The plans were made and Stephanie was packing for a weekend at the spa when an idea hit her, abandoning her packing she turned her attention to her laptop and immediately pulled up flights to the city of Raw smiling when she spotted the perfect flight and immediately bought herself a ticket before she moved up her booking in the hotel by a night, now she had double the packing to do.
She was just doing up her suitcase when the doorbell rang so picking up her laptop bag she carried that and her purse down the stairs placing them on the floor before she opened the door and smiled at her Mom, "Hi. Just give me a second to grab my suitcase and I'll be ready to leave."
"A suitcase? We're only staying overnight Steph, I think that's a little excessive."
Rolling her eyes she shook her head, "I've got myself a flight to Miami tomorrow evening rather than driving all the way back here and then I can sleep in on Monday morning rather than getting up really early to take the corporate jet." Okay so there were many more reasons why flying out Sunday evening worked for her but they didn't need to be divulged.
Linda was sure there was more to her daughter's reluctance to take the corporate jet than just getting up early but she really couldn't fault her argument, "Okay sure. Go and get your suitcase and I will take this stuff to the car."
Ten minutes later and they were on the road headed to New York to pick up Marissa before they made their way to the spa.
Arriving at the spa Marissa hooked her arm through Stephanie's as they got out of the car, "Now you are going to relax, forget about all of the shit and let go of the stress aren't you?"
Playfully rolling her eyes she loves Marissa like a sister and most of the time she ignored the 'in-law' part but she didn't want to have to think about the fact that she was hiding her relationship from everybody, including those closest to her, this weekend was all about relaxing and spending time with the females closest to her.
Linda could sense that Stephanie didn't want to think about it so she simply hooked her arm through Stephanie's free arm, "So who is going to have what done?"
Unable to stop herself Stephanie laughed at the rapid change of topic, "I don't even know what is available so we will see."
Paul had spoken to Stephanie until the early hours of Saturday morning, despite telling her that she really should sleep she was determined not to because she wouldn't get to talk to him on Saturday so she just wanted to talk to him as much as she could whilst she could. His only hope was that she would have a nice relaxing weekend and would be so much calmer come next week.
After a weekend of massages, body treatments and facials all three of them were positively glowing and feeling so much more relaxed upon their departure.
Dropping Stephanie off at the airport first Marissa and Linda both hugged her tightly before they let her enter the airport, they could see such a huge change in her but they hoped it lasted.
Once they were back in the car and she was in the airport Marissa turned to Linda, "So do you think she'll be that relaxed come Wednesday?"
"I doubt it but at least we tried."
Leaving her family at the door Stephanie walked inside the airport and immediately pulled out her phone to send her boyfriend a text:
Spa weekend is over so give me a couple of hours and then we can talk if you want? xxxxx
Checking in to her flight she couldn't wait to get to Miami and hopefully be able to cuddle her boyfriend.
Arriving in his Miami hotel room Paul tossed his bags on the floor before he took a seat on the bed, he had already eaten so now he just needed to relax for however long it took Stephanie to get home and call him but if he was honest he really couldn't wait to talk to her to see if she was in a better mood and more relaxed than she had been for a few weeks.
Reaching the hotel in Miami she couldn't be happier, she was so close to Paul she felt like she could almost smell him, well not really but she was really close and she could almost bounce with the excitement she was feeling. After checking in to the hotel she made her way to her room and dumped her suitcase on the floor.
Heading into the bathroom she splashed some water on her face to freshen up before she looked at herself in the mirror and frowned at what she saw, "If I go and see him like this he will turn me away."
Making her way back into the bedroom she opened her suitcase and pulled out a nice lingerie set she had packed and a pair of skin tight jeans and one of the skimpy tops she wore as Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, she just wanted to look her best for him.
After she had changed and slipped on a pair of heels she picked up her phone and called him.
Flicking through the television channels Paul was bored out of his brain, he didn't want to go out incase she called when he was around other people and staying in was just boring. He was just about to go and shower to just do something productive when his cell phone began to ring so rolling over he picked it up from the bedside table and smiled when he saw his girlfriend's name, "Hello sexy."
Smiling when he called her sexy she blushed, "Who says I look sexy?"
"You're always sexy to me, especially when you have no make-up on and are just you."
Biting down on her lip she picked up her key card and slipped it into her pocket as she quietly exited her room, "Thank you handsome. So are you staying in the same hotel room tonight as you are tomorrow?"
It was a strange question but he had a feeling she just wanted to change the subject as she hated it when he complimented her, "Yes I am and it just happens to be room 369 which I think is the best number ever."
Laughing she shook her head as she made her way to the stairs to head down to his room, "Pervert."
"But my pervertedness is why you love me, and yes I am fully aware that pervertedness is not a word but it sounds pretty awesome."
Sighing softly she couldn't wait to be in his arms so she could hit him for being a dork and kiss him for being adorable, "You're so easy to please these days, I have no idea what I do with you."
Sitting up he could sense some unease in her tone of voice, "I think you mean what you'd do without me but it's okay, we both fell lucky when we fell for each other as no other woman on this planet could match me like you do and nobody else is as perfect for me as you are."
Reaching his room she knocked on the door before stepping away from the peep hole so he couldn't see her, "You're just so sweet."
Irritated by the sudden interruption he hoped it was good, "Bear with me, somebody is at the door."
"Okay."
Walking over to the door with his phone still to his ear so it would make whoever it was leave as quickly as possible he pulled open the door after being unable to see anything through the peep hole.
Waiting until the door opened she then said, "So who's at the door?"
His eyes widened as he saw his girlfriend stood in front of him and didn't even think to hang up his phone, "The most beautiful woman you have ever met in your life." Finally realising he was still talking to her on the phone he ended the call, "Do you want to come in?"
Moving the phone from her ear she nodded her head and took his offered hand as he led her into the room.
As soon as he had shut the door behind them he led her further into the room throwing his phone on top of his suitcase before he turned to face her still holding her hand and gently lifted it into the air before attempting to make her do a twirl.
Blushing as he lifted her hand she slowly did a twirl before she came face to face with him again biting down on her lip at the way he was staring at her, "I love you."
Letting go of her hand he pulled her closer, "You look incredible, I have never had to restrain myself this much with you, you're glowing today. I love you so much."
Placing her hands on his chest she smiled softly, "You make me feel like the most beautiful woman alive, the way you look at me just . . .it just . . . thank you."
Pressing a soft kiss to her lips he didn't know what to say, "You deserve it."
Slowly pulling away from him she lifted her shirt over her head and tossed it on the floor, "And you deserve not to have to restrain yourself any longer."
His eyes grew so wide as he watched her remove her shirt he swore he thought they were going to fall out of his head but he didn't waste a second to close the little gap between them and to crush his lips against hers to make the most of this extra night together.