I had a hard time with this chapter so it's shorter than most. Thank you guys for the reviews and I hope you enjoy this chapter :)

Stephanie walked down the hallway to her dressing room and happened to see Linda and Vince walking her way. She had no idea Linda was going to be there tonight but then again they hadn't been talking since the night Linda found out Paul is Aiden's father. Which made Stephanie believe that Linda really was mad at her even though before she left that night she said she wasn't mad. They used to talk quite a lot during the week and now she hadn't heard a word from Linda with even stuff about Aiden. Stephanie had even tried calling her yesterday to see if she wanted to keep Aiden since she had to be at the show tonight but Linda never answered or called her back. So instead Aiden was staying with Shane, at least she could still count on one person in her family to be there for her.

As Vince and Linda came closer Stephanie was expecting them to stop and talk to her but they continued down the hall talking to each other while looking at some kind of papers in Vince's hands. She was surprised and a little hurt they hadn't even acknowledged her but she had a lot of other things on her mind to let it get to her. Paul had asked her if he could take Aiden to his parents' house the next day he was free so he could tell them about Aiden and let them meet him. She was pretty nervous about it because she was sure they were going to hate her and she was nervous about how Aiden would be. Hopefully he wouldn't be scared without her and he would be well behaved, Paul assured her Aiden would be fine but she couldn't help but worry about it.

When she made it to her door and opened it she immediately spotted Paul sitting on the couch and smiled at him. He seemed to have a way lately of making her smile just at the sight of him and from just being around him. She couldn't deny that she was starting to fall back in love with him no matter how much she had tried to put a wall up between them in the beginning. He always knocked it right back down and she found herself starting to slowly believe he really wasn't going anywhere this time.

"Hey" Paul said as she closed the door and then made her way over to the couch.

"Hey" Stephanie replied sitting down next to him and leaned over and kissed him. "Tonight is probably going to be long night."

"Why?"

"Mom is here with dad" Stephanie sighed cuddling up to him. "I have no idea what's going on with her. She hasn't talked to me since she found out about you being Aiden's dad. Then she told Shane which makes me nervous that she will just tell dad."

"If she does then we'll get through it together. I know you want to be the one to tell him but we might not get that chance. Try not to worry about it too much" Paul replied pulling her closer to him.

"You know I'm surprised you're not as worried as I am."

"I'm a little worried about how things will go once Vince knows but I know that it's out of my hands. At the end of the day as long as I still have you and Aiden then everything will be fine" Paul replied kissing the top of her head and she smiled. It definitely wasn't the first time he had said these things but she was starting to believe that he was telling her the truth the more he said it. She just hoped in the end he really was telling the truth because she wasn't sure how she would get through this time. "So do you have any plans after the show tonight?"

"Just going to the hotel and probably to bed" Stephanie replied thankful for the subject change. If she didn't get her mind off of everything then she knew she would just sit and dwell on it and stress herself off out more.

"Maybe you should come to my room and we could spend a little time alone together. Maybe watch a movie" Paul replied before leaning closer to her ear. "Or whatever else you want to do."

"I'm not sure that would be a good idea considering any of the wrestlers could catch us going into a hotel room together and that news would make it back to dad very quickly. Also I don't think I could handle watching Rambo again" Stephanie replied trying to ignore the heat in her cheeks from blushing.

"We didn't even watch most of that movie" Paul chuckled and Stephanie blushed even more. It had been a week since Stephanie and Paul had rented movies to watch and that night after Aiden had went to sleep they had watched Dirty Dancing and then Rambo which was the movie that Paul had rented. Except at some point during Paul's movie they had ended up all over each other. Her straddling his lap with his hand up her shirt but she had ended up stopping things when they started to progress further than that. She just wasn't ready to go further even though her body definitely wanted to. She hadn't even mean to let what happened even happen and she was afraid if she kept doing that she was going to end up sending him mixed signals. "But I'm fine with just watching movies just so you know. I'm sure we could find a way to sneak you in my room without anyone seeing."

"I don't know it's risky" Stephanie replied reaching into the pocket of her jeans and pulled out her cellphone. It would be time for Aiden to start getting ready for bed and she wanted to call him to say goodnight.

"Just think about it."

"I'll think about it but I make no promises" Stephanie replied looking at her phone and seeing that her battery was dying. She leaned forward on the couch to grab her purse off the floor for her charger and brought her purse into her lap. She rummaged through it frantically searching for it but it was nowhere to be seen. "I'll be right back. I have to go to my car and see if I left my charger in there."

"Okay" Paul replied as she grabbed her keys out of her purse and dropped it back on the floor as she got up from the couch and then headed outside her room.

Stephanie hurried down the hallway to try and avoid running into her parents and also because she wanted to hurry to her car and see if her charger was there. It wouldn't be long before Shane called her, he said he would after he gave Aiden his bath before tucking him into bed for the night. But when she was almost to do the door she heard a female voice that sounded like Terri say her name and she stopped. Her voice was just ahead around the corner and she had no idea who she was talking to but Stephanie stepped closer to see if she could hear what was being said.

"As soon as he got here he went into her room. I definitely think there is something going on between them and its becoming even more obvious. I wonder what Vince will do about it once he finds out." Stephanie wanted to just walk back to her room and avoid paying attention to Terri and whoever she was talking to. But she found herself starting to walk forward and didn't even glance towards Terri. All she wanted to do was ignore what was being said and get to her car but she was freaking out a little because if people were talking that meant it wouldn't be long before Vince heard it. Hopefully he would just take it as gossip even though it was true but even if he did she knew it was time to talk to him. She couldn't put it off anymore, she was going to have to tell him the truth.

