Hi! Long chapter ahead! I got this updated so soon because my power was out for like 4 hours today and I had to sit and wait until maintenance came by to fix it. I had nothing but my laptop and phone so I decided to do some writing! Sorry it's so long. And there's kind of some mature themes in here, it's really not that bad though, just a fair warning.

Enjoy~


Roman was alone in he and Brie's hotel room and it was a little after 7pm. Brie had left about fifteen minutes ago with Nikki to go shopping with the other Total Divas. As much as he loved Brie, he hated that she came along with cameras for the E! Network. He didn't like them in his face and really didn't like having his relationship on television for the world to see. Thankfully for him, the cameras were only on him when Brie was around, and though it seemed like it to the audience, the cameras weren't always rolling. For example, when they went to the gym earlier, none of the Total Divas cameras or producers were around, well that was because he intimidatingly told the camera men that he didn't want them to follow him and Brie to the gym. As most would after being stared down by Roman Reigns, they complied with his demands. He couldn't imagine what would happen if the cameras caught him flirting with Paige or making plans with her for tonight. He shook his head at the thought of it. He knew that when the cameras were rolling, he'd have to put on a facade and avoid showing his feelings towards Paige. Feelings. He was taken back when he realized he said that he had feelings for Paige in his head. He exhaled deeply at the thought. But it really was obvious deep down that the feelings were there, he couldn't control himself when she was around. He couldn't keep his eyes off of her, he couldn't mask the feeling he had in his stomach earlier when she wouldn't look at him in the eye. It was clear as day to him now that he didn't just want sex from her, he was actually starting to realize that he really liked her. These feelings were stronger than they were years ago when they had their first moment. And there it was, the explanation for why he couldn't keep himself away from her. These feelings weren't new for either of them, they were simply in hibernation and it seemed like they were suddenly awakened and as ferocious as ever.

His thoughts were disrupted when he heard a loud banging on the door. He looked at the time and it had only been about seven minutes since he had called Paige, there was no way she was here already. He stood up from the couch and made his way to open the door. When he did, he was greeted by the sight of his fellow Shield members, Dean and Seth. He forced himself not to roll his eyes. Before he could even invite them in, or better yet tell them to go away, Dean had already made his way in and Seth followed. The Samoan clenched his jaw tight trying to contain his frustration. Before he even said a word to them, he took out his phone and sent Paige a quick text to tell her they were over but he'd get rid of them.

He put his phone back in his pocket and looked up and saw that Dean had already raided his fridge, grabbed a beer, and made himself comfortable on the couch with his legs up on the coffee table, and Seth sat himself on the arm of the couch. He ran his fingers through his dark hair as he glared at them.

"Is there something I can do for you guys?" He asked with exasperation in his deep voice.

Seth nodded, "You can start by telling me why I lied for you earlier."

Okay this time Roman didn't stop himself from rolling his eyes. He knew this was going to come sooner or later and still hadn't come up with a false explanation.

"If you'd just kept your mouth shut in the first place, there wouldn't be a need for you to lie." His voice was full of irritation.

Seth raised an eyebrow, "I assumed you were with Brie, you know, as you told us you'd be. So I didn't know that I had a reason to keep my mouth shut."

Roman's jaw was now clenched down even harder as he tried to control his anger at Seth who was being a smart ass.

"Just keep your nose out of my business." He finally got himself to say.

Dean just sat there watching the whole thing as if it was a movie as he drank. He was really only there because he was a bit confused by it all, but also because he knew he'd enjoy the show. The only thing that would make this better for him would be if he had some popcorn.

"So if you weren't with Brie, then where the hell were you? Because she thought you were with us, and that's obviously not the truth." Seth was now really starting to push Roman's buttons.

He scowled at Seth as he moved closer to him. He was now hovering over Seth, who was still sitting, as he gave him the coldest glare he had ever seen in his life. Seth cleared his throat and tried to not show any fear, even though inside he knew that if Roman really wanted to, he could rip him to pieces.
Dean watched and chuckled at Seth who was involuntarily leaning back away from Roman.

"It was just a question, man. Calm down." Seth told Roman.

"I asked you to keep your nose out of my business." Roman told him with zero amusement in his voice.

"Alright, I got it." Seth put his hands up in defeat.

"Oh come on." Dean said as he laughed. "Rollins, you should be ashamed of yourself."

Roman turned to Dean and his laughter slowly died. "I mean, I'm just saying. What could be so bad that you can't even tell us, your brothers? What? Are you planning on proposing to the chick or something?"

