So my friend eric-idle-rules has some events on AO3, where people can make requests for stories and others within the event can write them out. So far, she had a Fic Exchange and a Secret Santa. I wrote for these events and wanted to also post them here. So I'll put them all into one collection. They're all oneshots so none are connected. I'll also put the title of each story as the chapter name.

Anyway, hope you enjoy these:3

"Ready for this Seth?"

"So ready! Senior year's going to be a cakewalk."

The two teens laughed as they drove to the school. Finally, senior year has come.

"You said that about junior year."

"Shut up Ran!"

Randy laughed as he pulled into the school's parking lot, watching the rest of the students pilling in. "Hey Seth?" he asked as he shut the car off.

"Yeah?"

"Let's make a pact."

"Okay. For what though?"

"Well…it's the final year to see everyone before college. And…to be honest…I don't want to be known as a graduating virgin. Would you?"

"…Where are you going with this?"

"I'm saying let's make a pact to both lose our virginities before the end of the year. Go out with a bang you know?"

Seth pondered about Randy's words. He was confused as to why Randy would suggest something like this. But at the same time, he also didn't want to graduate as a virgin. But… "We…wouldn't be…you know…having sex with each other right?" To be honest, Randy wasn't Seth's type, and vice versa. And he was worried it would ruin their friendship. They've been friends since forever it seems. They met in elementary school and were inseparable ever since.

"Oh no no." Randy laughs. "No, I wouldn't pressure you like that. No, like, find someone else that we wouldn't mind...you know…having fun with."

Seth sighed in relief. "Alright, yeah, I wouldn't mind that."

"Alright!" Randy shouts, encouraging Seth to perform their secret handshake as a sign of the pact. "I know it seems weird, but it was bugging me a little."

"No no, I get you."

"And it's not a competition. It's not a contest to see who can do it first. It's just for the both of us to get it done so to speak."

Seth nodded, "Now come on, don't want to be late on the first day."

Randy groaned and got out of the car, following Seth into the building.

Two semesters later

"So, how are you and John?"

Randy blushed as he and Seth were hanging out at his house, working on homework. About a month after their first day, the captain of the football team, John Cena, hosted a party to celebrate entering senior year. Randy attended, but Seth did not. He wasn't a party type of person, he preferred to stay home or hang out with his small group of friends. Plus, he and his friend Nikki Bella already had plans to help each other with homework and go out for dinner that night. He hasn't spoken to her face to face since freshman year, only really texting, so it was good to see her.

The party, as Randy described it, wasn't that bad apparently. There was no alcohol, as John asked for there not to be. His parents knew that a lot of kids in the grade drink and didn't want to risk the possibility of police involvement. And the party was just a hangout type of thing. Some kids swimming in the backyard pool, some were playing pool in the basement, some watching a movie in the living room. Afterwards, Randy stayed behind to help clean up and the two hit it off. Since then, they started going out together.

"It's…it's going okay."

Seth noticed the blush and grinned, "Come on, something's going on."

"…You know the date he and I had last night?"

"Yeah, what about it?"

"…Afterwards…he took me back to his place…"

"Shut up!" Seth grin grew wider. "And?!"

"…And…it was a very…passionate evening."

Seth squealed in delight, hugging Randy. "That's awesome Ran! Congrats!"

Randy laughed, "Glad to hear your excitement. To be honest, I never thought we would get that far."

"What do you mean?"

Randy shook his head, "Nothing, it's nothing. Don't worry about it." Before Seth could interject, he spoke up again, "So, how are things on your end?"

Seth sighed, "They're…alright I guess."

"No luck? Nothing developed with you and Nikki?"

Another sigh, "No. I mean, I don't have those kinds of feelings for Nikki and…I just…don't want it to be with just anyone you know? I don't want it to be a one-night stand, a one time deal. I want it to develop into something more, like what's going on with you and John."

Randy nodded, "I see, nothing wrong with that. Like I said, don't feel pressured or rushed into this."

"I know, and thanks."

"I'm sure someone will come along." Randy assured, deciding then to change the subject. "But anyway, have you heard the rumors?"

"What rumors?"

