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CHAPTER 1: First It Was Stephanie…

September 17, 2006. Sunday. For a normal individual, it's just a normal Sunday. It was the last day of the weekend before students had to go back to school the next day; it was the final day of rest for people who had a job. But for WWE owners, superstars and fans, today is a special day. Today marks the day, when we make sure that we are able to tell our most bitter enemies that their sins will be… UNFORGIVEN.

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It was 4:30 in the afternoon and Stephanie Mcmahon-Levesque was in her office, along with her dad discussing matters about tonight's pay-per-view. Normally, she would openly voice out her opinions regarding what she thought would be the best ways, results, and directions for the show and matches to go with, but this afternoon, she was different. She hasn't been the normal, bubbly, attentive Steph, she couldn't concentrate well on this meeting. She was definitely on a different planet, and no one had a clue what was going on with her. She has been this way all day.

-Flashback-

"Heya!" Paul Levesque (Triple H) greeted his wife once he stepped inside their 2-million-dollar bus, preparing to leave for the arena for tonight's pay-per-view.

"Hi…" replied Steph, who was obviously not in the mood. Aurora was with Paul's parents. They "offered" to look after her that weekend, knowing that both Paul and Steph would be very busy.

Sounding the difference in the tone of her voice, Paul asked and even joked: "What's wrong? Ain't you happy to see the most handsome and greatest husband ever?"

"Huh? Nothing…"

"Why do you look gloomy and sound non-happy? What's going on?"

"Nothing… I swear… I'm fine… it's just lack of sleep… and lack of coffee…"

He knew she wasn't telling the truth, but he didn't want to push her any further. Yeah right, she lacked sleep… she was able to get at least 5 hours of sleep last night, and that's an hour and a half more than what she had the month before when she was up until 3 am finalizing details for Summerslam. And during that time, she was all active and hyper that day. And she lacked coffee! Paul had already lost count on how many cups of coffee she had taken this morning. There's just something about the McMahon's and coffee… they go together. Mcmahon's can't live without coffee… maybe it was because they worked irregular hours and had to be up all day. Paul let this situation slip, and decided that she would tell her what's wrong when she was ready.

They reached the arena, with Steph not speaking any word after their first and last conversation. Paul was seriously bothered by this situation, but thought that she probably needed more time and space. They parted ways; Steph proceeded to her dad's office and Paul to the locker room with the rest of the guys.

-End of Flashback-

"Okay, since it's obvious that you're not on the same planet as I am, would you care to share what's on your mind? Any brilliant, magnificent ideas hiding inside there?" Vince asked while gently knocking on Steph's head after he had observed that he seemed to be talking to the wall for the past fifteen minutes.

"Huh, what?"

"What what?

"What were you saying? How would the Cena-Edge match end?"

"Never mind that, because it's obvious you're bothered by something and you're not paying attention. Mind telling me what's going on?"

"Nothing… I'm fine…"

"Yeah right, you have never been a good liar Steph, ever since you were little."

"No, honestly, I'm fine…"

"Why? Did Paul do something to you? Did you two fight? Or is there something wrong with Aurora?" Vince was definitely concerned why his only daughter was not herself today.

"No, no, we're fine. We're all fine."

"Then what's really going on?"

"Nothing… I'm okay… now, let's just get going with this okay?"

"How are we supposed to talk about tonight when it seems that I'm just talking to myself and you're somewhere else?"

"I'm sorry… I promise, I'll pay more attention already. Now where were we?"

Vince let this one slide, and proceeded to continue with the meeting. Although Steph paid a little more attention, it was still obvious that she was not her normal self. Nonetheless, the two were able to finish their meeting and proceeded to meet with the rest of creative.

Meanwhile…

Paul sat in the men's locker room, obviously in deep thought that he didn't even hear his friend, the Nature Boy Ric Flair enter.

"Woooo!" Ric surprised Paul, seeing that Paul was indeed there physically, but his mind was elsewhere.

"What?" Paul snapped, as a result of the unexpected greeting from Ric.

"Woah! I'm sorry, man… just saw you were a little out. Didn't mean to cause any commotion or war."

Realizing his mistake, Paul replied: "I'm sorry, too.."

"You seem to be a little out, what's going on? What's our problem?"

"Nothing… It's just that…" Paul was thinking twice whether to tell his friend, and decided to continue. "It's just that, Steph has been a little out today. She isn't her normal self. She hasn't spoken to me, at least decently. She says it's lack of sleep and coffee but I don't buy that. I can't figure out what's wrong with her. Ain't I supposed to since I'm her husband?"

"Hey, don't worry much, man. It may be just one of those days. You know how women are… woooo! They have mood swings. They feel happy now, and a minute later, they're down. Then the minute after that, they're okay again. Or maybe, it's just that time of the month? Or… much better… maybe Aurora's about to become a big sister, huh? Way to go man!" Ric replied jokingly while lightly punching Paul in the arm.

"Haha… no way man. I don't think I'm ready for that yet. At this time, one is enough. Yeah, maybe it's just one of those days…" Paul was not fully convinced, but at least he had to do something to take his mind off of the issue with Steph. He had a main event match tonight, and if he isn't himself in the ring, someone might get hurt.

"Come on, man! Let's get something to eat. I'm hungry. Haven't eaten yet since this morning. And I think some of the guys are there." invited Ric.

"Yeah, let's go."

With the help of the guys— Randy Orton, John Cena and Ric Flair among others, Paul was slowly becoming fine. On the other hand, Steph was still not okay.

What is wrong with Steph?