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Stephanie looked at her reflection in the mirror. For some odd reason, she didn't feel right. She felt as if she had to make herself look better than Trish and the reason why she thought this was probably jealousy. "Steph, what is this...like the tenth time?" Paul chuckled walking into his room standing next to his wife.
"Me? You changed like ten times yourself." Stephanie replied smiling.
"Well how do I look?" Paul spun around; he was wearing a pair of black dress pants and a black shirt.
"Not too shabby." Stephanie laughed.
"You look nice, too, not good enough to be with all this here," He pointed to himself. "But, you look okay."
Stephanie whacked him jokingly.
"I look better than you in every way." Stephanie told him as he pulled her close where heir faces were inches apart.
"You do?" He questioned.
"You better believe it." She kissed him but soon they separated because they heard someone's giggles from behind them. They looked at their little boy on the floor and he clapped his hands together. "Come here Gregory." Stephanie turned and picked him up. "How are you?"
"I fine?" Gregory shrugged as he looked around the room.
"Oh my God, I thought I lost him." Maria opened the door and walked in.
"You look nice ma." Alyssa sat in pretzel style on the bed following Maria.
"Better than daddy?" Stephanie asked.
"Yeah!" Alyssa said as Paul glared at her. "Uh, no. Never." She said almost sarcastically.
"Baby sitter here?" Stephanie asked.
"Kris is here." Maria smiled as Gregory scurried out of the room to find her.
"Kristi." Gregory yelled as he ran.
"I'm not getting him." Maria told them plopping down on her parents bed.
"Kris isn't the baby sitter." Paul said as he tied his shoe.
"Oh, why not?" Alyssa asked. "I mean, I could always watch Maria and Gregory…it's not that hard, dad."
"Kris said she had a date but then she claims she doesn't feel good." Stephanie answered. "Okay well we have to go." She kissed their foreheads.
"Bye, and stay out of our room!" Paul and Stephanie left. Thirty minutes later Stephanie and Paul arrived at the restaurant to find Trish and Eric already there and bickering.
"Eric if you flirt with her, I swear." Trish elbowed him.
"Shut up." Eric glared at her.
"What?" Trish asked.
"Sorry, Trish...sorry." He put an arm around her and kissed her forehead.
"You better be." Trish folded her arms.
"Hi you two." Stephanie got their attention.
"Hi, have a seat." Eric pointed and Paul pulled a chair out for her and they sat across from them.
"Hi Trish." Stephanie smiled.
"Hi Steph." Trish looked up from her water.
"Hi Eric." Stephanie looked at him and he glanced up, locking his eyes with hers only for a minute before responding.
"Hello Stephanie." Eric dragged out.
"Eric, I'm Paul and you are Trish's fiancé?" Paul interrupted their stare.
"Yeah." Eric answered.
"So how far along are you Trish?" Stephanie asked in a friendly tone smiling.
"Two months." She grinned almost shyly.
"Oh." Stephanie chuckled. They were quiet for about ten minutes.
"So, Steph, you look nice." Eric broke the silence.
"Thanks, you look nice, too." Stephanie complemented him.
"Excuse us." Trish smiled as she took Eric's hand. They walked out side and starred at each other. "That's flirting."
"I said she looked nice." Eric frowned.
"Come on, let's get this over with already." Trish headed back and he followed.
"What?" Stephanie asked looking at her husband; he was starring at her.
"You know what." Paul told her. After they ordered the just sat there and after getting their food they still just sat there.
"Okay um, Trish...when am I gonna meet Brittany?" Paul questioned breaking the somewhat annoying sound of Stephanie tapping her fork against the plate repeatedly.
"We'll talk about it." Trish looked at him.
"How've you been? I missed you." Paul smiled.
"I've been pretty good." Trish looked at him and their brown eyes connected. "You?"
"I'm doing great." Paul sipped his drink and looked at his wife who had a slowly fading smile on her face. She was playing with the napkin; she had been folding it under the table.
"That's good...I'm sorry I took off like that." Trish put her hand over his and he smiled.
"It's okay." Paul assured her.
'He's lying to her, he always says something about not knowing Brittany and how mad he is at Trish' Stephanie thought folding the napkin over again.
'This is getting so easy' Trish thought as a smiled appeared on her face.
'I'm glad Trish is moving on' Paul thought starring at Trish. 'I really wanna meet Brittany'
'I wonder if Steph would run off into the night with me' Eric smiled looking over at Stephanie. She looked up and gave him an awkward smile.
'This guy probably really is nuts' Stephanie thought.
"Stephanie, do you wanna give them time to talk about Brittany?" Eric asked smiling.
"Uh, sure." Stephanie stood up and her and Eric walked out side.
"When do you want to meet Brittany?" Trish asked boldly.
"Any time." Paul assured her.
"When is it gonna be convenient for you?" Trish questioned.
"Trish, I'm telling you...any time." Paul smiled. It was silent for a few minutes and then it hit him. "I hope you don't mind me asking." He started.
"Go ahead." Trish forwarded.
"Are you sure I'm Brittany's dad?" Paul asked.
"I am very sure but if you want to make sure yourself you are more than welcome to." Trish said as a waiter walked by. "Excuse me."
"Yes ma'am?" He smiled.
"Can I have that...yeah, the chocolate one." Trish grinned.
"Yeah." The waiter gave her the chocolate cake she wanted and Paul couldn't help but laugh.
"You want anything, sir?" The waiter asked him.
"No thanks." Paul shook his head no and watched Trish eat her cake. "Good, huh?"
