This is the first chapter I have posted of this story since Chyna's death and I just wanted to say R.I.P Chyna. I was so shocked and saddened by her passing :( you will be missed Chyna.

Stephanie could feel something shaking her but she tried ignoring it. All she wanted to was sleep, she felt warm and comfortable. But the shaking continued and that was when she realized that it was probably Aiden and she knew it was time to get up. She lifted her head and rubbed her eyes before opening them and she came in contact with a pair of hazel eyes. Stephanie froze and her mind went on overdrive thinking about last night. She remembered after Kelsi left that her, Aiden and Paul had sat down to watch movies. At some point Aiden had fell asleep and Paul took him to bed, then she remembered watching a movie with Paul. That is when she realized she must have fell asleep at some point in the movie just as Aiden had done earlier.

Stephanie finally lifted herself off of Paul feeling completely embarrassed and looked away to the clock on the wall to notice it was eight in the morning.

"Stephanie can I talk to you outside?" Stephanie jumped slightly and turned around to notice her brother staring at her. He didn't even give her a chance to respond before he started walking away. Fuck, how did he even get in her house? She must have forgot to lock the door last night before falling asleep and now he caught her sleeping on top of Paul. He probably thought there was something going on and that wasn't good.

Without even looking back at Paul she started walking out of the living room to meet Shane outside. Things were probably going to be awkward between her and Paul now. At least he didn't know she had feelings for him again because then it would just be completely awkward considering she was sure he didn't feel the same.

"What in the hell did I just walk in on?" Shane asked motioning towards inside the house once she had stepped outside and shut the door behind her.

"Nothing. That was completely innocent I swear. We were watching a movie and it got late and we just happened to fall asleep. Nothing else happened" Stephanie replied watching Shane shake his head. "What are you doing here so early anyway?"

"Marissa and I were hanging out with Jake last night and you came up in conversation. He said he thought you were blowing him off because you told him you would call him this weekend and let him know if you were free. So far he hadn't heard from you so he thought maybe you were just busy but he wasn't for certain. I knew you shouldn't be busy but I didn't tell him that so since I hadn't seen Aiden for a while I thought I would see him and figure out why you are blowing off yet another good guy. Walking in on that though it all makes sense"

"Shane- "

"I'm so confused because you were pissed about me bringing Aiden to the arena and that he met Paul. It's really confusing because you didn't want to even do this storyline with Paul because you seemed to not like him and now he's here at your house. You do realize that dad is going to be pissed right? One of the rules was that you can't date any of the wrestlers" Stephanie's eyes widened at the mention of Vince. This definitely couldn't get back to him especially since nothing was actually even going on between her and Paul. Even though she was beginning to want that.

"Shane you can't tell dad about this. I already told you it was completely innocent. Paul and I are not dating we are just friends. You're right though at first I didn't really care for Paul but doing this storyline I've got to know him better. I was mad about Aiden being at the arena in general not that he met Paul" Stephanie replied lying about the last part but she was not about to tell the truth.

"I'm not going to tell dad" Shane said running his hand through his hair. "I'm just warning you if you are trying to date Paul and dad finds out that he's going to be pissed. It's your life and I can't tell you what to do because it's none of my business. The only thing I'm pissed off about though is that you are leading Jake on and it isn't right. He's a good guy and I don't want to see my friend hurt so you need to call him and tell him the truth."

"I will call Jake. I'm not trying to date Paul though. I only like him as a friend" Stephanie lied as Shane moved past her and twisted the doorknob of the front door.

"Don't lie to me Stephanie" Shane replied before opening the door and walking inside. She stood there wondering if it was really obvious that she did have feelings for Paul or if she was just a bad liar. Shaking her head of those thoughts she walked back inside and the first thing she noticed was Paul and Aiden sitting at the table eating cereal.

"Uncle Shane!" Aiden called excitedly dropping his spoon in his bowl and standing up in the chair.

"Aiden sit down! You could lose your balance and hurt yourself" Stephanie scolded him but Shane picked him up and hugged him.

"There he isn't standing up in the chair anymore" Shane said and Stephanie narrowed her eyes at him. Now she wasn't sure if Aiden got his smart ass attitude from Shane or his father, probably both.

"Paul made me cereal for breakfast" Aiden said trying to get Shane's attention back on to him.

"That was nice of him" Shane replied sitting Aiden back down in the chair. "Just sit back down here and finish it okay?"

"Okay" Aiden said picking the spoon back up and continued to eat.

"My cooking skills are pretty limited so he settled for cereal" Paul said with a chuckle and Stephanie looked over at him feeling her heart speed up with a just a simple look at him. It was going to be hard to keep her emotions in check.

