10 minutes later the girls had been taken away to have a tour backstage so Steve was left alone with Jeannie to talk, it was only then that Steve realised he was only wearing his wrestling trunks and a t-shirt and felt a little uncomfortable. But he made himself busy by sitting down and undoing his knee braces so he could get ready to go and see Summer. Jeannie knew Steve like the back of her hand, she remembered every little detail about him and knew that this was a sign that he was getting impatient and wanted to leave.

Obviously he wanted to go and see Summer so Jeannie knew she didn't have much time, "Thank you for letting me see you" she started but Steve held up his hand to stop her and said "Cut the crap Jeannie, what do you want?" Jeannie looked taken aback at that but soon recovered and then looked down at her hands as she whispered, "I had to know if it was really true"

"Know if what was true?"

"About your engagement" Jeannie replied and Steve felt like rolling his eyes as he threw one of his braces in his bag and then made a start on the other one, he cleared his throat and said "Yes it's true; I'm engaged and extremely happy"

"You don't look it"

"I'm a little perplexed about what's happened tonight, you show up unexpectedly and my fiancé has been through hell in a TLC match"

"I know it was unexpected but I had to see you, I tried to call and say I was coming over"

"That's another thing we need to discuss, all these phone calls at stupid ass times of the day and night"

"I don't know what you're talking about"

"Bullshit!" Steve said sternly, "Do not lie to me" Jeannie just gaped at him for a while, in some ways he'd changed but the temper was always there, "You been trying to call me for weeks now and I know it's you"

"How can you prove that?"

"It's not your usual number you call me on, it was a bunch of different ones but they were traced back to England and you're the only person I know there, so don't play games with me Jeannie" Steve said as he finished with his braces and packed them away properly in his duffel bag, Summer's one was open next to his so he decided to tidy up and put everything away for her.

Jeannie noticed this and said "You really do all of this for her?"

"She's not a child if that's what you're implying, like I said she's heading towards the hospital which is where I'd like to be. Now cut to the chase, what do you want? Why'd you drag my girls out here to be taken away from me again?" Steve could see Jeannie was on the verge of tears and then felt bad for raising his voice, but he wanted to know there and then what she wanted.

"The girls have been driving me crazy lately" Jeannie whispered as she wiped at her eyes, "Saying they want to come out here and see you, saying how much they miss their dad"

"Well we had this discussion a few years back if you remember, but you made the choice to take them away from me"

"I know I did because I thought at the time that was the smartest thing to do, to take them away from travelling on the road and living that lifestyle"

"Yeah and I told you that you could have stayed at my ranch in Texas and I'd fly home every couple of days to see you"

"But it wasn't enough Steve; I wanted you there with me all of the time to help raise our girls"

"And I was until you took them away" Steve replied irritably and Jeannie knew she wouldn't win this, it was an old argument and there was no point reliving it again now.

"Anyway" Jeannie continued "I saw that Wrestlemania was coming up and I saw that you were involved, which at first, did surprise me"

"Why's that?"

"Because of all of the problems with your neck that's why" Jeannie snapped "The doctors told you that you could paralyze yourself if you weren't careful"

"Since when have I ever listened to anybody?"

"Fair point, but when I saw that you were involved I booked the tickets and the flights and decided to surprise the girls with a trip to see you"

"And how long are you here for?"

"For 2 more days before we fly back home" Jeannie replied and Steve frowned, they had to make their way to Raw tomorrow and Steve was extremely busy with this new feud with The Undertaker, Kane and his partner in crime Triple H. The fans had taken extremely well to it so far, but turning Steve heel would be difficult and would need careful planning.

"Are you following us out to Raw tomorrow?" Steve hated to ask but he had to know because if they were going away, he'd have to start saying goodbye to his girls now and it would be painful.

"Yes we're following you, I actually managed to get seats on the same flight as most of you" Jeannie replied with a big smile making Steve smile too, mostly out of relief as he could spend some time with his daughters.

"Did you get access to the show?"

"No I didn't manage to get any which disappointed the girls but they sold out in seconds"

"I can get you in don't worry, I'd want the girls there to see me again"

"Thank you Steve"

"I'd do anything for them, you know that"

"And me?" Jeannie asked making Steve look at her properly for the first time during their conversation, he narrowed his eyes slightly and said "Meaning?"

"You'd do anything for the girls and for me?"

"I'd help provide you with anything towards the girls Jeannie, but as far as I'm concerned we have a mutual understanding which is for the girls"

"So you don't love me anymore?" Jeannie almost sobbed out but she put a hand to her mouth to steady herself, Steve however sucked in a deep breath and said "Is this why you came here tonight? To ask me that?"

