Seth hung up the phone with a grin from cheek to cheek. His sister's flight had just landed in L.A. Her 23rd birthday was coming up, and he had bought her a condo right next door to his as a surprise. Seth hadn't seen Meredith in almost 2 years since he started pursuing his wrestling career, but now she was finally going to be living next door to him. Seth and Meredith had a better relationship than most siblings, and they practically felt like best friends rather than relatives.

"Good news?" Roman laughed.

"Yeah, dude. Meredith's flight landed. I'm gonna go pick her up." Seth notified.

"Well, you go pick her up, and I'll drop Ava off with Joselynn. I'll meet up with you and Dean at crossfit after that. You can bring Mer if you want; just don't let her around Dean." Roman gave a hearty laugh as he warned Seth.

Dean and Meredith had never met before, but she had met Roman when Seth had first started wrestling with him. Seth knew Meredith had just broken up with her boyfriend, so she was probably going to be vulnerable. Hopefully Dean wouldn't find interest in her. Seth and Dean had become best friends since they had started working together, but when it came to his sister, nobody was good enough for Meredith in Seth's opinion.

"Yeah, thanks for that, Roman." Seth grumbled.

"Sorry, man." Roman grunted as he knelt down to Ava.

"Bye, Seffy!" Ava ran to him and hugged his leg.

"See ya, girly." Seth smiled as he ruffled her hair.

When Seth arrived to the airport, he waited around for a few minutes, and then he heard a familiar voice come from behind him.

"Oh my god, it's Seth Rollins!"

"Meredith." Seth gave her a gentle smile.

Meredith dropped her bags and gave him a tight hug. Seth was her best friend, and the 2 years without him were almost unbearable for her.

"I missed you so much." She fought off her tears.

"You're all grown and stuff, Mer."

"Well, that generally happens when you don't see someone for two years, Seth."

"Yeah, I know. We've just been real busy at work."

"We?" Meredith raised an eyebrow at him.

"Yeah. Me, Roman and Dean."

"Dean?"

"New teammate."

"Oh, gotcha." Meredith nodded.

"Listen," Seth grabbed her bags and set them in the trunk and backseat, "we're going to the gym today. Roman invited you if you're feeling up to it."

Meredith knew what he was getting at, "Seth, I'm fine. I broke up with him."

"I know but-"

"I would love to workout. I've been meaning to get back in shape." She gave him a smile.

"Excellent."

When Seth and Meredith arrived at the Crossfit center, it was only them and Roman. Roman immediately smiled and hugged Meredith.

"Haven't seen you in a while, kiddo."

"I know, it's been a minute." She laughed.

"Where's Dean?" Seth interrupted.

"Hungover." Roman guessed.

"We'll we're not waiting on him again." Seth sounded disgusted.

The three of them walked into the big building and were soon surrounded by red walls and the most extreme exercise equipment that Meredith had ever seen. She had no idea what she had agreed to. She watched Seth immediately run over to two rings dangling from the ceiling by two chains. He started doing pull-ups while Roman was doing box jumps. Meredith wanted to bench press, but there was nobody there to spot her, so she walked over to the tredmill and quickly set a steady pace.

Meredith ran for 30 minutes; running 4 miles. She was pretty tired and out of breath. She walked over to the towel bin and picked one up. Meredith wiped her face off and ran into someone as she turned around.

"Oh, shit, I'm sorry."

Meredith moved the towel from her face and looked up at the tall man standing in front of her. He was wearing New Balance 890 running shoes, black mesh shorts that hung deliciously from his hips, a Cincinnati Reds cut-off shirt. He was holding a water bottle in one hand and in his other hand was his bag he was holding that dangled from his shoulder. Meredith caught herself staring at him with admiration. He looked extremely fit and his eyes were dangerously exciting. She felt her cheeks warm up as his eyes met hers.

"It's my fault," Meredith assured, "I'm sorry."

"You're fine. You look exhausted, though." The man pointed out.

"Yeah, well, my flight just landed in L.A. this morning. I wanted to get back in shape."

"Guess you're not much of a runner." He chuckled.

"You're right, I'm not. I wanted to bench, but I didn't have anyone to spot me."

"I'll spot you." The man offered.

"I couldn't ask you to do that; you look awfully busy."

"It's no problem," he assured her, "come on." He set his bag down and walked over to the weights with Meredith.

"How much on each side?" He asked.

"Um...seventy-five."

He looked puzzled. "You sure? That's one hundred fifty pounds, not including the bar."

"Just spot me." She rolled her eyes.

He lifted the bar over Meredith and she did 3 sets of 10. He could see she was struggling a bit, so he helped her out on the last few without her taking much notice. After she was finished, she sat up on the bench and rested for a bit. He sat down next to her as she permitted.

"I've never seen a girl go that long before." The man admitted. Meredith's face turned bright red and as he took notice, he laughed. "I meant lifting that much weight for as long as you did."

Meredith giggled, "I knew that."

"So are you an athlete?"

"I used to be," Meredith admitted, "now I'm just getting myself in better shape."

"Well, I don't think you have to worry about that." The man informed her, "I mean, you look pretty good."

Meredith blushed again. "Thanks."

"No problem."

"So are you an athlete? I mean, you look pretty good too." She admitted.

The man grinned and rested his hands beside him on the bench. "I am, actually. I'm a professional wrestler."

Meredith's face lit up, "That's awesome! So is my brother."

"Cool." He nodded his head and stuck his hand out to her. "Well it was nice meeting you, um..."

"Meredith."

"Meredith," he continued, "but I've got to start my workout."

"Ambrose!" The man and Meredith heard a voice coming towards them. It was Seth.

"Hey, man." The man gave him a three-fingered wave.

"I see you two have met." Seth laughed.

"What?" The two asked at the same time.

"Meredith, this is Dean. My and Roman's new partner."

"How do you two know each other?" Dean lifted an eyebrow at him.

"Dean, this is my little sister, Meredith."