul shook his head, "I don't know, what?"
"I'm a mommy." Steph said with a smile.
"What? How?"
Steph smiled, "Well, I went into labor, and they delivered him. Now we're working on a name."
She handed him a picture of him. Paul looked and smiled, 'He's very cute Steph."
Steph smiled, "Thanks, can I have a hug?"
"Of course," He replied and gave her a hug. "How are you and Brock?"
Steph nodded with a smile, "we're going to be ok."
He smiled back at her, "That's great. I'm really glad that everything is working out for you."
Steph smiled back, "You know, me too."
Brock and everyone came back and Brock was surprised to see Paul in there. They shook hands and Paul congratulated him on his new arrival.
Brock went over to Steph, "I have a great idea for a name, what do you think of.."He whispered in Steph's ear.
She smiled ear to ear, "I think that's a great name."
"Good, it's settled then, I'll introduce everyone when we get down to the NICU." Brock said with a proud smile. "By the way, the first name means brave and the middle name means chief."
"That sounds perfect honey." Steph said with a broad smile.
Steph slowly eased herself into a wheelchair and they headed down to the NICU. When they got there, the doctor recognized her and wheeled the baby up to the window. Brock cleared his throat, "Everyone, I want you to meet Brayden Kennedy Lesnar. His name means Brave Chief."
Steph looked at Vince, "I had to keep it in the family daddy."
Vince squeezed her shoulder and shook Brock's hand. "Congratulations."
The doctor came out and got Brock and Steph and took them in so they could put their hands in the incubator and touch him. Steph had tears in her eyes and so did Brock. "He's going to need some definite TLC." The doctor said to them, "But I feel that he's going to make it."
Brock and Steph smiled. Steph filled out the paperwork with Brayden's name and Brock stroked him till he fell asleep. Steph touched him a few more times, and then looked to Brock, "I'm really tired."
They left NICU and headed back to Steph's room. Vince, Linda, Shane and Paul decided they would come back in the morning and headed out. Shelton patted Brock on the back, "You did good my man. But I have a house show tomorrow, so I'm going to get going. Congratulations again."
Brock and Steph both gave Shelton a hug and he headed out.
Steph turned towards Brock, "I get to leave tomorrow. But I would really like it if you stayed tonight."
Brock gave her a light hug, "I'm not leaving your side for a long time."
Steph settled in on the hospital bed and Brock stroked her forehead until she fell asleep.
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"Brock, I'm not deaf, I can hear you. But I hurt really bad." Steph replied with a frown. "It hurts when I breathe."
"That's because you have broken ribs, you had one pierce your lung. God Steph, I'm so sorry." Brock said to her and then held her.
"Brock, you're hurting me." Steph said tapping on his back like she was tapping out.
Brock got up quickly, "I'm sorry. I never meant for you to get hurt like this. I didn't know that this would happen."
Steph raised her hand to him, "Before you go any further, we need to talk. It's not your fault that I got into the accident. I wasn't even hysterical when I crashed. To tell you the truth, I was headed toward the exit ramp to drive back to your house and tell you off."
Brock gulped, "You were going to tell me off?"
Steph nodded, "I was going to tell you that you needed to hear me out, and that I love you. And I'm sorry that things weren't working out the way we envisioned them to be, and I know that some things were happening sooner than we would have planned, but I love you and I would do whatever it takes for us to work."
Brock smiled and held her hand, "I was going to fly out to your house and surprise you and tell you how stupid I was and that I didn't think that we need a break, what we need is us."
Steph smiled at him and kissed his hand, "I love you Brock."
"I love you too Stephie. But I have to tell you something that isn't going to be easy for me to say." Brock said with his eyes tearing over.
"What is it?" Steph asked.
"Our son didn't make it. The accident put you in labor and he was born stillborn." Brock said solemnly.
Steph looked down at her stomach and seen it was smaller than before, she then started to cry. Brock held her, "I feel just awful, I mean I hardly acknowledged his presence and now he's gone. I didn't get to meet him, or see him, I made your life a hell because of him, and this is exactly what I get." He then started to cry.
