The next morning Lessie was wake before the sun was up. She hadn't slept well and it wasn't for a lack of trying. Because she had only it hadn't worked. Finally after fighting for hours she just got up. Thinking about calling her brothers and seeing if they were cool with her coming home for a few days. She had a better idea. Instead of going home to Knoxville for a few days she'd head back to her apartment in Tampa.

At least then I won't have to worry about everyone watching my every move and people whispering every time I walk into a place. She though as grabbed her jacket off the back of the chair in her room. After making sure she had all of her things she closed her door and headed to the elevator. But not before slipping a note under Dean's door. Letting him know she'd left already and that she was going back to Tampa and not Knoxville.

When the elevator doors open in the lobby she headed to the desk returning her key and then headed out to the parking lot to her rental car that she would return once she arrived at the airport. Lessie hated driving alone but she'd wanted to catch an early flight back home so she could get a chance to at least get home early and start her days off a few hours early. Normally Dean would be in the car with her or Tressa and Randy. But today she wanted to be by herself. She hated not letting anyone know her plans. But when you haven't slept all night long and you really needed to clear your head away from your job you'd chose to not tell anyone you were leaving early to.

The plane ride from Boston to Florida wasn't that bad. Once she landed and grabbed her bag. Lessie headed out to the parking lot grabbed a cab and headed home. She was relaxing in the back of the cab listening to her Ipod when suddenly her phone letting her know she had a call made her jump. Pulling out her cell she saw it was Dean calling.

"Hey Ambrose whats up?"

"I though you were going to Knoxville what in the world made you change you're mind?"

"The lack of sleep I got last night, not to mention I just.. I don't know I didn't want to go."

"Lessie. I told that I would go with you. Why in the world did you leave so dam early. You hate to be awake before sun up."

"Like I said lack of sleep."

"So you just made your mind up to catch the earliest flight you could out of town and back home before even telling anyone. Even me."

"You found the note. Other wise you wouldn't have called me."

Dean sighed on the other end of the phone. Even though she couldn't see him. Lessie was pretty sure that he was pinching the bridge of his nose at that point trying to keep his cool. Dean had away of slipping into character when he didn't need to and even though she loved the character. His promo were her favorite thing besides his matches. After a long pause between the two Dean finally spoke.

"You could have woken me up and told me personally you were going home early. Instead of leaving me a note under the door."

"I didn't want to wake you. I figured you needed all the sleep you could get. What with all the work Vince has you doing now a days."

"That's beside the point Les."

"I'm sorry alright. Look the cab is pulling up my apartment and I need to go so I'll talk to you later alright."

"Alright call if you need me. I mean it."

"I know bye Dean."

She hung up the phone passed the driver his money and got out of the cab. Lucky for Lessie her apartment was on the bottom floor so she didn't have to climb all the way up to the stairs when she was tired. Unlocking the door she flipped on the light and was greeted by her cat Lucky. Smiling down at the pretty cat she spoke.

"Well hello there missy I missed you. Did you miss me?"

Lucky purred as she rubbed her head against Lessie's leg. This made Lessie giggle as she walked into the kitchen and poured Lucky a bigger bowl of food and then headed to her room. After she'd unpacked her things. Lessie flopped down on the bed and let sleep claim her.

Several Hours later

Lessie woke up to the sound of someone knocking on her door. Sighing she got up and walked to the door opening only to see Dean standing on the other side.

"What are you doing here?" Lessie asked yawning.

"Sorry to wake you sleeping beauty." Dean said as he walked passed her and into the living room.

"Seriously what are you doing here? I though you had to stay on the road and do stuff." Lessie once again yawned.

"Vince told me I could take a day or two off. What you didn't want me to?"

"It's not that I just didn't expect you to show up on my door step."

"So what you expect me to call first or something?"

"Well duh isn't that how people do it were you're from?"

"No were I'm from if anyone shows up at your door. It's normally the police with an arrest warrant."

"Well okay then."

Dean just laughed as he walked passed her and into the living room. Lessie closed the door and sighed leaning back up against it. Of all the nights for Dean to show tonight wasn't a good one. She was on edge, tried and frankly down right didn't want to deal with WWE at the moment. But she couldn't tell Dean that after all he'd flown all the down from Boston to check on her. Dean roamed around the apartment looking to see if anything had changed. Since the last time he was there of course it hadn't by any means. Lessie didn't have much stuff in fact from the looks of the place she hadn't really even bough anything to go in it.

"You know I've seen some bare places in my time. But this is just crazy."

