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Steph put her head in her hands and started crying. Keeping her relationship a secret was going to be tougher than she thought. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Jeff stormed into the locker room and slammed his locker open and then shut again. "Where's Matt?" He asked Jay Reso.
"Um, he went off somewhere with Chris, why?" Jay asked.
"I need to find him. Before he finds something he shouldn't." Jeff muttered.
"What do you mean?" Jay asked.
"Well, if I tell you, can you keep it a secret?" Jeff asked him.
"Of course! What's going on?" Jay asked leaning close.
Jeff leaned close to him, "Matt has a new girlfriend, and that girlfriend's ex-boyfriend is here. And I caught them holding hands and he kissed her on the forehead."
"What?!? Who's ass do I need to kick?" Jay said to him.
"Now hold on, I think Matt should be the on to kick some ass." Jeff replied.
"Who is Matt's girlfriend?" Jay asked taking a drink of water.
"Stephanie." Jeff replied with a roll of his eyes.
Jay spit his water out, "WHAT?!? Did you just stay Stephanie? Like Stephanie, Stephanie?"
Jeff nodded, "Yes and he's so head-over-heels for her, and I just don't want to see him hurt again. Look how long it took him to date after him and Amy broke up."
Jay shook his head in disbelief, "Wow, your brother is really moving up in the world."
"Yeah, but now she's off two-timing him with Paul. I knew that she wouldn't look at Matt as anything more than just a mid-carder that can give her a few cheap thrills.
They started to go over their match for that night when Matt and Chris came walking into the locker room. "Hey guys." Chris said. "Man Matt, I wish you weren't on Smackdown."
"Yeah, I know. But what can you do?" Matt said sitting down in a chair.
Jay looked at Matt and tried to picture him with Steph and started laughing.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at him, "What is so funny?" Matt asked him.
"Nothing, I was just thinking of.of.of when you and Jeff were drunk for the first time." Jay said trying to cover it up.
"O.K..." Matt said in a confused voice.
There was a knock on the door. Since Chris was closest to the door, he opened it and found Steph standing there. "Hey Steph! Are you here to get a double-dose of vitamin-C?" He said with a laugh.
"Yeah.right. Don't think so, but is Matt in here? I need to talk to him for a second." Steph asked nervously.
"Sure, you can come in, everyone's decent." Chris said opening the door for her.
"Except you, although you've never been decent." Steph said to him with a smile.
"Hey now, it's not pick on Chris day." He said to her.
"We'll see." She said. "Matt, can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Sure, where do you want to go?" He asked.
"How about the coffee stand?" She suggested.
"Why not, you like that." Jeff muttered. Jay slugged him and gave him a warning look.
And the two walked out of the locker room.
"I hope your brother isn't in trouble for being here." Chris said turning his attention back to the boys.
"Oh it's not that." Jeff said lacing up his boots, "It's ok that he's here. A lot of the Smackdown stars that live up this way are going to swing by to visit."
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Steph grabbed Matt and pulled him into her dad's office. "Matt, I have to ask you something, something that is detrimental to people."
"Ok, what's that?" Matt asked holding her hand.
"What happens if you find something out about someone that you probably shouldn't know, but you know they're using it in bad ways?" Steph asked.
Matt looked at her with a confused look on his face, "I have no clue what you just said. Give it to me in English."
Steph took a deep breath, "Ok, I talked to Shane and he told me that Marissa wants to have a baby. Well, Shane wants a divorce, but she'll take him to the cleaners. But, I talked to some of her friends, and it turns out that she thinks that she's pregnant now."
"Ok, so Shane and her had a whoops and now she's trying to cover it up?" He asked.
"No, Marissa had a one-night stand, and has been sleeping with Shane unprotected to get pregnant and now if she is pregnant, she doesn't know who the father is." Steph confessed. "But I don't know how to tell Shane. I don't know if it's my place to tell Shane. I mean, she cheated on him. How do I tell him that?"
Matt pulled her into his arms, "Well, that is a really touchy subject for him to deal with, and maybe it's best if you don't get involved."
"But it's too late, I already told him that I would call around and see what I could find out. Matt, I got myself into deep water by trying to help and all I did was open a can of worms that could tear this family apart." Steph said with tears in her eyes.
Matt hugged her, "Honey, it's not that bad. It's not going to rip you're family apart. I think that if you really feel like you need to be the one to tell him, then sit him down and tell him outright. Don't beat around the bush, just tell him."
Steph wiped her tears and sniffled, "You're right. God Matt, what would I do without you?" She said holding him.
Matt squeezed her tight. He loved to just hold her. But he was also glad that he could help her out with her situation.
"Alright, I have a meeting to go to, I'll catch you later." Steph said kissing him on the lips.