"I came here to tell you that I still care about you Steve, I think about you all the time"

"This started about 4 months back, but since the news broke about me being engaged to Summer, that's when you started calling like crazy and hanging up" Jeannie remained silent at Steve's words, she just played with the frill on her skirt, so Steve continued "Look Jeannie I ain't gonna sit here and lie to you, part of me will always care about you because you're the mother to my children, seeing you tonight did bring some good memories back but I've moved on from that part of my life. We divorced on mutual ground because I was always on the road and could barely spend time with you back then because my career had just taken off as Stone Cold, but now things are different and I met and fell in love with Summer and I'm the happiest I've ever been" Steve saw Jeannie wince at that but he continued, "She's my future and I love that little lady with all my heart because she understands me"

"She's not even your type" Jeannie choked out as she wiped the tears away, "She's different"

"That's why I love her so much"

"You really think I'd let somebody that reckless around our children? She's going to be their stepmom?" Jeannie asked with disgust in her voice making Steve stop in his tracks, his trail of thought going south, along with his voice. She did have a point; Summer would become their stepmom, would she be okay with that? But more to the point, would the girls get on with Summer?

"Summer isn't reckless" is all Steve managed to say before clearing his throat, Jeannie however just snorted and said "From what I saw tonight she's got more guts than brains, if she keeps that up she'll be burnt out before she's 30, I assume she's younger than 30?"

"She's 26" Steve mumbled as he continued to pack away his and Summer's things. Jeannie just looked at him, a little surprised more than anything as to why he'd chosen somebody so young, it was kind of an insult but Jeannie shrugged it off and said "She's 26 and you're 45... She's a young rebel Steve; do you really think she'll stick around?"

"Alright that's enough" Steve snapped making Jeannie jump at his sudden outburst, "I love Summer and I know that when we're married she'll be the one I'll spend forever with" Jeannie winced again but Steve didn't stop, "So stop with the trash talk because it's pissing me off and I don't like being pissed off after a show, especially something as big as Wrestlemania"

"I'm sorry" Jeannie squeaked out, "But I just can't help the way I feel about you Steve, I had to come and tell you"

"And what did you think I'd do?"

"Maybe say that you still loved me?" Steve just sighed as he pulled out a pair of jeans and a shirt to put on, then he turned to face Jeannie and said "Like I said, there are a few mixed up feelings inside my head towards you, but I don't want to go down that road again Jeannie, I'm moving forward and want things to be different"

"It will be different this time, we can start afresh and we can become a family again" at first Steve got lost in thought about that, the mention of a happy family where he could see his girls everyday filled him with joy. But then when he thought about it a little more, he wanted that happy family to be with Summer... didn't he?

"Look I-" Steve started but cut himself off as he just didn't know what to say, she'd just dropped a huge bombshell on him and now he was even more confused than he was before, dammit!

Why couldn't life just be easy!

"Steve I know I've given you a lot to think about, but I have a funny feeling about Summer, she just seems focused on herself and not you"

"That's not true" Steve bit out venomously and then glared at Jeannie "Look, can we discuss this tomorrow? I'm bone tired and really need to find out what's happened to Summer"

"O-okay" Jeannie managed to get out, a little bit annoyed that this couldn't be finished now, but she got up from the chair and said "Think about it though Steve, you've got 3 people here who really need you"

"I've got a fiancé who needs me" Steve replied irritably and he could see the pain spread across her face, but she brushed it off and then said "I've gotta find the girls" then she smoothed her skirt out and walked towards the door, but before she walked out she said "Please say that you'll think about it" and then shut the door leaving Steve completely at a loss for words.

Summer was lying in a hospital bed feeling the room spinning but in a good way, she was no longer in any pain and felt fantastic, morphine was awesome! She could swear that she was floating she felt so light and carefree and she couldn't help but laugh, but had to stop because she still felt twinges in her ribs. She lifted her arms up and noticed that she had an IV attached so she followed the tubing and found she was attached to 2 drips which were hung above her bed. Why she was attached to them? She found it quite amusing and started giggling again, as much as she tried to think straight she just couldn't get there. Her mind was awash with a floating sensation and she just couldn't think properly, she didn't even know what day of the week it was right now!

"Summer?" she heard a soft voice say yet she didn't know if it was real or not, "Summer? Sis you with me?" the voice said again making Summer slowly turn her head and she could faintly make out a blurred shape, she blinked a couple of times and then the shape came into focus, 2 shapes, 3 shapes, 4 shapes? It was Matt and Jeff, Shawn and Hunter all standing at the side of her bed. She blinked a few times again to see if they would go away but they didn't, so she knew it wasn't a dream,

"Hi" is all she managed to get out before giggling again, "There's 2 of each of you" then she giggled again making all 4 men look between each other.