"Says the man who's call the Lunatic Fringe."

"Hey who are you calling a Lunatic. I'm not that crazy."

"Well could have fooled me you've done crazy crap in your life. I mean with those matches and stuff from the indys and lets forget hell in a cell matches, street fights and oh yes those iron man matches you love so much. That doesn't sound a bit like a lunatic to you because it does to me."

"Just because I like to do that kind of stuff doesn't mean I'm a lunatic. I mean Brain Pillman like to do that stuff and no one called him crazy."

"That's because he was a Loose Cannon and not a lunatic. Big difference."

"How is that a big difference?"

"Never mind. Pay me no attention. I'm tried."

"I can tell you look dead on your feet."

"That's because I'm tried you Ohio jackass."

"Harsh words Less harsh words."

"You've heard worse I'm sure."

Dean laughed shaking his head. Lessie was always kinda of grumpy when she first woke up. He'd come here to basically try and talk her into going to Knoxville and him going with her. But now that he was here he'd had a change of heart. There was no point in fighting with her about Knoxville if she didn't want to go home then she didn't want to. It was her choice after all and he had no say in what she did or didn't do.

Lessie sighed once again as she walked into the kitchen. Dean wasn't much of a drinker and neither was she. So she grabbed them both a soda and then returned to the living room to find Dean sitting on the couch watching a movie he'd popped in. Of course it had to be something she'd seen a million times but probably something he'd never seen before. Passing him the soda she took a seat right next to him and said.

"I've seen this a hundred times why didn't you just pick something from my WWE thing?"

"Because we're takeing a few days off aren't we?"

"No I'm taking a few days off. You're going back to work tomorrow as planned."

Dean was taken back by her statement. He figured for sure that Lessie would at least ask him to stick around. But when she basically told him point blank that she'd be taking off a few days and he'd be the one going back to work it really was a shock. Honestly Lessie really did want to be left alone. She just wanted some time alone to figure things out and to make a choice about what she really wanted to do with her self right now.

Knowing that something was bothering his best friend Dean really wanted to ask her what was going on in her head. He also knew that if he pushed she would more then not push back and when she did that it meant she didn't want anyone butting into her problems. Hating when she let herself get lost in her own thoughts Dean knew he couldn't let her stay alone.

"Lessie listen to me alright. You can't just stay here alone. I mean I know you say you're alright. What if something happens like your depression gets worse. Or what if..."

"Dean I'll be alright. Clay and Claire are just a few miles away and Alec and Lexie are just an hour or so. If it does become to hard I'll be fine."

"Since when do your brothers live in Florida?"

"Oh that's right I never told you. After I got signed with WWE. Clay and Alec both got houses down here and they come down for a few months in the winter time. It's a good get away for them and plus it's a good way for them to spend time with me without our parents knowing about it."

"So why didn't they just get homes here in Tampa?"

"Because don't you think it would have called attention to everyone back home if my brother suddenly brought house in Tampa?"

Dean shurgged. Even though he knew she had point. It would have looked strange to everyone back in Lessie's home town if her brothers had suddenly up and moved to Tampa after she got into WWE. He felt better now though knowing that her brothers where close by for a little while when Lessie was off from work and she wouldn't be alone. He worried about her when she was home alone. That was why He, Tressa, Randy or even Halie and Taker would always make sure she was them so she wouldn't be alone.

Over the last two years it seemed almost like Lessie was fighting her depression like a match and she was winning unless something bad happen. Then her anxiety would sit in and took almost a week for her to get over an attack or until what ever had caused the attack to worked it self out. Course none of her friend knew about the anxiety attacks. They knew about the depression but the anxiety was something she'd kept to herself and only her brothers knew about it and that was just how she liked it.

"Hey are getting hungry?" Lessie asked Dean suddenly not wanting to talk anymore about her brothers.

"Yeah I'm starving."

"Me to what are you in the mood for?"

"Humm Wendy's?"

Lessie laughed and shook her head. Wendy's was Dean's favorite restaurant in the world. He was always going there after a show and grabbing something to eat even though they had food in the back at the shows. Dean still wanted fast food after the show was over. Most everyone in the back always like to go to a fast food place or some where to eat. Mostly because it was a wrestlers thing. You ate at the show and then after you went to a fast food place or something to grab a bite after the show before leaving town and heading to the next one.

"Wendy's it is. The usual?"

"Sure just remember my nuggets."