"About the new kid that's coming."

"New kid?"

"Yeah. Apparently there's a new kid coming to our grade soon. There are some nasty rumors about him though."

"Like what?"

"Some think he does drugs, some think he likes to pick fights, some think he's a thief. There are a lot floating around."

Seth frowns, "Sounds like a terrible person."

"Those are only rumors though. You know the people in our class, someone new appears and a bunch of bad stories are spread, trying to isolating them before they even get here. Remember when the Bellas came in around sixth grade and the rumor spread of them being sluts, doing anything to get good grades?"

Seth nodded, how could he forget? The school practically isolated them, made them feel alone and barely spoke to them at all. There were some kids, Seth included, who didn't believe in the rumors and soon became friends with the twins. After a while, the rumors stopped and the girls were welcomed into the family. Look at them now, Nikki's the head of the cheerleaders and her sister Brie is the treasurer of their class.

"I guess some kids are just afraid of a major change with the addition of new people and try to prevent it you know?"

"Probably. But still, I think the kid's harmless. I'm giving him a warm welcome, I don't care. If anyone has a problem, I will not hesitate to put them in their place."

Seth laughs, nodding his head. He'll help Randy make the kid feel welcome. Maybe he can get their friends in on it as well.

A week later

The new kid was introduced in Seth and Randy's homeroom, Dean Ambrose. After a brief introduction, Dean was directed to his seat near the front of the room, next to Sasha Banks, who smiled and started a conversation with him. Seth couldn't keep his eyes off of him. He was a fairly attractive teen: his hair was a short dirty blonde with some curls, body was lean and kind of muscular, and the leather jacket he was wearing looked amazing on him. The thing that Seth liked the most was those eyes, those deep blue eyes and his child like face. But the face looked…scared almost. Like he…was afraid of something. Maybe being the new kid? That's always a worry when entering a new school, how many people will be against you and will anyone join you? He seemed a little eased talking to Sasha, smiling and laughing with her. That laugh, Seth could hear it from where he sat in the room. He smiled, liking the sound filling his ears.

"Already got a crush there Rollins?"

Seth jumped at Randy's voice, blushing, "D-Do not."

Randy chuckled, giving him an 'I don't believe you' look, "Sure you don't, but the staring and blushing says otherwise."

Seth hid his face, embarrassed.

Randy ruffled his hair, "Don't be ashamed, it's alright. Just messing."

"I-I know."

"Wonder if he's in your other classes? Might be in all of them." Randy said with a smirk. "Gives you something to look at when the teacher becomes a bore."

Seth blushed harder, shushing Randy to shut up right before the morning announcements came on through the speakers.

So far, Dean was only in one other class with Seth, which also connects with lunch. They were seated a little closer than in homeroom, close as in right next to each other. During class, Seth couldn't help but glance over at the teen next to him when the teacher wasn't looking. He couldn't help it, he had to. He just hoped Dean never noticed. About halfway through class the bell rang for lunch.

As Seth was standing in line to get food, he sees Dean sitting at a giant round table alone with his bagged lunch, pulling out his sandwich and juice. He sighed; already it's turning into what happened with the twins. No one joining him, no one paying attention to him, everyone simply ignoring him. But he smiled when he saw Sasha sitting with him, along with her friends Naomi and Tamina.

The three girls like to call themselves the baddest girls in the school, but they weren't bullies or anything, just people that prevented it. Whenever they saw a bully, they marched up to the action and took matters into their own hands. One time Tamina caused a bully to trip into an open locker. She then closed the door and guarded it for a bit before releasing him. He ran off quickly and never acted up again. They were bodyguards more or less, next to the football team who also had some stories about preventing bullying.

Seeing Dean smiling and laughing warmed Seth's heart. Blushing, he looked away and continued figuring out what to get for lunch. It was strange, why was Dean having such an effect on him? Is this love at first sight? He doesn't remember ever feeling like this. He shook the thoughts away as he finally decided on food and paid. He found himself heading for Dean's table and sat down next to the dirty blonde, earning a confused look from him.

"Something wrong?"

