A/N: thanks to xMyHeartShine, WhitneySheree, and Sonib89 for the reviews on the last chapter. I'm glad you guys enjoyed it.

Chapter 5

Stephen was standing alone, lifting weights when Paul came over and picked up a set of weights, taking the weight bench next to him. "Hey Stephen" he said as he began to lift the weights.

Stephen looked at his friends strangely, the day before he had yelled at and threatened him and now he was acting as if nothing was wrong? "Hello Paul, how are you doing?"

Paul chuckled as he lifted the weight than slowly brought it back down. He shook his head and looked at Stephen. "I love my wife dearly but she is going to drive me mad" he said.

"What's wrong with Stephanie?" Stephen asked, eyeing his best friend curiously.

"This anniversary party, she is driving me crazy with all of the planning. The color of the table clothes, what food we should serve, should the party be inside or outside, should we have a band, should we have candles or lanterns, what dress should she wear?" Paul shook his head. "Why are woman so complicated, It's not like it's the wedding or something, it's just an anniversary party."

"I don't know Fella." Sheamus said. It was now clear to Stephen that Hunter was not angry with him because he was too stressed out trying to plan the party.

"Are you going to come, I know it's short notice, the party being this Saturday and all but with the superstars on the road it's impossible to send them an invitation. She said she was going to send an e-invite, or something, but I don't know if she ever did it or not." Hunter sighed and looked at Stephen. "Did you get an e-invite?"

Stephen chuckled. "No, actually, Cassidy invited me." He said, instantly regretting the statement. He shouldn't have brought up Cassidy, it was bound to set Paul off again.

"Really, that's strange, I didn't know Stephanie had Cassidy inviting people, has she invited any of the other superstars?" He asked Stephen.

"Well, I don't believe so, no" Stephen said frowning, what had he gotten himself into?

"Well what makes you so special, that she invited you?" Paul said. Stephen noticed that his eyes were narrowed and his brow was slightly furrowed. This was not going to end well for Stephen and it was his own fault. He had backed himself into a corner by opening his stupid mouth.

"Well, Paul, don't be angry, Cassidy asked me to be her date to the party Saturday" Stephen said. He sat his weights down and eyed his friend wearily, he wasn't sure what to expect, but he was certain that it would not be pleasant.

"She what? Why would she do that Stephen?" Paul asked setting his weight down and standing up.

Stephen sighed. "She asked me to be her date, because we are dating Paul. Cassidy and I told you this last night. I really care about Cass and I asked the lass out last week and she agreed." Stephen said, he was ready for the backlash he knew he would receive; whatever it might possibly be.

"I thought I told you last night to stay away from my daughter Stephen" Paul moved closer to Stephen his face only a few inches from Stephen's. "I thought I told you if you didn't leave her alone you would pay"

Stephen could understand why Paul was angry, Cassidy was his daughter and he was supposed to be his friend, but that didn't change the way Stephen felt about Cassidy. "I'm sorry Paul, but that's not going to happen. I told you how I feel about your daughter, and she feels the same way about me, and there is nothing you can do about it." Stephen didn't budge; he wasn't going to let Paul scare him away from the woman he was in love with.

"You betrayed me and you think I'm just going to sit by and be okay with that Stephen. Cassidy is my daughter; you were supposed to be my friend!" Paul screamed at him. "You will regret this Stephen; you have no idea how much you will regret this."

"C'mon Paul; I know how you feel, but at least you know Cass is with someone who will never hurt her. I love your daughter and you know I would never hurt her, you would think that would make you happy"

Stephen fell backward when Paul's fist collided with his jaw. When he was finally standing again Paul was gone.