Chapter 26- Back in Session
Levesque Household
Paul was lying down in bed, when he heard his alarm clock ring. Paul grunted and then moved over in his bed to turn it off and then sat up in bed. Aurora was a complete angel during the day, but during the night was a different story. Aurora screamed every two hours for something and Paul barely got any sleep. When his parents said he was going to be doing the hard parts alone, they weren't kidding! Paul stood from his bed and stretched. He threw on a shirt and walked in Aurora's nursery to check on her. Aurora was sound asleep, with a pacifier in her mouth and cuddled into her blanket. Paul walked up towards the crib and brushed her hair with his hand and gave her a kiss on her forehead. He then walked towards the picture that brought a smile to his face. "To think this was a couple months ago" said Paul to himself as he gazed at the picture. The picture was of Paul with his arm around Stephanie's waist and he was holding her pregnant belly. Stephanie had her hands on top of his and Paul's head was lying on Stephanie's shoulders. Paul just wished he could have that moment again.
McMahon Household
Stephanie just stepped out the shower and was now getting dressed. She was excited for her first day of being a sophomore. She has no worries, drama or stress surrounding her. Stephanie finished getting dressed and walked downstairs and seen Stacy, Maria and Trish waiting for her on the couch. "Hey sweetie, are you ready for school?" asked Linda as she looked over Stephanie. "Yes mom, I am ready to go. Did Paul call?" asked Stephanie who was wondering about Paul. "No, not that I know of, but maybe you should give him a call to check up on him and Aurora" said Linda as she handed Stephanie her bag. "I will just talk to him at school, but thanks mom! See you later! Bye, dad!" screamed Stephanie as she walked out the house with her friends. Stacy turned to Stephanie and smirked at her. "What?" said Stephanie wondering why Stacy was smirking at her. "I heard about you and Paul getting hot under the sheets again yesterday. "Who told you that!" asked Stephanie as she looked towards Trish. "Never mind, I think I have my answer!" said Stephanie as she sat in the passenger seat of Trish's car. "I'm so sorry, Steph! I honestly thought she knew, seeing as though you both are so close" said Trish sitting in the driver's seat. "I don't care, it doesn't matter! Let's just forget about it, ok!" said Stephanie looking out the window as Stacy drove. Everyone gave a quick look at each other and then turned their attention elsewhere.
In school
Everyone arrived to the "spot" where they hung out and caught up with each other. "How was everyone's summer?" asked Randy as he looked at everyone. "It was great man! Couldn't have been better!" said Paul with a smile. "My baby girl is here and my new job has got me enough money to move out and get a new apartment" said Paul with a smile. "Congrats dude! When are you moving?" asked Chris. "I'm planning on moving out next week! I might just take Aurora with me" said Paul looking at Stephanie. Stephanie looked back at him and walked closer to him. "I don't think you should take our daughter with you when you move" said Stephanie as she looked at Paul in the eyes. "Well, I didn't ask for your permission or for your thoughts, now did I?" said Paul as he stepped closer to Stephanie. "Well, Aurora is MY daughter!" said Stephanie. "No correction she is OUR daughter and I don't need to ask for permission to take Aurora with me when I move. It's not like I am taking her out of state, I am just moving a couple miles away and we can still keep the same schedule!" said Paul. "I understand that but I think that Aurora should stay with me until your moving gets settled. I mean, I don't think Aurora would be safe in a circumstance where you don't have everything together. Do you really think, you would be able to take care of Aurora without help from your parents?" asked Stephanie as she looked at Paul curiously. "To be honest, yes I do! That is what being a parent is about, Stephanie. A parent is someone who can love and care for their child with all they have. I'm practically an adult now and it is time I start acting like it. I know I screwed up our relationship and I accepted that, but I am not going to let you keep me from handling my responsibilities!" screamed Paul as the bell rung. The group looked at the arguing duo in shock before quietly exiting from the argument and heading to class. Stephanie's eyes filled with tears before she shook her head and walked away from Paul. Paul ran his fingers through his hair as he cursed under his breath. As he grabbed his bag from the table to head to class, an all too familiar voice was heard calling his name. "Paul! Paul! Hey, how are you?" asked Melina as she ran up to him. Paul just shook his head and walked off. Melina was confused. She thought they were cool. "This is going to be an interesting year" said Melina as she headed towards class.
After school
Stephanie headed towards the parking lot looking for Stacy and Trish, when Paul pulled her towards him. "Can we please talk, Steph? I know you are pretty angry with me right now but please just ride with me so we can talk in private. Please?" asked Paul as he moved his hand from her arms to her face as he caressed her cheek. Stephanie looked in his eyes and saw the sincerity there, so she agreed. "Ok, but we are only going to talk about Aurora! Nothing more and nothing less!" said Stephanie as she moved back from him. "Deal!" said Paul as he headed towards his car. Stephanie saw Melina coming towards her and smiled and waved. "Hi, Stephanie, I saw we have a lot of classes together" said Melina with a smile. "Yeah, that's great! I'm kind of in a hurry, so tell Trish or Stacy to give you my number so we can talk!" said Stephanie with a smile as she headed towards Paul's car. Melina nodded and walked over to Trish and Stacy and headed home.