"Morphine is pretty good stuff" Hunter said with a small smile, then he gently took Summer's hand and said "How you feeling?"

"Awesome" is all Summer said and then grinned making Hunter laugh and then say "Yep definitely morphine"

"I feel like I'm floating" Summer said happily as she stared at all 4 men, they were still a little blurry but she could make out who was who, she smiled at her brothers and then said "We're champions"

Jeff smirked and said "Yes sis we are"

"Yep we did it Summer, we're all champions" Matt added in as he gently stroked Summer's arm. "Why aren't you in a hospital bed?" she asked them, "How come I'm the only beat up one?"

"Summer you fell through 4 tables and caught the back of a ladder and lost a lot of blood, god knows what condition your ribs are in"

"But-"

"We're pretty banged up too Sums" Jeff said and winced as he gently sat on the chair beside her, his ribs were also taped up from being bruised and battered from falling off ladders and in and out of the ring. Matt had stitches in his head and his knee was taped up from twisting it, he was battered, bruised and extremely sore.

"Don't think that you're not strong sweetie" Shawn said startling everybody because the room had fallen quiet, "You were just as strong as everybody else out there, things can go wrong and it just so happened that Edge speared you instead of Jeff and you had an unfortunate landing"

"That hurt like hell" Summer murmured as she did feel pretty sleepy now, but she fought the urge to stay awake and said "I saw stars for ages"

"It was a nasty blow I'll admit that" Hunter said, "I watched the footage again and you really hit the corner of that ladder with force"

"Adam feels really bad about it though" Shawn added in, "They wanted to come and see you but the hospital didn't want that many people here"

"How come you are here? I thought you had to catch a flight?" Summer asked as she was pretty confused as to why they were here with her, "We've gotta catch a redeye flight in a few hours but we had to see you before we left" Matt replied and Summer tried to sit up and say "I wanna come too" but she felt woozy and had to lie back down, Shawn helped her and said "Sweetheart there's no way the hospital with discharge you until you've had a good sleep and can cope with the pain, Vince booked you on the next redeye flight in the morning"

"On my own?" Summer asked worriedly, she didn't want to be left on her own in case she collapsed, "Steve is staying with you" Shawn reassured but he could tell that Summer didn't look too happy about it, "Where is he?"

"Erm..." Is all Hunter said as he looked at Shawn who looked back at him, should they tell her that he's with Jeannie? They happened to be standing by when they saw Steve walk down the corridor with Jeannie and their two daughters and were left pretty speechless, because it looked like old times. Steve used to bring Jeannie with him to the arenas with the kids whenever he could and they looked like a big happy family. So seeing it now was pretty surreal.

Summer knew that by the silence between the two guys, Steve was with Jeannie just like she heard in the training room and that suddenly made her feel tearful. But she held it all back and said "So he's not here?"

"Mark called him and gave him the details as to where you were and he should be here shortly" Shawn replied as he checked his phone to see it was heading up to 1am and they needed to make a move to get to the airport.

"Sis we've gotta head out now" Matt said as he squeezed her hand and said "You gonna be alright?"

"Yeah I'll be fine after a good sleep" Summer said reassuringly trying to convince the guys as well as herself, she had to be on Raw because she was the women's champion now and had a target on her. She would be battling Trish and Jacqueline in a triple threat match for the championship, but then it would end in a no contest because the guys would come down and all hell would break loose. The plan would be for all 3 teams to battle for a few more weeks and then they'd go their separate ways, then they'd have a meeting to discuss what would happen for future storylines.

"Stay strong sis" Jeff said as he kissed his little sister's forehead and then stepped back so the others could say goodbye. "We'll see you later sweetie"

"You can count on it" Summer replied to Shawn who smiled and then waved one last time before they left the room. Summer sighed and felt alone once more, the pain starting to come back, but then she heard a faint beeping noise and soon she felt woozy again, did she just get more morphine? How awesome was that!

"Oh man that feels better" Summer said as she gently shifted in the uncomfortable bed to try and take some weight off her ribs but it was no use, could she possibly stand up? She thought about it but she felt so woozy she couldn't even lift herself, she tried again but she wasn't strong enough and it was getting frustrating. Even trying to sit up was causing a lot of pain, "Whoa where do you think you're going?" Summer heard a voice say and she looked and saw Steve standing halfway into the room, he stopped dead in his tracks when he saw what Summer was doing and he wasn't happy.

