This is for levesque fan forever because she was bugging me for a new chapter lol This is also for all of you who wanted to know more about why Hunter behaved like he did, I hope this shines a light on it for you.

Hunter had been in a foul mood ever since he had left Stephanie's office and nobody had dared come anywhere near him so currently he was sat all alone in the locker room after everyone else had left like rats jumping from a sinking ship.

Chris Jericho was the first person brave enough to enter the locker room. Rifling through his bag looking for his knee pads his body stiffened when he heard Hunter say, "Jericho have you got a minute?"

Dropping his knee pads onto the top of his bag Jericho took a seat next to Hunter but not too close, "I do, as long as it doesn't involve you beating me up."

Hunter shook his head, "no it's not like that, I wanted to ask a question. A ghost from the past has reappeared and I need to lay some skeletons to rest."

Jericho knew exactly who he was talking about, "I had heard that Stephanie was back."

Hunter nodded, "yeah she is. I need to know that when the two of you were aligned a few years back you were more than just business partners."

Slowly shuffling away from Hunter so he had more of a chance to get away if things were to turn nasty Jericho gulped before he said, "we weren't. I'm not saying I wouldn't have liked to have been but you see she was too hung up on this guy that she loved and when I did make advances she shut me down faster than you can say 'shut down'."

Turning his head to look at Jericho he frowned feeling his heart break a little at the revelation, "she loved somebody else?"

Nodding his head slowly, "yeah, he was a real jerk to her but for some reason she never stopped loving him. You'd think after her husband kicked her to the curb in such a violent manner she would hate him but she didn't."

Jericho took pleasure watching as Hunter's eyes widened as he realised what he was being told, "yes Hunter, she still loved you. Even though she never said the actual words I believe it was true."

Running his hands over his face wearily Hunter really hadn't expected that answer when he had answered the question, "well she fucked everything up by cheating on me with Kurt and lying about the pregnancy."

Jericho's head snapped to the side so fast he actually felt a twinge of pain in it, "she cheated on you with Kurt? You have to be fucking kidding me."

Hunter shook his head, "she never admitted it but it happened, I know it did."

"But it didn't Hunter, she never cheated on you with Kurt. I swore to Stephanie I wouldn't tell a soul about the things we discussed when we were alone together in her hotel room as I comforted her as she cried over you . . . but I can tell you she never eeeevvvvvveeeeeerrrrr cheated on you, no matter what you think about her or your relationship never doubt her commitment to you."

Hunter rested his elbows on his knees and put his head in his hands but instead of feeling sympathy for him Jericho stood up feeling only anger, "you threw your marriage away over your insecurities. Whether you say it's about the pregnancy she lied about or not if you really loved and cared for her and showed her that then she wouldn't have needed to lie about a pregnancy just to get some attention from you. Rumour has it she has a kid now so clearly whilst you've been wallowing in your own misery and surrounding yourself by bimbos she's picked herself up, dusted herself down and moved on and you missed out."

With that said Jericho grabbed his knee pads and stormed out of the locker room punctuating his exit by the slam of the door.

Hunter felt like his head was about to explode so he did the only thing he knew would calm him down he stood up and grabbed his bag before he headed out to go to the gym and work off some steam.

Stephanie was sat in her office quietly getting on with her work trying not to think about Hunter but it was hard knowing he was in the same building as she was, it felt like he was so close but yet so far away from her. Angrily she shook her head to get any thoughts of him out of her mind as he did not deserve to be in there.

Sighing heavily she pushed her laptop away and stood up from her chair before she went over to the suitcase with all of Mikey's toys and pulled out a puzzle because she really didn't want to do any more work right now, "how about we do this Mikey?"

Mikey nodded excitedly at the prospect of his Mom helping him, "you help?"

Nodding her head she smiled, "I would love to."

Opening the box she emptied all of the contents onto the floor and started turning the pieces over so Mikey could put them together.

Sitting there occasionally helping Mikey put together the puzzle she groaned lowly when there was a knock at the door, "come in."

