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Steph took a deep breath, "Matt, what I'm about to tell you has to stay between us. No one else can know."
"That's fine, you can trust me. It'll stay between you and me." Matt said locking pinkys with her.
Steph laughed, "He can be so cute." She thought to herself. "Ok, I have to back you up to the beginning. Becky and I went to school together. She was in my grade, and she was one of my best friends. Her family and our family were really close. Years later, Shane finally worked up enough nerve to ask her out. But that came after he got the ok from me." She added with a smile.
"He asked you if it was ok if he dated her?" Matt asked.
"Shane and I have always been tight. And he's a good guy, but he didn't want Becky and I's friendship ruined if they didn't work out. So I told him that it was ok and he asked her out. I knew how much she liked him anyways, so why deny two people the happiness they want?" Steph replied.
"Good point. That's really cool that you and Shane are close like that." Matt said squeezing her hand.
"So, Becky and him started going out. And they were cute as cute can be. Their personalities are a lot alike, she was the perfect woman for him. They dated for a long time. Now my brother used to fancy himself a playboy, but when he was in a relationship, it was one on one. No hanky-panky on the side. Then after 3 years of dating, and a promise ring, one day he came home and stormed up to his room. And about 4 hours later he came down and told me that they were broken up, he didn't want to talk about it, and if I didn't want to fight I wouldn't badger him about it." Steph continued.
They pulled into Steph's driveway and headed inside. "Whoa, that's really weird. Has he ever told you the reasoning?" Matt asked curiously.
Steph shook her head no, "No. I've been too scared to ask him about it. And if Becky and I talk about him too much, she gets really emotional because I think that she still loves him. But to pick up where I left off, they break up. And not 2 weeks later, Shane starts dating this woman named Marissa who works at Titan. I think it was all rebound, and now they're married. Shane's not happily married, but mom and dad love her, and she's a conniving little bitch. If her and Shane divorced, she would take him for everything he has." Steph said angrily. "God I can't stand her."
Matt held her, "So, now you're finally trying to find out what made Shane break up with Becky."
Steph nodded, "I love Becky to death. She's always been there for me, but when her and Shane broke up, I was so wrapped up with being on tv, writing storylines, managing different sponsors' accounts that we kept missing each other, and I've never forgiven myself for that. So hopefully, Becky and I can patch up our friendship and I can find out from them what happened."
Matt hugged her, "Just be careful. Don't overstep any personal lines that you're not prepared to hear."
Steph smiled, "I will, I will. How about we hop in bed and channel surf?"
"Sounds good to me." Matt said kissing her on the forehead.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ THE NEXT DAY
Steph pulled Shane's car into his personal parking spot and headed inside to his office. She walked in and sat down in one of his chairs while he finished up his business call.
She started looking around at the things on his desk. Shane noticed what she was doing and started slapping her hand away. Steph just laughed quietly and kept on poking around.
Finally he hung up the phone, "God woman, stop messing with stuff." He exclaimed.
She laughed out loud, "I'm hardly ever in your office, so it's fun to see what all you have here." She held his keys up, "You'll get these back if you agree to something."
Shane rolled his eyes, "Now what." He said sarcastically.
"Have lunch with me." Steph replied.
"That's it? Have lunch." Shane repeated.
"Yes, we don't get to see each other that much anymore without Marissa around or without mom and dad, and I want some brother/sister time." Steph said to him.
"Alright, I have a pretty clear schedule today. How about you meet me here at noon and we'll go out and have lunch." Shane said looking at his calendar.
"Sounds good. But don't forget to tell Marissa that you're having lunch with me, otherwise if she hears that you went to lunch with a woman she'll think you're cheating on her." Steph said on her way out the door.
"Fuck you Steph." Shane said while grabbing his phone, "I wouldn't forget to do that after the last time I went to lunch with MOM."
Steph laughed, "I warned Matt last night because he was totally confused by everything."
Shane nodded, "Yeah, good idea."
Steph went and sat back down. "God Shane, I hate seeing you this miserable. She is such a selfish, ungrateful bitch."
"It's not so bad when we're on the road because then I don't have to see her that much." Shane said with a smile.
"We're talking more at lunch." Steph said standing up. "I'll see you at noon."
As she was walking out, Shane's secretary was walking towards the door, "Shane, your wife is on line 1." She said to him.
Steph turned to look at Shane with that knowing look. God she couldn't stand that woman.
Steph went to her office and called Becky. On the second ring, she picked up.
"Rebecca Jamison." She said in a serious voice.
Steph laughed, "You sound so professional, where's my Becky?"
"Hey girl! How are you doing? I didn't think I would get a call this quick." Becky said in a much happier tone. "What's up?"