"Do not start Steve" Summer said quite angry, "I haven't seen you for hours and now you're going to shout at me?" Steve was taken back at her words and instantly felt a lot calmer, he'd been all over the place since seeing Jeannie and now being with Summer he knew that she needed him.

"I'm sorry darlin" Steve said quietly as he knew that her head must be pounding, "I wasn't going to shout at you"

"Good" is all Summer said and then gently flopped back down onto the bed making Steve smirk, then he closed the door quietly and walked over to her and surveyed the damage, it didn't look too bad on the outside but he knew that on the inside she was bruised and battered. Thankfully her ribs weren't broken as he'd just been told by the doctor on his way up to see her, and she hadn't got any fractures to her skull, just a nasty concussion which would heal gradually in time... that's if she decided to rest and not wrestle. She was just in hospital as a precaution and for her concussion to be monitored, then if she was cleared by the doctors she'd be free to wrestle on Raw. Steve knew not to judge, he'd wrestled on all kinds of injuries the night after a huge pay per view so he knew Summer would just be as eager. After a good rest and plenty of fluids she should be back to normal and back to her normal self. But she'd have to be extremely careful on those ribs, every blow and fall on that ring mat would injure them even more so she'd have to be very careful.

"What were you thinking darlin?" Steve said with a great sigh as he sat on the corner of her bed and gently took her hand, "You nearly gave me a damn heart attack"

"I didn't know it would be that brutal" Summer replied weakly as she ran her hands over her face, she felt gross and desperately needed a shower, she'd tried to clean up as much as the blood as possible but her hair was matted with it and it needed washing badly. She opened her eyes again and saw Steve staring adoringly at her, "Don't look at me like that Steve, I'm a complete mess"

"A beautiful mess"

"That's not helping" Summer replied suddenly feeling tearful, she tried to hold them back but they rolled down her cheeks and then she was crying like she hadn't cried in years. Steve was suddenly taken back by her outburst but he gently cradled her in his arms and soothed her as much as he could, "Why are you crying darlin?" he murmured against her head, "Please don't cry, it kills me when you cry"

"Please-" is all she could sob out, "Please don't leave me" then she cried harder against his chest, the morphine had sent her emotions crazy and she knew that Steve had been talking to Jeannie which meant he was going to leave her.

Steve felt his heart rip in 2 when he heard those words and he just couldn't believe that she'd said them, he held her closer and said "Darlin I ain't ever leaving you, ever"

"Don't lie to me" Summer choked out

"Honey I ain't lying, I won't ever leave you"

"But you talked to Jeannie and I know you'll leave me" Summer sobbed as she clung to Steve tighter, any tighter and she'd bruise his ribs! Steve just held onto her and realised the error of his ways, he shouldn't have spoken to Jeannie tonight, he shouldn't have said anything to her. He knew it was wrong yet he did it anyway and, as usual, he'd screwed up.

Steve gently pried Summer off of him and said "Darlin look at me, look at me honey" Summer eventually looked up at him and sniffed but winced because it really hurt her head, but she calmed herself down and waited for Steve, who cleared his throat and said "Summer, there ain't no way in hell that I'm leaving you, not now, not ever because I love you so damn much. We got engaged a couple weeks ago so what makes you think I wanna leave you? You're my girl Summer and always will be" Summer couldn't help but cry even more when he said that, she knew he meant every word but she just couldn't shake off the uneasy feeling that he would eventually leave her and go back to Jeannie. She was after all, the mother of his children and that was never going to change no matter how much Summer tried to forget about it.

Eventually Summer calmed down and was left sniffling on Steve's shoulder, he smelt his usual incredible self which made Summer smile slightly and then say "I love you Steve" Steve made a noise and then kissed her head and said "I love you too darlin"

"You're not leaving?"

"Nope and never will, now please try and get some rest" Steve replied but felt that Summer was going deadweight in his arms meaning she'd fell asleep. He chuckled softly and said "You crazy girl, I'll never leave you" then he kissed her softly once more and then gently leant her back on the bed so she could rest, but he nearly jumped in surprise when Summer murmured "Stay with me" and grabbed onto his arm.

"I'm not going anywhere" he murmured as he stroked her head softly until she'd calmed down and drifted off to sleep. Steve looked at her and smiled, he knew right there in that moment he'd never leave her and would have to work extremely hard to prove to Jeannie that he would never get back together with her. It would be tough but he was willing to go through hell and back to be with Summer, nobody would ever take her away from him.