Roman closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He just really wanted to drag them both out of his hotel room by their neck. As much as he loved his them, they were annoying the hell out of him.

When Dean realized Roman hadn't answered he raised his eyebrows, "Oh God. You're proposing to her, aren't you? Oh shit," he said as he sat up straight and put his feet down, "Were you out making plans or ring shopping, or whatever it is you do when you propose?"

Roman squinted his eyes a bit and looked at Dean like he was the biggest idiot on the planet.

"Shit man, you know you could've told us, right? We're not gonna spoil the surprise. Well he might," he nodded over to Seth who rolled his eyes, "But I got your back man. I mean I'm not into that sappy, lovey-dovey shit but whatever you need."

Roman put a hand over his face and couldn't help but laugh to himself as he shook his head.

"I don't get it." He brought his hand back down to his side as looked at them and chuckled once more. "You don't see me minding your business." He turned to look at Seth, "Your ass has been so obviously desperate for Nikki Bella these past few days, but you don't see me questioning you." Seth opened his mouth to speak but Roman beat him to it as he turned to face Dean. "And you. Gettin' all cozy with Emma lately. You clearly have a thing for her, but once again, I didn't stick my nose in your business."

Dean almost choked on his beer not expecting that at all. He coughed as he put the beer bottle down on the table. Seth snickered at Dean's reaction.

Dean cleared his throat, "What are you talking about, man? I don't have a thing for Emma."

"Right," Seth said with sarcasm. "At least I can admit he was somewhat right about me." he shrugged, "I guess it's good that you don't have a thing for her then. It would never work out between you two anyway."

Dean furrowed his eyebrows, "What's that supposed to mean?"

Roman crossed his arms over his chest a bit upset with himself for sparking the conversation because he wanted to get them out, as soon as possible.

Seth shrugged once more, "I mean, Emma's the sweetest woman in the world. She's bubbly, always has a positive attitude, nicest person I know... and you know, you're Dean Ambrose. It could never work."

Dean took offense to this, "What are you saying? Emma's too good for me?"

Seth shook his head, "No, not really. I mean yes, in some ways, but what I meant was, you'd probably hurt her in the long run... because of who you are."

Now it was Dean's turn to glare at Seth. Seth had been digging himself in a pretty deep hole with his partners lately, but he really didn't think Dean would find it offensive at all but he did.

Dean never really thought he had a thing for Emma, so to say, he just liked having her around. She made him laugh, she was fun to be around, and she lit up the room. They just really had an overall good vibe. But for some reason, Seth saying those things got to him a bit, mostly because he knew it was true. He knew he was a scumbag sometimes, and that he had a history of one night stands, promising to call a girl after sex and never did, but he couldn't ever see himself doing that to Emma. He cringed at the thought of anyone ever doing that to Emma because of how kindhearted she is. He shook his head to get rid of the thoughts in his head. He tried to convince himself that he didn't have a thing for her. And wanted to make sure that he never would because he didn't ever want to be that scumbag towards her.

"Alright, can we wrap this up? You guys can debate this on your way out the door." Roman said, pulling Dean out of his thoughts.

"Wait, I know you want us out of your business, but... was he right? Are you planning on proposing to Brie?" Seth asked as he stood up.

"Get out." Roman scowled at him.

"Jeez, man." Seth said as he stepped around Roman to head towards the door. Dean stood up also and followed. Roman followed them to the door to close it behind them. As he was closing it, Dean stopped it with his hand then turned to Seth and smirked.

"He never denied it."

Roman rolled his eyes, for the love of God, he thought to himself. "I'm denying it now!" He barked at them as they stepped back from the door allowing Roman to slam it shut.


A little while later, Roman was laying on his bed impatiently watching ESPN on TV to kill the time until Paige would arrive. I felt like she was taking forever and he wasn't in the best mood because Dean and Seth had wasted so much of his time, time that he could've been spending with Paige. And now they had even less time to spend together before Brie would return. He wasn't worried though because Brie always had the tendency to call him when she would be on her way back from anything to tell him all about it because she never really could wait until they were face to face. This would be especially true since she was out on the town shopping with the girls she loved, and she'd probably call to tell him all about the things she bought and what eventful things happened. He laughed to himself thinking about the conversation that they would probably have. And knowing Brie, she'd buy something for him too and if it wasn't clothes, it'd be something organic that Roman had never even heard of before.

He heard a soft knock on the door and was dragged from his thoughts. He practically jumped up off of his bed with eagerness because he was certain it was Paige this time. He pulled the door open and there she was.

