Notes: Flashback is in italics.

Heyman held the motel room door open so that Cesaro could carry Dean in. Heyman made sure no one had spotted him as he closed the door. Cesaro set Dean down on the bed, and went into the bathroom to get a wet wash cloth for his head.

"What exactly is your plan," Heyman said as he sat down on the arm chair in the room. "You volunteered to take him in."

"Make sure he gets well and also fill in all the blank spots he'll have when he wakes up. I'll need your help Paul. I need your help with coming up with a cover story. You brought the Shield in to WWE to protect Punk's title reign. He and I barely had any interaction in 2013."

"I guess I can help you with that," Heyman said. "First thing he needs to know is the Shield broke up because of their constant arguing. He should believe that since the Shield was always arguing at the end of 2013. Maybe even say it's because he was constantly getting injured." Heyman said nodding at Dean's casted foot.

Cesaro sighed as he placed the wet wash cloth on Dean's forehead. "They don't even know what they did."

Heyman chuckled. "No. They didn't. We need to talk about where you go from here now that you're out of Evolution."

Dean groaned as he woke up. He felt terrible and had no idea why. Last thing he remembered was going partying with Seth on New Year's Eve. Roman had gone home to be with his girlfriend and daughter. He decided he got more drunk then he thought. He opened his eyes and saw Antonio Cesaro standing above him.

"What's going on?" He asked as he sat up in bed. That's when he saw Paul Heyman sitting in an arm chair writing something on paper. "How'd I get here?"

"Lay down Dean." Cesaro said. "You're sick." He went to the bathroom to get a glass of water and a couple of Dean's antibiotics. He came back into the room and helped Dean take the medicine.

"Where's Seth?" Dean asked as he lay back in bed. He looked down at his foot. "What happened to my foot?"

"Seth's not here and you broke your ankle." Cesaro said.

"Did I party too hard last night? I don't remember breaking my ankle."

Heyman came up to him. "You broke your ankle a couple of weeks ago in the ring. Again, might I add." He said with a sigh.

"A couple of weeks ago? I don't remember. I think I'd remember that." He said trying to sit up again. "Where's Seth?" he asked again.

"I don't know," Cesaro said, "probably home. You usually don't care what he's doing."

"But we were partying last night. This is our hotel room, right?"

"No," Cesaro said, "this is our hotel room. We usually share a room when we are on the road. I think Seth's sharing with Miz or something. I don't know I don't keep track."

"But why would he share with Miz and not me or Roman?"

"You really did hurt your head tonight." Heyman said. "Go back to sleep and I'm sure all will make sense in the morning." He used the same voice he used on his kids to get them to go back to sleep.

Dean was getting kind of tired and did go back to sleep.

"This is not going to work." Cesaro said as soon as Dean was back to sleep.

"We better come up with a better story. In fact, I have an idea…"

DDD

Dean sat in the back and watched as Roman Reigns win the Royal Rumble. He was disappointed that Cesaro was the last one eliminated in the match. The fans sounded disappointed by it too. He turned to Sami who was sitting next to him in front of one of the monitors.

"I'm going to go congratulate Roman," Dean said as he stood up. He stood at the Gorilla position waiting for Roman to go through the curtains. "Hey congratulations. You and Ziggler should have a good match."

"Thanks Dean," Roman said as he grabbed a bottled water off one of the tables. "Good to see you," he said and started to walk away.

"Hey Renee, Cesaro, and I are going to get something to eat after the show. You should come with us so we can catch up."

"Thanks Dean, but I can't tonight." He said and rushed off.

Dean watched him walk away. That was the most Roman had said to him in a year. Dean still didn't know why Roman and Seth avoided him, even though he tried to fix whatever had caused them to stop being friends. Seth was working in Ring of Honor now so he supposed things would never go back to normal.

He went looking for Renee. As he walked he dialed Joey Mercury's number. "Hey Joey I'm not going to be at NXT tomorrow. I'm headed to Wisconsin."

DDD

Notes: CM Punk gets a surprise visitor next chapter.