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**Sorry so short, but work was swamped today!! Come Monday I will have a longer and more adventurous chapter and.the unveiling of my new Randy Orton fic! Please read and review and I hope that everyone has a great weekend!!**
Steph put her head in her hands and started crying. Keeping her relationship a secret was going to be tougher than she thought. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Jeff stormed into the locker room and slammed his locker open and then shut again. "Where's Matt?" He asked Jay Reso.
"Um, he went off somewhere with Chris, why?" Jay asked.
"I need to find him. Before he finds something he shouldn't." Jeff muttered.
"What do you mean?" Jay asked.
"Well, if I tell you, can you keep it a secret?" Jeff asked him.
"Of course! What's going on?" Jay asked leaning close.
Jeff leaned close to him, "Matt has a new girlfriend, and that girlfriend's ex-boyfriend is here. And I caught them holding hands and he kissed her on the forehead."
"What?!? Who's ass do I need to kick?" Jay said to him.
"Now hold on, I think Matt should be the on to kick some ass." Jeff replied.
"Who is Matt's girlfriend?" Jay asked taking a drink of water.
"Stephanie." Jeff replied with a roll of his eyes.
Jay spit his water out, "WHAT?!? Did you just stay Stephanie? Like Stephanie, Stephanie?"
Jeff nodded, "Yes and he's so head-over-heels for her, and I just don't want to see him hurt again. Look how long it took him to date after him and Amy broke up."
Jay shook his head in disbelief, "Wow, your brother is really moving up in the world."
"Yeah, but now she's off two-timing him with Paul. I knew that she wouldn't look at Matt as anything more than just a mid-carder that can give her a few cheap thrills.
They started to go over their match for that night when Matt and Chris came walking into the locker room. "Hey guys." Chris said. "Man Matt, I wish you weren't on Smackdown."
"Yeah, I know. But what can you do?" Matt said sitting down in a chair.
Jay looked at Matt and tried to picture him with Steph and started laughing.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at him, "What is so funny?" Matt asked him.
"Nothing, I was just thinking of.of.of when you and Jeff were drunk for the first time." Jay said trying to cover it up.
"O.K..." Matt said in a confused voice.
There was a knock on the door. Since Chris was closest to the door, he opened it and found Steph standing there. "Hey Steph! Are you here to get a double-dose of vitamin-C?" He said with a laugh.
"Yeah.right. Don't think so, but is Matt in here? I need to talk to him for a second." Steph asked nervously.
"Sure, you can come in, everyone's decent." Chris said opening the door for her.
"Except you, although you've never been decent." Steph said to him with a smile.
"Hey now, it's not pick on Chris day." He said to her.
"We'll see." She said. "Matt, can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Sure, where do you want to go?" He asked.
"How about the coffee stand?" She suggested.
"Why not, you like that." Jeff muttered. Jay slugged him and gave him a warning look.
And the two walked out of the locker room.
"I hope your brother isn't in trouble for being here." Chris said turning his attention back to the boys.
"Oh it's not that." Jeff said lacing up his boots, "It's ok that he's here. A lot of the Smackdown stars that live up this way are going to swing by to visit."
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Steph grabbed Matt and pulled him into her dad's office. "Matt, I have to ask you something, something that is detrimental to people."
"Ok, what's that?" Matt asked holding her hand.
"What happens if you find something out about someone that you probably shouldn't know, but you know they're using it in bad ways?" Steph asked.
Matt looked at her with a confused look on his face, "I have no clue what you just said. Give it to me in English."
Steph took a deep breath, "Ok, I talked to Shane and he told me that Marissa wants to have a baby. Well, Shane wants a divorce, but she'll take him to the cleaners. But, I talked to some of her friends, and it turns out that she thinks that she's pregnant now."
"Ok, so Shane and her had a whoops and now she's trying to cover it up?" He asked.
"No, Marissa had a one-night stand, and has been sleeping with Shane unprotected to get pregnant and now if she is pregnant, she doesn't know who the father is." Steph confessed. "But I don't know how to tell Shane. I don't know if it's my place to tell Shane. I mean, she cheated on him. How do I tell him that?"
Matt pulled her into his arms, "Well, that is a really touchy subject for him to deal with, and maybe it's best if you don't get involved."
"But it's too late, I already told him that I would call around and see what I could find out. Matt, I got myself into deep water by trying to help and all I did was open a can of worms that could tear this family apart." Steph said with tears in her eyes.
Matt hugged her, "Honey, it's not that bad. It's not going to rip you're family apart. I think that if you really feel like you need to be the one to tell him, then sit him down and tell him outright. Don't beat around the bush, just tell him."
Steph wiped her tears and sniffled, "You're right. God Matt, what would I do without you?" She said holding him.
Matt squeezed her tight. He loved to just hold her. But he was also glad that he could help her out with her situation.
"Alright, I have a meeting to go to, I'll catch you later." Steph said kissing him on the lips.
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**Sorry so short, but work was swamped today!! Come Monday I will have a longer and more adventurous chapter and.the unveiling of my new Randy Orton fic! Please read and review and I hope that everyone has a great weekend!!**