"I won't forget. Make yourself at home and I'll go grab the food oh if Alec or Clay come by please don't run them off. Just invite them inside and tell them I'll be back in a bit alright."

"Alright Lessie. I won't go all crazy on them I swear."

"Yeah I'm holding you to that Ambrose. I'll be back in a bit."

"I 'll be here."

Lessie smiled as she grabbed her keys and headed to Wendy's. Dean rubbed his hand over his eyes as her started looking around Lessie's place. He'd only been over a few times. The pictures and thing she had hung up around the house looked like her past had been good to her before everything happen. As he was looking at all the picture he found one of Lessie and him that had been taken at WrestleMaina week in New Orleans about a year or so ago. It was a crazy week for everyone. But Lessie and Dean had managed to get time away to just enjoy the city before things became crazy.

The picture had been taken at the Mercedes bens dome before Maina started. Dean smiled as he though back to that night.

Mercedes Benz Super Dome, New Orleans, Wrestlemaina 30 day

Dean had just gotten to the Super dome when he saw Lessie talking to a few of the people from down in NXT. When she saw him she told them that she'd see them later and joined him. The two had talked and looked around. Lessie was in amazement. It was her first ever Wrestlemaina. She'd been to it before as a fan when she was in the indys. But actually being backstage was something completely different for her. She'd never though that it would be this awesome. And lets fact it anyone who hasn't been to maina before would be amazed at it anyways. It was though of as the Super bowl of the wrestling world and not to mention it wasn't called the "grandest stage of them all" for nothing.

This was Vince McMahon's brain child and he worked his butt off to make sure that each and every mania was different and that each and every year was bigger and better then the year before had been. It was also the busiest week of all for anyone in WWE. With all the media appearances, press, red carpets, charities, hall of fame, the big night it's self and then finally the Raw following. Would make anyone who worked in WWE feel like they running around like a chicken with their head cut off.

For Lessie it was almost like a dream. She'd only ever dreamed that she was be on the card for a wrestlemaina. Even if she was just going to be a valet for Tressa and Halie's tag team match against the Bella twins. It was still something she never though she'd seem coming. It was almost like god or someone had really wanted her to be in the WWE for the reason and this reason alone. Dean couldn't help but laugh as the two walked out to the arena area of the dome and looked around the stage and everything.

"This is crazy... I mean I remember wrestlemaina 25 in Houston. But this... this is just amazing." Lessie exclaimed as she stood in the stage looking around at the empty arena.

"Yeah it's pretty amazing. I remember wrestlemaina 28 my first one it was nuts. I still can't believe sometimes that I've been on the grandest stage of them all."

"To think Roman gets to be in the main event. Oh crap.. I'm sorry Dean I.."

Dean just laughed and wrapped an arm around her shoulder giving her a side ways hug. "Hey don't worry about it. So I'm not in the main event yet. I will be one day and you will be in a divas championship match here one day to. Just wait and see."

"Oh that I don't know. I mean … me in a divas championship match I don't think that will ever happen. I'm lucky I even got out of NXT."

"Lessie you are one of the most talented young divas in the locker room. I mean I know it's nerve wrecking. But one day it could be you on this stage wrestling someone for a championship."

"Says the man who's been in three wrestlemainas and who's already had a main event at summer slam."

"Hey Summer Slam is a good start. You head line there or Survivor Series and it kind of sits you on the road to wrestlemaina."

"Still I don't believe I'll ever make it to this grand stage. Only the best of the best end up here."

Dean once again laughed and told her did she really think that wrestlemaina was only for the best of the best. It wasn't just for the headliners or for guys who at the top of the company it was for everyone from the jobbers to the main event guys. Lessie still didn't believe him but all in all she had a hope that one day she really would get to be on this stage and get a chance to know what it was like to have a match at the biggest night of the year and on the grandest stage of them all.

As the two stud looking around the arena they walked down to the ring and asked of the sound guys to play Dean's music. As they stud in the ring watching the effects and how the big 30 roman numerals lit up every time someones music came on. It was so amazing and just out of this world. Lessie quickly reached into her back pocket and pulled out her cell phone. Then she wrapped one around Dean takeing him by surprise.

"Uh.. Less?"

"Yeah what?"

"What are you doing?"

"Taking a picture of us silly. I want to remember my first ever wrestlemaina as an actual diva and I want my best friend to take the picture with me."

"I'm your best friend huh? Since when?"

"I don't know since like probably the forth or fifth time we hung out."

