There's Goes My Life

Chapter 33 – Control Yourself

Paul's mind was racing with a million thoughts. He didn't know what he was going to say once he reached Andrew's house but he knew deep down this wasn't going to be a pleasant confrontation. How could she not tell him about the baby! What did she think he would do? He would've been there for her. He could've been there for her.

Stephanie was driving with Andrew when she realized he was heading towards his apartment. "Andrew, can we stop by the clinic first before we go back to your place?" asked Stephanie hopefully. "Yeah sure, why would you need to go there?" asked Andrew curiously. "Nothing important, just I know this isn't a busy day for them so I would be able to go in, get checked out and get out as quick as possible" replied Stephanie. "Ok, I guess. What about Aurora?" wondered Andrew. "She will be ok in here with you. She is sleeping now, so I should be done by the time she might wake up. If she wakes up before, just get one of her bottles out the baby bag" said Stephanie. Andrew nodded and headed towards the clinic. He didn't know what Stephanie was going for but he hoped everything was ok with her.

Paul reached Andrew's apartment and took a deep breath before getting out to knock on the door. He waited for a bit to see if anybody would come. "Where the hell could they be" said Paul to himself as he went back to his car and sat awaiting her and Andrew's return.

Andrew reached the clinic and pulled in. "Do you want me to wait out here for you?" asked Andrew as he parked his car. "If you want, you can but I'm just planning on running in and running out. I just need an answer about something. It's up to you!" said Stephanie as she checked her purse and then unlocked her door. "I guess I will stay out here. Good luck!" said Andrew as he leaned over and kissed Stephanie before watching her leave. Stephanie walked into the clinic and hoped for the best as she walked up to the front desk.

Paul took this waiting time to think about what would make Stephanie want to hide her pregnancy and get rid of it. When found out she was pregnant with Aurora, she was 1000% against abortion. The thought of it disgusted her and now all of a sudden she's hiding pregnancy tests and ready to get one. He had hoped it wasn't his recent actions that were making her rethink having a second child with him. He really didn't know what he would do if he found out he was to blame for Stephanie feeling like she had to do this.

"Stephanie McMahon" called the doctor as Stephanie stood up and headed towards the room. "So, you are here for a check up on your birth control?" asked the doctor. Stephanie laid back and nodded. "Yes and it's my first experience with it and I was wondering how well it works! I mean, how well it protects me from pregnancy and other things?" asked Stephanie as she relaxed. "Well, it depends! Have you been having protected or unprotected sex? Either way, birth control is 99% effective, but that 1% still exists! Birth control does not protect from other things such as STDS. Even protected sex can't fully protect you from that either." Said the doctor as she set everything up and prepared Stephanie. Stephanie nodded and felt herself getting worried. "I kind of have had both in the past couple of months. I know I shouldn't have but things kind of happened I guess. It was both with guys I trust and I know don't have anything so I'm not worried about any diseases. I'm just wondering that even though the birth control messes up your period, how I could tell if I was pregnant now?" asked Stephanie as she lifted up her shirt as the doctor put the gel on her stomach. "Well, Miss McMahon I'm going to check on that right now. You really need to be more careful" said the doctor as she looked at the screen. Stephanie watched the screen and silently prayed nothing was in there. "It seems to be all clear in here. You got lucky this time, Miss McMahon, but please take this as a wakeup call!" said the doctor strong and sternly. Stephanie nodded and wiped a tear that she let fall. "Thank you so much! I just had to know and I promise to be more careful! I can't have another baby right now" cried Stephanie. The doctor walked over to Stephanie and hugged her. Stephanie accepted the hug and cried in her arms. "Don't worry Miss! If you become more careful, you will never have to have a scare here again" smiled the doctor act Stephanie. Stephanie agreed and straightened her clothes as she got off the bed. "Thank you! I will be going now!" said Stephanie as she headed out the room. "Be careful, Stephanie" said the doctor to Stephanie as he headed out the door.

