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As Smackdown came to a close Rachael was glad her first day was over. She loved meeting all the kids and watching their eyes widen as their hero's stood in front of them, hell she even had to hand it to Dolph that he was good at his job – most of those kids wouldn't even know what an asshole he was.

She followed Paige out to her rental that she had got earlier in the day ready to head to Washington DC. It was just over a three hour drive and she was excited that she would get some one on one time with her best friend to catch up on life – neither of them had really had time to stop since she'd joined them on the road.

Rachael breathed out a sigh of relief as she sat back in the rental. Paige wasn't letting her drive yet, she knew what Rachael was like driving at home, let alone on the "wrong" side of the road – Brian could deal with that challenge.

"I don't know how you do it" Rachael said to Paige, who was mid sorting out the music for the ride. "You've wrestled tonight and you're already on to the next city. It was never like this back in the day"

"This is it baby, unfortunately the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave is a hell of a lot bigger than the UK and it takes ages to get anywhere" she smiled before selecting a playlist that Rachael was all too familiar with.

"I'm so looking forward to road trips with you though, it'll be just like old times" She grinned thinking back to when they would drive a beaten up old car from city to city back in England.

The sounds of My Chemical Romance flew through the car and she was taken back to the days of being 15 with Paige by her side as they snuck in backstage at countless rock-pop gigs, with skirts too short, hair too big and way too much make up on, not really sure if they would be able to handle their ultimate groupie goal were it ever to happen.

"Remember that time you tried to get off with that singer of that shitty, local band?" Paige asked her friend. She had had a drink too many one night and decided that it would be a totally good idea to get up on stage with the band in the small hometown venue and dance. Of course that was the night the universe taught her the lesson that not everybody fell for her charms.

"Ugh don't remind me, I have no idea what I saw in him!" Rachael said groaning at the memory. "I'm so glad my alcohol intake dulled the memory somewhat. Shame my friends won't do the same"

"That's what I'm here for chica, what would you do without me"

"Live a carefree, ignorant life?" Rachael suggested

Paige turned on the engine and started to set up the sat nav when the back doors of the car opened and Seth scooted across the seats.

"Hey ladies" He said as he buckled up, sorting out his travel bag.

"Fancy seeing you here" Paige grinned looking at him in the mirror. Paige was so transparent at times. It was completely obvious that she had invited Seth to ride with them. She could only imagine that it was to give him and Rachael some extra time to get to know eachother without everyone around. She shook her head giving her friend a look, to which Paige just goofily grinned back at her. When her friend had an idea in her head, there was no way of making her stop, and unfortunately Seth and Rachael was her next big idea.

She turned around frowning when she felt the car dip as someone else got in. Her eyes locked with Dean's bright blue ones and she felt Paige sigh next to her.

"Roman left without us so he could get to the hotel and Skype Galina – he caught a lift with Bo" Seth explained.

"Sorry guys, hate to spoil the party" Dean said, his tone mocking and eyes still locked with hers. Rachael turned back around, feeling self-conscious. This was going to be a long car ride – she could already feel her body reacting to his presence no matter how much she was willing it to stop.

Luckily for Rachael, Dean had immediately stuck his earbuds in, pulled his cap low and got comfy with his travel pillow. It was only a matter of minutes before his breathing hollowed out and he fell asleep.


"You can stop with that anti-social behaviour right now" Paige warned her friend as she scrolled through a webpage, not getting involved in conversation. "Passenger seat must entertain the driver at all times." Paige informed.

"Maybe I can swap with Seth then" Rachael teased absentmindedly as she scrolled further.

"What're you looking at?" Seth asked looking over her shoulder.

"So, don't judge…" Rachael started turning in her seat to talk to Seth "…I did Politics at Uni and I'm a bit of a politics geek" She said

"Brains and beauty – you kept her quiet Paige" Seth flirted, Rachael was glad for the dark car so it could hide her blushes.

"Shut it you" Rachael hit his shoulder playfully.

"I'm just geeking out at the White House and stuff" She said reading an article "Did you know the White House has 32 bathrooms?" She said choosing a fact from the many on her screen "Who needs that many bathrooms"

"Well, when you spout that much shit, it's gotta go somewhere" Paige laughed.

"Don't you dare talk ill of our President" Seth said in shock

"What you've got to realise Seth, is that in the UK everyone hates the government. We don't have a cool president like you guys, all of ours are old men that have no idea about the world" Rachael said sighing. "We need Obama" She grinned.

"Pervert" Paige laughed

"You have to make everything sexual don't you" The blonde shot back "Maybe he's just a cool guy who could teach our politicians a thing or two"

"Or maybe you want the President's di-"

"PAIGE!" Rachael shrieked at her friends suggestion

"Hey, I've been hanging around for you for far too long" The brunette defended her actions. She heard Dean groan a little and watched as he cricked his neck trying to get comfy. His eyes opened and once again they locked, her stomach flipping in reaction. She cursed herself.

"Shame that you have to book on tours like weeks in advance" she said glum, shutting her phone off and placing it on the dashboard.

"I'm not travelling with you guys again, it's 10pm and you're shrieking your head off. What're you getting so excitied about?" Dean said groggily, putting his earbuds away and sitting up.

"Rachael want's Obama's dick" Paige said plainly at Dean making Seth snort.

"Wow guys, mature" She tried to stay serious but couldn't help but laugh.

"So you don't want Dolph's?" Dean's statement caught her off guard. Trust him to embarrass her like that infront of her friends. Once more she felt her cheeks flush, but this time it was with anxiety. She felt everyone's attention on her.

"Brian mentioned something about him to me" Paige said, her voice deadly serious now. The atmosphere in the car had taken a nose-dive. "You should watch him, he's a scumbag"

"Paige, he's just a jerk with an over-inflated sense of ego, I can handle him"

"You know if you want me to have a chat with him I can" Seth said matching Paige's seriousness

"I don't think it would look that good sending in the cavalry to give him a talking to when all he's done is buy me a drink"

"I saw him at the club" Seth said

"Everyone saw you two at the club" Dean chipped in "Can you really blame him if you're giving him mixed messages" He watched her squirm and relished in the delight. For some reason he loved bringing her down a peg or two. He was a jerk, but at least he knew he was a jerk, right?

"Helpful Ambrose, real fuckin' helpful" Paige shot back at him.

"Guys lets just leave it. He'll get over it sooner or later and someone else will grab his attention and he'll forget I even existed." She shrugged. "Besides, I've been around long enough to know he's harmless compared to some." Rachael said, turning back in her seat, trying desperately to put an end to the conversation.

Seth punched his friend in the leg silently, giving him the death glare. Dean's brow ruffled and he rolled his eyes at his friend's reaction. All he was doing was stating the truth, and if she couldn't handle that then that was her fuckin' problem.