"Thank you Paul for taking care of him while I was outside. I wasn't sure if he would stay asleep or not"

"It wasn't a problem" Paul replied smiling at her. Well so far at least he didn't seem uncomfortable with waking up with her on top of him. Maybe things wouldn't be so awkward after all and he would just pretend it didn't happen. In a way that thought comforted her but then again it didn't. She wanted him to feel something for her.

"Good morning Paul. How have you been?" Shane asked taking a seat in front of Aiden.

"I've been good. How about you?"

"Pretty good. Oh Steph" Shane said turning to look at her "Marissa wanted me to invite you and Aiden for dinner tonight while I was here."

"Okay. What time do you want us there?"

"Six or seven will work. Whatever time you can get yourself and Aiden ready" Shane replied turning back around to face Aiden.

"Would you like something to eat or drink Shane?"

"Coffee would be good. I'm not quite hungry yet" Shane replied and Stephanie nodded her head even though Shane couldn't see her and headed to the kitchen to make coffee. Hopefully busying herself would keep her mind off of Paul so she could try to tone down the way she was feeling being around him. Things were probably going to get harder considering she had to be around him a lot. If he wasn't here, then when she was at work she had to pretend be his wife and it was only going to make her fall for him more. Unless somehow he screwed up and that thought scared her a lot. Then it was also made her think about what Shane had said earlier about Vince giving her the rule of no dating the wrestlers. If Paul even had feelings for her and they tried dating and her dad found out well Paul could possibly be fired. Hell if Vince found out that Paul was Aiden's father he would probably be fired. She was honestly surprised that Paul hadn't bolted as soon as Shane walked in and found them this morning.

Zoning out into her own little world as she watched the coffee pot start to fill she hadn't even noticed someone had entered the kitchen until she felt something brush up against her back.

"Having fun?" Paul asked and she turned around to see an amused smile on his face as he put his dirty bowl into the sink.

"Tons" Stephanie replied with a chuckle before turning back around and kept her eyes on the coffee pot. "Thanks again for taking care of Aiden"

"Well he is my son and I'm going to make sure he's always taken care of" Paul whispered in her ear sending a shiver down her spine with how close he was. She could feel his breath on her and she swallowed trying to keep her composure. She tried to keep her focus on the words he just said instead and smiled. He really did seem like he was committed to being in Aiden's life just as he had told her.

"I'm glad to hear that" Stephanie replied clearing her throat before opening the cabinet in front of her and pulled out two cups. "Do you want any coffee?"

"No thanks" Paul replied as she felt him back away from her and she focused on pouring coffee into the cups. "So I guess I'm not going to have much time to spend with Aiden today since you two are going to Shane's later."

"Yeah I'm sorry about that" Stephanie apologized as she finished pouring the coffee and put the pot back in its place.

"It's fine. I know he has other family he has to spend time with. I'm just disappointed that I didn't get as much time as I would have liked"

"I understand that. Maybe next time you are free and you come to see him I'll make sure nobody else comes around so you two can just spend time together without any interruptions" Stephanie replied turning around to face him with both cups of coffee in her hands. "Well I better get one of these cups to Shane."

"Okay. Do you mind if I grab a water?" Paul asked as she was walking out of the kitchen.

"Help yourself" Stephanie replied and walked back into where Shane and Aiden were.

Paul walked over to the refrigerator and grabbed a bottle of water. He actually felt nervous being around her and after Shane found them in the position they were in this morning didn't help. Not long after Stephanie had run off to talk to Shane without even looking at him Aiden had woken up. So he didn't have time to really dwell on the situation he immediately started trying to make sure Aiden had whatever he wanted or needed. Now that Aiden was content and Stephanie was back inside he kept thinking about her being in his arms. If Shane hadn't been standing there staring at them looking confused, then he would have probably done something stupid like kiss her.

Once she raised her head and their eyes locked it took everything inside of him not close the distance between them and kiss her. She would have freaked out he already knew that much because it seemed like she was trying to avoid even looking at him now. He was trying not bring it up because he didn't want to make her any more uncomfortable than what she already seemed to be. Hopefully things wouldn't be so awkward for her later because he hated when she tried avoiding him and he had just got her to acting like herself again around him yesterday. Paul pushed the thoughts out of his mind and rubbed the back of his sore neck from the angle he had slept in last night. Then he started making his way back out of the kitchen to spend more time with Aiden. He hoped that Shane would leave soon though, it wasn't that he didn't like Shane and Shane had been friendly to him. It was just the fact he wanted to spend time with Aiden alone and he didn't need Shane getting suspicious of why he was spending time with Aiden.