Dean shook his head, "N-No, nothing. Just…kind of shocked is all."

Before Seth or the girls could ask what he meant, another figure was heading their way. Seth looked up and didn't like it. Sheamus, one of the biggest antagonizers in the school, was on his way towards them, his dark eyes locked on Dean. Seth didn't like that look, the look of total hate and determination.

"Hey there fellas, lads." he greeted, his Irish accent thick.

"Can we help you?" Sasha asked with disgust in her voice. A tone that said 'Why the fuck are you here?'

"Just wondering what you're doing with this druggie."

Tamina was quick to stand and get in Sheamus's face. "Care to repeat that?"

"Like I said, what are you guys doing with this trouble maker? I mean, the kid's probably gotten into so many fights at his other school that they kicked him out. Fighting over drugs no doubt." He leaned in closer to Dean, who had his head bowed, trying to hide away. "And from his appearance, he was probably passed around-"

Before Sheamus could finish the sentence, Tamina smashed his tray into his face, food splattering all over.

"Sorry, didn't quite catch the rest of that. And frankly, I don't care." Tamina retorted. "Get your white lying ass away from us. Now."

Sheamus growled, winding up a punch, but Tamina was quick to dodge. He was about to try again, but a teacher appeared at the commotion and pulled him away.

Tamina scoffed, "Serves him right. The jerk."

"Why must he always do this?" Sasha asked. "So childish."

"Cause that's what he is, a child." Naomi pointed out. "He's always been doing this."

Seth sighed, turning his attention to Dean, "You okay?"

Dean nodded meekly.

"Don't let him bother you." Sasha said with a smile. "He's not worth it. He's just a child who will never learn to grow up."

"Just…kind of hard. I…my school…he's not too far off the mark."

"What do you mean?"

"…"

"Listen; don't feel you have to explain anything now." Seth interjected. "Don't feel pressured. When you feel comfortable explaining about your old school, then do so. We won't pry, although Sasha seems to be the queen of it."

"Am not!" she laughed.

"Yes you are." Naomi responded.

"No I'm not."

Dean chuckled, looking up and meeting everyone's eyes. "…Thanks."

Suddenly, he felt arms circle his shoulders. He tensed; not knowing who the arms belonged to. But…he felt so warm, was odd.

"You okay?" the mysterious person asked.

"All good Bayley." Seth answered for Dean. "Was it you that got the teacher?"

"Yeah. Saw him coming up and knew he was up to no good. Figured I would be one step ahead." she replied.

Dean turned to meet her eyes, giving her a small smile. "Thanks."

"No problem. Bayley." She extended her hand to him, the biggest smile on her face.

"Dean." he said, extending his own to meet with hers.

"You're Dean?!" she squealed. "I've been wanting to meet you."

"You have?"

"Yeah. I like meeting new people."

"She likes to hug, best be warned now." Seth chuckled. "She hugs EVERYONE."

She laughs, not denying Seth's claim.

"Hey there Dean."

All turned to see a bleach blonde teen head for the table, sitting across from Dean. "Remember me from first period? Dolph?"

Dean laughs, "Yeah, ramen noodle head."

Dolph laughs, "Yeah, that too. Nickname's going around like crazy thanks to you."

"Honestly, your hair does look like ramen noodles." Sasha giggled.

"It sure does." another mysterious person said as he sat at the table.

"Not you too Truth."

"Just calling it as it is dude." He then turns at Dean. "You the new kid?"

"Yeah, I'm Dean."

"R-truth. Nice to meet you man."

"Already quite a crowd huh?" Randy asked as he also sat down at the table.

"You know it." Seth replied. "Guess we're the party table.

Dean couldn't believe what was happening. He went from no one sitting with him, to a lot wanting to talk to him. He never would have imagined this happening. He hoped it would stay like this for the rest of the year, wanting the connections to last even past that.

After lunch and that class, Dean and Seth shared one more class together. The last one of the day, gym. Dolph and Truth were there too, but so was Sheamus. Seth growled at him, moving Dean behind him as he explained to Dolph and Truth the incident at lunch. Luckily, they were playing dodge ball and Dean got some revenge by hitting Sheamus right in the face with a ball.

