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Stephanie had been nervous walking to Vince's office so when she had reached his office and knocked on the door she couldn't help but feel relieved when he didn't answer. But the feeling was short lived when she got back to her dressing room and could hear raised voices coming from inside. Without thinking she opened the door and stepped inside to see Paul and Linda standing next to each other facing Vince who was close to the door where she was. The room suddenly felt small and suffocating and she felt like getting out of there as fast as she possibly could. She could already tell that this situation she walked into was bad.

"Did you just think it would never come out?" Vince shouted making Stephanie flinch. She watched as Vince turned his attention from Paul to Linda. "How long did you know about this?"

"I haven't known very long at all" Linda replied shaking her head.

"But you have known and you just kept it from me?"

"I asked her not to say anything because I wanted to tell you myself" Stephanie interrupted as Vince turned his attention onto her after realizing she was in the room. "I wanted you to hear it from me but I guess that didn't go as planned."

"So have you two been sneaking behind my back all these years?"

"No. It only happened the summer before I went to college and then we started seeing each other again recently. We were going to tell you" Stephanie replied watching as Vince got even angrier if that was even possible.

"When? Where you just going to wait until he knocked you up again and then lie to me about who the father is again?"

"She only lied to you because I had left and she was scared. I'm the one you should be angry with" Paul said before she even had a chance to respond.

"You're really not making yourself look any better" Vince replied looking over at Paul who just shrugged.

"I'm not trying to make myself look good. I'm trying to tell the truth and explain everything" Paul replied as Stephanie ran her fingers through her hair. This was not how she wanted everything to go. She had wanted to be better prepared to explain everything but it was all a mess now.

"I think I've put it together. You and my daughter snuck behind my back and she got pregnant and you got scared and ran off leaving them behind."

"I didn't know about Aiden until we started this storyline together- "

"You should have never got involved with my daughter to begin with."-

"I don't regret it. I regret some of the things after- "

"Like leaving her? If you really do love my daughter like you say, then you would have never left her" Vince argued as Stephanie looked over at Paul feeling surprised by the revelation. "it doesn't matter now though. I don't want you with my daughter."

"That's her decision and as long as she wants to be with me then I'm going to be with her" Paul replied as Vince scoffed and clenched his hand into a fist at his side. Stephanie knew things were just going to get worse if they just kept arguing but she wasn't sure how to calm the situation at this point.

"You know what I'm just going to do what I should have if I would have found out about this when it first began."

"Dad no" Stephanie said shaking her head knowing where this was going. "Please don't-"

"I'll deal with you later" Vince replied putting his hand up interrupting her but Stephanie ignored it.

"Our storyline is a big part of the show and if you fire him then what are you going to do?"

"I'll figure it out but right now I want you out of here and I don't want to see hear you or see you ever again" Vince replied pointing over at Paul. "Get your shit and get out of here before I call security and have you escorted out."

"This is ridiculous dad" Stephanie replied walking over to the couch and grabbing her purse as Paul grabbed his bag.

"What are you doing?" Vince asked as Stephanie started to walk with Paul to the dressing room door.

"I'm leaving with him. Just because you fired him doesn't stop me from being with him."

"If you want to keep your job in this company Stephanie then I suggest you just let him go his own way. You have Aiden, my Grandson to think about here." Vince replied making Stephanie stop in front of him.

"I am thinking about Aiden. He loves Paul and you're trying to get me to remove him from our lives. Are you even thinking about Aiden right now and how much that would hurt him?"

"Yes I am and he would be better off without him in his life."

"No he wouldn't. He needs his father and I'm going to be with Paul whether you like it or not" Stephanie replied and started walking towards the dressing room door again.

"So after everything your mother and I have done for you you're going to choose him over us?" Vince asked making her turns back towards him. "We were there when he just walked away."

"You're the one making me choose right now and he might have walked away then but he's made it clear about his regrets. He's not going anywhere" Stephanie replied knowing now that Paul had been telling the truth when he promised he wasn't going anywhere. There was no way she was going to turn her back on him after that and especially since he just lost his job over her. She wasn't going to make Aiden lose his father either, she knew she was making the right decision. Even if it was hard.

"If you leave here with him Stephanie don't come crying and crawling back to us when he up and leaves again" Vince called as her and Paul left the dressing room. There were a couple of wrestlers that hadn't left yet and had apparently been near her dressing room listening. Some scattered while the rest turned away from them and starting conversations with each other. Stephanie took a hold of Paul's hand and they started walking down the hallway and for once in her life she couldn't wait to be far away from this place.

The next day Paul pulled into Shane's driveway feeling unsure if he should be there with Stephanie considering how last night wither her parents went. He already knew Shane was mad at him after finding out he was Aiden's father so he wasn't sure how he would react to him getting Stephanie fired with him. Though he knew that it had been her decision to leave with him or keep her place in the company, he couldn't help but feel responsible. Stephanie seemed to be okay with her decision today and hadn't really spoke about last night. She had cried for a while last night about it which left him feeling hopeless to help her feel better and made him feel bad because he couldn't help. He thought with losing his job he would feel a lot worse than he was, maybe he was still processing it all. He knew he made the right decision though and if he had to do it all over again he would still pick Stephanie and Aiden. The only thing to worry about now was exactly what he was going to do for a job. He wouldn't be able to wrestle at Vince's company anymore but that didn't mean he couldn't wrestle anymore.

"Are you sure I should go in with you? Maybe I should wait out here" Paul said as Stephanie opened her door and started to get out.