Steph tried to comfort him. "Brock, things happen for a reason. Maybe it wasn't my time to be a parent? Maybe it wasn't our time to have a child together. Who knows, at least we know that he's safe." She then leaned on him and they cried together.
There was a small tap on the door and Shane walked through the door. "Shane, what are..How did you know I was here?" Steph asked surprised.
Before Shane could answer Brock looked at her, "You get into a serious car accident, and you don't expect me to call your family?"
They laughed and Shane gave her a hug, "I'm sorry for your loss Steph."
Steph nodded, "Thanks Shane."
"Mom and Dad should be here soon, they landed not to long ago." Shane advised her.
"Well, I'm going to take a nap, I'm in pain and maybe I can sleep it off." Steph told everyone and then she nuzzled into her pillows. "Brock, we'll finish our talk later."
Brock nodded and kissed her on her forehead, "Yes dear."
And Steph fell asleep.
Linda and Vince arrived, and Linda had told Vince everything that was going on between Brock and Steph. So when Vince walked in, Brock could tell that he knew because Vince was very standoffish towards Brock.
Linda went over to him and gave him a hug. He called Vince over and told Linda and Vince together that their grandson didn't make it. Vince shook his hand and apologized to Brock for his loss. Linda hugged Brock and told him that now things have been bad, they'll just get better.
Steph woke up. "Mommy? Daddy?"
They both turned around and went to Steph's bed and lightly hugged her. A new doctor walked in and Steph asked for him to advise her parents of her situation. So the doctor advised them of her injuries, and then looked at Brock, "Has the health of the unborn child been discussed?" Brock nodded.
"Well, I just thought that I would double check, however he does seem to be doing better, if you guys want you can gown up and come down to the NICU and you can see him." The doctor advised while writing in her chart after checking all her vitals.
"What do you mean he's doing better and we can see him? Doctor Anderson said that he was born stillborn." Brock demanded. "What the hell's going on?"
Steph patted Brock on the arm, "Shh.. Brock it's ok, doctor's look at the wrong chart sometimes. I understand that it's a mistake."
The new doctor looked at Steph, "I'll go double check his wristband and ankle band and I'll be right back."
He walked out and Brock turned towards everyone, "I can't believe the nerve! I mean, really."
Steph patted him again. "It was a mistake, he didn't mean any harm by it."
"I agree with Brock, I think that the doctors should check into things before they open their big mouths." Vince grumbled.
Linda patted Vince the exact same way that Steph calmed Brock down.
The doctor walked back in with Polaroids and handed one to Steph, one to Brock and one to Vince and Linda. "I want to deeply apologize, the other doctor was wrong, this is your son."
They stared at the pictures in awe, he was very, very small yet seemed very developed. "He's a fighter, his vitals have greatly improved. Right now we're working on getting his lungs developed and fighting the jaundice. He sucks his thumb, he looks around, and he's very alert for being so early. I would say that you were on the end of your 7th month."
Steph nodded, "Yes I was."
"Well, Steph, you'll have to be wheeled down there, but you guys are more than welcome to come and see him. Congratulations!" The doctor said to them and walked out.
Brock looked at Steph in shock,, "Um, Steph, we need to come up with a name."
Steph looked at Brock, "Um, Brock, we're parents!"
Vince, Linda, Shane and the new parents all engaged in a family hug until Steph said that it was hurting her. Linda jumped up; "I'll go get a baby book and a name book."
Vince looked at Steph, "I'll go with your mother and so will Shane, you and Brock need sometime to work things out."
And with that, everyone left.
Steph looked at Brock with tears in her eyes, "Brock I'm scared."
Brock held her and rubbed her back, "Honey, I'm right here for you. I don't want to break up, I still want us to get married, I want to raise our son in a happy home, and Mya will be able to come visit as much as she wants and we'll be one big, happy family."
Steph smiled, "You mean that Brock?"
Brock nodded, "I mean that with all of my heart."
Steph hugged him and motioned him down to her level and gave him a kiss. "I love you Brock Edward Lesnar, and yes I'll still marry you."
