Chapter 3

A muffled "yeah comin" was just barely heard and the extra few seconds it took for their minds to registered the words, the door was opening. The heavy door swung open with Dean standing there with his light brown hair intentionally tousled to look messy, a smirk across his lips. His broad chest covered with the stretched cotton of a t-shirt dyed black, tucked in at the waist into dark washed straight legged jeans, a black leather belt with silver buckle, and his feet covered in black boots with the jeans covering the top. The clothing molded to his body almost as a second skin, the only thing that hung loosely on Dean was the black leather vest covered in patches. On the front in the upper left was a patch was "Lunatic" his road name. Then various random patches all over from different events and such.

"Well hello there Skie, whatcha got with ya?" He asked, leaning against the door post giving them both a wink.

Skie just shook her head and rolled her eyes. "Where's Architect?"

"YO SETH THE BODY IS HERE!" The man yelled into the dorm like home. Bayley looked at him wide eyed and shocked while Skie fought back a chuckle. 'Lunatic' stepped aside and with a sweeping gesture, offered them to come in.

"Go ahead Bayley, I'm going to grab your bags." Skie stated. Bayley started to offer to help but Skie just shook her head causing her auburn waves to dance over her shoulders.

Stepping in, she was surprised at how clean the place was. For some reason she expected beer cans and pizza boxes to be all over the place. Another shout for 'Seth' by the man that let her in caused her to jump and spin around to face him. He just gave her a smirk and walked around her.

"I heard you the first time Dean, chillax man…." A new voice spoke up and seemed to have abruptly stopped. He was staring, he couldn't help but stare. His eyes roamed over her. From the top of her light brown hair, over her sweet face that looked just a little too innocent, over her plain white shirt, tucked neatly into her light faded blue jeans with a purple belt and down to the purple converse that covered her feet. Then they roamed back up again, stopping and pausing at her eyes. The corners of his mouth curling slightly upwards as he saw the slight flush of her cheeks from his visual appraisal of her. "You must be Bayley."

Her head bobbed in a slight nod, tongue a bit tied, flustered at the moment. She never had anyone look her over the way this man did. The one she believed was named Seth, but had 'Architect' patch on the left chest of his almost identical vest to that of 'Lunatic' or rather Dean.

"C'mon," Seth stated, taking her hand and gently pulling her in, "let's sit down and introduce you to everyone here, and lay some ground rules."

Bayley willingly followed him to what she guessed was a living room. With couches and chairs, big huge tv and something that brought a smile to her eyes. Game consoles. She saw a variety of them, and she could only hope that maybe she would have the opportunity to play on them. Her attention turning to the man that still was holding her hand and leading her to sit down on a black leather couch. She sank into the comfortable cushions, as two more men joined them.

"Well here are your bags." Skie's voice called out. At that moment Skie saw Drew walking into the room. Her heart started to be slightly faster, but she forced her smile to drop when they made eye contact for a brief moment. "I need to head to Red Rover to get it open for the day. Stop by once your settled Bayley...if they let you."

With that the blue eyed beauty walked out, head held a bit higher than normal, got into her SUV and drove off, a cloud of dust trailing behind her. The guys looked at Drew, he smirked and shrugged his shoulders and looked over at Seth as she settled down into one of the matching black leather chairs.

Once everyone was there, Seth introduced himself, Dean, Roman, and Drew. Then went on to explain the 24 hour protection she was under. What that meant was basically other than sleeping, showering, or relieving herself, she would always have at least one of them with her. He did explain that most of the time it would be him. He explained about her room being next to his, and they had a connecting door that was in the walk in closet. It was an escape if needed.

From there they just started asking her general questions about her, getting to know her, at least enough to do their jobs. She disclosed that she was proficient in some Martial arts, mainly Karate and Judo. The guys gave a nod of respect. Relieved that she wasn't completely helpless.

"I understand why my dad did this. I understand the seriousness of it. Normally I would have argued, but my mom...I don't know if she's alive or...or…" Bayley's voice trailed off. She couldn't bring herself to say it. She still held hope that she would see her mother again someday. Blinking rapidly while looking upwards, she prevented any tears from falling. Right now she needed to be strong. She can fall apart later if needs be.

"Shit, we gotta go." Roman stated suddenly checking his wrist which had a watch wrapped around it. "Looks like you are gonna have to miss it Seth. She can't come to this."

"Yeah I know. It sucks, but excusable. Y'all will fill me in whenever you get back. Dean, Roman, and Drew nodded and stood to leave.

"C'mon Psychopath, let's do this." Dean blurted out as they all headed out. The rumbling of motorcycles starting, and the revving of the engines before long, the sound grew distant and a silence hung in the air.

Looking down at her hands Bayley watched her fingers fidget. Her mind trying to take everything in. She didn't notice Seth standing and looking down at her until he cleared his throat. Startled she looked up at him and their eyes met. For a moment, their gazes were locked and if one were observing, they would have sworn there were some sparks flying there.

"Let's grab your bags and I will show you to your room, the hidden door to my room and otherwise a tour of the place." stated Seth once he finally broke the silence.

"Um, yeah sure. Sounds good." Bayley replied standing, her arm brushing against him accidentally. She could feel heat forming on her cheeks as she moved toward her bags that were left by Skie.

Before she could grab them, Seth snatched the biggest ones, leaving Bayley to grab the other two and to follow him.