Drew was making everything ten times more difficult than necessary. He kept making sexual innuendos towards Lea. Dean was trying to clamp down on his temper.
"Shut up Drew. There's no reason to be an ass. Now, here's the deal. Until we find out the paternity, we are all going to have a role in the baby's life. If you turn out to be the father, we will draw up an agreement concerning visitation. It all depends on just how active you want to be. Oh and you keep acting like a jerk, I'll pretend not to see Dean belt you."
Drew lost his smug look for a moment.
"I'm not sure I would be comfortable having such a dangerous, hot-tempered man around my child. I may need to speak to an lawyer about my concerns."
Lea's face went white. She grasped onto the arm of the chair she was sitting in.
Dean pushed her head in between her legs and glared at Drew.
"Don't you ever threaten her or my child again."
"I find it adorable that you honestly think this is your baby."
"Drew, shut up. You keep trying to pick a fight and this will not end well for you. I'm trying to do the right thing here. But I won't allow you to threaten me and try to instigate fights with Dean."
Feeling better, Lea stood up. She wanted to get away from this scumbag as quickly as possible.
"Why did I honestly expect him to act any differently? He still acts like he is God's gift to women."
Lea forced herself to calm down. She needed to be collected when she spoke to Stephanie and Paul.
Slipping her hand into Dean's, they walked across the arena to Stephanie's office.
She turned to Dean before knocking. "I need to know that you fully support my choice to stay as long as possible."
Dean stared into her eyes. "I'll always stand beside you. You and me against the world."
Lea smiled and pecked him on the deeply, she knocked on the door.
Once inside, she gave them a brief summary of events and her request to be an active participant.
"Obviously I can't wrestle. But I honestly don't see a risk being ringside with The Shield."
Stephanie and Paul had a brief conversation between themselves.
Stephanie finally spoke. "As a mother of three and a business woman, I understand wanting to work while pregnant. I'm just not sure it is the best idea to let a pregnant woman be ringside."
"Before you say no, I've spoken to Dr. Sampson. He examined me this morning. He has cleared me to be ringside."
"If, and I do mean if, we agree to this I'll need a few more details. When do you plan to leave? How do you plan to incorporate your pregnancy into the storyline of The Shield? Are you willing to sign a no-fault waiver protecting WWE from lawsuit should you be injured?"
"I plan to leave before my third trimester for sure. As for the storyline, I guess people can just assume Dean knocked me up. As for the waiver, absolutely."
"I have one more thing I want to check out. Paul have everyone met us ringside. I need to know that you can walk down those steps, surrounded by fans grabbing you, and jump the barricade."
"Thank you."
"I guess once we are all out there, you will want to announce your pregnancy."
"That's fine. I would however like to keep my pregnancy a secret from the fans until start to show. Get a chance to take it all in before I get bombarded with questions."
"I understand. We'll make sure that everyone knows that your pregnancy is classified information."
Lea smile brightly at Stephanie. "Stephanie, thank you. I knew you would understand how I felt."
"I do understand but I didn't really have an active role on screen except a few appearances when I was pregnant."
"You must have had a blast. Vince feuding with Shawn and Paul. Those innuendos about who the father was."
"It was priceless what they would say. My favorite part was when Paul posted that baby picture the week after Aurora was born. Pure comedic gold."
Lea and Dean followed Stephanie to ringside. Paul had every wrestler and diva line the stairway. They were to act like the overzealous fans who grabbed The Shield each time they came to the ring.
Dean and Lea took their usual place. While Roman and Seth went to the other stairway. Lea noticed Drew had pushed his way to the front. She quietly whispered to Dean. He smirked a little. It certainly wouldn't be his fault if McIntyre got an elbow to his gut. Just a random accident. Perfect case for added security.
Steph made them do this exercise repeatedly, jumping the barricade, running to make their escape, until they were sore. She noticed a few areas where security could be beefed up. Satisfied, she told everyone to take a seat.
She motioned for Lea to come stand next to her.
"As you probably noticed, both Dean and I were absent over the weekend. Friday I was feeling extremely ill. So I went to the doctor. He told me that I'm pregnant."
As her fellow wrestlers began to congratulate her, Drew grew more and more disgusted.
"Aww princess, you left out the juicy details. Too ashamed to admit that you're a slut. A whore who doesn't know the true paternity of her bastard baby."
Lea recoiled against his verbal assault. Yet before Dean could react, Punk leaned over and slapped the back of Drew's head.
"Never let me hear you disrespecting Lea or any other woman again."
Disgusted that Drew had chosen once again take the low road, Stephanie decided to pull Drew from his match. She refused to reward his childish behavior with tv time. She replaced him with Justin Gabriel. Perhaps if he kept losing television time, he'd learn to grow up. She felt sympathy for Lea.
Dean and the guys walked over to Lea and flanked her. If anyone else had any crude remarks to make, they'd find out the hard way it was best to keep their mouths closed or have it shut for them.
Thankfully, everyone else seemed genuinely happy and supportive of Lea. No one asked her about what Drew had said.
Like a true lady, Lea stood with her head held high. She thanked everyone for their support.
"I would also like to ask that no one mentions this outside of the WWE. At least until I'm past my first trimester. I plan to be ringside until I go on maternity leave in a few months."
Stephanie dismissed the meeting, pulling Drew aside. She wanted to speak to him about his attitude and disrespect. She also informed him about his match. He was pissed but it was his fault.