Smiling Dean wrapped his arm around her shoulder and pulled her close leaning in to the take the picture. Once Lessie snapped the picture she pulled away with a strange feeling of wanting to be right back where she was. She shook it off not thinking about it. Dean had felt the same thing but he too shook it off as if it were nothing.

"So now what?"

"Want to go to the back and see if any of the legends have shown up?"

"Sure lets go."

End of flash back

The smile on Dean's face grew as he came back to the real world. That seems like a life time ago now. He though. Over the last two years things for both of them had really changed. He'd gotten to headline wrestlemaina and long with Roman. The two had been in end all revenge match against Seth Rollins to try and end the whole bad blood between the three. Even though that match hadn't helped the bad blood between himself, Roman and Seth was still there. Lessie had gotten her diva championship match at Summer Slam that same year and had won. She'd reach the top and Dean couldn't have been more proud of her.

Sitting the picture of the two of them back down on the table Dean walked back into the living room and sat down on the sofa. He was just about to drift off because of the jet lag when there was knock on the door. Sighing he got up to answer it finding Lessie's older brothers Alec and Clay on the other side of it.

"Alec, Clay come on in." Dean said as step aside and allowed the two men inside.

"Thanks man so where is our little sister?" Alec asked. Alec Conley was masculine man who stood at six foot four with light auburn hair like his sisters and hazel eyes. He was a good man or at least Dean though so. The two men had only meet a few times and each time they got along just fine.

"She ran to Wendy's to grab some food she should be back soon." answer Dean.

"I though she was going home to Knoxville any idea why she came back to Tampa?" asked Clay Conley. Clay Conley was also a very masculine man about an inch or taller then his brother same hair color and eye color as his brother and sister. The only difference between the two was that Alec was the kind of man you though would be tough because of his size. Clay Conley was the same way only he really was tough and very protective of his younger sister.

"Beats me man. She left me a note this morning back at the hotel and said she was coming back here. I asked her about it when I got here and she said that she just didn't want to go." Dean replied.

The Conley men both looked at each and shook their heads. That was when Dean knew something had to be up. Normally when ever Lessie took off from work she always go stay with one of them if she though to come to Tampa to spend time with her brothers and they always ended up going to Knoxville for a visit. But this time she hadn't and Dean that was something wasn't right. Just by the looks on the Conley men's faces. He could tell that something was miss with his best friend.

"Do you two know something I don't?" he asked.

"It's not really something we should be telling you about." came Alec's answer.

"Well why not? Did something happen the last time Lessie went back to Knoxville because if it did and you two aren't telling me..."

"Dean.. stop stop okay listen.. nothing happen the last time we all went back to Knoxville okay." Clay began

"Then what is going on?" Dean asked.

The Conley brother's looked at each other once again and then back to their sisters best friend. Alec and Clay both had no idea what to say or even if they should be the ones to tell him about what had happen. They knew if Lessie hadn't wanted Dean to know she probably would have told by now. Their sister had come to trust him very quickly over the last two years she told him everything. That didn't change the fact that this was something that she should be telling him not them. Finally after a bit Alec spoke up.

"About a month back our parents came down for a visit. Things were going well I guess we were all laughing and having fun the whole family back together again. Then out of the clear blue sky he show'd up."

"You mean that frat boy Lucas right?"

"Right. We had no idea what he was doing here or even why he'd come. Lessie didn't so much as a word to him or even knowledge that he was there. Until things had just started to whine down. He caught alone in the house grabbing drinks for everyone. We don't know what was said excatley all we know is that Lucas stormed out of the house suddenly looking majorly pissed and it caused a fight between Lessie and our parents." finished Alec

"Well that explains why she's been acting edgy lately. But why didn't she say anything?" asked Dean.

"Because I didn't want you to worry that's why." Lessie suddenly appearing in the living room. Looking livid and not all surprised to see her brothers standing in the living room with her best friend. She'd come in threw the back kitchen door where she heard Jamie telling Dean everything about what had happen.

"Sis hey your back did you bring extra food?" Clay asked as he pulled his little sister in a hug.

"Just in time to hear you two telling my best friend something that I didn't want him to know. And yeah I picked up some extra." Lessie said as she returned the hug.

"Lessie my wee duckling." Alec smiled as he pulled his sister in a hug.

"Don't we wee duckling me Alec Conley I heard every word and I should box your ears for telling him something I was going to tell him when I was ready." Lessie told her brother as she pulled on his ears.