"Hey," she waved. She was expecting a greeting back but instead was surprised when Roman grabbed her hip and attacked her lips with his. She didn't even get the chance to walk all the way through the door. He pulled her in closer to him so that he could shut the door behind her. Paige was not expecting this aggressiveness from him, she was in a bit of shock. He was pressing hard against her lip piercing and it wasn't the best feeling. You'd think that with Roman being such a beastly powerhouse, he would have been aggressive and dominant with her, but the first time they were together he was actually really gentle and made her feel safe and comfortable. This wasn't the case now. He had already moved his hands down to unbutton her pants and was ready to pull her shirt off. He broke his lips away from hers momentarily to pull her shirt over her head then took the opportunity to take his off also. He brought his lips back down to hers then placed both of his hands on her lower backside to lift her off the floor. She was startled by this and wrapped her legs around him for support. He started walking but she pulled her lips away from his causing him to stop. He leaned in again to continue the kiss but she pulled away again.

"Roman," she began talking. He didn't have time or patience for this. He wanted her right now. She said his name again trying to get his attention but he ignored her and began nibbling and placing soft kisses on her neck as he made his way to the bed. He laid her down gently with his body on top of hers and continued kissing her neck, then her shoulder, and made his way down to her chest. As much as she was enjoying this, something about it didn't feel right at all.

"Stop," she said firmly. He was starting to feel frustrated with her. Why was she stalling? He had so much desire for her and had been waiting for this all day. He ignored her demand and continued what he was doing. "Roman, I said stop." She placed her hand on his forehead to push and lift it off of her. He looked up at her and sighed. She lifted herself up on her elbows so she could get a better look at him. "I don't think I can do this."

He shook his head feeling as frustrated as ever before rolling himself off of her. She took a deep breath and got off of the bed and looked at him. "I'm sorry."

"Why'd you come all the way over here then?" He sat up and faced her.

She paused before speaking."I want to, I do... but I can't have sex with you on the same bed that Brie's going to be sleeping in with you later." It felt so wrong to her, of course all of this was wrong but she felt like this was completely crossing the line.

He couldn't help but chuckled at what she had just said. She crossed her arms over her chest and raised an eyebrow. "It isn't funny." she scoffed with her accent.

Roman smiled as he stood to his feet and walked over to her. He placed his hands on her arms and uncrossed them. He noticed it was something she did when she was in defense mode. Paige rolled her eyes at him then crossed them again. He smirked and leaned in closer to her so he could whisper in her ear, "I'm gonna have to punish you for that." he said seductively in her ear.

She couldn't help but grin as her cheeks flushed. He highly respected her decision to not want to do it on his and Brie's bed, but he really couldn't resist her.

"What are we going to do?" she said as she placed her hand on the side of his face.

He thought for a moment before responding. "There's the floor..." She looked down to the carpeted floor then back up to Roman and shook her head and gave him a no way look.

"Someone's very picky." he smiled as she laughed. "Your options are the floor, the couch, against the wall, the tub," she laughed again as she shook her head. "...or the bed. I can take you anywhere, Paige. It really doesn't matter to me."

She took a deep breath then bit the side of her bottom lip that was still throbbing from his hard kiss. She shrugged then took his hand in hers and led him to the couch. I mean, this wasn't as bad as it would be if they went on the bed, right? Well no matter what, or where it was happening, it was bad but right now, neither of them cared that much.


Emma sat on her bed in her and Paige's hotel room and was bored out of her mind. This was her day off and all she did was go to the gym. She was all alone in her room and she had no idea where Paige was. She turned to look at the nightstand that was beside her bed and eyed the remote. She reached over to grab it and turned the TV on. She flipped through the channels and didn't find anything interesting. She sighed then went on Netflix to see if there was anything on there. She came across a movie that she remembered Seth telling her to checkout. He had also told Dean to check it out but he shrugged it off and told him that he wasn't into sitting around watching movies. Emma then took out her phone, she looked through her contacts and found Dean and placed the call. She wanted to see if the guys wanted to come over for a movie night like the old days. She chose to call Dean because he was the first out of the three she found in her contacts. He was labeled as Dimples in her phone.

