Stephanie laid there for a moment before sitting up and then making a move to stand up. John grabbed her around the waist and pulled her back down and partially on top of him. He smiled up at her as she looked at him.
"I need to get up so I can get dressed and go talk to Paul."
"Okay, but can I get a kiss goodbye first?" He asked smiling at her again.
"Sure you can." She said smiling at him.
She leaned down and gave him a small kiss on the lips; he deepened the kiss for a moment before letting her pull away and stand up. He stood up as well and the both of them got dressed before she went to the mirror on the wall.
She fixed her make up and her hair before walking to the door. She gave John one last peck on the lips before opening the door. They both stepped out of the room and went separate ways.
Stephanie walked down the hall and towards Shawn's locker room. She got to the door and knocked on it. A moment later Shawn answered and turned back towards the door. Paul walked to the door a moment later.
"Hey Steph."
"Hey, are you ready to talk?"
"Yeah I am."
"My office?"
"Yeah that sounds like a good idea."
"Are you going to bring your bag?" She asked as she saw him walk out of the room without it.
"I can get it later."
"Okay."
He went to grab her hand as they were walking down the hall but thought better of it. She saw his attempt to do so though and reached out and grabbed his hand. He smiled softly at her as they continued down the hallway.
They reached her office and walked into it. He sat down on the couch and she sat down next to him. He took her hand and held it tightly in his own.
"I am so sorry I have been treating you so bad baby. I don't know what I was thinking."
"But why were you treating me like that?" Stephanie asked softly.
"I don't know, I was just stressed with the show and my matches and everything."
"Well you don't need to take it out on me honey."
"I know that and I am so sorry."
"Okay I forgive you." Stephanie said leaning over and kissing him on the lips before pulling away and looking at him.
"I have a match to get ready for baby,"
"I know, so go get your bag and get ready, or you can get ready in his locker room."
"I am going to go and get my bag and get ready in here honey. I will be right back."
With that he got up and walked out of the room. As he left and the door closed behind him she looked to where he had been sitting. She saw something silver poking out of the cushion and pulled it out of the couch.
She realized it was the chain John had been wearing earlier that evening. Just then her phone rang. She leaned over and picked it up, seeing it was John she answered it.
"Hey,"
"Hey Steph, I left my…"
"Chain," She finished for him.
"Yeah, do you know where it is?"
"Yeah I have it in my hand, I just saw it, Paul was sitting on it the whole time, so I am just happy that he didn't see it."
"Yeah so am I. Should I come and get it or what?"
"I can bring it to you tomorrow; he should be back any minute now. How about me meet for breakfast or something."
"Sounds great, my hotel room? I mean we can't meet like that in public."
"Yeah your room sounds great."
"Okay I will see you then Steph."
"Okay bye."
She hung up the phone just as Paul walked into the room. "Who was that honey?"
"Wrong number."
Paul got ready for his match while Stephanie sat on the couch watching the show. Halfway through the show she remembered the paperwork she had to do for her father and got up to go over to her desk.
"I'm up next baby." Paul said coming over to her desk and standing next to her chair.
"Good luck in your match sweetie."
"Thanks." He then leaned down and pecked her lightly on the cheek.
He walked out of the room and down to the gorilla for his match. She was just signing the last of the paperwork when her father walked into the room.
"Hello Princess."
"Hi daddy." She said getting up and walking over to him and wrapping her arms around his neck.
He hugged her back before pulling away and sitting down in one of the chairs across from hers at her desk. She sat back down in her chair and turned to look at him.
"What can I do for you daddy?"
"Well I wanted to talk to you about maybe returning to the show."
"I don't know daddy, I am so busy backstage that I don't know if I would have time for everything."
"Well at least think about it princess."
"I will daddy."
"Okay, have you finished that paperwork I had sent to you earlier?"
"Yeah daddy, I just finished it."
"Great," He said taking the folder that she was handing to him. He looked through it and saw that everything appeared to be in order.
"Thank you princess." With that he stood up and walked out of the room.
She was once again alone, so she turned to the television that had been left on and saw the end of Paul's match with Jeff Hardy. She saw him win the match and a small smile appeared on her face.
She continued to watch the show knowing that Paul would be back any moment to shower and change into his street clothes. A few moments later she heard her phone beep from her purse.
She got up and walked over to the side table by the couch. She opened her purse and pulled out her phone. She looked at the screen and saw that she had a text message. She pushed the button to open the message and read what it said.
Steph, I think we need to talk about what we want to do about us, how long can you stay tomorrow morning?
-John
She thought for a moment before replying to the message.
John, I can just tell Paul that I am shopping with my mom so I can probably stay for an hour or two.
With that she sat her phone down and just as she had done that Paul walked into the room. He walked over to his bag and got his shower stuff out of it before walking over to her.
"I will be in the shower babe." He said once again kissing her on the cheek before walking into the bathroom to shower.
She heard her phone beep again so she picked it up and once again pressed the button to bring up the message.
That sounds great, can't wait to see you.
She let a small smile come across her face before putting her phone back into her bag. She leaned back against the couch to watch the last match. Once the show was over Paul walked out of the bathroom.
He was now completely dressed and had his hair pulled back into a ponytail. He walked over to her and sat down next to her.
"Ready to go?"
"Yeah,"
He stood up and walked over to where their bags were. He picked both of them up before heading to the door. She opened the door for him and allowed him to leave the room before her.
They walked down the hall and towards the parking lot. He opened the back door of the car before throwing the bags into the backseat. He then got into the drivers side of the car and started the car.
He reached over and grabbed her hand, and held it the entire way back to the hotel where they were staying.