In the locker room as they were getting changed, Seth turned to Dean. "Nice to get some revenge huh?"

Dean laughed, "Felt nice."

"So how was your first day?"

"It…it was…nice. So unreal."

"You okay?"

"Y-Yeah. Just…in shock is all."

"Hey, how about we exchange numbers? In case you need help with homework or just need someone to talk to, you can reach me."

Dean smiled. God how much Seth loved that. "Sure, sounds great."

"Awesome. And I'm sure everyone would want your number too."

"Really?"

"Of course, they like you dude. I mean, Bayley wouldn't let you go. And everyone enjoying your company."

Dean laughed. Bayley had her arms around his shoulders for the rest of lunch, reluctantly letting go when the bell rang. He felt secured and accepted in her arms, which confused him.

"She always like that?"

"Yeah, she likes to hug people. Just her thing."

"I don't mind, just…didn't expect it."

Seth wanted to pry, but he didn't want to push him too fast. He decided to let it drop. "Hey, want to hang out for a bit? I know this really cool arcade in town."

"Sure, let's go."

A month later

Hard to believe it's been a month since Dean first appeared. You would think with how Seth and Dean acted around each other, they've known each other for years. You won't see one without the other in close distance. They sat next to each other in their classes and at lunch. They seemed inseparable, were inseparable.

No one else brought up the rumors again and accepted Dean into the fold. All but Sheamus. He would try to stir things up every now and then, but no one paid any mind to him. He was really the only one against Dean, which no one seemed to figure out.

One day after gym, as Seth and Dean were heading for Randy's car to wait for him, Sheamus cornered them.

"Hold up there fellas." he called, rushing up to them.

"What do you want?" Seth asked, standing in front of Dean protectively.

"Relax, not trying anything." he said with a smirk. "Just wanted to ask something."

Seth could already sense it wasn't good, whatever he wanted to ask. But they were trapped, no where to run. "What is it?"

"Why are you still with this lunatic? This…this thing."

Seth growled, "Why must you insult him? He hasn't done anything."

"Oh he's done A LOT. He's a goddamn parasite that needs to go away, back to the hellhole he came from. Back to fighting for drugs and selling himself-"

"Quiet!" Seth shouted, cutting Sheamus off. "How dare you accuse him of such things. You don't know anything."

"Oh, but I do." the Irishman smirked. "You see, I have a buddy going to the same school this thing came from." He chuckled when he saw Dean cringe, almost looking horrified. "There are some horrible things there. Vile and twisted. Which is why he needs to go."

Seth refused to believe him. He didn't know Dean, he was just making shit up to keep Dean alone. He held onto Dean's wrist tightly, hearing a small gasp from the other man, "I don't believe you. Now leave us be."

Sheamus merely laughed, "Doesn't matter if you believe me now or not, you will. Now hand him over."

"Make me."

Sheamus smirked, "Hard way huh? Like it better anyway."

He then pushed Seth away from Dean, leaving him with no protection. Dean tried scurrying away, but Sheamus got his legs, pulling him to the ground. He straddled Dean's waist as he turned, pounding away.

Dean tried shielding his face from the blows, resisting the urge to fight back. He couldn't, he didn't want to take the risk.

Just let him hit you. Don't fight back. Don't.

"Stop!" Seth screamed, rushing towards them, trying to push Sheamus off of Dean. All he got was a harder push, knocking him away.

Instead of punching more, Sheamus decided to change things up. He grabbed Dean's neck with both hands, adding as much pressure as he could to choke him.

Dean was gasping for breath, clawing at Sheamus's arm, squirming around as he tried getting him off.

"Sheamus stop!" Seth screamed again, rushing back to try again. But Sheamus wasn't budging, he was like a rock. He could see Dean's body starting to slow down, it wasn't squirming as frantic and his eyes starting to roll back.

No! Don't do this Dean!

He soon saw two other sets of arms, helping him get the Irishman off.

"Sheamus, let go of him!" one of the voices shouted.

"Dude, stop this!" the other chimed in.

Seth knew these voices, and was relieved. John and Randy.

