It had been a couple of days since Paul had left and all Stephanie had thought about was him and how upset he had looked when he left and it didn't help that another person that lived in the apartments arrived back not long after Paul had left Stephanie and she said that she had seen him sat outside the building with tears running down his face.

Meanwhile Paul had gone home to New Hampshire for a few days and he was spending some time with his family before he headed out to the weekend house shows. He had told his parents what had happened and they had sympathised with him and told him to just leave her be as she seemed pretty mixed up and he had also spoken to his sister about it and she had said it sounded like pre Wedding jitters only multiplied by a thousand due to the situation that they were in and she also told him to leave her be so that is what he had decided to do, leave Stephanie alone and let her come to him when she was ready.

On Thursday Paul was going to be spending the day with his niece who was only 4 years old while his sister was at work and his nephew was in school and then he was going to spend Thursday evening with his nephew when his sister was home so they both got time alone with him. When Lynn dropped Neysa off Thursday morning she was really excited to see him and then she ran inside thinking Stephanie was going to be there also as she loved her a lot and Stephanie was normally home when Paul was so Neysa was running from room to room looking for Stephanie until she came back unsuccessful and looked at Paul, "Uncle Paul, where's Aunty Stephie?"

He sat down and pulled the little girl onto his lap, "Auntie Stephie's got to work Neysa, she would have loved to have been here today but she couldn't, she sends you her love though."

Neysa jumped off Paul's lap and started looking around, "where is it then? I can't find it"

Paul didn't have a clue what she meant, "where's what Neysa?"

"Aunty Stephie's love, you said she sent it to me."

Paul just roared with laughter while Neysa gave him the pouty face, "that's not funny Uncle Paul."

He composed himself, "I know sweetie, I'm sorry. Me saying that Stephanie sends her love is just a figure of speech, there is actually nothing for you other than for you to know that she loves you and is thinking of you."

"Ohhh I get you now, why didn't you just say that then?"

Paul just shook his head in disbelief at the way she was acting.

The rest of the day went well there were no more problems and no more questions about Stephanie so when Lynn came to pick Neysa up and drop Peter off everything was fine but just as Neysa was about to leave she said, "Uncle Paul there is a picture on the table for Aunty Stephy, make sure she gets it."

He laughed and did a mock salute, "yes ma'am."

Once his niece and sister were safely in the car he then went inside with Peter. As Paul got inside he found Peter looking at the drawing which was of Neysa, Stephanie and Paul together and in what writing she could manage it said 'I luv yoo Ante Steffe' and when Paul saw this he got choked up wondering how he would explain to her that Stephanie didn't want to be with him anymore but before he could get lost in his thoughts Peter interrupted them, "so Uncle Paul where's Aunty Stephanie? Not that I'm complaining at a guys only evening but I don't mind her being here also, she knows that right?"

Paul smiled at Peter, he was only 12 but he understood everything that was going on around him and it was hard to put anything past him, "Stephanie's working and she couldn't be here but she said she didn't mind me coming up to see you guys as long as I made sure to tell you all that she loved you and was thinking about you."

Peter was skeptical over what Paul had said, "I don't truly believe you as you've got a shifty look on your face but I will trust you as I don't think you'd lie to me."

Paul quickly changed the subject, "so what would you like for dinner then?"

Paul really enjoyed the day that he got to spend with his family, it really meant a lot to him and it showed him that even if he didn't have Stephanie he had his family around him that loved him.

Back down in Florida Stephanie was enjoying time soaking up the sun when she got a surprise visitor, "hello there Stephanie, how are you doing?"

She shot up from her sun lounger only to see Chris Irvine one of her closest friends stood there with his wife Jessica, "Chris how could you do that to me? You nearly gave me a heart attack." She smacked him lightly as payback for scaring her.

He playfully grabbed his chest where she hit him, "hey that hurt, is that any way to treat your friends? We're actually here because we had to go to Miami to visit a friend so we thought we'd drive out here to see if you were here."

Stephanie had no idea what they were doing here truthfully and whether Paul had sent them or not but she was polite all the same, "how did you know I'd be here? But lets talk about all of this upstairs shall we? Come on up."

All three of them got in the elevator and went upstairs to the apartment.

Once they were all settled Stephanie again asked how they knew she'd be there and Chris said, "I didn't, call it a gut instinct but when Kevin said on Monday that you'd gone away for a couple of days I thought of either New Hampshire or here and quite frankly as you didn't wait around for Paul I figured you'd come here. So truthfully what's going on with you?"

Chris was a really great friend and he knew when something was up and he also managed to keep his mouth shut on personal problems so she told them everything. Once she had finished Jessica who hadn't said much since she had arrived chimed in, "if you love him I can't see the problem with you being together."

Chris nodded, "I agree with Jess, you love him, he loves you and that is all that matters. There is only two people in the relationship, you and Paul, so don't worry about everybody else only worry about you two. I can honestly tell you though that you have a lot more support out there than you realise."

Stephanie couldn't help but smile, "you really think we have a lot of support?"

He nodded his head, "I know you do. You wouldn't believe the number of people that are happy for you and stick up for you, it's phenomenal. But honestly Steph you have to decide what you want in your heart and go for it. We should get going though as I've got house shows all weekend, take care of yourself."

Stephanie got up to show them out, "don't you dare tell Paul you've been here okay."

He nodded his head, "the same goes for you, you can't tell him I've been here either."

Stephanie laughed softly and nodded her head as they all exchanged hugs before Stephanie was left on her own again.

Paul was back on the road doing house shows but he was keeping himself to himself and leaving the guys alone, nobody knew what the problem was they all thought he was worried about the thought of being tied down but Paul knew the truth. Every time he would be sat in his locker room getting ready for his matches the drawing that Neysa had done would be there in front of him as he had packed it to somehow pass on to Stephanie. It was Sunday afternoon when he saw the picture he picked it up and then looked up at the ceiling and said, "Stephanie I love you, please come back to me, we can get through this."

It had been three days since Chris' visit and Stephanie had finally come to a decision about herself and Paul, all she had to do now was tell Paul what she had decided and hope he was okay with it all so she packed her bags and headed for the airport to go to Raw.