A/N: Italics are flash backs from now on.

What could have been

Chapter 5

"Hey Drew. I, um, have something to tell you... " Stephanie said cheerfully. He just looks down at her like she is crazy for being so happy.

"Later Steph. Just shut up leave me alone right now. I'm not in the mood to talk."

He then heads to their bedroom and shuts the door loudly behind him. Even thought he told her to go away she doesn't listen and heads after him. She really wanted to know what was pissing him off like this. He never used to come home all mad and angry. Maybe it was something she had done. Hopefully not though. Without even knocking Stephanie opens the door and sits on the bed next to her husband.

"Please tell me what's wrong. I may be able to help you." Her hand delicately goes to his shoulder but he shrugs it off and walks to the closet. "Please Andy, I just want to help you."

"Steph, I told you to butt out. So just go!"

"No! You are my husband god damn it and I want to friggin help you!" With no words what so ever Andrew turns around and pushes her into the wall. He didn't try to push her very hard but he did. She crashed into the wall with a loud thump and fell to the ground.

Stephanie is now sitting in a chair in the waiting room until a nurse called her name. She hadn't counted on getting slammed into a wall so she had called the doctors for an immediate appointment. She had to be sure that her baby was all right. On the way to the doctors she had called Hunter and told him what had gone down. He then proceeded to promise that he would be to the doctor office as soon as possible and to kick Andrew's ass the next time he saw him. But now she was waiting for Hunter to show. She prayed to god that he didn't go to her house and beat Andrew to a bloody pulp right there, she did want to see it after all. Soon after that thought left her mind Hunter burst through the door to the waiting room and rushed to Stephanie's side.

"Steph, are you okay? I'm so sorry he did this to you. It will never happen again."

Hunter held her hand while on the verge of tears. Stephanie had never seen him this emotional before and to be honest, it was kind of sweet. She liked the fact that somebody cared enough about her to get this worked up.

"First off, I feel fine, my back hurts a little but I'll get over it, I just hope that the baby's okay though. And second off, it's NOT your fault so don't be sorry. All I want is you right now, and I'll be the happiest woman in the world." She smiles sweetly and takes his hand into hers. Even though she was wounded inside she couldn't let Hunter see that. He would majorly flip out.

"Okay...but I really do want you out of that house. Who knows what he might do next..."

"No Hunter, I can't do that. I love him. And it was one incident. One solitary, isolated incident. If it happens again then I'll think about leaving, okay?"

"Alright, but you have to promise to that."

"I promise." She crosses her heart with her index finger to prove her point.

"Good, now I'm gonna go see what's taking so damn long with these doctors. You're an injured woman, they should take care of you." Hunter says half jokingly, getting up, "I'll be right back."

"Okay, hurry up." She gives him a little wave and then goes to answer her cell phone that had started to ring.

"Hello?"

"Hi Stephanie."

A mysterious voice came along the line. She vaguely recognized it. But she knew that she had heard it some where before. But she did know that this conversation was NOT going to be pretty.

"What the hell do you want?"

"You." The dark voice simply said. Before she could get a word in edge wise the line went dead.

Stephanie instantly started to bawl. Hunter heard her cries and dashed to her side.

"Steph, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, can you just please get the docs to hurry up, I really want to go home." She pleads with him, clinging to his black tee shirt.

"Of course I will...Do you want to come with me?" He asks, seeing as she was visibly shaken up.

"Yeah." She then stands up and he slips his arm around her waist. He knew that this wasn't just about getting pushed into the wall. It was about something more, much, much more.

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