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The next morning when the alarm went off, Matt hopped in the shower and Steph decided to go and wake up Jeff.
She walked up beside him and shook him a little, "Jeff, wake up." She said quietly at first. She didn't want to scare him too bad. But then she thought about it and smiled an evil grin, "He wants to play games at the store, I can play games here."
She turned on the lights in the room and Jeff groaned a bit and put his head under the pillow. When he did that, the covers came off a bit, and she seen that Jeff was only wearing his boxers. She grinned evilly and went into her bathroom.
"Matt?" She said with a huge grin. "Jeff won't get up, can I get him back for his grocery store antics?"
"What are you thinking of? He can get ornery." Matt said peeking around the shower curtain.
She picked up her spray bottle and filled it with cold water, "Just a cold wake up call, that's all." She showed him.
"Your decision, but if he chases you, fend for yourself." Matt said with a laugh.
"It's on." She replied walking out of the bathroom.
Steph walked to the edge of Jeff's bed and pulled the covers off, "Jeff, time to get up."
Jeff mumbled something but didn't get up.
"Ok, you asked for it." Steph said, then she started spraying him with the cold water.
"Holy shit." Jeff yelled. He threw the pillow off of his head and found Steph standing there with the spray bottle in hand. "You're dead." He said jumping up and chasing her.
Steph laughed as she ran towards her room. She darted in and tried to shut the door but Jeff was too strong, he was able to push it open. He caught her and started to tickle her.
Steph was laughing so hard she had tears streaming down her cheeks, "Jeff, Jeff please, I won't do it ever again." She said gasping for her breath.
Matt comes out of the bathroom in a towel to find Jeff sitting on top of Steph in only his boxers on her bed. "What are you doing?"
Jeff jumped up and let Steph up, "She started it so I finished it." He said simply and walked out of the room.
Matt looked at Steph and started laughing, "So I see you couldn't resist temptation."
Steph grinned, "Yeah, but maybe if I show him that I'm not that bad, he won't be so resentful towards me."
"What do you mean?" Matt asked in a confused tone.
Steph paused for a minute. She forgot that her and Jeff had promised to not tell anyone about their conversation, and anyone included Matt. "Well, sometimes he doesn't seem like he knows what to think of us, so I'm just trying to show him that as far as screen, we are on the same page."
Matt knew that Jeff didn't like the idea of them dating, but he didn't know that Steph had an inkling about it. "That's good thinking Steph." He said and then started getting ready.
Steph breathed a sigh of relief. She took a quick shower and changed into jeans and a t-shirt. "No need to get dressy yet." She thought to herself.
Matt and Steph got their stuff set out for the limo driver, when they realized that they were missing someone.Jeff. Steph looked at her watch, "Matt, we have to go."
"I'll go get him." Matt said to her. He stormed up the stairs to find Jeff sacked out, still in his boxers. He grabbed him and shook him, "Jeff man get up, we have to go."
"I'll be there in a minute." Jeff said without opening his eyes.
"Man Jeff I mean it, it's one thing making Amy and I late all of the time, but it's another to make Steph late. C'mon, get up." He said angrily.
Jeff muttered something and sat up. He threw on a pair of pants and his shirt. He grabbed his guitar and his bag. "Alright, let's go."
They walked out to the limo. Steph wanted to make a joke, but knew that because of the meeting that they had just had on Jeff's tardiness, it probably wouldn't be the smartest thing to do, so she bit her tongue.
They piled in and headed to the airport.
At the airport, Shane and Steph met up with each other. "Hey, when do I get to find out what was going on with you yesterday?" Steph asked Shane.
"How about on the plane?" Shane suggested. "But we have to be away from mom and dad."
"Why?" Steph asked.
"Because I don't need them in my business right now." Shane replied.
"I see. I'll find you." Steph replied. "I'm going to hang out with Matt and Jeff."
"Jeff's here too?" Shane asked in a surprised tone.
"Yes, he stayed with us last night." Steph said looking for where they were.
"How is he with your relationship?" Shane asked.
Steph thought about how to phrase it, "Well, he's apprehensive for Matt, so I just have to prove him wrong."
"Steph, be careful. You know how close their family is and I wouldn't want anything to mess that up." Shane said patting her on her shoulder.
"What are you saying Shane? Do you think that I'm going to go running back to Paul too?" Steph snapped at him.
"No, No that is definitely not what I'm saying. I'm just saying that if Matt defends you too much, it could cause a rift between them and I don't want you to feel guilty if they grow apart." Shane quickly defended himself.