Dean and Seth had been hanging out in their hotel room not really doing much. Seth was on his laptop studying some old wrestling matches trying to increase his knowledge for the art. A restless Dean on the other hand was walking around the room, throwing a ball the size of a tennis ball up in the air to catch it and throw it back up again. He was obviously bored also. This wasn't the usual for them. They were usually pretty busy and didn't have this much downtime but their next flight wasn't until tomorrow morning and they decided to stay in for night so they'd be able to get up on time for the fight. Dean threw the ball in the air once more but failed to catch it because his cell phone started buzzing in his pocket. He looked at it and read Blondie. He looked up to Seth unsure if he should answer after what Seth said to him earlier. Seth looked away from his laptop when he heard the phone still going off and saw the look on Dean's face.

He chuckled, "It's Emma isn't it." Dean looked down at the phone again. "You gonna answer it or not?"

He finally accepted the phone call and brought it up to his ear.

"Hi!" he heard Emma say on the other line cheerfully.

"Hey." He brought his other hand up to the back of his neck and continued walking around as Seth watched him with a smirk on his face. "Uh, what's up?"

"Are you guys doing anything?"

"No, not really. Why?"

"I'm dying of boredom." she said jokingly. "Do you guys maybe want to come over to my room. I found that movie Seth was going on about a while ago!" He heard the smile and happiness in her voice. He really didn't care much for the movie, but he was also bored out of his mind. And how could he say no to that voice? He turned to look at Seth once more. "Yeah, I'll ask Rollins." he put the phone down momentarily. "Emma wants us to go over for a movie." This really wasn't a question, he already knew Seth would be up for it.

Seth nodded, "Alright."

Dean brought the phone back up to his ear, "We'll be over soon."

"Great!" she said excitedly into the phone. "What about Roman? Should I call him?"

Dean remembered his and Seth's encounter with Roman earlier and how he wasn't in the best mood. "I don't think he's in the mood for a movie tonight. I think he has a lot on his plate... a lot of planning." He smirked still sure that Roman was ready to pop the question to Brie.

Emma was unsure what he meant by that but she shrugged it off, "Okay, I guess."

She told him her hotel information before they hung up and Seth smiled at Dean smugly. Dean rolled his eyes at Seth and didn't even bother paying him any attention whatsoever. He grabbed his jacket and put it on to get ready to go.


When they had arrived to Emma and Paige's hotel room, she let them in excitedly with a big smile on her face. She was happy to be having a movie night with her boys again, she was a little disappointed that Roman and Paige weren't there but she didn't let it bring her down at all. Dean and Seth were both expecting Paige to be there. Seth asked Emma of Paige's whereabouts but Emma shrugged. He didn't linger on it though. Emma had already popped some popcorn before they arrived.

The three of them made themselves comfortable on the sofa, and Emma had turned the TV a bit towards them because it was originally facing the bed. The only light in the room were from the windows and the television. She was sitting in between the two guys but was sitting a little closer to Dean. He definitely noticed this, he had the urge to put his arm around her shoulders but stopped himself. As the movie began, Seth started talking about how awesome it was and told them that they'd love it. He was the kind of guy that liked to explain the movie to you as you watched it. This was annoying the hell out of Dean, but Emma wasn't bothered by it at all.

"Oh man, I love this part." he said as he stuffed some popcorn in his mouth.

"Are you gonna shut up and let us enjoy the movie?" Dean finally blurted.

Emma giggled. This was typical, except usually Roman cracked first, then Dean would agree causing Paige to defend Seth which usually sparked a banter between her and Dean. But Roman and Paige weren't here this time.

"Alright, sorry, man. I'll stop." Seth apologized.

Dean shook his head in annoyance. As the movie went on, Dean grew more fidgety. He was never the kind of person that could just sit through a movie. He liked to be up and moving at all times. He shifted in his seat again and started tapping his fingers on his thigh.

Emma turned to face him. "Are you alright?" she asked with concern as she placed her hand on his to stop his movements. Seth was so lost in the movie, he didn't even hear her say anything.

"Yeah, I'm good." Dean assured her. She smiled and removed her hand from his to grab some more popcorn. As the movie went on, Emma had somehow snuggled a little closer to Dean and this was making him a bit tense. She honestly didn't mean to, she just shifted in her seat a bit to change her sitting position and ended up closer to him. He remembered what Seth had told him earlier and again fought the urge to put an arm around her. This was pissing him off because earlier he was able to hold her close to him without any thought and everything was fine. But because Seth and Roman had tried to tell him that he had a thing for her, he was trying to be cautious now. And Seth's words about him being no good for stuck to him like glue.