Paul arrived with Stephanie at a hotel. "What are we doing here?" asked Stephanie as she saw their location. "I said private didn't I? No friends, parents or any type of listeners nearby" said Paul as he got out the car and headed for the entrance to the hotel. Stephanie quickly followed behind and waited as he paid for a room. Paul pulled Stephanie to their room and opened the door. As he opened the door he turned back to Stephanie and kissed her passionately. Stephanie, at first shocked by the kiss, didn't kiss back at first but then stopped fighting it. Stephanie and Paul threw their bags across the room as Paul brought Stephanie towards the bed. Paul then pulled away and looked at Stephanie with lust. "It's funny how you could hate me one minute, but then be ready to jump in bed with me the next" said Paul with a smirk. Stephanie pushed him away and sat on the bed. "Can we just do what we just do what we came here to do please?" asked Stephanie frustrated. Paul nodded and sat next to her. "Ok, what makes you think I can't raise my daughter on my own if I get my own place?" asked Paul as he looked Stephanie in the eyes. "Paul, it's because, I just…I don't want to risk putting my daughter in danger!" said Stephanie as her eyes started to fill with tears. "Even though, age wise, you are an adult, I don't believe you will be able to handle her alone! What if Aurora wakes up screaming in the middle of the night, while you are doing an "all-nighter" study crunch, with a fever? Huh? Will you choose to take her to the doctor and stay there all night with her until the doctor gives you the "ok"? Or will you blow off her crying, throw a pacifier in her mouth and go back to focusing on yourself!" screamed Stephanie. Paul sat there and looked at Stephanie in disbelief. Did she really think that he was that bad of a father, that she had to question what he would do in that situation? Paul nodded to himself and then replied, "Well, Steph I know the answer to that question but it really hurts that you don't! It doesn't really matter anyways because this is why we are not together! We just couldn't trust each other no matter how hard we tried! It sucks tha….!" Paul was interrupted by Stephanie. "What is it that you can't trust me about? Huh? I'm not a cheater or an abandoner, so there is absolutely nothing that you should have trust issues with me about!" said Stephanie as she got in his face. "Oh, Steph, but you are so wrong. You see, you told me you were a virgin before you met me." Stephanie was about to reply when Paul put his hand up and stopped her. "I know you are wondering what I mean! Well, let me tell you! Andrew is cousins with Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins and those cousins are best friends with Chris Irvine, who is also my cousin. Now, we were having a boy's night out and talking, joking and drinking, when some interesting information came from Zack's mouth. Do you think you know what I am about to say or is it not getting to you yet?" asked Paul as he looked at Stephanie. Stephanie felt a little nervous. She knows she has never slept with Andrew, but she has….no that couldn't be what he knows. "I don't know what you're talking about!" said Stephanie as she folded her arms across her chest and held her chin high. "Oh really, well then let me refresh your memory. Have you ever heard of oral sex? You know blow jobs, head, eating, sucking and all the other good stuff?" asked Paul as he looked at Stephanie with a quizzing look. Stephanie nodded and looked away from him. "Why look away Stephanie? Are you embarrassed to hear the word "oral"?" You are not a virgin at any of those things anymore as far as I know. I thought I was your first at everything, only to find out that you hand jobbed and dry humped Andrew long ago. Not to mention the fact that he got a little taste of that kitty way before I did. Now how is that for trust!" said Paul as he stepped further into her face, to the point that their nose were touching. Stephanie's eyes filled with tears as she turned away from him. It was true! Stephanie has had oral sex with Andrew, but they were together almost 2 years! What did he expect? "Paul, I admit that Andrew and I have done some things but that was before I even met you! I didn't feel the need to tell you those things! I didn't ask you about Melina and your past until you cheated on me with her! I never cheated on you with Andrew, nor have I ever felt any feelings for Andrew during our relationship. Well, until now, because now I realize that Andrew never cheated on me! He flirted a lot but never cheated on me. Andrew might have pushed me into a locker that day, but he never went that far in abuse before. Mostly fights full of profanity and screaming in the face, but when we weren't fighting, he made he feel like a princess. I love Andrew. I guess I am just not in love with him, and that is why I didn't choose him to take my virginity. I chose you. (Stephanie began tearing up even more) I fell in love with you so fast that I couldn't believe it myself. I was ready to jump in front of a pack of wolves for you and I felt you were ready to do the same, but then there came those times when I started to doubt your feelings, and trust me! If I had felt any doubt before that unfortunate Saturday, we wouldn't have Aurora here today because there wouldn't have been ANY sex that night" said Stephanie as she looked at Paul and saw his eyes tearing up too. Paul caressed Stephanie's cheek and whispered (I fell in love with you too) before leaning down for a kiss. Stephanie turned away before he made contact and he pulled away. Stephanie shook her head and looked at him and replied, "I think this break has officially turned into a break-up. We don't feel the same way about each other anymore. God brought us together, to probably just bring our special daughter in this world, but nothing more and nothing less. We were perfect, once upon a time, but now we are nothing more than an example of what a couple shouldn't be. I'm not making any more mistakes from here on out. Bye, Paul" said Stephanie as she headed towards the door. "Wait! Let me drive you home since I drove you here. I understand how you feel and I give up trying too. So that's it! I must say, it was fun while it lasted!" said Paul as he smirked and then ran his fingers through his hair. "I just need to know if you are going to let me bring Aurora with me to stay with me at my new apartment?" said Paul as he stared at her with begging eyes. Stephanie nodded, walked out the door and led the way to the car. Paul followed slowly behind. "Who am I kidding? I will never be able to get over my true first love and I know she won't be able to either. I will just play along with this break up and then hopefully sooner than later, she will come to her senses" thought Paul as he followed behind Stephanie with a smirk.
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