The door opened and Chris Jericho walked in, "Jericho, well this is a surprise."

Chris Jericho smiled softly at her, "yeah, long time no see Steph. Who's the little one?"

Narrowing her eyes she looked at him suspiciously, "why do you care? Why do you think it is any of your business?"

Putting his hands up in defence he pushed the door to make sure it was shut, "just making small talk. Talking of talk though, you will never guess the conversation I had with your ex-husband."

Angrily standing up from the floor she stalked over to Jericho and grabbed him by the arm and pulled him to the far corner of the room, "don't you dare mention that in front of my son."

Slapping her hand to her mouth she realised what she had said, "fuck. Do yourself a favour and don't say anything to anyone."

Jericho shook his head, "I don't want to, I wouldn't. I know we had our ups and our downs together but I am past that now and I just want you to be happy."

Tilting her head to the side she wasn't sure what he was getting at, "what are you getting at Jericho? If this is you hinting at wanting a date then the answer is still no, I'm not going there with a wrestler ever again. If you are trying to get information on my personal life out of me then you can turn around and walk out of the door before I put you at the back of the line for a title shot too."

Sighing heavily Jericho roughly ran his hand through his hair, "I don't want a date with you, I don't want to get personal information out of you, I just thought we were friends and I was being friendly. I guess being friendly is just a weird concept today."

"I'm sorry Chris, I'm just a lot on edge right now being here after everything."

Placing his hands on her shoulders he smiled at her softly, "it's okay, I understand, I really do. The main reason I came by, apart from just to say hi, was to tell you to watch out for Hunter because he is acting really weird."

Snorting softly Stephanie smirked a little, "yeah that's probably because I told him he is behind Trish in line for a title shot."

"As funny as that is that isn't the reason I don't think. Apart from being really angry he actually asked me if anything happened between us when we were business partners all those years ago."

Her eyes widened in alarm and she quickly took a step back from Jericho shaking her head, "no no, you can't have told him, no."

"I didn't tell him any direct information about what you said to me on any of those nights but I did set him straight about you cheating on him, or well you not cheating on him."

Frowning she wrapped her arms protectively around herself, "you didn't tell him anything else did you?"

Jericho could see the fear in her eyes and he wasn't sure what she was afraid of, "what more could I really tell him? It's not like you told me outright anything really important like you still loved him."

"I don't!"

"I never said you did now, you might have back then though for all I knew."

The conversation was interrupted by Mikey gently tugging on her arm, "I did it Mommy."

Plastering a bright smile on her face she turned to him, "why don't you show Mommy what you did?"

Jericho frowned, "Steph."

She shook her head, "no. I can't Chris, I just don't want to go there again."

Knowing he wasn't going to be able to get any further with her, not that he was looking to get out of her how she felt about Hunter for anybody but he was genuinely curious about everything that had happened with her since he had last seen her all of those years ago. Sighing softly he nodded his head in acknowledgement before he knelt down on the floor, "what's your name buddy?"

Mikey looked at him nervously, "Mommy?"

Smiled down at her son she nodded her head reassuringly, "it's okay, he's an old friend of Mommy's."

Mikey turned back to Jericho, "Mikey and you Jerky."

Jericho's eyes widened, "Jerky?"

Stephanie laughed softly, "he can't say your name properly yet so he calls you Jerky."

Nodding his head in understanding of what she had said Jericho turned his attention back to Mikey, "well you can call me Chris if you want. How old are you?"

Proudly holding up three fingers towards him Mikey said, "three."

"Three huh? Well it is a pleasure to meet you Mikey. I should go and let your Mommy get back to her work but I might see you both around somewhere."

Mikey waved as Jericho turned and headed for the door.

As Jericho reached for the handle of the door Stephanie's voice stopped him in his tracks, "what was said in here by all of us is to stay between you and I and is to not go any further. If I find out that anybody else knows anything that only you would know then I will hurt you."

Nodding his head in acknowledgement Jericho walked out of Stephanie's office more confused than ever.