Paige laid on top of Roman on the couch as he ran his fingers through her scalp and her raven hair while his other hand moved gently up and down her back. As her head laid on his chest, she listened to the sound of his heart beat. This was the perfect moment. She smiled thinking about it and he could feel it causing him to smile also. This was the gentleness she was seeking earlier in the night, she felt so safe with him, as if nothing could hurt her. Suddenly they heard a phone buzzing and ringing. Roman shut his eyes and sighed into her hair. She raised her head and looked up at him as the phone continued ringing and the smiles were washed off of their faces. He honestly had never been so disappointed by the sound of his phone ringing ever in his life. Paige reached down to the ground to retrieve his phone and handed it to him. He looked at it and there was Brie's name planted on the screen. He looked at Paige once more before answering it and the sound of a cheerful Brie filled his ear. Paige knew this was her cue to get ready to go so she lifted herself off of him and picked up her clothes. She grabbed his also and threw them at his head playfully. As Brie continued talking in his ear, he got up then made his way to Paige, who's back was turned to him, and wrapped his free arm around her tightly and gently bit the side of her neck as he smiled as payback for throwing the clothes at him. She covered her mouth with her hand to muffle her laughter as he pecked her on the cheek. She pushed him off of her whimsically so that she could continue getting ready to leave. Roman slid on his pants before sitting back down on the couch to continue his conversation with his girlfriend.

"There was this tiny little cute boutique we went to. It was was all recycled clothing that the owner had gathered to create her own original pieces and you would've never known. And she uses part of her profits to donate to the local children's hospital. It was so amazing. I got some really nice things." She paused for a moment. "Okay Nikki just gave me a look, I guess that's a sign that I'm rambling." She laughed into the phone causing Roman to smile. As Paige slipped on her jacket she watched as he smiled into the phone and couldn't help but feel a little dismal.

"I like when you ramble." He said into the phone to Brie. It was clear as day to Paige that Roman did love Brie. She could see it by how his face lit up when he heard her laughter through the phone. She started to wonder to herself why on Earth Roman was doing this with her. He was in a relationship with Brie Bella, she was gorgeous, funny, and had a good heart. Roman loved everything about her, so why would he risk throwing all of that away? Her mood had shifted because of all the thoughts running in her head. She wasn't smiling anymore, all of the bliss that she felt when she was laying on his chest had disappeared. She put her shoes her on then looked up at Roman once more before sighing and making her way to the door. Roman noticed her leaving without so much as a goodbye and knew something was wrong. He wanted to call out her name to stop her but Brie was still on the other line. He stood up to go after her, but it was too late. The door had already shut behind Paige and she was making her way out of the hotel.


The movie Dean, Seth, and Emma were watching was ¾ of the way done. Seth was laughing and was just so into it, even though he had already seen it. Dean would never admit that Seth was right, but he was surprisingly actually enjoying the movie. He even caught himself laughing a few times. Emma on the other hand had just dozed off. It's not that she wasn't enjoying the film, she was just really sleepy and the movie felt like it was going on forever. She had tried to fight it a few times but eventually the sleep took over. As she slept, she shifted a bit and ended up laying her head on Dean's shoulder.

Dean turned his head and looked down at her and realized she was far gone. He didn't want to wake her because she looked so peaceful. He knew, though, that if she stayed in that position she would wake up with a neck-ache. As much as he didn't want to before, he slowly and steadily moved his arm behind her, causing her head to fall lower onto his shoulder, near his chest. Seth turned his attention away from the movie as he saw the movements from the corner of his eye and observed what was going on.

Dean adjusted himself a little more as he wrapped his arm around her and pulled her in close so that they were both comfortable. He turned his attention back to the TV without noticing Seth watching him. Seth shook his head in disapproval because he could see Dean growing incredibly close to Emma, and he had never really seen this side of him before. It was weird. He still stood by what he said earlier and knew in his gut that nothing good would come out of this. He could feel his jaw clench tightly as he thought to himself that if Dean ever hurt Emma, he'd be the first to wipe the floor with him. It's already known that Seth is really protective of the women in his life, and didn't care whether Dean was his friend or not, he wouldn't tolerate it if he ever did anything to hurt Emma in any way.


Ah! okay, I hope you liked this chapter. I just had to mention Total Divas in the beginning because I just wanted it to be clear that though Brie is on Total Divas, the cameras aren't on Roman when he does what he does... Also, I chose to focus on Dean and Emma in this chapter a bit because I kind of put them on the back burner in the previous chapters :/

I really hoped you liked this and I hope you don't hate me! haha. And I'm curious to know how you feel about Roman's character in this. Okay, I'm done rambling! Reviews are alway highly appreciated! Thanks for reading! :D