Dean couldn't help but laugh but soon stop when Lessie came over and punched him right in the shoulder for laugh at her brothers pain. Hey honestly lets fact it when you tick off a girl after telling a something she would more then likely have told herself your going to physically harmed one way or another. The three of them are just lucky Lessie was in a good mood and didn't want to hurt none of them that bad.

None of the men said another word about what had happen instead Dean figured he'd talk to Lessie about it more once her brothers had left. Once the food was all sat out and they ate. Alec and Clay Conley stayed for several hours, talking and catching up with their sister. Even though Dean didn't know either men very well he liked when they visited because it made feel better to know that if Lessie was to get pissed it would be at one of them and not at him.

It close to midnight when the two Conley men left and headed home. Leaving Lessie and Dean to clean up the mess and finally time for Dean to Lessie what happen between her and that Lucas moron.

"So just when were you going to tell me about Lucas visiting?" Dean asked as they finished clearing away the last of the food and throwing it away.

"At some point when I felt like talking about it."

"Well it's some point so lets talk about it what happen?"

"It's happen just like Alec and Clay said it did. Nothing you don't already know."

"I figured but Lessie what did he say to you. It's obvious it made you upset other wise your brothers wouldn't have come all the way over here and you would have gone home to Knoxville so tell me what happen."

Lessie sighed she wasn't going to win this fight and started talking.

"Lucas came into the kitchen while I was grabbing drinks for everyone. He asked me how I'd been, how work was things like that small talk. And then came the big question was I seeing anyone."

"What'd you tell him?"

"Well first I asked him why was he trying to know my business when it wasn't any of his if I was dating anyone or not. Then he said that he wasn't that big of a deal kind of question. So finally I told him no that I wasn't dating anyone but that I did like someone."

"What'd he say?"

"He asked me who it was and I told him...I told him..."

"You told him it was who Les?"

"I told him it was you okay. I said it was you and he got all pissed and ran out of the house like someone had just sat his car on fire and he was rushing out to save it."

Dean stood for there for a moment his mouth a gap. She likes me as more then a friend likes me... Was all he could think. Even though it wasn't a crazy idea for him to think that Lessie not to like him like that. They had gotten to know each other pretty well over the last two years and sure he though that their friendship was turning into something else. But he didn't just didn't think that she would tell anyone that she liked him as more then a friend.

It was shock really to both of them. Lessie at the time had no idea even why she'd said that she liked Dean. But she had to say something to get Lucas off her back. She had known that if she said she liked someone from work he'd get pissed off and leave which was what she wanted. The only back fire to her plan was that she didn't count on Lucas calling her dad and telling him the news. Which had caused a big fight at the family party and caused her to go home more madder then she'd ever been and her parents screaming at her that if she didn't take back the fact she liked Dean they would never speck again.

Well that had been one promise they'd kept. The incident at the party had happen almost four months ago and Lessie hadn't heard a word for her parents. Of course the rumors back home had started up again Lucas had told everyone that Lessie had moved on from him and into the arms of a wrestler which wasn't true in the way he meant it. She had moved on from him but into another mans in the romantic since of the term she'd moved into another mans arms in terms of friendship. Which excatley what she and Dean were friends.

"I'm sorry Dean I shouldn't have even said.."

"No hey it's fine it's fine. You needed to say something to get him to leave you alone and I understand that."

"Your not mad?"

"Lessie listen to me." he began as he sat on the edge of the little kitchen table that was in the middle of the room. "It doesn't bother me that you told Lucas that you like me as more then a friend. In fact it's alright with me. Your my best friend and I hate that your kept this from me but I understand why you did it. The next time you have to go back home I'll go back with you and we'll give them all something to really talk about okay."

"So your not mad?"

"No I'm not mad."

"Phew cause Halie and Tressa both said you'd be mad at me."

"Yeah well Halie and Tressa don't know everything now do they?"

"Guess not." Lessie said laughing.

The two friends spent the rest of the night watching movies until finally both of them feel asleep in Lessie's living room. Dean with his head in Lessie's lap and her with head back against the sofa. To anyone who didn't know they would have looked like a couple just lazying around having fallen asleep on the sofa after along day of work. It was innocent enough for anyone who knew them it wasn't first time they'd ended up sleeping in that way.

But little didn't anyone know at that very moment that one little white lie would lead to a cover story that would shake a friendship up and possible lead to something that would could end up shall we say in a romantic way?

Well that is it for now guys. I'm going to try and update again as soon as possiable. I really hope you guys like this story I'm going to my very best to keep it going. Until next time. ~ Dean's Country Angel.