"Yes I want you to come in with me. Are you afraid of my brother?" Stephanie teased with a chuckle.

"No I just don't want to make things worse with your family than they already are."

"I don't things can get worse. Shane's probably the only one left in my family left that I'm going to be on speaking terms with and besides Aiden will be happy to see you."

"Okay" Paul replied getting out of the car and walking up to house beside of Stephanie. Before they reached the door, it was being opened and Shane appeared in the doorway.

"Mom called last night" Shane said looking at Stephanie as they approached him.

"I'm guessing she told you what happened last night then" Stephanie replied as he nodded his head.

"Are you sure that you- "

"Yes Shane I'm sure I made the right decision" Stephanie cut him off as Shane looked over at Paul before looking back over at her. It looked like Shane still wasn't too happy with him but at least he wasn't acting like Linda had been to him last night with telling him to leave Stephanie and Aiden.

"Just wanted to make sure you have really thought this through. What are you going to do for a job?" Shane asked moving away from the door so they could go inside.

"Get a new one" Stephanie shrugged as they walked inside. "I'm just not sure what else to do yet or when I'll get another one but I have enough money to support Aiden and me until then."

"What about you? Have you given any thought to what else you're going to do?" Shane asked looking at Paul as he shut the front door.

"I've gave it some thought but I'm not completely sure yet" Paul replied surprised that Shane was even speaking to him.

"Well at least you're thinking about it" Shane replied before looking back to Stephanie. "Mom's worried about you."

"It didn't really seem that way last night" Stephanie rolled her eyes. Stephanie had been pretty upset when Paul told her about how Linda told him to walk away from Stephanie and Aiden which caused Vince to find everything out. He couldn't blame her for being upset with Linda because he was too.

"She does. She's really worried about Aiden too and how all of this will affect him."

"If that were true Shane then she wouldn't have come to my dressing room and told Paul to walk away from Aiden and me."

"What?" Shane asked with a shocked look on his face.

"Oh I guess she left that out. Probably didn't want to make herself look bad."

"Are you- "

"I don't want to talk about it anymore Shane. What is done is done. I just want to try and relax from the stress while I can and figure out where to go from here."

"Okay but I think this might just blow over like it always does and things will be fine with mom and dad- "

"No I don't think that is going to happen this time. You didn't see or hear dad last night" Stephanie replied shaking her head before walking off leaving Shane and him in an awkward silence. He could tell Shane was as uncomfortable as he was and wasn't sure what to say to him either. After a couple of more seconds of silence Paul started to walk after Stephanie until Shane cleared his throat.

"She's putting on a brave face but this is hurting her more than she is letting on. She's really going to need you and I just want to make sure you're going to be there for her, and for Aiden. I don't want to see her hurt any more than she is and I don't want to see Aiden hurt at all."

"Everyone keeps asking me that I just wished that people could see that I'm clearly not going anywhere. That I will never hurt Stephanie again and I'll never just walk away from son. The only way I'm leaving is if Stephanie doesn't want me anymore but even then, I'll still see and spend time with my son."

"I can't help but be skeptical" Shane replied with a shrug. "I just need to know they will be taken care of."

"They will be" Paul replied and walked off to find Stephanie. At least Shane wasn't acting like Vince or Linda had but he didn't really see Shane just letting go of his issues and them suddenly being friends. At least they could be friendly towards one another though and he accepted that Paul was a part of Stephanie and Aiden's lives.

When they finally arrived home from Shane's Stephanie was feeling a little better knowing that at least someone in her family was on her side. Shane had been nice to Paul and actually included him on conversations they were having. She wished her parents could have been the same way but after last night she wasn't sure that would ever happen. Hell, she knew that would never happen, after all her dad had fired both of them. The stress of finding a new job was already looming over her.

"Are you okay?" Paul asked putting his hands on her shoulders and gently massaged them.

"If you keep doing that it will help things be a lot better" Stephanie replied closing her eyes and relaxed into him. "To answer your question though I'm as good as I can be. How about you?"

"I'm doing fine. It's not me I'm worried about anyway."

"Don't worry about me" Stephanie replied turning around to face him and his hands fell. "You just lost your job too. You worked hard to get to where you were and I just ruined it all for you."

"You didn't ruin anything for me. I knew what could happen and I don't regret it. I just wished it wouldn't have caused problems for you with your family."

"It didn't have to. They just chose for it to be the way it is and I can't believe my mother would actually come to you and try to convince you to walk away from us. If she really cared about Aiden or me she would have never done that" Stephanie replied shaking her head. She was still appalled and pissed that her mother would do something like that especially to Aiden. It would have hurt him so much and for Linda even to suggest Paul do that made her sick to her stomach.

"I know. Even I wasn't expecting that to happen but I told her I wasn't going anywhere that I love my son and I love…and that I love you" Paul replied causing her to be surprised. She had heard her dad last night say something about Paul saying he loved her but she wasn't expecting him to come out and say it, right now anyway. She had waited to hear those words a very long time ago when they had dated before. It was taking her a moment to let in sink in as Paul stared at her nervously. "You don't have to- "

"I love you too" Stephanie replied finally finding her voice.

"I know it's not the most romantic way to tell you and I wanted to wait- " but before he could even finish his sentence she kissed him. He wrapped her arms around her waist and pulled her closer as he deepened the kiss. In that moment, she really could care less about what her family thought, especially her mother. As long as she had Paul by her side then she knew everything would be okay.