"Thanks for letting me crash here, Dean. I really appreciate it," AJ said as Dean unlocked the door and invited him in.
"Sure, no problem, man. It saves you money and gives us good time to go over our match for Sunday. Besides, I have a guest room that I never use anyway," Dean said.
They walked into the livingroom. AJ sat down on the couch while Dean went to get two beers in the fridge. He came back and handed one to AJ while sitting down on the opposite end of the couch.
For a while they just sat there, smalltalking and drinking their beers, until AJ noticed a shadow standing in the dark hallway looking at them. He couldn't make out whether it was a male or a female. The person was standing behind a wall with a hand on it, leaning out their head and peeking at them.
"Dean..." AJ started.
"Yeah?" Dean asked.
"Someone's standing in your hallway looking at us," AJ said nervously.
Dean turned his head to see the figure hurry away. They heard a door close few seconds after.
"That's June, my sister," Dean said.
"You never told me you have a sister," AJ said.
"Let me just go check on her real quick," Dean said and got off the couch.
He knocked on her door and opened it. She was sitting on her bed, looking up at him. He entered the room and closed the door behind him.
"Hey, are you okay?" He asked.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to sneak around like that," she answered.
"It's okay," he said.
"It's your fault. You just had to send me a text saying you're bringing AJ of all people here," she said and blushed.
"I just wanted to give you a head's up so you wouldn't be scared," he said.
"I know. Thanks," she said.
"You wanna come meet him?" He asked.
"No!" She said a little too quick.
"He's a real nice man. He won't harm you," he said.
"I bet he is but I'm gonna go to bed now," she said.
"Alright. Goodnight," he said and left her room.
Dean went back into the livingroom and sat down again.
"Sorry about that," he said.
"Is she alright?" AJ asked.
"Yeah, June suffers from social anxiety. I mean, real bad," Dean answered.
"I'm sorry to hear that," AJ said.
"I texted her that I brought you here. You see, you're her favourite wrestler so she couldn't resist sneaking out to get a glimpse of you," Dean said.
"Really?" AJ asked and smiled.
"She's too afraid to come in here and actually meet you but I figure that sooner or later you're gonna cross paths since you're staying here the rest of the week," Dean said.
"I promise to go light on her," AJ said and chuckled.
"You better. Another beer?" Dean asked.
"Sure," AJ answered.
Dean went to the kitchen and took out two more beers from the fridge. He came back and handed AJ one and sat down again.
"You know, sometimes I wish I could just shake that anxiety out of her," Dean said and sighed.
"Is it that bad?" AJ asked.
"Yes, she never leaves home without me," Dean answered.
"So what does she do when you're on the road?" AJ asked.
"I fill up the fridge so she doesn't need to get anything and she stays here alone," Dean answered.
"That sounds rather lonely," AJ said.
"It is. I'm sure it is," Dean said.
"Has she always been that way?" AJ asked.
"No. I mean, she always had anxiety but not like this. It grew over the years and after boyfriend no 2, everything went down hill," Dean answered.
"What happened?" AJ asked.
"She was 19 and met him online. He lived close by and started to come around. She was an easy target and he put her down every single chance he got. When he finally got bored with her, he left her, which is a good thing since the bastard was worthless, but she was broken. Our parents just stuffed her in their basement and let her deal with her own problems down there which resulted in her completely isolating herself from the world. She only left her room at night to go up to the kitchen and eat and then she spent her days down there," Dean answered.
"Man, that's cruel," AJ said.
"Well, our parents aren't exactly parents of the year and I wasn't the best brother to keep in contact and stop by. When I finally came home one day and realized how things were, I offered her to come live with me instead," Dean said and emptied his beer.
"That's nice of you," Dean said.
"Yeah. And with that sad story, let's turn in," Dean said and got up from the couch.
AJ got up too and followed Dean to the guest room.