"How about a morning massage?" Steph asked. "I'll come pick you up."
"Sounds great, I don't have an appointment until 12:30 p.m." Becky replied. "I'm still at the same apartment."
"Perfect, I have a 12:00 appointment." Steph said checking her watch and seeing that it was only 8:30 a.m. "I'm at the office, I'm going to fax a couple things, make our appointment and I'll be there shortly."
"Sounds great." Becky replied and hung up.
Steph called and made the appointments from her cell phone while she was faxing out a contract. Shane walked in and heard her scheduling the appointments.
"So, who are you going with?" He asked.
"Certainly not Marissa." Steph said with a sharpness in her tone. "No, I'm just kidding. I'm just getting together with an old friend." Steph said trying to walk out of the room but Shane was blocking her.
"Why do I have the feeling that you're going with someone I know?" Shane asked her quietly.
"Maybe because I ran into her yesterday and I feel bad because I kind of abandoned her when my life got hectic and it was when she needed me the most. And I know I can't make up for lost time, but maybe we can rebuild our friendship again and I can have a friend that's not directly related to the company." Steph replied. "Is that ok with you?"
Shane gave her an evil look, "Yes, that's not what I meant and you know it."
"I know, but I thought you should know. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go and pick her up." Steph said trying to walk past him.
"When we go out to lunch, do you think you could tell me how she's doing?" Shane asked in a shy voice.
"Only if you tell me why you broke up." Steph bargained.
"Promise to not hate me?" Shane asked.
"Promise." Steph said shaking his hand.
"Deal." Shane said stepping aside so she could walk past him.
Steph smiled and started to walk away when she turned around, "Shane." She said pouting.
"What?" He asked.
"Can I borrow your car again?" Steph asked. "Mine is still at home. And you were going to drive me home after the director's meeting tonight."
"Yeah, come back to my office." Shane said waving her on.
"Thanks Shaney." Steph said planting a kiss on his cheek.
He wiped it off, "If you don't do that again. The last thing I need is her showing up and seeing lipstick on my cheek."
"Good point. I'm sorry." Steph said patting him on the back.
She got his keys and headed to Becky's.
**Well, what all will she find out about Becky? What will Shane confess to? Do they still have feelings for each other? Please continue to read and review. Also, her meeting with Jeff Hardy is coming up, how will that go over?? Thanks!!**
Steph took a deep breath, "Matt, what I'm about to tell you has to stay between us. No one else can know."
"That's fine, you can trust me. It'll stay between you and me." Matt said locking pinkys with her.
Steph laughed, "He can be so cute." She thought to herself. "Ok, I have to back you up to the beginning. Becky and I went to school together. She was in my grade, and she was one of my best friends. Her family and our family were really close. Years later, Shane finally worked up enough nerve to ask her out. But that came after he got the ok from me." She added with a smile.
"He asked you if it was ok if he dated her?" Matt asked.
"Shane and I have always been tight. And he's a good guy, but he didn't want Becky and I's friendship ruined if they didn't work out. So I told him that it was ok and he asked her out. I knew how much she liked him anyways, so why deny two people the happiness they want?" Steph replied.
"Good point. That's really cool that you and Shane are close like that." Matt said squeezing her hand.
"So, Becky and him started going out. And they were cute as cute can be. Their personalities are a lot alike, she was the perfect woman for him. They dated for a long time. Now my brother used to fancy himself a playboy, but when he was in a relationship, it was one on one. No hanky-panky on the side. Then after 3 years of dating, and a promise ring, one day he came home and stormed up to his room. And about 4 hours later he came down and told me that they were broken up, he didn't want to talk about it, and if I didn't want to fight I wouldn't badger him about it." Steph continued.
They pulled into Steph's driveway and headed inside. "Whoa, that's really weird. Has he ever told you the reasoning?" Matt asked curiously.
Steph shook her head no, "No. I've been too scared to ask him about it. And if Becky and I talk about him too much, she gets really emotional because I think that she still loves him. But to pick up where I left off, they break up. And not 2 weeks later, Shane starts dating this woman named Marissa who works at Titan. I think it was all rebound, and now they're married. Shane's not happily married, but mom and dad love her, and she's a conniving little bitch. If her and Shane divorced, she would take him for everything he has." Steph said angrily. "God I can't stand her."
Matt held her, "So, now you're finally trying to find out what made Shane break up with Becky."
Steph nodded, "I love Becky to death. She's always been there for me, but when her and Shane broke up, I was so wrapped up with being on tv, writing storylines, managing different sponsors' accounts that we kept missing each other, and I've never forgiven myself for that. So hopefully, Becky and I can patch up our friendship and I can find out from them what happened."
