The next day Stephanie went home with Paul and they were now sitting on the couch. She was leaning up against his side and she had her arm across his waste. She looked up at him and smiled and he smiled back at her.

"I am so happy I made the choice to come home, I missed you so much Paul."

"I missed you to baby."

"So how about some make-up sex?" She asked creeping her hand down to the front of his pants.

He grabbed her hand gently and stopped her movements. "I don't think I would be able to do that with you right now."

"Why not?"

"Steph you cheated on me, that's going to take some time."

"Fine whatever," She said standing up and walking out of the room.

He looked down and shook his head for a moment. He didn't want to hurt her but she had hurt him so much when she had cheated on him that he felt it should be awhile before they were intimate with each other again.

He got up and went after her after a moment. "Steph baby come on don't be mad."

"Who says I am?" She said when he walked into the kitchen to see her sitting at the counter on one of the bar stools.

"Because of what just happened, the way you ran out like that." He said sitting down next to her.

"So? I have a right."

"I'm not saying you don't but Steph you cheated on me. I just don't feel comfortable doing that with you right now."

"Are you going to keep bringing up the fact that I cheated? I get it I'm a slut and a bad wife." She said started to cry a little.

He reached up and wiped her cheek with his thumb before gently grabbing her chin and tilting her face up to look at him. "No your not, and I don't want to keep mentioning it Steph but it happened, and I am sorry but its too soon for me."

"Okay I get it, no sex until your ready."

Later that night Stephanie was sitting on the couch watching television. Paul had gone to bed about an hour ago and she had said she wasn't tired so she was going to stay up awhile.

She wasn't paying too much attention to what she was watching, she was thinking about John. She missed him a lot but she was trying to stick to what she had decided, which was to work on things with Paul.

She picked up the phone and had just about finished dialing his number but decided not to talk to him and hung up. She couldn't do that to Paul again, she had messed up once, and she didn't want to do it again.

Just as she had started to think about John again her cell phone started to ring. She grabbed it and picked it up before the sound traveled upstairs and to Paul.

"Hello?"

"Hey Steph it's me."

She froze knowing she should hang up. Instead she cleared her throat and replied. "Why are you calling?"

"I missed you baby." John said sadly.

She wanted to hang up the phone, grab her things and fly to him in that moment. "I miss you too."

"Then you should come back Steph."

"John I want to I do, and I miss you so much, but I have to try this."

"Why?"

"Because I don't want to spend the rest of my life wondering if my marriage could have worked if..."

"I guess I understand that."

"I miss you so much and I want to be with you but at the same time…"

"You want to try it with him." John finished for her.

"Yeah."

"Well call me if you need anything or want me to come get you okay?"

"Okay."

"Night, I love you." He said before hanging up the phone.

She sat her phone down and looked at it for a moment before grabbing the control and turning of the TV. She stood up, grabbed her phone and headed up to bed.

The next morning she walked into the kitchen to find Paul putting a plate in the sink. He was fully dressed and she wondered where he was off to.

"Where are you going?"

"To the gym."

"Oh ill see you when you get home I guess."

"Always baby," He said walking over and kissing her cheek before leaving.

A few moments later she heard the front door open and close, and then the sound of the car starting. She walked into her office after making herself a cup of coffee and sat down at her desk.

She looked down at the calendar she had on her desk to cross of some things that had already happened. She looked at the current date and gasped. She had been two days late for her period.