The show was well underway and Stephanie had been trying to get Mikey to go to sleep for a good hour but between people interrupting and Mikey being so overexcited it was proving to be a very difficult task

Rubbing her temples as Mikey went back to the TV and attempted to turn it on again her temper was getting very short, "Mikey! I told you it is bedtime and you are not going to be watching the shows so leave the TV alone and go and lie back down."

Mikey turned around with a pout on his face, "but I's awake, I can watch,"

Walking over to her son Stephanie scooped him up in her arms before she went and lay him back down on the couch and pulled the blanket over him, "no you cannot watch because you need to go to sleep. Mommy won't argue with you any longer, you either go to sleep or you won't be able to get back in the ring to play ever again."

Looking up at his Mom he could see the same look on her face that was there every other time she said something she meant so crossing his arms underneath the blanket he slid further down the couch and closed his eyes to go to sleep.

Bending down she kissed the top of Mikey's head, "good boy. Sleep well, Mommy loves you."

Opening his eyes into a slit he said, "love oo too."

As Mikey quickly slid his eyes closed she chuckled softly and moved from the couch to go and continue with her work.

Half an hour later and Mikey was sound asleep whilst Stephanie was working hard when there was a soft knock on the door. Pushing herself up from her chair she went over to the door and opened it to see Trish stood on the other side with her luggage, "hi."

Smiling softly Stephanie swung the door open wider and stepped back allowing Trish to enter, "thank you for doing this."

Trish shrugged her shoulders, "not a problem."

Wheeling her luggage into the room she placed it in the corner of the room and turned around to see Stephanie gathering together a pile of papers, "I will try not to be too long but there will be things that will crop up so it may take longer than expected. If there are any problems just ask anyone that is passing to come and get me and I will come back."

Nodding her head Trish smiled, "there will be no problems, I will be fine so just go and do your thing."

Watching as Stephanie left the room Trish went and took a seat in the chair behind Stephanie's desk and relaxed.

An hour and a half later and the show was over, most of the people had left and now it was Stephanie's turn to head back to the hotel and get some sleep before they headed to Smackdown.

Pushing open the door to her office she chuckled seeing Trish sat at her desk doodling, "I see you've been busy."

Lifting her head Trish smiled, "oh yeah for sure, he hasn't stirred once."

"Well thank you for watching him. I'm all done here so we can head back to the hotel now, I'm not sure how I'll get everything to the limo but I'll do it."

Trish shrugged as she balled the piece of paper with her doodle on into a ball and threw it in the trash can, "I'll take your luggage and you can get Mikey and hopefully we can do it in one trip."

Stephanie shook her head, "I can't ask you to do that."

"You didn't ask, I offered."

Not wanting to argue Stephanie just nodded her head in agreement and set about making sure she had everything.

Once she was certain all of their stuff was packed and ready she turned to say something to Trish but she had already picked up Stephanie's laptop bag and had placed it over her shoulder and she was now reaching for the suitcases.

Stephanie just shook her head and walked over to the couch and carefully bent down and picked Mikey up wrapping the blanket around him as she situated his head on her shoulder before they walked out of the door.

Once they returned to the hotel Trish walked with Stephanie back up to her hotel suite to help with the luggage and also helping with opening the doors for her.

When she walked into the suite Stephanie motioned with her head to the lounge area, "just put the stuff in there and I'll take it from there thanks."

Trish nodded and walked into the lounge and placed the suitcase on the floor against the wall and placed the laptop bag on the coffee table before she took a seat on the couch to wait for Stephanie.

Carefully laying Mikey down in bed Stephanie tried not to wake him but as she tucked him in he stirred and his eyelids fluttered open so quickly brushing her hand over his head she pressed a soft kiss to the top of his head, "shh, it's okay. Just go back to sleep and Mommy will see you in the morning."

As quickly as his eyes had opened they shut again and he drifted back off to sleep allowing Stephanie the opportunity to tiptoe out of the room pulling the bedroom door shut behind her before she walked into the lounge shrugging her jacket off before she kicked off her heels, "thank god that's over."

Trish laughed softly, "I'm sure it wasn't that bad."

Stephanie shook her head, "it wasn't bad as such, it was just long and stressful. I had forgotten how stressful TV's were and it is ten times harder with a toddler."

Smiling Trish pushed herself up from the couch, "well I should get going as I need to grab some dinner and I should imagine you want to get some sleep."

Stephanie opened her mouth to say something but quickly shut it again without saying anything which just intrigued Trish, "what were you going to say?"

Roughly running her fingers through her hair Stephanie sighed, "I was going to say I'm going to order some room service for myself and was going to offer that you could stay and I'd order you some too if you wanted to say thank you. I realise you probably have other plans and staying here would be the last thing you want."

Sensing that she needed a friend Trish shook her head, "I have no other plans and was probably just going to order room service myself so why not kill two birds with one stone and just eat here?"

Stephanie smiled softly, "thank you."

Trish shrugged and sat back down kicking her shoes off, "it's my pleasure."

Stephanie got up and went to grab the room service menu so they could pick their dinner.


I know this was a bit of a filler chapter but it will be worth sticking with the story and reading the coming chapters I swear.