He laughed and kissed her back, "I love you Stephanie Marie McMahon. And now we have a very important thing to consider.naming our son."
Brock pulled up a chair and took out a tablet of paper, and they started jotting names down. Shelton walked in. "Good morning Sleeping Beauty!" he exclaimed,. He walked over to her and kissed her forehead and showed her a new bouquet of flowers. "These are for you, I hope that you're feeling better."
Steph smiled, "Thanks Shelton, that means a lot to me."
Brock jumped up and handed Shelton a picture of their son, "The other doctor was wrong, Shelton, meet our son."
Shelton looked up, "Really?!? Congratulations! Wow, he's so tiny."
Steph smiled, "He's about 7 weeks premature. He's going to be really little."
"What's his name?"
Brock looked around, "Well, um, we don't have one for him yet, but we're working on it."
"You guys this is great, congratuations!" Shelton said again.
They both smiled like a very happy couple, "Thanks."
Shelton sat and helped them brain storm some names, and Linda and Vince returned with a baby book and a name book. Shelton got a little nervous when Vince walked in the room, but Steph patted him on the leg. "Calm down, remember it's just my father."
Shelton smiled, "I know, I'm just not used to this yet."
They were sitting around talking about names and the business and just everything under the son. They all decided to give Steph a little quiet time before they head down to see the little one. So everyone headed down to the cafeteria for some dinner.
Steph lay there trying out different names when there was a tap at the door and Paul walked in. "Hey princess."
Steph smiled and held out her arms, "Hi Paul!"
He went over and hugged her. "I'm so glad you are ok, I thought nothing but the worst when I found out."
"Well, I'll be ok, I'm just really banged up. Guess what?"
Paul shook his head, "I don't know, what?"
"I'm a mommy." Steph said with a smile.
"What? How?"
Steph smiled, "Well, I went into labor, and they delivered him. Now we're working on a name."
She handed him a picture of him. Paul looked and smiled, 'He's very cute Steph."
Steph smiled, "Thanks, can I have a hug?"
"Of course," He replied and gave her a hug. "How are you and Brock?"
Steph nodded with a smile, "we're going to be ok."
He smiled back at her, "That's great. I'm really glad that everything is working out for you."
Steph smiled back, "You know, me too."
Brock and everyone came back and Brock was surprised to see Paul in there. They shook hands and Paul congratulated him on his new arrival.
Brock went over to Steph, "I have a great idea for a name, what do you think of.."He whispered in Steph's ear.
She smiled ear to ear, "I think that's a great name."
"Good, it's settled then, I'll introduce everyone when we get down to the NICU." Brock said with a proud smile. "By the way, the first name means brave and the middle name means chief."
"That sounds perfect honey." Steph said with a broad smile.
Steph slowly eased herself into a wheelchair and they headed down to the NICU. When they got there, the doctor recognized her and wheeled the baby up to the window. Brock cleared his throat, "Everyone, I want you to meet Brayden Kennedy Lesnar. His name means Brave Chief."
Steph looked at Vince, "I had to keep it in the family daddy."
Vince squeezed her shoulder and shook Brock's hand. "Congratulations."
The doctor came out and got Brock and Steph and took them in so they could put their hands in the incubator and touch him. Steph had tears in her eyes and so did Brock. "He's going to need some definite TLC." The doctor said to them, "But I feel that he's going to make it."
Brock and Steph smiled. Steph filled out the paperwork with Brayden's name and Brock stroked him till he fell asleep. Steph touched him a few more times, and then looked to Brock, "I'm really tired."
They left NICU and headed back to Steph's room. Vince, Linda, Shane and Paul decided they would come back in the morning and headed out. Shelton patted Brock on the back, "You did good my man. But I have a house show tomorrow, so I'm going to get going. Congratulations again."
Brock and Steph both gave Shelton a hug and he headed out.
Steph turned towards Brock, "I get to leave tomorrow. But I would really like it if you stayed tonight."
Brock gave her a light hug, "I'm not leaving your side for a long time."
Steph settled in on the hospital bed and Brock stroked her forehead until she fell asleep.
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