When Paul made it back to the table and sat back down beside of Aiden he noticed Stephanie looked annoyed as she drank her coffee. He wasn't sure why she was because she had seemed okay in the kitchen.

"So when are you going to call him?" Shane asked after taking a drink of his coffee.

"When I get the chance Shane. I have company and it would rude to call him right now. Besides it's way too early and I don't know if he's up" Stephanie replied and sat her coffee down on the table with a sigh. He wondered who they were talking about but he kept his mouth shut because it really wasn't any of his business.

"Just make sure you do it today because I told him last night I would have you call him today no matter if you were busy or not" Shane said looking away from her quickly and taking another drink of his coffee.

"Shane" Stephanie replied in an annoyed tone.

"You can't put it off Stephanie. So I made sure you couldn't so don't make me out to be a liar" Shane said giving Stephanie a stern look. "Jake will let me know if you don't."

That was Paul realized they were talking about Stephanie's boyfriend and he felt his anger start to rise a little. He knew he had no right to get mad or jealous but he couldn't help it. It was a good thing he hadn't got to kiss her like he felt like doing this morning and not just because she would have freaked but because he had forgot that she had a boyfriend. All this time he had been thinking about how he had to move on because she didn't feel the same but it was also the fact she was already with someone else. Paul turned his attention to Aiden to try and ignore the conversation and the jealousy he was feeling.

"Aiden don't do that. You will make a mess" Paul said watching Aiden splash his spoon into the milk repeatedly.

"I'm not hungry anymore and I'm bored" Aiden replied dropping his spoon into the bowl.

"Then let's throw it away and we can go to your room and play" Paul said standing up and taking Aiden's bowl. At least he could get away from Stephanie and Shane's conversation about her boyfriend. He didn't really want to sit here and listen to more than he had to.

"Okay" Aiden replied getting up from his chair and out of the room while Paul went to throw his cereal away.

After Paul was done pouring the cereal out he put the bowl in the sink and headed to Aiden's room to play toys with him. When he reached his room he sat down in the floor beside of Aiden who was playing with cars and making noises as he pushed them along the floor. Paul smiled and joined in with him. He got so caught up in playing with Aiden that he didn't realize how long they had been in there just playing cars until he noticed Stephanie appear in the doorway.

"Well aren't you just a big kid" Stephanie said with a smile on her face and he laughed.

"Oh I am" Paul replied chuckling as she came into the room and sat down beside of him.

"Shane is gone now so I thought I would come and see what you two were doing" Stephanie said crossing her legs and stealing the car he had been playing with away from him.

"Hey I was playing with that first" Paul replied nudging her gently.

"That's not nice mommy" Aiden said shaking his head at her.

"You're right that wasn't nice was it?" Stephanie asked handing the car back to Paul.

"Here you can play with this one mommy" Aiden replied handing her a little red car before he went back to playing with his own.

"You know I don't mind if you want to call your boyfriend while I'm here if you want to call him" Paul lied hoping she wouldn't catch him on it. He did mind but he knew her boyfriend had to be important to her and he was here to keep Aiden occupied.

"He isn't my boyfriend. He never really was" Stephanie replied which confused him. He was happy to hear that she wasn't with the guy but he didn't understand why she had to call him then.

"Why did Shane want you to call him?" Paul asked trying to get a little more information. This was the first time she hadn't snapped at him that it was none of his business like she usually did. So he decided to try his luck and see if he could get her to open up more to him.

"So that I could tell Jake that I'm…. not interested in pursuing anything further than friendship. He's a friend of Shane's so he wants me to stop putting it off and be honest with Jake" Stephanie replied and Paul nodded his head not sure what to say to that. He wasn't going to question her decision because quite honestly he was happy about it. "So about this morning…"

"Don't worry about it Steph. You fell asleep on me it's nothing to be uncomfortable or embarrassed about. You've done more than just fall asleep on me before" Paul joked with a chuckle and watched as she blushed.

"Paul, Aiden is right there"

"He's not even paying attention to us anymore and he doesn't know what I mean. Besides I think it's the closest we have been since we got married" Paul wiggled his eyebrows at her and she rolled her eyes but started laughing after. He loved making her laugh, he loved making her blush and in that moment he knew he was screwed. There was no moving on from Stephanie no matter how many times he made the decision in his head. His heart had different plans.

"What's so funny?" Aiden asked with a confused look on his face.

"Just something your da-" Stephanie stopped herself and Paul sat there shocked that she almost told Aiden he was his dad. "Just something Paul did"

"I didn't see him do anything" Aiden replied shaking his head oblivious to what Stephanie had almost said.

