She walked into the arena for the first time since she and her sisters had gone on their year long hiatus. Of course, Nikki had gotten her boobs done so the triplet effect wasn't as strong, even though they weren't triplets. Casey was three years younger than her sisters, but they all looked alike so to the audience, they were the Bella Triplets, not the Bella Twins and their little sister Casey.

"It's good to be back, don't you think, Casey?" Brie asked and Casey nodded.

"So good." She responded as they walked passed three men she only recognized because she spent most of their hiatus working at NXT and knew that the sandy blonde was Dean Ambrose, and he was good in the ring. He winked at her and she fought the blush until all three had passed and then she looked up at her sisters, who were both wearing heels so they had a few inches on her at the moment, and they looked down at her.

"He winked at you, Casey, not us." Nikki informed as they entered the Diva's locker room and Casey shook her head as she set her bag down on the bench, her siblings following her lead and sandwiching her in as they all changed into their matching ring gear, except for Nikki, who changed into a curve hugging dress before heading down to catering. Brie left with Nikki and Casey went the opposite direction, heading for the loading docks to get some air.

She hopped up onto a crate and leaned against the truck it was stacked against.

"I think you're too pretty to be out here in the dark all by yourself." A smooth voice called out and she shrugged.

"Well, you're out here, so I wouldn't say that I'm alone." She called back, trying to regain her nerve. Her companion stepped into the light and she saw that it was Ambrose.

"You've got to be freezing in your gear." He murmured and she shrugged. "Why would you come out here, anyways?"

"I needed air, and obviously didn't think it through." She murmured, rubbing her upper arms with her hands in an attempt to generate heat, and didn't register that he was taking off his jacket until he draped it around her shoulders before hopping onto the crate beside her. "Thank you."

"Don't mention it, can't have my asshole image tarnished." He joked and she laughed. "But really, why come out here alone?"

"I've always felt better when I was alone, you know? In that arena I'm pretty much stuck between Nikki and Brie all the time and it's nice to be free of all the expectations."

"Did you want me to leave?" He asked and she shook her head, much to his relief.

"Nah, you're okay. Ambrose, right?"

"Call me Dean. Casey Bella?"

"That would be me." She confirmed and he smirked, leaning his head back against the truck.

"The Shield has been waiting for you to come back, you know."

"Me and my sisters?" She asked, looking up at him, but he still didn't look down at her.

"No, just you, Casey."

"Why me? I'm just-"

"You're not 'just' anything. You've got something that the others don't, something that especially your sisters don't have."

"And what's that?" She asked and he opened his mouth to answer, but when he looked down at her, he shut his mouth and hopped off of the crate.

"I wasn't here." He stated simply and she nodded without thinking about why he wouldn't have been with her.

"Casey?" She heard Brie call as he walked away and she was confused. Really confused. "Case, there you are. Come on, our match is in ten. Nikki is waiting for us at gorilla." Brie called from the doorway and she nodded.

"Coming." Casey called back, shrugging out of Dean's jacket and carrying it inside with her. "I need to stop by the locker room and throw this back in my bag." Brie nodded, fixing a piece of Casey's hair as they walked.

"You were out there alone?"

"Yeah, it was pretty relaxing."

"Huh. I'll have to try that some time." Brie murmured to herself as Casey slipped into the locker room and tucked Dean's zip up hoodie into her suitcase and rushed back out to Brie. "Ready to go kick some ass?" Brie asked, linking arms with Casey, who nodded.

"Always ready, Brie." They met with the Funkadactyls and Nikki, the five women slipping into easy conversation until "Somebody Call My Momma" started playing, that's when Cameron and Naomi went and did their thing and left Brie, Casey, and Nikki to watch.

"This should be easy." Brie muttered and Casey nodded.

"The real competition on that team is Naomi, so if we manage to isolate Cameron, we should be okay." Casey said in a low tone and Nikki nodded.

"She's right."

"Then that's what we'll do. You wanna start?"

"Sure." Casey nodded as "You Can Look But You Can't Touch" started and the two walked out on the stage.

"And their opponents, accompanied by Nikki, from Scottsdale, Arizona, Brie and Casey Bella!" Justin announced while the two did their hip swivel and walked down the ramp. They slid on the apron in perfect unison and used the bottom rope as a springboard to vault over the top rope, also in perfect unison,before getting directed to their corner.

"Cameron's starting, so get her on this side of the ring." Brie instructed and Casey nodded.

"I've got this." The two high tened before Brie stepped onto the apron and the bell rung."

The Shield sat in catering, watching the monitor carefully.

"And a picture perfect drop kick from Casey Bella." Cole commented and the three men nodded in agreement, Rollins wincing when she hopped up and landed the kick a second time before tagging in Brie.

"Did you seethe air she got?" Rollins asked and the other two men nodded.

"I think she'd look great in Shield gear." Ambrose commented. Among other things. He added in his head, thinking about how she looked in his coat.

"You okay, man?" Reigns asked and Ambrose nodded.

"I'm fine. Brie certainly wasn't in there long."

"Brie landed wrong." Rollins commented and Ambrose nodded.

"It happens to the best of us. Let's go harass us some Bellas." Ambrose stated and his teammates nodded, standing with him and heading out to where they knew they'd intercept the Bella Triplets. Sure enough, they crossed paths, and Ambrose stuck his arm out to stop Casey, the other two almost didn't notice. Almost, being the key word.

"Can we help you?" Nikki asked, Brie crossing her arms while Casey just looked up at Ambrose.

"You two can't." Seth started and Ambrose finished for him.

"But Casey can. Run along ladies, she'll be safe with us."

"We don't think so." Nikki and Brie said in unison and Casey managed to pull herself away from Dean.

"Look, don't touch." Casey corrected, stepping in line with her siblings.

"Stand down, ladies. We don't mean any harm. Casey, think about what The Shield could do for you." Dean said simply before leading The Shield away. The Bellas all shared a look before Brie pulled Casey away with Nikki following close behind.

"What was that about?" Brie asked Casey, who could only shrug.

"I don't know. I wish I did, though." She mumbled as they entered the locker room. They all got changed quickly and Brie left in search of Bryan, Nikki left to go hunt down John Cena, and Casey went to take her bag to her rental, stopping by a monitor when she heard Cole say "This just in for Friday Night SmackDown."

"A twelve man mixed tag match. It'll be The Shield and the Bella Triplets on one team, and they'll be up against Team Hell No and Ryback with the Funkadactyls and AJ Lee."

"That'll be an interesting match up, considering the friction between The Bellas and The Shield." Lawler stated before the main event started."

"Twelve man mixed tag?" She asked herself as she continued on her path, and it wasn't long until she realized that she wasn't alone.


Who's with Casey? Is it Dean again? Or is it somebody else?