Mikey was having a lot of fun eating with Trish, Lita and Chris Jericho, he was really enjoying the attention they were paying him and he failed to notice the looks that would go between Trish and Jericho.

Finishing his sandwich he pushed the packaging away, "all done."

Trish chuckled looking at her half-eaten sandwich, "well you were a lot quicker than I was. What do you want to do once we've finished eating?" She was fully expecting him to say he wanted to go and play in the ring again but she wanted to ask anyway.

Holding Bubbles and his new monkey closer to him Mikey's face showed the signs of some deep thinking going on. After a minute he looked at Trish, "I wants to play outside."

Putting a hand to his heart Jericho pretended to fall out of his seat, "oh my God, he doesn't want to play in the ring."

Trish laughed at Jericho throwing an empty water bottle in his general direction, "shut up." Turning her attention to Mikey she said, "did you bring a ball or anything with you?"

Shrugging his shoulders he actually didn't know, "ask Mommy."

Nodding her head Trish and the others went back to her sandwiches they polished them off before the four of them headed towards Stephanie's office to see if there was a ball Mikey could play with otherwise they would find something somewhere else.

Stephanie sat on the floor beneath her desk with her knees pulled to her chest holding them tightly, she had been doing so well, she had put everything with Hunter in the past and forgotten it but now he had to bring it all up again. The simple act of talking about the breakdown of their marriage was enough to bring up some really painful memories for her but him saying he loved her and wanted her back was just too much for her to handle. She wanted to pull herself together and just get on with things but it was so hard.

Arriving at Stephanie's office to see the door shut Trish knocked gently but upon receiving no answer she pushed the door open to see that the office was seemingly empty so just walked in and went straight for the suitcase that had all of Mikey's toys in it. Bending down she started rifling through it before she came across a small ball which would suit the purpose. Standing up and turning around she nearly had a heart attack seeing Stephanie curled up under her desk. Walking back over to where Mikey, Lita and Jericho were stood Trish handed Mikey the ball, "you guys go outside and play and I will be out in a minute."

Jericho eyed Trish suspiciously, "what's going on?"

Trish shook her head, "nothing, I just need to leave a note to let Stephanie know where we are."

Mikey grabbed Jericho's hand and tugged on it, "come on Jerky."

Giving Jericho a pointed look Trish silently urged him to just go so with a reluctant nod Jericho allowed Mikey to pull him towards the exit of the arena with Lita following closely behind them.

Once she was satisfied Mikey was safely out of the way Trish walked back into the office and shut the door firmly before she walked back around the desk and took a seat on the floor in front of Stephanie with her legs crossed, "so who are we playing Hide and Seek from?"

Shrugging her shoulders Stephanie stayed exactly where she was under the desk, "the entire world."

Nodding her head Trish knew exactly what the problem was, "so what did Hunter do? I'm going to kill him."

Stephanie grabbed Trish's arm as she went to stand up again, "no, you can't."

Sitting back down Trish looked at Stephanie, "so you're not denying he did something then?"

Shrugging Stephanie relaxed back against the desk, "he didn't technically do anything."

"Okay fine, if he didn't do something then he must have said something."

Not having anybody else where that she could talk this through with she nodded her head, "he said he loved me and he wanted me back."

Trish squealed and clapped her hands with excitement but stopped when she realised Stephanie wasn't excited, "hang on, if he said he loves you and wants you back why are you not jumping for joy?"

Stephanie rolled her eyes, "yeah, because Hunter saying he loves me and wants me back means I should absolutely go running straight into his arms right? He probably didn't mean it, he's probably saying it in the hopes of getting to the front of the queue for a title shot."

Frowning Trish crossed her arms, "I know Hunter can be calculating but I don't think even he is that calculating. What makes you think that what he said isn't true?"

"What makes you think that what he said is true?"

Deciding to play the child Trish smirked, "I asked first."

Rolling her eyes Stephanie moved from beneath the desk, "how long have you got?"

Looking at her watch Trish shrugged, "about two or three hours, give or take like half an hour."

Stephanie couldn't help but laugh a bit at that which caused Trish to smile smugly, "HA! I win."

Smacking Trish gently on the arm Stephanie shook her head, "this isn't a laughing matter. First he buys Mikey a shitload of toys and sends me a bunch of flowers, now he's telling me he's sorry for everything that happened at the end of our marriage and now he's saying he loves me and wants me back."

Sighing softly Trish knew this wasn't going to go down well but she had to say what she had to say, "or maybe he realises what he could have had if he hadn't dumped you having seen you with Mikey and it has made him sit back, think and re-evaluate what he has in his life and what he wants."

Rolling her eyes Stephanie shook her head, "and now you're talking out of your ass. Nothing Hunter has done or said in his entire life is for anything but furthering his career so nothing he says is from the heart."

"If you don't believe anything he said why were you so upset by it? If you knew he was talking out of his ass why did you let yourself be affected by it?"

Stephanie opened her mouth to respond but closed it again because she didn't know what the answer was, why had she let herself be so affected by it if she knew he was lying?

Seeing the internal struggle in Stephanie's eyes Trish pulled herself up from the floor, "I will leave you and your thoughts and I will go and join Mikey and Jericho outside where they are playing ball. Take as long as you need, I think Jericho is relishing the opportunity to be a kid."

Stephanie laughed softly, "you're not exactly hating the opportunity to act like a kid."

Smiling Trish ran her fingers through her hair, "you're damn right I'm not, it's not often you get to be paid to play with a cute kid so I'm going to make the most of it before you leave again. Bye Steph."

Waving at Stephanie Trish made her way out of the door, she thought she had given her enough to think about and now she could let her look deep inside of herself for the answers.