"That's because you weren't paying attention" Paul said with a laugh.

"I was too" Aiden replied before turning his attention back to his toys and Paul just chuckled at him. He couldn't help but have hope that Stephanie would really tell Aiden about him soon. Especially if she wasn't careful and just came out and said it. Maybe just maybe she was starting to realize he wasn't going anywhere. He was going to cling on to that hope at least.

After Paul had spent time with Aiden up until him and Stephanie had to leave for Shane's he decided to head home and get a shower. He hadn't got to that morning because of where he fell asleep at Stephanie's and he wanted to spend as much time with Aiden as possible. So when he had walked through the door to his apartment that was the first thing he wanted to do but he was interrupted by his cellphone ringing. Now he had been sitting on his couch for a while now talking to his best friend. Who by the way found it funny that he had fell asleep at Stephanie's and Shane had found them this morning.

"What happened to moving on Paul?" Shawn asked laughing hysterically.

"Shut up Shawn before I hang this phone up and ignore you for a while"

"You couldn't last without talking to me"

"Really? Want to test that theory out?"

"You couldn't do it but I'll move on to another subject since that one is so sensitive to you" Shawn joked and Paul rolled his eyes even though Shawn couldn't see him. "So I was talking to Becca about us coming to see you sometime this week before Christmas so we can give you and Aiden the presents we bought you if you want us to anyway."

"Of course I do and the guest room is all yours for now. Soon it will be converted into Aiden's room when Steph finally allows him to start staying here and then I don't know where you will be sleeping when you do stay here. Anyway you didn't have to buy me anything for Christmas, I didn't buy you anything"

"Seriously?" Shawn asked his voice rising slightly and Paul laughed.

"Isn't Christmas about giving instead of receiving?"

"Screw that I want to receive something" Shawn replied with a laugh and Paul laughed along with him.

"I'm kidding Shawn. I bought you and Becca something for Christmas"

"So are we going to get to meet Aiden to give him his Christmas gift?" Shawn asked as Paul sighed and ran his hand through his hair. He really didn't see that happening because he hadn't even told Stephanie that Shawn knew. Also he was afraid to tell her because she might go off on him and they were finally getting along.

"Probably not. Steph doesn't know that you even know about Aiden. If I tell her things will probably be bad between us again and she probably wouldn't allow it anyway" Paul replied honestly. Shawn was his best friend and he wasn't going to keep anything from him.

"I would suggest getting it over with and tell her. The longer you keep it from her and she somehow finds out well she will be pissed off more than what she would be now. If things go well then maybe you could see if I could meet him?" Shawn asked while Paul thought it over. He really would like Shawn to meet Aiden and Shawn did have a point. "I mean he's practically my nephew and I'd like to see what he's like."

"I know but hell my family doesn't even know about him"

"Wow Paul you really need to talk to her"

"I know. I just hate getting on her bad side" He knew he was going have to talk to her though. He hated keeping this from his family and now Shawn wanted to meet Aiden. She would probably get pissed but it was important things they needed to talk about. Hopefully she would get over it soon when he did piss her off.

After dinner was over Stephanie felt exhausted and just wanted to go home. Also she wanted to avoid the questions that Marissa kept asking about Paul because Shane had run home to confess to his wife what had happened. She had wanted to kill him well up until she found out the real reason she was invited over for dinner. She had found out that Marissa was six weeks pregnant and she was going to be an Aunt. Aiden would have a cousin to play with and she warned Shane that she was probably going to let him or her get away with everything just like he did with Aiden. She was very excited but it was to be kept secret because they apparently wanted to surprise Vince and Linda at Christmas with the news. It was going to be hard to keep the secret but she could do it.

"Mommy can I stay with Uncle Shane?" Aiden asked as Stephanie went to put his jacket on for them to leave.

"You will have to ask him" Stephanie replied and Aiden looked over at Shane. He stuck out his lip and gave him puppy dog eyes.

"Now how can I say no to that face?" Shane asked and Aiden jumped up and down excited that he was going to spend time with his Uncle Shane. "Are you okay with it Steph?"

"Yeah I'm fine with it. It's been a while since you two have seen each other anyway" Stephanie replied laying his jacket back down "come give me a hug and kiss because mommy is going to go."

"I love you mommy" Aiden said running into her arms and wrapping his arms around her neck before giving her a kiss.

"I love you too baby. Be good for Shane and Marissa okay?" Stephanie asked standing up and Aiden nodded his head. "If you need me for anything call me."

"I will" Shane said getting up and walking her to the front door. "Remember do not tell a soul about the baby."