Andrew sat in the car and kept looking at Aurora through the backseat. Andrew then looked towards the door to see if Stephanie was coming. He hopes Stephanie didn't think he's that dirty of a pervert that she would have to get checked right after they slept together. He leaned back and saw her coming. He started the car and unlocked the doors as she got closer. Stephanie got in and let out a deep breath. Andrew waited to see what she had to say before pulling out. "Well, how did it go?" asked Andrew. Stephanie nodded and bit her lip. "Better than expected. I'm not giving Aurora any siblings any time soon. The test was wrong" smiled Stephanie. Andrew smiled and hugged Stephanie. "That's great! I almost thought you went in to get a disease check up" joked Andrew. Stephanie looked at him and caressed his cheek. "I trust you and I know you are clean so I wasn't worried about that. I just had to make sure I was baby free" joked Stephanie. Andrew leaned down and kissed her and then began heading towards his apartment not knowing what was waiting for him.

Paul was scrolling through his Facebook, when he saw Andrew pull in. He got out his car and walked up to their car. Stephanie looked up and saw Paul. She was in shock and opened the door to confront him. "What are you doing here?" asked Stephanie as he stood face to face with Paul. Andrew stayed in the car till he felt he needed to get out. "I need to know why you didn't tell me about this!" said Paul angrily as he shoved the stick in Stephanie's hand. Stephanie looked down at the test and felt tears build in her eyes. "How did you find this?" asked Stephanie as she looked at Paul in his eyes. Paul grew angry at her response. "Does it matter how the hell I got it! My question is why you felt you had to hide it!" said Paul angrily. Stephanie shook her head and wiped a tear. "I didn't do it to hurt you, Paul! I promise you that I had good intentions and you said earlier today that you would support my decisions from here on out" cried Stephanie. Paul ran his fingers through his hair. "Well, that was before I knew you were planning on getting our child aborted!" said Paul. "It's not like that, Paul! I didn't know what I was going to do with those results except make sure they were completely right. After that, I would've just worked from there. I just didn't want you or anyone else to know till I knew for sure!" said Stephanie. "I could've been there with you finding out the truth, supporting you and our child! I still can! Why don't you want me there anymore?" screamed Paul. "It's not about YOU! I had to do this for myself! I just needed an answer and a solution and I got both! I still care for you and you can still be here for me and Aurora, but other than that we don't need you" cried Stephanie. "So, you don't want me here for this baby! My baby! Are you telling me that this isn't mine!" screamed Paul. "No, I'm telling you there is no baby! I'm not pregnant! It was a false positive and we just found that out! I'm free! I just want to stay that way and keep from having any more scares, so I'm making sure we never have any more slip ups again. I can't risk it anymore. I'm not ready for another baby and you have other things going on too, so we just need to focus on that and keep our distance" cried Stephanie. Paul looked at Stephanie and walked closer to her, wrapping his arms around her waist. He used his finger to lift her chin and look at him. "Can you honestly tell me you can do that? We staying away from each other isn't possible. I love you too much and I know you feel the same cause I can see it in your eyes! But I will respect your wishes and only come around for Aurora but we can still be friends right?" asked Paul as he whispered in Stephanie's ear. Stephanie shivered at the feeling of him so close and answered. "Yes we can but only friends! Nothing more than that right now!" whispered back Stephanie. Paul nodded and leaned back a little and kissed Stephanie passionately on the lips. Stephanie cried harder and kissed back. Paul pulled back and kissed her forehead before replying. "I guess I can accept that. I'm going to say bye to Aurora and be on my way" replied Paul as he opened the back door. He leaned in and gave Aurora a kiss on her forehead and told her he loved her before closing the door and heading towards his car. He waved to Andrew and Stephanie and then headed home. Stephanie stood there crying and felt Andrew wrap his arms around her. "I still love you! Don't worry, we are going to get through this" said Andrew as he hugged her tightly and comforted her. "Come on! Let's get everything in the house" said Andrew as he let go of Stephanie and led her to the car. Stephanie got Aurora out and Andrew got everything out and settled. After they put Aurora in her playpen, Stephanie walked over to the couch and curled up on it. Andrew walked over, turned on the TV and lied beside Stephanie rubbing her back. Stephanie felt her decision was the right one but she just couldn't help but have an inner doubt inside telling her to run back to Paul. Only time will tell.

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