Alexa impatiently knocked on the door in front of her, brushing past the person and into the room the second it opened wide enough for her to fit through. She threw her purse and keys onto the bed and paced back and forth.

Roman quietly watched his girlfriend as he took a seat on the edge of the bed; he knew something had happened with Dean at dinner. Pacing back and forth was Alexa's way of gathering her thoughts and either thinking about what to do or how to tell Roman without making him want to bash Dean's head in.

"Do I look like I still love Dean?" she blurted as she turned to face him.

"Right now you look angry," Roman said. "Want to tell me what happened tonight?"

"He was just there when I showed up," Alexa plopped down on the bed next to Roman. "I mean, when you told me you guys were coming here I knew he'd stop there; he always does. But he was having tea with my mom like nothing happened."

"Maybe he's in denial," Roman said. "He's convinced that the two of you will be back together before we head back on the road."

"He's also convinced that every time he looks in my eyes he can see that I still love him," Alexa sighed.

"Do you?"

Alexa stood from the bed, "Yes…No…I don't know," she ran her hand through her hair. "He was a big part of my life. He's practically part of my family. I love him for those reasons but I know I'm not in love with him anymore. I can't be."

Roman stood from the bed and walked over to Alexa, placing his hands on her shoulders, "It's okay to still feel something for him Alexa. Like you said, he was a big part of your life and cutting him out of it completely doesn't mean that you can just turn the love you had for him off," Roman said. "Now, that being said –I'm not letting you go without a fight, so don't let him get in your head and make you think the two of you still need to be together," Roman pushed a piece of hair out of Alexa's face.

Alexa nodded her head, "He's not going to make me think that because I already know that I should be with you."

"That's why you are with me," he smiled.

Alexa smiled as she stood on her tippy toes and gently kissed Roman, "I forgot to tell you that I've missed you."

"Yeah, you kind of left that part out when you came in here on your little rant," he joked.

The sound of a knock on the door caused both Roman and Alexa to look in the direction of the noise.

"Are you expecting someone?" Alexa whispered.

"No," Roman said as he let go of Alexa. "Seth has his own room for the night and I told him I was going to bed," Roman said as he walked to the door and looked through the peephole. "Shit, its Dean."

"Come on man," he heard him say from the other side. "I know you're in there. Seth said you're being a little bitch and staying in. Let's go party while I'm still a single man."

Alexa rolled her eyes and stuck her middle finger up at the door.

Roman laughed as he walked back to her, "Go wait in the bathroom and I'll get rid of him. If you close the door you can give it the middle finger as well."

Alexa smiled as she grabbed her purse and keys before she turned to walk to the bathroom, stopping when Roman gently pulled her arm. He leaned down and kissed Alexa deeply before pulling away and kissing her nose. He gave her a gently pat on her butt signaling her to go into the bathroom.

Once Roman saw the bathroom door shut and heard the lock click he pulled open the hotel room door, making sure to give a yawn to make his sleeping story look believable.

"Damn, you really are an old man," he said as he brushed past him and into the hotel room. "It's your first night in my hometown, we have to go out."

"We're here all week man," Roman said.

"Yeah, but who knows how long I'll be a single man for. I think getting Alexa might be a little easier to convince than I thought."

Roman had to fight to hold back at the smirk from the thought of the gestures Alexa was probably throwing Dean through the bathroom door. "What makes you think that?"

"Come on man, we were together for a long time. I know what she likes, I know what she wants and I have her family."

"But you cheated on her," Roman dryly replied. "What makes you think the loneliness won't win this time around."

"Because I've been with enough women to know that none of them compare to Alexa. I love her man and all that shit I did was a mistake – I'm not just saying that because the truth is out. They were all mistakes and I wish I had said no to every one of them."

"One of them being Paige – one of Alexa's close friends. You not only ruined your relationship but you have ruined that friendship as well," Roman replied.

"I know that's why on Thursday we're having a little get together at Alexa's parent's house and I invited Paige. The two of them need to talk," Dean said.

Roman shook his head, "Well good luck with all of that."

"Do you think she's seeing someone else already?" Dean randomly asked.

"I don't know, I don't really talk to her like that," Roman lied. "Why do you ask?"

"She was texting on her phone a lot when we were in the car," he replied. "It could have been anyone though. She wouldn't be dating this soon after our split."

"What would you do if she was? Would you stop with all your winning-her-back plans?"

Dean shook his head, "Absolutely not. There's no man on the planet that is right for Alexa's besides me."

Roman nodded his head not in agreement like he had hoped Dean thought but in acknowledgement; he had no response to Dean's remark that wouldn't blow he and Alexa's cover.

"You're really going to stay in for the night?" Dean said as he stood up.

"Yeah, I'll meet up with you guys at the gym tomorrow morning though," he said as he followed Dean to the door.

Dean shook his head, "See you in the morning," he said as he pulled the door open and left.

Roman locked both locks on the door as Dean Left, watching him walk down the hallway through the peephole. "The coast is clear," he said as he saw Dean turn the corner. Roman walked over to the couch and sat down on it, watching as Alexa pulled open the bathroom door.

Alexa plopped down on the couch next to Roman, "That asshole is so cocky I just want to punch him in his face. I can't believe he's trying to ambush me with Paige."

Roman held his finger up, "That one I think you should really wave the white flag on. She is not herself since you found out and I think she knows what she did was wrong."

Alexa took a deep breath, "I guess I can do that. It would also be funny to see Dean's face when I forgive her and not him."

Roman laughed, "I'm assuming that you picked up these sadistic ways from being with Dean for so many years."

Alexa smiled, "I know a thing or two," she laughed. "So are you going to come Friday?"

"Do you want me to?"

Alexa nodded her head, "I need you to. You're my rock Roman, I just feel safe when you're around."

"Yeah," Roman said. "It's the muscles," he said as he flexed his left arm and kissed his bicep.

Alexa laughed as she put her hand on his arm and pushed it down, "That and I know how you feel about me. I should have sworn off men after all of this, my trust in men should be completely diminished but it's not. I have you and I truly believe that you won't hurt me like he did; not intentionally anyway."

Roman took Alexa's hand in his, "I will never hurt you and I promise that I will put you above everything."

"Just promise me something," Alexa said.

"Anything."

"Promise me that you won't aide Dean in his attempts to get me back. If he involves you I don't want you thinking that you have to back out of what you and I have because of him."

Roman shook his head, "First of all, I wasn't going to help him. He's on his own with this one. Second, nothing is going to make me 'back out' of what you and I have. Besides, he's not getting you back; ever."