"I won't and you don't tell anyone else about me and Paul falling asleep on the couch together. Make sure your wife doesn't either" Stephanie replied poking her finger into his chest.

"Okay, Okay. Be careful"

"I will" Stephanie replied stepping out the door and giving a wave before heading over to her car and unlocking the door. As soon as she was in she put her purse over into the passenger seat and went to start the car but she was interrupted by her ringing cellphone. She reached into her purse and didn't bother checking the I.D before answering.

"Hello" Stephanie answered.

"Hey are you busy?" She heard Paul's voice and immediately smiled.

"No actually I'm not. I just got done with dinner at Shane's house"

"I was uh wondering if I could come over and talk to you about something"

"Well I'm not at home. I'm actually sitting in my car in Shane's driveway about to leave. I could stop by your apartment since I'm already out if that would be better" Stephanie suggested feeling curious about what he wanted to talk to her about that he didn't want to do over the phone.

"Yeah that will work"

"Okay well I'll be there soon"

"See you soon" Paul replied before she hung up the phone and started her car. He sounded a little nervous on the phone so hopefully whatever it was wasn't bad. She couldn't help but start feeling a little nervous herself but she composed herself and drove off in the direction to Paul's apartment.

It didn't take long for her to reach Paul's apartment building and she made her way inside to his apartment number. When she made it to his door she knocked and within seconds he was already opening the door.

"Hey where is Aiden?" Paul asked stepping aside so she could come in.

"He wanted to spend the night with Shane so I let him since they hadn't seen each other in a couple of days" Stephanie replied walking in and Paul shut the door behind her.

"Do you want anything to drink or anything?" Paul asked nervously and she shook her head no before they started walking into the living room.

"You seem nervous" Stephanie replied as she heard him take a deep breath. She was starting to wonder if she needed to sit down for this.

"I am nervous but I want to be honest with you about something"

"Well spit it out already because you're starting to make me nervous" Stephanie replied with a nervous chuckle and she watched him take a seat on the couch. So she went over and sat down next to him.

"I guess I'm going to do what you suggested and just spit it out. I told Shawn about Aiden" Paul said looking at her nervously. "I did it the night I found out about him before I came to talk to you and you told me you didn't want anyone knowing."

"Oh" Stephanie replied as he looked at her strange. She didn't know really know what else to say because it was kind of a surprise. She didn't know how to feel about it. Part of her wanted to be pissed but then again it was before she told him that she didn't want anyone knowing.

"Shawn hasn't breathed a word to anyone about it and he won't. I mean back when you and I were together he never told anyone and still hasn't. You can trust him just please don't be mad" Paul said taking her hand into his as she sat there in silence just staring at him. "I needed someone to talk to just like you do with your best friend"

"Paul I'm not mad" Stephanie finally replied "I won't lie I'm a little irritated and scared but I think I can trust Shawn. I trusted him back then and nobody ever found out about us."

"Oh thank God" Paul said and Stephanie couldn't help but chuckle at his apparent relief.

"Was that it?"

"Well Shawn told me he bought Aiden a Christmas gift and he wants to meet him"

"I don't know Paul" Stephanie replied shaking her head. Paul being in Aiden's life was already scary for her just because of her doubts but now he wanted to bring his friends into Aiden's life. She wasn't sure if she was ready for that yet even though her doubts about Paul were slowly starting to fade.

"Please Steph. I'll make sure Shawn makes sure not to mention to Aiden that I'm his dad and I'll make him be on his best behavior. He's the only person right now that I'm begging you to let meet him because I know telling my family right now isn't an option or letting him meet his Aunt and other grandparents" Paul pleaded and Stephanie stared into his eyes and before she knew it the words just spilled out her mouth.

"Okay but you have to make sure Shawn doesn't call you Aiden's dad. Also no bad language and I'll just drop by with Aiden whenever Shawn will be here that way Aiden won't find it strange that you brought your friend to meet him." She was sure Aiden probably wouldn't pick up on it anyway but just in case it was better to be safe than sorry. Letting Aiden meet Shawn one time surely wouldn't hurt would it? If for some reason Paul did run out on them then meeting one of his friends one time wouldn't hurt him like it would if Paul left. God she just hoped she wasn't letting her feelings for Paul affect her judgment on what is best for Aiden.

"Oh thank you, thank you" Paul replied pulling her into a hug. Stephanie closed her eyes and relaxed into his arms breathing in the scent of his cologne. She never wanted to let go even though she knew they would have to break out of the hug eventually. She wondered what he would do if she kissed him. Maybe she could work some more kissing into their storyline just so she could kiss him without him knowing how she was feeling. Oh God she was starting to become pathetic.