Stephanie lay in bed later that night staring up at the ceiling. She was enjoying being with John, and she loved all of the attention that he was showing to her but she missed Paul at the moment. She rubbed his arm softly as it lay across her waist.
She didn't know what to do with her life at the current moment, here she was in love with her husband and pregnant with another man's child. Yes, she had feelings for John, but it was nowhere near what she felt in her heart for Paul.
She knew that he would never forgive her though so she felt that she was kind of settling with someone else. John had woken up when she started rubbing his arm but she looked like she was thinking hard about something so he didn't bother her.
After awhile though he decided to say something to her because he couldn't handle the silence any longer. "Hey baby, what are you thinking about?"
"What?" She said startled out of her thoughts by his voice.
"You look like you're thinking pretty hard about something."
"Oh, it's nothing, I just couldn't sleep and I didn't want to bother you."
"Are you sure? You know you can tell me anything Steph."
"Yeah of course I am sure silly." She said not wanting to hurt him by confessing that she was really only settling with him, and would be much happier with her own husband.
"Okay, well get some sleep babe. You don't want to be tired tomorrow, we have a busy day."
"I will don't worry. I think I am just going to go downstairs and watch TV for a little bit."
"Do you want me to come with you?"
"No, that's okay, you should sleep you're tired."
"Okay night baby I love you."
"Night, love you too."
She got up from her place in bed and slipped on her robe before walking out of the room and into the living room. She sat down on the couch before grabbing her cell phone off of the table in front of her. Before she dialed though she picked up the remote and turned on the television as well.
After she was satisfied that John wouldn't hear her from the room she dialed a number she knew by heart. She knew it was late, but she was hoping that he would answer her call.
"Hello?" She heard a gruff voice say.
"Sorry I know I woke you up I just needed to talk to you."
"What do you want?" Paul asked after realizing who it was that was calling him.
"I needed to talk to you about something."
"What, do you want me to move out so that you and Cena can live here or something?"
"No, I miss you and I wanted to talk to you."
"Whatever Stephanie, deal with it." He said before hanging up the phone and yanking the cord out of the wall.
She sat her phone down on the table just staring straight ahead. While she was looking at the television she wasn't really watching it. She should have expected him to do what he had done, she had left him after all but she really did miss him.
She'd have to talk to him on Monday she supposed, or at least try to talk to him.
The next morning Paul woke up and saw that the phone cord was out of the wall. He didn't realize why it was like that until he sat up and woke up a little bit. She had called him and like an idiot he had hung up on her.
Yes he was mad at her, and even more furious at the fact that she was pregnant with a child that wasn't his as well, but he still loved her. He wanted to work on things with her, but he wasn't sure that he could handle seeing a child everyday that was his wife's but not his. He knew that she would never have an abortion or have someone else raise her child.
He just had a lot of things to think about and he knew he needed to talk to his wife. He should have had Kelly in his room and in his bed this morning but after bringing her into the bedroom that he used to share with his wife, and onto the bed, he had made out with her for a moment or so before pulling away and demanding that she leave.
He had wanted to do to Stephanie what she had done to him, again, as he had already slept with someone else once, but he just felt so terribly guilty that he couldn't.
Stephanie woke up to the smell of John cooking something in the kitchen. She was also in the bed again and she could have sworn that she had fallen asleep on the couch after Paul had hung up on her. She got out of bed and then made her way down to the kitchen to see what he was making.
She walked in and saw that he had made pancakes and eggs and smiled. She couldn't believe that he had remembered what her favorite thing to have for breakfast. He looked up from what he was doing and saw her and smiled.
"Morning baby, how are you feeling?"
"I am good, how are you?"
"Great, I woke up to your face, the second time anyway." He said with a small chuckle.
"So you are why I woke up in the bed this morning huh?"
"Yes baby, I woke up to use the bathroom and you weren't in bed. I found you on the couch so I put you back in bed."
"That is so sweet of you; I probably would have woken up with a sore neck if you hadn't done that. Paul never did that; he would cover me up at the most."