Later that night Paul walked into Stephanie's dressing room to see her stuffing her charger into her purse and then run her fingers through her hair sighing loudly. Ever since she got back from getting her charger from the car earlier she had seemed frustrated and kind of distant towards him. He wasn't sure if it had been from something he said earlier or something else entirely. He just hoped when he was teasing her earlier about doing whatever else she wanted to do if she came to his room hadn't come off as him expecting something like that. He had definitely enjoyed fooling around with her last week but he wasn't going to pressure her into anything she didn't want to do.

"Hey."

"Hey" Stephanie replied glancing over at him for a second before grabbing her purse and sliding the strap on her shoulder.

"Are you okay?" Paul asked as she looked around the room.

"Dad wants to talk to me before I leave to go to the hotel."

"Oh. Do you think he knows?"

"No because he would have probably just come to my room and he would have probably requested to see you too" Stephanie replied tucking her hair behind her ears. "I just can't help but feel nervous though."

"Do you want me to wait on you and us leave together?" Paul asked walking closer to her as she shook her head.

"No you can go on ahead. It's probably better that way because I don't want anyone seeing us leave together and start saying things. Which is why it's best if I don't come to your room tonight."

"Okay what happened?" Paul asked tired of waiting for her to open up to him. He thought things had been getting better between them lately but now she was acting different.

"What do you mean?"

"Something happened when you went to get your charger. As soon as you came back you have been acting different and you said you would think about coming to my room tonight. Now you're acting like you don't want to be anywhere near me" Paul replied shrugging his shoulders as she looked up at him.

"It's not that- "

"Then what is it?"

"People are going to start talking the more they see us together and it's going to get back to dad very fast. I just think we need to be careful and start figuring out when and how to tell my dad about you being Aiden's father."

"Did someone say something to you?"

"No not to me- can we talk about this later? I need to hurry up and get to dad's office before he makes his way here instead."

"Fine. I guess you can call me when you get to the hotel" Paul replied walking passed her to the couch knowing he definitely wasn't going to be seeing her tonight.

"I'll call you as soon as I get to my room" Stephanie said walking towards the door and opening it.

"Okay" Paul replied grabbing his stuff and stuffing it into his bag. He knew she was right about people talking about them if they saw them head into the same hotel room together and it wouldn't take long for that to get to Vince. But he couldn't help but feel frustrated at the situation and disappointed that he wouldn't be seeing her tonight. He was nervous about telling Vince the truth and possibly losing his job but he was also ready for the truth to come out so they wouldn't have to hide anything from anyone. They would be able to do things together and not have to worry about what was said or who seen it.

Just as he finishing putting his things into his bag he heard the door open and close and he looked up wondering why she was back so quickly. Instead he found himself looking at Linda who had stopped when she seen him.

"Paul" Linda said with a small nod of her head. "I'm looking for Stephanie, Vince is wanting to talk to her."

"She already left to go talk to him."

"How long ago was that?"

"Maybe a minute or two ago."

"Good because I have a few things I want to say to you. It would be best if Stephanie wasn't around for what I have to say because she would probably get mad at me. But I really think this is for her best interest" Linda replied and Paul knew he wasn't going to like what she had to say but he stood there and waited for her to go on. "I don't why you left my daughter all of those years ago alone and pregnant or why you suddenly want to be back in her life. But things are different this time, there is a little sweet boy to think about now."

"I know this."

"Do you know that once my husband finds all out of this out you will lose your job? Which is the thing you do love most isn't it? I think that's why all of those years ago you did leave her because you knew if you didn't you wouldn't have a job in this company anymore" Linda replied and Paul glanced away from her for a moment. "But your job can be saved and Stephanie won't have to tell Vince anything. I can make sure Vince never finds out and this all can just be kept between the people who know."

"What are you trying to suggest?" Paul asked crossing his arms and glaring at Linda. He was trying to keep as calm as he could but he could already feel his blood starting to boil.

"That maybe you should walk away now before they get too attached and you end up hurting them worse later on when you do eventually walk away" Linda replied giving him an icy glare.

"I'm not walking away- "

"That's what you say now Paul but you've done it before and I had to watch Stephanie be so depressed afterwards. When she would come home occasionally to visit while she was in college she seemed like a complete different girl than she was before she left. I would hear her crying late at night and during the day all she would do was lie around watching television. Most days it was like she was just going through the motions of life without really feeling anything until the day Aiden was born. That was the first day in long time that her face light up with joy and the first time she was genuinely smiling. Since then she has put Aiden first, hardly dating anyone and only let Aiden around the few that she did get serious with. Now suddenly she's letting you back in her and Aiden's life like that never happened and that might be okay with her but it's not with me. I won't watch her go through that again and I won't let you do that to my Grandson."

"I would have never walked away from Aiden if I would have known about him. I was stupid and I made a mistake when I left Stephanie but that's never happening again. I will never leave my son even if Stephanie and I for some reason don't work out. I love your daughter and I love my son, I'm not going anywhere no matter how many times you or anyone else tries to tell me to. I don't care if you believe me because the only people I care about actually has some faith in me and they are the only ones that matter" Paul replied just as he heard the door to locker room close putting an end to his and Linda's conversation for now at least. He turned his back to Linda grabbing his bag, all he wanted right now since Stephanie was back was just to grab his stuff and convince to her to leave with him and them head to the hotel.

"You're in love with my daughter?" Paul heard Vince ask and he froze wondering how much Vince had heard of the conversation considering he never heard the locker room door open. "Are you saying that Aiden is your son?"