A/N: I know that its been forever since I have updated this story along with my others but school and in general life has pulled me away from writing until now. Since I'm on spring break, I figured this would be a perfect time to catch up. Anyway though, I know about the real life stuff as far as Steph being pregnant and Shane having another baby. All of that will be in within the next few chapters which I already have written out so this won't happen again. Thanks again to all of you who reviewed.


Stephanie listened to Paul's light snoring on the bed as she packed their clothes back up. It was the last day of being trapped in the house with her brother and she couldn't say that she wasn't happy to leave. Yes, she loved her family, but she missed the privacy her and Paul had in their own home. She smiles softly and walked over kissing Paul on his cheek to wake him up.

"Come on baby,nap time is over. Its the last day here, we have to be on our best behavior so we can get the hell out of this hell hole" She grinned happily folding his clothes.

Paul opened his eyes and looked over at her. "You seem extra happy to be going home, had enough of your family eh?"

Steph sighed softly putting the shirt down in the bag. "Its not that I guess, just...me and Shane are different, we hardly get along anymore and I believe that right now is the time you and I should be spending together. We haven't been married all that long and I want us to spend as much time as possible"

Paul smiles over at her and kissed her cheek softly. "I love you baby, and last night was awesome" He chuckled softly and pinned her down on the bed. "At this rate I'll have you pregnant in no time at all."

"I really do hope that is the case Mr. Levesque" She grinned and laid there for a moment with him.

Marissa laid in bed staring at the ceiling, Shane was downstairs fixing up some dinner for everyone. Something had changed in her, something had changed in their relationship and she couldn't figure out what it was. She knew she had to soon though. Last night she stayed up and listened to Paul and Steph make love, not because they were too loud but because they sounded young and energized. The way her and Shane had been before there child was born. Shane knocked on the door lightly as he came in.

"Hey babe, you doing ok in here?"

She smiled softly and just nodded. "Yea I'm doing just fine, I was just finished up packing our stuff to go home."

"Alright well come downstairs in a minute or two, everything should be good and done by then"

Marissa nodded and watched him walk out. She sat on the bed for the next few minutes and saw Steph and Paul come out in the hallway. She smiled softly as she watched Paul carrying Steph around in the hallway like a caveman. To be 35, Paul was very much a child at heart, who knew how to be serious and how to play too. Not to mention he didn't have such a bad body for 35 either. Paul had put Steph down and let her go downstairs before peeking in the room at Marissa.

"Hey there, you gonna sit in here all day by yourself and just stare at the floor, or get this last day of "family fun" over with so we can go back to our normal lives?" He said softly grinning at her.

She smiled looking up at him. "I'm coming, I'm coming" She laughed softly as he playfully rolled his eyes and walked downstairs. For some reason, Marissa found herself staring at him all the way down. 'Don't even think about it Rissa, its your sister in law's husband, what is wrong with you' She shook her head slowly and headed downstairs with the rest of them.

Stephanie and Paul sat next to one another, holding hands under the table. Vince and Linda helped Shane set the table as Marissa made her way into the dining room slowly. As she entered she couldn't help but look over at Paul. The smile that he was wearing was nothing but infectious. She sighed softly, she remembered when Shane use to look at her with that same love and lust when things were just starting out with them. She sat down across from them as Stephanie giggled softly.

"Come on lets ask Marissa" She nodded surely at Paul.

"Lets ask Marissa what?" Marissa smiled as she was now intrigued about what their conversation was about.

"Do you think my husband is hot?" Steph giggled softly. She was busy pinching Paul's cheeks and he was too busy whinning and telling her to stop to see the uncomfortable look Marissa now wore on her face. She sighed softly and began to play around with her napkin.

"Well you know, I think he is alright looking" She said softly.

Stephanie smiled softly. "Alright looking? My baby is downright sexy, but since you are my sister I wouldn't expect any other answer from you."

Shane watched Marissa slowly, maybe Paul and Steph may have missed her reaction to that question but he sure as hell didn't. He shook his head a bit and looked over to his mother.

"Mom, do you think that for the last few days, something has been wrong with Marissa?"

Linda looked up from preparing the salad. "What do you mean Shane?"

"Well I don't know, this may sound crazy but, she seems to have taken an interest in Paul lately. A bigger interest then usual"

Linda laughed softly shaking her head. "My darling son, you are paranoid if you think that your wife wants your sister's husband. Marissa loves you and Paul loves Stephanie, they both know that if they did anything to hurt either of you kids that your father would make sure they would never breath another ounce of air."

Shane nodded softly not too convinced. "I never said I thought they were doing something" He laughed dryly. "I'm sure neither of them would ever do anything like that. I mean, Marissa and I have a son, we are perfectly fine" Shane nodded, he was trying to convince himself more then anyone else that he was right and that it was true but he was failing as of right now.

Soon all the food was set out on the table and everyone was gathered around. Vince rasied his glass and grinned. "A toast, to this family, this is our last night of our little family gathering and I have got to say it turned out better then I expected it to. Sure there was a few little obstacles that got in our way but things turned out well"

Stephanie smiled softly. "I'd also like to say that me and Paul have both enjoyed being here with all of you. Seeing my annoying big brother again wasn't so bad, though he may get on my last nerves. Then spending time with my sister in law, the person that I've become so close with in the last couple of years, its just nice that we can reconnect again. Ever since you had your baby and I got married, we seemed to have lost touch but I'm glad we were able to just pick up where we left off and be good friends. Of course to my parents, who never get too old for me to hang out with. Regardless of how sometimes, you guys can annoy me and I may think that I can do things all on my own because I'm a grown woman, I will always come to you guys when I need help because I know you will always stand there, with open arms and listening ears"

Well if Marissa didn't feel like crap before she really did now. Her sister, Stephanie, the person she considered to be a little sister to her, just poured her heart out about how much she missed there time together and how she is glad they could be such great friends again and all she did was sit there thinking about her husband Paul. She couldn't even figure out why Paul had become the number 1 thing on her mind. She had been around Paul plenty of times while him and Steph were dating and she never really showed any particular interest in him until now. Nevertheless she put on a smile to match the ones the family already had on their faces as they enjoyed a nice, peaceful dinner together. She looked over at Vince and Linda who seemed to be in a conversation with one another, she watched as Steph was intently cutting her food a certain way. Paul looked over at Marissa briefly before winking and flashing his killer smile. During this whole time though, she never thought to look over at her husband Shane, who was watching all of this unfold and not the happiest person either. He sucked it up though and just kept all comments and thoughts to himself. He figured if something was going on between Paul and Marissa, then it would surface itself soon enough.