Matt hugged her, "Just be careful. Don't overstep any personal lines that you're not prepared to hear."
Steph smiled, "I will, I will. How about we hop in bed and channel surf?"
"Sounds good to me." Matt said kissing her on the forehead.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ THE NEXT DAY
Steph pulled Shane's car into his personal parking spot and headed inside to his office. She walked in and sat down in one of his chairs while he finished up his business call.
She started looking around at the things on his desk. Shane noticed what she was doing and started slapping her hand away. Steph just laughed quietly and kept on poking around.
Finally he hung up the phone, "God woman, stop messing with stuff." He exclaimed.
She laughed out loud, "I'm hardly ever in your office, so it's fun to see what all you have here." She held his keys up, "You'll get these back if you agree to something."
Shane rolled his eyes, "Now what." He said sarcastically.
"Have lunch with me." Steph replied.
"That's it? Have lunch." Shane repeated.
"Yes, we don't get to see each other that much anymore without Marissa around or without mom and dad, and I want some brother/sister time." Steph said to him.
"Alright, I have a pretty clear schedule today. How about you meet me here at noon and we'll go out and have lunch." Shane said looking at his calendar.
"Sounds good. But don't forget to tell Marissa that you're having lunch with me, otherwise if she hears that you went to lunch with a woman she'll think you're cheating on her." Steph said on her way out the door.
"Fuck you Steph." Shane said while grabbing his phone, "I wouldn't forget to do that after the last time I went to lunch with MOM."
Steph laughed, "I warned Matt last night because he was totally confused by everything."
Shane nodded, "Yeah, good idea."
Steph went and sat back down. "God Shane, I hate seeing you this miserable. She is such a selfish, ungrateful bitch."
"It's not so bad when we're on the road because then I don't have to see her that much." Shane said with a smile.
"We're talking more at lunch." Steph said standing up. "I'll see you at noon."
As she was walking out, Shane's secretary was walking towards the door, "Shane, your wife is on line 1." She said to him.
Steph turned to look at Shane with that knowing look. God she couldn't stand that woman.
Steph went to her office and called Becky. On the second ring, she picked up.
"Rebecca Jamison." She said in a serious voice.
Steph laughed, "You sound so professional, where's my Becky?"
"Hey girl! How are you doing? I didn't think I would get a call this quick." Becky said in a much happier tone. "What's up?"
"How about a morning massage?" Steph asked. "I'll come pick you up."
"Sounds great, I don't have an appointment until 12:30 p.m." Becky replied. "I'm still at the same apartment."
"Perfect, I have a 12:00 appointment." Steph said checking her watch and seeing that it was only 8:30 a.m. "I'm at the office, I'm going to fax a couple things, make our appointment and I'll be there shortly."
"Sounds great." Becky replied and hung up.
Steph called and made the appointments from her cell phone while she was faxing out a contract. Shane walked in and heard her scheduling the appointments.
"So, who are you going with?" He asked.
"Certainly not Marissa." Steph said with a sharpness in her tone. "No, I'm just kidding. I'm just getting together with an old friend." Steph said trying to walk out of the room but Shane was blocking her.
"Why do I have the feeling that you're going with someone I know?" Shane asked her quietly.
"Maybe because I ran into her yesterday and I feel bad because I kind of abandoned her when my life got hectic and it was when she needed me the most. And I know I can't make up for lost time, but maybe we can rebuild our friendship again and I can have a friend that's not directly related to the company." Steph replied. "Is that ok with you?"
Shane gave her an evil look, "Yes, that's not what I meant and you know it."
"I know, but I thought you should know. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go and pick her up." Steph said trying to walk past him.
"When we go out to lunch, do you think you could tell me how she's doing?" Shane asked in a shy voice.
"Only if you tell me why you broke up." Steph bargained.
"Promise to not hate me?" Shane asked.
"Promise." Steph said shaking his hand.
"Deal." Shane said stepping aside so she could walk past him.
Steph smiled and started to walk away when she turned around, "Shane." She said pouting.
"What?" He asked.
"Can I borrow your car again?" Steph asked. "Mine is still at home. And you were going to drive me home after the director's meeting tonight."
"Yeah, come back to my office." Shane said waving her on.
"Thanks Shaney." Steph said planting a kiss on his cheek.
He wiped it off, "If you don't do that again. The last thing I need is her showing up and seeing lipstick on my cheek."
"Good point. I'm sorry." Steph said patting him on the back.
She got his keys and headed to Becky's.
**Well, what all will she find out about Becky? What will Shane confess to? Do they still have feelings for each other? Please continue to read and review. Also, her meeting with Jeff Hardy is coming up, how will that go over?? Thanks!!**