"Don't worry Shane, I'll be careful." Steph said patting him on the back and walking over to Matt and hugging him.
Shane shook his head and walked over by Vince and Linda.
The jet flew in and they all boarded quickly and soon they were headed to Raw.
Steph sat and talked with Matt and Jeff for awhile, and when Matt fell asleep, she went over by Shane. "Let's go to the back."
Shane nodded and walked back there. "Ok. I went to her house for dinner that night, and we sat and talked and talked and brought each other up on what's been going on in each other's lives. God Steph, it felt so good, it felt so right. We sat there on the couch, relaxed, and talking. Like holding a conversation." He said trying to emphasize to her how good it made him feel. "Well, after we brought each other up to speed, we realized how much we still had in common. Without speaking to each other all of these years, it turns out that we watch most of the same shows, we drive the same car, we listen to the same music, and it killed me to leave her to go home to Marissa. The woman I'm not happy with. So I get home at 11:00 that night, and first Marissa was pissed because I didn't call and she couldn't get ahold of my secretary to find out where I was. I finally calmed her down and when we went to bed, she told me that she wants to have a baby because she thinks that it will make us closer."
"She said what!" Steph exclaimed. "Oh hell no Shane, look at how miserable you are already. You need to divorce her."
"If I divorce her, she's already told me that she would take me for everything." Shane replied.
"Wait a minute, she's actually told you that?" Steph asked.
Shane nodded, "Yeah, it was during one of our HUGE battles."
"Tape her. Whenever you guys' fight, tape it. Bring it to court with you, the judge will listen to it and hear what type of a psycho she is and side with you. You know, I'm friends with one of Marissa's acquaintances, I should talk to her and see if Marissa has brought up the subject of children and see if she's ever said anything." Steph said thinking out loud.
"That's a good idea. I'll have to start carrying a pocket recorder with me wherever I go." Shane said.
"Have you thought about tapping your phones?" Steph asked. "Then you could record her conversations with her friends."
"Steph you're a fucking genius!" Shane said loudly. "Now all I have to do is pray this works and then win Becky's heart again.
"You know, I think it's really respectable of you that even though you're not happy in your marriage, you won't cheat on her. That says a lot about you Shane." Steph said with a smile. She hugged him, "Now go on, I'm going to call some of my people."
As they were announcing that it was time to land, Steph sat down by Matt and had a twisted expression on her face.
Matt looked at her, "What's wrong? You don't look happy."
"Matt, could you hug me and I'll explain later." Steph said in a broken voice.
"Sure." Matt said draping his arm around her and she leaned into him as much as she could.
Jeff woke up once they were on the ground. They all filed off of the plane and into a limo to head to the arena. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
After the creative meeting, Paul stayed waiting for Steph. Steph looked at him, "You ready?"
Paul nodded and walked with her to the coffee stand. They ordered coffee and sat down at a table. "So what all happened?"
Steph took a deep breath and explained the whole alley attack in detail. By the end, she had tears in her eyes and had developed the chills because it still scared her.
Paul reached across the table and held her hands in his. "Steph, I am so sorry that we got into a fight and I wasn't there to protect you. Look I've been thinking, maybe if we start slow, you and I could build our working relationship into a friendship and maybe we could back to how we were. I know that I was an asshole and I did a lot of soul searching while I was at mom and dad's and I really would like to give us another try. Steph, I love you."
Steph's eyes filled with tears again, she couldn't believe that she was sitting there hearing him say those things. The last time they were together, he still acted like a cocky asshole and that was before they fought. Now here he was wearing his heart on his sleeve. She could tell that he was serious. "Paul, I.I don't." She started to say when Paul shooshed her.
"Shh.you don't have to say anything right now. Let's just work on becoming friends again, ok?" Paul said smoothing her hair back and pushing it behind her ear.
Steph looked at the table and nodded her head quietly.
Jeff had decided to get a snack out of the vending machine and seen Paul and Steph sitting at the table with Paul holding her hands. Just before he was going to approach them, he seen Paul lean across the table and kiss Steph on the forehead and get up to walk off. Jeff growled to himself and stormed off towards the locker room.
Steph put her head in her hands and started crying. Keeping her relationship was going to be tougher than she thought.
**Well, well. Looks like Steph got herself into a little predicament doesn't she? What did Steph find out about Marissa that she is so uncomfortable about? What will Jeff do with what he seen? What will Steph do about Paul? Or, what will Paul do to win Steph back? Will Matt remember to not act like she's his girlfriend, or will he slip? Please read and review!!**
The next morning when the alarm went off, Matt hopped in the shower and Steph decided to go and wake up Jeff.