"Well baby you're carrying my baby."
She laughed and kissed him on the lips softly before pulling away. He pointed to the seat and she smiled as she sat down. He placed a plate in front of her and she picked up her fork to start eating.
"How am I supposed to eat all of this Johnny?"
"You don't have to eat everything baby, but you should eat as much as you can, you are eating for two now."
"I know, we have that dr. appointment today too so don't forget."
"I didn't babe, it's in an hour so eat up." He said sitting down himself to start eating his own breakfast.
An hour later they were in his car making their way to the doctor's office. They had returned the car she had rented the night before. He pulled into the parking lot and then into a spot in front of the office they were supposed to go into.
He got out and then ran around to the other side to open the door for her. She got out with an appreciative smile to him. He closed the car door and grabbed her hand as they walked through the door. They walked up to the receptionist to check in before sitting down.
John looked around and noticed some of the other women there staring at him. "What are they looking at?" He said leaning in toward Stephanie.
"They either find you extremely sexy or want you to take them right now, or they are amazed that a man actually came to one of these things." She said with a small laugh before glaring at a particularly pretty woman who was looking in John's direction.
"What are you looking at?" She asked the young girl.
"Nothing, just waiting for my friend to come out." The girl said looking back to the magazine she was holding.
A nurse opened the door to the back office and called out Stephanie's name so she stood up and walked over with John behind her. They were led to a small room and the woman handed Stephanie a paper gown to change into before leaving.
She took off her clothes and handed them to John who folded them and sat them down on the counter beside him while she slipped into the garment and sat down on the examination table. The nurse walked back in and took her vital signs while they waited for the doctor to come into the room.
A few moments later the doctor walked in and smiled at Stephanie before telling her to lay back and place her feet up so that she could make sure everything was alright with her area before they brought in the ultrasound machine.
After making sure that everything was okay with her, the doctor left to bring in the ultrasound machine. She smiled over at John who she saw had a very excited smile on his face. She never took him as the kind of guy that would get excited over seeing his child on an ultrasound machine but by the smile on his face she deduced that he was.
"Are you excited to see the baby?" She asked just wanting to make sure that, that was the reason for his smile.
"Yeah, I can't believe we get to see him."
"Him?"
"I've decided that the baby is a boy."
"And what if it's a girl?" She asked wondering what he would say to that.
Before he had a chance to answer the doctor walked back in along with a nurse pushing in the machine. They placed it next to Stephanie and the doctor lifted the gown Stephanie was wearing to just under her breasts.
"Are you ready?" The doctor asked after the machine was all ready.
"Yeah, I cannot wait to see the baby." Stephanie replied waiting anxiously to see her child.
The doctor smiled at both Stephanie and John before placing some gel onto the wand of the machine. "Now this is going to be a little cold." She said before placing it on Stephanie's stomach and moving it around some trying to find the baby.
After a few moments the doctor put the wand back onto the machine and looked to the nurse before looking at Stephanie and then at John. Stephanie sat up as the nurse wiped the gel off of her stomach and looked at the doctor with question in her eyes.
"Why didn't you let us see the baby?"
"Ms. McMahon I am really sorry but it appears that you miscarried."
"What? No that is impossible she would have known if she had. My ex had one and she was screaming in agony."
"Well sometimes these things happen and you don't feel anything from it."
"I can't have lost the baby, like John said I would have known."
"Again I am really sorry but you lost the baby. We don't know why things like this happen but they do. You two can try again in a few weeks."
With that the doctor and the nurse left to give Stephanie and John some time alone. John took her into his arms and held her tightly. She wasn't crying or making any noise but he could feel her shaking. After a moment of taking the news in she broke into tears.
He held her as close as he could, rubbing her back and whispering soothing words into her ear. After a few minutes she pulled away slightly and looked into his eyes. "Why did this happen to us? Was it because I cheated on my husband or because…"
"Baby you did nothing to deserve this and neither did I, but you heard what the doctor said sometimes it happens, they don't know why but it does."
She looked at him for another moment or two before falling into his arms again and continuing to cry.