Stephanie jumped a little when he shut the door as she thought he was leaving but it was more progress if he was staying immediately, "yeah I did."
Hobbling over to the bed she took a seat on the edge of it, "I want to apologise for earlier."
"Which bit? A lot happened tonight that you could potentially have reason to apologise for."
Sighing she looked down at the floor before she looked up at him, "everything. I'm sorry for not listening to you, I'm sorry for biting your head off, I'm sorry for hitting on you just to try and get my own way. I'm struggling so much with everything that I just lashed out at you and then later Dwayne for no good reason."
Moving to sit beside her it now made sense as to why Dwayne had said what he had said earlier, "I get that you're struggling but I'm just trying to help, I'm not trying to make your life more difficult."
"I know, you make my life better just by being in it but it's just easier to lash out at you than it is to talk to Vince and get everything out in the open with him."
Slipping his arm around her waist he held her gently, "wouldn't it be easier just to talk to him and tell him how you feel?"
Shrugging her shoulders it may be easier but it didn't mean that she was ready for the confrontation that would inevitably ensue, "I don't think I'm ready to talk to him about it, it's still too fresh and raw."
He couldn't and wouldn't force her to talk to her Dad before she was ready to which meant all he could do was try to support her, "if that is how you feel I'm not going to force it on you, just promise me you'll talk to him when you're ready."
She didn't really want to talk to him ever again but he was meant to be her Father so she couldn't avoid him forever, "I promise."
Pressing a kiss to his cheek he smiled softly, "thank you, that is all I ask."
Turning to face him as best she could she gave him her best puppy dog face, "does this mean that you and I are okay again?"
Nodding his head he never could stay angry at her for long, "yes we're okay again."
Smiling brightly she was glad to hear that but she still had one more question to ask, "does it also mean that you'll stay the night with me?"
Shaking his head he should have known that this was coming, "seriously? Was one knock back not enough for one night?"
Her eyes widened in surprise, "but I thought because we were okay again you would like to spend the night with me."
"Just because we're okay it doesn't mean we're going to have sex."
Shaking her head she couldn't believe they had their wires crossed, "no no, I didn't mean that. Okay yes I would like to be intimate with you again, but tonight I was just hoping you'd stay and we could snuggle again, I've enjoy spending the past few nights asleep in your arms."
Feeling a little guilty for jumping to conclusions he sighed and reached for her hands, "I'm sorry, I just assumed that after earlier that's what you were looking for."
He clearly didn't realise how quickly she learned her lessons, "trust me, one knock back in a day is more than enough for me to know that you're not ready yet. You don't have to stay if you don't want to, I don't mind."
Deep down he knew that she did mind but she was a McMahon and stubborn so wouldn't admit to it anyway, "I'll stay, I don't mind. Will I get compensated for the waste of a hotel room?"
Wiggling her eyebrows playfully she smiled, "sure. Just name your price and you can have it."
Laughing and shaking his head at her he soon pulled her closer to him and pressed a soft kiss to her lips before he pulled away again, "I'll take an 'I owe you' note for now and cash in when I'm ready."
Pressing a quick kiss of her own to his lips she smiled as she pulled back, "whatever you want."
Getting up from the bed she hobbled over to her laptop bag and pulled out a piece of paper and pen before she scribbled a note:
'IOU one experience of whatever you want, whenever you want it'
Signing her name at the bottom of the note she handed it over to him, "there you go."
Taking the piece of paper from her hands he was intrigued by what she had scribbled on it and was then amused when he read it, "you're something else."
Smiling sweetly she moved to his luggage and opened it pulling out one of his shirts, "yes I am but that's why you love me."
Playfully rolling his eyes as she took a shirt from his bag he didn't know what to do with her, "that's okay, just help yourself to my clothes."
Draping the shirt over her shoulder she looked at him, "don't worry, I will."
Hobbling towards the bathroom she went to get changed and to brush her teeth before bed.
As soon as the bathroom door shut he pulled off his shoes before he got up from his seat on the edge of the bed and started to undress to his boxers ready to just crawl into bed and cuddle with her like she wanted.
Just as he was crawling into bed the bathroom door opened and he watched as she threw her dirty clothes into a pile on the top of her suitcase before she hobbled over to the bed and climbed in.
Rolling onto his side so he could look at her he was concerned about how her leg was as she was still not putting a whole lot of weight on it, "how's the knee?"
Shrugging her shoulders as she got comfortable in bed next to him she wasn't sure what she was meant to say, "painful, annoying, I just want the damn thing to stop hurting."
"I know the feeling from my own knee injuries. You just have to rest it and try not to put a lot of weight on it for the time being, just give it time to heal and if it is no better then you'll need an x-ray to make sure you didn't do any real damage to it."
Sliding over to him she pushed gently on his shoulder to get him to lie down on his back so she could lay her head on his chest, "knowing my luck I damaged it but right now I'm going to hope not."
Laying on his back like she apparently wanted him to he waited as she got herself comfortable before she lay her head on his chest. Wrapping his arms around her waist he pressed a soft kiss to the top of her head, "I hope you haven't either as you'll be a terrible patient."
Slapping his chest gently she took some offence, "hey! Don't be mean, it may be true but you should still sugar coat it for me."
Laughing he just gave in as he wouldn't win, "night Steph."
Lifting her head she looked up at him with a small smile on her face, "night Paul."
Laying her head back down she relaxed as she listened to his heart beat and slowly fell asleep.