"Are you making fun of me?" Trish frowned.
"Well...is that rhetorical?" Paul asked as she started to giggle.
"I'm not the one with the big nose." Trish giggled as they both laughed.
"So how is being with Trish?" Stephanie sat down and crossed her legs. At that very moment she thanked God for remembering to wear pants.
"It's great and how is it being with...um, Paul is it?" Eric asked.
"Yeah, his name is Paul, it's really spontaneous." Stephanie chuckled.
"How are your daughters?" Eric smiled. 'He is so good-looking' Stephanie thought.
"My daughters?" Stephanie felt like she had lost her mind for a brief moment. "Oh...they're fine and I also have a son...he's the baby." 'Why am I in such an awe at his gorgeousness' Stephanie asked herself. 'I'm a married woman dammit' She looked around and crossed her arms; it was a little chilly outside.
"You...are you cold?" Eric asked flashing his smile almost making Stephanie melt.
"Hmm?" Stephanie looked up.
"Are you cold?" Eric wrapped an arm around Stephanie and she felt relaxed. He took his jacket off and put it around her and he wrapped his arm around her again to make sure she was comfortable. This was very thoughtful. This didn't feel right, it was relaxing, but it didn't feel right plus, this was wrong, very wrong. She stood up and sighed.
"I'm going back in." Stephanie said walking back into the restaurant. They walked in the restaurant and Paul and Trish were dying out laughing. "So, everything is figured out?"
"Yeah, Trish says any time." Paul looked at his wife. "I paid, let's go."
"Yeah, come on." Trish stood up and walked over to Paul and pulled his chair out and they started laughing. Eric and Stephanie looked at them and well, they weren't smiling.
"Inside joke." Paul laughed.
"Ha ha." Stephanie said sarcastically rolling her eyes.
"Lets go." Eric took Trish's hand and Paul stood up.
"Come on baby." Paul put an arm around her, she looked up at him and frowned and shrugged his arm off. She walked ahead of him and they were out side.
"Bye Trish." Stephanie and Trish hugged.
"See you soon." Trish chuckled.
"Great." Stephanie grinned almost in a phony way.
"God bye Steph." Eric kissed her cheek and Trish and Paul starred at them.
"Bye Eric." Stephanie grinned.
"Bye." Paul and Trish hugged and they were about to split but Stephanie remembered she had his jacket.
"Here's your jacket." Stephanie took it from around her and handed it to Eric. "Thanks." Paul and Stephanie walked off and Trish looked at Eric.
"I was cold." Trish frowned.
"Well here." He wrapped it around her and kissed her cheek.
"That's more like it." Trish glanced at Stephanie and Paul as he opened the door for her.
"You better had." Stephanie said seriously.
"I better had what? I am a wonderful guy, I open doors for you all of the time." Paul closed the door for her.
"So, what was you inside joke?" Stephanie asked watching him put his seatbelt on.
"You had to be there." Paul smiled as he put the key in the ignition.
"I had to be there? Well I wanna know, is that a crime?" Stephanie put her seatbelt on.
"One day we were going out to eat and she said something about me always having to be in control. She said she was gonna be the male and I was gonna be the girl. She opened doors for me and ordered for us. It was really funny. She had me talking high-pitched and she was talking deep..." He glanced t her and she wasn't smiling.
"That's funny?" Stephanie asked.
"Well you had to be there." Paul chuckled.
"Why were you all lovey dovey with her?" Stephanie questioned.
"Me? You practically threw yourself on him." Paul exaggerated.
"Paul, just shut up before we say things we will regret later." Stephanie looked out of the window. The rest of the ride was silent. They got out and walked up to the house. "Let me get that for you." Stephanie said sarcastically opening the door. "We're home."
"Hey mom." Alyssa said in a small tune.
"Yeah, hey." Kristina giggled in the same tone.
"Who did what?" Stephanie asked.
"Ashley's here." Maria smiled.
"Maria!" Alyssa and Kris starred at her.
"Sorry?" Maria chuckled nervously.
"Hi." Ashley walked over to Paul and Stephanie not smiling. She felt too guilty for any exciting reunions. She gulped as her brother starred her down.
"Ashley!" Stephanie smiled pulling her into a hug.
"Where the hell were you? You decide to up and leave like you don't have any family…what's wrong with you?" Paul asked slightly raising his voice.
"Hi big brother." Ashley waved with a sarcastic tone. "I actually had something to tell you and someone for you to meet."
"Who?" Paul crossed his arms.
"I thought you'd be happy to see me." Ashley frowned.
"Hi Ashley, I missed you. Even though I worried to death, I missed you!" Paul said sarcastically.
"What happened, Ash?" Stephanie asked.
"I have a daughter." Ashley looked down. Before responding, Stephanie looked at Paul's angry face and smirked.
"Really? Where is she? What is her name?" Stephanie asked smiling.
"Her name is Kelly, thank you for understanding, Steph." She eyed her brother before looking back. "Come and meet her." Ashley brought Stephanie into the other room.
"Dad, are you okay?" Kris asked.
"Don't worry daddy, she's a really cute baby…she isn't ugly or anything. She doesn't look like Kris." Alyssa assured her father.
"I'm going to bed." Paul told his daughters turning toward the steps.
"Wait, daddy." Maria stopped him.
"Yeah." He starred at the ceiling, exhausted.
"Can you tuck me in?" Maria smiled innocently. She still had her charm!
"Sure." He picked her up and the walked up the steps.
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