Hunter spent the morning obsessively checking FedEx's website tracking the package waiting for them to be delivered so he could relax. As soon as the package showed as delivered he breathed a sigh of relief, one down and one to go but he couldn't track that one.
Lifting his head when there was a knock at the door he sighed softly when they rang the doorbell also. Getting up from his computer chair he left his "office" and walked to the front door swinging the door open not entirely surprised to see his sister on the other side, "could you not give me time to answer the door?"
Lynn smirked, "I could but seeing as you're kind of turning into my old brother again I thought it would be fun to just turn up on your doorstep and wind you up by doing both. Are you going to invite me in?"
Rolling his eyes he stepped to the side allowing her to enter, "so what did I do to deserve this visit? I mean you never come and visit me normally."
Walking past her brother into the house she made herself comfortable on the couch, "well yeah but that was because I was afraid you'd pedigree me before but now you've opened your eyes to the love you still have for Stephanie you're kind of a nicer guy so I feel safer coming here without a bodyguard."
Shutting the door he walked into the lounge and took a seat across from the couch in the chair, "so honestly now, why are you here?"
The truth was Lynn wanted to know if Hunter had worked out that Mikey might be his but she wasn't going to actually say that to him, "well I was kind of wondering if you'd heard from Steph yet? I know it's early but well I want to know if she chews you out or if she will be nice."
Hunter smirked as he propped his feet up on his coffee table, "oh I'm waiting for her to chew me out but I don't know if she either has my number still or will think to get it from the offices so I may not know until Monday."
Pouting a little Lynn didn't like that, "that's awful, I don't want to have to wait until Monday to know what happens."
Throwing a cushion at his sister he shook his head, "well if it makes you feel any better I know that the parcel has arrived and been signed for at the McMahon's, I don't know if Steph's flowers have arrived yet though."
Sitting up straighter on the couch she looked at him with wide eyes, "you bought her flowers? Do you have a death wish?"
Shrugging his shoulders he hadn't thought of it from the point of view that she may kill him for going overboard, "maybe? I don't know, I just felt like I should send her some flowers to say sorry for everything and so she didn't think I was just trying to buy Mikey's love or anything."
"What kind of flowers did you buy her?"
Looking at his sister oddly he wondered why she wanted to know, "umm you know, some roses. Don't worry, I didn't buy just red roses as they're so cliché and she's not that kind of woman. I bought a mixture of red, pink and yellow as they all have different meanings and I just thought it would be for the best. They'll signify: love, 'please believe me' and a new beginning."
Smiling at her brother she was impressed with the way he was approaching it, "well I am impressed that you have thought it through this much but you don't have your hopes up do you?"
Laughing he shook his head, "God no. She's a McMahon and as stubborn as mule so I know it's going to take more than a bunch of flowers to get me back in her good books."
Sniggering lowly Lynn nodded her head, "yeah, a bunch of flowers won't get you in the bookcase let alone anywhere near her good books after all of the shit you put her through."
Sighing heavily Hunter nodded his head, "I know, trust me I know. I have no idea what my next move should be after this."
"Well I'm thinking you should make me a coffee and we can brainstorm together."
Hunter was briefly stunned into silence, "you'd help me think of ways to try and get her back?"
Nodding her head Lynn didn't see why he was so shocked, "yes, why? Do you not want my help?"
Violently he shook his head, "no, oh most definitely no. I really would like your help, I just didn't think you'd want me to get her back."
"Eh, what can I say? I guess I'm a sucker for seeing my brother happy. I know the two of you had your ups and downs but she wasn't that bad."
Hunter smiled softly at his sister, "she really wasn't. Me and Dad had a chat and now I realise how her behaviour was just an act of desperation and she wasn't really a bad person."
Nodding her head as she watched him walk towards the kitchen she was impressed with the sense her Father had managed to talk into him, she only hoped it lasted.
Walking into the kitchen Hunter flipped the kettle on, something felt really off about his sister's visit and her behaviour but he just couldn't put a finger on what it was.
Once he had made his sister a coffee and grabbed a bottle of water for himself from the fridge Hunter walked back into the lounge placing the cup on the table and took a seat across from his sister. Twisting open the cap of the bottle he took a long drink before he put the bottle on the table, "so what is the real reason for your interest in Stephanie and me winning her back?"
Lynn stared at her brother debating whether to tell him the whole truth or just make up some excuse. After a brief moment of silence she decided to just lie her way out of it, "my real reason for wanting you to get Stephanie back, well now anyway compared to last week when I didn't want you to have anything to do with her, is because you have let go of the past and are willing to move forward. You've grown up a lot since the two of you split up so I can only hope that she has too because I doubt the love for you has faded and if you prove to her that you've grown up then she may be willing to give you a shot."
"She has to have grown up, she has a child now. I don't know if I'll get her back but I can't move on and close this chapter in the book of my life for good until I find out if we could have ever moved on from the lies. I need her to know that I loved her then, I still love her now and I will always love her no matter what."
Having long thought that this was the case Lynn wasn't surprised to hear her brother say it, she just hoped that when he did talk to Stephanie if Mikey was his he didn't lose his cool and ruin everything. She also hoped that even if Stephanie didn't feel the way that he did that he wouldn't spiral back into the man that he had become when they were apart, she really didn't like that person one bit. Taking a small sip of her coffee she nodded her head, "well let's think about the best way you can go about doing that then."
