She sat soaking in the hotel tub she was at that night. Things were going good, but not were she wanted them to be. She thought she was going to be married by now, and picking up after Dave. No, now, she was trying to be a mother to Adrianna, and her Mother was seen stripping for Paul where ever they were for the week.

Two months passed, and they gained full custody of Adrianna. Amanda and Paul didn't care at this point. He was working back with Shawn, and having the time of his life. Dave on the other hand was struggling to get back into the swing of things, it was also taking a toll on the pair. Though rumors were flying that the split was coming, it wasn't happening in Emylee's eyes, not unless she was parting ways with him first.

He sat with his little girl watching television, and she was sleep. It was his ritual. Emylee stayed in the bathroom until midnight, and he tucked her in. He knew what it was. His newly found daughter, and getting his belt back was getting in the way of him and Emylee. He was torn, honestly he didn't think that Emylee was jealous of Adrianna, but she wasn't about to share her time with the belt, that was for damn sure. He wasn't happy with her announcement to go visit Trish for a while either. What did he expect? Her to wait around? No, but what about Adrianna. Technically, she wasn't hers, but he saw it. She was hers in every sense of the word.

Walking toward the bathroom where Emylee was, he thought now or never.

Trish and John sat watching 'The Office', laughing and enjoying just being normal people. John been there for almost a week this time, gearing up for his feud with Edge and Paul. They would work together and then Paul would go his own way. He was doubling time with him and Shawn, but it was fun. Not as much as sitting with his girl. They had a routine of just being John and Trish. No makeup, no acts, just the real people they were before WWE.

In the back of his mind, he wondered about Jeff, and her real reasons of taking a break. She looked up at him, and saw that face that he gave when he was thinking. Turning the television off, he stopped and looked over at her.

"Hey?"

"You got the look."

"What look?"

"The 'what you said is making me think' look."

"Damn, you know me well. Yes, I'm thinking about us, where we are going. You know what…..fuck it, you're retiring right?"

"Yeah?"

"Why?"

"I want a life John. I mean the fans are great. The attention, and the accomplishments I've gotten are fantastic, but at the price of not being able to enjoy the simple things. I couldn't even have kids if I continue."

"Your serious….about a family?"

"Yeah, I've always wanted a family. I can't do it with being on the road all the time. Look at Emylee and Dave. They have Adrianna, cause Paul and Amanda were too retarded to take care of her, and really that's an insult to retarded people. Anyway, they have other people helping cause of their careers. I know that deep inside Emylee doesn't like it, but she loves Dave, and is willing to do whatever to make it work. I don't want that. I have a choice, I chose it. Question is, can you deal with it?"

"I can, I wanted to make sure you weren't running away."

"From Jeff. No, I can handle him whether I'm here or there. I remember you and Jen. It wasn't the best relationship, can you handle a long distance relationship?"

"Jen was nuts. You're different. You know the ropes, literately, and you know what it takes to make it. I'm only doing this for so long, then moving on."

"Well, then you have nothing to worry about then, can we watch TV now?"

"Yeah, I'm good, I just had to know what you were doing", he grinned.

She grinned and began to snuggle up with John, eating her popcorn. He sat with her calm, but realized, marrying her, his life would change, and for the first time the WWE wasn't his life, she was.

Randy sat with Stephanie, and for the third time trying and testing.

Negative.

She was calculating her days, taking temps, and taking things as easily as she could, at least like a McMahon would. Randy knew that was it, trying to juggle work and trying for a baby, wasn't going to work. He trying talking to her about it, but there was no convincing her to trying something else different.

"Steph, please, I think that if you took things easy, we'd get pregnant."

"First, I'm getting pregnant, and second, my mother was able to have us just fine working with my dad. Maybe you aren't trying hard enough. We should get your sperm counted."

"We did that, and if you weren't so damn bitchy about, maybe it would happen naturally."

"Fuck you, I'm bitchy. You think I enjoy this?"

As soon as she said that, she grabbed her mouth in shock. He looked at her like she had turned into Medusa. Shaking his head in anger, she went to touch him, and he jumped up from the bed, going to his suitcase.

"Well, since I can't 'do it right', I guess you can do it yourself. Like everything else lately, and I go bunk with someone else. You let me know how it all works out? Cause it will be a first for a woman to get herself pregnant without sperm, and we all know Vince would love the press to get hold of the miracle science you're trying to pull off."

She just looked down, and knew that she did it. It wasn't him, and maybe part of it was the work schedule, but to take it out on him wasn't fair. To completely put it on her work ethic wasn't fair either. Maybe it was time to get extra help. Before then, she needed to work on her ways of treating Randy, because lately she has been acting like a Bitch towards him, and it was at its breaking point.

"We need to talk", Dave said to Emylee.

She got out the tub, and dressed for bed. Walking past him, she walked out into the bedroom, and saw Adrianna sleep in her bed. Having a family suite had its perks, one was not having to share a bed with a child. Where ever they were, Emylee made the bed area where Adrianna slept. It was made for a princess. She grinned at the sight of Adrianna, but it still didn't help the feeling Emylee had about Dave and herself.

"Ok, and what about now, what I need to do to help your career?"

"No, about us."

"Now I'm interested."

"Figured you would be, what's going on with you?"

"With me? Oh let's see, I get proposed to, and then find out my fiancée has a daughter he kinda knew about. Then instead making a life together, it's at a stand still. I think you figure, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. I can't do that Dave, that's what Paul was doing. It was about his career."

"You know that is bullshit. I've been adjusting to Adrianna, we are a package deal, you said you could deal with that."

"Dave, don't give me that. The child is like my own, it's about that belt, and you know it."

"Yes, I want my belt back, and soon enough I will, but it's also about Adrianna getting used to us."

"She is! She asked me yesterday when were getting married? What am I supposed to say to that?"

"She's four, anything is glamorous to her. I'll talk to her."

"So let me get this straight, I have the ring on my finger, but nothing is coming of it because of Anna? If that isn't the worst excuse I'm heard in my life. Dave she needs stability, and security. Right now, all she is seeing is that her father is caring about his damn belt, more than anything! You know what, I'll make this more easier on you."

She took the ring off he gave to her. At this point she was in tears, and he was in shock.

"Maybe Paul was right, you do what you have to do to survive. There is no room for family with you. I think it would be best if I left, and did it soon."

"What the hell Em? All because you want to get married when you want to??!"

"No, it's because, we need to start being adults about Anna's life. It's isn't about you anymore Dave, it's about her. We led by example. Think about, you would be pissed if she was with someone doing the same thing you're doing right? Giving every excuse to why they can't move forward, just going with the motions."

It just registered with him. Her was putting her last, and never thought about where she was coming from on the subject.

"You think on that, I'm going to stay in a different room tonight. When my man re-appears, you tell him to give me a call."

With her things in tow, she left. Seems their was trouble in paradise everywhere.