She walked up beside him and shook him a little, "Jeff, wake up." She said quietly at first. She didn't want to scare him too bad. But then she thought about it and smiled an evil grin, "He wants to play games at the store, I can play games here."
She turned on the lights in the room and Jeff groaned a bit and put his head under the pillow. When he did that, the covers came off a bit, and she seen that Jeff was only wearing his boxers. She grinned evilly and went into her bathroom.
"Matt?" She said with a huge grin. "Jeff won't get up, can I get him back for his grocery store antics?"
"What are you thinking of? He can get ornery." Matt said peeking around the shower curtain.
She picked up her spray bottle and filled it with cold water, "Just a cold wake up call, that's all." She showed him.
"Your decision, but if he chases you, fend for yourself." Matt said with a laugh.
"It's on." She replied walking out of the bathroom.
Steph walked to the edge of Jeff's bed and pulled the covers off, "Jeff, time to get up."
Jeff mumbled something but didn't get up.
"Ok, you asked for it." Steph said, then she started spraying him with the cold water.
"Holy shit." Jeff yelled. He threw the pillow off of his head and found Steph standing there with the spray bottle in hand. "You're dead." He said jumping up and chasing her.
Steph laughed as she ran towards her room. She darted in and tried to shut the door but Jeff was too strong, he was able to push it open. He caught her and started to tickle her.
Steph was laughing so hard she had tears streaming down her cheeks, "Jeff, Jeff please, I won't do it ever again." She said gasping for her breath.
Matt comes out of the bathroom in a towel to find Jeff sitting on top of Steph in only his boxers on her bed. "What are you doing?"
Jeff jumped up and let Steph up, "She started it so I finished it." He said simply and walked out of the room.
Matt looked at Steph and started laughing, "So I see you couldn't resist temptation."
Steph grinned, "Yeah, but maybe if I show him that I'm not that bad, he won't be so resentful towards me."
"What do you mean?" Matt asked in a confused tone.
Steph paused for a minute. She forgot that her and Jeff had promised to not tell anyone about their conversation, and anyone included Matt. "Well, sometimes he doesn't seem like he knows what to think of us, so I'm just trying to show him that as far as screen, we are on the same page."
Matt knew that Jeff didn't like the idea of them dating, but he didn't know that Steph had an inkling about it. "That's good thinking Steph." He said and then started getting ready.
Steph breathed a sigh of relief. She took a quick shower and changed into jeans and a t-shirt. "No need to get dressy yet." She thought to herself.
Matt and Steph got their stuff set out for the limo driver, when they realized that they were missing someone.Jeff. Steph looked at her watch, "Matt, we have to go."
"I'll go get him." Matt said to her. He stormed up the stairs to find Jeff sacked out, still in his boxers. He grabbed him and shook him, "Jeff man get up, we have to go."
"I'll be there in a minute." Jeff said without opening his eyes.
"Man Jeff I mean it, it's one thing making Amy and I late all of the time, but it's another to make Steph late. C'mon, get up." He said angrily.
Jeff muttered something and sat up. He threw on a pair of pants and his shirt. He grabbed his guitar and his bag. "Alright, let's go."
They walked out to the limo. Steph wanted to make a joke, but knew that because of the meeting that they had just had on Jeff's tardiness, it probably wouldn't be the smartest thing to do, so she bit her tongue.
They piled in and headed to the airport.
At the airport, Shane and Steph met up with each other. "Hey, when do I get to find out what was going on with you yesterday?" Steph asked Shane.
"How about on the plane?" Shane suggested. "But we have to be away from mom and dad."
"Why?" Steph asked.
"Because I don't need them in my business right now." Shane replied.
"I see. I'll find you." Steph replied. "I'm going to hang out with Matt and Jeff."
"Jeff's here too?" Shane asked in a surprised tone.
"Yes, he stayed with us last night." Steph said looking for where they were.
"How is he with your relationship?" Shane asked.
Steph thought about how to phrase it, "Well, he's apprehensive for Matt, so I just have to prove him wrong."
"Steph, be careful. You know how close their family is and I wouldn't want anything to mess that up." Shane said patting her on her shoulder.
"What are you saying Shane? Do you think that I'm going to go running back to Paul too?" Steph snapped at him.
"No, No that is definitely not what I'm saying. I'm just saying that if Matt defends you too much, it could cause a rift between them and I don't want you to feel guilty if they grow apart." Shane quickly defended himself.