Thank goodness.

They quickly got Sheamus to let go, John pulling him away to talk to him while Randy and Seth tended to Dean, who curled up into a ball, wheezing and coughing.

Seth sat him up and rubbed his back, "Breathe Dean, you're alright." he told him. "Slow in and out."

Dean did as told, trying to get his breath back.

"Come on, let's get out of here." Randy spoke up.

He nodded, "Alright."

He helped Dean to his feet and the three headed for the car, Randy in the driver's seat and the other two in the back. Once at Randy's house, Randy told Seth to rush Dean to the nearest bathroom while he searches for the first aid and some water. Seth took Dean's hand in his and pulled him along. He sat him down on the toilet and scanned his face. He didn't miss the hitch of breath from the dirty blonde, the almost fear in his eyes.

"I'm sorry this happened Dean." he apologized. "God I never wished for this to happen."

"It's…it's okay Seth. Not your fault. Guess I'll never be liked."

"That's not true Dean. I-"

Just then, Randy appeared with the first aid and a bottle of water. He handed the bottle to Dean and turned to Seth, "Anything serious?"

"Doesn't look like it. His breathing seems okay, should we have a doctor look at his throat? Sheamus could have damaged it."

"We could, just to make sure. Don't want to take chances you know? Over the weekend we can. I'll call tomorrow morning."

"Thanks man."

"But, back to what you were saying Dean." Randy started, hearing Dean's bit before. "You are liked. There are a lot of kids in our grade that quickly befriended you. Sure Sheamus did what he did, but no one else has given you any indication they didn't like you."

"I just…I wasn't liked at my old school at all and…"

"It's okay, it's scary being the new kid. But over time, people get used to you and you join the fold in no time. Don't be so hard on yourself."

Dean smiled, "Y-Yeah, you're right. Thanks."

"No problem. Now let's patch you up and figure out dinner."

"Are your parents okay with you hanging with us?" Seth asked as he and Randy started.

"…I…I live alone…"

"Wait…you do?!" Randy asked, shocked. As was Seth. Dean lived alone?

"Y-Yeah. I…things weren't well at home so I left. The government's helping me."

Seth was just stunned, what happened to make Dean leave? What exactly has he gone through?

"How old are you?" Randy continued.

"About seventeen. I was told kids my age can live on their own, but need government help."

"Didn't know that. That's something you don't learn in school."

Dean smiled, "Schools have weird topics to teach. Not a lot of the important things."

"True to that."

Seth just listened as Randy and Dean went back and forth about topics. His mind was still spiraling with questions. But he didn't want to push Dean for answers.

"Pizza sound good for you guys?" Randy asked once he and Seth were done.

"Good for me." Seth replied. Dean merely nodded.

"Alright, I'll call for it now. You two can go in the living room and find a movie or something to watch." And with that he left the room.

The two teens stayed there in silence, not knowing what to do. But Dean broke it after a bit.

"…Hey…thanks…for uh…helping me out."

"No problem Dean. Just sorry for not getting him away."

"Don't worry about it." His eyes moved towards the tiles on the floor. "I…I want to make it up to you Seth. How about…I…take you out?"

Seth couldn't believe what he heard. Did he hear right? Did Dean just ask him out?

"I…" he chuckled. "Damn, you beat me to it."

"What do you mean?" Dean asked, looking up at the two-toned teen.

"I wanted to ask you out as a way to apologize."

Dean chuckled as well, "Split the cost?"

"Sounds like a plan."

"Alright lovebirds." Randy laughed from the doorway. "Pizza's ordered, now stop giving each other heart eyes and pick something to watch."

"Jerk." Seth laughed as he chased after Randy while Dean moved to watch from the couch in the living room.

Seth soon got out of breath; chasing Randy was difficult, considering he was slightly faster. "Hate you." he panted.

Randy merely smirked, "Which is why I always do well in gym."

Seth playfully glared at him while taking a seat next to Dean. Randy plopped to Dean's other side as the three tried picking something to watch. Seth glanced at Dean and smiled. Even if he couldn't get the pact fulfilled, as long as he had Dean, he can wait.