"Don't worry Shane, I'll be careful." Steph said patting him on the back and walking over to Matt and hugging him.
Shane shook his head and walked over by Vince and Linda.
The jet flew in and they all boarded quickly and soon they were headed to Raw.
Steph sat and talked with Matt and Jeff for awhile, and when Matt fell asleep, she went over by Shane. "Let's go to the back."
Shane nodded and walked back there. "Ok. I went to her house for dinner that night, and we sat and talked and talked and brought each other up on what's been going on in each other's lives. God Steph, it felt so good, it felt so right. We sat there on the couch, relaxed, and talking. Like holding a conversation." He said trying to emphasize to her how good it made him feel. "Well, after we brought each other up to speed, we realized how much we still had in common. Without speaking to each other all of these years, it turns out that we watch most of the same shows, we drive the same car, we listen to the same music, and it killed me to leave her to go home to Marissa. The woman I'm not happy with. So I get home at 11:00 that night, and first Marissa was pissed because I didn't call and she couldn't get ahold of my secretary to find out where I was. I finally calmed her down and when we went to bed, she told me that she wants to have a baby because she thinks that it will make us closer."
"She said what!" Steph exclaimed. "Oh hell no Shane, look at how miserable you are already. You need to divorce her."
"If I divorce her, she's already told me that she would take me for everything." Shane replied.
"Wait a minute, she's actually told you that?" Steph asked.
Shane nodded, "Yeah, it was during one of our HUGE battles."
"Tape her. Whenever you guys' fight, tape it. Bring it to court with you, the judge will listen to it and hear what type of a psycho she is and side with you. You know, I'm friends with one of Marissa's acquaintances, I should talk to her and see if Marissa has brought up the subject of children and see if she's ever said anything." Steph said thinking out loud.
"That's a good idea. I'll have to start carrying a pocket recorder with me wherever I go." Shane said.
"Have you thought about tapping your phones?" Steph asked. "Then you could record her conversations with her friends."
"Steph you're a fucking genius!" Shane said loudly. "Now all I have to do is pray this works and then win Becky's heart again.
"You know, I think it's really respectable of you that even though you're not happy in your marriage, you won't cheat on her. That says a lot about you Shane." Steph said with a smile. She hugged him, "Now go on, I'm going to call some of my people."
As they were announcing that it was time to land, Steph sat down by Matt and had a twisted expression on her face.
Matt looked at her, "What's wrong? You don't look happy."
"Matt, could you hug me and I'll explain later." Steph said in a broken voice.
"Sure." Matt said draping his arm around her and she leaned into him as much as she could.
Jeff woke up once they were on the ground. They all filed off of the plane and into a limo to head to the arena. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
After the creative meeting, Paul stayed waiting for Steph. Steph looked at him, "You ready?"
Paul nodded and walked with her to the coffee stand. They ordered coffee and sat down at a table. "So what all happened?"
Steph took a deep breath and explained the whole alley attack in detail. By the end, she had tears in her eyes and had developed the chills because it still scared her.
Paul reached across the table and held her hands in his. "Steph, I am so sorry that we got into a fight and I wasn't there to protect you. Look I've been thinking, maybe if we start slow, you and I could build our working relationship into a friendship and maybe we could back to how we were. I know that I was an asshole and I did a lot of soul searching while I was at mom and dad's and I really would like to give us another try. Steph, I love you."
Steph's eyes filled with tears again, she couldn't believe that she was sitting there hearing him say those things. The last time they were together, he still acted like a cocky asshole and that was before they fought. Now here he was wearing his heart on his sleeve. She could tell that he was serious. "Paul, I.I don't." She started to say when Paul shooshed her.
"Shh.you don't have to say anything right now. Let's just work on becoming friends again, ok?" Paul said smoothing her hair back and pushing it behind her ear.
Steph looked at the table and nodded her head quietly.
Jeff had decided to get a snack out of the vending machine and seen Paul and Steph sitting at the table with Paul holding her hands. Just before he was going to approach them, he seen Paul lean across the table and kiss Steph on the forehead and get up to walk off. Jeff growled to himself and stormed off towards the locker room.
Steph put her head in her hands and started crying. Keeping her relationship was going to be tougher than she thought.
**Well, well. Looks like Steph got herself into a little predicament doesn't she? What did Steph find out about Marissa that she is so uncomfortable about? What will Jeff do with what he seen? What will Steph do about Paul? Or, what will Paul do to win Steph back? Will Matt remember to not act like she's his girlfriend, or will he slip? Please read and review!!**